Chapter 349 **
The Grizzlies are out of luck, and the Lakers are the least of interest right now, and the only game Harris dares to reuse Battle and Ginobili is against the Grizzlies, which is enough to prove the Lakers' disdain for this team.
In addition, there are a lot of Chinese in Vancouver, and every time the Lakers come here to play, they are almost half of the home court, and it is rare to hear boos and abuse from the home fans.
Zhang Zhu plays here, basically no different from playing at home, and even sees more Chinese here than at home, because Chinese Americans in Los Angeles have many opportunities to watch his games on the spot, but the Chinese in Vancouver only have the opportunity to observe the scene twice a year, of course, they all rush in to support this "light of the Chinese".
Today, Zhang Mao, with the support of nearly 10,000 Chinese fans, made another rookie he was optimistic about, Sharif Abdul Rahim, feel like he doesn't want to play at home for the first time.
Raheem has a bit of Zhang Zhu's style on offense, in addition to being unskilled in back-to-back offense, his face frame skills are very comprehensive among young players, but he is a lot worse on the defensive end, so the template is not up to Zhang Zhu, his template is Marshburn, who was called the No. 1 small forward in the West by the media three years ago.
In addition to his comprehensive skills, Zhang Zhu's high efficiency is also the reason why Zhang Fu predicts that he can become a superstar.
This is only Raheem's second year, but he's already averaging 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists per game, shooting 48 percent from the field and 41 percent from three-point range, which is more efficient than many All-Star players.
However, today's Raheem encountered an opponent that he could not defeat, especially the shortcomings on the defensive end made him have no hole cards to compete with Zhang Yu at all, although he cut 25 points and 6 rebounds in the whole game, but the shooting rate was only 9 of 24, and the efficiency dropped a few notches in an instant. And this is still when Zhang Qi did not use all his energy to defend, otherwise he would not even be able to score 25 points.
The Lakers had another seven-man double-double today, with Zhang scoring a team-high 24 points, but with 11 rebounds and 12 assists, another triple-double performance, his 11th triple-double this season.
Zhang's 11 triple-doubles remain the league's most this season, with no player other than him scoring double-digit triple-doubles. But Zhang Zhu's fans don't think it's a big scene, Koala Baby got 13 triple-doubles in the first season, 16 last season, and this year's triple-doubles are not as good as the first season, at most they are only considered normal performance.
The Lakers won their 70th game against the Grizzlies, and with only six games left in the season, they now have a potential record of 76 wins.
But the toughest five-day, four-game game is about to begin, and a few of the next four games will determine whether the Lakers can surpass their 74-win record last season.
In the first level of "Four Battles in Five Days", the boss responsible for guarding the level is the Phoenix Suns, who only have 20 wins.
The Suns in this time and space have no Kidd, no Finley, and no McDyess and Clifford, and it is already awesome to win 20 wins at the moment, so the first level should be a point pass.
Harris certainly won't put such a Suns under pressure, and continued to implement rotation tactics today, even playing only 31 minutes, only brushing up on this fish belly to score 29 points.
The Lakers won their 71st game on the road, which is already the third record in history.
The Bulls naturally burst into tears, and Lakers fans can already foresee that soon on the "Team Record List", the names of the top three teams will be swiped by the Lakers, and Zhang Zhu's name will officially surpass Magic and the habitually forgotten Abdul-Jabbar, who let Tiangou classmates have been killed by Bruce Lee.
A day later, the Lakers' boss in the second leg was the Golden State Warriors, and it was a back-to-back away game.
The Warriors now have an 18-win record, which is even worse than the Suns.
Lakers fans check the rankings, it seems that no team outside the top eight in the West has more than 30+ wins, and the Warriors are one of the teams with about 20 wins.
The current Warriors roster has changed dramatically from the first half of the season, and the 76ers chose to trade Jim Jackson, who almost fought with Iverson, to Golden State on the last day of the trade deadline, along with Witherspoon, who was in a serious decline in form, and it is clear that both sides are ready to rebuild.
Jim Jackson's stats and efficiency are as consistent as ever, but by count, he has played for four teams in two seasons and is a wanderer.
Such a Warriors team is not aggressive, and even with back-to-back advantages on the road, it will not pose much threat to the Lakers.
