The first day of November.

The Suns continue to sit on the home court to meet the Lakers' challenge.

After the Suns and Lakers made a big trade, the Lakers signed a free agent before the start of the season in order to fill the vacancy left at the center position after O'Neal's departure.

This game was also O'Neal's first against his old boss, and the whole country was watching O'Neal's performance.

For the Suns, there is one of the biggest good news, that is, Kobe, the star of the Lakers, was invited to tea again before this game.

At least in the first quarter of the game, Kobe Bryant is unlikely to be on the court to participate in the game.

This is also the reason why the Lakers, with Kobe, did not trade other players with the singles Joe and Hardaway that were traded. (ps: Here is a response to the questions of some book friends, I don't know if I will see it.) ）

I'm afraid that for a long time this season, singles Joe was the starting point guard.

O'Neal was hot in the warm-up, hitting several mid-range shots.

Before the game, it was clear how much O'Neill wanted to win this game.

O'Neal wants to use his strength to tell the Lakers management that he O'Neal is the most critical player for the Lakers during the three-game championship period.

Miller and Divac were in the center circle as the race was about to begin.

On the Suns' side are regular starters, Payton, Wade, Marion, Miller and O'Neal.

The Lakers' starters are Fisher, singles Joe, Hardaway, Smalls and Divac.

Even without Kobe, the Lakers are still full of stars.

If the Suns and Spurs are the early stage of the Western Conference finals, then how can they not be counted with the Lakers?

This Lakers team completely missed Bai Fan's memory, the moment when Kobe Bryant led the team to the playoffs, and after the disintegration of the OK combination, it still remained in the league's championship ranks.

If Kobe Bryant and singles Joe can be compatible.

At the end of the jump ball, the Lakers possessed the ball, and they still played the triangle offense that the Zen master is best at.

The starting lineup of this Lakers team, with three corners, became the original Suns three without Kobe.

I haven't played a triangle offense before, and after joining the Lakers, I am familiar with the tactics, and the run-in time for the lineup is too short, which leads to the Lakers' offense, which is directly a four.

Marion found the opportunity, a pre-anticipated steal, successfully grabbed the ball, and the Suns launched a fast break.

Wade flew fast in front of singles Joe, and reached the three-point line in a puff of smoke.

After receiving a pass from Marion, who was also fast, he scored two points with an easy layup.

is not familiar with tactics and lacks money Kobe, a senior core of the triangle offense, and the Lakers' starting lineup that looks not inferior to the Suns is like a sick cat, and the tiger power is gone.

The offensive end can't open the situation, the tactical execution is not in place, and it all depends on the individual ability of the players to play alone.

Defensively, Divac, who is older than O'Neal and whose defense is not his strength, can only be left to O'Neal to what he wants.

The triangle offense can be played, and O'Neal will not be able to eat alone.

As a result, O'Neal, who was bent on proving himself and had a big face on the Lakers management, slapped his thick slap and slapped his fan.

Carlisle saw everything in his eyes and expected it before the game.

Without Kobe, the run-in is not enough.

Then take advantage of your illness to kill you.

In the 12-minute first quarter, the Suns played nearly 10 minutes on the top.

Only Payton was replaced by Ragabel in the middle, and after a break of more than a minute, everyone else did not stop for a second, trying to widen the score, hoping to widen it to the extent that Kobe Bryant's return would not help.

In the last two minutes, it was out of the protection of the players, after all, in the starters, Wade and O'Neal were both prone to injury, and Carlisle replaced the two of them to rest.

Payton and Marion played the rest of the first quarter with Malone, Ragabel and Haslem.

It's really a regular season, like a playoff game.

At the end of the first quarter, the Suns took a 15-point lead with a score of 30:15.

At the end of the break, there was still no Kobe Bryant on the Lakers' side, and Carlisle looked at the tired group of starters, and the corners of his mouth inadvertently rose.

At this moment, Carlisle saw the Suns, the shadow of the team spirit appeared for the first time.

No teammates were fouled maliciously, and everyone else swarmed up.

After no teammates were injured and went off the field, the others fought to catch up.

It's that the five people are completely selfless, without the slightest reservation, and do their best to win.

For a regular season at the beginning of the season, the players are not afraid of injury, and the spirit of going all out is the embodiment of the team spirit.

Commending every player who took the floor, Carlisle began to arrange for the second quarter to be the first to strike.

"O'Neal, Payton, Marion are too tired and need a few minutes to rest, Wade looks like he had a good two minutes of rest, Miller can, go up and play for a while and then come down, leave a few minutes to rest, and play with O'Neal."

The assistant coach whispered in Carlisle's ear.

Soon at the beginning of the second quarter, Bai Fan saw Wade, Ragabel, Korver, David West and Miller on the court.

On the other side, Fisher, Smalls and singles Joe started the three starts, and the other two were Devon George and Medvedenko.

Lao Yu deserves to have been with the Zen master for a few years with the Lakers, and he played a triangle offense with a semi-bench, and he played well.

However, the ball stopped here in the singles Joe, Xiao Si was not in place, Lao Yu had already run away, the other two people were a little far away, and there were two Suns players in the middle, and there was no passing line for the singles Joe for a while.

forcibly pulled out the iron, and the ball was taken by Miller, but fortunately, the defense was timely and did not allow the Suns to play a quick counterattack.

Wade dribbled across the half court by himself, glanced at Miller who was raised, the old fish was deceived by his eyes and wanted to go around the block in advance, Wade went in the opposite direction of the block and dismantle, and the iconic flight on the ground shook off the old fish, and went straight to the basket to easily collect two points.

The fans shouted loudly at this moment.

The Flash!

The Flash!

Lao Yu helped Xiao Si score two points on the offensive end, and the difference was still 15 points.

Another breakthrough, Wade killed the inside again, this time Devin George came over in time, Wade jumped in the air to distribute the ball to Korver outside the three-point line, and the empty three-point hollow into the net.

Defensively, Miller was brave and helped to block Smalls' must-have goal.

At this moment, the sidelines attracted Bai Fan's attention, and the man who changed Divac alone finally came.

Kobe, who had an unkind face, stood on the sidelines, probably holding back the fire in his heart, and was listening to the arrangement of the Zen master's ear.

Before Bai Fan could turn around, the Suns hit another three-pointer, this time not Korver, but Wade's own dry pull.

Wade, who was full of confidence, also saw Kobe Bryant when he dribbled past half court.

Now that you're back, I'm going to give you a big gift.

The difference of 18 points is too little, and it is not up to 20, how can you be worthy of you who worked hard to come over.