In December, NBA arranged three gimmick Christmas battles.

Spurs vs Cavaliers, GDP combination fights James and Boozer; Celtics vs Magic, both teams are upstarts this year, ranking in the top two in the Eastern Conference; the highlight is the Suns away against the Lakers, the defending champion and the big dark horse.

President David Stern chose to continue to praise them after the Lakers were rebuilding, and the live broadcasts across the United States were higher than those of the Warriors who Kobe joined.

It is worth mentioning that Kobe missed this year's Christmas game, and his grudges with O'Neal have been settled. After O'Neal was traded to the Pacers, the data was not bad but he could not enter the playoffs. The Pacers vs. Warriors cannot attract fans.

As for the Warriors vs. Lakers, the league dare not arrange this. If Kobe appears and is booed by Los Angeles fans, it will lead to a full of gunpowder. Christmas should not be like this atmosphere.

In the summer, many Kobe said that Los Angeles cannot be separated from Kobe. The ratings and high attention are all because of Kobe. This year, these people were slapped in the face. To put it bluntly, it is a hero that determines success or failure. The key is to win. Other factors are false.

In Guo Xu's previous life, even if Kobe announced his retirement, his farewell tour could not save the ratings of the Lakers at the bottom. That season, the Lakers' ratings were the lowest in the team's history, down 23% year-on-year compared with the previous year.

Big cities are prone to gaining more attention, and the low-key Joe Johnson has begun to increase in popularity when he arrives in Los Angeles.

Before the game started, the media focused on promoting "Jason Guo vs Joe Johnson" and "Can the Suns beat the big brother again that year?" The Lakers won the first battle between the two sides, and the record gap was not big.

Currently, the Suns ranked second in the Western Conference with 19 wins and 8 losses, the Spurs ranked first in 20 wins and 7 losses, and the Lakers ranked third in the Western Conference with 18 wins and 9 losses.

After training, Guo Xu was interviewed and highly praised his opponents Lakers. "I was surprised that they played like this this season, after all, there is a superstar missing in the team."

The reporter asked: "What do you think is the main reason why the Lakers are strong?"

"Balanced offense and defense and team cooperation, Lakers players are selfless. Whoever has the chance will shoot more. This style of play is difficult to defend. After all, all teams have defensive weaknesses."

The reporter asked: "How do you evaluate Kobe's performance in the Warriors?"

Guo Xu smiled: "I won't comment."

After Odom's comeback, the Lakers became very strong. Although there was no super scorer, they were blooming in multiple points in every offensive end.

The outside core Joe Johnson averaged 19.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 45.8% and a three-point shooting percentage of 38.1%. In terms of personal ability, Joe Johnson certainly cannot compare with Kobe. His advantage is that he never acts randomly, his style of selflessness has few shots, and he averages only 16.3 shots per game.

Joe Johnson's style will never make his teammates hate him. When Artest and Ellis were struggling, he returned to defense without expression and would not blame his teammates. When his teammates made a move, he would slap his face expressionlessly. When the score stalemate was in the end, he dared to take responsibility for singles and his shooting rate was not low.

Who would hate such people? Even though he is introverted, even if he is polite, his teammates think he is cool. Artest likes to find singles to practice defense when he is fine. After winning the game, the first thing he does at the press conference was to praise Joe Johnson for playing well.

"We're like brothers, it's great that he can join the Lakers."

Joe Johnson would also praise Artai for saying that he is the best defensive player. The atmosphere in the Lakers' locker room has improved because no one in the team regards himself as the eldest son and does not compete for the boss.

They share the ball selflessly, and the data gap is not big. Only Joe Johnson and Odom are averaging more than 35 minutes per game, and they are both very efficient.

Atai averaged 15.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and he was the team's second scorer, and he could perform on both offense and defense.

Ellis averaged 15.2 points and 3.5 assists per game, made a sharp breakthrough, and could score by himself and pass the ball to his teammates to catch the ball.

Bogut averaged 34.3 minutes per game, with an increase of 11.7 shots, 6 shots, a shooting percentage of 51.1%, and a free throw percentage of 63.3%, averaging 14.8 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.7 blocks per game.

Odom played 36.8 minutes, averaging 14 points, 10 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, with a shooting percentage of 52.5%.

Others didn't score in double digits, but there were two people who scored around 10 points, Bathir and Fisher.

The Lakers have excellent offense and stronger defense. Few teams can play into the Lakers' penalty area, and only Yao Ming's Rockets have some advantages, allowing Bogute to prevent losses.

The Lakers have the best defensive ability on the wings in the league. They meet strong stars such as Pierce, James, Anthony, and Bathirl, defend against stars such as Kobe and Carter. Joe Johnson and Barnes have similar defensive styles to these two experts, but they are a little weaker.

The Lakers' wings can deal with various players. Bathir and Arte can play together when facing small ball tactics, one of them plays the No. 4 position. Bathir defends Nowitzki, Marion has a good effect, and Arte's strength and weight can withstand some blue-collar power forwards.

Ellis on the outside, Fisher's style is complementary, one is good at playing the ball, the other is good at receiving and shooting three-pointers. Famal also has the opportunity to perform, he can do anything and is not good at anything.

After there are no big-name stars, "Zen Master" Phil Jackson no longer needs to spend energy dealing with the relationship between players, and arranges tactics to become flexible and changeable, targeting the opponent's defensive weaknesses.

When the opponent's outside speed is slow, such as against the Nets, Jackson will let Ellis play the shooting guard for a long time, and send a double-back combination to defeat the opponent in one wave.

The Lakers played well, but some people were depressed, such as Chinese player Sun Yue. He did not sign immediately after being selected by the Lakers in the second round, and continued to compete in the American ABA League with the ABA team this season. It’s not that the Lakers don’t want Sun Yue, but that the Lakers and Aokes have not negotiated specific cooperation details.

The Ao Shen team is a magical existence. Since being suspended from CBA in 2005, Ao Shen has lived a displaced life in his career. Because the team's boss is rich and powerful, there are many outstanding talents in the team. Sun Yue, Zhang Songtao, Huo Nan and Wu Guanxi, who was selected for the U19 National Youth Team, are all representatives. It is difficult for players to terminate the super long contract with Ao Shen and have to pay a huge liquidated damages. If they don't leave, they can only play in the exhibition match.

Sun Yue signed a contract with Ao Shen to sell his body. The details of the contract are different. Some people say it is 20 years, some people say it is 25 years, and some people say it is a lifelong contract. In short, players in Ao Shen are the boss's private property. This place is more like a gangster than a basketball team.

Sun Yue really wants to escape, but reality ruthlessly defeated his dream. Judging from the current situation, the Lakers may not be able to sign with him next season, and the existing outside players perform very well. The best result is probably that the Lakers traded out his signing rights and joined other teams.

The more depressed person is Kobe who was traded. He rose strongly as soon as he left the Lakers, but the Warriors he joined were half dead outside the playoffs. Seeing that his popularity plummeted this season, he was almost mad.

Fewer fans have helped Kobe talk because he scolded his boss and manager in the summer, and demanded the Lakers trade it out. It seems that he has no nostalgia for Los Angeles fans who support him.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Kobe's opening game this season also attracted all fans to boo, but he performed very well, and in the end he became the MVP of the game. Kobe cannot change the ideas of Lakers fans now, and no matter how good he plays, it is useless, because he left the Lakers as he wished and became an enemy in the same district.

In contrast to the Lakers' strength, Kobe has caused controversy with the Warriors... ()
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