If you like the Lakers, go to a Lakers home game and watch a game. If you hate the Lakers, go to a Lakers home game and watch a game. Both can make the original love and hate deeper.

Liu Mang feels this way every time he comes to Staples Center.

Lakers fans are so annoying! They are completely led away by the Lakers, a historically strong team that may not even be able to match the Celtics!

Sometimes visiting team fans are too unenthusiastic, which makes it very uncomfortable for visiting team players.

Because the feeling given by Lakers fans and the feeling given by their team are almost exactly the same as annoying!

The Lakers players all look arrogant. Their glorious history and the fact that they now have a powerful Big Four are all things they are proud of, and their fans also give people a sense of pride.

Like the Lakers, except for being ruled by the Celtics in the 1960s and being ruled by the Bulls and Rockets in the 1990s and not winning the championship, they have won championships in all other decades and even created a dynasty. All fans are like "nobles."

"Team" feeling.

It is normal for so many people to hate the Lakers and Lakers fans because they are arrogant and you have no way to refute their arrogance. This feeling is too bad.

Therefore, the Eagles are particularly motivated for today’s game!

Today's game is another national live broadcast. The Eagles play against the Lakers for the first time this season.

Although the Timberwolves are currently ranked first in the Western Conference, the Lakers are only two games behind the Timberwolves. Not only Lakers fans, but almost all NBA fans believe that the Lakers are still the best team in the Western Conference, and even the strongest in the league.

The most powerful Hawks in the Eastern Conference come to the Staples Center as a guest, which is undoubtedly an event that attracts the attention of basketball fans across the United States and even the world!

Riding on the lingering heat of the All-Star Weekend, when Liu Mang entered the court, there was still sparse applause.

However, most of the fans looked lazy, and some even licked the jam on the donuts.

Just like the Lakers players, O'Neal was performing a show of break dancing with his teammates. Although this fat guy is fat, he is very nimble.

Liu Mang counted the Lakers players, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat. A certain blacksmith hadn't come yet!

It's already this time, with more than 10 minutes left before the game starts, and the guy hasn't come yet, that is, he may have been summoned by the court in Colorado!

Just when Liu Mang secretly called Ya Zhi, the fans at the scene finally reacted and cheered. Liu Mang subconsciously looked towards the tunnel of the home team's players. A physical therapist was chasing a man with a hairline that was obviously getting higher and higher.

The caliper head blacksmith comes out!

Kobe felt Liu Mang's eyes, glanced at Liu Mang lightly, then lay down on the bench, and the physical therapist quickly stretched Kobe.

"Ding...Special status: Triggered at the rush moment, from Kobe Bryant."

"Ding... Kobe Bryant (rushing time), ability evaluation 98, offense 95, defense 97, three-pointer 81, mid-range shot 98, layup 97, speed 91, strength 85, talent skills: Mamba Bite 4

class."

"Ding... Kobe Bryant's strong hostility is triggered. Every time the host encounters Kobe Bryant in a game, Kobe Bryant will have the first goal of preventing the host from dying and destroying the host."

"For the official Mo Ruo, Jinwu, facing the strongest team in the history of the NBA, the host's road to becoming a superstar in the NBA era has officially begun. In this season where all the heroes are coming together and old-school basketball has reached its peak, the host's season goal is the championship, and the task is triggered:

King's Landing. Mission reward: unknown, failure penalty: unknown."

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Liu Mang looked at the tasks triggered in the system list, as well as the strongest team in the new century, the enemy of the Black Mamba, and the Black Mamba's counterattack...

Liu Mang discovered that most of the tasks this season were related to the Lakers! Even the main tasks in the past few years at the beginning of the century were all related to the Lakers.

That's enough!

But it also reflects from the side that what a great achievement it was for the original Pistons to defeat the Lakers in the finals!

Liu Mang couldn't help scratching his head when he thought about this. It seemed that he had snatched away Prince and Rasheed Wallace. The Pistons had collapsed before the Five Tigers era had even begun. So this task fell on him?

Damn it!

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Finally, the pre-game preparation time was over. On the Lakers side, Kobe went on the court without making any perfect warm-up preparations.

The Lakers sent out a super lineup of Payton, Kobe, Rick Fox, Malone, and O'Neal.

The Eagles' stars are dim in comparison. Although Raheem, Ratliff, and Rasheed Wallace have all been selected as All-Stars, compared with the Lakers, they are just rural teams and urban teams.

The gap between the teams is that the Lakers are armed to the teeth, while the Hawks are just a patchwork of lineups.

The Eagles continued to field a combination of Liu Mang, Prince, Raheem, Rasheed Wallace, and Ratliff.

Liu Mang and Boozer came on the stage after hugging each other, and the game officially began!

O'Neal won the jump ball with Rasheed Wallace. Such a huge body can still jump so much that people want to know how this fat man's body structure is put together.

Liu Mang continued to tag his old rival - Payton. The arduous task of guarding against Kobe was of course left to Prince.

After Payton advanced to the frontcourt, he saw Liu Mang guarding him. He wanted to hit Liu Mang, but he was really unable to do it, so he immediately passed it to Kobe.

Kobe beat Prince in singles, and Prince defended extremely well. Kobe came up and hit him angrily, kicking off the game.

From the moment Kobe took the ball and played a mid-range single, there was already chaos under the basket. Ratliff and Rahim were fighting with O'Neal alone, Rasheed Wallace was fighting with Malone, and the Eagles had three challenges.

The two were evenly matched. When Liu Mang saw Kobe's shot, he immediately rushed in and picked up a triple-double king-style rebound.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The offense and defense transitioned, the Eagles attacked, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, and Kobe immediately followed up.

