Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

It’s been a long time coming back to Los Angeles.

Li Shengli collected all the debts owed by his brothers. Because the Lakers swept them first, they won the last three games directly. But in the first four games... O'Neal was cut off in every game. No matter how bad the free throws were, he could score astonishingly, rebounds, The blocking data was also good, and he grabbed a victory. Mourning also broke out and won a game.

Won 5 games and made 1 million.

Lost 2 rounds, paid out 200,000.

But in the first game, O'Neal and Mourning spent money to buy peace of mind and made up for the 200,000 after doubling it. So Li Shengli happily made a million without paying taxes, and the financial system was arrogant... He finally scolded Spending a huge amount of money to buy 50 Family Buckets in a fast food restaurant and reward the three armies can be called the biggest act of his career.

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As for the Eastern and Western finals.

As soon as O'Neal and Mourning combined, they no longer planned to play with Li Shengli... Damn it, you always win money, but whoever wants to play with you is still playing with you. We fight our own, you go play with the Spurs!

As a result, there was no chance of success in the Western Conference Finals, but no matter what, we were only two steps away from the finals and the Lakers' triple crown. Facing the upcoming Spurs brothers, the Lakers' training after advancing in advance... was all aimed at the Spurs. tactical simulation exercises.

However, Daben has been in a bad mood these days.

The training time was a bit listless, because his playing time was severely compressed. Originally, he didn't think it was anything in the regular season, but this playoffs encountered a wave of slashing frenzy set off by O'Neal, and his free throws were uglier than O'Neal's. Disaster, being killed in the air.

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"Boss, tell me...am I not going to be able to play in the next games?" During a break in training, Ben took a break and walked over to Li Shengli and whispered in a depressed voice.

"What, you are retiring?" Li Shengli teased: "Be happy, I will open a back door for you later, don't tell others, we two brothers will eat two more buckets!"

"Damn, boss, be serious, I'm not joking." Da Ben was very depressed.

"Okay, I know. The Trail Blazers are the Trail Blazers, and the Spurs are the Spurs. You can still play. Although... the time is indeed a little short, but there is nothing we can do." Li Shengli looked really depressed. His expression also became serious.

Rather than Barkley and Rodman compressing his time?

It would be better to say that I have compressed his time, because it is most suitable for him to play center.

When he was dug out of the Wizards... although it allowed him to get rid of the long bench time in advance and could play about one quarter per game, it also limited his development to a certain extent. After all, Ben went to play the main role in other teams. The center is definitely enough, what is missing is one or a group of attacking madmen to partner with.

Winning or losing does not matter?

Obviously, Li Shengli didn't want this result, because he was completely different from the rookie teammates he met before, whether it was Kidd, Garnett, Kobe, etc., not because the position was different, but because the starting point of the team was too low.

More importantly, it is difficult for him to get a pure main force and stable starting position in the Lakers. He can only be a functional fourth position and substitute center, and playing the main center is the way out.

Always with the Lakers.

Then the data will never be output!

If you can’t produce data, you won’t have a big contract!

Not having a big contract means wasting limited career time!

Li Shengli knew very well... Everyone was working hard here just to make money. It was necessary for Da Ben to change his path, and he remembered that he had said this to Da Ben once.

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"Ben, what are your thoughts after this season?"

"Damn, is it appropriate to say this now?"

"If there's anything inappropriate, it's just the two of us and no outsiders." Li Shengli said bluntly: "There are many inside players in the team now, and you don't have much chance to stay. This is the truth."

"Barkley and Rodman may not continue to play next season, but I can still play the main power forward."

"Are you stupid?" Li Shengli slapped Ben on the shoulder and cursed: "Even if the two of them withdraw, West will still find more comprehensive new aid. You are just a functional power forward. Come on as a substitute for me, but the problem is that you can’t produce data like this, and you’re still making a shitty amount of money, so why don’t you just work with me?”

"then what do I do?"

"Let's wait until this playoffs is over. I'll arrange re-employment for you."

"Ah? I...am I going to be the boss?"

