Chapter 269: There is nothing to be done
"Godfather! Aren't you forcing me to withdraw the ad when you play like this? ”
Zhang Qi was very dissatisfied after the game, "Dragonborn Company" and "Minotaur Coffee" were ready to invest a lot of advertisements in the NBA next season, but the godfather actually drew a board for him at this time, not authentic!
David Stern can't help it, if he doesn't play like this, it will be too difficult for the Rockets to beat the Lakers.
The bull beats the wasps, the sweep is inevitable, and he can't stop it.
The Jazz played the Clippers, but it was useless to block, and O'Neal couldn't score on free throws.
The Lakers hit the Rockets, and this one must be stopped.
Who called the game of these two teams with the highest ratings, if only four games are played, the league will lose too much, then it is only to grieve the godson first.
However, the godfather by no means doesn't love his godson, didn't he see that the day after the Lakers lost, Zhang Mao's photos and reports covered all the Jordan who won?
This is David Stern's small compensation, whether he loses or wins in the future, the headlines on the official website are godson's, so it shouldn't be a big deal to play one or two games for his godfather, right?
Zhang Fu can't help it, against a team like the Rocket, once the whistle is too favorable, it will be difficult for him to win even if he performs well, after all, the opponent is not a rookie team that can't win with a whistle, I just hope that the godfather won't go too far, just play him this time.
"Los Angeles Times" and "Dragonborn Sports" both focused on the Rockets' unusual home whistle the next day, and many of the key points were drawn that made the league a little embarrassed, especially the godfather who ignored the power of Zhang Fu's fans, and even more ignored the power of the Internet.
The next day, under the pop-up offensive of ICQ, the whole world was releasing voices questioning the league's decision, and there was abuse everywhere attacking the referee's penalty scale!
The power of technology has made players have a lot of scruples when they play the black hand, and it has also exposed a lot of ugly information to the Internet at the speed of light, and distributed to the world at an unprecedented speed, causing waves that would not have been produced before.
In the past, this kind of thing was discussed between the fans of the two teams at most, but as long as the media was controlled a little, the fans could not see much, and naturally they could not stir up any turmoil.
But now, the web has changed everything.
The next day, even the fans of the teams that did not enter the playoffs were discussing this matter, and even the melon-eating masses in Asia and Europe were also discussing it, and there was no delay.
Some of the posts on the Dragonborn forums have fans from five continents discussing at the same time, and everyone knows that the delay of one thing can only be a few minutes, or even tens of seconds.
The president was a little confused, he didn't expect fans to be so sensitive to the referee's problems, and for a while, the Internet was full of criticism of the NBA's injustice, which made Zhang Fu himself a little painful!
This time, neither the godfather nor the godson expected that the Lakers would have so many fans around the world?
Or, Zhang Wei didn't expect that he would have so many brainless fans in the world?
When David Stern checked his mailbox the next day and his godson's private section in the NBA section of the Dragonborn Forum, he found that many fans threatened to burn down his house?
"How unreasonable! You dare! ”
The president was so angry that he didn't eat for a day, and at the same time, he was a little worried that his house wouldn't really burn down, right?
Well, if one or two of these people are really crazy, his house may be in danger.
"Hell, you just want to burn it, you should burn that referee, what do you have to do with me?"
The president was quickly instigated, after all, he used to receive threatening letters or phone calls at most, but now he is threatened by thousands of fans who don't know where, and hackers have obtained a lot of sensitive information by hacking his mailbox, and even the information of his family has been exposed, which makes the president who has never seen online violence Yali Shanda!
Zhang Wei didn't know that these hackers were so frustrated, and he didn't expect that his own son would pop up a window on tens of millions of ICQ users, and the reaction would be so big?
The Knicks and Heat should be the most depressed, and the next day fans will have to find news of the two of them in the small corners of various mainstream media.
Some fans of the two teams who were unable to watch the live broadcast for various reasons searched for a long time in the newspaper the next day to find out whether their teams lost or won?
The Lakers obviously lost, but the next day it occupied the largest space in the major media.
In the second round of the playoffs, the first three games ended in this eerie atmosphere, and the situation was as follows.
Bulls (3) VS (0) Hornets; Jazz (3) VS (0) Clippers.
Heat (2) VS (1) Knicks; Lakers (2) VS (1) Rockets.
Now the situation is even more obvious, and the Bulls and Jazz can end the battle in two games at most, if not if they can't sweep their opponents.
Although the Lakers are the same as the Heat, they are both leading 2:1, but in fact, there is not much suspense.
