The timing of O'Neal's comeback is crucial, just as the Lakers are about to start a four-game road streak in the West.

It was also O'Neal's comeback that injected a boost into Lakers fans.

Many fans cheered on the Internet: "Shaq is back, the game is stable!" Shaq is back, and there is a champion! ”

If it weren't for the fact that most of them were active fans, those who didn't know would think it was O'Neill's trumpet.

However, it is also true that as fans say, O'Neal's return has really helped the Lakers stabilize the situation, and the Lakers have started winning again.

On January 2, O'Neal returned to the first game, and the Lakers arrived in Seattle to play the SuperSonics away.

O'Neal only played 25 minutes, shooting 11-of-16 and 3-of-9 from the free-throw line, scoring 25 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks to help the Lakers easily beat the SuperSonics 104-89.

It is also because of O'Neal's comeback, although Doon's ball possession has been reduced a bit, but the assist statistics have risen again.

Doon was just in the triangle offense, blocking and dismantling small guards, and breaking the inside line to O'Neal, and easily hit a double-double of 9 of 15 shots, 1 of 3 three-point shots, 2 of 3 free throws, 21 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

In the days without Malone, it was difficult for Doon to brush assists, and he could only find a way to score.

Now with O'Neal, Doon's burden is much lighter, and he can return to the original Doon team basketball En.

Of course, O'Neal's return is not all good for Doon.

O'Neal returned to the Lakers with the "Shaq is here to take you to the championship" style, and even a thorn like Payton had to play around O'Neal.

Since Payton no longer plays fast break on his own, Doon's chances of playing fast break have also been cut by seven or eighty percent.

In the past, Doon had at least three or four chances to switch attacks, but now it's only one at most.

It was also the reduction of simple scores, and Doon had to switch to adding simple assists.

Over time, Doon's mastery of Pippen's template has deepened, which has led to a better understanding of the triangle offensive tactics and the tactics of passing the ball to Jordan.

Fast forward to January 4, Staples Center, Lakers vs. Clippers.

It stands to reason that this is the home of the Clippers.

But sorry, at the Staples Center, the Lakers have 43 home regular-season games a year, while the Clippers have 39.

With the support of seventy or eighty percent of the Lakers fans on the scene, the Lakers, under the leadership of the OK combination, easily defeated the Clippers' stinky fish and shrimp.

It is worth mentioning that when O'Neal was interviewed on the sidelines after the game, he actually took the initiative to call on the fans in Los Angeles to vote for Payton, Kobe, Doon, Malone, and himself.

However, instead of being angry, Clippers owner Donald Sterling was happy to have Lakers fans come to the Staples Center to give him money.

After all, tickets to the Clippers cost almost half the price of the Lakers.

The two games that the Clippers play against the Lakers at home every year are basically the time when the Clippers make the most money.

As for selling tickets to the playoffs, how can the Clippers make the playoffs in a Wild West like today?

So, Sterling doesn't care at all that Lakers fans sing and dance on his home court, contributing All-Star votes to Lakers players.

As a side note, the initial All-Star voting was the on-field ballot, that is, after the All-Star voting opened, the home fans automatically got the right to choose the East and West All-Stars after purchasing the tickets.

Nowadays, with the times, online voting channels such as official website voting, wireless voting, and electronic voting have been added, as well as voting in offline physical stores of NBA sports brands and voting in NBA cooperative movie theaters.

Domestic fans are most familiar with the NBA official website to vote.

Originally, the NBA official took into account the limited number of fans watching the game online, so there was no restriction on voting on the official website.

As a result, the majority of domestic fans made the feat of pulling down O'Neal, who had just won three consecutive championships and firmly sitting on the league's first throne, and made rookie Yao Ming an All-Star substitute.

It is also seen that the influence of Chinese fans has been forced to reduce the proportion of voting on the official website, and at the same time divide the voting on the official website into dozens of different countries and regions, each occupying a certain proportion.

However, this also underestimates the number of Chinese students studying abroad.

After Yi Jianlian entered the NBA, he almost relied on the official website to vote and became the starting forward of the Eastern All-Star, and the NBA had to revise the rules for this......

This moment is just as good as that moment! Today's Doon, like Yi Jianlian, has won the support of a large number of domestic fans.

On top of that, Doon has the support of local fans in Los Angeles!

There are two NBA teams in Los Angeles! Not to mention that tickets for the Clippers are cheaper.

Because of this, the Lakers star has a greater advantage than other teams in terms of becoming the starting All-Star.

