The starting lineup of the Lakers is: center Bynum, power forward Gasol, small forward Wharton, playmaking guard Fisher, and scoring guard Kobe.

The Warriors' starting lineup is: center Chamberlain, power forward Ibaka, small forward Jackson, playmaking guard Billups, and shooting guard Iverson.

There is a bigger highlight of this game, that is, the battle between Iverson and Kobe, both of whom are 96-level players, so far, among the 96-level players, these two people are the most popular, and Nash fans also have a lot of them, but to say that he is more popular than Iverson, the cross-over and ditch hairstyles on the streets do not agree.

The 1996 draft was a star-studded, talent-filled affair, and the ignorant youngsters of the time did not disappoint their expert fans, and the NBA was dominated by the 96 generation and the pan-96 generation for the next decade, and as we all know, the rookies of that year were known as the NBA's "golden generation", and Iverson has always been considered the representative of the golden generation.

Due to its thin appearance, it also gave it the nickname "Question" (this is the first nickname of AI). Of course, he then used his performance to give "the answer (the source of the current nickname, experts have questioned the AI again and again, and he has also given strong answers again and again)": the shortest champion show, the shortest scoring champion, the highest single-game steal record in the playoffs, 60 points per game, and the regular season MVP...... At this point, "Answer" became Iverson's first nickname.

Iverson has many characteristics, melancholy and blurred eyes, short but majestic body, unruly personality, unique stubbornness, his character traits, in a certain period of time, was once the label of the NBA, in the history of the NBA, only Jordan has done it, but the label that Jordan brought to the NBA at that time was 'domineering, invincible, confident, and conquering'.

Whether or not Iverson fans admit it, Iverson has left an indelible mark on the NBA, not because of his brilliant stats or even his fearless style of play, but on his rebellious spirit and the unique basketball language that is now the symbol of the NBA.

Iverson wants to beat Kobe, why doesn't the latter think so?

Before Iverson left the 76ers, every time these two people met, it was bound to be a powerful bloody battle against Maimang, these two people can be called lifelong opponents, and every time they meet, they will never die. In terms of data, Iverson has won many times, but in terms of results, Kobe Bryant has won too much.

The Lakers are the biggest stumbling block on the Warriors' road to winning the championship, and the Warriors hope that Iverson can be the foot that kicks off this semifinal, and the latter obviously has this plan.

Kobe Bryant is in high spirits with the Lakers, and now in addition to leading the team to win a championship, he has achieved perfection in other honors. With the ups and downs of Iverson's form in the past two years, the media began to fall into the ground, and not long ago "Slam Dunk" magazine raised a very interesting topic, what would the position be like to rearrange the '96 draft?

Obviously, Kobe Bryant was selected as the champion, and from his current physical condition and combat effectiveness, he deserves this honor. But Iverson was not convinced, what made him most depressed was that he couldn't even keep his position on the list, and Nash had a faint tendency to become the top of the list with Lian Zhuang's MVP, that is, he was just a tanhua?!

Iverson was very angry, the consequences were serious, he was silently warming up after playing today, and those who are familiar with Iverson know that the answer in the ultimate state is about to appear.

As the players stood on the pitch and the fans burst into hurricane-like cheers, Chamberlain raised his hands in enjoyment as he said to Jackson, "Somehow, I suddenly remembered the old Christmas fight, brother, am I too old?" ”

Jackson was also a little sad, and said with emotion: "Today last season, we still have a bunch of old brothers in the team, Biedrins, Davis, Harrington, Ellis, Azubuke, Petrus...... Fuck, don't dare to count, things are not people! ”

Chamberlain thought of these things, but it was a bloody battle immediately, and he couldn't mention these things, otherwise it would be very demoralizing, so he turned his mind quickly and smiled deliberately: "No, Boss Jack, you misunderstood me, I didn't think of last year's Christmas war, but the 2004 Christmas war." ”

Hearing this, Jackson was not sentimental, and immediately began to blow his beard and glare: "Shit, boy, are you looking for death?" ”

The 2004 Christmas battle was indeed more interesting, when the NBA arranged the schedule before the season, it specially arranged a sensational grudge matchup between the Heat team and the Lakers, that is, O'Neal VS Kobe Bryant, on Christmas, and at the same time matched the Pistons and Pacers, two powerful teams that entered the Eastern Conference finals last season. But unexpectedly, on November 19, the two teams jointly created the largest riot in NBA history - the Auburn Hills Palace Incident, so that game became the most exciting and emotional "Christmas War" in NBA history.

"Let's be honest, Boss Jack, I didn't care about your victory or defeat at all, I just wanted to know if Jingwumen 2, Ha Lu Ha." Chamberlain laughed, and Ibaka laughed too, adding, "I was only in contact with the NBA at the time, by the way, what is Jingwumen 2?" ”

Billups and Jackson glanced at each other and sighed together: "Shit, fate is impermanent!" ”

Billups was on the Pistons and Jackson was on the Pacers, and when the former went to fight and was punched by the latter.

