Chapter Eighty-Four: Not Strong Enough
The score was 52:40 in the first half, and the Lakers had no way to take the two elders in defense, and the offensive end had little effect in the face of the Jazz's disciplined defense. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
For the first time today, Zhang Fu found that he couldn't find a teammate who was in an open position after he burst into the inside, and it was difficult to convert the ball into a shooting opportunity after passing it. This made the Lakers more than once in the first half of the 24-second offensive time is almost up, and in the end they can only make hasty shots, which of course will not be effective in the end.
"Leon, you have to attack more resolutely!"
Harris tactfully reminded Zhang to be more aggressive at halftime, and if he can open up this, the Jazz's weak-side defensive pressure will increase, and his teammates will have more opportunities.
Zhang Yu nodded to indicate that he knew, but felt embarrassed in his heart.
In the first half, he didn't get many opportunities to score, and the first dunk in the opening game was the most comfortable score he had, and then there were no more good chances like this.
Zhang Wei was also a little puzzled in his heart, because he felt that the individual defensive ability of Jazz players was not as good as that of the supersonics, but these guys could always arrange the defensive formation without leaking.
Every time he breaks through Chris, someone will always come up to interfere with him, and this Chris, who is opposite him, although his footsteps are not very sharp, will also chase after him from behind.
As a result, it was difficult for him to dribble into the danger zone under the front and back shots, and the Jazz's defense always forced him to pass the ball.
In the final analysis, it is still his personal ability that is not enough.
Once the confrontation ability cannot overwhelm the opponent, the defect of insufficient technology will greatly reduce the threat of Zhang Fu's breakthrough.
If he has a precise shot, he can ignore the defense and go straight to the shot, or rely on superb ball control skills to get past the players who come to him.
But at this stage, his breakthrough is more than brave, but the change is insufficient, once someone in the middle blocks the way, and he can't force this person back, then he can only choose to share the ball.
This is the shackles of technology on him, shooting skills and ball control skills, he is a lot worse.
"Damn, if every team's defense is so tight, how can I get 25+6+6 stats?"
Zhang Zhu's defense of the Jazz is very big, although these guys are not talented enough, but they are holding on to the end with you, this kind of unbreakable hard bones make him embarrassed at this stage by mainly relying on his body to destroy the opponent.
Sloan's defensive system has always been like this, and perhaps they are not as fierce and wild as the Pistons and the SuperSonics, but they are more impressive in their formation and defensive efficiency, and they are equally unafraid of any physical confrontation.
The Jazz's defensive style has long been branded by Sloan as a "military strategy", and they pay attention to strict military discipline and interlocking formations.
Today, Sloan treats Zhang in a near-"strong-walled" approach, allowing him to shoot in certain places, but if he wants to enter the danger zone, he doesn't even have a door.
In the second half, Zhang Qi began to shoot from a long distance, but this kind of attack was very testing of his hands.
Jazz's style of defense. has the effect of making people's condition decline, coupled with the constant harassment of away fans, Zhang Zhu's strong attack can only make his hit rate continue to decline, and he can't lead the team to fight back at all, he is not playing in his own rhythm.
In a word, as long as the Jazz find a way not to give Zhang Yu the opportunity to easily impact the basket and force him to shoot from the outside, his role will become smaller.
In the third quarter, the Lakers relied on Ceballos' baseline to recover two points, but still entered the fourth quarter with a 10-point deficit.
This also means that the Lakers are going to GG, and they don't have the physical strength to play four quarters against the Jazz in back-to-back games.
Zhang played three quarters and only had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, but had 4 turnovers and 3 fouls.
His performance today was arguably the worst of the season, and it can be seen that the Jazz have studied him a little.
These guys, who are also "postmen" and "car repair masters", are completely different from supersonic in temperament, and they are not like Peyton and Kemp who rely on their talent to be hard with Zhang Mao.
At this stage, Zhang Fu is not afraid of others playing hard with him, and he will have an advantage if he fights him like this.
But he's most afraid of Jazz, a guy who can get tough, but prefers to play routines with you, once he enters the slow pace of positional warfare, he won't be able to play.
This is the reason for Harris's fast-paced play, he has seen from the preseason that Zhang Zhu can play fast and smooth offense to exert power, although he does not have to play small ball, but he must not be allowed to play the routine, so that he can not play his impact.
In the fourth quarter, Zhang Wei was not replaced until 5 minutes and 50 seconds.
Harris played the same trick against the SuperSonics again, pressing Zhang Zhu off the court as soon as he saw that the situation was not good, leaving the black pot to Van Exel's back.
But this is not for Zhang to escape responsibility, now that the score is 86:71, the Lakers are 15 points behind, and Harris pinched the time to replace Zhang Fu again.
Now, theoretically, chasing 15 points in six minutes is still promising, and there is such a comeback every few days across the league.
But then again, if you can't catch up in this case, then you don't have to take any responsibility.
Harris chose this time to replace Zhang Yu with him, so that he would not be held responsible.
If it turns around again today, the credit is all due to Zhang Mao; failed, that is the lack of strength of the whole team, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Mao.
To put it simply, it is to have merit to receive it, and there are teammates to carry it.
