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The faces of the team members burst into a burst of light, and the expression was like seeing a girlfriend they hadn't seen for a few months.

Jack Nicholson.

Two-time Oscar for Best Actor, three-time Academy Award winner, the most nominated actor in Oscar history, nicknamed "The King of the Oscars".

Of course, there is another layer of identity, the number one fan of the Lakers.

Since 1970, he has been the owner of the Lakers' season ticket, in the Staples Center, as long as there is a Lakers home game, he is almost a must-go, almost every night you can see him fan the emotions of the audience, or loudly accuse the referee, or even run to the opposing coach to set the almost, the Super Bowl, but there is no disguise in the arena, and he is nicknamed the "exclusive mascot" of the Lakers by fans.

But that's it, after the end of the 2014-2015 season, with Kobe's retirement, the old man basically doesn't go to the court to watch the game, he went to the arena less than ten times last season, and even after the end of the season, there has been news that he wants to sell front-row VIP tickets.

For such a hardcore fan, who has spent more than 40 years with the Lakers, his patience has finally been exhausted when he sees his former favorite team miss the playoffs for three consecutive years and go to the end.

Even if Tang Shuai became the owner this year, he basically didn't come to the home stadium much, and it seems that he is really ready to let go of the team he has loved for more than 40 years.

But unexpectedly, after playing the first game of the first playoffs, he actually ran to Minnesota.

It's no wonder that the Lakers players have such a big reaction, Nicholson is no longer just a fan for the players, but a living fossil.

"Hey guys, honestly, Chauncey agreed to let me meet you guys before the game, I'm really happy, I'm already going to see you guys pounding those wolf cubs on the field right away." Nicholson didn't have a fight at all, waving his right hand and smiling at the players.

Nicholson's words drew a burst of laughter from the players, and the distance between them narrowed in an instant.

"Mr. Jack, we're excited to see you, too." Tang Shuai said with a smile at this time, as the leader of the team, it is necessary for him to stand up at such a time.

"Haha." Nicholson burst into a hearty laugh, then looked at Tang Shuai and said, "Don, although I haven't been to Staples much this season, I've been there a few times, and I'm very impressed with you. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the others and said, "You should wonder why I came to Minnesota, right?" ”

The players nodded their heads when they heard him, and if it was the third time Nicholson came to the Staples Center, it would not be so surprising, after all, this is the playoffs, but now it is a little confusing to come to Minnesota.

"I was planning to come back at home, but to be honest, I'm so proud of your performance after watching the footage yesterday, so as a long-time fan, I feel very important to come and cheer for you away, and you don't think I'm not following the team anymore, although I didn't go live, but I haven't been to every game this season." Nicholson said with a smile.

After Nicholson finished speaking, the faces of the players exuded a look of excitement, it turned out that Nicholson has been paying attention to the Lakers, and as a star, he is still so old, and he deliberately went to a frozen city like Minnesota to cheer for them, this kind of spiritual encouragement is absolutely huge.

"Jack, don't worry, this group of lads is fully ready, and they will definitely play to their full strength tonight." Shaw said at this time that as an old Laker, he and Nicholson should be much more familiar with each other.

"Hmm." Nicholson nodded again and again, and said with a smile, "I can actually accept winning or losing, as long as I play with the momentum I had in the second half last night, my trip will not be in vain." ”

"Mr. Jack, don't worry, we're ready to fight." Deng said at this time.

"Okay, I'm waiting to see your great performance." Nicholson said with a slightly excited expression.

Nicholson's arrival is undoubtedly a powerful booster for the Lakers, the players were originally full of confidence, and now they are all like doping and waiting to play.

Just like in the first game, the target center was still overcrowded, but the difference was that there were also a lot of Lakers fans at the scene, holding KT boards high, which made people look a little moved.

And the most surprising thing was Nicholson, who sat in the same familiar position as he did at the Staples Center arena.

Of course, this can't be time, space or geography, the only possibility is that Nicholson managed to buy the location from the ticket holder, and the front row of the audience are all statuses, and it is certainly not easy to get it, but Minnesota is a small city after all, and with Nicholson's status and economic strength, it is completely possible.

The Lakers players saw Nicholson appear in that familiar position, their eyes staggered, and the whole person became emotional.

The first fans have done it to this extent, what reason can they not perform well!

After the two sides warmed up for a while, the starting lineups on both sides appeared on the big LED screen on the scene.

