In recent seasons, the Lakers' lineup has been very stable.

In the new season, the only signing they can be considered powerful is Matt Barnes.

Sometimes, a stable lineup is an advantage.

For the Lakers, being able to maintain a core lineup around Koga means that they have always been top teams.

But sometimes, the stability of the lineup also proves from the side that this team's signings are not effective.

Especially when the Lakers won the championship in the last season, only one Matt Barnes joined, and Mickey Kupchek's job was obviously unqualified.

Although Li Ke also believes that the Lakers are still the biggest favorite to win this season, their problems are also obvious.

There have been no signings at the point guard position, and the Lakers can only rely on two players, Lao Yu and Jordan Famal, who have no main control skills.

In the small forward position, Ariza and Matt Barnes are both very hard wings, but if they really want to face Lebang and Li Ke, these two are not enough to watch.

In addition to the second position, the inside line with the greatest advantage has been in constant injuries in the past two seasons.

With such a huge risk of injury, the Lakers' inside substitutes are still D.J. Mbenga and Josh Powell.

The point guard position is disabled and the bench depth is not good, so the Bobcats still have a chance to open the game.

"The point guard ordered, defend against the wings, and resisted the inside, and there will be a opening game."

The key point is actually to defend the inside and outside lines. As for the point guard, Li Ke’s idea is similar to Sam Vincent. With Curry’s current state, he is likely to have sex with Lao Yu?

...

On October 26, the bobcats arrived in Los Angeles.

Just the moment Li Ke got off the plane, Kobe sent an invitation.

Now Li Ke no longer refuses Kobe's request for a one-on-one challenge. He has S-level breakthroughs and S-level back-attacks, plus S-level single defense, even if he hits the peak Kobe, he still has the power to fight.

Perhaps the probability of losing is greater, but even if you lose, you won't lose too badly.

For Li Ke, he is already leading the score against Kobe, and he will no longer calculate the score when he leads.

Before last season, he had been winning, and Kobe had no intention of winning or losing.

It was not until he lost several times last season that Kobe rekindled his fighting spirit.

In the new season, Kobe, who just won the championship and held up the FMVP trophy, should be in the stage of the most vigorous fighting spirit.

In view of this, Li Ke dared to accept Kobe's request for a one-on-one challenge.

Outside the airport, Li Ke and his teammates separated. After waiting for a while, he saw a convertible Bentley and stopped in front of him roaring.

"Brother Li, hurry up, get in the car!"

That's right, the one who came to pick up Li Ke was the Great Sage.

Speaking of which, this season should have been a season when the Great Sage left the Lakers and the NBA.

But with the help of Li Ke, the Great Sage made significant progress and got some playing time last season.

The tall point guard happened to meet the Lakers who also lacked point guards, so the Great Sage got a one-year minimum salary contract extension and stayed in Los Angeles City.

"How about it, are you confident in the new season?"

The handsome Dasheng, wearing sunglasses, drove wildly, smiled shyly. He knew what Li Ke meant, and nodded immediately: "Are you confident, can you still not have it?"

"Why, have you received the promise from the Zen master?"

"It doesn't count, it's mainly because the Lakers' forward and guard are short of people now. For me, there must be opportunities. If there is no chance, I will leave during the offseason."

The words of the Great Sage made Li Ke understand why the Great Sage was so confident.

This is the time to sign a contract in the offseason and get a promise...

The speed soon arrived at Kobe's manor in Orange County. The two got off and Kobe greeted him in front of the door.

Kobe was not in a hurry to get to the point, but instead pulled Li Ke and Da Sheng into the courtyard, and Mrs. Wa took the servants to deliver all kinds of delicacies.

While enjoying it, Li Ke and Da Sheng talked about the situation in the league in the new season.

"The Nuggets this season are really rich on paper."

"Although I'm very optimistic about you, this season, the Nuggets are No.1."

First, the Great Sage sighed, and then Li Ke directly pulled the Nuggets and stepped on the Lakers. After a wave of operations, Kobe said: "That's what you are trying to help. To be honest, I really can't understand why you sent Shaq to the Denver Plateau?"

"Because Shaq is leaving himself."

Hearing Li Ke’s explanation, Kobe spread his hands: “Then I can understand, Shaq is like this…”

Li Ke smiled. Judging from this, Kobe had already felt the threat from the Nuggets.

"How to say, play a game?"

