The NBA's 98-99 season was finally reduced to 50 games, the preseason was cancelled, training camp began on January 10 and ended on the 31st, and the players only had 20 days to recover, but when the overweight guys were twenty or thirty pounds, or even forty or fifty pounds, stood on the scales, every team knew that this shrinking season would prove an old-fashioned truth, and God rewards hard work!

Lakers fans found a problem after the start of training camp, they only paid attention to their own owner's affairs before, Harris's contract renewal news seemed to bubble up for a while, and then no one cared, and now the new season is about to start, has their head coach renewed his contract?

Harris wanted to vomit blood, he had been in the ground for half a year, and the fans finally remembered that the Lakers still had him.

Unfortunately, the newly appointed vice president Jeanie Buss is not ready to bring her head coach to the new arena, and poor Harris will be buried with the Western Forum arena, and she discussed with West, Magic, and Zhang Wei and decided that the Lakers will use a new coach in addition to the new arena in the new season.

This is really a new atmosphere in the new stadium, and the champion coach said no, just one word "cow".

Everyone in the Lakers' "rebel five" used this rebellion to get what they wanted, and Harris felt that he deserved a big contract, and he really wanted a 10 million annual salary, and it had to be four or five years.

But at present, the economy is sluggish, and the Lakers have just changed the arena, and all kinds of expenses are very large, and they can't afford the head coach with an annual salary of tens of millions, so Harris should find another job.

On Jan. 9, the Lakers still didn't reply to fans about the head coach four days after the transfer door opened, and after signing two rookies, they quickly planned to complete the deal first.

The deal has even been drafted in various media outlets, because Chris Webber has been buying a house in Los Angeles for three months, and who doesn't know that the Wizards titan has long been determined to join the Lakers.

After the transfer door opened, the Lakers finally ate the fat on the side of their mouths.

On the same day, the Los Angeles Times reported on the Lakers' trade with the Wizards, with the Lakers sending their own starting guard Eddie Jones, starting forward Anthony Mason, potential interior Jermaine O'Neal, Chris Webber from the Wizards, and another high school student, Al Harrington, the Wizards' 25th pick-up in the first round this year.

After the Lakers finally completed their long-planned trade, the starting lineup and rotation lineup have undergone a big change.

Centre-forwards: Dekembe Mutombo (87), Battle (78).

Power forwards: Chris Webb (90), Ben Wallace (81), Rashard Lewis (68).

Small forwards: Zhang Mao (99), Al Harrington (69)

Shooting guards: John Starks (83), Ginobili (77), Catino Mobley (76).

Point guards: Jason Kidd (90), Darick Martin (77).

Zhang Qi is very satisfied with this lineup, the Lakers are different from some teams where half of the players are overweight by more than 20 pounds, and no one is out of shape after the players gather, Big Ben and Ginobili are stronger than last season, the former Zhang Zhu is not surprised, Ginobili's weight has also increased to 200 pounds, and it is not fat, which means that the Argentine will get more playing time in the new season.

The Lakers' lineup has become flawless on the inside, and the strength of the No. 2 position has decreased, but there are more people available.

Starks held his form, Ginobili grew rapidly, and Mobley's surprising improvisation made Zhang feel that the three stinkers together might be stronger than Jones, a guy who was far from Zhuge Liang.

Next, it is a love that makes Lakers fans once again leave the head coach behind - Zhang Mao should renew his contract!

Zhang Zhu was a rookie in 95, and the rookie contract at that time was still three years, so Zhang Zhu was already a free agent this year, which is why as soon as he threatened to leave after the "recording gate" last year, Lakers fans immediately shouted "Big and Little Buss get out".

On the Timberwolves' side, Garnett's six-year, $106 million contract immediately made the rising star, who was held down by Zhang Mao, the first player in the history of professional sports with a contract total higher than the team's estimated market value.

Zhang Yu doesn't care how big the new contract is, but after Garnett's 100 million yuan contract is released, no matter how particular he, Prince Terimer, can't be lower than this, right? It's not a question of money anymore.

Therefore, after the Lakers seized the time to complete the deal that should be done quickly, and then renewed all the contracts that should be renewed in the team, a six-year, $128 million contract gave Prince Tyreme enough respect, and the koala baby also broke the record of the most expensive contract in the NBA in one fell swoop.

Lakers fans have applauded Webb's trade and Zhang Zhu's contract extension, and the next page of the Lakers seems to be getting better at this point.

This season, not only do they have a new arena that is not inferior to the basketball mecca "Madison Square Garden", but a more luxurious Purple and Gold team has also been formed, it doesn't matter if the season is shortened, they can expect the Lakers to write a new page of legend at Staples Arena.

