Chapter 173: What about the offense?

The NBA finally updated Zhang's body stats in the playoffs — he is now officially 6 feet 9 inches (shoes tall) and weighs 235 pounds. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Throughout the regular season, Zhang Mao's official weight was 225 pounds, but in fact it had reached 235 pounds, and his height had grown to 203cm barefoot and 221cm arm span, which was basically the height and arm span of a No. 4 position.

Now he is standing with Bisen, who is officially 206cm tall, but he has to look a little taller, and that guy is actually 202cm barefoot tall.

The official height of the Magic is also 6 feet 9 inches, and the FIBA unit of measurement in the Dream Team is 205cm, but when he stands with Zhang Yi, it can be clearly seen that the Magic is a little shorter, and his real height may be about the same as Bissen, and will never exceed 202cm.

Zhang Wei doesn't want to grow taller now, he is now taller than many No. 4 positions in the league, and if he grows two centimeters taller, he may really have to play No. 4 positions. Fortunately, he has not grown taller in the past two months, and the team trainer thinks that his height is almost fixed, and considering that Zhang Fu is about to turn 19 years old, it is normal for his body to stop growing taller.

There are many players in the NBA who will grow taller after the age of 19, but at least Zhang Zhu will not soar to 206cm, or even 208cm, which is a real interior height.

Many fans may think that 203cm is not a god, and then there is a guy who is almost 210cm who is also playing small forward?

Fans think this way because 90% of players in the NBA are inflated in height.

Zhang Wei is also 6 feet 9 inches now, which should be 205cm to 208cm, but he needs to wear shoes to have this height.

So don't always compare the height of those who claim to have 210cm+ with him, most center forwards are actually only 205cm-208cm tall.

Fans can use the simplest way to calculate, that is, to subtract 3cm from the official height of all players, which is about the same as their real height, and some people who don't want to force their faces even have to subtract 5cm to be their real height.

After the Lakers players returned to their luxurious locker room after the pre-game press conference, head coach Harris did not explain the tactics in too much detail, he emphasized some issues that need to be paid attention to in the game for a while, simply put, to remind the players not to make any mistakes, but not to explain the specific tactics.

Half an hour later, the first game of the playoffs is coming, and the Lakers players are now somewhat nervous or excited, and if the coach doesn't talk about too many overly complicated things on the sidelines, the players' brains can't accept it, and it's useless to say it.

The Magic then made a pre-war mobilization for the whole team, and the current Lakers don't need Zhang Zhu to do this kind of thing before the game for the time being on the premise of having a Magic, and the team's locker room leader is now a Magician, and Zhang Fu only needs to play his core performance on the court.

Zhang Wei is naturally happy, although he can talk trash and talk to the media, but the pre-game mobilization is different from his dealings with the media, and the way he communicates with the rival players is different, and he has to learn from the magician in this regard.

In the appearance session today, Zhang Fu felt a completely different atmosphere from the past, the lighting and sound effects on the scene have become very different from the regular season, and the oppressive atmosphere that seems to be before the rainstorm comes, so that he can feel it in the players' tunnel.

Zhang Qi can feel it from the afternoon, today's game is completely different from before, many team veterans, including the guys who usually come to the stadium like clock-in, came to the stadium earlier than usual today, everyone wore formal clothes, including many guys who don't like to wear formal clothes, in short, everything has risen to a height today.

As soon as the Lakers players entered the court, they saw the fans holding up all kinds of malicious slogans and humiliating the opposing players' photos, coupled with the huge cheers from their mouths, I believe that the Trail Blazers players who entered the court later could not remain calm, because when it was the turn of these guys to play, these cheers would definitely turn into higher decibel boos.

Zhang Fu was the last to run out of the players' tunnel, and the live DJ introduced in a passionate voice:

1995-96 triple-double

Rookie of the Year 1995-96,

The most powerful high school rookie in NBA history,

The greatest slam dunk king in NBA history,

The youngest rookie game MVP in NBA history,

The youngest All-Star MVP in NBA history,

The youngest Mr. 60+, 70+ in NBA history,

He wasn't even 19 years old,

He's a 6-foot-9 forward from Australia.

Lakers great No. 14,

"Dragonborn" - Zhang ...... Unclean......!

Zhang has a lot of new titles this time, although the league did not choose to announce the best rookie of the season before this game, but everyone knows who will win the award, and the Lakers simply wrote this title in advance when introducing him.

When the DJ of the "Great Western Forum Arena" read out one of Zhang Fu's achievements, the cheers became louder and louder, and when the big water forced the shining appearance, the entire stadium was about to explode!

It's useful for fans to create that kind of momentum, and the Trail Blazers players must have heard the Lakers' introduction in the players' tunnel, and the cheers in the sky, and it's impossible for the rest of the day to be unaffected.

Zhang Qi finished sprinkling magnesium powder in front of the rostrum, and the Trail Blazers players also appeared.

Lakers starters: Van Exel, Seballos, Zhang, Johnson, Campbell.

Trail Blazers starters: Rod Strickland, Aaron McGee, Harvey Grant, Clifford Robinson, Arvidas Sabonis.

Harris finally let the Magic start today, which is to increase the Lakers' interior attack.

The Magic is definitely not as good as Bisen in terms of defense now, but neither of the two can prevent the Trailblazers' interior line, so it is better to change to an interior line that the other party can't defend against.

