My Name is Kobe Bryant

"The Lakers Lost to Utah City"

On December 4th, in the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz, the Lakers lost 94:97 to the Utah Jazz. The seasoned Jazz learned the lessons of the previous defeat and firmly controlled the situation on the court in this game, teaching the young Lakers a lesson.

Karl Malone made 12 of 18 shots and led the team on the right track with an MVP-level performance of 32 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. He lost only one game in the past 10 games. Such a performance can be called a well-deserved superstar.

John Stockton had 18 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists, linking up the team's offense. At the same time, his defense made the Lakers' Eddie Jones feel inaccurate.

Kobe and O'Neal still played brilliantly, but it didn't help. The twin stars need to learn more from their failures, and they still have a lot to improve.

We don't know when, but the Lakers' fall from No. 1 in the West is a sure thing. They don't have the strength to lead the league.

-- Utah Athletic Report

On the flight, Fisher crumpled up the newspaper in his hand and stuffed it into the front back pocket.

"Little fish, I've said it earlier. When they praise us for being nasty, they will be vicious when they criticize us. This newspaper is not even too much."

"But boss, aren't you angry?" The meaning of losing to the Jazz is completely different from losing to the Spurs. The voices in the media after this game's failure made Fisher very angry.

The papers are full of people who probably never played basketball, telling them how to play the pros. What is said that Kobe should shoot less three-pointers, O'Neal should practice shooting, and Fisher is not worthy of being selected as a first-round pick.

It is simply unreasonable!

"Not angry, not angry at all." Kobe smiled.

"As expected of the boss!"

Kobe touched his pocket silently, and there was a broken Motorola inside.

"Control your emotions, Xiaoyu. Next game against the Magic, I don't want you to be affected by your emotions."

"Okay! I got it!" As expected of the boss, this mentality alone is worth learning from Fisher for a lifetime!

"Shaq, I'm going back to Orlando for the next game." Campbell sat with O'Neal, and he was a little curious about O'Neal's feelings for Orlando.

"Yeah." O'Neill hasn't stayed in Orlando since June. The luxury property he bought has been sold, and he hasn't returned to the place where his career started for nearly half a year.

I don't know how Anferni, Howth and the others are doing.

"Is there a familiar place?"

? ? ? Neal black question mark face.

"there's a few."

Orlando is a city in central Florida, USA, located in a swamp. A large distribution center for citrus fruits. There are food processing, electronic components, rocket engines and other industries. Winter shelter. 25 kilometers to the southwest is the famous Orlando Disneyland. Orlando is also the county seat of Orange County.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Orlando developed into a thriving agricultural city, known as the "Orange Peel City". The success of the citrus growing industry led to the development of the local railroad and real estate, but in the late 1950s, Orlando got another endless source of money, which was the beginning of the space age. The Glenn Martin Company, now Marietta Defense Systems, began manufacturing missiles, and the establishment of Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center on the east coast of Florida brought good revenue and a large number of job opportunity.

The Lakers' flight landed at Orlando International Airport, the largest airport in central Florida. Regardless of the small population of this city, the airport of this city is very luxurious. 6 floors, an airport subway, 129 boarding gates, and many stores about Disney World in Orlando. And there are flights from almost all major airlines, as well as charter flights and discounted routes. Orlando Airport has the second-most passenger traffic in the United States, after Atlanta.

Founded in 1989, the Magic quickly became championship contenders, and with Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway, they became one of the league's most popular teams.

In the 1994-95 season, the Orlando Magic team became the leader of the East with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, and defeated the Boston Celtics, the Chicago Bulls led by Jordan and the Indiana Pacers all the way in the playoffs. finals. But the Magic, which made their first appearance in the Finals, was eventually swept by the experienced defending champion Houston with a total score of 4-0.

This is the eternal pain in Shaq's heart. He is only one step away from the championship. He was taken away by Olajuwon, and at the same time lost the battle for the league's first center.

In the 1995-96 season, the starting five Magic team composed of O'Neal, Horace Grant, Nick Anderson, Dennis Scott and Anfernee Hardaway proved that reaching the finals in the 1994-95 season was by no means a challenge. lucky. The Magic won 60 games in the regular season and won the Atlantic Division championship.

In the playoffs, the Orlando Magic eliminated the Detroit Pistons and the Atlanta Hawks to enter the Eastern Conference finals, and their opponent was the most popular Chicago Bulls that year. The Magic were finally swept by the Bulls with a total score of 0 to 4.

It's hard to say why O'Neal left the Magic without being swept twice in a row.

And this season, after Shaq decided to leave, the Magic's series of operations were incomprehensible. They used 29 million in 2 years, you read that right, 29 million US dollars to renew Cobra Hoss Grant. This 31-year-old power forward averaged only 13.4 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.

You must know that although O'Neal's contract is 120 million in seven years, it is a step-up contract.

The salary of this season and the next season is only 10.71 million US dollars and 12.86 million US dollars, which is far lower than Hoss Grant's contract.

As if they thought it would make Shaq feel bad, look! Your little brother's salary is higher than yours this year!

So why not use this money to sign O'Neal? Nobody knows,

The Magic's record this year is not satisfactory. They are currently 10 wins and 7 losses, only fifth in the Eastern Conference.

Penny Hardaway's team leadership style is completely different from O'Neal's. He pays attention to sharing the ball and making reasonable shots.

Therefore, the team's teammates averaged very good points per game. Unlike the Lakers, only Kobe O'Neal and Eddie Jones scored in double figures. There are 6 players in the Magic scoring in double figures per game!

They are Anfernee Hardaway's 21.5 points, Ronnie Secali's 17.3 points, Hoss Grant's 12.6 points, Dennis Scott's 12.5 points, Nick Anderson's 12.0 points, and Gerald Wilkins' 10.6 points.

Everyone has the right to the ball, and everyone can control the ball. It is a bit like Luke Walton's leadership style, but this concept is completely different from Kobe.

In Kobe's view, this is completely idealistic basketball.

There is only one basketball, so the one who takes the shot just throws the ball in?

What's the point of making it so complicated?