After Eddie Jones and I were each other's sparring partners, our training was really good, and I think it would be nice to be able to add some one-on-one intensive training on top of the individual training.

Eddie Jones was also quite happy with his form today, and as for the one-on-one heads-up between me and Eddie Jones, it didn't actually take place, because just after I practiced with him for about 40 minutes, Shaq and some other players from the team came to the arena.

This surprised me a little, if Shaq seemed to be in a good state of mind today, he probably went out to play crazy in the past two days, and some other Lakers players also followed him to the arena.

I didn't expect Shaq and the rest of the Lakers players to come so early today, not early for me, but quite early for themselves, and of course it's a good thing, something I'd love to see.

Since Shaq is here, I propose that the team split into two teams for a five-on-five intra-team match, although head coach Silver Fox Harris did not ask everyone to come to the team training in the afternoon today, but this is indeed a very good opportunity, every team training can actually bring some more or less chemistry to our team.

I didn't expect Shaq to agree quite decisively today, as long as Shaq spoke, the other Lakers players basically had no opinions, and now the Lakers have actually formed a faction centered on Shaq and the rest of the faction like me and Eddie Jones and a few bench players, of course, Scott is still on Shak's side.

To be as fair as possible, Shaq brought a few bench players to the first team, and I formed a team with Eddie Jones and three other starters, but the biggest player on our team was Robert Horry, who was definitely a disadvantage against Shaq, but it wasn't good to say that at least his three-point range could be a headache for Shaq.

The two teams that we were divided into within the Lakers played a total of three battles over the course of more than an hour, each time winning by the first 21 points, and in the end Eddie Jones and I lost 1-2 to Shaq's team.

In fact, I could see some surprise on Eddie Jones' face, because it was a bit of an unbelievable thing to me that he was still losing to a couple of substitutes led by Shaq when I was both in good hands.

But it's not for no reason, today Robert Horry was completely crushed against Shaq, all aspects were crushed, and more than half of their team's scoring came from Shaq.

Of course, there is no way to do this, I originally thought that Robert Horry could play a certain role on the outside, but Shaq was particularly excited today, and the pace of the defensive end was very fast, and he didn't even give Robert Horry many opportunities to shoot in the open position.

Originally, Shaq was relatively weak when defending the pick-and-roll, but Robert Horry's pick-and-roll quality was not high, and it was difficult to directly take advantage of the opportunity to have a good chance with his block.

If it weren't for me and Eddie Jones who had a very good hand today, I am afraid that we would not have won a single game, and the only one that won was to rely on me and Eddie Jones to hit consecutive three-point shots to completely pull the score away.

And once our hand drops, it will be difficult to win against Shaq, who has been able to stabilize the output on the inside.

Through this intra-team game, I also realized that Shaq can indeed be regarded as the foundation of our Lakers team, and only if he maintains a stable performance, our Lakers team can have the most basic strength guarantee.

Eddie Jones and I are the players who can determine the ceiling of our Lakers' game, and how well we play will affect whether or not we have a chance to beat the best teams in the league, so we are all one and we need to work together.

Because the tacit understanding between me and Shaq on the court has been increasing day by day in many recent games, so even if we still have some friction after the game, everything is diluted by the joy of victory, and even if there are conflicts, both sides can still tolerate it.

I believe that as long as Shaq and I can always lead the Lakers to victory, then these off-court contradictions are actually not worth mentioning.

After 6 o'clock, I temporarily finished the training, after all, I had been practicing since the morning, and my body was starting to feel a little tired, and I had to play a game against the Detroit Pistons, and I needed to take a shower and eat something, and finally meditate to recover my physical and mental state.

Maybe it's because the time and intensity of today's training is really a bit too big, and I really didn't have much appetite for dinner, so I found an Italian ramen to eat, and this taste brought back some memories of Kobe's childhood, and when I recall these scenes of Kobe's childhood, I no longer feel as uncomfortable as before, and it seems that I have gradually gotten used to all this.

I eat very slowly, I can't overeat after exercise, pasta can supplement me with some carbohydrates, and then with some yogurt, cheese or something to supplement me with enough protein.

Instead of going straight back to the pitch after dinner, I went back to the dressing room and found a place to sit and meditate, which I've been getting into more and more often lately.