After chatting for a while, Kobe finally couldn't help but send a challenge request.

Li Ke stood up and shook off the heavy cotton jacket on his body: "Come on!"

At the outdoor court of Orange County Manor, Great Sage once again became a bystander of Li Ke vs Kobe.

In the first leg, Kobe chose to give the ball to Li Ke.

Li Ke also took the initiative, leaned against Kobe with his back on his back, turned around and galloped away, easily breaking Kobe's defense.

As the goal continued, Li Ke changed his approach to the second goal, and made a strong breakthrough from the front.

But Kobe also changed his approach, and his defense suddenly began to oppress.

The frontal tight defense suddenly reached out and broke with a snap...

Although Li Ke's ball control has been upgraded to level B, top-level one-on-one and B-level ball control can be considered a disadvantage.

Kobe stole the ball, got the ball, then changed direction rapidly, shook Li Ke away, rushed to the basket, made a layup, and returned a ball.

But then, in Kobe's second offense, Li Ke suppressed Kobe from beginning to end, and finally forced Kobe to take action and recover the ball.

One ball after another, Li Ke and Kobe played against each other without a single score.

The Great Sage, who was watching, could not say anything other than shouting at Niu B.

In the end, Kobe narrowly won with his shameless close defense.

Seeing Kobe who won the victory, he showed an innocent smile, Li Ke wanted to complain: Kobe is still too young!

Then I thought, is Kobe 31, young? Not at all.

I can only say that my thoughts are young...

...

The day after the Bobcat arrived in Los Angeles was the day when the opening battle began.

The league arranged three games on this day, with the Bobcats and the Lakers being one of them, the other two, namely the Cavaliers away challenge to the Knicks, and the Celtics hosting the Thunder.

I have to say that David Stern's vision is much better than those bricks.

Without a single game in the new season, he saw that the Thunder had completed reconstruction and had a direct rise.

I won’t talk about the Chinese game. There will be a Thunder in the opening game, and the subsequent Christmas game will also be a Thunder. These two games say everything.

Needless to say, the Christmas battle is the main focus of Li Ke vs Xiao Du.

In the opening game, what the league wants to express is that Longduo returns to the North Shore Garden.

The Celtics, who were the Big Three, were unable to win the championship in those years. Is it a problem with the former coach Doug Rivers, or the former head controller Lagarondo, or the problem with the Big Three not being big enough?

Everything depends on this opening game.

Except for the Bobcats vs. Lakers and the Thunder vs. Celtics, the remaining Cavaliers are just making up for the numbers against the Knicks.

The purpose is just to make David Stern not have to run too far during the opening game.

...

Staples Center, the arrival of the new season has already made the defending champions' fans start to have fun again.

Various things were raised in the stadium-

"The Purple Gold Dynasty is unstoppable!"

"Bryant: Going towards greatness!"

"The Lakers are No.1!"

“…”

Similar to such fan signs.

I have to say that Lakers fans are proud, the term aristocrat is a bit of a Black Laker, but it is also a true portrayal.

A champion is enough to make the Lakers recall the glory of the past.

Kobe appeared in the midst of cheers like a wave.

Li Ke next door looked at Kobe like a king, enjoying the fanaticism of Lakers fans on both sides.

"This group of fans seems to have forgotten Kobe's forced palace in 2007 and his miserable defeat in the 2008 finals."

Li Ke seemed to be feeling emotion. Hua Lao Er, who was standing beside him, looked at Li Ke with a strange look, and then gave his answer:

"Because the Lakers won the championship, the championship is to forget those unhappy things."

"But failure can help them remember those unhappy things."

After saying this, Li Ke smiled, but Hua Lao Er scratched his head.

Without smiling at each other, obviously, Hua Lao Er did not think that giving the Lakers a defeat was something that could be done with just talking.

"Come on, the game is true!"

...

Soon, the game is about to start, and both sides start the game-

Lakers: point guard Lao Yu, shooting guard Kobe, small forward Ariza, power forward Jiasao, center An Zhu.

Bobcats: point guard Curry, shooting guard Li Ke, small forward Hua Er, power forward Kenyon Martin, center Jordan Jr.

The jumping match between An Zhu and Jordan Jr. can be regarded as a peak duel. Both of them jumped at the same time, and the rushing momentum seemed to break through Staples' ceiling.

After a lot of cheers, An Zhu was the one who won.

"Opening the game, the Lakers' ball rights, let's see what changes they have made in the new season..."

