Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

Continuing to stay in Oakland, Li Shengli finally waited for the All-Star game.

He and O'Neal are each the starting centers in the Western Conference and Eastern Conference. It's just that the feeling of playing in the All-Star Game is different from the new players in the league, because there are indeed many young players today, and everyone wants to play for a while, and he and O'Neal are here. There is no dispute, and there is no need to argue.

As a result, both of them played less than two quarters.

Li Shengli scored 13 points and 15 rebounds, and O'Neal scored 22 points and 9 rebounds. After the main game, among the young players this time...

Eastern aspect.

Iverson scored 26 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals in 28 minutes; Carter won the title of God in a battle the day before, and this time he also scored 28 minutes, with 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, which is not eye-catching; and Ray - Allen was in a bit of a bad shape, shooting 1 of 6 three-pointers. Fortunately, senior Reggie Miller also hit 1 of 6 three-pointers, so no one was embarrassed.

As for the west.

Robinson, who was traveling with Duncan, had no sense of presence. He only took one shot in 7 minutes and missed, and got 2 rebounds. He obviously didn't want to play much.

The one who didn't want to play even more was Malone. He also missed one shot in 3 minutes and all the statistics were 0. Stockton played for 11 minutes and didn't bother to pass the ball to the young man and just took a shot. After scoring 10 points on 5-for-5, he gave up his position and sat on the bench with Li Shengli and Ma Long telling some dirty jokes happily.

All that's left are the young players!

Kobe's statistics were 15 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, which failed to produce the stunning effect he wanted; Kidd had 11 points and 14 assists, which, like Li Shengli, was a double-double with fewer points than rebounds or assists; the best performer was Duncan. With 24 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists, he won the MVP of this All-Star Game when the Western Conference won 137:126.

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The All-Star Game is finally over.

This year is different from the past. In the past, there were always some confrontations during the All-Star Weekend, which aroused heated discussions among fans, but this year...it is obvious that the league does not have enough hooligans, big and small. Li Shengli and his group have not encountered many disturbances in the past few days. At least that's what O'Neal and Garnett think.

But Li Shengli and Kobe don’t think so!

Returning to Los Angeles to restart the next regular season, the Lakers made no personnel changes before the trade deadline, because seeking trades and finding suitable players to join is not a simple matter, and including Li Shengli, the Lakers' management and coaching staff have I think the current lineup is enough.

Before the All-Star Game starts.

The Lakers have gone through a total of 48 games and have a record of 35 wins and 12 losses. Compared with other teams in the Western Conference during the same period... they are followed by the Spurs with 32 wins, the Trail Blazers with 31 wins and the Jazz with 30 wins.

Second to fourth are all positions determined by victory.

However, the Lakers are ranked first, and they are 3 games ahead of the second-placed Spurs.

This kind of fighting strength is amazing... to be honest, it's not amazing, because it would be amazing if the Lakers couldn't produce results, but if they are against the Eastern Conference, the Celtics are truly amazing, and they are even more powerful than last season. , the record in the same period was 37 wins, two games more than the Lakers. If not for the two consecutive upset losses to the 76ers during the period, they would even have 4 more wins than the Lakers.

However, the regular season record does not represent much. In the remaining half of the season, there are variables that no one can predict. And on the Lakers side... Li Shengli has always sounded the battle horn of Los Angeles, and his scoring dropped in one of the five categories. , the other four items all improved steadily, creating a foundation for teammates to explode.

Especially Kobe.

Compared with last season's 19.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.4 steals, the improvement so far this season has astonished the entire league. It has soared to 28.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 5 assists and 1.7 steals. The result of all improvements has made Kobe Bryant None of it was expected.

The most intuitive effect is in chasing the scoring champion.

The current Triple-A... O'Neal is already close to 30 at 29.7, Iverson has also reached a career high of 28.4, and Kobe, who suddenly broke out, averaged 28.5 points per game, and jumped out of the competition for the scoring title that had little hope this season. Iverson.

Damn, is that really okay?

Kobe Bryant, who has been improving rapidly, has been very high-spirited recently and is training harder than ever. Li Shengli's eyes are full of gay eyes when he looks at the team during training, which makes Crotty and the newly promoted villain disciple Artest sour. But Kobe didn't care about anything, he just kept strengthening his training and preparing to sprint in the next half of the season.

