The new NBA season is here! The first day of the new season gives us just 2 games and I'm going to talk about the matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers. During the offseason, the defending champs Warriors lost a lot of important players - Gary Payton, Otto Porter and Juan Tuscano-Anderson who joined the Lakers. Last season Lakers missed the playoffs so Lebron James had plenty of time to get ready for the season. Patrick Beverley was acquired by Los Angeles, and some rotation players as well.

If we are talking about the game, I'm predicting that it won't be so up and running, so I'm going with the under. First of all, the Warriors will receive the championship rings before the game. It has always been an emotional process and there could be some "hangover" after the ceremony and the summer when players celebrated the title. Second thing is that head coach Steve Kerr said that the Warriors' top players are not ready to play heavy minutes yet so the team is going to rely much on depth with the stars not playing more than 30 minutes. If Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole aren't playing big minutes, the pace is going to be much slower with not-so-big scoring as well.

There are 2 players on the Lakers roster who can be very effective - Lebron James and Anthony Davis. Lebron is starting his 20th season and it would be very strange if he's in mid-season form already. The same can be said about Davis who's been struggling with injuries the last couple of seasons so he could be more cautious at the start.

Yes, during the preseason, teams demonstrated high-scoring basketball but it was a time when nobody paid significant attention to that and many players were trying to earn a spot on the roster. It looks like Russell Westbrook will start games from the bench and that could lead to many shots by Westbrook who's been awful lately and that will definitely help the case of under. It's hard to see who's going to score for the Lakers outside of Davis and James especially after Dennis Schroder got injured and is out for the next few weeks.

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新的NBA赛季来了!新赛季的第一天我们只有两场比赛，我要谈谈金州勇士队和洛杉矶湖人队之间的对决。在休赛期，卫冕冠军勇士失去了很多重要球员——加里·佩顿、奥托·波特和加盟湖人的胡安·图斯卡诺-安德森。上赛季湖人错过了季后赛，所以勒布朗·詹姆斯有足够的时间为新赛季做准备。洛杉矶得到了帕特里克·贝弗利，还有一些轮换球员。

如果我们谈论的是游戏，我便会预测它将不会如此有效地运行着，所以我便选择了下面的内容。首先，勇士队将在赛前接受总冠军戒指。这一直是一个激动人心的过程，在颁奖典礼和球员们庆祝冠军的夏天之后可能会有一些“宿醉”。第二件事是主教练史蒂夫·科尔说勇士的顶级球员还没有准备好打大量的比赛，所以球队将很大程度上依赖球员的深度，球星们的出场时间不会超过30分钟。如果斯蒂芬·库里、克莱·汤普森和乔丹·普尔不打重要的比赛时间，节奏就会慢得多，得分也不会那么高。

在湖人的球员名单上有两名球员是非常有效的——勒布朗·詹姆斯和安东尼·戴维斯。勒布朗正在开始他的第20个赛季，如果他已经处于赛季中期的状态，那将是非常奇怪的。同样的道理也可以用在戴维斯身上，他在过去的几个赛季里一直在与伤病作斗争，所以他可以在开始的时候更加谨慎。

是的，在季前赛期间，球队展示了高得分的篮球，但当时没有人重视这一点，许多球员都在努力争取在名单上的一席之地。看起来拉塞尔-韦少将在比赛中从替补席上首发，这可能会导致最近表现糟糕的韦少有很多投篮机会，这肯定会有助于under的情况。除了戴维斯和詹姆斯，很难看出谁会为湖人得分，尤其是在丹尼斯·施罗德受伤并缺阵几周之后。