On October 31, 2007, on the fifth day of Chamberlain's arrival at the Warriors, the opening game of the new season started. A total of 12 teams participated in the opening game, with six teams from both east and west. The Warriors were fortunate to become one of them, and their opponents were the league's former darling and the ever-noble Los Angeles Lakers in the basketball world.

There is no doubt that the game is played at the Staples Arena in Los Angeles, which is normal. The opening matches have always been played at home in the Lakers, Celtics, and Knicks, and other teams with important influence. If the Warriors are small, they are worthy of them in the opening match. If they want to play at home, unless Stern is their real father.

In fact, it is reasonable and unexpected to the Warriors and Lakers participate in the opening game.

Since O'Neal's eastward trip to Miami in 2004, the Lakers' record has begun to sink. Last season, the Suns, led by the Sun God Nash, were easily defeated in the first round. It is no longer a favorite in the league in terms of record. Fortunately, the Lakers have a good history, and Los Angeles is another big city, so it is reasonable to participate in the opening game.

What was unexpected was the Warriors. Logically speaking, the Warriors were hiding in a small place in Golden State, and the team's record was not bad, so it should be impossible to participate in the opening game. However, considering that they completed the Black Eight last season and blackened the old Bulls in the league, creating a miracle, it is normal to have this arrangement.

Because of his strong style of play and sharp attacks, the Warriors still have many fans in the league.

Both the Warriors and the Lakers belong to California teams. This game is a California derby, so it is full of gimmicks and is natural to be presented to the league for the opening game.

In the Lakers' locker room, Chamberlain sat upright in front of his locker with a solemn expression, listening carefully to Old Nelson explaining the overall tactics of the game. Next to him were fourteen other players who sat upright like elementary school students.

Although there are a group of thorns in the Warriors, their locker room atmosphere is very good. The main reason is that they have a super powerful head coach, that is, the old Nelson, known as the Godfather of Golden State. The old Nelson is called the "Mad Scientist". In fact, his coaching style is very rigorous and he is very strict in the players' demand for the ball. Of course, he is much more casual than those from the army like Popovich and Sloan.

Chamberlain sat in the corner, listening absent-mindedly to Old Nelson's deployment - please, he is just a newcomer, and such an important event in the opening game has nothing to do with him. Therefore, all he can do is watch everything in the locker room with his eyes. This is his first time entering the locker room of an NBA team. If he doesn't get a renewal chance in ten days, it is likely that it will be his last entry into the locker room.

Let me explain here that there are many types of NBA's ten-day short contracts. Some start to count the time from the first day of signing, while others start to count the time from the official participation in the first game. Chamberlain signed the latter type.

The Lakers' away locker room walls were written in gold-patterned words. This is an American slang. Chamberlain was very impressed by: "People-acting-together-as-a-group-can-accomplish-which-no-individual-acting-alone- could-ever-hope-to-bring-about."

Jackson, who was sitting next to Chamberlain, saw him looking straight at the wall, then leaned over and looked at his gaze, then spit on the floor, and said disdainfully: "Personal power is small and useless. Only a team that is united and united can fight invincible. Haha, what a fucking nonsense, why no one said that when Jordan scored 62 points? Why no one said that when Wilt? Why no one said that when Chamberlain scored 100 points?"

Basketball is actually a team sport. This slang is right, but in fact, this sentence does not apply to the NBA, because the NBA is a commercial league and relies on big-name stars to make money. In addition, the United States particularly advocates personal heroism, and this national condition has diluted the influence of this slang.

Old Nelson simply arranged the tactics. The tactics were really simple, just one, one, four, and four.

The so-called "one big and four small" tactic means that the five players on the court are composed of a big man and four small men, of which the big man may be the center. According to Old Nelson's meaning, it is best for the power forward to act as the big man.

This is one of the most clichés of the Warriors' tactics. It has been used since the 1990s and has been used to this day.

At that time, Tim Hardaway, Richmond, Mullin, Teague, and Higgins, five people with an average height of only 1.94 meters, and Higgins, who was named "center", was only 2.01 meters. This tactic made the Warriors at that time show their popularity, and the "TMC combination" even made a great reputation.

The Warriors are very familiar with this tactic. Old Nelson made a change of formation against the Lakers, and then the arrangement was over. Just then, a stadium staff member pushed open the door of the visiting team's locker room and reminded: "Gentlemen, it's time to enter the court."

The order of NBA players' appearance is particular. The bigger the star, the more he plays, the more he plays in the back. The last one must be the boss of the team, and the first one is the pawn on the edge of the team.

