Chapter 214: The state is amazing
"These two guys are good, how do I feel more potential than my two rookies?"
Zhang Qi was very face-saving after the game, and praised the strength of the two young insiders of the Chinese team. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Of course, he can't say what he has in his heart, but he does feel that Wang Zhizhi and Battle are better suited for the Lakers than O'Neal Jr. and Big Ben. The immediate combat power of these two people is also much stronger, and the unreliable potential is not very important in his eyes, because most of the so-called potential players are difficult to tap their potential in the end.
Wang Zhizhi is at least two notches stronger than O'Neill Jr. in terms of immediate combat power, and that kind of weightlifting style of playing can prove that his basic skills are very solid, if he does not have full confidence and ball quotient, it is impossible to play with such a slow and leisurely pace. Although his athleticism is much worse than O'Neal Jr., Zhang Qi feels that the ball quotient is high, and the inside line that can open up space is really suitable for him. In particular, the psychological quality must be excellent, otherwise how to take the pot?
That Battle is not bad, Mason secretly told him after the game that if it is in a competition of pure strength, he is afraid that he is not as good as that Battle, and in the game, he completely relies on the low chassis and small movements to just catch the Mongolian man.
This made Zhang Wei immediately glance at Battle, that guy has this kind of strength without professional training in the NBA, if he can train in the NBA for two years, then there should be improvement, won't he be more meat than Mason at that time?
It's not just Zhang Zhu who remembers Battle, even Harris secretly remembers this Mongolian, this kind of player with natural power is a weapon to defend O'Neal, and if it is cultivated, it can have a great impact on the big shark, which is more suitable for the Lakers than Wang Zhizhi.
Moreover, the Mongolian looks honest on the surface, but he is a little clever in it, which is from the fact that he slipped obscenely to the outside line to shoot three points after covering a few times, and immediately chiseled under the basket once he seized the misplaced opportunity, which shows that this Mongolian's style of play is very obscene on the offensive end, and can resist the opponent's hardest offensive point on the defensive end, these advantages are also very suitable for the Lakers, suitable for Zhang Zhu's little brother.
The Lakers originally planned to stay for a day or two after the game, but after beating up the hosts, the Chinese media began to hype up the Lakers' quality tourism after the game.
The Lakers players also knew that they were in trouble, and fled Beijing overnight, saying goodbye to the sweet air of China regretfully.
But there is one exception, Zhang Qi said that his quality is extremely high, of course, he can stay for a few more days, and then breathe in this sweet air, which is beautiful......
It wasn't until two days later that Zhang Wei also got on a plane to Los Angeles overnight and left China.
"Three years to start? It's just kidding, I'm running away now, can you still chase me to the United States? ”
Zhang Qi was on the plane back to Los Angeles, and it felt really TMD!
This time, he didn't return to Los Angeles until the 18th, staying two more days than the entire Lakers team, because he was unwilling to run for nothing.
What's wrong with being 17 years old, isn't it already 18 years old, as the so-called don't eat for nothing, don't eat for nothing, three years of blood earning, and the death penalty is not a loss!
"No loss is not a loss, but now Japan has done two, Chinese mainland has done one, next time we have to go to South Korea and Hong Kong and Taiwan to continue to take advantage, and we have to work hard to earn competitive points."
Zhang Qian knows that this kind of relationship can only be seen a few times a year, if you want to maintain it, you don't know how many competitive points you need to use, and now his reserves of more than 10,000 points are already very tight, and he must make money seriously.
This extremely high-quality handsome man quickly made an excuse for his behavior of messing around - he sowed seeds all over the world like this, not to give himself the motivation to play harder! If he doesn't spend so much on competitive points and doesn't mess with the relationship between men and women, where will he have the motivation to desperately earn competitive points?
These excuses sounded reasonable, so thinking about it, he didn't even have more than 10,000 points in savings. Because on the plane, he spent another 3,000 competition points to buy a lily card, on which the names of Noriko Sakai and Yuki Uchida were written, and a pair of sacred lily romances were promoted.
Zhang Fu not only made great merit in doing this, but the real effect was to prevent the young ladies from quickly reducing their favorability and loyalty due to their unsatisfying physiological needs, as well as accelerating the increase of debauchery and desire, which can be described as well-intentioned.
"I should have known that I should have let Miss Feihong and Miss Yuanyuan Lily take a look."
Zhang Wei looked at his three newly added fans, only to find that Gao Yuanyuan was not the first Chinese mainland girl he had done, and Miss Feihong was the first.
