377. The last opponent (6000 words for monthly ticket)(1/2)
The least important point on the opponent's offensive end can actually be used.
Not everyone has the strong psychological quality of Ben Wallace.
Ben Wallace failed to participate in the draft and tried out everywhere. He almost went to the mainland Basketball Association, a team under the CBA Bullets. He only got a partial guarantee contract from the Lakers when the rookie season was about to begin, but he still got a contract from the boss to scan his face.
So, even if he performed poorly in the game, was criticized by fans, and was ridiculed by the media, Ben Wallace still worked hard and would not do what he shouldn't have done.
And Ben Wallace will not be discouraged and will stick to it no matter what.
Ben Wallace himself doesn't know about this, but this is why the Lakers guaranteed his contract when he was in his second grade. Otherwise, even if he was selling Zhang Hao's face, he would at most give a partial guarantee contract so that he could lay off employees before March to strengthen the possible layoffs.
But Kato is different. As a 15th pick in the first round, Kato became a millionaire when he entered the NBA, with a salary of US$3.45 million in three years, and a rookie earned an annual salary of US$1 million a year. He has ambitions - Stockton, Malone, Dell Davis, Dan Marley, Reggie Miller... These people were selected in the middle of the first round. They seized the opportunity to become superstars. He just doesn't have a chance now. If he succeeds in the position, he thinks he will also be a future superstar.
When he finally mustered up the courage to provoke the strongest player of the new generation, he ended up being tricked by the other party... his mentality collapsed.
On the court, he is only a little stronger than Ben Wallace, with ten people in the game, and he is the second to last...
On the court, even players like Ben Wallace and Jason Williams who have no independent offensive ability and no shooting ability have something they should do on the offensive end and have to do because they are not capable of - snatching and restraining and wing pick-and-roll when someone is under the basket but is released, otherwise the teammates will be 4-on-5.
Kato was shaken down, and then he was covered with a blood cap. This time he was distracted from the offensive end. He stood at the bottom line and did not cut. After Ben Wallace left, he went to the wing pick-and-roll and didn't go. In the end, Rashid Wallace's free throw line faced Ben Wallace's straight arm jump shot that was hit outside the defense free throw line. Zhang Hao missed the defensive rebound!
The Lakers had no chance to get a fast break, and Kato finally reacted after Rashid Wallace made a fuss. His physical fitness was still very strong and he quickly retreated.
Zhang Hao passed the ball to Fisher to advance, and after he went to the frontcourt, he had to return the ball and continued to attack in the top arc.
Originally, Zhang Hao was going to fight slowly, drag and wait for the opportunity, but he didn't expect that the opportunity came from the beginning. He chose to seize the opportunity that the other party came to his door.
He has never done such a thing as a name to play the opponent's center before, because he can't keep calling the center. So, he continued to look for Ben Wallace to pick-and-roll. As a result, Alvin Williams followed him, and Kato switched to Rick Fox. Zhang Hao passed the ball to Rick Fox. Rick Fox broke through. Kato's footsteps were really good, and his confidence was not out of thin air. As a mature rookie who graduated from college at the age of 23, he went to an ordinary playoff team. Before his athletic ability declined, he was not a big problem as a main center. In a quasi-top team like the Trail Blazers, he also had a stable chance of playing, 211 cm, 116 kilograms, a coolie-type inside with both athletic ability, speed and strength.
Rick Fox broke into the inside and had no chance to shoot, but this was exactly what he wanted. He threw the ball directly in front of the basket when he arrived at the inside. Kato had a good sense of defense and immediately noticed something was wrong. He turned around and saw that the big Lakers logo came into view, so he quickly pressed it... It was too late!
Zhang Hao and Kato fought each other and forced the ball into the basket!
"Clang", the dunk sound was crisp and pleasant. Zhang Hao jumped from jumping to confrontation to smashing the ball into the basket to landing, clean and neat, without any extra moves.
Although there is no task trigger, it is always so interesting to abuse the food.
I didn't care about Kato's infatuation, and I chose the way myself...
Zhang Hao turned around and walked up to celebrate with Ben Wallace at the free throw line.
At this moment, Rashid Wallace wanted to join the X-arm Celebration. For some reason, he had such an idea. My defense is much better than that little guy, and I can't beat him when I attack, and my pick-and-roll is also better. My height is about the same as Aix. I will look better when I celebrate Aix!
The surnames are both Wallace, Rashid Wallace’s thoughts at this moment... There are no two Wallaces in one mountain!
59 to 56, the Lakers led by 3 points.
When the Trail Blazers attacked, Rashid Wallace took the initiative to ask for the ball, and this time he wanted to do it himself.
Zhang Hao defended very hard... Then Rashid Wallace shook away the frame, and Rashid Wallace broke through at close range and hit a throw-off with Ben Wallace!
