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Chapter 175 Christmas, Fight the Lakers!

After a few minutes of testing, the Magic immediately tested the strength of the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers want to win, the comparison is the accuracy of shooting.

If the touch is good, you can split [-]-[-] with everyone. If the shooting touch is not good, it is not a pity to lose.

After all, the Cavaliers are in a rebuilding rhythm.

Soon, the Magic dominated both offense and defense.

Duncan beat Matt Halprin.

Harprin was thrown out of the Magic in the first round of 98.

The only bright spot is that the shooting is very accurate, but the defense is very hip, withdrawing the inside line, and the physical confrontation is very bad.

At this time, he and Big Z, this type of insider, started the battle together.

The Cavaliers' inside line is completely empty, with no strength at all, and at the same time, there is no basket protection.

Duncan and O'Neal, the ball is a threat.

The breakthroughs of McGrady and Jackson on the outside easily penetrated the Cavaliers' defense.

Especially the rebounding advantage, the absolute kind, the Magic's outside line, can shoot at will.

After the first game, the score was 32 to 22, and the Magic took a 10-point lead.

In the second quarter, Li Mu let Duncan, O'Neal, McGrady, and Jackson continue to play.

The rotation comes with Meyer Miller.

The game started, and the Magic directly crushed the lineup.

In the 4th minute of the second quarter, the Magic hit a 13-5 shock wave and directly stopped the game.

Cavaliers head coach Randy Whitman, not Altman, he is just a second-year rookie.

Calling a timeout can only prove that he is working hard, but the Cavaliers' cards are really not on the table, and there are not many people available, so he has nothing to do.

After all, those who can play and have high annual salaries have already been replaced. His only goal is to cultivate rookies.

Commonly known as brushing data.

Victory was never something he should consider.

After the first half of the game, the Magic has expanded the point difference to 23 points.

In the second half of the game, Li Mu asked Duncan to go down to rest.

O'Neal needs more practice.

McGrady needs to compete for the scoring title.

Jackson, and others, need to play and gain experience.

Still can't stop it.

The lineup strength of the two sides is not in the same dimension.

The game was one-sided.

hum~~
With the sound of the buzzer, the game time is over.

With a score of 128 to 90, the Magic beat the Cavaliers by 38 points and regained their three-game winning streak.

McGrady scored 39 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds. In the last three games, he averaged 40+ per game, and he is in a very hot state.

Duncan scored 18 points and 9 rebounds in half the game.

Li Mu's mind has never been about this game.

But the next Christmas war.

In Li Mu's previous life, the 2000 Christmas War.

In the East is the Magic vs. Pacers.

The West is the Lakers against the Trail Blazers.

With the appearance of Li Mu, Duncan joined the Magic, and the matchup of the game changed.

It becomes Magic vs. Lakers, and Pacers vs. Trail Blazers.

Lakers!

It's finally time to meet this opponent.

Li Mu couldn't wait any longer.

……

To be reasonable, as his predecessor, Li Mu is most familiar with the Lakers.

However, in the 00/01 season, with the head coach Phil Jackson taking over, the Lakers' lineup has changed.

First of all, in the draft, with the 29th pick, the 2-meter forward Mark Madsen was picked.

Secondly, during the offseason, the Lakers and Billups completed their contract extensions.

However, for this reason, there is no way to keep Glen Rice, the All-Star shooter.

AC Green saw that the Lakers were strong and strong, and he was in his grade, but he didn't want to retire early, so he chose to leave.

Phil Jackson immediately brought back his former underling, veteran Ron Harper, to tighten his grip on the locker room.

O'Neal is getting fatter and lazy, and Ben is too short to play center forward, so he found Cobra Horace Grant as a substitute for O'Neal.

In the end, the Lakers also had a surprise, with crazy and bad records, and the first-line star Isiah Ryder in the 90s came to vote.

At this time, the Lakers assembled a luxurious 14-man lineup.

Center: Shaquille O'Neal, Horace Grant.

Power forwards: Ben Wallace, Robert Horry, Mark Madsen.

Small forwards: Bruce Bowen, Rick Fox, Rashard Lewis.

Shooting Guards: Kobe Bryant, Manu Ginobili, Isiah Ryder.

Point guards: Chauncey Billups, Derek Fisher, Ron Harper.

Li Mu looked at the lineup information with a complicated expression, after 5 minutes.

Found no.

Did not find a flaw to beat the Lakers.

It seems that we can only play a game with the Lakers with a learning attitude, and see how far the current Magic team is from the Lakers.

……

January 12, Los Angeles, Staples Center Arena.

At this time, in the arena, amidst bursts of cheers, Li Mu walked out calmly.

He waved his hand in response to the blessings of the fans, and then received his own championship ring.

Greeted one by one with the Lakers blacksmith team, shook hands and hugged, and immediately returned to the base camp of the Magic.

McGrady then chatted with Kobe.

O'Neill and Grant originally wanted to chat with the old teammates of the Magic, but found that the Magic's lineup has changed drastically. The teammates who used to fight with him have all left this team.

Yeah.

This is also easy.

During the warm-up, on the big screen in the arena, the starting lineups of both sides for tonight's match were also displayed.

The Magic started with five players, McGrady, Jackson, Hill, Duncan, and O'Neal.

The Lakers started the five tigers, Billups, Kobe, Lewis, Big Ben, O'Neal.

On the commentary stage, TNT radio broadcasted live, and Barkley and Kenny Smith partnered to comment.

"The Lakers started the Five Tigers, and there was only one change from when Li Mu was coaching last season.

Bowen was sent to the bench.

His offense is terrible, and his passing organization is really average.

The defense is excellent, but it needs the help of teammates to defend in order to be able to exert defensive efficiency.

O'Neal, Kobe, Billups, the three cores can't move, Ben can be regarded as Rodman, and the only one who can be operated is Bowen. "

"Phil Jackson needs to make his mark and play what he's good at.

Lineup changes are inevitable. " Barkley explained professionally.

beep~
With the sound of the whistle, the basketball was thrown high into the sky.

Duncan and O'Neill raised their hands and jumped almost at full strength.

Snapped--!
O'Neal beat Duncan and scored the first attack for the Lakers.

Billups dribbled up the court, immediately passed the ball to Bryant, and then opened up the space and ambushed outside the three-point line.

Li Mu looked at it, and it was very interesting. This is using Billups as an advanced version of Fisher.

One is Flounder and the other is Old Fish. Judging from their nicknames, there are some similarities.

Kobe puts on an offensive threat and scouts the ball.

Start, accelerate, and break through to the inside line.

McGrady is very familiar with Kobe's technique, and immediately fought and retreated.

Stop suddenly, twist your waist, jump up, lean back, shoot...

The whole shooting is smooth and smooth, without a trace of sloppy.

McGrady raised his hand to block, but the rhythm was slow.

Swish-!
0 to 2! !
Kobe Bryant did not rely on the three irons, one shot and one hit, and he was the first to win.

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(End of this chapter)