A day later, when the Japanese media broke the news that the two young actresses were kissing ambiguously in a restaurant and seemed to have an ulterior relationship, Zhang Mao had already said goodbye to the flight attendant who accidentally snapped on the plane and returned to his home in Los Angeles.
Of course, he won't take this kind of 419 to heart, the Lakers' next game is on the 21st, and the opponent is the New York Knicks, which is what he is concerned about at the moment. Then on the 25th, their final preseason game against the Clippers was the first derby of the season between the two teams, and the entire preseason was over after the game.
The regular season of the 1996-1997 season begins on November 1. Looking at it this way, the Lakers' preseason is very easy, just going to Asia to work hard, but judging from Zhang Fu's performance, his hard work has nothing to do with basketball.
Zhang Yu said that he is also very diligent, after he finished the flight attendant yesterday, he also played a playoff game in virtual training, and then found Rick Fox with A+ defensive ability to fight 300 rounds, this kind of training effect is not inferior to Jordan, and the next game against the Knicks can prove it.
When it comes to the next preseason opponent Knicks, they are also a bull, they actually used a three-way trade, sent Campbell and Sebaros, traded Larry Johnson from the Hornets, and still got "Big Mom" to New York.
Jeff Van Gundy doesn't look down on Campbell and Cebaros at all, he only wants "Big Mom" Larry Johnson and Oakley to partner in the front line, plus Ewing in the center position, this is the most perfect interior combination in his eyes, and Larry Johnson is the top version of Anthony Mason.
Of course, the Hornets want to send Larry Johnson away, but they know that this guy is bound to decline in the new season, and it will be difficult to fool people after the regular season starts.
Larry Johnson was the 1991-92 Rookie of the Year, a member of the Dream II team, with a low-post offensive ability comparable to Barkley's, accurate long-range shooting, and boxer-like muscles.
So, before the game even started, the New York media and fans began to ridicule the Lakers for only picking up what they had leftovers, and the 29-year-old Mason was no longer worthless, it was a pleasure they didn't want at all, but the Lakers treated him as a treasure.
This is too much, Zhang Wei secretly complained in her heart, "When did we treat Mason as a treasure?" Of course, this must not be said, Mason's self-esteem is not small, as soon as the Lakers come to the second master, they consider themselves to be the second in charge, except for not daring to speak loudly to Zhang Mao, and superficially respecting Mutombo and Magic, he doesn't care about the rest, and even Van Exel will scold.
But it's also strange that Fan Maniac didn't dare to have any emotions in the face of Mason, and he could endure it even if he was scolded, which made Zhang Wei feel that he was not too kind to this guy, and he knew that he should be so ruthless.
However, his style of an idol star is obviously not suitable for this set of tricks.
Mason, the "New York murderer", has this effect because of his notoriety, Ewing always likes to tell the new team members some New York gangsters to kill people and sell goods, in order to scare these guys into obeying him, but Mason doesn't even frown after hearing it.
Fan Maniac is not as crazy as his name, and when he meets a real hard stubble, he will naturally be cowardly.
"Very good, I'm a small role they don't want, so let me see what big role they have now."
Mason's response is already restrained, he doesn't have a good impression of the Knicks after Riley left, he is only grateful to Riley who gave him a chance back then, but he doesn't have much affection for the Knicks themselves, especially Van Gundy, whose coaching style is quite contradictory to himself, he will leave the Knicks completely because of the discord between the playing philosophy and the new coach.
In Van Gundy's view, his ability to respond is completely unnecessary, but Mason has always regarded himself as a point forward, if he is only regarded as a defensive titan and a mid-range pitcher, it is naturally unacceptable to the arrogant Mason, which is an irreconcilable contradiction between the two sides.
Zhang Zhu naturally wanted to support Mason, he praised Mason before the game as the most comprehensive inside line he had ever seen, the Lakers picked up a piece of the most suitable treasure for themselves, if anyone thinks Mason is a broken stone, then use the record to speak.
The Lakers were relatively low-key before the game, and Zhang found that he was no longer like last season, and he was too lazy to respond to some of the remarks now.
But in the game, neither he nor the Lakers players will be low-key.
This season, the Lakers set themselves the goal of 62+ wins and reaching the Finals, but there is no need to get the championship, "winning the championship" in addition to strong strength, but also need some luck components, such as no injuries.
So shouting the slogan of winning the championship as soon as you come up will only add unnecessary pressure to yourself. Let the defending champions do this kind of thing, their best option is to add pressure to the defending champions, such as finding a way to play the league's No. 1 record in the regular season, so that once they enter the Finals, the Lakers will have the home-court advantage, which is equivalent to grabbing the "location" advantage.
