"The king awakens, the Lakers dynasty is coming again? 》

"The Awakened Lions, the Lakers Set Sail Again"

"The strongest group in history has reappeared, and the new MVP is difficult to compete"

"Ending the strongest winning streak in the playoffs, the Lakers are back"

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At the Lakers practice ground at the Toyota Center, a large plastic board that is usually used to record players' shooting drills stands on the side of the court, and it is plastered with the headlines of mainstream sports media newspapers.

Unlike when he first returned to Los Angeles a few days ago, a certain person was wearing the No. 8 jersey while practicing, occasionally glancing at the newspaper next to him, and his joy made him uncontrollably happy.

Everyone is saying that the Lakers are going to return to the top, this kind of public opinion, the kind of psychological stimulation brought to Kobe Bryant makes him feel too happy, of course, if the first mention in these reports is not the fat man, he will be happier.

The only day off after the game, the Lakers were still training, and Kobe Bryant was alone.

After training, Kobe Bryant was already covered in sweat, dripping from his chin, and he stared at all the reports, it was O'Neal who scored 31 points and put it in front, not his name in front.

After the training, the excitement came down, and Bryant looked at the newspapers and muttered, "O and K, why is O in front and not K in front?" ”

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In a private lakeside villa in Los Angeles with a total area of 1.6 acres including the lake, that is, more than 6,500 square meters, a huge fat man is fishing with friends.

Ma Long hoisted up a sea fish and said in surprise, "Oh...... Is there a sea fish here? Shaq, how did you do that! ”

"Haha, Carl, last month the lake here was turned into a saltwater lake by me with salt, just to be able to fish at home, how about it, it's great, but it's a pity that these fish will die in a few days, you have to ask someone to clean up, it's too troublesome, and when the salinity of the lake comes down, I'll still raise freshwater fish."

"Cut, you guys who entered the NBA after 1990, it's a luxury......" Malone is envious and jealous, if you put aside the three championships, his career honors are much more than O'Neal's, and the championship is not a factor that affects a big contract, but he earns less than half of O'Neal's, and O'Neal can sign another big contract.

"Don't confuse me with Shaq, I don't make as much money as he makes, and I entered the NBA in '89, Carl and we're a generation." Payton was also very envious and jealous, "By the way, Shaq, why didn't you call Kobe Bryant to come along?" ”

"Oh, Gary, I called him and he went to train again as before......"

O'Neal invited the other two of the Big Four to his house to fish together, and originally invited Kobe, O'Neal felt that after these three games that were still happy to cooperate, his relationship with Kobe Bryant should have recovered a lot, but Kobe still refused to participate in group activities, and O'Neal did not force it.

However, on the Lakers' side, three of the Big Four are full of hope for winning the championship this year.

Before the last game, through the reconciliation of the Zen master, the four reached a tacit understanding, in order to win the collective defense, the most important thing is that among the four, Kobe, Malone, O'Neal's defensive chemistry has always been very good, when the three of them partner in the regular season, even if the triangle offense can't play, they are also regarded as the most suitable trio, but Malone is too old to make it a pity, the three of them are both offensive and defensive, as long as they play well, their cooperation is very strong.

Payton is also a master defender, and his defensive form was found in the final game of the Western Conference finals, although he couldn't shoot the ball on the offensive end, but when the rest of the Lakers started to defend with all their might, he immediately blended in.

After winning the next game, the big score became 1-2, although it was only a win, but 1-2 and 0-2 gave people the feeling that the difference was too far!

In yesterday's game, the Big Four were all integrated, giving O'Neal, Malone, and Payton a feeling of finally playing on a team.

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Now the Lakers' Big Four are full of confidence, yesterday's big win, public opinion is all in their favor, and now their self-confidence is back to the state before the start of the Finals, and even more.

It's just that the Big Four are obviously divided into two groups, one is Kobe Bryant alone, and the other is the other three giants, and the ideas of the two groups are completely opposite......

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At half past six in the afternoon of June 13, the fourth game of the finals arrived as scheduled.

When Liu Mang entered the court, there were a lot fewer boos on the scene.

"Noble team, ah......" Liu Mang obviously felt that the Lakers were very confident today, and even the fans became more confident, completely without the tense atmosphere before the last game, the Lakers, Lakers fans, the level of self-confidence can even be described as conceited.

This couldn't be better for Liu Mang!

Yesterday afternoon and this morning, Liu Mang attended two coaching staff meetings, and the two factors that are most favorable to them now are the physical fitness of the Lakers and the current public opinion!

Seeing that the Lakers side was like before the start of the first game, the Lakers players were talking and laughing, training alone, a strange sense of harmony, for this kind of disobedience visible to the naked eye, Liu Mang felt very normal, that is the Lakers......

And when I saw my teammates, when it was time for the game to start, they all had frost on their faces, and they felt like no one was allowed to enter......

This game must be won! Just him!

When the final preparation time before the game was over, and the players on both sides were about to play, Liu Mang called Prince and Rahim together: "Tyshawn, Sharif, that guy is over to you!" ”

Prince remained cold, did not speak, only nodded; Rahim only left an "OK" and went to sprinkle magnesium powder.