Before the game started, the Magicians on the commentary table were already looking forward to the changes in the Lakers.

That's right, the commentator of this game is no longer Li Ke's old acquaintances Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley.

TNT sent a commentary group with Magic Johnson and McBrien, which was a bit biased towards the Lakers as a whole.

But considering that Staples is home, TNT's arrangement is not unreasonable.

At the beginning, the Lakers' first attack, Lao Yu controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

Jia Sao stood at the top of the arc and took the ball to help.

Kobe wandered on the wings, facing Li Ke's guard.

Just looking at the formations that the Lakers set up at the beginning, it seems that there is no change compared to last season.

As Kobe went around from the wing, a catch.

The Lakers' first attack turned into Kobe's singles.

Li Ke seemed to be back when he was one-on-one with Kobe last night. He was like a hungry wolf, with red eyes and staring at the basketball in Kobe's hand.

As Kobe shook, Li Ke also changed the center of gravity of defense, and he almost stared at Kobe's every wave of changes.

"Kobe, strong attack, take action directly from mid-range!"

Bang-!

"One-on-one singles should be Kobe's strength, but in this game, his opponent is Sheldon..."

McBrien shook his head. He knew that the Lakers' style of playing was to let Kobe play singles, but obviously, the singles in this game were not applicable.

At the basket, Kenyon Martin grabbed the rebound with vitality.

The offense and defense changed, Curry received the ball immediately, turned around and pushed the counterattack.

It must be mentioned that the current Bobcats have been forced to diversify their playing styles.

Every opportunity for offense and defense conversion on the court will be counterattacked. If they can’t catch it, they will enter the position. The main tactic in position war will be triangular attack.

So now, the bobcats are just catching and fighting back.

The two towers stood on the field. It was quite difficult for the Lakers to defend against the Bobcats.

Curry broke through to the frontcourt alone, and on the wing, Li Ke and Hua's second-in-law made a quick attack.

The Bobcats formed a three-for-three in the frontcourt.

There is no advantage in the number of people, but considering that Jia Sao and An Zhu are at the end, such a counterattack is still somewhat advantageous compared to positional warfare.

But this advantage needs to be seized. If you drag it for a moment, you will lose your chance.

In this case, Curry quickly reached the three-point line and became the only choice.

The Lakers' choice is to build a human-to-man defense line on the spot, allowing the old fish to defend Curry alone.

Seeing this, Li Ke felt that the ball was stable!

but……

Curry, who held the ball, rushed to the basket quickly, suddenly raised his hand and chose to make a layup with a low hand.

But the old fish suddenly leaned over from the wing, squeezed for a while, jumped up gently, and touched the basketball with his fingertips.

The layup that had already been stable deviated from its original trajectory.

The magician shouted: "Derick Fisher, he interfered with this ball!"

Strictly speaking, this is a block.

But this did not hinder the magician's excitement. In the distance, Li Ke knew that Curry had made the mistakes that young people would make in this ball.

"Curry, Curry, when will you find the feeling of the NBA..."

It is very different from Curry in his previous life's memory. Curry, who was sleepwalking in this way, has already made Boss Qiao begin to doubt whether the Bobcat's No. 5 choice was chosen wrong.

As Kobe got under the basket and picked up the rebound, it was the Lakers' turn to counterattack.

The Lakers did not catch a counterattack. Although Kobe advanced to the frontcourt very quickly, under Li Ke's defense, he could only stop and wait for his teammates to come in.

To reorganize the offense, Kobe asked for a pick-and-roll.

Although Li Ke's cover is fast, it is still difficult for him to mess with his wife's cover.

Relying on the cover of Mrs. Ga, Kobe rushed away and made a mid-range jump shot.

Swish—!

"A pick-and-roll, Kobe got excellent shooting space and the ball entered!"

"Just fight like this, just fight like this!"

The magician clapped his hands and remembered the questions he had at the opening.

So a summary: "From the two rounds at the beginning, the Lakers in the new season have not changed..."

The Lakers scored first, and the Bobcats later were not to be outdone.

In other words, Kobe scored first, and Li Ke later was not to be outdone.

Kenyon Martin's cover is of equal quality.

Li Ke also galloped away and hit the Bobcats' first goal in the opening game in the same way.

The draw was 2-2, Kobe and Li Ke each made a mid-range shot. The tone of this game seemed to be set like this.
Chapter completed!