The 03~04 season was the last glory of the Kings. In the summer of '04, Divac returned to the Lakers and announced his retirement. Then there was a struggle for power in the team, and the two cores of Chris Webb and Peja were sent away one after another. In the end, the former "gorgeous king" was left with only the "White Devil" Mike Bibby. As the core of the old team continued to be sent, the Kings' regular season record also dropped again and again, and even the arrival of Artest and the growth of Kevin Martin could not stop the downward trend.

Last season, the Kings were 33-49 and missed the playoffs for the first time since the 97~98 season.

The Kings team in the new season has not made much action in the summer, and still maintains the original lineup, and the record is not optimistic, currently 5-8 in 13 games, ranking 10th in the West, and the Lakers who are still in first place in the West with 10 wins and 3 losses.

Normally, such a game with a large difference in strength will not have much to watch, not to mention that the Kings do not have any balloon stars. But now because of the war of words between Artest and Li Wan, there are a lot of media who pay attention to this game.

During the warm-up, Odom went to say hello to Artest and try to make a final adjustment. It's a pity that it can be seen from the "bitter melon face" before he returned to the Lakers bench that the effect is not ideal.

Artest glared at Li Wan fiercely and shook his fist at him. Since entering the NBA, Li Wan has never seen such an arrogant guy, and he saw it today.

The Kings' starting lineup is: point guard Bibby, point guard Kevin Martin, small forward Ron Artest, power forward Brad Miller, and center Mickey Moore.

This lineup lacks a big center who can stand on his feet in the civil war.

Brad Miller, nicknamed the "Big White Bear", became a good interior defender in the early years with his thick body and small actions in the confrontation, but with the rise of age and the impact of injuries, his defensive attitude has changed, and he is no longer so active, and he is slow, so that he has completely become a big hole in the interior of the Kings.

Mickey Moore is willing to fight, but he is 2.13 meters tall, but he is only 103 kilograms, and he is nicknamed "Snake Man". It belongs to "only the attitude but not the body".

The Lakers made an offensive arrangement for the big hole in the Kings' interior line, and they played an advantage at the beginning, because Bynum, who was holding his breath of criticism, became a real "little shark" in the Kings' interior line.

At 7 minutes and 16 seconds in the first quarter, Bynum scored seven points alone to help the team lead by six points. Playing excitedly, he watched Mike Bibby dribble across the half court, and shouted to his teammates for the first time: "Let's hold this ball and open up more points!" ”

Kobe Bryant turned his head to look at him, and there was no lack of appreciation in his eyes. Bynum entered the draft at the age of 18, and although he entered the NBA in '05, he is actually only in his early 20s. suddenly knows how to shout on the court and boost the morale of his teammates, Kobe Bryant feels that this is proof of maturity!

Even looking at his appearance, I feel a lot more pleasing to the eye.

"Lee, it's your turn!"

Leewan, who had been watching carefully from the bench, was called by Phil Handy's name and stood up and walked towards the players' waiting area. When he stood up, there was a lot of cheers from the scene.

This is the spontaneous cheers of the fans at the scene when they saw Li Wan on the field, and it also meant cheering for Li Wan.

Fisher sat back on the bench like a transparent man, and he was substituted after only five or six minutes of the first quarter......

This made him more and more convinced that Phil Jackson was making a temporary transition.

Artest, as the best defensive player in the past, also entered the All-Star bench in 04, compared to the ones Li Wan faced before, this is a real star player. Even Kobe, the league's outside scorer, has enough headaches when he meets him, although tonight is Li Wan's "super god" day according to the law, but whether he can continue his state really has to be a question mark.

Artest shook his head when Li Wan came on the court, lifted the jersey on his body, and made a "beast pounce on food" appearance.

"Boy, you'll soon learn that the NBA isn't as simple as you think!" He yelled at Li Wan.

