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Chapter 18 Blacksmithing ShowTime Moments!

Coach Li Mu turned out to be a devil from head to toe!

Now the Lakers have led the Rockets by 25 points, and the victory is already in their hands.

According to the rules on the road: the Lakers should consider releasing the water.

At this time, in the locker room of the Lakers, our head coach Li Mu is frantically encouraging the players to fight, trying to kill the Rockets!
Moreover, this principle is quite easy to understand.

"I bet the Rockets will play all the main players in the second half. If we underestimate the opponent, we will be hit head-on.

Don't have any mercy on the enemy, Team Rocket is a tiger, they may just be asleep. "

"The Rockets have a classic saying, I think you must have heard it, called: Never underestimate the heart of a championship.

For this reason, the Rockets took action and signed Pippen, the strongest second master in history.

Obviously, the Rockets have the ambition to hit the championship. "

Li Mu pointed out the situation of the Rockets, and then pointed out the ultimate goal of the Lakers.

"So, what is our goal as a Lakers team?
I don't need to say more, you all understand, the championship!champion! !champion! ! !
Therefore, the Rockets are destined to become the enemy of our Lakers on the way to the championship.

For the enemy, no matter how you strike, it won't be too much, right?
Therefore, in this game, our Lakers must not only win the game, but also must win a big one.

This big victory is not to tell the Rockets how strong our Lakers are!
It's about... destroying their confidence in fighting for the championship, and destroying all their ambitions!
Anytime they run into us Lakers, there's an invincible fear..."

Li Mu explained the truth, and finally, with a ferocious expression on his face, he yelled fiercely: "Anyway, beat me to death, and don't let them live!"

"Yes! Don't let them leave the Forum Arena alive!"

O'Neill was the first to respond to Li Mu's harsh words.

Don't underestimate the heart of the championship, isn't the championship lost by the Magic team led by him?
This shame, along with this sentence, will be spread for a long, long time.

In contrast, the Rockets made a fool of themselves in terms of score.

With that sentence, the lethality will be greater and more durable!

The other players nodded, showing great face to the boss, clamoring to make the Rockets look good and to put themselves in the right position.

The championship is not something they can covet.

O'Neill nodded, satisfied with his teammates' responses.

Honestly, he doesn't approve of Li Mu coaching this Lakers team.

But, tonight the Rockets must die!

What O'Neill said, the Rockets are determined, Jesus is coming, and he can't stop it.

Olajuwon robbed him of a championship, and this karma is tied.

Barkley, this person had a fight with him, and he obviously couldn't beat him, but he used dirty tricks, hugged him and threw him before making a move, which made him lose face.

This grudge must be returned.

Pippen, this grievance has also grown.

No one came out of the Bulls "clean."

They established two dynasties, stepping on the corpses of the superstars and ascending to the throne.

Overwhelming a superstar of the era, Pippen, as the second in charge, would never be wronged no matter how hard he hit.

In normal times, he would have to deal with the three of them, and he would have to play each team one by one, which was too troublesome.

Now, boy!

The Rockets put them together.

It happens to be tidied up together, and it is a three-layer effect for one refreshment.

You must not miss it!
Watching the Lakers players walk out of the locker room one after another.

Li Mu was behind and sighed.

He knows well that now he can't control the Lakers locker room.

No one will listen to him.

A civilian head coach with no glory on his body, and now he is still so sloppy, the starting lineup has directly changed three players, and the player who lost his starting position will definitely not be happy in his heart.

"So, they need a punching bag.

Rocket, just in time. "

If you can't control it, then guide it appropriately.

Set up opponents for them one by one to transfer hatred.

This is called philosophical thinking!

……

Great Western Forum.

On the basketball court, the second half of the game started.

Sure enough, the Rockets started with five starters, and none of them changed.

For the Lakers, Li Mu's formation was an attacking lineup, Billups, Kobe, Jones, Horry, and O'Neal.

Tomjanovich's mind is easy to guess. He no longer has to think about the result of this match, but the process can be used for training.

The Rockets' goal is the championship, and it's not like they haven't lost in the regular season. As long as the future results are good, that's enough.

The regular season is just an ordinary game, and the Rockets can still afford to lose. The playoffs are their stage and they will know the outcome.

