At this moment, not only the Rose Garden was boiling.
Many people watched the game as it was broadcast live across the United States, and the connection between Lin Feng and Kobe touched countless people.
Across the ocean in China, every household turned on the TV to watch the matchup between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers.
The boys in the cafeterias of various universities clapped and cheered.
The connection between Lin Feng and Kobe was truly amazing.
"Oh my god! I bet that the Lakers will definitely win the championship this season. Lin Feng is too strong, and he has Kobe by his side. If this team doesn't win the championship, I will stand on my head and eat shit!"
"Count me in; the Lin-Ke duo will definitely win the championship this year. It's a pity for the Yao-McGrady duo; they are injured and can't beat the Lin-Ke duo."
"Yes, the Yao-McGrady duo was ruined by injuries. If Yao and McGrady were both healthy, they might have been able to play against the Lin-Ke duo. But now..."
Some were happy, and some were sad.
Many Chinese people still supported Yao Ming.
No matter how strong Lin Feng was, he was still an American and had acquired American citizenship.
Yao Ming was a real Chinese, and patriotic people hoped that Yao Ming could lead the team to achieve good results.
"Oh! It would be great if Yao Ming went to the Lakers, with Lin Feng and Kobe."
"How can others play against that?"
Several guys in the cafeteria laughed, "If Yao Ming, Lin Feng, and Kobe form a team, I guarantee that no team in the entire league can be their opponent. They will win the championship every year!"
"Haha, I think so too. The strength is seriously unbalanced. It depends on the Lakers to beat the other teams."
"I think this is pretty good. Yao Ming, Lin Feng, and Kobe are on the same team. They are absolutely invincible!"
"He must be invincible. I hope Yao Ming will consider it. It is said that Yao Ming's contract will expire next year? He can try to join the Lakers."
"…"
There was a lot of discussion in China, and countless Chinese people hoped that Yao Ming could join the Lakers and compete for the championship with Lin Feng and Kobe.
In the Rose Garden Arena, the first half of the game had ended.
After Lin Ke connected, he disrupted the Trail Blazers' offense several times in succession. Now the score had been widened again, and the Lakers were leading the Trail Blazers by 14 points.
If this trend continued, the Trail Blazers would definitely lose.
Since Lin Feng joined the Lakers, the team's combat effectiveness had been improved to a higher level.
It was understandable that the Trail Blazers were stunned.
In the second half, the Trail Blazers did not give up and participated in the offense as a whole.
Roy was responsible for the connection and played more reasonably.
He, who would be known as the 'Yellow Mamba' in the future, would not give up easily.
Under his effective leadership, the Blazers were still holding on.
It was just a pity that they met the Lin Ke combination.
Kobe was in hot form in this game, and almost no one could limit his scoring.
After asking for the ball in the low post, Kobe started his best post-up game.
The player defending him changed from LaFrentz to Randolph.
Randolph was strong, tall, and powerful, about 2.06 cm tall with a long wingspan.
Terry Porter sent Randolph to defend Kobe in order to limit Kobe's easy points.
However, he couldn't stop Kobe, as low-post singles were Kobe's most comfortable position.
Dribbling the ball past the strong Randolph, Kobe leaned back with an inertia of backward momentum. Viewed from the side, the movement was extremely graceful.
Randolph had no choice but to use the blindfolding technique to block Kobe's vision.
In this situation, Kobe took a decisive shot, and the basketball hit the net and went in!
"Kobe backed up Randolph. It was a beautiful shot, a standard fadeaway jumper. After this shot, Kobe has already scored 26 points in this game."
"Yes, Kobe's post-up singles are difficult for ordinary people to defend. We saw that Randolph was suspected of committing a foul. The man jumped on Kobe, which violated the cylinder of the ball holder."
"Yes, but the referee didn't blow the whistle; otherwise, it would have been a two-plus-one."
The commentator complained that Randolph was suspected of committing a foul.
The play just now did infringe on Kobe's cylinder, but the referee did not blow the whistle; otherwise, it would have been a two-plus-one.
The Trail Blazers inbounded the ball; Roy passed it to Dixon at the baseline, who made the shot.
The difference between the two teams was still hovering around 14 points. In this game, the Trail Blazers played very resiliently.
Maybe they knew that if they didn't fight hard, they might still be last in the Western Conference this season.
Roy burst into action throughout the game. Under Lin Feng's tight defense, he scored 16 points after three quarters. He was really tough.
Lin Feng scored more points than him. After three quarters, Lin Feng had scored 28 points, two points more than Kobe.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Lin Feng took over the game. He received a pass from Kwame Brown on the outside. He used Iverson's crossover, made a big change of direction, and passed Roy directly.
Otero came to form a double team to block Lin Feng's breakthrough route.
Lin Feng simply took advantage of the situation and dribbled the ball like a butterfly flitting through flowers, like an elf running on the court.
In a few moves, Otero was dizzy. Seeing this, Lin Feng jumped up on one foot and made a layup, which went in. The score came to 85-68, leading the Trail Blazers by 17 points.
The Trail Blazers still didn't give up and gritted their teeth to fight the Lakers to the end!
Roy passed the ball, went through a high pick-and-roll, moved without the ball, got a comfortable shooting environment, and hit a three-pointer.
The Lakers responded immediately. Lin Feng dribbled the ball like a butterfly flitting through flowers to draw in the inside and outside defenders and help Odom make room.
Then he passed the ball without even looking at anyone, with an extremely graceful movement, just like White Chocolate Williams of the Kings back then.
No one noticed this dashing pass, and Lin Feng accurately passed it to Odom. Odom received the ball, shot it from beyond the arc, and hit the Trail Blazers back with a three-pointer.
As Odom made a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle from the left wing, Lin Feng heard a prompt sound from the system.
[bite!]
[Congratulations to the host for completing 10+ assists for the first time and activating the new skill: Smart Pass]
"Smart pass?"
Lin Feng was slightly startled, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Only then did he realize that he had already scored 30 points and 11 assists in tonight's game against the Trail Blazers, and then he activated his new skill: Smart Pass.
This thing is in the same vein as the smart card slot, right?
"Old O'Neal, I have to thank you for making this three-pointer. If you hadn't made it, I wouldn't have any new skills."
Lin Feng spoke.
Odom was confused. What the hell?
He didn't understand what Lin Feng meant.
Lin Feng didn't explain much. With 11 assists, 30 points, and 18 rebounds, he got another big triple-double in this game.
Kobe walked over and said, "Lin, in this game, you are a data maniac again, right?"
"Haha." Lin Feng grinned, "Yes, a triple-double is already achieved!"
"If you keep playing like this, by this time next year, you will definitely have a multi-million dollar contract."
Kobe smiled with satisfaction; he was not wrong about Lin Feng. This guy had a big triple-double in almost every game.
Fortunately, Kupchak had signed Lin Feng. If Lin Feng had gone to other teams, Kupchak would be the number one culprit of the Lakers.