The media reporters who came to the scene to see the Lakers' jokes were disappointed. Obviously, the preseason games were not the Lakers' true strength.
"They are going to play the Jazz away from home on the 5th."
"I'm afraid the Jazz are no match for them. Zhang Zhiyuan and Kobe Bryant still have something to gain from joining forces."
"I can only look forward to their game against the Celtics."
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The half-time break is over and the second half of the game begins.
Although they were already leading by 18 points, the Lakers still played with all their main players.
No matter what, the stars have to play at least three quarters, otherwise the home fans will not agree. They come to watch the game just because of the stars.
This kind of unspoken rule makes the Bucks uncomfortable, but Kriskova hasn't thought of a way to deal with the Lakers' twin stars so quickly.
The Lakers attacked, Kobe went in singles and hit a turnaround jumper.
In the next round, Zhang Zhiyuan disrupted the Bucks' defense through his movement and came to Bogut.
This was a small chance to make a big difference, and Fisher passed the ball decisively.
Then Zhang Zhiyuan made two consecutive changes of direction, and Bogut was immediately confused. He didn't know whether to retreat and break through or to rush forward to block the shot.
He took a step back, and Zhang Zhiyuan immediately retreated and jumped.
After Bogut realized what he was doing, he had no choice but to watch.
The ball goes in.
"Tell me, what does it feel like to lose by 20 points to a bad team?"
Zhang Zhiyuan asked.
Before the game, Bogut said the Lakers were a bad team, and he still remembered it.
Bogut was speechless and could only stare at Zhang Zhiyuan and sulk.
In transition between offense and defense, Bogut wants the ball under the basket.
Zhang Zhiyuan left Bobby Simmons behind and jumped directly to double-team him.
This is not the Lakers' defensive strategy, and Bogut obviously didn't expect to be lucky enough to be double-teamed.
In panic, the basketball in his hand was taken away by Zhang Zhiyuan.
The Bucks quickly returned to defense, and Zhang Zhiyuan did not take the opportunity to play a fast break. He waited until Bogut returned to his position, then called on his teammates to cooperate with the pick-and-roll, and then got in front of Bogut and scored two points.
This kind of targeting is somewhat obvious, and it did not escape the eyes of the commentators.
"This guy is too vindictive. Bogut just made a provocation at the press conference, and now he is constantly being targeted and named. It's so tragic."
Smith laughed.
"You deserve it. You don't even know how much you weigh before you provoke me. In Chinese, that's called 'asking for self-humiliation'."
Barkley is learning Chinese recently and shows off his Chinese from time to time.
Zhang Zhiyuan targeted Bogut for several rounds, but Kriskova had no choice but to replace him, lest Bogut lose his confidence.
He was replaced by Gadzuric, a winner in life who averaged 4 points and 4 rebounds per game last season, because his annual salary was nearly 6 million.
This guy scored 7 points and 8 rebounds in the 2004-05 season, showing great potential. Then he signed a 6-year, 36 million contract, and then his form collapsed.
There are many players like him in the league.
Gazulic is much weaker than Bogut, but Zhang Zhiyuan no longer plays out of position, and attracts defense from the outside, and the offensive power is transferred to Kobe and others.
Now even Bogut off the court woke up and knew that Zhang Zhiyuan was targeting him.
He smashed the towel on the ground angrily, gritted his teeth fiercely, and together with Mason, contributed hatred points to Zhang Zhiyuan.
When the Bucks attacked, Reid and Williams were heavily guarded. Bobby Simmons did not dare to attack himself and decisively passed the blame to Yi Jianlian.
But this helped Yi Jianlian, who is used to this style of play with the ball.
Yi Jianlian showed off his steps, and even Odom was shaken by him.
But it's not that Yi Jianlian is too strong, it's just that Odom doesn't know him well yet.
Yi Jianlian bypassed Odom and went to the basket for a dunk.
During the transition between offense and defense, Kobe patted the basketball, glanced at his teammates, and then took action himself.
This season he not only wants a championship, but also an mvp.
How can you have the nerve to say that you are the best player in the league when you don't even have an MVP?
The ball didn't go in, and Kobe was a little embarrassed, but he still pretended to be okay and returned to defense.
The Bucks attacked, Reid shot and hit, and Kobe actively rushed for rebounds.
I don’t know if he is making up for his mistakes or brushing up his data.
After grabbing the rebound, Kobe dribbled the ball across half court and continued to attack.
His intention was somewhat obvious. The Bucks conducted some targeted defense, and Kobe's efficiency dropped significantly.
After a few rounds, the Bucks actually narrowed the point difference.
In the next round, Fisher did not pass the ball to Kobe, but handed it to Zhang Zhiyuan.
