Los Angeles Times Editorial Office, Bill. Raleigh was in front of his computer typing news content for reprinting, and he was a little depressed today, so the typesetting speed was much slower than usual.

As a native of California who loves basketball, Beal's support for the Lakers comes from the heart, and people like him who call themselves veteran fans don't worship a certain star, but pour all their passion into a team, and Beal's favorite is naturally the Purple and Gold giants Lakers.

The Lakers have been the most competitive team in the league in recent years, and none of them are evidenced by the triple championship. However, it all fell apart this summer, and his beloved O'Neal and Kobe Bryant turned against each other, and the former was sent directly to the East Coast. What could be more desperate for a die-hard Lakers fan?

Actually, there were, for example, O'Neal, whom they had supported for six years, returned to Staples Arena and bared his fangs at them. On the one hand, the superstars who brought them three consecutive championships, and on the other hand, their beloved team, the competition between the two is simply fratricide!

In the just-concluded Lakers opener, the Sharks-led Heat defeated the opponent 122-98 to take away a victory, which was a revenge slaughter, O'Neal played 42 minutes, cut down 35 points, 18 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Bryant also had an eye-catching performance, scoring 32 points, seven assists, six rebounds, and four steals, but he didn't have teammates like Wade and didn't dominate the inside and outside, so he still suffered a heavy defeat.

Bill sighed, looking at the headline on the front page of the screen titled "Shark Journey to the West Revenge Succeeds, Lakers Slaughtered by Old Generals", he felt very uncomfortable. What could make him feel better? He set his sights on the second edition, which was headlined: "Detroit loses at home, Charlotte's new army fails."

In the eyes of Lakers fans, the team they hate the most is the Pistons, because if the Lakers can still win the championship this summer, then the OK combination may not fall apart, and it is the Pistons who broke up their team. In this way, how can they not hate the Pistons? Of course, the most hated was the Pistons' leading brother Huaben at that time, he was FMVP!

Thinking of the damage that Warben and the Pistons brought to the Lakers, Beal gritted his teeth and revised the title: "Detroit eats its own bitter fruit, and the Pistons are traitors."

Yes, in the eyes of people on the outside, this is the case, and Huaben is too arrogant in this game. The Pistons scored a total of 100 points, and he scored 35 points himself! He also had 16 rebounds and seven blocks. Judging from the data, Hua Ben and O'Neill can only be regarded as half a catty, but you must know that Hua Ben is facing the opponents of the new inner line hegemon Milicic and Rashid, and in addition to rookies, he is leftovers. What about O'Neill? He has no opponent at all on the inside, Kwame. Brown's presence or absence has little impact on the game.

But there is no doubt that the two big men who were the most eye-catching in the opening game of Wajben and O'Neal, who is better? Fans have their own opinions, and the best way to compare is to let the two go head-to-head.

This opportunity is coming soon, and in the second round, the Bobcats will meet the Heat, and moreover, the angry Heat.

The next game is in Charlotte, so the hapless Heat won't have to wait until Game 3 for their home opener this season? This is simply fruit-eating contempt.

The Bobcats' impressive performance on the road attracted the interest of Charlotte fans, and the battle between Huaben and O'Neal was an attractive enough gimmick that more than 20,000 tickets were sold out at the Time Warner Center in the opener.

Due to the influence of the NCAA, Charlotte fans are still quite crazy, and as DJ passionately announces 'Charlotte Bobcats' home debut, the cheers of the landslide and the ground crack sounded, as if it could directly knock the roof of the stadium over.

First of all, Johnson, the owner of the Bobcats, came out to thank the fans for their support, and then simply said a few nonsense words, nothing more than that this team was formed out of my love for basketball, our goal is to win the championship, to cast NBA immortal glory in Charlotte, etc., after saying these opening words, he handed over the performance to the singers who were invited to cheer and the like.

Fireworks were blazing outside the stadium, and Charlotte's night sky was almost a brilliant color. The big screen shows the grand scene captured from outside the stadium, which is a special feeling of joy.

The mascot of the Bobcats, Lufus, wore big sunglasses and ran out of the players' tunnel bouncing, many children like this cartoon character, according to the requirements, Lufus is very enthusiastic and witty, as long as there are children up, there are photographers to take pictures of them.

The final highlight was the Bobcats' head coach and players, Joe has only been retired for two years, and he still has the most fans in the United States, and he is the pride of North Carolina to come out, and the fans can come to the court, and he is indebted: you can't watch Jordan perform on the court, but you can see his head coach style.

Players play one by one, role players come first, and the bigger the cards go back, the higher the cheers from the fans. Until Huaben appeared, the decibel of the voice reached its peak.

Of course, the Heat players who played before were booed, and when O'Neal played, the decibels of boos also reached their peak.

