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    Yes!

    The Wizards have already won this game, and the following facts have proven my prediction.

    Kobe Bryant's two consecutive offensive failures shook Shaquille O'Neal's confidence in passing the basketball to Kobe Bryant. In the next game, Kobe Bryant received the basketball as many times as  The frequency is significantly reduced.  Even Derek Fisher no longer passes the basketball to him easily.  But it doesn't matter even if the Lakers continue to attack around Kobe Bryant, the Wizards have already developed a complete enough defensive strategy.

    Kobe Bryant did not play again after the third quarter. He sat on the bench throughout the fourth quarter, with a long white towel covering his head and no longer looking at the court.  Shaquille O'Neal did fight for more than five minutes in the fourth quarter, but he couldn't do anything in these five minutes. He could only watch the Lakers, who were missing a corner of the triangle offense, being passed by the Wizards.  Pulling further and further until the score could no longer be overtaken, he was also replaced.  Karl Malone worked hard throughout the game, but he is no longer the core of this team. All his efforts were wasted on turning back and running, and he could not contribute much to the team at all. Under Shaquille  After O'Neal came off the court, he also came off the court immediately, but it was obvious that his face was full of disappointment when he came off the court.

    88:113

    This is the final score, a score that is absolutely abnormal in anyone¡¯s eyes.  But this score is absolutely real!  And this score also truly reflects the performance of the two teams on the field.

    I hurriedly took a hot shower, put on my suit, tie, and leather shoes. I looked like a successful person. Under the guidance of the Staples Arena staff, I met Bill Laimbeer and rushed to the game.  press conference afterwards.

    When I arrived, the press conference had already started early!

    Yes!  It did start early. The press conference that was originally scheduled to start half an hour after the game started just 25 minutes after the game.  To be precise, it started when Phil Jackson led Gary Payton to the press conference hall.

    Yes! You heard it right, the player Phil Jackson brought with him was Gary Payton, not Kobe Bryant, not Shaquille O'Neal, but Gary Payton, in the second  In the second half of the quarter, Gary Payton led a group of substitutes and played a good two and a half quarters. Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, who performed extremely poorly in this game, did not show up.

    It was obviously a very wise choice for Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant not to appear at the press conference. Listening to how the reporters asked questions, you will understand how wise they are.

    "When Scottie Pippen joined the Rockets and formed a troika with Olajuwon and Barkley, there was a problem with the distribution of ball rights. Barkley and Pippen had a big fight, which ended the Houston Rockets' championship dream. Excuse me.  Is this Lakers game caused by an irreconcilable conflict between Karl Malone, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Gary Payton over the distribution of ball rights?  Failure?"

    "Mr. Jackson, I heard that Kobe and Shaq had a fight in the locker room over the leadership of the team. Is this true?"

    "Malone once said that Kobe didn't have enough shoes for him. I heard that this made Kobe always hate him. Kobe often made trouble for Karl Malone during training. Is this the case?"

    "Mr. Payton, Kobe Bryant and you are both people who need to hold the ball to attack. I heard that Kobe Bryant had a special talk with you before the game about the distribution of ball rights. Please tell me.  Do you talk about the outcome of this issue?¡±

    ""

    Phil Jackson already has nine championship rings and can be considered a cunning guy.  But these questions still make Phil Jackson's forehead sweat.  He had to deal with it carefully. After all, the people involved in the topic were all well-known in the NBA and had countless fans. If he was not careful, he would be criticized by the idiot fans of a certain superstar.  Although these guys are playing under his hands.

    Bill Laimbeer and I became completely invisible. No one came to ask any questions about the two of us. Everyone pointed the finger at the Lakers.  Pointed to Gary Payton and Phil Jackson.  Bill Laimbeer and I could only rest our elbows on the stage and support our cheeks with our hands, listening boredly to the extraordinary imaginations of the reporters. This was a big deal for the two of us who have always been in the spotlight of the media.  A little uncomfortable.  But this is to be expected. After all, Mr. David Stern announced that we were banned, and few people dared to risk the world¡¯s disapproval to interview us, even ifEven though they interviewed us, they may not dare to publish the results of the interview in their newspapers and magazines.