Zhang Zhiyuan broke through and scored, and Bynum scored.
In fact, Zhang Zhiyuan also wants to win the MVP, but he knows that it is too difficult.
Not only do you need good statistics, but you also need a good team record, and you also need to compete with Kobe.
In terms of emotions, qualifications, and nationality, the media will be biased towards Kobe.
Therefore, he did not deliberately fight, at least not this season.
The Bucks attacked and Reid made a shot.
Offensive and defensive transition, Kobe scored.
The two sides went back and forth, and the Lakers slowly expanded their advantage.
At the end of the third quarter, 68 to 92, the Lakers led by 24 points.
In the last quarter, neither Zhang Zhiyuan nor Kobe Bryant played again. After Odom took the bench for half a quarter, he also came off the court, and the rest were just marginal players.
Ariza, Turiaf, Kaubika...
They actually played well because the Bucks on the opposite side were also marginal players.
This kind of flower-defying competition is the favorite of marginalized people.
At the end of the game, 90 to 112, the Lakers finally won by 22 points, a big victory.
In terms of statistics, the Bucks' Reid scored 23 points, Williams scored 18 points and 6 assists, and Yi Jianlian scored 17 points, which is not bad.
The hit rate is not too high.
6 of 14, 5 of 6 free throws.
Of course, this is already very good for a rookie. Yao Ming has not yet scored a point in his first game.
Anyway, Chinese fans are very satisfied with his performance.
Bogut, who made harsh words before the game, only had 6 points and 7 rebounds, which is obviously not enough for a third-year No. 1 pick.
Even worse for Mason, he actually got nothing in this game.
For the Lakers, Kobe made 11 of 23 shots and 6 of 7 free throws, scoring 28 points.
Zhang Zhiyuan made 9 of 15 shots, 4 of 8 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 24 points.
The two stars combined to score 52 points, which was not up to standard.
However, Lakers fans are very satisfied because this is a statistic that only lasted three quarters.
Apart from the two of them, everyone else on the Lakers also played well.
Odom had 16 points, Fisher had 10 points, Bynum had 8 points and 8 rebounds...
"Charles, who do you think should be awarded the best of the match?"
Smith asked.
"Of course it's Zhang. His efficiency value and win-loss contribution value are the highest. Although he has 4 points less than Kobe, he takes fewer shots."
Buckley said.
"In terms of efficiency, I'm afraid only Nash can compare with him."
Smith agreed.
Another TV station, ESPN, said that Zhang Zhiyuan played well, but Kobe performed better because Kobe had more rebounds.
Made a great contribution on the defensive end.
Ke Mi was very happy to hear this, but Zhang Fan was unhappy.
In their view, Zhang Zhiyuan's defense is no worse than Kobe's, or even better. The reason is that Reid scores more points than Mason.
Lakers fans don't care that much, they are satisfied when they see the team playing well.
After the game, Zhang Ke's team received unanimous praise from the media.
The media said that Zhang Zhiyuan's arrival shared Kobe's offensive pressure, and the two made mutual achievements.
The media even exaggeratedly stated that Zhang Ke's combination is expected to be comparable to OK's combination.
As far as fans are concerned, no one on the Lakers pay much attention to this kind of praise.
One game cannot explain the problem at all.
On November 3, the team flew to Minneapolis to challenge the Timberwolves away from home.
After arriving at the hotel, Zhang Zhiyuan and Kobe noticed that there were two very good-looking girls in the lobby.
"36d."
Zhang Zhiyuan said.
"You're wearing such thick clothes, how can you tell?"
What Zhang Zhiyuan said was so accurate that Kobe didn't believe it.
"I have seen countless women, and I have long since developed a pair of sharp eyes. I only need to take a look, and the size I measured is more accurate than the original scale of the International Meter in Paris..."
Before he finished speaking, Kobe had already chosen to walk away. He lazily listened to Zhang Zhiyuan's bragging.
Zhang Zhiyuan chased him into the room: "What's wrong, aren't you ready to take action? Then I can only work harder and accept both of them. Oh, I understand, you are afraid."
Kobe didn't like hearing this and retorted: "It's a joke, do I need to be afraid?"
"Haha, I'm going anyway, you can just exercise your arm strength in the room alone."
After saying that, Zhang Zhiyuan turned around.
He was very curious whether Kobe would follow. Judging from the scandals in later generations, the Eagle County incident did not make Kobe more honest. This guy still often cheated and had scandals with Jessica Alba and cover girl Bourcia.
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So much so that when Vanessa filed for divorce again in 2011, Kobe even signed it.
