The atmosphere in the American Airlines Arena came to the most tense moment, and fans didn't expect that it would be such a thrilling game just a regular season opener.

For both the Heat and the Lakers, this opening game is quite significant, and everyone wants to get the new 05-06 season off to a good start.

This is not only a contest between the two teams of the Heat and the Lakers, but also a showdown between Lin Fei and Kobe.

If in the absence of Wade and O'Neal, the Heat led by Lin Fei cannot defeat Kobe's Lakers, it directly shows that Lin Fei's ability to lead the team may not be stronger than Kobe.

Who is the better shooting guard in the league will tell.

Kobe Bryant needs to prove himself with a win,

And Lin Fei also needs a single-core team victory to prove to other teams that he Lin Fei has the ability to lead the team with a single core.

After all, after the end of this season, no matter whether the Heat can defend the title or not, Lin Fei's first choice is to find a new home to become the absolute core and leader of a team.

At this time, Pat Riley, who was sitting on the sofa in the luxury box on the top of the museum, had a solemn face, and his emotions in his heart were quite complicated.

At present, the new contract arranged by the management for Wade is 4 years and 64 million US dollars, which is already the highest maximum salary that the team can give Wade, and Wade and his agent are also satisfied with it.

As the debut of the Heat, there is basically no suspense for Wade to stay in Miami, and Riley is also relieved to hand over the power of the team to Wade.

And then there is O'Neal, the contract of the big sharks just expired this year, in order to be able to retain the lineup of the Big Three, hit the two-time championship and even the Heat dynasty,

The Heat finally gave O'Neal a five-year, $100 million super contract, which will continue until the 09-10 season, when O'Neal will turn 38.

Pat Riley knows that the big contract given to O'Neal is not cost-effective, especially now that O'Neal has problems with self-discipline and training, the peak is likely to end quickly.

But the league's center is withering, O'Neal still has a strong dominance in the restricted area, not to mention that he just won the FMVP in the finals last season, which further solidifies his value.

Tonight, the Heat did not have O'Neal in charge, and they obviously lost to the Lakers in rebounding, which was the key reason why the game could not be won until the end.

Wade's new contract won't begin until the '07-08 season, so the Heat's salary hasn't taken a huge hit yet.

The team's management is bent on keeping Lin Fei, but looking at Lin Fei's meaning, it seems that he has decided to test the free market after the end of this season.

So now there are two options in front of Heat management and Pat Riley.

One is to stabilize the Heat's lineup this season, try to make the team win two consecutive championships, and it is inevitable to let Lin Fei go in the offseason.

Another option is to use Lin Fei's huge chip to try to trade with other teams in the league after the end of this season, so as to get new potential stocks and stabilize the team's strength allocation.

For Pat Riley, these two options have pros and cons to each other.

If Lin Fei is sent away before defending the title this season, the overall strength of the Heat team will inevitably be shaken, and whether they can win the championship in the end will be unknown.

But if the existing lineup is retained to hit the championship, although the certainty will be greater, but after the finals, Lin Fei will officially become a free agent, and then the Heat will lose a top scoring guard in the league for nothing.

At present, the best solution is to persuade Lin Fei to finish this season, try to help the Heat win two consecutive championships, and also agree to sign and then exchange with the Heat, so that the interests of the team can be maximized.

At the beginning of the new season, Pat Riley was not in a hurry to take out his hole cards too early, not to mention that Wade is still in the stage of recuperation.

But in tonight's opener, Pat Riley didn't want Lin Fei to lead the team to win against the Lakers, especially since his personal statistics were also against the sky.

Because in this way, it will only make Lin Fei's ambition even greater.

Pat Riley doesn't like the trajectory of this kind of thing that is beyond his control, and while the Heat's path to defending the title is important, if Lin Fei doesn't agree to a sign-and-trade, then he doesn't rule out trading him this season.