    Originally, I thought Bill Laimbeer and I would just be idle and bored until the host announced the end of the press conference.  But things are so unpredictable.  While we were waiting slowly, a harsh phone ringing suddenly came from the press conference hall. A young reporter wearing glasses was surprised at first, and then touched his pocket with an embarrassed face under the gaze of everyone.  He took out his cell phone, pressed the answer button, and started talking quietly.

    The reporters turned their heads and prepared to continue firing at Phil Jackson and Gary Payton, but another cell phone rang loudly, and everyone looked towards the place where the ringtone sounded, preparing to find out the guy who disrupted the press conference.  They killed him with their eyes, but they couldn't find it because several cell phones were ringing at the same time. For a moment, almost all the reporters lowered their heads and touched their pockets.

    I stared at the scene in front of me dumbfounded. Although I have been in the NBA for a long time and have seen countless press conferences, I have never seen such a funny scene in a press conference. All the  The collective chirping of reporters¡¯ mobile phone ringtones disrupted the normal progress of the press conference.  I turned to look at Bill Ranbir beside me, and found that Ranbir was also looking at the scene in front of me with a surprised look. Obviously, even Ranbir, who was born as a bad boy and had more experience, had never seen this strange thing.  scene.

    The ringtones of the mobile phones gradually disappeared, and the reporters who lowered their heads to make calls raised their heads one by one. But looking at the faces of the reporters who gradually raised their heads, I suddenly felt a little strange. These reporters actually  Don't set your sights on Phil Jackson.  Instead of looking at Gary Payton, they looked at me. They looked at me like they were aliens, which made me feel a little scared.

    The reporter who answered the phone first raised his hand and asked for a question. After receiving the host's affirmation, he stood up impatiently and asked me eagerly: "Mr. Brown, you tweeted about the league before the game.  An extremely unfavorable schedule has been arranged for the Wizards, which makes you wonder if someone in the league is specifically targeting your Wizards. Do you have any evidence in this regard? Or is this just your own speculation?"

    I'm a little surprised!  Not only was I surprised by the question this reporter asked, but more importantly, I was surprised that a reporter asked me a question!  Although I noticed something was wrong with the eyes of these reporters just now, I still didn't expect that they actually dared to interview me so directly and boldly, regardless of David Stern's blocking order.

    As for the question raised by this reporter, I was naturally a little surprised.  Because so far I don¡¯t know what I wrote on Twitter. Although my tweet was the first to be registered on Twitter and the first to post comments, those are not my own actions.  , it was all done by Mr. Donald Trump, and I don¡¯t even know my Twitter account and password so far.  If I want to log in to my Twitter account, I need to call Mr. Donald Trump in advance to ask for his account number and password.

    But at this time, I absolutely cannot say that I don¡¯t know, and I cannot say that the words on Twitter were not mine. I must continue the reporters¡¯ questions.  but.  Fortunately, I conducted a detailed analysis of the Wizards' schedule for the new season and got some very precise data.

    I calmed down and held the microphone in front of me.  He coughed and began: "This is the Staples Center in Los Angeles. There are two NBA teams in this place. The Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers. In previous seasons, the league arranged for other teams to play in Los Angeles.  In games, the two teams always play together. The first game is the Lakers and the next game is the Clippers, or the previous game is the Clippers and the next game is the Lakers. At most, they play back-to-back.  It will save other teams from visiting Los Angeles and traveling less, which is the best choice from both an economic and competitive perspective!"