Wait, at this time, it's time to pay attention to the manager, right?

It seems that I haven't heard of any legendary team that doesn't even have a head coach half a month before the start of the regular season, so it's still a joke!

The Lakers management also knew that they really had to find a head coach, and they had contact with a lot of people during this time, but none of them satisfied West and Zhang Mao, until a young man named Rick Carlisle impressed Zhang Yi with his exquisite tactical deduction, and Lakers fans found out that their new season coach was actually a 30-year-old college young coach?

Now even the "Los Angeles Times" began to fight for Harris who vomited blood at home, the Lakers are so unloaded and donkey, is it too much? Moreover, what qualifications does a hairy kid with only 4 years of experience as an assistant coach be able to coach a team that has just won two consecutive championships? Many media even took the opportunity to ridicule the Lakers just to save money, Carlisle's contract is only two years and $1 million, which is too cheap!

The NBA1998-1999 season has finally begun.

This year, everything is new for the Lakers, the home court has changed from the Great Western Forum Arena to the 18,997-seat Staples Center Arena, the head coach has become youth coach Carlisle, the owner has become a hotel owner with only a 21% stake, and the new daughter has quickly replaced the predecessor......

But the only thing that hasn't changed is their great Dragonborn, the brand-new Staples Arena with a blood-boiling dragon roar every game, accompanied by their scarring Dragonborn Prince, who exalts the power of the great Tamriel every night.

Carlisle also proved that cheap is not necessarily not good, the controversial Lakers young coach successfully tapped the potential of Big Ben, Ginobili, Mobley, Harrington in the new season, this young young coach who was despised by all parties as soon as he took office, as soon as he took office, he dug deep into the bench of the purple and gold nobles to the limit, especially Big Ben and Ginobili reached new heights under Carlisle.

In the regular season this season, Big Ben was able to contribute 4.5 points, 10.9 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in an average of 25 minutes per game, and Carlisle created a Rodman-level super blue-collar team; although Ginobili is not as dazzling as Big Ben, this breakthrough young man can grab 8.6 points and 2.0 assists for the Lakers in an average of 22 minutes per game; even rookie Mobley can hand over a 4.9-point report card for the Lakers in a limited 12 minutes of playing time.

The Lakers coach is not only good at tapping the potential of the bench players, but also building a strong shield for the team, although he is slightly lacking in on-court changes, but when the NBA's most spiritual interior and outside line is on the court, the team's coach can fully make up for this shortcoming.

This shrinking season, the Lakers are still a championship team with a balanced offense and defense under the creation of Carlisle, which also alludes to the opinion of many people, the most important thing for a championship team is always the players, and the head coach is not a big problem as long as it is not a short board.

The Lakers' bench is surprisingly strong in the new season, and the carefully crafted starting lineup will naturally not lag behind.

Looking back on the more than 50-year history of the NBA, almost every season can be named after Niu X's people or Niu X's team, and Niu X's people are often from Niu X's team, in fact, this Niu X's team is probably also a championship team.

There is no doubt that Zhang Mao is the one who can name this shrinking season......

The new season is suspended, the league has no time to manipulate the teams, everyone can only strengthen in a conventional way, then no one is doomed to beat the Lakers, this is the undisputed "Koala year", although the defending champions only won 40 wins in the regular season, but the koala baby took advantage of a series of sequelae brought by the shrinking season, and filled the Lakers fans with a new record that was difficult for future generations to achieve The joy of 30 games.

Zhang Wei knew from the beginning that in the shrinking season of four games a week, although the Lakers were strong, the winning rate could not be beaten, so he simply took the opportunity to brush up the data, which he called not brushing white.

Carlisle first arrived, the Lakers' defensive system in the new season is almost unchanged, but under the strengthened offensive system, Zhang Zhu has become more powerful in the shortened season, averaging 40.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game in the first month of the regular season, and was undoubtedly elected as the best of the month.

But this is just the prelude to Zhang Mao's bloodthirstiness, and then the koala baby saw the Buddha kill the Buddha and meet the gods, and everywhere he went, he not only swept all the best of the month, but also won the regular season MVP again with Chen Duxiu, who averaged 38.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game, and was selected for the double best team, and only lost the DPOY trophy with only 1 vote.

Prince Tyrimell's shocking performance in this season can no longer be described in words, he has long become recognized by the world as the first ruthless man in the active service, but who is more ruthless with the other ruthless man Chamberlain, in addition to looking at the data, the number of championship rings is also an important plus to measure the "more ruthless" of the two, and our koala baby is undoubtedly far ahead in this regard.

