Bishop: since 1998

Chapter 100 Surgical comparisons are equally terrifying!
One day apart, Reunion Arena.

The Lakers continued to kill the Mavericks once with a score of 123 to 101, and double-killed the Mavericks within three days.

Then defeated the Nuggets, Eagles, Bulls, Nets and Jazz, extending the winning streak to 10 games in the new season.

In the new round of official strength rankings, the Lakers still top the list, while the Trail Blazers and Spurs continue to rank second and third.

O'Neal averaged 38 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Ginobili had 15 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds.

Lewis had 11 points and 3 rebounds.

Brad Miller had 9 points and 4 rebounds.

To be reasonable, the four of them performed well in terms of statistics, except for their own strength, they all have the same reason.

Don't ask, the question is that Kobe was injured.

In Li Mu's previous life, in the 99/00 season, Kobe only played 66 games in the regular season because he was injured in the preseason and only returned in December.

In other words, O'Neal played nearly 1/4 of the single-core game schedule, playing more than 40 minutes, and the data is so explosive.

Because of Li Mu's appearance, Kobe escaped the preseason game against the Wizards where he injured his right hand, but he still couldn't escape the fracture of his right hand.

In the game against the Hawks, Kobe was injured by Muttoms' block and it took 5 weeks to come back.

As a result, Ginobili and Lewis got more chances to play, especially Ginobili, who played an important scoring role when the Lakers did not have many authentic shooting guards.

Kobe's injury had a great impact on Li Mu's formation. Without Kobe's off-the-ball tactics, the connection of the iron squads was a lot of problems.

Fortunately, the Lakers have a strong lineup, which has no effect on the result of the victory.

In other words, Li Mu saw something terrifying.

On the training ground, Kobe had a plaster cast on his right hand, but he was practicing shooting with his left hand.

In the future, Cuban was defeated by Kobe's left-handed shot. The original reason is this.

It's no wonder Ginobili will enter the NBA league ahead of schedule.

Anyone who meets an opponent like Kobe, if he doesn't speed up to catch up, is afraid that he will be left far behind by Kobe.

Kobe off the court is equally terrifying.

After 10 consecutive victories, the Lakers next encountered a decent opponent: the Rockets.

In other words, this Rockets team could have challenged the Lakers in the new season.

After all, the Rockets robbed the Grizzlies during the offseason and got Francis.

This person, in the first 10 regular season games, did not look like a rookie at all. He averaged 20 points, 5 assists, 5 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game. He has almost confirmed the best rookie award.

One word, powerful!
If you add the old cat Mobley, Batman Pippen, Flying Pig Bacchus, and Big Dream Olajuwon.

The Rockets really don't have to ask: Do I still have a chance?
However, the conflict between Pippen and Barkley broke out completely.

Losing in the regular season last season, Pippen always likes to talk about whether he can't move Barkley.

After being eliminated in the playoffs, Pippen said in an interview: "Before coming to the Rockets, Michael persuaded me that Barkley would never be a champion in his life.

Because he doesn't know what sacrifice is. He is an extremely selfish person. Looking at his body, he can't even maintain a qualified physique.

Now, I want to get out of here. "

When Barkley heard that Pippen blamed him for the loss, he was naturally unwilling.

He only takes an annual salary of 100 million, the annual salary of a role player, but he has the data of a superstar thigh.

You call this being immobile?

Originally in the 93/94 season, he lost to the Bulls led by Pippen and Jordan in the finals, and he was unhappy with Pippen in his heart.

Now Pippen has an annual salary of tens of millions, but he doesn't want to take responsibility for the loss. If he wants to blame him for the loss, there is no way.

The Rockets looked at Barkley and Pippen, and they knew that if they stayed together, they would be in vain, so they would send away Pippen who could be sent away.

Keeping Barkley is not because Barkley is very strong and fragrant, but because Barkley has a PY deal with the Rockets.

98/99赛季，巴克利之所以愿意接受底薪100万，就是因为火箭队在99/00赛季，给他一份900万的年薪。

This is similar to the yin and yang contract of the Timberwolves.

