In December, the NBA scheduled three gimmicky Christmas games.

Spurs vs Cavaliers, GDP Combo vs. James and Boozer; Celtics vs Magic, both teams are upstarts this year, ranked in the top two in the East; The highlight is the Suns' away game against the Lakers, the defending champions and the big dark horse.

President David Stern chose to continue to praise the Lakers after they rebuild, and the national live broadcast was secondary to the Warriors who joined Kobe Bryant.

It is worth mentioning that Kobe Bryant was absent from this year's Christmas game, and his feud with O'Neal has been settled. O'Neal's stats are not bad after being traded to the Pacers, but he can't make the playoffs, and the Pacers vs Warriors can't attract fans.

As for the Warriors vs Lakers, the league would not dare to arrange it like this, and if Kobe Bryant was booed by Los Angeles fans, the game would be full of gunpowder, and Christmas should not be this atmosphere.

In the summer, many Kobe Bryant said that Los Angeles is inseparable from Kobe, and the high ratings and attention are all because of Kobe, and this year these people were slapped in the face. To put it bluntly, the NBA is a hero who wins or loses, and the key is to win, and all other factors are false.

In Guo Xu's previous life, even if Kobe Bryant announced his retirement, his farewell tour could not save the ratings of the bottom Lakers. That season, the Lakers' ratings were the lowest in franchise history, down 23 percent from the previous year.

Big cities tend to get more attention, and the low-key Joe Johnson arrives in Los Angeles and his popularity begins to grow.

Before the start of the game, the media focused on promoting "Jason Guo VS Joe Johnson", "Can the Suns Younger Brother Pick the Big Brother Again", the two sides won the first battle against the Lakers, and the gap in record was not large.

At present, the Suns are second in the West with 19 wins and 8 losses, the Spurs are first with 20 wins and 7 losses, and the Lakers are third in the West with 18 wins and 9 losses.

After training, Guo Xu was interviewed and spoke highly of the opponent Lakers. "I was surprised that they played like this season because they were missing a superstar in the team.

The reporter asked, "What do you think is the main reason why the Lakers are strong?" ”

"Offensive and defensive balance and team cooperation, the Lakers players are very selfless, whoever has the opportunity will shoot more, this style of play is difficult to defend, after all, all teams have defensive weaknesses."

The reporter asked: "How do you evaluate Kobe's performance with the Warriors?" ”

Guo Xu smiled: "I don't evaluate." ”

After Odom's return, the Lakers became very strong, although there was no super scorer, but every offensive end was more blossoming.

Joe Johnson, the center of the perimeter, averaged 19.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5 assists in 38 minutes per game, shooting 45.8% from the field and 38.1% from three-point range. In terms of personal ability, Joe Johnson certainly can't be compared with Kobe, his advantage is that he never messes around, his style of play is selfless, and he only averages 16.3 shots per game.

Joe Johnson's style will never be hated by his teammates, and when Artest and Ellis come to play iron, he will not blame his teammates for his expressionless return defense. His teammates threw in, and he clapped a few times with a blank face. The score was deadlocked to the end, and he dared to take responsibility for the singles, and the hit rate was not low.

Who hates this kind of person? Even if he is very introverted, even if he cherishes words like gold, his teammates think he is cool. Artest likes to find singles to practice defense, and the first thing he did at the press conference was to praise Jo Johnson for playing well.

"We're like brothers, and it's great that he's joining the Lakers."

Joe Johnson will also praise Altay a few words, calling him the best defensive player. The atmosphere in the Lakers' locker room has changed for the better, because no one on the team sees themselves as the boss and does not compete for the boss.

They share the ball selflessly, the data gap is not big, and only Joe Johnson and Odom play more than 35 minutes per game, and they are both very efficient.

Atai averaged 15.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3 assists per game and was the team's second-leading scorer, playing on both ends of the floor.

Ellis averaged 15.2 points and 3.5 assists per game, breaking through sharply, scoring on his own and sharing the ball for teammates to catch and shoot.

Bogut averaged 34.3 minutes per game, increased his number of shots to 11.7, hit 6 shots, shot 51.1% from the field, shot 63.3% from the free throw line, and averaged 14.8 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.7 blocks per game.

Odom played 36.8 minutes, averaging 14 points, 10 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block per game while shooting 52.5% from the field.

The others didn't score in double figures, but two of them scored around 10 points, Battier and Fisher.

The Lakers have a good offense and a stronger defense, and few teams can hit the Lakers' restricted area, so the Rockets with Yao Ming have a little advantage, which makes Bogut suffer a single defense.

The Lakers' wing defense ability is the first in the league, and they meet strong stars such as Pierce, James, and Anthony, Artest, and defend against stars like Kobe Bryant and Carter. Joe Johnson and Barnes have a similar defensive style to the two specialists, only slightly weaker.

The Lakers' wings can handle a variety of players, and Battier and Atay can play together against small-ball plays, with one of them playing at the No. 4 spot. Battier defended against Nowitzki and Marion well, and Atay's strength and weight could withstand some blue-collar power forwards.

Ellis and Fisher complement each other's styles, one is good at attacking with the ball, and the other is good at catching and shooting three-pointers. Famar also has a chance to perform, he knows everything, he is good at everything.

Without a big-name star, "Zen Master" Phil Jackson no longer needs to spend energy dealing with the relationship between the players, arranging the tactics to become flexible and changeable, and targeting the opponent's defensive weaknesses.

When the opponent is slow on the outside, such as against the Nets, Jackson will let Ellis play the main shooting guard for a long time, and send a two-guard combination on the perimeter to break down the opponent in waves.

The Lakers play well, but some people are depressed, such as Chinese player Sun Yue. He didn't sign immediately after being drafted by the Lakers in the second round and continued to play in the ABA League with the Aoshen this season. It's not that the Lakers don't want Sun Yue, it's that the Lakers and Aoshen haven't negotiated the specific details of cooperation.

The Aoshen team is a magical existence, and since being banned by the CBA in 2005, the Aoshen has lived a life of exile. Due to the wealth of the team owner, there is no shortage of outstanding talents in the team, Sun Yue, Zhang Songtao, Huo Nan and Wu Guanxi, who was selected for the U19 national youth team, are among the representatives. It is difficult for players to terminate their super long contract with Okushen and have to pay huge liquidated damages. If they don't leave, they can only play exhibition matches.

Sun Yue signed a deed of sale with Ao Shen, and the details of the contract are different, some say it is 20 years, some say it is 25 years, and some say it is a lifetime contract. In short, the players in Aoshen are the private property of the owner, and this place is more like the underworld than like a basketball team.

Sun Yue wanted to escape, but the reality ruthlessly crushed his dream, and the current situation shows that the Lakers may not be able to sign him next season, and the existing outside players are performing very well. The best outcome is probably that the Lakers trade his signing rights away to join another team.

Even more depressed is the traded Kobe Bryant, who rose strongly as soon as he left the Lakers, but the Warriors he joined were half-dead outside the playoffs, and he was about to go crazy when he saw his popularity plummet this season.

There are fewer fans who speak for Kobe Bryant, because he scolded the owner and manager in the summer, demanded that the Lakers trade him out, and seemed to have no nostalgia for the Los Angeles fans who supported him.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Kobe Bryant's opening game this season also attracted the fans to boo, but he performed very well and became the MVP in the end. Now Kobe Bryant can't change the minds of Lakers fans, no matter how good he plays, it's useless, because he left the Lakers as he wished and became an enemy in the same district.

In contrast to the Lakers' strength, Kobe Bryant sparked controversy with the Warriors...... ()

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