When Zhang Hao came back on the court, he received enthusiastic cheers from the fans on the scene.

In the playoffs, Lakers fans became much more enthusiastic.

Especially when Zhang Hao performed poorly in the first quarter, the fans on the scene wanted to encourage Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao was also a little moved...

Suddenly, I looked around with a confused expression, and then used my little finger to clean my ears...

April Clark, Britney and Pierce's mother were cheering for Zhang Hao on the sidelines, and the three of them were stunned.

He actually made his own fans laugh!

Seeing Zhang Hao performing "too noisy" actions, many fans at the scene cursed directly!

The Magicians who played together, Doug Christie, George Lynch, and Tangyer Marshall, all cared about Zhang Hao's condition after half a quarter... Although I couldn't see anything, Zhang Hao still looked the same, but they hoped that Zhang Hao could adapt as soon as possible.

It can be clearly seen that although they are supported by Van Exel, their strength is still very different from the regular season. It is very important that they are team-based teams after all.

Moreover, among them, Zhang Hao, who averaged 37 minutes per game during the Lakers' period, was indispensable.

After teasing his own fans for a little relief, Zhang Hao looked at the players on the field and he rejoined the game.

Edney and Richmond continued to play together. Richmond performed well when he was partnering with such a small point guard. Edney also had the ability to score with the ball when Richmond was under key defense.

In the small forward position, the Kings sent rookie Chris Williamson. This player Zhang Hao has an impression... It's not that he played well, with a 13 pick, averaging 5.6 points and 2.2 rebounds per game, which is just average, but he is the 1994 Naa Final Four match, 68 ability evaluation, 201 cm high, 111 kg weight, and 87 speed. He is fast and strong forward swaying man.

The inside line sent 203 cm Michael Smith and 206 cm Bryan Grant.

The three front fields have tonnages of over 110 kilograms, and the speed is not bad, it is fast and strong.

Deluxe, the opponent is rushing to fight against each other! They are bullying the technical team's playing style!

After the break between the festival, the Kings attacked first.

Zhang Hao was guarding the basket, and Edney advanced to the frontcourt excitedly, and started playing singles against Doug Christie's defense.

It is not as strong as a player of the same height, but it is difficult to defend Edney alone. He can average 10+6 data per game in the NBA with a height of 178 cm. It is difficult to defend against Edney's high-frequency dribble with a sudden change in direction. Doug Christie was passed!

This was expected! Doug Christie, who was passed, turned around and followed immediately, covering Edney's mid-range emergency stop jump shot space.

Edney rushed into the inside and did not directly challenge Zhang Hao and Doug Christie's siege, but rushed all the way to the basket. Brian Grant blocked Doug Christie. Edney took advantage of the pick-and-roll at the basket and walked around the bottom line to prepare for a throw shot. As soon as he came out of the basket, he was roughly blocked by Zhang Hao!

A very rough confrontation, but Zhang Hao did not make any moves in his hands. He directly took the confrontation and forced Edney to stop the ball!

George Lynch is worthy of being the best player in the Lakers' forward defense. He promptly used anti-interference in Richmond to respond. Edney had no choice but to force his attack in a position where he was almost lying back...

Zhang Hao did not get a cap, nor did he continue to press on. Instead, he pushed Edney into this position and quickly retreated, retreated to the basket, and stuck Brian Grant on the right side of the three-second zone.

I was very lucky. Zhang Hao was moving in the right direction. Although the ball thrown in Edney's posture was very correct, it was short! The ball hit the left side of the basket and bounced out to the right side of the basket along the force of the shot.

Brian Grant wanted to rely on explosive confrontation and weight to suppress Zhang Hao to grab the rebound, but found that he was the advantage when he was acquiring the position just now and could not squeeze Zhang Hao at all!

Zhang Hao's 1/4 probability of "rebound protector" triggered when he correctly got stuck at the rebounding landing point! He perfectly stuck Brian Grant and accepted the defensive rebound!

