On the evening of the 25th, Staples Arena staged a wonderful Christmas battle, the Lakers pressed the opponent to the floor and rubbed, from the first quarter to the end, always maintained a double-digit lead, and the offensive coordination flowed.

At the beginning, the Lakers caught the Trail Blazers off guard, with three players pulling away to attract the defense, and O'Neal and Guo Xu in the middle played a blocking and dismantling offense.

The Trail Blazers are old rivals, Phil Jackson knows very well that Dunleavy will start Sabonis, the league's slowest center, this veteran has the weight and strength to be able to fight O'Neal alone, and the side players can help defend O'Neal at any time, and put role players to shoot, which can indeed reduce the power of O'Neal in the low post.

Jackson arranged tactics for Sabonis's weakness of slow defense, Guo Xu got rid of Stadamire's pull-up jump shot, and Sabonis couldn't defend it.

Rasheed Wallace has an excellent defense and pick-and-roll, Guo Xu attracts the defense and splits the ball, as long as the Lakers players find a way to pass the ball to the middle, O'Neal is a huge threat to block and dismantle.

O'Neal, who rushed up, was not something Sabonis could prevent, he only played 3 minutes before resting with two fouls, and then O'Neal received the ball and attacked the Trail Blazers in the low post and it was difficult to defend.

When the Trail Blazers sent a substitute inside camp to fight O'Neal, the Lakers immediately switched to blocking and dismantling offense, allowing Guo Xu and Kobe Bryant to rely on cover in the middle and side to find the misplaced fat man......

In the end, the Lakers won 116-99, and all four of the team scored double-doubles and all 20+.

O'Neal had 30 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists, Kobe Bryant had 24 points and 6 assists, Guo Xu had 20 points and 3 assists, and Fox had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Fox has always been the Lakers' "X factor", he is the easiest to be emptied of this point, once he feels hot, the opponent can basically only surrender the gun, this game he is strong to steal the spotlight, 6 of 10 shots, 4 of 7 three-point shots, 6 of 7 free throws, super efficient.

After the game, Guo Xu perfunctorily said that the reporter did not celebrate Christmas, but just made a few phone calls to greet friends and family, and returned to the apartment to sleep.

The next day, Guo Xu rested at home in the morning, and after lunch, he felt bored after going to the net for a while, so he put on sportswear and went to the stadium to practice.

Guo Xu is no longer short of money, and the money for two advertising endorsements is enough for him to spend for a long time, but he is not satisfied at all, and he feels very empty in his spare time. It's just that being rich is not enough, he wants to be more famous.

It is not difficult for Guo Xu, a reborn person, to make money, but it is difficult to gain fame and fortune. He likes the thrill of fame, but he doesn't care much about money, as long as NBA stars are not mentally retarded, they can't spend all their money, and making more is just a number.

The most tragic thing in the world may be that there is no fame and no money, and some people make a lot of money, but they are not famous, they lack a sense of existence outside, they lack a sense of accomplishment in their hearts, at most they are an invisible rich man, eating, drinking and having fun, which seems to be meaningless.

If you want to take care of these two aspects, it is useless to rely on luck, and it is even more useless to rely on deception, you must have both talent and morality, and the latter is even more important.

Guo Xu's goal is to become a national idol who can influence many people, a superstar with noble taste and good conduct, and leave a strong mark in history. If you want to achieve this kind of goal, you can't do it without working hard.

There are people in this world who don't get what they work for, and there are people who don't get it for nothing, Guo Xu doesn't want to be a fool who doesn't get it, and he doesn't want to be a waste that he doesn't get for nothing.

Just after Christmas, there was only one employee at the gate of the training hall, and everyone was immersed in the festive atmosphere. Only Guo Xu himself came to practice today, which gave him a sense of accomplishment, as if he had worked harder than Kobe.

On December 28, the Lakers continued their winning streak, beating the Suns 115-78 on the road.