Harris had already used the rotation to give the main team enough rest yesterday, and today's back-to-back on the road did not cause discomfort for the Lakers players, who cooked the Golden State belly in just half a game.
Zhang Zhu only played 28 minutes this time, although he himself was reluctant to sacrifice his stats, because he still wanted to go further and increase his average points per game to more than 38 points, and the recent games have made his average score per game almost drop below 37 points, and the koala baby is certainly reluctant.
But there is no way, "five days and four battles" must save physical strength, and he is no exception. Moreover, the day after tomorrow, they will encounter the big boss Spurs in advance, and now they must save their energy to deal with the twin towers of the San Antonios.
Harris only allowed Mutombo and Mason to play for more than 20 minutes today, and the two did not play at all in the second half, and the game the day after tomorrow is the real tricky part of the "four games in five days".
"We lost to them once, but they couldn't win a second time."
After Zhang Mao defeated the Warriors, he naturally mentioned the opponent Spurs after the game. However, his remarks made the Spurs very embarrassed, because Zhang Qian seemed to remember something wrong, did they win against the Lakers this season? Doesn't look like it?
Of course, he didn't win, and Zhang Qian didn't have a problem with his memory, he just deliberately said this to anger the opponent the day after tomorrow.
The Spurs players are indeed embarrassed, but they are embarrassed to stand up and refute anything, after all, it is not an honorable thing to be killed three times. If they lose the next game again, it will be to be killed by the Lakers four times, which is very detrimental to the possible encounter in the playoffs, and they do not want to leave a psychological shadow on the Lakers like the Clippers.
Later, when asked who could prevent the Lakers from winning 75 wins, Zhang Yi came up with a sentence in Chinese that American reporters couldn't react to: "It's easy to know the sky, it's difficult to go against the sky!" ”
At this time, no one noticed that the reporter who asked the question showed a tacit look at Zhang Mao, indicating that this was a routine that had been arranged a long time ago.
Of course, Zhang Zhu's words are not casual, this sentence is to pave the way for the "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" released at the end of the month, and tomorrow there will be a large number of media who have collected money from this sentence to turn the arrow to this game very naturally, Zhang Zhu is promoting his company's new game.
The promotion of "The Legend of the Three Kingdoms" in Japan has long begun, and who makes these guys know and love the history of the Three Kingdoms more than many Chinese. And this cross-era "Three Kingdoms-theme" real-time strategy game doesn't need to be thought of to know, and it will quickly become popular throughout Japan and even Asia after its release.
As for whether Americans and Europeans like games with the theme of the Three Kingdoms or not, it doesn't matter, because "Frost Studio" can completely localize the game model of "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms", just like "Three Kingdoms" under development by "Oriental Studio" also imitates the game mechanics of "Age of Empires".
Oriental Studios will not let the Three Kingdoms-themed games be used by other countries to make Chinese money, and at present, in addition to the basically completed "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms", there is also a more orthodox "Three Kingdoms" in development, ready to snatch this trademark from the Japanese, the way is to kill the glorious copycats.
The game mode of Heroes of the Three Kingdoms, which is about to be released at the moment, is different from Age of Empires, and although both games are represented in real time, the focus of Heroes of the Three Kingdoms is on war rather than expansion, and players can go to the front line, kill enemies on the battlefield, and also strategize, which is beyond the scope of "real-time strategy games" and can be called "real-time action strategy games".
This novel game mode makes Heroes of the Three Kingdoms a marvel at a time when all sorts of real-time strategy games are flocking in. But just as Age of Empires defeated StarCraft at E3 last year, which is now owned by the Dragonborn, Heroes of the Three Kingdoms is poised to show its strength at E3.
Now, the three studios under the Dragonborn Games have launched three different styles of strategy games - "Age of Empires", "StarCraft" + "Red Alert", "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms", these four games will completely dominate the "real-time strategy" game market, and it is difficult for other similar games to squeeze in, because everyone is almost unable to play these four games, and there is no room for others to cut this cake.
On April 13, the Lakers arrived in San Antonio to prepare to face the Spurs' twin towers, which are getting better and better.
