In the end, Ratliff "unfortunately" lost the punch, and he and O'Neal went to the center circle to jump the ball.

Ratliff and O'Neal jumped the ball, and Ratliff actually won! O'Neal was unhappy and took off early when jumping the ball. The jump ball was illegal, Ratliff won by lying down, and the Eagles attacked first.

Originally, Liu Mang was just trying to stir up conflicts between the OK team and provoke his teammates to cause trouble in the opening moments before the jump ball. Unexpectedly, the computer had an effect from the beginning.

This proves that the contradictions of OK group have indeed reached the level of being put on the table.

The Eagles attacked first and served from the center line. Rahim sent the ball to Liu Mang, who advanced to the three-point line.

It was Kobe who was guarding Liu Mang. Liu Mang protected the ball when Kobe came up to defend him. Kobe didn't dare to stick too close to Liu Mang. He was too afraid of Liu Mang's ability to draw fouls. Every touch would result in a whistle. It was simply shameless.

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Liu Mang looked at the situation of his teammates. O'Neal didn't care about Ratliff, who was pulling out to help others pick and roll, and just went in and out of the three-second zone, guarding the basket like that.

Not to mention, O'Neal is so big, squatting in the paint, and has such excellent mobility, jumping and strength. The Hawks' big center Ratliff has no mid-to-long-range shooting ability and cannot even pull O'Neal out.

Faced with this situation, Liu Mang chose to use a pick-and-roll and waved Ratliff to come out. Liu Mang used Ratliff's pick-and-roll to break through from the right! O'Neal still ignored Ratliff's pick-and-roll and just stayed at the basket. Liu Mang

Mang broke into the mid-range, and Wang Zhizhi came over to defend. Liu Mang immediately passed the ball to Boozer, and Boozer hit the ball from the mid-range.

Liu Mang easily got the first assist.

It's...simpler than expected. Liu Mang is a little confused. This year, O'Neal's so-called defense has reached the best level of his career. How did he come to the conclusion? Or did O'Neal get so angry today that he performed abnormally?

Offensive and defensive transition, the Lakers attack.

Fisher pushed the ball into the frontcourt, and one of Kobe and O'Neal was in the top arc, and the other was asking for the ball under the basket.

Liu Mang said what the hell, he hadn't even used the divorce card yet, so why did he start the confrontation directly?

And the Lakers seemed to be used to this kind of thing. Fisher didn't hesitate and handed the ball to O'Neal immediately.

"Ding... Shaquille O'Neal, ability value 98, offense 105, defense 84, 46 three-pointers, 59 field goals, 100 layups, strength 105, speed 74..."

This defense has obviously dropped a lot compared to last season! However, the media's defensive evaluation is higher than last season, and Liu Mang doesn't understand it.

Moreover, O'Neal's overall strength evaluation has dropped by 4 points compared to last season. Although he is still the league's number one center, for this year, O'Neal is obviously no longer a match for Duncan, and without an ability value of over 100, he cannot

Completely suppressing Kobe like before. With Kobe's character unwilling to be inferior to others, the contradictions between the Lakers did not require Liu Mang to do anything. They already existed. They only needed the Eagles to do a small thing like they did at the beginning.

Enough to put this contradiction directly on the table.

But Ratliff was very miserable. O'Neal caught the ball under the basket, bumped directly into Ratliff, and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand while Ratliff was carrying him.

There's no way to stop it!

Who is the best defensive player? Whether it is last season's best defensive player or this season's best defensive player, Ben Wallace of the Pistons, when he meets O'Neal, if he defends alone, it will be in the background.

And even if you commit a foul, you may not be able to do it.

O'Neal's offensive end is still so coquettish!

Liu Mang discovered that O'Neal should not be underestimated just because his ability value dropped to 98. His decline was mainly on the defensive end. His defensive ability value dropped below 85. As for the strange reason why O'Neal's defensive evaluation this year was

So good, Liu Mang has always been puzzled.

When the Hawks were on offense again, Liu Mang looked at the murderous look in Kobe's eyes and decided to avoid his sharpness and start the pick-and-roll first. He still wanted to pull O'Neal out and pick-and-roll with Ratliff.

However, after Liu Mang cut in, O'Neal still failed to defend him. This time it was Fox who came to cover. Liu Mang immediately passed the ball to Rahim. Rahim rushed to the basket and O'Neal immediately blocked it. At this time, Rahim

After passing the ball to Liu Mang, Liu Mang cut inside. Liu Mang kept batting the ball to Ratliff, who cut in. Ratliff raised the ball high and hit a floater to score two points.

The Lakers' defense... seems to be very different from the scouting report information Liu Mang received, and the evaluation promoted by the TV media that O'Neal has the best defensive efficiency of his career!

After playing for a few more rounds, the Lakers' offense was really good. Regardless of their conflicts, the OK combination was very restrained in the game. When it needed to do singles to attract flankers for its own offense, it would do singles, it would score when it needed to score, and it would use tactics when it needed to.

In terms of tactics, the offensive end is still strong, and the OK combination is almost invincible. What O'Neal has declined is his physical fitness and defense. The offensive end is still the strongest in the league, and Kobe has already become the scoring champion.

But when it comes to the defensive end, the Lakers are far from being as good as rumored, and even... they are not as high as the defensive efficiency the Lakers team worked together to achieve last time when O'Neal was away!

As for O'Neal's legendary career-high defensive efficiency, after half a quarter of the game, Liu Mang understood how that defensive efficiency came about.

Liu Mang recalled the complaint made by the future Dragon King Chris Bosh after O'Neal scored more than 40 points at the age of 37 in the 2008-2009 season.

O'Neal did not leave the paint area throughout the game, and the referee did not call a violation.

Just like in this game, O'Neal never left the three-second zone once, whether he was attacking or defending. He stood with one foot outside the three-second zone for two seconds. Even if he left, he never left the basket, whether he was attacking or defending.

And who is O'Neal? The number one player in the league today!

So far in NBA history, he is the only three consecutive championship MVPs. If Russell's 11 championship rings were not so powerful and invincible, O'Neal would dare to be regarded as the number one center in history by the media.

O'Neal did not leave the basket, but the referee did not call a violation! This made O'Neal a huge defensive threat under the basket. It was extremely difficult for the Hawks to score in the three-second zone. Most of them could only shoot from mid- to long-range, especially Ratliff's high-flying shot.

After one hit, O'Neal's defense at the basket became even more violent, with large movements, fully demonstrating the home court advantage.

After playing 7 minutes in the first quarter, O'Neal was able to defend the basket for more than half a quarter and only lost 4 points!
Chapter completed!