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Chapter 690 Evenly matched opponents

Li Shengli has a strong control over his body strength, exerting force on his back, and always paying attention to O'Neill's power feedback, and O'Neill did counterattack, Li Shengli was waiting for this moment.

With force and recovery, O'Neill moved his center of gravity forward.

Li Shengli rushed to the basket in an instant with fake footsteps and turning around.

Garnett didn't move, afraid of being hit and unable to eat, and O'Neal couldn't keep up. The two could only watch Li Shengli, and with a bang, they grabbed the ball with one hand and smashed it into the basket.

Eat O'Neill alone? !

Because it was the Lakers' home court, the fans applauded enthusiastically on the first attack in the opening game. Now O'Neal's face turned green, and he became the Boston Hulk. He led the team and went straight to the frontcourt to find Li Shengli to check out.

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The beginning is rather casual.

O'Neill directly chose the same position as Li Shengli, and played the same post, but this time the difference is... It was O'Neal's turn to attack and Li Shengli's defense, and both of them looked bad.

No two leaves are alike in the world.

The difference between O'Neill and Li Shengli is that he focuses on back-up strength, and all his offensive skills are limited to the area close to the basket, while Li Shengli's defensive principle is that O'Neal is absolutely not allowed to step on the floor under his feet. After all, a few steps in is O'Neal's killing distance up.

Still looking for the rhythm of confrontation, waiting for O'Neill's strength feedback.

It's just that this time the embarrassing thing is that Li Shengli ate the first wave of confrontation, and then the second wave of confrontation... There was not even a second wave of confrontation. It is estimated that O'Neill, who was fully erupting, could not control the impact of his weight. I took a step forward.

step?

One step is enough!

O'Neal took off sideways with a small hook and directly hit back Li Shengli.

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The center forwards' matchups are all hand-to-hand combat. There is no outside contest at all. It looks gorgeous, but the effect of crushing in melee combat will be more direct. In the opening game, both sides attacked once, and Li Shengli and O'Neal also exploded once.

At this time, in the front row of the Lakers' home court, West and Jim Buss were watching the game, and the situation on the court was controlled by two super centers, and the two also chatted.

"The fight between these two is interesting, as if neither of them can guard against the other." Jim said with a smile.

"It should be. The strength of both of them in the center position is historical."

"But the recent average data seems to be that O'Neal is better, at least the average points per game is like this. Lee is a little worse than O'Neal in this respect." Jim glanced at West and asked: "I want to know, at that time What was your reason for choosing Lee? Did Jenny influence the decision?"

West glanced at Jim, his face changed slightly, after all, these words were really a bit embarrassing.

"The last question doesn't matter, we are all working hard for this team."

"As for the reason for choosing Lee, don't the two championships explain the problem? You are no longer the former horse trainer Jim Bass. You are now the team's management, so the bigger the picture, don't stare at it. Looking at the numbers, believe me, it doesn't make sense."

"Uh...no other meaning, I really like Li."

"That's the best way. I found this kid Li, and I can't find any shortcomings in him. It's the same on and off the court. What he brings to us is much more than what we paid for him. Otherwise, you think Why did Auerbach try so hard to rob someone from us?"

"So that's why you gave him extra bonus money outside of the contract?"

"This is your father's consent. He is very glad that he made this choice."

"But the problem is that this is literally a yin-yang contract...Maybe, I mean maybe, some people think this operation is too sensitive."

After Jim finished speaking, West's face turned cold, feeling that the children of Old Bath's family were too much trouble, and his face turned to Jim and said: "We didn't sign any paper contract with Li, relying on The mutual appointment between us is what he deserves, and it’s just a normal endorsement contract. In principle, it doesn’t involve any sensitive issues. So any disputes between you can’t extend your hands here, this is me and your father bottom line."

West was a little angry, but Jim Bass felt pretty good. After all, he didn't have any objections to anyone, but just conveyed a message. Now that his goal was achieved, he naturally changed the topic immediately.

"Let's not talk about this, let's talk about this game?"

"Well..." West calmed down, glanced at the court and said, "We don't have to worry about winning or losing, we just need to evaluate the threat level of the Celtics in this game, and the time for key evaluation is not In the first half, and in the second half."

"So? Should the first half be tied?"

"It's hard to say this is the first quarter, but it is very likely that we will enter the second half in a balanced manner, and our rotation is not comparable to that of the opponent, and there is more room for personnel adjustment."

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Basically everyone can see that the two sides did play a [-]-[-] in the first quarter. The most important rhythm point is Li Shengli and O'Neal, and the two of them are more tired after one quarter than two quarters. This fully demonstrates the super center of this era. explosion output.

