As a warm-up game before the start of the NBA regular season, the preseason has always been valued by coaches. In the face of the greatly changed Timberwolves lineup, Whitman specially arranged a series of new tactics, in addition, Zheng Ke, as the core, was also arranged in the previous team training camp with a new tactical position.

Although the audience in Shanghai was very enthusiastic, everyone also wanted to see more performances by Zheng Ke. However, Zheng Ke, who has not had a good rest all summer, must respect the coach's arrangement. As a result, none of his eight games has played more than 30 minutes.

Throughout the preseason, the Timberwolves got three wins. In addition to winning two games against the Bucks, there was also a victory over the Kings who lacked Artest, and the record was mediocre.

However, Zheng Ke's performance as the core was eye-catching, averaging 11.2 points in 18.9 minutes per game in the preseason. And the team's selection of Kevin Love this summer is also eye-catching, with double-doubles in six of eight games, which seems to confirm his declaration in the draft.

Just as the preseason was in full swing, various promotional videos for the regular season of the 08-09 season began to appear on the screen. In the official promotional video, Zheng Ke can also be regarded as a prince, last season's "Chasing Hat James" and several flat-frame tomahawk dunks appeared in the promotional video, which made his fans very happy.

In addition to the official promotional video, each team's own promotional video also appeared on the Internet. For example, the Rockets used a promotional video with the theme of Yao Ming and Maddie's cooperation, interspersed with the glorious moment of 22 consecutive wins last season, which made people's blood boil.

So in the promotional video of the Timberwolves, the big man who turned the river and the sea on the inside last season is gone, and is replaced by Zheng Ke, who held up the gold and jade on his chest at the Olympics. The Timberwolves' promotional video is centered on Zheng Ke, with the wonderful performance clips of Love and Billups in the middle, and the shots of other players such as Randy Folye and Channing Fry flashed from time to time, and the scene of the entire promotional video is also particularly hot.

Under this huge publicity, fans have huge expectations for the new season, looking forward to their own team soaring into the sky, and looking forward to their favorite stars to create brilliance

October 27th.

The regular season of the 08-09 season has officially begun.

Last season, the Timberwolves failed to participate in the opening game, because the original Timberwolves star was dim, and Zheng Ke was just a grassroots within a grassroots.

This summer, Zheng Ke led the Chinese team to win the Olympic gold medal against the Dream Team, which not only made him a thorn in the side of many big names in the NBA, but also established his status as an international star in one fell swoop.

Stern is a smart businessman, and he thought about the current regular-season opener almost instantly after China's victory.

Timberwolves vs. Lakers.

The core of the Chinese team vs. the core of the American team is a good gimmick. The venue of the competition was naturally held in the metropolis, Staples, where there are many Hollywood stars.

Due to the different time zones, the match on the West Coast was scheduled to be held in Zuihou, which can also be said to be a grand finale, which successfully attracted the attention of people from all walks of life, and the scalpers who came into being even sold tickets for the opening game to a sky-high price, leading to the finals.

Therefore, even the wealthy old Buss is quite comfortable after seeing that the Lakers made a small extra money in this game, and even the little secretary who saw the black stockings seems to be particularly enchanting and charming today

In the luxurious locker room of the Lakers' home team.

A man sat silently on a stool, his dark hands tied with his purple and gold sneakers, and his expression was solemn.

"Kobe, are you alright?"

"I'm fine!" This person is Kobe, he raised his head suddenly, revealing a pair of cold and murderous eyes, staring at Gasol, and said coldly.

Gasol was taken aback by Kobe's murderous tone, and subconsciously took a small step back.

Bryant stood up, turned his head and walked slowly towards the outside of the locker room, and when he was at the door, he paused slightly and left a word.

"I want you to blow up that No. 5 show!"

In the Lakers' visiting locker room.

The Timberwolves' big men surrounded Zheng Ke and let out sighs of emotion from time to time.

"Oh my God, is this the exclusive star? That's so cool! Lefu said enviously, and the group of younger brothers around him nodded frequently, also showing envious eyes.

Zheng Ke was embarrassed and looked down at his hand.

It is a pair of black and white sneakers with a natural flush heel and coquettish red laces. The soft and comfortable upper is embroidered with Adidas' famous three-bar logo, while the huge "ZK" logo representing Zheng Ke appears on the heel of the shoe.

