In the summer of 1996, O'Neal joined the Lakers.

In the summer of 2004, large sharks swam eastward.

For eight seasons, O'Neal was the boss of the Lakers, the king of Los Angeles, and the master of Staples Arena.

After leaving Los Angeles for a few months, he returned to Staples Arena for the first time, O'Neill was like coming home, looking around, the stadium was full of familiar old friends, he didn't see it at all, skillfully greeting, shaking hands and hugging those star fans in Hollywood, I didn't know, I thought this was his home stadium!

And Lakers fans, who are notoriously nostalgic, did not become hostile to O'Neal because of his departure.

After all, O'Neal is the biggest contributor to the Lakers' three consecutive championships, as the only three-consecutive championship in the history of the Lakers and the only three-consecutive championship in the Western Conference in NBA history, that kind of glory and pride, Lakers fans certainly can't forget O'Neal's achievements, and they have sent him cheers and smiles.

However, O'Neal's "anti-guest-oriented" posture, Kobe Bryant couldn't stand it when he saw it, and his face became more and more ugly.

Before jumping the ball, the main players on both sides had a routine handshake and hug greeting session, and everyone else was polite, no matter whether they were true or not, they would show a smile, it was O'Neal and Kobe's turn, facing the close-up of the live broadcast, the two were strangers, shaking hands and hugging, but both of them were expressionless on their faces, let alone greeting.

It's really "love and hate in an instant", the deeper the love, the deeper the hate, the "OK" combination that swept the alliance at the beginning, and in a blink of an eye, it became a big enemy.

Lu Xiaofeng watched from the side, and couldn't help but sigh.

He has no objection to O'Neill, not to mention that O'Neill has praised him many times!

"Hey! Shaq, can you sign my autograph after the game? ”

When hugging O'Neal, Lu Xiaofeng also turned into a fan brother, asking for an autograph, of course, the voice was relatively small and could not be heard by Kobe.

"Of course no problem!"

O'Neill was immediately proud, grinned, and agreed.

Before the game, Lu Xiaofeng also met the well-known Wang Zhizhi, this is his second season with the Heat, but there are few opportunities to play.

However, when they met for the first time, Wang Zhizhi's identity was relatively sensitive, and there was nothing to say, and Lu Xiaofeng did not invite him as a guest, so he could only be regarded as acquaintance.

And after the foreplay was done, it finally waited for the game between the Pistons and the Pacers to end.

This year's Christmas war is also quite interesting.

Originally, according to the convention, the finale of Christmas was usually the opponent of last season's finals.

But this year, there was a split of the "OK" combination, and under the media hype, the grievances between Kobe Bryant and O'Neal became the biggest favorite in the NBA in the offseason, so before the start of the season, when the NBA arranged the schedule, the game between the Lakers and the Heat was scheduled for the Christmas War, which was still the finale.

And the Pistons and Pacers, the opponents of last season's Eastern Conference Finals, naturally became another Christmas battle.

Coincidentally, of course, the NBA did not predict the "Auburn Hills Palace incident" between the Pistons and the Pacers, let alone the rise of Lu Xiaofeng and the Lakers.

With the expiration of the suspension period of several key players, the Pacers also eased up, but the loss of Artest was still inferior in strength, although the game was fierce and lasted until the last minute, but still lost to the Pistons.

And the finale of the Lakers and the Heat has finally begun.

On the Lakers' side, the starting lineup is still those people: Lu Xiaofeng, Kobe, Butler, Odom and Mime.

The Heat's starting lineup is: Damon Jones, Wade, Eddie Jones, Haslem and O'Neal.

O'Neill and Mime jumped the ball, Mime's height was already a few centimeters behind O'Neal, and O'Neal was much fatter than at his peak, and when the two stood together, O'Neill looked a full size bigger than Mime.

"Ask for more blessings! Chris! ”

Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but give Mime a silent mourning in his heart.

Unsurprisingly, although O'Neal's explosiveness and agility were far less than they were in their prime, he still won the jump ball with his height and reach.

Eddie Jones picked up the basketball and immediately threw it to Damon Jones.

Lu Xiaofeng didn't stick it up, but retreated to the three-point line and waited for the Heat to attack.