Many times I will enter a meditative state at any time, even if it is just a few tens of seconds or a few minutes, meditation can bring me some help, in the case of meditation my body and spirit gradually become more unified, and magically, I can also have some conversations with Kobe's soul from time to time in a meditative state, and exchange some basketball knowledge with him.

Now I seem to have shared all the memories with Kobe, and he can also know about my past life, he is quite curious about the era in which I lived in my previous life, and when I am in a meditative state, I will talk about some things about my past life, and the era in which I was in my previous life, there is no doubt that Kobe Bryant is a very curious guy, he has a lot of time now, in addition to being able to see what I usually do, he also devotes a lot of time to understanding the memories of my past life.

This also helped me, because he seemed to be able to enter some subconscious states that I can't even enter now, where some of my forgotten memories of my past life might be able to be retrieved with his help.

I'm a little looking forward to Kobe Bryant and I being in charge of a game in the future, or a few quarters in a game, which is really interesting, with his personality, I don't know what kind of performance he will have on the court, and then I can take a back seat and silently watch him go to the court to be super good, and I am responsible for traveling and playing with Jessica everywhere, hahahaha It's pretty good.

A few hours later, our Lakers game against the Detroit Pistons on the road is about to start, under the introduction of the commentator, the starters of both teams entered the court in turn, our Lakers starters are still unchanged, and most of the starters on the Pistons' side I don't know, but the shooting guard Joe. Dumas and small forward Grant Hill I know each other.

This year should be Grant Hill's third season in the league, I read the scouting report about him before the game, this season he averaged more than 20 points per game, and also had 9 rebounds and 7 assists, which can be regarded as a very versatile forward player, you must know that in this era to be able to achieve such data, it is even quite close to the average data of a superstar.

Before the game, I approached head coach Silver Fox Harris and told him that I really wanted to play against Grant Hill, and he was not very willing at first, but he couldn't resist my repeated requests, and finally agreed to let me play against Grant Hill.

I will not let go of every encounter with a strong opponent, only in the confrontation with such a strong opponent can I find my own shortcomings as much as possible, and improve my strength faster.

In order to survive in the competitive NBA, you must always be full of a sense of crisis, and your biggest opponent is never someone else, but yourself, and you can only continue to challenge your limits after overcoming your arrogance and inertia.

After the start of the game, Shaq still jumped to the first attacking opportunity relatively easily, and Van Exel, after getting the ball, quickly dribbled the ball to the front court, looking for a suitable attacking opportunity.

In fact, despite the fact that the Detroit Pistons don't seem to have a few famous players on the roster, they have a good record this season, with a win rate close to 70%, which means that we can't take them too lightly, and the less famous the players, the better their team basketball will play, as we experienced in our last game against the Boston Celtics.

Shaq is still very ferocious after the opening, this guy plays particularly fierce at the beginning of almost every game, of course, this is due to his character, wanting to strike first, and it is also caused by the team's tactical design.

Allowing Shaq, the most consistent scoring point in the opening game, can quickly attract the attention of the opponent's defenders and change their defensive positions, so as to better create better offensive opportunities for our perimeter players.

Shaq is generally in good shape after the start, he usually doesn't train much, but the physical talent is really terrifying, strong athleticism plus invincible explosiveness, and now the weight has also gone up, and the whole body is several swimming rings larger than the player who defends him, as long as his physical fitness is enough, then he is basically invincible on the inside.

After the Pistons started the game, they were not too willing to wrap Shaq too early, so they could only let Shaq make waves on their inside, maybe their tactic was to let Shaq attack alone, anyway, his physical fitness is limited, as long as we don't let our outside players shoot away, then the point difference will not be too big, at least in the second half.

If we had wrapped Shaq too early, we would have been able to shoot very easily from the outside, so the margin would have widened very quickly, and Shaq's fitness would have been well preserved.

In fact, there are a number of teams that have already set up their defensive tactics in this way, that is, in the first half Shaq scored like crazy, as long as the score is not too far behind, they will be able to get a chance in the second half.

In fact, there are so many games in which the opponent's defensive tactics are quite effective, Shaq in the second half, especially after the fourth quarter, the combat effectiveness has indeed declined a lot, but unfortunately I am here, many games at the last moment rely on me and some tacit understanding with Shaq just cultivated, and snatch some victories into our hands.

