When Li Kaiming walked out of Shepard's office, the rest of the Wizards had already arrived on the training ground and started the hot training, but this time on the court, there was one less unruly person than before, Gilbert Arenas.

Head coach Philip Sanders saw Li Kaiming arrive, and beckoned to the latter, and when Li Kaiming walked in front of him, Sanders looked at the latter from head to toe, and then nodded with satisfaction, "Lee, Gilbert's departure is an agreement between me and the management, and we all believe that in the coming time, you are the most suitable to lead this team!" ”

Li Kaiming took a deep breath, then nodded, "I will do my best!" ”

Sanders laughed a few times, and then patted Li Kaiming on the shoulder twice, "After the trade ended, I have already made contact with Rashad Lewis, if nothing else, he should contact you soon, you know what to do, right?" ”

Lewis looked for Li Kaiming, of course, he came to show his loyalty, can Li Kaiming understand such a simple thing?

Of course, he became the leader of an NbA team in his early 19s, and there are still some things to learn from coaches and veteran players, but unfortunately, Sanders is not good at dealing with the relationship within the team, so the burden falls on the team's vice president, Tommy Shepard.

And the latter has already taught Li Kaiming one-on-one in the office, so for the upcoming veteran Rashad Lewis, Li Kaiming has made all kinds of preparations in his heart.

Seeing that Li Kaiming's mentality was quite calm, Sanders nodded secretly in his heart, "Lewis still needs to have a physical examination, today's game will definitely not be played, and he will have to play in the next game at the earliest, and now Gilbert is not here again, so tonight's game is ......."

A confident smile appeared on Li Kaiming's face, "Just leave it to me!" ”

After the two of them talked on the sidelines for a while, the next half day was a pre-game training session that followed the process, including video lessons, tactical drills and group confrontations.

The Wizards' opponent tonight is the Boston Celtics, who are currently ranked second in the East with an 8-2 record, and after returning from last season's Finals, the Celtics have deepened the team's roster in the offseason, signing the all-time shark Shaquille O'Neal as the team's starting center.

The previous Boston Big Three, plus Rondo and O'Neal, is a spaceship-level team no matter how you look at it.

Therefore, the Celtics also ranked third in the league in championship odds before the start of the season, second only to the Heat of the top three and the Lakers who won the championship last season, and tied with the Orlando Magic.

In the face of such a strong opponent, Sanders himself is actually very empty in his heart, after all, the opposite side is a championship-level team, and it is also the second most glorious team in history, although the Wizards' current record is overwhelming the Celtics, but in Sanders' heart, the Wizards are like an upstart, and Boston is like a deep aristocracy......

Not surprisingly, this game was also a live game for all Emerica, and the Wizards beat up various strong teams one after another at the beginning of the season, which surprised many people.

But this time facing the championship-level Celtics, various football critics and fans have also begun to analyze rationally.

In ESpN's pre-match live broadcast room, several commentators discussed the lineups of both sides for this match.

"I'll admit that the Wizards have been doing wonders this season, it's just incredible that they've come here, but I still have to say that the victory in this game will be Boston's!" Famous NbA basketball commentator, Big Mouth A. Smith said.

Lawrence Harper, the white host next to him, nodded, "I agree with you, just looking at the lineup, Boston's advantage is too great, and the Wizards also lost Gilbert Arenas in this game, I can't imagine how they won?" ”

A Smith spoke quickly, his mouth opened and closed up and down as quickly as a machine gun, "Look at the lineup, God, you look at the current Celtics, they have the previous Boston Big Three, and now they have Rajon Rondo, I have to praise this kid, he has played really well this season, you look at the assist list, he is now averaging 16 assists per game!" My goodness! And Shaq, I have to admit that Shaq's dominance is indeed much worse than before, but even so, the Wizards' interior defense is not enough in front of him, and Shaq will directly destroy the interior defense ...... composed of Andrey Blatch and Li Kaiming"

Lawrence Harper interjected in a timely manner, "And on the defensive end, the Wizards can't take advantage, Rajon Rondo averaged 2.3 steals per game last season, and was selected for the best defensive team for the first time in his career, Ray Allen and Pierce's defense is also above the level, as for the interior defense, Garnett's characteristics seem to be completely on line with Li Kaiming's strengths, he may be the best interior in history to change defense, and there are sharks under the basket, such a defense, I'm afraid even Li Kaiming will have a headache when he sees it, not to mention the other players of the Wizards! ”

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ESpN is one of the largest sports media outlets in the whole of Emerica, and their program has a very wide audience among fans, so the show has gained a lot of recognition in the fan circle as soon as it aired before the game.

