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

新的一周，也就是2006年1月29日到2006年2月4日这段时间内，湖人一共有5场比赛。

The opponents are: Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Charlotte Bobcats and New Orleans Hornets.

The schedule is very tight.

Among them, the Bobcats and Hornets are playing back-to-back.

This is undoubtedly an extremely unfriendly week for the Lakers.

There was also almost no time for Zhou Ze to conduct special training on [inside defense].

In their first game, the Los Angeles Lakers flew to Detroit, the car city filled with the smell of motor oil, on a team plane.

Detroit Pistons home!

The Palace of Auburn Hills!

The former Pistons' Big Five once defeated the Lakers' F4 and won the championship trophy.

Today they are still a strong team in the Eastern Conference and a strong contender for the championship.

The Pistons starters tonight: Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince, Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace.

The inside combination of the two Wallaces is very interesting and a bit ahead of its time.

The one responsible for defending the big center is Rasheed Wallace at position 4, and the one responsible for assisting defense is Ben Wallace at position 5.

There is a very obvious feature of players in the small ball era: the players’ positions are blurred.

The current double Wallace situation also has a bit of this flavor.

However, the Lakers do not have a strong inside player. Zhou Ze, Kwame Brown and Chris Mihm are all unable to single out one of the two Wallaces in the low post.

This reduced the pressure on the two Wallaces' interior defense, giving them more energy to expand their defense.

With a "bang", Lamar Odom took advantage of the pick-and-roll and accelerated to break through the little prince Prince. Without completely passing his opponent, he used his strength and weight to push him for a layup. However, Ben Wallace came out from the side, leaped over the little prince, and directly blocked Odom's layup.

"Fuck!" Odom said with some annoyance.

"It's okay, man. We still have the ball." Zhou Ze smiled and patted Odom's shoulder.

Seeing the rookie Zhou Ze so calm and confident, Odom couldn't help but think to himself, "Yeah, even though I was blocked, we still have the ball."

But not long after, Zhou Ze, who was running, received the pass and kicked Rasheed Wallace away. The moment he lowered his body to break through, he was blocked by the opponent with a backhand, and the basketball finally hit Zhou Ze's ankle and went out of bounds.

"WTF!" Zhou Ze cursed angrily.

"Uh..." Lamar Odom laughed dumbly as he looked at Zhou Ze, who had just advised him to stay calm.

The Pistons, known for their tenacious defense, can be said to be a team that is naturally Zhou Ze's nemesis.

In addition to the two Wallaces, there is also their front line gate - Tayshaun Prince.

With a height of 206cm and a wingspan of 218cm, he also possesses excellent mobility, defensive acumen, and a fast and large defensive area.

Billups first put defensive pressure on Death God Parker, and it was difficult to pass the ball to Zhou Ze. Tayshaun Prince's assist defense made things even worse for Zhou Ze.

Throughout the game, Zhou Ze only got 9 shooting opportunities, made 6 of 2 three-pointers, and scored only 12 points.

However, Zhou Ze is good at rebounding.

With two Wallace meat grinders blocking the defense, Zhou Ze got 11 rebounds, including 2 offensive rebounds.

10 points, 11 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 assists.

As for Kobe, although he scored 39 points tonight, Zhou Ze and his teammates struggled to share the offensive pressure. The double-teaming and help defense kept him from shooting just 11 for 2 from three-point range. Besides Kobe, Zhou Ze's 12 points were the highest scorer...

Three Pistons players scored more than 20 points: Rasheed Wallace, Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince.

The final score was 95 to 102, and the Lakers lost to the Detroit Pistons by 7 points.

But it is worth mentioning that even though the Lakers lost tonight and Zhou Ze was blocked by the Pistons' defensive system, the suspense of the game lasted until the last 2 minutes.

The Pistons players who beat the Lakers were all smiling.

Except for one person...

That's the 03 Platinum Generation No. overall pick, Darko Milicic, sitting on the Pistons' bench in a suit and tie. Hmm...

In the short history of the NBA, there is a famous bust second pick.

A scene from the game was deeply imprinted in his mind:

Kwame Brown under the basket received the pass from Zhou Ze, but he did not notice Rasheed Wallace behind him and was blocked.

Rasheed Wallace also started talking trash, "Fake, you want to score in front of me?"

As a bust second pick, Darko Milicic has heard similar words thousands of times.

But every time I was hurt by words, I could only lick my wounds in secret.

However...

The Lakers tonight gave me a different feeling.

The rookie wearing the No. 0 jersey let Kwame Brown receive the ball in the paint on the next round and continued to encourage him.

"Dude, fuck him once!"

"Fuck him hard!"

Zhou Ze first "grabbed" the ball from Kobe, and then passed it to Kwame Brown in the low post.

Darko Milicic, who was also a bust, noticed the light in Kwame Brown's eyes after he received the ball.

After a strong shot, although the shot was missed, Zhou Ze suddenly rushed out, grabbed the offensive rebound, and put it back in. Unfortunately, it was blocked by Ben Wallace's help defense, but...

Kwame Brown, who was fighting hard under the basket, really used all his strength to push the ball that Zhou Ze missed into the basket.

After the ball goes in!

Zhou Ze and Kwame Brown yelled passionately on the court!!!

“I want teammates like this too!”

"If I could stay in this kind of team atmosphere, maybe I could have a different destiny."

"Dake...don't forget, you were also a child of destiny back then!!!"

For a moment, Darko Milicic was filled with emotion.

After the game, Darko Milicic, who is not good at English and is considered to be a loner by his teammates, actually took the initiative to hug Zhou Ze and Kwame Brown.

Especially when hugging Kwame Brown...

Don't know why.

The moment their eyes met, they felt a sense of mutual understanding.

"Kwame..."

"Dako..."

"Try to join our team."

"Okay, I'll try my best."

Before this, the two had almost no interaction, but tonight they seemed to have a spiritual connection.

...

...

Two days later, the Lakers defeated the Knicks 130-97 at Madison Square Garden.

科比在32分钟的上场时间内，轻取40分3篮板3助攻4抢断。

周泽面对混乱不堪的尼克斯，也拿到了27分9篮板5助攻5抢断1盖帽的全面数据。

have to say...

Zhou Ze's rebounding statistics are becoming more and more like those of a serious inside player.

It is worth mentioning that Zhou Ze faced Eddy Curry on the defensive end in this game.

It is also known as the small shark.

Standing at 213cm tall and weighing 134kg, he was once the cornerstone of the Bulls' inside line. He possessed good flexibility for his size and a soft hook shot, but his lack of self-discipline almost ruined him.

Of Zhou Ze's five steals, three went to Eddy Curry, who was only defended to eight points and three rebounds.

After the game, Eddy Curry, facing the reporters' ridicule, angrily said: "You have no idea how strong that rookie is!!!"

In the past two games, Zhou Ze has gained a total of 2 peak points.

Peak Value: 734/12