Next for the Raptors is a wave of road trips to the West, against the Lakers, Suns, and back-to-back games against the Nuggets. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Although the schedule is intensive, it will not play against strong teams in a row, and the players can adjust their physical strength.

On November 20, the Raptors arrived in Los Angeles, and Yang Rui told Thomas in advance about the hotel where he was staying.

As soon as they met, Thomas asked, "Jennifer asked us to dinner, do you have time?" ”

"Of course, this game is not difficult to play."

"The Lakers aren't hard to play? I thought you were going to have a meeting. Thomas wondered.

"Haven't you been watching the news lately? The Lakers have an incomplete roster. ”

In the preseason against the Wizards, Kobe Bryant fractured the fourth metacarpal bone in his right hand and will be out for 4-6 weeks, and the Lakers are now mainly supported by O'Neal and Rice, with fewer stars. The Lakers started with a good 8-3 record, but if they want to deal with the strong Raptors, they can't rely on just one superstar.

Everyone knows that O'Neal is a big threat, Yang Rui is not afraid, there is no shortage of strong men in the Raptors, and the problems that can be solved with "shark cutting tactics" are not a problem.

Many people say that Kobe Bryant hugs O'Neal's thigh, in fact, without Kobe, the Lakers are only a playoff team, and they will never be able to win the championship, from 96 to the Lakers to the present, O'Neal has been swept out of the playoffs twice, and he is by no means as invincible as the fans blow.

In the evening, Yang Rui and Thomas went to an appointment and met Jennifer Aniston and her best friend Kristen Hahn, Kristen is a screenwriter, producer, producer, writer, and all-rounder in the entertainment industry, they have known each other since they were teenagers.

Brad Pitt didn't come, and went to shoot Guy Ritchie's new work "Kidnapping and Robbery", and it is common for actors and lovers to live separately for the sake of their careers.

During the meal, the four of them chatted about the movie, and Yang Rui understood why Jennifer would make a comedy after divorcing Pete and mingle with the "Rotten Boys". Christine has a close relationship with the members of the Rotten Boys, likes those, pee and fart jokes, and is a hardcore woman.

In the future, she wrote a script for "Fake Family", asking her best friend to play a prostitute in the movie, ******** Kristen wanted to cooperate, she and Jennifer planned to open a film and television company, not only involving Hollywood movies, but also online videos.

They have connections in Hollywood and know how to shoot, but if they are put on TV stations or theaters, they will be divided into a large part of them, and video websites are an option.

"Is it possible that we took a video and broadcast it directly on the Internet? That kind of small-budget comedy. Christine asked.

"Of course you can, we've thought about this, but the time is not yet ripe, we have to take it step by step." Yang Rui said with a smile.

The future of online video is very popular, China has Youku, LeTV, iQiyi, Tencent Video, etc., the most famous YouTube in the United States did not appear until 2005, founded by Chinese Americans Chen Shijun and Chad Hurley, and the others are even later.

Now let Yang Rui do these things, he will definitely not be able to get them, he only knows the concept, he has to find professionals to do it, and the technology is up to standard.

Jennifer asked, "When do you think it will be possible?" ”

"I'm not sure, but I agree with opening a film and television company." Yang Rui said with a smile.

"Aren't you afraid that you will lose your money by cooperating with our two women?" Jennifer asked with a smile.

After filming "Friends", her life was completely different, she was well-known all over the world, and her ambitions grew.

"Don't be afraid, I trust you. You also have to believe that Facebook is going to get bigger and bigger. "What Yang Rui needs is just connections, who will have more vision than him, a reborn person, than the selection of films? It's a pity that the Marvel Universe plan has already been launched, and he can't catch up with this super IP.

They talked a lot about film production companies.

Generally, the revenue of North American films depends on the industrial chain, with the box office accounting for only 20%, DVD rental and sales accounting for 40%, and TV and peripherals accounting for 4%. Take Disney as an example, movies, television and radio, derivative products, and Disneyland have formed a complete industrial chain.

If there are no people who have a relationship to invest in movies and step into the entertainment industry, eighty percent of the bones that will be eaten will be left. Yang Rui's goal is to get involved in this circle before the box office soars in 2004, and he has focused on making friends over the years.

Thomas is more interested than Yang Rui, not for movies and money, but for Hollywood beauties.

On the 21st, the Raptors played the Lakers away, Yang Rui brought all the tall insiders, and Bai Bowen, Boigins, and Jumaine Jones did not enter the 12-man squad.

O'Neal is super dominant in the low post, and anyone who has watched the Lakers games knows this. With his physical fitness, it's like a bear playing basketball with a human, which is too unfair. Even the league's most famous defensive centers Mutombo and Mourning, O'Neal can only be abused, and Olajuwon will blow up with him at most.

In the 1997-98 season, the Knicks played the Lakers, and Ewing twice had the upper hand on O'Neal's data because of the style of play, the Lakers did not have a three-point shot, and the Knicks players could shrink and encircle the fat man in the restricted area, and the super pitcher Rice could no longer do this after joining the Lakers.

Therefore, Yang Rui arranged a single defense, and the triangular attack against the "Zen Master" made Cato, who is 211CM tall and weighs 125 kg, start.

After the start of the game, Cato couldn't guard O'Neal, but at least he could push it near the penalty area. O'Neal couldn't easily squeeze him out of the way and dunked deep under the basket with his feet, and Cato wrestled with him and sent him a free throw with a timely foul.

Don't think that fouls are easy, if you are small, you will definitely be hit by O'Neal and staggered, and you may not be able to hold people, and you may be beaten to 2+1.

O'Neal's biggest characteristic is that he often knocks opponents out of the basket, and if he is a small man who is out of position, he can sometimes dunk with someone hanging on his body.

O'Neal is the only one of the four centers who can't shoot, but he is the most dominant on the offensive end, he takes the ball in the low post, turns and throws it twice with his back to the middle or the baseline, and the opponent can basically only watch. If it weren't for the fact that the free throw shot was so bad, O'Neal would never have had only one scoring champion in his career.

Yang Rui's defensive strategy is different from that of other teams, defending O'Neill alone, guarding against others, fouling if he can't stand it, and ensuring that someone interferes in front of him when others shoot.

Kevin Cato and Jerome James took turns pestering O'Neal in the first half, with one person committing four fouls, and O'Neal made only 7 of 16 free throws, and the offensive efficiency was not high.

As long as the Lakers don't make a shot, the Raptors immediately counterattack and shoot before O'Neal can defend back. Positional battles, where the interior pulls out cover, and the guard catches the ball and shoots or misaligns O'Neal's point, constantly drains his physical strength.

The Lakers role players are not very efficient offensively, and Rice is also defended by Maddy.

In the second half, the Raptors stopped fouling, replaced Willis and Miller against O'Neal, and played three quarters, and the "Big Shark" finally showed fatigue. In the fourth quarter, he played a playmaker like Miller, and the defensive end was very uncomfortable, and the Raptors sealed the victory 15-3.

O'Neal played 45 minutes, shooting 18-of-32 from the field and 9-of-20 from the free-throw line, scoring 45 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, but the Lakers lost the game 100-116.

The Raptors scored in double figures, with Carter having the best performance, shooting 13-of-26, 1-of-2 three-pointers, 7-of-8 free throws, 34 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

O'Neal began to see Carter as a thorn in the side, and the two were the biggest rivals for the regular season MVP this season.

The Raptors started the game with a 10-game winning streak and continued to lead the league.