"Those guys are okay, they're not playing too crazy, are they?"

On December 25, 2003, the Boston Celtics, Zhuang Fei's chairman's office, at this time Zhuang Fei was looking down at the information in his hand, and those materials were some report data of the Lakers' recent games that Zhuang Fei specially asked the scouts to prepare.

However, this time, Zhuang Fei was arranged for the Lakers once, as the first in the East and the first in the West, this game has a great impact in the United States, which is also the reason why this game appeared for the first time as the finale of the Christmas War, you know, in the previous two years of the Christmas War, the Boston Celtics vs. the Lakers were the appetizers of the battle between Carter and Jordan, and now, this year, the battle between Carter and Duncan was put into the second game, and the first game was the matchup between the two absolute offensive teams such as the Wizards vs. Timberwolves.

This year's Christmas War is a more conventional 3 big games, that is, from 4 o'clock in the afternoon, three games in a row, and the six teams in these three games are naturally the most popular teams in the NBA, of course, in addition to the Christmas War, the strategic value of the game is also extremely high, especially the Lakers away game and the Celtics, this game is a veritable double first battle, and the victory or defeat of this game can directly and absolutely the strength and weakness between the two sides, Although the Boston Celtics have a 27-4 record so far.

It's slightly better than the Lakers' 26-5. Even if the Boston Celtics lost this game, the Boston Celtics did not give up the first place in the league, but the victory or defeat of this game is far from being explained by the record, and before this game, almost all the media experts in the league wanted to know where the potential of the current Lakers is, or where the ceiling is. Now the world knows that the Lakers are terrifying, and these six All-Star-caliber players make up the most terrifying star combination in league history. In this case, as long as the team has three stars per game, then few people can beat the team.

In fact, it is much easier to ask three of the six stars to play normally in a game than to ask four stars to play three normally in a game, and in this case, the Lakers have been like this in previous games, although after the return of Kobe, this team will occasionally have a situation where most of the stars have not played well, but this is also a very rare case. Most of the time. All six of the Lakers' stars can play normally in at least four of a game.

In fact, as far as the current Lakers are concerned, this team really has no so-called tactics, and now the head coach of the Lakers, Phil Jackson, has no intention of playing his triangle offense anymore, because the three new players on this team, Payton and Malone and Fan Maniac are difficult to integrate into the team's triangle offensive system in one season, in this case, the Lakers with such six players do not need too many complex tactics, many times just give the ball to the stars.

And this team is in addition to Szzebiak. The other five players all have strong independent offensive ability, and even Szebiak, who has always been considered to have poor independent offensive ability, played as a playmaker for a period of time in the last period of the Warriors, although his level of playmaking forward is far less than Carter or Maddy, but there is no doubt that as long as he is given the opportunity, he can also attack with the ball, you know, he averaged 27 points per game in a single season with the Warriors.

Although his data when he was with the Warriors has been considered by many media experts to be brushing data, it is impossible for a pure shooter who does not have the offensive ability to hold the ball to average more than 27 points per game on a garbage team, after all, no one will create open opportunities or easy shooting opportunities for him in the Warriors. So this season, the Lakers have basically become a star team and a singles team.

This team's tactical literacy and tactical system are even worse than last season, and it is also the worst year since Phil Jackson entered the Lakers, of course, for such a Laker, the tactical system is all virtual, the basketball game is a game where whoever can put more balls in the basket can win, so this kind of game is very complicated to say, what defense can win the championship, the team that wins the rebound can dominate the game or something, these things are all virtual, Basketball comes down to throwing the ball more into the basket, and for these All-Stars of the Lakers, they are able to throw the ball into the basket, and they have all sorts of ways to get the ball into the basket.

Fat is close to 59% shooting this season, Malone is close to 50% shooting this season, Szzerbiak and Fan Maniac are shooting more than 40% three-point shooting this season, even if Payton is a perimeter ball handler, his shooting rate this season is as high as 49%, this Lakers is the league's highest shooting percentage, whether it is a two-point shooting percentage or a three-point shooting rate, the shooting rate is all; The highest in the league, which also shows the strength of this team in singles mode.

This team can make changes to the opponent even if it doesn't have a tactical system, and this ability of five people to hold back the defense for each other is definitely the best in the league, in this case, they don't need complex tactical running at all, if it weren't for Kobe's state this season, this team's shooting percentage may be even more terrifying, because of the incident in Eagle County in the summer, the Lakers guard suffered the biggest setback in his life, and so far, The Lakers guard has not yet come out of the setback, as far as Zhuang Fei can see from the Lakers' scouting report, although Kobe Bryant has the most points among the Lakers' six All-Stars, his efficiency is the lowest, whether it is the shooting percentage or three-point shooting is the lowest in his career.

Of course, the minimum of this is to exclude the season when he first entered the league. After all, there were too few samples at that time to compare, and apart from Kobe's first season, this year's Lakers guard had the lowest shooting percentage in a year, which also shows his current struggle.

Zhuang Fei rarely watched Lakers games this season, he didn't know what kind of situation this Laker was, but from the data he got in his hands, the most intuitive feeling he could give was that this team was very strong. Especially on the offensive end, because according to the statistics, the Lakers' game. The Lakers have a 15-0 record when both teams score more than 100 points at the same time, and when both teams don't score more than 100 points at the same time, the Lakers have an 11-5 record, and when the Lakers don't score more than 100 points, the team has a 4-4 record.

