Fierce Battle!

Kobe still tried to get the ball inside as much as possible in the Lakers' opening offense.

No matter what outsiders thought, without an O'Neal, it would be difficult for the Lakers to beat a Hornets team like this.

O'Neal's advantage in half-court offense was simply too great! After playing professionally for more than twenty years, Kobe could not possibly ignore that.

"Again?" Divac was shoved beneath the basket by O'Neal once more!

This time, with O'Neal fully fired up, he rose straight off the floor!

He viciously slammed the ball through the hoop with one hand!

Dominating!

Just as the game began, O'Neal's fat had not become a weakness at all. Instead, it made his power even more imposing!

A poster dunk!

Bulldozing past a 2.16-meter heavyweight center all the way to the rim, then hammering it home!

Lakers 4:2 Hornets.

"Get back on defense!" Kobe roared. O'Neal did not even have time to strike a celebratory pose before scampering back.

Run!

If they did not run back quickly, they would get hit with another transition attack!

Even O'Neal, who was usually lazy and laid-back, did not dare let his guard down in this game!

"It looks like Divac hasn't found a good way to deal with Shaq." The Zen Master pursed his lips.

It was true that Divac had dominated O'Neal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, but those were FIBA rules, and O'Neal had not been this physically massive at the time!

The current O'Neal was invincible on offense!

He could not be stopped. Divac might have been able to guard the 1996 O'Neal, but he truly could not stop the 1998 Big Shark!

Unless Ring King Bill Russell or Big Dipper Wilt Chamberlain returned to their primes, no one could likely stop a fully rested Big