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Chapter 29 Power Forward, Stars Walk Everywhere!
For the Lakers, there is no such thing as a battle for core status.

O'Neill will not encounter this hurdle until he is 33 years old.

Now Kobe is still leveling, O'Neal has not become his obstacle.

Kobe and O'Neal still have four years of sweetness, and O'Neal's position is still unshakable.

In the first quarter of the game, the score was 31 to 21. The Lakers turned away and took a 10-point lead.

奥尼尔单节轰下16分5篮板2助攻，大卫罗宾逊拿到11分4篮板2助攻。

Just looking at the data, David Robinson is no worse than O'Neal.

As expected of the king of the regular season, David Robinson still has something.

At the end of the first quarter, Li Mu knew that this was not a complete Spurs team, but that did not stop Li Mu from wanting to defeat this opponent.

Li Mu didn't have time to watch the core battle between Duncan and Robinson, and he knew that there would be nothing to watch.

After all, when those two met, they would discuss some high-end issues of calculus, and it would be strange if they could make a fuss!

Li Mu just wanted to get rid of the Spurs as soon as possible and stabilize his position as the head coach, but he didn't have time to act with Povic.

In the second quarter of the game, Li Mu sent Harper, Kobe, Jones, Fox and Horry, playing a small lineup, trying to use speed to overwhelm the opponent.

Popovich glanced at the Lakers lineup, without any expression on his face, and he didn't accept the move. He played a well-regulated regular rotation lineup.

Led by second-year rookie Duncan, plus Steve Kerr on the bench, Jalen Jackson, Mario Rose, and Duncan's fourth-round rookie Antonio Daniels in the same year.

Kobe, who didn't make much effort in the first quarter, singled out Daniels with the ball as soon as he came up.

With an easy change of direction, he turned and went to the basket, avoided Duncan's block, and completed the goal.

The Lakers' lead reached 12 points.

Looking back, the Spurs attacked.

Duncan received Cole's pass, lifted it up, and immediately dribbled to the basket to kill, carrying Horry's defense, hit the board and hit two points.

At the same time, with a beep, the referee's whistle sounded, and Duncan scored two points, which was valid, and also caused Horry's foul, scoring 2+1.

Just one word for Duncan, steady.

The free throw did not disappoint and successfully scored 3 points.

The Spurs were only 9 points behind.

Huo Li was a little distracted. For him, he could only curse bad luck secretly, but it could not change his fate.

The teams in the West are too perverted. The position of power forward is simply full of stars.

With a power forward like Horry who can't get up and down, playing in the Western Theater is too fucking painful.

It's okay to be beaten to the ground by Barkley and Malone in the first two games, but now they have to face second-year Duncan.

Behind him, there are Garnett, Webber, Rasheed, McDyess, Nowitzs, Jamison, O'Neal and other star power forwards waiting for him.

Next year, Gasol and Odom will enter the West.

The challenge of a power forward, in the western theater, is simply hell.

No, it's not counting Big Ben and Lewis.

This group of power forward players, as long as they go to the Eastern Theater, will be selected for the All-Stars almost without any suspense.

It was too difficult for him.

Next, Duncan is also very good,

Leading a group of 'unknown' role players, they fought back and forth with the luxurious bench lineup led by Kobe, and when they were strong, they were strong, and even narrowed the score to 5 points at one point.

It has to be said that just for this point, Duncan is better than Kobe.

He has his own system that can make his teammates better, but what about Kobe?

It will only make your own data better. Is this Kobe's [-]-[-] ability?
Sometimes, leading the CBA teammates can also be like killing gods, leading the team to bite the last time before deciding the winner.

Sometimes, leading star teammates will also weaken the strength of the team, and then drag the opponent to the end.

As a result, Kobe's key ball ability was slowly developed.

Of course, the current Kobe is no match for Duncan.

After all, Duncan was at his peak when he debuted. In the 97-98 season, he averaged 21 points, 12 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game... Well, this is not the peak of his debut, but Duncan is too good at it!

