The fourth game of the season between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Mosaics was played again at the Great Western Forum Arena.

In the first three games, the Lakers won 2-1. If this game is won, it will be a 3-1 lead, and it is undoubtedly very advantageous to enter the playoffs with such a psychological advantage.

If they are equalized and enter the playoffs with a score of 2:2, then the psychological advantage of the Lakers is gone, while Houston has lost two games first, and won both games after adjusting the lineup. In this way, Houston will have an absolute message that with the current roster to play against the Lakers, it is advantageous.

In fact, the difference between the Lakers and Houston is quite large so far, with the Lakers 52-7 and Houston 49-12 so far. With such a win-loss difference, it is not so easy to catch up, and the league originally thought that the Lakers would collapse in February without O'Neal. However, Kobe Bryant used the performance of the best player of the month to lead the team to only lose 3 games in a single month, and this performance allowed the team to continue to top the league and the top of the Western Conference.

It's hard to say that the top position of the league is really hard to say, and the recent state of the Bulls and Michael Jordan is simply superb, in a state of chaos. Any team, any superstar will hit a nose with a gray nose. Reggie Miller has personally proved that the current Michael is the peak basketball overlord and the world's first basketball player. Jordan played significantly more easily against the Pacers than Kobe, and Jordan scored 65 points and obviously had enough energy to spare.

In addition, Michael Jordan's 65 points in this regular season game are also his second-highest scoring record. He scored a game-high 69 points in the regular season against the Cavaliers in March 1990. The third-highest was 64 points, scored against the Orlando Magic in January '93. There are also two 61 points, both in '87, and Michael Jordan's 60+ times is 5, second only to Wilt Chamberlain's 32 in history.

And rookie Kobe Bryant has actually cut 60+ twice! This is an incredible achievement! The big difference may be that Kobe Bryant has more three-point shots, and the scoring efficiency of three-point shots is obviously higher than that of two-point shots, which does not mean that he can shoot three-point shots to get high points, and you don't see three-point masters like Larry Bird and Reggie Miller, and only Bird has cut a 60+ game against the Hawks in 85. is as strong as Olajuwon, and he has only 2 50+ times in his career!

Kobe Bryant's two 60+ have completely established his superstar status, and his explosive scoring power has been recognized by everyone. The players and coaches in the league are currently recognized that Kobe Bryant must not be allowed to play well, otherwise he can really destroy the existence of a team single-handedly. Kobe Bryant's scoring explosion is already one of the best in the league, and perhaps only Michael Jordan can match it.

The point is that Kobe Bryant is only 18 years old! And Michael is 34 years old! Big Dream Olajuwon is also 34 years old! The 84 Diamond Generation has come to the end of its era, and their era is about to pass.

How many years are left in the year that belongs to Michael Jordan? The future must be Kobe's, this is already a fact recognized by all basketball people. It can also be seen from this sneaker craze that Kobe Bryant is not only playing well, his commercial value, and his attraction to fans are ahead of all the rookie stars of this era! Stern's exception to send him the Player of the Month of the month is a signal that the league wants to support Kobe Bryant's ascension!

Even if it doesn't reach the top now, it must be Kobe's in the future.

Michael Jordan and Olajuwon both know this, as the two strongest people in the 84 Diamond Generation, they have recently gone all out to treat the game is unwilling to accept the passage of time, if the future does not belong to them, then at least, grasp the present!

Michael once again started the god-killing mode after many years, and Olajuwon began to train the league's new era interior in turn, and Garnett, Webb and others have become his subordinates.

Olajuwon wants to catch the end of his prime, and the peak of a basketball player is different. There are some players who rely on their bodies to play and go on a rampage, and their peak is just five years old between 22 and 27. As soon as time passes, or even before time passes, their bodies are devastated.

Players with a normal style of play, players with both physical and technical skills, are generally at their peak at the age of 25-32. After this age, it will start to decline.

And a player like Olajuwon, who first develops his body to the extreme, and then develops his technique to the extreme, his peak will not be more than 35 years old. Now he can still rely on the historical level of the inside footsteps to play the ability of 9 into the peak, and in another year or two, it will be a cliff-like decline.

Even if he is as confident as Olajuwon, he believes in the power of time.

The last pinnacle, the last impact of a champion!

This is Olajuwon's long-cherished wish, and he always wants to stand on the stage of the finals, defeat Michael Jordan head-on, and let everyone realize that he is the worthy king of the diamond generation! The inside line is always stronger than the outside line!

It's a pity that Olajuwon and Michael Jordan missed perfectly in the years when they entered the finals, and the two of them have never had a peak duel between the two kings on the inside and the gods on the outside.

"Perhaps, this year is the last chance." Olajuwon, who was sitting on a flight to Los Angeles, had this idea popping into his head.

Looking out the glass window at the lights of California's west coast, Olajuwon clenched his fists as he looked at his sleeping teammates.

Reminiscent of Ralph Sampson's care when he first came to Houston. At the end of the 1980s, Otis Thorpe fought alongside himself. Then there was the addition of Kenny Smith in the early 1990s, culminating in a championship over young O'Neal and Penny after Michael Jordan left the league to retire. The following year, Drexler took the initiative to join in when he felt that there was no hope of winning the championship, and the two defeated the Iron Knicks 4-3 to win a rare double championship in history.

Last season, Houston, the defending champion with no personnel adjustments, was swept 4-0 by the SuperSonics. Payton single-handedly locked up all the Houston perimeter, which eventually led to him not receiving the ball at all and being swept by a big score. Then this season, Charles Barkley added another superstar.

In the last ten years of his career, Olajuwon has experienced too much. The teammates around him have changed one after another, and their playing style has been adjusted again and again, in what way will your career come to an end? After retiring from the sport, what kind of historical position will the commentators and fans put themselves in?

Olajuwon has no way of knowing any of this, he only knows one thing, as a non~, if you want to gain the respect of the United States, then you must be the number one winner.

The number one winner of American professional basketball has only one year, and that is the championship!

Olajuwon's goal has never changed since he entered the league, he just wants to earn respect.