As long as he wins the scoring title, there will definitely be no suspense about Li Shengli's rebounds and blocks. Even a center can rush to second place behind Eddie in the list of steals per game. And if it can really be achieved , can still win the championship... Then the Lakers are the true climax of an unprecedented four kings in a single season and four consecutive championships.

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Played a few games after the All-Star break.

The Lakers' Staples home court finally welcomed familiar faces. The Charlotte Hornets arrived in Los Angeles for an away game. And among the weak Hornets... the Lakers' old teammate Eddie Jones is already the first core, along with Campbell. He came to find Li Shengli and worshiped at the top of the mountain.

In this case, old teammates like Li Shengli and Kobe Bryant naturally expressed the warmest welcome, which made Eddie feel very dignified and have the feeling of having both sides.

However, I never expected it!

During the All-Star Game, Eddie, who was not strong-willed and fell into O'Neal's boat, suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right. As soon as the game started and he had not clearly shown an overheating touch... the Lakers' first defensive player Crotty jumped right into action.

Hornets beat Lakers?

Eddie didn't think about winning, but he thought about his old teammates letting loose and putting up good statistics to give him face. But the problem was that Crotty didn't give it to anyone except Li Shengli's face, not even Kobe. Naughty enough to cooperate with Crotty to block himself.

What are you doing?

Eddie, who scored 4 points in the first half, almost went crazy. In an instant, he suddenly thought of his big plan in the Philadelphia battle, and also thought of himself and O'Neal torturing Li Shengli, so as soon as the third quarter started... Raise your hands in surrender.

"Surrender, surrender, I surrender!" Eddie had no choice. If he continued to fight, he felt that he wouldn't even be able to score 4 points. He couldn't make a shot. Kobe and Crotty looked at him, unable to hit, and Li Shengli was even more inside. fear.

"Kobe, Crotty, tell Lee, stop hitting me, I... why don't I just step on the horse and pay for it!"

"You said this, we didn't force you!" Kobe raised his eyebrows at Eddie.

"I said it, I said it!" Eddie looked at Kobe with tears in his eyes as he stretched out two fingers representing 20,000 US dollars, and then looked at Fox, who was the Lakers veteran in this inexplicable explosion. As a member of the team, he understood instantly and felt that Boss Li was taking control of both inside and outside, covering the sky with one hand!

Fortunately for Eddie, he surrendered early!

If he had to wait until the last quarter to realize this, he would probably have been ruined in this game. However, after surrendering and paying compensation, it really worked. Although the score was widened by the Lakers, Crotty and others relaxed their defense. , he immediately burst out with confidence, scoring 17 points in a single quarter and 12 points in the final quarter.

Even if you lose the game in the end.

The loss of the Hornets was also very good, only losing by 8 points, and Eddie, who spent money, felt... well, it was still the same as before. Li Shengli's team was still so efficient.

Even after this game, seeing Eddie break out in adversity, Charlotte fans and local media almost pushed Eddie to the position of the Hornets' savior.

This made Eddie feel more and more that the money was well spent and worth it, and that he might have had some bad habits. After the game, Eddie consciously approached O'Neal and wanted O'Neal to reimburse him. After all, he had He got on O'Neal's black car, and that's why the elder brother Li Shengli took notice of him!

Shall I reimburse you?

Are you kidding me when you step on a horse?

O'Neal was a little confused and didn't understand what Eddie's 20,000 yuan in compensation was. After the call with Eddie ended, he suddenly thought of the card filled with names and data that he found in Li Shengli's room during the All-Star Game a few days ago. Post-it notes.

Eddie Jones’s name is suffixed with 2, so he lost 20,000?

What the hell is going on?

Damn it, I’m going to fuck you!

I wouldn't have picked it up in Li's room...I picked up a...a death notice?

No, it's impossible, it must be a coincidence. Although it fits Li Shengli's image of being poor and crazy, the problem is that the data samples to support this conjecture are not enough. Just one Eddie being beaten is obviously not enough.

Continue to observe?

O'Neill took out a crumpled note paper from his trouser pocket. This piece of paper did not record the time of the crime. Each line of the crooked paper had a name written on it. However, O'Neill couldn't sleep anyway. He read it carefully for a long time before he could read between the words. Bring something out with two words written all over it... Robbery!