Chapter 162 The new season begins, one god leads four pits!
Entering October, the warm-up match is over.
The Heat achieved a record of 1 win and 6 losses, and various problems were gradually exposed.
The first is O'Neal. He has gained weight again, and Laili doesn't dare to let him sit for too long.
After regaining the championship, O'Neal began to let himself go. How could he, who was not self-disciplined, refuse the donuts?
In addition to his playing style, he doesn't practice much anymore. He feels that eating donuts can make him stronger.
Especially since he played happy basketball and won one more championship than Kobe, who had stronger self-discipline, he was even lazier and less active.
I can only say that the O'Neal one is too small, and the layout is still too small.
In his previous life, when O'Neal was old and realized that Kobe was about to win five championships, he realized it and tried his best to catch up and stop him.
At that time, I am old and useless. How can I pursue or block him?
Don't ask, asking is just to hug someone's thighs everywhere.
After hugging James, I won’t talk about it anymore. After all, he hasn’t gone before, and James doesn’t have a championship, so he can bring his experience to help the poor.
He found that James couldn't take him with him, and he wouldn't take him with him in a group meeting, so he simply joined the Green Army who couldn't beat him.
No matter if he is a mortal enemy or not?
His only thought was to prevent Kobe from surpassing his number of championships.
Why bother? Why did you go there earlier?
In the end, apart from being thicker-skinned, I achieved nothing and gained nothing.
Payton and Mourning, one 38 years old and the other 36 years old, were not interested in the warm-up games. They played health basketball as if they were waiting for the playoffs.
Walker's condition is visibly declining, his three-point shooting is even worse, and his defensive attitude is not as hard as it was when he didn't win the championship last year.
Su Bei, Posey, and Dorell White, who returned from the Development League, are all in their contract years, playing actively, but their style of play has become unique.
The role players have no intention of playing as a team, the lineup is beginning to age, there is no motivation to compete for the championship, and there is no lineup reinforcement, and warm-up matches are not paid much attention. After Wade has played in the finals, he has to play in the World Championships again, and he does not have much playing time.
It is not unusual for the game to have such a result.
Sports Illustrated and the N-season strength rankings did not underestimate the defending champion because the Heat did not play well in the warm-up games, and gave it an average ranking, which is third in the league.
The Heat are ranked first by the Mavericks and the Spurs. The fourth place is the Cavaliers, who have been running together for a season. The following 5 to 10 are the Suns, Pistons, Rockets, Bulls, and Bobcats.
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Day, Miami.
Night falls.
At this time, the American Airlines Center Arena was holding the season opener, with a sea of people and bright lights.
In the arena, the lights suddenly went out. Then, the lights gradually came on, and the Heat players were already lined up on the court.
Heat owner Mickey Arison and Pat Riley, president, general manager and head coach, are awarding diamond rings, namely NBA championship rings, to the heroes of last season.
Su Bei also got his own one.
Except for O'Neal, everyone else had their first NBA career. The scene looked very moving and tender. It was shown to the audience and received waves of applause and cheers like a tsunami, which gave the players a lot of face.
In the tunnel where the players were entering and exiting, the players who played against the opponent tonight were watching with their heads stretched out, the envy, jealousy and hatred on their faces and eyes completely undisguised.
Their faces were full of fighting spirit. The other team was building a high-rise building to entertain guests. The Bulls players had reached an agreement that they would risk their lives to make the Heat's building collapse. This could be regarded as adding to the excitement of the Heat and sending out their own messages.
Voice, they don't want to be a supporting role.
If we must not let them become the protagonists, there is only one way, which is to overturn the stage.
The opponent was a Bulls team that was full of talent. This Bulls team looked very much like the Thunder team five years later. The only difference was that they did not surpass the superstars, but they had many young talents and many players who could play hard.
During the warm-up, Hinrich chatted with Wade and congratulated him on getting the first championship ring of the 2003 Platinum Generation.
Ben had just joined the Bulls to help the poor with experience. In order to show his presence, he also found O'Neal and Walker to chat and congratulated them by the way.
The game was broadcast live on TNT, with Barkley and Kenny Smith as commentators.
"Championship ring!
Payton and Mourning finally got the championship rings they wanted most!
Although this is a big win, I still have to congratulate them. Their dream finally came true and they realized their championship dream!"
"Are you sour?
