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The strength of your opponent does not necessarily mean fear. What scares people most is the fear of the unknown. This is also the reason why people are afraid of this team with many superstars.

To be honest, this Lakers f4 is much more powerful than the Lakers f4 version 2.0 composed of Nash and Howard.

Payton's defensive skills are still there, and although his offense has declined, his years of championship-free career have made him ready to sacrifice the ball.

Needless to say, Malone's attitude was in the last few years of his career. Not having a championship almost became a demon in his mind. For this reason, he resolutely fell out with his long-time friend Stockton, and came to a place where they had played against each other many times.

, the rival Los Angeles Lakers.

The current professional attitudes of these two people are:

Payton said that money is not a problem at all. He has already earned enough in his life. The biggest regret in his life now is that he is short of a championship.

And Malone knew that his condition was not as good as before, so he first gave in to O'Neal, and then when he joined the team, he declared that he was willing to do the dirty work in the team.

In short,

If you want me to get a ring, I'm willing to make a deal with the devil.

With these two hard-working superstars joining the team, the strength of the Lakers has undoubtedly increased. Even the betting company has adjusted the Lakers' winning rate to 1:1.13. It is true that if you invest one dollar for the Lakers to win, the profit will be only 0.13 yuan.

Mosquito legs.

And why did such a team fail in the end? Based on the experience of later generations, with an open eye, the reasons are as follows:

First, injuries.

This is easy to understand. The collapse of a dynasty is often caused by the rust of its pillars. Injuries are generally the team's enemy, especially for teams that aim to win the championship.

Therefore, many people are saying, what if Irving was not injured during the Cavaliers 2.0 period... In fact, this is not the case. Injury management is also an important factor in whether the team wins. You can sigh that time means life.

!But in the end the team still relies on its strength to speak for itself.

And what is the injury status of this Lakers team?

O'Neal is accustomed to recuperating from injuries in the regular season. Giants often have an Achilles heel. The cost of a giant beast raging on the court is often problems with his feet. Shark does it, and so does Yao.

Malone's situation is not much better. What is unexpected is that the newly arrived Malone actually became the lubricant connecting Kobe and O'Neal. The Lakers with him and without him are two teams.

Karl Malone sprained his knee in the 25th game. The 41-year-old Malone's scoring average dropped from 20 points to 13 points per game after coming to the Lakers. During the period of recuperation, the Lakers only had 22 wins and 17 losses, and suffered a four-game losing streak and a three-game losing streak.

Lost streak. After returning, the team posted another 14 wins and 4 losses.

In the third game of the Finals, Malone, who had already been injured in the regular season, was injured again. This time, the Lakers' fourth position was completely beaten by Rasheed Wallace. On the offensive end, Malone was not available to share the pressure with O'Neal.

The two Wallaces almost hung on the shark, which greatly reduced O'Neal's destructive effect.

Second, "Eagle County Incident"

This incident greatly destroyed the team's offensive power. At the beginning of the season, this super team lived up to the fans' expectations, leading the league record with 18 wins and 3 losses at the beginning. Even though Kobe had to travel between the arena and Colorado, he

He was still able to score 40 points without warming up after getting off the plane. It seemed that Kobe vented his anger on the court every time after the court session. (Anthony was beaten brutally in the first confrontation)

But I have to admit that this matter is fatal to Kobe personally and the team.

For Kobe personally, the image of the league has plummeted. He was abandoned by the sneaker dealer. Not to mention the financial losses for the time being, just dealing with the lawsuits and family conflicts was a headache. In the end, after spending a large amount of money to settle out of court and sell the goods,

The situation was relieved after I bought a big diamond ring to my sister-in-law and asked for forgiveness.

Third, if the people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team.

"Shaq did it too!"

This classic saying came from Kobe's defense to the media after the accident.

Let’s not talk about whether this sentence is true or not (you guys can discuss it...)

But this is definitely not something that should be said between teammates of a normal championship team. What do you want your teammates to think? As soon as this sentence came out, it basically ended with an explosion in the locker room.

After a stumbling season, the Lakers still made it to the finals. It has to be said that this f4 team is really well-capitalized and can break out of the Western Conference with such pretentiousness. (The 0.4-second buzzer-beater is regarded as the ancestral grave of veteran Fisher Fisher.

Burning incense.)

The Pistons caught the Lakers off guard in the first game. The Sharks made 13 of 16 free throws and even made 8 of 12 free throws. However, Kobe's mentality was already unbalanced and he made 10 of 27. It is clear that we will definitely go our separate ways in the future. He will not give you the ball even if he makes 13 of 16.

.85 to 75, the Pistons lost all firepower in f4.

And what about others?

As for Payton, since O'Neal and Kobe have been absent so much, this F4 team is more like a team led by him and Malone. Payton also has something to say. The two of them have been absent so much, so he might as well leave the command to me.

Yes, last season's performance was basically 209, and the performance of leading the team is not far behind.

But Phil Jackson was unwilling to give up his three-peat winning style and let Payton play as a tool man, which disappointed him. He commented:

"I'm very disappointed with Phil's decision. I should have more opportunities. I should take over the game more and do what I want to do, shoot more shots after the pick-and-roll. I have been trying to integrate, but I have lost myself.

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Kobe made his attitude clear: "Me or that fat fish, your choice."

O'Neal said: "At that time, my salary was very high. But various actions of the team made me feel that the team thought that I was about to die, so I should get less money. But in my heart, I could still get one or two more

Second champion, I don’t want to take a salary cut.”

The Lakers are like a group of trackers pulling a big boat. If the weather is calm, it will be fine.

But once they encounter strong winds and heavy rains, the trackers who are distraught are destined to end up with their boat destroyed and everyone killed.

And the storm they faced...What about the Pistons? What's the situation like?

To be honest, no one was optimistic about the Pistons at the beginning of the season. They lost to the Nets in the 2002-03 season and they didn't even make any waves at the beginning of the season.

Before the crucial finals, Kobe and O'Neal were even discussing the ownership of FMVP. Facing the Pistons and the whole world chose to bet on the Lakers, Jackson burst out with honeyed confidence: "I have never watched a Pistons game video."

After all, the situation where the West is strong and the East is weak is no longer a day or two, so what if the West is outstanding? Wouldn’t the Nets be beaten by the Spurs? Lao Dengtou’s statistics are too scary!

But a brilliant trade in the middle of the season transformed the entire team.

Rasheed Wallace was traded from the Trail Blazers to the Hawks and played only one game before being quickly traded to the Pistons again.

This caused a qualitative change in the entire team.

Not only is the configuration of the entire team extremely reasonable, but the violent temperament brought by the Roaring God has taken the morale of the entire team to a higher level.

In the actual showdown, the Pistons opened the Lakers' bleeding wounds game after game, showing the weakness of this luxurious lineup in front of people.

In the second game, Kobe Bryant hit a buzzer beater, but that was it. Billups, who understood the strength of the Lakers, even said:

"I'm serious. In the second game, Hamilton gave Kobe enough space to shoot, and we were very angry. Seriously, we all thought we could sweep the Lakers."

As Lakers point guard Fisher recalled how the Galaxy battleship failed:

"When the closing bell of the stage gradually rings, everything is slowly collapsing, and everything is about to change."