As a Kobe hater, he was actually teammates with Kobe!

47 to 43, Kobe Bryant suddenly cut in after running without the ball, took a step after receiving the ball, lowered his body and accelerated, passed by Szczerbiak, glanced at Ryan Gomez who was entangled by Zhou Ze, and with a "bang", he completed a one-handed slam dunk.

In this round of offense, Zhou Ze did not touch the ball and seemed not to be involved in the team's offense, but the moment Zhou Ze saw Kobe receiving the ball and breaking through, he blocked Ryan Gomez behind him, indirectly clearing the basket for Kobe.

Zhou Ze can now not only create space for Kobe as a soft inside player, but also use his size advantage to delay the opponent's help defense like a big center.

Zhou Ze's offensive positioning is becoming smarter and more cunning. He doesn't just smoke in the corner all the time. If his teammates are pushing hard to the basket, Zhou Ze will definitely come in to fight for the offensive rebound.

49 to 43, after the Lakers defended against a wave of Celtics' offense, Smush Parker found Zhou Ze who was running fast. After dribbling the ball to Zhou Ze and reaching the free throw line, he was blocked by two players. Zhou Ze made a sexy back pass, which almost caused Kobe to make a mistake in receiving the ball. Fortunately, the latter had a good waist, and after catching the ball steadily, he forced his way to the basket, carried the defense and made a layup, completing the transition score beautifully.

In the second half of the regular season, Zerby connections like this happened frequently.

Zhou Ze's passes are often unexpected, not to mention the defensive players, even Kobe is often startled, but Kobe is fast and has good body coordination, so even if the pass is a bit crooked, Kobe can still catch it.

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52 to 45, Kobe challenged Szczerbiak on the right wing outside the three-point line. After a simple between-the-crotch dribble, he stepped out with his right foot, seemingly about to lean forward and sprint, forcing the opponent to retreat half a step. He suddenly retracted his right foot and made a quick stop and jump shot for a three-pointer.

This three-pointer directly forced the Celtics to request a timeout.

Paul Pierce's face was ashen when he returned to the bench, as if Draymond Green had scolded him in the face and told him that he was not among the top 75 in the NBA.

"Fuck!" Pierce couldn't help but swear.

With Zhou Ze and Kobe taking turns to attack, how the hell can he handle it?

For a moment, Pierce, who did not take Zhou Ze seriously before the game, unconsciously classified him as a "really-All-Star player".

At the end of the first half, the Lakers' lead extended to 10 points.

58 is better than 48!

As the game entered the second half, the Celtics, who had a long-standing grudge with the Lakers, tried to launch a counterattack.

The team coach even wanted to test Zhou Ze's mental quality and three-point shooting touch.

Two minutes after Zhou Ze came on the court, he left Zhou Ze's three-pointers open for two consecutive rounds.

certainly...

This isn't the Celtics coach who broke his head.

But according to the data, although Zhou Ze played for 20 minutes in the first half, his three-pointers were often inaccurate in the third quarter.

But what he didn't know was that Zhou Ze was now a "little physical monster".

Zhou Ze, who still had plenty of energy, made good use of these two open spaces and widened the score again.

During a Lakers fast break, Zhou Ze received a pass outside the three-point line and once again faced Pierce's mismatch defense. There was nothing he could do. Zhou Ze's speed was much faster than the Celtics' two inside players. They couldn't keep up with Zhou Ze's pace, which created many random mismatch opportunities.

"Rookie, I suggest you pass the ball, otherwise I will steal it from you," Pierce said.

Zhou Ze ignored him, attempting to shake him up with a triple threat, just like he had in the first half. As Zhou Ze prepared to shoot, Pierce couldn't help but stand up straight to defend him. This damned rookie had a clear height advantage against him. If he hadn't blocked him, he'd have shot right away. Once Pierce had blocked him, Zhou Ze ducked and accelerated. However, a faint smile played on Pierce's face, and he reached out to grab the ball, his anticipation perfectly accurate.

"Snap!" Pierce touched the ball directly.

Pierce, who has a big mouth and a very high basketball IQ, adapted to Zhou Ze's three-pronged offense after suffering a loss at his hands in the first half, and accurately calculated the timing and position of Zhou Ze's pass.

