Chapter 143: Teammates' Dependence (1/3)
Zhou Yang spent the last days of 2005 in Los Angeles with Linda. The room was cosy and furnished.
After communicating with the team doctor, Zhou Yang learned that his current leg injury would take a month to fully recover at the earliest. The recovery period is determined to be 1-3 months. There is a possibility of season reimbursement.
After two days of reporting on Zhou Yang, the media began to turn their attention elsewhere.
These days have made Zhou Yang realize what is difficult. In a while, Linda has an exam.
It's been more than a month now. In 2006, Zhou Yang planned to apply for his own social account. In just over two months, there should be this. At that time, Zhou Yang can use Twitter to increase his expectations!
The Lakers sent a team doctor after Zhou Yang was injured to come over every few days to check on Zhou Yang's condition. When only Kobe Bryant was left on the team, the Lakers returned to a Kobe-centric situation.
From time to time, Jackson would call Zhou Yang to inquire about his condition. Zhou Yang wanted to return to the team in a month, but in the end, the team doctor stopped him.
Kobe Bryant keeps coming up with single-game high scores! And the rest of the Lakers' players basically don't score much. A 30+ game became commonplace. And at the end of January 2006, Kobe Bryant set a new record for his career! Against the Raptors, he scored 81 points in a single game!!
At this time, when Zhou Yang saw this news, although he had almost recovered, he still held back the excitement in his heart and did not run or jump. He can't get hurt now!
I'm going to get back on the field when I'm fully recovered from my injury!
In late February, Zhou Yang announced that he had fully recovered. He's been training with the Lakers for a week now!
During the game, Zhou Yang will sit quietly on the sidelines and watch the game. A suit is particularly eye-catching.
Maybe being away for a while has brought him closer to some of the Lakers' players. Bryant's attitude is also a little better. On the first day after Zhou Yang returned from injury, Kobe Bryant also took the initiative to inquire about his condition.
Now Kobe Bryant is really famous! The title of "Mr. 81" is not available to everyone!
The Lakers still won a lot of games in the regular season, but they lost a lot against teams in the league who are currently in the top three in the regular season!
O'Neill is in a particularly good mood right now! Because his wounds are getting better...... It is expected to be back on the field in March and April! This is also one of the things that Zen masters are very concerned about.
For him, the sooner he returns to the team, the better the team's preparation for the playoffs will be!
"Welcome back to the team! In this game, the Timberwolves here Garnett still have to pay special attention. If Garnett is stopped, then we have a good chance of winning! Wharton still has to pay more attention to passing the ball and not too fast......"
The regular season is still a few months away. Zhou Yang is now a little thankful for the more games in the regular season. Because he was able to adapt himself to the game in these games.
This one at Staples Arena. The Timberwolves' starters for this game were Garnett, Mark, Wally, Trenton, and McCantz! As a member of the "North Carolina Four Less". McCantz saw Zhou Yang appear on the field to warm up, and immediately rushed over to greet him!
At present, he is averaging 6.4 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game! This is a good performance in this year's newcomers! But compared with Zhou Yang and Paul, they are inferior in terms of data and efficiency.
There are a lot of fans with Asian faces in the stadium tonight! They came to see Zhou Yang's game! As the first game after just recovering, the Zen master naturally did not give Zhou Yang too much playing time, and he went up more to adapt to the rhythm.
The Lakers' starters tonight are Odom, Mime, Wharton, Kobe Bryant and Vucic.
The current Lakers have dropped a lot on offense and defense on the front line. Without Zhou Yang's various offenses, the Lakers do feel like something is missing. After all, Zhou Yang can contribute more than 10 points per game in the team!
It didn't take long for both sides to stand up. Fans were somewhat disappointed that Zhou Yang did not start.
Zhou Yang really didn't wear a suit tonight! He was also in the warm-up, while the Lakers rookie was chatting with Fisher. In a Lakers jacket, he looked relaxed.
The team's focus is now on Kobe Bryant! It's unclear how much Kobe Bryant's average points per game can reach this season! His performance in the game has been deeply imprinted in the hearts of the fans.
For Kobe, the team's current ambiguous attitude towards him and O'Neal also makes him have to plan for the future. If he really leaves the Lakers, then his next target is the Bulls!
The fans over there in the Windy City are also looking forward to this player named Kobe Bryant, who is often compared to Jordan and came in as a high school student back then, to make them crazy again!
Lakers management, on their part, is also thinking about how to make trade-offs. Now it looks like every player is good. But someone has to leave.
Garnett took the lead and passed the ball to McCantz! Mark's jump shot after taking over the basketball was directly interfered with by Meme! Odom got the rebound, Wharton took his pass and passed the half, Kobe Bryant directly took the basketball and scored a one-handed dunk!
The Lakers' game is a lot easier now. Pass the ball, give the ball to Kobe, and have the space to throw it yourself. That's it. And Kobe's offense is really sharp!
Jackson was still worried about the current situation. What he didn't want to see came up again. The Lakers players on the court didn't know what to do, they passed the ball to Kobe, they didn't want to attack and gave the ball to Kobe, they were prevented from passing others, and passed directly to Kobe.
Even if the black mamba is followed by two or three! That's why the Lakers can't win against a great team. The other party just copied the "Jordan Rule".
As soon as Kobe Bryant defended it, the Lakers' offense didn't work. On the surface, it seems that the Zen master's "triangle offense" is applied to the Lakers. But what you're seeing on the court is supposed to be a replica of the Bulls before they won the championship.
At that time, Jordan was strong and aggressive, and the team was playing with him as the center. But they found that as long as they made the playoffs, they couldn't win a championship every year. The reason is also very simple, Jordan prevented it, even if it was a foul, as long as Jordan was stopped, the Bulls would basically be out of play.
Trenton came quickly to the frontcourt, and Garnett picked up the ball after receiving the ball and scored the ball in front of Meme and Odom before allowing him to receive a foul.
After scoring the ball, the wolf king successfully played 2+1! Kobe didn't care about this, he wanted to rush to the front court after the basketball and jump directly!