Chapter 68: You Can't Score This Ball!
This summer, Kobe Bryant played big, forcing the Lakers to trade him or bring Jerry West back.
In the end, because of the reassurance of old Bass, Kobe Bryant agreed to wait.
But in fact, in the process of this "forced palace drama", the Lakers management has not moved their brains.
They consulted with the management of the Cavaliers, asking them "do you want the first person in the league", and if so, as long as they open the golden mouth, the Lakers management will send them over, just to exchange for "the first person in the league in the future".
Griffin, the general manager of the Cavaliers, smiled slightly and calmly gave the answer: "FXXXK YOU!" ”
The deal went nowhere.
And tonight, the Lakers are at home, and it is LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers who will face him.
The league gave enough pomp: All-American live.
Domestically, CCTV-5 also broadcast the game live.
Yu Jia, Director Zhang and Su Qun, who were sitting in the studio, looked happy, three hours ago, the Lakers public relations team announced today's starting list.
On the No. 1 position, it is Li Wan, a newcomer in China!
Tonight is not only the clash between the "NBA No. 1" and the "NBA Future No. 1", but also the first start of Li Wan's career.
Director Zhang snorted, rubbed his hands, and took a bite of Beijing: "We can be regarded as catching up, tonight's game, let me tell you, absolutely exciting!" ”
Yu Jia and Su Qun nodded again and again, and they also looked forward to it.
Su Qun said: "Today, it is estimated that many students skipped class to watch this game, of course, we definitely do not advocate this practice, but this is indeed a historic moment, the first Chinese outside player to start in the NBA regular season!" ”
The Staples Arena is also full at the moment, and the crowd is buzzing.
"Next, you may not have watched his game, but you must have heard his name lately, let's welcome the crazy trash talk kid, Lee-Wan!"
The last word "10,000" can be clearly heard Hearn tearing his throat in order to lengthen the tone, and in the audience, hundreds of Lakers fans also shouted out their throats.
In this huge cheer, as well as the introduction of the second middle school, Li Wan walked out of the home players' tunnel, under the spotlight, he opened his hands, half-squatted and walked quickly, his hands slid over the outstretched hands of his teammates, high-fived them one by one, and finally walked to the center of the court and made the gesture of "settle everything", making the atmosphere of the scene even hotter.
Knowing that Li Wan will start tonight, the Los Angeles Lakers fans are also looking forward to it.
Derek Fisher sat on the bench and looked at such a popular Li Wan, with a pained expression.
Since '05, he hasn't been in the starting line-up, first with Vujacic, then Jordan Famar, and now with another Liwan.
And it seems......
The possibilities are very high!
With such a high popularity, as long as the performance is stable, he doesn't need to be eye-catching, but he is afraid that he will have to give up the starting position of this position.
Hey, this leg is really not the right time.
However, at this point, he could only pray that Li Wan would be more unstable than usual in this game.
In that case, he may still have a chance, after all, stability has always been his label!
Lewan looked at the Cavaliers bench, and in the dim light, LeBron James held the ball and stood on the sidelines, waiting for the Lakers' home ceremony to end.
A strong body is enough to impress people at a glance.
And then there's his face......
Blacks generally do not appear to be old, with the exception of Oden.
Except for LeBron James......
If it weren't for the headband, some people would believe it when it came to saying 33!
"Okay, the game is about to begin!"
Yu Jia looked at the broadcast screen, listened to the buzz that symbolized the start of the game, and introduced it unhurriedly.
"On the Lakers' side, as we knew in advance, Li Wan was put in the starting No. 1 position, and the Cavaliers did not change the lineup, and it was still the original lineup."
"Daniel Gibson at No. 1, Larry Hughes at No. 2, LeBron James at No. 3, Drew Gooden at No. 4, Big Z at No. 5."
"This lineup allowed them to reach the Finals last season, but so far this season, the Cavaliers as a whole, except for LeBron James, are not as good as they were in the Eastern Conference Finals."
"The prince is actually okay!" Su Qun interjected.
"Prince" Daniel Gibson became famous in the Eastern Conference Finals last season.
