Chapter 43 Fighting the "Four Heavenly Kings".
O'Neal is a little dissatisfied with the current situation of the Lakers, although he is the undisputed leader of the team, but the arrival of Payton and Malone still takes away a lot of his ball, and Phil? Jackson also asked O'Neal to increase his passing and playmaking, which made O'Neal very interested in Phil? Jackson was quite dissatisfied, after Liu Han left, the only one who the Lakers could control O'Neal was George? Krent alone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
O'Neal's dominance on the inside is unmatched in the league now, after the other three centers gradually aging and retiring, only O'Neal can be called the top in the center position among the active players, although Yao Min has shown the potential to become a top center, but he still needs some time to grow.
O'Neal originally thought that even if Coach George left, his position should be very secure, but he didn't expect the team to bring in Payton and Malone, Jenny? Bas seemed to hate George so much that she even angered O'Neill for it.
Now O'Neal understands that Liu Han didn't return to the Lakers after returning to the NBA, and the atmosphere on the team is bad right now, Jenny? Bass is trying to take control of the team alone, and Jerry? Bath's second son, Jim? Bas also intervened in the management of the team with the support of his father, and the two sides continued to have disputes, and the team was also in turmoil. Malone is now beginning to regret that he missed the contract with his old friend Stockton, and he also feels that the Lakers are too chaotic right now, and the chances of winning a championship in such a situation are not too great.
However, although the team management is more turbulent, but relying on absolute strength, the Lakers still have good results, the day before coming to Dallas, they just beat the Spurs away, the two teams fought to the final moment, although Duncan scored 32 points plus 18 rebounds a big double-double, but the current Lakers scoring points are too scattered, and finally the Lakers won the game 90-86.
After coming to Dallas, O'Neill did not call Liu Han, he felt that it was a cowardly act to call Liu Han like this now, especially since he had lost to Liu Han once before.
On December 3, 2003, the match between the current No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the league officially began.
Liu Han only met O'Neill before the game, and he saw O'Neal's awkward expression, but he didn't know where the awkwardness came from.
Nowitzki can't play, but the Mavericks are facing the league's No. 1 team on the inside, Nelson is worthy of his title of "mad scientist", and directly put on a very extreme small lineup, the highest height on the inside line is Odom who is two meters and eight, followed by Jamison and Danny who are two meters and three? Fortson, Fortson is here today to make sure the team rebounds. On the periphery are Liu Han and veteran Allen McGee, and compared to the Lakers' lineup, the Mavericks' lineup is quite shabby.
On the Lakers' side, the four kings are exhausted, Finley is now the main scoring point on the periphery of the Lakers, the older Peyton gets, the less greedy he is for the ball, O'Neal and Malone also need Finley to help them attract defense on the periphery, so Finley has a lot of opportunities to shoot, which also makes his statistics have been very good in recent years, otherwise he would not be called one of the "four kings" of the Lakers.
And another point for the Lakers is their defensive player Devin? George, the reason why he got the start today is very simple, he is responsible for defending Liu Han with Finley, Payton is old after all, and it is impossible for him to prevent Liu Han Nash again.
The game officially began, and the Mavericks could only be Odom in charge of the jump ball in the middle circle, after all, he is now the tallest on the team.
However, O'Neal still won with an easy jump ball, and although he has gained a lot of weight now, his bounce is still at the same level as before.
Payton quickly launched an attack after getting the ball from O'Neal, the Lakers were slow inside but Finley was not slow at all, he ran directly to the Mavericks hinterland, but Payton's pass was cut off by the clever Liu Han, and the Lakers wanted to give the Mavericks a ride but were recognized by Liu Han.
Liu Han, who broke the ball, dribbled with his back to avoid Devin George's interception, and then suddenly threw it long, Odom, who jumped the ball in the middle circle, had already run to the Lakers' basket at this time, and as soon as Liu Han's pass arrived, Odom received the ball was a violent dunk.
If you fight for speed, it is estimated that there is no one in the league who can match the Mavericks now.
The Mavericks' lineup is not very neat, but Liu Han led the Mavericks to take the lead.
In the past, when Liu Han was on the Lakers, some people said that it was Liu Han who hugged O'Neal's thigh, but now that it is the Mavericks, it is estimated that no one will say these words, especially at this time.
After the Lakers re-served, they entered the positional battle, Payton also honestly followed his teammates to play a triangle offense, Malone pulled to the high post to attract the defense, and O'Neal asked for the ball in the low post, but Payton just made a pass to O'Neal, and the Mavericks' bag was close to O'Neal.
The Lakers immediately transferred the ball to the empty Finley, but after this period of training, the Mavericks have been much better in rotation on defense, and as soon as Finley received the ball, Allen McGee's supplementary defense was already in place.
The Lakers continued to look for open passes, but the Mavericks' defense was always in place, and the offensive time was soon approaching 24 seconds, and the ball returned to Payton again.
O'Neal was in a good position to grab the rebound, but Fortson of the Mavericks came out of the spur and almost threw his body diagonally to grab the rebound.
That's what characterizes Fortson, who never cares about his body when grabbing rebounds, even if he's been seriously injured because of it.
Fortson tossed the ball to Liu, and another wave of the Mavericks' offense began.
Phil? Jackson didn't expect that in just one month, the Mavericks team had been completely transformed, and even in the absence of Nowitzki, who is a big threat to the Lakers, the Mavericks were still doing well.
The Lakers' interior advantage became a disadvantage when the Mavericks counterattacked, and O'Neal used to be as fast as a guard, but now he's gained so much weight that he can't run like he used to.
Once again, the Mavericks played a quick counterattack and took a 4-0 lead from the start.
The Lakers do have a lot of attacking points, but it also makes their offensive direction unclear.