Chapter 330: The Most Valuable Jersey
"I'm the most dominant player on the outside, he's the most dominant player on the inside, and I'm looking forward to partnering him on the All-Star List, and this time we're no longer rivals, and I can't think of anyone else in this year's AMVP besides Shaquille?"
Zhang Mao was interviewed in the middle of the game, and said to reporters with a pair of big blue eyes that he may have something to do with white people on this point.
The boos of the home fans suddenly quieted down, and anyone who heard the opponent praise the core of their team like this must be embarrassed to go to the house again, just to rest their throat for a while.
Comrade O'Neal also heard these words in the players' tunnel, and a fat face immediately smiled, and almost improvised a rap that Kobe Bryant usually likes to listen to. It has to be said that O'Neill is indeed talented in this area, and this is the racial skill of black people.
But to be honest, Zhang Mao's words are really not ordinary face-giving, which is tantamount to directly admitting that O'Neill is the first person in the active inside, and he has not revealed that he is more awesome, it sounds really malicious at all.
However, O'Neal should have forgotten about being fooled by someone last season......
Zhang Wei will say this every time the All-Star is approaching, he complimented Jordan in the first season, he complimented O'Neal in the second season, and he still raised O'Neal this year, so what does it mean, you shouldn't have to guess, right?
However, O'Neal once again deepened his affection for Zhang Mao, which can only show that the fat man's nature is not bad, and he should be a good person.
But at halftime, the good man was very dissatisfied with the offense and defense of his teammates, and he ordered everyone in a serious tone to strengthen the movement and response on the defensive end in the second half, and by the way, he also praised Kwakkobe's defensive enthusiasm.
O'Neal also thinks that Kobe is better than Jones, who is now more technically comprehensive, but Kobe's breakthrough is obviously more threatening, the key is that this little guy is good in offense and defense, and he is willing to pass the ball to him, and pass the ball, which is very comfortable.
In the face of O'Neal's criticism, the Clippers players naturally dared not speak out, and they did not dare to refute: Why don't you lead by example?
The Lakers, on the other hand, rearranged O'Neal's defense in the halfcourt, and Harris demanded that O'Neal Jr. take advantage of his lateral movement and increase the number of sharks.
Lao Mu's height is about the same as Big O'Neal, and Little O'Neal is shorter but not much different, and both of them are fully mobile insiders, so it is reasonable that there should be a better defensive effect.
Harris knows the reason, in the first half, O'Neal Jr.'s sense of receiving and filling up was still a little worse, Lao Mu and O'Neal could only fight on the line, but they couldn't lose the tower, so someone had to support them in time.
In the first half, Mutombo rarely received timely support from O'Neal Jr., and it was often the fat man's side who was perfect in seconds, and O'Neill Jr. was late. It's a matter of consciousness and experience, and it's not just O'Neal Jr., Ben Wallace is subject to experience, and sometimes it's a little bit worse, but Mason doesn't have that problem.
The Lakers deal with this situation, and there are still a lot of methods in the box, and the simplest thing is to wait for Mason to return, and the effect of defending O'Neal will be much better. Secondly, they also hid a killer move, that is, to let Zhang Zhu mention the fourth position.
Koala baby's shoe-wearing height of more than 206cm, coupled with a weight of 260 pounds, will not fall behind even if he is just front to Ma Long, at least he will not do worse than Rodman in another time and space, how many No. 4 positions in the league are more difficult to deal with than Ma Long?
Therefore, once the Lakers' No. 4 position in the playoffs does not satisfy Harris, then Finley will mention his most suitable No. 3 position, and Starks can also return to the starting lineup from the sixth man, and the Lakers' lineup is really terrifying, and the attack and defense will be off the charts!
In the second half, O'Neal Jr. used a stupid method in helping to defend, basically as soon as he saw O'Neal receiving the ball, he could give up his opposing player and go to cover O'Neal instead.
To be honest, it's really a bit brainless to fight like this, and you have to let your teammates give him a bad ass frequently.