The Rockets want to use the game as a substitute for training and fine-tune the lineup, but the Lakers are rushing to kill people and build their prestige.

After the game restarted, Billups found that the Rockets' defensive tactics had changed.

On the defensive end, it is mainly man-to-man tactics, no longer flanking O'Neal, and Olajuwon will defend around the front, using his rich experience to destroy O'Neal's offense.

As a result, Billups lobbed a lot of balls inside, and O'Neal frequently got the chance to single out Olajuwon.

bang bang bang ——!
The entire arena can feel the shock of O'Neal's ravaging the basket.

O'Neal scored and started to rise.

His heads-up is really unsolvable.

On the offensive end, the Rockets started to play for Mobley and Dixon.

On the court, there was actually a picture of Mobley holding the ball and singled out Kobe.

Suddenly accelerated and started, as fast as a civet, rushed to the inside, and made a sudden stop to shoot a jumper.

From time to time, Pippen will send a wonderful pass, allowing Mobley to comfortably open a jumper.

Dixon began to regain possession, with Pippen guarding.

At the same time, Dixon also began to show his offensive talent, and his precise mid-range shots made people shine.

However, the breakthrough ability of the two is limited, and more people choose to shoot from the outside.

This gave the Lakers a lot of offensive opportunities to play quick counterattacks.

Kobe and Jones, one on the left and one on the right, rushed up, flying with both wings.

Horry acted as an assassin, floating on the outside line, and killed him with one knife.

Billups regulates in the center, organizes the pass, and connects everyone together.

In positional warfare, play the ball for O'Neal. He is a pillar of the sky, and he has no solution to attack. He singled out Olajuwon with ease.

Defensively, with the three old ghosts and fewer shots, the pressure on the Lakers is not great.

The two sides are more desperate in the offense. On the court, the offense is played back and forth, which is very lively.

Of course, the Lakers' offense has a smoother rhythm, better offensive efficiency, more beautiful scenes, and is very gorgeous.

The heads-up duel of the stars, an offensive battle, the fans and audience outside the stadium were excited and cheered.

Unknowingly, the fans and audience vaguely felt that the Lakers in front of them were very familiar, as if they were the Lakers in the 80s, known as the Showtime moment.

However, soon, the fans and audience felt a little strange again, because, as the game time entered the fourth quarter, Li Mu gradually replaced the starting five players and started playing again.

Don't ask, if you ask, the Lakers also want to train.

then.

On the field.

Boom-!
Boom-!
Bang-dang-!
In the Great Western Forum Arena, the strike-forging march sounded again.

This…

Off-court fans, frowning, the ShowTime Lakers in the 80s were not such a hardcore team.

"This Lakers team is different from the Lakers team in the '80s.

Of course, there are similarities. If I have to give an answer, then what I want to say is that the current Lakers team is an iron version of ShowTime. "

"..."

In all fairness, that Lakers fan's eyes were vicious and snow-white, and he didn't get lost in the sound of iron strikes, seeing the real look of this Lakers team.

Looking at the data, it's really a ShowTime show.

Six Lakers scored in double figures, among them, the "OK combination" showed great power.

奥尼尔表现超神，27投18中，罚球19中10，轰下46分15篮板6助攻3盖帽1抢断，这场得分，能够排进奥尼尔个人最高生涯得分前10位。

科比17投7中，三分球4投1中，罚球9中8，拿到了23分5篮板3助攻3抢断2盖帽，也打出了全明星水准。

Billups made 8 of 2 shots, 3 of 1 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 8 points, 9 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals.

Big Ben made 5 of 4 shots and scored 8 points. He grabbed 17 rebounds and blocked 4 shots.

鲍文4投1中，只得3分2篮板1封盖1抢断，防守上，却让皮蓬的火箭队首秀，17投4，只拿到了12分9篮板7助攻3抢断。

Olajuwon made 15 of 6 shots and 5 of 2 free throws. He scored 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Barkley made 19 of 10 shots, 1 of 0 three-pointers, 10 of 7 free throws, 27 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists. He realized that he wanted to grab the thigh, but found that he was the best one.

The final score was fixed, 83 to 125, and the Lakers beat the Rockets by 42 points, making a good start to the new season.

Li Mu's stunning debut brought something different to the Lakers.

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(End of this chapter)