"It's going to be a good game and I'm going to give it my all to win, the Runners are a young team, but it's also a very strong team, they play with a very new style of play and I appreciate them."

At the press conference before the Lakers-Runners game, Lakers star Stellary Carter answered reporters' questions very officially, which is very different from his usual style, in the past, Stelle Carter was known in the league for his strong interior offense and varied playful passing, but at the same time he was very arrogant and never thought his opponent would be strong.

Obviously, the Lakers must have made detailed arrangements for the players before, and now is the time of turmoil, and any behavior that underestimates the Runners too much may be interpreted as racism, which makes the Lakers look very high-profile about the victory, but the players praise the Runners a lot in interviews.

In addition to Stelle Carter, Lakers head coach Van Lauderway and Lakers core point guard Charles Mobley all appeared to have a lot of respect for their opponents when answering questions from reporters.

On the side of the runners, Wang Lei still looks very calm, he avoids answering the questions asked by reporters about Turgon, and at the same time, Wang Lei also responds with silence to some sensitive questions about the Chicago Bulls.

The media was more optimistic about the Lakers before the game, after all, the two cores of the Lakers are now in good shape, and Stelle Carter won the best player in the West last week, and Charles Mobley is not on the data list, but his outside defense is a headache for many teams' point guards.

The Lakers' style of play is more advanced than the previous popular style of play in the league, and their interior and exterior core are very powerful on both offensive and defensive ends, which makes the Lakers' style of play more offensive and spectacle, and also makes them have a lot of fans in North America and around the world.

Needless to say, on the Runners' side, Blair Bowman is injured, and it is not certain whether Turgun can play, but even if he does, he will probably not be in good shape.

Wang Lei's low-key and calmness seemed more like resignation to reporters and many people, and the Oriental seemed to have little interest in the Christmas war.

Turgun and Wang's family were placed in the Staples box to watch the game, and Runners owner Francis was also in attendance, but he was sitting in a suit with Lakers owner Richard Miller in the Staples Arena No. 1 box to greet him.

"Francis, seriously, your team is very good, maybe I'll have to let my kids learn from you in the future."

Miller Sr. was old enough to be Francis's father, and the old playboy with six children and many illegitimate children seemed to respect Francis, after all, compared to the Leonard family, Miller Sr.'s net worth was probably less than one-tenth of that of others.

"Mr. Miller, I've pinned my dreams on this team, of course he's good, but your management of the team is also worth learning from."

Francis and Richard Miller complimented each other, but Francis was not wrong, and in any case, the Lakers' reputation today is largely due to the old playboy who has been scolded by many media as the "big stallion".

When Richard Miller took over the Lakers, the team was still a mediocre team outside the playoffs, and now the Lakers' market value is already the first in the league, as long as Richard is willing to make a move, there must be many rich people willing to take over the Lakers.

In the stadium, the players on both sides were already warming up, and Turgun was wearing a mask on his head and also following his teammates to warm up, which made many people in the field a little dumbfounded, didn't it mean that this Oriental was injured and couldn't play?

It seems that Wang Lei, the head coach, is playing some kind of conspiracy again, which is what many people think after seeing Turgun warm up.

With the referee's signal, the two sides started to the center circle, and this Christmas war that attracted the attention of the world was about to start.

The Runners' team never hopes for their team's mid-circle jump shot, after all, the Runners' starting center Irwin is not even a power forward on many other teams.

The Lakers' center jumper is center Jack Williams, this is a pure blue-collar player, his role in the Lakers is to protect power forward Stelle Carter, Lakers head coach Van Lauderway is also a very thoughtful head coach, but his way of thinking is still stuck to the old routine, in order to make the team's core Stelle Carter play more aggressive in the power forward position, so he let Jack Williams always help Stelle Carter fill in and cover.

Van Lauderway is still too confined to his position on the basketball court, which is the same as the previous meeting between the two teams.

The starting lineup on the Runners' side has changed a lot, with Turgun warming up with his teammates but sitting on the bench, and the real starting point guard is Francis Leonardo.

Salish was put at shooting guard, while at small forward and power forward, Wang sent pitcher Stephen Chambers and defender Toby Sevig.

The Runners' starting lineup looks very casual, because the power forward position is opposite the league's top four Stelle Carter, who is actually an unknown player who is only two meters and six meters tall.

Although Toby Sevig often played in the previous regular season, because his role on the court was not obvious, many people did not think that Toby Sevig was very good, but the Runners knew his ability, and Toby Sevig was the best defensive player in the entire Runners.

Jumping the ball in the center circle, Jack Williams flicked the ball to point guard Charles Mobley.

Mobley was teased by Turgun in the last meeting between the two teams, leaving the veteran waiting for revenge, but now it looks like his chance is gone, as Turgun is quietly sitting on the bench.

After advancing the ball to the front court, Charles Mobley hoisted the ball into the hands of Stelle Carter on the inside.

After receiving the ball, Sterry originally planned to wait for the opponent to pack up and then pass the ball to the outside, but what he didn't expect was that the Runners didn't have the crazy package like last time.

Seeing that there was no one to wrap up, Sterry was slightly stunned, and then leaned directly against Toby Sevig, who was defending him, and then took advantage of Toby Sevig's lack of height to directly turn around and shoot with a straight arm.

Although Toby was aware of his opponent's intentions, he was not tall enough to block a straight-arm shot like Stry's high-shot.

2-0, the Lakers got off to a good start.