The Lakers walked out of the airport for their first trip to Milwaukee this season.

If all goes well, they will meet each other at the finals next year, and when the time comes, they can settle the score.

Shaquille O'Neill shouted to a porter, "Wait! Wait a minute! That suitcase! Give me that suitcase! ”

He got it.

Then, O'Neill walked onto the team's bus with the black box, pressed a few buttons on the box, put on headphones, and quietly listened to hip-hop music.

The bus was running for a while, and there were all kinds of sounds on the bus, and suddenly, O'Neill took the headphones out of the jack. The modulation came from the speakers.

As a song that is loved by the Lakers, they can sing along, and most of them know the lyrics by heart.

"I don't know what you've heard of me

But a can't get me a dollar."

（I don 't know what you heard about me But a bitch can 't get a dollar out of me）

The song was supposed to start like this, but O'Neill came up with an impromptu rap:

"Kobe Bryant is a, everybody can see it

But you'll never see me on TV."

（Kobe， he 's a bitch， everybody can see But you' ll never catch me on TV）

For O'Neal, it was just an ordinary prank, and he gave a little vent to his frustration with Kobe.

The night before, O'Neill "kindly" "advised" his little brother after the game: "He should be a passer." ”

The little brother immediately said: "I don't need anyone's advice. ”

O'Neill was unsurprisingly anxious, "At the start of the new season, I want things to go the right way from the start, and if you don't like it, then you can opt out." As long as it's my team, I'll give my opinion. If you don't like it, then I don't need you. ”

As if to fight back, Kobe Bryant invited ESPN's Jim Gray to do an exclusive interview yesterday, in which he fully responded to O'Neal's remarks, and, judging from Gray's recollections, Kobe Bryant did not have a little love for O'Neal.

That's why O'Neal embarrassed Bryant in the name of a prank on the bus.

Bryant was standing next to two big men, who were his bodyguards, and they didn't know how to react, because Bryant was wearing headphones and couldn't hear O'Neal's impromptu rap.

Compared with these things, the feud between O'Neill and Yu Fei is just a small episode.

Phil Jackson has so much to worry about.

Before the start of each season, he sets a theme for the team.

His most famous season theme was the "final dance" of the 1997-98 season, and this season, when he saw that OK was like fire and water, and kept saying that it only took a week to master the triangle offense, but still did not understand his tactical position, Buss Jr.'s doubts about his coaching ability, the expectations and pressures of the outside world, and the burden of having to win a championship, all made it difficult for him to breathe.

Ultimately, Jackson's theme for this season's Lakers is "Where the Soul Returns."

He called the team a "soul-seeking team," which in fact was the name of his next book, and what he didn't know was that the book's subject matter, despite its title, was actually about something that drove Kobe fans crazy. Now, with less than two years left before the book comes out, Bryant will unlock a unique milestone — less than a decade into the industry, two colleagues close to his career have published books on him.

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The fact that two teams that haven't lost a game so far is just one of the weakest things to look at.

Compared to the dramatic context of the game itself, no one cares about the results.

The only Lakers F4 member who came to greet Yu Fei was Gary Payton.

As the former king of Seattle, it makes sense to say hello to the son of Seattle.

"Gary, sooner or later you'll regret that you didn't join us." Yu Fei said, "George still hasn't forgiven you for accepting the Lakers' middle-class exception. ”

"Fuck it!" Payton didn't have much respect for Karl, "What you gave me was also a middle-class exception, so what if I chose the Lakers?" They're a treble dynasty and you're just a bubble team that got lucky enough to get to the top. ”

If he said that, Yu Fei would be unhappy.

"Indeed, I hope you have a good time with this team full of racism and police informants." Yu Fei mocked, "No, you should fight here until you retire." ”

If there's anything else special about this match, it's the presence of Christina Hendricks.

However, because Christina is only a little transparent in Hollywood, her appearance did not receive additional attention, and ABC did not even give a close-up.

Tonight is also the Bucks' starting center Dan Gazuric's first game since his return.

The Bucks are probably the only team that Gazuric can play as a starter, and although his ability is not outstanding, and his technical style is not the kind of big man turret that Yu Fei likes to be, his presence is significant to the Bucks in the era of the big ball.

