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

The time came to October 2008, 2.

The last day of Week 14 of the regular season.

The Lakers visit Oracle Arena to face the Golden State Warriors.

Before the game.

Barkley and Smith in the TNT live studio began to warm up.

"Dear Mr. Kenny, shall we make a bet?" Barkley said.

"Get out! I'm not coming!" Kenny Smith rolled his eyes.

Barkley's mouth muscles twitched suddenly, and he said unhappily, "Man, I haven't said what the bet is yet!"

"Do you want to bet with me, Zhou, whether he can reach the 6000-point milestone tonight?" Kenny Smith looked at Barkley with disgust.

Barkley was slightly startled, thinking to himself, "This old guy is really good. He even guessed it."

"Sir Charles, do you think I'm stupid? I'm only 6000 points away from the 9-point milestone..."

"Do you think a star player like Zhou Ze can only score 8 points in a game?"

Kenny Smith launched a crazy attack against Barkley.

Barkley was left speechless by Kenny Smith.

But soon, Barkley's eyes became clear, and he said, "Then let's bet on which quarter Zhou will reach 6000 points."

Scoring 9 points in a single quarter was almost effortless for Zhou Ze.

but...

Zhou Ze also had many games where he struck back, first using his personal ability to drive his teammates' offense and then increase their enthusiasm on the defensive end.

This is also the essence of the triangle offense.

Of course, the triangle offense is different from the ball-handling, one-star, multiple-shoot offense. Although both appear to prioritize helping teammates find their offensive form, in the case of the one-star, multiple-shoot offense, teammates are more likely to serve as the finishing point of the offense, essentially either cutting to the basket or shooting three-pointers off the catch.

But in the triangle offense system, in addition to Zhou Ze and Kobe, role players also have certain authority to handle the ball.

"I think Zhou should be finished in the first quarter." Kenny Smith took the initiative.

Barkley was speechless again. Isn't your character "Zhou Hei"? I should support Zhou Ze's completion in the first quarter.

"In that case, do you think Zhou finished it before or after 6 minutes of the first quarter?" Barkley had to break it down further.

"Six minutes later. The Golden State Warriors definitely don't want Zhou Ze to reach the 6-point milestone so quickly tonight. They'll definitely be guarding him tight once the game starts. Also, their other center, Andrew Byram, is coming back tonight."

"He's the princeling in the eyes of the Lakers management. They should give him plenty of ball possession to help him find his game form."

"For this reason, Zhou is unlikely to reach the 6000-point milestone in the first quarter."

Kenny Smith analyzed them one by one.

Barkley immediately felt that what he said made sense, and he felt inexplicably nervous. But then he thought again, based on his understanding of Zhou Ze, this was impossible!

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Although Zhou Ze is extremely eager to win, he also likes to inflate his stats.

He definitely can't wait and will definitely reach the 6000-point milestone soon.

...

...

The Lakers welcomed the return of a player tonight.

That's Andrew Byram with a clean shave.

Compared to before the injury, Byram's upper body has become a bit stronger.

It seems that he trained his upper body strength during the injury period.

As Kenny Smith guessed, Zen Master Phil Jackson did arrange for Byram to start in place of Kwame Brown.

The Lakers' starting lineup tonight: Rajon Rondo, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Zhou Ze and Andrew Byram.

As for Fisher, his playing time is getting less and less as the season progresses. According to the Phil Jackson, he hopes to control Fisher's playing time within 25 minutes. After all, Fisher's real battlefield is not the regular season, but the playoffs and the finals.

Without Old Fisher in the team's starting lineup, the team's space has deteriorated, but Rondo's passing organization will greatly improve the team's offense and defense conversion capabilities, as well as the comfort level of Zhou Ze and Kobe in receiving the ball.

Warriors starting lineup: Baron Davis, Monta Ellis, Stephen Jackson, Al Harrington and Andris Biedrins.

After the game started, Byram, who had just returned, lost to Biedrins in the jump ball.

Of course, this does not mean that Byram's jumping speed and jumping height have deteriorated, but that he has been away from the battlefield for a long time and is not in good shape.

Bearded Davis dribbled to the top of the arc, and through the pick-and-roll of Andris Biedrins, he planned to break through to the left. After seeing Rondo squeeze through the pick-and-roll, he quickly adjusted to the right side of the pick-and-roll wall, and with a burst of acceleration, Davis rushed out sideways. Although Rajon Rondo barely squeezed in, Davis, who was like a "small or medium-sized cannon", directly broke through the defense.

Rajon Rondo stumbled and Davis, who broke through to the basket, faced Zhou Ze's defense. He changed his move in mid-air, turned a dunk into a pass, and passed it to Al Harrington in the corner. The latter made a three-pointer, making it 3-0!

In response to this, Zhou Ze spread his hands helplessly.

The Lakers were on offense, and Byram was positioning himself on the right side of the basket, constantly yelling, "Give me the ball!"

However, Zhou Ze on the right wing outside the three-point line just made a move to ask for the ball, and Rajon Rondo gave the ball to Zhou Ze.

After Zhou Ze received the ball, facing the defense of Al Harrington, he made a simple crotch pass and pretended to break through on the right. The moment Harrington moved his center of gravity to the left, Zhou Ze quickly changed direction, passed the ball, broke through to the left, took two steps, and scored a jump shot.

"Wow..."

"This week... he was really smart. He saw that the Golden State Warriors had stepped up their defense on three-pointers and in the paint. Whenever he got to the basket, Stephen Jackson would immediately come over to help defend him."

Although Zhou Ze has made good mid-range shots in recent games.

In the last 10 games, the average mid-range shooting percentage has reached 47.8%.

In the last 5 games, the average mid-range shooting percentage has reached 48.5%.

But why would the Warriors let it go?

Firstly, there are insufficient defensive resources.

Secondly, the damage at medium range is smaller than the other two.