Chapter 338: I Want to Trust My Teammates!
"I don't want to play inside!"
Zhang Fu has always resisted playing the number four position, even if his bare foot height reaches 204cm, he is still willing to report a height of 6 feet 8 inches, so you will find that there are many versions of his height, one will be 203cm, the other will be 205cm, and some people even say that he has a height of 208cm.
These three versions obviously allow him to switch positions from swingman, two-power forward, and power forward, so he admits that his height is 205cm at most, but never acknowledges the fact that he is taller than both Big Ben and Mason.
Of course, as long as you go to that station, this kind of thing will be exposed, and the fans are not blind, you are taller than most of the No. 4 positions, so it's strange that you can hide it.
Zhang Wei can't falsely report his height, which is mainly to blame on the NBA's increasingly popular tradition of falsely reporting height, because nine out of ten players are falsely reported to the high, so he, an alternative who falsely reports to the low, is naturally particularly eye-catching. Especially when Barkley, who is 201cm tall, became half a head shorter when he stood next to him, some fans even said that Zhang Mao was afraid that he would have to be 210cm, so you can't say it if you don't play inside, right?
Harris doesn't care about Zhang Qi's willingness now, the biggest problem for the Lakers now is "physical strength", after Kidd and Payton exchanged half a game, the physical state turned on a yellow light, and at most they were holding on for a quarter.
Kidd is not as good as Payton in terms of staying power, and today's away back-to-back is even more difficult for this big brother, although his physical confrontation ability is stronger, but obviously he can't hold on for too long, you can see that he is a little panting in the third quarter, and I really don't know what to take and Payton continues to fight hard in the fourth quarter.
Mutombo's form is not good, and Wenbeck's ability to play above average today is not because he is really that good, but because the mobility of old Mu has decreased today.
This doesn't have to be said, after all, he is also a veteran who is over thirty years old and doesn't know "how many", even if the body is well maintained, but the staying power is also not comparable to that of young players, back-to-back can also contribute 3 blocks to the team's half, is it already good, do you still ask him to be able to block the penalty area alone in this situation?
The Lakers' two defensive backbones, one inside and one outside, only fought for half a game and there was not much fuel left, and it was not easy for Zhang Yu to maintain a single-digit gap by fighting alone.
This is an away game, and the right time and place are not on their side, and this difficulty is too unfriendly to the Lakers.
The SuperSonics began to change their tactics in the third quarter, and George Karl shifted the offensive focus to Payton, and the defense used ferocious body contact to block the Lakers' breakthrough, continuing to drain their physical strength.
Kidd's defense began to have problems, just as he was always weak against opponents who were extremely fast, and he was also lacking in the third quarter against Payton's simple and direct play, and Payton scored four straight points on Kidd in the first quarter.
The Lakers' defense rarely showed a flaw from the outside, but they had a superstar to control the game, Zhang Zhu did not have physical problems, this was a natural start to fight with Payton, one person cut 6 points in a row, and gave Mutombo an aerial relay, the Lakers instead set off a wave of offensive climax to stabilize the situation, and narrowed the difference to 5 points.
The commentaries of various countries are starting to be big names again, what is "real Sho·time", "This is the real role of superstars", "The reign of terror of the first man in the league", "The source of the myth of the Lakers' undefeated"......
Well, Zhang Mao must love to listen to these words, and he did let people see the role of personal ability in this game. Today's Lakers, without the support of Zhang Mao, would have been carried away by a wave of supersonic speeds, but now there are signs of reversal, and it is not too much to be praised.
The supersonic side felt the deepest, even if they occupied a big enough advantage, they still didn't dare to be careless, because they were really worried that Zhang Yi would push the tower alone.
"Steady, obscene development, we can win!"
Payton said this at least five or six times today, and basically as soon as Zhang scored a wonderful goal, he immediately regarded himself as the side behind him.
It's not that the supersonic speed doesn't want to wave, they really don't dare to wave.
