"Real food!"

A sneering smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Mao's mouth, Kobe Bryant didn't have any objection to him, but he had a bad impression of Kobe. Whoever calls the Clippers www.biquge.info always boast that he also has a high school talent, and the American media always compare a guy who hasn't even played in the regular season to him.

Hmph, he doesn't think that rookie is comparable to himself, just a rookie with an ability value of less than 80.

When he thought so, he seemed to forget that at this time last season, his ability value was only in his early eighties, which was not much better than the rookie in his mouth.

Shortly after the start of the second quarter, the Clippers re-introduced O'Neal and Eddie Jones.

These two are now the inside and outside core of the Clippers, and O'Neal needless to say, everyone knows what he is capable of.

Eddie Jones has increased his weight and confrontation this season, making the breakthrough more threatening, the three-point and long-range shooting are more stable, and the defensive end has also improved significantly, and his super running and jumping ability has given him the strength to impact the All-Star, except for no back play, Jones at this stage is really much stronger than Kobe, and it is difficult to replace Jones in one or two seasons.

O'Neal and Jones teamed up together, and they could almost play seven or eight points of power during the championship of the OK combination in another time and space.

The current Clippers really lack a strong defense and a three-point forward, such as Finley's style of outside is a perfect fit for the Clippers.

Unfortunately, after the Clippers exceeded the salary cap for the first time in history, it was difficult to find a suitable No. 3 spot in the free market, so they could only dig inside, or seek a veteran who hugged their thighs, and finally see if luck could pick up a good base salary player, such as Dean Garnett.

This is also the result of the league's restriction of teams to recruit unrestrained in order to win championships, even teams like the Lakers and Bulls, if they don't select rookies with outstanding potential, or attract some veterans who hug their thighs, there is also no way to make up for their shortcomings, because the team space does not allow them to move anymore, and at most one middle class is used every year to fight for luck.

The Lakers also replaced Zhang Zhu and Mutombo, and the inside combination became Uncle Mu + Big Ben.

This is the first time Wallace has played in the center position, Harris originally wanted Mutombo to entangle O'Neal, and Wallace is responsible for the defense, but Mason suggested that Big Ben should defend O'Neal, which sounds a bit crazy.

Mason certainly didn't have an idea, and while he and Mutombo were discussing how to get O'Neal together during the Lakers' preparations, Ben Wallace also made some suggestions, and it was clear that this guy had done a lot of homework off the court.

Ben Wallace is a bit wooden off the pitch and not very smart on the pitch, but he really does his homework and takes the initiative to study his opponents with the coaching staff every game, and he is a player who is willing to use his brain to think.

This is very similar to Rodman, sometimes whether you can do a good job is not a question of whether you are smart or not, but whether you have done it with your heart and whether you have put in enough effort.

"What is O'Neill's weakness?"

I believe that the coaching staff of each team will have a whole A4 paper full of answers for your reference, but how to solve the problem depends on the efforts of each player.

Ben Wallace has been studying O'Neal and Lloy since he played the Knicks, learning about their playing habits from a lot of game footage, and then deducing in his head what to do when he's in that defensive position.

It was this kind of homework that allowed him to make it through a few rounds under Roy who was much higher than his own.

To be reasonable, with Ben's current experience and defensive skills, it is not enough to deal with Lowe, but he has done enough homework, not to mention not letting him defend the whole game, and Ben Wallace has completed this task brilliantly with his enthusiasm and physical talent.

Now that he's playing well, Harris can give Mason a little more rest, after all, it's not an easy task to carry O'Neal, not only is it easy to get fouls, but it also has a lot of physical exertion, and if Wallace can hold on for a few more minutes, it will be very helpful to the Lakers.

What is an opportunity? This is clearly what it is! "Chances" are always reserved for those who are prepared, and if Ben Wallace doesn't do his homework, then the result will definitely be that he will be cleaned up by Lowe, and in the end he will have less playing time.

"He's not slow at 340 pounds, but I'm still a lot faster than him, and if I can get around him, keep him from catching the ball, and give Deacon Bay enough time to make up for it, we can stop him."