The Bucks don't expect Gazuric to fend off O'Neal or Duncan, they just want Gazuric to contribute as cannon fodder.

Now, cannon fodder is back, and it also saves the Bucks from the embarrassment of continuing to let Pachulia start the No. 5 position.

After a while, both sides made their debuts.

Bucks aside, the Lakers' side can be described as star-studded, Payton, Kobe, Fox, Malone, O'Neal, four future Hall of Famer players.

Yu Fei walked up to Fox, "I heard Kobe Bryant say that all of you did what he did, but why didn't you teach him how to deal with the aftermath (1)?" ”

"Don't be verbose, Fry, I won't be affected by you."

Fox and Yu Fei are already old rivals.

Since Yu Fei was in the Wizards, every time he played against the Lakers, Phil Jackson would arrange the alignment like this.

Because of his overall size and defensive ability, Fox is the most suitable player for the Lakers to deal with Yu Fei.

Yu Fei's reaction to Fox was just a smile, after all, the other party was also an old fritter who had been in the alliance for many years, and it was impossible to let him break the defense with one or two words of trash talk.

The starters of both sides came to their respective counterparts, exchanged eyes, and the game was ready to begin.

The Lakers won the ball.

Subsequently, the two teams settled in positional battles.

Yu Fei was taken to the weak side of the position by Fox, and the Lakers' offense looked like it was going to revolve around the strong side where Payton, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal were.

However, Payton still can't accept his role in the triangle offensive system.

There is no offensive system that weakens the point guard's presence and responsibilities on the court more than the triangle offense.

Jackson only needs his point guards to be defensive, able to pass the ball, and then shoot open threes.

Such a role is very suitable for Derek Fisher, who was squeezed to the bench by Payton, but not at all for Gary Payton.

Payton is the type of player who must have the ball in his hands to make a difference on the offensive end.

Payton habitually raised his hand and let O'Neal come out to block the pick-and-roll.

But O'Neill is already in position, he needs to pass the ball.

After a second of hesitation, Payton passed.

Subsequently, Mason let go of the high post Malone to wrap up, and O'Neal intentionally demonstrated to Kobe what textbook team basketball is.

So, although O'Neal was in a position that was enough for him to play one-two, his ball was still passed to Malone.

Malone is the player who is most suitable for his role in F4, what he does with the Lakers is no different from what he does with the Jazz, it is all about blocking and pulling away, giving O'Neal space, and shooting opportunity shots, the only difference is that the Lakers don't need him to play in the low post.

Malone stood high at a 45-degree angle on the left side and made a jumper shot unguarded.

0 to 2

O'Neal glared at Kobe Bryant back to defense.

Yu Fei noticed the strangeness of the Lakers.

Although Kobe Bryant doesn't do personnel or talk about people, you O'Neal is not much better, as a four-day old Cormi, he has the obligation to help his idol.

Yu Fei dribbled to the outside of the three-point line, and when he came up, he called Gazuric's block.

O'Neill, as always, chased after the paint area and didn't move.

Yu Fei used tactical gestures to direct Gazuric to run to his sweet spot, and then broke through the feint, forcing the Lakers defense to shrink, and then passed the ball out.

Gazuric scored on a jumper like a Malone.

"Some dead fat pigs know where to go and do nothing, so it's no wonder that they are not the boss of the team so far." Yu Fei said to O'Neill in a weird way.

Originally, this was just a fight between OK, but now, Yu Fei crossed the bar again, and O'Neill decided to make a move inside and outside, and the spearhead was pointed at Yu Fei.

This time Payton handed over the ball quickly, but unfortunately the target of the pass was Kobe.

Kobe Bryant would not pass the ball to O'Neal, and in an instant, he would hold the ball and attack inside.

And O'Neal didn't get out of the way for him to attack the basket, and a crowd was huddled under the basket, which was hellish space for guards who wanted to score in the restricted area.

Kobe Bryant shot in the crowd and got rid of a cancer, which is why Yu Fei admires him.

As long as this person is not his teammate, then every flaw in him looks golden.

The ball rolls around the hoop and falls out.

Gazuric stuck in the most important position, but the stuck position was just a preparation to protect the rebound.

In the Finals last season, he stuck Duncan countless times, but he couldn't stop the opponent from averaging 20 rebounds per game.