Not to mention that they are only leading by 5 points now, even if they lead by more than a dozen points in the last minute, they still dare not wave.
Zhang Mao's miracle of 33.16 seconds hasn't long passed, and now who dares to say that he is very stable in the last minute ahead of the Lakers by more than ten points?
No, that's not stable at all, is it?
Against the Lakers, if they want to win, they must see themselves as characters who are a dozen points behind.
Supersonic fans feel the same way, in fact, no matter which team is about the same, whoever is ahead of the Lakers now doesn't dare to be careless, even if they are twenty points ahead, they have to be very careful, that damn "koala moment" is really too chicken scary, even more terrifying than the 28-meter-long, 5-meter-thick 98K!
This kind of caution allowed Zhang to not do more damage, and the supersonic stopped the bleeding with a tenacious defense in time, and they really played as if they were 5 points behind.
Zhang also began to change his offensive style, receiving the ball closer to the basket, catching the ball in the two low posts or horns like the No. 4 position, and then using his back to look for opportunities.
The supersonic reaction was very fast, and immediately clamped Zhang Qi's back.
George Karl no longer let Zhang Qi go to attack this quarter, especially after this guy scored 6 points in a row, he asked the team to go to Zhang Qi, at this time he would rather let the rest of the Lakers players attack with the ball, and they now have to transfer the pressure to these people.
The change was timely, and Kidd and Mutombo certainly couldn't count on it. Starks also had nothing to do with a guy named Stackhouse who was very similar to himself. Not to mention Finley, the German immediately felt a light pressure on Finley, even if the body still did not have an advantage, he was completely able to resist Finley's attack with experience and will.
In the end, the Lakers still had to rely on Zhang Zhu to score points alone, but this time the supersonic pressure on him was even greater, Zhang Zhu scored six points in a row and missed consecutive offenses, and only scored 2 points in the next five minutes, and the supersonic turned the score into 85:74 in the third quarter, and the Lakers entered the final quarter of the game with a double-digit deficit for the first time this season.
Zhang Qi said that he did his best, he has cut 43 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks, only played three quarters today, he shot 30 times, and even made 12 free throws, which shows how desperate he is on the offensive end, and even Zhang Zhu has a little fatigue after playing three quarters, which is an extremely rare situation
Harris knew that Zhang had to be given a break in the fourth quarter, and he didn't take a minute off in the first three quarters, even the Iron Man had to take a breath.
But as soon as Zhang Yu rested, the Lakers players couldn't withstand the supersonic offense, especially Kidd obviously began to weaken his feet, and sure enough, the black man's skin was not dark enough to be a little weak, and Peyton was still a fierce force, but he only lasted three quarters before withering.
Kidd said: You don't know what I've been through, not only does he have to fight desperately with Peyton, but he also has to endure the other party's extremely vicious trash talk, and the most infuriating thing is that this thing is always taunting a certain part of him, which is really tiring, okay?
Xiao Zhengtai really can't stand it in the fourth quarter, Peyton's big mouth is too vicious, anyone who is attacked by the opponent will have an explosive mentality for the whole game, Kidd at this moment is not only physically tired, but his mentality has also completely exploded, so when Payton not only cursed viciously, but also gave him an elbow, Kidd immediately lost his mind and smashed the blue ball in his hand......
Well, it can only be said that his move was much worse than Zhang's, the basketball smashed on Payton's chest, who was stunned for a moment, and then immediately rushed up to prepare to fight Kidd.
"Idiot!"
Zhang Qi shook his head when he looked at it off the court, and Peyton's stunned moment was even more "essence"!
He was sure that Payton was definitely deliberately stunned in order to give his teammates time to stop him from going up to fight.
This is the purpose, as long as his teammates pull him down, Payton will not lose face, and secondly, he will not be sent off with Kidd, so Zhang Wei feels that Peyton is too witty and an absolute old fritter!
