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

In Game 4, Zhou Ze, whose burst acceleration ability was enhanced, further demonstrated his defensive dominance.

The most obvious manifestation is that when defending pick-and-roll, Zhou Ze's position is raised higher.

In the first three games, when Zhou Ze was defending the pick-and-roll, unless Old Fisher was completely trapped and had no way to escape to chase Parker, otherwise, Zhou Ze would never be on the same level as Duncan, the pick-and-roll wall.

You know, if the two of them were standing on the same horizontal line, Duncan could just go down and attack the basket directly.

But tonight, Zhou Ze repeatedly stood on the same level as Duncan, using his long arms to delay Parker's breakthrough and interfere with his shooting.

This was both surprising and confusing for the experienced Spurs.

Although Zhou Ze still lacks defensive experience, his basketball IQ is extremely high and he is not like Dwight Howard.

But soon, Zhuge Cunfu, who was sitting on the bench, was so scared that he stood up.

Zhou Ze's position when defending the pick-and-roll was clearly "offside"!!!

That's right!

It's offside!!!

"BIG courage!"

Suddenly, the Spurs' home commentator couldn't help but exclaimed after seeing a scene on the court.

Zhou Ze's defensive positioning was offside again, and this time the offside was very large.

Zhou Ze actually turned his back to Tim Duncan. Tony Parker, who was holding the ball, immediately threw the ball out with great force. However, Zhou Ze used his long arms to intercept this legendary shot.

At this time, the Spurs home commentator, who called it "BIG courage", was also dumbfounded.

He originally thought that Zhou Ze was negligent in his defensive positioning, but this was Zhou Ze's premeditated plan.

Yes, the Spurs' front office studied Zhou Ze and indeed discovered many of his game habits; but the Lakers' coaching staff and front office also studied the GDP combination.

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In the battle with the Spurs, Zhou Ze not only gained improvements in his player attributes, but also gained a lot of game experience.

Zhou Ze, who can defend "offside", makes the Lakers' defense more flexible.

While delaying Parker, he was also able to "turn around at the speed of sound" to chase Tim Duncan.

Although they were not able to catch up every time, this further reduced the Spurs' offensive efficiency in positional warfare.

"when!"

There was a loud thud as the backboard was hit hard.

In an instant, all the Spurs home fans put their hands on their heads, they couldn't believe what they were seeing.

Just now, Zhou Ze used offside defensive positioning to delay Tony Parker's breakthrough on the left. At the moment he passed the ball to Duncan, Zhou Ze turned around at supersonic speed, chased Duncan, and blocked his shot.

Duncan, who had a dull expression, couldn't help but reveal a look of horror at this moment.

He seemed to see someone's shadow in Zhou Ze...

Kevin Garnett who loves to do push-ups.

Excellent defensive flexibility, outstanding defensive awareness, and explosive top defense ability.

"It's terrifying! This guy's defensive performance is like two numbers 21 combined!"

"He has superb defensive flexibility and can also protect the rim!"

Popovich was also amazed by Zhou Ze's performance.

In less than three quarters, Zhou Ze had 4 blocks and 3 steals on the defensive end.

The Spurs fans were impressed by Zhou Ze's athleticism, but also lamented that Tim Duncan seemed a bit old...

"Tim, if he was two or three years younger, if he hadn't torn his meniscus or had plantar fasciitis, this defense might not have been effective against him."

"This rookie is really brave..."

"The problem is that we can't punish him for his big guts now!"

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Duncan doesn't have a positional advantage, so it's not easy for him to take on Zhou Ze alone.

Facing the Spurs' high pick-and-roll, Zhou Ze first delayed Parker by being "offside", and then went to defend Duncan after Old Fish caught up.

If Old Fish fails to catch up, Duncan will seize the opportunity and go down, and Zhou Ze will be able to catch up with Duncan in the first place.

Zhou Ze used his explosive athletic talent to turn the Spurs' high-post pick-and-roll into a half-crippled state.

The Spurs' home fans saw Duncan being repeatedly entangled by Zhou Ze and forced to pass the ball.

A feeling of powerlessness came over me.

Actually...

After the start of this round of series, fans who supported Zhou Ze also felt powerless.

The first three games made them feel depressed, and they lamented that the fierce Zhou Ze had met his nemesis in the regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Personal player data and on-field performance have declined to a certain extent.

But from an outsider's perspective, the strongest power forward in NBA history, a guy that even Charles Barkley was convinced of, was restricted to this extent by the sophomore Zhou Ze.

Even with his performance in the first three games, Zhou Ze was enough to make the majority of fans shout - the future is yours!

But through his performance in Game 4, Zhou Ze seemed to add a sentence to this sentence -

"I know the future is mine, but sorry, I can't wait now!"

Some players make Duncan look young!

Some players made fans sigh that time is really powerful!

Zhou Ze is obviously the latter!

At the end of the first three quarters, Kobe, who was in poor form tonight, only scored 15 points, but thanks to Zhou Ze's dominant performance on the defensive end, the Lakers still led the Spurs by 13 points.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Spurs, who were in desperate situation, finally waited for the magic sword to be unsheathed. Three-pointers, breakthroughs and cool assists helped the Spurs close the gap to 7 points; but unfortunately, you have the magic sword to be unsheathed, but I have the bloodthirsty Mamba.

Facing the Spurs' pursuit of points, Kobe continued to respond with answer-ball.

In addition, in the last four minutes of the game, Zhou Ze waited for the buff of the [Mamba Bloodthirsty (Silver)] badge and made unreasonable three-pointers, making Tim Duncan forget to control his expression.

The purple and gold elbows were like a great demon, breaking the magic sword bit by bit, and also cruelly destroying the nerves of the Spurs fans.

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107vs96!

In Game 4, the Lakers won the game with an 11-point lead and also won the match point of this round of the series.

4 to 1, a gentleman's sweep seemed to be right in front of us.

Player data:

San Antonio Spurs

Tim Duncan, 16 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks.

Tony Parker, 14 points, 5 assists, 1 steal.

Manu Ginobili, 29 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds.

Los Angeles Lakers

Kobe scored 27 points, 3 steals, 4 assists and 2 rebounds. It is worth mentioning that Kobe only scored 15 points in the first three quarters. In other words, Kobe scored 12 points in the fourth quarter.

周泽，31分12篮板6助攻6盖帽5抢断。

The score was a new high for this round.

He also achieved his first 5X5 in the playoffs of his career.

In addition, what is easily overlooked is that he made 13 of 5 three-pointers tonight, including 6 of 2 from the top three-pointer.

When there are not many seconds left in the offensive 24 seconds, the Lakers can pass the ball to Zhou Ze in addition to Kobe.

This is also a huge challenge for the Spurs' defensive strategy.