The whole pair of sneakers has a streamlined shape, and Zheng Ke tried to take two steps after putting them on, and felt extra comfortable. "It's good that it also represents the highest jishu level of Adidas, and it's really different." Zheng Ke said darkly.

"Alright, gentlemen, the game is about to begin, let's get ready on the field!" The staff at the door walked in and reminded the Timberwolves of what to do next.

The crowd laughed and walked out of the locker room.

"I'm getting a little nervous, ZK." Lefu suddenly had a tangled expression, and secretly ran to Zheng Ke's side to complain. "It's the first time I've played for an outside team against a team from Los Angeles, you know, I used to be from Los Angeles."

Zheng Ke looked at Lefu in surprise, he really didn't know that Lefu and Los Angeles had such a relationship, and hurriedly asked, "Are you from Los Angeles?" Kevin. “

"Well," Lefu nodded, "My family lives on a beach in Los Angeles. Santa Monica, have you heard of it? “

"I'm sorry, Kevin, I didn't know."

"It's a beautiful place, I'll take you there when I have a chance."

"That's great," Zheng Ke smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "You can call everyone together." ”

"Yes," Lefou, said excitedly in his hometown, and began to share his joy of living in Los Angeles with his teammates around him. There were bursts of laughter in the tunnel from time to time

This is a live broadcast game in the United States, the Staples Arena has already been full, the front row closest to the court still maintains the tradition of the Lakers, sitting Hollywood stars, unlike in the past, there seem to be a lot of beautiful stars present today, in addition to the well-known Kobe fan Jessica Alba, there is also the petite and lovely Vanessa Hudgens, the famous "Youth Musical" heroine, and Oscar-winning actress Penelope, etc., and even Kobe's wife Vanessa came to the scene, Before the players even entered the playing field, Staples became a field of competition.

What a scene of a hundred flowers blooming!

These hormonal over-secretion players were obviously shocked by such a bright starlight, and one by one they craned their necks to look at the audience, and their souls were all hooked away.

At this point, the DJ at Staples Live began to introduce the Timberwolves' starters.

"Let's welcome the rookie from the Timberwolves, UCLA graduate, 6-foot-10" power forward Kevin ~~~ LeFou!"

With the introduction of the live DJ, the audience at the scene whistled and cheered, and Lefu trotted out of the players' tunnel under the gaze of the surrounding audience, although the action was a little stiff, but the overall performance was personable, so that Zheng Ke nodded with satisfaction, the first time to play this kind of scene can do this, it is already good.

Then there was the Timberwolves' center, Chaninfry's appearance, and after Chaninfrye ran out, Randy Foye, who was in the starting position, was introduced.

The penultimate number is the team's biggest signing of the summer

"Let's welcome the Timberwolves player, the '04 Finals MVP, the six-foot-three-inch point guard Chauncey~~ Billups!"

Billups is a veteran of the battlefield, he turned and ran out, high-fived the Timberwolves players in the formation without squinting, his movements were skillful, his expression was calm, and he couldn't see any fluctuations.

Zheng Ke appeared as the finale.

"Let's welcome the Timberwolves' star player, 6'8" tall and small forward Zheng ~~~~~g from China~~~~"

Zheng Ke listened to the DJ's introduction, and then trotted out, to his surprise, there was a huge boo in the Staples Arena.

The loud boos came suddenly, but not very long. Zheng Ke was not frightened, but several rookies who only came this year were taken aback, and Kevin Lefu touched his head and couldn't tell the situation.

However, as a party to the party, Zheng Ke knew the reason as soon as his head turned.

First of all, Zheng Ke, as the biggest contributor to the Chinese team's victory in the Olympic Games this year, gave the American men's basketball team a fatal blow to the original victory, which is unacceptable for many American fans, just like a foreigner snatched the gold medal of our Chinese table tennis, which is also unacceptable.

In addition, Kobe Bryant, as the leader of the American team this year, failed to lead the American team to win the gold medal is responsible, so he received a lot of criticism after the Olympics, which made the Lakers fans very uncomfortable, so the culprit is naturally the yellow skin, black eyes and black hair, and they look very different from the Chinese

So, boos followed.