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

Chapter 699 Celtics: We will use Kendrick Perkins to train Zhou Ze!

The Phoenix Suns, who have very strong offensive firepower, seemed to be stretched to the limit when facing the Los Angeles Lakers' defense. The main reason is that their offensive means are too single.

The pick-and-roll cooperation between Steve Nash and Amar'e Stoudemire was difficult to break through the Lakers' defense.

As for the Los Angeles Lakers' offensive prowess, it also greatly exceeded the expectations of Suns coach Alvin Gentry. Before the series began, Gentry had intended to use Channing Frye as the team's starting center, who would provide extreme court spacing, but unexpectedly, Channing Frye was quickly eliminated by Zhou Ze.

Substituting Robin Lopez, a traditional big man with a height of 213cm, a weight of over 120kg, and an excellent wingspan, he should be able to provide good rim protection, but unexpectedly...

His rim protection ability not only failed to produce any effect in front of Zhou Ze, but on the contrary, it made Zhou Ze's low-post offense easier and scoring points... It was so-easy.

no way...

Robin Lopez's speed is really too slow. To Zhou Ze, he is like a wooden stake. Compared with Channing Frye, Robin Lopez's defensive effect is worse, and he can't create space.

This also made Robin Lopez, who was sitting on the bench, realize that he would not have a chance to play in the next series against the Lakers. However, Robin Lopez did not blame Zhou Ze. On the contrary, this strengthened his determination to practice three-pointers in the offseason.

In the fourth quarter of the game, almost all of the Lakers' starting players were substituted out, except for Jermaine O'Neal.

Um...

At this time, O'Neal was only 20 points and 10 rebounds away from 2+2 in a single game.

As a serious "obsessive-compulsive disorder patient", Zhou Ze not only has obsessive-compulsive disorder on data himself, but also infects his teammates.

4 minutes and 19 seconds into the fourth quarter...

With the help of JaVale McGee, O'Neal finally got his 10th rebound of the game.

However, after returning to the bench, O'Neal, who scored 20+10, looked somewhat embarrassed.

Although this data was achieved through his personal ability, there is indeed a lot of water in it.

...

84 is better than 120!

In Game 2009 of the Western Conference Finals of the 2010-1 playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers, playing at home, defeated the Phoenix Suns with a huge advantage of 36 points.

It is worth mentioning that if the game had not turned into garbage time at the end of the third quarter, the Lakers could have scored at least 130+ points tonight.

Players' personal data:

Phoenix Suns:

Steve Nash, 14 points, 7 assists, 1 steal, and 5 turnovers.

Amar'e Stoudemire, 12 points, 3 rebounds, 1 block.

Los Angeles Lakers

Six players scored in double digits, including the team's five starters and Lamar Odom who came off the bench.

三人得分上20，分别是：周泽的35分14篮板7助攻4盖帽2抢断，科比的30分2篮板3抢断1盖帽，以及杰梅因-奥尼尔的20分10篮板2盖帽。

Amar'e Stoudemire's scoring tonight was less than half of his average points per game in the first two rounds of the series;

Um...

That's right.

The culprit is really Zhou Ze.

After forcibly delaying Steve Nash, Zhou Ze was able to quickly chase back to Stoudemire, using offside defense to personally break up the pick-and-roll cooperation between the two.

Even though this has happened 4 times in the regular season, I should have become numb to it...

But at this moment, Stoudemire...still felt the frustration emerging from deep in his heart, which was both fresh and familiar.

As for Zhou Ze, he only had 14 rebounds tonight, far below his regular season and playoff numbers, making this his worst rebounding game since entering the playoffs. This wasn't just bad luck, with rebounds always landing far from Zhou Ze, but also because the Lakers were quite accurate tonight...

Once the shooting percentage is high, there will naturally be fewer rebounds.

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In Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers crushed the Suns, leaving Phoenix vulnerable to a 4-0 sweep. Veteran Jermaine O'Neal, with his 20 points and 10 rebounds, seemed to be demonstrating to everyone that he joined the Lakers for more than just a championship ring. — ESPN report.

Suns staff revealed that after the loss, the Suns locker room was utterly silent, a deathly stillness. Every player's face seemed filled with frustration and despair. While the players didn't blame each other, a blanket of gloom enveloped them all. —Sports Illustrated.

This season's Los Angeles Lakers are edging closer to their fourth consecutive championship. Honestly, I can't imagine anything standing in their way. My concern now is whether this team can replicate the Los Angeles Lakers' feat of the 4-2000 NBA season, sweeping the Western Conference and losing just one game throughout the entire playoffs. No, I believe this ambitious Los Angeles Lakers team won't be content with a simple copycat. —TNT commentator Charles Barkley

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There is not much suspense in the Western Conference Finals and the Eastern Conference Finals of this playoffs.

The Boston Celtics beat the Orlando Magic, completing a 4-1 gentleman's sweep.

The defeated Dwight Howard still gave media interviews with a heartless smile after the game.

Compared with the defeat to the Lakers, there seemed to be no sadness and despair on Howard's face at this time, so there was no need to use the "crescent moon rising to the sky" to ease his mood.

Yes, that's right... Although Howard was restricted in the confrontation with the Celtics, it was the effort of the whole team, and not a point-to-point explosion like Zhou Ze.

Obviously, it is easier to accept being defeated by a group than being abused in a one-on-one fight.

The Los Angeles Lakers swept the Phoenix Suns 4-0, winning by an average of 4 points in all four games. In the game with the smallest score difference, all the Lakers' outside players had poor shooting, but even so, they were still 25 points ahead of the Suns.

In addition...in two of the games, the Lakers played for three quarters. Otherwise, the average net score difference would be at least 2 points+.

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The NBA Finals will start three days later on May 3, 2010.

Before that, these two teams, which have shown "championship qualities" in the Eastern and Western Conferences, can make preparations.

Boston Celtics official report: Celtics head coach Doc Rivers will use "Kendrick Perkins" to simulate Zhou Ze in the team's training games.

Regarding this...

Zhou Ze was petrified when he heard the news.

Besides being similar in weight and height...

How does this Perkins look like me?

Running and jumping ability?

Controlling ability?

Organizational skills?