After the Lakers played two home games, they will play three consecutive road games. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Wei didn't have time to soak in powder for the time being, so he quickly packed up his mood and prepared for his first away trip.

None of the Lakers' three away opponents are considered to be strong teams, with the first opponent being the Denver Nuggets.

Last season, the Nuggets were lucky enough to enter the playoffs with an eighth record in the West, but they were taken away by the Spurs 3-0, and it was a bit too much to think about it for two consecutive years.

This year's Nuggets team has not changed much from last year, but there are more outstanding players than last season, and the young players on the team are growing rapidly.

Last season, the Nuggets had 7 players average double-doubles per game, and this year's number of players who have the ability to play the starting line has risen to 8, especially the strong guards, which is one of their strengths, but more often it is also the fuse of infighting.

There are 8 players in a team who can play as starters, and many of them are excellent players who have the strength to compete for the second and third positions in other teams, which is a happy trouble.

So it's the same problem that gives the Nuggets a headache, although they have a lot of people on the bench, but many times the coach has a headache about who to start and how to arrange the rotation time.

And having such a trouble means that no one of the eight can overwhelm the others, and there is no one who is really enough to be the core of the team, and it is difficult to think about this situation.

The Lakers have a lot of people who can play on the outside right now, but their core is very clear -

Zhang Zhu, the 18-year-old high school rookie, is the only core of the Lakers right now.

Even if Van Exel's and Ceballos' immediate combat power is stronger than Zhang Ju at this stage, the Lakers are already determined to correct Zhang Ju, and the whole team will revolve around him, because who knows that Zhang Ju's potential in the future is much greater than that of Van Exel and Ceballos.

Zhang Zhu was most impressed by the Nuggets' center Mutombo today, because this bastard covered him with two big hats as soon as he came up, and then shook his thick black finger to provoke him: "Come in, you can die!" ”

"Damn, is this bastard so strong?"

Zhang Yu felt that the door of the penalty area was locked from the beginning of the game.

Today, his back hit didn't dare to go deep into the basket easily, and he didn't dare to go inside when he broke through the frame, so he could only choose a turnaround jumper and a pull-up jumper.

The Nuggets' bastard guarding the basket is too old and spicy about the timing of the block, and the timing of the help defense, this high-school forward who looks a little on the thin side, always gets to the basket in time to interfere with his layup, is ready to send a hot pot at any time, and then shakes his more damn fingers.

In the first half, Zhang Mao was covered by Mutombo three times, in the second half he didn't dare to go to the basket to trouble Mutombo, and once in the first half he was almost hit in the nose by this old bastard's elbow, when the guy was definitely aiming at his handsome face.

Zhang Qi is much smarter than Mashburn, of course, it's okay to call this cowardice.

He felt that he couldn't beat this guy with top defensive skills and awareness, and even small movements were particularly fierce, so he bypassed Mutombo's defense in the second quarter and began to avoid this bastard to play, but he was still interfered with by several assists to make a layup.

This "African Mountain" is really the most impermeable interior defense Zhang Qian has ever seen, although it doesn't look very strong, but he has perfect defensive footsteps, card positions, judgment, block timing, using teammates to defend and other abilities, basically the best interior defender Zhang Qian has ever seen, almost no flaws.

"I really can't handle him now!" Zhang Yu gave up his plan to take revenge today after playing the first half, and he needed to go back and study this guy's defense well, and then think about how to deal with this center forward who is as difficult to cross as a mountain.

He did cowardice, in short, he can't easily fight with this Mutombo today, otherwise he will be covered a few more in the second half, and his confidence will be frustrated.

Of course, Zhang Qi is avoiding war, but since he can't fight, he should also be cowardly when he should be cowardly.

Besides, he has heard of Mutombo's name for a long time, and he was elected the league's best defensive player last season, so why is he embarrassed to admit that he can't handle such a big man as a rookie?

Don't talk about him, the year before last, when the Nuggets were in the Black Eight Supersonics, Mutombo froze the "Rain Man" Kemp in three of the games, and he is now just a rookie who has just come out.

So today's Zhang Qi got the worst data since entering the NBA, he took three big hats in the first half, only shot 5 of 15 in the whole game, and finally only got 14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 turnovers.

These performances may seem terrible on their own, but Zhang played extremely the defensive end, even scoring a goal back for Mutombo in the second half, and then in the midst of the frantic boos of Nuggets fans, he learned to extend his middle finger and shake Mutombo back.