The Lakers dare to play like this because whether it is Kidd, Finley, or even Zhang Zhu are actively filling the position, this is the most terrifying thing about the Lakers today - once they are serious on the defensive end, there is no question of being the boss or not, everyone is a whole.
In this way, it is obvious that he is forcibly blacking O'Neill again, and this comparison has to objectively consider the different physical abilities and positions of the two, otherwise they are all hooligans.
O'Neal's size and physical strength are simply not enough to support him to work both offensive and defensive ends at the same time, but Zhang has such physical fitness, just like Jordan didn't think he was the first person in the league to stop defending.
So what kind of player should be hacked?
Well, of course, it's those who have no problem with physical strength, but only focus on offense and don't want to defend.
It can be said in general terms that it is understandable that the large tonnage inside line cannot take into account both offense and defense, but if an outside star also focuses on offense and defense in terms of ball style, it can only show that he does not have the heart of a championship, he will not have a chance to win the championship, any such star can be hacked, and should be hacked.
O'Neal once again encountered the Lakers' collective defense, he found that he was a little unable to play, the guy with the same surname as himself was like losing his mind, every time he left his opponent to run to the middle to make trouble, his mid-laner had to face the double bag every time, and he felt naturally very uncomfortable.
Originally, this style of play would have caused an avalanche on the top and bottom lanes, but the three guys from the Lakers didn't play according to the routine.
Eddie Jones, who was on the road, said that he would see Zhang Qi in front of him in front of him for a while, and when he went back to replenish his supplies, he would see Kidd and himself in line, and after a while he would become Finley again.
Cassel, who went down the road, said that he was the same, and that the people on the line against him seemed to change every turn, and he didn't know which way he was on.
Rogers in the wild area is even more painful, it seems that he has never seen the enemy, but the wild monsters are all TM gnawed by dogs, who took all the red and blue buffs from my house?
The Zen master said, "Is this just an external supplement? He can see very clearly that although the Lakers' three outside lines are running around, they are not running blindly, but sweeping along the road to support, and there is no grass everywhere they pass.
The Lakers' defense is like a loop, and they're becoming more and more adept at tearing down the east wall and filling the west wall — if only one person is out of position, it means that the space is open. But if everyone is out of place, doesn't that mean that no one is out of place?
This is the rotation defense, and successful defense is to spin like a big spinning top, whether passive or active, as long as it can loop indefinitely, it is the most successful defense.
For whatever reason, if one person is not in the loop anyway, those five people will not be able to form a perfect rotation, and there will be a fault in the most three or two fill-ups.
This result, whether they play joint defense or not, successful defense is not the term "joint defense", but the process of filling the position.
"I need a super outside line!"
The Zen master soon came up with this idea again, how to play this kind of defense will not be mentioned for the time being, but he knows that the way to break this defense is to break the face with points.
O'Neal could contain two defenders on the inside, forcing the Lakers to come up with a defense that tore down the east wall and made up for the west wall.
What if they have a star like that on the outside? Did the Lakers still have walls to tear down at that time?
But the problem is, he doesn't have another superstar, a guy with an ability value of only 84, how can he break the defense?
This year, Starks is starting to show some old age, his offense is still very convulsive, but the defensive pace is starting to regress, especially against young defenders.
However, Finley has entered the peak of his athleticism, and although he still lacks flexibility, he is more than enough to deal with the 19-year-old Kobe.
Today, Finley's one-man defense turned Kobe's spiritual breakthrough into a sporadic breakthrough, that is, he didn't succeed a few times at all.
The same is true of Cassel, who is also a player full of spirit, but his breakthrough has been sporadic when he encounters the unreasonable Kidd.
The Clippers were wiped out on the outside, and they couldn't even gain an advantage when people were distracted. And don't forget, there's also a Zhang Qi over there who can stab Rogers to death with one finger. This is equivalent to the situation of the collapse of the upper and lower lanes with the wild area, and it is really not something that can be remedied by the development of O'Neill in the middle lane.