The same thing happened again, with Gazuric in a better position, but completely unable to move, and could only watch the rebounds fall from close range.

Subsequently, his body was pushed away by O'Neal, the rebound was caught by the latter, and in less than a second, the big shark hung on the basket.

If it weren't for the fact that the NBA had reinforced the basket to a strength that would be difficult for humans to destroy, people would really worry about the basket being destroyed by O'Neal.

O'Neal stomped the floor, flexing his strength like a narcissist, as if to tell the bucks that he was a monster of a higher class than Duncan.

Yu Fei still wants to sanction O'Neill by naming him.

The Lakers' strategy for this was to mobilize other personnel to help O'Neal defend the pick-and-roll, and this time it was Payton who chose to let Sprewell go and suddenly came over to wrap up.

Yu Fei didn't care about the bag brought by the block, but took a step towards the strong side of the defense, stopped sharply, grabbed the gap in the bag and started forward, successfully broke through the defense, dribbled to a position one step inside the free throw line and threw to score.

O'Neill still just stood in the paint zone and watched.

"Why are you risking your reputation to go to such garbage?"

Yu Fei asked Peyton heartily.

Peyton listened to it with fire: "Less!" ”

How can fans after 20 years understand how bad Peyton's move to F4 with the Lakers is for him?

This is not the kind of "call for help" type of huddle that James brought his talent to Miami, nor is it a Durant-style "throwing the enemy". Both of these approaches are despicable, but they are still superstars.

However, Payton, who was still an All-Star last season, still averaged 20 points, 8 assists and 2 steals per game, but he accepted the Lakers' middle-class exception in the offseason, just for the championship. This kind of behavior, looking at the next 20 years of the NBA, is only comparable to DeMarcus Cousins joining the Warriors in the summer of 2018.

You know, the addition of Cousins has made the Warriors truly "cosmic warriors."

Before the start of the 2018-19 season, everyone thought the end was doomed. However, Cousins suffered a major injury at the time, an insulting offer from the Pelicans and a lack of interest in the free market, and finally chose to join the Warriors with a low salary in a fit of rage. Compared with Payton's behavior of insisting on fulfilling his value and doing nothing for the championship, the former is obviously more acceptable.

Therefore, when Yu Fei talked about this, Peyton's weakness was hit.

The famous vulgar trash talk king in NBA history directly called for blocking and dismantling Yu Fei, "You think you can point fingers at me when you win the championship, I'll tell you, I gave you trophies back then, and I'll teach you how to be a man tonight!" ”

Peyton's so-called year was only three years ago, but from his mouth, there was a sense of separation.

Indeed, three years can change everything.

Payton ignored the triangle offense.

Now he's not the Lakers' F4, but that famous glove Payton.

He spews unbearable trash talk, trying to destroy Yu Fei.

But this is no longer his time.

Yu Fei sold the flaw, Payton thought he had succeeded, and suddenly stopped the jump shot.

As a result, Yu Fei reacted easily, gave a bloody hat head-on, and caught up with the ball to form a defensive counterattack.

Angry, Payton wanted to return the color, but was knocked to the ground by Yu Fei in the backcourt and was whistled for a foul, and at that time, when Yu Fei's offensive action was already underway, Payton's foul was just to give him a 2+1.

“BOOM！！！”

Yu Feifeng deducted points.

"As a half-Seattle, I would have had some respect for you." Yu Fei looked indifferently at Peyton on the ground, "If you continue to bark at me like a mad dog, I'll pick your skin, you stupid beep!" ”

(1) "Shaq is also dry" is "essence extraction", not the original words. Here's what he said: "Bryant told us (Eagle County Police) what the rest of his teammates would do in this situation. Bryant said he should do what O'Neal did. Bryant said that Shaq would pay the women not to say anything. He said Shaq had paid $1 million for the situation (2). ”

(2) This reminds me of Zhou Qi's classic "I'm not ready", in fact, Zhou Qi didn't say this, he just said that the coach didn't have a plan to let him play before the game. But that's exactly what it means, we fans know how to get the best out of it.

PS: Now that the starting point supports illustrations, I think that's a good thing for us who write sports essays. But I don't have the energy to add pictures to every chapter...... Just do your best.

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