The Lakers have 3 games left in the last few days of the end of November. Although the schedule this month is compact, the opponents in the remaining three games are relatively weak.

Originally, these games were not hyped by the media and the list of games fans were concerned about.

But now the attention is getting higher!

In the past few days, the Lakers will cause heated discussion after every game.

On November 26th and 27th, it was another away game back-to-back.

The Lakers beat the Kings 100-85.

In this game, the Lakers once again broke through 60 rebounds in a single game, scoring 41 defensive rebounds and 20 offensive rebounds in the whole game, of which 12 offensive rebounds were obtained by O'Neal alone.

With 9 of 15 shots, plus 4 of 8 free throws, O'Neal scored 22 points and 20 rebounds in 33 minutes, Zhang Hao made 11 of 20 shots, including 3 of 7 three-pointers, plus 11 of 13 free throws, and scored 36 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block. With 12 points and 11 assists, Kenny Anderson, 8 points and 14 rebounds, Jason Williams, the Lakers easily won the victory.

O'Neal, who grabbed 12 offensive rebounds, only shot 18 times in total, once again caused heated discussion.

On the 27th, in the Lakers' back-to-back challenge to the Suns, O'Neal played 40 minutes to score 26 points, 28 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 blocks. The rebound tied his career high performance when he played against the Nets in the second grade. The 20+20+5 data is also the first time in his career, but he scored 16 offensive rebounds in a single game, making the Suns' inside line even though he didn't want to get stuck when shooting from the outside. O'Neal made only 20 successful shots in the whole game, making 11 of 20 shots, plus 4 of 9 free throws, and scored 26 points.

After 31 minutes, Zhang Hao made 17 shots, 9 of 17 shots, including 3 of 8 three-pointers and 7 of 7 free throws, scoring 28 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.

With Doug Christie's 12 points and 2 assists, Magic's 7 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Jason Williams' 3 points and 12 rebounds, James Robinson's 13 points...

The Lakers massacred the Suns 108-87 and won three consecutive victories.

On November 29, the Lakers' 17th game of the season, the last game of the first game month, and the last three away games to the East to challenge the Bucks away.

In this game, O'Neal's three consecutive double-20 performances were cut, but because only 5 defensive rebounds were cut. He grabbed a total of 11 offensive rebounds tonight, 13 of 21 shots, plus 3 of 8 free throws, and scored 29 points and 16 rebounds.

The Lakers won this time, because the Bucks' Glen Robinson went wild tonight, making 19 of 30 shots, including 2 of 3 three-pointers, plus 4 of 4 free throws, 44 points and 6 assists, plus Wen Baker's 25 points and 8 rebounds, Ray Allen took advantage of Glen Robinson's threat to score 7 of 11 shots, including 3 of 5 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 19 points. The Supersonics once led the Lakers to 10 points.

Although O'Neal chose to try his current style of play, he was still angry and just grabbed rebounds, attacked twice, and ignored anything else.

Then, while O'Neal worked hard to grab offensive rebounds and dragged the situation down, the Lakers' defensive effect became effective in the last quarter and the offense went smoothly. He scored 31-19 in a single quarter. After the third quarter, he was still 9 points behind, he turned around in the final quarter.

Relying on O'Neal's 29 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks, Zhang Hao's 25 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Kenny Anderson's 17 points and 8 assists, Magic's 12 points and 6 assists, Byron Scott's 8 points and 2 assists and Barkley's 11 points and 10 rebounds, the Lakers reversed the Bucks 127-124 and won four consecutive victories.

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The game ended in November, and the Lakers returned to Los Angeles on November 30, and had a day off. The second game month has arrived.

After the first month of the game, each team played 14 to 17 games.

Currently, the Bulls are 15 wins and 1 loss, tied for the league with the Jazz, the Hawks are second in the East, the Pistons are third in the East, the Hornets are fourth in the East, the Hornets are 12 wins and 5 losses.

After experiencing the pain of the start, the Heat and the Knicks got better. The Heat ranked fifth in the East with 10 wins and 5 losses, while the Knicks ranked sixth in the East with 11 wins and 6 losses to the Heat.

The Magic lost O'Neal and collapsed. Currently, they ranked seventh in the East with 9 wins and 7 losses. The duo of Juwan Howard and Webber finally showed their power, and they also ranked eighth in the East with 9 wins and 7 losses.

With multiple role players poached, and the outstanding performance of other young emerging teams, the powerhouse Cavaliers fell in the past few years, with 8 wins and 8 losses at the beginning, barely maintaining a 50% winning rate, and being in the ranks of competitive playoff teams.

The Pacers thought they just lost Mark Jackson as a point guard, and the media in training camp's bold statement was to compete for the championship. Then, now they know that Mark Jackson is the key to their 50 wins in the past two seasons and is the core of their rise.