The Lakers' starting lineup was exactly the same as in the last game, and the Timberwolves made changes, with Thibodeau putting Jordan Hill, who had a good performance in the last game, as the starting power forward, and Aldridge, who had committed more fouls, was removed from the starting lineup.

After the players warmed up for the last three minutes, the starters from both sides came on to the cheers of the fans.

The game began.

It was still Downs and Noll who jumped the ball, and Downs still had the same rhythm as he played on the court, but Noll was like playing chicken blood, grabbing the line and jumping, and he was stunned to pull the ball back to the Lakers' half from Downs' head.

Lakers, get their first chance to attack!

There was a burst of cheers from the Lakers fans who were there, although it was not big, but it made the Lakers players very encouraged.

It was Nicholson, who picked up the drink next to him and took a sip, looking calm, obviously not yet in the time to exert his power.

Tang Shuai held the ball to the frontcourt, and the other members of the Lakers kept running and interspersed.

He saw the opportunity, suddenly accelerated and took two steps inside, followed by a beautiful horizontal pass to the running Batum, who received the ball and avoided Hill and sent the ball into the basket.

The Timberwolves' offense, Towns' performance was also quite stable, receiving Rubio's pass under the empty basket and pressing Noll to score a layup.

In the first attack of the opening game, both sides managed to score.

Tang Shuai then held the ball to the front court and played with Gasol to block and dismantle, and returned the ball to Gasol who cut out, and Gasol raised his hand to shoot.

"Bang!"

The ball was a little stronger, and the basketball smashed to the front of the basket and jumped high.

However, just as Noll and Towns were squeezing each other under the basket, Deng came out from the diagonal side, reached out and touched the ball directly to the basket.

There was a stirring at the scene.

Having scored two games in a row, the Lakers showed unprecedented concentration and decisiveness from the start.

Looking back, the Timberwolves still wanted to play Towns again, and this time the Lakers paid attention to the bag, Rubio distributed the ball to LaVine on the outside, LaVine made a false shot, and then chose a jump shot.

Tang Shuai relied on his speed to maintain his defensive position, and directly activated the president's defensive pack when LaVine made a shot.

"Bang!"

LaVine's mid-range iron, and the rebound was snatched directly by Knoll.

After Noll grabbed the rebound, he immediately gave it to Tang Shuai, and then lowered his head and accelerated forward.

Tang Shuai received the ball and held the ball quickly, Rubio and Wiggins in front of him defended tightly, and he broke to the free throw line without any chances.

However, he did not stop, but held the ball hard and threw it back from his shoulder when the offensive line was completely lost.

The basketball then went to Knoll who followed up.

Noll took the ball, took a step forward, and jumped high with both hands.

Although Wiggins and Rubio were under the basket, they were pushed to the basket by Tang Shuai, and it was too late to make up for the defense.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, Knoll directly violently abused the frame with both hands, shaking the entire basket.

There was an uproar at the scene, and when it came to Noll's offense and defense, Batum, Deng and Knoll, who did not perform well in the last game, all performed at the beginning of this game.

After dunking, Noll glared at Wiggins and Rubio, and then hit his chest with Tang Shuai on the spot, and it could be seen that the mood at the moment was quite excited.

"The Lakers played this game very differently than they played, and it looks like the Timberwolves are going to be in trouble." Reggie Miller, the narrator at the scene, spoke at this time.

"It's still early, the game has just begun." Bentz, the home commentator, took over.

Miller smiled and didn't speak, just kept his eyes on the field.

On the Timberwolves' offense, Wiggins received Towns' return pass and made a beautiful step-back jumper on the right side of the free throw line, dodging the defensive Batum and falling with his hand.

The two-point score helped the Timberwolves chase the score to 4-6.

Compared to last season, Wiggins' shooting percentage and consistency have improved a lot, which is like the game's attributes have finally changed from A+ to S-level players, and this growth is one of the important reasons for the rise of the Timberwolves this season.

However, the Lakers' opening state was really hot, here Wiggins just threw this beautiful mid-range, Tang Shuai turned around, past Rubio, a fast-changing rhythm of the Buddha worship, the help of the defense Hill directly to the ground, and then in the uproar of the fans at the scene, he flew up, dodged Towns' block in the air, and directly pressed the ball into the basket with a backhand dunk.

The fans at the scene were messy in the wind.

And it was at this point that Nicholson finally got up from his seat. (To be continued.) )