For almost the entire summer, Tony threw himself into practice, and he and Kobe Bryant were in the Lakers' team training hall almost every day. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The summer is coming to an end, and the new NBA season is about to begin.

Jerry West hasn't made much of a move this summer, handing over the management of his general manager to his assistant Mitch Kupchak, himself in semi-retirement.

Kupchak, while ambitious, ended up making only minor tinkers with the team.

The Lakers let go of Jeromy Colsey and Tyrese Knight, and after Byron Scott announced his retirement this summer, they signed a very strong swingman from the free market Rick Fox to fill the void for Byron Scott. Rick Fox played in 76 games for the Celtics last season, averaging 15.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.2 steals per game.

In addition, in order to make up the Lakers' 12-man roster, Kupchak randomly found some players in the free market, and finally got the lineup together.

Eventually, the Lakers' roster was decided.

Starting line-up: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Eddie Jones, Eldon Campbell, Tony Marles.

Subs: Robert Hawley, Rick Fox, Sean Lukes, Corey Blunt, Mario Bennett, Joan Barry, Schell Theos.

Bryant and Tony have been working hard for a summer, and they are now eagerly awaiting the start of the new season, but there are some summer leagues before the regular season begins, and both Bryant and Tony have decided to participate to test the results of a summer.

In seven games, Kobe Bryant and Toni averaged 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists and 25 points, 13 rebounds and 4 rebounds per game, respectively, and they led the Lakers to a 6-1 record.

The time is fast approaching the end of October, and the NBA 97-98 regular season officially begins on October 31.

Exaggeratedly, on this day alone, there were 14 games, which means that 28 out of 30 teams in the league will participate in the season's opener, which is probably extremely rare.

The Lakers also welcomed their first opponent of the season at home, the Utah Jazz, who eliminated them last season.

The Jazz's brain, John Stockton, had to miss today's game due to knee surgery in the middle of the summer, which also made the Jazz's strength a big hit.

However, Harris still cautioned the Lakers' players not to take it lightly, after all, the Jazz also have last season's regular season MVP Carl Malone in charge, and they are still a good team.

Because the opponent was the Jazz and it was the opening game, the Lakers' Forum Arena was almost full, and all the Lakers fans were very excited to come to the scene, they did not win a game at the hands of the Jazz last season, and today, everyone hopes to see a revenge show.

With Tony's jump ball winning, the Lakers took the lead on offense.

Coming in place of Stockton is Howard Easley, who has all the qualities of a point guard, but each one is mediocre.

Without the devilish defensive pressure of Stockton, Fishelton was freed up, he was strong and not slow, he rushed like a small tank, and Eisley couldn't put any pressure on Fisher.

Fisher scored an inside layup to give the Lakers two more points.

However, the Jazz's counterattack also came quickly, although Stockton was not on the court today, but the Jazz did not seem to be affected too much, their team offense is still very smooth, and their team defense is still suffocating, the Lakers players may not have come out of the sun and beach beauties, they were a little caught off guard in the face of the Jazz's crazy defense for a while.

Throughout the first quarter, the Lakers' lineup was simply torn to pieces by the Jazz, and at the end of the first quarter, the Lakers trailed the Jazz by 12 points at 16-28.

Harris couldn't help but be a little irritated, he had already heard some of the crowd in the audience at the game, and it seemed that everyone was very unhappy with the Lakers' performance in the first quarter.

Harris was also angry, judging from the performance of the Lakers in the first quarter, they did not show the level of play of an NBA-level team at all, and they were able to fight with the Jazz with a full lineup until the last minute in the playoffs last season, and in just one summer, they were beaten so miserably by this Jazz team that lacked the leading players.

The Lakers' players didn't dare to look at the gloomy Harris, and they themselves knew that they played a stinky game in the first quarter today.

"I don't want to say too much, in the second quarter, I want to see a Lakers who made it to the semifinals last season, not a bunch of soft-footed shrimp just now." Harris said coldly.

"Strengthen the pressure on their outside, and Tony you have to play more decisively on the inside, strive for more fouls on the opposite side, and then, prepare for a counterattack!"

"Come on! Kick their ass and get these Utahs out of Los Angeles! Tony yelled, his fist raised in the air.

"Kick out of Los Angeles!"

"Beat them up!"

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The second quarter begins.

Kobe Bryant came up and directly stole the ball in Hornacek's hand, and then he quickly made a dragon dunk by himself.

Everyone's attention was focused on the No. 8 boy hanging from the basket, and the audience applauded.

The Lakers' players also cheered up with such a goal, and Kobe's goal sounded the clarion call for the Lakers to counterattack.

Then the quality of the Lakers' offense and defense really improved compared to the first quarter, and they quickly closed the score to five points, and Sloan called a timeout.

Harris's frown gradually relaxed with the Lakers' excellent performance in the second quarter, and he took advantage of the timeout to replace the team's starting lineup and sent a bench lineup led by Robert Hawley and Rick Fox.

Fox was actually a little dissatisfied with Harris's positioning for him, after all, he was still a starter last season, and he would definitely resist when he was demoted to the bench for a while.

But Harris's solution was simple, he had Eddie Jones and Kobe Bryant go head-to-head with Fox once, and if Fox could win one of them, he would get that starting spot.