Chapter 261: Strange Goods
Zhang Wei has always been not afraid of others being jealous of him, people with ability will attract envy, and he will enjoy this feeling of being envied and hated. Besides, the quality of people is like that, and thinking and doing are two different things, there are not too many people in this world who hate the rich, showing it is a kind of catharsis, and those who secretly hate you are terrible.
Public figures must have an extraordinary mentality, and they must understand that those who are psychologically dark and like to secretly slander you behind your back may not be heinous!
The Internet is a channel to vent the dark side, and if you vent your dark side through the virtual network, these people may be healthier in reality.
Zhang Wei also found that after adjusting his mentality first, and then looking at those negative information, he would have a different feeling.
He is also almost 20 years old, and the maturity of his mentality is a matter of course, and as a person with not very high quality, he is more open to those black fans, anyway, it will not affect his life, let alone his performance on the field.
Today's opponent, the Phoenix Suns, how many pounds and taels they have, Zhang Yu may be more familiar than the gang itself.
Before his virtual training system was upgraded to level 3, he had been competing with teams like the Suns and Trail Blazers, simulating the playoffs with these second-rate teams as training, and he naturally knew their strength in his heart, as long as the Lakers themselves did not waste or fight, it was really difficult to lose.
Before the start of the game, after Zhang Fu completed the longest and most coercive appearance ceremony in the league, he took a special look at the direction of the VIP private room.
"Hey, I forgot to look at the yellow calendar when I went out today, and I don't know if it's better to go hand in hand?"
Zhang Fu's thoughts in his heart are more yellow than his jersey today, and then look at the sidelines, there is a pair of lilies in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, but dozens of cameras on the scene are controlled by interstellar players, and they don't give a close-up, even a local tyrant who has made a cameo appearance in ten movies and his long-legged daughter have been given a five-second close-up, but Zhang Fu's harem doesn't even have half a shot.
"The legs are very long, and the appearance is a little lower."
Zhang Yu inadvertently glanced at his partner, of course he knew that the goods were not interested in him, but hoped to establish a relationship with the Dragonborn Company through him and Zhang Mo, and even the beauty plan was dispatched for this.
It's a pity that he doesn't know that Zhang Zhu's harem is a bit too high in appearance, and the lowest Gwyneth has a face value of 83 at present, so such an 80-value beauty can no longer enter his eyes.
The process of the recent business split of the Dragonborn company has to be reported almost every day, which is the most concerned thing for all the rich people in the near future, and even real giants like Microsoft have lowered their profile and put forward cooperation plans, and the declining Apple is no longer considered by Zhang Mo.
Zhang Mo even dislikes Apple, how can this guy who runs the hotel business be taken seriously by him?
This giant baby also knows that no matter how rich he is, he can't get into the IT industry, not to mention that his net worth is actually not very solid in Zhang Mo's opinion.
Now those who want to get on the car of the Dragonborn Company are all billion-level billionaires, and this guy who boasts that he is worth billions and dreams of becoming president all day long looks like a big liar.
However, this big liar is smart, and with his strength, it is basically impossible to get on the car from Zhang Mo's side.
But starting from Zhang Mao's side is indeed very ingenious.
As the only heir of the Zhang family, Zhang Qian is a real strange commodity to live in, if his daughter is a little more beautiful, he really has the opportunity to be a "middle father", at that time it can be a hundred times stronger than simple cooperation.
Zhang Qi looked east and west before the opening, and when he finally turned his thoughts to the field, the substitutes of the two teams had already left the court, and the game was about to start.
Suns starters: Kevin Johnson (88), Rex Chapman (81), Cedric Cebaroz (81), Danny Manning (83), Hott Rhodes Williams (75).
Lakers starters: Jason Kidd (86), Michael Finley (85), Zhang Mao (95), Anthony Mason (86), Deacbe Mutombo (88)
This comparison is already obvious, except for the Suns who don't know whether they have a slight advantage in point guard, they are afraid that they will be hammered in other positions, even Manning, who has an ability value of 83 left, may not be able to survive in Mason's hands.
This ill-fated champion Lang is most afraid of this kind of guy with a rough style of play, but thick and fine. The outside world even opened a market on whether Manning could play the full three games, and the long-term illness was likely to be sent to the hospital again by Mr. "Los Angeles Murderer".