This is a team that is extremely confident in its own offense, and if any team dares to play against this Lakers, then nine times out of ten it is dead, and this team's offense is too good. After all, it's a team of global stars. Their scoring is too easy for other teams to score, in the NBA, it has always been said that defense is about hard work, and offense is based on talent, and there is no doubt that this Lakers is the most talented team in the NBA.

"Now they're okay, after all, the coach you ordered, this time they can't play too high" Facing Zhuang Fei's problem, the assistant coach of the team, Stephen Green, also smiled and said, although Zhuang Fei did not go to the Christmas parade this time, but sent him as a 'supervisor'. Zhuang Fei is skeptical about whether these young players of the Boston Celtics can control themselves in celebration, and in fact, for these young players, they are easily affected by the emotions of the outside world.

However, after listening to his assistant's words, Zhuang Fei also smiled and nodded, this is the result he wants, and these Boston Celtics players are obviously very obedient to his arrangement, for this game with the Lakers, Zhuang Fei definitely does not want to make any mistakes, this is one of the most important games of the Boston Celtics this season, and it is also the most important regular season.

"Coach, this Laker is difficult to deal with," Stephen Green looked at the teacher in front of him, although he was happy to hear that the Boston Celtics players did not behave out of line during the parade, but Green could also see some gloom on Zhuang Fei's face.

Obviously, his head coach is now troubled by the Lakers' affairs, in fact, Green is also very familiar with the current situation of the Lakers, the scouting report in Zhuang Fei's hand is made by him and the Celtics' scouts, and he is also very clear about the difficulty of this Laker, and the team that attacked the Lakers lost all this season, and the team lost all the games because of how good the other party was, but the Lakers themselves basically had to play by themselves every half a month, The random fight in this is naturally related to Kobe.

In addition to these random games, the Lakers only had one defeat in the regular season all season, that is, this team was prevented by Kwame Brown when they played against the Raptors, and other players were killed by Anthony on the offensive end and were suddenly killed by Mobley, but that game was originally caused by the Lakers' own poor back-to-back state away from home, especially the poor state of Ao Fat, it is difficult for such a big center to ask him how great he can play in back-to-back games on the road, In fact, in the game where it was recognized that Ao Fat was guarded by Kwame Brown, this Ao Fat was also 8 of 14, and the shooting rate was still extremely high.

In this case, against the Boston Celtics, it is basically impossible for the Lakers to have Kobe Bryant playing around, and it is impossible for O'Fat to be in poor shape, and if these situations do not appear, the Lakers have no game this season that the opponent can really defend them, and this team is now helpless on the offensive end. And what to play in this game in Boston? Offensive or purely defensive? That's pretty much the hardest thing to judge.

After all, no team in the league can really defend the Lakers right now, and can the Boston Celtics do? It's hard to say, the result is basically not very promising, and what about playing against this team? Zhuang Fei is extremely confident in the Boston Celtics' offense, but seeing the report that the Lakers and the opponent have won all the games this year can make people retreat. It's a tangled question.

"Yes, it's hard to deal with" In the end, Zhuang Fei also said helplessly after frowning, the Lakers were the most difficult team in his NBA career, and this year's Lakers are better than ever

"Kobe, you played too much poison in the last game, I think we should have reminded you many times, you should give the ball to Gary, you shouldn't have too much possession, that's not your best choice"

On December 25, 2003, at 6 p.m., in the Lakers locker room of the visiting team at the North Shore Garden Arena, something unexpected was happening in the locker room, the Lakers' big man O'Neal was reprimanding another Lakers star player, Kobe.

"Yes, Bryant, I think the team that Shaq said, we are very strong, but we can't be too complacent, you need to reduce the number of times you hold the ball" Almost after Ao Fat finished speaking, Malone on the side also echoed, and as one of the parties, he didn't say anything, but there was a trace of unhappiness in his eyes, in the last game of the home game with the Warriors, they were almost killed by the Warriors who ranked twelfth in the West this year, if it weren't for the magical three points near the midfield of Szzczebiak at the last moment, this team would have knelt, For Kobe, he is also very helpless about the short-circuit behavior of thinking every half a month, he knows that Kobe is under a lot of pressure now, and he is a little nervous many times, but this is not a reason to shirk responsibility.

At this time, Kobe, who was reprimanded and accused by his teammates, did not speak, nor did he turn to head coach Phil Jackson, and the dead man held his hands tightly and bowed his head silently, although his body trembled a little, but he did not say anything, and others did not know what he was thinking about now, and Lakers head coach Phil Jackson on the side signaled to all Lakers players that it was time to go after a slight glance at Kobe. At this time, all these Lakers players left at Jackson's signal, and no one cared about Kobe Bryant, who was lowering his head at this time, and it was obvious that he was isolated.

"Kobe, are you okay" After the Lakers players and coaches left, Szzebiak patted Kobe Bryant's shoulder a little helplessly and asked, at this time, the Lakers probably still paid attention to Kobe, who was under great pressure from public opinion and almost pushed by the wall, I am afraid he is the only one.

"I'm fine" almost jumped out of his mouth with a few words, and then the Lakers guard also got up and left the locker room under Szzebiak's helpless eyes. (To be continued.) )