Li Shengli played O'Neal, because O'Neal's tonnage increased again during the lockout period, so the difficulty of confrontation has also increased a lot, but Li Shengli's shot range is a bit wider, and he scored 10 points with 6 of 2 and 2 of 14 free throws in one quarter.

As for O'Neill's victory against Lee...

O'Neal, who has a loose mid-range shot, must have forced more times to the basket than Li Shengli.

But it was still an old problem, he couldn't stop the car by himself when he exploded with all his strength, either he entered the basket from the bottom line and was carried out of bounds by Li Shengli, or he couldn't stop and plunged into the bounds by himself, sending out to the audience... who am I, who am I? Where and what am I doing is a life question.

However, he only eats the basket, and without considering mistakes, his single-time efficiency is higher than Li Shengli.

He hit 8 of 6 shots, which was abnormal; he scored 4 of 2 free throws, played normally, and scored 14 points in total.

As for the rebounding data... Relying on the card position, O'Neal relies on the tonnage to be stronger; relying on the bounce, Li Shengli has the advantage in speed and height, so the two are evenly matched with 5 rebounds, 14+5, and go hand in hand.

other positions.

On the Celtics side, O'Neal and Li Shengli beat each other, as did Garnett and Barkley.

Garnett is much taller than Barkley, but the height of his shot is high enough, and it is still uncomfortable to be defended by Barkley who is hard-lined; Barkley is the same. The risk of blocking shots is great, and the occasional pick-and-roll can be played, but the problem is that Garnett can also play pick-and-roll with teammates.

The offense of the two was also even.

The rest was Kobe and Pierce's non-matchup contest. The two basically played against the opponent, and they couldn't tell the difference in a short period of time, so the first quarter was directly tied.

Until the end of the second quarter, the situation did not change.

The Lakers are one of the most powerful teams in the league, and the current effect of the Celtics can be seen... When the two sides did not play their shortcomings, the Celtics were much stronger than before. It got to the point of arm wrestling with the championship team in the first half.

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However, the championship lineup is not achieved overnight. In addition to the starting lineup, there must be sufficient and capable substitutes, so Harris' formation during the halftime break took advantage of the Lakers in this regard.

Fox, the small forward, is the second offensive player on the outside line except for Kobe, but he is not good at defending Pierce, so Harris removed him and let Barkley defend Pierce.

After dropping the firepower that Fox lacked, Harris went to Eddie to supplement, and played a double shot in the backcourt with Kobe.

In addition, Nick also entered the rotation, but it was not the guard who replaced him, but the big insider, and the Lakers' lineup in the second half was Li Shengli, Barkley, Big Ben, Eddie, and Kobe.

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For the Celtics, O'Neal's role is irreplaceable, regardless of offense and defense.

But for the Lakers, Li Shengli can be partially replaced, because Daben has recently been trained by Li Shengli to become stronger, and Li Shengli has consumed O'Neal for two quarters, Daben can withstand O'Neal's impact.

Such a change...

On the defensive end of the Lakers, Li Shengli pushed Barkley to catch Garnett.

Barkley went to the small forward to catch Pierce, and Rodman added any position at any time.

For Harris, it wasn't that he didn't want to play like this in the first half, but O'Neal in the first half could handle it alone with Li Shengli.

If the efficiency of Li Shengli's center position does not drop, there is no need to go to Garnett and deliberately amplify the offense. After all, Barkley defended well, but the second half was different.

The Lakers' offensive end is still similar, but the defensive end has changed drastically.

It’s just right for Daben to carry O’Neal, who consumes a lot of energy, and the significance of Li Shengli’s pursuit of Garnett is that... without weakening Barkley’s offense on the court, he can also play Barkley’s offense and defense. After all, Barkley Li is also an old fritter, and it is still possible to beat a first-year Pierce.

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The Lakers were preparing for the second half, and the Celtics in the visiting locker room hadn't noticed the danger yet.

"Paul, look, Barkley is fine, I can defend against him alone." Garnett curled his lips and said something to Pierce, and Pierce cursed in his heart... You can defend against others, but you step on the horse Wasn't it also guarded by others?

"Uh... yeah, I'm worried about what they'll do if they switch defenses. If Boss Li goes to defend you, your head will be blown up by him."

"Damn %￥￥#&!" Thinking of this possibility, Garnett couldn't help scolding with a pale face, and then continued to Pierce: "Damn, it's impossible, although Li is bad, But he was very kind to us, and used to help us beat people every day, do you think he will torture me, it must be impossible!"

"Is that so?"

"Yeah... isn't it? We're the best steel brothers after all."

(End of this chapter)