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

2006 4 Month 23 Day.

The Los Angeles Lakers faced the Denver Nuggets at their home stadium, Staples Center.

The starting lineup of both parties:

[Lakers (home)]: Smush Parker, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Zhou Ze and Kwame Brown.

[Nuggets (away)]: Andre Miller, Greg Buckner, Carmelo Anthony, Marcus Camby and Francisco Elson.

Although the Nuggets have Kenyon Martin as a substitute, coach George Kerr, in order to improve the team's lineup height, still put Francisco Elson, who is 213cm tall and weighs 98kg, in the team's starting lineup.

After the game started, Kwame Brown, who won the jump ball, passed the ball to Parker. Facing the defense of Andre Miller, the latter did not dare to be careless and steadily advanced with the ball. However, when he saw Zhou Ze who had just passed half court, he stopped directly at the team logo position.

Marcus Camby not only did not defend closely, but also retreated directly to the basket.

"Just as I guessed, the Denver Nuggets don't believe Zhou Ze has a chance in the playoffs and dare to shoot so recklessly. But I want to say... they don't understand Zhou at all." Charles Barkley in the TNT live broadcast room suddenly became interested.

"The playoffs are the stage to test the quality of stars. Zhou, does he really dare to shoot the logo three-pointer? Also, will the Lakers let him shoot it?" Kenny Smith asked with a smile.

Just as he finished speaking, Kenny Smith saw Smush Parker pass the ball to Zhou Ze. After receiving the ball, the latter directly shot a three-pointer with the logo. With a "swish", the basketball went into the net.

The Lakers' home fans suddenly burst into deafening cheers, and the Nuggets players on the court couldn't help but look at Zhou Ze in a daze.

This rookie is so confident. This is the playoffs, and you still dare to make random shots.

But what made them feel helpless and angry was that Zhou Ze could actually make the shot.

Nuggets coach George Karl was stunned for two seconds, then immediately shouted to Marcus Camby on the sidelines: "Follow him, follow him, don't give him a chance to shoot."

Ok!

With just one shot, Zhou Ze made the Nuggets change their defensive strategy against him.

"This kid really has a big heart. He is not just a regular season player." George Karl couldn't help but sigh in his heart after seeing Zhou Ze's confident shot.

"Dear Mr. Kenny, what nonsense were you talking about just now?" Barkley saw that the Lakers not only allowed Zhou Ze to shoot the logo three-pointer, but also that Zhou Ze made it, and immediately squeezed his old partner.

"Okay! I admit that this guy can really withstand it." Kenny Smith said.

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The experienced Andre Miller used the pick-and-roll and immediately accelerated to break through. Zhou Ze quickly switched defense. Andre Miller pretended to shoot and tricked Zhou Ze into rushing over. With a "bang", he immediately made a ground pass to Marcus Camby under the basket. The latter jumped up, but was disrupted by Kwame Brown's early foul.

This foul was very thorough and did not give the opponent any chance to score 2+1.

But after being fouled, Marcus Camby angrily shouted at Kwame Brown: "Parallel, do you want to die?"

"Old man, stop pretending to be ruthless. If you have the guts, just take action first." Kwame Brown glanced at him with disdain, his face full of disdain.

The playoffs are not the regular season. Some veteran players like to scare rookies and timid players to make them feel afraid, so that they will play timidly in the game.

Marcus Camby, who was fouled by Kwame Brown, really just wanted to scare Kwame Brown.

But he really didn't understand the current Kwame Brown. Ever since he started following Zhou Ze, his courage has changed. Not to mention trash-talking the other party, he wouldn't even blink an eye if he resorted to violence.

"Rookie, if there is a next time, I will definitely treat you to Lafite." Marcus Camby was not giving up and still threatened viciously.

"Old man, come here now and let's go off the court to rest together." Kwame Brown said in a mean way.

This look made Kobe, who was standing next to him, burst out laughing.

Oh my God!

This is too much like Zhou Ze.

Unexpectedly, Kwame Brown has become Zhou Ze's "shape".

Marcus Camby stood at the free throw line. Camby, who shot 71.2% from the free throw line in the regular season, is a decent player in the paint.

But this time he seemed to be affected by Kwame Brown's trash talk and missed both free throws.

Kwame Brown protected the defensive rebound. The Lakers wanted to launch a fast break. Andre Miller, who is 188cm tall and weighs 91kg, delayed Parker's speed by leading the defense.

Although the fast break failed, Zhou Ze used his speed advantage to create a half-conversion. Zhou Ze, who was running without the ball, got rid of Marcus Camby's entanglement and faced the Nuggets' shooting guard - Greg Buckner.

The latter is 193cm tall and weighs 95kg, which is much smaller than Zhou Ze. After receiving the ball, Zhou Ze pushed the ball hard, and the opponent was pushed back a big step. "Bang", he first exploded the ball, then half turned around and faced the basket.

"Snap!" A big hand emerged from behind and pressed firmly on the basketball. Finally, the basketball hit Zhou Ze's ankle and went out of bounds.

"Rookie, this is my no-fly zone!" Camby yelled at Zhou Ze after blocking the shot.

"Get away from me, or I'll elbow you!" Zhou Ze cursed directly.

Marcus Camby, a Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) player, is expected to win the regular season DPOY award next season. Camby is also a shot-blocking player with a wide coverage area.

but...

Zhou Ze is not the Lakers' strongest offensive point.

After receiving the ball in the mid-section, Kobe made a three-threat probing step and then made a direct jump shot, which made the 193cm tall Greg Buckner very helpless, 6 to 10.

The league's offensive kaleidoscope, Melo, who has not gained weight, will naturally not sit idly by after seeing Kobe score points continuously.

Andre Miller set a high pick-and-roll on the right wing. Facing Odom's defense, he suddenly ran without the ball, moving quickly from the left to the right. After receiving the ball, he jumped shot in front of Odom who arrived half a beat late, scoring 12 to 18.

With a clang, Kobe's three-point jumper missed, bouncing far off the backboard. Marcus Camby and Zhou Ze simultaneously moved toward the free throw line, both predicting where the rebound would land and jostling each other for a favorable position.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

Immediately afterwards, two collision sounds were heard on the floor.

Zhou Ze and Marcus Camby fell together.

The referee blew the whistle in time and gave Camby a rebounding foul.

In the confrontation just now, Camby was obviously unable to squeeze Zhou Ze, so he pulled Zhou Ze subtly through small movements.

The moment Zhou Ze fell to the ground, he also brought Camby down with him.

The first quarter has only been going on for 7 minutes and 10 seconds, but the Nuggets have already committed 6 fouls against the Lakers. In other words, Zhou Ze will have to stand at the free throw line this time.

"Hey, buddy, if you do this next time, get ready to see an orthopedic surgeon." Zhou Ze showed his elbow and said with a smile on his face.