Jordan's crazy performance in the first game of his comeback caused a lot of heated discussions. Fans and the media felt that they had seen the shadow of the peak Jordan, and the sideways gliding dunk was the top ten of the day.

Everyone seemed to have warmly welcomed Jordan's return, with the exception of at least two people.

"Oh, Michael hit the shot, Kobe Bryant did his best, and the game was over."

"Ahh Yes! Yes! ”

Kobe Bryant almost jumped out of bed, his head covered in cold sweat. He had a nightmare in which he was severely humiliated by Jordan and killed.

“Oh！ Shit！ "Bryant got dressed and got ready to go out.

Vanessa was also woken up in a daze, "Kobe, where are you going?" You've just fallen asleep. ”

"Staples!"

"Bang!" Bryant closed the door and left.

At four o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant had already driven to Staples Arena.

Success is no accident, Kobe Bryant insisted on getting up at four o'clock every day to train, so that he has today's skills and status. That sentence, have you ever seen Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning, is Kobe Bryant's famous rhetorical question.

The strength of Jordan's first game has already made Kobe Bryant feel a sense of crisis, and at the beginning everyone listed Hill, Maddy, Carter and Ai as Jordan's successors. Through hard work, three championships in hand allowed him to successfully lead everyone by one position, he was already a first-class defender, and he was a good player in the league at the shooting guard position.

And now. Bryant changed into his training clothes and came out to find that the lights in the arena were on.

Who is it?

Thief? No kidding.

Fish？ Chances are, he's the hardest working player in the whole team except for himself.

But when Kobe Bryant opened the door, a huge figure was projected by the light.

"Shaq!?" Bryant was stunned when he saw O'Neal working on it. This lazy man, who can even find various reasons not to play in the regular season, is like a demon and practicing frantically......

Penalty kick??

Well, that's O'Neill's biggest weakness.

"Kobe, come and pick up the ball for me. The comments on the Internet just made me angry. O'Neal paused heavily on his 50-plus-yard foot, 300 pounds, and felt the whole gym shake.

Kobe Bryant had the same expression, "Shaq, I think I know why." Michael Jordan, right?"

"yes, those ignorant media and fans actually think that Michael Jordan is back, he's the face of the league, he's the first guy in the league. Oooh oh! Come on, I've just won three Finals Most Valuable Player trophies. And he's just a 40-year-old man, and I'm the face of the league. I'm going to prove it. O'Neal jumped as he spoke, smashing the ball hard.

"Hey, listen, Shaq. We have a threat now. We've got to work together and train hard like this and work on your damn free throws. I know you still have some issues with me, and now is not the time to talk about that. Win, kick Jordan in the ass hard, tell those stupid fan media, it's our league now!! ”

......

Hu Qingniu probably couldn't have imagined that because of his existence, the first butterfly effect had already appeared. O'Neal's relationship with Kobe Bryant should have cracked this season. And now because of the threat of Jordan's return, the diligent shark who has been YY by fans has appeared, and Kobe Bryant and O'Neal have also released their suspicions. The Lakers are undoubtedly stronger.

On November 3, 2002, the Lakers tore apart the Nets with a score of 130-90 at home. O'Neal had a terrifying 50 points and 20 rebounds, and Bryant also had 40 points and eight assists.

Interview after the game.

OK Combination Unified Caliber, "Michael Jordan, who is he?" Now it's our alliance. We'll play the Wizards next month, and we'll find out then. ”

Wizards training room.

Hu Qingniu is accompanying the old rascal to do strength training. Just in time to see the Lakers' post-game press conference.

Hu Qingniu thought to himself that this was a unilateral declaration of war, and the smell of gunpowder was getting stronger and stronger. Looking at the old rascal from the side, this guy was expressionless.

"Hu, don't worry. They are just two children in my eyes. ”

Hu Qingniu rolled his eyes, the old rascal can still joke at this time, in fact, the pressure in the old rascal's heart is also very great. Otherwise, the Wizards didn't play today, so they pulled me to practice so late.

"Michael, if the team doesn't have a new tactic. I'm not optimistic about you. You can get high scores, but your teammates won't be in the right places. Your tempo, your attacking ability, your defense are all problems. ”

"Not necessarily. Hu, you've always advocated aggressive offensive theories, and when you've been in the NBA for a long time, you'll know that defense and stars are everything. ”

Hu Qingniu thought to himself, it's okay if you don't admit it, you'll know after a few fights.

According to the experience of Hu Qingniu in his previous life, why the Wizards are weak is multifaceted.

On the one hand, they only rely on star singles, and they also arrange a lot of low-post tasks for Kwame Brown.

Second, their staffing is very unreasonable, most of them are overlapping positions or young players, without a good system, young players will only rely on instinct to play blindly.

Third, in a team where only five or six players can maintain a career three-point shooting rate of about 40%, head coach Doug Collins prohibits random three-point shots, and even reminds players to shoot fewer three-pointers.

After all, a misshooter Jerry Starkerhouse is enough for him to have a headache.

So all things considered, the only winning point for the Wizards is a healthy Jordan.

But no matter how good a star is, he will be tired, and Jordan's efficiency has now improved because of his physical health. But let's not forget that he's 40 years old and can't play more than 36 minutes per game. Jordan's improvement in individual efficiency is still a drop in the bucket for the team. Now against the Lakers, there is no drama at all.

After that, the Wizards really had a hard time, they had a 5-9 record in November, 10th in the East, and are currently on a three-game losing streak, losing three games in a row to the Pistons, Bucks and Pippen-led Trail Blazers.

Although Jordan scored 40 points, 45 points, 41 points in three consecutive games, and averaged 32 points per game in November, he also played 40 minutes.

The overall strength and configuration of the Wizards team is indeed too weak, and everyone except Jordan is very inefficient. Jerry Starkerhouse overlaps with Jordan and often complains about shots.

Interior linemen Leitner and Brown are only suited to be blue-collar players, but they have been given a lot of low-post assignments.

The rest of Tyronn Lue proved that his defense can limit Iverson, but he is useless on the offensive end, has no ability to attack on his own, and does not have the ability to finish under the blue.

Larry Hughes, who is the only efficient man to watch, is willing to share the ball, but he doesn't have much of the ball, and even if he plays point guard, he is only responsible for half the court.

The important substitute Byron Russell, who was the background emperor of Jordan's first vote of the century in '98, is now old and has declined significantly.

The remaining potential players that Hu Qingniu thinks are Jarred Jeffries and Bobby Simmons are not recognized by Doug Collins and can only play a few minutes per game.

Basketball is always a five-person game, and the team is bigger than the individual, even if it's Jordan who is against the sky. Jordan also needs the right system to drive his teammates.

The idea of the Wizards' management was to fire Doug Collins and change coaches. After all, Doug Collins coached Jordan in the three seasons of '86-89, and he was also the coach that Jordan hired. Jordan is not a businessman who can fire Larry Brown in 10 years, and his thoughts are more about taking care of Doug Collins' emotions.

"Shaq is the best, he's the great white shark, the strongest carnivore."

"I support Michael, power is not everything. Basketball is a skill sport. ”

"Look at the Wizards' record, they only have a measly 5 wins, and the Lakers have 13 wins, the first in the league."

Online and reality, fan media have been turned upside down about the Lakers, Wizards, O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and Jordan matchup.

The next game in two days is to go to Los Angeles to challenge the Lakers, but the team's record is like a pool of backwater. There has to be energy and who else can save this team.

A guy popped into Jordan's mind.