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

After the game.

Players from both sides exchanged friendly handshakes and hugs.

"Man, you're so hard on me," Oden said.

"Haha, man, then you need to exercise more." Zhou Ze said with a smile.

Channing Frye found Zhou Ze. Although the two did not have much interaction, Channing Frye always regarded Zhou Ze as a role model and benefited from it.

Channing Frye has great respect for Zhou Ze.

"Man, your three-point shooting seems to have become more accurate than mine." Zhou Ze said.

"No, no, no!" Channing Frye said, "Zhou, I can't compare to you."

As for the Trail Blazers' new core inside and outside players - Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge, they also acted like "juniors" during their conversation with Zhou Ze.

This year marks Zhou Ze's fourth year in the NBA, and no one calls him "rookie" or "kid" anymore.

Even Kobe Bryant changed his tune, except in private one-on-one situations.

More and more players call Zhou Ze "Brother".

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The biggest problem for the Lakers in the new season is the running-in between players.

Zhou Ze's number of mistakes is also proportional to the team's chemistry.

But honestly...

Not to mention the newly joined Marc Gasol and JaVale McGee, even an "old teammate" like Kobe could easily be fooled by Zhou Ze's fake pass.

One person gets the ball and ten people panic!

There were 9 players on the court, plus Phil Jackson.

The second game of the Lakers regular season, a battle between the Los Angeles teams.

In the game against the Clippers, the Lakers dug a huge hole in the first three quarters.

The Lakers playing away.

The first three quarters ended with the score being 70 to 90.

The Lakers, last year's champions, were actually 20 points behind the Clippers.

The Clippers' management plans to rebuild this year and dive into the 09 No. draft pick.

The 08 draft was a huge year, while the 09 draft was just average. Of course, if one were to have a better understanding of the field, the quality of the 09 draft would be even higher. After all, the 08 class included Stephen Curry, the groundbreaking small-ball champion. No one from the 09 class could match him head-on.

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Entering the fourth quarter, the Lakers began to chase points, but the effect was not good.

The most important reason is that Zhou Ze did not appear on the court and Kobe led the team alone.

Kobe is a powerful offensive weapon, but in terms of his ability to lead a team, he cannot be compared with superstars of the same level.

not to mention...

Kobe still leads JaVale McGee.

In his rookie season, McGee's understanding of pick-and-roll was too immature. He used several "Wiseman-style pick-and-rolls" and successfully double-teamed Kobe.

no way!

The Zen Master had no choice but to replace JaVale McGee with Zhou Ze.

After coming on the court, the Lakers became noticeably smoother on the offensive end.

But the long period of missing shots caused the players' hands to feel a little cold.

Odom missed two consecutive three-pointers from small open spaces.

Fisher also missed a long two-pointer that was extremely wide open.

On the other hand, the Los Angeles Clippers lost their touch because the Lakers' perimeter defense rotated poorly in the first three quarters and frequently missed the opponent's three-point shots.

Bearded Baron Davis, who made 4 of 1 three-pointers in the last game, made 8 of 5 tonight.

And Steve Novak, who only had 3 and no D, made 5 of 3 three-pointers.

It is too difficult to catch up when the opponent has a good outside shooting touch.

With 4 minutes and 18 seconds left in the game, Zhou Ze broke through Tim Thomas from the high post, causing Chris Kaman, who was defending under the basket, to commit a defensive foul.

After making both free throws!

Zhou Ze narrowed the gap to 12 points.

85 is better than 97!

However, in the next offensive round, "Swish!", the Clippers' new player Steve Novak received the ball and hit a three-pointer against Artest's defense.

85 to 100, widening the gap to 15 points again.

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TNT live broadcast room.

"The Lakers' perimeter defense does have problems..."

"The players haven't formed a tacit understanding yet, which has led to the other team developing their three-point shooting touch from the outside."

"It's probably too late now..."

Kenny Smith commented.

"No, no, no, dear Mr. Kenny, I don't think so. Have you forgotten that Zhou Ze is a man who can score 35 points in 13 seconds in the finals?" Barkley has always had a mysterious trust in Zhou Ze.

And Zhou Ze did not disappoint Barkley.

In order to limit Zhou Ze's attack on the basket, the slow-moving Kaman chose to retreat and defend.

A huge advantage of retreating defense is that it increases the buffer distance to predict the opponent's breakthrough route.

If the opponent misses the shot, you can quickly grab the defensive rebound and counterattack.

However, Zhou Ze was promoted from [Mid-range Shooting King] to [Purple Gold] through the off-season training camp. At the same time, he also had the buff bonus of the [Bloodthirsty Mamba (Gold)] badge. Zhou Ze made three consecutive mid-range shots.

"In!"

"In again!"

"OMG, there's more!"

After scoring three goals in a row, the Lakers forced the Clippers to call a timeout.

The timeout ends and the game continues.

With the help of Kaman's pick-and-roll, Baron Davis hit another three-pointer from outside.

But in the next round...

The Lakers directly used the "point-to-Europe tactic".

Whoever is offensively strong will be targeted.

The purple and gold elbows took turns calling out bearded Davis and Novak.

Kobe held the ball from the outside and challenged Davis. He took off with a hop, passed the opponent by most of his body length, and then made a hesitation-step floating ball. Davis was immediately "nailed" in place. With a "swish", he hit the mid-range shot.

105 to 109, the Lakers narrowed the gap to only 4 points, with only 35 seconds left in the game.

Davis, who was targeted three times in a row, was a little excited. He forced a breakthrough against Rajon Rondo but encountered Artest's help defense. His hasty pass was intercepted by Kobe.

Clippers forward Al Thornton immediately rushed to grab the ball and kicked it out of bounds before Kobe could control it.

Although the Lakers still had the ball, they missed a great opportunity for offense-defense transition.

Clippers coach Dunleavy quickly requested a timeout.

First, adjust and improve defensive strategies.

Secondly, through the timeout, the Lakers' offensive touch can be cooled down.

At the same time, old Dunleavy looked at the Lakers bench and couldn't help but sigh.

Although the Lakers made a lot of ridiculous mistakes tonight, which looked a bit funny, they are really not bad.

Even with such a big mistake, they were still able to catch up.