Although there is sometimes an element of luck in it, it is clear that our Lakers team is not very afraid of the opponent using this tactic, because even if Shaq is not as fierce in the second half as he was in the first half, he still has a considerable deterrent ability as long as he is on the court, and I tend to explode in the second half, so I can make up for the negative impact of Shaq's physical decline in the second half.

However, Shaq was really in a bit too good today, and there were several small hooks that were thrown out casually on top of the rebounds, and finally bounced into the basket, and I don't know if he aimed at the rebound, or if he went in by luck with a random hook.

In less than four minutes of the opening game, Shaq had already scored 10 points in a row by himself, hitting all five shots, including three dunks and two hooks.

On the home court of the Pistons, there are a number of balls that can be blown two plus one for Shaq's fouls, but it seems that Shaq doesn't care about these at all, because free throws may become something for him to interfere with the continuity of his hand, and he is happy that the referee will not blow these fouls, anyway, he can smash the ball into the basket with several fouls on his shoulder.

It seems that the only person who can stop Shaq is his own physical fitness, and there are too few people in today's alliance who can directly rely on single defense to defend him, or maybe no, Dameng Olajuwang can't carry Shaq at all when he gets older, Uncle Mu Mutombo has enough height and arm span, but his athleticism and lower limb strength are a little worse, and last time Shaq was able to directly knock Uncle Mu away from a large chunk when he faced Uncle Mu.

Others, such as this year's rookie Marcus Camby, although he is also a defensive master, is only a rookie player after all, and his physical strength is too much worse, and other top centers in the league like Mourning, Admiral, Ewing, etc. are actually a weight difference with Shaq, and it is unlikely that they will really defend Shaq after a full outburst.

Shaq scored in a row, and the Detroit Pistons, on the other hand, fell into a state of offensive short-circuit after the opening game, relying only on free throws to score four points, and Grant Hill, who I was opposing, did not seem to have much desire to attack, but their meritorious veteran Joe Dumas looked very positive after the start.

It's a pity that after all, the years are not forgiving, his current movement speed is quite slow, the threat on the offensive end is actually not very large, and his height is not too tall in scoring guards, so once the speed drops, there is no particularly strong offensive means.

It seems that I didn't make a mistake in choosing to play against Grant Hill, he doesn't have a force now doesn't mean that he won't work later, Joe Dumas's strength is definitely not as good as Grant Hill, as long as I can have a certain advantage in the opposition with him today, then today's victory in this game is basically in the bag of our Lakers.

Finally after Shaq scored his 12th point, Grant Hill started to work hard, and by this time the Pistons were already eight points behind our Lakers, which was a lot of trail in less than five minutes of the opening game.

And the head coach of the Pistons didn't mean to call a timeout at all, it seemed that he was very confident in the player's ability to solve problems on the court, or he felt that he couldn't change the situation on the court even if he called a timeout at this time.

Grant Hill pulled away and was ready to play singles, he was relatively far away from my position, and I actually took a step back a little because the scouting report said that his first move was very fast, and he was six feet eight inches tall, and I was a full two inches shorter than him, so if he could get past me after the first step, it would be very difficult for me to interfere with his defense.

Grant Hill put the ball low, but I didn't actually go close to defend him, so it was more of a habitual move on the offensive end, and I knew he was ready to attack.

Sure enough, I saw Grant Hill make a tentative step with a small range of movement on the spot, first made a forward feint to the left, but his feet did not move, my important moved slightly, and the inertia made me a little bit unable to fully stabilize my body, and then Grant Hill took advantage of the moment when my body stiffened, and immediately launched a real breakthrough.

Grant Hill's first step is really fast, the most important thing is that he is tall enough and his stride is big enough, like Iverson, although the first step speed will be faster, but after all, height and stride are limited, so even if he occupies a certain offensive position ahead, you still have a chance to chase and defend.

But once Grant Hill breaks through more than half of your body, it's hard to keep up with his offense, and I'm already a position behind him in an instant.

However, Shaq is squatting in the penalty area at this time, and Shaq is quite excited today, when he was separated from us before the game and the two groups were in the team training, he was very active on the defensive end, and after starting the game, he also showed a completely different defensive enthusiasm from the past, and many of the balls he would usually let go, now he will actively defend.

