Chapter 102: Enemy for Life?
Zhang Feng's move instantly attracted countless fans, and of course it also attracted the hatred of the Lakers, especially Kuzma and Zubac, no one wants to be a background, especially on this occasion, and is still a rookie background.
Wharton frowned at this time, he thought that Van der Breo and Bauer defended very well, but he never expected that Bauer's good defense would give Zhang Feng a chance, and he was anxiously thinking about how to deal with Zhang Feng's breakthrough.
So far, the Kings' offense and defense have been highlights, and every highlight has been related to Zhang Feng. On the other hand, Lonzo Ball, who was forced to pass the ball, was forced to shoot and was blocked, was perfectly broken, and did not have any excellent performance except for the first time against Zhang Feng's defense.
The Lakers attacked again, still focusing on Ingram, this time the Kings forward and interior moved in advance, the Lakers rotated a few times, and the ball went to Zubac. Zubac is a sophomore and was expected to be high by the Lakers, but this summer seems to have been too profligate, and he has been underperforming since the start of the summer league game, and now he is facing Papajanis, who is also a sophomore, and he decided to score this goal.
Zubac leaned on Papa's back to play, embarrassingly, after a few times Papayanis did not move in the slightest, Zubac blushed and wanted to force a turnover jumper, Wharton shouted from the sidelines, Zubac had to throw the ball outside the line and gave it to Lonzo Ball, facing the fierce Zhang Feng, Lonzo hesitated a little to stop the ball.
Seeing Lonzo holding the ball again on the sidelines, the ball father stood up and shouted excitedly: "run, Lonzo, just run", all said that the father knew that the son was more than the father, and the ball father had found that Lonzo lacked confidence at the moment, and when he was a father, he could only stand up and cheer loudly regardless of his face.
But if refueling makes a big difference, what do NBA stars practice hard every summer?
The moment Lonzo hesitated, Zhang Feng stuck up and stretched out his hand to force it, Lonzo reacted suddenly, but the ball had landed, and the two fell to the ground at the same time, and the basketball was once again touched by the two and rolled forward.
Zhang Feng lay on the ground, seeing that the ball was rolling away again, he no longer hesitated, and with his internal strength, a tiger jumped violently, and jumped out like a tiger in an instant. The fans only saw Zhang Feng rushing up with both hands and feet at the same time, and then grabbed the basketball.
LeBron opened his mouth wide in surprise when he saw Zhang Feng's movements, and then he was about to fall backwards, Paul, Anthony, and Wade cooperated to support him when they saw this, LeBron seemed to have seen something incredible, and could only express his shock in this way.
Zhang Feng grabbed the ball and rolled over and then the carp stood up, but at this time Van der Breo was already defending in front of him, and the three points were not possible, so he had to pass to Giles, who was killing the inside. Giles's layup was unsuccessful, and was strongly blocked by Kuzma, before landing Giles passed the ball to Zhang Feng, who was close to the inside, Zhang Feng's hand did not stick the ball to Buddy in the bottom corner, and the unguarded Buddy hit a three-point shot directly.
11-2, unlike the scorching battle that people imagined, the Lakers showed an overwhelming advantage at the beginning.
"Who told me before that Zhang Feng and Bauer might be lifelong enemies?" O'Neill suddenly asked while explaining.
As soon as he said this, Barkley's old face turned red, he really didn't expect Zhang Feng and Bauer to face each other, and Bauer would be beaten by Zhang Feng in all directions.
Barkley tried to defend himself and said, "Don't worry, this is the first official duel, and Zhang Feng's tactical status is much higher than that of Lonzo, haven't you noticed?" ”
"Yes, you're right, but Zhang Feng had several rounds directly against Lonzo, and Lonzo was blown up every round, and it has nothing to do with tactical position," O'Neal didn't let Barkley change the subject.
"Honestly, I don't think Ball played badly, it's just" Kenny seemed to mean something extraneous.
O'Neill looked at Kenny with a "I understand" look and said, "It's not that Ball is bad, it's just that Zhang Feng is too good."
Kenny saw that O'Neill was telling the truth as an honest man, and he didn't have to offend people, so he smiled and nodded, "Yes, yes, yes".
In fact, this is more than directly saying that Bauer is not good at hurting people, which directly negates Bauer's efforts, as if to say to a person: "Give up, it's useless for you to struggle...".
Seeing Lonzo's performance, Wharton had to call another timeout to continue to boost the morale of the Lakers rookies, but it was still not good to directly name Lonzo to concentrate, this is like someone cutting Howard, Howard's serve and not scoring in a row, if the coach directly pauses and replaces Howard, it will greatly dampen Howard's fighting spirit, and the same is true of Lonzo's situation, Wharton can only wait for Lonzo to adjust himself.
In the next few rounds of offense, the Lakers chose the most conservative style of play, and they sacrificed the same tactics as the Celtics, the offensive pass must be covered, the shot is best empty, and the defense is wrapped.
After slowing down, the Kings couldn't play faster, and the two teams began to play back and forth. At halftime, the Kings led 52-41 into the second half.
On the Lakers' side, Ingram played well in the half, with 16 points and 6 rebounds, and Kyle Kuzma lived up to expectations, scoring 14 points and 4 rebounds. Everyone thought that Lonzo Ball, who was going to fight Zhang Feng for 300 rounds, scored 4 points on free throws, as if it was a replay of his first summer league game, but he shot a lot in that game, and he didn't even have a chance to shoot in this half.
On the King's side, the score was even, the three starters Justin, Buddy, and Papayannis all magically scored the same 14 points, Zhang Feng scored 6 points and 18 assists, and 90% of the Kings' goals were related to Zhang Feng.
Because this game is at the regular season level, a halftime interview was set up, and Zhang Feng, as the person who played the brightest in the first half, was officially arranged by the NBA to be interviewed.
The female reporter interviewed was TNT reporter Maggio, whom Zhang Feng had met at the entrance of the gymnasium.
"Wow, a great half-time performance, what were you thinking about that dunk for two? A tribute to your teammate Carter? Maggio asked.
At this time, Carter was just about to return to the locker room of the king of China, and when he heard the reporter's interview, although he was sure that Zhang Feng was paying tribute to himself, he still stopped curiously to stop what Zhang Feng said.
Zhang Feng didn't know that Carter was behind him, he pulled up his clothes and wiped his sweat, and said: "Of course, there is no doubt that I am paying tribute to my teammate Carter, and at the same time I am also paying tribute to those players who have played wonderful basketball in the NBA, they have the same special place in my heart as Carter, I often watched their videos when I started to learn basketball, and today's dunk tribute to Carter is the first, and I will imitate more classic actions and classic moments in the future."
Carter heard Zhang Feng's words, walked quickly in front of Zhang Feng, gave a big hug, and then walked back to the locker room without saying a word, he understood what Zhang Feng meant, and he believed that Zhang Feng would also understand what he meant.
When Carter was far away, Maggio continued: "Barkley said earlier that you and Lonzo Ball will be a lifelong match, what do you think of that after half the game today?" ”
Zhang Feng smiled, this is trying to talk nonsense, but Zhang Feng still decided to express his true thoughts in his heart and said:
"People used to say that Kobe and Iverson are a lifetime place, and then they said that Kobe Bryant and James are a lifetime place, and finally James himself said that he and Paul Pierce are a lifetime place, and I think this statement is a compliment to great players, and I like Barkley's statement, I think it's a spur to me, and I will keep that in mind."
Barkley saw Zhang Feng's interview on TV from a young age and smiled with satisfaction, revealing an expression of "teachable".
But who knows if Zhang Feng and Lonzo Bauer are lifelong enemies?