NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The two of them were in a state of panic, and the two of them were in a state of panic.

Chapter 272 Ending

In the fans’ stands.

In the front row of the audience, MJ and the other two talked freely.

“The Philadelphia kid to Shaq is like Pippen to you! The two of them love and hate each other, and they can’t be separated for a long time.”

During the timeout, Bird smiled and couldn’t help but tease Jordan.

MJ on the side was easily aroused by him.

Especially after retirement, whenever someone mentioned Pippen in Jordan’s ear, the basketball god would always show his gaffe.

“Come on, Larry. Let’s not talk about what role Pippen played for me in the Bulls dynasty at that time. I want to ask you, who do you think is me, Kobe or O’Neal on the court now?”

Jordan puffed up his cheeks and looked at Bird angrily.

Bird smiled without commenting.

Unexpectedly, his purely teasing tone really hit the old rogue’s pain point.

Even Bird had to admit that no one in the OK combination this season was MJ during the Bulls dynasty.

On the contrary, both of them were a bit like Pippen at the time!

Don’t look at Jordan’s stubbornness. The relationship between the two was so bad after leaving the team, but Bird knew how important Pippen was to Jordan back then.

But after all, Pippen’s role in the entire Bulls dynasty was the second in command. They needed a legendary character like Jordan to stand up to create the Bulls dynasty.

You have to know that even MJ was just a lone hero who was unknown in the playoffs countless times before the Bulls Big Three were assembled.

Even Jordan himself doubted whether he would become the uncrowned king without a championship in his lifetime after the defeat!

Not to mention the current Lakers, without Jordan’s absolute thigh, the two do not complement each other and are full of thoughts about fighting for power.

It is difficult to win this kind of game!

In Bird’s view, if the Lakers or OK still greet the next game with such an attitude, then the Knicks are destined to be the chosen one of this season.

“Shaq’s condition is too bad now!”

Even Olajuwon on the side couldn’t help but comment.

As an inside player who has played against O’Neal, who just entered the league, Dream is very clear about this guy’s potential and combat effectiveness.

The competition for the top spot of the four centers has never stopped since ancient times. Even though Dream has retired for many years, the outside world has been discussing the comparison of his strength with O’Neal.

For Dream, the top center of the same period as Jordan, he does not care about the debate in the outside world.

On the contrary, as he retired, he began to identify with O’Neal.

When O’Neal led the Lakers to win three consecutive championships, Dream knew and dared to admit that the Lakers dynasty was just like the Bulls dynasty, and the 2000s belonged to Shaquille Olney.

He is the Michael Jordan of this era!

It’s just that many people are unwilling to admit this fact because of their position.

At that time, Kobe was just a helper, and even Pippen’s role was difficult to be considered. As Kobe grew up, O’Neal also began to enter the end of his peak.

Kobe in his prime plus O’Neal in his late prime, this combination alone is difficult to have contradictions.

When there are two Jordans in a team, the effect is often not as good as expected.

What’s more, O’Neal at this time also lost the halo of Jordan, and Kobe was far from that level.

Two guys with the strength of the second, but both have the heart of the boss.

After the GDP test, it has been confirmed that the bad nature of the cooperation model between OK, and the Lakers’ top management has also realized this.

But when they wanted O’Neal to put himself in the right position to assist his former younger brother, O’Neal, who was unwilling, still couldn’t stand Kobe’s temper.

This also makes sense, why O’Neal was willing to help Wade, the rising star in 2003, after he went to the Heat.

Dream knew how much the conflict between the two on the court would affect the game. As a center with one of the best basketball IQs in the entire NBA history, Dream saw it more deeply than others.

He understood that if a team center wanted to be the boss of the team, what level he needed to achieve in order to have the hope of leading the team to win the championship.

O’Neal in previous years undoubtedly had this ability, but O’Neal, who had experienced the defeat in the Holy City, had already lost this level.

Especially after entering the finals, the matchup with the Asian boy on the opposite side deepened Dream’s impression.

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Without comparison, Dream would not have such an intuitive feeling, but the Lakers’ opponent in the finals this year is a team with inside players as the core.

Under the contrast of Wang Song, the shortcomings of the Sharks are completely exposed. Not to mention the legendary center like Olajuwon, even fans who know a little about basketball can understand this situation.

With Kobe competing for power in the team and the opponent being a high-level center, the Sharks can’t even dream of returning to their peak, and the effect of scoring 80 points is enough to make the Zen Master recite scriptures for a day.

While thinking about it, Jordan and others turned their attention back to the game on the court.

Most of the last quarter has passed!

OK’s return has indeed injected new vitality into this Lakers team, but the cooperation between Kobe and O’Neal still did not produce the effect that the Zen Master wanted.

Both of them still have grudges.

The championship trophy will only be a painkiller for a short-term alliance, not a panacea that can cure all diseases.

The Lakers were in a stagnant situation, but the opponents were different.

Knicks!

Perhaps because of the return of OK, the role players had a small explosion in the last quarter.

With the decline in the offensive efficiency of Kobe and O’Neal, Wang Song did a good job in protecting the defensive rebounds, and this also created many opportunities for the Knicks’ long-lost counterattack fast break.

Among them, Prince and Kurt Thomas ran the hardest. The two forwards alone scored 10 points in the fast break in the last quarter.

The Knicks’ highlight helped them establish a 6-point lead with four minutes left in the game.

Not too much… not too little!

Due to the conflict between OK and OK, the other Lakers players did not feel very good today.

Except for Karl Malone, who was inspired by Wang Song at the beginning of the game, most of the other players scored zero or 1 or 2 points.

On the one hand, the ball was highly concentrated, and on the other hand, their touch on the road was really not good today.

Fortunately, after three quarters of missed shots, Milan recovered some of his touch and helped the Lakers hold on to the score, leaving the suspense of the game until the last minute.

However, the buzzer-beater that fans expected did not appear. After Wang Song’s consecutive tip-ins and mid-range shots, the Knicks established a nearly 10-point lead with two minutes left in the game.

Finally, the whistle sounded to end the game, and the Knicks defeated the Lakers 102:96.

(End of this chapter)