"Chris Webb has a triple-double performance in 28 minutes, and the Los Angeles Lakers derby wins"

"Kobe Bryant cut another 40+, the battle for the league's scoring title is starting to widen the gap, Iverson, Arenas need to exert force?"

"Ten consecutive wins, the Los Angeles Lakers are firmly in first place in the West, and there are only two teams left in the league to win all, who can hold on to the Lakers and Grizzlies longer?"

"In the face of the fiasco, Dunleavy bluntly said that the Lakers are more championship-worthy than other NBA teams"

Since the defeat of the Spurs on the road, the public opinion of the NBA has been too lenient for the Lakers, without the aggressiveness or constant questioning at the beginning, and then coupled with the almost inhuman record in Orlando, the Lakers have almost become a team that no one dares to mess with for a while, starting from the Clippers owner Sterling's admit, other major media that have been extremely disagreeable with Zhuang Fei have also successively touted this Laker who was almost devalued by them before or after the start of the season, of course, Perhaps for these reporters, they have enough reason to convince themselves to change their views on the Lakers, but for them, when they are a little embarrassed, Zhuang Fei's attitude towards them has not changed.

On November 18, 2004, the Los Angeles Lakers head coach's office, after the rectification of the team's general manager Kupchak, the Lakers head coach's office has almost completely changed, compared to when Zhuang Fei came, the office that was transformed by Phil Jackson was also unrecognizable again, the big window that was originally sealed by Phil Jackson was opened again, and the light in the office became brighter, and even there were several Chinese paintings hanging on the walls around the office. Originally, Zhuang Fei wanted Kupchak to take it down. These Chinese paintings really don't fit the layout of this office very well. But the last thought is okay. After all, this is a gift from the Lakers general manager to him, because of the various distrusts of Zhuang Fei before and after the start of the season, the Lakers general manager feels embarrassed when he sees Zhuang Fei now, so many times Zhuang Fei also feels that the Lakers general manager thinks too much and too complicated, and Zhuang Fei doesn't have any intention of blaming him.

"Zhuang, this is the trade offer we just received, the Magic want to get Chris Paul, and they are willing to take out Caron Butler to trade" looked at the head coach of the team in front of him who was reading the newspaper with a smile on his face. Kupchak also felt a little emotional, the Lakers' ten-game winning streak at the beginning of the season made everyone's cheeks swelled if they were not optimistic about the Lakers' performance this season.

And the same, he himself is one of these people, because he himself is not optimistic about the performance of the Lakers this season, especially when Zhuang Fei is constantly collecting the swing man and directly ignoring the inside line, even after the start of the season for a period of time he still thinks that the future of the Lakers will not be very good, but now, he has no such idea, the performance of the Lakers is no longer an accident, although the Chinese in front of him has not explained anything to him.

But obviously. When the Chinese were ready not to have a center, he had already thought about what route the Lakers should take. In this case, as the general manager of the team, he did not give him full support, but repeatedly opposed, which actually embarrassed Kupchak, of course, he was not dissatisfied with Zhuang Fei, but felt a little apologetic, this apology made him temporarily unable to face Zhuang Fei normally.

"Oh, is the magic ready to rebuild? Mitch, you can help me reply, just refuse" Zhuang Fei also raised his head slightly after hearing the words of his team's general manager, looked at Kupchak and said with a smile, and at this time, the general manager of the Lakers did not hesitate anymore, but nodded directly, laughing He has no intention of continuing to fight against Zhuang Fei, since Zhuang Fei said to refuse, then refuse, in fact, if according to him before, this is a good deal, It would be a loss for the Magic to trade a player who is already a star for a player who has not yet become a star but is just a player with star potential, especially if the star is still their boss.

"Well, they're now selling around the team's most core players, including Chris Bosh and Alan Houston, and they've also made us an offer to trade Livingston and Chris Bosh and Kaloon Butler and Alan Houston for Kobe Bryant and Paul" After hearing Zhuang Fei's question, Kupchak also nodded seriously, after the home defeat to the Lakers by nearly 170 points, the Magic was under a lot of pressure.