This preseason game with the Knicks is an opportunity to test the real strength of the Lakers, the previous two games played in Asia, there is not much training effect, but this game is enough to test whether the Lakers' strength has increased or regressed.
Zhang Wei knows that their new roster is unlikely to regress from last season, because the Lakers in virtual training are in a state after the run-in, and their combat power is enough to crush all non-championship teams. In other words, it is very rare for a team that only has the strength of the first round of the playoffs to snatch a win from the Lakers if they meet the Lakers in the playoffs.
The Knicks not only have the strength of the first round of the playoffs, although Ewing's ability value has dropped from 92 last season to 91, but Larry Johnson still has 87 ability, Oakley and Houston also have 85 ability, plus Harper's 82 ability, this team's combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, this is a team with the strength to impact the division finals.
But the problem is that Larry Johnson didn't show 87 in the Knicks' first four preseason games. To be honest, "Big Mom" may not have slipped much, but Van Gundy's use of him on the offensive end was too conservative and stiff, severely limiting his play, which led to a plummeting of statistics.
Larry Johnson was sent away by the Hornets because of the aggravation of the back injury, which is only known to the Hornets executives and "Big Mom" himself, and Zhang Yu is also counted as one, because he found from the system that the ability value of "Big Mom" has dropped from the highest 91 last season all the way to 87 today, which is enough to show the impact of his back on him.
But this kind of thing, of course the Hornets and Johnson won't say it, and Zhang Yu won't tell others that he has a system so awesome, so the Knicks think they have picked up a bargain, after all, the difference between 87 and 91 is difficult to test without going through the playoffs, and "Big Mom" has covered up the problem of her own level decline in the self-centered system.
But now that I'm here to the Knicks, the starting power forward who can't be beaten by the thunder is Oakley, and "Big Mom" can only start playing the No. 3 position when he arrives in New York, if this position is left before 94 years, there is no problem, but the back injury has affected the athleticism of "Big Mom", and in fact, he has enough energy to play the No. 3 position.
This game can see the discomfort of "Big Mom", because of Ewing and Oakley on the inside, his offensive means must be changed to the basket, and even often pull outside the three-point line. Coupled with the change in the status of the team, the Knicks are Ewing's team, the second leader is the young rising star Houston, and the locker room leader is Ewing + Oakley, all three of whom have a stronger presence than "Big Mom", and his 87 ability value is completely unplayable in New York.
The Lakers are no worse than the Knicks in terms of lineup run-in, and the New Yorkers have also changed two starters this year, so in terms of the team's tacit understanding, everyone is at most half-cut or two.
But the Lakers are significantly stronger than the Knicks in terms of chemistry, Mason's 86 ability value has fully played its due effect, Mutombo has always been a player who relies on consciousness and more than body, his presence on the defensive end is extremely strong, and the outside trio are all players who have been running in last season, but Finley has changed from a substitute to a starter, but it has little impact. Therefore, in addition to some stiffness in the connection between the inside and outside lines, there are not many other places that need to be run in depth, and it is enough to run in while playing.
It was the Lakers' first preseason game back in the United States, and Los Angeles fans took it very seriously, nearly filling out the Great Western Forum arena on the day of the game, recreating last season's scarcity-out playoffs. It is said that this time the Lakers rarely sold hundreds of standing tickets, and I don't know where these people are standing, and it is estimated that there is no place to stand except for the roof.
As soon as the two teams that need to be further run-in meet today, the gap immediately becomes apparent, because the Lakers have a core that enters the state very quickly, and one person can lead the rhythm of the whole team.
This person is, of course, Zhang Mao, who seems to be in the eyes of others to carry out a commercial promotion that will affect training in the summer, and the first half of the preseason is also to play Asian games with little training effect, but no one knows, he plays at least one playoff game almost every day.
At this time, Zhang Mao, if he has a single round of playoff experience, there are probably no more than five superstars in the entire NBA who can surpass him, which still refers to "quality" rather than "quantity", otherwise it is necessary to find superstars who have played more than 150 playoff games in the whole league, except for Magic, there is really no one, and Jordan has not played so many playoff games.
How could the Knicks have thought that Zhang Qian was still stuck in the playoffs last season, entering the state at the speed of light after the opening, and leading the Lakers to a 12:2 attack wave in a blink of an eye, single-handedly scoring 8 of the team's first 12 points, and shooting 4 of 4.
CCTV also broadcast this game live, David Stern is too good at business, and gave the Lakers' preseason game to CCTV, of course CCTV will not be polite to this kind of good thing, so even the Lakers played the Japanese team, CCTV broadcast it live, and this strong dialogue will naturally not fall.