In the third quarter, O'Neal was still able to score in the penalty area, but the point difference was widened and the situation became more and more passive.
Kassel and Kobe, who have performed well this season, were unable to play at their usual level today, and Jones, who has been playing steadily, has become unstable, and only O'Neal is still as lethal as ever.
Now the fat man can shout: "I'm worth 100 million!" ”
Raheem Sterling watched as the Lakers slowly widened the gap to double digits, but he also knew that O'Neal was worth the price, and that the fat man could dominate no matter who he faced, even against a two-time Defensive Player of the Year, and he couldn't stop him from wreaking havoc under the basket.
But basketball is a five-person sport after all, no matter how the Zen master sets up, no matter how dominant O'Neal plays on the inside, the inability to play on the outside always plagues their inside and outside connections, and the Clippers will never be able to turn O'Neal's advantage into a win.
O'Neal himself also felt the difference between the Clippers and the Magic at the beginning, when he and Hardaway could connect inside and outside, but other players could not contribute enough help in it, so often once it came to the playoffs, the Magic had to rely on him and Hardaway to win, if either was in average condition, then the Magic could not win.
It's the opposite of what happens, every player on the Clippers team has a lot of quality, but no one can be as consistent as Hardaway is against a top team.
This year's Clippers are not only playing the Lakers, as long as they encounter a team with average strength, they can always fire with full firepower, and score 30 points in a single quarter is EZPZ. But every time he plays against the Lakers, Bulls, Spurs, Jazz and other teams, he basically relies on him alone in Kerry, and his teammates are often unable to contribute satisfactory firepower, and the level is a notch lower than usual, what is "spirituality"...... What is "picturesque"...... It's all gone.
The Zen master knows why, not to mention Kobe Bryant, who is in the second grade, even Kassel has only played for four seasons, and there have been few opportunities to practice in the first two seasons, and their peak is far from coming.
The Clippers' lineup seems to be very balanced, but only O'Neal, Jones and Lloy Ott are at their peak, and in previous years, they can fight for the championship, but in this year's year of paper strength is more perverted than the other, their realistic goal is to play more playoff workouts, and to produce results, they have to give Kassel and Kobe Bryant at least two or three seasons of workout.
Zhang Yu still didn't take the initiative to grab points in the third quarter, and Kidd and Finley solved the problem for him, especially Xiao Zhengtai's cyclical three-point shot, which finally turned to the firing node today, and magically scored 3 three-pointers in a single quarter, which made many fans who watched the Lakers game for the first time remember this point guard who shot accurately.
Lakers fans couldn't help but beat gongs and drums to celebrate Kidd finally opened the meat, this thing's three-point shooting rate in December dropped to 28% of the pit daddy, Zhang Yu was so angry that as long as the shooting rate dropped to 27%, he was forbidden to shoot three points before the All-Star break, and his regular season bonus was deducted.
Well, the NBA has never had such a domineering president, but Zhang Mao can really get out of this, and not many people will criticize him for it.
This is like the difference between beating one's own child and beating someone else's child, if Bill Gates deducts a bonus for a henchman alone, everyone will understand that this is definitely not deliberately embarrassing him, let alone being stingy with this bonus, it must be to motivate him, because he is a henchman!
Kidd finally regained his offensive level for his own bonus, but it was more like a character that he had praised for long enough, because his three-point shot was still not unreliable no matter how you look at it.
If that's the case, Zhang Qian hopes that he will be as inaccurate throughout the regular season as he was some time ago, and then save his character for the playoffs.
Zhang Mao did his best on the defensive end, but he still played his own system on the offensive end, Kidd's 3 three-pointers made his assists come to 15 accidentally, and he sent 7 assists in a single quarter in the third quarter, which actually broke the single-quarter assist record in the regular season, which is also a windfall.
After the first three quarters, the score was 90:80, the Lakers led the Clippers by 10 points, Zhang Wei had 21 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists, and his fifth triple-double of the season came much faster than expected, which was the 26th game of the Lakers.
