December 25, 1999, Los Angeles Staples Center, Staples is the new arena put into use this year, the original Lakers' arena is the Forum Arena, this is the first year of the Lakers' new arena, and so far the Lakers have never lost even a game in the new arena, so soon Lakers fans gave Staples Arena a new nickname "BEWINCENTRE" Chinese meaning probably the Must-win Arena or the Must-Win Center, which is both their self-confidence and their conceit, They firmly believe that no team can leave Staples unscathed, not even the Timberwolves, who are as crazy as the Lakers right now.

When Zhuang Fei and his Timberwolves players walked out of the locker room, there was a deafening boo above Staples, and the same as the Forum Arena, the atmosphere in Staples's arena has not been very good, although the Lakers also have many rivals, but there are rarely such full-court boos, it can be said that this is the first time for Staples, whether it is the battle between the Timberwolves and the Lakers in the rankings or the entanglement of Wang Zhizhi and O'Neal in the All-Star vote, Even the unclear scandal between Zhuang Fei and the Lakers or the invisible gunsmoke with Phil Jackson, all of this makes this game not seem so harmonious.

Before the game, Zhuang Fei did not go to Phil Jackson to shake hands, and Phil Jackson did the same, the two tacitly knew that it was useless to say more about this game off the court, and the duel on the court was the only duel.

"Karim, I'm glad you accepted ABC's invitation to be the guest commentator for this Christmas game," Michaels, the ABC live commentator, said with a smile to the big man next to him, one of the Lakers' greats and the NBA's greatest stars.

"Thank you, it's also an alternative experience to be able to watch such a game in the commentary seat" Abdul-Jabbar said with a smile, the whole United States has been full of Lakers vs. Timberwolves in the past half month, as if this game is the end of the world, everyone is getting carried away to discuss this game, Abdul-Jabbar has not left basketball although he has retired, he knows the significance of this game for both teams. A lot of things have been surpassed. Of course, he is also willing to witness this unfought but hot game in the live and commentary seats.

"Does Karim know anything about the Timberwolves? What do you think of the victory or defeat of the Lakers and Timberwolves in this game," Michaels began with today's commentary according to his own script.

"The two teams are similar," Abdul-Jabbar pondered for a while and then said, "I'm naturally bullish on the Lakers, the Lakers have a big guy as scary as me, that's enough" Abdul-Jabbar's confident smile surprised Michaels. O'Neal hasn't yet determined his top status in the NBA, so it's too early to say that.

"Well, Shaq is indeed the strongest point of the Lakers, he scored 75 points in the last game, becoming the fifth player in NBA history to score more than 70 points, and his 75 points are also ranked third, and he almost single-handedly played against the entire Warriors in the last game. But the Timberwolves also have a lot of advantages over Shaq, such as their perimeter, and the Timberwolves still shoot first in the league in three-point shooting this season, reaching 45%. Hitting an average of 12 three-pointers in a game, and with their two big interior linemen, Jermaine O'Neal and Kevin Garnett, also doing well this year, this is a team that is considered to have no shortcomings. Michaels picked up Abdul-Jabbar's words and spoke to the TV camera about the two teams. And at this time, the lineup of the Timberwolves and Lakers for this game has been sent to him.

"The Lakers' lineup for this game is center: Shaq O'Neal, power forward is AC Green, small forward is Glen Rice, scoring guard Kobe Bryant, playmaking guard Ron Harper, this lineup has not changed at all. This is also the lineup during the Lakers' 20-game winning streak, and the Timberwolves' center is Jermaine, and the Timberwolves' center is not Jermaine O'Neal? When Michaels read about the Timberwolves' lineup, there was great horror on his face, it was not Jermaine O'Neal, who had performed well this season, but this year's Chinese rookie Wang Zhizhi. …,

Abdul-Jabbar, who was on the sidelines, was happy when he heard Michaels' voice. This Z coach is really good at playing, and he knows that one of the highlights of this game is O'Neill and Wang Zhizhi, but now Wang Zhizhi is put in, isn't it obvious that the two want to talk directly? This also satisfies the psychology of all those who want to see the excitement.

Unlike Abdul-Jabbar, who felt funny, Michaels was surprised. Xiao Ao has performed very well this season, and has been able to contribute an average of 10+10 per game, which can be said to be a representative of the new center in the NBA. And although Wang Zhizhi's performance is also good, no matter how you look at it, he can't compare with Xiao Ao, what does Coach Z mean by doing this? He couldn't eat it. In the end, Michaels didn't think about it anymore, and with the experience of last year's Western Conference Finals, he already had a certain resistance to Coach Z's ability to change.