If LeBron James scored 25 points in a row in the final minute of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals and allowed the Cavaliers to take the initiative in the series, then Daniel Gibson scored 3 points on 3-of-3 three-pointers in the final quarter and scored 31 points in the final quarter of the Eastern Conference Finals, which was the last straw that crushed the Pistons.
After the game, LeBron James put his arm around Gibson and yelled at the media crowding the tunnel: "Make way for our superstars." ”
The name "Prince" comes from this.
With Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals exploding, Daniel Gibson secured the starting position for the Cavaliers.
"He averaged 4 points per game last season, and he has averaged 10 points per game this season! More than tripled. ”
When the picture was officially given to Big Z and Bynum who jumped the ball, their discussion about Li Wan's opponent came to an abrupt end.
"Smack!"
Big Z was the first to touch the ball, and Gibson held the ball before half the court, and gave the ball to LeBron James, who stretched out his hand, this scene made Li Wan feel very familiar.
Sure enough, the No. 1 position next to the super outside star has similar functions.
LeBron James held the ball to the frontcourt, stood on the flank, and Luke Wharton slowly leaned over with open hands, watching warily from a hand's distance.
LeBron glanced at his left side, where Kobe Bryant stood, and then at the right, leaning on the top of the arc, it was Li Wan.
Having made up his mind, he leaned towards the top of the arc.
Li Wan noticed his movement, and he was not surprised, compared to Kobe's supplemental defense, it was naturally more worry-free to deal with him, a rookie.
Suddenly, LeBron James showed his terrifying explosiveness, and his whole body was already close to Wharton, who had just reacted and moved sideways.
"Phew!"
As soon as he collided, LeBron James's figure did not shake, and he squeezed past him, Li Wan did not hesitate, the first time Wharton was squeezed away, he moved sideways to LeBron James's breakthrough path in advance.
The bodies of the two people had a strong confrontation, and Li Wan had only one feeling: Isn't this sure it's not a roaring train?
Although he has some psychological preparations, after the confrontation, Li Wan really felt how fierce LeBron James's impact is, his strength can already cope with the general forward, but in front of LeBron James, it is as crisp as paper.
It's just that he has already followed to the inside line, if he gets out of the way, then LeBron can directly complete the violent dunk, and it is not a good thing to let him dunk one like this.
Li Wan gritted his teeth and slammed it again, this time the force was obviously much more ruthless than before.
"Bang dang!"
Heavily interfered, LeBron's stiff layup came to the fore, and the ball hit the board straight and bounced out.
"Toot ......"
At this time, the referee blew a whistle and blew Li Wan's blocking foul.
Is this actually a foul?
There was a burst of dissatisfied boos at the scene, and Li Wan also looked at the referee who blew the penalty very unhappily: "This level of confrontation is also blown?" If you blow the finals like you, the champion is the Cavaliers! ”
The referee glared at him fiercely, picked up the whistle again, and in that way, as long as Li Wan dared to say a word, he would sound the whistle.
Li Wan didn't go up.
And his goal has been achieved, and the scene is full of boos.
Cursing like "garbage referee" and "idiot" came one after another, reminding the referee that even if it was a "national live broadcast" tonight, it would be the home court of the Lakers.
LeBron James heard Leewan's ridicule and walked to the free throw line with an ugly expression.
It's just that as soon as he got the ball, Li Wan's voice sounded again: "You rough man who can only use your body, I bet 10 dollars, and you can't score this ball!" ”
As soon as the words fell, LeBron slammed a free throw into the basket.
"Haha!"
Li Wan laughed unabashedly when he saw that he really didn't make a free throw, and his laughter also made the rest of the Lakers stop, Kobe Bryant was expressionless, but the corners of his mouth that kept twitching could be seen that he was enduring a lot of hardship.
It is indeed a pleasure to watch this rookie engage in other people's mentality.
Zhang Weiping also laughed: "Don't look at Li Wan's foul, LeBron really dares not to enter!" ”
"Don't forget you owe me $10, LeBron!"
Shouted again, although this time it didn't interfere, LeBron James hit the second free throw, but when he turned his head back to defense, LeBron James's even more ugly expression showed that he was angry!
Li Wan didn't feel at ease.
Since LeBron treats him like a soft persimmon, he naturally doesn't need to be polite.