Li Wan also shouted back: "It's really not simple, after all, there are people in this league who can't beat the opposing player, so they run to hit the opposing fans!" ”

Just now when he was sitting on the sidelines, Artest ran up to him several times to make provocative gestures, and he had been holding back this breath for a long time.

The naked irony, everyone was stunned. Odom subconsciously wanted to hold his head, he knew that Li Wan's mouth was very stinky, and all kinds of trash words were heart-wrenching, but he didn't expect that this guy would dare to mention the "Auburn Hills Palace" incident in front of Artest.

That can be said to be a watershed moment in Artest's career. Before the Auburn Hills Palace brawl, Artest averaged a career-high 24.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game, but because of beating fans, Artest was banned all season, and then came back, no longer in the form he was in, and he didn't average more than 20 points per game in two seasons.

Odom knew very well how much Artest regretted his impulsiveness at that time, and he didn't dare to joke about it, despite his good relationship with Artest.

Looking at Artest again and listening to Li Wan's response, he couldn't hide the eyes of a single person, and the current Artest is like that.

Li Wan was not afraid at all, took the ball in the backcourt with a calm demeanor, and slowly dribbled through the half.

Bynum actively asked for the ball, and Li Wan, who had observed, still chose to give the ball to Kobe, Kobe Bryant faced Artest on the flank, and after continuous footsteps, he shot against Artest, and the ball popped up with a "bang", Bynum grabbed the offensive rebound, completed the second offense, and scored the ball!

"Ho!"

Bynum thumped his chest hard, and the whole atmosphere of the scene was ignited. In the defense, he looked at Li Wan and asked him with his eyes: Why didn't you pass the ball to me just now?

Don't you see that I'm in such good shape?

It seems that what Fisher said is indeed true!

Bynum became more and more convinced that Li Wan was deliberately targeting him and seeing him unhappy.

The Kings played a "hand-to-hand" tactic at the No. 1 or No. 3 position, but Luke Wharton couldn't make up for it, and Li Wan could only intercept Artest for him, preventing him from taking the ball and attacking the basket directly.

And that's exactly what the Kings have in mind.

Artest saw that Li Wan was successfully replaced in front of him, and shouted: "Pull away, pull away, let me give this bitch a little color!" ”

Li Wan looked at his smug appearance and recalled the information about this guy.

By studying Artest's game footage before the game, Li Wan has long been familiar with his technical characteristics.

Compared with his excellent individual defense, Artest's performance on the offensive end is a bit lackluster, and his offensive means are mainly mid-to-long-range jump shots.

His ability to break through is limited by speed and bounce, and he can only rely on his body to eat.

Compared with him, Li Wan's disadvantage is physical, so he is very sure that Artest will break through. He made a defensive gesture towards Odom and Bynum under the basket.

The Kings have some scoring ability under the basket, with Brad Miller averaging 13.4 points per game and Mickey Moore averaging 8.4 points per game. But Artest is more accustomed to breaking through the ball to the outside, and he doesn't have the ability to pass inside.

Bynum saw his gesture, pretended not to see it, and complained disdainfully: Don't give me the ball, do you want me to cooperate with you? Dream on!

Odom was more focused and ready to make up for it.

The younger brother followed the brother, and he finally chose the younger brother. First, the brothers do not take advantage; Second, the younger brother is on a team with him.

Artest didn't let Li Wan guess wrong, and after dribbling twice, he began to kill inside.

Li Wan was not afraid, his footsteps moved sideways, and he took the first step in front of Artest.

In terms of pure strength, Li Wan is definitely not as good as Artest, but his cleverness lies in blocking the defensive position in advance.

Artest lacks explosiveness, and at this time it does not fully start, so the impact caused is not so strong.

Although he still let Artest push away.

But his purpose was achieved.

Odom made up for the first time, Artest had already combined the ball and started, he could only choose to pass or resist the defense, his passing vision was completely blocked by Odom, he had no choice but to force a layup, Li Wan chased after him from behind and slapped his layup away.