With 7 wins and 10 losses, the Pacers can't guarantee a 50% winning rate.

However, all of these are all good. The top five teams in the Eastern Conference, the Bucks, with the highest winning numbers, have 4 wins and 12 losses, and none of the top five wins exceeds 25%!

In the Western Conference, the Jazz ranked first with 15 wins and 1 loss, the Supersonics ranked second with 13 wins and 3 losses, the Lakers ranked third with 14 wins and 3 losses, the Trail Blazers ranked fourth with 10 wins and 6 losses, and the Timberwolves ranked fifth with 8 wins and 8 losses.

Compared with the East, the West is much weaker this year, and the winning rate at the beginning of the sixth place is less than 50%.

The West is even more ruthless, and the Rockets are ranked 8th in the West with 7 wins and 9 losses!

The Warriors in the 9th place went to the 14th place Grizzlies in the 14th place lost all kinds of fancy games. Of course, there are also those that the Warriors want to win but the head coach is completely unsuitable.

However, the West did prove that their level of bad performance was higher than that of the East.

On the morning of December 1st, Michael Jordan, who had returned for more than a season, finally won the Best Player Award in the first month after his comeback, and the fans were crying!

With a 15-win and one loss at the beginning, Jordan won the best of the month with averaging 34.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game, defeating Malone, who averaged 29 points and 10.5 rebounds per game.

The rookie of the month was won by Iverson, who was so popular. In the first month of the rookie season, Iverson played all 17 games, averaged 43 minutes per game, scoring 21.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 6.3 assists, becoming the first rookie to average this data per month since the modern basketball era, except Jordan and Grant Hill.

But Jordan didn't want to take off his leather pants and finally won the Player of the Month Award. As a result, the media discussed the Lakers' "unfair treatment" for O'Neal.

At this time, no one said that O'Neal was not worthy of the sky-high contract of $127 million. Discussing that he was not worth so much money, all media were "sympathizing" with O'Neal, saying that the Lakers were unfair to him and completely forgot that when the Lakers scored 7 wins and 1 loss before his comeback, he said he was not needed...

That night, the Lakers ushered in the Denver Nuggets challenge at home.

After a game, O'Neal scored a double 20 for the fourth time in five games. Tonight, the Lakers scored 51 rebounds, and O'Neal scored 22 by himself, making Antonio McDyce only 4 rebounds and Elvin Johnson only 6 rebounds. One person is more than twice as high as the opponent's double towers!

28 points, 22 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks, and O'Neal scored 4 times 5.

Under O'Neal's strong frontcourt rebounding dominance, the Lakers easily defeated the third-last Nuggets in the West 104-86, tying the highest five-game winning streak of the season.

O'Neal used his strength to prove that he was not the one who was dragging his back!

But in this game, O'Neal's shots were not the highest in the team. He made 10 of 16 shots, plus 8 of 12 free throws. The free throws were amazing tonight, but aside from 4 2+1, including the fouled shots, O'Neal only made 20 shots.

Zhang Hao felt quite good in this game, and the Nuggets' outside defense was also broken. He could also use O'Neal's threat in the inside to catch the ball and shoot and counterattack. He successfully shot up to 26 times, 15 of 26 shots, including 3 of 9 three-pointers, plus 7 of 8 free throws, soaring 40 points and 8 rebounds!

Before the game, he once again pointed to the rookie in the same class and said, "I want to get 10 more points than you." The matter is now a target for being attacked by the media.

Zhang Hao won the 11th single game in his career, and was hacked...

Jordan, who watched the live broadcast of the game, was extremely envious.

He scored high scores and made headlines...

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After a day of rest, on December 3, the Lakers, who ranked third in the West with 14 wins and 4 losses, faced the challenge of the Supersonics, who ranked second in the West with 14 wins and 3 losses at home.

Just as the media continued to speak out for O'Neal, the Lakers' style of playing suddenly changed tonight!

O'Neal became the main attack point surrounded, and the center of gravity of the play style became the necessary singles + the ferocious beast in counterattack + the frame guard boss.

The way of playing is still simple, but the focus is completely different.

This year, the Supersonics introduced Jim McIlvay, who played as a substitute for the Washington Bullets last season. The center, who averaged only 2.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, was snatched by the Supersonics at a high price in the offseason. It cost 35 million US dollars in seven years, which almost made Pippen vomit blood at that time!

The reason is that he is a white center with a height of 216 cm and a weight of 119 kg.

However, there is still a difference between the meat shield and the meat shield. This meat shield is just a meat shield.

