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Chapter 70 Don't Talk to Me About Rotation!

The regular season schedule is dense. Next, the Lakers won the Warriors, Nuggets, Jazz, Kings, Timberwolves, Supersonics and Grizzlies seven ball teams.

The Lakers have expanded their winning streak to 40 wins per game, which is theoretically the number one in the league.

At this time, while the Lakers showed their invincible strength, Li Mu also saw some dangers.

For example, the Lakers players showed signs of fatigue.

I can vaguely see what the mighty Warriors team looked like in the 15/16 season.

73 wins overall runner-up! !

With this thought in his mind, Li Mu decided to take a break, preparing to copy the homework of the future Spurs and arrange rotation tactics for the OK team.

As a result, it was rejected.

Before Kobe could speak, O'Neal stood up and said in a buzzing voice, "Unless I can't play, I won't accept the suggestion of rotation.

I want to be MDE (Most Dominant Player).

Have you ever seen MDE, there is only one personal honor of scoring champion, but you have never won the regular season MVP once in your career?

Now you see it!
It was me, Shaquille O'Neal! !

This year it's my turn to win once, the scoring champion and the regular season MVP, I have to decide both. "

In other words, in his third year in the league, O'Neal has grown into a superstar at the second place in the regular season MVP.

In 95, he led the Magic to 57 wins and 25 losses, the first record in the Eastern Conference, but lost to David Robinson, who had the "King of the Regular Season" that year. He led the Spurs to 62 wins and 20 losses, the league's first With a record of one, he won the regular season MVP in his arms.

Then came to Los Angeles. Under the leadership of O'Neal, the Lakers' record improved rapidly.

It's just that the old hooligan is back and the MVP of the regular season, O'Neal really can't compete.

It was not until the 99/00 season that the so-called O'Neal reached his peak season, won 67 wins, ranked first in the league, and won the regular season MVP. At the same time, he won the scoring champion for the second time.

Subsequently, O'Neill entered the regimen mode.

He raised himself too fat.

If the regular season is played too hard, it is estimated that the ankle will not be able to bear it.

The coaching staff knew he needed to rest and agreed to let O'Neal rest.

He didn't use his physical talent until the playoffs, but crushed everything.

I got the championship as I wished.

Then, Kobe was not satisfied.

He thinks O'Neill hasn't worked hard enough!
This, let others live?

You have already won the championship, so what else do you have to work hard for?
So, how can Li Mu's rotation tactics be implemented?

A self-motivated O'Neal, and a Kobe who is not satisfied with winning the championship, you talk to them about rotation tactics?
In addition, Kobe is on a contract year, so let him rest?
Isn't this bullshit!

If he didn't do the right thing at the right time, I guess Popovich would just fuck Duncan to death!
Fuck Duncan, then put him in the rotation.

I'm too embarrassed to point out you, and I'm suppressing other people's data again, and I want to suppress the contract.

……

Portland, Rose Garden Arena.

July 4, night.

The Lakers challenged the Trail Blazers away, and then received their first regular season defeat of the season.

96 to 113! !
Not just a loss, but an out-and-out fiasco.

In all fairness, losing is not terrible.

The scary thing is that the core players of the Lakers are unwilling to accept rotation tactics.

However, the Trail Blazers' starting lineup removed two core players, and then played a battle of all people.

Seeing the current lineup of the Trail Blazers, Li Mu felt his scalp tingling.

On the point guard, it was Damon Stoudemire, who came to shoot halfway through the 97/98 season. He is 1 meters tall and was nicknamed "Little Flying Squirrel".

话说，本赛季斯塔德迈尔数据从20分9助攻4.5篮板，下滑到13分8助攻4篮板。

This is a characteristic of the Raptors, and there are brush nests there.

However, it also shows the strength of the Trail Blazers lineup from the side.

They don't need one to score.

The shooting guard position is played by Jim Jackson, who came to shoot in the 98/99 season. He was once one of the three great Mavericks. At his peak, he averaged 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

He was originally just a substitute, but unexpectedly appeared in the starting lineup tonight.

For small forward Stacy Ogmon, offense is just making up the numbers, and defense is his strong point.

Power forward Brian Grant, the ceiling of blue-collar players, can now score 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Center Avidas Sabonis is 2 meters tall and weighs 21 kilograms. It seems that he is not weaker than O'Neal. The two only look at the body and are of the same weight.

At this time, the Trail Blazers had a competitive starting lineup.

On the bench, there is another set, which is not lost to the players in the starting lineup.

For example: 'Tianzun' Rasheed Wallace, 'Stinger' Isaiah Ryder.

"Not a stick" Bunch Wells, Yao Ming's guard Kevin Cato and "marginal" O'Neal, and "Titans" Walter Williams.

From the first quarter of the game, the Lakers fell behind.

In the jump ball, Sabonis beat O'Neal and scored the first attack for the Trail Blazers.

Stoudemire quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and when he found that there was no opportunity for a surprise attack, he immediately used the speed of the little man to break through Billups' defense in a positional battle.

Go inside, attract O'Neill's supplementary defense, and hit the ground with one hit.

Clang.

A dunk from Sabonis receiving the ball from the basket.

Next, the Trail Blazers shrunk their lineup and only allowed 'Little Flying Squirrel' to lead the defense on the outside, interfering with Billups who was holding the ball.

Bang-dang-!
Kobe Bryant tried a three-point shot, but it was smashed.

Looking back, Little Momonga rushed up and launched a counterattack, directly throwing the Lakers' backcourt behind its tail.

Like another Iverson, go downcourt and put the basketball in the basket.

The Lakers' offense, O'Neal's advantage in the penalty area, is not so obvious.

Although he can still score, he can still beat Sabonis, but it takes more effort.

After the first quarter, the score was 24 to 31, and the Lakers trailed by 7 points.

In the second quarter of the game, the "rotation lineup" that the Lakers are proud of was overwhelmed by the bench lineup led by Rasheed and Ryder.

The Lakers were tired and in a very bad state, directly submerged in the Trail Blazers' pack of wolves.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers beat the Lakers with a score of 27 to 19.

In the first half of the game, the Trail Blazers took the lead and took a 15-point lead.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, head coach Mike Dunleavy waved his strongest lineup to deal with the Lakers' counterattack.

O'Neal doesn't want to lose his perfect season. He beat three of the four major centers, topped the scoring charts, and has no losses in the regular season. He is very likely to win the regular season MVP and win everything. .

He played very hard, one-on-one, and beat Sabonis.

Sabonis and Rasheed came together, [-]v[-], and he continued to blow up.

Then, Kevin Cato, Grant, O'Neal, come and play one by one.

In this game, he made 21 of 12 shots, 17 of 9 free throws, scored 33 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Kobe Bryant also showed normal strength on the perimeter. Under the wheel of Jim Jackson and Isaiah Ryder, he scored 23 points, 2 assists and 0 rebounds.

The OK group continued to perform incomprehensibly, but the support of others was very limited.

Only Rice continued to play well, scoring 17 points and 3 assists, and none of the others scored in double figures.

On the Trail Blazers side, they played a situation where 7 players scored in double figures and more points blossomed.

Stoudemire and Ryder scored the highest, both with 16 points, not even half of O'Neal's.

However, the Lakers swallowed a disastrous loss to the Trail Blazers, which ended the Lakers' 40-game winning streak.

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(End of this chapter)