With the addition of Durant, the Warriors have made everyone have greater expectations for this super team, and people seem to feel that they have locked up the first place in the West ahead of schedule, which seems to be a matter of no suspense, and the only thing that makes people dare not speculate is whether the Warriors can break their own record of 73 wins set last season.

73 wins is already the best record in NBA history, and if it can be broken, it can really be said to shock the entire league! Last season, the Warriors won 73 wins, which happened to be Kobe's retirement battle, Kobe Bryant's last game stealing the limelight of the Warriors' 73 wins, whether it was the degree of attention or the ticket price of the arena, they all beat the Warriors in seconds, if the Warriors can win 74 again, at that time, no one can stop the Warriors from making headlines!

However, according to ESPN's statistics, teams that averaged 68.1 wins last season can only average 60.5 wins in the new season, and ESPN expects the Warriors to win at most 66 wins this season.

However, history is meant to be broken, and if Durant really integrates well with this team, anything can happen.

It is impossible to predict when the Warriors will lose Game 1, but it is easy to tell when the Lakers will lose Game 1, which is the Lakers' next game, home to the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Clippers are the first test of the new season for the Lakers and Xie Chen, because the Clippers are an out-and-out strong team, even if they can't touch the floor of the Western Conference every year, but a strong team is a strong team, especially if they only play one game.

The Clippers' lineup for the new season has not changed much from last season, the most critical characters are Chris Paul, Griffin, and Jordan Jr., the three of them have been cooperating for many years, full of tacit understanding, and compared with the Lakers' newly combined team, they have obvious advantages, but they have not won the championship for so many years, and even the finals, no, the Western Conference finals can't get in, with the expiration of Paul Griffin's contract, there will be a great possibility that they will part ways at that time, and they also know that they must seize these two years to make some achievements, Otherwise, there may not be a chance to win the championship together in the future.

During the two days of training, both sides took the next game very seriously and trained very seriously.

Paul, Griffin, Jordan Jr., coach Rivers and others got together and were talking about the next game against the Lakers.

Paul said: "Guys, we haven't won Xie once, but every time we play, we have made him shine, he has won two championships in a row, I don't know what you think, anyway, I am so jealous of him, now he is in the West, a brand new team, this is our best chance to win him, the next game, I hope to win him again!" ”

Although Paul and Xie Chen have not had many duels, he is one of the opponents in the league who knows Xie Chen the most and has the most research, since Xie Chen first entered the league, Paul began to study Xie Chen's differences, at the beginning Xie Chen did not dare to make mistakes in order to brush up points, only Paul saw it in the whole league, and had to admit that he was powerful.

Paul admits that he knows Xie Chen very well, and is confident that he can win the opponent when he is in the match, but he has repeatedly failed to break through in the playoffs, and he has not even had the opportunity to challenge Xie Chen in the finals, which also makes him very distressed.

Griffin also nodded, agreeing with Paul's words very much, every time he played with Xie Chen, Xie Chen had to play empty to respond to Griffin Little Jordan and them, Griffin had such amazing bounce and dunk ability, he didn't take advantage of it every time he played, the key is that his past two teams, except for Xie Chen himself, did not have too decent dunks, which made Griffin feel very unhappy.

It's just that now due to Griffin's leg injury, he may no longer be able to dunk as often as he used to.

Last season, Griffin recuperated for a month due to injury, and in the playoffs, the leg injury flared up again, in fact, Griffin's leg injury has not fully recovered, and in the offseason, Griffin received bone marrow injections in his leg to help the injury recover better, and is still in the recovery stage, and is not in the best condition.

Griffin is plagued by an injury, and the greater responsibility falls on Jordan Jr., who was on last season's No. 1 team! Although after the first team came out, Jordan Jr. caused many people to question it, but in the era of the decline of the center, you can't find a better center than Jordan Jr., Howard has an avalanche decline, Cousins, Drummond, Whiteside still need to grow, Jordan Jr. was also selected for the defensive team at the same time, in the era of small ball, although the center is getting more and more ********, but in the playoffs, people can always find the huge role of the center, but the ability of the center to dominate the game has gradually been lost.

Jordan Jr. said: "Paul is right, this one must be won, and it must be beautiful, both playing in the same city, I don't want him to steal the show." ”

Judging from the historical confrontation, the Clippers' record against the Lakers is very miserable, but judging from the past few seasons, the Clippers have completely beaten the Lakers, and they have won very arrogantly, often winning by a few points.

After Kobe Bryant left, Xie Chen joined the Lakers, but the Big Three of the Clippers also had to use the game to tell Xie Chen that it was their Clippers who could represent the city!

Coach Rivers has the same idea as everyone else, the team has not achieved much in recent years, and it is very difficult for him to be the head coach, since everyone wants to win this meaningful game, let's play hard.

Rivers said: "I watched the Lakers' two games, they still rely on Xie to win, if you want to win, in fact, just keep an eye on him, don't let him score and cut off the connection between him and his teammates, but the regular season is not a playoffs after all, I don't want to do too much, we still try to force him to shoot from the outside for long-distance and difficult shooting, and don't let him come inside." ”

Paul said: "In addition to restricting Xie, I will also limit one person in the next game, Ingram. ”

"The rookie?" Coach Rivers looked up and asked, confused.

Paul nodded: "Judging from the past two games of the Lakers, it can be clearly seen that Xie is interested in training Ingram, a rookie, he scored 30+ points in the first game, and his performance in the second game was also good, I don't want Xie to cultivate the confidence and ability of this rookie, we have to hit him." ”

"In that case, how about I defend him?" While a few people were talking, Rivers' son Rivers Jr. actually walked over and said with a confident look.

