With a bang, everyone dodged, including Phil Jackson and West. Some rushed into the bathroom, and some simply ran out of the locker room, fearing that their butts would be picked.

"Look, there are no butts here, it's not that I don't bet." O'Neal breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh well."

Zhao Dong just gave up. This bet was indeed a bit disgusting. He couldn't help but admire Barkley and Smith, and he was not as good as them.

At eight o'clock, the two teams announced their starting lineups.

Knicks: Zhao Dong, Fordson, Sprewell, Stackhouse, Ginobili

Lakers: O'Neal, Ben Wallace, Glen Rice, Kobe Bryant, Ron Harper

TNT broadcast the game live, and Bill Walton analyzed: "In terms of inside, the offensive capabilities of the two teams are similar. Fordson's offense is stronger than Ben, but O'Neal's dominance at the basket is stronger than Feilong, and it can be a tie.

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In terms of forward money, the 32-year-old Glen Rice averaged 17.5 points per game last season and 15.9 points per game this season, which is far inferior to the 26.8 points in the 96/97 season at his peak. On the one hand, his condition has declined, and on the other hand, because

Kobe's growth, Kobe is the person the Lakers want to train, and his shots have been seriously affected.

Compared with the three Knicks guards, he is definitely better than the rookie Ginobili now, but he will not have an advantage against either Madman or Stackhouse, and his height advantage of 201 centimeters is not big.

On the back line, Ron Harper is also getting old, and his scoring ability has been limited since the Bulls. This season he came to the Lakers and averaged 7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.5 blocks per game. He still has the strength, but he should not be able to keep up.

Three Knicks guards.

Kobe is averaging 25 points per game this season, his scoring ability has begun to explode, he has performed well on both offense and defense, and he has a bright future.

Compared with the Knicks' three guards, he is definitely better than Ginobili, and he should have certain advantages overall against Madman and Stackhouse.

In short, compared to the perimeter, the Lakers and Knicks should be about the same."

Matt continued: "Bill, you mean, the overall strength of the Lakers and Knicks is 50-50?"

"Yes, the benches of the other two teams are average, because the main lineup takes up most of the salary space, and even the main lineup of these two teams exceeds the salary cap, so they mainly rely on the main lineup.

It's hard to talk about a game," Bill Walton said.

Matt nodded, introduced Kobe again, and said: "Peter Pan Kobe has been training in the offseason for three consecutive seasons, and his strength has improved very quickly. He and O'Neal have made the OK team famous in Los Angeles.

very popular."

At half past eight, the game starts.

"Feilong, I don't want to jump with a role player. I want to jump with you. You come up. If you don't jump, I will let Ben jump with him."

Seeing Fordson coming up to jump the ball, O'Neal quit.

"Then let me dance." Zhao Dong said nonchalantly.

"..."

When O'Neal saw that Zhao Dong didn't take the move, he really stopped jumping. He waved angrily and asked Ben to come up and jump the ball.

When Kobe saw his boss's childish behavior, he cursed in his heart, "You idiot, aren't you giving up the right to attack first?"

In terms of jumping ability, although Big Ben is good, he is still weaker than Fordson. Fordson touches the ball first and the Knicks attack.

Zhao Dong came to the left wing, his position was more than two meters away from the left line of the paint area, about two steps away, and under the dotted line of the free throw line, avoiding the restrictions of Flying Dragon Rule 136.

The Lakers did not let O'Neal follow out, but switched defenses and asked Ben to guard Zhao Dong.

This is one of the benefits of introducing Big Ben, who makes up for the Lakers' internal defensive weaknesses.

Especially when Zhao Dong and O'Neal are facing each other, just like now he is pulled outside. If there is no big man, once O'Neal comes out, Zhao Dong will definitely rush in and fight, just like the Spurs twin towers, O'Neal has no chance at all.

If the defense goes back, the Lakers' penalty area will be directly reduced to rubbish.

Da Ben's movement speed is pretty good. After all, he is not tall and is a few centimeters shorter than Zhao Dong, but his speed is still not as good as Zhao Dong's. So when he came to the latter, he immediately started to get close to him and clamped his arm with his arm.

Don't let him move around at will.

His current upper body strength is very strong, exceeding 200 kilograms, ranking first in the league, and slightly stronger than the postman. After Zhao Dong's arm was clamped by him, it was difficult to get rid of him instantly.

As long as Zhao Dong's first step is lowered, he will have a chance to keep up with Zhao Dong's movement.

