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Before the start of the regular season, ESPN made a prediction ranking for the power rankings based on the preseason and the lineup of each team in the league.

In this power list, the Golden State Warriors are at the top of the list, for the simple reason that Curry, Thompson, Green, and the old Big Three are all healthy, and Ingram is entering the fourth season of his career, and his personal ability has been further improved.

Not only that, but the Warriors re-signed Javier this summer. McGee, hopefully the other side can make a difference in the Warriors' weak interior line.

This signing is the finishing touch in Wang Chao's view.

McKie's own price is not high, but it is only a matter of two or three million, but as a blue-collar player, his contribution on the field is still remarkable.

In the original history, in the 18-19 season, McGee, who served as the starting center of the Lakers, played an average of 22 minutes per game, and was able to contribute 12 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2 blocks to the team, and his performance was very efficient.

In the 19-20 season, which is the Lakers' championship season, McGee's playing time was suppressed by Howard, only 16.8 minutes, but he still had 6.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks.

For the Warriors, who mainly play the Death Five, a blue-collar center like McGee, who doesn't need much playing time and can come in handy as soon as he gets on the court, is the best choice.

With McGee and Looney, the Warriors' interior line is basically enough, combined with the characteristics of the entire lineup, as well as the varying degrees of roster changes and strength declines of several strong teams last season, it is not surprising that it is considered the strongest team in the new season.

The second in the power list is the Los Angeles Lakers.

Even though the Clippers were swept out of the playoffs last season, the Lakers' roster is still too luxurious.

The triumvirate combination of James + Cousins + Towns, as well as the combination of new and old players such as Rondo and Tatum, as long as the run-in is in place, it is definitely an undisputed championship team.

In third place is the Los Angeles Clippers.

Tobias. The successive departures of Harris and Brogdon have made the league generally believe that the strength of the Clippers has declined, even if they successfully retain Wang Chao, Alexander's performance in the preseason is also eye-catching, but the decline of the Clippers' overall strength is an indisputable fact, and it can be ranked third in the power list, which is the league's respect for Wang Chao and the Clippers, the defending champion team.

The fourth to sixth in the power rankings are the Bucks, Rockets, Spurs and other teams.

The first battle between the Clippers and the Lakers is the battle for second and third in the power rankings.

This game is the home of the Clippers, but in the Los Angeles derby, the Clippers rarely have home-court advantage, even if they won the championship last season, the number of Clippers fans has increased a lot, but there are still many fans wearing Lakers jerseys at home.

Clippers starters: Wang Chao, Alexander, Anthony, Gallinari, Lopez.

Lakers starters: Rondo, Tatum, James, Towns, Cousins.

Before the game started, Wang Chao noticed that Anthony's eyes were not quite right not far away, and he looked at the Lakers, his eyes flickered, as if he was looking at the enemy.

After thinking about it carefully, Wang Chao understood.

Last season, Anthony didn't have a good time with the Lakers, even worse than the original history with the Rockets, not only became the blame for the Lakers' losses, but was also humiliated by the Lakers management, but his "good brother" never spoke for him in this process, and even he was cut by the Lakers There may be a "good brother" behind him.

After a season, Anthony, who almost had no ball to play, returned to the field and faced his old club last season, although the situation was different, but it was a bit of a shadow of 30 years of Hedong and 30 years of Hexi.

Wang Chao knows that Anthony's overall performance this season is actually good, and now facing the enemy, maybe it can really inspire him to have more combat effectiveness.

It's really interesting to watch Anthony slash his enemies.

Thinking of this, Wang Chao whispered to Anthony: "Cameron, in this game, I will try my best to make the ball for you, you can play and beat them!" ”

Hearing Wang Chao's words, Anthony was stunned, and immediately understood, and looked at Wang Chao with some gratitude.

Players who leave the team and re-encounter their old clubs usually want to play better and prove their strength to their old clubs, proving that the opponent has no eyes and will not use people, not their lack of strength.

Although Anthony is now a veteran, as a former top superstar and one of the league's top 75 stars, this is certainly something.

He didn't expect the team to give him this opportunity, after all, Wang Chao's coffee position is much bigger than him, and the opponent is still a strong rival like the Lakers, and winning is much more important than getting him back on the court.