Just imagine, the Rockets took advantage of the geographical advantage and could only win by 2 points. In the fourth game, as long as the league doesn't go too far, the Rockets still have little hope, after all, they can't expect the Rockets to explode every game, and they can't expect their bench to stand up every game.
"It's nothing, we didn't lose unjustly last night." The irony of Zhang's interview with the media the next day in the training tube on loan in Houston was already obvious, "And I said that in the opponent's home game, that's the most important thing. We expected to lose one game, but we can't lose two games in a row. Tomorrow night, we can't get so many fouls and we can't make them so many free throws...... By the way, I won't let Mr. 'Glider' fly that high again. ”
"Isn't that humorous?"
"Is this a?"
"It's not funny!"
“…………”
The reporters were a little disappointed that although Zhang Zhu's words were metaphorical, they were not enough to cause widespread discussion among the public.
At this time, the strength of koala babies to talk is less than before, which may be called maturity, but for them the media, and for fans who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, maturity is not a good thing.
Zhang Yu can't help it, the three elders of the rocket are not in the mood to fight with him now, and he doesn't want to take the initiative to offend these old guys, it's not worth it, so he can't say more about it.
Secondly, these players are too cowardly now, and even Rodman, who seems to be a master who is not afraid of heaven and earth, actually does not dare to take the initiative to provoke him, the eldest young master. Even a guy like Stockton, who is full of evil, doesn't dare to do anything to him.
So, who do you ask him to get into trouble with in this situation?
If he takes the initiative to provoke others, it will have too much impact on his reputation, which is the reason why he talks less and less.
But it doesn't matter, he can still make a fuss in the commercial.
Zhang Fu's current snacks are basically smashed in advertisements.
A few months ago, after getting rid of the British girl Beckinsale, he turned that evil thing to a girl from Portland, Liv Taylor.
As long as the Lakers make it to the division finals, a new commercial for "Minotaur Coffee" will air across the United States. And this time, the heroine was replaced by this young lady who is only 20 years old, with a milk-like complexion, a model-like figure, and an elf-like appearance.
This is also the reason why he doesn't like the daughter of the local tyrant, that guy actually wants his daughter to star in the commercial of Minotaur Coffee, and is willing to invest in it for this reason.
However, this can't happen, even if you don't say that there is no shortage of franchisees in "Minotaur Coffee" now, just in the choice of the young lady, he will only choose Liv Taylor, who has a face value of 91. Besides, this elf lady is a real 180cm tall, Zhang Yu is by no means shorter than Miss Nicole, and even his figure is so proud, how can he retreat to the second.
On May 11, in the second round of the playoffs, the fourth game was rekindled.
The Bulls' promotion was long gone, and the Hornets' desire to fight was only slightly stimulated in the third game, and this battle once again returned to a state of lack of fighting spirit, and even a little self-defeating, they obviously did not think that they could turn around in such adversity.
Jordan only scored 20 points in this game, and he looked lazy, and seemed to have no fighting spirit than the Hornets.
Second Brother Pi is extremely brave, and his data is not inferior to that of young people, and his inner mind is obviously preparing for the next contract in a year, if there is no dazzling data, it will not be sold at a good price.
Zhang Yu didn't dare to take it lightly, Jordan has been recuperating in this year's playoffs, who has kept the Bulls in no trouble, these guys' journey to promotion is much easier than the Lakers.
Although the Rockets are not as strong as the Lakers, they are not a hard minion, and the Lakers are obviously at a loss in this regard.
The Jazz are finally in trouble, and although O'Neal knows that the result of elimination is inevitable, he doesn't want to be swept out again, which will become another stain on his career.
But don't underestimate the difference between 4:0 and 4:1, the slight difference between them is enough to determine whether O'Neill's status will decline or stay put.
The Clippers were a hastily assembled team, and no one expected them to win the championship quickly, and the first year they ended in the Western Conference semifinals was a result that was not satisfactory, but grudgingly acceptable.
Therefore, at this time, the action of hitting the street is particularly important - if it is the result of being swept 4:0, it is tantamount to hitting the street on the street without even pants, or the second time to be so humiliated, but this time there is no excuse for being young, O'Neill is destined to become a laughing stock afterwards; If it is 4:1, it can be regarded as being beaten by the group and falling to the ground, although there is not much face, but there is finally a fig leaf on the body, at most two sentences of ridicule, and the status will not drop too much; Of course, if it can be played 4:2, it will be considered a very decent failure, and there will not be much criticism afterwards, after all, it is the first year of reconstruction.
