Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 68 All-Star voting, against James!
The timing of O'Neal's comeback is critical, as it happens to be when the Lakers are about to begin their four-game trip to the Western Conference.

It was also O'Neal's comeback that gave Lakers fans a shot in the arm.

Many fans cheered online: "Shaq is back, and the game is stable! Shaq is back, and the championship is guaranteed!"

If it weren't for the vast majority of active fans, those who didn't know would have thought it was O'Neal's trumpet account.

However, the fact is that as the fans said, O'Neal's return did help the Lakers stabilize the situation, and the Lakers started winning again.

On January 1, O'Neal's first game back, the Lakers arrived in Seattle to play away against the SuperSonics.

奥尼尔只是短短出场了25分钟的时间，就以16投11中，罚球9投3中，砍下25分12篮板2助攻4盖帽的全面数据，帮助湖人104比89，轻松击败了超音速。

Also because of O'Neal's comeback, although Dunn's possession of the ball has been reduced, his assist data has risen again.

Dunn was only in the triangle offense, playing a small guard in the pick-and-roll, breaking inside and passing the ball to O'Neal. He easily made 15 of 9 shots, 3 of 1 three-pointers, 3 of 2 free throws, 21 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists. Double data.

In the days without Malone, it would be difficult for Duen to reach double figures in assists, and he could only keep thinking of ways to score.

Now with O'Neal, Du En's burden is much lighter, and he can return to the original Du En.Team Basketball En.

Of course, O'Neill's return is not all good for Dunn.

O'Neal returned to the Lakers with the style of "Shaq is here to help you win the championship". Even a thorn like Payton had to play around O'Neal.

Since Payton no longer plays fast breaks on his own, Duane's chances of fast breaks have also been reduced by [-] to [-]%.

In the past, Duan had at least three or four opportunities to switch offense in a game, but now he only has one opportunity at most.

There were also fewer simple points, and Duan had to turn to more simple assists.

With the passage of time, Duane's mastery of Pippen's template has further deepened, which has a more thorough understanding of the triangle offensive tactics and the tactics of passing the ball to Jordan.

The time came to January 1th, at the Staples Center, the Lakers played against the Clippers.

It stands to reason that this game is the Clippers' home game.

But sorry, at Staples Center, the Lakers have 43 regular season home games a year, while the Clippers have 39 home games.

With the support of [-]% to [-]% of the Lakers fans on the scene, the Lakers, led by the OK combination, easily defeated the Clippers' stinky fish and rotten shrimp.

It is worth mentioning that when O'Neal was interviewed on the sidelines after the game, he actually called on the fans in Los Angeles to vote for Payton, Kobe, Duane, Malone, and himself for the All-Stars.

However, instead of being angry, Clippers owner Donald Sterling was happy that Lakers fans came to Staples Center to give him money.

After all, the Clippers' ticket price is almost half that of the Lakers.

The two games between the Clippers and the Lakers at home every year are basically the most profitable time for the Clippers.

As for selling playoff tickets, in today's Wild West, how can the Clippers make it to the playoffs?

Therefore, Sterling doesn't care at all that Lakers fans are singing and dancing at his home court to vote for the All-Stars for Lakers players.

To mention a little bit, the initial All-Star voting is an on-site ballot, that is, after the All-Star voting starts, home fans will automatically get the right to choose the Eastern and Western All-Stars after purchasing tickets.

Now keeping pace with the times, online voting channels such as official website voting, wireless voting, and electronic voting have been added, as well as NBA sports brand offline physical store voting and NBA cooperative cinema voting.

Domestic fans are most familiar with logging into the NBA official website to vote.

Originally, NBA officials took into account the limited number of fans watching the game online, so the official website voting did not set any restrictions.

As a result, the vast number of domestic fans created the feat of pulling down O'Neal, who had just won three consecutive championships and was firmly ranked No. 1 in the league, to become an All-Star substitute for rookie Yao Ming.

Also seeing the influence of Chinese fans, NBA officials had to reduce the proportion of voting on the official website, and at the same time divided the voting on the official website into dozens of different countries and regions, each occupying a certain proportion.

However, this also underestimates the number of Chinese overseas students.

After Yi Jianlian entered the NBA, he almost relied on official website voting to become the starting forward of the Eastern All-Stars. The NBA had to modify the rules for this...

This moment is exactly like that moment!Today, Du En, like Yi Jianlian, has won the support of a large number of domestic fans.

In addition, Duan also has the support of local fans in Los Angeles!
Los Angeles has two NBA teams!Not to mention that the tickets for the Clippers are cheaper.

It is precisely because of this that the Lakers star has a greater advantage than other teams in becoming the starting All-Star.

