Chapter 227: Praise Me, Don't Stop
"Long live baby koala, you're the only MVP!"
"Don't ask me why I'm watching the game on my knees, there's no one better than Lyon, he's the undisputed No. 1 rookie in history and will be the No. 1 in the NBA in the future!"
"Hell, such a koala baby, even if Jesus comes to defend it, it will have a problem. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"I think Chamberlain is an antiquity!"
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The next day, the most talked about on the streets of Los Angeles was last night's gripping double overtime game, which may not have been properly named the "Battle of the Century," but it was the one that made Zhang a huge rise in the Hall of Fame.
"Koala Baby" won 70+ last season, and that game was enough to get him into the Hall of Fame, but the position will not be too high, because his career is still too short, and his personal milestones are limited by this, and if he wants to rank high in the Hall of Fame, the honor is not enough.
But after this match, Zhang finally qualified to be in the positive ranks of the fifty, and although his career is still very short, his two historical milestones are enough to surpass many of his predecessors here, sometimes to a certain extent, and can also surpass the quantity.
If you don't believe it, you can take a look at what Zhang Qi has achieved so far-
NBA's youngest first-round pick, NBA's youngest starter, NBA's youngest triple-double, NBA's youngest consecutive triple-double, NBA's first triple-double in their first official game, NBA's youngest 1000 points, NBA's youngest 2000 points, NBA's youngest 500 assists, NBA's youngest 500 rebounds, NBA's youngest 100 steals, NBA's youngest 200 steals, NBA's youngest 100 blocks, NBA's youngest 30+ points, NBA Youngest 40+ Points, NBA Youngest 50+ Points, NBA Youngest 60+ Points, NBA Youngest 70+ Points, NBA Youngest 10+ Assists, NBA Youngest 15+ Assists, NBA Youngest 20+ Assists, NBA Youngest 10+ Rebounds, NBA Youngest 15+ Rebounds, NBA Youngest 20+ Rebounds, NBA Youngest Double 20, NBA Youngest Double 30, NBA History Only 50+20+20.
These are all of Zhang's milestones so far, and you can see that there is a string of "youngest" words on them, and even adjectives like "only", which are enough to make him the "No. 1 rookie in the NBA".
In the history of the NBA for so many years, no one has ever played such an outstanding rookie season as him, Zhang Zhu surpassed everyone at the beginning of his career, including Chamberlain, and it is even rumored that his 28 is bigger than "Demon Monk" Rasputin, so let's make up for it.
But in Zhang Mao's eyes, these milestones represent more of a "competitive point", although it is difficult to maintain his record of the youngest "rebounder" to more than 1,000, after all, he is not an insider, and Carl Malone is also a high school student, so his milestone will end soon.
But the "scoring" and "stealing" milestones, he is confident that he will keep it all the time, because no high school student has the scoring ability and stealing ability like him, so the youngest record in these two fields will inevitably be held by him.
The final "assist" milestone, Zhang Zhu is also confident that it will be surpassed by others until it reaches more than 2,000, after all, there are not many high school point guards, let alone All-Star level, Stockton and Magic are in their 20s before participating in the NBA, and Zhang Zhu's advantage of starting early can be maintained for a long time.
In addition to the milestone, Zhang Mao also experienced the thrill of getting rich overnight, and the competition points he has accumulated are approaching 200,000, and the next step is to experience the thrill of "consumption".
Of course, the "four-level training system" must be bought first, so that he can play against teams like the Rockets, SuperSonics, and Jazz in virtual training in the future, which is much more effective than playing against teams on the fringes of the playoffs, which means that he can play a division semifinals or even a division finals game every day.
In addition, the "intelligent dialogue system" and "store" can also be upgraded, the former can enhance the accuracy of the emotional template, and the impact of the interactive conversation will be more accurate, and you can basically know what the girl is thinking. When the store is upgraded, it will allow him to purchase more cards and features. In the future, if the store is upgraded, there will even be discounts, which is also a covetous function.
These are all functions that he needs to invest in at this stage, but the upgrade cost is really expensive, after the three major items are upgraded, his competition point of nearly 200,000 yuan has become 20,000 points again in a blink of an eye.
