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

Judean Blair, who dared to provoke Zhou Ze in the preseason, did not realize the seriousness of the matter on the eve of the game. It was not until he saw Zhou Ze's sharp eyes that he suddenly remembered his "youthful and frivolous" behavior in the preseason.

"Hmph." Blair snorted coldly and looked straight into Zhou Ze's eyes. Not only was he not afraid, he even wanted to take the stage immediately.

As a freshman, Blair gained some advantages in the preseason match against Zhou Ze, which earned him a lot of media exposure, which is a great thing for a rookie.

Therefore, Blair thought: "If I can show Zhou some color tonight, I think... I will soon be able to enter the team's main rotation lineup... No, even the team's starting lineup is not impossible."

Make sense.

It is not easy for Zhou Ze to teach Hudhan Blair a lesson.

Well...

After all, Blair isn't even in the "main rotation" for the current Spurs.

As a rookie on the team, he is likely to have no playing time in tonight's game.

Of course, Zhou Ze likes to challenge the "difficulty". If he can send off the Spurs' inside players one by one, then Judean Blair will have playing time.

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In the 2009-2010 season of the San Antonio Spurs, although Duncan was still the absolute core of the team, Tim Duncan's role in low-post singles was further reduced.

After the game started, the Spurs faced the aggressive Lakers. Tony Parker dribbled at the top of the arc and found Richard Jefferson who ran out of the open space without the ball. The latter took the ball and shot a three-pointer, facing Metta World Peace who came half a beat late and hit a three-pointer.

Metta World Peace is no longer a young man. Although he has a strong build and decent one-on-one defense ability, he is getting worse and worse when it comes to squeezing screens and defending off-ball.

certainly...

The Lakers responded very quickly. Zhou Ze demanded the ball in the low post on the right wing, attracted the defense, and successfully cleared the weak side for Kobe.

Tonight, the Spurs sent out the magic sword - Ginobili to defend Kobe.

Kobe's skills are becoming more and more streamlined. He uses his footwork to mobilize the defense of the Demon Sword. He takes a sudden step forward, blocks his position, and then either directly passes the defense and rushes to the basket, or makes a quick stop jump shot.

As soon as Duncan came to defend under the basket, Kobe immediately passed the ball to Zhou Ze.

Duncan's speed and lateral movement have declined, and his defensive flexibility is no longer as good as it used to be. It is difficult for him to block Zhou Ze after finishing off Kobe.

What's more, after receiving the ball, Zhou Ze suddenly became like a bolt of lightning.

If you step forward to defend, it's an and-one, a 3-pointer.

The best way is... to stay away from it, so that you only lose 2 points.

Duncan is not like an ordinary inside player. He is particularly good at controlling fouls. If he finds that the opponent's offense cannot be stopped at all, Duncan will not make drastic defensive moves.

This is also something that many young inside players need to learn. Not every attack needs to be intercepted.

As the most important part of the team's defense, the center should ensure that he stays on the court as long as possible.

Facing the extremely aggressive Zhou Ze, Duncan was particularly restrained in the game, but in order to get Judean Blair off the court earlier, Zhou Ze also started to play some fancy tricks.

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At 5 minutes and 11 seconds in the first quarter, Zhou Ze held the ball in a high position and attacked facing the basket. The person defending him was Tim Duncan.

Duncan's inside partner, Antonio McDyess, was handing an ashtray to Marc Gasol in the corner. Over the past nine games, Gasol has shot 9% from three-point range, despite averaging only 40 attempts per game. With that kind of shooting percentage, other teams wouldn't dare leave him out.

"Brother Tim, I'm going to break through from your right." Zhou Ze said with a smile.

"Oh." Duncan responded dully.

Looking at Duncan's calm expression, many players didn't like to talk trash to him, even Zhou Ze, who liked to challenge difficult tasks.

Zhou Ze didn't say much nonsense. After the triple threat, he suddenly passed the ball and started from Duncan's left. Zhou Ze's first step can be said to be the No. 1 among inside players. Even Stoudemire in his peak period could not compare to Zhou Ze now.

Duncan had a good defensive awareness and he predicted Zhou Ze's breakthrough route. However...time is not forgiving, Duncan's pace did not keep up, and he could only watch Zhou Ze pass by his right wing.

However, the insightful Duncan discovered that Zhou Ze had a fatal "flaw".

Most people will "hide" the ball when they break through. The better they hide it, the harder it is for the opponent to touch it, which reduces the probability of being intercepted.

Duncan's 230cm+ arm suddenly slapped the basketball that Zhou Ze had "exposed." However, the moment Duncan touched the ball, Zhou Ze immediately raised his arm upwards, then put on a mask of pain...

Even the fans in the front row could feel that this blow was very painful for Zhou Ze.

"drop!"

The referee's whistle sounded.

At the same time, Zhou Ze, wearing a mask of pain, took advantage of the situation to make a low layup and hit the ball off the backboard.

"this..."

Duncan held his head in his hands, his expression still dull.

Zhou Ze, standing on the free throw line, stole a glance at Duncan.

Duncan noticed Zhou Ze's little look and smiled intriguingly.

That's right.

Zhou Ze's move was actually learned from the future rocket launcher.

Arm clamping to draw a foul.

Although this trick is a bit tricky, not everyone can learn it.

This requires the ball handler to have a pair of strong arms. If he doesn't have a strong grip, Duncan's cut just now would have directly disrupted Zhou Ze's layup.

In addition, lower limb strength and explosive power are also essential.

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In just 3 minutes, Zhou Ze used his skills to cause Duncan to commit 2 defensive fouls.

This made Gregg Popovich laugh.

He really didn't expect that Zhou Ze's arsenal was so rich.

In addition to the tricks of inside players, outside players also have to learn a lot.

It is a true integrator.

"never mind!"

"Since it was Hu De'an who caused the trouble, let him bear the consequences himself."

After Popovich replaced Duncan, he replaced him with first-year rookie Judean Blair.

Blair has only played three of the Spurs' past 10 regular season games as a substitute.

Blair was very happy to get the chance to play again tonight.

"Zhou, now it's my turn to defend you." Blair said to Zhou Ze, whose forehead was covered with sweat.

"Haha, I finally waited for you." Zhou Ze grinned.

"Come on! Zhou!" Blair said confidently.

However, this does not mean that Blair is blindly confident.

Zhou Ze and Duncan fought for nearly 7 minutes, and they must have been very physically exhausted. It was impossible for them to have the terrifying dominance they had at the beginning of the game.

But soon...

Zhou Ze made him understand what it meant to be the best in the league!!!

Real-The first person in the league!!!

Soon, in a transition offense of the Lakers, Zhou Ze received the pass from Rondo at the top of the arc. At this time, Blair stood one step inside the three-point line with his arms slightly open.

Honestly...

This kind of defense is very disrespectful to Zhou Ze's shooting ability.

But this was also intentional on Blair's part.

He knew that Zhou Ze wanted to eat him alive and would not choose to shoot a three-pointer.