Ben Wallace thought to himself that he had done his homework on O'Neal as well, and that these were all things from the pre-war scouting report.

O'Neal Jr. is probably over with just a glance, but he and Mason are both researching, how can they entangle him when they get to the court? How can this answer be made?

"It would be nice if I had a little more strength."

Big Ben went up and tried it first, and found that the footsteps were keeping up, but the strength was a little far behind, and after a body contact, he couldn't stand up, and O'Neal took the opportunity to turn around and complete the layup.

"Rookie, you don't want to guard off Uncle Shaquille, do you?"

O'Neal grinned and looked at Big Ben with a serious face, he also had the same mentality as Starks, and he had to hit the self-confidence of this rookie hard.

Big Ben's psychological quality is much better than that of the young and frivolous Kobe, one of these two is a pure blue-collar worker who climbed up step by step from the lower league, and the other is a high-spirited genius high school student who has not experienced any setbacks, and the two have completely different psychological reactions when they encounter difficulties.

Kobe Bryant Jr. was still sulking off the court, while inadvertently touching his elbow, thinking: He can definitely handle Starks, but the coach didn't give him this opportunity, it's really hateful!

Zhang Zhu quickly made up for the points lost by his younger brother, probably because he was suddenly scared in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, Otelo and Rodgers were eight feet away when defending Zhang Zhu, and the result was a 26-foot ultra-long-distance three-pointer that immediately choked Clippers fans with their boos.

"Three points so far?"

"8 meters away, a hit?"

"This TM is blind, isn't it?"

The fans at the scene were shocked, Zhang Zhu's three-point shot last season was average, the shortened three-point line, his shooting rate was just over 40%, and it was not even as high as Jordan's three-point shooting rate. In addition, in the first few preseason games, Zhang Qian rarely shot three-pointers, so everyone thought that he was the same as Jordan, and he abandoned the three-point shot this season, but he didn't expect Zhang Zhu to shoot eight meters away.

"Hmph, this summer, I've been shooting 300-500 three-pointers in the virtual space every day, and what about the 7.25-meter three-point line?"

This summer, in addition to playing at least one playoff game a day, Zhang Qi did not relax in shooting training, shooting at least 500 mid-range shots of 10-foot to 20 feet and at least 300 three-pointers every day.

Note that this refers to the number of shots made, and if you count the total number of shots, that adds up to more than 1,200 shots.

To be honest, this shooting training volume is not particularly high, at least not as high as Jordan.

But don't forget, Zhang Qi is taking the all-round development route, in addition to shooting training, he also has to practice back play, confrontation layups, dribbling, strength training every day, plus unique heads-up and actual combat practice, these training amounts all add up, it is incredible.

This three-point shot was just the beginning, and the Clippers spent the next three minutes like a small wrecked ship floating in the ocean, crumbling to the ground by a sudden and violent three-point rain!

Zhang Qi hit three three-pointers one after another during this time, and the smashed Clippers called two timeouts before his hand dropped somewhat.

"My bad!"

Finley and Big Ben admitted their mistakes at the same time, because Zhang Yu was so open, the Lakers only led the Clippers by 2 points, because Jones and Barry also made a big killing outside the three-point line, and it was O'Neal, who was uncontrollable on the inside, that created opportunities for the two, which made Wallace and Finley grab the pot together.

Harris doesn't think there's anything wrong with Wallace and Finley, especially since the former has worked hard, and his close defense and forward wrapping are indeed a good way to fight O'Neal, but the difference in strength is too far, even if the defensive method is correct, it can't really interfere with O'Neal in the end.

At 6 minutes and 20 seconds in the second quarter, the Lakers exchanged Mason for two fouls, and although Big Ben's defense of O'Neal was not effective during this time, his efforts were recognized by Harris and his teammates. The strength is not enough, in fact, it doesn't matter, this is his first season, since Mason can practice to the point where he can barely anal O'Neal, Big Ben's physical talent is even better, and naturally he has the opportunity to do all this.

