After a long period of observing the lineup during games and making adjustments during training, when Van Exel, Doug Christie, George Lynch, Zhang Hao, and Campbell were put into the starting lineup, they immediately performed quite well. .
On the inside, there is Campbell who has many pie-eating postures, Zhang Hao is there to control the mid-range, George Lynch is on the cutting edge, and Doug Christie on the outside is catching and shooting and assisting in control. Van Exel can play as comfortably as possible. Recently, he has His good performance is not only that he is in good condition, but the most important thing is that the coaching staff equipped him with a lineup and tactics around him in the starting stage, instead of focusing on Zhang Hao + Magic like they did in the middle of the season.
Facing Dell Curry¡¯s defense, Van Exel became violent at the beginning. He scored 3 goals and scored 7 points in a row from the beginning, helping the Lakers get off to a 7-2 start.
The Lakers, who took the initiative at the beginning, led by Van Exel, scored 17 to 11 in the half quarter.
The Lakers' lineup has Doug Christie as the main defender on the outside and Zhang Hao as the point guard. Although Zhang Hao is a power forward, George Lynch is actually the one who often defends the power forward. He will never miss a three-pointer on the defensive end under the basket. Campbell in the second zone also did a pretty good job defensively.
The strength gap between the two teams is obvious. The Lakers are only rated as a "regular season team" by the media. This does not mean that they are not worthy of staying first in the Western Conference for a long time. It is just that the media questions the performance of this team without a super giant in the playoffs. Performance, the reason is that after the All-Star Weekend, the performance of championship teams entering the playoffs was extremely unstable.
But the Lakers' record is actually the second in the Western Conference. Even as a regular season team, the strength shown is one of the top three in the Western Conference in the regular season. Against the Hornets, they showed a huge advantage at the start.
However, the Hornets also showed their resilience. After entering the rotation, the Lakers made another charge, relying on Zhang Hao to score the ball after receiving the ball in the top arc, and Anthony Pillar, who came on the bench, shot from the bottom corner. After scoring three points, the Lakers scored 28-18 at 9 minutes and 22 seconds of the first quarter, leading by 10 points! At this time, the Hornets began a strong counterattack, relying on Dell Curry and Glenn Rice's three-pointers and Larry Johnson's impact to score an 11-4 run in two minutes!
Larry Johnson scored 5 points, scored a goal on Magic, and scored 2+1 on Zhang Hao.
There are 31 seconds left in the first quarter, and the score difference is only three points. If they don¡¯t score this time, Dell Curry and Glenn Rice, who have just scored a three-pointer each, will have a chance to even the score!
The Lakers' last attack of the first quarter was handed over to Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao chose a baseline single, turned around decisively, and triggered the "deep pace". At that moment, Larry Johnson, who was close to him, was stuck until he hit the ball. Breaking out of the basket, he easily scored the ball under the panicked defense of center George Chidenko, the 22nd overall pick in the same class, and also caused a foul on the opponent!
Zhang Hao's notoriety has become a lingering nightmare among rookies in the same class. In fact, Zhang Hao is only targeting the top 8 picks, but the Lakers have a good record and are winning against many teams. By the way, they have also abused some of their fellow players. Rookie
Although George Chidike last played against Zhang Hao at the beginning of the season, he was still very afraid. He moved hastily when covering up the defense and did not control his hands well. He even shot Zhang Hao's layup and hit Zhang Hao's arm.
34 to 29, relying on Zhang Hao's back to turn around and hit the layup, the Lakers once again opened the point difference to 5 points, and there were extra penalties!
Del Harris watched Zhang Hao patiently play without the ball in the first 11 minutes without fighting for possession of the ball while Van Exel and Magic scored individually or coordinated the team's offense. Containing or looking for opportunities to catch and shoot, he only took 3 shots in a single quarter. Two of them took the blame, making 1 of 3 shots. He only scored 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block from the front.
But at the critical moment, when he was needed, he stepped forward to help the team block the opponent's momentum of continuing to chase points.
It smells like that!
Although the opponent was the Hornets, an ordinary playoff team that relies on its explosive form to defeat the top teams, but in the stage when the opponent was playing so hard and the defensive confrontation was fierce, Zhang Hao played the way the team wanted him to play. Performance.
Zhang Hao steadily hit the extra penalty! In the end, the Hornets missed a three-pointer. After the first quarter, the Lakers led the Hornets by 6 points, 35-29, entering the intersection break.
Although there was an unexpected situation where the opponent played a wave of 11 to 4, the score difference in the first quarter was still a good 6 points. Moreover, Dell Curry, Glenn Rice, and Larry Johnson scored in the first quarter. It¡¯s full and everyone is working hard! The Lakers, after a 17-11 start in the half quarter, replaced four starters, Van Exel, Campbell, Doug Christie, and George Lynch.
The Lakers just lost. They will not suffer from aristocratic disease and will not be as arrogant as the 60-7 Bulls team that became the fastest 60-win team in NBA history.Come on, the counterattack is coming!
Zhang Hao scored 9 points in the final quarter, Van Exel scored 11 points in a single quarter, and George Lynch scored 5 points in two counterattacks. The three scored 25 points together, helping the team score 31 points in a single quarter.
In the end, the Lakers defeated the Magic without O'Neal 104-99 and won their 56th victory of the season!
? 46 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 assistsjust shy of a 40+ triple-double. Anfernee Hardaway's performance made Zhang Hao speechless after the game when he looked at the statistics on the big screen.
¡°My 24 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks are not bad either¡¡±
Zhang Hao comforted himself a little.
Winning is the most important thing.
Although O'Neal's absence has made the Magic's play clearer and avoided the impact of others on O'Neal, it is precisely because O'Neal did not play that the Lakers can hedge without any scruples and don't have to worry so much.
There is no such thing as saying that the Magic will be stronger without O'Neal. Any team without a center like O'Neal will plummet in strength.
Indeed, the Magic had a better record when O'Neal was away this season. In the 16 games that O'Neal missed at the beginning of the season, the Magic had a 13-3 record. In the 54 games after O'Neal returned, the Magic had a 38-16 record. But the sample is too small. , and O'Neal's absence was all at the beginning of the season, so the samples cannot be compared together at all.
It may be that the entire Magic team is online at the beginning, but their opponents are still adapting, so they have a status advantage.
Like tonight, the Magic played very well and worked very hard, but the feeling given to Zhang Hao is actually better than the Hornets and Hawks. Maybe the Heat and Cavaliers are not worse than the Magic without O'Neal. .
Of course, Anfernee Hardaway's personal performance in leading the team is indeed amazing. It really looks like Jordan leading the team ten years ago.
I know he didn¡¯t take a long shot, but I just couldn¡¯t guard him!
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After losing, Anfernee Hardaway was praised to the heavens.
And O'Neal, who was absent and sitting on the sidelines, was ridiculed by the Orlando media.
The next morning, before returning to Los Angeles, Zhang Hao went out to buy a bunch of local newspapers while having breakfast.
This year, the local newspaper industry in Orlando is extremely popular, and the sales of news about O'Neal are extremely high, which has also greatly affected the perception of local fans.
¡°Isn¡¯t it supposed to be that losing is not scary and who is embarrassed by who? Why is it the other way around when we get to Aofang?
O¡¯Neal, this is too miserable! "
After complaining for a while, Zhang Hao immediately opened the second newspaper, and then the third newspaper He was very happy to read it.
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"Why do you think something is wrong? How come it's a bit like what happened to Duncan? It's just the other way around. Duncan's farts taste good, and O'Neal is suspected of farting when he sticks his butt out"
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