Unexpectedly, before the game started, Wang Chao first proposed to help him find a field.

This makes Anthony's gratitude to Wang Chao overflowing.

He also knew that the reason why the Clippers would accept him was also because Wang Chao nodded his approval.

As he spoke, the starters of both teams came on.

Lopez and Towns jumped the ball, the latter won, and the Lakers had the ball.

Rondo dribbled the ball past half court and handed it to James, who held the ball in the face of Wang Chao's defense, and had no idea of playing by himself, and instead hoisted the ball to the inside.

The Lakers, who have Towns + Cousins, have the most luxurious interior configuration in the league, how can they not take advantage of it?

Cousins may not have much of an advantage against Lopez's defense on the inside, but Towns is definitely the dominant opponent against Gallinari.

No matter how soft Downs is, it can't be so soft that even Gallinari can't play alone.

With his back to Gallinari, Downs squeezed two steps into the penalty area, came to his comfortable position, turned and jumped to shoot.

But at this moment, Wang Chao, who had been waiting for an opportunity for a long time, came out from the side, and the volleyball smash style fanned Downs's shot directly out of bounds.

The opening was a bloody hat, Wang Chao successfully detonated the atmosphere of the audience, and the cheers and screams of the fans filled the entire stadium!

The Lakers served from the bottom line, and the basketball was once again passed to Downs, and he took advantage of the time difference to pull out his hand directly from the middle distance, but obviously Wang Chao's big hat just now had a slight impact on Downs' mentality, and the shot deviated from the basket, and the rebound was taken off by Wang Chao.

When he saw Wang Chao jump high and grab the rebound, James's eyelids couldn't help jumping.

Looking at Wang Chao's extremely familiar movements, he immediately reacted to what Wang Chao wanted to do.

Counter Attack!

James, like Wang Chao, has an extremely sensitive sense of smell for counterattacking fast breaks, coupled with super fast running speed, scoring fast breaks is like picking up objects.

"Hurry back to defense!"

After shouting at his teammates, James took the first step towards the backcourt and quickly retreated.

Sure enough, after landing on the ground, Wang Chao threw the basketball in front of him, and the whole person exploded and accelerated like a cheetah, and instantly rushed out of the long distance.

The Lakers' outside players could only grit their teeth and retreat desperately, and they didn't even dare to risk going up to steal and try to stop Wang Chao's pace.

The two sides switched offense and defense very quickly, and in just a breath, Wang Chao had already rushed across the half court to the three-point line and went straight to the Clippers restricted area.

On the Lakers' side, James, Tatum and Rondo contracted their defenses almost at the same time, and the three teamed up to form a joint encirclement of Wang Chao.

"No matter how strong Wang Chao is, it's not so easy to want 1v3!"

Just when everyone was thinking like this, the corners of Wang Chao's mouth were slightly hooked, and the basketball in his hand was thrown directly outside.

The basketball passed through the three-man net and landed pinpointingly into Anthony, who had just arrived outside the three-point line.

In terms of speed, the aging Anthony is completely unable to compete with Wang Chao, James and others, but after all, the foundation is still there, and when Wang Chao rushes into the interior to attract all the defensive attention, he can still be in place outside the three-point line.

With a completely wide open space, Anthony took a deep breath and calmly bent his knees to shoot a jumper.

The basketball crosses a graceful parabola in the air and goes into the net.

Three-point hit!

Three-point shooting is not what Anthony is good at, but as an offensive kaleidoscope, Anthony's three-point shooting is relatively good in the 03 golden generation, with a career shooting rate of 34.8% per game, slightly higher than James.

Especially in this era of small balls that focus on three-point shooting, in order to be able to adapt to the rhythm of the league, Anthony is also practicing three-point shooting.

Anthony, who was originally in the Trail Blazers in the 19-20 season, had a very good three-point shooting percentage, averaging 1.4 of 3.9 shots per game, with a shooting rate of 37.1%.

Therefore, in a completely vacant position, Anthony's three-point shot is still worth trusting.

The game continues.

As the game progressed, the expressions of the Lakers fans at the scene gradually became strange.

Because the main point of attack on the Clippers' side at the beginning was actually Anthony.

For several rounds in a row, Wang Chao was making the ball for Anthony and creating a comfortable shooting environment for the opponent.