After Mason came on the court, O'Neal was not so comfortable, in fact, the difference between him and Big Ben is that one will be knocked out of balance, and the other can rush up again after crooked body to interfere, although they can't make it difficult for O'Neal to score, but there will definitely be a difference in offensive efficiency, especially Mason can create time for Mutombo's defense, which is particularly crucial.

Against the SuperSonics last season, it was because Schramf could make Zhang Mao's breakthrough a little hindered by playing with his life, creating enough time for Camp to return to defense, otherwise the results of the SuperSonics and the Trail Blazers would be no different.

O'Neal is uncomfortable again now, the Clippers' offensive rhythm has also been affected, and the Lakers' outside line has strengthened the bag of O'Neal from time to time, and the score gap has finally begun to widen.

The key point in this short period of time is not only that Zhang Mao's personal ability cannot be limited, but also Van Exel's performance is remarkable.

Fan Maniac has a big advantage against Darrick Martin, the strong point guard of the Clippers is a bit like Fisher, the ball control and outside basket are stable, and he does not possess the ball, but the pace is faster and the breakthrough is better, but these are not enough to see when facing Van Exel,

Zhang Mao's breakthrough was fatal, Van Exel's breakthrough was not comfortable either, and he was able to get the ball out, which is where Fan Maniac's improvement from last season was the most significant.

Today, he and Zhang took turns to assault on both wings, and it was difficult for the Clippers to balance the interior line, and in the end, it was Lloy who was the old man who made up for O'Neal, and like Mason in the first half, both of them got three fouls.

At the end of the first half, the score was 55-49, and the Lakers led the Clippers by six points.

Zhang had 24 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, shooting 7-of-14 from the field, 4-of-6 from three-point range and 6-of-7 from the free-throw line.

O'Neal had to face Mason and Mutombo on the inside, and he was certainly inferior to Zhang Mao in terms of personal data, and he put up a first-half performance of 17 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting 6-of-13 from the field and 5-of-10 from the free-throw line.

Fat Man's stats are considered his normal performance, but considering his opponents, the Lakers still let this guy play above average.

One thing to be clear here is that sometimes superstars are not as good as against strong teams when they are facing weak teams.

It's not that the weak team's defense is better, it's that the superstars are not willing to give their all when playing the weak team, but when they meet the strong team, although the defensive intensity goes up, the superstars will also go all out.

So, don't think that getting the opposing core to score 30 points in a strong conversation is a failure, in fact, it has been a success.

How terrible a superstar is to give it his all, you should guess a thing or two from the salary alone.

If Zhang Zhu goes all out when playing the Chinese team, even if he can't score 100 points, it will not be a big problem to cut 70 or 80 points, but if the opponent is replaced by the Clippers in front of him, of course, it can't be counted like this.

Facing O'Neal today, Da Shuaibi took out the momentum to play the playoffs, I believe O'Neal is the same, four assists is not a small number for O'Neal, this thing is obviously willing to make the ball for his teammates in order to win, and his own shots are not many.

"Then you can't win!"

Zhang said that they haven't made a big move yet, and the Bulls' "shark slashing tactic" last year exposed O'Neal's weakness in the free throw pit.

But the Lakers don't plan to follow suit, and O'Neal's physical deficiencies, in addition to shooting free throws, were exposed the year before last against the Rockets.

This thing's physical strength is not enough to play four quarters of ultra-high-intensity games, and Mason's task today is to consume Ao Fat's physical strength.

O'Neal's physical strength is not very good, which many people know, and he has to play 40 minutes to be lazy on the court against a weak team, and if he is playing a playoff-level game, he has a maximum of 30 minutes on the court. Of course, compared to Yao Ming, it is still a lot better, and Da Yao has a peak time of twenty-five minutes at most.

Zhang Qi only had the peak time of his early 30s last season, and he could play 40 minutes with a reasonable allocation of physical fitness. This season, his peak time has increased to more than 35 minutes, and with a reasonable distribution of physical energy, it is basically not a problem to play 45 minutes.

In the third quarter, the Lakers began to consciously speed up, with the aim of accelerating the physical consumption of the Clippers.

