Chapter 184: Meet JR!
Son Zhuo's regular-season debut, which was also his first time playing as the leader of an NBA team, and the easy victory in the end was a testament to him.
Last season, many people, including Artest, questioned Sun Zhuo's ability, thinking that Sun Zhuo could only win with O'Neal and Kobe Bryant around him, and today Sun Zhuo is the absolute core figure, and he is also the best player in the game, I believe that after Artest watched it, he no longer dared to say that Sun Zhuo couldn't score 10 points.
In the playoffs last season, Artest said that if Sun Zhuo averaged more than 10 points per game in the playoffs, he would follow Charles Barkley's example and kiss the donkey's ass, but Artest did not fulfill his promise afterwards, and after the Pacers were eliminated by the Pistons, he disappeared.
can escape the first day of junior high school, but can't escape the fifteenth, Sun Zhuo and Artest will meet again sooner or later this season, and when the time comes, Sun Zhuo will "bring up the old things" with him.
The Lakers started with two wins in three games, which is not bad, and in the next game, they will rush to New Orleans to take on the Hornets, who have just been classified in the Western Conference.
The Hornets are not too weak, they have the first-class speed Byron Davis, but unfortunately, they were divided into the Western Conference, in front of the wolf-like Western powers, a team like them, there is no possibility of entering the playoffs, and it is true, they lost every game this season and it is difficult to win, and finally the team ended its first season in the West with the worst record in history with 18 wins and 64 losses.
In the face of such a belly team, for the Lakers, it is a must-win.
This season's Lakers are not favored, the Lakers in the previous life after O'Neal left, did not enter the playoffs, and now there is Sun Zhuo, he must ensure that the team can make the playoffs.
New Orleans Arena, the scene of the game between the Lakers and the Hornets, in today's game, Sun Zhuo and Kobe Bryant played at the same time, which was also the first time that the two performed together in the new season.
In terms of personal strength, Sun Zhuo, who has just been promoted to level 37, is still far behind Kobe, and now he can only wait for the opportunity, and now Sun Zhuo only wants to rise to level 40, so that his dunk ability can reach the maximum value first, if you want to upgrade quickly, you must win, and the experience points obtained from winning games are more than those obtained from losing.
"The Hornets have a problem at the back, Davis and Wesley are small players and they don't play playmaking, so we're going to attack aggressively when they're playing directionlessly, try to solve the game in one go, and I'll pass you more. However, their rookie JR Smith, you leave it to me to deal with. Before the opening, Sun Zhuo talked to Kobe.
Kobe Bryant knows that he can't treat Sun Zhuo like he treats Vujacic and Luke Wharton, even as a leader, he has to get along with Sun Zhuo on an equal footing, Kobe Bryant alone can't make the playoffs this season, he needs Sun Zhuo's help.
Kobe Bryant nodded and glanced at the Hornets bench opposite, "JR Smith?" The guy who wears the number 23 jersey? It seems that when he heard the name, he looked very talented. ”
Sun Zhuo also glanced at JR Smith, who had a relationship with him as early as London, England, and said with a smile: "Yes, he is very talented, and he may be a good player in the future, but he is too young now, only 19 years old." ”
Kobe Bryant saw that Sun Zhuo seemed to have a holiday with JR, so he smiled and said: "Such a young player needs to learn a lesson to grow, think about how T-MAC and VC bullied you last season, don't be polite to him, you need the ball, give me a look at any time." ”
In fact, Sun Zhuo didn't have a grudge against JR Smith, nor did he think about bullying him, but what happened in London made JR Smith lose face in public, with JR Smith's personality of retribution, when we meet today, JR will definitely take the initiative to provoke, Sun Zhuo knows JR too well, so he is also prepared for the battle in advance, after all, I am a second grade, you are just a rookie, I will not be afraid of you.
JR Smith feels that he has endless strength now, and finally met the Lakers, and finally met Sun Zhuo!
"Sun, you embarrassed me so much in London, today is the first time in our careers, I will give you a good look!" JR Smith completely forgot that he was the one who had bad ideas in London, even if he was a first-year, even if the opponent was an All-Star player who won the AMVP, JR Smith was not timid at all, worthy of being a nerve knife, worthy of being a guy who can often fall behind by more than a dozen points in the game, even if James and other teammates give up the game, he can still hit three-pointers in a row to try to chase points.
J.R. Smith is still too young to start for the Hornets and was sitting off the court at the start of the game.
After the opening, the combination of Sun Zhuo + Kobe + Odom still brought a lot of impact to the Hornets, Odom definitely has the strength of an All-Star, but he has never been selected as an All-Star in his career, which is indeed a big pity, Sun Zhuo also hopes to take advantage of Odom's peak to let him enter the All-Star, but in the West, it is indeed too difficult.
After a few minutes of fighting, JR Smith finally appeared.
"Your dessert is here." Kobe Bryant said to Sun Zhuo.
Sun Zhuo smiled, "Maybe in his eyes, I'm his dessert." ”
JR Smith had a solemn face and a serious look on his face, and there was no nervousness on the rookie's face, and he was quite sophisticated.
After coming on the field, JR Smith's first goal caused everyone on the scene to marvel.
A teammate passed a high throw to the basket, JR Smith quickly got rid of Kobe, went straight to the basket, jumped up, received the ball with one hand, and successfully dunked in the air!
J.R. SMITH'S BOUNCE IS VERY STRONG, WITH A VERTICAL BOUNCE OF 40.5 INCHES AND A NET BOUNCE HEIGHT OF 45 INCHES, WHICH IS ABOUT 114 CM.
This dunk shocked the audience, and the fans at the scene rejoiced, it turned out that our Hornets selected such a talented player!
This dunk also scared Kobe, and Kobe asked Sun Zhuo: "What have you done to this rookie before?" He looked angry, he dared to dunk like this on the first ball, this guy is very kind. ”
At this time, Kobe Bryant and others didn't know what kind of person JR Smith was, but Sun Zhuo already knew it thoroughly.
Sun Zhuo walked up to JR Smith and took the initiative to speak: "The bounce is good. ”
JR Smith sneered and replied: "Better than you******* R Smith knows that Sun Zhuo is indeed domineering when he double-turns to dunk, and he can't compare, but in the usual dunk action, JR has never seen Sun Zhuo's commendable dunk, just like this one-handed empty dunk just now, Sun Zhuo has never done it."
Sun Zhuo saw that JR Smith was a little swollen, and continued to ask: "Have you washed the pants you wore in London?" ”