It's not a pink or black difference, even fans who support the Wizards are a little pessimistic before the game.

Judging by ESpN's pre-game analysis, the Celtics seem to be the finishing Wizards......

After a day's training, there was a pre-game hors d'oeuvres, press conference, in the face of reporters' questions, the Wizards are relatively low-key, after all, the average age of the Celtics can make Li Kaiming call uncle, so there should still be respect, and besides, the big shark and others are also famous superstars in history.

"They're all legends, I've only played less than 10 games in this league, I grew up watching them play, and now I'm honored to be on the same stage with my idols!" Li Kaiming said.

And Sanders replied very cautiously, "Doug Rivers is the head coach of the championship, we have to take off our hats to him!" ”

It can be said that before the game, the Wizards were full of respect for the Celtics from top to bottom, and they almost poured a bottle of milk into the opposite mouth!

At half past seven in the evening, the referee of today's game, Kane Fitzgerald, stood in the center circle with the ball, and on either side of him stood the starting center forwards of both sides, ready to jump the ball.

The huge LEd screen directly above the pitch also shows the list of starters from both sides.

Washington Wizards, point guard Kirk Simridge, point guard Nick Young, small forward Alsolton, power forward Kaiming Lee, center Andre Blach.

Boston Celtics, point guard Rajon Rondo, point guard Ray Allen, small forward Paul Pearce, power forward Kevin Garnett, center Shaq O'Neal.

The players on the field are ready, the technical table on the sidelines has also completed the pre-match adjustment, the referee Fitzgerald put the whistle in his mouth, held the ball with one hand, and threw the ball straight up after the whistle!

Blatch and O'Neal jumped almost at the same time, but O'Neal is a champion talent after all, plus his height is already taller than Brackey, although he is older, his explosiveness is still not weak, and the latter helped the Celtics win the ball for the first attack with a slight advantage!

Counting this season, O'Neal has changed teams every year in the last 7 years, from Miami to Toronto, from Phoenix to Cleveland, and finally to the Green Army, so many people have joked that O'Neal is not ready to collect all the colors of jerseys and form a rainbow jersey before retiring, and at present, this project is nearing completion.

O'Neal's tossed ball was grabbed by Garnett, who, after grabbing the ball, gave the ball to Rondo, and then ran to the front of the court himself.

The Wizards' players are in place, and the eyes of the audience are glued to the court or the screen above, and everyone wants to see if the Wizards will be vulnerable to the Celtics as ESpN analyzed before the game.

Rondo's quick dribble came to the frontcourt, in the face of Hinrich's defense, Rondo barely felt the pressure, O'Neal on the inside had already stuck his position under the basket, although Hinrich desperately moved left and right, trying to interfere with Rondo's pass, but still let the latter find a gap, directly hit the ball and passed to O'Neal under the basket!

Although O'Neal has come to the end of his career, his height of 216 and weight of 316 pounds still make him unmatched under the basket.

O'Neill only slapped the ball after receiving it, and then easily arched Blatche, and then before Li Kaiming on the side came over, he directly hit a small hook to score the cricket!

2 to 0!

There was silence in the mcI center, although many people knew that the Wizards were not good at defending the Celtics, but as soon as the game came up, this first offense, the opposite side played too easily, the Big Three didn't even exert their strength, an elderly shark at the end of his career, it seems that the Wizards are already a little unbearable!

After scoring, O'Neal ran back and glanced at Li Kaiming and Bradge with slanted eyes.

Brache stood on the baseline and showed a helpless smile at Li Kaiming.

Li Kaiming knows that it is whimsical to let Bradge defend against the attack of the big sharks, although O'Neal has reached the end of his career, but his threat in the box is still the first in the league, his biggest problem now is injury and defense, O'Neal in the last 8 seasons, only two seasons have played more than 60 games, the huge weight makes him invincible on the inside, but also makes his lower limbs suffer from pressure and pain.

Injuries aside, O'Neal's speed was okay at his peak, but now, the huge weight and injury concerns have forced him to paddle on the defensive end, and as for the fast opponents, he is even more weak.

So in the face of such O'Neal, the only way is to go around the front when defending, prevent O'Neal from receiving the ball, play misplaced on the offensive end, and let O'Neal change the player who is fast.