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

Zhou Ze started his offense with a pick-and-roll with Darko Milicic to break down the Cavaliers' defense.

But there are some problems on the defensive end. LeBron James can break through the Lakers' front line. James in the 1.0 period had a really fast first step, although James did not shoot a three-pointer from the outside tonight.

James once again drove the ball to the basket, broke through with his body low, wiped out PJ Tucker's defense, took the ball and took off into the air, facing Darko Milicic, and accurately found the angle to hit the rebound, scoring two more points, 30 to 24.

After scoring the goal, James raised his biceps.

But in the next round, Zhou Ze assisted Darko Milicic with a dunk through a ground pass after the pick-and-roll.

In the first three quarters, both sides used their own scoring methods, going back and forth and making the game difficult to distinguish.

But after entering the fourth quarter, the situation changed.

The Lakers made adjustments.

Zhou Ze was replaced as the main defender of James.

Zhou Ze couldn't defend against James' breakthrough, but he could slow him down. After he rushed to the basket, his teammates would take turns to serve him. This move was effective immediately.

With a "ding" sound, James missed the shot again after breaking through, and was quite annoyed.

After Zhou Ze secured the defensive rebound, he passed the ball to Fisher, and the Lakers initiated an offense-defense transition. Fisher was in a 1v1 situation in the middle, and with a combination of strength and speed, he crushed the Cavaliers' starting guard Daniel Gibson and forced a layup, 81 to 73, and the Lakers led by 8 points.

3 minutes and 12 seconds in the fourth quarter!

The Lakers were in mid-transition, with Zhou Ze holding the ball outside the three-point line. Daniel Gibson switched onto Zhou Ze, and the other four Cavaliers players were almost in position. Zhou Ze waved his hand, signaling to clear one side.

Facing Daniel Gibson, who is 188cm tall and weighs 86kg, Zhou Ze's way of breaking through is very simple. He sticks his butt back, leans against his opponent, and hits him hard to make his opponent lose balance. Then, he turns around.

Um...

This is how Magic Johnson bullied smaller guards back in the day.

After the breakthrough, Zhou Ze and Darko Milicic near the basket formed a 2v1 against Big Z, which is the so-called localized situation of more people against fewer.

"Boom!" After receiving a short pass from Zhou Ze, Darko Milicic dunked under the basket, making the score 87 to 79.

"drop!"

The Cavaliers' head coach, Mike Brown, who was nicknamed the puppet coach by the American media, quickly requested a timeout.

When the live camera turned to Zhou Ze and he appeared on the big screen, the Cavaliers home fans gave a deafening boo.

James is the chosen one and the hero of Cleveland, but he always fails when he meets Zhou Ze.

In 06, which was last year's All-Star Weekend, in the eyes of Cavaliers fans, it was Zhou Ze who helped McGrady snatch the AMVP from James.

In the 07 All-Star Game, Zhou Ze also forced James to play in the low post.

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"According to the current situation, the Lakers will win this game." TNT's Barkley grinned.

"Sir Charles, it's too early to say that now. I believe LeBron will not give up easily." Kenny Smith said.

"Haha, really? Then let's make a bet!" Barkley said.

Kenny Smith rolled his eyes and ignored Barkley.

I support the Cavaliers, but I'm not stupid.

Although the current Cavaliers team has former All-Star players, Big Z and Larry Hughes, to be honest, their current strength is just that of ordinary starting players.

In addition, although the Cavaliers' record ranks second in the Eastern Conference, almost no one thinks they are a contender for the championship. Second in the Eastern Conference is only at the top six level in the Western Conference.

The Cavaliers, with James, have a high lower limit, but a low upper limit.

It's not that James's ball-handling style of play prevents his star teammates from performing well.

Rather, the problem lies in the Cavaliers management's team-building ideas.

The style of play that suits James is one star, three shooters and one inside, but the Cavaliers' starting power forward, Drew Gooden, does not have the ability to shoot three-pointers.

Although Big Z's pick-and-roll quality is good and he has mid-range shots, his ability to roll down the court is almost zero.

in addition...

The Cavaliers' recruitment was not smooth either. After all, it was a small market, and almost none of the All-Stars in their prime were willing to come.

When it comes to developing rookies, the Cavaliers are also struggling. Without exaggeration or understatement, James's leadership is too strong, and the team has become a playoff-caliber team too early, which has resulted in a lack of quality draft picks.

In this respect, James of the Cavaliers and Luka Dončić of the Mavericks are very similar.

If it were the Spurs' management, they would play badly for a few years, get a high draft pick, and then start rebuilding around the "cornerstone player" after finding him, referring to the arrival of Wenban Yamaha.

After the timeout, the Cavaliers still used their old tactics on offense, relying entirely on James.

But on the defensive end, adjustments were made and Zhou Ze was double-teamed, which put Zhou Ze's passing ability to the test.

The first time he was double-teamed, Zhou Ze made a mistake in passing the ball.

The second time he was double-teamed, Zhou Ze had the ball stolen.

The third double-team, Zhou Ze successfully passed the ball, but it was an invalid pass.

An invalid pass means that after you pass the ball to your teammate, he or she can neither break through nor shoot.

The Cavaliers took advantage of the opportunity to score 8 to 2.

The score came to 89 to 86!

The Lakers only led by 3 points.

The Cavaliers' home court was boiling again.

Many fans shouted LBJ and MVP.

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The Lakers requested a timeout.

On the bench, Zhou Ze couldn't help but sigh that it was really not easy to be the core player with the ball.

This double-team cannot be broken by itself.

In that case, I might as well play without the ball.

Uh...the difference between Zhou Ze and many ball-handling core players is that he has off-ball offensive support.

After returning from the timeout, Zhou Ze started playing off-ball offense.

First, through a heavy pick-and-roll, he created enough shooting space for Old Fish and made a three-pointer.

The noise from the Cavaliers' home fans suddenly became much quieter.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Ze followed the pick-and-roll and, after receiving the pass, faced the double-team of Drew Gooden and Big Z, causing a foul.

The Cavaliers' home court was like a motorcycle that fell into the water and misfired.

On the defensive end, although Zhou Ze was unable to prevent every breakthrough attack of James, he effectively reduced his breakthrough efficiency. In addition, after improving the hit rate of positional warfare, James' most adept offense and defense transition could not be played.

With 40 seconds left in the game, the score was 108 to 103, and the Lakers were leading by 5 points.

The Cavaliers theoretically still have a chance.

The Cavaliers attacked, and Zhou Ze was overtaken by James by half a body length. Zhou Ze was chasing him frantically from behind, and Darko Milicic stood in James' breakthrough route in advance.

Suddenly, there was a "pop" sound on the court. Zhou Ze, who was chasing James from behind, seemed to have read James' mind. With a football goalkeeper-like dive, he intercepted James' pass to Daniel Gibson in the bottom corner.

This shot completely destroyed the Cavaliers' hopes of a comeback.

"Oh! no!"

The Cavaliers home fans held their heads in their hands, unable to believe what they were seeing.

James' pass was so subtle, how did Zhou Ze discover it?

Is he studying James' game tape every night?