"The New York fans are as enthusiastic as ever"

As soon as he came out of the players' tunnel, Zhuang Fei felt an overwhelming boo, which belonged to the way New York fans greeted the Lakers.

In Madison Garden, Zhuang Fei is indispensable for such treatment every time he comes here, and it can even be said that if Zhuang Fei comes to Madison Garden Plaza and is not booed by these New York Knicks fans, then this is absolutely abnormal, but compared with the past, this time they are more ferocious, obviously, these New York Knicks fans are also very clear that they have the hope of beating Zhuang Fei in this game, and it is also a possibility to defeat Zhuang Fei at the peak, at this time Zhuang Fei came with 25 consecutive wins, It is definitely the pinnacle of the moment, and defeating Zhuang Fei at this time can make people feel very excited when they think about it.

"Coach, I've always felt like you're like a black hole, you've always been able to draw all the light to yourself, since coming to the Lakers, I've found that we've all been covered up by you, I like the feeling, it's like when I first fell in love with basketball, no one knew who Grant Hill was, but basketball at that time was the purest and happiest, I like this feeling very much, I thought that basketball like this couldn't exist, but now I find that the coach can help me feel" In the face of a ferocious boo, Zhuang Fei behaved very calmly, and the Lakers players around him were the same, of course, this had to get rid of those rookie players, this Josh Smith was trembling.

"Haha, Grant, I don't think Josh would have thought that at this point. Play in this environment. He's going to go crazy," almost after Grant Hill finished speaking. Webber, another veteran of the team, also teased Josh Smith, who almost fell down when he just came out of the players' tunnel, and at this time, after Webber finished speaking, all the players of the Lakers laughed, and Josh Smith, who was a little embarrassed, touched his head a little embarrassed, but saw Webber on the side patted his back with some encouragement, and the Lakers' substitute forward was also warm in his heart, he knew that Webber laughed at him just now to release his pressure. Of course, the rest of the Lakers players know about it.

Although these three veterans of the Lakers are no longer the big leaders or nominal leaders of this team. But these three without exception are all the leaders of their former teams, these three people's sense of smell is not comparable to Kobe Bryant's rookie master, many times, these three are adjusting the atmosphere in the Lakers team like spring breeze and rain, this softness allows everyone to feel, and also makes everyone sincerely admire these three veterans, in this case, although these three are not the nominal leaders of the team, but they are the team's emotional regulators. As long as the three of them can hold on, the Lakers won't be able to mess up. This is also one of the reasons why Zhuang Fei is extremely excited about this Laker, this is indeed a team of old and young. But this team has more than just old and young teams.

Of course, the three veterans of the Lakers are dissolving the tension of the other Lakers players like a spring breeze at this time, and as one of the protagonists of this game, Kobe Bryant's face is extremely cold at this time, even if Webb laughed at Josh Smith just now, the Lakers' leading guard still has no expression on his face, but after coming to the Lakers' bench, he looked at the court tightly, and at this time, after the other Lakers players slowly adapted to the atmosphere of Madison Garden Square, they naturally saw Kobe's strangeness.

"Kobe, are you okay" Hardaway looked at the young guard next to him with some concern and said, he knew that the recent war of words between the Lakers and New York was extremely lively, especially the team's head coach Zhuang Fei and Phil Jackson's confrontation is the focus of the United States, and the focus of the two of them is the new Lakers player in front of him, in this case, the pressure on Kobe Bryant in this game can be imagined, at least Hardaway himself may not be able to deal with such a complicated matter now, It's just that Hardaway was a little surprised that after he asked, Kobe Bryant was not as nervous as he thought, but there was a different ecstasy on his face, and his eyes on the court became more and more shining.

And at this time, Hardaway looked at the court, it turned out that it was the head coach of the New York Knicks, Phil Jackson, who came out with the substitutes, obviously, at this time, the reason why Kobe Bryant's eyes were fierce just now was to see the former Lakers head coach, and at this time when Hardaway looked back at Kobe, this guy was indeed staring at Phil Jackson, and Phil Jackson naturally felt an extremely hot gaze staring at him when he walked across the court and was about to go to the team's bench. And when he looked in the direction where his line of sight was, he happened to see Kobe Bryant staring at him, which also made his brow furrow.

"Coach, are you alright?" Van Exel asked with some confusion when he saw his manager suddenly pause.

"It's okay, don't worry" In the end, Phil Jackson looked at Kobe Bryant deeply, and walked directly to the team's bench, and after the New York Knicks came off the bench, the fans in Madison Square Square began to greet their starters with a big applause.

At this time, the atmosphere in Madison Garden Square was completely different from when Zhuang Fei and them came out just now.

And when the leader of this team, NBA No. 1 center Shaq O'Neal, came on the court, the cheers of the audience also reached the maximum, and what these New York fans did not notice at this time was that the eyes of the Lakers No. 8 player in front of the Lakers bench also became more hot.

"I must beat him in this game" almost gritted his teeth after saying this sentence, the Lakers' leading player also stuck out his tongue and licked his somewhat chapped lips, which also made Hardaway on the side a little surprised, although he also knew the relationship between Kobe and O'Neal, in fact, he also didn't like O'Neal leaving the Magic very much, and even once he hated O'Neal very much, but at least in Hardaway's impression, he was not as crazy as Kobe, It's a teammate who has fought side by side together, and even the resentment is not too deep. But judging from the feelings shown by Kobe. It's not just not deep. It's like the taste of hatred and the sea.

"I really don't know how these two people got like this" Finally, the Lakers veteran also said with a wry smile in his heart, and Zhuang Fei, who had been paying attention to Kobe's situation at this time, also smiled in his heart at this time.

