Chapter 541 Brand new Lakers, brand new Lin Han!(1/2)
On November 3, 1995, the Los Angeles Grand Western Forum Arena kicked off again after half a year of offseason.
In today's opening game, the Los Angeles Lakers' opponent is the Denver Nuggets, a team that once had no grudges with the Lakers but has now become a mortal enemy.
Mainly, Nuggets fans regard Lakers' Mutombo as their mortal enemy.
At the Lakers' Big Western Forum Arena, some Nuggets fans who came from Denver came here to mock Mutombo in a snake-like hat.
Mutombo, who was cheated by Sprewell, is now the absolute betrayer in the minds of Nuggets fans.
Nuggets fans now hate Mutombo and the Lakers very much, but the relationship between the players on both sides is still very harmonious.
Before the game began, the starting point guard of the Nuggets in this game also received the championship ring from Jerry West.
Mutombo also hugged his former Nuggets teammates.
However, Lin Han could still see that Mutombo was still very concerned about the sarcasm of the small group of Nuggets fans in the stands.
"Dickenbe, you'll get everything you want in Los Angeles!"
Hearing Lin Han say this, Mutombo nodded silently.
Leaving the Nuggets this year, he lost a lot of money by leaving from a hero to a traitor.
If he cannot get corresponding gains in the future, his departure this time will be very failure.
However, looking at the scene where the Lakers just awarded the championship ring, Mutombo felt that his future did not seem to be so unclear.
"Last season was Lin Han's second year in NBA. He won his second championship ring in his career. His future is imaginative."
"Larry, do you think Lin Han's career championship ring can be worn with both hands?"
After former Bulls head coach Doug Collins took over the Pistons' general manager and head coach this season, ABC invited another former Bulls head coach for Larry Bird. Kevin Longley, who is a strong figure and has a hot temper, as his partner.
Longley was Jordan's first Bulls head coach after joining the NBA. He was called the most interesting head coach in the NBA by Jordan and is a pretty weird head coach.
In the NBA, I often do things like letting the caddies sprinkle water on the field to deceive the pause.
What's even more bizarre is that the referee can't catch his handle. Even if the league investigates, it can't find out whether the caddies were intentional or accidental.
After finishing his two-year coaching career, which was not considered successful, he was originally a commentator for CBS.
After being fired by the Heat last season, he was poached by ABC. ABC has a special liking for Jordan's head coach.
Maybe, Phil Jackson will be invited by ABC after class.
If this game between the Lakers and the Nuggets was not the opening game, if it weren't for the championship ring to be awarded in this game, it wouldn't be that high in terms of the actual value of this game.
The Nuggets, who have lost Mutombo, are now far from being a match for the Lakers.
When Mutombo was in the Nuggets, the Nuggets were a team with excellent defense, and offense was only average compared to defense.
Moreover, even when Mutombo was there, the Nuggets were a team that was full of soldiers and had no big names to pay attention to.
Such a team is also the one that best suits the Lakers' appetite now.
The Lakers' starting point guard Lin Han in this game, starting shooting guard Choudumas, starting small forward Eddie Jones, starting power forward Rodman, and starting center Mutombo.
Compared to last season, the Lakers need to work together for a while to integrate Choudumas and Mutombo.
If the opponent has one or several very powerful strong points and attacks the Lakers' weaknesses, the Lakers may not be able to resist it now.
But this Nuggets cannot do it now.
"With the arrival of Choudumas and Mutombo, the Lakers' outside and inside are the strongest additions, and the shortcomings of the Lakers' lineup have also been filled. Lin Han finally doesn't have to do whatever the Lakers lack, he just does. He can now use his offensive talent and talent wholeheartedly. This season, I am optimistic that Lin Han and Jordan's scores can still hit a new high, and the average score of the two can reach 50 points!"
When Larry Bird heard Longley's very passionate commentary, he raised his eyebrows.
This season, Lin Han and Jordan can attack more due to Mutombo and Mooning.
But it is still not possible to average 50 points per game.
After watching this year's finals, no team will face Jordan and Lin Han one-on-one.
This season, the pincer attacks Lin Han and Jordan face will be the worst in their careers!
If the Bulls' starting lineup can now be said to be both offensive and defensive, then the Lakers actually have some problems.
Mutombo and Rodman's attack power are still too weak, and Lin Han will face greater pressure than Jordan.
After Mutombo helped the Lakers jump the ball successfully, the first wave of attack, Lin Han dribbled the ball and pushed it to the frontcourt, and the double team came up directly.
Faced with such a resolute attack from the Nuggets, Lin Han did not immediately shoot the ball, but completely attracted the two attackers to him.
