One Year Left to Play

This attitude, Del Harris really likes it, it’s a bit like that rookie Jerome Williams who Zhang Hao praised to the skies in the last game, with even better physical attributes, just has much worse skills than the other guy.

Del Harris hadn’t paid much attention to this rookie before, but he recalled that this guy is the player who spends the most time in the gym among all the team members. You could see him in the training facility on every home game rest day.

Just, looking at Ben Wallace’s style, with his hair getting longer and longer, Del Harris remembered when this guy first came, he still had a buzz cut...

"Is he trying to add height with his hairstyle? If I put him and Charles on the same lineup... would Charles grow an afro too? Does he have hair?"

In Del Harris’s wild thoughts, the final quarter of the game quickly ended.

Marbury scored 21 points and 6 assists, Guglielota 23 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, and Terry Burton 18 points. The three performed well, but in the third quarter, they only scored 10 points, and the top three shot takers of the Timberwolves had shooting percentages below 40%.

The Lakers led the quarter 23 to 20, finally taking down the Timberwolves 110 to 86.

straight wins! The record improved to 19 wins and 4 losses, tying the Jazz at 19 wins and 4 losses, tied for first in the West, just behind the Bulls at 21 and 2!

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Lakers have 10 consecutive wins! Surpassing the Bulls’ opening 9-game win streak.

The ultimate Lakers starting five have reignited the fear among non-Lakers fans before the season began.

The now increasingly popular ICQ, rumored to be used by many NBA players, is getting hotter among the NBA fan community. Its simple and easy-to-use group chat feature has become the latest gathering place for fans. Lakers fans and non-Lakers fans alike are passionately discussing the Lakers’ 10-game winning streak.

Mainstream media is also promoting the "Lakers Threat Theory". During the Lakers and Timberwolves game, in the third quarter, Zhang Hao and O’Neal took turns posting up, each posting eating up a long time, plus although not playing much this game but originally a post-up freak, Barkley...

Some media suggested to the NBA to limit posting up.

This didn’t receive a response from the NBA, but instead, the Bulls’ Jordan stated when asked about the Lakers’ 10-game win streak that everyone has their strengths, and the Lakers just have more post-up enthusiasts.

As someone who wants to become an NBA owner in the future, currently his primary offensive method is also posting up, how could he know if the league really limits posting up, how they’d do it? Of course, he stood out to oppose this proposal.

Besides these, there was another amusing incident that sparked enthusiasm among fans and media alike—Garnett was sidelined, and Zhang Hao taunted Dean Garnett, who was also named Garnett.

Even though Garnett wasn’t playing, he made it to the hot news, and when reporters went to interview Garnett, they were kicked out of the hotel...

The media and fans were enthusiastic, but the Lakers players were very busy and had no time to pay attention to it.

The day after the game with the Timberwolves, the Lakers hosted a back-to-back game against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Last summer, the Blazers made significant roster changes, trading for Rashid Wallace, the number 4 pick in the ’95 draft, sending away Clifford Robinson, and appointing Sabonis as the core inside player... they’ve played better than the past two years this new season, starting 15-9, currently standing fourth in the West.

At 7:10 in the evening, players from both teams entered.

Although they started the new season well, facing the Lakers, the pressure on the Blazers players was still significant.

Who brought Rashid Wallace back?

On the other side, there’s Zhang Hao, who flips out whenever he sees players picked higher in the draft than him!

Although Rashid Wallace made huge improvements in his sophomore year, playing 21 of the first 24 games with an impressive average of 16.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 2.5 assists, showing the potential to become a top-tier scoring power forward.

But speaking of scoring power forwards, who can compare to Zhang Hao?

Thanks to that 50-point game, even though there was a 23-point game afterward, Zhang Hao’s scoring average has returned to 30 points; even Malone couldn’t do that!

Though they had Sabonis, who adapted to the NBA and at age 32 averaged 15.8 points, 10 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1 steal, and 1.1 blocks, the opponent has O’Neal...

Rookie Steve Nash came to the technical area to dust off some chalk, feeling excited but also nervous, quite under pressure!

Tonight, must seize on the absence of the opponent’s core point guard!

After a month, Nash got more opportunities than at the start. In December, he played 7 games with an average of 20.3 minutes, scoring 9.2 points and 2.7 assists, with a shooting percentage of 45.9% and 41.5% from three, winning approval from their coach PJ Carlesimo. Tonight, he will start in place of the star point guard Robert Parker, who didn’t mesh well with the inside players.

Last season, Robert Parker averaged 18 points and 9 assists in 31 games with the Washington Bullets, and the Blazers offered him a 3-year, 14 million US Dollar contract, which was a great offer for a player who’d been out half a season.

After recovering, Robert Parker’s state didn’t decline, and he played a crucial role in the Blazers’ 10-7 start, but with high ball possession and no off-ball play and shooting ability, he couldn’t create better chemistry with the inside players, so in December, PJ Carlesimo began trying to increase Nash’s playing time, who was better at solo and catch-and-shoot plays from the perimeter.

Although Nash’s skills are much worse than Robert Parker’s, during team offense, Nash’s role is stronger than Robert Parker’s, more capable of bringing out the offensive abilities of the inside players. Robert Parker’s abilities secure a decent floor strength for the team but also cap the ceiling.

Tonight, playing the Laker’s Ketty Anderson-less roster, the Blazers arrived in Los Angeles yesterday. PJ Carlesimo reviewed the Lakers’ defense with Magician starting last night and decided to take advantage of the opener, so he decided to let Nash start.

After wiping off the chalk and getting ready to go on, Nash turned and saw a tall, lanky youth, whose handsome, fresh-faced but somewhat inexperienced appearance, like he’d just stepped onto a college campus, looking at him.

Though the guy has a very nice image, and the league pushing him hard has a lot to do with his image, seeing that face, Nash’s heart kept skipping!

Not because of infatuation, but fright!

He quickly said, "I’m not a high-first-round pick. I was the 13th pick!"

Zhang Hao tilted his neck—am I that scary?

Seeing Nash, who was scared, Zhang Hao originally came to say hello, but now, his mischievousness was bubbling up again, he squinted his eyes, smiled, and said, "Is that so, no wonder you wear the number 13 jersey. Unfortunately, my least favorite is the number 13, especially the 13th pick rookie!"

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