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

After Zhou Ze fell into the low post, the person responsible for the top defense was last year's DPOY, and also his ATM - Marcus Camby.

Actually, that’s not the case. Marcus Camby’s defense is still quite good. He can only be said to be Zhou Ze’s personal ATM.

Zhou Ze needs to stay low.

Camby wanted to do a half-circle to defend the ball.

Zhou Ze used his broad shoulders to block Camby and used his long arms to catch the pass from Little Potato.

The pass was not that good, but fortunately Zhou Ze's arm span reached a terrifying 231cm.

After receiving the ball, Carmelo Anthony came over, but Zhou Ze did not pass the ball immediately. Instead, he went towards the basket behind him and shot hard at Camby.

"Oh!"

Kambi, who weighs only 100kg, is 211cm tall and has a high center of gravity, instantly lifted his feet off the ground and took a big step back.

Anthony's double-team came, and the basketball in Zhou Ze's hand was completely exposed in front of Anthony. Anthony tried to steal the ball, and Zhou Ze immediately passed it to Anthony.

After the ball was passed, Zhou Ze caught the ball with one hand. His handsome figure as a white horse and silver spear made the female fans at the Denver home court exclaim.

"OMG!"

"OMG!"

Such a cool and domineering action seemed to have pierced their hearts.

Zhou Ze grabbed the ball with one hand and used his torso to push against Camby behind him. Seeing this, Anthony tried to grab the ball again, but Zhou Ze passed the ball to PJ Tucker in the corner without even looking at him.

"Wow!"

"Wow!"

This one-second pass made Kobe, who was wearing a training suit on the bench, mouth into an "O" shape.

He really didn't expect that this bastard Zhou Ze really learned to pass the ball without looking at the person.

In the first two seasons, although Zhou Ze also performed the pass without looking at the person, but... it was not very common, and each pass without looking at the person might be accompanied by a turnover.

But now Zhou Ze has gradually transformed it into a conventional offensive weapon.

However, unfortunately, PJ Tucker's three-pointer missed.

"Hey!"

"So iron!"

"Yeah, these Lakers substitutes are really strong!"

"In the past week, the losses to the Mavericks and the Pistons were because the bench was too strong."

"Such a good opportunity was wasted."

The Lakers' current starting lineup is incredibly strong. Whether it's individual abilities or the tacit understanding between players, they are in the top tier of the league. No, to be more precise, they are the only ones in the league.

Even the Celtics' Big Three would suffer a small loss against the Lakers' starting lineup.

But the Lakers' bench is too paralyzed...

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Of course, even though the shot didn't go in, it still made the Nuggets sweat.

Zhou Ze's passing ability has improved visibly.

Not only is the passing accurate and the timing of the pass good, but Zhou Ze also compresses the Nuggets' defense.

Zhou Ze did not pass the ball as soon as Anthony came over, but instead moved one step closer to the basket, pretending to force an attack, completely attracting Anthony's defense.

In this way, PJ Tucker in the corner is in a super open space.

Although the Lakers' substitute three-point shooting ability is not very good, it is not that bad in every game.

After the game entered the second half, the substitutes' three-point shooting began to improve.

After PJ Tucker hit two consecutive three-pointers in the left corner, the defense began to rotate.

The so-called rotation means that Anthony Carter or Allen Iverson will let go of their own defenders to fill the passing route between Zhou Ze and PJ Tucker.

This is a different kind of game.

What is tested is the player's basketball IQ and ability to read the game.

Both Anthony Carter and Iverson are small guys under 185cm, and their arm span means that their defensive range is not very large.

After reading their defensive strategy, Zhou Ze can pass the ball.

But Zhou Ze is lacking in this aspect.

He still lacks experience in identifying defensive rotations. In addition, his passing accuracy is still some distance away from those super inside players.

That's right.

All super inside players will be double-teamed a lot, but they can be called super inside players because they have both good records and statistics, which means that their passing ability is top-notch.

Dwight Howard can only be called an excellent pick-and-roll center.

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Zhou Ze's passing was restricted, which reduced the Lakers' shooting percentage.

But Zhou Ze really has a lot of offensive weapons.

In that case, I will play face-to-face ball offense with you.

The Nuggets are very afraid of Zhou Ze's face-to-face ball handling, as he can move Camby away from the basket.

If the opponent is unwilling, Zhou Ze can use three-pointers and mid-range shots to keep the opponent close to him.

Other players cut to the basket.

Zhou Ze held the ball outside the three-point line and paced back and forth, while Marcus Camby bent over and kept his eyes on him.

Darko Milicic set a screen for Shannon Brown in the high post on the right wing, helping him get rid of Iverson and cut directly to the basket. Zhou Ze suddenly sent a powerful pass, and with a "bang", the latter caught the ball in the air and completed an alley-oop dunk, 71 to 65!

The Lakers still have a 6-point lead.

Defensive round shortly afterwards.

Anthony Carter used his body to bully Little Potato and forced his way to the basket, but unfortunately he entered the defensive area where Zhou Ze was.

Before shooting, Carter moved away from Little Potato and made a fake move to trick Zhou Ze into jumping, and then shot the basketball in his hand. However, Zhou Ze, who was falling at this time, relied on his excellent core strength to stay in the air for a short time, and used his 231cm arm span to complete the shot.

After being blocked, Zhou Ze also grabbed the rebound.

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Of course, in addition to bullying Marcus Camby, Zhou Ze also treated their other mobile inside player, Kenyon Martin, equally.

During an offense-defense transition.

Zhou Ze was the first to reach the basket, followed closely by Martin.

See Little Potato dribbling the ball forward quickly.

Zhou Ze began to claim his position.

This time he positioned himself very deep, with both feet in the paint.

In fact, to be precise, this is no longer a low level.

The low post is on the two "waists" outside the paint area.

Of course, since the NBA has a 3-second rule in the restricted area, even if Zhou Ze is about to get into position, he still needs the players to pass the ball to him as soon as possible, and then launch a quick attack.

From positioning, receiving the ball to the final shot, it must be completed within 3 seconds. This means that if you ask for the ball in this position, there is no time to show off your footwork and skills. After receiving the ball, you either have to force a jump shot or turn over and shoot backwards.

Generally speaking, this kind of positioning only occurs in a "big mismatch situation" during a fast break.

1 misalignment.

Or 1 and 4 are misplaced.

But in terms of position, Zhou Ze and Kenyon Martin are both main players at the No. 4 position.

"Snapped!"

Zhou Ze received the ball and headed it past Martin. The moment Martin retreated, Zhou Ze gained space to launch himself, and shot straight up, completing a face-to-face dunk!!!

With this goal, Zhou Ze got a triple-double of 21 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.

His 17 triple-doubles in the regular season surpassed James again.

It is worth mentioning that there was still 1 minute and 21 seconds left in the third quarter.