The Lakers with the luxury "F4" combination finished second in the West in the regular season and reached the playoffs, and his first-round opponent was the Houston Rockets with Yao Ming and Francis, at that time the Rockets were obviously not strong enough to wrestle with the Lakers, but because this is the first time Yao Ming has faced the big shark O'Neal in the playoffs, let's take a brief look at the results of the battle between the two people.

Lakers vs. Rockets, O'Neal won the first game, Yao Ming only had 10 points and 11 rebounds on 4-of-11 shooting, while O'Neal scored 20 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks on 8-of-17 shooting, the data is actually pale, and the final thing is that 18 seconds before the end, the Rockets also led the Lakers by 1 point, Kobe Bryant's three-point shot hit iron, O'Neal picked up the frontcourt rebound on Yao Ming's head, scored a rebound and scored a rebound and also caused Yao Ming's sixth foul in the game, killing the game.

In the second game between the two sides, Yao Ming won the game, he scored 21 points and 4 rebounds on 8-of-19 shooting, becoming the second hero behind Francis who scored 19 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, O'Neal's performance was unimpressive, only 7 points and 7 rebounds on 3-of-9 shooting, but the Lakers still won the game because of Kobe, who scored 36 points in the game, while the opposite "old cat" Catino Mobley only scored 9 points and also used up 11 shots.

In the third game, Yao Ming and O'Neal were evenly matched, the former scored 18 points and 10 rebounds on 9-of-13 shooting, the latter contributed 25 points and 11 rebounds on 10-of-16 shooting, Rockets Francis and Mobley combined for 48 points, and the bench Maurice Taylor became a wonder soldier, he contributed 16 points in the game, and the Rockets got the first and only victory in the series.

Game 5 was a showtime for Malone, who stole Francis in the final minute and then grabbed a gold-solid offensive rebound after Fisher missed a shot, and caused Francis to graduate, Malone hit a free throw to give the team a four-point lead, and the Rockets were powerless. In this game, Malone scored 30 points and became the biggest contributor to the victory, Yao Shark matchup, O'Neal had a slight advantage, he scored 17 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists on 7-of-11 shooting, while Yao Ming graduated with six fouls early, and only played 34 minutes in the whole game, scoring 16 points and 7 rebounds on 7-of-15 shooting.

In the final game, the Rockets lost by nearly 20 points, Ao Ming only scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 blocks on 3-of-10 shooting, while O'Neal scored 12 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks on 6-of-13 shooting.

Yao Ming faced O'Neal for the first time in the playoffs, averaging 15.4 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, while O'Neal was 16.2 points and 11.2 rebounds.

The Lakers' second-round opponent was the San Antonio Spurs, who eliminated the Lakers last year, and it was not Yao Ming who stood opposite O'Neal, but Duncan, and the big shark immediately showed his face, averaging 22.5 points and 14.5 rebounds per game in six games, and shooting 63.5%! Bryant averaged 26.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, and between the two teams, Fisher contributed a classic moment of "0.4 seconds kill" in Game 6, and the Lakers eliminated the Spurs 4:2 to enter the Western Conference Finals. (This round is reserved for the Spurs.) ）

The opponent in the Western Conference is the Minnesota Timberwolves, Kobe Bryant did not play well, shooting only 41% per game in six games, but the Lakers also have O'Neal, he averaged 20.7 points per game with a shooting rate of 56.9% and grabbed 15.7 rebounds, including 5.3 rebounds in the frontcourt, the Lakers defeated the Timberwolves 4-2 again, and reached the top of the West as they wished, and their opponent in the Finals was the Detroit Pistons who joked about having "F5".

"F5" refers to Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, Tyshawn Prince, Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace, who are ranked fourth in the East, and in the playoffs they beat the Bucks, Nets, and Pacers to reach the Finals, and their strong airtight defense is the foundation of their victory!

Although the Pistons reached the finals, they are relatively comprehensive, the Pistons are obviously at a disadvantage, Billups has an unstable shot, Hamilton's anxious three-point shot, Ben Wallace will not attack, rookie Prince is inexperienced, and there is no qualified bench and a series of problems have plagued the Pistons throughout the season, and the time seems to have returned to the 2000-2001 season, the Lakers vs. the 76ers, almost this year, the Lakers had the last laugh, but this time?