With a bang, he passed the ball with one hand and passed it to Mutombo, who was in the air cut basket.
The Nuggets' big center has been attracted outside by Lin Han. Mutombo, who cut to the basket, had almost no defense. After receiving the ball, he was a dunk!
0 to 2!
Mutombo won the first two points of his Lakers' career, assisted by Lin Han!
For a moment, all Lakers fans on the sidelines gave their applause to the team's new No. 55 player.
"Why is Lin Han's ball possession so much like Jordan's?"
Why is it so similar to Jordan's ball-handling skills at the last moment of the finals?
This ethereal control of the ball like a stadium elves, like a butterfly wearing flowers under the attack. Larry Bird has only seen it on Jordan!
Now, Lin Han can do it too!
"It feels more spiritual than Jordan's one time. With one big and one small double attack, Lin Han can also find a back pass route, and Lin Han's passing vision is better than Jordan's."
As Jordan's first NBA coach, although Longley doesn't have much ink in his belly, he still has good eyesight.
When he coached the Bulls, he directly told Jordan, who was still a rookie, that you can play whatever you want on the court. You are free and I don’t care about you.
As a rookie, Jordan got the most relaxed growth environment at that time.
Originally, Longley would have thought Lin Han would score this season, but as soon as he got up, facing double-teams like the Nuggets, Lin Han kept passing the ball.
In the first quarter, Lin Han didn't score much, but just threw 6 three-pointers outside, scored 9 points on 3 of 6 shots, but gave 8 assists!
In a single quarter, Lin Han scored 9 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks!
After the first quarter, the Lakers also led the Nuggets by 16 points 38-22!
"This is not a Lin Han style game!"
There is no doubt that judging from the first quarter, this is definitely not a Lin Han-style game.
Last season's Lakers, Lin Han was not as ease in organizing the team!
Lin Han also had a lot of assists last season, but how did Lin Han’s assists come from last season?
A large part of them stand at the top of the arc to use their singles to make cross-bow passes under the attractiveness.
No matter how many assists you get in this way, no one will say that he organized the entire team, but only that his assists are made.
Before this year's finals began, Lin Han's name of data brushes was resounding at the sky level.
Now, when Lin Han uses the same ball-handling skills as Jordan and then uses his better vision and passes than Jordan to organize the Lakers, although such a game is completely different from Lin Han's previous style, it is really amazing!
"Now Lin Han has begun to integrate his influence into the entire stadium. He has become stronger and more ease. Compared to last season, Lin Han has become more powerful with naked eyes!"
It is not easy for players of the same level as Lin Han to become stronger, but if they don’t see each other in an offseason, Lin Han really evolved.
"Compared with Lin Han's strength, Lin Han's learning talent is even more terrifying. When he entered the NBA, he was only a beginner who had only learned basketball for two months, but he had already learned Jordan's turn and lean back to the extreme. He did it in two months. Now, he spent countless hours learning Jordan's newly developed ball control skills, even better!"
"And there are also the dreamy footsteps of Olajuwon in the past, Chamberlain's face-to-face cover, Thomas' fingertips dribble, his basketball talent is even more terrifying than his strength!"
"Lin Han, he is a player with infinite possibilities!"
This was Longori's first game back to the commentator's seat. Before he could finish the game, he became a glorious Lin Chui.
Larry Bird is very able to understand this new partner of his.
As a senior Lin Chui, he is now impressed by the basketball played by Lin Han in this game.
The offensive basketball driven by the unparalleled ball-control skills, every Lakers player on the court became extremely agile under his guidance.
This kind of basketball is really beautiful!
It is even more attractive than the ‘show-time’ led by the magician!
This can be seen from the cheers of Lakers fans at the scene. Many of them are fans who have experienced the Magician's show-time era!
Not to mention these fans, even the Magicians themselves are crazily cheering for such lightweight and flawless passes after Lin Han completed a beautiful assist.
"Last season, Lin Han told everyone that basketball can be one person. This season, is Lin Han going to tell everyone that basketball still belongs to five people in the end?!"
In this match between the Lakers and the Nuggets, no one believed that the Nuggets could defeat the Lakers before the game. The strength of the two sides is now huge.
The Nuggets' goal this season should be to win the No. 1 pick, while the Lakers' goal is to defeat the Bulls or Rockets again and win the championship!
However, even if the gap between the two sides is really too big, it is hard to imagine that the Lakers can play so well under Lin Han.
The team seems to have no need to even get in!
"Dickenbe, how many points did you score in this game?"
"I don't know, but a lot!"
At the end of the third quarter, Mutombo, who followed Lin Han from the court, was so excited that he couldn't help himself.
To be continued...