Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

Check in for training the next day.

Harris changed from his obscene behavior before leaving get off work yesterday and became very serious.

He has a good relationship with Li Shengli because Li Shengli is really easy to get along with and trustworthy. It's okay to joke around, but it doesn't mean that he will be so relaxed with other people. And this sudden seriousness early in the morning... Li Shengli feels like this old fox It's so slippery.

in addition.

Before getting off work yesterday, Li Shengli got a lot of information.

What West got is... In the next schedule of the Lakers, they have to choose a few games to try out the rumored new league rules to be implemented and actively limit post-up time, which Harris and Barkley also reported In place.

As for the news that Harris got from his mouth.

Li Shengli feels a bit confused. Barkley was brought in by West, Rodman was captured by Jeannie Buss, which is good for the team's strength, and the most inferior outsider and fat translator is Jim Buss. Si did it, and this operation is quite confusing. Maybe he also wants to build a communication bridge with himself?

Of course, what's more important is that behind the scenes of the Lakers' new dynasty, Buss is also organizing family members to join the management team. According to Harris's words...

The Buss family controls the Lakers, and someone will definitely take over the old Buss' scepter in the future.

The most likely ones now are Jim and Jenny. After all, Buss’s other children are not arranged in the Lakers management. And so far... although there has not yet been a drama of brother and sister competing for the legitimate children, there are indeed signs of this. , Jim and Jenny both want to perform better and inherit the family's wealth ship.

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Everything came together.

The training in the morning was normal, but in the afternoon... West led Jim and Jenny to the training ground to watch the team members train. Putting aside other factors, Li Shengli, the core of the team, naturally received the most attention.

Without interrupting the training, the three of West waited for a while.

He waited until the training break before walking over to Li Shengli and saying hello. Jim and Jenny were much older than Li Shengli, so Li Shengli didn't stand aside and just exchanged a few words casually. He waited until the two left and said hello. West spoke up.

"Why did you come to the training ground today?"

"I can't help it. They want to come and have a look, so I'll bring someone here." West glanced at the two young bosses and said, "But you don't have to worry about it. It's just bringing them to show their faces. It doesn't have any special meaning. . In addition... I just finished talking to you yesterday, and you are practicing time-limited back fighting today?"

"No way, I may not have much impact, but Barkley needs to adapt."

"This... is a good idea. After all, the new rules restricting back hitting have been basically determined. It doesn't matter if you practice more, you can continue to practice. The two of them and I will leave in a moment."

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After saying a few words, when everyone's training started again, West really took the people away.

After all, it was just a matter of going through the motions and showing their faces. Brother and sister Jim and Jenny also had to do work to show to family members, so the three Wests did not say much to everyone. However, Harris also talked with them at the end. The three of West said hello and said goodbye, and then pulled Li Shengli to the sidelines.

"Lee, what did West just say?"

"Nothing said, just some nonsense."

"That's good, let's train first. If the new rules are confirmed..." Harris frowned and said a few words, which probably means that after the new rules, the difficulty of interior defense will be reduced, and the Lakers' interior reserves are currently excessive. , may have to go through a wave of purges, but the official has not confirmed the news, and West has not said anything about it.

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Training is still going on, and of course the games are going on.

Since the Lakers started with two consecutive victories, they have been singing all the way, recording a 5-0 record.

But after that, the Lakers' pace slowed down a lot, because this time was already in the middle of the season, and teams across the league that hoped to enter the playoffs began to prepare to minimize the number of core players. Time, recovery and recovery.

This season is a little different.

Other teams may still be worried about not guaranteeing their playoff tickets, but the Lakers are not worried at all, so Barkley has entered the state of preparing for the playoffs. His average time per game has been compressed a bit, and his on-court tasks have also been reduced a lot. Even Li Shengli It also reduces the intensity.

Until 20 games later, the Lakers maintained a record of 15/5, which means that excluding the first 5 consecutive victories, the Lakers won 10 games in 15 games, and the record was quite stable, if Rodman was not suspended and Barkley was injured. After two games of suspension, this record will be better.

at the same time……

As the league enters the mid-season of the shortened season, other seeded teams from the East and West have also surfaced.