Just like the ten-lipo sword god, he only came out of the mountain after training at the full level, so he was naturally stronger.

The real debut is the pinnacle. We should talk about players like James. High school students bring their talents into the NBA. Then, starting from 21+6+6, the data has not dropped year after year.

Duncan is now 4 years older than Kobe. If Kobe practices for another four years, Duncan is really not as good as Kobe.

However, in terms of his ability to lead the team, Duncan is indeed very remarkable.

David Robinson, a legendary superstar destined to be among the top 50 in the NBA, a superstar who was once regarded as the top ten in history, has won regular season MVP, scoring champion, best defensive player of the year, blocking shots and rebounding data Master, he would be willing to serve as an assistant to Duncan, and he would do so for many years until he couldn't do it anymore.

Of course, David Robinson is not stupid. There is no head coach Popovich who immediately gave up his position as soon as he mentioned Duncan as the core of the offense.

He still can't get used to it, he has been carrying the Spurs forward, but in the end, he was told that you just give way and just help out.

Tim, when the core of the team's offense, I think, it will be better for the Spurs!

David Robinson understands the truth, but he just doesn't want to understand it, so he is struggling!
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Seeing that the winning script was disrupted by Duncan and a group of role players, Li Mu naturally couldn't see it, and with a wave of his hand, he replaced O'Neal and replaced Kobe.

At this time, the Lakers' lineup became Harper, Jones, Fox, Horry, and O'Neal.

And this was once the Lakers' starting lineup.

Duncan and O'Neal went through a trick and found that most of them exploded each other.

Popovich obviously didn't want Duncan to fight O'Neal prematurely, and Duncan spent a lot of time on the court, so he immediately replaced Duncan with David Robinson.

With Duncan off the field, Robinson found that he couldn't move those role players.

He lost the rhythm of the game again, lost in the one-on-one with O'Neal.

Then, he was blown away by the current O'Neal without any suspense.

The closer you are to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage. This is an undeniable truth in basketball.

O'Neal has been killing in the penalty area, but Robinson deviates from the penalty area and makes mid-range shots.

The game returned to the rhythm of the first quarter, and the Lakers gradually opened up the score.

With a 15-point advantage, he went to the locker room to rest. In the second half, Li Mu asked the team to charge again, play a multi-point offensive, and stretch the score to more than 20 points. Only then did they replace the main players, and announced that they would clock out in the third quarter. .

Of course, the Spurs are a strong team after all, and Li Mu was worried that they would counterattack. Since O'Neal was willing to continue to fight again, he did not refuse the leader O'Neal to make progress.

With a wave of Li Mu's hand, O'Neal led the bench lineup and continued to fight the Spurs.

In other words, from this point of view, O'Neill is still very self-motivated.

You said he was narrow-minded and wanted revenge on David Robinson?
Impossible, absolutely impossible, O'Neill just wanted to polish his skills, what bad intentions could he have?
hum~~
A beep sounded and a red light flashed on the scoreboard, and the game time was over.

With a score of 115 to 90, the Lakers beat the Spurs by 25 points and achieved a wave of three consecutive victories in the new season.

奥尼尔轰下了41分17篮板5助攻3盖帽1抢断，继续着自己的好状态。

Kobe had 17 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds, and there were not many performance opportunities.

For the Spurs, David Robinson scored 33 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. There was no loss in statistics, but the team lost in a mess.

Duncan scored 18 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, and continued to play steadily and efficiently.

After Li Mu beat the Spurs, he shook his head in his heart. This was not the result he wanted.

To be honest, he really came to play against the Spurs with a learning attitude, but he didn't expect that the Spurs didn't give him this opportunity.

This, the Spurs are too egotistical. They have never taken the regular season seriously. They have always liked to keep a hand, and they will really fight their opponents in the playoffs.

I'm too hard!

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(End of this chapter)