Super all-around point guard

Chapter 650 Let the Rookie Shine!

Last season, the Lakers were the bottom team in the league. Even with the addition of Xie Chen, everyone's expectations for the Lakers are generally not high this season. If it is in the East, it is okay. In the West where there are so many strong teams, it seems that there is really no hope of breaking through.

The Lakers, including coach Walton, have the goal of entering the playoffs this season, but Xie Chen feels that just entering the playoffs is not enough. If he enters the playoffs as the eighth place like last season, he may meet the Warriors in the first round. The Warriors’ invincible team is not the Toronto Raptors. To win the MVP, then the team's record is very important.

CCTV host Yang Jian said: "Welcome everyone to watch the first opening game of the 2016-2017 NBA season. Today we are broadcasting the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets at home. The Lakers have always been a team that Chinese fans are very familiar with and love. The Lakers during the Kobe era also represented the youth of our generation. But now the Lakers have changed their owners. He is Xie Chen, who has won two championships in a row. Qi's NBA debut."

Yang Yi said: "Yes, this is also the first game of the Rockets. Zhou Qi will appear in this game, but he won't be the starter, so the audience friends have to wait patiently. This offseason is destined to be unsettled. There are many transfer news. Xie Chen transferred to the Lakers. For example, Jordan and Kobe, but since LeBron James started this trend, it has become a normal thing for superstars to switch teams. I think in Ingram’s era, this form will become more popular, and everyone will choose a way that is easier to succeed. Of course, except for Xie Chen.

Yang Jian interjected at this time: "But most of the current strong teams in the league are composed of two or three superstars. Do you think Xie Chen's Lakers have the possibility to win the championship?"

Yang Yi smiled and said: "In the NBA, nothing is impossible. At the beginning of last season, who would have thought that the New York Knicks would win the championship? Who would have thought that Xie Chen would defeat the 73-win Warriors? I dare not predict the future of the Lakers. After all, they haven't played a game yet. It will take a while. Signed a contract to keep him in the Rockets, and after Warcraft Howard left, they brought in Nene, Ryan Anderson, and Eric Gordon, but judging from the current lineup, they will definitely not get a high ranking in the regular season.

Yang Yi is still very pessimistic about the prospect of the Rockets. In fact, as far as the current situation in the West is concerned, after such changes, the Rockets' chances of winning the championship are really slim.

The game started quickly, the Lakers' starting lineup was: Xie Chen, Ingram, Luol Deng, Randall, Mozgov, and the Rockets' starting lineup was Beverly, James Harden, Trevor Ariza, Anderson and Nene.

As soon as the game started, all the fans on the Internet also began to rejoice.

"After waiting for nearly five months, I can finally watch Xie Chen pretend again!"

"I bet Xie Chen will score more than 50 points this time, and he will use his fastest sprint speed!"

"His speed is no secret. It is certain to use it. Guessing Xie Chen's score is better than guessing Ingram's score. If this kid is really a piece of material, then we can look forward to the Lakers this season."

"Why is the screen full of Xie Chen! Didn't anyone mention my bearded brother Deng? I heard that he practiced hard during the offseason!"

"Do you want us to mention the nightclub Ha asked the younger brother to go to the nightclub to rob Malone? Just because Malone said on Twitter that Harden's training camp is too expensive?"

"You can never guard against Curry's three-pointer, James' two-pointer, Harden's one-pointer."

"...Let's continue talking about Xie Chen!"

At the Staples Center, the game has officially started. The Rockets jumped to the ball. Harden dribbled the ball unhurriedly. He was still as calm and stable as before. Every star will train hard during the offseason, but Harden’s training is far less hard than Curry James and others, because he has been in a situation where he has not been competitive for the championship for a long time. The closest he came to the championship in the Rockets was the Western Conference Finals. But it cannot be said that Harden has no ambitions at all. Now he is the ace superstar of the team, and he wants to become the scoring champion and MVP this season.

James Harden's step-back shot is still accurate, and he hit a jumper as soon as he came up.

It was the Lakers' turn to attack, and the fans at the scene also started to cheer. They all hoped to see Xie Chen's No.1 demeanor in the league as soon as possible. However, Xie Chen didn't intend to score by himself. Now this Lakers team is undoubtedly a team of Xie Chen alone. Not surprisingly, Xie Chen will definitely become the league's scoring leader this season. However, in the first game, he still wants to hone the rookie Ingram more. Moreover, Xie Chen had planned to let Ingram make his debut and score at least 20 points. points.

A simple cooperation between Xie Chen and Ingram. After Ingram received the ball, he shot directly from the mid-range. Unexpectedly, Ingram made the first shot and hit it directly!
"Hit on the first shot! This is Ingram's first score in the NBA! It is estimated that many fans and friends are not familiar with this player. He is the No. [-] pick in this year's NBA. He is a player with great potential and talent." Yang Jian introduced.

The first shot was hit, which Ingram did not expect. After the shot, Ingram smiled gratefully at Xie Chen. This kind of cooperation was not a temporary intention of the two on the court, but a lot of training last night. In addition, when Ingram shot this time, he was basically not disturbed. Ingram's mentality was also very good, so it succeeded.

This is a good start, but the easy hit of the first ball does not mean that the next road will be easy. Ingram deeply knows that the road ahead is still very difficult.

Ingram got a lot of opportunities at the beginning of the game. Halfway through the first quarter, he turned out to be the player with the highest score in the team, which surprised many people.

