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

The time comes on June 12th.

The Lakers face the Clippers at home.

The starting lineup of both parties:

[Lakers]: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Zhou Ze and Darko Milicic.

Andrew Byram suffered knee soreness after the last game and will be out for two weeks. He is expected to return on Christmas Eve.

Although Byram has grown a lot compared to last season and his biggest flaw was eliminated by Zhou Ze's elbows, his glass glass nature still remains.

This is also a headache for the Lakers' top management. Although this guy has outstanding static talent, he is not only arrogant, but also a glass person.

As a senior executive of the company, Jeanie Buss, who still has charm, advocates that Zhou Ze, rather than Andrew Byram, be the next cornerstone of the team in the post-Kobe era.

Such voices appeared as early as last season, but most management still prefers to choose Andrew Byram.

His static talent is truly mouth-watering.

[Clippers]: Sam Cassell (alien), Cuttino Mobley (old cat), Quinton Ross, Elton Brand and Chris Kaman.

The Clippers' lineup is not bad, whether it is the team's starting lineup or Shaun Livingston and Corey Maggette on the bench.

The team still has talent.

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After the game started, Elton Brand, who wanted revenge, faced Zhou Ze's defense. He attacked with the ball in the low post, made a feint, and saw Zhou Ze rushing towards him. He stretched out his right foot, exerted force after landing, and dribbled forward directly with his body lowered. After taking one step, he directly combined the ball and forced his way through Zhou Ze's right shoulder.

But after the collision, Brand's movements slowed down significantly.

Brand's face suddenly changed, and he thought to himself, "Did this guy take drugs today? He's becoming even more ferocious!"

Brand gritted his teeth, accelerated, and rushed past Zhou Ze. He stretched his arms and made a sideways shot, but was interfered by Darko Milicic on the weak side, and the basketball bounced out of the rim.

Brand wanted to fight for the offensive rebound, but was firmly locked by Zhou Ze.

With a "bang", Zhou Ze jumped up quickly to protect the backboard.

"Elton, your luck ran out in the last game!" After successfully defending, Zhou Ze did not forget to talk trash to Brand.

"Rookie, you really know how to make excuses for yourself. You don't even dare to admit that I beat you up?" Brand said angrily.

Ok!

These two people are actually talking nonsense.

Brand scored a lot of points at the basket in the last game, not just from the outside.

Although Zhou Ze's statistics were far behind Brand's, his three-point shooting was really bad, with 5 for 0. But even so, it cannot be said that he was beaten by Brand.

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"Kobe, give me the ball!" Zhou Ze, who was about to go deep into the paint, reached out to Kobe for the ball.

Kobe passed the ball immediately without any hesitation.

Zhou Ze's position was too deep, with half of his foot stepping on the white dotted line of the reasonable collision zone.

After Zhou Ze received the ball, "bang!", he first made a powerful hit, which pushed the 125kg Brand back half a step, then pretended to take a low step and turned right back, deceiving Brand to retreat. Zhou Ze then turned right front, and although the connection was not smooth enough, he created enough space by using hard hits and fake moves.

Elton Brand, who is 203cm tall barefoot, would find it difficult to block Zhou Ze's hook shot even with a wingspan of 221cm.

Zhou Ze's current barefoot height is 208cm and his arm span is 223cm.

"Bang!" The basketball was hooked out smoothly, first bounced on the basket, and then fell vertically into the basket.

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"shit!"

"Rookie, you're pretty lucky." Brand sneered angrily when he saw that Zhou Zeyan had hooked him up.

"Elton, don't blame everything on luck."

"When you gave a girl a love letter in high school, she tore it up in front of you. Do you think that's just bad luck?"

Zhou Ze exposed the other party's shortcomings without any gratitude.

Brand was furious. He really didn't expect that this rookie even knew about this.

Brand seems low-key, but he has a bad temper and a lot of arrogance. In the later stage of his career when he was with the Philadelphia 76ers, he asked Jrue Holiday to carry condoms for him so that he could give them to him at any time.

Of course, it is not uncommon for American NBA players to like this.

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Immediately afterwards, Zhou Ze used hook shots to attack Brand in the next three offensive rounds.

His shooting percentage was pretty good, 4 out of 3, and the one he missed was kicked out of bounds by Zhou Ze when he was fighting for the offensive rebound.

Tianchao Sports Studio.

"Tonight, Xiao Zhou delivered a powerful punch on both offense and defense."

"Yeah, I can almost hear the muscles colliding through the screen."

"Well, Xiao Zhou was a little abnormal tonight. He didn't even shoot a three-pointer. He fought for the basket like his life depended on it."

"Right...it's clear that Xiao Zhou's low-post attack has indeed improved a lot."

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"Mr. Phil, Zhou's understanding of low-post offense has been further improved. He can not only use his strength skillfully, but also cunningly use his physical advantage." said the assistant coach.

"Well, Elton is not only a little shorter than Zhou, but even his strength, which he is so proud of, is nothing compared to Zhou." Zen Master Jackson said with a smile.

Zhou Ze's hard-hitting attack can rudely and brutally squeeze out space, and his unsatisfactory footwork can deceive the opponent's defensive focus. His terrifying power can stretch out his movements.

in addition...

Zhou Ze not only possesses the [Hook Shot Master (Silver)], but also has the buff of the [Big Hook Shot (Silver)] badge.

As Zhou Ze's height increased to 208cm, the effect of the increase became more obvious.

only...

Zhou Ze's hook shot attribute is not high, only 96 (96).

Another problem is that the connection between technical movements was not smooth enough, which resulted in Brand being able to provide some backup defense after adjusting his center of gravity, disrupting Zhou Ze's hook shot rhythm.

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Brand, who was familiar with Zhou Ze's tactics, was able to defend two of Zhou Ze's three low-post hook shots in the second quarter.

“Tomato!”

"This old guy is really active in defense."

Zhou Ze secretly said.

"Hey, rookie, I've seen through your little tricks. You won't score more than 5 points in the next game." Brand said, panting but with a smile on his face.

Zhou Ze didn't say anything, just gestured.

13 is better than 4!

That's right.

Zhou Ze's sit-down hook shot was restricted by Brand, and it would probably be difficult for him to score with a hook shot next time.

But Brand also had a difficult time on the offensive end tonight.

Zhou Ze's strong attack made it extremely difficult for Brand to defend, and his muscles became stiff.

Both his mid-range touch and finishing at the basket were greatly affected.

This resulted in Brand only scoring 4 points so far.

Zhou Ze has already scored 13 points.