Alonzo Mourning, the "kidney fighter" who was also standing on the sidelines of the Heat team, was not eligible to receive the championship ring with the Heat players.

Last season's Miami Heat's championship, especially the 16 wins in the playoffs, shocked Moning, a veteran Heat player.

The current Heat team is indeed much stronger than the 90s Heat led by him and Hardaway.

After all, there is O'Neal, a super center in the top five levels in history, as well as Dwayne Wade, a young regular season MVP, and Lin Fei, the most supernatural 3D player in NBA history.

In this comparison, the Heat team in the 90s is much worse in terms of the overall lineup.

Now that Mourning is 36 years old, this season may be his last chance to give all the energy he has left in his tank with the Heat to try to get a championship ring for himself.

The time soon came to seven o'clock, and at the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

The starting five of the Miami Heat are:

Point Guard (PG): Jason Williams,

Scoring Guard (SG): Lin Fei,

Small Forward (SF): Sean Battier,

Power Forward (PF): Udonis Haslem,

Center (C): Shaquille O'Neal.

Wade continued to take a break and Jason Williams returned to the starting point guard position.

The starting five of the Los Angeles Lakers are:

Point Guard (PG): Smush Parker,

Shooting Guard (SG): Kobe Bryant,

Small Forward (SF): Brian Cook,

Power Forward (PF): Lamar Odom,

Center (C): Chris Mime.

After sending away Caron Butler, the Lakers' lineup has an obvious target, that is, around Kobe, adding shooters, and giving the absolute unlimited firing right to Black Mamba.

On the bench on the side of the Lakers, the returning "Zen Master" Phil Jackson's eyes were shining, and he still looked unfathomable.

Although the Lakers' lineup configuration, even if Kobe Bryant plays well, it may be difficult to reach the playoffs, but the return of the "Zen Master" can at least make the team more united and suppress Kobe's arbitrariness.

"Smack!"

Chris Meem took the lead in picking up the basketball on O'Neal's head, Smush Parker advanced with the ball, and the Lakers took the lead in the opening offense.

Smush Parker was undrafted in 2002 and had a terrible first three seasons of his career, averaging only 4 points and 1 assist per game, and was close to being abandoned by the NBA.

It took the Lakers only two years and $1.5 million to sign Smush Parker, and they also made him the starting point guard, directly partnering Kobe Bryant in the backcourt.

Coming to Los Angeles to play while playing with a top-three division quarterback in the league was a dream for a water cooler manager.

But Parker was so lucky, he even played all 82 games for the Lakers in the '05-06 season, and started every game.

From this point, it can be seen that the Lakers management has no intention of strengthening this season, and is purely rushing to sign for the top pick.

But the man, Kobe Bryant, never gave up every game.

"Whoosh!"

Kobe Bryant, who came to the frontcourt, quickly asked for the ball from Smash Parker and faced Lin Fei's focused defense.

After passing the ball to Bryant, Parker quickly withdrew to the bottom corner to take Williams' defense.

Partnering with Kobe Bryant in the backcourt does not need to have much ability, he can dribble the ball across the half court, and he can open up space to receive the ball and shoot three points, which is enough.

Seeing that Kobe Bryant was holding the ball at the top of the arc and facing Lin Fei, the Heat fans in the American Airlines Arena cheered and booed, looking forward to the peak showdown between the two quarterbacks.

"Lin's defense is now the highest level of defenders in the league, right? Even Kobe Bryant wants to play singles is quite difficult! ”

"In the two matchups between the Heat and the Lakers last season, Kobe Bryant didn't get much advantage under Lin's defense, and now it's even more impossible!"

"It turns out that Kobe's three championships are clearly stained with Shaquille's light, without Shaquille, his current achievements are definitely not as good as Allen, at best it is Maddie's level!"

On the court, Kobe Bryant's first attack was still very rational, with the help of a lift-up block from Odom, he misplaced Haslem and made a mid-range jumper with a quick stop.

"Huh!"

After the hard work of the offseason, Kobe Bryant has made greater progress in the all-round personal skills, and his step-back jumper skills are also rapidly improving.

Turning back to the Heat's offense, Lin Fei also asked Williams for the ball outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, and Kobe's defense quickly followed.

Everyone knows that Lin Fei has only one way to score in athletic battles, and that is the three-point shot, so the best choice for him to defend him on the outside is to let go of the shot.