He has too much experience in defending Zhao Dong, because he often faces off during team training and knows how to defend Zhao Dong.

Of course, Zhao Dong would not be easily guarded by his younger brother. After struggling twice, he got rid of Ben's arm, and then used faster movement and continuous counter-running to get the opportunity to catch the ball in an open position.

But after catching the ball, Ben was guarding him again and put a hand on his body to prevent him from rushing forward.

Under the entanglement of Ben, Zhao Dong dribbled with his left hand to the left side of the paint area. O'Neal did not prevent it, but small forward Glenn Rice double-teamed and blocked him.

"squeak!"

Zhao Dong suddenly braked and pulled the ball back with his left hand. The moment after the sudden stop, he took a step back and then jumped up.

Because he saw teammate Glenn Rice double-teaming in place, the boss Feilong had no breakthrough channel, so the ball had to be shot, and Ben was already ready to block the shot.

But when Zhao Dong suddenly stopped and pulled back for a jump shot, he still failed to react enough. By the time he took a step forward, Zhao Dong's ball had already flown toward the basket.

This is because Zhao Dong's series of technical movements are too fast and smooth. At the same time, his own explosive power is not enough, his bullet speed is average, and his step speed to follow is even average, and he cannot keep up with Zhao Dong's rhythm.

"Whoosh!"

The water splashed and Zhao Dong hit the first ball.

"Ben, are you confident that you can guard against me? Don't cry if I blow you to pieces."

After Zhao Dong succeeded, he retreated while leisurely trash-talking Da Ben.

"..."

Daben rolled his eyes, Boss, as long as you don't bet my ass, you can talk trash any way you want.

Coming to the Lakers' frontcourt, O'Neal squeezed directly to the basket, extremely domineering.

His tonnage reached 145 kilograms at the beginning of the season. After a month, he is estimated to have weighed several hundred grams more. Neither Zhao Dong nor Fordson can handle it alone, so they adopt the method of off-ball.

The double-teaming tactic used a big man with no shooting ability.

Fordson intercepted the pass in front, and Zhao Dong defended from behind, making O'Neal a sandwich.

"Pfft!"

Zhang Li burst out laughing when he saw Zhao Dong desperately defending O'Neal from behind.

Su Qun couldn't help laughing as he explained: "O'Neal is 216 centimeters tall, 11 centimeters taller than Zhao Dong. Zhao Dong squatted down behind to defend, and he looked even shorter. The top of his head did not reach O'Neal's armpits, and he looked like a little kid.

Dwarfs fighting giants, it’s a bit funny.”

Under double teams, it was difficult for O'Neal to catch the ball. Ron Harper, who was holding the ball, did not dare to pass the ball, so he could only pass it to Kobe who wanted the ball on the right wing.

When Kobe got the ball, he was facing a madman.

Kobe's small hands are a natural weakness. After receiving the ball, he can only hide the ball with both hands under his right ribs. It is not as convenient as grabbing the ball with one hand, and it is also inconvenient to make fake moves.

If Zhao Dong and Jordan grabbed the ball with one hand and suddenly raised it upward, it would be possible for the madman to fly away, but Kobe couldn't do this fake move.

"Bang bang..."

Kobe started dribbling, and his feet also moved slightly, either forward or backward, and the madman also kept moving and adjusting his defensive position.

"squeak!"

Kobe broke through and made a pendulum pass, past the madman and into the right wing.

In his previous life, he had a weakness in breaking through, that is, his first step was not fast enough, and he was sloppy when breaking through, and was unable to completely get rid of the defender.

Many times, when he takes a shot after a breakthrough, he takes off close to the defender.

Of course, he has the league's top ability to stay in the air, aerial confrontation ability, aerial dodge ability, and aerial body control ability. Even if he takes off close to the defender and takes a shot, his shot threat is among the top in the league.

In this life, he deliberately strengthened his first step training. Zhao Dong observed that his first step was obviously faster than in the previous life.

With this step, he completely got rid of the madman, took two steps to the right wing, and then made an emergency stop jumper.

Without a defender, Kobe's jump shot is a joy to watch. The movement is very comfortable and has a very high sense of beauty. His raised wrist is like a swan's neck. He pushes forward gently and the ball flies towards the basket.

"Whoosh!"

The water splashed and the two-pointer hit.

"This is unfair, Feilong, we didn't use an off-ball double-team tactic against you, you can't do this to me." O'Neal, who was unable to catch the ball, shouted to Zhao Dong dissatisfied.

"You can use it!" Zhao Dong said.

"..."
Chapter completed!