In the café, Jongwook and Scarlett Johansson sit facing each other, both of them drinking coffee.

"You've been getting more exposed lately." Scarlett. Johnson said to Jongwook: "I think the whole of America is your name now...... Almost everyone cares about you. ”

"Even, even a lot of people who don't like basketball are concerned about you." Scarlett. "They think you're giving a lot of Americans hope, a hope that hard work is going to work," Johnson said. ”

"Huh~ American Dream?" Zhong Yu put a cup of coffee in his mouth and asked.

"Yes, it's the American dream. A true fulfillment of the American dream, where you give people hope. Scarlett paused, then asked, "Jongwook, then, as yourself, do you believe in the American Dream?" Do you believe that hard work can really succeed? ”

"Hard work leads to success?" Zhong Yu took a sip of coffee into his mouth, then smiled and said, "I don't believe it." ”

"Don't believe me?" Scarlett. Johnson completely felt that what Zhong Yu said subverted her thoughts, and she quickly asked, "Why?" ”

"No, I just don't believe it anyway." Zhong Yu said: "People are born different, why should everyone want to do what they want to do, as long as they work hard, they can succeed? ”

"That's what you say." Scarlett. Johnson said: "What's the point of so many people working so hard? So many people, including you, have worked hard to get what they want, what does this mean? ”

Zhong Yu said: "I'll tell you a bit old-fashioned, if you work hard, even if the chance is slim, there will always be it, but if you don't work hard, then there is no hope at all." ”

……………… The fifth battle between the Lakers and the Hornets, and also their battle of Kings Mountain, begins at the Staples Center, the home of the Lakers.

In the last game, the Lakers used their interior tactics and interior ability to contain the Hornets' offense and defense well, and finally won the game with a steady approach and the team's efforts.

And no one knows how this game will be played, and they don't know if the Hornets can counterattack the Lakers in this game, get a victory, and re-establish the lead in the overall score.

Or the Lakers bloodied the Hornets on their home court, defending their dignity and getting a match point.

These are unsolved questions. But no matter what, the losing team will be at a disadvantage in terms of momentum and many things, there is no doubt about it.

Both teams are ready, and although the game is played to this point, both sides are tired, but they cannot be ambiguous in this game.

The lights of Staples are still shining, and the fans here are still quite fanatical.

This is Los Angeles, the home of the Lakers.

"The game is about to begin!" "Boys, you have to remember a lot of what we have done before, we have to beat this opponent and we can't let that go to waste......

At this time, the DJ on the scene also began to introduce the players.

When it was Zhong Yu's turn, as soon as DJ finished speaking, there was a wave of boos at the scene. The boos shook the sky, as if the entire Staples Center's roof was swaying and dust was falling to their boos.

Zhong Yu has become one of the least popular people in this arena, and in the last game between the Hornets and the Lakers in this arena, Zhong Yu killed the Lakers at the last minute, and many people still remember it vividly.

Moreover, on the Internet and on the news recently, Zhong Yu's name is simply overwhelming.

After such a incident, one thing after another, Lakers fans did have a very strong hatred for Zhong Yu - not only because Zhong Yu had beaten the Lakers in this arena, but also because many people felt that Zhong Yu stepped on the head of the Lakers Kobe Bryant this time and gradually reached the current popularity.

In this game, everyone cares a lot, they all want the Lakers to win, and when they think of Zhong Yu's wonderful scoring methods, they feel even more angry with Zhong Yu in their hearts.

Because, this guy is definitely a dangerous person, there is no doubt about that.

Hearing the wild boos of the audience, Zhong Yu didn't care.

He knows that the louder the boo, the more panic these home fans are about a player, and the more destructive that team can do to them.

When he first entered the league, when he heard the uniform boos of the away team and more than 10,000 fans in the entire stadium, he might be scared as a rookie, but now the situation is completely different, Zhong Yu will not have any superfluous reactions, but feels that the blood in his body is slowly boiling.

The competition is officially on!

The jump ball was grabbed by the Lakers, and then they organized their first offense.