After the start of the game, after 2 draws, 4 draws, and 6 draws, Rex Chapman hit two 3-pointers in a row on the right wing to lead the team to a 6-4 offensive climax to help the Suns lead 12-6.
The Lakers don't care much, Chucks is a good three-point shooter, but he is not consistent enough, he has not had a three-point efficiency of more than 40% in his entire career, and even at the three-point line in the first two seasons, he can't shoot more than 40% of the three-point shots, so this person will not be a threat to the Lakers.
Mason became the center of the Lakers' playmaking in the first quarter, but he didn't score much of his own, and after the Suns hit two three-pointers in a row, Mason used his ability to handle the ball and pass the ball inside to help Mutombo score five points in a row.
The Suns' tragic discovery that Mutombo can do whatever he wants in their restricted area makes head coach Danny Ainge unable to sit still, and the Lakers should not want to rely on Mutombo to kill them, right?
Harris said that he really didn't have this arrangement, but Uncle Mu felt very good on the offensive end today, after Mason's two passes were harvested, other players of the Lakers also began to consciously feed Uncle Mu the ball, Kidd and Zhang Zhu's passing ability can be up to this task, and for a while Uncle Mu really became the Lakers' terminator on the offensive end.
O'Neal in front of the TV was about to cry aggrieved when he saw this, and at first he saw Mason making a ball for Uncle Mu, he was a little unhappy in his heart, and then saw Zhang Mao's breakthrough ball, and then Kidd...... O'Neill is slowly not only a little unhappy, his mentality is about to collapse!
What kind of joke is this!?
The guy who doesn't have offensive ability at all (in O'Neal's eyes) can actually turn into a big four center, scoring points in the paint area one after another, and just halfway through the first quarter, that guy scored as many as 10 points, is this a slap in the face?
Yes, that's a slap in the face.
Zhang Wei also inadvertently found a way to slap his face more, he didn't need to score many points today, if Uncle Mu could get 40+, wouldn't it be more able to combat O'Neill's arrogance?
That's right, think about it, Lao Tzu can make a defensive center with an average of less than 13 points per game in his career get similar data to you at any time, doesn't that make me more awesome, and it also seems that your data is very worthless?
After being led by six points in the opening game, the Lakers quickly relied on Mutombo to complete the counterattack for the offensive arrow, and never gave the Suns a chance to lead again.
Before the halfway point of the first quarter, the Suns' starting center had already committed two fouls. Mark Bryant, who was then replaced, was a stocky coolie interior lineman who was technically a power forward. But the Suns really can't find another person who can play the No. 5 position, so they can only pull the general from the short.
The result of this coping is that after the first quarter, Mutombo didn't know which immortal he was incarnating, and he actually beat the Suns' two interior players into two fouls, one scored 15 points alone, and accidentally broke his career single-quarter scoring record.
The Suns can only rely on Kevin Johnson's breakthrough to create offensive opportunities, but the Lakers have been prepared for this, Kidd mainly defends the ball, and others also focus on defending Kevin Johnson's passing routes, and if he bursts into the restricted area, it will be handed over to Mutombo.
This kind of defense made Kevin Johnson's breakthrough like a quagmire, and every time he burst in, he couldn't even hear a sound.
That's not right, it's still a bit loud anyway, like the two big hats that Mutombo gave him!
If the Suns hadn't relied on Rex's 3-of-3 shooting and Horry's buzzer-shot shot, the score would have been more than 31:22, and today's Suns could hardly rely on lucky three-pointers to score points.
Zhang Zhu was a little invisible in the first quarter, except for a few breakthrough shots, he only shot twice in the whole quarter, but these two shots were all hit, contributing 5 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter, easily helping Mutombo break the career single-quarter scoring record.
Uncle Mu was still grinning after the first quarter.
Of course he had to laugh, he never even dreamed that he would play like this in the first game of the playoffs, and it was a bit of a dream.
Of course, he also knew that this was the fulfillment of his teammates, so after every pause, Mutombo would show a smiling face and hand a towel to his teammates, and even pinch Zhang Fu's shoulder jokingly, but Zhang Mao was so frightened that he hurriedly signaled "I can't do it"!
The implication of Mutombo's actions is that he feels the help of the big guys, and he feels good right now, so it's better for everyone to continue to help him get more points.