O'Neal at this moment, in order to pursue a relatively decent ending, once again turned into a giant beast under the basket, and got 19 free throws in one game, stunned to beat all two Jazz centers into six fouls, and finally even Malone ate five fouls and was almost gotten down, the big shark contributed 38 points and 17 rebounds in the whole game.
With such a performance at the core of the team, the Clippers naturally won this game.
Zhang Wei laughed, because he saw that the Jazz were like the Lakers the day before yesterday, and the Clippers were naturally like the Rockets the day before yesterday, and the referees in this game began to attack the Jazz again.
He will laugh, because he knows that the godfather is not deliberately embarrassing himself, but he doesn't want to have so many swept battlefields, so he helps the rocket put on a pair of pants first, and then helps the Clippers wrap a piece of horse skin this time, which can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness, and then he must not embarrass anyone again.
Of course, this is good news for the Lakers, the Jazz can't sweep the Clippers, in fact, it's also in the interests of the Lakers, if those old guys are too easy to advance, it's not a good thing for the Lakers, it's only fair now, everyone has to play at least five games.
What, you ask why the wasps are naked in the streets?
That's because some people can still do things with a little help, and they can save it; But no matter how much some people help, it will not have any effect, and there is no need to rescue them.
"The Houstonians can win one game, which is already decent, and tonight they will break their delusions!"
This is Zhang Mao's mobilization before the game, of course, there is more than this sentence, but this is what it means to sum up, omit and omit it......
Tang Shuai made a pre-war declaration before the game that could fill four or five sheets of A4 paper, but in fact, the content is like that, and it may not be a manuscript to memorize.
Zhang Wei has never been interested in this kind of chicken soup, and he thinks that people who can be motivated by language are the same thing.
Therefore, when the two teams walked on the court, Zhang Zhu and his teammates gathered together to cheer each other on before the game, he just said lightly: "They may live longer, but they will die after all, right?" ”
"That's right, they're going to die today!"
"They won't survive tonight!"
"It's noon!"
“……”
Zhang Wei secretly complained in his heart: "It seems that a strange sentence has been mixed in, and even if the rocket loses tonight, it won't die." ”
The Rockets certainly won't die tonight, and in addition to the fact that the score is now 2-1, the game is also an hour later than expected.
So it's already 10 o'clock, and the game will definitely not be finished before 12 o'clock, and the Rockets will definitely survive tonight.
"Why is it here again?"
Zhang Qi saw the daughter of the local tyrant on the sidelines before the game, and today even his little sisters did not come to Houston with him, but he didn't expect the father and daughter to be determined, and actually followed him to this point, is it really going to be sent to the door?
Well, if it was really the young lady who was sent to his mouth for nothing, he would not insist on refusing.
But now, his harem members are too large, so only with the appearance of Liv Taylor, he will maintain a long-term relationship.
"Wait, I'll concentrate on the game."
Zhang Yu hurriedly shook his head, and then looked at Drexler, whose face was much darker than usual, he wanted to see how this guy could get another 20+ today?
In the third game, this product is estimated to have bottomed out, or it was a drug addict, and it actually found some face.
But this kind of thing can't happen often, if he takes 20+ again today, then he can thank the world.
The Lakers' defensive strategy in this battle remains the same, and it is still a single defense to pinch the Big Three.
The defeat in the last game was a crime of non-war, and in that unfavorable whistle, it would have been nice for them to lose by only two points.
A small adjustment today is that Kidd and Starks can go to reinforcements on the inside, depending on the situation.
The Rockets' two positions are too bad for either the main player or the bench to pose a threat to these two, so they can go to support their teammates.
It's a big change, and it's rare for the average team to start without someone who is holding back defensively.
But the Lakers' starting set does not have a bad defense, Kidd is Payton's successor on defense, Starks has been responsible for defending Jordan in the Knicks, just using them to deal with the Rockets' two guards is obviously a tyrannical thing, and letting them assist the interior defense is considered to be the best use.
The Lakers started again with Starks today, and the new "Sixth Man of the Year" has a strong individual defense and strong offensive ability, and it is his outstanding performance that makes the Lakers' bench depth a part of the fans' conversation.
In this crucial encounter, Starks' performance on both offensive and defensive ends made people see that he had performed well in the Knicks in previous seasons, contributing 6 points on 3-of-4 shooting in the first quarter, two of which were shot by Zhang Mao's wonderful pass and jump shot, and once he received a pass from Kidd and completed a violent dunk on Barkley's head, which made Jazz Ba a little embarrassed!
Zhang Zhu's performance today is a bit like Jordan, he is not in a hurry to attack and score points first, but wants to see the state of his teammates after the opening, and when he holds the ball, he usually looks for opportunities to pass the ball after breaking halfway.
