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

The Game 1 battle has come to an end, but the Lakers' victory was not easy and was quite thrilling.

The Suns' research on Zhou Ze was very thorough, and they fully understood some of his offensive habits. Although Zhou Ze still scored 28 points, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks, 1 steal and 6 assists, his efficiency tonight was very average, with a hit rate of just over 45%. His three-point shooting was not bad, making 8 of 3 shots.

Zhou Ze, who averaged 11 or 12 three-point shots per game in the regular season, saw a sharp drop in the number of three-point shots in the playoffs. It was not because Zhou Ze did not dare to shoot, nor was it because he was unwilling to shoot, but because his opponents did a particularly good job of restricting Zhou Ze from receiving the ball.

In the regular season, such a defensive arrangement is almost non-existent.

This is also what people often say, the playoffs and the regular season are completely different types of games.

有球无球都能擅长的科比，出场45分钟，拿到了38分4助攻2抢断1篮板。

The Suns:

Nash, 29 points, 7 assists, 2 steals, 3 rebounds.

斯塔德迈尔，34分7篮板2助攻1抢断1盖帽。

Although Zhou Ze was the one defending Stoudemire for a long time, in fact, Zhou Ze had to face Nash and Stoudemire.

In addition, Stoudemire was indeed accurate tonight. This kind of player with a combination of driving and shooting, and a quick first step, was really difficult for Zhou Ze to defend. Among them, there were 6 offensive rounds in which Zhou Ze did not stick to him in order to prevent his breakthrough, and he hit 4 mid-range shots.

no way...

Zhou Ze's current perimeter defense is only 56 (96), and his defensive awareness of perimeter footwork is relatively weak.

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After the game.

The coaching staffs of both teams held their own meetings.

Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant constantly analyzed the team's shortcomings through game videos.

When talking about Zhou Ze's problem, Kobe was particularly active and outperformed the coaching staff.

"Zhou, when you lean away from the defense, you must always pay attention to the help defenders. Look at how many times your finishes at the basket were disrupted by them. Of course, if your finishing touch could be softer, it wouldn't be so embarrassing." Kobe said bluntly.

Looking at Kobe who was getting more and more excited, Zhou Ze really wanted to elbow him, but...what Kobe said did make sense.

Tomato!!!

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And so on!

Zhou Ze is like the diapers he endorses, constantly absorbing competition experience.

on the other hand.

Inside the Suns' temporary meeting room.

Zhou Ze, who was eager to become stronger and wanted to improve, became the "devil" in the eyes of the Suns players.

"Oh, no, boss, stop joking. I can't defend him in the low post." French magician Dio heard D'Antoni ask him to defend Zhou Ze in the next game to relieve the pressure on Stoudemire on the defensive end.

Dio, who can defend against James of the Heat, has a headache when facing Zhou Ze. Although he can barely hold on and buy time for his teammates to assist in defense, he really can't defend against his hook shot, nor does he want to defend it.

It's so despairing!

"I think we should let Kurt do this." Dio said with a smile as he introduced another Suns center Kurt Thomas.

This is a space-type inside player, of course, there is no such term in this era.

"WTF, I can't stand it anymore." Kurt Thomas shook his head quickly.

Apart from height, Zhou Ze is not as good as Dio in terms of strength, speed or jumping ability. Moreover, Dio has a low center of gravity, so it must take more effort for Zhou Ze to arch his back.

The efficiency of face-to-face breakthroughs is very average, and the Suns players will take the initiative to confront them. In addition, there is also help defense.

Mike D'Antoni also couldn't help but have a headache.

He is a tactical genius on offense.

But defense is actually not good at it.

Zhou Ze is in trouble now, and it is difficult for the Suns to put out a real five-small lineup.

The Lakers can punish the Suns for not having a legitimate center.

In order to deal with Zhou Ze, the Suns had to improve the height of the lineup and let Dio, who was supposed to lead the substitutes, move to the team's No. 4 position.

Even though Zhou Ze's score tonight was fourth in the game, his strategic significance and influence on the game have reached the level of Kobe and Nash.

If you want to beat the Lakers, you have to find a way to contain one of the purple and gold elbows.

Obviously, Zhou Ze, whose playing style is more inclined towards off-ball, is theoretically easier to defend.

"Boris, if you can defend Zhou in the next game, I will buy you a box of French bread!" Nash threw out an incredible temptation at this time.

The French have a special liking for soft bread.

Rumor has it that bread is like a woman's womb to the French.

Dio really didn't want to fight Zhou Ze to death. It wasn't because he was afraid, but simply because he couldn't defend himself.

Although I am gifted, versatile and have a high basketball IQ.

But Zhou Ze not only has a high basketball IQ, but is also more comprehensive and more talented than himself.

But under the temptation of French soft bread, Dior finally agreed.

After all, in the entire Suns team, the only one who can limit Zhou Ze is me!!!

"As for rebounding, we lost a lot tonight. You should know that rebounding is not just the responsibility of inside players."

"Those who need to push should push, and those who need to rush should rush."

D'Antoni once again pointed out the Suns' problems.

When the word "rebounds" was mentioned, Stoudemire's face turned ugly.

The scene of Zhou Ze violently snatching his seat from him emerged in his mind. This bastard had forced his way out of the way.

"Amare, you should be smarter when positioning yourself, Zhou. You could have easily..." Mike D'Antoni leaned back as he said this.

This made the Suns players laugh, but they also realized that this was indeed a good idea.

Zhou Ze is very aggressive in fighting for position. Inside players with less weight can easily be pushed behind him. Stoudemire does not have the standard center physique. His characteristic is explosiveness, and he is far behind Zhou Ze in terms of strength confrontation.

In the Lakers' post-match summary meeting, Zhou Ze, who continued to absorb game experience, had become a devil-like existence in the eyes of the Suns players.

Well...

That's right.

If Zhou Ze knew about this, he would definitely sigh, "Holy crap! I'm actually the Great Power!"

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The next day.

Zhou Ze is conducting his special training on [Finishing at the Basket].

That night, the results of the games between the Spurs and Warriors, and the Cavaliers and Heat were also announced.

Although the Golden State Warriors completed the black eight miracle in the first round, they immediately returned to their original form when they met the Spurs.

The Cavaliers were lucky. O'Neal of the Heat was injured after the first round. The Heat, who were short of players, were no match for the Cavaliers.