I don't know why Shaq showed this change, but at least it's been a pretty good change, and it's a good thing for us as a Lakers as a team.

In the face of the menacing Shaq, Grant Hill did not dare to confront head-on, and directly completed the attack with a quick stop mid-range shot, his shooting posture is quite handsome, of course, it is still a little worse than Joe Dandey's dry pull shot, but his bounce speed is very fast, his body is very light, Shaq's save is not completely saved, and the ball still gives him considerable room to shoot.

Grant Hill's shot hit, and there was a warm cheer from the home crowd on the sidelines, but the sound was much worse than the Boston Celtics home fans we faced in the last game, but there are few fans in the league who can compare to the North Shore Garden Arena, and even our Los Angeles Lakers' home stadium can't reach that big fan voice.

Although Grant Hill made the ball, we didn't feel anything, because Shaq and I actually had the right defensive strategy for him, which was to force him to use a jump shot from mid-to-long range to complete the offense, after all, this is a relatively inefficient way to shoot offensively, and in terms of Shaq's efficiency on the offensive end, if they keep playing like this, it will only make our Lakers continue to widen the score.

At this time, our Lakers still led the Detroit Pistons by 6 points 12-6, and in the next offensive round, Shaq no longer seemed to want to play alone, and at this time the Pistons' defensive strategy has not changed, and Shaq is still defending alone, but the continuous positive performance on the offensive end and the defensive end has made Shaq enter a small fatigue period in advance, and we must now change our offensive strategy.

I watched the Pistons' defensive strategy from beyond the three-point line with the ball in hand, and saw that they were completely defending one-on-one man-to-man tactics with almost no zone support in them, so I considered attacking directly through one-on-one play.

Instead of letting Shaq come up and give me a pick-and-roll, I motioned for the rest of my teammates to open up space and give me a one-on-one chance with Grant Hill, who had just hit me under my defense, and now I'm going to get it back.

In the face of my sharp gaze, Grant Hill's eyes were quite calm, as if I was just a very insignificant player, and it was not worth much effort to defend at all.

His attitude angered me a little, and this anger carried that familiar warm current throughout my body in an instant, and I felt that my arms and torso were a little hot at this time.

In this case, my reflexes and movement rhythm were even faster than usual, and no one could stop my attacks when I felt very hot all over.

Grant Hill didn't defend my defense closely, and seemed to be more afraid of my breakthrough ability, at this time I also used a tentative step to judge his defensive focus, when I found that he didn't seem to be ready to defend my three-point shot, I had a plan in mind, first with a left-hand breakthrough move, the body took a step forward.

Grant Hill reacted very quickly when he saw my movements, he obviously didn't want to give me any room to break through, but my movement was actually just a false feint, and then a backward pull and forward cross-step, at this time Grant Hill's center of gravity did not completely ease, and then I did not take this opportunity to break through to the right hand.

Because I found that Grant Hill's footwork position is very good, and he has a certain advantage over me in height and reach, my forward change of direction did not completely make him lose his center of gravity, so at this time the breakthrough may not be able to occupy a very good position, and then my brain moved, and I took a small step back with the ball, and my body had withdrawn beyond the three-point line.

Then I raised my hand, a three-point shot directly, Grant Hill obviously did not expect that I would use this trick to step back three-pointer, in fact, my step-back three-point shot and the later Deng's step-back three-point is still quite different, first of all, my step-back action is more clear, it is a very ordinary step-back three-pointer, because I don't know the referee's penalty for step-back in this era, so I don't dare to use Deng's kind of step-back three-point that retreats twice in a row.

Today I finally regained my good three-point shooting touch, and this three-point shot also went in, and I remember how many minutes I haven't made a three-pointer on the court in a row!

At this time, our Lakers have led the Pistons by 9 points 15-6, and finally let their head coach call a timeout, obviously he can tolerate Shaq's outburst, but seeing me shoot outside the three-point line, then he can't bear it anymore, after all, when I and Shaq break out at the same time, I'm afraid that their Pistons will be blown up at halftime.

At the timeout, head coach Silver Fox Harris repeatedly stressed that we need to maintain this mental state and that it is best to take a lead of more than 15 points in the first quarter, so that we will be in full control of the game and the next win will be in the bag for us.