The first time he took the rebound, Zhang Hao found the Magician and passed it out, and then immediately went off! Sprint with all his strength... The fast break failed, and the opponent's Richmond and Chris Williamson actively retreated and blocked Zhang Hao from getting off with rough confrontation.

He almost relied on the first acceleration of "single riding" and threw away the two of them away, but George Lynch was about to get off the ground, and Michael Smith followed closely. Zhang Hao's first acceleration was not triggered.

But it doesn't matter. Take your time, Zhang Hao is not in a hurry at all and calmly falls into the positional attack.

The Magician organized the offense with the ball. He found that Zhang Hao's movement had changed. Although the Magician did not play in the first quarter, he could see that Zhang Hao wanted to show himself in the playoffs. The way he performed was naturally to find shooting opportunities, but the chances were not very good, and the confrontation resulted in his occasional chance to receive the ball but failed to make a shot.

But now Zhang Hao mainly focuses on restraint!

As the second in the regular season scoring list, Zhang Hao is extremely threatening. The threatening effect of restraining running positions is the same as finding shooting opportunities. When Zhang Hao takes the initiative to create opportunities for his teammates, it is obvious that the Magicians are more likely to pass the ball to other teammates.

That's right, Donyere Marshall got a two-pointer chance at the baseline. The Magic sent the ball to the right place immediately. Unfortunately, Donyere Marshall failed to make a jump shot from a bottom line within the three-point line, and Brian Grant accepted a defensive rebound.

"It's better to take a step and shoot three points..."

Zhang Hao complained in his heart and immediately retreated.

After the offense and defense transition, Edney advanced to the frontcourt and saw George Lynch continue to defend Richmond like a mad dog, and others do not have the ability to hold the ball, so he chose to continue.

Edney actually had three-pointers and mid-range shots in training, both of which were the best in the Kings team. Even Richmond defeated Richmond many times in the "only-one" game after training, but he was limited by his height and could not be shown in the regular season. However, he was the first in ULA's total three-point shooting in history. Zhang Hao saw that his three-point evaluation was not high, and he was not able to shoot on the court. However, defenders would choose to defend themselves, and Doug Christie was the same.

So Edney continues to choose to break through the offense!

The reason for making this decision is that Zhang Hao seems to be less capable of protecting the frame in the playoffs, and he has a obviously wrong understanding of the playoff defense. Since he has discovered it, Edney must make decisive use.

As for the last round... he believed it was an accident.

Doug Christie, who was close to Edney, was passed again. Edney broke into the inside and continued to borrow pick-and-roll under Doug Christie's pursuit... This time, before he even entered the basket, he was roughly blocked by Zhang Hao on the right side of the three-second zone!

Doug Christie reacted quickly and completed the pincer attack on Edney with Zhang Hao!

Brian Grant quickly moved to the position behind Zhang Hao at the basket, but Edney's vision was blocked and he was hit by the front and back and stopped the ball. Seeing that Doug Christie was about to steal, Edney had no choice but to throw the ball into the basket...

Whether it is passing or shooting this ball, the one that needs a headache is the statistical data technical station officials.

Too risky! And, it was really a mistake! Zhang Hao, who had covered Edney, jumped gently and grabbed the ball directly in the air!

Without passing, Zhang Hao quickly snapped the ball forward and pushed it back!

Chris Williamson retreated immediately and moved towards Zhang Hao's route, but this time, Zhang Hao's speed was faster than the last time he didn't have the ball!

The Lakers' defensive position this time is different from the last time. Because Edney was caught, Richmond and Michael Smith both moved down the line to try to find a support space. Only Chris Williamson retreated and retreated to the center line. Chris Williamson had not completely moved to Zhang Hao's forward route, but Zhang Hao had already rushed through the center line!

The fans at the scene were already excited when Zhang Hao grabbed the hat or steal. Seeing that Zhang Hao retreated from the free throw line faster than Collison Williams, who stepped out of the free throw line, rushed across the center line, and the whole game was in full swing!

"Single Riding" full power trigger!