O'Neal gave Payton and Malone tickets. Maybe there is no way to help Payton and Malone become the All-Star starters in the Western Conference, but they have the opportunity to help Duane.

Of course, the specific situation will depend on the results of the All-Star voting.

Closer to home, the time came to January 1, when the Lakers were a guest in Minnesota to face the Timberwolves who had just formed the three-headed monster.

Cassell is a seriously underestimated player. He doesn't look strong, but he can catch the elderly Payton with ease.

Duen had to take the initiative to defend Cassel, but he was unable to restrict Cassel from connecting the team.

And the madman Sprewell, faced with Kobe's strict defense, suddenly became crazy again.

第一节6投1中，第二节却8投6中，第三节10投3中，第四节又能5投3中。

It is also because Garnett, the leader of the Timberwolves, is better at defense and cannot absorb too much ball power on the offensive end.

The madman compares the disadvantages of eating the ball and eating the touch, and coming to the Timberwolves just complements each other.

The Madman's offense, Garnett's defense, and Cassel's organization just transformed the Timberwolves into an extremely perfect championship team.

Even though the Lakers won two consecutive games after O'Neal returned, they still lost to the Timberwolves.

Then, on January 1, the Lakers arrived in Denver to play a back-to-back game.

Originally, the climate in the Denver Plateau had a great impact on the away team's condition, and the Lakers happened to be participating in back-to-back schedules.

In this game, the Lakers couldn't run because of O'Neal at halftime, so they could only clock in three quarters, put their knives and guns into storage, and took the initiative to admit defeat.

After losing two games in a row, the Lakers' locker room naturally became less stable again.

Kobe thinks O'Neal is too heavy and should practice more to lose weight.

O'Neal renewed his big contract and no longer has the motivation to practice hard.

Faced with Kobe's cynicism, O'Neal directly adopted the attitude of "I'm afraid of everything if I get money" and was unwilling to quarrel with Kobe.

Kobe gritted his teeth, hating iron for being weak, so he could only practice extra training alone after the game with the ball in his arms.

But he was about to return to Los Angeles, and Kobe didn't practice for a long time, so he got on the bus to the airport with other players.

After returning to Los Angeles, the Lakers started winning again, and the good news came one after another.

First, 67 to 113, the Lakers defeated the Hawks by 46 points at home, sweeping away the haze of defeat.

Immediately afterwards, the league announced the results of the first round of voting for the All-Stars.

Kobe received 42.6 first-round Western Conference guard votes and is currently the Western Conference All-Star vote leader.

With 16.7 votes, Payton is temporarily ranked third among Western Conference guards.

O'Neal received 38.9 votes for Western Conference center, but still fell behind Yao Ming's 41.5 votes.

Dunn received 35.5 votes for Western forwards, ranking third among Western forwards, and Malone received 13.4 votes, ranking sixth among Western forwards.

Above Duane are Garnett with 41.5 votes and Duncan with 38.7 votes.

It can only be said that Duncan is too low-key!Now with two championships, MVP and FMVP in hand, with such honors, he has caught up with Olajuwon and become the top ten goalkeepers in history.

However, looking at the popularity, it is not as good as Garnett!

Also because he is temporarily ranked as the third forward in the Western Conference, Duane, as a first-year rookie, wants to become an All-Star player.

You have to kill one of Duncan or Garnett, and then enter the next Los Angeles All-Star Game as the starter of the Western Conference All-Star!
Duncan is far more powerful than Garnett, but his reputation is not as good.

This also sounded the alarm for Du En, making Du En more convinced that he should cooperate closely with Nike to strengthen his own marketing.

In order to become the starting forward of the Western Conference All-Stars, Dunn called Nike boss Phil Knight overnight to discuss how to market and operate his plan to replace Duncan and Garnett and become the starting forward of the Western Conference All-Stars.

Phil Knight is supportive of this, because Duncan and Garnett are both Nike traitors.

Now that Duan has the opportunity to unseat one of them, Phil Knight said that even if he loses money and makes a profit, he will help Duan.

Ever since, in the next period of time, the marketing advertisements of Dunn, the number one defender in Asia, appeared one after another in the Four Asian Tigers and Four Tigers regions.

In North America, Nike also released a promotional video of Duane 1.

The Duen 1 generation has actually been designed. The next step is to see whether the OEM on the other side of the ocean can complete the order in time and then ship it to North America for distribution.

Having said that, Dunn waited for half a season, and then he will finally play against James.

On January 1, James, who had solved the trouble of Ricky Davis, arrived at the Staples Center with the Cavaliers.

(End of this chapter)