The Lakers also lost the same day, and the loss was more ugly, losing to the Hornets by a 93-odd margin.

In 2002, the Hornets were acquired and left Charlotte to move to New Orleans, where they continued to play in the East for the past two years. The league promised that Charlotte would continue to have NBA teams for the 2004-2005 season. In June 2003, the new Charlotte Bobcats were formed and joined the league to compete in the 2004-2005 NBA season.

This season, the Hornets missed out on a potential rookie by not drafting forward David West in the summer and picking swingman Alexander Pavlovich. Star small forward Jamal Mashburn is also out due to injury, and his strength has dropped significantly. In this unfavorable condition, the Hornets still defeated the Lakers under the leadership of Byron Davis.

The Hornets had a clear advantage at the No. 1 position, and "Bearded" Davis blew up veterans Payton and Fisher, leading the team of five to score double-doubles.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant was in a slump, playing 38 minutes, shooting 7-of-22, 0-of-5 three-pointers, and 3-of-4 free throws, scoring 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

O'Neal had a physical advantage against Hornets center Magloyer, who played 30 minutes and finished with 21 points and six rebounds on 8-of-11 shooting and 5-of-8 from the free-throw line.

The Lakers' games this year are becoming more and more incomprehensible, and reporters thought that O'Neal would be as angry as Kobe Bryant was selfish after the game, and there was big news to dig up, but there was nothing to say in O'Neal's press conference.

After chatting with Guo Xu, O'Neal knew that the Lakers' lineup was flawed and decided to play healthy basketball in the regular season. He reduced his shots, regardless of the data, Kobe Bryant likes to shoot more, let him shoot.

He's going to have to save his energy and wait for the playoffs to play again, and then he'll fight for the championship and people will recognize his quality if he wins.

In Guo Xu's previous life, O'Neal did just that, he averaged 37 minutes per game in the regular season, only 14 shots, and his statistics were 21.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists.

Entering the finals, Ao Fat faced the defense of Double Wallace, averaging 26.6 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, shooting 63.1% from the field.

It's to say that Ben Wallace defended O'Neal, and if the fat man had made more shots in the finals, the Lakers would not have easily lost the championship 1-4. It's a pity that in the finals, "You Kno Ho" averaged 22.6 points on 22.6 shots per game, and his 38.1% shooting rate and 17.4% three-point shooting rate couldn't be brought by God......

The rest of the Lakers shot less, and George only played 30 minutes, shooting 6-of-10 and 4-of-5 from three-point range, scoring 16 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Malone and Payton each shot 7 times, followed the switchback run, and played soy sauce.

After the game, O'Neal, Malone, and Payton didn't bother to evaluate the game. Bryant said: "I just want to play a smooth offense, and if somebody is unhappy with that, let him go." ”

In any case, Kobe Bryant held the ball alone, and the rhythm from dribbling to shooting was indeed smooth. If Payton had controlled the ball and let Kobe Bryant play without the ball, then he wouldn't be able to be fluent.

Many weaknesses of the Lakers are beginning to appear, Payton will not integrate into the triangle offense, because the triangle offense is singles, Payton can play singles during the supersonic period, the problem is that he likes to play low with his back, and the funny thing is that "Lakers F4" all like to play low with his back.

Can't Peyton take it from the backcourt to the frontcourt and play with his back, right? He's waiting for opportunities from the perimeter after passing the ball, and he's not a reliable shooter, and he's never shot more than 40 percent from three-point range in a career season.

All in all, all four of the Lakers' stars have great individual abilities, but they don't have good chemistry.

On November 10, the Suns defeated the Warriors 109-96 on the road, refusing to lose in a row.

After the Warriors sent away Jamison, Drew Gooden got a lot of playing opportunities, playing an average of 34 minutes per game in the new season, with 16 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2 assists.

But the Warriors started the season with 1 win and 4 losses, and they had problems both inside and outside defense.

On the 12th, the Suns won more easily against the Hawks at home, leading by a large score at halftime, and finally slaughtered the Hawks by 43 points.

In a multi-party trade in the summer, the Hawks gave Glenn Robinson to the 76ers for nothing, only to trade retired veteran Terrell Brandon from the Timberwolves for the final year of his contract.

The management's move is to solve the contradiction between the "big dog" and the "penny" and make the locker room more harmonious. However, after squeezing away the "big dog" who averaged 20.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3 assists per game, Hardaway played an average of 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game this season.

After a day off, the Suns flew to Houston and challenged the Rockets on the 14th.

Van Gundy insisted that Yao Ming and Cato start together, strictly guarded the restricted area, and relied on rotation on the perimeter, giving the Suns a chance to play on the outside.

Guo Xu played 38 minutes, hit 10 three-pointers, scored 55 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 steals, and led the Suns to a 118-90 victory over the Rockets and won three consecutive victories.

Steve Francis, like Guo Xu, played 38 minutes, had 26 points and four rebounds, and only dished out one assist.

The only good news for the Rockets was that Yao Ming had a slight advantage against Stoudamire, shooting 8-of-17 from the field and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line, chipped in 21 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

Guo Xu won the Western Conference Player of the Week for two consecutive weeks, with no rivals, he played a total of 8 games, scoring 50+ three times, including 60+10 in one game.

He averaged 38 points per game, and even more terrifyingly, he also had 12 assists, and his 2.7 steals per game also ranked first in the league.

Guo Xu has increased gambling steals this season, and the team's overall offense is very good, and when he is more than one ahead, he sees the opportunity to help his teammates help defend and sneak up on the ball carrier from behind and from the side, and many steals come from this way.

After the game, Guo Xu was touted by major media, and many people were optimistic that he would win the regular season MVP like O'Neal.

ESPN experts said: "Jason Kuo's state has been terrible since the start of the game, and it is entirely possible to cut an average of 30+10 per game this season, as long as he does this, he should be unanimously elected MVP." ”

"Jason's contemporaries are miserable, he's only 22 years old, and from that point of view, it's not necessarily his prime, and the point guards who came into the league around 2000 have been playing against him for many years," Barkley said. ”

"Jason's goal this year is to win a championship, and if he succeeds, the league will have another point guard superstar who dominates the league after Magic Johnson," ABC Radio said. ”

Of course, there will be people who will disagree, and the famous Orcas Robertson said: "A player like Jason Guo is actually not difficult to guard, because the coaching ability of the NBA team is insufficient, and he can't play at all if he is placed in the previous NBA." ”

"Big O" is like in the era when he played, the players' three-point failure was due to tight defense, and he was much better than Guo Xuniu, averaging 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists per game under the peak of "strict defense".

In fact, it was a time when the NBA only had 8 teams, and the NBA did not have a three-point line until the retirement of the "Big O".

Guo Xu was asked by reporters in an interview, he said: "These remarks have no impact on me, I have always respected the predecessors who paved the way for us, I took over their torch, and will pass it on to the next generation of players in the future." ”

Guo Xu smiled: "I can accept whatever everyone says, as long as you don't say that I'm a selfish player." ”

He has always seen that the celebrities have retired, and he can't pull them out to blow them up, and suppressing the current players is the key.

His goal is to create his own era, rather than constantly fantasizing about what it was like to play in an era when there were no streams, no money to make, and no one was paying attention to the NBA.