Liu Mang went to the technical table and hugged Boozer and walked onto the court, the Lakers had been waiting for a long time, watching the pre-game actions of the Hawks with disdain.

On the Hawks' side, the starting lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, Rahim, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown was still fielded today.

On the Lakers' side, the lineup of Payton, Kobe, Devin George, Malone, and O'Neal appeared.

After stepping on the court, Liu Mang came to the free throw line and waited for Kwame Brown and Prince to dance after the dance, and when he waited, he felt that something was missing!

When the referees blew the whistle for the start of the game and Kwame Brown came to the center circle, Liu Mang remembered what was missing, the deterrent buff of the OK combination, gone!

The trend of OK is not the buff of whether they cooperate tacitly, but the deterrent power that makes teammates fear after they won the title of "the strongest duo in history" after they won three consecutive championships, whether they have contradictions or not, the opponent will feel that the other party is too strong when they see the OK combination, in the face of this situation, either rely on the home field advantage and rely on the cheers of the home fans to enhance their confidence to fight, such as the Devil's home field, or they also have one of the most powerful stars in history as teammates, such as the Spurs, Otherwise, when O'Neal's peak tail and Kobe's near-peak OK combination are still playing together, other teams will have that feeling of being suppressed when they see them.

Because of four seasons, the Lakers have only lost one round of the playoffs, that is, the time when they were eliminated by the Spurs in the second round last season, and the Spurs were the championship last season.

However, today, my own side was not suppressed by the trend of OK like the last game!

Seeing Kwame Brown extremely excited to win the jump ball on O'Neal's head, Liu Mang was also very excited, and rushed to the front court when he received the ball, Payton blocked up to stop Liu Mang, but the Hawks all accelerated their sprints, and after Liu Mang was blocked, he immediately threw the ball to Rahim, who received the ball outside the three-point line with the humiliation of the previous game, and immediately broke through, passing Devin George, who was not firmly on the defensive footing, and rushed into the interior.

Malone was originally staying at the free throw line, and retreated to the basket as soon as possible, Raheem rushed inside, took off against Malone's defense, and was about to dunk at the beginning!

Ma Long's positional defense is still strong, but there is really no way to face Rahim who rushes up, so he can only foul directly! Malone slapped Rahim hard.

Rahim, who was in the air, was slapped in the left shoulder by Ma Long, and the pain made Rahim even more excited! Rahim, who had a strong enough impact, was not overturned, and after being slapped in the face, he forcibly smashed the ball into the basket through Malone!

The Eagles were so positive at the beginning!

The Lakers didn't expect that the Hawks lost so badly the day before yesterday, but today they were even more motivated! Shouldn't it be like the 76ers, who lost the second game, completely lost their fighting spirit in the next three games, and lost by more than ten points per game in the remaining three games, right?

Originally, things should have been the same as they thought, the Hawks were originally the same as they expected, just like the 76ers were beaten by the other party after winning a game, and then the fighting spirit that had reached the peak was defeated, and the fighting spirit was about to plummet, but what the Lakers didn't expect was that Liu Mang alone rekindled the fighting spirit of his teammates!

And, now the Eagles are playing with rage!

Raheem started the game with a dunk on Malone, not only dunking the ball in, but also causing a foul!

Although he didn't score the penalty because he was beaten very hard, this start made the fighting spirit brought by the burning anger of the Eagles even higher!

The Lakers were dunked at the beginning, and they were surprised, and O'Neal was immediately angry, and he wanted to dunk back!

The Lakers attacked, and Payton received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt.

Kobe Bryant immediately ran to the top arc to ask for the ball, Payton didn't think much about passing the ball to Kobe, and then went to open up the space to make an empty cut gesture, and that's all he could give on the offensive end.

Just when the teammates were about to keep watch, they suddenly heard Liu Mang clapping their hands, looked over, and saw Liu Mang's gesture that he would go out for joint defense.

There was no time to think about it, and the Hawks players subconsciously put up a joint defensive position, Prince defended Kobe, Prince's left rear, that is, the bottom corner of the right side of the basket, and Rahim was also eyeing the outside, ready to go up and hit the outside ball carrier at any time.

The Eagles are back on the defensive! That is, O'Neill has a chance to play one-on-one.

O'Neal ravaged Kwame Brown frantically on the inside, and asked for a position under the basket, to O'Neal's surprise, Kwame Brown was more impactful than the previous games, pinching the fat on his waist so painfully, and then, O'Neal pushed Kwame Brown into the three-second zone even more angrily, pressing Kwame Brown, as long as he received the ball, he could dunk it directly.

However, until O'Neal ran out of the basket because he had to break the bill in three seconds, Kobe Bryant didn't pass the ball to him!

Kobe Bryant is now facing Prince's sticky defense, looking for a shooting opportunity!

Kobe Bryant could only choose to break through under Prince's defense, but as soon as he made a breakthrough move, Raheem struck him, Kobe Bryant faced the defense of the two, and in the case of Devin Brown, who had a vacant position in the bottom corner, and O'Neal, who had an absolute advantage in the card position with the opponent's center, did not choose to pass, but forced a step into the three-point line, and shot two points long!

Didn't enter!

A "bang" popped up, and Liu Mang, who guessed that there would be this scene, rushed inside to grab the defensive rebound for the first time!