All the players of the Lakers team are in a good state of mind today, and even the roaring voice is much louder than the previous games, although it is still an away game today, but after the baptism of the first two away games, our Lakers' will to fight has been completely stimulated, and the Pistons have suffered this game.

And I feel that today's Pistons team's desire to win is not very strong, at least when facing us, all the players are much worse in terms of mental outlook and momentum, and basketball often relies on the momentum on the court.

This is like leading troops to fight, when morale rises, you can be invincible, and once morale is frustrated, you may be defeated and retreat, so when you compare your strong opponent on the basketball court, not only can you not be afraid of him, but also show a stronger desire to win and aggressiveness, only in this way can you make your momentum up, and you can make the rhythm of the game more beneficial to you.

After the timeout, the Pistons made early substitutions, they replaced the interior players, replaced two small but faster forward players, this kind of substitution is similar to the routine used by many teams in dealing with Shaq recently, that is, let the misplaced play Shaq, can't defend Shaq on the defensive end, then bet on the offensive end.

And their substitution also means that the bag and foul on Shaq are coming.

The Pistons began to use pick-and-roll tactics in the first offensive round after the timeout, and their tactical thinking was also to pull the players opposite Shaq outside the three-point line as much as possible, which could effectively reduce the threat that Shaq brought on the defensive end, although Shaq was not bad on defense today, but after all, he still couldn't prevent it outside the three-point line.

It's also a good idea to use pick-and-roll tactics to get Shaq to defend perimeter players, and the Pistons have to find a way to change their tactics now, after all, their tactics have proven to be ineffective.

We were going to use the pick-and-roll switch to stop Shaq from switching with opposing guards, but the fact is that the two interior players the Pistons come on the court seem to have good three-point shooting.

Shaq's holes on the defensive end were relatively easy to grasp after all, and the Pistons managed to shoot two balls from beyond the three-point line in the next four or five rounds, and then took advantage of Shaq's lack of concentration when switching defenses to cut inside into the restricted area and score two points.

And our Lakers' offense after the timeout is relatively poor, the Pistons' defense did begin to shrink significantly, when Shaq's physical fitness declined slightly, their quick wrapping tactics can make Shaq fall into a relatively large pain, after all, his center of gravity is too high, as the so-called Tigers can't stand the wolves.

Shaq's first or second after receiving the ball inside is the most dangerous time, and if the opposing team is desperate to frantically trap Shaq at this time, it will probably still have an effect.

This has been reflected in the previous games, it seems that most teams have formed a relatively systematic defensive strategy when dealing with Shaq, that is, at the beginning of the game, let Shaq attack wildly, which will quickly consume his physical energy, and then then carry out crazy wrapping on Shaq, so that there is a great chance of causing Shaq's mistakes, even if the foul puts him on the free throw line, it is a good way to defend.

And to be honest, Shaq's emotional control ability is not very good, so if you can find ways to provoke Shaq, then you can often achieve some good results.

Once Shaq was caught in a rage and went crazy singles, the opposing team's defensive strategy worked, and in fact the more ferocious Shaq was in the first half, the more his form slipped in the second half.

Obviously, Shaq was a little bit overpowered today, and he was in a state of over-emotion from the start, and to be honest, it didn't do him or our Lakers as a whole good.

The back-to-back turnovers and offensive movement disorders gave the Lakers an 8-2 spurt by the Pistons, and the difference between the two sides returned to just three points.

At this time, there were about four minutes left before the end of the first quarter, and head coach Silver Fox Harris decisively called a timeout.

Shaq's emotions seemed a little excited during the pause, and no one dared to say that he and provoked him, everyone knows that this guy's personality is like a spoiled child, and you can't directly accuse him of treating him, the more you accuse him, the bigger his temper will be, and the more rebellious he is, so the head coach Silver Fox Harris is only making tactical arrangements with him at this time, without mentioning Shaq's problems on the field.

In fact, Shaq is indeed a double-edged sword, while it has great lethality, you also have to be careful not to be hurt by it, many times Shaq's behavior on the offensive and defensive ends actually hurts the team, but there are always people who will stand up for him to clean up the mess left behind.

This person could be me, it could be Eddie Jones, it could be all the other Lakers players, and although this is a shortcoming, it is actually the less annoying thing about this guy.