After Zhang Yu became rich overnight, he soon experienced what it means to spend money like water. No wonder, there are so many second ancestors in this world who have lost all their property that they can't spend in their lifetimes in the eyes of others, and that's because some people's "loser" skills are at the same level as "pretending" and "snapping".
On Wednesday, the day after the Lakers' win over the Rockets, they will spend an extra day in Texas to play one of the toughest back-to-back games on the road in the evening.
The schedule couldn't be worse, and the only good news is that they will face a weak team tonight, the San Antonio Spurs, who are just 1-5 this season.
Zhang Qi knows that the Spurs are very weak, but they just played a double overtime yesterday, and it is still not easy to play today, because the whole team can describe it in one word - "tired"!
The Lakers players slept during the day, and yesterday they rushed to San Antonio overnight, and although they had a few hours of sleep on the road, it was not enough to recover.
Zhang Wei usually only needs to sleep for four or five hours, but today even he slept until noon before waking up, adding up to 7 hours of sleep, and his teammates basically woke up in the evening, and it was the game a few hours later, so it was strange that he was in good shape.
The media focus is not here, they are still covering yesterday's game.
Zhang Zhu picked up a newspaper at dinner, and he could see the media reports on himself, including some superstars' comments on his performance yesterday, Zhang Qi said that he liked to watch this thing the most, and these compliments made him recover a lot from fatigue.
Alonzo Mourning: It doesn't mean anything to have high stats, the most important thing is to win, but it's incredible that such stats can still win.
John Stockton: Lyon's greatness isn't just about the stats, he played two overtimes on the night, and it looks like he can still play two overovers.
Grant Hill: Amazing, that's the only thing I say about him.
Gary Payton: The more you challenge him, the better he's going to perform. I don't think there's anyone who can scare defenders as much as Lyon, and whether you like him or hate him, you have to admit that he's going to quickly become the most dominant player in the NBA, both offensively and defensively.
Larry Bird: If Lyon had played in my time, I think I might have had to fight for a few more years to win the championship.
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The more Zhang Yu looked at it, the more he felt better, and after a while, he actually became a state of 93 (+1), which shows how far his narcissism has become, which is an effect that even a playboy can't achieve.
Actually, he wanted to find Jordan's evaluation the most, but he didn't want to think about what he said yesterday, Jordan would ignore him, the leader of this meeting should be eager to skin and tear him apart, and it would never be possible to compliment him.
After a while, it was time for the evening game.
Zhang Zhu is sought after by the league's stars, and his condition is okay.
The Spurs' state has not been very good, even if the advantage is so big today, but the state of the players is still good and bad, maybe it is because of the loss and loss of confidence.
This can't be helped, after David Robinson's regular season reimbursement, the Spurs are too weak, even in the face of the physically exhausted Lakers, they still lack confidence, and the Spurs management is also playing a bad note.
This kind of mentality, it is strange that the Spurs can win, and the entire first half was pressed and beaten by the Lakers, which really made Spurs fans look no further.
Originally, the biggest highlight of this game was the showdown between Zhang Zhu and Dominic Wilkins, the "essence of human cinema", the return of this Hall of Fame superstar has made the NBA more colorful, it seems that many veterans of the NBA have staged a comeback or return in recent years, first Jordan, then Magic, and now it is the turn of Wilkins who has returned from Europe.
In the summer of 1995, dissatisfied with his status and treatment with the Boston Celtics, Wilkins went to Europe and signed with the Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos, leading the team to win the 1996 European championship and lift the MVP trophy for the first time.
He returned to the NBA as a free agent before the start of the 1996-97 season to sign with the San Antonio Spurs, who were in dire need of adding depth to their forward line.
This signing was supposed to be a brilliant stroke for the Spurs to strengthen their shortcomings, but no one expected that David Robinson, who had always been healthy, suffered a serious injury before the start of the season that cost him almost the season, and this promising combination ended before it began, which cannot but be said to be a pity.