Harris feels that the most tricky thing for the Spurs right now is not only the interior twin towers, but the interior combination that is beginning to be called the "three highs", which is to count Clifford Robinson as the inside.
When Zhang Mao checked the Spurs' player data before the game, he knew where the nickname came from.
Spurs starting lineup: Avery Johnson (83), Vinnie Denate (82), Clifford Robinson (86), Tim Duncan (88), David Robinson (88).
The highlight of this starting lineup is naturally on the inside, Duncan's improvement is not too exaggerated in terms of statistics, and people think that he is improving quickly, because he did not play his true strength in the first half of the season, which is related to his lack of adaptation to the rhythm of the NBA and the lack of clarity in his role within the team.
To put it bluntly, Duncan has not been recognized by his teammates in the first half of the season, especially by the generals, and he was not the core of the team at that time, so he failed to play his full strength.
Now it's different, after Duncan played half a season, the Spurs players have slowly recognized Duncan's strength and potential, David Robinson began to give up his core position, and once Duncan's core role is clear, plus he has slowly adapted to the NBA game, his strength can of course be played.
The current Spurs are said to be the "twin towers", and they have actually begun to execute tactics around Duncan, and the generals have given up their core positions, and now there are two Robinson around a dumb melon to attack and defend, and the result is a better record than the first half of the season, and more consistent.
In addition to the Twin Towers showing real strength, this improvement cannot ignore the bonus brought by Clevered Robinson.
This iron man, who never misses games, in addition to contributing stable mid-to-long shots, breakthroughs, and defense, has a three-point shooting rate of nearly 40% this year, and he is enough to become the third fulcrum of the Spurs to connect inside and outside, and his role is even greater than Odom in another time and space.
Since the Spurs brought in a second Robinson, they no longer have to worry about the inability to involve defense on the outside, and they are more solid defensively, which makes the lethality of the twin towers even more terrifying.
The Lakers had almost hit the Spurs last time, and today with the right time and place on the opposite side, the probability of them overturning is very high, so the koala baby feels that it is not enough to start a sassy talk, and it must be a little sassy.
As a result, fans saw a particularly eye-catching yellow jersey floating in the middle of a pile of black and white jerseys in the Spurs half court during the shooting fever before the start of the game.
But what made the Spurs home fans scold was that Zhang Qian actually stopped the basketball thrown by Duncan directly from the halfway, which was far more powerful than it seemed.
"Hey, you're going in the wrong direction."
Duncan's shot was bounced back by Zhang Fu's hand, and his face was a little unbearable, and he felt that as the boss of the team, he had to go up and say something, but his tone was already polite, after all, he was a rookie.
"Don't be nervous, I just wanted to say hi to you."
Zhang Qian stepped forward with a friendly face, and then touched the big bald head of the No. 21 rookie very skillfully.
"Hey, we don't know each other that well, what are you doing?"
Duncan quit, he hates people touching his head the most.
"Sorry! I just wanted to tell you that this season has been good, and maybe the future is yours. ”
"Oh...... Thank you. ”
Duncan knew it was a good remark, but why did it sound so awkward?
"By the way, where are you from?"
"St. Croix."
"Where is that?"
"An island in the Virgin Islands."
"And where?"
“…………”
Duncan's face began to look ugly, he was actually teased by someone in this way, it was so humiliating!
But the more humiliating thing is still to come, after Zhang Fu finished teasing Duncan, he first shrugged his shoulders at him, and then shook his hair vigorously with the action of shooting a shampoo commercial, and at this moment there were two words - elegant.
"You're ......!"
Duncan looked at Zhang Qiu's back when he left, and almost spit out a mouthful of old blood!
Zhang Yu didn't know that this unintentional action almost stimulated someone to rush up and touch it hard, but the explosion of mentality is certain, this is his death hole!
Popovich had a bad premonition on the sidelines, but when he thought of Duncan's maturity and sanity, he should not be affected by this little trick, and Zhang Mao's small actions and a few words should not have any effect.
Well, it's because he doesn't know what Zhang Yu said, let alone the excitement of that action.
In fact, even Zhang Yu himself didn't know what effect his hair shaking action would have.
Moreover, he really just subconsciously showed off his hair, and Ginobili's hair is not bad, so what's so angry about that?