And the most enviable thing is that this is the meaning of the Lakers' top management, and the management of this team has reached the point of doting on Zhang Mao.
Zhang Wei doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with being cared for like this, the reversal of the supersonic speed that day has proved his ability to lead the team, and there is really nothing to be ashamed of losing to the Jazz back-to-back today, not to mention that he can try again to see if there is a possibility of reversal.
"Boy, I thought you wouldn't come up again."
Although Ma Long is interested in his ability to make money, he will not regard him as an enemy, at most he will not look unpleasant.
"I want to try, it's only 15 points."
Zhang Yu said with a serious expression, this look is quite annoying.
Malone was very upset, but he was much calmer than a guy like Kemp, and he didn't respond with words, but immediately killed the Lakers' hopes of a comeback with two consecutive layups on the offensive end.
It was Stockton who passed the ball for him twice, and once the two screens were dismantled, as long as there was a gap enough for them to complete the pass, Malone could easily get a one-on-one opportunity.
Zhang Mao also performed on the offensive end, but the Lakers were inferior to the Jazz in scoring at critical moments, although his two breakaway shots created shooting opportunities, but in the Jazz's tight defense, the Lakers players were difficult to ensure their hands, and both shots missed.
"I did my best!" Zhang Wei knew in his heart that there was no play, he had already tried his best to create opportunities for his teammates, but if he couldn't throw in, he couldn't score, and he was doomed to lose the game.
Looking at the Jazz team again, the Lakers' defense is difficult for the second elder to feel as uncomfortable as him.
These two guys are consistent enough players to rank in the top five of all time, and with a lack of defensive pressure, their shooting percentage is certainly unsightly, and winning is a matter of course.
In the last five minutes, Zhang Wei could only make his stats look better, and in the end he got 16 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, but unfortunately the number of turnovers was a bit high, with 5 turnovers and 5 fouls in the game.
The final score was 94:80, Zhang Yu failed to turn the tide again this time, and the Jazz's stability and super discipline made him have no chance to steal chickens.
This game finally made Zhang Fu extremely dissatisfied with his personal ability.
Facing the Jazz, who rarely make mistakes today, he felt that he was too weak to break through the opponent's defense and help the team.
If he could have gotten back up, maybe the outcome would have been very different.
The Jazz's consistency is their strength, but the lack of explosiveness will also make them vulnerable to being overwhelmed by the individual abilities of the leading big brothers in key moments when facing more talented teams like the SuperSonics, Rockets and Bulls, but he didn't become the Lakers' leading big brother today.
"I'm not a perfect player yet, but today's game made me realise my shortcomings and I need to keep improving my game."
Zhang Yu said at the post-game press conference that in fact, no one is looking for trouble with him today, although reporters like to do things, but a rookie lost to the Jazz in back-to-back away games, and he can't say that he still needs to find trouble.
Even if it is changed to supersonic speed or rocket, it will be difficult to pass smoothly in this situation.
On the night of the game, the Lakers flew to Seattle overnight.
Zhang Qi slept very the plane, perhaps in the eyes of some people, this is a sign of heartlessness.
But in fact, Zhang Mao used virtual space to train throughout the flight.
This is the only feature of the system that can help him improve his game, and he will not have physical problems training here.
But for the time being, he can only train alone on the empty basketball court, and in this case, Zhang Qian can only practice shooting, ball control, footwork and other skills.
"You should know that the virtual training system can also be upgraded." Rabbit Butler Zhang Zhu will also appear next to him when he uses the virtual training function.
"Of course, I know, it's just that the cost of upgrading is too high, and I only need to improve my shooting consistency and ball control skills at this stage, and I only need one basketball court for these two training programs."
After Zhang Yu threw out the three-point shot, he motioned to the rabbit butler to help him pick up the ball.
In this virtual training system, there are many individual functions that can be purchased, such as spending 5,000 competition points to redeem a real-life female star to pick up the ball for him, or even a whole beautiful cheerleading team to cheer him on in training.
But Zhang Yu felt that the work of picking up the ball was enough to be done by the rabbit housekeeper, and he could save himself 5,000 competition points.
"You think beautifully, don't think of me as a caddy."
The rabbit butler wouldn't help him pick up the ball, pretended not to hear, and flew to the side slowly.
Zhang Fu shook his head and glanced at the basic upgrade project of the virtual training system——
{Level 1} can be used to purchase players with an ability value of 79 or less for training; {Level 2} can be used to purchase players with 80-84 stats for training; {Level 3} can purchase players with 85-89 ability points for training, and turn on the 5v5 training function; {Level 4} can be purchased for 90-94 ability value players to train; {Level 5} allows you to purchase 95-99 stats for players to train.
If he wants to upgrade the virtual training system to the first level, he needs to spend 10,000 competition points, which is not much, but in the future, the price will be doubled for each level of promotion, and this way of increasing the price is very black.
Zhang Wei doesn't need to conduct confrontation training in the virtual space for the time being, so this upgrade plan was put behind him, but he can first redeem the function of the beauty picking up the ball separately, and picking up the ball by himself like this, the training efficiency is a bit low.