Kidd's mind was absolutely out of his mind at the time, but Zhang Qian could understand the situation, and there were many opponents who were mad at him in the first two years, especially when the wind was headwinds or ravaged, if the opponent kept chattering about you, or even personal attacks, it was really difficult for you to control your emotions.
After the CS developed by "Origin Studio" caught fire, the cheating situation also began to become serious.
But he knows that many players who open the cheating are caused by being dizzy after being ravaged + ridiculed, for example, he was abused for a 16:0 and was ruthlessly taunted by the other side, he directly broke the mouse and called the studio, asking them to make sure to get him a custom hook within a day, and at the same time must strengthen the anti-cheating mechanism.
Zhang Wei thinks that more than half of the game is now hanging, otherwise with his 0.11-second limit reaction, how could no one be able to beat it?
At this moment, Kidd, who was also annoyed and angry, was like this, and he only had 4 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the third quarter, not to mention competing with Payton for the All-Star starter, and even the bench was a little reluctant.
The Lakers are even worse now, Kidd's absence means that the Lakers only have Zhang Zhu as a passing point, and the supersonic bag can be more unscrupulous, and Zhang Qiu will be more difficult to handle the ball when passing.
In the fourth quarter, after Kidd was sent off the court, a wave of supersonic finally arrived - Payton teamed up with Winsbeck to blast 15:6 to widen the gap to 12 points, and now supersonic fans can finally watch the game as a close score, otherwise they have to keep thinking of themselves as a backward team.
With a big wave of his hand, the SuperSonics began to control the situation after taking a double-digit lead, and the defensive end resolutely blocked the restricted area, which made the Lakers, who only relied on Zhang Qiu on the outside today, helpless.
Zhang Qi didn't have many methods, the supersonic speed was already ahead by more than a dozen points, but it was still not wavering, and they were playing more steadily than usual.
In this quarter, he was always surrounded by several people, and every time he received the ball, he would be chased and intercepted by a cautious supersonic player, and the Lakers' two consecutive counterattacks were crushed by the steady rhythm of the supersonic!
Zhang Wei had no choice but to come to the last three minutes of the game to launch a three-point shot in advance, which was also the last fight of the backward side.
At 3 minutes and 22 seconds in the fourth quarter, Zhang Yu received Darick's ball and started shooting directly two steps away from the three-point line, which was an ultra-long-distance blind three-point shot, but only heard the sound of "swish", and the supersonic player's face suddenly turned blue.
The score was 92:104, and Zhang Mao's goal narrowed the difference to 12 points, and the supersonic players' faces turned blue because they thought of the scene they were most worried about, and this goal made the "koala moment" instantly come to mind.
The Seattle fans were also scared of the ball, and it was like you playing CS to take a 14-0 lead and taunting the other side, and then people suddenly turned around and hit you with a backhand 16-0.
So it is conceivable that after this kind of thing, you will never dare to mock rashly after playing 14:0 in the future, but you will have to be afraid that the other side will turn again. Once your opponent hits two headshots at this point, you'll be absolutely scared!
SuperSonics fans and players are in this mood, people can pull you back 16 points in 33 seconds, and now there are three minutes left on the timer, this mere 12 points is not a matter of hand?
The Lakers players have also suddenly returned to the light, and it is difficult for the morale of the team to recover again when the team is in such adversity, but a three-point shot by Zhang Mao gave the Lakers players strength and hope again, which is also the role of the "Koala moment".
Next, Daric also hit a three-pointer, and his performance off the bench looked better than Kidd's.
George Carr saw that the rhythm was not right and hurriedly asked for a timeout.
The Lakers' two three-pointers instantly narrowed the gap to 9 points, and even George Karl began to panic, the Lakers are ready to turn up!
Zhang Qi ran over and touched Darik Martin's bald head fiercely, this guy is also a player with convulsions, the kind of perverted and accurate convulsions.
He knew that this kind of player went to the CBA, and that was Iverson-like existence, and he pumped the wind today to make the SuperSonics even scared the fart.
