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

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers' lead had reached 17 points.

The fourth quarter begins.

He has been on the court for 34 minutes. Yes, that's right, Kobe, who only rested for 2 minutes in the first three quarters, continued to start.

Zhou Ze, who played for 30 minutes in the first three quarters, was resting on the sidelines. This does not mean that Zhou Ze's current physical strength is not as good as that of a 29-year-old old man.

The inside competition was fierce. In addition to Howard, Zhou Ze also had to deal with their backup center "Adonal Foyle", Howard's most important substitute at the current stage. He was a hard-working center with a height of 208cm and a current weight of 120kg. His purpose of playing was to consume Zhou Ze.

In addition, in order to protect the defensive rebounds, the Magic almost always had 2 rebounds for 1 against Zhou Ze.

This is also the common practice used by major teams to limit Zhou Ze's rebounding.

The Magic's targeted arrangements and the Lakers' wave of injuries accelerated Zhou Ze's physical exhaustion.

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Kobe led the Lakers' substitutes to face the Magic's starting lineup.

Darko Milicic, one of the parallel brothers, was very determined, but in the face of absolute strength, he was broken through by Howard's shoulder-dropping face-up defense, and his strong arms were enough to stop him.

However, although it is difficult to defend Howard's brute force alone, it is possible to send him to the free throw line or double-team him through "foul tactics".

Howard's passing ability is not good, to be more precise, it is terrible.

His passing accuracy is lacking and his vision is only passable.

Howard received the pass from Turkoglu in the low post, and facing the defense of Darko Milicic, he immediately changed to face the basket, using his shoulders and explosive power to open the way.

The power of this move seems very domineering, but in fact, when encountering an inside player with a stable lower body, it will be GG directly and there will be no way to get in.

Whenever Howard fails to penetrate deep enough, he can only force a hook shot.

In front of Zhou Ze, this kind of attack was like a silver spear with a wax tip.

On the court, Darko Milicic, who was full of energy, blocked Howard's shoulder collision outside the reasonable collision zone this time.

Howard, who had lost his impact, wanted to make an awkward hook shot. At the same time, Little Potato, who came on as the backup point guard, suddenly rushed out from Howard's blind spot and blocked the shot with a "bang".

"Oh! no!"

"OMG!"

The Magic's home fans were confused by this scene.

Howard, who is known as the best center in the Eastern Conference, was blocked from behind by Little Potato, who is officially 175cm tall but actually shorter than that.

"Haha."

"Kenny, I think Hakeem should refund Dwight's lessons."

Charles Barkley in the TNT broadcast room grinned.

As Howard's partner, Kenny Smith actually wanted to help him talk, but his performance in singles tonight was really eye-catching.

"I think Hakeem should really consider Charles's suggestion."

"You're teaching others, not committing fraud."

Kenny Smith laughed.

On the Lakers bench.

All the players, led by Zhou Ze, began to wave their towels vigorously.

Howard, who was blocked, had a dark face and thought to himself that if Little Potato dared to come to the basket in the next round, he would definitely give him a "dragon fruit".

Zen Master Phil Jackson chose to make a substitution.

Zhou Ze replaced Luke Walton and moved directly up to the 5th position.

Howard's eyes suddenly became clear when he saw Zhou Ze appear again.

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Although the Lakers' lead was slightly eroded during the time when the substitutes came on the court, they still maintained a 10-point lead.

After Zhou Ze came on the court, he first forced Howard to stabilize the situation. Then, on the defensive end, while defending Turkoglu alone, he directed his teammates to run, forcing Howard to make mistakes or ineffective passes.

"Bang!"

While returning to defense, Zhou Ze blocked Dwight Howard's off-ball fast break from behind, and all five of his personal game statistics exceeded 5.

Zhou Ze, who didn't become the youngest player in NBA history to score 5000 points, used the excuse of "still having room for improvement" to flatter himself, but he still felt a bit upset, and he took it out on Howard.

After being blocked, Howard sat down on the ground and looked at the angry Zhou Ze.

Howard was confused by the look in his eyes that seemed to want to eat him alive.

"WTF!"

"I didn't provoke you in any way."

"I really didn't provoke him that much..."

"Is it because I spoke too loudly to him before?"

Howard even began to reflect in his heart.

Zhou Ze's block on Howard completely extinguished the morale of the Magic team.

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The whole game is over.

110 is better than 95!

In the end, the Lakers won the game with a 15-point advantage.

Player data:

Los Angeles Lakers

科比，36分2篮板3助攻2抢断1盖帽。

He achieved the milestone of becoming the youngest player to score 2 points in NBA history.

Although many of Kobe's youngest records have been broken one by one by James, the two's growth trajectories are actually very different. Kobe was at a disadvantage in his early career, starting as a substitute for the team. In addition, NBA players in the 90s were generally older, and it was not easy for him to gain recognition from the veterans.

周泽，33分17篮板7助攻5抢断5盖帽。

That's right.

Zhou Ze got 5x5 again.

This was his sixth 5x5 in his career (regular season), tying him with Olajuwon for the most 5x5s in NBA history.

Apart from Kobe and Zhou Ze, only Darko Milicic scored more than 15 points for the Lakers.

Even Old Fish only scored 10 points tonight.

The Lakers' wave of injuries has made the entire team look very tired.

But everyone believes that as long as the team has the purple and gold elbows, they will definitely win.

Orlando Magic:

Hedo Turkoglu had a near triple-double of 24 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, all of which were the highest on the Magic.

拉沙德-刘易斯，18分7助攻4篮板，三分球6中3。

Dwight Howard, 10 points and 5 rebounds. Howard, who averaged 15 rebounds per game, saw little change when facing Zhou Ze, who averaged 18. Zhou Ze's numbers were cut in half. Remember, this was in a two-for-one or even three-for-one situation.

After this game, Howard will undoubtedly be labeled a wimp again.

Even Hakeem Olajuwon, who collected tuition from Howard during the offseason, was implicated.

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After the game, Zhou Ze, whose sweat had not yet dried, was surrounded by many media reporters.

Reporters asked all kinds of questions.

"Zhou Ze, how do you feel about becoming the youngest 5000-point scorer in NBA history?" a reporter asked excitedly.

But the next second, the reporter was surprised to find that Zhou Ze's face turned ugly.

“I’m not interested in this data!”

"Next-question!"

The reporter thought Zhou Ze would be very happy.

But in reality, Zhou Ze felt that this milestone was dull because he was still the second oldest.