    "But this year's arrangement for the Wizards by the league is not like this. We actually have to fly directly to Dallas after playing the Lakers. We won't be able to come to Los Angeles to play the first game against the Clippers until December. What's more,  What's ridiculous is that the Clippers, like us, have no games tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. This makes me doubt that this schedule is deliberately targeted at the Wizards, unless the person in the league who arranges the schedule is a pure idiot  " I said with an angry look on my face. This anger was not pretended, it was really the anger in my heart. When I said this, my anger level was still gradually rising.

    "Does this alone make you suspect that someone in the league is specifically targeting you? You must know that this may just be a mistake." The reporter adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose and said calmly, veryApparently he was defending David Stern.

    I stared at the reporter hard and said angrily: "This gentleman probably hasn't analyzed the difference between our schedule and other teams' schedules! If not, please shut your mouth!"  You are not qualified to say whether this was a mistake or not!¡±

    "Mr. Brown, please answer the question and do not make personal attacks!" The reporter's face was full of justice, as if he was a messenger of God and the embodiment of justice in the world.

    "Hmph!" I snorted coldly, and then said: "According to the schedule, we will have 21 back-to-back games this season. Besides the Wizards, the Memphis Grizzlies have the most back-to-back games in the league, but his back-to-back games  There are only 13 games. The Lakers have the fewest back-to-back games. They only have 8 back-to-back games throughout the season. Sir, how do you explain this? Don¡¯t tell me this is just a coincidence!"

    "During the regular season, the Wizards flew a total of 280,000 kilometers. The longest total flight distance of any other team is still the Memphis Grizzlies, but their total flight distance is only 130,000 kilometers.  It¡¯s less than half of the total distance our wizards flew. Sir, how do you explain this? You wouldn¡¯t say it was just a mistake, right?¡±

    ""

    I laid out a series of figures to illustrate that the Wizards had been unfairly treated in the schedule, and used a series of rhetorical questions that made the reporter blush with shame and had to sit down very depressed.

    But the reporter¡¯s sitting down did not stop the reporters from questioning me. Another female reporter stood up, opened her mouth and asked loudly into the microphone:

    "Mr. Brown, you expressed your concerns about referees on your Twitter, fearing that the Wizards would be unfairly treated in games against their opponents, but as far as we know, the league is very strict in the selection of referees.  There are a series of clear regulations on referees' standards for officiating games, which basically eliminates the possibility of referees favoring a certain team when officiating a certain game. Isn't it a bit unfounded to express your concern about referees' standards of law enforcement publicly?  Already?"

    The worry about referees has always been something that the entire Wizards club and I are worried about. Although the referees in this game were relatively fair and could not make too many mistakes, this issue has always been a big stone weighing on my mind.  Although Mr. Donald Trump once told me that he would help me with the officiating issue, I'm not sure how far he would go.  Apparently this reporter raised this question because of something Donald Trump said on my Twitter, which even raised the issue of refereeing to some level.

    I thought for about 3 seconds, organized the words in my mind, and then slowly said to the reporter: "Yes! I am very worried about whether the referee will use two different standards in officiating our game.  It¡¯s hard for me to believe that someone who can make such ridiculous arrangements for our schedule would not let the referees use two different scales when officiating our games, even though there was no big problem in this game!  "

    "But in previous NBA games, there has never been a problem of referees using two penalty scales in a game. I believe this will not happen in future games. The Wizards' schedule this year may just be  This is an oversight by the relevant personnel of the league, we cannot compare referee issues with schedule issues!" the female reporter said categorically, as if what she said was the truth.

    I said with great disdain: "Miss, is this your first time interviewing the NBA? If so, I suggest you watch the 2002 Western Conference Finals, especially the sixth game of the Western Conference Finals. The Lakers actually  They got 27 free throws in the last quarter, which is more free throws than any normal game. Is this normal? You know, at the end of the third quarter, the Kings still led the Lakers by more than ten points.  The Kings didn¡¯t need to foul at all¡­¡±

    There was silence in the entire hall, and everyone was stunned by the violent news I broke (To be continued. Mobile phone users please read it.)
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