The Warriors' fifteen players are ranked first, and Chamberlain is ranked first. After all, he is a newcomer who just came to the team, so it is better to be a low-key person, even if he has a good relationship with the team's big guy, especially Jackson.

The lights on the court outside had dimmed. When the fans knew that the players were about to play, they started calling. Just by a wall, the calls from the fans outside rushed into Chamberlain's eardrums like a tsunami.

He was about to embark on this stadium that he was dreaming about. For some reason, Chamberlain suddenly remembered his past experience.

Before going to high school, Chamberlain was the most popular person on the school's court, and even more attention than his alumni at that time. Later, he became famous in the United States in middle school.

At that time, relying on his tall body, his superb skills and unimaginable feel, Chamberlain was proud on the court. He and Sachmond formed the most invincible internal and external combination on the San Francisco Elementary School Stadium.

Unfortunately, everything went away when he transferred from grade 9 to high school. At that time, he was diagnosed with Giant disease and had a serious illness. He grew twenty-five centimeters in just one year and had difficulty running normally, let alone playing on the court.

In high school, Chamberlain's only highlight on the court was his shooting feel. As he said before, his three-point shooting number of St. Lawrence High School in San Francisco has been maintained by him.

Chamberlain was once a thorny. He was as arrogant as other American teenagers. When he could dominate the court, he tortured his opponent with merciless style and words. When he fell, it was his opponent's turn to mock him.

In high school, Chamberlain had no dignity. He was called "rotten banana", "Yang WEI's stick", "Big Tofu rolls", etc. The students gave him all kinds of ugly nicknames and joked about him. He could only swallow his anger because he had no choice but to this path, and he didn't want to cause trouble for his family, which had become impoverished because of him...

Chamberlain dreamed that one day he would step onto the basketball court again, but this day came so soon. Moreover, he stepped onto an ordinary basketball court, but an NBA court, representing the highest strength in the world basketball world!

Davis looked at Chamberlain in a daze, then laughed and shouted, "Hey, rookie, is this the first time you have experienced such a big scene? Tell you, there are more than 20,000 people outside, you won't be scared to pee your pants, right?"

Teasing team rookies and bullying newcomers are the unspoken rules of all NBA teams, and others laughed. Jackson wanted to stand up for Chamberlain. He regarded himself as Chamberlain's eldest brother and maintained his status everywhere.

However, the playing time was up at this time. As the team coach, Old Nelson walked out of the court first, while Chamberlain was the first player to play behind him.

When Chamberlain walked into the stadium, almost no fans cheered him, and DJ just said listlessly: "The first one to play was the seven-foot-one center Paul Zhang, who came from St. Lawrence High School in San Francisco..."

Paul Zhang St. Lawrence High School? What is this? There were 20,000 fans at the scene, and 20,000 question marks appeared in their minds. This is normal. The news that Chamberlain signed with the Warriors was only announced on the latter's official website, and there was no media attention. Every year in the NBA, countless passers-by come and leave. For such a small person, the reporter is really too lazy to report.

Chamberlain understood the fans' reactions very well, but the DJ on the scene angered him. Is this guy fucking illiterate? Is Chamberlain's three Chinese difficult to recognize? He actually can't blame the DJ. Chinese pronunciation is too difficult for these Americans who are used to talking with their tongues. Even the DJs of the Lakers are still resentful to him in their hearts - Chamberlain wrote a Chinese name instead of an English name on his registration form, and according to the American pronunciation, the Chinese "Chamberlain" is similar to "Paul Zhang", and the latter is obviously much easier to read.

Now everything about Chamberlain is directly linked to China, including his name, his bloodline, and his hobbies. But don’t misunderstand it, this is not because he loves China so much, but because Samar strictly requires him to do so. As for the reason, it is very simple. Anything that can be linked to China in the NBA can make money, especially Chamberlain has pure Chinese bloodline.

Chamberlain did not object to this because Samar told him that he could make a lot of money in this way. There was no way, he was really scared of poverty.

Those who played behind Chamberlain were all small figures, such as Brand White, Sideon Lasme, etc. These were the scraps used by the Warriors to make up the 15-man roster. They were not as good as a star's playing time in a game in a season.

The players entered the court one by one, and the more DJs shouted, the higher the tone of the tone of the DJs, the more cheers the players received after they appeared. However, the Warriors were just visiting teams after all, and there were fewer people who could cheer them, and more boo.

What really made Chamberlain feel the appeal of superstars was the Lakers players who appeared later, especially when the last Kobe Bryant appeared, the fans of the audience shouted almost at the same time. It was like a tsunami collapse and the raging sound was like a ignited bomb, almost overturning the ceiling of the stadium.
Chapter completed!