Chapter 357: You Witness My Presence
The Lakers' home games have always been not lacking in flashes on the sidelines, and the fans of Koala Baby are not ordinary, and if you can't find three or five actresses wearing No. 14 jerseys on the sidelines in the playoffs every year, plus a lot of supermodels and second- and third-tier stars, then you must have accidentally walked to the home court of the Clippers.
Today is the Los Angeles derby, a group of battles that fans all over the world pay the most attention to, and the price of tickets no longer needs to be introduced, anyway, the regular season tickets for a whole season can't buy a front-row ticket for a game, and those second- and third-tier stars are no longer qualified to sit in the front row, and the camera can only shoot them at a relatively backward angle.
Of course, at this time, there will be no more cameras to look for these second- and third-tier stars, such as Miss Bundchen, who Zhang Yu is going to cooperate with in the next commercial of "Minotaur Coffee", which can only sit in the inconspicuous middle and front rows.
Zhang Zhu glanced at Leonardo, who was red next to the bench, this guy was looking like a brainless fan and didn't know what to shout, Zhang Zhu stretched out his hand reluctantly when he passed by, this idol star who had just become popular all over the world after filming the Titanic, almost fainted directly.
Leonardo doesn't feel ashamed, because the template + predecessor Nicholson is not much better, I still remember that when the Lakers just broke through the 33-game winning streak, this old bastard drank too much, and actually wanted to marry his 11-year-old daughter to Zhang Mao, which was not less criticized by feminists at that time. Although, later those who slammed were mostly confirmed to be female fans of koala babies......
Zhang Mao's playoff appearance ceremony is naturally indispensable to the introduction of the live DJ killing pigs. And this time, there is a lot more content in Zhang Fu's appearance introduction, which can even be used as his wall of honor.
He's a two-time Rookie Game MVP,
He is a two-time All-Star MVP,
He is a two-time regular season MVP,
He is the MVP of the finals,
He is a two-time scoring champion,
He's a two-time steal king,
He became a triple-double king for three consecutive years,
He has been the All-Star ticket king for three consecutive years,
He's the greatest slam dunk king,
He is the greatest king of threes,
He is the youngest regular season MVP,
He is the youngest Finals MVP,
He is the only player to cut 50+20+20,
He is the youngest Mr. 70+.
He won 39 straight games for the Lakers,
He won 76 games for the Lakers in one season,
He's the greatest high school player,
He's the greatest striker in the world.
He's the Lakers' great No. 14,
He is a "dragonborn",
His name is: Zhang ...... Unclean......
Some fans may have noticed that the number of "regular season MVPs" has become two, because the league will award him the regular season MVP trophy today, and Zhang Zhu will see the top regular season honor in front of the technical table when he appears.
"This is my second MVP trophy." After receiving the trophy from David Stern, Zhang Wei gently pretended two sentences, "Someone asked me, you won an honor that many people can't achieve in a lifetime at the age of 21, will you lack the motivation to move forward in your future basketball career?" I told him, of course not. It's because I have it that I'm afraid of losing. ā
David Stern was the first to applaud next to him, and after Zhang Yu finished talking and stroked his hair, a young lady fainted on the spot, and then was quickly carried on a stretcher into an ambulance that had long been parked at the entrance of the stadium.
This is no joke, every Michael Jackson concert will have a row of ambulances parked outside waiting for those weak young ladies to faint and give first aid, and Zhang Mao's current competition must also prepare several ambulances in advance.
According to statistics, this season, the Lakers' home and away games combined, there are about no less than twenty or thirty cases of fainting on the spot.
However, Zhang Fu can testify that the one who fainted today, including the two young ladies who fainted one after another, were all childcare arranged by him in advance.
Of course, if a fourth young lady faints today, it should be true.
But not all accidents are man-made, because there are indeed examples of young ladies fainting at the scene, and he and his agent played such a hand based on this real example. It's just that in this case, there are definitely not as many as twenty or thirty cases, but three or five times is absolutely only a few.
When O'Neal and Kobe Bryant appeared, they happened to see the young lady who was carried away on a stretcher, not to mention the envy and jealousy in their hearts.
When have you ever seen an NBA game that only happens to a concert?
That's a bit of an exaggeration, isn't it?
However, few NBA players would think that these fainting young ladies are Tor, including O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, they just think it's too exaggerated, why can a basketball player's idol charm be the same as Michael Jackson?
Of course, David West knew that there must be a lot of cats here, because scientifically speaking, the NBA arena is not crowded, the air is not circulated, and there are all kinds of bass, alcohol, dama, and even Du Pin's exciting concert scene. The fans here are blowing the air conditioner, sitting comfortably in their chairs, and can buy drinks and things at any time, no matter how excited they are, it should be impossible for them to faint, let alone so many in a season.
But it doesn't matter, this is also a gimmick and topic to promote the NBA, don't ordinary people like to discuss these bizarre things when they brag? If it's not fantasy enough, no one will discuss it, and the media won't report it.
"You bear witness to my existence."
After receiving the trophy, Zhang Wei pretended to be forced, and when he greeted Kobe, he said a squeak that made Kobe's mentality explode directly.