You cling to Olajuwon's lap and you can't win the championship, so you're being deceived, right?
If you have any unhappy thoughts now, can you tell them and make everyone happy?"
"Bah! Those two championship rings you held on to Olajuwon, you got them because Michael retired.
In my opinion, the most handsome thing is not to get championship rings, but to be able to earn a lot of annual salary. Michael Jordan got 6 without money, but he was still very handsome!
It’s not just because of his money that people think he is handsome!
Therefore, there is nothing special about championship rings, the key is to make money."
"Talk about money and hurt feelings, let's talk about the strength of the two teams tonight!
If you were asked to bet, which team would you like?"
"You don't have to think about it, they must be a Bulls team full of talent and talent. Look at O'Neal's figure, he is completely out of shape.
From my perspective as someone who has experienced it, O'Neal's condition tonight will definitely not be that good, unless he can be given donuts during the game, otherwise, after receiving the championship ring, his mind will have drifted off the court."
"No way!
Could this opener, the championship-ring ceremony, possibly screw up the Bulls?
It’s so impossible, I bet the Heat will win because they won everything with the same lineup last season..."
Bulls 5 Tigers, Big Ben, P.J. Brown, Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, Hinrich.
This chapter is not over yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Heat have 5 people, O'Neal, Walker, Haslem, Wade, and Payton.
Su Bei's face was calm. His agent had foreseen such an operation with Su Bei long ago after he and the Heat failed to negotiate a contract extension.
Want to win the contract on the court that you didn't get on the negotiating table?
Laili can also use the "court" to make Su Bei compromise and accept a humiliating contract. He has the final say in everything about the Heat.
Even if Jason Williams is out due to injury, whoever he wants can play.
Beep——!
The whistle sounded and the referee threw the basketball into the sky.
Snapped--!
O'Neal defeated Big Ben and gained the ball for the Heat to attack first.
"Pettons controlled the ball to the frontcourt, lobbed the ball to O'Neal, and Peng——!
After catching the ball, there was a sudden collision, and O'Neal turned around and hooked..."
Bang-dang——!
The iron is struck.
PJ Brown picked up the rebound, passed the ball to Hinrich to advance, and passed the ball to Ben Zhu in the frontcourt.
"Big Ben pulled out and found a pick-and-roll for Ben Gordon.
Ben Gordon broke into the penalty area and attacked O'Neal..."
Snapped--!
Ben Gordon was knocked to the ground.
Beep——!
The referee called a foul on O'Neal's batter, and Ben Gordon got two free throw opportunities.
Swish—!
Ben Gordon showed no mercy and made two free throws to open up the scoring account for the Bulls.
2 to 0!!
"Judging from the attack and defense just now, we can see how bad O'Neal's condition is. He has already drifted. If he continues to play like this, O'Neal may not last long and will graduate..."
O'Neal was weak, so Payton passed the ball to Wade.
Not to mention, after experiencing the baptism of the finals, Wade has really become a new man.
Hinrich is considered Wade's number one nemesis. However, there is no use for Wade. Wade gets the ball and rushes into the paint. He immediately pulls up the ball and shoots a two-point fadeaway jumper...
Swish——!
Two points empty into the net.
2 to 2!!
“Wade’s mid-range shot went up.
Both the rhythm and smoothness are much better than before.”
The most important thing is that Wade is more confident in shooting, and in the subsequent offensive round, he also scored a three-pointer.
The offensive efficiency soared. In the first quarter, he made 4 of 5 shots, 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 1 of 2 free throws. While scoring 10 points and 1 assist in a single quarter, he also defended Hinrich, who made 2 of 6 shots.
, 0 of 2 three goals, 1 of 2 free throws, only 5 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds.
Wade suppressed Hinrich on both offense and defense. However, the score was that the Heat fell behind.
The shots from both sides were actually weak.
However, the Bulls played harder and attacked the basket frequently, taking 17 free throws in the first quarter and hitting 12 of them.
The Heat, however, played very carefully and took shots from the outside.
Walker made 1 of 4 field goals and 0 of 2 three-pointers.
Haslem made 0 of 4 shots.
Payton went 1 for 2.
O'Neal made 0 of 2 free throws and 1 of 2 free throws.
Lai Li was having a headache. Wade had made a big gain, but he was just leading four holes. No matter how much he went up, what was the use?
In the second quarter, Wade continued to play and Su Bei came on as a substitute.