Chapter 1 "Meeting in '98"

January 1st, 1998, the first day of the new year, Los Angeles, the Great Western Forum, the 76ers and Lakers "Meet in '98".

The 76ers' half.

Looking at the "shivering" Big Ben, Su Feng smiled and said, "Ben, didn't you say before that you could play without Theo?"

This season, thanks to the outstanding performances of "Ai-Feng"...

Big Ben is averaging 4.1 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.3 blocks, and 1.4 steals this season.

And because of the increase in his stats, and seeing the hope of earning a big contract after this season, Ben was especially sarcastic when Ratliff strained his groin earlier...

But as for Big Ben... Su Feng knew what color underwear he was wearing before he even stuck his butt out.

This guy was just hoping to play happily inside by himself after Ratliff got injured!

To put it bluntly, ever since following Su Feng to take down the Bulls, Big Ben was no longer that poor boy from Alabama who had never seen the world.

Bursting with confidence, he would even occasionally ask Snow to let him post up when the 76ers were leading.

And then...

To be honest, Su Feng really couldn't bear to watch Big Ben's post-up skills.

Because Su Feng was afraid he would laugh until his stomach cramped.

"Actually, Su, you misheard me before. I've always said that Theo is an indispensable member of our team!"

Big Ben said to Su Feng righteously, without blushing or skipping a beat.

Clearly, no matter how much you joke about Shaquille O'Neal...

When you have to face him in his prime, you will still subconsciously feel fear.

Bang!

On the Lakers' side, Shaquille O'Neal, who was in great shape, performed several slam dunks during warm-ups.

And Kobe, another Lakers young player who was in the spotlight, was practicing his dribbling and...

Passing with the help of an assistant coach.

On the court, after glancing at Kobe a few times, Su Feng couldn't look at him directly.

Because yesterday, when Kobe took Su Feng to eat "Inferno Pizza", Kobe told Su Feng that he would definitely use his actions to prove that Su Feng's playing style was wrong...

Su Feng: orz.

To be honest, when the Virgo Kobe becomes stubborn, even Su Feng can't pull him back.

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On the court, after the players from both teams finished warming up, the big screen showed the starting lineups for tonight.

76ers: Big Ben, Su Feng, Stackhouse, Iverson, Snow.

Lakers: O'Neal, Horry, Kobe, Jones, Van Exel.

In Su Feng's previous life, the 76ers had swept the Lakers twice this season.

However, due to the changes in history, in this life, with even the schedule being different, those two games were of little reference value.

Of course, judging from Brown's defensive arrangements, tonight his defensive strategy was indeed correct in Su Feng's opinion.

In short, Brown's defensive strategy wasn't complicated.

First, if O'Neal successfully gets position in the low post during the game, then give up double-teaming directly and let Big Ben play with him by himself.

Second, if O'Neal fails to get the ball in the low post, then double-team him immediately.

Finally, no matter how O'Neal plays, the 76ers' defensive focus will be on the Lakers' other four players.

It's unrealistic to defend Shaquille O'Neal in his prime.

However, before the "Zen Master" liberated him with the triangle offense, and with Kobe still in the leveling-up stage, although they couldn't deal with O'Neal, the 76ers could counter this Lakers team.

Harris's tactics gave O'Neal a lot of freedom, but when O'Neal was double-teamed on the court, this fathead was very difficult to pass the ball out.

In the triangle offense system, in the 99/00 and 00/01 seasons, O'Neal's average assists were 3.8 and 3.7 respectively.

In Su Feng's previous life, Jackson said after coaching the Lakers that the triangle offense was actually more suitable for O'Neal than Jordan, because O'Neal's offensive power in the low post was much stronger than "Old Rogue".

The 1-2-2 triangle offense allowed O'Neal to pass the ball out no matter where he was double-teamed, forcing his opponents to either give up double-teaming him at the last moment.

In detail, the triangle offense is a very complex system.

But if you understand it simply, you can understand it as a tactic that serves the star's one-on-one play.

Therefore, in Su Feng's previous life, the "Zen Master" was often criticized for not being able to play without stars, because his tactical concept was based on the star's super one-on-one ability.

