On October 31, 2007, on the fifth day of Chamberlain's arrival with the Warriors, the NBA opener of the new season began, with a total of 12 teams participating in the opener, six in the East and the West, and the Warriors were fortunate to be one of them, and the opponent was the former darling of the league and the Los Angeles Lakers, the eternal aristocracy of basketball.

There is no doubt that the game was played at the Staples Arena in Los Angeles, which is normal, and the opening game has always been played at the home of the Lakers, Celtics, and Knicks, which have important influences. Unless Stern is their real dad.

In fact, the participation of the Warriors and Lakers in the opening game is reasonable and unexpected.

Since O'Neal traveled east to Miami in 04, the Lakers' record has begun to sink, and the Suns, who were led by the Sun God Nash again last season, were easily defeated in the first round, and they are no longer the darlings of the league in terms of record. But fortunately, the Lakers have a good history, and Los Angeles, where they are located, is a big city, so it makes sense to participate in the opening game.

Unexpectedly, the Warriors, it stands to reason that the Warriors are cowering in that small place in Golden State, and the team's record has not been yin or yang, and it should be impossible to participate in the opening game. However, considering that they completed the black eight last season, the original league old and small Bulls team created a miracle, and it is normal to have this arrangement.

Because of their fierce style of play and sharp attacks, the Warriors still have a lot of fans in the league.

Both the Warriors and the Lakers belong to California teams, and this game can be called a California derby, so it is full of gimmicks, and it is natural for the league to put forward the opening game.

In the locker room of the Lakers, Chamberlain sat in front of his locker with a solemn expression, listening carefully to the old Nelson explain the overall tactics of the game. Next to him were fourteen other players sitting upright like schoolboys.

Don't look at the Warriors' top bunch, but they have a good locker room atmosphere, mainly because they have a super strong head coach, and that is Nelson Sr., who is known as the godfather of Golden State. Nelson Sr. is known as 'Mad Scientist', but he is actually very strict in his coaching style, and he is also very strict with his players, and of course he is much more casual than people like Popovich and Sloan, who came out of the army.

Chamberlain sat in the far corner, absentmindedly listening to Nelson Sr.'s deployment - come on, he's just a newcomer, and such an important event as the opener has nothing to do with him. So all he can do is watch everything in the locker room with his eyes, and this is his first time in the locker room of an NBA team, and if he doesn't get a contract extension after 10 days, it could be his last time in the locker room.

Here is an explanation that there are many types of ten-day short contracts in the NBA, some of which start counting time from the first day of signing, and some start counting time from the first game of the official game, and Chamberlain signed the latter one.

On the wall of the Lakers' visiting locker room is a phrase written in large gold letters, an American slang phrase that Chamberlain reads intriguingly: "People-acting-together-as-a-group-can-accomplish-which-no-individual-acting-alone-could-ever-hope-to-bring-about." ”

Jackson, who was sitting next to Chamberlain, saw that he was looking straight at the wall, so he leaned in and followed his gaze, then spat on the floor, and said disdainfully: "The strength of an individual is small and useless, and only a team united from top to bottom will be invincible." Hehe, what a nonsense, why didn't anyone say that when Jordan scored 62 points? Wilt? Why didn't anyone say that when Chamberlain scored a hundred? ”

Basketball is a team sport, and that's true, but in fact, it doesn't apply to the NBA, because the NBA is a commercial league that relies on big-name stars to make money. In addition, the United States has a strong emphasis on individual heroism, which dilutes the influence of this slang.

Old Nelson simply laid out the tactics, and the tactical layout was really simple, that is, one big and four small tactics.

The so-called "one big and four small" tactics means that the five players on the court are made up of one big man and four small men, of which the big man is not necessarily the center, according to Nelson Sr., the big forward is best to act as the big man.

It's one of the Warriors' most old-fashioned tactics, and it's been around since the '90s.

At that time, Tim? Hardaway, Richmond, Mullin, Teague, Higgins, five people with an average height of only 1.94 meters carried forward this set of tactics, among which Higgins, who is known as the "center", is only 2.01 meters. This set of tactics made the Warriors at that time out of the limelight, and the "TMC combination" was even more famous.

The Warriors are familiar with this set of tactics, and the elder Nelson made a change of formation for the Lakers, and then the arrangement was over. Just then, a stadium staff member pushed open the door to the visiting team's locker room and reminded, "Gentlemen, it's time to enter." ”

The order of NBA players is exquisite, the bigger the star is, the more he plays in the back, the last one to play must be the boss of the team, and the first to play is the most marginal pawn of the team.

Fifteen players of the Warriors are in the playing lane, and Chamberlain is the first, after all, he is a newcomer to the team, and it is better to be a low-key person, even if he has a good relationship with the team's bigwigs, especially Jackson.

