If the opening game against the Lakers was bad news, the worse news for the Trail Blazers is that they are heading to the Staples Center to take on their opponents, which means the Lakers' home court. www.biquge.info In the history of the NBA, except for some very strange teams, most of the time the team's home record is better than the away record, largely because the conditions in the home team's locker room are better than those in the away team's locker room, and the fans will cheer for the team in various ways, and when it comes to the road, it is completely reversed, and it is reasonable that the home record is better.

Maybe the only thing the team doesn't feel is Ye Feng. He has been playing in Los Angeles from high school to college, and has been to the Staples Center more than once or twice, but normally as a member of the UCLA Bruins, he uses the home team's locker room, and I don't know if it will make a difference if he has to go to the away team's locker room this time. Of course, in addition to Ye Feng, several other rookies on the team are also feeling a little nervous, including Oden, who is only now starting his first season, and the other two rookies that the Trail Blazers got through operation after this year's draft - Bayless and Batum.

Batum said that he had previously played in the French league and that his arrival at the Staples Center was only a bit of a shock, while Bayless was clearly a little too nervous. Anyone who is scheduled to play the Staples Center in the first regular season game and is playing away from home will be a little nervous. So when he saw Ye Feng's calm face, he was very surprised, no matter what the two said, they had also fought in the arena, so Bayless asked in a low voice: "Ye, aren't you nervous?" This is our first NBA regular season! What's more, it's still on the home court of the Lakers! I'll tell you the truth, I feel like my heart is about to jump out. ”

Ye Feng smiled faintly and said, "From the Staples Center alone, I have an advantage over you, I used to play in this stadium with the team when I was in college. But even if I haven't been here before, I'm just shocked, of course there will be nervousness, but I'll try to suppress it because it doesn't make me play better in the game, it weakens me a lot. Actually, sometimes we can't see ourselves as human beings, and when we can ignore some people's instincts in order to win the game, I think we should be able to reach a higher level. ”

Following his teammates and coaching staff to the away locker room at the Staples Center, Ye Feng looked around and sighed imperceptibly. Compared to the home team's locker room, the away team's locker room looks shabby, if not a little rudimentary, and it's no wonder that most NBA teams have a better home win percentage than an away win rate. But this is also a big unspoken rule of the NBA, playing away means coming to the opponent's turf, how can it give you a more comfortable locker room? The team's interests always come first, so it's no surprise that the visiting dressing room is built like this.

In the days leading up to the game, McMillan had been consciously adding a rehearsal of the Lakers' tactical restraint to his training sessions, and while he wasn't sure it would work, he had to get off to a good start, and at least that attitude regardless of the outcome. He knows that the Lakers are not so easy to beat, and their interior line is enough to give most coaches in the league a headache, but how do you know how it will turn out without trying? As the head coach of the team, if you don't even have the fighting spirit yourself, you don't have to expect the players to fight against strong opponents on the pitch.

The Lakers' starting list did not surprise McMillan, in order to reduce the burden on Kobe Bryant on the defensive end, Phil sent point guard Fisher, scoring guard Kobe, small forward Ariza, power forward Gasol, and center Bynum. In fact, the Lakers' small forward position has always been three players who rotate to start, in addition to Odom and Ariza, there is also Bosnian forward Radmanovic. If the opponent's frontcourt is lacking in height, Phil will choose Odom or Radmanovic depending on the situation, and when encountering a team like the Trail Blazers that is full of momentum and does not lack height in the frontcourt, he will send Ariza to improve the team's overall athleticism and also be able to match the opponent's first point of attack on the defensive end, so that Kobe Bryant can save physical strength and thus prolong playing time.

In contrast, McMillan's lineup is very bold, and under normal circumstances, if you want to win, it is better to send a strong player with both strength and experience, but he still did not hesitate to put Ye Feng and Oden in the small forward and center positions, in addition to starting with the backcourt combination of Blake + Roy, and Ade, a jumper-type power forward. In fact, the Trail Blazers' lineup is very complementary after it grows up, Oden and Ade are one offense and one defense on the inside, Ye Feng and Roy have both strong offense and good defense, but Blake is obviously not in the team's long-term plan, if he can, McMillan would prefer to send a super defensive 3D point guard, and then let Roy and Ye Feng take on the actual organizational work.

