On the 19th, Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals begins.
At the home court of the Clippers, a large number of Clippers fans poured into the venue.
Like Zhang Zhiyuan, they are also relatively flamboyant. They displayed banners and slogans for the Clippers championship early on.
People who didn't know thought they were leading the Lakers by a big score, or that they had already entered the finals.
Looking at the results, good guys, it was only the Western Conference Finals, and it was only 1-1, so the Clippers had no advantage.
This slogan is shouted a bit early.
The small number of Lakers fans at the scene couldn't stand their rustic style, and they mocked each other and forced the security guards to stand in their area to avoid any conflicts.
The players entered the stadium, and Zhang Zhiyuan shouted FMVP when he entered the stadium.
It's FMVP, not MVP.
This is somewhat of a mockery of Kobe. After all, in the eyes of Clippers fans, last year's FMVP should have been Zhang Zhiyuan's, and Kobe was stealing.
This kind of call put a lot of pressure on Kobe.
Humans are social creatures, and it is very difficult to completely ignore other people's opinions.
Even if Kobe is rich, he will still feel uncomfortable because of the ridicule of fans and live an unhappy life.
He must win this series.
If you win, all ridicule will be defeated.
If he loses, it will truly prove that he stole Zhang Zhiyuan’s fmvp remarks.
Kobe Bryant wanted to win, and Zhang Zhiyuan didn’t want to win either.
Although he already has two championships and two MVPs, he has yet to win a championship as the absolute boss.
So, he cheated again.
[King of Movement: Increases the host's movement speed and physical strength by 20%, has a 10% chance of forcibly throwing away the opponent, and has a 5% hit rate when shooting in an open position.]
In the last game, he took the route of leading his teammates, but in this game, he took the route of personal heroism.
At the beginning of the game, Bynum continued to seize the ball, and the Lakers attacked first.
After Kobe received the ball, he made an offensive stance. Hayes leaned toward him. Kobe passed the ball to Gasol, and Gasol made a jump shot.
His strategy in this game was exactly the opposite of Zhang Zhiyuan's, trying to drive his teammates.
The Clippers attack, Kobe defends alone.
Zhang Zhiyuan ran without the ball and used the cover of his teammates to delay Kobe's pursuit.
Then Zhang Zhiyuan took the ball and shot.
The shot was too fast, and Kobe's pursuit was useless.
The ball goes in.
2 to 3.
The Lakers attacked, Kobe broke through, Kaman intercepted, Kobe passed the ball to Bynum, and Bynum scored a layup.
"Hey, it looks like Kobe's passing ability is also very strong."
Barkley complained.
Two assists in two rounds is difficult for a good point guard to do.
"He's always had the ability to pass the ball."
Smith said.
"But why don't he have many assists?"
Buckley asked.
Smith laughed and said, "I know what you want to express. You just want to say that Kobe is alone."
"I'm just telling the truth."
Buckley.
Indeed, he obviously has pretty good passing ability and has a lot of ball rights, but he doesn't get many assists. Isn't this just a case of being alone?
When the Clippers attacked, Zhang Zhiyuan still played without the ball and relied on his speed to get rid of Kobe Bryant to catch the ball.
Kobe Bryant was already slower than Zhang Zhiyuan after gaining weight, and now that Zhang Zhiyuan has absorbed nearly 10% of his attributes, he can't keep up even more.
Zhang Zhiyuan took action, but Kobe was one step slower.
The ball goes in.
4 to 6, the Lakers suffered a blood loss.
They also scored two points, but they lost two points. Who can explain this?
The Lakers attack, Kobe holds the ball, and Zhang Zhiyuan defends alone.
Then Kobe shot a fadeaway jumper, but the ball missed.
"You'd better pass the ball, your team
Friends are more efficient than you."
Zhang Zhiyuan persuaded him kindly.
Kobe didn't appreciate it and retreated without saying a word.
The Clippers counterattacked, but Zhang Zhiyuan missed a jump shot.
It’s not a big problem, just maintain efficiency.
The Lakers attacked, and Kobe was determined to prove himself by hitting one of his own, slapping Zhang Zhiyuan in the face.
But in order to win, he still chose to pass.
As Zhang Zhiyuan said, Kobe's efficiency when playing Zhang Zhiyuan in isolation is obviously not as good as Gasol playing Hayes, and the gap between that pairing is much larger.
Gasol has many options after receiving the ball. He can use his height to shoot directly and even break through.
No matter which one it is, it will be difficult for Hayes to defend against it.
The ball goes in.
Kobe gets another assist.
"Am I dazzled or are they wearing the wrong clothes?"
Some fans complained.
Today Kobe played like Zhang Zhiyuan, but Zhang Zhiyuan played like Kobe.
Such a big difference makes the audience very uncomfortable.
