The five star players of the Lakers appeared together, but the real starter was Doug Christie. Magic "stole" the opportunity to enter the game on the grounds that "the five of us should appear together."
Since the magician is going to appear together, he will naturally be the one to take the stage.
The Magician discussed this matter with Doug Christie in advance, and the latter expressed his support.
Since the training camp, I have felt that O'Neal and Zhang Hao are not dealing with each other, and Doug Christie also knows that the relationship within the team is difficult to reconcile.
O'Neal has a cheerful personality and gets along well with everyone; Zhang Hao, although cold-tempered, has a strong personal charm, is hard-working, talented, and smarta perfect basketball player.
But the two just refused to deal with each other, and Doug Christie also chose to sacrifice some unimportant things to avoid conflict between the two.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the game between the Lakers and the Suns started.
After 2 hours and 23 minutes, at 9:23 pm, the Lakers easily defeated the frightened Suns 102-88.
Except for Rex Chapman, who seized the shooting opportunity from the corner and shot 7 of 15, including 3 of 3 three-pointers, plus 1 of 2 free throws to score 18 points, everyone else on the Suns team was very good. Pull down.
With O'Neal protecting the frame, Ceballos scored 4 points on 2 of 7 shots, but was forced to go for a mid-range shot. Kidd made 2 of 15 shots, including 2 of 5 three-pointers, and scored 14 points, but only 5 assists, Kevin Johnson made 3 of 9, and scored 12 points with 6 of 6 free throws
As for the Lakers, the score was much lower than in the previous games.
In O'Neal's first game back, the Lakers became a team that relied purely on singles to score points. The pace was extremely slow and they only took 70 shots in the game.
O¡¯Neal played 31 minutes and made 7 of 12 shots, 2 of 3 free throws, and scored 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 2 blocks.
Zhang Hao made 6 of 11 shots, including 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 5 of 5 free throws, scoring 18 points. He failed to score 20 points for the first time in the new season.
Kenny Anderson made 2 of 4 shots and 8 of 8 free throws, scoring 12 points and 6 assists.
Doug Christie made 4 of 10 shots, including 4 of 6 three-pointers. He had no other points and scored 12 points and 2 steals.
Barkley also worked hard tonight with excitement. He made 5 of 8 shots and made 6 of 7 free throws. He scored 16 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.
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O'Neal won his first game back, and the Lakers' performance attracted intense discussion.
Although the Suns failed at critical moments and Cotton Philsimmons' style of play is no longer suitable for today's era. They only had 2 wins and 6 losses before playing the Lakers, but the Suns are always prone to collapse in the last few minutes of the final quarter. During the three quarters, their performance was absolutely top-notch. Even when they played the Bulls, they led by more than 10 points 59-48 at halftime. Although they were beaten 23-13 in the third quarter, they rushed again in the first half of the final quarter. Come on, the Bulls still relied on defense and stable scoring at the last moment to narrowly defeat the Suns 99-97.
But in this game, the Lakers defeated the Suns purely by relying on singles, which really made people see their terrible one-on-one ability.
When their five starters hit the ground running one by one, they looked like they were invincible.
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The day after the game against the Suns, the Lakers came to the home arena of the University of Southern California to challenge the Clippers.
This time the Lakers played 4 games in 5 days, overall it was okay. The first back-to-back was not much different from the home back-to-back, it was just that they were played in another stadium in Los Angeles.
The Clippers¡¯ strength has improved tremendously this season.
This year's offseason, after the Lakers acquired Barkley, many players wanted to compete for the championship together. However, the Lakers were still waiting for O'Neal and could not give an answer. At that time, the logo man had already had a clear introduction of role players. plan, so Lakers legend Elgin Baylor took the opportunity to help the Clippers grab several players who wanted to come to Los Angeles to play.
The fat-cat-looking coach Bill Fitch, who has twice won the best coach and won one championship, finally has someone available. The Clippers have quickly become a team competing for the playoffs. Like the Timberwolves, both are 5 wins and 4 losses.
An opponent who has the strength to win is more exciting to the fans than an unsuspecting massacre.
The students of the University of Southern California gave Zhang Hao and the Lakers the most enthusiastic cheers after the game started at 7:30 pm. Among the college students in the Los Angeles area, at least at the University of Southern California, the Lakers have become their absolute home team, because Zhang Hao is a sophomore at their school. Someone saw him in the exam room in May. He didn't forget to study when he was playing in the NBA. He got an A in every exam
However, tonight, the more than 3,000 USC students who came to watch the game, as well as other fans who came to watch the Lakers, were disappointed.