Of course, Kobe Bryant didn't blindly let go of Lin Fei's breakthrough completely, after all, this guy still has a wonderful ability to play boards and assist.

"Lin, the new season is finally here, and I can't wait to beat you!"

In the face of Kobe's fierce defense, Lin Fei did not panic, his sideways guard was steady, and his waist and horse were solid and stable.

"Kobe, I'm afraid the Heat and I are going to disappoint you again!"

Before the words fell, Lin Fei suddenly lowered his center and turned over to break through, and his first step was as fast as lightning.

While mobilizing Kobe's defensive center of gravity, Lin Fei followed up with an emergency stop and changed direction under his crotch, and after retreating hesitantly, he pretended to break through to the right with heavy shoulders, but suddenly there was another horizontal pull under his crotch.

followed by a step-back step to create a shooting space, and faced Kobe Bryant, who pounced, and quickly jumped up and made a lightning shot.

Lin Fei's series of dribbles changed direction smoothly, and even Kobe, who was experienced in defense, was almost distracted.

But in the end, Kobe Bryant stepped up to defend this time, and the speed was still fast, showing the quality of a top outside defender.

However, Lin Fei's shot was still one step faster.

"Huh!"

The basketball spun at high speed and flew past Kobe's fingertips, impartial, and straight to the net.

Lin Fei hit the first three-pointer of the new season, and it was a heads-up with Kobe, which was a good sign for the 05-06 season.

Kobe Bryant pursed his lips and shook his head after landing, shocked in his heart, it seems that Lin Fei's dribbling skills have improved again.

The skillful change of direction and rhythm, the realism of the feints and the lightning shots of the retreat step, all the movements are seamless.

In terms of ball control alone, Kobe Bryant believes that Lin Fei is no longer under him.

In last season's finals, Lin Fei's dribbling attribute has been improved to 93.

After a whole offseason of accumulation, Lin Fei's dribbling attribute has now reached a high level of 98.

Just increase it a little more and you'll start unlocking the passing stat.

With passing, Lin Fei is no longer afraid of being targeted.

"Lin's ball control level seems to have improved significantly, this is almost a historical level of dribbling, and the ability to integrate man and ball is too strong!"

In TNT's live broadcast room, Kenny Smith admired Lin Fei's performance, and Charles Barkley next to him was obviously more excited:

"Kenny, you must know that it is Kobe Bryant who is on the opposite side of the forest, and he can still complete this series of fluid ball control actions in front of Kobe, and finally step back and hit three points steadily!"

What does this mean? In my opinion, this is already at the level of Allen Iverson and more than the other three quarterbacks! ”

"But we have to be clear, Lin's height is 197, Iverson is only 183, such a high center of gravity can still have such a silky and smooth ball control ability, Lin is indeed the most amazing basketball player I have ever seen!"

Lin Fei singled out Kobe Bryant's step-back three-point shot at the beginning, which also instantly ignited the American Airlines Arena.

The Heat fans in the audience chanted "MVP", expecting more miracles from the Heat in the new season.

Although Lin Fei has no regular season MVP or finals MVP so far, in the eyes of some loyal fans, Lin Fei deserved to be the MVP more than Wade last season, and he should be the FMVP more than O'Neal.

But if you don't, you don't, the new season is coming, and Lin Fei finally has a chance to make up for it.

"I'll just say, Kobe Bryant is still a little weak, he can't even enter the playoffs with a team, and he was so popular back then, wasn't it because of O'Neal as a backer?"

"Kobe Bryant is indeed a little crazy, in order to be the boss to force Shaquille away, but now he is nothing!"

"In my opinion, although Lin and Dwayne have only played in the league for two seasons, their current strength is not weaker than Kobe and Iverson, and even stronger than Carter and Maddy!"

Kobe's fighting spirit was quickly aroused, and after coming to the offensive end, he held the ball and then hit Lin Fei, and after covering it, he misplaced and forced the basket, and forced a shot against O'Neal, who was making up the defense.

"Bang dang!"

The basketball hit the side of the basket and missed, but when O'Neal rolled over and jumped to grab the rebound, he accidentally twisted his right ankle when he landed, and his face suddenly showed a painful look.