Damon Jones is 1.9 meters tall, playing the position of playmaking guard, but in essence he is a three-point shooter, playing in the NBA for several seasons, the average score per game basically hovers around 5 points, but to the Heat, but he has become the most reliable three-point shooter in the team.

Under the containment of O'Neal and Wade, Damon Jones got an unprecedented opportunity to shoot easily, averaging more than 6 three-pointers per game, more than Lu Xiaofeng, on the contrary, he averaged less than 5 assists per game, so it was pointless to mark his dribble.

The organizer of the Heat, Wade on the outside, O'Neal on the inside, and Tang Shuai arranged the defensive tasks for Lu Xiaofeng, in addition to preventing Damon Jones's three-point shot, more to help defend O'Neal.

Sure enough, after dribbling to the frontcourt, Damon Jones passed the ball to Eddie Jones on the wing, and Wade, under Kobe's close marking, did not mean to catch the ball, stayed on the weak side, restrained Kobe, and waited for an opportunity.

Not surprisingly, the Heat's first offense was to focus on O'Neal, wanting to open the situation from the Lakers' weakest interior line.

On the edge of the three-second zone on the left, with one arm, and sitting back, O'Neal blocked Mime behind, and it was easy to succeed.

Eddie Jones made a lob pass, and O'Neal jumped lightly, stretched out his long arms, and grabbed the ball in his hands.

In the first round, the Lakers did not immediately wrap up, O'Neal grabbed the ball with his right hand, raised it high, and did not rush to attack, but turned around and scanned the situation on the court.

Eddie Jones, who passed the ball, immediately moved to the top of the arc, and the others also ran to the other side of the three-second zone, opening up space for O'Neal.

Poor Mime, who was abandoned by everyone like this, faced the "big shark" with a powerful blow alone.

O'Neill looked, no longer hesitated, the center descended, and began to dribble.

"Bang!" The basketball hit the ground, O'Neal pushed back, and despite Mime's strength to resist it, it still allowed O'Neal to step into the three-second zone.

"Bang!" The basketball hit the ground again, O'Neal topped it again, and Meme took another step back.

In fact, from Lu Xiaofeng's point of view, Mime's defensive actions have already been fouled, but the opponent is O'Neal, and the referee chooses not to blow it, otherwise there is no need to defend.

When O'Neal was young, this kind of dead-end defense was useless, because he only needed a sudden turn to use the strength of the defender to lean the defender behind him, and then make a strong slam dunk.

However, the current "big shark" is really much older and fatter, and the swift turning action when he was young can no longer be done.

However, it would be naïve to think that this would have kept O'Neill at bay.

I saw him take a big stride, collect the ball and turn around, come to the front, bend the elbow of his left arm in front of him, lean Mime under him, and raise the ball with his right hand to make a small hook.

What can Mime do?

Nothing can be done.

The big fat man of more than 300 pounds, almost his entire body leans on him, it is strange that he can jump.

He could only raise his arms and pray that O'Neal's hook would not go in—compared to O'Neal's dunk, the hook hand still had a little hope of not going in.

Oh, maybe God heard Meme's prayer, and O'Neill's hook really didn't go in.

However, before Mime had time to rejoice, a huge force came, and he was knocked out of the bottom line.

There was a loud bang, and the earth shook.

O'Neill's massive body hung from the basket, and with a slight movement, the entire basket shook.

Lu Xiaofeng also saw that O'Neal couldn't hook his hand, and before he could shout the word "rebound", he saw O'Neal's "flying bear in the sky" and Taishan was overpowered, whether it was Lu Xiaofeng, Kobe, or Odom in the three-second zone, they could only watch.

O'Neal alone occupies half of the three-second zone, what can anyone else do with this kind of close-range rebounding?

You can only watch dry!

"it!"

For a moment, Lu Xiaofeng only had this word in his mind.

O'Neal's game picture, Lu Xiaofeng, as a Lakers fan, is certainly familiar enough, those brutal dunks, when I first watched it, my heart turned upside down.

But the dominance of O'Neal on the basketball court, after watching it up close on the court, especially as an opponent, has the most intuitive feeling.