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Chapter 50 O'Neill scored 100 points in two occasions!
On the night of March 3, at the Toyota Center in Los Angeles.

This is the main arena of the Clippers, and the Staples Center is still under construction.

In the No.13 round of the regular season, the Lakers played against the Clippers.

Li Mu's starting five are point guard Billups, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, small forward Rice, power forward Horry, and center O'Neal.

Bowen was promised to be the starter, why disappeared?
Don't ask, it's a derby in the same city, no matter how excessive the offensive lineup is, it can't be too much.

Both teams want to grab the market, grab the fans, grab the popularity, and want to tell everyone that there is only one team in Los Angeles. When the two sides meet, they lose half if they don't surrender... No, clock out without surrender.

The only thought is to do it, kill the opponent, and sprinkle salt on the opponent's wound.

Li Mu formed the strongest offensive lineup. From the first quarter of the game, the Lakers went all out to attack.

Billups passed the basketball upfield to O'Neal, defending him against Michael Olowokandi.

Catch the ball with his back to the basket, sit on his buttocks, slam into the basket, turn around, jump up, with a bang, and score a two-point slam dunk.

2 to 0! !
In the first round, O'Neal dunked the No. 98 pick in the [-] draft with the title of Olajuwon II.

Next, O'Neill proved with his actions that Olowokandi is just a false name and is an out-and-out parallel importer.

Bang-dang-!
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Bang-dang-!
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Toyota Center Arena in Los Angeles, tonight has been echoing the sound of O'Neal ravaging the basket.

In less than two quarters, Olowokandi committed 5 fouls and was left on the bench early to eat ashes.

The Clippers can only replace Lorenzen Rice, the seventh overall pick of the 96 Golden Generation.

In the first two seasons, this person averaged only 7 points and 8 rebounds per game, which is almost a parallel import.

There is still no suspense. The moment O'Neal received the ball, no matter how hard the opponent tried to defend, it was all in vain. He sat down again, chiseled, turned around and smashed towards the basket.

With a bang, Rice, nicknamed "Roar", was beaten by O'Neill and couldn't make a sound.

Near the fourth quarter, Rice also had 5 fouls on his back, and then returned to the bench to sit in a row with the parallel import champion.

The Clippers continued to make substitutions, replacing Keith Klaus, who was undrafted. However, his physical talent was there. He was a little thinner, but his height was 2 meters.

Still unable to parry, Keith Klaus did not dare to resist at all, he was afraid that his career would be directly reimbursed.

It's really not worth it for the little money of the Clippers.

Then, Keith Klaus was just putting on a show, so he stayed until the end of the game.

O'Neal went all out, scoring 58 points and 21 rebounds, leading the Lakers to a 128-85 victory over their city rival, the Clippers, by 43 points.

And this is not over yet.

The next night, the Great Western Forum.

The Lakers are back-to-back at home, and the opponent is still the Clippers.

There is no suspense in the result of the game. The suspense now depends on how many points O'Neal can score against the Clippers in the two games?
The Clippers are known as a rotten ship for thousands of years. They are drafted every year, but every year they can't select players who can be called cornerstones.

The management's vision is very unique, and other teams can definitely send them a pennant.

Don't ask, asking means they've ruled out a wrong option.

Tonight, O'Neal's state is mediocre. After all, the Clippers have been using two people to stare at O'Neal, and they will rush to flank as soon as they catch the ball.

Fortunately, the Lakers are not a vegetarian on the perimeter. Kobe made a sudden outside shot and knocked out Eric Piakowski, and Rice also blasted Ramond Murray.

hum~
The scoreboard beeps, the sound of heaven heard by the Clippers.

Because, the Lakers are the devils in hell, they beat them beyond recognition, that's a mess, shit!

With a score of 127 to 90, the Lakers beat the Clippers by 37 points and won 14 consecutive victories in the new season.

Under the Clippers' defense, O'Neal's performance was a bit 'hip-pull', and he only scored 42 points and 19 rebounds. He is the only one in existence, and he can only compare himself with himself. Compared with the previous game, it is indeed a bit stretched .

In these two games, O'Neal played very refreshingly. On the Clippers, he scored 100 points and his scoring average quickly rose to 38 points.

This year's scoring championship, he feels stable.

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November 3, Houston, Toyota Center Arena.

The Lakers played away against the Rockets, which is also a relatively sweet team.

If it's not sweet, beat it until it's sweet.

The Rockets lineup is very stable, and Tomjanovich continues to deploy the starting lineup of the Big Three + two rookies in the backcourt.

Dixon, Mobley, Pippen, Barkley, Olajuwon.

