Even the Stone Buddha Was Helpless!

As for Sun Hao, it was exactly the opposite. In one sentence: Hey, caught you again!

Rubbing his hands together, eager to give it a try.

It was an interesting scene before the game, followed immediately by the opening ceremony!

After the opening ceremony, both teams' starting lineups came out one after another.

For the Spurs: Parker, Gary Neal, Leonard, Duncan, and Tiago Splitter.

For the Lakers: Knight, Sun Hao, Carter, Milsap, and Yao Ming.

Ginobili?

He was already thirty-five. At this point, he truly could only come off the bench.

Yao Ming and Splitter jumped at center court.

Splitter was a third-year player, but he was not from Curry and Harden's draft class. He had entered the league earlier, in Durant's class.

A Brazilian player who had played in La Liga, then spent another three years in Europe after being drafted before joining the NBA—Sun Hao was very familiar with that résumé.

After the Brazil Golden Generation faded away, the 2.11-meter-tall Splitter, with a 2.18-meter wingspan, had become one of the core players of the Brazil Men's Basketball Team.

But in front of Yao Ming, even with his Tin Foil Perm adding a little height, he still looked somewhat short.

At the whistle, Yao Ming tipped the ball back into the Lakers' half. The curtain officially rose on the Lakers-Spurs semifinal series.

The Lakers' first possession caught Popovich on the sideline somewhat off guard.

Because it was the Triangle Offense he knew well, but the player initiating it was not Sun Hao as he had expected.

Normally, the Lakers opened by forming a triangle with Sun Hao, Carter, and Yao Ming, then having Sun Hao lob the ball to Yao Ming for the attack.

But this time, Knight passed the ball and moved to the corner, forming a Knight-Carter-Yao