The Lakers are notoriously poor in the league.

This point was also mentioned by the Zen master. In an interview before the start of the Lakers season in October last year, the Zen master expressed concern about the Lakers' retreat. When Gasol is on the court, the Lakers' defense during the offensive and defensive outfit period will have problems. It's a painful lesson, and in the '08 Finals, 70 percent of the Celtics' 24 comebacks in Game 4 were points from the gap between offense and defense. When Allen, Posey and others used a strong team defense to contain the Lakers' offense, they used the Lakers' disorderly and lagging defensive arrangement.

Now that Zheng Ke is on the court, the Timberwolves' two fast breaks in this minute have made the Zen master sound last year's Finals, and he frowned and recruited Kobe Bryant in front of him.

"Kobe, the Timberwolves' fast offense is too strong, and when you get on the court, pay attention to guiding your teammates to retreat quickly. Backcourt rebounds are given to Andrew (Bynum) and Paul (Gasol) for protection, and the Timberwolves can't grab them. “

After hearing this, Kobe nodded solemnly, with a solemn expression, and did not speak.

Zheng Ke got the basketball with his back in the low post on the right side of the rack, and it was Odom who defended him.

In fact, Odom does not have a fixed position with the Lakers, and Phil Jackson positions him as a "playmaker", and he usually swings in the three positions of point guard, small forward and power forward. But compared to his all-around offensive prowess, Odom's defense is usually in an awkward position, and he is slightly less powerful than a power forward. Compared to a small forward, his footwork is not as flexible. However, he is tall and has long arms, which makes up for these flaws in some ways, overall. Odom's defense is still up to the league average.

But if it's just average, it can't stop Zheng Ke.

Zheng Ke used his right foot as the axis, grabbed the basketball, and chose the frame to attack.

Odom's big dark hand was stretched out in front of Zheng Ke, a pair of slightly hazy eyes were round at the moment, and his muscles were tensed, guessing Zheng Ke's attack method in his heart.

Dry pulling. Or a breakthrough?

Zheng Ke grabbed the basketball with both hands and dotted it into the sky. Seeing Odom's center of gravity slightly raised, Zheng Ke withdrew the basketball. Take a big step with your right foot and dribble to the right side at the same time.

Odom immediately straddled his left foot to block Zheng's offensive lane.

Zheng Ke knew that Odom was going to defend like this, a quick and extremely fast dribble. At the same time, he took a big step on the left side of his left foot. The whole person immediately moved away from Odom by one more figure.

Zheng Ke did not put down his right foot and made a shot similar to the Golden Rooster's independent style, and his body leaned back sharply.

Odom didn't have time to react at all, and reached out in vain to make a distraction.

The basketball slashed over Odom's head and the board fell into the basket.

38 draws!

Phil Jackson was originally going to replace Kobe Bryant and Gasol on the court when he was waiting for the dead ball, but he didn't expect that the players on both sides played very well, with no fouls and no mistakes. In such two minutes, the Timberwolves actually tied the score. He made a pause gesture. Signal the referee to stop play.

"Well done!" Whitman and the disciples who walked off the field hit each other one by one, and this change of formation had an unexpected good effect, and the momentum of the Timberwolves also soared due to the continuous pursuit of points.

Lefu ran over and played a celebration with Zheng Ke jumping up and colliding sideways, and the young man had an excited look on his face. After entering the playoffs, every opponent Lefu met was very strong, Aldridge in the first round had embarrassed him very much, and now in the second round, Gasol staged eighteen martial arts above his head, if it wasn't for Lefou's mental strength than ordinary players, I am afraid it would have collapsed long ago.

The same thing happened to Ariza, who faced Anthony in the first round and Zheng Ke in the second. As soon as he recovered from Anthony's dazzling offensive style, he encountered Zheng Ke, a player who likes to get rid of opponents with "one move", which made him complain.

The Lakers asked for a 20-second timeout, and just as the audience was about to move their butts and untie their hands or something, they found that the players from both sides were back on the basketball court, so they sat down and continued to watch the game.

After that timeout, the Lakers brought on Kobe Bryant and Gasol, and the Timberwolves also replaced Billups. It seems that neither team will dare to leave their stars on hold for too long.

"Give me the ball." After Bryant came on the court, he made a gesture to ask for the ball.

Fisher immediately gave the ball to Bryant.