Originally, Rashid Wallace was not very excited to play a sophomore than a substitute, but this time he was happy to score a goal on Ben Wallace.
When the Lakers attacked, Zhang Hao continued to look for Ben Wallace in the high position to pick-and-roll. Mike Dunleavy did not have the ability to build an offensive system, but he had a set of training defense. Rashid Wallace was the core of the middle defense. The Trail Blazers carried out a contraction defense. Zhang Hao passed the ball to Doug Christie and cut in. He was blocked by Eric Murdoch who contracted on the other side and Kato who blocked the basket. The receiver space of the player on the left and Rick Fox who took a step outside the free throw line behind were blocked. Zhang Hao passed the right corner and Fisher was empty!
No matter how good the team defense is, if there is a need for pincer attacks, there will always be people missing.
The candidate for the Trail Blazers to give up defense is Fisher, who is in the second grade.
If it is a 10-point lead or 10-point trailing, Fisher's shooting is not reliable no matter how big the gap is, but he has a 1-point lead...
Fisher made a three-pointer in the bottom corner!
62 to 58, the Lakers led by 4 points!
During the offense and defense transition, Eric Murdoch advanced to the frontcourt and continued to hand the ball over to Rashid Wallace. This time Ben Wallace expanded out to attack in advance. The route of attack was quite good, blocking the high and low posts to pass the ball, luring Rashid Wallace down and then attacking up.
Rashid Wallace passed the ball at the bottom line. Kato on the other side of the three-second zone received the ball and was about to jump and dunk directly, but he subconsciously glanced at the front. Zhang Hao was not there, jumping... Zhang Hao appeared!
Kato threw the ball out in a panic and missed!
Ben Wallace beat Rashid Wallace to grab a defensive rebound!
In fact, Zhang Hao, let alone blocking the ball, even if the card troop jumps slowly, he still has the chance to complete the strong dunk. Even if the card troop is a high throw, Zhang Hao only has the chance to interfere.
But Kato hesitated and was scared!
Ben Wallace passed the ball to Fisher who ran to the free throw line, and Fisher counterattacked!
Rashid Wallace was chasing her life and she really chased her back. The rest of the Trail Blazers were all ruined by Kato in these rounds, but Rashid Wallace's fighting spirit was not extinguished.
Fisher arrived at the frontcourt and did not jump when he reached close range. He did not take off until he entered the basket... and smashed the ball towards the floor and bounced to the rear left.
Zhang Hao followed up on the left and received the ball, and from Rashid said that the ball was smashed into the basket!
64-58, the Lakers played a 10-4 wave as soon as they came in the third quarter, and the Trail Blazers called a timeout.
Rashid Wallace was so helpless. He was so tired that he couldn't help him.
Mike Dunleavy replaced Kato. Generally speaking, a rookie who played so poorly should be scolded, but Mike Dunleavy did not blame Kato, but was worried that Kato would be ruined by Zhang Hao.
Kato has the potential to become an excellent heavy center or sports power forward. It is already quite good to choose a player with starting strength in the middle of the first round, and it cannot be ruined by Zhang Hao.
Kato has ambitions... Dunleavy was also a player back then. He was selected as the 13th pick in the 6th round of 1976. He was a role player throughout his career, but he also had dreams when he was young.
His basketball career is also very interesting. He retired in 1990 and was asked by the Lakers to be the head coach. He directly reached the finals and started the peak of his coaching career...
However, in the current lineup, he has expectations for Kato's bridle protection and offensive rebounding. Kato's performance did not meet expectations and even dragged his back. Now he can only replace Sabonis in advance.
It was difficult for Sabonis and Rashid Wallace to go on the double towers together, and Zhang Hao and Ben Wallace were basically not scoring or offensive rebounding opportunities in the interior. They could create open spaces, and they were both mid- and long distances, and the stability of the offensive end began to decline.
On the other hand, the Trail Blazers' scoring was finally normal, and their offensive performance was significantly better than that of the Lakers.
But the Lakers are not in a hurry at all. Zhang Hao did not rush this time and chose a stable style of play.
The Trail Blazers played a 12-8 wave, 6 minutes and 55 seconds, entering the official timeout stage. The Trail Blazers chased the score to 70-72, only two points behind.
But at this time, the 10-4 advantage that Zhang Hao led the team to play in the third quarter was truly highlighted.
Kenny Anderson and O'Neal, Jason Williams are here!
It may not necessarily be Kenny Anderson, O'Neal, Jason Williams, and three players to support the bottom, Zhang Hao, Doug Christie, Fisher and others play key goals. If you have a chance, the other way around is OK!
After playing in the third quarter, Sabonis obviously did not recover enough and consumed more. O'Neal finally seized the opportunity. After playing 17 minutes in the first half, O'Neal only scored 9 points. After O'Neal played 4 of 5 shots in the third quarter, he made 4 of 5 shots, plus 2 of 3 free throws, and 10 points in the half quarter, 1 rebound and 1 block, helping the Lakers to score a 16-8 wave!