The first offense did not continue the Lakers' interior tactics in the last game, but was handed over to Kobe Bryant to execute. Kobe Bryant stood up to Zhong Yu, then suddenly stepped back to feint, and then turned around and made a jumper.

Kobe Bryant took the lead in opening a city for the Lakers with a beautiful goal, and the audience at the scene immediately shouted and cheered for their Lakers and their Kobe.

The Hornets' offense didn't hit, the Lakers grabbed the rebound again, and another battle between the two sides began.

The game just started, and the Lakers still used the interior offense that took advantage of the game last time and helped the team win in the end, and they want to beat the Hornets again in this way. This is also a way to break through ingenuity with strength, and this is what one force will say when you drop ten.

In the first three minutes of the game, the Lakers continued to gain the upper hand with this style of play. They played a 7-2 start.

Under such a start, the morale of the Lakers team was greatly boosted, and the Lakers' audience was also cheering and shouting, and everyone was quite satisfied with this start.

At this point, the ball was finally back to the Hornets.

The Lakers' tactics of playing the inside line went relatively smoothly, and the Hornets couldn't take advantage of their offensive and defensive systems.

And now, Paul has handed over the basketball to Jong-wook.

Jongwook controls the ball and hovers outside the three-point line. Bryant's defense against Jong-wook, needless to say, is still quite harsh. Kobe Bryant knows how powerful Zhong Yu is, knows that he can pose a threat to the Lakers, and when defending him, he is quite hard.

To break Kobe's defense, it takes a lot of effort for Zhong Yu, but at this time, Paul took the initiative to stand by Zhong Yu's side, and then Zhong Yu broke through directly to the inside.

The Lakers' interior defense was very good, and Zhong Yu didn't seem to find a chance, so he re-passed the basketball to Paul, and at this time, it became Kobe Bryant who defended Paul.

Kobe Bryant knew Paul's combat effectiveness, so he didn't dare to relax, so he could only defend Paul, but as soon as he defended it, Paul's ball passed to Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu was already outside the three-point line at this time, and Kobe Bryant could not complete the retreat, so Fisher could only come close to defend Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu faced the old fish Fisher, and there was no pressure, and he jumped directly, so that he didn't even have a chance to interfere.

"Huh!" His jumper hit an easy shot and the score became 7-5 and the Hornets trailed by two points.

"Sure enough, it's him again!" Seeing that Zhong Yu scored again, the audience next to the basketball court was really indignant. This Zhong Yu really jumped out to score at such a critical time. However, Zen Master and Kobe Bryant, as well as a few other Lakers players, suddenly smelled something different in the ball just now - it seemed that the Hornets were playing something against them.

The game continued to start, the Lakers missed the offense, and then, the ball was back in the hands of the Hornets.

This time, the ball came to Zhong Yu's hands again, and West came up to help Zhong Yu block and dismantle, and Zhong Yu of course unceremoniously entered the inside line from West's side.

Kobe Bryant was blocked for a while, and Odom could only come up to make up for Zhong Yu, so that the defense was misplaced again. Jongwook faced Odom, who was already in the first zone, and made a slight feint to break to the left, and then he quickly retracted the basketball, and he went straight into the interior depth from the right.

Gasol came up to block it, which created another vacancy for Chandler.

Jongwook passed the ball out, and Chandler immediately prepared to go to the basket, but was interfered with by Ademanovic and the basketball missed.

Although the ball missed, whether it was Kobe Bryant or Zen Master, both of them felt it, and it seemed that the Hornets really had their own plans.

Next, the Lakers also missed, but Gasol on the inside grabbed the rebound, and Gasol directly attacked twice, but the basketball was rejected by the basket.

The Lakers missed three consecutive offenses, and Paul possessed the ball for more than half of the court, and then began to break through.

As soon as he broke through like this, the Lakers' interior line was a bit of a back-to-back flavor.

Although the Lakers' interior defense is tight, there is no way to assign more of them to defend on the inside when they have to take care of Zhong Yu on the outside.