Yang Jian said: "Ingram is in good form today. If he continues to play like this, it shouldn't be a problem for him to score 30 points in his NBA debut, right?"

Yang Yi said: "Yes, Ingram is tall and has long arms and accurate shots. He is regarded as a copy of Durant. In addition, Xie Chen intends to let Ingram score today. I think Ingram's debut statistics will be very good. I am afraid that he will surpass the No. [-] pick Simmons. Last season, Porzingis, who was selected at the fourth place, was trained by Xie Chen to be the best rookie. I think Ingram will be even more amazing than Porzingis last season."

Ingram's scoring made the Lakers fans on the scene excited. This is the future of the Lakers!Even Kobe, who was sitting on the sidelines, nodded frequently, as if he was very satisfied with this rookie.

However, when the Rockets discovered that the Lakers intended to train the rookie, their defense against Ingram became stronger, and Ariza was replaced to defend him. Ariza first used huge defensive pressure to force Ingram to stop the ball, and then let him make a pass error.

"Ingram is still too young, a rookie is a rookie."

"This level of defense can't handle it. How do we expect Ingram to play against the Warriors in the playoffs? Hurry up, Ingram!"

It can be seen that the successive mistakes also made Ingram's mood down. Xie Chen felt that this was nothing. Whether it was intercepted or blocked, mistakes were always inevitable. Fortunately, they still had a whole season waiting for Ingram to improve.

Harden is in good shape today and has been scoring goals. Gradually, the Rockets have a tendency to expand the score. In order not to let the score stretch too far and affect the team's confidence in chasing points, Xie Chen also had to take a shot. After a continuous change of direction, he got rid of Beverly's defense, shot a three-pointer, and scored!
"Oh my God, it's so easy to see Xie Chen score one-on-one! Just get rid of it and score a goal. As long as there is only one person in front of Xie Chen, I have no doubts about the result of the goal."

"That's right, Xie Chen's scoring is just like playing for fun, and this three-point shooting posture is also very casual, not like the previous Curry-style shooting."

Xie Chen's scoring, in the eyes of everyone, is very casual and easy. After all, Xie Chen's scoring ability has been fully demonstrated in the past two seasons, and this three-pointer, Xie Chen did not use the ability of the system at all. Stephen Curry's three-point ability and McGrady's three-point ability were useless. Facing Beverly, in the first game of the regular season, there was no need for that. He used his own ability.

It is also the third season for Xie Chen to enter the NBA. Since he got the system ability, Xie Chen has not completely relied on the system ability to waste training. In the past two seasons, his training is no less than that of any player. In addition, his shooting is a major strength, and it is still very easy to hit a three-pointer.

In the second quarter, Zhou Qi, who was highly anticipated by Chinese basketball fans, finally played!

Yang Jian said excitedly: "Zhou Qi is finally on the court! He also carries the hope of Chinese basketball. Everyone hopes that he can gain a firm foothold in the Rockets and NBA like Yao Ming and become an excellent main player. Today is the beginning of his dream. Let us bless and look forward to it together."

After Zhou Qi appeared on the field, even in the away game in Los Angeles, there were Chinese fans holding signs to cheer for Zhou Qi. Xie Chen and Zhou Qi had met each other in China, and they knew the hardships of playing for people of yellow race here. After Zhou Qi played, Xie Chen also stretched out his hand to encourage Zhou Qi.

However, this friendly high-five does not mean that Xie Chen will let Zhou Qi go.

For fresh rookies, Xie Chen will never let them go...

In Zhou Qi's first defense after playing, Xie Chen went straight in and got to the inside line, then faced Zhou Qi, and ended the attack with a dunk!

"Dunk! Xie Chen dunked!"

The fans at the scene were also excited. Everyone had been waiting for the slam dunk performance of Xie Chen, the slam dunk king. However, Xie Chen didn't seem to be in a state of enthusiasm for this game. Unexpectedly, when Zhou Qi appeared on the stage, Xie Chen wanted to play.

Zhou Qi reached out to interfere with Xie Chen, but he didn't have a particularly strong defense. After Xie Chen successfully dunked, he patted Zhou Qi friendly, and then said to him what he would say every time he played against a rookie: "Welcome to the NBA."

"Uh." Zhou Qi was a little dazed, he was already nervous, who knew that Xie Chen was about to dunk the moment he came up, and he was really scared when he defended just now.

In fact, for this dunk, Xie Chen still didn't have the ability to use the system. It could be seen that Zhou Qi was really nervous.

Both Zhou Qi and the Lakers rookie Ingram have a common problem, that is, their thin body is not enough for physical confrontation. Ingram is okay, he is an outside player and can shoot from outside, but Zhou Qi is so big and tall, he can't play outside, right?In addition to having a good shot, a player of this height must make the physical confrontation stronger.

After Zhou Qi appeared on the court, the ball was passed to him immediately. Now that the Rockets are leading, Zhou Qi can also play a proper game. After all, Ingram over there has already shot a lot of shots.

After Zhou Qi made a few shaking moves, he also took a close-range shot, but he missed the shot. Although he missed the first shot, fortunately, Zhou Qi was very active and rushed to the basket to grab the rebound.

Zhou Qi made two free throws. Thanks to Xie Chen, as a rookie, he also scored in less than one minute after playing.

The halftime ended quickly, and the Lakers were still 10 points behind. Although they had Xie Chen, the strongest player in the league, the Lakers' game seemed to be no different from last season. The Lakers still did not show the state and atmosphere of any strong team.

However, all this will become different in the second half.

(End of this chapter)