Although the SBC Center is not the most luxurious stadium in the NBA team, it is the most serviceable stadium. The stadium was built in 1999. At that time, the Spurs' home stadium was the Alamo Stadium. Because it was converted from a rugby stadium, it had to be separated by more than half of the space every time a basketball game was held. Even so, the stadium looked empty, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from players, especially the team's core Duncan.

Since the Spurs just won the championship that year, the vote to build a new venue with a tax increase of 186 million yuan was easily passed. In 2002, the stadium was officially built and the naming rights of the stadium were won by SBC (Southwest Bell Company) for 41 million and 20 years. In the first season of the Spurs moving into the new venue, they won the second championship, which was a good start.

SBC Center has 7,000 parking spaces, four cloakrooms, 32 lounges, and 60 luxurious private rooms with annual fees of more than $125,000. It can provide fans with a variety of delicacies such as dogs, barbecue, sandwiches, pizza, etc., and even shoe shine services and auxiliary facilities for disabled people. The large screen above the court is also the first large TV screen to use high-pixel technology, which allows viewers outside the court to enjoy more refined content.

When the Spurs' starting lineup list appeared on the big screen on the court, Stephen widened his eyes in disbelief. Why was there a person's head on it so similar to his own face? It wasn't that his eyes were dazzled. Stephen rubbed his eyes hard, and when he looked again, it turned into the Nuggets' starting lineup list.

Stephen wanted to ask Yudic around him, but saw Yudic looking at himself with incredible eyes, with a strong surprise and surprise in his eyes.

"You started." Yudic glanced at Stephen and said to Stephen with unconcealed jealousy and envy. Stephen then believed that he had indeed entered the starting list.

"This is the coach's reward for your hard training, allowing you to start in the first game, but if you perform poorly, you may be replaced in two or three minutes. Whether the reward can be turned into playing time depends on your performance. Come on." Caresimo called Stephen to his side and advised him, and then pushed Stephen onto the court.

"Don't be nervous, everyone has to do this once, believe in yourself." Duncan also came over to touch Stephen's head and said, and other teammates also came over to comfort Stephen.

"Will this make him feel a little sudden, but it scares him? After all, he is still very young?" Carlesimo asked carefully to Vicky. He was also a little puzzled about Vicky's sudden placement of Stephen in the starting lineup. Although he had made a plan to allow Stephen to undergo Carmelo Anthony's test in this game before the game, he would have sent him to the starting lineup directly. Will it be too sudden?

"No, I believe that players who have been baptized in the NCAA finals will not have such problems. You must trust your own players." **Vic smiled at Caresimo and looked at the field indifferently. He had absolute confidence in his own players.

Even the team's live commentator Sean Elliott was surprised to express his confusion about Stephen's starting lineup in the first professional game, believing that **Vic's actions will only put Stephen in heavy psychological pressure, which is not a good thing for his career, but he also believes that if Stephen can break free from this pressure, it means that Stephen's future is unlimited, at least from a psychological perspective, there are no difficulties that can cause obstacles to him.

Sean Elliott is known as the home team commentator who is the least partial to the home team. Even his troops and formations often express his own opinions, although he was once under the command of **Vic.

In the entire 1990s, except for being traded to the Pistons one year, he has always been the main small forward of the Spurs, with strong scoring ability and being selected as the All-Star. After that, the team used a specialist in defense as a small forward, he has always maintained doubts and dissatisfaction, believing that the team should be a player who is as good at scoring and breakthrough as he is like him.

Seeing that the team chose a defensive player for this position again, they thought of this incident again, and once again expressed their disapproval of Stephen's future, believing that a player who only has defensive ability but no offensive ability cannot survive in the professional league. Even Bruce Bowen has a three-pointer at least.

The Spurs' starting lineup is center Lazonestrovic, power forward Duncan, small forward Stephen, shooting guard Ginobili, point guard Tony Parker, Nuggets' starting lineup is center Marcus Cambi, power forward Ken Yang Martin, small forward Carmelo Anthony, shooting guard Voshan Leonard, and point guard Andre Miller.

Seeing Carmelo Anthony with a sweet smile in front of him, Stephen couldn't help but feel nervous. Among the professional players Stephen has played against, neither Artest nor Stephen Jackson can be compared with Anthony.

As a 2003 player known as the Super Platinum Generation, Anthony's performance is definitely worthy of his Tanhua pick. In the two years since entering the league, his average score has been more than 20 points per game, which has completely proved his offensive ability.

