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Chapter 56 Battle, Decent Kings!
After two wins over the Suns, the Lakers entered a fast lane of winning streak.

In the 18th round of the regular season, they played against the Sonics.

In this game, Li Mu used the offensive lineup at the beginning of the game to attack with all his strength. Under the containment of Rice's three-pointer, O'Neal's penalty area was fully fired.

In addition, Kobe and Billups avoided Payton to play, and the Sonics lineup was not the opponent of the Lakers. In addition, the new head coach's tactical system has not been practiced. After the first quarter, the Lakers are already behind. 10 points.

In the next rotation, the Sonics were directly beaten, leading by less than 20 points in the first half, and the Lakers secured the victory early.

In the 19th round, the Lakers finally met the challenge and challenged the Jazz away.

At the Devil's home court, Energy Solutions Arena.

With the experience of winning the previous meeting, Li Mu continued to copy the tactics that dragged down the physical fitness of the Jazz's three veterans.

Kobe began to run without the ball crazily. In the first three quarters, the Jazz's home court advantage began to appear. With their rough defense, the Jazz had been leading the score in the first three quarters.

Fortunately, the Jazz had physical problems in the fourth quarter and their state began to decline.

At the beginning of the 6th minute of the fourth game, the Lakers started to take the lead, and then, relying on defense to fight back, they defended the victory of the game.

This is the game the Lakers came closest to losing. With Kobe Bryant and O'Neal, the aura of superstars, the Lakers retreated from the energy solution arena with a 4-point advantage.

The 20 rounds of the regular season were pitiful, and it was back-to-back away games. The only good news was that the opponent they encountered was the Clippers, nicknamed Wannian Shipwreck.

There is no suspense, the Lakers have achieved 21 consecutive victories in the new season! !
Why is the author illiterate?

Obviously 20 games, right?
Don't ask, the question is the 21st game, or against the Clippers, there is no suspense about winning.

This can also be regarded as the league's benefit to the Lakers.

In mid-March, the Great Western Forum Arena.

The Lakers host the Golden State Warriors.

The Golden State Warriors shot the madman Sprewell, and in the 98th draft, they selected Antawn Jamison with the fifth overall pick, forming a good starting lineup.

Point guard John Starks, this is a question mark, because Starks is famous as a shooting guard. You can’t put him on the point guard just because he is only 1 meters tall. However, people That's what the head coach of the Warriors did.

Against the Lakers, an unruly lineup can create unexpected games.

The shooting guard is Chris Milton, and his main position is small forward, but his height is only 1 meters. This is the standard height of a shooting guard, and there is nothing wrong with playing a shooting guard.

Small forward rookie Antoma Jamison, this person, will be a power forward when he makes the All-Star in the future. However, he is 2 meters tall, and he is still unable to find a position, and he is in a situation of nonsense. .

Moreover, there are strongmen at the power forward position.

His name is Donyell Marshall, and he was also the fourth overall pick. However, he was selected in the 94 draft. He played at his peak last season, and Jamison couldn't beat others.

The center position is occupied by Eli Dampier, the 96th pick of the 10 Golden Generation.

Just looking at the starting lineup of the Warriors, the reputation sounds good, but the game is not the same thing.

Dampier, who was on the inside, was beaten by O'Neal and had no power to fight back.

I can't bear to look directly at him. From now on, this guy will call himself the No. [-] center in the Western Conference.

At this time, both offensive and defensive ends were blown up by O'Neal.

On the forward line, Warriors coach PJ Carlesimo's idea is to use two evacuation shooters, and then let the Warriors' backcourt take turns to attack the basket.

The idea is beautiful, but it underestimated the defensive strength of the Lakers' two forwards.

Bowen attacked the basket and was very good at defense. Under Bowen's candy-style offense, Jamison completely missed his shot.

Daben is a little short, but Marshall's height advantage is not great.

With a height of 2 meters, he belongs to a space-type power forward who is neither three nor four, and has no back-up skills. Facing an inside line like Daben who has speed, bounce and strength, it is difficult to use his ability to withdraw and shoot.

The only one the Warriors can play is Starks, who is called a lunatic.

You can tell by his nickname that he, like JR Smith, is a convulsive player.

The difference between him and JR Smith is that he still has defense and has been in the second team of the best defense.

The offensive firepower is relatively stable and has been selected as an All-Star.

It's just that this person is from the generation that competed with Jordan. No matter how strong he was in the past, he is already old now.

Moreover, after Billups adapted to Starks' offensive rhythm, he prevented him from attacking again and again.

In the first quarter alone, the Lakers outscored their opponents 36-19.

No way, the Warriors, this team also likes to play fast-paced, and the defense hits the iron plate. The Lakers' counterattack and fast break are naturally accurate.

In the first quarter, they beat the Warriors lightly.

After winning 22 consecutive victories, the No. 20 three rounds of the regular season, the Lakers only met a more decent opponent, the Kings.

Arco Arena.

July 3th night.

When I came to this arena to warm up, on the big screen in the arena, the starting lineups of both sides for tonight's match were also displayed.

For the Lakers, Billups, Kobe, Bowen, Ben, O'Neal.

The new head coach of the Kings, Rick Aldelman, has five starters: point guard Jason Williams, shooting guard Tariq Abduwahad, small forward Collis Williams, power forward Ke Reece Webber, center Verati Divac.

beep~~
As the whistle blew, the basketball flew into the sky and the game began with a scrimmage.

Divac VS O'Neal! !

This is a duel between two generations of Lakers centers, and both sides took off almost at the same time.

O'Neal defeated his opponent and scored the first attack for the Lakers.

Divac is the same height as O'Neal, both 2 meters, but he is a floor player.

Billups dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, suddenly pulled the ball up, and made a cold three-pointer.

Not to mention that Jason Williams, who is facing up, was unprepared. Even if he had prepared in advance and added accurate predictions, with his height of 183cm, no, 185cm, he would not be able to interfere with Billups' shots.

In terms of defense, Jason Williams is worse than Iverson, and he can only watch Billups bully him with his height.

Swish-!
3 to 0! !
As soon as the game started, Billups gave the Kings a blow.

Next, the Kings attack and Jason Williams dribbles upfield.

At this time, the Lakers did not panic, but the Kings players panicked, and their mental strength was very concentrated.

Fortunately, seeing Jason Williams two steps away from the three-point line and making a long three-point shot, their faces finally calmed down.

Swish-!
3 to 3! !
Jason Williams does have something, can make teammates flustered, but also can hit ultra-long three-pointers.

This range is his signature, and Billups was completely dumbfounded. He had just set up his defensive posture, and Jason Williams had already finished his work.

The fans outside the stadium have already cheered in advance.

Li Mu was not surprised, because he had seen Curry's even more extreme long-range shots.

Jason Williams' pattern is still short.

"Both sides soared three-pointers at the beginning. This game should be an offensive battle." Mike Breen explained nonsense.

On the court, the offense and defense were switched, Billups didn't make any more waves, and chose to drop the ball to O'Neal.

After catching the ball with his back to the basket, O'Neal sat behind him, and then continued to dig into the basket.

It seems to be a trick, eat it to the end.

The strange thing is that Divac didn't go around to defend, and was seated back by O'Neal, but he automatically greeted him with his chest, just as O'Neal showed his might and used his prehistoric power to go to the basket.

Divac screamed and lay down on the floor.

beep~
When O'Neal turned around and was about to get up and dunk, the referee's whistle interrupted O'Neal's offense.

O'Neal took the ball for a moment.

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(End of this chapter)