The Heat hurriedly called a timeout, and head coach Stan Van Gundy quickly replaced O'Neal and asked the team doctor to check the condition of his ankle.

Wade, who was in a suit and leather shoes on the sidelines, also felt bad at this time, it was only two minutes into the game, and O'Neill was also injured, is it possible to let Lin Fei play with the team by himself?

Big Van Gundy frowned, although O'Neal's ankle injury examined by the team doctor was not serious, but tonight's inconsequential regular season game naturally can't let O'Neal play anymore.

Moreover, they are opposite the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant, even if there is only Lin Fei left, they may not be able to win against them.

Without Wade and O'Neal, Stan Van Gundy also wants to see what level Lin Fei's ability to lead the team alone can reach.

Kobe Bryant can't lead the team to the playoffs alone, but Lin Fei leads the team alone, and Big Van Gundy thinks it should be higher than Kobe's ceiling.

"Shaquille, take care of your ankle first, and let Lin lead the team to play a dozen Kobe Bryant's Lakers tonight!"

O'Neal grinned, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "It's enough to have Lin, he will definitely win Kobe!" ”

After the timeout, the game continued, and roughly replaced the injured O'Neal.

Although the current Lin Fei is not necessarily worse than Kobe, without O'Neal, the Heat's interior strength may not be as good as the current Lakers.

In the luxurious box at the top of the pavilion, Pat Riley frowned, but had a different opinion about O'Neill's injury.

This offseason, O'Neal has not only been noticeably slacking off in training, but has also been equally poor in his personal diet and weight control.

Originally, O'Neill had already begun to indulge in the later stages of the OK group, and his weight once soared from 147 kg to more than 170 kg, close to 350 kg, and his body fat rate was as high as 17%.

The excess weight and body fat percentage seriously affected O'Neal's running, jumping and speed, which is why Kobe Bryant said that if O'Neal could be more self-disciplined......

Last season when he came to the Heat, Pat Riley had a strict body fat percentage plan for every player on the team, and O'Neal was naturally the top priority.

In order to prove that he can still lead the team to win the championship after leaving Kobe, O'Neal teamed up with Lin Fei and Wade for the first time last season, and he was also more active in training.

His weight has also dropped to 150 kilograms, and his body fat percentage has dropped to 12 percent, although it is not about 10 percent of the center that Pat Riley said.

These changes, coupled with a healthy regular season, allowed O'Neal to play the same peak dominance in the playoffs and help the Heat win the championship easily.

But Ao Fat is still a person with low self-discipline after all, and he can't compare with paranoids like Lin Fei and Kobe.

Therefore, in the offseason after winning the championship again, O'Neal's weight soared to 160 kilograms, and his body fat rate exceeded 15%.

This made Pat Riley very dissatisfied, and reminded and warned O'Neill many times, but it still didn't have much effect.

In Pat Riley's view, O'Neal's overweight will inevitably increase his chances of injury.

And the sprained ankle in the opening game tonight without confrontation is the best proof of this.

Wade's knee injury is not all healed, and O'Neal doesn't listen to discipline, so only Lin Fei is still upgrading perfectly, but he does not promise to renew the Heat contract in advance.

On the surface, the Heat are the defending champions, but in reality, they have begun to have post-championship syndromes, and many problems are waiting for Pat Riley to deal with.

On the court, in the Heat's offense, Lin Fei quickly switched to the no-ball mode, handed over the ball with Williams at the top of the arc with a fake hand, and accelerated the reverse run with the help of double cover.

Successfully shook off Kobe Bryant's distance, received a long pass from Williams, and shot outside the three-point line at a 30-degree angle on the left side.

"Huh!"

The second.

Kobe Bryant came back to borrow the cover and then burst to the basket, facing the general defense, and took off the lever to change hands to make a layup and score the ball.

"Huh!"

Heat (6) :(4) Lakers.

In the opening game, Lin Fei and Kobe Bryant both played their own characteristics, and they did not give in to each other at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

"It's not bad without Dwayne and Shaquille, let the two of them have a good rest, Lin alone can still overturn the Lakers!"

"I don't know what level Lin can play with the team alone, it's always no problem to win Kobe, right?"

"Don't underestimate Kobe, Kobe is the hardest working player in the league this offseason!"

"Lin and Kobe Bryant's double team is more golden, tonight's opening game will see the highs and lows!"

(End of chapter)