Chapter 1 Eighty-Nine: Alliance's Punishment

'He's a great player with an enviable talent, but it's a shame that his attention is being drawn away from the pitch and he doesn't put all his energy into the game! If he can train hard to improve himself, then his future should be bright, but if he always lives in the care of the league and is comfortable with everything he gets, then his achievements will be limited to that, and when he retires, people will remember at most that there was a good first-round pick in 2000, and his name was Kenyon Martin. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Finally, the reporter asked about the goals of the Lakers this year.

"Of course it's the championship, there's no doubt about it, we showed last year that we're the best team in the league, and winning that championship ring again is the best proof of that, and I'm confident we can do it!"

The three big guys of the Lakers said that they were very happy, but they caused a lot of trouble.

The league's boss, Stern, was furious at what he said to them, and now he takes good care of the Lakers!

Everyone knows about the secret transactions within the alliance in normal times, but no one dares to say anything, what is the reason for this?

Even Cuban, who has always been a big mouth, chose to remain silent in the face of this, and now those guys from the Lakers actually jumped out and blamed the league! Stern quickly made a judgment for this kind of provocation against the alliance.

Phil Jackson, Shaq, Lamar and Kobe Bryant were all fined $10,000 for inappropriate speech after the game, but unfortunately they couldn't be suspended because they said it after the game.

After receiving the ticket, Lamar only said to the media: "I don't even have the courage to admit my mistakes, I only use fines to scare people! Look! Even those guys are afraid of us, and we can't say that we won't win the championship this year." ”

Of course, Lamar's words have attracted him a $10,000 fine, but fortunately there is a team to pay for him, otherwise his meager annual salary would not even be enough for the fine.

After the end of the trip to New Jersey, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles full of grievances. Although they won a big victory, the referee's obvious bias towards the New Jersey Nets in the game still gave them reason to be upset, and in the face of media interviews, Phil Jackson, Shaq, Lamar, and Kobe Bryant respectively expressed their dissatisfaction with the referees, pointing the finger at the top of the league. Of course, this also incurred a considerable amount of fines for them.

And before facing the Grizzlies at home on the 19th, the league issued another notice that Shaq's invasion of Marbury in the game against the New Jersey Nets was a malicious foul and will be suspended for one game!

There is nothing to say about the management of the Lakers in the face of the penalty, after all, if it wasn't for Shaq who saved his hand at the end, it is estimated that Marbury would have to rest in the hospital for a period of time, but the penalty of a one-game suspension is a bit excessive.

Shaq also regretted it after receiving the notice, but he regretted that he shouldn't have pretended to be a gentleman in the first place, and should have taken Marbury down with an elbow.

Although Shaq was absent, in the home game against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Lakers' powerful offensive power minimized the impact, and the Grizzlies did not give the Grizzlies any chance at all.

Although Swift was inexplicably smart once in the first two quarters, he soon turned back into a fool after eating Grant and Birdman Anderson's hats several times in succession.

Anderson has been getting more and more buggy under Rodman's training lately, and he doesn't hesitate to defend at all, and a brainless player like Swift is what he likes the most, as long as you are hard, he will stop immediately.

Of course, there are also Swift's own reasons, his basketball IQ is not enough, and he is simply not suitable to be the cornerstone of a team's rebuild!

If you play well, you can often be majestic, but if you encounter a little setback, you will be finished, and you will even become a stunned young man who can't play. Lamar remembers that in his previous life, Swift had never proven himself, even under Yao Mai's wings, he didn't have to take too much responsibility, as long as he could play with peace of mind, he still didn't grow at all!

After the victory over the Grizzlies, the Lakers are already well ahead of the Indiana Pacers, who are second in the league!

This is also the best result achieved by the Lakers in recent years, and the media and fans in Los Angeles are extremely happy with the team's current results, and the slogan of defending the championship has long been on the lips of the Angelenos, as if as long as the team continues to go in this direction, it is natural to win the championship again.

Only people within the team know that in order to win the championship, the team still has a lot of problems to solve, especially the relationship between Shaq and Kobe Bryant has become a bit delicate now, Shaq is at his peak!

The only thing that makes Phil happy is Lamar, this guy is okay, he didn't make any trouble, and he still plays the role of a peacemaker, which can be regarded as a source of left and right.

