The Lakers also lost the ball, and the loss was relatively ugly, losing to the Hornets at 93.

In 2002, the Hornets were acquired and left Charlotte and moved to New Orleans, and continued to compete in the East in the past two years. The league promised that Charlotte would continue to own the NBA team in the 2004-2005 season. In June 2003, the brand new Charlotte Bobcats were established and joined the league and will participate in the 2004-2005 season NBA competition.

This season, the Hornets did not choose forward David West in the summer, and chose swingman Alexander Pavlovic, missing a potential rookie. Star small forward Jamal Mashburn was also absent due to injury and his strength declined seriously. With this unfavorable condition, the Hornets still defeated the Lakers under the leadership of Byron Davis.

The Hornets have obvious advantages in the No. 1 position. "Big Beard" Davis beat veterans Payton and Fisher, leading the team's five players to score in double digits.

On the Lakers side, Kobe was in a sluggish state, playing for 38 minutes, making 7 of 22 shots, 0 of 5 three-pointers, 3 of 4 free throws, and scoring 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

O'Neal has a physical advantage against Hornets center Magloyle. He played for 30 minutes, made 8 of 11 shots, 5 of 8 free throws, and scored 21 points and 6 rebounds.

The Lakers' games this year are becoming increasingly incomprehensible. Journalists all thought that O'Neal would angrily criticize Kobe as selfish as last season after the game, and there is big news to dig, but O'Pang's press conference did not make any statement.

After chatting with Guo Xu, O'Neal knew that the Lakers' lineup was flawed and decided to play health basketball in the regular season. He reduced his shots. Regardless of the data, Kobe liked to shoot more, so let him shoot.

He wants to keep his energy waiting for the playoffs before playing, and then he will fight for the championship. If he can win, people will recognize his strength.

This was what O'Neal did in his previous life. He averaged 37 minutes per game in the regular season, only 14 shots, and the data was 21.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists.

Entering the finals, O'Pang faced the defense of Double Wallace, averaging 26.6 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, and shooting percentage of 63.1%.

It's nonsense to say that Ben Wallace defended O'Neal. If the fat man made more moves in the finals, the Lakers would not easily lose the championship 1-4. Unfortunately, "youknoho" averaged 22.6 shots per game in the finals, scored 22.6 points, a 38.1% shooting percentage, and a 17.4% three-point shooting percentage, and a god could not help...

In this game, other Lakers players made even fewer shots. George only played 30 minutes with a hot hand, made 6 of 10 shots, 4 of 5 three-pointers, scored 16 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Malone and Payton each made 7 shots, followed him and played soy sauce.

After the game, O'Neal, Malone, and Payton were too lazy to evaluate the game. Kobe said: "I just want to play a smooth attack. If anyone is dissatisfied with it, let him go."

In any case, Kobe's single-handed challenge was indeed very smooth from dribbling to shooting. If Payton's ball control organization allowed Kobe to play without the ball, he would not be smooth.

Many weaknesses of the Lakers are beginning to show. Payton will not integrate into the triangle offense, because the triangle offense is a single. Payton can play singles in the supersonic era. The problem is that he likes to play low posts behind his back. What’s funny is that “Lakes F4” all likes to play low posts behind his back.

You can't take Payton from the backcourt to the frontcourt and play with his back directly? He's waiting for opportunities on the periphery after passing the ball, and is not a reliable pitcher. He has never had a three-point shooting percentage in his career that has reached 40% in any season.

In short, the four Lakers stars have good personal abilities but no good chemistry.

On November 10, the Suns defeated the Warriors 109-96 away and refused to lose in a row.

After the Warriors sent Jamison away, Drew Gooden got a lot of opportunities to play. He averaged 34 minutes per game in the new season, scoring 16 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2 assists; Van Exel was able to break through with the ball, strengthening the team's outside offense.

But the Warriors won 1 win and 4 losses at the start of the game, and there are problems with internal and external defense.

On the 12th, the Suns won more easily, and they took the lead with a big score in the first half, and finally slaughtered the Eagles by 43 points.

In a multi-party transaction in summer, the Hawks gave "Big Dog" Glenn Robinson to the 76ers for free, and only exchanged the Timberwolves for the last-year contract of retired veteran Trier Brandon from the Timberwolves.

The management's move is to resolve the contradiction between "big dogs" and "penny" and make the locker room more harmonious. However, after the "big dogs" who averaged 20.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3 assists per game, Hardaway scored an average of 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game this season. Hawks fans criticized the management for being sick, and Hardaway became more and more disliked.

After a day off, the Suns flew to Houston and challenged the Rockets away on the 14th.

Van Gundy insisted on letting Yao Ming and Kato together to prevent the restricted area. The periphery relies on rotation, giving the sun an opportunity to play on the outside.

Guo Xu played 38 minutes in the game, scored 10 three-pointers, scored 55 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 steals, leading the Suns to beat the Rockets 118-90, and achieved three consecutive victories.

Steve Francis played for 38 minutes like Guo Xu, scoring 26 points and 4 rebounds, and only sent one assist.

The only good news for the Rockets is that Yao Ming has a little upper hand against Stadameier, making 8 of 17 shots, 5 of 6 free throws, scoring 21 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

Guo Xu won the Western Conference Player of the Week for two consecutive weeks without any competitors. He played a total of 8 games and scored 50+ three times, including 60+10.

He averaged 38 points per game, and what's even more terrifying is that he has 12 assists and is ranked first in the league in 2.7 steals per game.

Guo Xu has added gambling steals this season. The team's overall offense is excellent. Once he has more lead, he will seize the opportunity to help his teammates defend. He sneaks into the ball holders from the back and side. This is how many steals come about.

After the game, Guo Xu was praised by major media, and many people were optimistic that he was the MVP of the regular season like O'Neal.

Espn experts said: "Since the start of the game, Jason Guo's condition is terrifying, and he is likely to average 30+10 per game this season. As long as he does this, he should be elected as MVP with unanimous votes."

Barkley said: "The defenders who were in the same era as Jason are miserable. He is only 22 years old this year. From this perspective, it may not be his peak. The point guards who entered the league around 2000 will have to face him for many years."

Abc Radio said: "Jason's goal this year is the championship. As long as he succeeds, the league will usher in another point guard superstar who dominates the league after Magic Johnson."

Of course, there will be some people who sing the opposite tune. Celebrity Ocas Robertson said: "It is actually not difficult to defend against players like Jason Guo, because the coaching ability of the NBA team is insufficient. If he were in the past, he would not be able to play at all."

"Big O" is like in his time when he played, the players' three-pointers were not good because of their tight defense. He is much better than Guo Xu. Under "strict prevention", he averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists at his peak.

In fact, it was an era when NBA had only 8 teams, and the NBA had not yet set up a three-point line until the "Big O" retired.

Guo Xu was asked about this matter by a reporter during an interview. He said: "These remarks have no impact on me. I have always respected the seniors who paved the way for us. I took their torch and will be passed on to the next generation of players in the future."

Guo Xu smiled and said, "I can accept whatever everyone says, as long as I don't say I'm a selfish player."

He has always been open-minded. The celebrities have retired and cannot pull them out and beat them up. The key is to suppress the active players.
Chapter completed!