"Well, the Timberwolves' center is Wang Zhizhi of the Great Wall of China, the power forward is Kevin Garnett, the small forward is Paul Pearce, and the shooting guard is Stephen, no, the scoring guard is Bruce Bowen, and the playmaking guard is Steve Nash" Michaels continued after reading it: "

There were two changes to the Timberwolves' lineup in this game, one was that Wang Zhizhi replaced Jermaine O'Neal at the center position, and Bruce Bowen replaced Jackson at the scoring guard position, which was also the first time this season for Wang Zhizhi.

"Zhuang, that Ron Harper is the running point of the Lakers' triangle offense on the court, and this year it was Phil Jackson who got the old man from the Bulls," D'Antoni said to Zhuang Fei, pointing to a Lakers player on the court. Ron Harpa Zhuang Fei naturally knows that this is also a former genius player, an important hero of the Bulls' second company, but now he is 36 years old, coupled with the constant injury, his strength and state have declined greatly, the score of the dynasty system is 74, although the score is lower, but Zhuang Fei will not be really stupid and naïve to think that this person is not enough to worry about, his experience is still there. After watching Harpa, Zhuang Fei began to look at the other Lakers players, this season's Lakers are very different from last season, but the trio of Ao Fat, Rice and Kobe Bryant is still there.

"That kid has a good beard and a stubble exploding head," Zhuang Fei said with some sighs as he looked at the Laker's No. 8 on the court, and it was obvious that the superstar was still in the rebellious stage.

When Zhuang Fei was observing the Lakers, Phil Jackson on the Lakers' side was also observing the Timberwolves players, and compared with Zhuang Fei's ease, Phil Jackson's brows were much tighter.

"Jermaine O'Neal and Jackson were replaced, what does that kid mean?" Phil Jackson couldn't stop muttering to himself, and from time to time he looked at Zhuang Fei, trying to see something from Zhuang Fei's face, but what disappointed him was that Zhuang Fei always kept smiling, as if nothing had happened.

"Hmph, as long as we still have O'Neal, it doesn't matter whether it's Wang Zhizhi or Jermaine O'Neal, it's the same for Shaq" Phil Jackson's heart relaxed a little when he thought of this

With the whistle of the referee Bavita, the two teams gathered in the middle circle, this time it was the big shark and Garnett who jumped the ball, Zhuang Fei thought that Garnett could use his bounce to win the jump ball, but he didn't expect the ball to be won by O'Neal in the end.

The first wave of ball ownership belonged to the Lakers, and after the Lakers won the jump ball, there were huge cheers from the stands again. Harpa, on the other hand, was careful to control the ball, he was not prepared to move quickly, and the Lakers and Timberwolves were not in a rhythm when attacking.

After Harpa came to the top of the three-point arc after half court, he faced Nash's defense and directly distributed the ball to Kobe Bryant at 45 degrees on the right side, and at the moment when Kobe received the ball, Glen Les on the left side also cut from the left to the bottom corner of the right side, and Harper moved to the left 45 degrees to make up for the gap left by Glen Les, and at the same time, the Lakers' power forward AC Green pulled to the left bottom corner, just for a moment, O'Neal, Rice in the right bottom corner, and Kobe Bryant at 45 degrees on the right formed an offensive triangle, And it also opened the space on the court, Kobe Bryant did not stop the ball after receiving the ball, and fell directly to the big shark O'Neal on the inside, and the singles began. If you're in Wake Forest, O'Neal's location belongs to Duncan. …,

"Is this a triangular offense? The point of the triangle offense seems to be to encourage singles and limit singles," D'Antoni next to Zhuang Fei looked at the Lakers on the court and asked Zhuang Fei.

"That's right, Mike, I didn't expect you to get one of the answers just by watching a match" Zhuang Fei looked at his assistant with some surprise, the triangle offense is to encourage singles while also restricting singles, this is a degree, the coordination just now is like this, Harpa and Kobe Bryant can't stop the ball, they are tactical hair, O'Neal is a tactical endpoint, as a tactical player can't play alone, and if the current O'Neal has no chance at this endpoint, or if the single can't play the other party, Then O'Neill can't play hard, and then he becomes a tactical one, while others continue to pull it and run out of a new triangle, and the same tactical endpoint will change.

When Zhuang Fei was in Wake Forest, CBS specially invited a group of basketball tactics experts to interpret the tactical changes of Wake Forest's triangle offense, and came to the conclusion that the five players on the Wake Forest court can have 350 sets of tactical choices within 5s, this tactic is constantly changing the end point and the hair, everyone on the court can become the end point, so the player's ability to read the game and pass the ability to run is extremely high, which is a more difficult set of offensive tactics than running and Princeton.

Just when Zhuang Fei was thinking about his presence in the Vic Forest, there was a burst of exclamations at the scene.

"Huh, Shaq didn't actually push the Chinese?" (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )