Two days later, the Lakers continued to sit at home, and their opponent was the Mavericks.

The Mavericks won two consecutive victories at the start of the game and were in great shape.

Deron has integrated quite well, and his pick-and-roll offense with Nowitzki is much more lethal than he had before with the Hornets.

And Chandler still maintained excellent defensive efficiency in the past two seasons.

With an integrated offense and defense, this Mavericks team showed their strength to compete for the championship.

Sun Hao is still absent, Yao Ming is in a sluggish state, and this game is expected to be difficult for the Lakers.

But Los Angeles fans did not give up. Before the game, they posted many signs to cheer Yao Ming up.

As mentioned earlier, most Lakers fans still support Yao Ming.

In other words, among this fan, two figures seem strange and familiar.

Yao Ming's parents came to Los Angeles to support Yao Ming.

As early as when Yao Ming was still in the Wizards, Yao Ming's parents often appeared on the sidelines, which was also a scenic spot in the Wizards' competition at that time.

Now this scenic spot has changed from Washington to Los Angeles.

Including Yao Ming is now 32 years old. As expected, no matter how old he is, he is still the treasure he used to be in front of his parents.

Sun Hao has experienced this kind of thing a lot.

This also verifies his premonition that Yao Ming would explode before. When his parents were there, they would add bonuses to the players' performance.

Before the game, Sun Hao also chatted with Nowitzki for a long time.

He is still at the peak, but Nowitzki is really getting older, the most obvious thing is the beard of the jaw.

After failing to win the championship for two consecutive seasons and strengthening Deron this season, Nowitzki made a bet with himself, that is, he would not shave until the team won the championship.

A man's beard, especially an adult man's beard, will be a slack beard if he doesn't hang up a day.

Four or five days since the beginning of this season, Nowitzki's beard has already reached a small scale.

In other words, this small beard has been mixed with a lot of white beards.

Although there is still some time to retire, perhaps these two seasons are really the last chance for Nowitzki to compete for the championship.

The warm-up before the game ended, followed by the opening ceremony, and the starting lineups of the two teams also made a way out.

On the Mavericks, Deron, Stevenson, Iguodala, Nowitzki, Chandler.

One difference here is from ESPN's predictions is that because he lost his temper in the locker room during the preseason, veteran Deronti West, who performed well in the Mavericks last season, was banned by the team without restrictions.

On the Lakers side, Knight, Jimmy Butler, Carter, Millsap, and Yao Ming.

After the opening ceremony, both sides made their starts one after another.

Yao Ming and Chandler jump ball in the midfield.

Before jumping the ball, Yao Ming smiled inexplicably when he saw Chandler standing in front of him.

"beep!"

The referee whistle sounded, and Yao Ming took the lead and transferred the ball back to the Lakers' half, and the home team got the chance to take the lead in attacking.

A whistle sounded at the scene.

You may not believe it if you say it. This is the first time Yao Ming has won the jump as a Lakers player.

After the team landed in the frontcourt, Yao Ming took the initiative to take the lead at the basket.

I don’t know if it was because of my parents’ presence or something else, but Yao Ming also showed a completely different desire to attack from the past two games.

Knight hung the ball in, and the others pulled the wings apart, and the Mavericks did not have double-teams.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, it is called "Tihu falls into Pingyang and is bullied by dogs. Yao Ming's sluggish state in the first two games allowed his opponent to double-team him like before.

Yao Ming turned around and played with his back after receiving the ball, and his beautiful steps moved.

Although the rate was much slower than his peak due to weight gain, he still created a good phone call for himself.

"when!"

Unfortunately, his hand still felt bad, and the hooked ball finally hit the edge of the basket and popped up.

However, before the fans at the scene began to get restless, Yao Ming directly grabbed the rebound from Chandler's head!

And before Chandler could react, he made a close-range basket with a pressing pressure.

Chandler, a tough guy with a body shape and appearance that looks like "Lu Zhishen", had no power to resist at this moment.

Yao Ming scored his first record for the Lakers!

A burst of cheers from fans broke out at the scene.

Although the feel seems to have not recovered, Yao Ming's offensive desire has become much stronger from the key position to the scoring period.

Facing a strong opponent, this is the best news for the Lakers.

Looking back, Nowitzki cut into the ball and then scored Stevenson on the outside.

The ball was very beautiful, but unfortunately Stevenson failed to throw it in.

In terms of outside projection ability alone, Stevenson is still much worse than West.

Yao Ming was so proud of the nine-day moon, and saw the landing point and moved outward and grabbed the long defensive rebound.

This also made the Staples Center boil again.

Judging from the performances in the opening rounds, Yao Ming’s touch has not been fully found, and his desire and state have returned!

Moreover, after winning the rebound, Yao Ming did not slow down the team's offensive rhythm. He threw the ball to Knight on the outside.

Knight took the ball and quickly made a quick break with one dragon, and flew over Delong and scored the ball!

The Lakers' record of starting the game is average, but that's more because of Sun Hao and Yao Ming, and the other players in their form are not bad.

Carter is like this, Knight and Butler are even more so.

A very realistic situation is that after Sun Hao comes back, one of them basically has to play on the bench.

In order not to be that person, they played harder than ever before.

4 to 0!

An unexpected start.

Some fans even joked on social media that the Lakers are "weak when they meet the weak, and strong when they meet the strong"!

But soon, the Mavericks responded.

Nowitzki played Millsap with the ball at the high post, turned around and made a comeback!

Although the white beard is eye-catching, 34-year-old Nowitzki is still the core of the team.

And in the next round, Nowitzki assisted in defense of Carter and successfully defended the Lakers' offense.

After getting the rebound, the Mavericks did the same and played a fast break with the Lakers.

After Deron received the ball, he changed his rhythm and shook Knight scored a layup!

4 square meters!

At the beginning, the Lakers showed different game temperaments, but the Mavericks immediately showed their strength.

It's not that easy for the Lakers to win this home court!

Moreover, after Yao Ming landed at the low post and received the ball, the Mavericks immediately joined the double-team.

Carlisle's reaction was very fast.

Yao Ming took the ball back and forth twice, and finally turned to the free throw line and leaned back slightly.

This is one of his special skills, but because of his weight gain, he slowed down and was interfered by Nowitzki seizing the opportunity.

"when!"

Yao Ming's move popped out again.

His touch is his biggest enemy now.

Nowitzki turned around and took the defensive rebound. The Mavericks once again made a fast break. This time, Stevenson received a pass from Deron to follow up.

4 to 6!

The momentum on the field has begun to turn to the Mavericks side.

Moreover, in the past two rounds, Yao Ming's slow retreat was also exposed very thoroughly because of his weight.

Why are traditional centers eliminated in history? Yao Ming’s two rounds should be the most intuitive explanation.

Sun Hao was also holding his chin to ponder.

Although he suggested that the team choose Green at the draft before, it was also used as a spare tire, so it was impossible for him and Yao Ming to play small balls.

Or in other words, if he and Yao Ming want to succeed, they must defeat the Warriors and prove that their combination can defeat the ball.

This kind of thing that seems to be contrary to the development of basketball is not as easy as imagined.
To be continued...