O'Neill didn't care about this at all, he had seen this situation a lot. Listening to the boos of the fans, he was a little proud, and said to Wade next to him: "Look, they are afraid of us, and they only make such noises when they are afraid. ”

Wade smiled implicitly, although O'Neal said before joining the Heat that the two shared the status of boss and that he would gradually delegate power in the future, but in fact, the current boss of the Heat is O'Neal. Wade doesn't really care about that, he's been carrying the burden of the team forward in the past year, and it's a bit overwhelming, and it's good that O'Neal can come and help him share that responsibility.

Wade was a little worried about O'Neal's ease, he wanted to dissuade O'Neal, Big Ben was not as easy to deal with as he imagined, the two had been teammates in the Olympics, and the almost omnipotent Wade was secretly frightened.

Wabeto hugged and high-fived everyone, and the players came up to surround him in the middle, howling like a wolf, and with the music of the whole stadium, Wabben began to do what the boss should do in the opening game: mobilize before the battle.

"We're rookies, we're rookies in the league, any team is older than us, brothers, tell me, do we deserve the worst record? I don't know your answer, but if I were to answer this question, I'd say, fuck it! ”

"We're a good newcomer, but we already have the best players in the league for the same position; We're rookies, but we have the drive and passion that other teams don't have! Brothers, the horn of the charge has sounded, the war for the championship has begun, let's tell the other teams with a steady stream of victories, here the lynx is infested, people pay attention! ”

"Bobcats are infested, please be careful!" Iguodala yelled with the others.

At the end of the hour-long opening ceremony, the Heat players re-entered the stadium to sing the national anthem, and the head coaches of both teams sent their rosters and the players warmed up.

In the starting lineup of the Heat, the center is the new overlord O'Neal, the power forward is the former All-Star Leitner, and the small forward is Rasso. Butler (not Cuarón. Butler, who has been traded to the Lakers), is shooting guard Damon. Jones, the playmaker guard is Wade.

The Bobcats' starting lineup has been confirmed: center Huaben, power forward Oku, small forward Steven Gerrard, shooting guard Iguodala, playmaking guard Pattin.

At the beginning, Huaben and O'Neill reluctantly hugged each other, but Huaben was very enthusiastic, after all, this is his home stadium. O'Neal was quite reluctant, and in last season's finals, he and Waben had a lot of grudges, and God forbid them for not being able to fight on the spot.

Seeing the shark's expressionless face, Hua Ben smiled and said: "Shaq, don't be like this, be happy, it's just that you have to lose a game here, be like a gentleman, you are Miami's second brother." "He is seizing the time to separate the opponent, regardless of whether he has a chance or not, as the saying goes, as long as the hoe swings well, he is not afraid of digging in the corner.

The combination between O'Neal and Wade is huge, and they can win the championship next season, and Huaben is still a little jealous of the Heat.

The shark didn't speak, and Wade spoke first: "Ben, Shaq is my big brother, and will always be my big brother!" ”

O'Neal put a satisfied smile on his face and gave Wade an appreciative look, this kid just knows how to behave, much better than the No. 8 in Los Angeles. He added: "Ben, don't you dream here, do you think we're here to accept failure?"

"Isn't it?" Warburn interrupted O'Neill, turned around and walked away without waiting for him to answer.

O'Neill held back half a sentence in his heart, jumped to his feet uncomfortably, and shouted "I'm going to kill this villain, I'm going to kill this bastard."

The opportunity came immediately, the referee blew the whistle, Van Gundy and Jordan called their disciples to their side, made the final tactical arrangements, and then the players took off their training clothes and walked onto the court.

Despite his size, O'Neill's bounce is excellent, which is why he can create a legend. Okulu was a step behind when he jumped the ball, and he dialed the ball to Wade.

The former Heat team was used to fast break at the beginning, and Butler, Wade and Odom were all top-notch players in the same position. Not now, Van Gundy commanded, Wade arrived in the front court and waited for his teammates to take position, mainly waiting for O'Neal.

Fans looked at the restricted area with high spirits, and everyone knew that the first ball of the Heat would definitely be handed over to O'Neal, and the battle between the two best centers in the East was about to begin.

Everybody thought so, and so did Wabbon, who was behind O'Neill, gathering his strength and waiting for the battle to come.

In the face of Pattin's defense, Wade smiled and looked inside, the action of the left hand suddenly accelerated, the body fell slightly, and the whole person was like a black panther, rushing past Pattin's side at a gallop. Padding blocked, and the two collided physically, and the Briton was directly knocked away.

Leitner was in the high position, Oku also followed, and the Heat team except for O'Neal, everyone else was in the high position, which was obviously to open up the position for O'Neal to play Huaben alone, so when Wade broke through Pattin, Iguodala and Gerrard had no choice but to watch him walk away.

O'Neal was firmly stuck in Warburn, and Wade strode smoothly into the penalty area, jumped up, and dunked with the ball in both hands.

"It's not scientific!" Hua Ben was dumbfounded.

(To be continued)