The Celtics in the East have become a strong team in the East after recruiting O'Neal and Garnett one after another. Among this rookie group, Auerbach personally selected forward Paul Pierce with the tenth overall pick.

Paul Pierce's 20-game average is really eye-catching.

The data of 16.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1 block were averaged in 34 minutes per game, which is on par with the Raptors' fifth overall pick Vince Carter, and surpasses all rookies in this class. Including the more embarrassing No. 1 pick Michael Olowokandi.

It's just that Pierce and Carter are different.

The Raptors are not very strong at this time, and there are no superstar players. Old Oakley is considered the Raptors' big brother, and the representatives of the new generation of the team are Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady. The former's rookie statistics are amazing. The latter is also growing as a key training target.

But Pierce is a completely different story.

After joining the Celtics, the combination of O'Neal + Garnett + Pierce became Boston's hope, calling out that this would be the Big Three lineup used by Greencap to compete with the Lakers. After all, the Lakers played 15/5 in 20 games. But the Celtics posted a damn record of 18/2.

In the 1995-96 season, the Bulls were at their peak and were dominating the league.

The overall season record is 72/10. If compared to the same period, the record in the first 20 games is 18/2.

Although the Bulls have won 4 more games since then, with a total record of 22/3 in 25 games, the Celtics have not yet broken 3 defeats, and maybe there will be a few more games than the Bulls' 22/3.

It can be seen from this that after the Green Kai team led by O'Neal and welcoming Garnett and Pierce one after another, they made waves in the Eastern Conference to the extent that they simply beat everyone.

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East Green Kai, West Spurs.

West's team's prediction was absolutely correct. The Celtics in the East were unrivaled, and the Spurs in the West were about the same. They went 16/4 in 20 games, even ranking above the Lakers, which made the Lakers feel like fucked up. .

You must know that the Spurs before the 1996 season were still the top team in the Western Conference.

After experiencing a wave of serious injuries to all members of the Spurs, they took advantage of the situation. Popovich, the head coach, liked to mention Duncan. There was not much movement last season, but this season the Spurs' injured players have basically been resurrected with full blood.

Duncan completed the transfer of main offense with Robinson in one season.

The two brothers also welcomed the return of All-Star teammate Sean Elliott, and Elliott's condition has improved a lot, giving the team a great boost.

Coupled with the collapse of the Bulls building last season...

After the defeat, the Lakers took in Rodman, the Rockets took in Pippen, and among the remaining players, the Spurs took in Steve Kerr, who was once a three-pointer from the Bulls. breaking point.

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The current situation is very difficult for Barkley.

Looking east, he feels that the Celtics are a problem, and looking west, the Spurs, who also belong to the Western Conference, are also in trouble. The championship that he longs for... originally thought it was easy, but now it is a three-legged situation just looking at the record. , not to mention that there are strong teams behind them and their extraordinary performance in the playoffs is not impossible to overturn.

We have played two games with the Spurs, and each side won one game. In the game that the Spurs won, he missed the game due to a minor injury.

As for the Celtics, they haven’t played against each other yet. After all, there are only 50 games in the regular season. The Lakers and Greencaps will only meet once. However, together with the Spurs Twin Towers, they are the last remaining force in the league that can compete with the Lakers. The emerging Green Health The Big Three officially met in the 21st game between the two sides.

Lakers VS Celtics? !

After the 20th game, Lu Kai rushed all the way to Los Angeles.

O'Neal and Garnett took Pierce with them, and the three of them were extremely excited. They showed off their power at the visiting team's training ground at the Lakers' home court, and shouted to the reporters that they would overthrow the Lakers. When Li Shengli got the news... he called out Ben and Buck. Leigh, Rodman, and Crotty went directly to the visiting team's training ground.

The Five Evils of the Lakers?

Los Angeles Rangers?

The Hooligan Harvester?

Pierce saw Li Shengli leading a group of fighting elites who were frightened by the whole league, and his whole body was hairy. Fortunately, the Lakers and Celtics put aside historical factors, because of the existence of Li Shengli and O'Neal...the two are now friendly teams that advance and retreat together. They represent the most powerful top teams in the East and West, and winning or losing games is more important than ever.