From today on is the king

Chapter 491 489. Still Fierce

In the end, Ratliff "unfortunately" lost the punch, and O'Neal came to the middle circle to jump the ball.

Ratliff and O'Neal jumped the ball, and Ratliff actually won!O'Neal unhappily took off early during the jump ball, the jump ball was violated, Ratliff lay down and won, and the Eagles went first.

Originally, Liu Mang was only trying to stir up conflicts between the OK team, so he messed with his teammates to make troubles at the beginning of the game before the jump ball. Unexpectedly, the computer would have an effect from the very beginning.

This proves that the contradictions of the OK combination have indeed reached the point of being put on the table.

The Eagles attacked first and served from the center line. Rahim sent the ball to Liu Mang, who advanced beyond the three-point line.

It was Kobe who was defending Liu Mang. Liu Mang protected the ball well when Kobe defended him. Kobe didn't dare stick to Liu Mang too tightly. He was too afraid of Liu Mang's ability to draw fouls. It was shameless to touch Liu Mang.

Liu Mang looked at the situation of his teammates. O'Neal didn't care about Ratliff who was pulled out to help others in the pick-and-roll, and just went in and out near the three-second zone, just guarding the basket like that.

Not to mention, O'Neal is so big, squatting inside, with excellent mobility, jumping and strength, the Eagles' big center Ratliff has no mid-range and long-range shooting ability, and he can't even pull O'Neal out.

Faced with this situation, Liu Mang chose to pick and roll, beckoning Ratliff to come out, Liu Mang used Ratliff to pick and roll to break through from the right!O'Neal still didn't care about Ratliff's pick-and-roll, just defending the basket like that, Liu Mang rushed to the middle distance, Wang Zhizhi came to make up the defense, Liu Mang immediately passed the ball to Boozer, and Boozer made a mid-range shot.

Liu Mang easily got the first assist.

Simpler than imagined... Liu Mang was a little puzzled. How did O'Neill come to the conclusion that this year's so-called defense has reached the best level in his career?Or did O'Neill get so angry today that he played abnormally?
Offensive and defensive transitions, the Lakers attack.

Fisher pushed the ball to the frontcourt, Kobe and O'Neal were in the top arc, and the other was asking for the ball at the basket.

Liu Mang said to hell, he hasn't used the divorce card yet, so why did he start confrontation directly?

And the Lakers seem to be familiar with this kind of thing, Fisher didn't hesitate, and immediately handed the ball to O'Neal.

"Ding...Shaq O'Neal, ability value 98, offense 105, defense 84, three-pointer 46, mid-range shooting 59, layup 100, strength 105, speed 74..."

This defense has obviously dropped a lot compared to last season!However, the media's defensive evaluation was higher than last season, and Liu Mang didn't understand it.

Moreover, O'Neal's overall strength rating has dropped by 4 points compared to last season. Although he is still the league's top center, this year, O'Neal is obviously no longer Duncan's opponent, and he has no ability value of over [-], so he can't completely suppress Kobe as before.

But Ratliff was very sad. O'Neal received the ball under the basket, hit Ratliff directly, and carried Ratliff with one hand and smashed the ball into the basket.

I can't stop it at all!

The best defensive player, whether it is last season's best defensive player or this season's best defensive player, Ben Wallace of the Pistons, meets O'Neal.

O'Neal's offensive end is still so coquettish!
Liu Mang found out that O'Neill cannot be underestimated just because his ability value has dropped to 98. His decline is mainly due to the decline on the defensive end.

It was time for the Eagles to attack again. Looking at the murderous look in Kobe's eyes, Liu Mang decided to avoid him and play the pick-and-roll first. He still wanted to pull O'Neal out and pick and roll with Ratliff.

However, after Liu Mang cut in, O'Neal still couldn't defend, and it was Fox who defended. Liu Mang immediately passed to Raheem, and Raheem rushed to the basket, and O'Neal immediately blocked him. At this time, Raheem passed the ball to Liu Mang who was cutting inside after passing the ball.

The Lakers' defense... seems to be very different from the scout report information Liu Mang received, and the evaluation of O'Neal playing the best defensive efficiency of his career advocated by the TV media!
After a few more rounds, the Lakers' offense was really good. No matter what conflicts they had, the OK combination was obsessed with restraint in the game. If singles should attract flanking attacks to their own offense, they would play singles, score if they should score, and play tactics if they should play tactics.

But when it comes to the defensive end, the Lakers are far from as good as the rumors say, and even... not as high as the defensive efficiency of the Lakers team when O'Neal was not there last time!

As for O'Neal's legendary career-high defensive efficiency, after half a quarter of the game, Liu Mang understood how that defensive efficiency came about.

Liu Mang remembered the complaint that the future dragon king Chris Bosh said after being scored more than 2008 points by O'Neal at the age of 2009 in the 37-40 season.

O'Neal didn't leave the paint throughout the game, and the referee didn't call a violation.

Just like in this game, O'Neal never left the three-second zone once, no matter whether he was attacking or defending. He stood outside the three-second zone with one foot for two seconds.

And who is O'Neill?Today's league No.1!
So far in NBA history, the only three consecutive championship MVPs. If Russell's 11 championship rings were not too strong and invincible, O'Neal would dare to be regarded by the media as the number one center in history.

O'Neal didn't leave the basket, but the referee didn't call a violation!This made O'Neal's defense at the basket a huge threat. It was extremely difficult for the Eagles to score in the three-second zone, and most of them could only shoot from mid-to-long range.

After playing 7 minutes in the first quarter, O'Neal defended the basket for more than half a quarter and only lost 4 points!
The Eagles looked good at the start, but they were suspended by the conflicting OK combination, 17 to 9. Not only did the Eagles not take the lead in the half quarter, they fell behind by 8 points!
(End of this chapter)