Stephen took a long breath and looked at the sky above the court. Although he could not see the stars or the sky at night, Stephen still imagined the entire venue as a vast wilderness. All he had to do was to show himself to the fullest in this wilderness, conquering this place, and conquering this place would lead to defeating the opponent in front of him.

Stephen kept thinking about what his father and aunt had said, either becoming famous or being rich, so that he would not be shot on the streets casually, nor would anyone dare to make trouble with his skin color. Thinking of everything he had experienced, Stephen's nervousness disappeared immediately. Compared to killing, what is basketball?

When Stephen looked at Anthony again, his eyes were full of strong fighting consciousness. He felt Stephen's aggression look. Anthony looked here and saw that it was an unknown person looking at him. As if he had not seen Stephen, his eyes passed directly.

Soon, with the referee's whistle, the game officially began. In the jump ball, the Spurs got the ball first. After pick-and-roll with Duncan, Tony Parker made a seemingly shooting move and suddenly passed the ball to Stephen at the forty-five-degree angle. After Stephen received the ball, he made a move with the ball to attack. Although he looked down on Stephen and Anthony still forced him over, he looked at his reluctant intention, as if he looked down on Stephen at all.

It’s not that he has no confidence in his own shooting, and this is the team’s first ball, and it shouldn’t be his turn to play. He made random moves in the first starter, and Stephen is not so bold, so Stephen pretends to be very nervous to pass the ball back. The little melon Anthony really moved, trying to block Stephen’s passing route, but Stephen suddenly retracted it and passed the ball to Lazonestrovic who was right under the basket. Since Camby and Martin were both focused on Duncan, although Martin had turned his body, Nestrovic had hooked his hand and hooked the ball into the basket.

After celebrating Nestrovic with high fives, the two of them ran happily to the backcourt. As soon as they got on the court, one of them got two points and the other got an assist. It was definitely an unexpected surprise for the two most famous people in the Spurs starting lineup.

"This little guy actually uses fake moves. Fortunately, he faces Anthony. If it were James, his pass would definitely turn into a mistake." Elliot continued to fire at Stephen. He would never praise his home team players, but he would not please away players. So even though he knew that Anthony hated others to compare him with LeBron James the most, he still said this on purpose.

"Damn, I offended him so much. When I saw him last time, I greeted him." Stephen ran while cursing in his heart. Does this guy have a grudge against him? How can he criticize himself?

As the team's super ace player, Anthony has unquestionable dominance over the ball. After getting the ball, he glanced at Stephen up and down. Just now, Elliot successfully planted a thorn in his heart, and even hated Stephen with a little hair. This rookie dared to use fake moves to deceive himself. He must use his offense to teach him a lesson.

Facing Stephen, although Anthony knew that Stephen was a defensive player, he still couldn't help but look down on his feet, then stared at Stephen quietly to see what Stephen was about to react.

Seeing Anthony making the move, Stephen stood there motionlessly, just a striking step, and the subsequent movement had not been done yet. Who knows what he was going to do, and with a superhuman reaction speed, Stephen had learned to use calmness to control it.

Seeing that Stephen had no reaction, Anthony took a step back and raised his arms, and the ball in his hand flew towards the basket. Although Stephen had rushed over quickly, he had only had time to touch Anthony's forearm, and the basketball in Anthony's hand had left his fingers.

At the same time, there was a whistle from the referee. After steadily hitting the free throw from Stephen, Anthony smiled and looked at Stephen and left.

Stephen curled his lips. Isn't it just that he won one goal and made another foul? It looks like you are so proud, but the opponent's attack speed also made Stephen more vigilant. It seems that when dealing with other people, you can use static to control it, but when dealing with this guy, it is impossible. The opponent's reaction speed is far greater than that of his previous opponent. Stephen calms down and secretly glances at the coach. **Vic was still sitting there as a mountain, and Bruce Bowen did not get up. It seems that nothing is wrong.

In fact, although Stephen just asked Anthony to make a two-pointer and lost a foul, it fell into the eyes of coach **Vicci, **Vicci saw Stephen's steadyness and did not blindly show himself. If it were an ordinary person, facing the first professional game and the first starter, it would be strange if he was not nervous to death. He would definitely move around in the game.

Like Stephen, when he attacks for the first time, he is not afraid of the opponent's reputation at all. Instead, he uses the opponent's contempt to get an assist. On the other hand, he is steady but dares to defend. As for fouls, it is not a big deal in **Vicci's opinion. It is normal to not understand the opponent's offensive characteristics for the first time. He has not arranged anyone to explain Anthony's defense points to Stephen. It is already very good to have such a performance.

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Chapter completed!