Not long after, Zhang Zhiyuan got the answer, and Kobe Bryant followed.
Zhang Zhiyuan showed a smile that every man knows, and Kobe said shamelessly: "I just don't want you to take advantage of it alone, okay?"
"I can share it with Odom."
Zhang Zhiyuan said.
"No, he can't. He's not good at picking up girls."
Kobe said.
Zhang Zhiyuan laughed again. He didn't know what qualifications Kobe had to say such things about Odom.
Then, the two came to the girl's side.
In fact, these two girls had noticed them a long time ago and deliberately stayed here without leaving.
"Hi, beauty, my name is Zhang Zhiyuan, a famous basketball player, and this is Kobe Bryant, a junior substitute for the Lakers."
Zhang Zhiyuan said.
The two girls smiled. This introduction was completely unnecessary. There are only a handful of people in the United States who don't know them.
"Hello Zhang, hello Kobe, are you okay?"
A girl with very fair skin who looks like Eastern Europe responded.
This was Zhang Zhiyuan's favorite type. The other girl had darker skin and looked like a mixed-race Latin American. Zhang Zhiyuan decided to leave it to Kobe.
"It's nothing, it's just that I told Kobe that I could do magic, but he didn't believe it. I wanted to find someone to cooperate and prove it to him."
Zhang Zhiyuan said.
"What magic?"
Karina was immediately interested.
"I can kiss your face without touching your face."
Zhang Zhiyuan said.
"How is it possible? I don't believe it. I also want to see it."
Karina said.
Later, Zhang Zhiyuan kissed Karina directly on the face, which made Kobe and Rachel look dumbfounded.
"You encountered it."
Karina touched her face with her right hand and said.
"Really? Well, it seems I really don't know magic."
Zhang Zhiyuan said without changing his expression. At this point, everyone finally understood that this guy was taking advantage.
If a short guy did this, he would probably be broken by Karina.
But when a tall, rich and handsome man did this, Karina only thought Zhang Zhiyuan was naughty and interesting.
"Kobe, didn't you say you also have a magic trick for this beauty?"
Zhang Zhiyuan said nonsense.
"No, no, no, don't listen to his nonsense, he is a big liar. I don't have magic tricks to show, but I have other good things to show."
Kobe said.
Zhang Zhiyuan shook his head secretly, Kobe's method of picking up girls was really not clever.
What's even more speechless is that just like that, he was still hooking up. Rachel didn't seem to care about Kobe's boringness at all, and she seemed to be able to have a happy conversation about any topic.
As Buckley said, when a man has 300 million, 400 million, or 500 million US dollars, how could he not be handsome and funny?
"Come to our room and I will teach you how to play mahjong, a game popular in China."
Zhang Zhiyuan said.
The two beauties went happily.
Unfortunately, there is no mahjong in the hotel in Minnesota, so I ended up playing poker.
First, the four of them played poker together, and then Zhang Zhiyuan took Karina back to his room to continue playing poker, losing thousands of dollars.
The next day, the arena.
Zhang Zhiyuan stared at Kobe and asked: "You seem to have no energy. Do you want a truce? Anyway, the opponents are all weak, and I am enough."
"Fuck you, I'm full of energy."
Kobe's hair exploded as if he had been touched, shocking the others.
"Kobe, are you okay?"
Odom asked with concern, but unfortunately he was asking for trouble.
Kobe glared at him without explaining.
Then, the players came out.
When Zhang Zhiyuan came on the stage, the fans did not boo him again.
They criticized Zhang Zhiyuan for Garnett and hated Zhang Zhiyuan.
However, now Garnett has abandoned them.
Some Timberwolves fans no longer hate Zhang Zhiyuan, but instead hate Garnett.
They hated Garnett for driving away Zhang Zhiyuan and hated Garnett for betraying him.
The game started. On the Lakers side were Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Zhang Zhiyuan, Odom, and Bynum.
Compared to the Lakers' luxurious lineup, the Timberwolves' starting lineup is quite shabby.
Starting point guard Telfair is a minor player with little reputation. The only thing worth talking about may be his draft pick, which, like Kobe, was the 13th pick.
Shooting guard McCann, like Telfair, has no bright spots, which is worth mentioning, ranking 14th.
Small forward Gomez is slightly better. He has at least one honor of being named to the All-Rookie Second Team.
Power forward Al Jefferson, the only star currently in the Timberwolves, is very capable.
Center Ratliff, a veteran.
"How can the Timberwolves beat this lineup? They can't win even if the Lakers let Kobe Bryant in."
The commentator from the Los Angeles local station laughed.
"Garnett's departure has greatly damaged their vitality. This season is basically rebuilding. The Lakers will win this game easily."
