The Staples Center, extremely noisy.

Chu Xuan and Ronald came to the position shown on the ticket and sat down.

Although this position is not very high, it has already made Chu Xuan extremely satisfied.

If he was asked to pay for the tickets himself, it would be a lot of money.

You must know that Chu Xuan is now only a full-time scout for the Lakers, and his salary is only $100,000 a year. And this year's season ticket for the Lakers will cost more than $7,000. If he is asked to pay for it himself, it will definitely be painful.

However, the good thing is that as a full-time scout, the Lakers have provided him with a spot to watch the game. As long as he is willing to come to the scene to watch the game, the Lakers basketball operations department will provide him with a ticket.

Of course, as a scout, watching football for free is not unconditional. Whenever they go to watch the game, every time they watch a game, they need to write a specific game report to the team, so as to achieve the purpose of the team to understand the opponent more deeply.

Moreover, this game report is not going to deal with it. Because if all he is offered is a piece of waste paper, then he is likely to be fired by the management and lose his job.

Therefore, as a scout, it is not as easy to work as expected.

According to Chu Xuan's current understanding, in addition to the off-season he needs to find potential players, during the season, he needs to go around and watch at least 100 football games in the stadiums of 30 teams. Of course, most of this game is the home court of the Lakers. However, it is still a lot of work.

But Chu Xuan, as a hardcore lake honey, didn't feel any pressure and hard work at all.

Especially in the first game he watched as a scout, his mood can only be described as excited.

"The Clippers are better overall than the Lakers, and they have young players. In this game, the Lakers don't have a very good chance of winning. ”

Chu Xuan raised his eyes and looked at the players from both sides who were warming up on the central court, and couldn't help but think in his heart.

In the new season, the Clippers still have Jordan, Griffin, and Paul as the core, plus shooters like Redick and Dudley, and powerful benches like Crawford, Barnes, and Collison. It's fair to say that the Lakers will struggle to dominate against the Clippers.

Especially now, Kobe Bryant has just returned from injury, and I don't know what the situation is. Coupled with the serious aging of Nash and Gasol, in this way, the Lakers have no players that they can rely on. Therefore, guarding such a team, even Chu Xuan is not confident that the Lakers can win against the Clippers.

However, Chu Xuan believes that if the Lakers can do a good job in defense and rebounding protection, as well as be patient on offense in today's game, then it is not impossible to win the Clippers.

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"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Now the upcoming game is the first game of the 13~14 season at the Staples Center, the game between the Lakers and the Clippers ......"

A burst of voices suddenly sounded at the scene, and the on-site commentator began to introduce today's game.

Soon, the introduction of the players was also completed during the period.

What is in the spotlight is the Lakers' starting lineup, which is Nash, Kobe, Nick Young, Gasol, and Jordan Hill. On the Clippers' side, the starting five Tigers are Paul, Redick, Dudley, Griffin, and DeAndre Jordan.

Judging from the comparison of the starting lineups of the two sides, the only thing that the Lakers are not at a disadvantage in this game is the point of point guard, but it is not so absolute, after all, Kobe's recovery is difficult to estimate.

"The Clippers' offense is focused on the perimeter, and I don't think it's a good choice to start Nick Young. A defensive forward should be fielded, such as Wesley Johnson. Ronald Hamlin said as if talking to himself.

When Chu Xuan heard this, he immediately shook his head: "No, no, no, I think Mike's arrangement is very reasonable." As far as the Lakers' current roster is concerned, with Kobe's performance undecided, Nick Young is more suitable to start than Wesley. Nick Young can share the offensive pressure of Kobe Bryant, which is the most important thing at this stage. After all, Kobe Bryant is not suffering an ordinary injury, and it is still unknown how much attack power he can recover. In case the situation is not optimistic, do you expect Steve and Paul to attack? You know, they're up against Chris Paul and Blake Griffin. ”

Chu Xuan's analysis was very correct, and the subsequent start of the game also confirmed this.

Amid countless anticipation and cheers, the Lakers' opener finally began.

KOBE RETURNED LIKE A KING WITH POSS, BUT HIS PERFORMANCE WAS NOT AS PERFECT AS HIS POSTURE. In the first three minutes of the first quarter, Bryant tried to shoot twice, but didn't score a point.

However, after an offseason, the Clippers' players don't seem to be in great shape. After three minutes of fighting, the score was only 5:4.

The Clippers' five points came from a three-pointer by Redick and two free throws from Griffin. As for the Lakers' 4 points, all of them were scored by Nick Young.

Obviously, as Chu Xuan said, under the condition that Kobe's state is unknown, Nick Young's role on the court is still very large.

And just as fans are worried about the quality of the basket, as head coaches, Rivers and D'Antoni will certainly not let this iron tide continue.

Rivers called a timeout first and replaced him with Jamal Crawford, the offense's No. 1 super sixth man. And D'Antoni also took the opportunity to change the formation, removing Kobe Bryant and replacing him with Ibanks.

The substitution was bold, as D'Antoni let Bryant go down in the first three minutes. You must know that if the Lakers do not have Kobe, the strength of the lineup will undoubtedly be greatly reduced. Thus, it is likely to give the Clippers a chance to pull away from the score.

There was a noise from the fans at the scene, which revealed some dissatisfaction.

Obviously, in this game, the fans came to see Kobe's performance, and this D'Antoni dared to do this, which is undoubtedly going to be angry.

Seeing such a situation, Chu Xuan also secretly wiped his sweat for D'Antoni. You know, after last season's terrible season, D'Antoni didn't have as much trust with the Lakers as he did at first. Luckily, Kupchak and Jimbas did not remove D'Antoni as head coach.

However, what is certain is that if D'Antoni can't lead the Lakers out of the quagmire this season, then his dismissal is certainly inevitable.

Thankfully, though, the score wasn't pulled away as expected.

Crawford's hand was as cold as the ice of Antarctica, and he stubbornly shot 5 times, completely out of the way.

On the Lakers' side, when Kobe Bryant was not on the court, the whole line blossomed, not to mention the starting center Jordan Hill, and even Thackeray, who came off the bench, completed two dunks and magically gave Griffin a hot pot.

With such an unexpected performance, the Lakers magically led the Clippers by 13 points at 32:19 after the first quarter.