The time soon came to the evening of December 7, the Lakers are a team with super high exposure, a long history and super strength, and this game is not surprising, it is another all-ugly live broadcast.

The Wizards' players arrived at the Staples Center five hours before the game began, and tonight's game was not comparable to the previous two games, both in terms of the level of attention and the importance of the game itself.

Before the team bus drove into the arena, Li Kaiming also saw the Star Plaza in front of the Staples Center.

The Staples Center is a historic home that is not only known as the co-home of the Lakers and Clippers, but also the home of the Emerica National Hockey League Kings, wNbA Los Angeles Sparks, and the AFL League's Los Angeles Revenge.

There are too many legends born here, and too many greatness has been witnessed.

In order to commemorate these great pioneers, the operators of the Stamp Center have set up a special area outside the arena called "Star Square", which as the name suggests, is dedicated to the display of star statues.

As of now, there are four statues standing in this square, namely Wayne Gretzky, the greatest player in the history of ice hockey, and Magic Johnson, the first person in the history of the Lakers, the third statue is the famous boxer Oscar de la Oya, and the last is the veteran Lakers announcer Zike Hearn.

And according to media reports, the Lakers will add another statue to Star Plaza in the coming months, and the owner of this statue is Jerry West, the Lakers passing star and the prototype of the NbA logo, known as the logo man.

In the glorious history of the Lakers, there has never been a shortage of star-studded celebrities.

After the Wizards arrived at the court to start practice, the Lakers players also started training early in the other half.

The reason why it is not surprising is because when Li Kaiming was not yet in college, he heard that Kobe Bryant was a training machine, not only ruthless to himself, but also ruthless to his teammates, and was a paranoid like Jordan.

So when he arrived at the training ground, he didn't feel strange at all when he found that the Lakers players on the opposite side were sweating profusely.

That's what a championship team qualifies in!

Of course, Li Kaiming, as an opponent, is also very curious about what the Lakers' training content is, and wants to observe how many brushes coach Phil Jackson has.

But the result disappointed him, the Lakers basically did not practice tactics in the pre-game training, most of them were small-scale cooperation of the players, or they practiced shooting and dribbling by themselves.

Regarding the arrival of the Wizards, many people on the Lakers side also looked at them with curiosity, but no one came over to greet the Wizards players.

The team's top player, Kobe Bryant, was immersed in training by himself as if he hadn't seen the Wizards, and he didn't even turn his head this way......

After watching it for a while, Li Kaiming was not interested, and originally wanted to take the opportunity to learn a little bit of the Lakers' tactics, especially the tactics on the defensive end, so that he could find the flaws on the opposite side after the official game began.

Later, I found out that he was overthinking!

Phil Jackson, probably due to his age, did not even appear on the sidelines himself, only the assistant coach was present.

After taking his heart back, Li Kaiming also began to warm up step by step, jogging, and moving his joints.

After sweating slightly, Li Kaiming beckoned to call a pass from the team staff, and then hit 10 three-pointers directly from five points at the three-point line!

This is his favorite rhythm, and the first training event after the warm-up is the fixed-point shooting outside the three-point line, and he has high requirements for himself, these 50 three-pointers must be shot consecutively, and if you lose one, you have to start from scratch!

After Li Kaiming threw 50 appetizers for three points, his training officially began, and his mind was all put into it......

But what he didn't expect was that his 50 three-pointers in the warm-up link were all looked at by the Lakers players opposite!

Ci Shiping and Odom stood outside the three-point line and were stunned!

Because the two of them happen to be training three-point shooting, but they are both players who are not good at shooting three-pointers, so three-point training is basically based on the bottom corner.

Just when they threw in a few three-pointers, a person on the opposite half of the court went in like a cannon, and it was not in the same position, how could this not surprise them!

Odom stabbed Ci Shiping with his elbow, his face was very serious, "Meta, have you counted?" How many of these kids have been in a row? ”

Ci Shiping's face was also very shocked, and he replied without thinking, "50!" Five points outside the three-point line to score 50 in a row! There's something about this kid! ”

As soon as Odom thought that tonight's game was against him and Li Kaiming, he felt uncomfortable, and cursed in a low voice, "Damn, I hate this kind of guy who hides and shoots outside!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a basketball flew towards his face!

Odom made a block with his hand, then grabbed the basketball with one hand and looked at the man throwing the ball at him.

As far as his gaze went, the anger on Odom's face instantly dissipated, and he forcibly held back a smile that was more ugly than crying, "Boss, what's wrong?" ”

Kobe Bryant on the other side looked at Odom with a stern expression, "Why don't you train well?" ”

"The kid on the other side scored 50 three-pointers in a row as soon as he came up, and Mehta and I were both stunned!" Odom scratched the back of his head and replied with a smile.

