Reborn NBA Gao Fushuai

Players from both sides played, Kobe and O'Neal didn't communicate at all from the beginning to the end, and they didn't even make eye contact, as if they didn't know each other at all.

But Vujacic could feel that what the two of them were thinking in their hearts was how to kill the opponent in front of them. Although Vujacic knew that the two enemies seemed to be reconciled later, it was only on the surface. Yes, freezing three feet does not happen in a day, and it is not so easy to resolve a relationship.

When the OK team was still together, Kobe and O'Neal held back their energy, wanting to prove that they can still dominate the game without each other, but now they are really separated. Come from the earth, I really feel sorry for the fans who are here today.

At the beginning of the game, with the Heat's first attack, Vujacic's eyes were quickly attracted by a person on the court. He couldn't help being attracted, because that person was the biggest light source on the court today.

Some call him the most dominant center ever.

Some people call him the most entertaining and funny king on the basketball court.

He is versatile, good at singing and dancing, has made records, acted in movies, and is a Doctor of Education from Barry University.

He is very talented, with a weight of more than 300 kilograms, but he can sprint like a sprinter, soar like a high jumper, and can jump and dunk with two or three people hanging on his body like a weightlifter.

He is the biggest monster in the history of basketball, Shaquille O'Neal.

If a certain position on the basketball court is used to define an era, then the label of the 90s will undoubtedly be the center.

Yes, it was a flourishing center, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Alonzo Mourning, Dikambi Mutombo.

There is no inside player in any era who can shine so brilliantly on the NBA stage like that era. They are dazzling, like stars in the night sky, each occupying one side, shining stars, of course, because of that god-like existence , The number of championships they won does not match the status of the entire group in the NBA's historical hall. Except for Olajuwon's two championships, most of the others spent their careers empty-handed.

It can be said that O'Neal is lucky, because at the peak of his career, that god-like existence has retired, but who can say for sure that O'Neal at the peak will definitely lose when he meets him?

Of course, this kind of assumption will not have any meaning. Looking back at O'Neal's career, in 1992, the Orlando Magic ushered in perhaps the most dominant big mac in history. A bad team without deductions. In the first year of joining the team, O'Neal brought the team out of the quagmire of the lottery zone. In the second year, he led the team to the playoffs for the first time in history. In the third year With a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, he won the first place in the Eastern Conference and reached the finals all the way. The rapid rise of the Magic team has shocked all the powerful teams in the league. O'Neal's dominance at the basket has also begun to emerge. The basketball hoop was dunked many times in the game, and many teams complained about it.

After being ruthlessly swept by Olajuwon and Jordan in a row, coupled with the stupidity of the Magic management, O'Neal chose to leave and joined the Los Angeles Lakers with a then-record seven-year $7 million contract. Not realizing what an unforgivable mistake they made.

In the first two seasons of coming to the Lakers, O'Neal was troubled by foot injuries and his performance was not ideal. In the subsequent 1999/2000 season, O'Neal and the team had passed the running-in period and were getting better. Under the leadership of the Sharks, they had a proud record of 67 wins and 15 losses, and they defeated strong enemies all the way in the playoffs and won the championship.

Due to his outstanding performance throughout the season, O'Neal won the scoring champion, All-Star Game MVP, regular season MVP and playoff MVP, becoming another player after Jordan who won all the most valuable player awards in the same season.

O'Neal has stepped into the pinnacle of his career and also opened the Lakers' dynasty mode. The OK combination formed by him and Kobe has become the absolute ruler of the league during this period. In order to limit the power of O'Neal on both ends of the offense and defense, all teams do nothing. Needless to say, the shark-slashing tactic was also used to the extreme at this time, but it was not effective. The big shark was unstoppable in the penalty area, and the entire league was worrying about how to limit him from raging at the basket.

In the 2000 finals, Sea O'Neal averaged 38 points, 16.7 rebounds, 2.7 blocks, and 2.3 assists. In the subsequent 2001 and 2002 finals, he also averaged 33 points and 15.8 rebounds. With 4.8 assists, 3.4 blocks and averages of 36.3 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 2.7 blocks per game, he has won the finals MVP honor for three consecutive years.

It can be said that O'Neal in that period was the peak of his career, which can be called the unsolvable BUG of the entire league. Even in any era in NBA history, he is invincible. There is a famous joke in the market " My grandma can also win the championship with O'Neill", which shows the power of the big shark.

In the two seasons after the three consecutive championships, due to O'Neal's foot injury, coupled with Kobe's growing wings and unwillingness to live under the halo of the big shark, the two gradually became at odds, and the team's combat power declined accordingly. He never got his hands on the O'Brien Cup again.

Everyone knows what happened next. O'Neal left the Lakers. This terrifying big shark cruised from the far west to the beaches of the eastern coastal city of Miami.

Vujacic, as a traveler, is very clear about the trajectory of the Sharks' future career. In 2006, when they fell behind 0:2 in the finals, the Sharks and Wade changed their lives against the sky and won four games in a row, winning 4:2. Defeated the Dallas Mavericks and won the fourth championship trophy of his career.

Later, as he got older, suffered from injuries, his state declined, and his former dominance was no longer there, he successively moved to the Suns, Cavaliers, Celtics and other teams.

Finally, on June 2011, 6, O'Neal announced on his Twitter that he would end his 1-year professional player career and choose to retire because of injuries.

The most dominant center of a generation left the court.

Looking at the top insiders in NBA history, from Lord of the Rings Russell, Emperor Chamberlain, Skyhook Kareem in ancient times to the big dream Olajuwon, Gorilla Ewing and Admiral Robinson in modern times, there are Some are stronger in defense, some have more offensive means, some are more delicate than O'Neal in technology, and some are stronger than O'Neal in honor, but no one can combine body, strength and technology like O'Neal. Perfect.

