"The Lakers Lose Utah City"

On December 4, in the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz, the Lakers lost to the Utah Jazz 94-97. The old Jazz learned the lessons of their last loss and firmly controlled the situation on the court in this game, teaching the young Lakers a lesson.

Karl Malone shot 12-of-18 and led the team on the right track with an MVP-level performance of 32 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, with only one defeat in the last 10 games. Such a performance can be called a well-deserved superstar.

John Stockton had 18 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists, connecting the team's offense, while his defense made the Lakers' Eddie Jones feel inaccurate.

Kobe Bryant and O'Neal are still playing well, but it doesn't help, the twins need to learn more from their failures, and they still have a lot to improve.

We don't know when, but it's a sure thing that the Lakers fell from No. 1 in the West, and they don't have what it takes to lead the league.

—Utah Sports Newspaper report

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On the flight, Fisher crumpled up the newspaper in his hand and stuffed it into the pocket of the front backrest.

"Little fish, as I said earlier, they praise us for how fleshy we are, and how vicious they will be when they criticize us. This newspaper is not even too much. ”

"But aren't you angry, boss?" Losing to the Jazz meant nothing more than losing to the Spurs, and the media voices after the defeat made Fisher very angry.

It's full of people who may have never played basketball before, instructing them in the newspapers how to play as a professional player. What Kobe Bryant should shoot less threes, O'Neal should practice shooting, Fisher does not deserve to be selected as a first-round pick.

It just doesn't make sense!

"Not angry, not angry at all." Bryant smiled.

"Worthy of the boss!"

Kobe Bryant silently touched his pocket, and there was a broken motorcycle in it.

"Keep your emotions in check, little fish. Next game against Magic, I don't want you to be emotionally affected. ”

"Okay! I know! "As the boss, this mentality alone is worth learning from me Fisher for a lifetime!

"Shaq, we're going back to Orlando next." Campbell sat with O'Neal, a little curious about O'Neal's feelings for Orlando.

"yes." O'Neill hasn't been in Orlando since June, and the luxury property he bought has been sold, and he hasn't been back to where his career began for nearly half a year.

I don't know how Anferne, Hoss are doing.

"Is there a familiar field?"

？？？ O'Neal Black Question Mark Face.

"There are several."

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Orlando is a city in central Florida, United States, located in a swampland. Citrus fruit distribution center. There are industries such as food processing, electronic components, rocket engines, etc. Winter shelter. 25 kilometers southwest is the famous Orlando Disneyland. Orlando is also the seat of Orange County.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Orlando developed into a thriving agricultural city known as the "City of Orange Peels." The success of citrus farming led to the development of railroads and real estate, but in the late 1950s, Orlando had another endless source of money: the beginning of the space age. Glenn Martin, now Marietta Defense Systems, began manufacturing missiles, and the establishment of the Cania Verar and Kennedy Space Centers on Florida's east coast brought good income and jobs.

Lakers flights land at Orlando International Airport, the largest airport in Central Florida. Despite the small population of the city, the city's airport is very luxurious. 6 floors, an airport subway, 129 gates, and multiple stores about Disney World Orlando. And there are flights from almost all major airlines, as well as charter and discount routes. Orlando Airport has the second-most passenger routes in the United States, after Atlanta.

Founded in 1989, the Magic became a contender for the league title in just a short period of time, becoming one of the league's favorites after owning Shaq O'Neal and Penny Hardaway.

In the 1994-95 season, the Orlando Magic became the leader of the East with a 57-25 record, and defeated the Boston Celtics, Jordan's Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers in the playoffs to reach the Finals. But the Magic, who were making their first appearance in the Finals, were eventually swept away by the experienced defending champions Houston with a 4-0 overall score.

It was an eternal pain in Shaq's heart, he was one step away from the championship, he was picked up by Olajuwon and lost the battle for the league's No. 1 center.

In the 95-96 season, the Magic, which consisted of O'Neal, Horace Grant, Nick Anderson, Dennis Scott and Anfernee Hardaway, proved that reaching the Finals in 1994-95 was no fluke. The Magic won 60 games in the regular season and won the Atlantic Division championship.

In the playoffs, the Orlando Magic eliminated the Detroit Pistons and the Atlanta Hawks in a row to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, and their opponents were the Chicago Bulls, who were in the limelight that year. The Magic were ruthlessly swept by the Bulls with a 0-4 overall score.

It's hard to say why O'Neal left the Magic without being swept twice in a row.

And this season, after Shaq confirmed his departure, the Magic's series of operations were incomprehensible. They used 2 years and 29 million, you read that right, 29 million US dollars renewed the contract of Cobra Hosgrant. The 31-year-old power forward, who averaged only 13.4 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.

You must know that although O'Neal's contract is 7 years and 120 million, it is a ladder contract.

The salary for this season and next season is only $10.71 million and $12.86 million, which is far less than Horsgrant's contract.

As if they thought it would make Shaq uncomfortable, look! Your little brother is getting a higher salary than you this year!

So why not use the money to sign O'Neal? Nobody knows,

The Magic have not had a good record this year, with a 10-7 record and only fifth place in the East.

Penny Hardaway's style of leading the team is very different from O'Neal's, he pays attention to sharing the ball and reasonable shots, and rarely forces the opponent's defense, but focuses on tandem.

So the team's teammates are averaging very good points per game, unlike the Lakers, only Kobe O'Neal and Eddie Jones have three double-doubles. The Magic team has 6 players who average double figures in points per game!

They were Anfernee Hardaway with 21.5 points, Ronnie Secali with 17.3 points, Horsgrant with 12.6 points, Denis Scott with 12.5 points, Nick Anderson with 12.0 points, and Gerald Wilkins with 10.6 points.

Everyone has the ball, everyone can control the ball, a bit like the style of Luke Wharton in later generations, but this concept is completely different from Kobe.

In Kobe's view, this is all idealistic basketball.

There's only one basketball, and the one who shoots it just throws the ball in?

What's the point of making it that complicated?