There have already been many teams in the league that have given out rich chips, and Lin Fei's trade value is quite large, except for Duncan, he can exchange almost any other star.

Pat Riley doesn't want the Heat to let Lin Fei become a free agent in the offseason in order to win a second championship, while the Heat get nothing.

On the court, the timeout soon returned, and the Lakers executed the key offense.

Bryant retreated to the sideline near the halfway line to serve, and Lin Fei's defense quickly followed.

In the last minute of the game, Lin Fei and Kobe Bryant have both played for more than 42 minutes tonight, and they have also suffered a huge impact on their physical fitness.

But in the final 1 minute of the showdown, the two knew what it meant.

Kobe Bryant continued to change direction and dribble, but it was always difficult to get rid of Lin Fei's oppressive defense.

Odom came up and made a pick-and-roll cover for Kobe, but Lin Fei quickly chased after him around the defense, not giving Black Mamba a chance to break through easily.

"Smack!"

Taking advantage of the situation with a lightning shot, Lin Fei almost slapped the basketball in Kobe's hand, but the black mamba still quickly turned sideways to regain control of the ball.

"Lin's defense is so good, even Kobe Bryant is difficult to shoot calmly!"

"This is definitely a textbook outside single defense, Kobe Bryant almost missed twice in a row!"

"Kobe Bryant still didn't choose to pass, and the 24-second offensive time is coming soon!"

Seeing that the offense was about to run out in 24 seconds, Kobe Bryant made a false breakthrough in the face of Lin Fei, driving Lin Fei's defensive center of gravity at the same time, and suddenly retreated one after another.

Pull away enough distance from Lin Fei, and decisively jump back and shoot back.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei was shocked, he didn't expect Kobe Bryant to learn to step back and shoot by himself.

Bryant's position at this time was about 9 meters away from the basket, and the step-back step coupled with the obvious backward lean was a very difficult shot.

Lin Fei's defense was also extreme, trying to interfere with Kobe's shooting.

However......

"Huh!"

The crisp sound of the net suddenly sounded, and Kobe Bryant actually hit this difficult three-pointer.

Heat (96) :(100) Lakers.

The margin was extended to 4 points again.

On the timer, there were only 0 minutes and 45 seconds left until the end of the final quarter.

Kobe Bryant, who hit this three-point shot, was also very excited, and roared at Lin Fei:

"Lin, the three-point shot will never be your patent!"

"Without Dwayne and Shaquille, you're just a three-point shooter after all!"

Lin Fei's eyes were cold, and he did not directly give a verbal tribute to Kobe's provocation, and in the last 45 seconds, he had to do it to the extreme.

The Heat no longer have long timeouts, so Stan Van Gundy can only call a 20-second timeout.

There is no excessive tactical arrangement, and giving the ball to Lin Fei is the only tactic.

Wade and O'Neal also stood up to encourage Lin Fei, and at the same time, both of them sighed in their hearts that this Kobe Bryant is really different from last season.

As a traverser, Lin Fei naturally knows that Kobe Bryant will officially enter his personal peak singles mode this season.

But I didn't expect it to explode so much in the opening game.

It seems that this new 05-06 season is likely to be far more competitive than Lin Fei predicted.

"Lin, it seems that Kobe Bryant, this kid is on the bar with you tonight, we still have enough time to win the game, we only need your two three-pointers, and everything will be over!"

"Lin, you will never disappoint everyone at a critical moment, Shaquille and I will stand in the first row to applaud you!"

A short 20-second timeout was quickly returned, and players from both teams re-entered the court, with the Heat serving on the frontcourt sideline.

"In the last 45 seconds, the Heat trailed the Lakers by 4 points, and this offense is crucial for the Heat, if they can't score again, the balance of victory will be completely tilted in favor of the Lakers!"

"So far, Kobe Bryant has scored 53 points, ranking third in the history of the NBA opener, second only to Zhang Bolun's 56 points and Jordan's 54 points!"

