Reborn in 96, I started by taking charge of the Dallas Mavericks.

After realizing he couldn't overpower Yao Ming, David Robinson immediately changed tactics and passed the ball to Duncan.

This season, Popovich has established Duncan's place on the team.

From now on, the Spurs will begin building their team around this young man.

As rumored, when Duncan first joined the team last season...

In one training session, Duncan, then a freshman, completely outplayed one of the league's top four centers.

From that moment on, David Robinson realized that he was getting old and it was time to step down and make way for others.

So starting this season, David Robinson decided to step back and dedicate himself to supporting Duncan.

After a classic inside pass and inside combination.

Duncan faced Nowitzki's defense without any fancy moves; he simply made a simple mid-range bank shot.

Although the moves aren't very flashy, they still score points!

2:2

Many fans born in the 90s remember Duncan, Garnett, and Nowitzki as the best power forwards of their era.

Duncan is undoubtedly number one.

Even after Duncan retires, his achievements make him the undisputed greatest power forward in NBA history.

Norwich's playing style, coupled with his strong offense and weak defense, once led fans to criticize him as a "softie."

If he hadn't single-handedly led his team to victory against the seemingly invincible Heat Big Three back then, the label of "softie" would probably have stuck with him throughout his career.

But now, when Nowitzki, who has just entered the league, is indeed helpless against Duncan.

Come back.

Nash passed the ball to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming dribbles and attacks David Robinson.

If David Robinson only felt Yao Ming's strength when he backed him down earlier, now he felt like Yao Ming was a bulldozer.

Some people might not believe it.

How could a tall, thin man possess such strength?

But David Robinson truly felt the terrifying power emanating from Yao Ming.

Yao Ming's strength has increased, but it's far from reaching that terrifying level.

The main reason is that David Robinson is getting old, and his career is declining in many ways.

One is the rising sun.

One is the setting sun over the western mountains.

Comparing the two, it's clear which is stronger and which is weaker.

Yao Ming drove past David Robinson into the restricted area and scored with a spinning hook shot.

4:2

"Yao scored! Just 38 seconds into the game, Yao scored his first point in the NBA regular season!"

On the sidelines, Zhang Heli was extremely excited after seeing Yao Ming score.

Since Yao Ming was selected as the NBA's number one draft pick, more and more young people in China have begun to pay attention to the NBA.

Today, as the opening match of the new season, CCTV Sports is also broadcasting the entire game live.

At this moment, countless people in China are watching Yao Ming's NBA debut.

After Yao Ming scored, the players from the Qilin team all went up to encourage him.

Especially Kobe, the team's leader, patted Yao Ming on the backside and said, "Well done, Little Giant!"

"Little Giant" is the affectionate nickname that Chinese fans have for Yao Ming.

Now Chen Fang uses it to refer to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming also really likes this nickname.

The first quarter of the game.

Led by Yao Ming and Kobe Bryant, the Qilin team and the Spurs played a back-and-forth game.

The Qilin team has Yao Ming and Kobe Bryant, a formidable inside-outside combination, while the Spurs have Tim Duncan and Allen Iverson.

The two teams traded leads.

But everyone knows that this is not the true strength of the Qilin team.

What makes the Qilin team truly terrifying is that their substitutes are just as formidable as their starters.

The first quarter of the game is over.

The Kirin team leads the Spurs by 4 points, 32-28.

During the break, Zhang Heli and Sun Zhengping commented on the performance of both teams in the first quarter.

"Congratulations to Yao Ming for scoring 11 points in the first quarter, reaching double digits in just one quarter!"

"The rest of the Kirin team also performed relatively steadily, while the Spurs' teamwork has indeed improved significantly compared to last season."

"But the Qilin team clearly still has some strength left to spare."

At this moment, Sun Zhengping chimed in: "Indeed, in the first quarter, Yao Ming was the core of the Qilin team's offense, and Kobe and McGrady didn't perform well."

"And don't forget, there's a bunch of bench thugs sitting on the Qilin team's bench."

"So, I don't think it will be that easy for the Spurs to beat the Kirin."

Soon, the holiday break came to an end.

The second quarter continued.

Substitute players from both sides came on.

Just as Zhang Heli and Sun Zhengping had predicted.

After both teams' substitutes came on, the score gap widened instantly.

Popovich, seeing the situation was not good, immediately substituted Duncan and Iverson into the game.

Although the situation has stabilized for the time being, bringing on the main players too early will be a huge test of their physical fitness.

The reason why the Qilin team was able to win the championship in such a crushing way last season was not only because of Kobe's strength, but also because McGrady was able to share Kobe's offensive firepower.

The fact that the Qilin team's bench players are capable is also a very important factor.

Although this season, the Qilin team traded away Peja and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, two key rotation substitutes.

However, with the addition of Yao Ming and Dirk Nowitzki, Chen Fang demoted Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace to the bench, and the Qilin team's bench strength actually increased instead of decreased.

It's fair to say that Chen Fang has a lot of cards to play right now.

Various team compositions can be freely combined.

Even if players get injured mid-season, he can make timely adjustments.

Having won the championship for two consecutive seasons, Chen Fang decided to make things more difficult for himself by no longer intervening if any players get injured, starting this season.

Of course, if it's something that could affect his career, he'll still take action.

Back to the game.

With Duncan and Iverson entering the game, the Spurs narrowed the gap to just 5 points.

But when five minutes had passed in the second quarter, Chen Fang substituted his starters back in.

As soon as he returned to the court, Kobe started to exert himself.

The Kirin team's attack.

After dribbling, Kobe quickly broke through and rushed towards the paint.

Upon seeing Kobe drive into the paint, the Spurs immediately collapsed their defense.

Instantly, everyone rushed back towards the penalty area to stop the attack.

But the next moment, they discovered that the basketball in Kobe's hands had suddenly disappeared!

Yes, they just suddenly disappeared!

next second!

The little giant suddenly took off from inside the penalty area.

Meanwhile, the basketball in Kobe's hands had somehow appeared in mid-air.

"Bang!"

Alley-oop!

Kobe and Yao Ming completed an alley-oop.

Yao Ming smashed through the Spurs' basket with a powerful dunk.

Immediately afterwards, a deafening roar of cheers erupted throughout the entire stadium!

The Chinese fans, in particular, were incredibly excited!

"Da Yao!"

"Da Yao!"

"Da Yao!"