The time is approaching ten o'clock in the evening.
In the media room of the Staples Center Arena in Los Angeles.
Pre-match press conference.
More than fifty media reporters are asking questions to the three Nets players.
Today, the Nets attended the press conference with Antetokounmpo, Middleton and center Lopez.
When reporters asked questions, Antetokounmpo and Middleton both gave tactical praise to the Lakers.
Why LeBron is one of the greatest players;
AD talent is off the charts;
Vogel is strategizing.
This left the reporters speechless.
Another press conference where no one said anything harsh.
When such a press conference is reported, it is clear and watery. What is the topicality of it?
However, when reporters asked questions about Wang Yi, Lopez began to hesitate.
A well-dressed reporter asked:
"The Lakers' leading shooting guard has performed very well in recent times. He has scored 50 points and scored a double. What is your evaluation of him?"
Antetokounmpo and Middleton are still touting tactically.
But when Lopez came here, there was obvious disdain on his face.
His disdain is not directed at Wang Yi.
NBA players are always full of resentment and firepower when playing against their old teams.
Lopez once played for the Lakers, and when he left the team, he was quite dissatisfied with the Lakers.
So when I beat the Lakers, I get excited.
Moreover, he has a deep prejudice against Orientals in his heart.
He shook his head slowly and said:
"It is undeniable that he has performed very well in the past period. But that is just because he did not meet the Bucks, Giannis, and me."
When the reporters saw the news, their eyes suddenly shone like a man who had just been released from prison when he saw a woman.
They all raised their hands and asked:
"Five of yesterday's top ten goals were kings. What do you think of this?"
Antetokounmpo and Middleton quickly turned to wink at Lopez.
Brother, don't mess around.
Lopez, however, seemed not to notice the look in their eyes at all, and replied:
"I think they don't understand basketball at all. The Chinese guy has a few good balls, but he's not at the top of the rankings."
"Just watch, I will teach him a lesson in tonight's game."
"He can do whatever he wants against other teams, but against the Bucks and me, he doesn't have that chance."
The reporter added fuel to the fire again:
"But he even beat Gobert, the two-time Defensive Player of the Year."
Lopez laughed:
"I always thought I was the candidate for Defensive Player of the Year."
How can one sentence offend two people at the same time?
That's it.
But Lopez didn't care.
He is very hopeful to compete for the best defensive player this year.
And his biggest competitor is Gobert.
Naturally, he was very unhappy with Gobert.
The reporter finally asked another question:
"So, you will beat the King of Explosion?"
Gobert made an action of holding both balls tightly to show his strength:
"It's not about destroying it, it's about destroying it and maiming it!"
"I will let him see what cruelty is!"
The press conference ended and the reporters were satisfied.
Although Middleton and Antetokounmpo did not say it, as long as someone says this, it will be fine.
With their ability to add insult to injury, they can turn these words into Antetokounmpo's meaning in minutes.
Doesn’t this make it more topical?
…
In the locker room, Antetokounmpo looked slightly gloomy and said to Lopez:
"You shouldn't have said that."
Lopez disagreed: "What's wrong?"
Middleton said:
"Your words may anger James and the Lakers. This will make our game more difficult."
Lopez laughed:
"We are No. 1 in the Eastern Conference, and they are only No. 6 in the Western Conference. They have won 16 fewer games than us. Do we still need to cower in front of them? That's not me. I won't dodge on purpose. I'll let them see.
, I, Lopez, am no longer the same Lopez.”
"I will let that Chinese know that I am not that weakling Gobert! I am Brook Lopez!"
"I will make him tremble, fear, and cry before me!"
"I'll tell him to go back to their damn land!"
Antetokounmpo wanted to say something more, but Middleton quickly stopped him.
Lopez gets more excited every time he plays against the Lakers, and they are used to it.
And now that the war is about to begin, if there is a real quarrel, it will not be a good thing for the game.
Antetokounmpo frowned and swallowed back the words that came to his lips.
As the boss of the team, he can only focus on the overall situation.
Lopez continued talking.
He said to Holiday: "Zhu, when you are defending the perimeter, put that guy in. I will reward him with a few big shots and let him taste the fear of being dominated."
Holiday put a bandage on his ankle and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, I will let him in deliberately. But if you can't handle it, just give him to me."
Lopez curled his lips: "Am I going to be able to defeat a Chinese? You look down on me too much. Just wait, he will kneel in front of me and beg for mercy."
…
At ten o'clock in the evening, players from both sides entered the stadium.
When the entrance ceremony ended, the lights on the Staples Center dome illuminated the entire venue.
Wang Yi habitually scanned the entire audience of 18,997 people.
Today he was somewhat surprised to find that some of the audience were wearing Lakers No. 1 jerseys.
And there are quite a lot of them.
There are about two to three hundred.
It seems that my jersey has arrived.
Among the spectators, the largest number were wearing James jerseys, with about two to three thousand people.
There are more than a thousand people wearing jerseys with thick eyebrows.
In comparison, there are only two to three hundred people wearing their own jerseys, which looks a bit shabby.
But this is already the third most Lakers jersey.
If you don't see anyone wearing the jerseys of other Lakers players, there are only a few of them.
And my jersey probably just arrived today, so it’s understandable that not many people bought it.
Soon, players from both sides took the field.
Wang Yi is still the starter today.
After several trials, Vogel already knows that Wang Yi is the most suitable starting defender to match James.
So now the Lakers’ regular starters are the following five:
Wang Yi, James, Nong Mei, Zhuang Shen and Pope.
This lineup is equivalent to not having a standard point guard.
But with James on the court, is a point guard still needed?
The Bucks deployed a twin-tower lineup today.
In addition to Antetokounmpo, Middleton and Holiday, they put two tall players on the court.
Lopez is 2.13 meters tall and Portis is 2.08 meters tall.
In last year's finals, their lineup caused the Suns to suffer a lot.
Facing the Lakers today, head coach Budenholzer believes that the Lakers have thick eyebrows inside, and James also prefers to kill inside.
So he put up the twin towers.
As a result, the interior space will be extremely crowded.
Whether it is James or AD, it is difficult to get space to play.
However, he missed one person.
Chapter completed!