In the game against the Raptors, Zhang Hao did not review the game, but in the game against the Nuggets, Zhang Hao chose to review and observe the defense of Antonio McDyce and Mutombo.

From the current perspective, Antonio McDise is their best defensive player this time. Anyway, Zhang Hao's feeling is stronger than Garnett in the last game of the preseason.

Although you have to learn defense from James Worthy, you still have to learn more about the defensive characteristics of defensive experts. Maybe you can learn some of the opponent's defensive skills in the future, and there is no harm.

Through observation, Zhang Hao found that Antonio McDise seemed to prefer playing center forward, and Mutombo could only accommodate expanding and defending. However, Antonio McDise's body was a little smaller, so Cebaros could only play so well last night.

The night passed, and the next day, we were about to set off to start our away trip.

The previous home game was actually the beginning of the Lakers' 10-day and 7-game schedule. Next, the Lakers will start a brutal six-game away game, including 4 away games in 5 days and 4 away games, starting with the Rockets, followed by the Clippers, and then the East's four away games in four consecutive away games.

However, unlike the usual away game, they set off in the morning. After playing against the Nuggets last night, the coaching staff notified them to set off at 2:00 this afternoon to head to Houston.

At first, Zhang Hao just thought that he would have to take a little more rest after the 4-day and 3-day battle. In the morning, he didn't go to the stadium, but watched the video of the game between Alan Houston and Reggie Miller at home.

The positioning needs to be strengthened.

As he watched, he received calls from April Clark and Pelinka. After receiving calls from April Clark, he knew what was going on - the Magician came back!

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Suddenly, the soap opera "The Return of the Magician" that public opinion believed would end in failure was suddenly over.

On December 11, 1995, the Lakers officially announced that they had reached a one-year contract with Magic Johnson. The contract amount was similar to Jordan's return to renew his retirement period. It took $2.5 million in one year, and the Magic's official comeback!

While the Lakers held a press conference, the NBA official also held a press conference to report the Magician's physical examination report after more than a month of repeated tests, announcing that the blood-infectious disease virus could not be found in the Magician's body, and announced the doctor's recommended plan - while insisting on taking medicine every day, the Magician is no longer a source of infection for mobile and meets the American Sports Association's standards for confrontational sports games.

As soon as this news was announced, it immediately caused a huge wave of inspiration.

First, under the pressure of the anti-discrimination organization, Malone apologized to the Magician in an interview: "I have always been a fan of Magicians. The only reason I chose the No. 32 jersey is because he is my idol, and I feel ashamed of my previous remarks..."

After nearly two months of debate, at this point in time, the Magicians returned, and there were still voices of opposition, but it was not as intense as before. The fans' most impulsive time has passed. Many people recalled the super all-round warrior who was the most talented NBA...

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At two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Hao took a taxi to the airport.

"You must buy a car when you come back from the road this time! 9 miles! $35, grab the money. This is! The young lady on the roadside in Hollywood only robbed thirty or fifty dollars. I don't know when the silicone money will be earned back."

After worrying about the young American women, Zhang Hao and his teammates met.

Today, the team has a very conspicuous figure, chatting with the general manager's logo, general manager consultant Kupchek, and head coach with a warm smile.

Although the man's smile was very warm and gave people a trustworthy feeling, Zhang Hao felt that the atmosphere of the team was strange and particularly... quiet.

It wasn't time to board the plane yet, and Zhang Hao was the last one to come, and he was not a big shot. His teammates all knew that he didn't have a car and took a taxi to and from work. In the United States, it would be nice to book a car one hour in advance to pick up people on time.

The logo man called Zhang Hao over: "Aix, you are here...Elwin, this is Zhang Hao, our talented rookie, Aix, this is the greatest star in our team's history."

Looking from a distance, I don't feel it, looking close, the fat magician...

When the magician heard the introduction, he subconsciously stretched out his hand and said, "Oh, Aix, I've seen you play basketball, it's great..."