After two days of rest, the Lakers players were physically restored, and the Suns were completely unable to compete in this situation, and it was already garbage time at halftime, and the bad news was that veteran Ron Harper was injured again.

As a veteran who doesn't shoot much, Harper was unlucky to be injured in the right wrist by Mario Eli, a 37-year-old veteran of the Suns, during an air-cut layup. Harper shook his head and smiled bitterly when he left the court, and he couldn't accept it anymore.

Because the team led too much, Guo Xu only played 18 minutes, shooting 4 of 8, 1 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 9 points and 2 assists.

Bryant played 23 minutes, shooting 9-of-15, 3-of-3 from three-point range and 8-of-8 from the free-throw line to finish with 29 points, five rebounds and two steals.

O'Neal played only 30 minutes in the longest minutes, shooting 9-of-14 from the field and 3-of-7 from the free-throw line, finishing with 21 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.

In the second half, "Zen Master" Jackson gave the marginal people enough time to perform, Madsen, Medvidenko, George, Bowen, and Pan Persi started the Suns, and even the point guard was a cameo, and he was stunned for 10 minutes without falling behind, which was a big surprise.

This is the home court of the Suns, and neither the coaches, the players, nor the fans want to lose too ugly, coach Scott Skels is very serious about arranging the lineup, but the players are playing a mess, facing the Lakers' bench defense and frequently hitting the iron.

The Suns' total salary this season is as high as $53.91 million, which is only slightly inferior to the Lakers, and the current record is only 10th in the West. Their trade left people speechless, picking up a bunch of garbage contracts, Gugliotta and Anfernee Hardaway, the two highest-paid people, are both high-paid and low-energy, and Kidd's annual salary of 7.68 million is only in third place with the Suns.

Hardaway, the first-paid player who played only 4 games before being reimbursed for a serious injury, averaging 9.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, looks like a role player without three points, and he doesn't know how much he will recover after his comeback. Seeing his former teammates sitting on the sidelines in suits as spectators, O'Neal felt refreshed.

On the 30th, the Lakers defeated the Clippers 110-103 away.

The Clippers played well off the bench, with all six players scoring in double figures, and the Lakers went back and forth until the final quarter, with O'Neal's two low-post strong shots and Horry's key three-pointers helping the Lakers win the game.

Guo Xu didn't take advantage of the tall point guard McGinnis, and got 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, with a decent performance, the latter 12 points and 5 assists.

The next day, the media reported the Lakers' game, and many "experts" were optimistic that O'Neal would win the regular season MVP this season, and the Lakers' record led the league, and O'Neal's data was the brightest of all the inside, averaging 26.4 points, 10.7 rebounds, 3 assists, 0.5 steals and 2 blocks per game, with a shooting rate of 57.2% and a free throw shooting rate of 50.8%, ranking first in the league in terms of efficiency.

O'Neal's stats are down from last season, but his efficiency hasn't dropped much, as he has played shorter hours, averaging just 35.7 minutes per game.

Guo Xu watched the news and felt that the butterfly effect he caused was a bit big.

This season is the closest Iverson has come to success, and the regular season MVP is like a consolation prize for him, and if he doesn't even have this award, he will be rated even lower when he retires in the future.

At present, the 76ers have a record of 21 wins and 8 losses behind the Lakers, and the NBA selection criteria are based on the combination of player data and team records.

In Guo Xu's previous life, even if the Lakers were injured at the No. 1 position this season, no one was available, the scoring points were concentrated, and the OK combination missed 8 and 14 games respectively, and still achieved 56 wins, which was the same as the 76ers' record and slightly inferior to the Spurs with 58 wins. Now with Guo Xu's scoring point, the Lakers' No. 1 position has become stronger, and this trend has developed, and it is not difficult to achieve 60+ wins.

On January 2, the Lakers will face the 76ers on the road.

This is a key battle, as long as the Lakers win again, they will sweep the 76ers in the regular season, and Iverson's MVP is about to be lost.