Many fans and media previously believed that although Wilkins is old, he is enough to strengthen the Spurs' biggest shortcoming, even if he is not a young and strong opponent, at least he can do better than the German Schramf.
This is enough for the Spurs, after all, there are only a handful of people who can make Zhang Wei feel uncomfortable now, and they are all not for sale by various teams, it is almost impossible for the Spurs to dig up, and Wilkins is already the best choice for the Spurs.
However, today's game made these people be slapped in the face, and Wilkins, who will be 37 years old soon, is not ordinary old in front of Zhang Zhu, the age difference between the two is nearly doubled, Wilkins' child is only 2 years younger than Zhang Zhu, what is this concept?
So the most obvious thing is that it is difficult for Wilkins to get offensive opportunities under Zhang Zhu's defense today, and secondly, he is also powerless in the face of Zhang Zhu's hard bridge and hard horse attack.
Zhang Yu rarely relies on skill to win against this kind of veteran, his body is the most effective weapon at this time, if he really wants to play technology, it is difficult for him to beat these old guys, even if Wilkins's defense is not famous, but he is experienced!
What kind of player Wilkins is, most post-90s fans don't know, because the league in the future can't find a star similar to him.
This guy with a very awesome nickname, first of all, is definitely a supergiant level in terms of physical fitness, and his athleticism at his peak is even more exciting than Maddie's, and the bounce can be said to be a non-human level, with one word "fierce"!
If you really want to find a player who is similar to Wilkins, then Andrew Wiggins, the Cavaliers' top pick, is very similar to him.
Wilkins' scoring ability at his peak can be compared to Jordan, but his flaws are also obvious, he can only break through, he can't organize, he can't connect the team, the style of play is a bit like Iverson, but the range is not high, the three-point shot is not, the long-range shooting is not accurate, and the black hole attribute is obvious.
It's hard for a player to become a superstar with so many flaws, so Wilkins has never touched the floor of the division finals in his life, and his status at the peak is the level of a prince, so fewer and fewer people know about him later, if it weren't for that nickname, it is estimated that he would have been forgotten long ago.
Zhang Wei really doesn't take this old guy seriously now, and it can be said that his results in his first season surpassed that of this guy nicknamed Pull-out.
Last season, he had already reached the Western Conference finals and scored 70+, something Wilkins had never done in his life.
Wilkins led the team alone today, and the results proved once again that he has no talent in this area, and the Spurs have been a disillusionment under him, and as his athleticism has declined, he has lost even the ability to charge forward as a young man.
In fact, Wilkins intends to improve his shortcomings in this area after the age of 30, but the shortcomings of the overall situation and passing vision are really not greatly improved through acquired efforts, but all players with this kind of talent can basically be seen in the first two seasons.
Jordan, Drexler, Grant Hill, Zhang and others all handed in enough all-round statistics in their first season, but Wilkins has rarely averaged more than 3 assists per game in his entire career.
Today, the Spurs still wanted to take advantage of the fishermen and quietly eat chicken, but they didn't expect to be crushed by the Lakers in the first half, and the huge deficit of 24 points was a result they never dreamed of.
Now the Spurs players know what the tired but relaxed expression on the faces of the Lakers players before the opening game means, dare to love these guys are glad that the people who blocked the bridge and robbed did not have a high magnification mirror at all, but the Lakers players are eight-fold mirrors, plus three levels of top and three grades, Zhang Yu also picked up the AWM gilly suit, so it is really hard to say who is the target of the robbery.
In the second half, the Lakers' physical problems began to be revealed, and the Spurs began to chase points.
However, the Lakers have built up enough lead in the first half, and in the second half they began to play counter-attack, as long as Zhang Qi is on the court, no team dares to underestimate the Lakers' counterattack, and there will be gains.
The Spurs are very embarrassed, there are only two ways for the NBA team to chase points, either their own attack is strong enough, and even if the defense is not good enough, they can use super output to chase points; The other is to be strong on the defensive end, making it difficult for the opponent to score first, and then we can talk about chasing points.