Before he finished speaking, the magician's active handshake movement stopped, and he remembered that others might not want to shake hands with him. It is easy for him to reach out to make people embarrassed.

However, Zhang Hao seemed to know nothing, so he stretched out his hand and shook it with the magician: "Thank you, it's my honor to be praised by the best player in history."

Zhang Hao just held it for a moment and let it go. He said with honor, but his tone was very calm. However, at this moment, the magician felt the warmth and smiled from the bottom of his heart: "I am not the best player in history. The best player in history is here, our general manager."

"Oh, Erwin, I can't compare to you, you have 5 championships."

"No, no, you are the first FMVP in NBA history..."

Seeing the first player in the team's historical point guard and shooting guard position, the top two players in these two positions in NBA history, Zhang Hao stood aside silently, waiting to board the plane.

At almost two:30, the Lakers and his group boarded the chartered flight. Seeing that their teammates were all far away from the Magician, the Magician sat alone in the first row. Zhang Hao thought for a while and asked the flight attendant to put the prepared TV and VCD player next to the Magician and sat down.

I didn't communicate with the magician either, and started watching the video on my own.

This simple action caused a slight turmoil in the minds of his teammates...

What I feel most deeply is of course the magician who feels like being isolated as soon as I scored the team.

Although his teammates didn't say anything, the magician clearly felt that his teammates were afraid of contacting him and didn't even want to get close.

The area where the coach and management sit in the last row.

Kupchek whispered to the logo man next to him: "You let Elvin sit there alone, have you guessed that Aix would break the deadlock long ago?"

The Logo man shook his head, his face full of smiles: "I think there will always be someone who will go, it's Aix... Of course, this is better. Although he is cold, he seems to be a person who is more gentle than we think... right, Del."

The logo man said and looked at Del Harris.

Del Harris tilted his head...

James Worthy, who was watching Zhang Hao's game with the team to guide Zhang Hao in defensive training after this away game, now he really had a very good impression of Zhang Hao.

Just as Kupchek said, Zhang Hao took the initiative to sit next to the magician, and the deadlock was broken.

It’s not that no one wants to talk to the magician, but that he is afraid that if he contacts the magician, he will be isolated by other teammates.

When someone stood up, his teammates who had been secretly watching the magician's direction finally started chatting, with little noise, but it seemed even more noisy.

After the plane took off and entered the stratosphere and stabilized, Van Exel was the first to get up and came to Zhang Hao and the Magician: "Elwin, you finally made a comeback. Do you still remember me? I was the one who taught me during my rookie season and taught me a lot of things. I didn't expect that one day I would be honored to be your teammate..."

"Oh, of course, you showed great passing skills that year of your rookie season, and I was very impressed."

Zhang Hao silently released the shelf holder for the small TV, changed to the seats in the back row, and re-fixed them. The magician had no one in three rows...

Slowly, the magician became lively, and Zhang Hao had to change his position again...

Finally, the Magic had the greatest player on the team and the greatest point guard in NBA history who should have returned...

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When Zhang Hao came to Houston, he felt very complicated.

"Brother Xiao Yao will definitely enter the NBA, so don't be this team..."

In the early years of the new century, there were Yao Ming, O'Neal, Kobe, McGrady, Iverson, Carter, Duncan, Nowitzki, Webber and other superstars, and they were shining and brilliant.

Among them, Yao Ming carries a long part of his youth.

Tomorrow, he will fight against defending champion Rockets and start a six-game journey.

Not long after arriving at the hotel, Zhang Hao received a reminder for his lifespan reward.

"The signing player Wang Zhizhi played for 26 minutes on behalf of Georgetown University's Hoya Dogs, scored 7 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks, helping the Hoya Dogs defeat the Boston College Hawks, congratulations to the host for receiving a two-day lifespan reward, because Wang Zhizhi was the first signing player at the host, the reward doubled.

The remaining life span is 509 days, and the available life span is 508 days."

finally!

Wang Zhizhi played his third game this month, and Zhang Hao finally heard the news that Georgetown University won.