Now the OK combination sometimes in order to appear selfless on the field, often accommodating the opponent, even if the opportunity comes out, they choose to pass the ball to let the opponent complete the attack, but when the game gradually becomes fierce, they will become hot-headed, and the ball that should be passed will not be passed. If you look a little closer, you will see that when one of the two people goes to rest, the other immediately becomes very violent.

In short, this way of playing now makes these two attacking maniacs very unaccustomed and depressed. When facing a weak team, you can still use a strong attack to cover it, but what if you face the strong teams in the league? Just like the Indiana Pacers, the first in the East, who are about to challenge.

Compared with last season, this season, the team learned the lessons of last year's Finals loss, and on the basis of O'Neal Jr., Miller, and Artest, Harrington and Foster were added, and the team's record has improved significantly, and it is now ranked first in the East.

This time the Lakers challenged the Pacers, and it was on the road, everyone felt that the Lakers were lucky this time, and the winning streak could come to an end!

Now that the team has a good record, the big-mouthed Reggie Miller also confidently released his bold words before the game.

"We're going to win, no matter how good the Lakers' offense is, we're going to win, and defense on the court is everything, and we're obviously better than the Lakers to do. ”

Artest, the beast who played against Kobe in the game, also gave Rakobe a battle letter.

"He did a good job last season, and I admit he did a better job than me, but if he thinks he can beat me with his tricks, then he's very wrong! Maybe he's been so weak against the opponents he's faced before, and he's a little bit of a blind eye, so let me tell him what real NBA-level defense is. I'm going to keep him within 15 points, I promise. ”

Of course, Kobe Bryant ignored this guy, and he always believed that only by blowing up the opponent on the field was the best response to the opponent!

For Artest, Lamar still knows a lot about it, the protagonist of the 04 Auburn Hills palace incident, and since then he has played for the Kings and the Rockets, and has always been known for his fierce defense, and later changed his name to Charity World Peace, and he also played for the Lakers with Lamar and won the championship!

Before Lamar was reborn, he was still in the Lakers to assist Kobe, but unfortunately he was already in decline at that time, and he could only run tricks in garbage time, but at this time Atai was still an opponent to be reckoned with.

When entering the stadium before the game, Lamar didn't get booed on the road for the first time, because the Indians gave all the boos to Phil Jackson, who called this guy who led the Bulls to slaughter the Pacers repeatedly! and led the Lakers to kill the Pacers' chances of winning the championship last year!

Phil proved that none of the Indiana treasures, Reggie Miller, would end well. Phil Jackson sat in the coach's box with a solemn face, looking at the players on the field with his shoulders, especially Reggie Miller, who was talking intimately with the head coach.

"The coach seems a little dignified, huh?" Lamar said to Shaq in a joking tone.

Shaq shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, this year's Pacers are indeed very strong, and no one will be in a better mood against a strong opponent." ”

"So what do we do?"

"Fight! Crush any obstacle that stands in the way of our title defense! You'll remember to pass me more later!" Shaq said, outstretching his fist.

Lamar also reached out and touched him, saying, "Of course!"

At 7 p.m., the game kicked off at the Pacers' home court, Consec Arena.

In a scrum, O'Neal Jr. won possession with a brilliant bounce. Now O'Neal Jr. has begun to enter his peak state, and he is also being cultivated as Reggie Miller's successor within the team, and it is estimated that he will soon replace Reggie Miller's core position!

The Pacers' lineup for this game continued to be determined after this season's adjustments, with center Foster, power forward O'Neal Jr., small forward Artest, scoring guard Reggie Miller, and point guard Tinsley.

In the first wave of attack, Tinsley handed the ball to O'Neal Jr., and Lamar hurriedly stepped forward to mark closely.

Before this game, Phil Jackson handed over O'Neal Jr. to him, although Lamar was very excited, but he also knew that if he wanted to prevent O'Neal Jr. with his current strength, he still had to adopt some tactics, and he couldn't do it brutely! So Lamar wisely chose the interference tactic, as long as he could disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm, Lamar believed that he must be the one who had the last laugh.

After receiving the ball, O'Neal Jr. was just about to turn around and hit when he felt someone behind him sticking up, and then he began to massage his back with his hands up and down, and from time to time he also pulled a few jerseys and pinched a few handfuls of soft flesh on his waist.

(To be continued.) )