In a look of anticipation, the finals began vigorously, surprisingly, the Pistons defeated the Lakers in the first game, O'Neal broke Big Ben, he shot 13-of-16 and scored 34 points and 11 rebounds, but the whole team except O'Neal, no one played enough to put on the table, Kobe Bryant only scored 25 points on 10-of-27 shooting, and no one else scored more than 5 points low, the Lakers shot 39.7% from the field and the Pistons this data is 46.2%.

The first loss was nothing, the 76ers who faced Iverson that year also lost the first game, but they still won the series, and sure enough, in the second game, the Lakers played an overtime game to win the game, Kobe Bryant, who scored 33 points on 14-of-27 shooting, scored a three-pointer with 2.1 seconds left in the game, in overtime Kobe scored 4 points, O'Neal scored 6 points, and the Pistons only Hamilton scored 2 points.

The third game of the finals was completely reduced to the rhythm of the Pistons, under the strong defense of the Pistons, the Lakers only scored 68 points in the game, O'Neal scored 14 points on 7-of-14 shooting is already the highest on the team, Kobe Bryant only 11 points, and the two scored double-doubles in no one, while Pistons Hamilton contributed 31 points and Billups scored 19 points to help the team achieve a big victory.

In the fifth game, in the case of the two sides tied in the first three quarters, the Pistons suddenly made a force in the fourth quarter and won the game with a difference of 32:24 eight points, O'Neal played the best game, scoring 36 points and 20 rebounds on 16-of-21 shooting, Kobe Bryant scored 20 points on 8-of-25 shooting, except for these two, no one else scored a double-double, while Pistons Rashid 36 points and 13 rebounds, Billups 23 points, Hamilton 17 points, Big Ben 8 points and 13 rebounds.

In the fifth game, the Pistons, who had already taken the lead, were on a rampage, and they led by a full 23 points in the first three quarters! In the fourth quarter, although the Lakers chased 10 points, they still lost 87-100, losing the championship that should have been determined this year.

Kobe Bryant scored 24 points on 1-of-21 shooting, O'Neal scored 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting, and the Pistons' starting five Tigers all scored double-doubles, especially Big Ben, who scored 18 points and 22 rebounds in the game, including 10 frontcourt rebounds, and the Lakers only had 14 in this statistic.

Throughout the Lakers' season, the seemingly luxurious lineup is actually difficult, Malone has only played 42 games this season due to injury, and there is also a game in the playoffs that has not been played, and there are almost no outstanding games, Payton has been unable to integrate into Jackson's complex triangle system, resulting in Payton being almost abandoned in the playoffs, averaging only 4.2 points per game in the finals, and what's worse is that O'Neal and Kobe Bryant have been incompatible, and both of them asked the team to "choose one of the two" after the end of the season.

In the offseason, the Lakers kept a younger Kobe Bryant and gave the NBA's largest contract in history. Seven years and $136.4 million, while the Lakers sent O'Neal to Miami, the Lakers got Caron Butler, Lamar Odom, Ryan Grant and a future first-round pick, the deal put the Lakers into a three-year slump, during which the Lakers only did one thing repeatedly, and that was to help Kobe Bryant score points, including on January 22, 2006, when Kobe Bryant scored a full 81 points on the Raptors' head.

O'Neal played for the Lakers for eight years and dedicated the most precious time of his life to Los Angeles, when O'Neal left, his total score of 13,895 was the sixth in Lakers history, his 6,090 rebounds were fifth, and his 1,278 blocks were second only to Abdul-Jabbar, so even if O'Neal was traded to the Heat, his No. 34 jersey would be fully qualified to hang over Staples Arena.