The main purpose of head coach Silver Fox Harris calling this timeout is to make substitutions, and he now usually replaces substitutes directly after the second half of the first quarter, and each time it is a five-up-five-down change.

To be honest, there are actually some risks in this way of substitution, because many times the new substitute players are not able to adapt to the team's tactical layout or the state of the game on the field so quickly, and the other head coach who likes to go up and down is the legendary coach Popovich, of course, it is obvious that the coaching level of the silver fox Harris is still much worse than that of Popovich.

However, it is strange to say that this season, head coach Silver Fox Harris always likes to go up and down, but there have not been many times when the substituted player has not been able to adapt to the rhythm of the game, which may be because our Lakers bench players generally have a player with strong individual ability.

At the beginning of the season I was on the bench to support the team's attacking banner, and then when I came into the starting line-up, Eddie Jones came on the bench to take my place and lead the bench players.

Facts have also proved that both me and Eddie Jones are still relatively good at playing the role of the team's sixth man, plus our Lakers bench players are still very motivated to play although some of them are not too strong, as can be seen from their recent games to the arena in advance to practice.

After the timeout, Eddie Jones and Byron Scott led the other three bench players on the court, and the Pistons also replaced their bench players, but they did not make five up and five down substitutions, but left Grant Hill on the court, probably because they lacked a role that could play the role of sixth man in their lineup, so generally a starter with good scoring ability will be left on the court to lead the other bench players.

Of course, this substitution method is also the usual substitution method that most teams are using.

I was back on the bench and I wanted to close my eyes and meditate during this time, but the situation on the pitch drew me in and I decided to continue watching what was happening on the pitch for the time being, rather than meditating.

The level of tacit understanding between our Lakers' bench players has become higher and higher, and even Byron Scott, who felt very unreliable to me before, has also behaved well, and I think that with his rich game experience over the years, he should not perform so badly.

However, Eddie Jones still fell slightly behind in the opposition against Grant Hill, who is taller and more athletic than Eddie Jones, and has strong individual singles ability.

But Grant Hill also has a big weakness, as pre-game scouting reports show that he's shooting just 28% from three-point range so far this season, or even less than 30%, which allows you to let go of his three-point shots as much as possible when defending him and play a contractionary defense.

Of course, I also shrunk to defend him before, but his first step was a bit fast, and in addition to the inaccurate three-point shooting, his mid-range jumper was quite powerful, so you have to master the defensive distance with him, otherwise it will be difficult to really defend him.

Maybe it's because Eddie Jones just came on the court and didn't fully warm up, and Grant Hill played most of the quarter, and he didn't work too both offensive and defensive ends during most of the quarter, and now I think the reason why he retained his strength before was to have enough strength to play an advantage in the game stage of the team's second team.

Now Eddie Jones is a little tired in the face of Grant Hill's full attack, without Shaq's strong frame protection on the inside, Grant Hill can go directly to our Lakers' restricted area as long as he passes Eddie Jones, and then make a full layup or dunk with ease.

Eddie Jones' single defense is not bad, but even I am extremely difficult to prevent Grant Hill's breakthrough, and now he naturally has no way to prevent Grant Hill from breaking through with all his strength, after Grant Hill successfully broke through our Lakers defense twice in a row and scored under the basket, our Lakers' overall defense can only shrink inward.

However, at this time, one of the Pistons bench was named Terry. Mills' interior players were on the outside, hitting two three-pointers in the remaining minutes of the first quarter, and I later remembered that this guy was shooting 42 percent from three-point range this season, when the Pistons actually had two players shooting over 40 percent from three-point range and five players shooting over 35 percent from three-point range.

This can be regarded as a relatively early one-star lineup, with Grant Hill as the breakthrough core, and then with a group of outside shooters, no wonder the Pistons don't seem to have any great top stars, but the winning rate is not low, and it is no wonder that Grant Hill's average assists per game this season can reach seven, and his playing style and role in the team at this time is really a bit like the later little emperor LeBron James.

It's no wonder that as soon as he enters the league, he will become a candidate for the so-called Jordan's successor, if it weren't for injuries, he would indeed be the top superstar with his talent and strength, and his relatively big weakness is that his three-point shooting rate has always been relatively low.