Chapter 122 Lin Tian will be jealous if he feeds Kobe Bryant like this
After the timeout, the adjusted Magic finally scored the first point of the game.
But then, Lin Tian and the others played smoothly, with a very high hit rate.
Harris of the Magic was crushed by Lin Tian in terms of speed. It was so easy for Lin Tian to surpass him!
In order to target Lin Tian, the Magic team strengthened their defense inside, but the effect was not good, because Lin Tian's selfless play allowed Kobe and Russell to hit three-pointers one after another.
With more than two minutes left in the first quarter, Lin Tian and Howard returned to the bench to rest.
They were greeted by extremely warm cheers from the audience, because at this time, the Lakers were already leading the Magic by a full 15 points!
This kind of score difference is very big, after all, this is only the first quarter.
Howard enjoyed this feeling very much and waved to greet the fans at the scene.
Looking back to the court, during this period, the Lakers only had Russell and Nance Jr. as starters.
Pairing the two of them are Nick Young, Clarkson and Randle.
Among the five Lakers players on the court, the one with the highest salary this season is Nick Young’s 5 million...
Randall's salary this season is 3 million, and Nance Jr.'s salary is more than 1 million.
The one with the lowest salary is Clarkson, whose salary this season is less than 1 million.
With such an extremely young lineup on the court, Scott doesn't expect them to be able to completely throw off their opponents.
As long as he is not chased by too many points, Scott will be satisfied.
The Magic also brought in several substitutes, including Channing Frye.
Channing Frye, who is 33 years old this year, hit a three-pointer as soon as he came on the field, which made Lin Tian even more impressed by this big pitcher!
This scary guy makes a three-point shot and gives people the feeling that he can hit it. It's really scary!
In recent times, the Magic have also increased Channing Frye's playing time, and even often let him play in the starting lineup. Obviously, they also have the intention of giving people a test.
As far as Lin Tian knows, Channing Frye’s salary this season is more than 7 million.
The Magic would definitely not agree to trading Nick Young for him.
And the Lakers will definitely not trade Russell, the second overall pick, for him.
I don’t know if Kupchak can negotiate this deal with the Magic.
Nick Young felt better today and hit a few singles, all of which were successful.
Randall's desire to attack is also quite strong.
The biggest feature of this group of young players on the Lakers is that they can run, jump and are full of energy.
So after the first quarter, not only was the point difference not narrowed by the Magic, but it was actually 18 points.
Such a big point difference meant that Lin Tian didn't have to rush onto the court at the beginning of the second quarter.
However, because Howard was new, he was sent on the court to run in with a group of substitute players, and he just happened to replace Nance Jr., who had played a whole quarter.
Howard briefly became the core of the Lakers' offense.
Due to injuries, although his singles ability in the interior is far from his peak, his deterrence is still there.
Less than two minutes into the second quarter, Lin Tian and Kobe returned to the court.
Nick Young and Clarkson sat back on the bench with smiles on their faces.
They did a good job of what the substitutes needed to do.
At this time, it is no longer Harris who is guarding Lin Tian, but Aaron Gordon.
As the fourth overall pick in 2014, Aaron Gordon is currently only a second-year player.
As of now, Aaron Gordon has not even secured his starting position.
Many people did not expect that he would shine in this year's dunk contest and compete with Zach LaVine in the most exciting dunk contest in the NBA!
He will also most likely become the uncrowned king of the dunk contest.
Of course, this is all a story for later.
Now Gordon is just a very athletic dunker. His scoring average is less than 10 points per game.
As a No. 4 pick, this kind of performance obviously cannot be considered excellent.
Gordon is the same size as Harris. Harris cannot guard Lin Tian, and Gordon's effectiveness in guarding Lin Tian is also relatively poor.
After watching Gordon make a mid-range shot, Lin Tian smiled and said: "Aaron, I'm looking forward to your performance in this year's dunk contest."
The roster for the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest has been officially announced, and Aaron Gordon is among them.
Aaron Gordon was a little surprised: "Really? You think highly of me?"
"Yes." Lin Tian said while running back to defend, "But I guess you will lose to Zach LaVine in the end."
"Haha! I don't have the heart to pay attention to that right now. I'll defeat you first today!"
When the two were communicating, they had already arrived at the Magic team's frontcourt.
Aaron Gordon got the ball from the wing and drove inside step by step with Lin Tian.
His personal singles technique was still relatively rough, so much so that Lin Tian saw the flaw at a glance, and just leaned forward and reached out to take the ball away.
After receiving the ball, Lin Tianda strode towards the Lakers' frontcourt.
The Magic's inside line didn't have time to replay it, and they watched Lin Tian single-handedly rush to the inside line and end the attack with a chop.
In the next few rounds, Lin Tian not only showed his offensive ability without blind spots, but also connected the team very well, constantly feeding Howard inside.
The ball was scored.
On defense, Lin Tian took the initiative to defend the power forward and set up a no-fly zone inside with Howard.
The two's superb defensive abilities resulted in the Magic only being able to frequently shoot three-pointers.
Their three-point shooting percentage today was not very accurate.
After the third quarter, the score between the two sides had unknowingly been stretched by a full 28 points!
This also caused Lin Tian and Kobe to clock out early after only playing 3 minutes in the fourth quarter.
The Lakers players on the court have become Howard leading the team.
The second half of the fourth quarter also completely turned into garbage time.
The entire Staples Center burst into applause.
Even during the interactive session during the timeout, the fans showed high enthusiasm and started dancing enthusiastically.
"Howard and Kobe are actually quite suitable! Come on! The Lakers' new Big Three!"
"After seeing Howard's performance today, I think he may not have contributed as much when he was with the Rockets!"
"Haha! Warcraft is still so powerful! The whole audience suppressed the Magic's Vucevic!"
"As long as Dwight doesn't cause trouble again this season, I'll be satisfied. The Lakers can't stand the trouble anymore."
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Penguin Sports Live Room.
After all, today is Howard's first show with the Lakers, and there are still many fans paying attention to this game:
"666666! This is the most perfect debut of Warcraft that I can think of!"
"Kobe Bryant has cleared up his past feud. I don't expect the Lakers to have bad results this season. I just hope they can be happy."
"Lin Tian is giving Warcraft too much face! He forced Warcraft's score to over 20 points!"
Chapter completed!