Big Shark O'Neal, this is a super player who you don't like even if you don't like him, but you have to admit his strength and dominance.

The talent of being huge, but still able to rise into the air like a striker, is a real historical level.

There were no surprises in the opening jump shot, O'Neal with his excellent height and bounce, easily overpowered Cherokee Parks and flicked the ball to the backcourt.

Lakers guard Nick Van Exel also began to slowly advance with the ball after holding the ball in his hands.

The reason why the Lakers played at a very slow pace in this era is certainly not because the Lakers' players can't run, in fact, O'Neal was fully able to adapt to that kind of multi-round game when he was young.

But even so, the Lakers are still steady on the offensive end, and the main reason is because their center is O'Neal, the omnipotent O'Neal!

After entering the frontcourt, the Lakers' first attack directly found O'Neal on the inside.

At this time, O'Neill was in a low position, with a broad back on Cherokee Parks, his feet rooted in the ground, and under Cherokee Parks' hard pushing, O'Neill did not move at all.

Cherokee Parks' range of movement was already huge, and having such a big movement at the beginning of the game showed how much pressure O'Neal was putting on Cherokee Parks from the low post.

Lakers' outside lineman Nick Van Exel didn't hesitate when he saw O'Neal raise his hand to ask for the ball, and directly hoisted the ball to O'Neal on the inside.

Nick Van Exel's height is not much different from Marbury's, and it is not easy for Marbury to guard against the opposition's passes.

So the basketball easily fell into O'Neal's hands.

"Huh?"

"The Lakers hoisted the ball to O'Neal so easily?"

"Didn't the Timberwolves do research on the Lakers before the game?"

In this day and age, there are few people who can defend O'Neill one-on-one in the low post. Many teams in the NBA often deal with O'Neal's way of wrapping up, and opponents who are on the same side as O'Neal tend to let go of the player they are defending and approach O'Neal's position in the position.

Once the Lakers try to pass the ball, there must be at least two players at the same time who can pose a threat to the Lakers' passing.

The way to crack O'Neal is not to find a way to defend O'Neal in the low post at all, but to try not to let O'Neal receive the ball in the low post.

The reason why the Lakers, who have the OK combination, couldn't form a strong championship momentum in the early days, is actually here.

Before Kobe Bryant grew up, the Lakers didn't have a strong enough perimeter to be able to pass the ball to O'Neal while having their own offensive power.

A player who is suitable for the Lakers is not only capable of playing alone and shooting from the outside, but also needs excellent passing skills from the outside to the inside.

When the whole league knows what kind of way to limit O'Neal's play, the Timberwolves actually let the Lakers give the ball to the interior so easily, and it is no wonder that the spectators will let out such a shout.

O'Neal, who took the ball in the low post, did not disappoint the audience, with a simple sinking step, O'Neal went directly to the basket, and then dribbled with just a simple turn, directly pushing off Chelokie Parkes.

He then jumped up and poured the ball directly into the basket on Cherokee Parkes' head.

Cherokee Parkes, who was affected by O'Neal's impact, couldn't jump up at all when facing O'Neal, and could only symbolically raise his hand, and then was blocked by O'Neal.

A powerful slam dunk is one of O'Neal's best "tricks", and Cherokee Parks has no way to get the ball in that position.

The Lakers home fans in Staples cheered after seeing O'Neal's explosive slam dunk, and the raging cheers poured into the court.

After the goal, O'Neill also showed quite excitement, and after landing on the ground, he pointed at Cherokee Parks with both hands, and his face was full of mockery.

Not.

Don't look at O'Neal, this guy is often funny on the court, but like most supergiants in this era, O'Neal has a somewhat bad personality when he is on the court.

"The next ball starts to shrink the defence, Tom, pay attention to the Cherokee, and the defense is a little bit deeper."

"Don't let O'Neill catch the ball too easily."

"Alright, let's attack, don't worry too much."

On the side of the field, Coach Philip shouted to the players on the field, O'Neill's strength was within the range of his expectations, and the opening goal was just a test of O'Neal's quality.

