"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and the starters for both sides began to take the field. ☆☆ New Thinking Chinese Network members hand play ☆☆

After the luxury of F4 last season, the Lakers must be very embarrassed by this lineup at the moment.

Kobe Bryant is undoubtedly the big boss, and Odom, who averages 15+10 per game, is the second leader.

As for the three-man leader, it's All-Star small forward Caron Butler.

But at the moment, Butler must not have the level of an All-Star level, and now he is just a third-year rookie.

The third-year rookie is still good, averaging about 9 points and 5 rebounds per game in the Heat last season, shooting 38%.

Aside from these three, the Lakers roster basically doesn't have any players who can handle it.

Lakers' starting lineup: White center Chris Meeme, power forward Odom, small forward Butler, point guard Kobe, point guard Chaki Atkins.

Fisher joined the Golden State Warriors, so now the main control in the Lakers team is this Atkins.

With a height of 180, Atkins will certainly not be a stranger to Richard.

This player is the player he swept out when he swept the Pistons before, but he didn't expect to wander to the Lakers and also played the starting and main control position......

……

The starting lineup for the Pirates is Vallejo, Milicic, Iguodala, Pippen and Payton.

When Pippen started the game, it aroused the exclamations of many fans at the scene.

You must know that in the previous games of the Pirates, Pippen never played at all!

This is not very accurate, and Pippen has played in the previous fight......

But that's just the time it happened.

And now Richard actually put Pippen in the starting lineup?! What the hell is Richard doing!

In the eyes of most fans, the Pirates chose Pippen in the expansion draft, which must have been Jordan's idea, and he wanted to get Pippen under his own hands, spend the season in peace, and then let Pippen retire.

Some fans even feel that Jordan is thinking that there is a possibility that he will retire Pippen's jersey with the Buccaneers......

Anyway, the matter of retiring the jersey does not mean that you have to make any significant contribution to the team to retire.

……

But now it seems that Richard did not seem to give up on Pippen, and actually gave Pippen a chance to start.

"God, Richard is absolutely crazy, crazy!"

"Am I not mistaken? He actually gave Pi Lao Er's start? God, if I join the Pirates, I can play as a starter! Barkley in the commentary room looked surprised.

The relationship between him and Pippen was quite bad, and when the two played for the Rockets together, they almost didn't fight.

Now that he sees that old Pippen can still start, it is strange that he can feel comfortable.

"Charles, you must be jealous, you have been retired for many years, I didn't expect Pippen to get the chance to start, I think this feeling must be too amazing for you."

"But I'm also very curious, what is Richard thinking, why not train newcomers, but give Pippen the starter, that kid named Ariza, in fact, has good strength and has a lot of training value." Kenny Smith also said with a puzzled expression.

……

The doubts of the two of them were completely dispelled in the third minute of the game.

They actually saw Pippen carrying Kobe's defense, directly attacking the basket, and came to a violent dunk?!

Turning his head, in the face of Kobe's backward shot, although Pippen did not block it, the jump height had already interfered with Kobe's projection.

The two old men in the commentary room looked sluggish!

Is this still Pippen?! This is still close to the forty-year-old Pippen?!

It seems that Pippen didn't have this kind of strong competitive state five years ago!

"How is that possible?!"

"God, Richard must be magical, no, definitely witchcraft, Eastern witchcraft, I can only think of such an explanation now."

"This old guy didn't fall into any disadvantage in the confrontation with Kobe?!"

Barkley's mouth was already closed in shock, and what happened on the field was completely beyond his imagination.

Originally, he was quite excited to see Pippen make his debut and face Kobe Bryant as soon as he came up.

With Kobe's strength, it's not easy to blow up a 39-year-old Pippen?!

But now he can't get excited at all, his old enemy is in such a state, it's incredible.

Kenny Smith was also speechless.

"I decided! Kenny! ”

"I'm coming back! I'm going to Richard and join the Pirates! ”

"Pippen can have a second spring, and so can I, Sir Charles!"

……

The game on the court was really stunning, and almost everyone was paying attention to the matchup between Pippen and Kobe.

Tang Shuai on the sidelines, his brows furrowed into twists.

He is now very skeptical that Kobe Bryant is releasing water, otherwise, how could Kobe Bryant, who is at the peak of his prime, not be able to beat old Pippen?!

You must know that he has coached Pippen, and he is very clear about Pippen's state.

Pippen on the field, in Tang Shuai's opinion, is even much stronger than Pippen in the rocket period!

This is completely unscientific!

Many people looked at Pippen on the field and couldn't help but think of Pippen during the Bull Dynasty, as if they couldn't see any difference at all.

……

Jordan was sitting not far from the team's bench at the moment, because Richard gave Pippen the chance to start and also said that terrifying "prophecy", so Jordan personally followed the team to the away game this time.

Pippen on the field, defense, breakthrough and organization, these unique skills are still so powerful, no less than at the peak.

Under his tandem, the team actually dominated the situation after the opening.

Although the Lakers are down, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the hard power is definitely stronger than the Pirates.

But in this case, Pippen can actually lead the team to play an advantage?!

Thinking of this, Jordan looked at Richard in horror, as if he was looking at a deep-sea monster.

He now wondered what kind of magic Richard had unleashed and why he could bring Pippen back to the top?!

Since you can get Pippen back to the top, then ......

Will Richard be able to get himself back to the top?!

He Jordan is now having the same idea as Barkley......

Of course, he could only think about this kind of absurd idea in his own mind, and it was impossible to tell Richard Deming.

If he really said it, Richard probably asked him to see his body shape first, he was fat into a ball, and he made a comeback.

……

At the end of the first quarter, Pippen played nine minutes.

In these nine minutes, he got 8 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

Not to mention, even Pippen at his peak, I'm afraid it's just such a data.

"That kid's strength is not bad, he didn't even beat him, wait for me to play in the second quarter, give him some color and see!" Pippen didn't have to look at the technical statistics, and he also knew the data of his first quarter of the game, and at the moment he held his head high and said to Richard with a proud face.

Richard was happy, but he really didn't expect that under the two-pronged approach, Pippen really had some peak demeanor.

Although even if Pippen returns to the top, it will not be a penny good for the Pirates, but Richard can at least have a good time.

……

In the next game, Pippen and Kobe Bryant continued to fight on the court, causing the fans to scream.

To see the 39-year-old Pippen play tonight, this ticket is at least earned.

By the end of the game, Pippen had 30 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals!

Although compared to Kobe's 47 points, it is definitely inferior, but even so, Pippen is beautiful enough tonight to be out of the limelight, and I am afraid that tomorrow's news headlines will definitely report his performance.

This is like Carter, the old demigod of later generations, facing Durant at his peak, who exploded with a 30-point quasi-triple-double......

Needless to say, the sports media around the world will definitely blow it up.