After the third quarter, the Lakers led the Trail Blazers 10 points 88-78!
In the final quarter, Mike Dunleavy, who had no choice, tried to attack like the one in the 1991 Western Conference Finals!
The Lakers opened the Blazers that time, but the Lakers actually did not have the advantage. At that time, the Trail Blazers were at their peak in the West. They just reached the finals in the 89-90 season. They won 63 wins in the league in 90-91 season, which was better than the Bulls in the East. However, Dunleavy almost abandoned Divac in that Western Conference Final and let the Magic lead the team to run and attack. The Magic played a crazy performance of 20 points, 8 rebounds and 12.7 assists per game. The Magic could even throw 1.8 three-pointers per game. You should know that Reggie Miller, who was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs that year, only averaged 1.6 three-pointers per game.
With no advantage in strength, the Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers 4-2 and reached the finals... Let the Magic watch Jordan reach the top of the world.
Mike Dunleavy did a pretty good job in this lineup. In this lineup, there must be pick-and-roll, three-pointers, and speed.
The core was a little too tender. Rashid Wallace played with all his strength at both ends of offense and defense as required by Mike Dunleavy. He played for 26 minutes in the first three quarters. In the final quarter, he could keep up with the run, but he had to maintain shooting stability after the confrontation but could not do it.
The Trail Blazers once made an impact, but Zhang Hao, Kenny Anderson, and Brent Barry resisted the Trail Blazers' firepower.
After the impact of the Trail Blazers after the change, the Lakers regained the initiative.
At this time, Zhang Hao became slutty... He took a try and turned on "Kobe Time"!
A pass and cut in a positional battle was matched with the ball and the ball flew the layup, a backhand dunk that slipped through the bottom line, a free throw line turned and retreated for two points... three goals in a row.
"Bryant time (Bronze) triggered, and the wearer Zhang Hao felt hot in the next three rounds. No matter what kind of defense he encountered, as long as he successfully took a shot without being blocked or encountered a foul that could not complete the shooting, he could get a lot of effort to make up for it.
The stubborn trigger was triggered, and the wearer Zhang Hao was in a high desire to shoot in the next three rounds..."
Zhang Hao knew that he was affected by the debuff of the medal, and he knew that it was wrong to fight like that, but he was now inflated!
He has a hot touch bonus, how can he not become sexy?
The triggering conditions for the "Kobe Time" medal are actually pitfalls, and they have already scored three goals in a row. Regardless of whether they feel hot or not, Zhang Hao will definitely be defended or even hit by the opponent's key defense, and it is not easy to score three goals in a row.
But now there is a good time and place and people. In the Trail Blazers lineup, Rashid Wallace's physical strength has declined, and his defense is basically no, so he can start a wave!
A strong breakout was facing Brian Grant to chase defense, Rashid Wallace and Walter Williams contracted to the basket and the extreme trolley of the three-point defense, which hit a 2+1 layup. A top arc turned around and broke through with an emergency stop jump shot, and a chasing three-pointer in a counterattack hit. Zhang Hao first made a 6-4 wave and then made a 8-3 wave alone. In 4 minutes, he soared 14 points, and scored a 14-7 wave with his own strength.
Nash just led the fast attack lineup to narrow the gap to 6 points, and the gap was suddenly widened to 13 points!
The Lakers lead 106 to 93!
At this time O'Neal came on again and the situation was stable!
12 points in the first half, 9 points in the third quarter, and 14 points in the fourth quarter. After O'Neal came up, Zhang Hao made an O'Neal's catch-up jump shot, a cut-in 2+1, and 40 points in a single game!
In the end, relying on Zhang Hao's 40 points, O'Neal's 25 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 blocks, the Lakers steadily defeated the Trail Blazers 120-104, winning 10 consecutive victories!
Nash was helpless and powerless. He knew they had done a good job and led by 11 points at most, but the Lakers were able to catch up with the score.
I thought the second half started again, but the opponent found a breakthrough - Kato.
It is not embarrassing to abuse vegetables. In addition to being happy, the core goal of abuse vegetables is to find a breakthrough in the game from the rookie. The game is originally about finding a breakthrough in the opponent's weaknesses. Nash will not foolishly run to Zhang Hao to one-on-one, but will use the pick-and-roll to hit the opponent's other inside players.
The difference is that the Lakers have the strength to seize the breakthrough and attack and gain an advantage. Their Trail Blazers have potential, but their ability has not reached that level.
Zhang Hao finally got 40+ for the second time in the season!
O'Neal really didn't steal the show at this time. He fed him three goals, and he scored one, and Kenny Anderson also created a chance to cut into the attacking box.
Besides this, there is something more exciting!
“Hell training:
To be continued...