David Stern's discount is not only the preseason, the Lakers' live broadcast rights in the regular season, the league has also given a seven-fold discount, which makes CCTV, which is gradually starting to get rich, buy the Lakers' 40 regular season live broadcast rights in one go, the Lakers' games against strong teams are basically not lost, and CCTV5 has also officially established a program dedicated to broadcasting NBA games.
Chinese fans can see that Zhang Fu really made his efforts today, and in the previous game with the Chinese team, I don't know how many layers of skills he came up with?
The Lakers took a double-digit lead at the beginning and immediately grabbed the momentum into their own hands, coupled with the crazy shouts of the home fans, the Knicks were only passively beaten in the first quarter, and the defensive system that Van Gundy spent a whole summer building could not be shown at all today, and was scattered as soon as the opening game began.
Even if Mason is taken away from the Knicks, the rest of the players are not good stubble, and there is a joke that if the FBI doesn't care, maybe the Knicks have killed a number of players. Given the law, they had to do something else, like: if you stare at a Knicks player's face for too long, or if you dare to dunk a basket with an itchy hand, you're likely to be pulled in the face the next round.
Now that Zhang Yu is so arrogant, his jealous face is naturally in danger.
"We should give him a bad foul and make him sober!"
Ewing said that they should give Zhang Qi a hate.
But as soon as he turned his head after speaking, he found that he was targeted by his predecessor Ma Tsai first.
Mason, of course, knew the Knicks' style, so from the middle of the first quarter, he stared at Ewing with an expression that was ready to slap the face of his former boss at any moment.
Of course, Oakley and Ewing won't just be cowardly, but the problem is that it is difficult for them to catch Zhang Zhu, who is extremely cunning in his own right, not to mention that the current Zhang Qi is surrounded by Mutombo, who seems to be kind, but is actually ruthless, and Mason, who looks like a murderer, is actually a ruthless escort.
In this case, the Knicks want to make it difficult to hit the target with a yin move, and he is not afraid to play hard Zhang Mao at all. Although Ewing, Oakley and Big Mom are tough, Zhang Yu is confident that as long as he rushes up, Mason will dare to go to the anus, and he will naturally not be afraid of the Knicks.
In the second quarter, the Knicks' fouls were one after another, but it didn't make Zhang Ju quiet, his breakthrough ball continued to hit the Knicks' defense, it's hard to imagine how he didn't look at people and passed the ball to his new teammates, especially Starks has been playing for the Knicks, but Zhang Ju's cooperation with him doesn't show that the two have only been teammates for a few months, and they have been training together for less than a month.
Starks himself is also very puzzled, in addition to being able to pass some good balls to Mason, he is very unfamiliar with other Lakers players, and basically gets the ball alone.
But the strange thing is that Zhang Fu can always find his position, which makes him have the feeling that it is not Zhang Fu who passes the ball to him, but Harper, the Knicks' point guard.
The Lakers were like a breakthrough on the offensive end, which naturally led the defense, and the Knicks, who had already been killed in the second quarter, turned over on their backs and were difficult to parry.
Zhang Zhu led the rhythm alone, and the Lakers players fully blossomed under his ball, and played a big score of 71:46 in the first half.
Van Gundy was also happy, seeing this, he directly sent a full bench lineup in the second half and gave up the game early in the morning.
This is also understandable, the Knicks have not been a team that can easily score more than 100 points since last season, they are leading and falling behind by a dozen points at most, if they are led by more than 20 points, then with their output ability, the hope of turning the tables is really slim.
Today is the pre-season, they don't need to really play hard, there is no need to be on the main team with such a big gap, it is better to look at the substitute lineup.
The Lakers saw the Knicks admit defeat in the second half, and quickly replaced all the main players, and this hard battle expected by the media and fans finally ended with a disparity in scores.
Zhang only played 19 minutes today, but scored an astonishing 19 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, including 7 of 9 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, and 4 of 5 free throws.
O'Neal in front of the TV was a little bottomless, because he found that his new team seemed to be a bit far behind the Lakers, and before the game, he also posted a log on his ICQ to look down on the Lakers, should he delete it now?
At this moment, little Kobe Bryant sitting next to him has a fighting spirit, the newborn calf Clippers No. 8 is not afraid of tigers now, before the first day of preseason training camp, he dared to take a basketball to single-handedly challenge the team's main guard Eddie Jones, and he won the result, which is the most funny.
Now this immature guy, the goal in his heart is to squeeze out Jones's starting position before the All-Star and replace him, and even he wants to be an All-Star, this goal is estimated to laugh off countless people's big teeth.