Compared with the first month of the game, Georgetown University's performance declined significantly after entering December. Although Iverson, it can be seen that Georgetown University has no championship appearance, and its record has changed from 5 wins and 2 losses to the current 6 wins and 4 losses.

Originally, Zhang Hao didn't care much about NCAA games, because the teams in the first-level NCAA league were unwilling to give him full scholarships, and he didn't like NCAA even more. However, when Wang Zhizhi entered the NBA, he gradually felt immersed in the team where Wang Zhizhi was.

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The eternal 55th opening... Since last season, the Rockets have played 55th openings for everyone, the regular season is the case, and the playoffs are the same. Although the finals swept the Magic with Olajuwon's horror performance, if you look closely at each game, you will find that the strength gap between the two teams is very small, with two points in the score difference of within four points. The Magic only lost 28 points in four games. In the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs lost 21 points to the Rockets in one game. It can only be said that when the key ball was handled, the Magic did too badly.

Of course, there are also problems with O'Neal and Anfini Hardaway themselves. Under the defense of Olajuwon and Cassel, O'Neal averaged 5.3 turnovers per game, and Anfini Hardaway averaged 3.8 turnovers per game. In comparison, the Rockets averaged 9.8 turnovers per game. The two brothers combined were almost equivalent to the Rockets' mistakes.

This season, the Rockets have continued this 55-5 temperament very well.

On November 12, the Lakers won 110-109 with Van Exel's key throw.

This time, the Lakers' strength has obviously declined and their playing style is improving, but they are still playing hard to distinguish with the Rockets.

This year, Olajuwon averaged 27 points, 11 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.9 blocks per game, and still has the ability to evaluate 96. It is not obvious that he will turn 33 next month.

The Magician did not play the game today. During the 5-day and 4-game battle, the Magician would not play the first three games. The Magician would only play the last game of the Bulls in the 5-day and 4-game battle on the 16th.

As a legendary superstar, you always need a little sense of ritual.

Cebaros performed poorly in this game. Van Exel played well and scored 33 points and 9 assists. Zhang Hao played the best stage when he was playing as a small forward. He pulled the opponent Horry around. He played for 33 minutes in the game, made 7 of 15 shots, made 0 of 2 of 3-pointers, and scored 5 of 5 free throws, and scored 19 points, 6 rebounds and 1 block.

However, except for these two, no one in the Lakers scored in double digits. Jason Williams grabbed 16 rebounds, but he couldn't put the rebound in.

The Rockets finally relied on the glider Drexler's 34 points and 6 assists, Olajuwon's 26 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks. Only two of them scored in double digits, but both scored higher, narrowly defeating the Lakers 105-98.

The Lakers' two consecutive wins were finished, and their record turned into 14 wins and 7 losses.

Zhang Hao was really depressed when losing to the Rockets. He didn't play well in the final quarter and was scored 15 points in a single quarter by the glider.

But when the next morning of the next day, Zhang Hao knew that they were right to lose.

Their offensive changes in the last quarter were blocked, and Olajuwon's defense in the last quarter was too good, with 2 blocks and 2 steals in a single quarter, locking the Lakers.

Those details are simply that Zhang Hao has been watching Olajuwon's defense repeatedly for four hours this time. It is said that Olajuwon's offensive end is like a small forward, very comprehensive.

But Zhang Hao thinks that what makes Olajuwon even more terrifying is that his defense is equally comprehensive!

Switching defenses to the outside line, cutting the pass and receiving line, intercepting and breaking through, and defending the basket at the top... are proficient in everything! When it comes to Olajuwon's defense, it reminds people of his first block count in history, but many people ignore his super steals currently ranked sixth in NBA history. Currently, the only ones in front of him on the steal list are Stockton, Morris Chicks, Jordan, Drexler, and Elvin Robertson.

The first three quarters were still anxious, but in the last quarter, Olajuwon taught a lesson!

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"Aix, why don't we play the Clippers first and then the Rockets? We'll have a round trip..."
To be continued...