"Fuck..." Li Shengli was choked by Da Ben. It took him a long time to catch his breath and then said to Da Ben: "I don't care if you are the boss or not. Why don't you make more money? We'll talk about it later." I'll help you ask this offseason, it should be a good fit for you."

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To be honest, according to Li Shengli's idea, there is really a team suitable for him in the Eastern Conference this season.

Successfully entered the playoffs. Although they were eliminated in the first round, they have a new scoring champion who is an offensive maniac, and the team is still in the reorganization period. There is definitely a position for the big man to play, and the internal and external combination they have formed is also impressive. After all, the big brother The defense is comprehensive and he doesn't take any shots. To a certain extent, it is a perfect fit.

But it’s not appropriate to talk about these things now.

We will have to wait until the end of this season to learn how to operate it specifically.

But no matter what, no one can delay Big Ben anymore, because a season is easy to say, but a season is a year. How many years can a player play, and the Lakers and themselves can only be Big Ben's A springboard, but not a hindrance.

"Okay, hurry up and train me, cheer up!"

"Okay, who calls you the boss?"

"Go away, stop talking nonsense!"

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I messed around with Da Ben for a while.

The whole team's training is carried out as usual, and the arrangement is the team's targeted simulation training. The only problem is that the Lakers can't find someone with a similar style to Duncan to play, so they can only settle for the next best thing... The drill is against the Twin Towers. Tactical offensive and defensive battles, and I have been practicing this these past few days.

Returned to Los Angeles on May 24th.

The Lakers' training never stopped until the 29th, and their rival Spurs also arrived in Los Angeles to prepare for the first game of the Western Conference Finals. Before the Western Conference Finals... the two teams held a press conference as usual. The coaches of both sides, All the main players were present.

There's nothing too special about the Lakers.

Basically, it's just to put out injury smoke bombs, not to make the opponent misjudge, but to make the opponent confused.

As for the Spurs...

To be honest, the Spurs brothers have quite good personalities, which also leads to the Spurs team's style of play being clean in the league, and the environment is harmonious both on the playing field and in the locker room.

Just blow it up at the press conference.

After the Spurs brothers ended the meeting, they thought about tomorrow's game but they still attached great importance to it. However, they had to play seven games in the second round before coming to Los Angeles after playing the Jazz. There was very little time for preparations and exercises in between.

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It’s actually game day.

The entire Great Western Forum Arena was in a commotion, because the further we played, the closer we got to the Lakers' purple and gold throne. No one was willing to give up this opportunity to witness the rise of the dynasty, and with this thought... the die-hard fans of the Lakers accumulated over the years The atmosphere before the game was electric enough as the crowds flooded into the scene.

Both sides appeared one after another.

The Lakers' starting lineup today is...Li Shengli, Barkley, Fox, Nick, and Kobe.

The Spurs' starters are...Robinson, Duncan, Sean Elliott, Mario Elie, and Avery Johnson.

The starting lineups on both sides were not too unexpected. They were basically the usual starting lineups. Li Shengli noticed that several of the Spurs' old sick players were basically on the game roster, which meant that the Spurs had put aside injuries to the greatest extent.

Even judging from the statistics of the first two rounds...

Li Shengli had reason to suspect that David Robinson had a special session for health care, because the average time per game after two rounds was less than 30 minutes. The Spurs claimed that this was due to injury, but in fact... 30 minutes in the regular season Forget it, the playoffs can't be so Buddhist, but Robinson, who is eager to compete on the Spurs' side, seems to have no problems at all.

It can probably be guessed that the Spurs did not encounter top centers in the first two rounds, which caused Robinson's health.

The Spurs' prediction of the future situation is that they will encounter himself in the Western Conference Finals, and if they advance to the Finals, they may encounter O'Neal or Mourning, so they need Robinson to maintain full physical condition to fight against younger centers.

Looking back, for the Lakers...

In the latter part of the regular season, it was clear that the biggest threats this season were the Celtics and the Spurs. Now the results predicted by the management are basically consistent. The Spurs' round will be the Lakers' playoffs... in the end Like a playoff game.