For today's Kobe, he has been training for more than half a month, whether it is suppressing him and not letting him play or suppressing him recently and not letting him vent his anger in the media, Zhuang Fei just hopes that Kobe can vent all his emotions into this game, for which Zhuang Fei also used Kobe Bryant when he just left the hotel to use the card that he had just obtained from defeating the Spurs and Duncan that can improve the strength of the player by 5%, and at this time the ability value of the Lakers' leading guard has reached 98, That is, the highest ability in the whole league. is the same as the other two 98 players, Carter and Duncan, you know, Abdul-Jabbar was only 98 at his peak, at this time Kobe's ability was already the peak of his career, and his emotions Zhuang Fei also thought he was at the peak.

"I'm really looking forward to how much energy you can show in this game," Zhuang Fei finally looked at Kobe Bryant's side face with a smile and said softly.

At this time, the New York Knicks players' appearance ceremony is also over, the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks are also preparing to warm up before the game, and this much-anticipated game is about to begin.

"Fei'er, aren't you going to say hello?" Looking at the head coach of the team in front of him, Winter on the side also asked with some suggestions. He was the inventor of the triangle offense, and he had been following Phil Jackson for many years. He is very aware of the problems between Phil Jackson and Zhuang Fei, but no matter at any time, as a home team, Phil Jackson needs to have the demeanor of the home team, but what surprised Winter a little in this game was that his head coach was not prepared to say hello to Zhuang Fei at all, which is not like the style of the New York head coach.

"There's no need for that, I don't think he wants to see me go to him now" Hearing his assistant's words, Phil Jackson frowned and said, at this time his eyes were all about the New York Knicks players and Lakers players who were in full swing.

Just like Phil Jackson said, at this time, Zhuang Fei's eyes were all these players who were warming up on the court. These two have already entered the role in advance, and in this case, these things are really not needed

"The game is about to start, this should be one of the most watched games in NBA history, this game will be broadcast live in more than 200 countries and regions, both the number of viewers and the number of countries in the NBA regular season are the most, according to our TV estimates, the ratings of this game in the United States should be more than 25%, of course, we are conservative estimates, and a more daring point is that the ratings of this game may surpass the Wizards playing the Grizzlies Carter and Jordan in the year"

Looking at the series of data in his hand, Kenny Smith, the TNT commentator on the Madison Garden media commentary seat, also introduced that it may be too early to say that this game is the most watched game in NBA history, but it is absolutely no problem to add one, in fact, the heat of this game before it started was stronger than that of Carter vs. Jordan.

"Yes, under this kind of attention, the victory or defeat of this game is not so simple, this may be a game worth the championship of Canmby, of course, whoever wins this game, then the confidence and benefits they have gained are huge, even immeasurable, so I think this game will be a very exciting game, no one wants to lose such a game" Barkley also smiled and said in the end.

'That's true, and it's clear that the two teams know each other very well. After Barkley finished speaking, the lineup for this game also appeared on the table of the two. At this time, Kenny Smith also began to introduce the starting lists of both sides.

"There are no changes to the Lakers' starters in this game, this is their strongest lineup, Webb, Hill, Hardaway, Szzebiak and Kobe, and the same is true for the New York Knicks, the team's center Shaq O'Neal, who averaged 23 points and 12 rebounds per game this season, the starting power forward is Tim Thomas 13 points and 5 rebounds, the starting small forward is Odom, who averages 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and the two players on the guard line are Marbury and three-point shooter Capono, Among them, Marbury averaged 21 points and 6 assists per game, Cappono averaged 9 points per game, including 45% three-point shooting per game, and the Lakers team's three-point shooting rate was 41%, ranking third in the league.

"This is an extremely good inside and outside team and triangle offensive team, O'Neal's containment allows the other players of the Niu Yun Knicks to get a lot of good scoring opportunities," Kenny Smith also took a deep look at the court after he finished speaking.

The New York Knicks' configuration is all centered on O'Neal, except for O'Neal, the other four players can all throw three-pointers, in addition to throwing three-pointers, Marbury can also continue to kill inside under O'Neal's cover, and what is even more amazing is that Odom and O'Neal can complete a very beautiful triangle offense.

"It's not false that the New York Knicks are considered the second most offensive team in the league," Barkley said after Kenny Smith's introduction, and that's when the game officially began.

When Bavita threw the basketball high into the air, O'Neal and Webb jumped up at the same time.

"This guy is amazing" originally thought that after his knee was fully recovered this season, the bounce has recovered a lot, Webb is very confident in winning O'Neal on this jump ball, but what makes Webb unbelievable is that he still lost, and as far as Weber's vision is concerned, even if O'Neal is not as good as him, it is not much different, plus the reason for his height, he is completely booked in this jump ball.

"Hmph, that's it" Just when O'Neal landed, Webb could clearly hear O'Neal snorting with some disdain, which also made Weber's face a little ugly, but not long after O'Neal snorted coldly, the same fans of Madison Garden Square won the O'Neal jump ball not for a while, and the stadium did undergo a great change, and Capono, who received O'Neal's jump ball, did not hand the ball to Marbury for the first time but chose to advance it himself, but only advanced less than two steps, He was knocked down directly by a figure coming from the front, and the basketball in his hand disappeared.

"Beautiful break, Kobe directly grabbed Capono to the ground, the New York Knicks were empty in the backcourt, Kobe dunked easily, and the Lakers scored the first two points of the game"

At this time, O'Neal, who had just reacted after Kobe dunked, was also stunned, and finally changed again, and his momentum was also improved again, which also surprised Webb on the side.

"It seems that this game has been suffered," in the end, the Lakers' inside line shook his head helplessly when he looked at the angry big fat man. (To be continued.) )