"Bastard, you know I can beat you up in one-on-one!"
Although Kobe Bryant admired Zhang Qi a little, how could he endure such ridicule, and blurted out this sentence that should have been said to Jordan.
"I'm not going to fight you alone, you're beating up a younger brother now." Zhang Fu's words stimulated Kobe Bryant again, but this level was far from satisfying him, and the koala baby continued to stimulate, "Don't stare at me, you're not qualified enough, wait until you get any of the honors that the DJ read out just now." ā
Zhang Mao's words made Kobe completely speechless, and he could already imagine how the angry Kobe Bryant would collapse after finding out that he couldn't even get the ball.
Kobe Bryant is indeed in a state of disgruntty now, and his face is flushed with stimulation from Zhang, which is a typical upper state.
As soon as the Zen master saw Kobe's face, he subconsciously wanted to replace him, but when he thought of Kobe's character who hit the south wall and didn't look back, replacing him now should be more uncomfortable than killing him.
After Zhang Zhu provoked Kobe, he pretended to forget to shake hands with O'Neal, directly bypassed the fat man who was going to hug him, first said hello to others, and then prepared to return to his half court to wait for the game to start, then he pretended to remember someone again, stepped forward and hugged O'Neal with an embarrassed face, and stimulated the fat man again.
Clippers starters: Sam Cassel (85), Kobe Bryant (85), Michael Finley (84), Lloy Ott (85), Shaquille O'Neal (98)
Lakers starters: Jason Kidd (89), Eddie Jones (87), Zhang Mao (99), Anthony Mason (83), Deacbe Mutombo (88)
The strength of the players on both teams has not changed much, Kidd and Kobe have improved, Finley and Mason have regressed, and the core of both teams has a big enough advantage, and this battle is likely to depend on which side of the core plays better, and which side has more role players to step up. As for the competition between the two coaches, there is not much room for play under such a card. The outcome is mainly up to the players themselves, and the coach is qualified as long as he does not make wrong choices and judgments.
In the opening jump shot, Mutombo defeated O'Neal, and the Lakers once again faced the Clippers to get the right to attack for the first time.
The Clippers' defensive strategy today is completely man-to-man, in fact, at the end of the regular season, even the Lakers rarely play any joint defense, and the league has returned to man-to-man defense, but on the basis of man-to-man, a large number of new elements such as off-ball packs and co-defense have been added.
The Zen master did too much, Zhang Zhu was caught before he could get into position, and the Clippers' defensive position was very far away.
Zhang Wei has an average of six or seven assists per game, and this kind of defense naturally can't be difficult for him, and the basketball is quickly passed to the inside.
O'Neal proved with his actions at the beginning that his healthy basketball is not just talking, and not defending in the regular season is to preserve physical strength, but in the playoffs, he is no longer the big colander that allows Mutombo to score 20 points.
Mutombo received a second pass from Zhang Qi in the penalty area, but after only one dribble, O'Neal rushed to the defensive position, and Mutombo finally didn't even make a shooting move, and was directly knocked out of the center of gravity, and a walking violation.
"At such a close distance, what else are you going to do, won't it be over if you shoot directly?"
Whenever this happens, Zhang Qi can't help but complain about Mutombo's attack. This guy is really difficult to shoot the ball in sports, but under the high intensity of the playoffs, how can you adjust the opportunity to shoot or dunk, you must rush to shoot in time so as not to be disturbed, but Mutombo does not have this ability to shoot quickly.
Turning his head, although Mutombo's defense around the front made O'Neal work to get the basketball, once the fat man got the basketball in this defensive way, it was basically equivalent to losing points.
O'Neal opened with a one-handed dunk to help the Clippers score their first point of the game.
The Lakers immediately launched a fast break after serving, and Kidd went to the front court alone to force Kassel with his body, attracting Lauie's defense and passing the ball to Jones, who flew to the layup.
This offense basically let the Zen master know the Lakers' strategy on the offensive end, and they obviously want to use fast offense to consume O'Neal's physical strength.
Mutombo's side failed to go around the front for the first time, but then he still used this method to allow O'Neal to expend a lot of energy in the battle for position, and he had to fight with Mutombo in close quarters for more than ten seconds to have a chance to receive the basketball, and sometimes even had to move from left to right and then run back to have a chance to receive a pass, and within a few minutes the jersey was wet with sweat.
The Zen master knows that it is not possible to play like this, although O'Neal's scoring efficiency is not low, but if he continues to be entangled like this, he will definitely not be able to survive in the fourth quarter, and it is time for Kobe Bryant and Cassel to step up and share the pressure.
However, when O'Neal also felt it was time for his teammates to take on more offensive duties, the basketball could not reach Kobe.
Zhang Zhu was also caught a lot of bags after the opening, but he obviously didn't care so much, but directly devoted himself to defense, so Kobe Bryant's side always appeared Zhang Zhu's figure, so that the Zen master's brows never let go.
Although Kobe Bryant is good at heads-up, it is already difficult to deal with the flexible, fast and experienced Jones, if you add a koala who keeps interfering from the side, it is really difficult for him to catch the ball, and the strong play must be a life-and-death situation.