"Especially in the face of Lin's step-back and difficult three-point shot on the offensive end just now, there is an obvious imitation shadow, it seems that Kobe Bryant has a deep understanding of Lin's three-point shot in addition to training!"

"The ball was given to Lin's hands, Kobe Bryant quickly came up on the defense, and it was a peak duel between the two quarterbacks, can Lin hit a key three-pointer under Kobe's defense?"

In the loud commentary, Lin Fei dribbled outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, and Odom quickly pounced on Lin Fei with Kobe.

At this time, he hurriedly followed.

"Whoosh!"

In the face of the bag, Lin Fei quickly gave the basketball a rough response, although the passing ability was very limited, but the general response was very timely, which allowed Lin Fei to pass the ball smoothly.

Giving the basketball to a rough moment, Lin Fei quickly used a reverse run to get rid of the bag, and after receiving the roughly return pass, he faced the two Lakers players who came up.

Find a trace of space to shoot, and take off decisively to shoot another one.

Kobe and Odom pounced very fiercely in this ball, but they were still afraid of fouls and restrained.

"Huh!"

The basketball flew over the heads of the two men, and the three-pointer went straight to the net.

The thirteenth.

"OMG, Lin's three-pointer is also available, this is the 13th three-pointer he hit tonight!"

"53 points, Lin's personal score tonight also came to 53 points, which also broke Lin's personal single-game score high!"

"13 three-pointers, only the last one is short of Lin's record of 14 three-pointers in a single game!"

With Lin Fei's ultra-long three-point shot, the Heat also chased the difference to only 1 point.

With only 26 seconds left on the timer, the Lakers had no timeout, and could only choose to attack directly on the baseline serve.

The Heat, under the leadership of Lin Fei, quickly launched a full-court tight defense.

The Heat fans at home also got up from their seats excitedly, shouting defend, defend!

But after all, the home team is still 1 point behind, and the ball is in the hands of the Lakers in the last 20 seconds, and the situation is still relatively passive.

Many Heat fans are raising their throats in their hearts, looking forward to Lin Fei being able to perform a miracle at the last moment.

On the bench on the side of the Heat, Wade, O'Neal, Tony Allen and others also stood up at the last moment, expecting a miracle to happen.

Because there is no timeout available for both teams, this final 20-plus second matchup can be interrupted by no one except the referee's whistle.

"Whoosh!"

Kobe Bryant ran to receive Odom's serve under continuous cover, turned around and directly met Lin Fei's pressing defense.

took advantage of the situation and changed direction under his crotch, but he couldn't directly get rid of Lin Fei's defensive shroud.

Kobe Bryant protected the ball with his back and directly resisted Lin Fei's defense, while Lin Fei quickly turned sideways and went around the front to press.

Battier on this side also quickly let go of the defender and came up to Kobe Bryant's bag, which was quite fast.

Kobe Bryant hurriedly turned over and tried to pass the ball out, but was accurately predicted by Lin Fei, and his long arm made a decisive attack and slapped the basketball.

"Smack!"

Although he couldn't make a steal directly, the ball changed its trajectory, and Jason Williams and Smush Parker both fell to the ground and competed for the basketball.

The basketball that flew out of the heads of the two was controlled by Odom for the first time, but before Odom could react, a lightning bolt suddenly rushed out behind him, and he slapped the basketball away.

"Smack!"

It was Sean Battier.

Battier's steal successfully made the situation chaotic in an instant, Lin Fei suddenly ran back from the process of chasing Kobe, received Battier's pass on the left outside, and had no time to make any adjustments, and decisively started to shoot three points far away.

The moment Lin Fei threw this three-pointer, the entire American Airlines arena became quiet in an instant.

Kobe, who pounced on him head-on, and Odom, who pounced on him from the diagonal back, all showed the last trace of strength, hoping to interfere with Lin Fei's shot.

"Huh!"