But instead of angering Mutombo, this action made the African mountains laugh.

This is the effect of Zhang Qiu's appearance and age bonus, no older star will fight with a high school student, of course, provided that he has the upper hand.

If Mutombo hadn't covered three Zhang Mao in the first half, he would not have been able to laugh at this time.

Zhang contributed a total of 5 steals and 2 blocks on the defensive end, which is certainly excellent for a high school rookie, who covered up his dysfunction on the offensive end with a stunning defense.

In the end, the Lakers relied on Fan's 25 points and 8 assists, Ceballos 24 points and 9 rebounds, and Zhang Mao's contribution on the defensive end, and finally won the game 98-95.

This also shows that the strength of the Nuggets team is really not very good, and there is such an inside gate who can't win the game.

If Mutombo is exchanged for the current Lakers, it is estimated that Zhang Zhu's first season will take off.

After the game, Zhang Mao and Mutombo exchanged jerseys, and both had a good impression of each other.

Mutombo also has some ideas about the Lakers, he is also a free agent who expires next summer, if the Lakers are willing to poach him with a high salary, he is of course willing to play in the City of Angels, the big cities of this era are more attractive than ten or twenty years later, and the Lakers are a team with a championship tradition.

Zhang Qi was praised again by the Los Angeles media after the game, the strength of the Nuggets is not too strong, and coupled with the internal struggle of the outside team, it is not difficult for other teams to defeat them.

But as long as Mutombo, the "African mountain", is in charge of the basket, then few people can score high points against the Nuggets at will, especially players like Zhang Mao, who mainly play offense under the basket, so his low scoring is understandable, and this stat sheet is already excellent for a rookie.

However, this game also exposed a problem for Zhang - his long-range shooting does not seem to be enough at this stage, and he needs to continue to improve his long-range shooting practice.

Zhang Zhu can't help it, he has extended the training time of mid-range shooting and three-point shooting to two hours each in virtual training, but he only maintains a balance with the increased strength and weight, barely to the extent that the increased strength and weight will not affect his shooting accuracy.

But if you want to get his mid-to-long-range shooting percentage up, at least until his strength and weight stabilize, there's no hope.

This is a necessary process for every player to improve their physical fitness, and I have never heard of a player who can increase his strength without affecting his shooting percentage.

After the Lakers narrowly defeated the Nuggets on the road, the next two on the road were again the Mavericks and Warriors, who they had already beaten once.

These two teams are a bit of a Tianke when facing the Lakers, their strength is also the strength of the Lakers, but the weakness is weaker than the Lakers, so don't blame the Lakers who play small ball.

Zhang Mao's statistics are still not high, with 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block in one game, and only 12 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks in the other game.

Especially against Mashburn for the second time, he was finally cleaned up by this "former" No. 1 small forward in the West.

Mashburn's on-the-spot reaction was a little slower, but after going back and reflecting carefully, he finally knew how to use his all-round skills against the young Zhang Qi when he fought again.

After all, no matter how unbearable he is, the ability value of 85 is there, this kind of hard power is not something that Zhang Ji can defeat if he plays better at this stage, as long as Mashburn himself does not die, all Zhang Can do is to let himself lose decently.

He lost this game decently enough, although he scored less, but the rebounds and assists were excellent.

Even if such a performance is defeated, the excuse of "high school rookie" will not make people complain about him.

Zhang Wei himself was very unhappy, Mashburn cut 25 points on his head, but he didn't even score half of the opponent's score, such a performance he couldn't accept, even if the team still won.

With only six games in the NBA's preseason, the Lakers returned home after beating the Mavericks, and the final game was against the Denver Nuggets, and Zhang had to face again an opponent he was not confident enough to do after studying the footage.

What does it take for Mutombo to beat?

Zhang has been thinking hard about countermeasures since he played the Nuggets on the road, and he feels that if he can further improve his weight and strength, and then improve his ball handling skills, he may be able to make a positive wave at that time. Or practice your mid-to-long range shooting more accurately, so you don't have to go to the basket to score points.

But either way, he can't do it in a short time, so he can only take the last resort - kill the Nuggets and avoid the mountains.

Zhang Qi was ready to start this game, and he started to break through to the inside, and even if he broke through, he would pass first, in short, he would not give that guy a chance to shake his finger at himself.

Although this decision is very wise, when he thinks that the fan girl will go to watch the game this time, he is a little entangled in whether he will leave a bad impression on the fan girl when he plays so cowardly?