Under the desperate pursuit of Chris Williamson, Zhang Hao's distance from the opponent was widened!

Zhang Hao rushed into the free throw line and started to jump, spinning 180 degrees in the air, and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands!

Here comes! Here comes! Finally!

Their super rookie is resurrected!

The fans on the scene saw Zhang Hao dared to play tricks in the dunks as if they were in the regular season. After the dunk, they seemed to have completed an ordinary layup and retreated without expression... The fans on the scene were so excited!

The Lakers players on the court were so excited after Zhang Hao blocked the shot/stealing counterattack and hit the back of the one-stop fast break! Morale was high!

On the Kings, seeing Chris Williamson desperately chased them, they couldn't catch up at all. Chris Williamson had just reached the three-point line and they had already jumped and dunked. The impact of this scene on them was really strong enough.

Even though I have seen several encounters in the regular season several times before, I still feel exaggerated every time I see them.

The most important thing is that Zhang Hao, the second-place super talented rookie in scoring, seems to have found the playoffs after just resting for half a quarter!

Just one goal...

Del Harris on the sidelines had changed from standing on the sidelines to sitting on the bench with one hand on his chin.

Seeing Zhang Hao's indifferent but sharp temperament, he knew that his previous worries were unnecessary.

The adaptability of his own child is even better than he imagined.

"I didn't expect that this dead child actually decided to start from the defensive end... he dared to be different from what I thought!"

On the court, Edney felt his scalp numb.

What is talent gap?

This time he felt it clearly!

He was very strong in combat because he entered the NBA at the age of 23 and played adult basketball for 4 years in college, so he could adapt immediately after entering the NBA. The rookie on the opposite side was about 4 years younger than him, and his game experience was definitely far inferior to him.

After playing 4 crazy March games, he obviously adapted to the playoffs earlier than the genius of the same class on the other side. He almost didn't have to adapt and directly performed the best.

However, the genius opposite adapted too quickly!

In fact, the change Zhang Hao made was very simple and didn’t think about how many points he would get in the positional battle. Just restrain it well and devote all his energy to prevent the counter-revolution!

The biggest difference between the playoffs and the regular season is the blurring of the boundaries of calls.

Zhang Hao had always thought that the playoffs allowed greater confrontations and rough defensive movements.

But just by experiencing the competition in the first quarter, it is not that simple.

For real foul actions, you can still beat them. For example, the foul he received at 3 minutes and 11 seconds in the first quarter was to break through the space when the opponent changed direction. He, Zhang, lost his position and blocked people. He, but he rubbed him, and was fouled.

Foul is foul.

But those ambiguous situations are often not called, such as when chasing the post, pulling the pick-and-roll players; for example, when rushing to the basket, if you jump vertically and then have physical contact, as long as the limbs do not deliberately change the opponent's physical movements, you will not be called a foul in the regular season. In the playoffs, if you first contact with your body or physical confrontation first, the referee will not care.

For example, he just twice defended against Edney.

And this is the Kings' defense against Van Exel!

As for why Campbell was fucked by Edney's breakthrough?

The reason is very simple. Campbell's moves around the bottom line after the pick-and-roll in the inside line is not laterally moving enough and does not move in time. He has the strongest force in the whole game to fight, but cannot be used.

The defensive role of the inside line often depends on the opponent. Campbell's back shot after receiving the ball from a low post is the strongest in the league today. It is also very good to break through the frame protection line, but it is not good to defend against small point guards.

When we arrived at Zhang Hao, it was a coincidence that what he was best at!

In terms of Lakers' strength, as long as the lineup is complete, there will definitely be an advantage, but the defensive end of the first quarter was too bad.

When Zhang Hao could protect the basket by defending Adney, the situation instantly became different!

The Kings' style of playing is very simple. Regular time, Richmond restrains it, and Edney uses breakthroughs to score points at the basket to threaten, attract pincer attacks, and then passes the ball to the teammates who cut in or those with free space, just one move.
To be continued...