But the Rockets never dared to take him lightly, they didn't know what medicine to buy in the gourd, and they didn't dare to relax their defense against him, even if he passed the ball mostly after the opening, he still didn't dare to slack off, most of the time there were two people staring at him, ready to wrap up at any time.
Zhang Qi is stronger than Jordan in this regard, and there was a "Jordan Rule" to deal with No. 23 back then, although the number of successes is still not much, but at least it can be determined that putting Jordan to score is a way, which is better than defending him with all his might.
But now, people don't know whether to let Zhang Yu go, or defend him with all his might?
At first, everyone chose to defend him with all their might, and as a result, if you look at his triple-doubles, half of them were played when the opponent was defending him with all his might. And once Zhang Qi gets a triple-double, the Lakers' winning rate has been around 90%, which means that it will not work to defend him with all his might.
Later, everyone chose to use the "Dragonborn Rule" to deal with him, which is actually the "Jordan Rule", but Zhang Wei deserves a separate title for him.
However, as long as he is allowed to score, then he can score a lot of points, 40+ can't be stopped, and if he accidentally goes to 50+, and he can still pass the ball.
This is the most annoying, because it means that you not only let him get a high score, but also did not restrict the other players of the Lakers, which is equivalent to losing his wife and losing his soldiers.
So, how to prevent him now?
Sorry, I can't prevent it for the time being!
NBA coaches from all walks of life have said: "There is nothing to be done".
Zhang Zhu is not like Jordan when he was young, the gang leader did not have the ability to shoot three-point at that time, but the three-point shot of the koala baby can rank in the top five in the league, and when he smokes the wind, he can refer to the miracle on the "three-point contest". As for the offensive ability with the ball, Zhang Qi can rank in the top five in history in this category. It's not that his explosiveness and speed are invincible, he is not particularly rebellious in this regard, but if you add his height, confrontation ability, shooting ability, and ball-sharing ability, then his breakthrough threat is enough to rank in the top five in history. Even when he has a bad hand, Zhang can use his physical advantage to create damage, or share the ball with teammates, or even organize offense outside like a point guard, which he can also do.
Therefore, such a player cannot defend alone at all, and the bag is also dead, and the only possibility is joint defense.
However, the NBA doesn't allow joint defense, so it's really no longer a problem, no one can do anything about him, and he should be awesome.
In the first half, Zhang Mao not only did whatever he wanted on the offensive end, but he also continued to lock Drexler on the defensive end like in the first two games.
This is another of his skills that makes people only shout "what can I do", a guy who has no solution on the offensive end, if he also has a top level in defense, how do you let others live?
Forget it, you're still so handsome, so rich, you really don't leave a way for others to live.
The Rockets watched Zhang swipe out five assists in the first quarter, which was the price they didn't dare to let up.
Of the Lakers' other four, one has been inconsistent on the offensive end, and some have not improved on offense for years, but they have all scored points in a loose defensive environment.
The score was 29:24, and the Lakers had a five-point advantage in the first quarter.
The Rockets' state today is strictly speaking, not bad, and some difficult shots have also hit a lot, otherwise I really don't know what the situation is now.
After the start of the second quarter, Zhang Mao didn't even rest for a second, and continued to lead the semi-main team to attack the city, and it only took three minutes to forcibly cut 6 points, which is obviously about to start to be strong.
The Rockets still can't think of a way, even if they can limit his offense, they can't take care of his passing, it won't work, and there is nothing to do.
Tang Shuai was in a hurry on the sidelines, it had been three games, he still couldn't find a way to deal with Zhang Mao, and there was no way to doom him to win, today the referee was also fair and strict, he was also desperate!
Before these thoughts fell, Zhang Qian forced it to the basket twice in a row and scored easily again.
This is already 10 points in less than four minutes, and the Rockets can only call a timeout and pretend to have a way to discuss it first.
After the game restarted, Zhang Fu was not ambiguous on the defensive end, facing a somewhat unwielding Drexler, a precise steal, and scored two points through counterattacks again.
This rebound caused a burst of helpless sighs from the Rockets fans at home, and they also felt that there was really no chance to face Zhang Mao and the Lakers who were in such good shape.
Tang Shuai touched his hair at this moment, there was a small handful of places where hair did not grow, which was the part where his blood was splashed three feet back then.
He knows that since the NBA does not allow joint defense, if he wants to restrict Zhang Mao, there is only one last way left - to play the black hand!
Yes, just like the Pistons did against Jordan back then, this is the last resort.
However, the thought that even the Piston Legion has become history, can you still use this trick now? In particular, can they use this trick on Zhang Mao?