Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Atmosphere of the Stadium

"Zhuang, why are you back now" D'Antoni wondered, how long has Zhuang Fei been out? What can you do in such a short time in less than 1 hour?

Zhuang Fei's face is still in a hurry, although he is a human in two lives, Zhuang Fei is a real "magician", in his previous life, he entered the basketball team since he was 12 years old, in this life, in order to realize his dream, he gave all his time to basketball. This also caused Zhuang Fei, who was a man of two lives, to be difficult to show composure in terms of feelings, and he was just an underage girl who let him lose.

"It's really a shame for the traverser," Zhuang Fei couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"What did you say?" D'Antoni didn't hear Zhuang Fei clearly today, he felt weird.

"It's nothing" Zhuang Fei took a deep breath and said with a smile, trying to calm himself down.

The Los Angeles Lakers have not been good enough this season, especially in the opening period, when they went 6-6 in the first 12 games, and after head coach Silver Fox Harris stepped down, the team signed super blue-collar Rodman with a base salary of $600,000, and the team got back on track. Led by former Lakers assistant coach and Hyundai Coach Kortlambis, the Lakers are in sixth place in the West after 23 games, with a 14-9 record behind the Jazz, Spurs, Trail Blazers, Timberwolves and Rockets, while their opponent today, the Minnesota Timberwolves, is 16-7, in fact, the difference between the two teams is not very large.

"Mr. Jerry, when will Rodman return to the team" Lambis eagerly asked Lakers general manager Jerry West about Rodman in the team's general manager's office.

Rodman left the team on March 13 for unknown reasons, and then disappeared until now, the Lakers were very optimistic about being able to sign Rodman with a veteran's base salary, but after signing, it was not like that at all, this person is too self-serving, not to mention that he never participates in the team's rì training, and then he always plays missing. Even so, the Lakers can only let him go, because the strength of this madman is really not to be said. It's only been less than a month, and his ability has conquered everyone in the Lakers.

"I don't know where he is, this time it's different from the past, in the past, he disappeared and didn't delay the game, this time he has been missing for three days, so this time he probably won't be back in a short time" Lakers godfather Jerry West said helplessly, if only Rodman could make people feel a little more at ease.

The Lakers want Rodman to have a work ethic, but how can this kind of good thing make the Lakers take it all? If Rodman could really show the professionalism of Olajuwon, he wouldn't be at the price of $600,000.

Los Angeles is the entertainment hub of the United States, where there are many stars. Even basketball, which is at the bottom of the professional sport, has a large number of fans here. The black and white double evil of Magic and Bird in the 80s laid a commercial foundation for the development of basketball, and the rise of Jordan in the 90s pushed basketball to the peak. In Zhuang Fei's previous life, the NBA has continued to introduce a large number of popular superstars such as Grant Hill, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, but it still has not brought the NBA to the current height.

Today's game is not the Staples as the world knows, and although the Staples Arena is nearing completion, the Lakers' home arena is still the Forum Arena, which they have used for more than 30 years.

Nowadays, sports in Los Angeles is not just a sports competition, and the NBA, as a professional sports family, is no exception. Many entertainment stars or high-ranking officials and wealthy people will appear here, and many Lakers players in Zhuang Fei's later generations have criticized their home fans for not being enthusiastic enough and the atmosphere is not warm enough, but there is no doubt that the current Lakers home court is definitely one of the best stadiums.

Tonight is a basketball extravaganza and a huge entertainment party for the Forum Center.

"Shak O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers asked for the ball under the basket, Kevin Garnett was squeezed away by Shak, no foul, Kobe Bryant passed, beautiful, Shaq burst the dunk! Kevin Garnett's block didn't work out"

With Shak O'Neill's blue buckle, the fans in the stands around the Forum Arena suddenly went crazy.

"Haha, that big fat man is so funny, tsk, that hip is definitely curvy," said a fashionably dressed man sitting in the front row of the Forum Arena with a strange smile on his face, at this time he was out of place with the fans around him. He doesn't understand basketball, and he's not a Lakers fan, but because there are so many stars here, he thinks he's also a star, and he's coming here with the trend. In the future, there will be more and more such people at the Lakers' home court. This is the sadness of the big city of entertainment.

"Cāo, who the is this guy? I don't even know Shaq, and the fat guy screams, it's so fucking annoying."

"Don't worry too much, concentrate on watching the game, anyway, these so-called celebrities have spent money to buy tickets, and what they say is also their zìyóu"

Although the fans around the fashionable man were unhappy, they didn't open their mouths to reprimand, but their enthusiasm suddenly cooled down, and a rat poop spoiled a pot of soup.

The test of Zhuang Fei in this game is still O'Neal's defensive problem, the last time the two teams met Zhuang Fei purely relied on offense to suppress the overlord, this time Zhuang Fei gave Garnett a hint to go around the front defense, not only that, but also next to Garnett Paul Pierce at any time to help the defense can not let O'Neal dribble, as long as O'Neal dribbles to the pinch.

It is absolutely necessary to reduce the number of shots O'Neal can take as much as possible, and only if he has fewer shots can he reduce his threat.

"This kind of defense around the front doesn't seem to be very effective against O'Neal" D'Antoni has some regrets, since Zhuang Fei used this tactic to restrain Sabonis, a super center, he has always been confident in this tactic, and he is looking forward to a lot against O'Neill this time, but the effect is not very good at present.

"Of course, how is it possible for Sabonis to match O'Neill in terms of physical talent?" Zhuang Fei said with a wry smile. O'Neal doesn't look at him fat, but his fat doesn't reduce his flexibility in the slightest, Kevin Garnett can't get around him a lot of the time, plus he pushes or squeezes Garnett with his body from time to time, which makes Garnett very painful. It can be said that how to deal with O'Neal now is a world-class problem, and it is estimated that the muscular man in Salt Lake City can resist O'Neal under the basket.

The biggest change between the Lakers in this game and the last game between the two sides is that the Lakers lineup has the appearance of Queen Bee Glen Rice and the loss of Eddie Jones.

The deal was completed three days ago, and Glen Rice missed a game this season due to injury, and today is his first appearance of the season and his first start for the Lakers. Glen Les is currently one of the best three-point shè players in the NBA, which is why the Lakers need him, O'Neal's containment is too great, and there will naturally be a lot of vacant opportunities on the outside, and being able to introduce one of the best shè players in the league can naturally make O'Neal's advantages the most played. In 1996 and 1997, the queen bee shot 47 percent from three-point range, and he didn't shoot too many shots because he didn't take many shots, and he averaged 5.6 three-pointers per game that season, which was also among the best in the league.

"Mike, how many three-pointers did Glen Rice shoot this game?" At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, the Timberwolves led by three points 78-75 in the first three quarters, but before the fourth quarter could start three minutes, Lenles hit two three-pointers in a row.

"Counting this, it's the tenth time that he has hit 6 goals" D'Antoni looked at the technical statistics, frowned and replied, it's too rebellious.

There was no way, Zhuang Fei could only call a timeout to interrupt his touch, but by this time the Timberwolves were already 3 points behind.

Glen Rice, who made his debut for the Lakers today, was really crazy, he hit five three-pointers in the fourth quarter alone, and with his three-point rain, the Lakers won the Timberwolves at home and handed the Timberwolves their eighth loss of the season.

This victory also gave Lakers fans a glimpse of the strength of Queen Bee and made them forget the pain of losing Eddie Jones a little