To put it bluntly, there is no invincible tactic in this world.

In the Bulls' last three-peat, the tactic Jordan loved to use the most was the iso.

Of course, unlike perimeter players, although O'Neal often shows off his dribbling skills on the court, his height and center of gravity are what they are, so it's unrealistic for him to play like Jordan.

So, this is also why Kobe and O'Neal were able to win championships while tearing each other apart in Su Feng's previous life.

Because future history will prove that Kobe is more suitable to partner with super big men other than those who can only throw iron cakes, and O'Neal needs to be paired with a perimeter player with super ball-handling ability.

Hardaway, Kobe, and Wade all had impressive ball-handling skills in their prime.

And although O'Neal and Gasol have different styles, they are both players who are very suitable for the triangle offense.

They thrive together, which is the invincibility of OK.

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On the court, just before Big Ben was about to jump ball with O'Neal to start the game, seeing O'Neal specially rubbing Kobe's shoulders...

At this moment, what else could Su Feng do other than look up at the sky?

Seriously, the future pattern is outrageous.

West Lakers, East Celtics...

If Su Feng wasn't determined to be the number one in basketball, he would really want to shout at these two teams:

How about we become friends?

Big Ben, who is full of security in Brown's eyes, is like a high school student in front of O'Neal at this moment.

Pa!

Without any suspense, O'Neal won the tip-off for the Lakers' first attack.

Van Exel was double-teamed by Snow after dribbling past half court.

Speaking of which, if Snow has the opportunity to assist Su Feng's successor in the future, then Snow will also be a meritorious minister who has assisted two generations of emperors.

Snow's scoring ability is terrible, but as Payton's chief disciple, Van Exel was almost forced into a dead ball by Snow this time.

Seeing this, Kobe quickly came over to ask for the ball.

Because Su Feng is playing inside due to Ratliff's injury, Kobe felt extremely uncomfortable when he saw that the player responsible for defending him tonight was Stackhouse.

Fortunately, Horry, who understood Kobe's thoughts, took the initiative to screen for Kobe at the high post.

Horry, who cut directly to the outside, was very cunning when screening, making it clear that he wanted to switch Su Feng onto Kobe...

And Su Feng was too lazy to go around the screen.

Since Kobe sincerely wanted to challenge him one-on-one, how could Su Feng be afraid of this young Kobe who had never won against him in a one-on-one?

But...

Su Feng was obviously thinking too much.

Because this young Kobe, who has the passing button turned on, directly lifted the ball with both hands and passed the ball into the inside after seeing O'Neal sink into the low post.

Well...

Big Ben is suffering.

After being bumped by O'Neal three times in a row, Big Ben could only watch helplessly as O'Neal slammed the ball over his head.

Bang!

This was a powerful two-handed dunk.

0 to 2!

O'Neal was extremely proud after scoring. While taking his exclusive "Overlord Step" while retreating, he also raised his eyebrows triumphantly at Su Feng, helping Su Feng to directly unlock the [God Slayer] badge...

Speaking of which, ever since hacking the Bulls eight times last season, Su Feng has found that this [God Slayer] badge, 99% of the time, doesn't even require him to take the initiative to trigger the activation conditions.

As the saying goes, the dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon...

Su Feng's taunt power is simply...

On the court, after tricking Jones with a crossover, Iverson scored a layup, 2 to 2.

After scoring, Iverson shook his head at O'Neal, his expression and appearance were just short of shouting at O'Neal:

You're not allowed to bully my Su Feng!

On the Grand Celestial Dynasty TV station, Director Zhang smiled when he saw this scene: "Iverson's goal is truly like a boss."

And on the side, Director Sun, who was a little embarrassed to correct Director Zhang's slip of the tongue, added after a few seconds of silence:

"As a qualified second-in-command, Iverson still knows how to solve problems for Su Feng."

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At the Great Western Forum, the game continued, the Lakers attacked, O'Neal failed to grab the low post immediately, but because the process of pushing away Big Ben for the first time was too easy, this time he directly chose to ask for the ball at the high post.