The ball smashed into the basket, and there was a loud "bang", which spread along the loudspeaker on the rebound and spread to the entire audience. Cheers came from all directions, but Li Wan didn't have time to answer them. The basketball that popped up was grabbed by Odom, and he took it from the side, and carried it himself to the frontcourt.

Artest chased desperately behind, Li Wanguang glanced at it, dribbled to the three-point line, and suddenly jumped up in front of him to shoot, Artest, who was bent on catching up with Li Wan, didn't expect him to jump suddenly, failed to brake the car, and crashed straight into Li Wan's body. Li Wan lost his center of gravity, stumbled when he landed, and finally fell to the ground. The referee's whistle blows and signals three free throws!

Li Wan, who was lying on the ground, tapped his temple with his fingers: "It turns out that you still have to rely on your brain to play ball!" ”

Artest's expression was even more ugly now.

Li Wan, who scored all three free throws, was even more confident.

When Artest is emotional, the defense tends to be aggressive, writing his intentions on his face. Li Wan successfully took advantage of this.

"Give me the ball!" Artest asked for the ball directly at Mike Bibby, who was covered and fouled again, and he was so embarrassed that he was in a hurry to get back on the field.

Mike Bibi actually didn't want to give him the ball, and with Artest's current mentality, he was afraid that he would not be able to get any bargain if he continued to attack.

However, he knew Artest's temper, and if the ball was not passed to him, his head would be in danger.

Artest got the ball as he wished, faced Luke Wharton, and shook his elbow hard with the help of a triple threat. Wharton, who was originally sticking to him, instinctively turned his head and dodged this blow, and at the same time his body subconsciously retreated, although it didn't hit him just now, but the elbow wind made him dare not think about what the consequences would be if that hit him.

Artest took the opportunity to dribble the ball and began to break through, and Luke Wharton did not dare to step forward.

Li Wan blocked from the side.

Looking at his calm and unflustered face, Artest was furious and took the initiative to find a confrontation, although Li Wan was knocked out again this time, he did not lose his position.

At this time, his arm span advantage began to show, Artest held the ball, and the whole person was covered by him.

The small movements in Li Wan's hands were still non-stop, hitting his hands to protect the ball from time to time. He could see Artest's black hand at Wharton just now.

Play dirty, then play dirty!

Because the two were too close, the referee couldn't see the movements of Li Wan's hands at all.

At this time, Artest was completely annoyed, and he decided to give Li Wan some color to take a look at the offensive foul, and he made a two-handed movement to raise the ball, in fact, to elbow Li Wan, who was constantly harassing.

Sure enough, Artest's elbow was raised, and Li Wan immediately fell to the ground with his face covered as he thought.

"Doot toot!"

The referee responded quickly, giving an offensive foul gesture and Artest with a technical foul.

Just now, when Artest was about to break through, the referee saw his malicious elbow, but he didn't blow the penalty because he didn't hit him, and this time he was directly arrested.

If the ball is replaced by an ordinary player, the referee may only blow an offensive foul, but it is Artest who is full of evil to do this action, and there is such a big contradiction between the two people, the referee is afraid that he will get bigger and bigger, and he must be given a warning.

Artest's eyes widened in disbelief, if he did hit Li Wan just now, the problem was that as soon as he raised his arm, this bitch immediately fell to the ground and pretended to be dead, and his acting skills were too good.

"I didn't hit him!" Atai hugged the ball and complained to the referee.

"Do you want to eat another t!" The referee didn't want to talk nonsense with him at all.

There were also boos at the scene in Staples at this time. Li Wan is still covering his face until now, obviously injured a lot, which made the Lakers fans angry, and the boos continued and became louder and louder, and the Kings head coach Rejay Seus who had no choice but to call a timeout.

Li Wan continued to cover his face and go off the stage, and he had to do a full set of acts. It's just that when he passed by Artest, there was a sly tone in his tone: "Really use your brain, Ron!" ”