Afflaro is 1.96 meters tall, which is considered a standard quantile height in the new era. He's not the type of player who makes a lot of steals every night, but he's the typical clingy type of player, and he's the hardest working out of the Timberwolves. In his usual training, Afflaro likes to observe Zheng Ke's defense and take the initiative to defend Zheng Ke to improve his defensive ability.

Kobe Bryant found it difficult to entangle, and no matter how he did the feints, he felt that he couldn't shake off the dog skin plaster.

Ten seconds later, Bryant dribbled to the bottom right corner and halted the offense. He grabbed the ball with both hands and hit the sky a few times, and then the strength of his waist and abdomen exploded, and the whole person forced a backward jump shot.

"Huh!"

There is no sense of rhythm to create rhythm, and there is no difficulty to create difficulty.

After the goal, Kobe Bryant took a deep look at Afflalo, but what he got was a poker face that had not changed for thousands of years, and he trotted all the way back to the defense, shouting and reminding the Lakers players to quickly return to the defense.

The audience at the scene immediately became agitated after Kobe Bryant's goal, and many fans cheered in unison as if they had rehearsed in advance, looking like they had been holding back for a long time.

Zheng Ke was a little happy, if Kobe Bryant continued to play like this, he would not be afraid of the Lakers.

Billups pushed the ball past half-court, and with a big wave of his hand, he began to command his teammates like a general.

As a result, the Timberwolves players immediately vacated the left side of the basketball court, and Billups controlled the basketball steadily, beckoning Zheng Ke to come up and block him.

Although Zheng Ke's physique has lost some weight, he still looks a little burly in front of the old fish who is known as a strong point guard.

Billups started very quickly, and with the help of Zheng Ke's pick-and-roll, he began to kill diagonally to the inside. Odom followed suit, keeping a proper distance from Billups.

After Zheng Ke finished dismantling, there was a gap in the blockade of Fisher and Odom.

Billups's eyes flashed, his wrist flicked, and the orange basketball suddenly turned into a yellow light, and after bouncing off the floor, it passed through the gap between Fisher and Odom's defense and was delivered to Zheng Ke's hands.

The ball was so comfortable that Zheng barely had to adjust it, tapping his feet on the floor, leaping into the air, and then gently flicking the ball out with both hands.

Zheng Ke landed on one foot, his raised hand in the air, and after watching the basketball fly into the hoop without any suspense, he rested his tongue on his chin, nodded slightly, and began his arrogant signature celebration again.

The cooperation between Billups and Zheng Ke made Phil Jackson's eyes light up when he sat firmly on the sidelines, he was no stranger to Zheng Ke, not to mention the brief cooperation in the All-Star Game, and he was impressed by several encounters this season and last season. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of this cheating Lakers scout again.

He still vividly remembers the '07 draft, and the choices he and Kupchak have been criticized for in the draft so far. Kupchak has his eye on the Chinese market and wants to choose a Chinese player in the second round, Zheng Ke and Sun Yue choose one of the two. Zheng Ke, who has an NCAA background, is not favored by Lakers scouts, but Sun Yue, who shines in the ABA, is called an instant force by Lakers scouts who can be tried. So in the tenth place of the second round, they chose Sun Yue, and correspondingly, Zheng Ke was taken by the lucky Minnesotan with the eleventh pick.

Looking at Zheng Ke who was crisscrossing back and forth on the field, Zen Master's thoughts flew out of Staples.

If they chose Zheng Ke back then, then how terrifying should the lineup of Fisher, Kobe, Zheng Ke, Gasol, and Bynum be now? I don't know if the Timberwolves are willing to trade Zheng Ke now, the more the Zen master thinks about it, the farther and farther he thinks, he also knows the person Glenn Taylor, as an authentic businessman, there is not enough interest, it is estimated that he will not trade Zheng Ke. Trading Zheng Ke is just a matter of thinking, unless the Lakers take Kobe

Take Kobe?

The Zen master was pounded, as if it was really operational. He couldn't help but compare Kobe Bryant and Zheng Ke in his heart, logically speaking, one of the two is one of the best figures in the league today, and he has won three championships, and the other is just a superstar who has just grown up, and the playoffs have just tasted it. It should be clear which is stronger and which is weak, but the Zen master always feels that Zheng Ke seems to be more suitable for his system, and he also appreciates Zheng Ke a little more in his heart.

Phil Jackson was cranky, but in the eyes of others, it was a calm performance, and the broadcast camera of TNT turned to Phil Jackson's face, and then compared it with the slightly restless Whitman, which immediately caused a burst of praise from fans on the Internet:

It's really worthy of being a Zen master, look at this expression, how calm (to be continued......