Kobe Bryant glanced at Li Kaiming's location with his peripheral vision without a trace, and a fine light flashed in his eyes, and he disappeared immediately!

He pretended to put on a straight face and said to Odom and the others, "What does it matter to you that he voted for him?" Train well! ”

"Good!" Odom stuck out his tongue at Tzu Seping, and the two of them began to shoot crappily three-pointers from the bottom corner again.

After staring at Odom for a while, Kobe Bryant turned to look at Li Kaiming, and found that the latter had stopped shooting three-pointers at this time, and began to dribble alone over there, and then lost interest at the moment, and then turned back to continue training.

At this time, Li Kaiming also seemed to feel something, and after stopping the dribble, he looked towards the Lakers' half, but he didn't find anyone looking at him.

He scratched his head, "Strange, how do you feel like someone is looking at me?" ”

However, as soon as he thought that this was Staples and it was very normal to be stared at, Li Kaiming let down his guard and continued to train on dribbling according to the plan.

The two teams trained for three hours in their respective halves, and at 7 o'clock in the evening, when it was time for the pre-match press conference, the two teams returned to the locker room.

Tonight's press conference is very lively, Los Angeles, as the second largest city in the whole Emerica, is already full of media reporters, plus tonight's game is the league's upstart against the defending champion, the ratings are full, so the pre-game press conference is also bustling with people.

Los Angeles lacks nothing but journalists!

Facing Phil Jackson, the famous coach with the most championship rings in NbA history, Sanders also showed a humble side, "In my heart, Phil Jackson is the greatest coach in NbA history!" He ushered in a new era! ”

The meaning of the words after that is also very official, all of them praise Phil Jackson's contributions, and say that as a junior, he should learn from Yunyun like the old-timers.

Later, when interviewing Li Kaiming, reporters were more concerned about how the new champion, who brings his own traffic wherever he goes, views the Lakers players.

"Lee, against the defending champion Lakers, are you confident that you can lead the team to win the game?"

"Of course! No matter who is on the other side, my faith will not be lost! Li Kaiming replied unceremoniously.

"Even if there's Kobe Bryant on the other side?"

"I said it, whoever is on the other side! Of course, Kobe Bryant is a very strong opponent, but a strong opponent only stirs up my competitive spirit! The stronger the opponent, the stronger the thrill of winning the match! Li Kaiming's answer was still arrogant.

It was the first time for reporters in Los Angeles to encounter such an arrogant rookie, and at the moment all kinds of cameras clicked, they couldn't wait to send Li Kaiming to the front page headlines of the next day!

The Lakers' pre-game interviews were also very informative, Phil Jackson didn't say a few words in front of reporters, and he didn't like to talk in front of the media after he got older.

So the focus of the reporters' interviews naturally became Kobe.

"Kobe, have you seen Li Kaiming's video before the game?" A tA reporter asked.

Kobe nodded, "Of course I've seen it, this guy's game video is the focus of our research!" ”

"Can you please comment on the way he plays?"

"He's got a mature game philosophy, not like a player who has just entered the league, like he's been in the professional arena for years. He's also very technical, at least in my opinion, he doesn't have any shortcomings on the offensive end! Bryant thought for a moment about what was in the footage, and then answered the reporter's question.

The tA reporter who asked this question didn't expect that Li Kaiming could get such a high evaluation here in Kobe, in the eyes of others, Kobe should be a person who doesn't care about anyone, why did he suddenly start praising his opponent?

The sun is coming out in the west?

However, he didn't have a chance to get to the bottom of it, and the time for the pre-match press conference was limited, so it was impossible for him to take up too much time alone.

After that, the interview was Pau Gasol, the second leader of the Lakers, who usually does not speak harshly before the game, so there are not many media interested in asking Gasol, and the interview ended quickly.

The games that are broadcast live at the Stamp Center are usually late, like the previous games, which basically start at half past seven at the latest, but today's game starts at eight o'clock.

After Li Kaiming stood on the bench and watched the full Lakers appearance ceremony, the lights of the entire Stamp returned to normal, and the big screen in the arena showed the starting lineups of both sides.

Tonight's commentators are also very well-known, Sturantz and Joel Myers played together tonight as the Lakers' veteran commentators, in addition to the resident commentator of ESpN, the official broadcast of tonight's game, former NbA player Marco Jackson, the three of them together form a luxurious commentary lineup tonight!