Anthony probably hasn't played so comfortably in his entire career.

Just need to stand in a certain position, don't need to do anything, the defender inexplicably leaves him and runs to wrap Wang Chao, and then the ball is in his hands, and he only needs to raise his hand to shoot.

At the back, the Lakers began to adjust their defensive strategy and not give Anthony an open chance easily, but that would only make things worse.

If you dare not to trap Wang Chao, then Wang Chao will dare to score.

After scoring three goals in a row with the ball and breaking through the basket, the Lakers knew what to choose.

Put it to Anthony, the opponent still has the possibility of losing the hand and missing the shot, let Wang Chao hit the basket at will, I'm afraid it won't be long before the Lakers' interior twin towers have to leave the court.

In the first quarter of the game, Anthony scored 9 points on 4-of-8 shooting, and 6 points on 3-of-5 shooting in the second quarter.

At halftime, Anthony's personal score had reached 15 points, both in terms of scoring and efficiency values.

The Lakers' face was already a little unbearable, especially the head coach sitting on the bench, who only felt his face being beaten, although it didn't hurt but panicked.

Last season, the Lakers super roster had just been formed, but the results after the start of the regular season were very disappointing, and it was obvious that the Lakers lineup was not running in enough, and the players did not have any tacit understanding with each other.

But for the sake of the team's stability and to be held accountable, the Lakers chose to push Anthony out as a scapegoat, first asking Anthony to play as a substitute, and then hiding the opponent until Anthony was cut.

The two sides fell out on an unhappy note, but at least it gave the Lakers an excuse for their poor record.

But what is this scene now?

Doesn't it mean that Anthony is no longer qualified to start due to his age and injuries, his form has declined?

So how did Anthony of the Clippers get so good, the first time he played for the Clippers, he scored 15 points in the half, and it is not impossible to score 30+ points in the whole game at this pace.

Of course, anyone who understands the ball can actually see that it is not Anthony but Wang Chao who is powerful.

Anthony is actually just shooting in the open position many times, it is Wang Chao who attracts the opponent's defense with his own offense, and every time he is trapped, he can accurately find Anthony's position and pass the ball over, which is too strong.

From the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Clippers took the initiative on the court, always suppressing the Lakers, and the Lakers' proud interior twin towers had no advantage at all.

Because the Clippers' interior defense is really not bad, when Lopez came off the court, it was Howard the Monster who came on the court.

Don't look at the 20 million Howard no one cares, the veteran's base salary Howard is still quite fragrant, especially this season Howard began to lose weight in the summer in order to adapt to the fast-paced small-ball play, and has lost 22 pounds so far, the effect is obvious, and even the body fat rate has been reduced to less than 10%.

Although Howard's ability to protect the basket has declined slightly due to the loss of tonnage after weight loss, the improvement in mobility has increased his defensive radius on the defensive end, even if it is still not as terrifying as he was at his peak, but this improvement is certainly good.

Howard, who came off the bench, could easily handle both Cousins and Towns, and the advantage was naturally played.

In fact, the Lakers' interior twin towers can't take advantage, not because Lopez and Howard are strong, but because Cousins and Towns are too weak.

Cousins himself is a data brush who has never proven himself, and Downs is not much better than Cousins.

Including this game, after three quarters of the game, the data of the two are actually not too bad, but the shooting rate is less than 45%, what kind of inside line is this?

When the team needs to attack, they can only rely on James to charge.

But in fact, James is a little powerless now, especially in this game, it is Wang Chao who is the main defender of him.

Last season, Wang Chao didn't take James very seriously, usually Harris was responsible for marking James, and Wang Chao was more about marking Downs inside.

As we all know, James during the Lakers period has a significant decline in strength compared with before, including the 19-20 championship season, James won the assist king, and was the second on the regular season MVP list, but whether it was during the regular season or the playoffs, his dominance was much worse than that of the Heat, and the Cavaliers were much worse.

Even James is still like that, let alone other players.

Age is always the biggest opponent of a professional player.

Only Wang Chao is an exception.

Wang Chao, who is one year older than James, has not only become weaker because of age, but has a tendency to get stronger and stronger, which can't help but make people wonder if this thing is human.

(End of chapter)