Generally speaking, a player's style is fixed.
Zhang Zhiyuan's style is more, but Kobe Bryant has also changed today, it's very magical.
When the Clippers attacked, a missed shot did not affect Zhang Zhiyuan's determination. He continued to attack after receiving the ball.
Kobe grasped the opportunity very well this time and did not miss a beat.
Then Zhang Zhiyuan relied on his speed to break through, but Kobe didn't adjust for a while and was passed.
Defending Zhang Zhiyuan one-on-one was too difficult, and Kobe was beyond his capabilities.
Maybe I could have tried it when I was younger, but I really don’t have that much energy now.
Zhang Zhiyuan drove to the basket, was unstoppable, and scored a layup.
In the next round, Zhang Zhiyuan made a three-pointer and hit again, scoring the team's first 11 points.
"Isn't he planning to keep fighting like this?"
Barkley complained.
"It's definitely impossible. Won't the Lakers double-team?"
Smith said.
"Perhaps Phil Jackson is afraid that Zhang Zhiyuan will pass the ball again after being double-teamed?"
"Then his physical strength can't bear it."
The two argued, and the Clippers had started a new offensive round.
As Smith expected, Zhang Zhiyuan did not keep shooting, but passed it to Kaman, who was in a good position. Kaman turned around and put the ball into the basket.
Keeping taking shots is equivalent to telling the Lakers to double-team.
An occasional pass can intimidate the Lakers and make them fearful.
However, even so, Phil Jackson was already considering changing his strategy and preparing to double-team because Zhang Zhiyuan threw too many balls.
In the Clippers' first ten offenses, Zhang Zhiyuan made 8 shots, accounting for 80%.
What Jackson is still hesitating about is what to do with Zhang Zhiyuan's pass after double-teaming. Should he use unlimited defense changes? Can the players physically bear it?
Jackson shook his head, wishing he could change places with Dunleavy.
He knows how easy it is to coach Zhang Zhiyuan because he has tasted the sweetness.
On the court, the game continues.
When the Clippers attacked, Zhang Zhiyuan made a reverse run and Kobe, who was trying to catch up, almost fell down, shocking everyone.
Just now they thought that Kobe was not active enough in defense, which led to Zhang Zhiyuan's frequent successes, but now they found that they wrongly blamed Kobe, who had been working very hard on defense.
If you don't guard against it, it's because you don't have enough ability.
Zhang Zhiyuan made a jump shot and scored.
17 to 22, Zhang Zhiyuan has already scored 18 points, and the first quarter is not even halfway through.
Jackson called a timeout, and if he didn't call the media again, they would mock him for not being able to adapt to changes.
However, Jackson was really aggrieved.
What he wants to argue is that when encountering a player like Zhang Zhiyuan, the coach's response is far unable to keep up with Zhang Zhiyuan's speed of change, and the response is futile.
"Come on, Ariza, and Artedo will help Kobe and interfere with Zhang
Shooting. However, you must also pay attention to the people you are facing, be careful about Zhang Zhiyuan passing the ball, and don't give them a chance."
Jackson said it very easily, and Ariza and Artest were on the verge of tears.
He has to help defend and lock down his opponent. If he can do this, he can win the best defensive player.
The two sides returned to the court, and the audience discovered that the Lakers had no point guard.
But if you think about it carefully, it seems that the Lakers don't need a point guard anymore. Kobe is the one organizing and distributing the ball anyway.
The Lakers attacked, Kobe got his fifth assist, and his statistics skyrocketed.
The Clippers counterattacked, Zhang Zhiyuan caught the ball, Ariza pounced on it, but Zhang Zhiyuan chose to ignore it and forcefully threw it.
The ball didn't go in.
Ariza is tall and has long arms, so his defensive effect is quite good.
The Lakers attacked, Kobe controlled the ball and advanced, Lowry went up to harass him wildly, Kobe almost made a mistake, and then threw the ball to Artest.
The absence of the point guard has some impact, but not much.
Artest then passed the ball to Gasol, who relied on his personal ability to score.
21 to 22, the two teams' rhythm was flying, and they were scoring points efficiently, playing like an All-Star Game.
The Lakers only scored two points. Zhang Zhiyuan turned his head and threw a long three-pointer, and the ball went in.
21 to 25.
"I never expected that the Western Conference Finals would turn out like this. Both teams seemed to have given up on defense."
Smith said.
"It's not that I gave up defense, but that I really couldn't defend it. You asked Hayes to guard Gasol, Lowry to guard Kobe, and Kaman to guard Bynum. Isn't that nonsense? Likewise, the Lakers
There's nothing you can do about Zhang Zhiyuan. If you double-team him, pass it. If you don't cover him, throw it away."
Buckley analyzed.
