NBA: Becoming stronger starts with hard work and mastery

Chapter 98

Before the 17th, O'Neal became a new generation of Xianglin Sao, answering all reporters who asked why he lost to Han Yi in the total number of All-Star votes: "I told my children that there is only one possibility that Han Yi won me in the All-Star votes, that is, our All-Star votes were counted into the votes of the Chinese people. I think this is very unreasonable. We are the American professional men's basketball team. The Chinese people don't know what basketball is. They only know to vote for their own people." Han Yi could only shrug his shoulders and said, "I can only be thankful that O'Neal is in West, if it was in the East, then he would replace Mutombo on the bench. "

"You said I rely on Chinese votes? Yes, so what? Who told you O'Neal is not Chinese?"

Han Yi gave precise advice on this:

"O'Neal feels unfair, right? The suggestion here is to reincarnate and come to our Shenzhou land. I guarantee that he will be selected as an All-Star starter."

As for more words, Han Yi didn't have time to say, because after defeating the Philadelphia 76ers, the Celtics encountered the devil's back-to-back!

Face the Utah Jazz, the first in the West, and the Chicago Bulls, the first in the East, at home!

The result is naturally a defeat without suspense!

In front of an absolute championship-level team, all micro-management is meaningless. If you can't beat it, you can't beat it. The gap in hard power is so clear in front of the Boston Celtics.

Although it was back-to-back, the Celtics actually only played one game in total, and they fought hard in the first half. They really couldn't resist, so they just let it go!

In the second game against the Chicago Bulls, although they were only 15 points behind in the early third quarter, there was enough time to catch up. But facing Michael Jordan with flaming eyes!

Let it go, we Celtics can't afford to offend, okay!

As for the accumulated physical strength, it's better to use it on the next opponent!

After only one day of rest, the Boston Celtics have boarded the plane to Los Angeles.

Here they will play two games in three days, challenging the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers respectively!

Compared with the Los Angeles Lakers, which ranks third in the West, the Los Angeles Clippers are a bad team with half the number of wins than the Celtics!

So the most rational choice is to fight the Los Angeles Clippers to the death, and then face the Lakers if you can, and let it go if you can't!

This way, at least they can achieve a record of 1 win and 1 loss in this Western Expedition, which is acceptable.

But if they fail to win the first game against the Lakers, and run out of energy, and then lose against the Clippers, it will be two consecutive losses!

Adding the previous two consecutive losses, it will be four consecutive losses, how miserable it is!

But this is just the idea of fans or experts. The Celtics think very simply:

"Since we are here, why not do something big before leaving?"

"You can say that we Celtics are not strong enough, you can say that we are not capable enough, but you can never say that we are not physically strong enough!"

"How can a group of young men in their early 20s lose in a physical contest?"

"The Los Angeles Lakers, who have four All-Stars and two All-Star starters this year?"

Han Yi grinned: "If we win, we will make a lot of money, and if we lose, we will not lose. There is no reason not to do it!"

"Besides, don't look at the fact that the Lakers have so many stars now, their strength is far worse than that of the Los Angeles Lakers two years later!"

Although there are four All-Stars in the team, the Lakers are a single-core team with O'Neal as the core!

Although Kobe made the All-Star starter, he can only continue to be his sixth man.

Although Kobe's shooting posture is beautiful, his shooting efficiency is a mess...

And this is exactly the type of team Han Yi likes most.

Starting lineups of both teams:

Boston Celtics:

PG: Dana Barros, SG: Greg Miner, SF: Tracy McGrady, PF: Ben Wallace, C: Han Yi!

Los Angeles Lakers:

PG: Derek Fisher, SG: Eddie Jones, SF: Rick Fox, PF: Robert Horry, C: Shaquille O'Neal!

An hour before the game, the Great Western Forum, the home stadium of Los Angeles, was already crowded. The Staples Center, which is well known to fans in later generations, was still "under construction" in 1998.

Although the Great Western Forum looks a bit old, the enthusiasm of the fans is quite high.

Shaquille O'Neal did not prepare for the game like his teammates did, but started singing and dancing on the sidelines, and boasted to some old fans who often came to Los Angeles to watch the game:

"Hey, you guys are here today. Did you see the yellow-skinned kid next to you? His All-Star votes are higher than mine. Can you believe it? I must beat the shit out of him today!"

"What? You are a fan of Han Yi? Impossible, you always come to watch my games, how can you be a fan of Han Yi? He is just a newcomer, how did you become his fan?"

"What? You just became his fan this year? What? You also voted for Han Yi in the All-Star Game?"

"Damn it!!"

...

New hatred and old grudges!

Shaquille O'Neal and Han Yi are ready for jump ball!

"Hey, little monkey!" O'Neal continued to talk trash: "Wait for being beaten, you will cry for your mother tonight!"

Han Yi: "Oh!"

The referee threw the ball high into the air, and when the basketball reached the highest point!

Han Yi jumped straight up!

"Bang!"

Faster speed, higher altitude!

Han Yi easily grabbed the first wave of ball rights for the Boston Celtics!