Let's see how far Cherokee Parkes can go against a player of O'Neal's level.

After watching the first goal, Coach Philip realized that he was still thinking too much, and Cherokee Parks had no way to fight O'Neal at all

Switching offense and defense, Marbury's side quickly entered the front court with the ball, and compared to the Lakers, the Timberwolves' advance speed was obviously faster.

Defending martial arts is Rick Fox (201cm/102kg), this player's level is still remarkable, but compared to martial arts, it is a little less interesting.

In the offensive phase of the Timberwolves, the focus of the fans in the stadium was also focused on Wu Dao.

Lakers fans knew something about the Timberwolves before the game, and Takeshi had such excellent stats at the start of the season, but anyone who paid attention to the NBA noticed the rookie.

also entered the NBA in high school, and the emergence of martial arts also increased Kobe's discussion among Lakers fans in disguise.

The fans pulled Kobe out and made a comparison with Wudao, and then came to a conclusion that Kobe was inferior to Wudao.

Lakers fans feel that if they Lakers get martial arts, with an outside scorer who averages nearly 40 points per game to help, they will win the championship this year.

No matter what era it is, it is not uncommon for fans to compare players and then step on one after another.

The attention of the players in the court was also focused on Martial Arts for a while, and after the Lakers' players were in position on defense, everyone paid attention to Martial Arts intentionally or unintentionally.

After observing the Lakers' defense, Marbury also chose to pass the ball to Takemichi.

The reason is also very simple, the task of attacking the fortification needs to be handed over to the small forward, doesn't it?

Let Martial Arts use his individual ability to disrupt the opponent's defense, and then the rest of the Timberwolves can have more space to play their strengths freely.

Outside the three-point line, Wu Dao received a pass from his teammate, then grabbed the ball with his left hand and raised it high, looking slightly sideways at Rick Fox who was defending him

For this buddy, there is only one impression of martial arts.

A rare beautiful boy among blacks.

As for the technical characteristics of the other party, Martial Arts doesn't have much impression anymore.

Therefore, after getting the ball, Wu Dao just took a look at Fox Fox's defensive position, and immediately decided to attack first.

The half-sideways martial arts quickly took the ball with both hands, and a large low-altitude sweep of the ball, instantly facing the frame.

The moment the bent Takemichi saw the moment he swept the ball, Rick Fox took half a step back, then quickly retracted his feet, quickly straightened up and lifted the ball above his head.

In the face of the action of martial arts combined ball pulling, Rick Fox showed indifference, and martial arts did not hesitate, and the action that was originally a temptation instantly turned into a smooth three-point dry pull.

“ohhh！”

"That's it?"

In the first attack of the opening, Wu Dao chose a difficult three-point pull, and in the exclamations of the people around him, the basketball flew directly over Rick Fox's head, and then accompanied by a crisp sound of the net, the basketball went directly into the net.

"Oh———"

Three points into the net, Timberwolves fans immediately raised their arms and cheered, although the cheers were not as loud as the previous Lakers scored, but they were also a strong force.

Wu Dao and Marbury, who returned to the defense, high-fived each other, and then quickly turned back to defend.

"With such a defense to defend martial arts, the opponent is afraid that he will be able to cut 50 points on Rick's head."

"You have to put pressure on the defense, or you'll be killed."

"Even if Rick tries his best, he may not be able to affect him much, and this kind of defense is no different from not defending."

If you want to say who knows the most about martial arts in the entire Lakers, then this person is probably Kobe.

He has been roommates with Martial Arts for a while, and they have also trained together and fought heads-up. Kobe Bryant is well aware of how strong Martial Dao's projection ability is.

And Kobe Bryant watched Wudao's previous games with other teams, and Kobe found that Wudao, who had just entered the league not long ago, had fully adapted to the intensity of the regular season.

Kobe knew that Rick Fox's defense would not affect martial arts at all.

And the martial arts that Kobe Bryant knows, if he pulls 100 three-pointers in the vacant position, he may be able to score more than 90.