O'Neal's size is destined to allow him to only play positional battles, and the Lakers began to slowly speed up in the first half, and continued to increase the number of rounds on the original basis in the second half, in order to exhaust this fat man.

At this point, the Clippers exposed another problem - point guard.

A point guard like Darrick Martin who doesn't possess the ball is a good match for O'Neal and Jones, but the problem is that this guy doesn't control the tempo well enough.

This is where Fisher's real value lies, don't look at his breakthrough is not as good as Darik, and his footwork is inferior, but he is much better than Darik in controlling the tempo. Although Fisher can't get the rhythm of the whole game, he can keep his team's rhythm unaffected by the opponent, which is much more valuable than being a little faster.

Bill Feige quickly found out that the rhythm was not right, they were getting faster and faster, and it was certainly okay to play like this last season, but now that O'Neal is on the court, they have to be as slow as possible, and if they can play positional battles, they will never play fast.

Brent Barry was transferred to the court, but this thin white man who can play the No. 1 position, it doesn't hurt to make a cameo appearance in this position, but now in the face of the Lakers' targeted pressing, his ball control skills barely reaching 80 are obviously a little out of control of the basketball.

This slowed down the pace of the Clippers, but the No. 1 position couldn't get the ball, and even dribbled through the midfield, as if he was going to be cut off at any time, which made Barry unable to organize the offense calmly, which seemed to be more troublesome than a little faster paced, and O'Neal couldn't catch the ball on the inside at all.

The Lakers' move is called "Attacking the West", which seems to be besieging Barry, but in fact it is still aimed at O'Neal.

Mason and Mutombo did their best to limit O'Neal to 30+15 at the full-court level, and this kind of defense was actually quite a failure.

But if you push the defense out and target the weakness of the Clippers' point guard, don't let the opponent easily pass the ball to O'Neal on the outside, isn't that a more efficient way?

This trick can not only be used on Barry, Darik Martin faces the Lakers' pressing, even if he can control the ball, it will be difficult for eighty percent to hoist the ball to O'Neal in time.

Zhang Qi knows best that the passing ability of this product has just reached 81, which is definitely not good among point guards, and it is even a little reluctant in general.

The Clippers' other outside players are also not good at passing, except for Barry's pass reaching 83, the rest of the players have no pass value above 80, and it will be difficult to hoist the ball to O'Neal when he encounters pressure.

Therefore, the Lakers only need to strengthen the pressing of the Clippers' outside players, and the interior line uses the front post defense to interfere with O'Neal's reception, and the defensive efficiency will definitely be higher, and there is no need to fight hard with O'Neal, so that Ben Wallace can also defend it.

Of course Harris is prepared for this move, but he is not going to take all the tricks out of this game, no matter what, it is just a pre-season game, and there are some things that are only used in key games, and today they will try it out in some rounds at most.

As soon as the Lakers made a force, the Clippers immediately messed up, and this flaw is really fatal to them at this stage!

When O'Neal was in the Magic, Hardaway passed the ball to him outside, which made him not think about the value of this seemingly ordinary feeding of the ball at all, he just thought about how many open shooting opportunities he let Hardaway outside, but ignored how many good balls Hardaway passed to him on the outside and helped him attract defense.

Now that the Lakers are forcing the Clippers to steal the outside line, coupled with Mutombo and Mason interfering on the side, O'Neal suddenly finds himself unable to even catch the ball, even if he gets stuck behind him, because it's not that he can't be in place, but his teammates can't pass the ball, so how can he be able to do it?

Zhang Zhu also began to stab the knife on the offensive end, Mason and Mutombo continued to cover him on the offensive end, Zhang Zhu's shooting training in the summer quickly showed results, he was already tall and long-armed, and it was easy to get the space to shoot after blocking and dismantling, at this time, as long as his hand was good, and the opponent's interior line was not fast enough, then he could only pray for the help of his goddess of luck.

But today, he obviously feels good, and there won't be many bad moments in the future.

"Hmph, my goal this year is to be the top scorer!"

When Zhang Ji hit consecutive shots, his new task finally appeared......