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

March 2009, 3, was also the last game of the week.

The Lakers will face the challenge of the young OKC at home.

Inside the away locker room at Staples Center.

Jeff Green, who was about to face Zhou Ze, had a worried look on his face.

Durant seemed to see what he was thinking. He came over to him, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Jeff, I'll help you defend that guy!"

"Okay!" Jeff Green nodded, but his expression was still ugly.

This made Durant frown slightly.

His teammates didn't seem to believe that his help defense would be effective.

"Russell, Jeff..."

"If you see me and Zhou facing off, please pass the ball to me immediately."

When Durant said this, he gritted his teeth and his face was firm.

Zhou Ze is the biggest driving force for Durant's journey to become a strong player.

Whenever he couldn't hold on during training, he would just think of Zhou Ze and he would be filled with strength, as if he had drunk 10,800 bottles of Dongpeng Special Drink.

Almost every OKC player knows that Durant hates Zhou Ze to the core.

But only one person had a different opinion.

That's right!

It was Russell Westbrook who was selected by the team with the fourth pick in the first round this year.

Westbrook seemed to have discovered a blind spot.

He really felt that Durant didn't really hate Zhou Ze, he just wanted to gain his approval.

But whenever Westbrook tried to mediate the relationship between Zhou Ze and Durant, Durant would always leave with a dark face.

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Although the Thunder have been injected with "Russell-Pssion" this season, the style of play is also good and the games are extremely entertaining.

If you want a dunk, there will be a dunk!

If you need technology, you have it!

Even though the fight is beautiful and exciting, it is difficult to win.

The Thunder are currently ranked third from the bottom in the Western Conference. The teams with worse records than them, besides the Washington Wizards at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, are the Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings in the Western Conference.

After the game started, Durant fulfilled his promise and reached out for the ball immediately when facing Zhou Ze's off-ball defense.

"KD, let me see if you have been slacking off recently!" Zhou Ze said with a smile on his face.

Durant is no stranger to seeing Zhou Ze's smile.

After all, every time when he couldn't hold on during training, Zhou Ze's figure would appear in his mind.

But at this moment, Durant felt that the "image of Zhou Ze" in his mind needed to change.

Did this bastard really train in WWE?

The contempt and ridicule emanating from this smile were much stronger than before.

In response to Durant's off-ball defense, Zhou Ze kept moving his body forward and using his strong chest to push against Durant.

This forced Durant to run two steps outside the three-point line to receive the ball.

"KD, are you going to give up your comfort zone so easily?" Zhou Ze's voice sounded again.

Durant didn't say much. He wanted to put every bit of his energy into the game.

Durant put the ball down and tried to break through.

Durant has indeed made great progress this season and is already among the top ten or even top five scorers in the league.

However...

No matter how much progress he makes, he can never catch up with Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze, who was promoted to "Gold" by Death Coil, faced Durant's footsteps and followed him like a shadow. The moment he started to throw the ball, Zhou Ze was stuck in his breakthrough route, "Bang!", as if a heavy mountain was blocking his way.

After being confronted, Durant's ball control stumbled slightly, and Zhou Ze tried to press.

"Boom!"

The basketball hit the floor quickly, and with a huge change of direction, he picked up the ball.

"Snapped!"

Zhou Ze reached out and made a steal.

Well...

Zhou Ze is very familiar with Durant's change of direction moves.

And at this time...

The Lakers' home commentator couldn't help but laugh and jokingly said, "KD tried to use Zhou's signature change of direction to get past Zhou himself. Isn't that hilarious? To use an old Chinese saying, this is called showing off one's skills in front of a banyan, showing off one's skills in front of Guan Gong, or driving a taxi in front of Camel Xiangzi."

The moment his big hand touched the basketball, his body dived out and he ran down the court with the ball.

"Damn it!"

"asshole!"

Durant gritted his teeth and chased after him.

In his frenzy, Durant's speed reached his personal limit.

It's really fast!

The two put on a fast and furious show on the court.

However, Zhou Ze, who was about to be caught up by Durant, did not slow down or pass the ball.

Zhou Ze received the ball and jumped!

Durant also jumped up!

The next second, Durant, unwilling to transform into a "Death Cape", wanted to gamble on the "cap point";

Zhou Ze in the air pulled the lever to stay in the air and avoided Durant's long arm that was swung from top to bottom.

"Snapped!"

Durant's big hand slapped Zhou Ze's ball-protecting arm.

"drop!"

The referee's whistle then sounded.

But the next second, Zhou Ze in the air staggered briefly, then exerted force again in the air, and with a "boom", he completed an extremely smooth tomahawk dunk.

"and-one!"

"and-one!"

The home fans on the sidelines waved their fists excitedly.

"KD, you are still too weak."

"Have you really trained well?"

Zhou Ze looked at Durant with a disappointed tone.

Durant glared at him but said nothing.

It is almost impossible for Durant to break through Zhou Ze in a relatively static state.

Not only did the two of them use the same change-of-direction bag.

The main reason is that Durant is too tall, and it is difficult for him to get into the crowded basket like a guard.

If Durant was only 196cm or 191cm tall, with his dribbling rhythm, ball sense and explosive power, it would not be easy for Zhou Ze to get a head-on steal.

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After several unsuccessful attempts, Durant began to use the cover of his teammates to complete the attack with a pull-up shot.

Durant has honed this move to perfection.

Not to mention the slow-paced "Metta World Peace", even Kobe, who mastered the "paper drawing" technique, would find it difficult to defend against Durant, who shot as soon as he received the ball.

As for Zhou Ze...

Although his athletic ability is better than Durant's and his static talent is also strong, Zhou Ze's shoulders are too broad, making it easy for him to be caught by screens when chasing Durant without the ball. In addition, once Zhou Ze leaves the basket.

Westbrook will start the rim-rushing mode.

It’s just that Durant’s long two-point efficiency is difficult to sustain throughout the game.

With Metta World Peace, P.J. Tucker, Shannon Brown and Odom taking turns to catch Durant on the off-ball end and give him physical confrontation, Durant made 12 of 8 shots in just two and a half quarters. By the end of the third quarter, he only made 18 of 10 shots.

The game ended with 23 of 11 shots.

And the Thunder lost the game again without any surprise.