Zhang Zhiyuan's attraction of double-teams is different from that of other stars. He stands too far outside. After double-teaming him, he will inevitably miss someone and will not have time to go back and defend.
When Kobe attracts double-teams and passes the ball inside the three-point line, the defender has some opportunities to get back in front of his opponent and make up for the loopholes.
Even so, Kobe's ability to attract double-teams and then pass the ball is very powerful.
In contrast, Zhang Zhiyuan's method of attracting double teams is even more powerful, almost 100% creating open opportunities for his teammates. After all, this is a 5v5 fair game.
If there is one more person in one place, there will inevitably be one person missing in another place.
On the court, the Lakers counterattacked, Ariza provided a screen for Kobe, and then Kobe singled out Lowry and rolled inside for a layup.
If it were any other team, such a huge loophole should have been solved long ago.
But Dunleavy didn't care and stood there leisurely.
Free prostitution wages?
Can the coaching matter be called free prostitution?
The Clippers attack, the Lakers' defensive strategy is optimizing, Kobe and Ariza's cooperation is getting better and better, and it is becoming more difficult for Zhang Zhiyuan to move.
Seeing that Zhang Zhiyuan had no chance, Lowry simply rushed to the basket.
Bynum was shocked and rushed over to block, knocking Lowry off the court.
Lowry went to the free throw line and made one of two free throws.
"Hey, the Lakers' defense was successful this time."
Buckley said that Smith caught Buckley's humor and couldn't help but laugh.
For other teams, losing one point for a foul is a complete defensive failure.
But for the current Lakers, losing one point in one round is success.
If Zhang Zhiyuan were to throw it, who knows if it would be two or three points.
When the Lakers attacked, Bynum caught the ball and wanted to go for a layup. Kaman was not polite to him and pulled him off and flipped him to the ground.
Bynum, who fell to the ground, quickly stood up and wanted to ask Kaman for an explanation. The atmosphere was very tense for a time.
The Western Conference Finals, a highly anticipated game.
If you can perform well in this series, you won't be able to get a big contract. If you are seriously injured, your career will be over.
Kaman is not preventing him from scoring, he is clearly preventing him from making money.
In other industries, a few hundred or thousands of dollars can lead to fights, let alone the difference in the NBA, where the difference can easily be hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars.
If it weren't for the rules and laws, nba players would have killed each other and there would have been rivers of blood.
The referee called Kaman a first-level flagrant foul, and Dunleavy roared angrily.
Bynum hit Lowry and didn't call it, but when it was his turn, he called it. Is this the Clippers' home court?
The assistant coach quickly grabbed Dunleavy, and calm returned to the scene.
Bynum made free throws and missed two free throws. I don't know if he broke his brain.
However, the Lakers still had the ball, and Artest missed the ball and scored two points.
The Clippers attack, Zhang Zhiyuan throws away Ariza.
Ariza didn't dare to be presumptuous and didn't push anyone or stumble.
The two were teammates last season and had some friendship.
More importantly, Zhang Zhiyuan is not a character like Lori Bynum. The criminal Zhang Zhiyuan needs to bear great pressure from public opinion. Only extremely shameless people have the courage to do such things.
Zhang Zhiyuan caught the ball and hit the ball.
After two more rounds, Zhang Zhiyuan signaled to Dunleavy, and then Dunleavy replaced Zhang Zhiyuan to rest.
This style of play involving a lot of running and shooting is much harder than assisting teammates.
Even with the physical bonus, after eight or nine minutes, Zhang Zhiyuan was a little overwhelmed and needed to take a breath first.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, we've already scored 28 points. If we play the whole first quarter, we still have 36 points in a single quarter?"
Smith sighed.
"36? If he played the whole first quarter with this kind of play, his legs would be broken. It's surprising that he can play for so long."
Barkley complained.
"Speaking of which, he probably doesn't plan to keep playing like this today. Then won't the playoff scoring record have to be refreshed again?"
Smith said.
"There is a high probability that this is the case, but it still depends on whether the Lakers give it a chance. If the Lakers give up the game and five people hold hands and surround Zhang Zhiyuan, it should be impossible to break it."
Barkley said, and the fans laughed.
On the court, Kobe and Ariza also went to rest.
It was not only Zhang Zhiyuan who was tired, but also those who followed him.
Both Kobe and Ariza need to seize the time to recover their strength. After all, it is up to them to defend Zhang Zhiyuan, let alone others.
On the court, both teams were playing with half of their main lineups.
After Zhang Zhiyuan was missing, the rhythm of the game suddenly dropped a lot, which made the audience dislike it very much.
Certain players can change the style of a team. Zhang Zhiyuan is better. He can even change the overall style of a game.
Not long after, the first quarter of the game was over.
Relying on the advantage accumulated by Zhang Zhiyuan, the Clippers led by 6 points 42 to 36.
