O 'Neal shoots 35 times a game. Then what happened?

O 'Neill is one of the most dominant players in NBA history. No one can stop his peak, but he is not a paranoid player. He is a superstar who is willing to play team basketball. His playing style is far from unique. Career 19 played 1207 games, averaging 23.7 points, 16.606.

In O 'Neill's entire career, only two seasons averaged more than 20 shots, of which 2 1999-2000 averaged 2 1. 1 time, which was the highest in his career. What happened when he became so "independent"?

Let's go back to March 6, 2000. At that time, the Lakers played a game with the Clippers. Although * * * used a stadium, the game was nominally the home of the Clippers, and the Clippers' players enjoyed some special treatment. Lakers players are treated as away players. It happened that it was O 'Neill's birthday. He wanted to ask the Clippers for some tickets and then invited his relatives and friends to watch his game, but the Clippers refused.

At that time, the general manager of the Clippers was Lakers star elgin baylor, and the assistant coach was another Lakers star Abdul-Jabbar. In addition, O 'Neill is a superstar and deserves some special treatment, so he thought the Clippers would readily agree to his request, but he was eventually rejected, which may be related to Sterling, the owner of the Clippers at that time. Later, he was forced to sell the team because of racial discrimination. Whatever the reason, O 'Neill was completely angry after being rejected and brought his anger into the game.

At first, O 'Neal tried to show himself, but the Lakers always lagged behind the Clippers. O 'Neal didn't score a point, and he was blown an offensive foul, which directly inspired his little universe. Later, he scored two points with Kobe Bryant's backward shooting posture, and then he started the runaway mode. He broke 2+ 1 and couldn't pull it. He finished dunks and aerial relays again and again, as if to buckle the basket at the Clippers' home court.

Throughout the game, the Clippers couldn't handle him. Chilkat left the game with six fouls. Odom, Orava Candy and maurice taylor all made five, and most of the fouls happened to O 'Neal. Their repeated fouls gave O 'Neill 22 free throws, hitting 13 times and scoring 13 points. The percentage of free throws is not high.

But in that game, O 'Neill made 24 of 35 shots, and his shooting percentage was 68.6%, which was higher than the free throw percentage. He scored 6 1 point, grabbed 23 rebounds and led the Lakers to beat the Clippers by 123- 103. O 'Neal became the first person to score 60+20 since 1985.

In addition to this game, O 'Neill's performance this season is also amazing-averaging 29.7 points 13.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3.03 blocks, and shooting 57.4%. He averaged the highest points and assists in his career, the second highest rebounds and blocked shots in his career, and led the Lakers to 67 wins 15 losses.

That season, he won the MVP in the regular season, the scoring champion, the best team and the best defensive team, and also won the MVP in the All-Star Game, the championship and the finals FMVP. He won many honors in a season. It can be said that it was the brightest season and the best season of his career, so it really didn't pay off to annoy him that season.