The Lakers are 40-10, and their record continues to rank first in this shrinking season, and they are No. 1 in scoring, No. 1 in rebounds, No. 2 in shooting percentage, No. 2 in assists, and No. 3 in steals.

With such an extraordinary performance, Zhang Zhu alone can't take all the credit, and the Lakers' pair of classic interior lines are also the main reason why they can seamlessly combine gorgeousness and practicality.

Chris Webber, the flashy power forward this season, has grown into a superstar with the Lakers, and he can do everything on the court, averaging 21.2 points, 9.1 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, which is ninth in the league, and even breaking 60% of the free throw line for the first time. Such a comprehensive performance allowed Webb to enter the top 10 in the All-Star voting for the first time, narrowly squeezing Duncan to become the starting forward of the Western Ming team. Finally, in the regular season MVP selection, Webber also entered the top 10 for the first time.

In addition to Webb, who raised his ability rating to 92 at the end of the regular season, the rest of the Lakers players also played well. Kidd averaged 14.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 10.2 assists per game, winning the season assist title for the first time, while Mutombo continued to maintain DPOY standards, averaging 9.0 points, 12.2 rebounds and 3.8 blocks per game, becoming the unprecedented sixth consecutive block king.

The Lakers' starting set can be called domineering, Zhang Yi and Kidd were selected to the All-Star team, and Webber was selected to the second team for the first time. Later, Koala Baby was selected to the All-Defensive Team along with Mutombo and Kidd.

This season's Lakers are gorgeous and strong inside and outside, and they are still very popular in the playoffs, and the supersonic speed that has gained more than 50 pounds in the first round against the interior core, the Lakers have not had much trouble and easily advanced to the next three cities.

In the second round, it was that pesky neighbor who came out to get in the way, and the Clippers only made small patches in the new season, mainly to develop the potential of their young players, and that person was Kobe Bryant, who had a big falling out with Ray Allen and forced him to the Tamrriel Royal basketball team.

It's a small episode, the Tamriel Royal basketball team is ready to be launched in the summer of '99, and the players who are currently confirmed to join are Marbury, Billups, Carter, Harrington, O'Neal Jr., Lewis, Big Ben, and Mutombo.

But when Kobe, who had a grudge with Ray Allen from the rookie training camp, completely tore his face with the other party, the two were destined to have only one person to enter the dream team, Ray Allen knew that he was far from Kobe Bryant in terms of popularity, so he simply chose to join the equally powerful Tamriel, ready to overturn Kobe Bryant in the Olympics.

At this point, the roster of the Tamriel Royal Basketball Team is basically released-

Centre-forwards: Dekembe Mutombo (88), Ben Wallace (82).

Power forwards: Jermaine O'Neal (82), Rashad Lewis (70)

Small forwards: Zhang Zhu (99), Al Harrington (74).

Shooting guards: Vince Carter (86), Ray Allen (85).

Point guards: Stephen Marbury (88), Chauncey Billups (80).

This summer, the Tamriel Royals basketball team will rent a training gym in Los Angeles for their first training camp.

This is not a very decent thing, although Tamriel was recognized by the United Nations, and the Olympic Organizing Committee also approved Tamriel's application to participate in the Olympic Games, but unfortunately their first five-year plan did not start until the millennium, and the construction of training halls for various sports will not start until 04 at the earliest, so when they use their own training halls, it is estimated that the Beijing Olympics will start soon.

It's just a small episode, and the eyes are back to the playoffs.

At this time, Kobe Bryant has already revealed his talent, although he can't compete with O'Neal for the limelight, but his statistics and performance are also very angry, averaging 21.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and O'Neal was selected to the All-NBA second team in the regular season.

But there is another person who makes the Clippers capable of playing against the Lakers, and that is Michael Finley, who eventually regretted joining Tamrel and accepted an offer from the Dream Four.

The Lakers veteran was also not idle during the shutdown, working hard to improve his ability to hold the ball, and his performance in the new season was impressive, averaging 18.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.9 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game, and he was successfully selected to the second team of defense along with Kobe.

Strictly speaking, if the "alien" Cassel is counted, the Clippers can also be regarded as gathering a small Big Four lineup, if O'Neal missed more than a dozen games due to injury in the middle, Kassel only played more than 20 games in a season, and the Clippers are unlikely to fall to the fourth place in the West even under the attack of the Jazz and the Spurs.

But even if the Clippers are not weak, the Lakers did not expect that in the second round of the playoffs, they would be in danger with the Clippers. Especially in the case of winning the first two home courts, the Lakers swallowed the consequences under the good situation of leading by 20 points at the half of the third game, not only being staged a big comeback, but also being pulled back by the Clippers two cities in a row, forcibly turning this round into a series where no one can win away.