O'Neal is still the output of the Clippers, and he scored 35 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist after the third quarter, but compared with Zhang Mao's data, I am afraid there are more slots, who made the Clippers fall behind by a full ten points, which is equivalent to half of the cooling in the face of the Lakers.
"Steady, we can win!"
After O'Neal said this, he didn't even believe it, because even if he didn't participate in the defense much, he attacked too fiercely today, and he was still a little tired at the moment.
In the last quarter, even if he can persevere, it will be difficult to contribute the same ferocious firepower as in the first three quarters.
Looking at the statistics of the Clippers players at this moment, the second highest scorer is Lloy Ott, who has 13 points, followed by Jones, but only 9 points, and the score has not yet reached a double, which shows how the rest of the people are performing.
Kobe Bryant only had 4 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist today, and his shooting was 0-of-7 shooting, and Finley almost killed him on the defensive end, although the statistics were quite comprehensive.
In the final quarter, the Lakers did not maintain the high-intensity defense of the third quarter, which made the Clippers players' offense finally a little smoother.
Harris doesn't feel the need to keep playing tricks, as long as the 10-point advantage is good for the offense, they are enough to keep the victory in their own hands, and it doesn't make sense to push the Clippers too much at this time.
Zhang has been observing the situation on the court, and although he has a huge advantage, he still can't play too much, and he is ready to take over the game at any time.
But that caution should be overlooked, and he underestimated the Lakers players' desire to perform at Christmas. These guys all want to show their style under the attention of the world, so he can see O'Neal Jr. live up to expectations, Kidd made 5 of 7 three-pointers, Finley staged a series of violent dunks, and even Lao Mu shook his fingers three times after being exploded.
Such Lakers, even if they don't have Zhang Qi possessed by the gods, they are not easy to lose.
The Clippers struggled for the entire quarter and were unable to close the deficit.
The final score was 116:106, and O'Neal could only take the luxurious data of 45 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists, looking at the Lakers who deliberately changed into white Christmas clothes on the opposite side and had the last laugh.
After the final whistle, Bryant was the first to rush up and exchange the No. 0 jersey worth $5,000 with Zhang.
Zhang Wei pocketed the $200 jersey in the locker room and threw it in the trash when he left the court.
That's what he's been doing all along, including Jordan's jersey that's what he's not going to take home.
Fortunately, he finally knew that he couldn't let people see that he was so unkind, otherwise if he threw the jersey directly into the trash, it would definitely be taken away by the staff, and if this thing was not done well, it would fall into the ears of the players, and then there would be a feud!
Of course Kobe Bryant won't do this, it's a jersey with a starting price of $3,000, and I don't know how much it will be worth in the future!
The Lakers' white Christmas jersey is already selling three times as many as the average jersey, but Zhang's jersey is even more unique because the jersey will only be sold in a charity auction, with a starting price of $3,000.
The Lakers officially claimed that only 30 pieces were made of Zhang Zhu's handmade Christmas collector's edition jersey, each with an individual number, and Zhang Zhu's autograph that is inversely proportional to his appearance.
Okay, Zhang Zhu's English and Chinese characters are a bit horse-like and vigorous, but the most valuable thing on this jersey is precisely the signature.
Of course, it's not just because the handwriting is ugly, but because the signatures on each jersey are different, some are written in English, some are written in Chinese, and even Korean and Japanese, one of which actually wrote South African Zulu from somewhere.
As for the content of the signature, there are even more, such as "Root Treasure", "Koala Baby", "Big Handsome Baby", "Minotaur", "Los Angeles Elbow", "Little Apple", all of them, and each of them is not the same.
This kind of jersey is also the number one in the sky, especially several misspelled jerseys, which are actually more valuable than correctly spelled jerseys, so the number of front and back does not affect the price of the jersey at all, each of which can be auctioned for at least 5,000 US dollars, and the potential for future appreciation is even more outrageous.
Zhang Yu himself couldn't help complaining, he didn't dare to spit when he walked on the road now, he was afraid that even the products of the reincarnation of the grains would be auctioned.