My Name is Kobe Bryant

"Doctor, what's the situation?" Jerry West was in the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center with O'Neal's agent Rogers, waiting for the doctor's diagnosis of O'Neal.

It has been 57 days since O'Neal left the game due to injury in the Sonics game on January 26, nearly two months. Nearly one-third of the regular season was not played.

The Lakers management's approach to O'Neal's injuries is-small injuries and big ones! You must recover slowly, until O'Neal has no potential injuries at all, and the team doctor and the top sports rehabilitation experts in the United States jointly confirm that O'Neal is 100% healthy before he can return to the court.

And that day seems to be getting closer.

"NMR, the structural damage has been completely healed." The expert in the white coat with golden eyes spoke in a cold tone, but West and Rogers slowly exhaled a foul breath that was pressing on their hearts.

Shaq, the big diesel engine, looks like it won't be long before he can return to the court.

"Does that mean Shaq can play?" Rodgers asked.

"Of course not! Now he has not participated in basketball training for nearly two months. He needs to start training without the ball first, then training with the ball, 3V3, 5V5 in the half court, 5V5 in the whole court, and then training with the team. This process probably takes In about 10-15 days, if there is no problem in the middle, you can return to the court in a 100% healthy state." The doctor glanced at Rogers in surprise, as if lamenting his ignorance. This is a torn quadriceps muscle, and the injury happens to be directly professional?

"Understood, doc. We'll get Shaq back to undefeated form for the game." West understood the process. Although 90% of the injuries in the current NBA do not follow this process, this is also one of the reasons why a large number of talented players suddenly fell due to injuries. So far, the Magic have definitely not followed this injury recovery process. Their starting five have missed at least ten games this season. You must know that they are a very young team. In theory, the probability of injury Should be small. The wave of injuries this season was caused by not paying attention to the recovery of injuries before, and the Magic may usher in more and more terrible injuries.

"Yeah, safety is the most important thing." Rogers also nodded. O'Neill is his cash cow. Although he has signed a super contract of 120 million for seven years, who doesn't want to earn more? Rogers is also counting on O'Neill's various commercial endorsement contracts. If injuries really lead to a decline, then his income from advertising will inevitably be greatly reduced.

West and his team returned to the team office and arranged for the team doctor and assistant coaches to arrange a proper recovery plan for O'Neal. Within 10-15 days, let Shaq fully recover from the potential injury.

The second is to let Shaq lose fat. O'Neal has been lying on the bed and sofa for two months, and his weight has increased by more than 10 pounds!

Such weight gain will inevitably affect his performance, as well as increase the weight on his lower body, increasing his risk of injury. Physicians and trainers need to get Shaq back in shape.

The joint training can only be practiced with the trainers temporarily. The Lakers have too many recent away games.

After 10-15 days, the season is coming to the end, Shaq will come out to find his status, and then he can enter the playoffs.

West is looking forward to it, and the OK combination will once again shine in the Great Western Forum Arena.

The Lakers without Shaq have always been at the top of the league, so what about Shaq's return?

After the Lakers lost to Orlando City on March 23, the Lakers' overall record came to 60 wins and 8 losses. On the other side, the Bulls' record came to 59 wins and 8 losses after defeating the powerful Pistons on March 22. The Lakers still sit on the top of the league, but there is almost no gap with the Bulls. Such a record difference is almost negligible. Michael Jordan's recent performance has completely turned on the super god mode. With Jordan's early efforts, the Bulls' triangle offense is almost impossible to defend.

The battle for the first place in the league between the two sides may continue until the end of the season.

Both teams currently have a chance to win 70 wins!

If this season continues like this, there may be two teams with 70 wins in the same season! That will be the prosperity of the NBA! At present, the best record in the history of the American professional basketball team is the 72 wins and 10 losses of the Bulls in the 95-96 season. The second is the 69 wins and 13 losses of the Lakers in the 71-72 season. Four Celtics 68 wins and 14 losses in the 72-73 season, and the Bucks 66 wins and 16 losses in the fifth 70-71 season.

It is a certainty that the Bulls and Lakers want to win 65 wins this season, and there is also a very good chance of hitting 70 wins. In the brightest era of the NBA, it is not surprising that there is such a team with such a record. Now it is a battle of kings, but it is indeed very rare for two teams to compete for 70 wins at the same time. Things, this has never happened in the long 50 years of the NBA. You must know that 66 wins can enter the top ten records in history. The current record of the two teams has simply scared a large number of media commentators.

Two teams, one led by a 34-year-old veteran and the other led by an 18-year-old star. Neither of them are at their peak! Two superstar-level guards whose peak periods were completely staggered were able to lead the team to such heights!

These are surprising.

On the flight from Orlando to New Jersey, the Lakers' players were somewhat demoralized.

Continuous road games, continuous back and forth from the East to the West. Coupled with the fact that they have faced strong enemies in a row recently and just lost to the Orlando Magic led by Penny Hardaway, these have made the Lakers players a little exhausted.

Kobe looked around and shook his head. Even Xiaoyu, who was usually the most active on the plane, and Campbell, the chattering hermaphrodite, were silent. At the end of a long season, the young Lakers have indeed entered a period of burnout.

Kobe received the information that O'Neal will be able to play in 10-15 days. In this half month, the Lakers' competitive state may not be very good. Bryant has been well prepared, and then the Lakers will play against the Nets in New Jersey, and then return to home against the Bucks. Then there are two away games against the Grizzlies and Sonics, followed by three home games, returning to Los Angeles against the Nuggets and Spurs Mavericks.

In the three games at home, O'Neal has a high probability of returning. In the previous 4 games, the Lakers were very difficult to play. It can be seen from the last game that the competitive state of the Lakers players has fallen to the bottom, and Kobe needs to let them recover from the low state.

Waiting for O'Neal's return is not all good, O'Neal's competitive state, the team's tactical system changes. Kobe's offensive role after O'Neal's return will affect the team's record and performance.

The battle for number one in the league is really full of unknowns.