Not only that, but this is also a bloody and tragic Western Conference semifinals, with both sides within 10 points in the first six games, and neither team has scored more than 100 points. But here's the problem, the last sentence of the above paragraph is very crucial - no one can win away.

That's right, after the total score came to 3:3, the two teams each won all their home courts, but the final seventh game was extremely unfriendly to the Clippers.

Under this kind of explicit statement, the Clippers players finally failed to withstand the pressure in their hearts, and they messed up first, especially Kobe Bryant, who was in turmoil, only made 7 of 27 shots in this game, and was given a new nickname "Blacksmith" by Lakers fans. Finley, who made Zhang Mao feel very uncomfortable on the defensive end in the first six games, was fouled all the time and only played 24 minutes. Kassel continued to be beaten by Kidd, and the two men were evenly matched, with Kidd not losing any of his seven games. In the end, only O'Neill's two fists were invincible with four hands, and in the seventh battle, not only Uncle Mu's nose was broken, but also covered twice by Big Ben's sneak attack, so he was not depressed.

On the other hand, the Lakers, led by Koala Baby, who scored 36 points in the game, and Webb, who scored 30 points, played a 20:8 fatal attack wave in the second half, and finally entered the next round with 106:89. It was also the only game in which the Lakers scored more than 100 points in the entire series.

In the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers faced the San Antonio Spurs led by "Stone Buddha" Duncan and "Admiral" David Robinson, which were their old enemies.

David Robinson officially handed over the baton to Duncan this season, and "Stone Buddha" was a pillar of optimism this season, averaging 21.8 points, 12.0 rebounds, and 2.9 blocks per game, ranking 8th, 5th and 4th in the league in 4 statistics, and averaging 3.2 assists per game, ranking 5th in the regular season MVP selection, ranking above Webb, and another superstar has risen rapidly.

In the regular season, the Spurs scored 36 wins under Duncan's leadership and ranked second in the West, but Webb disagreed with Duncan, feeling that he was more worthy of the reputation of the current No. 1 power forward.

But it's a pity that Webb forgot that there were koala babies and African mountains standing next to him, but in the Western Conference finals, Mutombo had to concentrate on dealing with the admiral, Webber needed to go head-to-head with Duncan alone this time, the result was obvious, the first in history is the first in history after all, Duncan averaged 25.8 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 3.0 blocks per game to achieve a personal victory, because Zhang led the Lakers to eliminate the Spurs 4-2 to enter the finals, and Duncan's only victory was to defeat Webb in the matchup, The latter averaged 19.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.4 steals, and 1.9 blocks per game.

Chris Webber's performance is not bad, but it is still dwarfed by Duncan, after all, this is the inner core of even Zhang Ju who has sincerely invited him to join the Tamrel Royal basketball team, and Zhang Ju has always felt that Duncan is better than Webber in terms of immediate combat power and potential.

In the shrinking season, the Lakers once again broke through from the Western Division, where strong teams gathered, compared to the Eastern Division, which lost the only fig leaf of the Bulls, it is really difficult to look forward to this year, and it is difficult to have any variables for the second consecutive championship in the history of the Lakers.

This year, after the collapse of the Bulls, the leading big brother, the entire East was in chaos, and the Knicks, who were eighth in the regular season, took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, staged the Black Eight Miracle to pull down the old enemy Heat, and swept the Pacers led by Miller in one breath, and finally faced the Bulls led by Hill and Barkley, the New York Gangs were punching and kicking people all the way, and Hill, who was seriously injured and did not know whether he was alive or dead, after 7 games, and a half-dead flying pig, roared into the Finals.

Zhang Wei also had to sigh at this time, the NBA has a history of more than 50 years, and only the Knicks can reach the finals as the eighth - New York is really a magical city.

This magical Knicks does not catch chickens on the lineup, and the inside line has Ewing, Camby, Larry Johnson, and Kurt Thomas. On the outside, the combination of "madman" Sprewell + sharpshooter Alan Houston can shoot suddenly, and the only fly in the ointment is that there is no point guard who controls the overall situation to integrate New York's individual abilities.

And this is one of the Lakers' biggest strengths.

In the finals, the scattered Knicks faced the most gorgeous Lakers in the league, and they were powerless to parry, and they ate a duck egg very simply 0-4.

Zhang Qi continued to excel in the Finals, averaging 42 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 blocks per game in 4 Finals games, leading the Lakers to complete three consecutive championships, while also being elected as the MVP of the Finals for three consecutive seasons.

At this point, the "New Zijin Dynasty" has been written into history, and Zhang Fu, the founder of the second dynasty of the Lakers, will also officially ascend the throne as the emperor.