Rivers Jr. renewed his contract with the team for three years this summer, with a total value of $35 million, and also changed the jersey number, from the original No. 25 to No. 0.

Rivers Jr. looks confident against Ingram, but there seems to be a bit of a difference in height between the two......

Rivers Sr. glanced at his son helplessly, I'm afraid that he, the dad coach, will not agree, or use Bamot or someone else to defend Ingram.

From the last game, two days apart, the Lakers ushered in the third game of the new season at the Lakers' home court, the second home game, the opponent is not an outsider, it is the Clippers, although the Lakers are a giant team, but in recent seasons they have been reduced to a weak team, and the Clippers have been abused again and again, and now with Xie Chen, everyone knows that everything will be different.

Many even believe that the Lakers and Clippers are likely to meet in the playoffs, and with a high probability of meeting in the first round, this game will likely be a preview of the playoffs.

The two people who live together are not necessarily brothers, but the closer they are, the more problematic the relationship will be, to a certain extent, the Lakers represent Los Angeles, but since the Clippers changed their doors and Rivers served as the coach, the Clippers have been above the head of the Lakers' big brother.

When Rivers first became the head coach of the Clippers, he asked that the championship flag hung by the Lakers on the ceiling of the Staples Center be covered when the Clippers played at home, and the owner of the Clippers, Ballmer, openly occupied the Lakers locker room when he was playing in the playoffs last season, and posted a "boss rest room" notice in front of the door, which caused strong dissatisfaction among Lakers fans.

There is only one way to change all this and regain the Lakers' former position: win, make the playoffs, and win the championship!

At the scene, there are still a lot of fans, and there are many celebrities who have come, such as Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin, etc.

Rihanna looked at Xie Chen in a Lakers tracksuit, with a look of indulgence, she likes LeBron James and Xie Chen.

"I think if Los Angeles wants to win the championship, it still has to rely on the Lakers, and the Clippers have such a good lineup, and they haven't even entered the finals for several years." Rihanna voiced her opinion.

Justin Bieber laughed: "You support the Lakers because of Chris Shee, right?" Although neither team will make it to the Finals this year, I am more optimistic about the Lakers. ”

On the court, the two teams were warming up before the game, and Chris Paul also took the opportunity to chat with Xie Chen, he had a general relationship with Xie Chen, and he usually had little chance to contact, but Xie Chen had a close relationship with Paul's three best brothers in the NBA.

LeBron James, Xie Chen's biggest opponent, fought in the Eastern Conference Finals for two consecutive seasons.

Dwyane Wade, Xie Chen's best brother in the NBA, former teammates, won the championship together.

Cameron Anthony, last season, Xie Chen and Anthony won the championship together.

When Paul got together with these three people, he often heard them mention Xie Chen's name, so Paul also took the initiative to greet Xie Chen: "I didn't expect you to come to the West, and you are still in Los Angeles, so I have to treat you as your biggest opponent now." Hopefully you'll make the playoffs this season, I haven't seen the Lakers make the playoffs in years. ”

Paul's words are somewhat ironic, he wants to say that the Clippers are now the symbol team of Los Angeles, and Xie Chen, as the Lakers' ace, naturally can't lose momentum: "From this season onwards, the Lakers will return to their previous glory, do you see the championship banner on it?" We'll be adding another one. ”

Paul laughed contemptuously and said, "Let's make the playoffs first, the West is not the East, don't think that we fail to reach the Western Conference Finals every year, you are also a member of the West now, and then you will know how difficult it is to break through in the West." ”

After saying that, the next thing is the official game, Paul Griffin and they have decided to win this game and continue to prove that they are the best team in Los Angeles, and Xie Chen is not only to win, not only to prove that they will replace the Clippers to become the representative of Los Angeles again, but also to take away their reputation as the "empty city"!

After the game started, Xie Chen noticed that the Clippers were playing very seriously, and they were very close to their defense, Xie Chen wanted to burst into it to make a kill, he wanted Jordan Jr. to be fouled twice early and then replaced, he knew that Griffin now has a leg injury, and he can't do the violent dunk he used to do for the time being.

However, every time Xie Chen broke through, he would be immediately surrounded by the players who assisted in the defense, and they seemed to want Xie Chen to project outside, Xie Chen was not reluctant when he came up, he didn't want to expose his idea of wanting to get little Jordan down.

Paul played particularly hard, scoring and assisting himself as soon as he came up, allowing the Clippers to score 15 points, while the Lakers did not exceed double digits.

Singer Chris Martin saw this and said: "I think the Clippers are a more mature team than the Lakers, and the players are more tacit with each other, and the scoring is very easy, the Lakers still need time to run in, and these young players also need time to grow, it seems that it will take a few years for the Lakers to replace the Clippers." ”

Hearing this, Justin Bieber smiled: "I have always been a black fan of Xie, but I want to remind you in charge, don't feel that you are behind this point, the Lakers can't beat the Clippers, if the Lakers want to win, it's actually very simple, Xie can get seventy or eighty points alone!" ”

Rihanna, who wore heavy makeup, added: "Eighty or ninety points may not be enough. ”

"Seventy or eighty points...... Eighty or ninety ......" Chris Martin exclaimed, how did they say it like a joke......

The Clippers are a strong team, and they can't rely on Ingram and others to deal with, so Xie Chen must take over most of the offensive responsibilities this time, and at the same time, he has not given up his plan.

At every opportunity, he will still rush to the inside line to make Jordan Jr.'s foul.

With extraordinary awareness and the ability of Wei Shao, James and others, Xie Chen still made Jordan Jr. two fouls in the first quarter.

Coach Rivers unsurprisingly replaced Jordan Jr. off the court!

"Next, it's time for the show!" Xie Chen said excitedly in his heart. (To be continued.) )