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Karl Malone scored a game-high 39 points and 18 rebounds today, and it can be said that "The Postman" has played his best game of the season.

But through three meetings, the Lakers have become more and more aware of the weakness of this team - that is, except for Xuan Ming and Lao Huo, no one can stand up at critical moments.

"Magic" started for the first time today, and went-for-tat with the old opponent in the whole court, played 36 minutes, cut down 22 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, although it was still inferior to Malone in scoring, but Zhang Yu got 26 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, and the Lakers' tactics today are: one can't beat two together.

In addition to the Lakers' old and young teaming up to bully people, Cebaros and Van Exel, and even Finley and Campbell also played well, and the Lakers used their crowd advantage today to fill the tons of damage Malone inflicted on themselves.

On the Jazz side, except for Malone who played well, only Stockton had 18 points and 10 assists, and no other players scored in double digits, including Lao Huo who also lost his crosshairs under the tight defense of Sebaros and Finley, which was a tragedy where two thighs were broken by a bunch of CBA teammates!

On the same day, Bulls head coach Phil Jackson and SuperSonics head coach George Carr announced the bench roster for the Eastern and Western Stars.

The two coaches with the best half-time record in the East and West will be the head coaches of this year's East and West Stars, and in addition to the starting lineups of the East and West selected by the fans, the bench lineups of both sides will be selected by these two coaches.

Eastern Stars Bench Lineup -

Center: Patrick Ewing.

Forwards: Glenn Rice, Alonzo Mourning, Juwan Howard, Vin Baker.

Defenders: Trier Brandon, Reggie Miller.

Western Stars Bench Lineup –

Centre-forwards: David Robinson, Dicambe Mutombo

Forwards: Karl Malone, Sean Kemp.

Defenders: Gary Payton, John Stockton, Mitch Richmond.

The Zen master did not select other Bulls players except Jordan and Pippen, not that he didn't want to use his power for personal gain, but the Bulls couldn't find any players who were eligible to participate in the All-Star team except for these two leading stars, so he couldn't choose the "big bug" to make everyone protest, right?

George Karl didn't have such an embarrassment, and he selected Payton and Kemp to the bench without any pressure, and these two are also players that everyone wants to see at the All-Star level, and many people even feel that Payton is more qualified to be a starter than Kidd.

But this lineup has made Los Angeles fans unhappy because there is no Elvin Johnson in it?!

Lakers fans feel that "Magic" has been in good shape since his comeback, his playing time is gradually improving, and his personal data is also rising, considering his background and former status, it makes sense to select him.

However, this idea, except for Lakers fans, most fans agree with George Carr's selection, because the players on this list are all eligible to play All-Star, and whoever the Magic shoots will cause more controversy.

It's easy to guess from this list that if the Magic wants to be an All-Star, then he can only beat Mutombo or Richmond, but one of those two was last season's best defensive player, and the other is "The Rock" Richmond, one of the two people Jordan thinks is the most difficult to defend.

Although the performance of "Magic" after his comeback is good, first, he has not played enough games since his return, and secondly, his statistics are indeed a little bit behind the All-Star, and if George Carr selects him, it will be forcibly causing more controversy for himself.

In addition to the All-Star Game roster announced today, the roster for the Rookie Challenge was also released at the same time.

The NBA's Rookie Challenge was first held in 1994 and was divided into "Elite Teams" and "Sensational Teams", all of which consisted of rookie players. In 1995, the format was changed to the white team and the green team, which was still made up entirely of rookie players. In 1996, that is, this season, the NBA began to divide rookies into leagues to which the teams belong, namely the Western Rookie Team and the Eastern Rookie Team, and all first- and second-year rookie players were eligible to be drafted.

Rookie roster in the West –

Centre-forwards: Avidas Sabonis, Bryant Levis.

Forwards: Zhang Mao, Antonio McDyce, Joe Smith, Kevin Garnett.

Defenders: Jason Kidd, Eddie Jones, Jalen Rose.

Eastern Conference Rookie Team Roster –

Centres: Eric Montrose, Sharon White.

Forwards: Grant Hill, Glenn Robinson, Juwan Howard, Rasheed Wallace, Kurt Thomas.

Defenders: Damon Stoudemire, Jerry Starkhow.

As soon as the lineup of these two rookie teams was released, most fans thought that the final winner would be the West Army, in addition to their best post-75 player "Koala Baby", and there is also a Sabonis who is not inferior to the All-Star center.

Sabonis, the No. 1 center in Europe who was selected by the Trail Blazers a decade ago and was not able to play in the NBA until the collapse of the Soviet Union, has always been considered by many fans to be as strong as the big four centers.

Sabonis, who has set the record for the largest first-year player this season, proved it with his performance in his first season in the NBA, and although Sabonis only averaged a little over 20 minutes per game, if converted to an average of 36 minutes per game, his efficiency is not inferior to that of the big four centers.

