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The opening game of the NBA preseason is about to begin. The highlight of the first game is undoubtedly the contest between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets. It is really a trio. In the era of Xiao Hua, the NBA spent a lot of time on ratings. They changed the pre-season competition based on the near-field principle into a more topical and antagonistic competition. This also makes the Los Angeles Lakers in the Pacific season and the Brooklyn Nets from the Atlantic Division rarely meet in the preseason. However, the arrangement of the first game between the two teams can be said to be completely humiliating to the league.

In a previous interview, Lakers coach Frank vogel announced that several key players in the team would not participate in the first preseason game. Vogel revealed that LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Cameron Anthony and Trevor Ariza will not play; Anthony davis will play, but "probably only in the first quarter." Ariza missed training for the second day in a row because of pain in his right ankle. The absence of James, Westbrook and Anthony is just a general rest.

This arrangement of the Lakers directly turned this "focus war" into a one-man show of the Nets. But the Nets seem to have no intention of accepting this gift, and they returned it to the Lakers.

Nets coach Steve Nash said in an interview that kevin durant, Carey Owen, james harden, joe harris, Patty Mills, Blake Griffin and james johnson will not play in the first preseason game against the Lakers.

It turned out that when the Lakers announced that several key players were absent from the first preseason game, fans also teased Nets guard Kaili Owen, saying that the Lakers "protected" the key players for their health. Boy, the Nets are even better. The Lakers left at least one anthony davis, and the Nets directly let seven core players, including the Big Three, rest, directly turning the original NBA Spring Festival Evening into a "weather forecast".

Neither vogel nor Nash gave the NBA any face. Originally, Xiao Hua wanted to use the stunt of the first collision between the Lakers and the Nets to improve the ratings. Now this preseason game has directly become a "summer league", and the ratings are naturally not guaranteed. Among the six giants, except Davis, the other five giants have a rest, which is a little face for Xiao Hua. At the same time, it may be that the two teams are expressing their dissatisfaction with this arrangement in the league in disguise. For the preseason, it is not appropriate for the two teams to wade through mountains and rivers.

Vogel also answered why Davis started, saying: "anthony davis will play in the first quarter because Davis ended the season with injury last season. He wants to play ball, so we support him to do so. "

The Big Six rested five people in turn, and the remaining one only played one game. The intensity and excitement of the game directly fell to the bottom, and the ratings will be quite different from the league's expectations. However, this is in the plan of two teams. The goal of the two teams in the new season is to compete for the championship. Obviously, they will not choose to invest too much energy in preseason.

In 2020-202 1 season, the Lakers rested LeBron James and anthony davis in the preseason. Even if the stars of the average team play, they will only play half a game at most, and the second half is all war-free cards. Horton Tucker, the young guard of the Lakers, has made a big splash in the preseason before.

Nets need to avoid injury. Nash also talked about some information about injuries in the new season in an interview, bluntly saying that as long as they stay healthy, they can beat any opponent in the league.

Nash talked about james harden in the interview. Nash said: "He has always been a very good leader for us. He really wants to win the championship trophy, and he hopes to end his career with the honor of winning the championship. He also hopes to win the championship trophy many times, which drives him to train and compete harder. For our team, if you can have Harden, your team will have all the talents and experience. "

"So if we can keep him healthy in the new season ... so that he can keep improving throughout the season, we all know what he can do and what he can contribute to us. For us, keeping him healthy is the most important thing for the team. Continue to grow after last year's setbacks, which is what we all hope to see. " For the Nets, a preseason game is irrelevant, and health is the most important thing.