The lights on the pitch outside had dimmed, and the fans began to shout when they knew that the players were going to play. Just a wall away, the cries of the fans outside were like a landslide and tsunami, clearly rushing into Chamberlain's eardrums.

He was about to set foot in this haunting arena, and for some reason, Chamberlain suddenly remembered his past experience.

Before high school, Chamberlain was the most talked-about person on the school's court, even more so than his then-alumnus Doug, who would later make a name for himself in high school. Sakmund.

With his tall frame, incredible skills and unimaginable touch, Chamberlain was the most powerful player on the pitch, and he and Sackmond formed one of the most formidable inside and outside combinations on the San Francisco Elementary court.

Unfortunately, it all disappeared when he transferred from ninth grade to high school, when he was diagnosed with gigantism and had a severe illness, growing 25 centimeters in just one year, making it difficult to run normally, let alone play on the court.

In high school, Chamberlain's only bright spot on the court was his shooting touch, and as he said before, he still holds the number of three-point shots he made at San Francisco's St. Lawrence High School.

Chamberlain was a thorn in the bucket, and like any other American teenager, he was arrogant, and when he was able to dominate the court, he tortured his opponents with a relentless style of play and language, and when he fell, it was his opponent's turn to taunt him.

IN HIGH SCHOOL, CHAMBERLAIN HAD NO DIGNITY, HE WAS CALLED 'ROTTEN BANANA', 'YANG WEI'S STICK', 'BIG TOFU ROLL', ETC., AND THE STUDENTS GAVE HIM ALL KINDS OF UGLY NICKNAMES AND JOKED ABOUT HIM. He could only swallow his anger because he had no choice but this way, and he didn't want to trouble his family, which had become impoverished because of him......

Chamberlain dreamed that one day he would be able to step on the basketball court again, but this day came so quickly, and he stepped on the NBA court, representing the highest strength in the basketball world in the world!

Davis looked at Chamberlain in a daze, then laughed and exclaimed, "Hey, rookie, is it the first time you've experienced such a big scene?" Tell you, there are more than 20,000 people outside, you won't be scared to pee your pants, will you? ”

Teasing rookies and bullying rookies is the unspoken rule of all NBA teams, and everyone else laughed loudly, but Jackson wanted to give Chamberlain a head, he saw himself as Chamberlain's big brother, and maintained his position everywhere.

However, when the time came to play, as the coach of the team, Nelson Sr. was the first to walk out of the court, and Oxlade-Chamberlain was the first player to appear after him.

When Chamberlain walked into the pitch, there were almost no fans cheering him on, and the DJ just said listlessly: "The first to come out is Paul, a seven-foot-and-one-inch tall center?" Zhang, who is from St. Lawrence High School in San Francisco......"

Paul? Sheet? St. Lawrence High School? What is this? There were 20,000 fans and 20,000 question marks in their heads. This is normal, the news of Chamberlain's signing with the Warriors was only announced on the latter's official website, and there was not even media attention.

Chamberlain understood the fans' reactions, but the live DJ angered him, isn't this guy literate? Is Chamberlain's three Chinese difficult to recognize? He can't actually blame the DJ, Chinese pronunciation is too difficult for these old Americans who are used to curling their tongues to speak, and even now the Lakers DJ still resents him in his heart - Chamberlain wrote his Chinese name on his registration form instead of English name, and according to American pronunciation, Chinese 'Chamberlain' and 'Paul Zhang' are about the same, and the latter is obviously much easier to read.

Now everything about Chamberlain is directly related to China, including his name, his bloodline, his hobbies, but don't get me wrong, it's not because he loves China, but because Samael strictly requires him to do so. As for the reason, it's very simple, anything that can be linked to China in the NBA can make money, especially since Chamberlain still has pure Chinese blood.

Chamberlain had no objection to this, because Samael told him that he could make a lot of money this way. There was no way, he was really poor.

Behind Chamberlain are all small people, like Brand? White, Steele? Rasme and the like, these are the scraps that the Warriors use to make up a 15-man roster, and they don't play as much time in a season as a star can play in a game.

The players entered one by one, and the further back the DJ roared, the louder the pitch became, and the more cheers the players received when they came out. However, the Warriors are only the away team after all, and there are fewer people who can cheer them on, and more boos.

What really made Chamberlain feel the appeal of the superstar was the Lakers players who came out next, especially when the last Kobe Bryant came out, the fans in the audience shouted almost at the same time, it was really a landslide and tsunami, and the raging sound was like a lit bomb, almost toppling the roof of the arena.

Seeing Kobe Bryant walking slowly with his hands raised and smiling, Chamberlain became unprecedentedly excited: this is his pursuit, since he has become a player, it must be the best! This is just Kobe Bryant's appearance on the Lakers, and Chamberlain can't imagine what kind of scene it would be when Jordan played with the Chicago Bulls!