Maintenance Tips (4K)

The Kings and Lakers' first game ended in an upset—the Lakers lost!

The returning O'Neal had yet to find his form, and his long layoff had left him severely overweight.

Webber put up a monster triple-double of 35+17+12.

Pierce erupted for 27 points, drilling consecutive step-back jumpers in crunch time and hitting the crucial shot right in Bowen's face.

Kobe scored 41 points, yet still suffered a frustrating loss.

They had lost!

The three-time champions, the invincible Lakers, had lost at home!

For a time, pessimism about the dynasty's final years spread everywhere.

The experts had already seen it: the Lakers' OK Dynasty had become less dominant with every passing year.

The decline had begun with Eddie Jones's departure.

From that point on, the Lakers were no longer the strongest team in history.

Then, after winning multiple championships, came the gradual loss of personnel.

The Lakers' regular-season performance could only be described as that of a championship-contending powerhouse.

If this had been a few years earlier, teams like that would have been everywhere!

It was only because the NBA's greatest era was gradually fading, while players and teams of the new era were still on the rise. Otherwise, these experts would have torn the Lakers to shreds.

At that moment, Kobe looked at the bloated O'Neal, thought it over several times, then handed him a little notebook.

"Shaq, I have a professional guide to maintenance. Take a look." Kobe's expression was somewhat strange.

O'Neal snatched it right away!

"Kobe! Now that's just unfair! Why didn't you show me something like this earlier?" O'Neal waggled his eyebrows.

Kobe wanted to say something, but stopped himself.

"What? Shaq wants to meditate and rest in the cheerleaders' locker room?" Harris looked stunned.

Something was off!

There was definitely something off about this fat