He inherited and carried forward the glory of his predecessors, but left behind the backs that the younger generations look up to. Since then, the insiders who once brought the league such glory have been in decline, and have never been able to reproduce the glory of the past. The so-called Yaosha duel is even more More is just a symbolic meaning, Warcraft Howard is just a child who will never grow up.

Fifteen times in the All-Star Game, eight times in the All-NBA first team, four championships, three finals MVPs, two scoring champions, and a regular season MVP, O'Neal is in the NBA hall with unparalleled talent and achievements. He has left a strong mark. Some people may not recognize his status as the number one center in history, but they will definitely like the performance of this big man on and off the court.

Although the current Sharks are plagued by injuries, coupled with getting older, and their state has declined, they are still the most dominant center in the league, and it is no problem to deal with the few miscellaneous fishes of the Lakers.

Divac was dunked, Odom was dunked, with Butler and Odom jumping up and dunking on the body, the Lakers' basketball hoop was under the continuous ravages of the big sharks, giving people a feeling of crumbling.

It's too difficult, it's too difficult to defend O'Neal!
Because defending against superstars like sharks is not a one-person job.

Some people think that it is not difficult to prevent big sharks, wouldn't it be good to have three people surround him to death?

But the question is, how to surround the Sharks without letting the rest of the opponent score?
In the history of the league, the Utah Jazz are the most successful defender of Shaquille O'Neal. In the early days when the Sharks just joined the Lakers, the Jazz swept the Lakers 4-0 in the Western Conference Finals one year.

The Sharks scored 19, 31, 39 and 38 points in four games.

At first glance, the data is very good, but the Sharks made 14 turnovers in the first three games and 18 fouls in the fourth game. The important thing is that the Lakers' offense was completely paralyzed.

Do you know how the Jazz defended?
The key is not the three insiders of Ostertag, Malone or Foster, but Stockton.

According to the original words of Jazz veteran Hornacek: "Our strategy, everyone knows, offense, Malone and Stockton, defense, double-teaming Sharks, this is nothing strange, maybe because we are playing in the playoffs, We old legs were a little quicker when we jumped out to cover the three-point line, why didn’t the Lakers make a three-pointer? That’s what they missed, we don’t know.”

Why can they pounce faster?
Stockton's answer was: "We don't double-team the Sharks early, we let Ostertag push him out of the penalty area, and when the Sharks want to get the ball and shoot the ball to the ground, I go up and double-team. "

In fact, in 1996, when the Bulls swept the Magic 4-0, Zen Master’s strategy was this: “We have to double-team the Sharks, but we can’t get our hands dirty when we do such a bad thing. The Sharks catch the ball and don’t double-team it. When the Sharks force towards the basket, we will block him, and then he will have no time to pass the ball."

So, later, when Zen master led the Lakers, why did he have to give Kobe some attacking power with the ball, even if the big shark would be unhappy because of this, why did he need old guys like Rice and Harper? It was because they needed better weak players. Side attack and better ball transfer to break this "accurate and timely double-team of the big shark".

In fact, this "aggressive camera double-teaming on time" is the only way to deal with big sharks.

But this method does not always work. O’Neal’s dominance at his peak is unprecedented. He is a monster. Even if the peak period of all NBA centers is put into one era, Vujacic still believes that O’Neal is the strongest. Who Have you ever seen a guy in the 3-second zone where 4 players can't block a shot in a row?Has anyone seen a guy with two or three dunks on his body?

Even in recent seasons, the Yao-Shark duel that people have been promoting is just a gimmick. If they are both at the top, Yao Ming is definitely not O'Neal's opponent, but O'Neal can't prevent Yao Ming from scoring. Yao Ming relies on jump shots and is too tall. , O’Neal relies on his body to force his opponent, not to mention Yao Ming, even if the peak O’Neal pulls Chamberlain or Russell, he is not an opponent. In Chamberlain’s era, there was no three-second violation. A center with excellent physical condition, in the penalty area Nei could ask for anything, and at that time, the level of basketball was not as good as it is now. Put Yao Ming in that era, and he would become a legend. Standing in the 3-second zone, there is no need to be afraid of the little giant who violated the three-second violation. A nightmare for any team.

In Vujacic's view, looking at NBA history, there is only one person who can completely abuse O'Neal in matchup defense, and that is the 1983 Finals sweeping the Lakers 4-0 by himself, averaging 26 points and 18 rebounds per game. Moses Malone who burst out of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

But it's a pity that the Lakers don't have such a person. Some of their insiders are old guys like Divac, or soft guys like Odom, or big brainless guys like Mihm and Medvedenko.

Even Jackson's handy shark-slashing tactic didn't work, because the Lakers lacked a quick leg that could double-team quickly after O'Neal got the ball like Stockton did.

Kobe is fine, but Kobe still has to take care of Wade the Flash, and he has to give [-]% of his energy.

There is no way to defend. In terms of offense, the Lakers are also in trouble. There is no need to count on the insiders. They can only rely on Kobe alone, but because of the monster O'Neal guarding the basket, Kobe can't play like the Hornets in the previous game. Unscrupulously hit the Heat's basket.

But when flying a kite outside, it is very difficult to guarantee the hit rate. No one can guarantee their three-pointers, even if the hit rate reaches [-]%.

But the success rate of O'Neal's rampage to the basket was too high. Soon, the Heat opened up the score. When there were 2 minutes left in the first quarter, the score of the two sides had become 28:16. The Heat led by 12 points.