Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

The schedule this season is moving forward very quickly.

Until the All-Star Game in the middle of the season, the Lakers' record occasionally improved, but soon fell back to the second and third seats in the Western Conference. The record in the second half of the season was even more unpredictable, because the Lakers also stepped into the injury field. Due to the strange cycle of illness, everyone in the main lineup was injured, and even Li Shengli was no exception this time.

Although it is not a big problem, it will definitely have an impact on the performance.

According to the ideas of West and Jackson, if the Kings are regarded as the Lakers' biggest opponent to break out of the Western Conference, and there is no hope of reaching the first place in the Western Conference, they want to be more secure, defend the second and third seats, and avoid the early confrontation with the Kings in the second round. Very critical.

If nothing else, the top four in the Western Conference are basically locked in the hands of the Kings, Spurs, Lakers, and Mavericks.

Things always take a turn, and the Kings are really strong this season. With the Kings fully healthy and fully loaded, it’s hard to compete for first place in the Western Conference. So... assuming everyone advances in the first round, who will be fourth? Just go and play the Kings in the second round.

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Li Shengli and Kobe are not afraid of playing against the Kings, but in the plans of West and Jackson, the best way to be safe is to put the hard nut behind, so the Lakers must not be fourth.

Although he fell to fourth place, Li Shengli never thought about it, but the time span of the regular season is too long, and anything is possible. If he falls to fourth place and cannot catch up, and does not want to face the Kings in the second round, he will have no choice but to continue. Dropped to sixth or seventh.

It's just a matter of losing one's record simply to avoid a specific opponent. This operation is only theoretically feasible, but the problem is that from the top four to the bottom four, the span is too large and it will increase the difficulty of the first round. The difficulty of the round is the same as the normal second round, so each team basically controls the record in a small area if necessary.

For the Lakers, the most unacceptable result is fourth. They can only go up. The higher the better.

However, in the second half of the season... what is contrary to the goal is that the Lakers have a lot of injuries and need to be repaired, so they may not be able to reach high. This year's All-Star Game has Li Shengli absent for the first time. He injured his right ankle before and was unable to force the game.

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To be honest, Li Shengli's absence is the big news in this All-Star Game.

Except for the All-Star who came as a substitute for O'Neal in his first year as a rookie, Li Shengli has not failed in every session over the years. And when he first played as a substitute for O'Neal, he was often pulled out by O'Neal for resume.

Maybe for O'Neal, Li Shengli's substitution for him is one of the few things that he can do to suppress Li Shengli for a lifetime. After all, it was Li Shengli's first blood that he got!

But I never expected it!

O'Neal took Li Shengli's first blood nine years ago, and Dayao took his first blood nine years later.

The domestic basketball market has already opened up, and behind the acceleration of the early opening of online voting for the All-Star Game, domestic fans are simply crazy. However, Li Shengli didn't play yet, so he directly put Yao into the starting lineup and O'Neal to play in the Eastern Conference. Backup center.

Is this more exciting?

Originally Li Shengli didn't plan to be there, but seeing O'Neal so embarrassed made him happy just thinking about it, so even if he didn't participate, he still flew to Philadelphia. Anyway, there were no games during the All-Star period, and more importantly... Yao Yao Being a starter in the Eastern Conference has had a great response across the league.

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So far, Dayao has averaged 17.5+8.8 in 30 minutes per game.

Although this data is much better than expected for his rookie season and is quite good, the problem is that it is too incredible to get the starting position ahead of O'Neal's 27+11, so the whole league is concerned about Dayao starting. Still a bit complicated.

However, as soon as Li Shengli arrived.

Whether it was a player participating in the rookie game, dunking, three-pointers or the main game, it was only then that I remembered who the new No. 1 pick was. He dared to attack the Knicks when he first arrived, and beat the madman Spree together with the bodyguard captain Crotty. Weir, even Li Shengli came here this time, so it became quiet these days. No one talked nonsense to the news media publicly, and those who had opinions were suppressed.

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Speaking of which, Dayao has felt the terrifying effect that Lao Li has brought to the entire league during this period.

As the face of the NBA, Jordan has a lot of prestige.

As the leader of evil forces, Lao Li has many...threats.

Dayao felt a lot about being in it. He felt that the threat was too much more direct than the prestige, and the most direct one was this All-Star Game... Objectively speaking, the All-Star Game is an exhibition game and you don't need to pay too much attention to the data. The only measurement criterion is votes. , after all, votes represent popularity, as long as the data can be justified.

The key is that his data is not good either.

What really makes the league's voices mixed is that he is the starter and O'Neal is the substitute.

Just because of this matter, the league has been in turmoil for less than half a month. Too many people have stood up and asked the official to change the voting system. And this situation... Jordan shouted for a long time and couldn't suppress it. When Lao Li showed up, people who were originally talking a lot of nonsense Immediately mute.

damn it!

Talk about making trouble!

Why is it that when Lao Li came out, all those riding horses became mute?

Dayao really let out a fierce breath of anger. It felt so respectable. He never expected that one day he would be able to bully others with such arrogance in the NBA, which represents the highest level of basketball competition? !

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Until the day of the race.

Although it was uncertain how much performance he would have in the game, before the game Dayao felt that the treatment given to a superstar was no more than this, because during the warm-up the Eastern and Western All-Stars seemed to be... very familiar with him because of Lao Li's relationship.

Ma Long was more direct and asked Dayao if there were any enemies here who wanted to be sent away.

Kobe Bryant said that Li's younger brother is my younger brother, and he forced Duncan, who was practicing psychology, to provide guidance to Dayao before the game.

Nowitzki and the Nash brothers, who were playing in the All-Star Game for the first time, also said hello, and then ran to the side and sighed... Life experiences are so different. They are both newcomers. How can the difference be so big?

This is still the Western Conference as an opponent.

The same goes for Jordan in the East, and this year's Western Conference players... Iverson from the host country, Kidd who transferred to the Nets, Garnett and Pierce hugging each other, Dayao's new teammate Tracy McGrady, several people immediately Dayao snatched it back from the east and asked for help.

As for O'Neal...

It was the first time that Li Shengli sat in the front row of the All-Star Game. The All-Star Game was played in Philadelphia. Ben, who was not selected, volunteered to accompany him, while the livid-faced O'Neal stayed beside him, feeling mixed emotions in his heart.

"Damn, why are you always here watching us?"

"Damn, go warm up, you Eastern Conference backup center!"

"You... you are so arrogant. Have you forgotten the year you came on the bench for me?" O'Neal had no choice but to bring up the past and attack Li Shengli, "Oh, it's been so many years. I was with the Magic at that time. , when the Hornets, Isiah Thomas, and Larry Johnson are going to beat you, don’t forget that it was me who set you up!”

No...isn't it?

This, this, this...

How can this be!

When Ben heard the secret for the first time, he felt unbelievable. His lifelong belief was about to collapse. He thought that a big bully like Boss, who would definitely go to jail if he didn't play ball, would actually be beaten as a rookie?

As for Li Shengli, his face turned dark when he heard this confusing rhetoric.

Shaq, Shaq!

Why are you timid when riding a horse? In which fight did you use your strength? When did you not find a place to hang out? Have you forgotten about you and Hardaway hiding in the room eating fried chicken? Damn it, if I wait for you to stand up for me, I will be beaten to death long ago, okay?