And they don't dare to lose their position, otherwise they may have to be deducted by the other party's insider. So, Paul took advantage of the gap between them, went straight to the deepest part of the inside line, and then jumped to the basket.

Basketball hits! Paul scored two points. In this way, the score of the two sides was disguised as a 7-7 draw.

The two teams exchanged attacks with each other a few times, but the success rate was not high, and at this time, it was another block. Paul temporarily blocked Kobe, and then, Zhongyu moved sideways, faced the old fish Fisher again, and made a three-point jumper.

Another three-pointer.

Jongwook has already hit two three-pointers in this game.

Seeing this scene, the Zen master really knew what they were going to do, which was to use the flexible blocking and dismantling of the outside line to find opportunities for their teammates. It is best to play singles in a staggered position and play to the player's personal strengths.

Of course, it is obvious that this set of tactics is still centered on Zhong Yu and Paul.

Because these two guys always have their own way of dealing with any kind of defender. Especially Zhong Yu, after blocking and dismantling, if he is facing Odom, he can break through, or choose to pass, if he is facing the old fish Fisher, then it is not polite...... Let's go straight to it.

The old fish can't cover him anyway.

The power of the pick-and-roll was brought into play, and in many games for the Hornets this season, Paul and Chandler, Paul and West, Paul and Jongwoo created countless classic goals in the combination of pick-and-roll. The Hornets' biggest reliance on tactics this season is also pick-and-roll, and now the pick-and-roll is being used with a bit of a variant of the method and is exerting its own power.

At 13:10, the Hornets overtook the Lakers by three points, and the Lakers called a timeout.

In response to the Hornets' blocking, the Zen master asked everyone to be as vigilant as possible, pay attention to the Hornets' passes, and preferably destroy. In addition, they can push the pick-and-roll players as far outside as possible to prevent them from scoring easily.

After all, it's an outside offense, too far from the basket, and the Hornets still rely heavily on individual play, as well as their perimeter players.

The offense of outside players often relies on feel, and the Lakers also have rebounding protection, so this arrangement makes more sense.

The Lakers can protect rebounds!

The game continued to start, the Lakers were outscored by three points, and now they have to use the Zen master's face-to-face secrets to teach the Hornets a good lesson.

This time, the Lakers attacked.

They still handed it over to the inside to play, but Gasol was a pretty good passer, and when he saw that Kobe Bryant who came in from the outside seemed to have grasped the time and space, he threw the basketball to the ground, and the basketball bounced up, just to Kobe's hand.

Bryant hit a direct jumper to get two points back.

The ball is back in the hands of the Hornets, who have just been taught by the Zen masters, and now they are looking for an offensive plan for the Hornets in the hope of being snuffed out in the cradle by their blocked passes.

It's just that they miscalculated again, this time, Zhong Yu himself received Paul's pass, and then West's block and went directly to the inside.

At this moment, Odom was a little hesitant to go over to defend Zhongyu, because West is also a good jumper, and if he defends Zhongyu at this time and lets West score on a jumper, he will be under a lot of pressure.

Odom hesitated a little and decided to defend Zhongyu, but Zhongyu didn't pay attention to it at all, but increased his speed to the maximum and came directly to a place not far from the basket.

Gasol came up to defend, Zhong Yu held him up, and used his body under the wedge mark, which was getting stronger and stronger, to go to the basket against Gasol.

Zhong Yu's basketball flew into the basket, in fact, the ball was not so comfortable, but it still hit.

The Zen master is really a little helpless, although he has formulated a policy to drive the Hornets to the outside, but Zhong Yu's strong scoring ability is really not an exaggeration. With such a super scoring ability, if it is really full of firepower and drives the Hornets to the outside, although it is not right in the middle, it may not have such a big impact on Zhong Yu.

When he thought of this, the Zen master felt a little headache - the appearance of this Zhong Yu was really a spoiler...... Now, he can only continue to watch the game for a while to see if the Lakers can solve the problem.

And Zhong Yu himself, the first quarter has been carried out so far, and he has scored 8 points, and according to his momentum, Zhong Yu, who averages 35+ per game, is back.

He's back scoring.

(To be continued)