As a player who made it to the All-Star game purely through defense, how domineering Big Ben is when facing others, how well-behaved he is when facing O'Neal and Yao Ming.

There's no way, O'Neal in his prime doesn't like to reason with you, and Yao, if he reasons with you, you won't understand what the reason is.

But fortunately, just as O'Neal turned around and squeezed past Big Ben, Su Feng's help defense was in place this time.

And then...

It's time to show real skills.

"Ah————!"

At the moment when O'Neal lowered his shoulder and prepared to imitate Su Feng, how heartbreaking was Su Feng's scream?

And with Su Feng's body falling backwards, O'Neal, who didn't even exert that much force this time, was instantly dumbfounded!

Damn, this kid is faking it!

Beep!

Offensive foul!

As everyone knows, basketball is a sport that tests intelligence.

After completing the [Youngest 50+ Scorer] mission, Su Feng, who received 50 bottles of Supreme Nutrient Solution and 30 million Reward Points for missed shots, also obtained a Special Skill Draw Card and a Badge Draw Card.

As a result, the defensive special skill he drew with the Special Skill Draw Card at that time was...

"Defensive Special Skill: Offensive Foul Creator.

Defense is not just about competing with strength and speed. Learn to use your mind and rules to limit your opponents!

Equipment Requirements: Defensive Awareness 88 (Met), Defensive Positioning 86 (Met), Help Defense Ability 86 (Met).

After equipping, the referee's sympathy when the host creates offensive fouls will be slightly increased.

Note: Life is like a play, it all depends on acting!"

Don't underestimate this "Offensive Foul Creator". Although it's just an ordinary defensive special skill, since obtaining this defensive special skill, Su Feng has been using his acting skills to make his opponents' mindsets explode...

On the 76ers' bench, after Su Feng successfully drew an offensive foul on O'Neal, Brown couldn't help but want to rush onto the court and kiss Su Feng.

Look at Su Feng's help defense just now, how perfect it was!

It's a pity...

Brown was happy for only a few seconds this time. Turning around, Su Feng, who used his off-ball movement to get rid of Horry, poked Brown's chest with an unreasonable three-pointer, which was extremely painful...

As a temporary power forward, how could Su Feng not know how to fight and retreat?

Horry failed to keep up with Su Feng, and as for Kobe, who came over to help defend, for Su Feng, who had developed the good habit of one-on-one meaning a wide-open shot, if he didn't shoot this ball, was he waiting for the New Year?

Swish!

Under Kobe's death stare, Su Feng made a three-pointer.

5 to 2!

This... is unscientific!

But, this is very Su Feng.

If you want to make Iverson's blade deal a critical hit, how could Su Feng, who has rich experience working with Iverson, not know the reason to create space for him first?

With the Lakers' defense shrinking so tightly, if Iverson keeps breaking through like this, then this "Answer" will be crippled even if he doesn't die.

Turning around, the Lakers attacked, O'Neal was much more careful this time, while arching his back against Big Ben, he was always paying attention to Su Feng's position.

However, just as O'Neal was about to exert his strength to start, before he could even receive the ball, Iverson suddenly ran in front of him and stole the ball...

Since the 76ers established a defensive system that doesn't require Iverson to defend this season, Iverson's risky steals are becoming more and more slippery...

This ball, he directly slipped from the left side of the court to the right side of the court. O'Neal, whose attention was all on Su Feng and Big Ben, would never have imagined that Iverson would be so bold?

The other four Lakers players quickly retreated, but no matter how fast they retreated, they weren't as fast as Iverson's advance.

With O'Neal unable to retreat in time, Iverson had nothing to fear when breaking through.

This season, limited by Brown's grinding positional warfare tactics, Iverson doesn't have many opportunities to play fast breaks like this, but once he does, this Philadelphia Black Lightning can still illuminate the direction for the 76ers to move forward.

7 to 2!

On the court...

O'Neal, who had a good start tonight, felt uncomfortable.

Because...

Whenever he wants to throw a heavy punch, this 76ers team can always give him unexpected surprises...

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