Mutombo also accidentally revealed that he had never won 40+ in his life, not even 30+ a few times, and he wanted to get 40+ once with such a good opportunity today.
Of course, this requirement is fine, Mason and Kidd are not people who care about their scoring statistics, Zhang Mao is not bad at this game, and he even chooses a medium difficulty task related to statistics in the playoffs. It can be said that he has nothing special to care about this year except for the championship.
In the second quarter, Zhang Qi sat on the sidelines to rest, and Harris sent a trio of Kidd, Finley, and Mutombo.
Starks was substituted early in the first quarter today, deliberately staggering with Mutombo, and Harris was worried that he would steal the limelight from Uncle Mu.
This is a bit of an underestimation of Starks' consciousness, no matter how unique the style of the ball is, it will also be affected by the collective and team atmosphere.
Besides, Starks has not played point guard, as long as the whole team sets the tone, he will also cooperate.
After two consecutive misses at the start of the second quarter, Kidd immediately changed his stiff feeding method and looked for an opportunity to play Williams again, and then began to concentrate on feeding Mutombo.
Starks finally knew now, why didn't Harris let him cooperate with Mutombo, he really didn't have this awareness, the kid's head was indeed flexible.
At 9 minutes and 19 seconds in the second quarter, there was an accident on the court.
However, it has nothing to do with the Lakers, and Cebaros, who has been restless today, fell to the ground after a physical contact with Finley, causing Lakers fans to worry about him, how to say that "Mr. Mouse" has also played for the Lakers for several seasons.
Cebaros has been seriously injured once this year, and he always feels that he is not good after his comeback, which seriously affects his state, but he did not expect that the hidden danger finally broke out in the playoffs, and he couldn't even play on his own after the recurrence of the old injury, so he could only be carried out on a stretcher.
Suns fans far away in Phoenix will start to turn black.
Their team was already short of major generals, and now they have injured a main force, isn't there no hope at all?
The only good news now is that they still have a Horry to fill the No. 3 spot, which is better than not even having a qualified substitute on the inside.
That fear quickly became a reality, and just a minute later, Danny Manning also committed two fouls, and with the addition of backup center Mark Bryant for two fouls, the Suns' interior was in danger of being wiped out.
Mutombo found that the pressure on the offensive end suddenly lightened, and then he understood the reason after thinking about it, it must be that those two interior players were afraid of fouling again, and they didn't dare to make moves against him, and now he will have less trouble on the offensive end, which is really God help me.
He guessed correctly, the Suns' interior defense was already in a hurry, otherwise he wouldn't have allowed him to score so many points after not strengthening his offense for several seasons. You know, in addition to a year of serious offensive training in the first season of his career, he began to delve into defense, so the scoring data is showing a downward trend year after year.
However, the Suns' defense is not much better than that of the Chinese team, and Mutombo found that his half-hung offense can also play a lot of lethality, and the opponent is now afraid of fouls and dare not defend, and it is estimated that even the defense of the Chinese team is not as good as the Chinese team.
Soon, Mutombo scored four points under the basket and led the Lakers to an 8-0 mini-climax.
Kevin Johnson hit a 3-pointer at a critical moment, and then finally got a 2+1 on the inexperienced big head, and the Suns relied on a little luck to not let the difference widen to more than 15 points.
The two sides alternated points in the subsequent games, the Lakers had the advantage, but it was also a little too deliberate to let Mutombo brush the score, although he can indeed score, but three or four seasons have not strengthened the offensive skills, the scoring efficiency is still getting lower and lower, which gives the Suns a chance to survive.
The Lakers held a ten-point lead in the second quarter until 6:05 left in the quarter, when Zhang was replaced, and Mutombo was also replaced for a short rest.
Zhang Zhu's task after coming on the court was to open up the point difference a little, which was not difficult to do, and as soon as he got on the court, he easily broke through Horry to score a layup.
Horry has been gaining weight in the Rockets in the past two years, and he is also playing the No. 4 position, and now he is asked to play the No. 3 position to defend Zhang Zhu, first of all, he is too poor in footsteps, and he is also at a disadvantage in confrontation, basically in the state of Zhang Zhu being given what he wants, which is why the Suns are reluctant to use him to play the starter.