Pierce pounced and Zhou Ze hurried to pick it up.

The two touched the basketball almost at the same time, but the next second, Zhou Ze, like Lin Daiyu plucking a weeping willow tree, directly took the basketball out of Pierce's hands and made Pierce stagger.

After Zhou Ze took two steps towards the basket, facing LaFrentz who was guarding the basket, he "bang!", blew the ball with both hands, and his bent knees suddenly straightened. With a "swish", he jumped up and completed a slam dunk across LaFrentz.

Ah!

That is Zhou Ze’s signature move - the meteor dunk!

This shot directly made the Boston Celtics home fans hold their heads in their hands and look "ouch" on their faces.

This goal also demonstrated Zhou Ze's style as the king of soft eggs.

Of course, it also indirectly exposed Zhou Ze's lack of ball control ability.

An old basketball player like Pierce may not be very good at jumping or running fast, but he has a high basketball IQ and an excellent ability to read the game. Zhou Ze lacks the variety of face-to-face offense, so it is difficult for him to be effective all the time.

But Kobe is enough for the team's outside offense.

In subsequent games, Zhou Ze put more energy into defense and mismatched singles against Pierce.

Pierce took advantage of the triple threat, broke through with the ball and broke into the inside. Like a piece of meat on a rolling knife, he leaned on Odom and drilled in, completing a slow three-step hand layup. With a "snap", Zhou Ze on the weak side rushed out from the side and blocked Pierce's layup with a huge block, which sent the ball flying into the audience seats.

Facing the offensive kaleidoscope and triple threat master Pierce, although Zhou Ze found it difficult to defend him alone, he felt very comfortable on the assist defense end, because Pierce was not really fast, and Zhou Ze's current jumping speed and jumping height had reached the level of peak Griffin.

The only thing it lacks is the ability to burst accelerate.

As for the offensive end...

Zhou Ze, who has always been criticized by fans for only being able to shoot three-pointers and dunks, also hooked Pierce in the low post many times.

Especially in the transition offense, Zhou Ze rushed to the Celtics' basket, facing Pierce who was defending him in a mismatch. Zhou Ze always tried his best to get into position, and then connected with a hook shot after a strong attack.

Make sense.

It was not easy for Zhou Ze to hook Pierce.

The hit rate is relatively low.

But...it's Pierce who's feeling the pain.

Zhou Ze, this damn little bastard, is so damn good at grabbing offensive rebounds, and the big guys on his side can't get back to defense in time.

Pierce, who had been repeatedly defeated by Zhou Ze, was a little mentally broken.

besides...

Zhou Ze's iron elbow is hard and subtle, always on the critical line of being able to blow or not.

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"drop!"

The referee's final whistle sounded.

121 is better than 101!

The Lakers defeated the Celtics with a 20-point lead.

With this victory, the Lakers secured the second place in the Western Conference.

This also means...

Kobe Bryant is about to win his first MVP award, along with his twins.

In terms of player statistics, although the Celtics lost, Paul Pierce was able to perform well, scoring 30 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds.

Lakers:

Except for the second quarter of the game, Kobe did not have a strong desire to attack at other times, and he would let his teammates play whenever they had a chance.

For this, Kobe only scored 31 points.

周泽，拿到了27分21篮板4助攻2盖帽2抢断。

The data is extremely comprehensive, and he also completed the first double 20+ in his career.

The system also gave Zhou Ze a special reward of 20 peak points for his first double 500+ in his career.

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on the other hand.

Zhou Ze was interviewed by Coach Zhang, an NBA frontline reporter for Tianchao Sports, after the game.

As the NBA playoffs begin, Tianchao Sports has sent out "veterans" to conduct front-line observations and interviews.

To know...

The Chinese term “pick and roll” was coined by Coach Zhang.

"Xiao Zhou, I see that you seem to be holding back your anger while playing tonight." Coach Zhang asked with a smile.

"I greeted Paul Pierce before the game, but he ignored me. As a result, during the game, I found that he ran very slowly and jumped very low..." Facing the camera of Tianchao Sports, Zhou Ze directly complained.