Cousins, Put Some Effort In!

Dwight Howard, the top center in the East and the top center in the league, had undergone "special training" with the big ape Patrick Ewing during the offseason, yet he was beaten even more badly by the Los Angeles Lakers in the new season.

It could only be described as having no ability to fight back whatsoever.

What chilled Magic fans the most was that even the Lakers' JaVale McGee could fake Howard so badly that he lost all sense of direction.

After the game, Howard neither exchanged friendly hugs nor accepted interviews from the media. He returned straight to the locker room.

Through the first two regular-season games, the Los Angeles Lakers of the new season told the outside world that they were ready to charge toward a fifth straight championship.

Before they knew it, a month of the new season had passed.

Over that month, the Lakers had posted a 10-1 record, placing first in the league.

The only game they lost was because Zhou Ze got stuck in traffic on his way to Staples Center and missed the game.

The Los Angeles Lakers of the new season had completely become the league's "ultimate supervillains," keeping a huge number of news outlets fed.

No matter which outlet it was, as long as it published an article claiming that some team had a chance to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers, it would draw massive attention.

As for the Lakers' new king—Zhou Ze—he was compared to Michael Jordan by the media countless times.

Besides that...

There was also the media's usual routine: whenever they interviewed an NBA rookie, Zhou Ze would inevitably be brought up.

[He's terrifying. Zhou... he's like heavy armor fitted with a jet engine. Honestly, I don't think I'm faster than him. And the polish