At the critical moment, Kidd stood up for the Suns, and he smashed three consecutive shots from beyond the three-point line, which was a bit of an infernal affair.
On the Suns' side, Kevin Johnson, who relied on his desperate breakthrough, finally chased the score to 50:45 with the help of Kidd.
"This Nima!"
Zhang Qi was slightly dissatisfied in his heart, these three shots were all good opportunities, and one was a big vacancy, and there was no one to defend within two meters around him, and it really hurt if he didn't shoot.
Now, their opponent is the Suns, and this kind of mistake may not be a big problem, but if they are facing the Jazz and the Bulls, then this kind of mistake is a big problem?
The cheers of the Lakers fans also stopped, which was already very face-saving for the poor performance of their own players.
20 seconds later, the "Great Western Forum Arena" fell into a sea of joy again, and Zhang Fu finally began to exert his power.
In Zhang Fu's eyes, the Suns' defense line has been nothing from the beginning, but he hasn't made much of a move, and the Suns players have relaxed their vigilance against him in their hearts, or they are lying to themselves that "Zhang Qi will never shoot", and even transferred the defensive forces used to deal with him elsewhere, and then prayed that Zhang Zhu must have a stomach trouble today, or that he was too fierce last night, and his feet are soft today.
However, this kind of thinking can only be self-defeating.
Zhang Qi first broke through the dunk and scored, then stood on the free throw line four times in a row, hit all four free throws, and also made Manning three fouls by the way.
The Suns can't play at all now, and after Mutombo returned to the court, he faced a defensive lineup with a maximum of only 203cm, which made him suddenly find a little bit of Chamberlain's feeling of standing out from the crowd back then, no one can cover it with a hook, cool!
At halftime, the Lakers led 65-50, and the suspense was basically gone.
Zhang Qi had 13 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the first half, Mutombo had 23 points and 9 rebounds, Mason had 8 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Kidd had 6 points and 7 assists, Starks had 7 points and Finley had 5 points.
Kevin Johnson had a Suns-high 16 points and three assists, Rex Chapman had 14 points and two assists, Sam Cassel had eight points and four assists, and Wesley Person had six points.
Strictly speaking, the Lakers didn't play very well today, and they were too deliberate to help Mutombo score points.
But even so, they had a huge advantage of 15 points at halftime.
At the moment, they don't know that the teams that are watching this game in front of the TV are scolding!
The Lakers are too cunning, everyone knows that Mutombo's task is to defend, and now let him go to the main offense, can this TM be considered valuable news?
They watched half of the game in vain today, which is tantamount to not gathering any useful information, and wasting time in vain.
In the second half, Mutombo continued to attack, although because of scoring efficiency problems, the Lakers were chased by the Suns several times to within 10 points, but relying on the overall strength of the crushing, Zhang Zhu, Mason, and Starks all stood up at the right time, these three used their individual ability, of course, as well as the Suns' excessive fouls, easily relied on singles to solve the problem, creating a comfortable space for Mutombo to brush points.
After the first three quarters, the final showdown was gone.
The score is 94:78, and the first three quarters are 16 points behind in front of the Lakers, and winning or losing is equivalent to having a coffin, and the first game of this group of matchups has already had a result.
The only suspense now is whether Mutombo can get the first 40+ in his career?
That's why O'Neill is still sitting in front of the TV, when the other teams have already turned off the TV, and only he is still watching, because he is waiting for the result.
In the fourth quarter, Mutombo returned to the court with 31 points and 14 rebounds, and he was nine points away from breaking his personal scoring record.
Zhang Zhu, Kidd and Mason did not end up, the three of them had to stay on the field to help Mutombo on the last journey, and if they gave up halfway, they would really let Uncle Mu scold his mother.
9 points, which is not an easy number for an interior player who is not good at attacking.
But if the opponent's two main interior players leave the court with 6 fouls, one with five fouls on his back, and even the backup center has 5 fouls on his back and is restrained, it doesn't seem to be an impossible thing to do.
This final suspense is actually not big.
It only took 7 minutes for the Lakers to help Mutombo complete the breakthrough, and when he scored the 41st point, O'Neal in front of the TV was so angry that he smashed the remote control in his hand!
At this time, there were no blind Clippers players still staying near him, and a group of people were hiding far away, because they all knew what O'Neal would be angry with once Mutombo scored 40 points, this face was too loud!