Such a level, in addition to hard training day and night, also requires players to have 100 million points of projection talent. At least Kobe Bryant thinks he can't do it, dry pull is not a jump shot, and the difficulty is completely two grades.

Compared with the jump shot, the dry pull out will have a lot less time to aim and adjust, the dry pull will be more talented, and the jump shot will be more hard to practice.

Kobe's muttering off the court attracted the attention of coach Del Harris, who swept his gaze over Kobe Bryant's body before asking:

"Kobe, do you know that martial arts? Have you crossed paths with him before? ”

In the face of the coach's inquiry, Kobe nodded and said:

"I played against him before he entered the league."

"His shooting is sharp, and if you don't give him intensity, you're watching him score."

"He's shooting at an outrageous percentage, whether it's a three-point shot or a mid-to-long range shot."

"We must not let him feel the feeling, otherwise no one in our team will be able to stop him."

Kobe nodded and spoke, showing considerable respect for martial arts in and out of his words.

Hearing Kobe's words, Del Harris didn't think it was so-called alarmism.

The strength of martial arts, the Lakers still know something.

Del Harris had actually thought about how to defend martial arts before the game, but after watching the martial arts video, he didn't have such thoughts.

As Bryant said, there is no one on their team who can defend one-on-one martial arts.

The Timberwolves, a young rookie, have already shown themselves to be a superstar.

"If it were you, what would you do?"

Del Harris asked Kobe Bryant, his gaze deepening.

These days, Del Harris has also heard a lot of voices, and of course he knows that Kobe Bryant is often pulled out by fans to compare with the Timberwolves' martial arts, which is inevitable for NBA players.

Del Harris knew exactly what Bryant meant by those words.

Kobe Bryant was also stimulated by the young man of the Timberwolves, and during this time he always wanted to get a chance to prove his ability.

Del Harris is willing to develop youngsters, and he doesn't mind giving Bryant a chance to play.

Of course, the premise is that Kobe Bryant has this ability.

"Close, I'd rather let him break through and give him two points than let him play three."

"It's all about defending, we can attack without me, but we have to have me defending."

Kobe's strategy and ideas are very clear, and for Kobe's answer, Del Harris only nodded slightly, noncommittal.

In the middle of the court, Eddie Jones forced Tom, and after a difficult small step-back iron, O'Neal under the basket won the offensive rebound, and then forced the ball into the Nets.

In the middle of the court, the offense and defense switched, and as Takedo entered the frontcourt, when Marbury sent the ball into Takemichi's hands again, there were earth-shattering cheers from the stands.

This time, Martial Arts is still holding the ball and testing the step, but in the face of the defensive Martial Arts Tentative Step, Rick Fox still chose to take half a step back, looking at his appearance, there is no intention to guard against Martial Arts at all.

Seeing such a defensive move, Wu Dao also planned to complete the opponent, seeing that the opponent was far away, he quickly closed the ball, and then pulled out his hand.

The Timberwolves' offensive time in this round only took nearly ten seconds, and the basketball immediately fell steadily into the Nets under everyone's eyes.

6:4。

As soon as the game opened, Wu Dao directly scored two three-pointers, leading the team to lead the opponent by 2 points.

The audience on the sidelines let out a burst of cheers, and on the Lakers bench, Kobe Bryant also shook his head when he saw this, as if he was lamenting that Rick Fox's defensive style was too stupid.

After these two rounds of offense and defense, Rick Fox's defensive focus has been obvious, and he doesn't let go of the shots, which is not much of a problem to deal with the average No. 3 position.

After all, Rick Fox is also nearly 30 years old, and he is inferior to his opponent in terms of explosiveness and instantaneous speed, so it is necessary to make trade-offs on the defensive end.

But compared to the breakthrough, Wudao's three-point shot is just as terrifying as a threat.

With a three-point shot, he can also shoot the opponent.

If it's a breakthrough, Rick Fox can still rely on his teammates, but if Wu Dao pulls a three-pointer, the rest of the Lakers won't even have the ability to interfere.