The Lakers won't put much effort into the defensive end today, and as long as they can play their normal game on the offensive end, the odds of beating the Trail Blazers will be more than 50%.

What, you want to ask what the Trail Blazers should do if they defend against the Lakers' offense?

The problem doesn't exist, and if the Trail Blazers were that strong, they wouldn't be seventh in the West.

It's not that there are no teams in this league that can defend against the Lakers, but the Trail Blazers are by no means in this ranks, and their defense is not even as strong as the Lakers, but the lineup is a little restrained.

The Trail Blazers' starting lineup is no different from the regular season, the starting lineup is not bad, but the bench lineup is slightly inferior. Although this weakness will be narrowed in the playoffs, at this moment, judging from the lineups of the two teams, even if the Trail Blazers are relatively restrained by the Lakers, the latter is stronger at home and has a higher winning rate.

"Let's get started, I can't wait to play."

Zhang Mao's heart became excited, this excitement is conducive to his performance, and the state of excitement is much better than the state of tension.

This is also a reflection of his confidence in himself, Zhang never felt that his performance would decline in the playoffs, but he felt that this kind of high-intensity game was the stage that really suited him.

In the opening jump ball, Campbell won against Sabonis, who barely jumped 30cm.

Zhang Yu immediately reached out for the ball, and the first attack on him was to come by himself.

What else can Van Exel say, in the face of Zhang Zhu, who not only has the potential far beyond himself, but also has a strength that is already a notch stronger than himself, he has long dared not beep more.

Zike Hearn, the on-site commentator, said in a slightly excited voice when he saw Zhang Qi get the basketball: "Last year, I was still thinking about when I would retire, and I seemed to have entered a cold winter period with this team. But this year, I dismissed that stupid idea, there was no winter in Los Angeles, and seeing this strong little guy running around the field, I felt like I could talk about it for another 10 years. ā€

If Zhang Wei knew what Zike Hearn said on the sidelines, he would probably complain that the old man had taken a sip of his milk.

The Lakers attacked for the first time, Zhang Qi decisively attacked the interior to try the depth under the fans chanting "MVP" from the fans, but was directly overturned by the fierce Sabonis.

The Trail Blazers must have worked his breakthrough, and Sabonis, although his mobility was not good, he rushed forward and knocked him to the ground with a brutal charge that would have been fouled in the regular season, and the action was very decisive.

The basketball in Zhang Fu's hand did not pass out, and could only be reluctantly thrown in the direction of the basket, although the super body balance allowed him not to shoot a three-no-stick, but the basketball finally failed to touch the basket.

In this way, Zhang Mao's first offense in the playoffs ended in failure, and he was knocked to the ground and almost made a mistake.

"It's not a foul either?"

This result made Zhang Wei a little angry, and returned to the defensive end to retaliate frantically, but it also indirectly drove the defensive attitude of the whole team, almost preventing the Trail Blazers for 24 seconds.

In the end, Clifford missed the shot, and Zhang Qian rushed to the inside to grab the rebound.

Harris signaled from the sidelines to the team not to rush and slow down the pace and play slowly.

However, Zhang Qi was a little excited in his heart, and he didn't pay attention to the coach's shouting, so he rushed up.

This makes the Lakers' interior line, especially the Magic, very passive.

The Lakers only had Fan Maniac follow up on this fast attack, and the frontcourt played 2 and 3......

Zhang Mao's body was still good, and he still didn't concede the ball in the middle of the two retreating players, and passed the ball in the air to Van Exel, who was following up.

It's a pity that Fan Maniac didn't have a chance to shoot under Strickland's follow-up, and missed a forced layup from close range, and the Trail Blazers got the basketball back and launched a fast break.

The coaches on both sides were a bit of a pain in the ass, and the Trail Blazers' fast break was obviously reckless, almost replicating the Lakers' failures.

These two teams in the first three minutes of the opening let people see what is called an immature team, blindly fast break is not necessarily a good thing, especially in the first game of the playoffs, players on both sides are a little nervous and excited, this kind of reckless fast break effect is not great.

The Lakers players had a mediocre feel after the opening game, and failed to hit a couple of shots after the fast break.

This is mainly due to the fact that the Trail Blazers' players' retreat is very timely, and the fast-break shooting effect is really not good at this time.

The Trail Blazers were similar, and the Lakers players' retreat was also timely, and many of the Trail Blazers' shooters took turns bombarding the Lakers' baskets, only to miss shots repeatedly.

But there is a link on both sides, although the Lakers also have a poor hand and repeatedly misses, but they grabbed a number of offensive rebounds, especially Zhang Mao's activity on the rebound, so that after 5 and a half minutes of the game, the Lakers led the Trail Blazers 7:2.

The Trail Blazers asked for a timeout, and Zhang couldn't help but laugh when he came off the court, although the Lakers didn't score much, but he contributed 2 points and 4 rebounds, and his performance on rebounding was very good.

Harris shook his head after the timeout, Zhang Mao played well, but he seemed to forget that the Magic was also on the court, and this kind of fast pace of blind play would make the latter very depressed.

If he had known that the Lakers were playing at this pace, it would have been better for Finley and Bison to cooperate with Zhang Zhu, when the Lakers would have better defense and athleticism, and maybe they would have led by double digits now.

The problem is that they obviously want to play positional warfare today, to play the success rate and small-scale cooperation, like this kind of fast fight whirlwind play, isn't it a waste of magic's organizational ability and Sebaros's ability to cut in?