When Wen Hao followed the Rockets into the court at Staples Center, he suddenly felt an almost palpable enthusiasm greet him. The cheers of the 18,997 spectators throughout the Staples Center were deafening, and people had to shout loudly in their ears to hear them. The cheerleading girls of the Lakers team, dressed in special Christmas costumes, red and white wraps and shorts, constantly twisted their waists in the center of the court.

Harden, who was next to him, looked at one of the cheerleaders with plump hips, and there was some kind of light in his eyes.

In the audience on the sidelines, more than a dozen Hollywood celebrities were shining brightly, and the shots of the scene continued to give them, and the actor Nicholson was naturally among them.

A game like the Christmas War is naturally broadcast live across the United States. ESPN's three commentators were early on, and they were former sharpshooter Reggie Miller, big-mouthed Charles Barkley, and Kevin Harlan.

Kevin Harlan lamented: "It's the annual Christmas game again, and it's definitely a visual feast for NBA fans. In particular, in this game we commentated, the Rockets, who have a modern combination and a Chinese combination, played against Kobe Nash Gasol's Lakers. Just look at the Hollywood stars on the sidelines to see how intriguing this game is. ”

Ross Barkley, who was born as a player, was not idle and went straight to analysing the game: "Today's game is very important for both sides, because both sides will definitely make the playoffs, and in the playoffs, they will have a good chance of meeting each other. So if you beat your opponent in the regular season, you will have a certain psychological advantage in the playoffs. So I predict that these two teams will bring out their full strength in this game. ”

Miller smiled and said: "The Rockets have the Harden combination, and the Lakers have Kobe Nash, such a matchup is exciting to think about." There's only one thing I'm looking forward to now – the race starts right away. ”

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And on the other side of the ocean in China, many TV stations and networks are broadcasting the Christmas war live. Not to mention anything else, the central, Yanjing, Ningxia, and Guangdong TV stations will naturally broadcast live, but the number of live broadcasts is different. And not to mention the Internet, the pain training and salary waves are all live.

In the live broadcast room of Xinlang, there are also three commentators today, one is the host Ke Fan, the other is still Yang Yi, who everyone is very familiar with, and the third is the beautiful reporter Zhou Ling'an.

Ke Fan was the first to speak, and after making a few jokes with Zhou Ling'an, he got to the point: "The Rockets have the Harden combination and the Chinese combination, and the Lakers have Kobe Nash Gasol combination, Yang Yi, tell everyone, these two teams are against each other, who has a greater chance of winning?" ”

Yang Yi shook his head with a smile and said, "This can't be nonsense, I'm not a prophet, how can I know the result?" ”

Zhou Ling'an smiled and said, "Teacher Yang, no one asked you to predict, just let you analyze and analyze according to the strength of the two teams." ”

Yang Yi saw that he couldn't get rid of it, so he had to clear his throat and said: "The Lakers Kobe Bryant is in good shape, Nash is also like a second spring this season, injuries don't haunt him, the shooting rate is back, although Gasol is still a little weak on the inside, but his high position strategy is very good, it can almost be said that he is the best at passing the ball among all the inside." The strength of such a Lakers team cannot be underestimated. On the Rockets' side, although there are Harden and Chinese combinations, in fact, the Chinese combination has not shown its power in recent times, McHale divided their playing time into pieces, and the two can be on the court at the same time for very little time, more to see Wen Hao's virtual and real footsteps performing alone. In a situation like this, I think the Lakers have a better chance of winning. ”

"Speaking of virtual and real footsteps, Wen Hao has been in the limelight recently, and the low-post singles shook those big men on the inside line for a moment." Ke Fan is very interested in the virtual and real steps.

"That's right, the virtual and real footsteps were originally McHale's famous stunts, I don't know how many stars in the league were planted under this trick, Wen Hao, an outside player, suddenly fell into a low position, which was unimaginable, coupled with the miraculous effect of the virtual and real footsteps, so that many players could not guard against it. And he has excellent passing vision, and can often pass the ball to the best position when he is caught in the bag, which is like inserting a sharp knife into the opponent's defense and cracking the opponent's defense, which is the reason why he has been so good in recent times.

Zhou Lingan nodded again and again, but then remembered something and said: "But in the last game, McHale greatly reduced his playing time, and I heard that it was because he did not execute tactics according to the coach's intentions. Will McHale put him on the cold bench again today? ”

"It depends on the situation. Judging from these games, McHale treats him as the Clippers' Crawford and the Knicks' Jr, usually not used, and only when the Rockets are in a critical situation and can't solve the problem, will Wen Hao play. Wen Hao's style of playing that does not follow the routine often gives the opposing coach a headache. Even McHale couldn't imagine how Wen Hao would make a move, let alone the opposing head coach. So it depends on the situation today. Yang Yi replied.

At nine o'clock in Los Angeles time that night, in the nagging of the commentators of the salary wave and the commentators of ESPN, and in the expectation of hundreds of millions of fans, the Christmas war between the Rockets and the Lakers officially kicked off.

The Rockets continue to start with center Howard, power forward Jones, small forward Parsons, shooting guard Harden and point guard Jeremy Lin. Since Beverley's injury has not fully recovered, the starting No. 1 spot for the Rockets has been Jeremy Lin.

On the Lakers' side, D'Antoni still let a few heads and tails play, but there was a change, taking the original starting point guard and replacing it with point guard Blake. A two-point guard lineup was fielded at the start.

While McHale was still wondering what the Lakers' two-point guards were going to do, the Lakers were already going berserk. The first was Bryant's three consecutive singles successes, followed by Nash's offensive pass and an open pass plus a three-pointer at the top of the arc. Blake, on the other hand, responded with two consecutive fast-break counter-attacks and assists.

At this time, McHale finally came to his senses. The reason why D'Antoni lined up a two-point guard lineup is actually an obvious intention. D'Antoni has always been a run-and-go, so let Blake be in charge of passing the ball on the fast break. However, the core lineup of the Lakers is too old to improve its speed, so after falling into the position, he let the experienced Nash organize the offense.

When McHale came to his senses, he immediately put out a two-point guard lineup.

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[I'm too busy today, I have to take photos, buy furniture and the like, and I don't have time to write, so I can only take out two chapters of the manuscript, sorry.] 】

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