The Lakers left O'Neal, the interior pillar collapsed instantly, and they selected a Luke Walton with good movement and passing ability but shooting weakness in the draft, subject to talent, who was only a qualified bench player in the Lakers' first nine years, O'Neal's big hole is not something that a Caron Butler or Lamar Odom can fill, without O'Neal, Kobe Bryant has enough shots, He averaged 27.6 points per game in the 2004-2005 season, shooting 43.3% from the field and 34.0% from three-point range. Tomjanovic and Frank Humberen have both become the head coach of the Lakers this season, but the effect is not good, it is worth mentioning that at the draft meeting at the beginning of this season, the Lakers selected Sasha Vujacic with the 27th pick in the first round, this person's NBA career has nothing to write about, but when it comes to Vujasic, you must know that Sun Yue's first point on the Lakers is an assist from Vujasic, and don't look at Vujacic The court is not very good, but because he is handsome, is very good at putting on the girl.,Get the sexy girl Sharapova.,This is really that.,That's what.,That's what.,But this relationship is generally not favored.,What's the reason? Vujacic played eight seasons in the NBA, (including not playing in the NBA from 2011 to 2015), earning a total of $20 million in his NBA career, which is about how Sharapova earns in a year...... So, don't think about why that beauty is not optimistic, you have to see if you have the ability to raise a beautiful woman and talk......

In the 2005-2006 season, the Lakers veterans knew the way and re-invited Phil Jackson to sit in the big tent, and then they used Caron Butler as a bargaining chip, from the Wizards to the talented high school student Kwame Brown, poor Brown finally escaped from Jordan's harsh teammates after a thousand hardships, I thought that the Lakers would be clear, who would have thought that he met Kobe Bryant, who was more demanding than Jordan, and the two sentences couldn't get along, and they immediately started spraying, but it is undeniable that Kobe Bryant started the season-long superhero mode this year, and in the 80 games he played, he averaged a league-high 35.4 points per game! On December 20, 2005, when the Lakers played against the Mavericks, Kobe Bryant scored 62 points in the third quarter, and his personal score was even more than the 61 points of the Mavericks' entire team! He won the first scoring trophy of his career, and also piggybacked on 5.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists, on January 22, 2006, the Lakers played against the Raptors, Kobe Bryant shot 26 of 46, 7 of 13 three-pointers, 18 of 20 free throws and scored 81 points, and led the team to reverse 18 points to achieve the final victory, which is the greatest scoring feast after Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game, this exciting "big movie" directed by Kobe Bryant The reason is just for revenge, Jalen Rose, the one who defended Kobe that night, when the Raptors pursued the "Kobe rule", that is, to let Kobe score and block others, the Raptors only used Rose to defend Kobe Bryant alone, and waited until the fourth quarter to see that it was really not good to start wrapping up, facing Rose, Kobe Bryant's eyes were only angry.

Remember the 2000 Grand Final? Los Angeles Lakers vs. Indiana Pacers, in the second game, Kobe Bryant only played 9 minutes, and once again hit a step-back jumper, Jalen Rose, who was responsible for defending Kobe Bryant, put his foot on the place where Kobe fell, Kobe sprained his ankle and was forced to leave, Kobe Bryant only scored 2 points in that game, and Rose scored 30 points, and then Kobe missed the third game, and the Lakers also lost that game, but this is not the most important thing, and it is also a very common thing for players on the court, But Kobe Bryant, who is bound to revenge, has always kept this revenge firmly in his heart, he always thinks that Rose did it on purpose, and in 2012, Rose finally admitted that he was indeed in a hurry to get a championship ring and deliberately injured Kobe, of course, this is all after that, and the time came on January 22, 2006, Kobe Bryant completed the greatest revenge in history!

Blood for blood, tooth for tooth, this is Kobe's character!

This season, Kobe Bryant ushered in a mature transformation, and on January 16, 2006, when the Lakers faced the Heat, the image of Kobe Bryant shaking hands and hugging before the game dominated the headlines of ESPN's website for the entire day, marking the beginning of a reconciliation between the two greatest stars of the NBA. In addition, this season, Kobe's back number has been changed from No. 8, which has been worn for ten years, to No. 24, Kobe once explained to the times, No. 24 represents 24 hours a day, every hour must go all out, if you don't work hard, then it is not Kobe! 8 and 24, just in Kobe's 20-year career, made a gorgeous split, the No. 8 Kobe Bryant ten years ago was more often the second leader of the team, O'Neal's helper appeared on the court, but ten years later, the No. 24 Kobe Bryant completely got rid of O'Neal and became a real leader - not only the leader of the Lakers, but also the leader of the entire league! Kobe Bryant has become the spokesperson of the entire NBA with his diligence and hard work!