After the timeout, the SuperSonics finally scored, but they never expected that Darrick turned his head and received an assist from Zhang Qi and threw a three-pointer, and the Lakers instantly narrowed the gap to 8 points, so scared that George Carr hurriedly called another timeout.
The supersonic players no longer dare to let Darrick shoot, Payton honestly came back to defend, and the pressure on Zhang Mao's side was much lighter, but he didn't expect these role players to play a role that the main players couldn't reach.
Harris also noticed this, and immediately glanced at the bench, and of course Ginobili and Battle, who were eager to try, couldn't escape his gaze, but Harris quickly shook his head, he still didn't trust these two rookies, especially the skinny Ginobili, compared to the veteran Wilkins is much more reliable.
Soon, Finley, who shot only 1 of 5 three-pointers today, was replaced, and Wilkins, who was almost forty years old, was replaced.
Wilkins only averaged 8 minutes per game with the Lakers this year, and he was basically a water cooler patron, which had long made him dissatisfied, and he even had the idea of retiring many times. However, the Lakers' winning streak has made him endure until now, after all, the chances of the Lakers winning the championship this year are too high, even if he doesn't have much playing time, even if he follows the Lakers to win the championship, he will have a reputation of hugging his thighs, which is better than not having a ring in his life.
In today's game, he didn't expect to play at all, because his state has declined too much, especially after finding that his position in the team is very embarrassing, he has even trained less, and his current state is enough to play CBA, and at this time, replacing him is Harris's failure.
However, less training does not mean that the hand is not good, Jordan once participated in the show after retiring, when he was playing baseball, basketball has basically not touched, but he was stunned to shoot 5 three-pointers in a row during the performance shooting, and one is an ultra-long-distance three-point shot standing outside the sideline, and the helper threw the ball in place without even jumping.
This is actually a very normal phenomenon, many stars who have retired for many years have had similar performances when they are on the show, more than ten years of hard training have long been engraved in their bodies, and once they get the basketball, they still make ordinary people feel desperate, and even many centers can hit several three-pointers in a row after retiring n.
Wilkins' three-point shot was really not good, but the first touch after coming on the court made George Carr want to call another timeout, because he found that the Lakers were really open, how could anyone who came up can shoot three-pointers? Has this skill become so bad?
Of course not, although it was luck that Wilkins could score this ball, his position before shooting was very quintessential, and the old and spicy German Schramf was actually out of position, so he had the final three-point shot, otherwise he would not have such luck if he was pasted in the face.
At this moment, they became supersonic players again, they didn't know what had happened in the past minute, how did they go from a 15-point lead to a 5-point lead in a blink of an eye?
At this minute, Wenbeck disappeared, Stackhouse was silent, and they were suddenly blinded by the Lakers......
At such a critical moment, it is up to the leader to speak.
In the subsequent offense, in the face of the double defense of Darrick and Starks, Payton forced his head down and used a textbook one-man fight to make the home court cheer again!
This 1V2 also made the supersonic players breathe a sigh of relief, as long as they score, they won't be stunned all the time, whether he is reasonable or not, whether he can't shoot is going to be a **, in fact, if you really have to think about it so much, the Lakers may really be a **.
The Lakers' luck is almost the same here, and then Zhang and Darrick both missed, although the SuperSonics also failed to score, but after the time dragged on to the last minute, the Lakers, who were 7 points behind, looked like they had less and less chances, although the SuperSonics still did not dare to be careless.
This kind of caution is right, Zhang Qian found that after the luck of the three-point shot ran out, he decisively started a two-point strategy, and it was one step, two steps, and three steps...... Finally, a two-point shot with a jump to put the ball in the basket!
"Here we are...... He's here again......"
The supersonic player hurriedly looked at the referee, only to find that he only gave a back + the back of his head as an answer, which is too obvious.