However, after losing David Robinson, the San Antonio people not only lacked offensive power, but also insufficient defense, and they couldn't even bully the Lakers away back-to-back, at most scoring 10 points and conceding 8 points, not to mention chasing 24 points behind, it is estimated that 14 points will be difficult to catch up.
After the third quarter, the Lakers still led by 19 points, which basically announced the Spurs GG, because with their current lineup, it is absolutely impossible to catch up with 19 points in a quarter.
The final score was 96-84, and the Spurs won by seven points in the final quarter, but it was far from enough to complete the comeback.
The Lakers simply didn't even fight back in this quarter, and they put all their energy on defense.
Think about how the 37-year-old Wilkins, who doesn't have the range of more than 20 feet, will break through Zhang's defense, and then break through the penalty area that Mutombo and Mason have teamed up to defend, and finally complete the score?
Zhang Qi scored a game-high 28 points, with 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 0 blocks, which is the rhythm of winning the "Best of the Week" and the second "Best of the Month" in his career.
The Lakers also unknowingly completed an eight-game winning streak, and the key is that they got through the biggest hurdle in November, although the schedule is still difficult this month, but the Lakers have a respite, how many games will they continue their winning streak?
"I think, how can you have more than 9 games?"
This is Zhang Fu deliberately said after the game, their next game opponent is the Clippers, of course at this time to be a little arrogant.
The Clippers slipped to fifth place in the West after losing to the Lakers, and were overtaken by both the Jazz and the SuperSonics.
In this game, if the Clippers lose another game, not to mention the blow to their mentality, they will directly slip to eighth place, and the mentality of the fat man will definitely collapse at that time.
O'Neal now very much hopes that Kobe Bryant's little talent can grow quickly, he needs help too much, and recently the Clippers are also discussing with the Suns whether they can trade Kassel, but the asking price of the Suns has always been darker, and they actually want Kobe to be a bargaining chip.
If this is a real trade, the Suns are afraid to become the biggest winner!
Of course, Baylor is reluctant to send away the rookie he fancies, but considering that the Clippers already have Jones, who is definitely far ahead of Kobe Bryant at this stage, owner Sterling is very interested in this deal, so the Suns may really be the biggest winner.
But in this game, the Clippers should wash and sleep.
The Lakers returned to Los Angeles, and although they were still in a terrible physical state with only one day of rest, the Clippers didn't have a good time this time, they just lost to the Seattle SuperSonics at home yesterday, and this game was also back-to-back, or back-to-back on the road.
Well, this away back-to-back is just a different stadium, and the game city is still in Los Angeles, which is probably the most cheating away back-to-back in the league.
But whether it's home or away, at least the "back-to-back" is true, the Clippers don't have an advantage in physical fitness, and the geography is also greatly disadvantaged, and the worst thing is that O'Neal fell into a foul crisis in the game, and only played 34 minutes today, which made the Lakers feel a lot less pressure on the inside, and the balance of victory was pressed on the Lakers.
In the end, Zhang Fu used a quasi-triple-double performance of 32 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block to give the Clippers a wave of three consecutive defeats, and the Lakers defeated the Clippers 105-101 at home.
If you look at the score of both teams, it seems to be a narrow victory.
But it wasn't, the Lakers still led the Clippers by 10 points in the final minute, and Kobe Bryant made a long-range three-pointer in the final attack, and the basketball was very lucky to hit, which brought the score to 4 points.
However, the real process was not so thrilling, and the Clippers were once again pinched by the Lakers in terms of point guard and poor outside passing ability.
At this time, even the Lakers could think that the Clippers should want to trade Kassel more after being killed by them, and the Clippers' point guard is really useless.
O'Neill was very unconvinced after the game, he complained that the referee made a fuss about his actions, but turned a blind eye to Zhang Zhu's savage collision, which was targeting!
David Stern's answer was "$50,000 fine"!
Zhang Wei was secretly snickering, the dead fat man didn't think that he had signed a big contract and had a lot of money, so he thought he could say anything. However, he hopes that O'Neill can die again, and then it will not be a matter of fines, and what the president hates most is that players slander the league, especially criticizing referees, there is absolutely zero tolerance, and the league will not be soft on this.