The difference is that Barkley and the Rockets signed the PY deal before the league was suspended, and the luxury tax clause had not yet been issued.

The Timberwolves are after the introduction of the luxury tax clause.

November 11, Houston, Toyota Center Arena.

The Lakers challenged the Rockets away.

After a simple appearance and warm-up, Li Mu started with 5 players, including Billups, Rice, Bowen, Ben, and O'Neal.

Ginobili's strength as a starting shooting guard is still a bit weak, so it's better to let Rice play.

The Rockets started with five players, point guard Francis, shooting guard Mobley, small forward Walter Williams, power forward Barkley, and center Olajuwon.

beep~~
A whistle sounded and the game began with a scrum.

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

Billups controlled the ball in the frontcourt, and O'Neal was surrounded by Dameng and directly passed the ball to Rice.

Catch the ball, jump up, and face Mobley's defense, and it's a dry three-point jumper.

The height of the forward is 2 meters, and the body of the point guard is 01 meters.

Mobley's physical defense is abysmal, and Rice's interference can only be sighed.

Swish-!
Rice is not Kobe.

The three-point shooter went up and down and hit the three-pointer steadily.

3 to 0! !
The Rockets attacked, Francis caught the ball and rushed up, ignoring Barkley and Olajuwon.

Charged to the frontcourt, stepped down and dribbled continuously, accelerated, started, broke through Billups' defense, went inside, and threw the basketball into the sky before Daben's block was completed.

Swish-!
The small throw made two points.

3 to 2! !
"Francis singled out the Lakers' defense alone, which seemed unreasonable, but he succeeded and was unstoppable.

This physical talent is too strong! ’ explained Mike Breen.

Off the court, Li Mu shook his head.

Billups doesn't seem to be good at speed point guards.

In other words, Francis' height may have been falsely reported.

It's not just because Yao Ming is standing next to him that he looks shorter.

From the perspective of the scene, Francis definitely does not have a height of 1 meters.

On the field.

O'Neal got the ball, and for the 37-year-old Olajuwon, it was disaster.

With all-round skills, he can only watch O'Neal take off his body, turn around, jump up, and with a bang, he dunks with one hand and blasts the basketball into the basket.

5 to 2! !
"The big dream is unbearable.

There is a huge difference in size between the two sides. "

After only playing the first round, Li Mu felt stable.

Olajuwon's decline is too serious.

Young sharks can interact with the peak Olajuwon, and now they are not in the same dimension at all.

At this time, Li Mu set more eyes on Francis.

On the field, I saw Francis rushing to the frontcourt, seeing that Billups' defense was a bit weak, and immediately pulled up a three-point jumper...

Swish-!
The three-pointer hit the net accurately.

This second place, I can't guard against it.

5 to 5! !
Next, the situation on the court began a situation where Francis singled out the entire Lakers team.

In order to convince Francis, the Rockets gave him a lot of offensive privileges.

In the 4th minute of the game, Olajuwon received the basketball and shot a mid-range jumper...

Boom-!
Olajuwon's shot went wide.

"In the state of the big dream, the hips are stretched a bit too much!" the groom Albert shook his head and said.

As the No. 84 pick in [-], he was in the same era as Jordan, and now Jordan has retired.

Olajuwon's 'big dream' has become a residual dream.

This season, Olajuwon's data has dropped to 10 points and 6 rebounds. The demeanor of the league's number one center is long gone.

Bang-dang-!
At this point, there was only one fat man left, raging the rim frantically on the court.

Obviously Ao Pang only had one move, but he still couldn't prevent it!
After the first quarter, the Lakers led the Rockets by 28 to 21, 7 points.

With full firepower, O'Neal carried the Lakers' offense. He made 9 of 6 shots, 5 of 3 free throws, and scored 15 points and 4 rebounds in a single quarter.

Olajuwon only scored 3 of 1, scored 2 points and 2 rebounds.

弗朗西斯8投4中，三分球3中1，罚球2中2，单节轰下11分2助攻2篮板。

Just looking at the data, the boss of the Rockets is actually Francis.

People gave him the nickname "Boss Fu".

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(End of this chapter)