After the game, the head coach was dismissed, and a day later, the general manager of the team was dismissed, and then the team began to be purged, so to speak, because of the failure of that game, it is basically impossible for Magic fans to forgive these players of this team, in their opinion, the players lost so much to the Lakers, and it is simply an unforgivable thing to let them suffer the humiliation of Zhuang Fei and Hardaway, in this case, the Magic must start rebuilding if they want to maintain their fan base in Orlando, Although they are already a good team now, and given some time, this team can definitely become a strong team, but it is clear that Magic fans do not have the patience.

Of course, this deal was directly rejected by Zhuang Fei like the previous Butler deal for Paul, and the same as the previous offer, after hearing Zhuang Fei's instructions, the general manager of the Lakers, Kupchak, still turned around and left Zhuang Fei's office without any hesitation and went to reply to the Magic.

And looking at the back of Zhuang Fei, the general manager of the team, also felt very interesting, but when he thought of the current situation of the Magic, the head coach of the Lakers did not have the decisiveness to reject the Magic before.

Although the Magic's trade may not be able to have a big impact on the Lakers, Zhuang Fei will not be an idiot to exchange Kobe and Paul, but although the Lakers and Zhuang Fei do not change, it does not mean that others will not change, although none of these players of the Magic team are superstars, but they are very good in terms of potential and ability, especially the leading player of this team, Butler, which is a player that most teams in the league are rushing to want, and the same is true for Bosh and Livingston, in this case, Although this team is unlikely to change the general trend of the NBA, it is not difficult to make a big splash in the trade market.

"It's really troublesome," Zhuang Fei also sighed when he thought of this

The Lakers are now back in the Pacific region, and they will play in the Pacific for more than a week after beating the Clippers at home, and the next opponent of this team after beating the Clippers is the Suns, and the current team is a rebuilding team like the Magic, but unlike the Magic, this team has not yet found the core of the rebuild, since the 2003 draft was intercepted by Zhuang Fei Wade, McBrown finally chose TJ Ford and now found that TJ Ford is good, However, they have not been able to take on the task of rebuilding the team, which is by far one of the worst teams in the West.

On November 19, 2004, the Los Angeles Lakers visited Phoenix against the Suns, this game is not too suspenseful for most people, the Suns want to beat the current momentum of the Lakers is almost impossible, even the most die-hard Suns fans think so, but before the start of this game did happen a very heartwarming thing, when the Lakers entered the court, the whole court Suns fans almost stood up and gave their own applause.

Obviously, this applause object is for Hardaway, although Hardaway's career in the Suns has been tortuous, but he has always been very loved by Suns fans, you know, when Kidd was injured, he almost killed the Lakers with an injury alone to complete the Black Seven Miracle, the reason why he left the Suns is not because of the fans, but because of the management of the Suns, the management of the Suns, like the management of the Magic, is one of the cold-blooded in the league, but it is different from the management of the Magic. Their IQ is also one of the highest in the league. So for them, there is no other reason for Hardaway to leave, just because the team simply doesn't need him anymore.

Of course, although this game looked warm before the game, it did not change the essence of the game, the Los Angeles Lakers won away again, but Zhuang Fei did not fight the Magic for 48 minutes in this game, and the Lakers basically did not go all out in the fourth quarter of this game, and the final result of this game was 134-100, and the Lakers did not give the Suns too much trouble on the defensive end.

After beating the Suns on the road, the Los Angeles Lakers are back at home, and the team will next face a challenge from the Bucks led by Okafor and Milicic at home on November 21.

If this year's NBA Western Lakers have surprised many people, then the Eastern Bucks are definitely one of them, this team decisively used the champion this year to sign Okafor who had a shadow on his NBA career because of injury, this UConn interior actually formed the most surprising pair of this season with Milicic after coming to the Bucks, Milicic is a little soft, this was the case last season, after Okafor came this season, after attracting attention for him on the inside, Milicic has completely exploded this season, and now the two inside Okafor are averaging 17+10 per game, while Milicic is averaging 18+8 per game, and under the leadership of the two, the Bucks have also become the team competing for the playoffs in the East this year.

Similarly, this game against the Bucks will be the first real game the Lakers face a twin-tower team this season. (To be continued.) )