&nI made 5 of 7 three-pointers in the first place, and I should have made the last two three-pointers. If you didn't make so many mistakes when facing Divac and Olajuwon, we wouldn't only have 85 points. Moreover, I didn't make the three-pointers. Go in, can't you get the rebound? "
O¡¯Neal laughed angrily: ¡°You mean you blame me for losing?¡±
Zhang Hao nodded seriously: "Yes, I had never lost in a row before you came here."
As soon as these words came out, it was a critical strike!
When O'Neal and Zhang Hao quarreled, the teammates were all in panic. Just as Magic was about to persuade him, he heard Zhang Hao release a strategic weapon of mass destruction.
This is so hurtful!
The Rockets were still celebrating the victory. Divac was very excited. His 23 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, and Olajuwon's 18 points, 12 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocks, which sniped O'Neal very well. Although O'Neal was beaten by He shot 10 of 18 from the field and didn't protect the rebounds very well, but he kept the pace down. The Lakers only took 71 shots in the game, half of which were shot by Zhang Hao and O'Neal, locking the Lakers down.
I didn¡¯t expect that the two young superstars of the other party would start fighting among themselves!
The fans at the scene were disappointed and ready to leave, but they stopped and watched the quarrel.
O'Neal's ability to mess around is obviously stronger than the magician expected.
Although O'Neal was very annoyed by what Zhang Hao said, he had a new breakthrough point: "If you have the ability, go deal with the two of them, don't leave the inside information to me!"
"I can deal with them on the inside, so what else do I need from you?"
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O'Neal didn't expect Zhang Hao to say this. The other Lakers players who were anxious about how to break up the fight were also surprised. It seemed something was wrong?
Zhang Hao remained calm, as if he was not affected by the loss and quarrel at all, and said: "Isn't it what you should do to deal with Olajuwon and Divac? Knowing that you will be flanked, knowing that you will beat Olajuwon Divac and Divac are easy to get the ball cut, but you still want the ball so obviously, what are you thinking?"
It was another calm but fatal attack, which made O'Neal not know how to answer directly.
However, the teammates heard the change in Zhang Hao¡¯s words and meaning.
But O'Neal's ability to mess around is really great. He asked: "Are you teaching me how to do things? Do you know how a center should play?"
Teammates feel that O'Neal really just wants to quarrel and vent. Is it someone who can't help but fight back after hearing O'Neal's tone and content?
Then there is a quarrel that is completely unreasonable and cannot solve the problem!
But Zhang Hao, a young man who only turns 20 in more than a month, seems not to be affected by O'Neal at all, and his expression is still so calm.
Zhang Hao looked at O'Neal and said: "When I argue with you, I don't want to create a situation where you and I are hostile. What I want is for us to discuss how to solve the problem together. What is against us is the problem of us losing. I think, With you, Mr. Barkley, Mr. Magic, Boss Kenny, Doug, Mr. Scott, Mr. Shaw, George and others, we should not lose when facing the bottom team."
Suddenly, the situation was brought back to a normal dispute!
Lakers players looked at O'Neal, the king of bullshit, and didn't know how to respond. They were surprised but felt normal.
This is the Zhang Hao they are familiar with! Their leader!
The Rockets players who came to watch were also surprised that Zhang Hao actually stabilized the situation while talking and taking the initiative to fire.
But, the adjectives used to describe their Rockets team are too much!
??Well, after winning against the Lakers, it was only 4 wins and 8 losses, and Olajuwon chose to shut up.
Then just when O'Neal was about to throw out a harsh word and run away before thinking about how to quarrel next time, Zhang Hao spoke again¡ª¡ª
"I don't know how a center should play, but Mr. O'Neal no one knows how you should play better than me!"
??This statement sounds to others like Zhang Hao has spent a lot of time and thought studying O'Neal and thinking of how to best utilize O'Neal's strength.
Furthermore, his teammates don¡¯t think there is any problem with this at all, because Zhang Hao does have the talent and ability to become a player like Russell, Lenny Wilkens, and Larry Bird!
Just when O'Neal was speechless and others were praising Zhang Hao's handling of O'Neal's quarrel, a subtitle suddenly popped up in front of Zhang Hao's eyes!
"Special signing player Zhang Hao perfectly handled the quarrel between the difficult Shaquille O'Neal, which brought a strong sensory impact to his teammates, and also brought a deeper impression to the top 50 superstars of other teams. .
¡°Because Zhang Hao made a bold statement at the end of the dispute, the mission: Understand the king¡¯s trigger"
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¡°Because Zhang Hao made a bold statement at the end of the dispute, the mission: Understand the king¡¯s trigger"
I like to play basketball too much. What should I do if I am too powerful? What should I do to update the fastest. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com