The Lakers' defense is really strong! Much better than the previous two seasons! They completely take advantage of the loose whistle this season. The muscles of Malone and O'Neal collide. Although Fox and Payton are both old, they can't be defended this year by single defense.

Yes, but their little tricks of off-ball defense are really good, and their defensive experience and predictions are so strong that Liu Mang has no chance to connect with his teammates!

To be honest, his teammates' off-ball movement was not very good. If Liu Mang didn't create a double-team, his teammates would really have no chance to get open space.

"Hi, Kobe, long time no see." Liu Mang was waiting for his teammates to move outside the three-point line. While observing his teammates, he was 'chatting' with Kobe.

"We just met the day before yesterday." Kobe actually answered.

"Oh, Kobe, I haven't seen you for a day, and it feels like three winters have passed." Liu Mang said and suddenly accelerated towards the right.

But Kobe didn't fall into the trap at all. He immediately blocked Liu Mang's breakthrough route. Liu Mang immediately retreated. Kobe immediately followed up and got in front of Liu Mang. He defended like a mad dog. Kobe kept giving Liu Mang

Despite the pressure on the body, it has not lost its position!

After Liu Mang retreated, Kobe followed him up and had no chance to snipe him!

There was no other way. When Liu Mang stopped the ball, the Lakers' off-ball defense became even tighter. What's worse is that the Eagles' lineup seems to have a lot of ball-holding points, but except for Liu Mang, there is no third player.

From the two outside attack starting points with the ball, no one came up to respond to Liu Mang!

The Zen Master said he was a chicken soup-for-the-soul type coach, but he was well-informed and won 9 championships by relying on chicken soup?

Maybe other teams didn't discover this flaw in the Hawks' lineup, or maybe other teams didn't have a defensive mad dog like Kobe, but Zen Master discovered that the Lakers' defense against the Hawks was extremely targeted, and Liu Mang came up and hit the target.

Got it!

There was no other way, Liu Mang could only force a three-point shot while being pressed against Kobe!

Kobe immediately bounced up and blocked the shot towards Liu Mang. Liu Mang's original jump height was not high enough, and his bounce was quite different from Kobe's 95. He was forced to lean back and shoot a three-pointer!

Although the ball was picked up by Ratliff, when Ratliff turned around and took a step to take a shot, the 24-second attack time had expired, and the Eagles violated the 24-second rule!

In just one round, the Eagles felt that the Lakers were really hard to crack!

It is true that the Lakers, who averaged only 97 points per game this season, have regressed a lot on the offensive end compared to the more than 100 points per game during their three consecutive championships. However, the defensive end is obviously not as good as it was in the 99-00 season when they won their first championship.

The best outside of the regular season before winning the championship!

The two teams started a gorgeous blacksmithing journey. Kobe played in singles from the outside. It was true that at the moment of the game, Kobe was rated as 98 and almost invincible from outside. Kobe was really strong in singles. Under Prince's all-out defense, he still maintained a hundred points.

With a shooting percentage of more than 40%, he shot 3 of 7 in the first quarter and scored 8 points. On O'Neal's side, this year is indeed not as good as the previous two years. In the past two years, Muhammad and Ratliff were directly involved.

The strong dunk may be because Rasheed Wallace needs to be heavier. It is indeed not that easy for O'Neal to hit two people. However, this year's Lakers power forward is no longer Samakhi Walker and his like, but

Malone!

Every time O'Neal is double-teamed, Malone's side is exposed, and O'Neal passes to Malone. Malone has shot the highest mid-range shooting percentage since the new century this year. He has never had so many open mid-range opportunities in his career.

, did not waste opportunities like Samakhi Walker or Medvedenko, scoring 6 points on 3 of 5 shots in the first quarter.

In addition, Wang Zhizhi, who came off the bench, scored a three-pointer and a cutback dunk. O'Neal scored 4 points and 3 rebounds. The Lakers scored 23 points in the first quarter.

For the Eagles, Liu Mang was cut off from his teammates by the Lakers' defense. He was unable to connect with his teammates from the dynamic offense and could only play more individual singles. In the first quarter, he scored 10 points on 4 of 10 shots.

Try to find a way to compete with Kobe Bryant in singles, strong shots, strong bursts, etc. When Liu Mang passes the ball, his teammates can only get stuck in position and ask for the ball to play directly in singles. There is no connection in dynamic offense, it is all singles, Liu Mang

After the single, Raheem singled, and after Raheem singled, Rasheed Wallace singled, all singles.

The Lakers' 23 points in a single quarter are few enough, while the Eagles only have 21 points in a single quarter!

A feast of blacksmithing in a bloody muscle confrontation!

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After the first quarter, the Eagles didn't dare to make any substitutions. They were afraid that once one member of this meat grinder defensive combination was replaced, the defensive connection would not be good and the team would collapse.

The same is true for the Lakers. The OK combination is both the core of internal and external offense and the mainstay of internal and external defense. Zen Master also dare not replace them.

During the break, Liu Mang was really tired from playing, mainly because he was mentally tired!

It's too difficult to hit, but it's okay to hit the iron. He's not afraid of hitting the iron, and he's not afraid of getting tired from throwing too many shots. The main reason is that he's often unable to defend himself!

Kobe is just as the media said, he is a lunatic on the defensive end, which is also the only reason why there is a clear gap between him and the other three of the four major shooting guards. Iverson's career average of more than 40 minutes per game seems to have been

It's an exaggeration, and Kobe, who works hard on both offense and defense and averages more than 40 minutes per game, is really qualitatively different from the other three of the four major shooting guards.
To be continued...