In the "Key Arena", countless fans were so angry that they held their heads with their hands, in addition to worrying about the "koala moment", this trick is also one of the most taboo tricks, as for the koala fans' mouths "Jumping is not a walk", that is bullshit at all, why don't you see other people's jumps and not walk?
But the most annoying thing is that Zhang Zhu used this trick more than once, and in the next round, he actually repeated his old trick and came to a jump layup that was not a step.
This is really excessive, in the past, he used this trick to accept it when he saw it, but today he can't even act?
This time, the referee finally moved, and he sent the koala baby directly to the free throw line, and he almost gave George Karl, who was laughing off the court, a technical foul.
Zhang Fu hit both free throws, the score came to 105:108, there were 32 seconds left, and the superSonics only scored 4 points in three minutes?
"Key Arena" after Zhang Fu's two free throws, almost already rioted, never blew the away whistle so obvious game, even Zhang Zhu felt that this was too much, he didn't want to be said that he relied on the referee to win the game, after the penalty to look at the referee is very unkind, that means "you don't do anything".
The referee immediately gave him a "clear" look, so the superSonic's attack ended with an attack hitting someone.
Zhang Fu was angry, because from the slow-motion replay, it was a five-five collision, not to mention a five-five confrontation in the NBA, even if it was four or six open, it was generally left to the players to solve it themselves, and the referee would not blow the whistle for this, so once the whistle sounded, there must be a problem.
"Isn't this a trick for me?"
Zhang Qi glanced at the timer, they still had 13 seconds of offensive time, and theoretically could tie the score and drag the game into overtime.
But the baby koala says that he will never eat the food that comes from it, and he would rather not have this victory!
So, for the last offense, Zhang Qi dribbled to the front court and waited until the last 6 seconds to start attacking.
SuperSonics don't dare to foul early, although it's a good option because the free throws are only two points, so the victory is in their own hands.
But when they think of the "koala moment", they don't dare to play tricks anymore, because Zhang Ji runs out of time like this, even if he shoots three points, it is a draw, considering the physical state of both teams, this is obviously an acceptable result for the supersonics. And once this shot can't be shot, then the victory will be in hand, so it is the wisest choice to defend Zhang Mao's three-point shot right now.
Zhang Qi is not stupid, this goal is also overtime, eighty percent is still lost, and if it can't be thrown, it will be lost directly, so at this time, you must believe in your teammates and be a great team player.
"I have to trust my teammates!"
Zhang Wei silently recited this sentence in his heart, and after the supersonic players began to wrap up, he directly distributed the ball to Wilkins.
"I have to trust my teammates!"
What Wilkins thought in his heart was "I'm just guarding the water dispenser, I won't carry this pot", but he also said this sentence silently, and directly distributed the ball to Starks, who was far away from him.
"I ...... I also have to trust my teammates! ”
Starks saw that even Wilkins had passed the ball, and he was finally not the stunned green man before he won the championship, but he still had a bit of a problem with his brain, because he actually passed the ball to Mutombo, who was unguarded on the inside.
"Stupid!"
Mutombo is stupid, because this ball has a fart for him, even if he scores two points, he still loses!
"Damn, it's coming back again, isn't it?"
Zhang Qiu saw the basketball back in his hand at the last second, and for the first time he had a bewildered expression, and after hesitating for half a second, he threw the ball high, which was to avoid the opponent's block.
At this moment, everyone looked at the basketball that was thrown out like a shot put, only to see a stupid arc across the sky, and then really smashed into the net like a fool!
“…………”
"Where's the whistle?"
Zhang Wei was stunned for another half a second before he realized that he didn't hear the whistle, and hurriedly looked at the referee, only to find that the referee was biting the whistle and looking at him with a constipated face.
"They...... Didn't raise your hand? ”
Zhang Mao quickly understood where this constipated expression came from, because none of the three referees, including the referee, made a valid gesture to score a goal, because the timer had already lit up for half a second when he shot.
"Dut...... Honk......!! ”
The referee blew the full-time whistle in tears, several seconds later than usual.