O'Neal gave Payton and Malone tickets, and may not be able to help Payton and Malone become Western Conference All-Star starters, but he has a chance to help Doane.

Of course, the specific situation depends on the results of the all-star vote.

Getting back to business, the time came to January 6, and the Lakers visited Minnesota to face the Timberwolves, who had just formed a three-headed monster.

Cassel is a heavily underrated player who doesn't look strong, but his back-to-back play to the elderly Payton is handy.

Doon had to take the initiative to defend Kassel, but there was no way to limit Kassel's team.

And the madman Sprewell, in the face of Kobe's strict defense, suddenly went crazy in the iron section.

He shot 1-of-6 in the first quarter, 6-of-8 in the second, 3-of-10 in the third, and 3-of-5 in the fourth.

is also because Garnett, the Timberwolves, is better at defense and can't digest too much of the ball on the offensive end.

Crazy people eat the ball more and eat the disadvantages of the feel, and coming to the Timberwolves just complements each other.

The madman's offense, Garnett's defense, and Kassel's organization just made the Timberwolves transform into an extremely perfect championship team.

Even though the Lakers won two in a row after O'Neal's return, they still lost to the Timberwolves.

Then, on January 7, the Lakers arrived in Denver for back-to-back games.

Originally, the climate of the Denver Plateau had a great impact on the state of the away team, and the Lakers happened to participate in back-to-back schedules.

In this game, the Lakers couldn't run because O'Neal couldn't run at half time, so they could only punch in the third quarter, put knives and guns into the warehouse, and took the initiative to admit defeat.

After losing two games in a row, the Lakers' locker room naturally became less stable again.

Kobe Bryant thinks O'Neal is too heavy and should practice more to lose weight.

O'Neal has renewed his big contract and has no motivation to practice hard.

In the face of Kobe's cynicism, O'Neal directly put on an attitude of "I'm afraid of anything if I get money", and he didn't want to talk to Kobe.

Kobe Bryant gritted his teeth, hated iron and steel, and could only hold the ball alone after the game to practice.

However, he was about to return to Los Angeles, and Kobe Bryant didn't practice for long, so he followed the rest of the team to get on the bus to the airport.

After returning to Los Angeles, the Lakers started winning again, and the good news came one after another.

First, 67-113, the Lakers defeated the Hawks by 46 points at home, sweeping away the haze of defeat.

Immediately afterward, the league announced the results of the first round of All-Star voting.

Bryant received 426,000 first-round Western Conference guard votes and was temporarily the Western All-Star voting king.

With 167,000 votes, Payton temporarily ranks third among Western defenders.

O'Neal received 389,000 Western center votes, but still trailed Yao's 415,000 votes.

Doon received 355,000 Western Forwards votes, ranking third among Western Forwards, while Malone was only sixth among Western Forwards with 134,000 votes.

Above Doon were Garnett with 415,000 votes and Duncan with 387,000.

It can only be said that Duncan is too low-key! Now with two championships, MVP and FMVP in hand, with such honors, he has caught up with Olajuwon and become the top 10 goalkeeper in history.

However, looking at the popularity, it is actually not as good as Garnett!

Also because of the temporary ranking of the third position in the Western Conference forward, Doane wants to become an All-Star as a first-year rookie.

I had to kill one of Duncan or Garnett, and then enter the next Los Angeles All-Star Game as a Western All-Star starter!

Duncan's strength is far greater than Garnett's, but his reputation is not as good.

This also sounded the alarm bell for Doon, and made Doon even more convinced that he should work closely with Nike to strengthen his own marketing.

In order to become a Western Conference All-Star starter, Doon called Nike owner Phil Knight overnight to discuss how to market and operate his plan to replace Duncan and Garnett and become a Western Conference All-Star starting forward.

Phil Knight was supportive of this, as both Duncan and Garnett were Nike traitors.

Now that Doon has the opportunity to pull one of them down, Phil Knight said that even if he loses money and makes money, he will help Doon out.

As a result, in the next period of time, in the Asian Four Little Tigers and Four Little Tigers, marketing advertisements for Doon's first defender in Asia appeared one after another.

In North America, Nike also released a promotional video for the 1st generation of Doon.

The first generation of Doon has actually been designed, and the next thing is to see whether the OEM processing on the other side of the ocean can complete the order in time, and then transport it to North America for distribution.

Having said that, Doon has been waiting for half a season, and then he will finally play James.

On January 12, James, who had solved the trouble of Ricky Davis, arrived at the Staples Center with the Cavaliers.