O'Neal shot 25 times in the game, 11 of which were singles when the chance was good, and 13 shots were made in 25 shots. He still did a very good free throw tonight, making 6 of 10 free throws, which made the Supersonics not dare to cut the Sharks, and scored 32 points and 13 rebounds, with offensive rebounds reduced to only 5.

When Zhang Hao was under the focus of the opponent's defense, his number of shots dropped sharply to 13 times. He still made a counterattack three times. He only had regular shots, and he only had the opportunity to catch the ball and shoot the ball when he had few chances to catch the ball. He had only three singles in the position and had the ball on the outside.

7 of 13 shots, plus 4 of 5 free throws, failed to score one of the three-pointers, scored 18 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

On the Supersonics, Payton scored 24 points and 6 assists, defending Kenny Anderson with only 3 of 9 shots, and doing a great job on both ends of the offense and defense.

Kemp scored 25 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks. When he was fighting tough battles, his performance was often better than being abused, which is why he is highly respected.

As Schramf grows older, he is getting better when he is one year older. He scored the second highest in the game, 27 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. In addition to being unable to find this defense, what is wrong with the veteran who is still one month away from turning 34?

However, the Supersonics scored 20 points, and the substitute lineup also scored 17 points and Eric Snow, who scored 10 points, but the defensive arrangements they made against the Lakers were completely invalid!

They originally wanted to use Jim McIlwai, the flesh shield, to use Kao Neal to attack and rebound, focusing on defending Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson.

The defense on the outside is indeed very good, but O'Neal almost beat Jim McIlway, who made $35 million in the inside, and he was lying down and earned $35 million, I cried! The meat shield is really not pure and heavy, as long as it is, Campbell and Ostag are not used to defend O'Neal.

Although Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson only scored 26 points in total, Doug Christie, George Lynch and James Robinson scored in double digits, and Jason Williams and Barkley alternately scored 14 points and 20 rebounds.

The Lakers beat the Supersonics 115-106 and won 6 consecutive victories!

After this game, the Lakers' record improved to 15 wins and 4 losses, surpassing the Supersonics, which had 14 wins and 4 losses, and rushed to second place in the Western Conference!

After the game, I looked at the three fat man who was laughing and fighting on the other side, and the second-year player who scored almost half of the previous games once again refused the post-match interview and walked back to the player channel with a cold look on his face...

Thinking of O'Neal, who became the main attack point and was in the inside line after 5 games, how could he feel wronged?

After thinking about it, Payton discovered something that the Lakers' opponents in the past five games, except for the Suns, who have the strength of the playoffs, the rest of the teams are all bad!

Although the Lakers' performance tonight is good, their Supersonics shouldn't have been so passive on the scene. The Lakers' cooperation is actually not very good. It's purely that the few shots in the bottom corners of the Lakers' sides would be too good!

Payton felt that the other party was riding his face and told him that we were teasing you!

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On December 3, a lot of things happened in the NBA. The Suns coach Cotton Phil Simmons resigned and announced his retirement. Danny Angie became the new head coach of the Suns.

Kings coach Gerry Keane, who has been coaching for more than four years, has not improved at all, is still getting worse. The super fan of Zen master who worked as a video editor for the Bulls in the 90-91 season during the first three consecutive championships, was a super fan of Zen master who worked as an assistant coach for the Kings in the next few years. The triangle offense praised Eddie Jordan as the new head coach of the Kings.

The Suns used former Lakers defender Anthony Pierre to reach a deal with the Grizzlies...

Bulls forward Tony Kukoc will miss 3-6 weeks with a sprained knee. The Bulls urgently signed firefighter Bibby Deler before the game.

This Bibi Deler is a contemporary madman. After averaging 15 points and 7.8 rebounds in the Clippers last season, he received a three-year contract renewal of $9 million for the Clippers during the offseason. At the age of 27, he refused and said that he would not sign a contract without a $5 million annual salary, and 3 million is not enough for him to use it for a year.

Then, throughout the summer, he didn't get any other quotes.

Now the temporary contract of 1 point and 10 days has been signed by the Bulls...

However, these small-scale incidents are not worth mentioning compared to the major reversal of the Lakers' internal strife!

First, the media reviewed O'Neal's five games before playing the Supersonics and found something that he had not noticed or intentionally ignored before. In fact, Del Harris also said something that he had not been reported at all but was not reported at all. Others have to find ways to create a single opportunity for O'Neal to catch the ball.

However, in the previous few games, O'Neal took the initiative to ask for the ball in less than 10 times, so it seems that O'Neal just rushed to the front line and scored his own shot and passed the ball to assist in every game.

In this game, O'Neal took the initiative to ask for the ball, and he immediately became the Lakers' first offensive point and the player with the most shots. Moreover, due to the greater single consumption, O'Neal's offensive rebounds dropped sharply, and Barkley and Jason Williams' offensive rebounds surged.
To be continued...