And you must know that Sabonis is 31 years old this year, and has accumulated a lot of injuries during the former Soviet Union, if he really joined the NBA ten years ago, then the NBA's four centers should have become five centers long ago.

The rookies in the West look to have few weaknesses in this roster, although the East team also has three real All-Stars Hill, Robinson and Howard, and the two first-year rookies on the guard line are also extremely strong players, but they don't have a player who can make a real qualitative change in the team, I'm afraid only Hill is half of that player now.

The American media is indeed very optimistic about Zhang Fu now, and they generally believe that in the rookies of the past two or three years, Zhang Qi himself is regarded as a grade, and the rest of the outstanding rookies are divided into other different grades according to their respective performances, which is equivalent to putting Zhang Fu on the stage to attract all the firepower.

This is no longer simply optimistic, and there will be such a situation, not because Zhang Wei can make big news, not because his appearance is against the sky, and not because his father is a big capitalist, but because he did play a performance in the game that made everyone elevate him so much, and his strength is undoubted!

On February 6, the Lakers defeated the Nuggets on the road, and Zhang Wei scored 27 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

The Nuggets have taken a similar approach to the Bulls on the defensive end, but their perimeter defense is too far from the Bulls, and the result is that the tiger is not the anti-dog.

Uncle Mu cut a team-high 20 points and 17 rebounds today, but the whole team didn't play well, except for the starters, only two people scored, and the entire bench scored only a pitiful 9 points!

Not to mention playing against the Lakers, it is estimated that they have no hope of playing the eighth-place Suns.

Mutombo looked angry after the game, as a center who basically relies on leaks and sneak attacks, if he can be the team's top scorer, then he can basically classify everyone else as waste, and this game also made him completely disappointed with the Nuggets.

In fact, it's not that Mutombo can't attack, but compared to other interior lines in this era, his offensive ability is indeed a relatively poor type.

But Uncle Mu's basic footsteps are quite solid, and he also has a certain ability to hook hands in the low post, and even the mid-range shot is not nothing, but in addition to being a little interested in offense in the first season, "African Mountain" has become more and more obsessed with defense since then, and his desire to attack has decreased year by year, and then he simply relied on baskets and sneak attacks to score.

Zhang Zhu's praise for Mutombo's performance after the match came as a surprise to many, as Zhang has rarely given so much praise when talking about his opponents in the past.

There is nothing surprising about this, what Zhang Qi admires most is this kind of freak who does not fight for the right to play and has no desire for offense, but is very obsessed with defense.

So, if he were to choose between Mutombo and O'Neill as his teammate, he would have to and would definitely choose Mutombo.

The Lakers haven't met the Magic team yet, otherwise Zhang Zhu wouldn't have given face to his agent Trim, he will still choke O'Neal a few words as long as he has the opportunity, and he must show the team's top management.

The top management of every team is not stupid, as long as Zhang Yu makes a statement, these people will know what his attitude is.

As it was today, he didn't hesitate to praise Mutombo, and the subtext was of course - I have already expressed it obviously, I admire him, you guys give me a way to get him over, I need teammates like that.

Mutombo also has a good impression of Zhang Mao, because this kid will raise his hand after the game every time he fights him. Especially after this game, the two talked on the phone once, and they chatted harmoniously on the phone, which made Mutombo secretly regard the Lakers as his next stop.

On Feb. 7, the Lakers made the long journey to New York and happily lost to the New Jersey Nets on the road.

Head coach Harris put Zhang and Magic on the sidelines today, and both of them took turns resting.

The Lakers are missing two spiritual leaders, and they don't know how to play today?

Even Van Exel has gradually become accustomed to playing under the umbrella held up by these two, and now he and Cebaros are used as arrows, although Van Lunatics is happy in his heart, but the Lakers' overall offensive power has dropped significantly.

In today's game, the only bright spot was Michael Finley, who scored 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The Lakers, a potential rookie who failed to enter the rookie game due to lack of playing time, protested with his performance today!

Finley felt he had at least qualified to play the rookie game better than Jalen Rose, but he didn't make the nine-man roster for the Western Conference rookie team.

The Lakers have only Zhang Zhu entered the All-Star this season, although their core has participated in the "Rookie Challenge", "Slam Dunk Contest", and "All-Star Game", but this still does not satisfy Lakers fans, who feel that their team must have at least two All-Star players every year, which is worthy of their status as a giant.

Zhang Wei is very disdainful of this kind of thinking in his heart, the giants are chickens, if there is no savior for him, the Lakers will not even have a single seedling this season.

"We're going to have a little bit of an All-Star this year, but it doesn't matter, I'm going to get all the rewards back."

Zhang Mao, of course, won't say what he thinks, and after watching a loss with the team, he traveled straight from New York to San Antonio, and his first All-Star journey is about to begin......