October 22, 2006, 10 p.m.
The Los Angeles Lakers faced the Seattle SuperSonics at their home court, Staples Center.
Last season, the Seattle SuperSonics had a poor record, with only 35 wins and 47 losses, ranking 11th in the Western Conference and failing to even make the playoffs.
The team's starting players are: Ray Allen, Collison, Falix, Fortson, and Lewis.
In this lineup, the two more threatening players are only Ray Allen and Lewis.
Ray Allen averaged 26.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 5.8 assists per game last season.
This was also Ray Allen's peak season. In the Seattle SuperSonics, he had no real help.
Just like Kobe last season, his stats were impressive, but he was unable to lead the team further.
Everyone knows what happened next. Ray Allen went to Boston and formed a Big Three with Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to compete for the 2008 NBA championship!
Therefore, it will be easy for the Los Angeles Lakers to face the weak Seattle Supersonics.
After the DJ introduced the starting lineups of both teams, the battle was about to begin.
Lin Feng and Kobe both appeared as starting players, and now Fisher has completely become Lin Feng's substitute.
At the beginning of the game, Lin Feng replaced Kwame Brown and jumped to the midfield to pass the ball, just like in the previous game.
Danny Fortson, the main center of the Seattle SuperSonics, was once known as the rebounding monster of the NBA.
Moreover, this person has a hot temper and has been suspended frequently during his career because of verbal altercations or fights with others.
Danny Fortson has no other abilities. Last season, he averaged 6.5 points per game but 10.5 rebounds. He also made a lot of defensive moves, which is what we call "dirty"!
He already knew that the Lakers had emerged as a rising star and had signed a Chinese guard.
This Chinese player is awesome. At the start of the new season, he helped the Lakers get off to a good start with two consecutive wins.
When he was at home, he specially studied Lin Feng's playing style and found that Lin Feng liked to grab rebounds very much.
In tonight's game, he will not become Raymond Lam's background; he will defeat Raymond Lam.
If it doesn't work, he will use his ultimate move and start playing as soon as there is a disagreement, using all kinds of dirty moves.
The commentators for this game, Nixon Wendell and Wolf Joe, are ready.
Nixon Wendell said: "Okay! The game has officially started. We see that A-Lin is exactly the same as in the last game. He replaced Kwame Brown and dared to challenge the midfield ball. Let's see who will grab the ball?"
Wolf Joe: "Danny Fortson is not as easy to bully as other centers. He was once known as a rebounding monster. In a game against the Magic, his rebounding ability even beat Howard. Is A-Lin's rebounding ability better than Howard?"
The two commentators were forcing Lai Lai to play, and the referee threw the ball into the air.
Seeing this, Lin Feng jumped up quickly. His jumping speed was high and fast. After all, Danny Fortson was old and not as good as the young Lin Feng.
Seeing Lin Feng jumping high and fast, he jumped and, knowing that he could not grab the ball from Lin Feng, he simply swung his palm and pretended to accidentally hit Lin Feng on the head.
Lin Feng got the ball but was slapped by Danny Fortson.
The referee will not care about minor physical friction like this; after all, there will always be physical contact when fighting for the ball.
But Lin Feng knew that Danny Fortson's slap was intentional.
He noticed that Lin Feng was staring at him, and he pretended to spread his hands out innocently, as if telling Lin Feng: Boy, I didn't mean it, why are you looking at me like that?
"Lin! Be careful with this guy; he plays dirty. Watch out for his little moves."
Odom knew Danny Fortson. He was once plotted against by Danny Fortson in a game.
Lin Feng nodded calmly. In order to win the game, there was no need to argue with such a scoundrel.
As long as Danny Fortson doesn't go too far in the game, he will turn a blind eye and pretend it doesn't matter.
Because his idea is the same as Kobe's: winning is the most important thing. On the court, it is taboo to be irritated by the opponent's trash players.
Because their purpose is very clear, which is to irritate you, watch you make a fool of yourself, lose your mind, and your competitive state decline, and then they will find the right time to win the game.
Lin Feng knew about this kind of trick, so he didn't want to bother with Fordson.
Lin Feng grabbed the midfield jump ball and passed it to Odom.
Odom took the ball and played one-on-one. When he got near the three-second zone, he made a small hook shot and scored the ball.
In the new season, Odom's performance was average, not outstanding, but definitely not bad.
When returning to defense, Kobe went to guard the sharpshooter Ray Allen, while Lin Feng quietly slipped into the inside, always paying attention to protecting the rebounds.
Ray Allen and Kobe Bryant, these two are a pair of enemies.
Recalling the yellow-green battle in the previous life, whenever Ray Allen met Kobe in the game, or Kobe met Ray Allen, it was particularly exciting.
The two of them were guarding each other very seriously, running around the entire court like crazy, not giving the other side a comfortable scoring environment.
Before the game started, Kobe told Lin Feng that he would be the one defending Ray Allen in this game.
In his early days, Ray Allen was not just an outside shooter. He could also drive and shoot, making him extremely difficult to deal with.
After joining the Boston Celtics, Ray Allen changed his playing style and shot more shots from beyond the three-point line.
Ray Allen during his time with the Seattle Supersonics was a dunker. He would break into the restricted area from time to time and do a one-handed slam dunk. Who could withstand that?
This was the case in this round. Ray Allen had the ball facing Kobe. He was calm and composed and made a fake move. Kobe did not fall for it and still kept his hands raised and stuck close to Ray Allen.
After a tentative step, Ray Allen forced a pull-up jump shot.
In 2006, another sharpshooter, Curry, had not yet grown up. Now the only three-point sharpshooter is Ray Allen.
Moreover, his shooting speed is extremely fast. The league once conducted a test and found that Ray Allen's shooting time was only 0.2 seconds.
What is the concept?
In other words, before the opponent could react, this guy had already thrown the ball, and his shot was too fast and difficult to block.
Facing Kobe's tight defense, Ray Allen did just that. He shot at high speed, and the basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and hit the basket right in the air. His aim was perfect and his touch was hot!
"Oh my baby, Ray Allen made a three-pointer at the start of the game; he's in hot form!"
"Kobe's tight defense seems unable to threaten Ray Allen?"
"Ray Allen helped the Seattle SuperSonics overtake the Lakers with this three-pointer!"
The two commentators laughed and praised when they saw Ray Allen shoot the three-pointer in 0.2 seconds.
After serving, Lin Feng dribbled the ball across half court and passed it to Kobe.
He knows Kobe's character well. Ray Allen forced him to make a three-pointer. In this duel, Kobe wants to get back at him.
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