The sound of the basketball hollowing into the net suddenly sounded, and Lin Fei also hit his 14th three-pointer tonight.

"OMG, 14th, Lin has scored 56 points!"

"The 56 points in the NBA opener officially tied the all-time record set by Zhang Bolun!"

"The Heat are 2 points ahead, and there are only 9 seconds left for the Lakers!"

Lin Fei, who hit the key three-pointer, did not relax, and Battier and roughly others were also ready for the final defense.

The suffocating atmosphere filled every corner of the American Airlines arena, and Kobe Bryant threw the ball directly to Odom who rushed to the front court after receiving the serve.

Lin Fei did not hesitate, and decisively let go of Kobe Bryant's acceleration and Odom, who was chasing after him.

"Whoosh!"

Feeling Lin Fei chasing after him, Odom didn't take the other party too seriously, after all, he was just a guard less than two meters tall, and it was impossible to stop his fast-break dunk.

Striding into the front penalty area, Odom grabbed the ball with both hands and flew up directly, about to deliver a violent dunk in the fast attack.

The slam dunk would help the Lakers tie the score, and Odom knew he couldn't afford to miss the opportunity.

Kobe, who came up behind him, shouted loudly for Odom to pay attention to Lin Fei's steal.

But this reminder from Kobe Bryant is obviously too late.

At the moment when Odom jumped up, Lin Fei, who accelerated up in the oblique stab, struck with his long arm and slapped the basketball in Odom's hand with one hand.

When Odom raised his hands in the air, he found that the basketball in his hand was gone.

Lin Fei completed a fatal steal, and when Kobe Bryant hurriedly pounced to counter-rob, Lin Fei threw the basketball in his hand high above his head.

Kobe Bryant's palm hit Lin Fei's arm directly, and he hurriedly wanted to foul, but Lin Fei did not have the ball in his hand at this time, and the referee chose not to blow the whistle.

When the basketball falls from the sky, the red light on the timer also comes on.

The game is over.

Heat (102) :(100) Lakers.

The score on the timer was frozen, and Lin Fei used a wonderful long-range three-point shot in the last 9 seconds to kill the Lakers and help the Heat win a strong start to the new season.

The Heat players standing on the sidelines, including Wade and O'Neal, also rushed to the court excitedly at this time, celebrating the victory with Lin Fei and others.

Lin Fei used 14 three-pointers in the game and a record-breaking 56-point performance to defeat Kobe Bryant head-on, proving that he has enough single-core ability to lead the team like the whole league.

"OMG, Marvelous Forest, he led the Heat to an incredible comeback over the Lakers!"

"With 56 points, 6 steals and 2 blocks in the game, Lin showed his strong stretch of hands at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, which overshadowed the black mamba who played supergodly!"

"A three-pointer and a defensive steal at the last moment, a golden offensive and defensive performance, it seems that Lin has become a better scoring guard than Kobe!"

Odom, who was tackled at the last moment, also looked very frustrated, and walked up to Kobe Bryant to admit his mistake.

Kobe Bryant sighed lightly, still squeezed out a little smile from his face, patted Odom on the shoulder and said:

"Lamar, we've tried hard enough, but luck is on our side tonight!"

After some celebration, Lin Fei also walked up to Kobe Bryant with a smile, raised his eyebrows and said, "Old Ko, don't forget that you still owe me a meal!" ”

Lin Fei scored 56 points and 6 steals in the opening game, giving the NBA's 05-06 season a good start, which is destined to be a season of crazy scoring of all kinds of heroes.

And Kobe, who scored 53 points in the opening game and still lost, became more unwilling in his heart.

After this game, more media and fans will also compare Lin Fei and Kobe......

In addition to Lin Fei and Kobe's 50+ points in the opener,

Nowitzki also blasted 42 points and 10 rebounds in the Mavericks' opener against the Suns, while LeBron James also had a triple-double of 36 points and Allen Iverson 51 points......

(End of chapter)