The Lakers have three games left in the last few days of November. Although this month's schedule is compact, the opponents in the remaining three games are relatively weak.
Originally, these games were not on the list of games that were hyped by the media and paid attention to by fans.
But now the attention is rising!
In the past few days, after every game of the Lakers, there will be heated discussions.
November 26th and 27th are another back-to-back away games.
On the 26th, the Lakers defeated the Kings 100-85.
In this game, the Lakers' rebound count in a single game once again exceeded 60, with 41 defensive rebounds and 20 offensive rebounds, of which 12 offensive rebounds were obtained by O'Neal alone.
O'Neal made 9 of 15 shots, plus 4 of 8 free throws. O'Neal played 33 minutes and scored 22 points and 20 rebounds. Zhang Hao made 11 of 20 shots, including 3 of 7 three-pointers, plus 11 of 13 free throws, scoring 36 points and 7 rebounds. With 3 rebounds and 1 block, plus Kenny Anderson with 12 points and 11 assists, and Jason Williams with 8 points and 14 rebounds, the Lakers easily won the victory.
O¡¯Neal, who grabbed 12 offensive rebounds, only made 18 shots in total including shots that were fouled, which once again aroused heated discussion.
On the 27th, in the Lakers' back-to-back away games against the Suns, O'Neal played 40 minutes and scored 26 points, 28 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 blocks. His rebounds tied his career-high performance with the Nets in his sophomore year. The 20+20+5 data was also the first time in his career, but he grabbed 16 offensive rebounds in a single game and beat the Suns inside to the point where the Lakers didn't even want to get stuck when shooting from the outside. O'Neal's successful shots in the game were only 20 times, 11 of 20 shots, plus 4 of 9 free throws, scoring 26 points.
Zhang Hao played 31 minutes and took 17 shots, making 9 of 17 shots, including 3 of 8 three-pointers, and 7 of 7 free throws. He scored 28 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
In addition, Doug Christie¡¯s 12 points and 2 assists, Magic¡¯s 7 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Jason Williams¡¯ 3 points and 12 rebounds, James Robinson¡¯s 13 points¡
The Lakers slaughtered the Suns 108-87 and won three consecutive victories.
On November 29th, the Lakers¡¯ 17th game of the season and the last game of the first game month came to the Eastern Conference to challenge the Bucks in the last of three consecutive away games.
In this game, O'Neal's three consecutive double-20 performances were interrupted, but it was because he only had 5 defensive rebounds. He grabbed 11 offensive rebounds tonight, making 13 of 21 shots, plus 8 Made 3 free throws and scored 29 points and 16 rebounds.
It was not easy for the Lakers to win this time, because the Bucks' Glenn Robinson went wild tonight, making 19 of 30 shots, including 2 of 3 three-pointers, plus 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 44 points and 6 assists. Vin Baker scored 25 points and 8 rebounds, Ray Allen took advantage of the threat of Glenn Robinson and shot 7 of 11, including 3 of 5 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws to score 19 points. The Sonics once led the Lakers. The team reaches 10 points.
Although O'Neal chose to try the current style of play, he still had a grudge mentality. He just grabbed rebounds and second offense and didn't care about anything else.
Then, with O'Neal working hard to grab offensive rebounds in regular time to slow down the situation, the Lakers' defense became effective in the final quarter and the offense went smoothly. They scored 31 to 19 in a single quarter and were still 9 points behind after three quarters. In the case of a late comeback.
Relying on O'Neal's 29 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks, Zhang Hao's 25 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Kenny Anderson's 17 points and 8 assists, Magic's 12 points and 6 assists, and Byron Scott's 8 points and 2 blocks. With assists and Barkley's 11 points and 10 rebounds, the Lakers reversed the Bucks 127-124 and won 4 consecutive victories.
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The November game ended. On November 30, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles and took a day off. The second game month came.
After the first game month, each team played 14 to 17 games.
Currently, the Bulls have 15 wins and 1 loss, tied for first place in the league with the Jazz. The Hawks have 14 wins and 3 losses, ranking second in the Eastern Conference. The Pistons have 13 wins and 4 losses, ranking third in the Eastern Conference. The Hornets have 12 wins and 5 losses, ranking third in the Eastern Conference. Four.
The Heat and Knicks are getting better after experiencing the initial pain. The Heat are ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference with 10 wins and 5 losses. The Knicks, who lost to the Heat, are ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference with 11 wins and 6 losses.
The Magic team collapsed without O'Neal. They are currently ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference with 9 wins and 7 losses. The duo of Juwan Howard and Webb finally showed their power. They are also ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference with 9 wins and 7 losses.
Having poached many role players, coupled with the outstanding performance of other young and emerging teams, the Cavaliers, the strong team in the past few years, fell behind. They started with 8 wins and 8 losses, barely maintaining a 50% winning rate, and were in the competition for the playoffs. of ranks.
The Pacers thought they were just losing a point guard in Mark Jackson. The talk during the training camp media day was to compete for the championship. Then, they now know that Mark Jackson is the one who has allowed them to win the championship in the past two seasons. The key to reaching 50 wins is the core of their rise.
&nThe team's first offensive point, the player with the most shots, and due to greater consumption of singles, O'Neal's offensive rebounds dropped sharply, while Barkley and Jason Williams' offensive rebounds surged.
Zhang Hao no longer shoots as well from outside the three-point line as he did in the previous games. After O'Neal's main attack, when the Sonics focused on guarding him, who used to take crazy shots at the airport, he was the first outside shot. He did a very good job of reducing his actions and proactively taking on the task of containment.
??Looking at the playing time, except for the game where he almost won 4 times 5, O'Neal played 31 to 35 minutes in the other 4 games, and played 44 minutes against the Sonics.
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In other words, this is just a matter of strategy. For O'Neal's physical fitness, this style of play, and opponents who are willing to give a pure meat shield like Jim McElvay a seven-year salary of $35 million, they have to build a meat shield. To deal with his defensive treatment Under other conditions, O'Neal's style of rushing for offensive rebounds is actually easier when dealing with opponents who are not that strong.
And when O'Neal needs to penetrate the opponent's inside line, he will focus on the attack
There is no such thing as a slap in the face, from criticizing the Lakers for sacrificing O'Neal in order to praise Zhang Hao, to touting the Lakers' use of O'Neal as extremely correct. By the way, the attacks from "other media" did not affect the execution of the Lakers' strategy, etc.
Anyway, O¡¯Neal was praised to the heavens!
In the past 6 games, O'Neal has had 4 double-20s and his rebounding performance has exploded.
Some people have always criticized him for his poor rebounding. Among the four major centers, except for O'Neal, and Ewing, who has always had bad legs and feet and likes to shoot from the outside, has never won the rebounding title.
And Ewing's defensive rebounds are no less than O'Neal.
This time, O'Neal proved with his strength that his rebounding ability is not bad. If he really focused all his energy on rebounding and secondary attacks, Rodman would not be his opponent!
¡°Reducing shots is also said to be to help the Lakers develop Zhang Hao and is willing to sacrifice
In short, winning is king. After O'Neal adjusted his style of play, the Lakers won 6 consecutive games!
Looking at the media¡¯s comments and recalling the past 6 games, O¡¯Neal is convinced!
However, he feels that even if he fights like this, he is still very tired
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