Iverson smiled: "What you see is only the appearance, what I know is interesting, do you know the way?" During that game, the Indiana Conseco Arena was on the verge of a big enemy, and 200 additional security guards were temporarily deployed in all corners of the arena, and 10 security guards were arranged behind the Piston bench to watch the fans' every move and prevent the fans from taking revenge. In addition, a tarpaulin was erected over the hallway leading to the locker room to prevent fans from throwing things as Pistons players came in and out; Even the seats next to the venue are tied together, do you know what Lu Dao is for? ”

Chamberlain burst into laughter: "Are you afraid that the fans will grab the chairs and fight?" ”

"Bingo, you guessed it." Iverson pointed at Chamberlain and smiled.

Billups said sarcastically: "We are not afraid of their hands, our team brought five bodyguards that day, all of whom are good Marines!" ”

Every team will bring a bodyguard when they play away, but they only bring one, under normal conditions.

"It's a pity I didn't play in that game, otherwise we would have won!" Jackson said unwillingly.

The Pacers lost miserably in that Christmas game, which is normal, the main players of the Pacers were banned, Jackson and Artest were banned for almost a season, and who was the big brother of the Pacers at that time? Reggie Miller, 40 years old!

"It doesn't matter, brothers, we can win today!" Oxlade-Chamberlain walked to the halfway line and said loudly.

Chamberlain's cruel words made the Lakers players very unhappy, especially the short-tempered Bynum, but he didn't dare to drink Chamberlain, he was afraid that his life would be in danger, but when he inadvertently looked back and saw the goddess Rihanna kissing him, he suddenly became enthusiastic and proud: "With me, you can only win when you dream!" ”

As he spoke, Bynum's heart trembled, Damn, I won't be beaten by the violent machine on the other side, right?

Chamberlain didn't argue with him at all, just smiled and half-crouched, the referee threw the ball up, and Chamberlain slapped it to Billups.

As soon as Chamberlain slapped the ball, Iverson pulled his legs and ran down, everyone guessed correctly, and when he met Kobe Iverson, he was furious, this fast attack speed was called a fast, and the fans only felt Iverson's figure shake a few times in a row, and then entered the front court penalty area.

Some fans who don't have good eyes vaguely feel that there is an afterimage of Iverson on the field!

If there was anyone on the court who was most familiar with Iverson, it was Kobe Bryant, and he knew that the opening game would be like this, so he ran down when he jumped the ball, and he didn't have any hope for Bynum at all.

Bryant made the right choice, he almost entered the box with Iverson one after the other, so that when Billups passed the ball Iverson received the ball and delayed, Bryant organized the defense.

In the face of the regulars who defended for a while, Iverson now had better pass the ball back to Billups to organize the offense, if he was entangled by the opponent in the first few games, he did the same, but today is different, he looked at the hoop coldly in the face of Kobe, his thin but powerful body is like a willow swinging left and right in the wind, the ball jumps quickly between his hands and the floor, and the whole person is like an elf.

Kobe Bryant's legs were spread and his arms were opened, Iverson's short body was killed directly from his right side, as Kobe retreated, the ball in his left hand was quickly handed over to his right hand, and his shoulders shook sharply from side to side, and with a 'squeak' a piercing roar, he moved half a step sideways, directly opening up the distance between Kobe.

Kobe Bryant responded calmly, immediately made a decision to move sideways, the sound of 'squeak' sounded continuously, Iverson changed direction again, he was like a Ferrari car drifting on the F1 track, after three consecutive changes of direction, Iverson twisted his waist and shook his shoulders, this time he came around, successfully shook Kobe Bryant and rushed to the basket, jumped up in the air and threw a shot.

The opening was such a wonderful offense, the blood of Warriors fans boiled all at once, Iverson's change of direction and turn were extremely smooth, but fierce and unmatched, like the rushing Mississippi River, which easily aroused the wildness of men.

"Roar! NBA，WHAT-NBA？ NBA=Nothing-But-AI (NBA means 'Nothing Matters But Iverson')! "Oracle Arena DJ Spert roared with his unique beastly voice, guiding fans to let off steam.

Iverson made his trademark gesture to the fans as he ran forward: he put his right hand on his ear and tilted his head slightly, so the cheers of the fans became louder, and the rolling thunder roared and galloped through the arena, like Thor sitting high in the clouds, greeting his followers in admiration.

In the loudspeakers at Oracle Arena, the DJ's voice was still ringing: "Guys, every fan who comes to Oracle, whether you are a Lakers fan or a Warriors fan, whether you like or hate Iverson, please be glad that you are here today, because you are going to see a great show by AI, keep your eyes open and don't miss a shot." Otherwise, you can only miss it: miss that "ditch", miss his ghostly breakthrough on the court, miss the figure of a little man covered in wounds, and his tireless running on the court, and of course, you will also miss his gesture of putting his hands to his ears and listening to the cheers around him after the victory, will miss his tattoo of the word "loyalty", and miss the moment when he kissed the floor of the center of the 76ers' home court......"

"This DJ is good, I'm going to cry." Bryant said to Iverson as he ran down.

Iverson smiled and opened his arms to Kobe, Peter Pan's trademark bright smile on his face, and he asked, "Brother, are you sure you're not mistaken, you're going to defend me today?!" ”

"As long as I'm on the field, I'll defend you! KB, I've been waiting for this day for a long time! ”

"Very well, brother, I have waited a long time too! Give me the ball! ”