Li Mu played the blacksmith team, Billups, Kobe, Bowen, Big Ben, O'Neal.

At the beginning of the game, O'Neal won the jump ball and scored the first attack for the Lakers.

Billups dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and tried to lob the ball into the paint. Ola Shiwang suffered from the last match, so he was naturally unwilling to let O'Neal touch the basketball.

The inside attack was blocked, and Billups observed the outside line, only to see that the Rockets had made targeted defenses and used Pippen to stare at Kobe early.

Mobley switched on Bowen, who had no offensive ability, and Dixon mainly defended Billups.

After losing the last game, the Rockets really found a way to deal with it.

Off the court, Li Mu nodded. Tomjanovich is worthy of the two-time championship coach, and he does have something defensively.

If Li Mu played Rice in the starting lineup, the Rockets would have no choice but to be overwhelmed outside. Now that Bowen is replaced, the situation is completely different.

However, the Lakers were no longer the same team as before. Kobe had a tacit understanding, and when the Lakers' offense was trapped, he immediately ran off the ball.

Run back from the left side, go around Billups, cut into the inside line, use the cover of O'Neal's body, shake off Pippen's chasing defense, return to the weak side on the left side, and receive a pass from Billups The ball, like a relay race, threw the basketball into the sky.

O'Neal jumped up behind Olajuwon, with a bang, alley-oop, dunked with both hands, and dunked the basketball into the basket.

Olajuwon became the background board, and it seemed that O'Neal dunked Olajuwon.

2 to 0! !
On the sidelines, Tomjanovich frowned. Kobe's off-ball tactics connected all the offensive points of the Lakers. This tactic was really unfriendly to the man-to-man Rockets.

Fortunately, the Lakers still have flaws, and the Rockets will not lose the game willingly.

On the court, the Rockets attacked, and Dixon, escorted by Pippen, easily brought the basketball to the frontcourt.

At this time, the Lakers' pressing tactics immediately went into action.

He can only hand over the basketball to Pippen and play point forward tactics.

Bang-!
With one hit, Pippen passed the basketball into Barkley's hands.

After receiving the basketball, Big Ben came close to him, and Barkley arched his buttocks to squeeze out some space.

Then, continue step by step, arching towards the basket.

Of course, this is just Barkley's idea. The big old tree is like a tangle of roots, firmly nailed to the floor, and Barkley, an old man, is not allowed to use his butt to push the cart.

Unmoved, Barkley immediately took a step back, turned around and shot a fallback jumper...

Big Ben has a fast bullet speed and a very good defense.

With a swish, Barkley steadily sent the basketball into the basket.

His state is obviously much better than in the opening game.

2 to 2! !
Next, the Lakers attacked, O'Neal got into position, received the basketball, sat back, and slammed into the basket hard, Olajuwon seemed to be a little difficult to parry.

At this time, Barkley let go of the defense against Daben, and the defense rushed over.

After turning around, O'Neal, facing the pincer attack of Barkley and Olajuwon, did not flinch, and directly rose to meet the man.

One hit two is not his limit, he can do one hit three.

O'Neal was still in the air, and Barkley jumped up and threw himself on O'Neal, trying to hug him down.

beep-!
The referee's whistle sounded, and Barkley came to his senses. It turned out that this was a game, not a fight. He had to hug O'Neal and then punched him.

On the commentary stage, Mike Brin smiled and explained, "O'Neal averaged 38 points per game this season, but only made 50% of his free throws.

It is indeed a good way to send O'Neal to the free throw line for a foul.

Tomjanovich obviously won't let O'Neal abuse the basket easily. "

At the free throw line, O'Neal didn't panic, he admitted that he was not good at free throws.

However, it will never be his weakness.

This is what he said at this time.

Bang-dang-!
In the first free throw, O'Neal played normally and missed the free throw.

Fortunately, the second free throw was made steadily, keeping a [-]-[-] hit.

3 to 2! !
Subsequently, the Rockets seemed to have copied the Bulls' triangle offense.

The Big Three switched gears, and Olajuwon used mid-range shots to increase points for the Rockets.

His offensive skills are too comprehensive, and he is old after all. Therefore, he is ready for a long-term battle and chooses the mid-range shot, which consumes the least energy, as his main offensive method.

Not to mention, Ola Shiwang has a soft shooting touch that other centers don't have.

The mid-range shot is as accurate as Yao Ming.

3 to 4! !
At the beginning of the game, the Rockets played very calmly, unlike the first confrontation, they were stunned by the Lakers' start.

On both offensive and defensive ends, the Rockets showed a mature and sophisticated style of play with calculations.

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(End of this chapter)