In the 8th minute and 20 seconds, the unbelieving Kobe Bryant used a drifting move to complete the shot under the attack of Zhang Yu and Jones, and after directly giving the Lakers a counterattack score, even the top Kobe Bryant knew that he couldn't play like this.
Cassel knew it was time to step up, but he was able to break through three-point passes and face Kidd, who was second only to Payton in defensive ability among point guards. It's embarrassing, he was hit by Peyton in the last round, and this time he met Kidd, and it felt like eating again.
Don't forget, the Lakers have Mutombo in the basket, and the "African Mountain" not only defends O'Neal, but his military order refers to "limiting O'Neal to less than 40 points without affecting the defensive intensity of the restricted area", which is not something that ordinary people can do, do you really think that the three-time best defensive player is so unbearable?
Cassel faced Kidd, who had no leaks of the position card, and ended in two consecutive singles.
At this time, you can see the difference between Kidd and Payton, in the last round, Kassel basically couldn't break through Payton's close defense. In this round, he was able to break through, but every time he broke through, he had to face Mutombo's supplementary defense, which made his situation even more embarrassing.
Kidd was not lazy in the pre-game preparation this time, Kassel's playing style and habitual actions have been figured out by him, today's Kidd is full of traps in the defensive position, it is not difficult to break through him, but the difficult thing is how to face more people's help after breaking in.
Finley soon became embarrassed, who made the defensive pressure the lightest now, basketball is naturally always forced into his hands, and now Finley has become the key to breaking the game.
However, the Lakers players are too familiar with Finley, and their collective defense is beginning to show its power, as soon as Finley receives the basketball, the nearest Lakers player will immediately make up for him to prevent him from making open shots, and at the same time, the Lakers' entire defensive formation will press towards Finley, but only prevent him from passing, not from breaking through.
If Finley had Kobe's ability to read and break through defense, or even Ginobili's current breakthrough ability, he would be able to score under the basket in one go.
However, he doesn't have such a keen insight and breakthrough ability, and the Lakers have never cultivated his ability in this area. Therefore, in terms of breakthroughs, Finley at this time is even worse than on another plane. By the time he found his right route and burst into the box with a stiff stance, the super-mobile Mutombo, Zhang, Jones and Kidd had plenty of time to get back to help defend or trap. If Mason were replaced by Big Ben and O'Neal Jr., there would be a spectacular scene of Finley being surrounded by five men in the minute.
Harris knows that as long as this defense succeeds once or twice, Finley's self-confidence will be seriously damaged, his breakthrough will be more hesitant, and the Lakers will naturally be easier to defend. At this time, Zhang Zhu suddenly beat Finley a few times on the offensive end, and if he succeeded, Finley should have collapsed, because this is tantamount to being tyrannized at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and becoming the sinner of the team's loss.
The Clippers' offense began to be blocked, and the Lakers' offense was not too smooth, except for those few quick breaks.
The Clippers' outside defense is still very strong, plus a desperate O'Neal, and Mutombo, who is basically useless on the offensive end of the playoffs, the Lakers' offense is not easy to play.
However, this is also the time for Zhang Qi to show his worth......
At 5 minutes and 46 seconds, Zhang Zhu still encountered a double bag after receiving the basketball on the offensive end, but this time he did not pass the ball out, but called Mason to block and break directly to the restricted area.
After Zhang Yu scored this goal, it can be seen from the real-time data of the system that Finley's state continues to decline, and this goal directly beats his 84 ability value to 81, and his morale and state are extremely low at the moment.
At this time, of course, it is to take advantage of your illness and kill you!
Zhang's next attack was even more bullying, this time he was met by Finley and O'Neal in the box, with the pair surrounding him in the middle.
Kobe Bryant's eyes lit up outside the three-point line at this moment, only to see Zhang Yu did not shoot after jumping to the highest point between the two, but leaned back, and waited for O'Neal to land with his ability to stay in the air, so he took advantage of a time difference and threw the ball almost flat, avoiding being blocked by O'Neal in front of him and Finley on his side.
"Huh!"
The basketball fell into the net under the faces of O'Neal and Finley, and after Zhang Yu landed, he shuttled between the two with a chic leaning motion, which was quite handy.
"Ahh
There was a scream, and of course it was the second girl who fainted.
"Brother, do you see it, do you think my pre-game words are just nonsense?"
Zhang Yu glanced at his nursery and was carried out on a stretcher, and the score on the court was also stretched to 7 points for the first time, and the Lakers led 14-7.
Kobe Bryant was speechless, the ball just now was a height that he couldn't reach at this stage.
The Zen master hurriedly called a timeout, he could already smell the collapse.
"It's a crisis, you can't let him score anymore, no matter what you do, I want you to stop him, even with your feet."
The Zen master was probably shocked by Ma Long's wonderful performance in the last game, otherwise he would not have said such a thing.
But this kind of thing is "on the feet", only after practice, it is powerful, last night Miss Hepburn was kicked into a G cup by him, Miss Monroe's head was about to be kicked into an alien, so it took him thousands of skill points to cure the two young ladies, and now who dares to say "on the feet" in front of him?