After seeing the Lakers' starting list, McMillan is not worried about Roy, although Ariza is a flank gate embryo, he has not yet reached the time of full maturity, so Roy will not be under a lot of pressure when holding the ball. As for the interior line, Bynum is not worried, but Gasol's experience is incomparable to the two interior lines of the Trail Blazers, and fortunately, Ade himself is not an impulsive and aggressive character, and he does not necessarily have no chances when he is steady and steady. McMillan's only concern is Ye Feng, Phil will obviously let Kobe Bryant fight for Ye Feng, as a rookie, he will face the league's strongest attacker in the first game, can he really withstand it? However, at this time, it was already ready to be launched, and the only thing McMillan could do was to repeat the tactical arrangement for the players again, and it only depended on the providence of God as for the effect.

Why didn't Ye Feng understand that he had a great responsibility in this game? But the NBA is a brutal place, and you can't afford to stop it because there are many difficulties ahead. So when the referee asked the center forwards of both sides to jump the ball in the middle circle, Ye Feng kept staring at the person standing opposite, making the Lakers No. 24 who the whole league heard about! Kobe Bryant may not have been as bloodthirsty as he was when he led the team alone, but he was a better leader, while at the same time maintaining his almost perverted paranoia about victory. Seeing the flames rising in Ye Feng's eyes, Kobe Bryant was stunned for a moment, and then smiled slightly, saying hello to this rookie.

Kobe Bryant is such a person, before the game officially starts, he is still very gentle with players who are not on his own team, but as long as the opening whistle blows, he will not stop if he does not destroy you. At the beginning of the game, Bynum beat Oden to help the Lakers get the ball, and the ball was quickly given to Kobe. This is normal, Fisher basically does not hold the ball, he habitually takes the ball past half court and then hands it to Kobe Bryant to attack, which is also the Lakers' most basic offensive routine. There is no doubt that Kobe Bryant directly found Ye Feng, after all, in his opinion, this is the weakest link of the Trail Blazers' defense, and there is no mercy on the court.

Roy frowned, and he shouted loudly, "Ye, do you need my help?" Ye Feng shook his head and responded with the same throat: "No, let me try!" I will do my best! Looking at Ye Feng with a persistent face in front of him, Kobe Bryant seemed to see himself back then, although his performance was more arrogant at that time, but the purpose of the two was the same. At the 1998 All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant yelled at Karl Malone, who came up to do the pick-and-roll: "Put away your damn block, I'm going to go one-on-one with Jordan!" "It's also a real way for fans to get to know this unruly young man. And this time, although Ye Feng didn't yell at his teammates, everyone could see that he wanted to go head-to-head with Kobe, this was a respectable duel.

But in Kobe's eyes, no matter how admirable Ye Feng's actions are, he still has to go all out to destroy the young man in front of him, because Kobe on the court is the real "black mamba", ruthless and ruthless, and kills with one blow. For a player, the greatest respect for the opponent is to do everything in his power to beat him. Kobe Bryant did not despise Ye Feng because he was a rookie, he lowered his center of gravity, the basketball kept bouncing up and falling between his left and right hands, and the sound of "bang bang bang" was stable and rhythmic. He also signaled his teammates not to come up to cover, and he wanted to single-handedly challenge this rookie one-on-one, he didn't know why, maybe he saw his shadow from him, right?

Left? Right? Ye Feng's spirit at the moment was highly concentrated, and he tried his best to distinguish every tiny move of Kobe. Suddenly, Kobe Bryant's left foot took a step, Ye Feng was startled, and subconsciously took a step back, but this was a feint, and Kobe Bryant took his left foot back. Going to shoot straight away? Ye Feng hurriedly changed his center of gravity and rushed forward again, but before he could stand firm, Kobe Bryant rushed directly from his left side, completely catching him off guard. Ye Feng stumbled, and finally stabilized his figure, with a look of horror in his eyes: Is this the strength of the league's first quarterback?

Kobe Bryant didn't use any advanced skills and fancy movements at all, but accurately mastered the changes in Ye Feng's center of gravity, and completed the breakthrough while his foothold was not stable. Seeing Ye Feng's defense being torn apart so easily, Oden had to leave the basket to defend himself, but Kobe didn't seem to see the big man flying in front of him at all, he made a sharp stop at the free throw line, and the ball shot steadily, drawing an arc and falling straight into the basket.

Watching Kobe Bryant running backwards back to the other half, Ye Feng stood in place and bit his lip.