one-handed ball

Chapter 61 The New Lakers

When Zheng Ke was asked by the media about his views on the trade of his friend Gomez, he naturally expressed his best wishes to his friend, and also welcomed the new player Channing Frye. According to Zheng Ke's general personality, he is He will not make improper remarks in such a public place. In fact, he is just a young player, a young player who has not even finished his rookie season. He has no qualifications to express his true inner opinions. Therefore, he I also dare not criticize any operations of the team's top management.

Zheng Ke said: "Gomez's departure makes me very helpless, but you know, this is business, here is the NBA, nothing is impossible, I am still a junior, I have to learn to adapt to it."

But Zheng Ke is a person after all, and a person has emotions, joys, sorrows and joys. Gomez's departure made Zheng Ke very dissatisfied with the Timberwolves executives. Everyone knows that Gomez is his good friend. The team is trading. At that time, I didn’t ask about the feelings of the parties at all. This may be the sorrow of the little people in the league. Sometimes the transaction will happen before the game, but a phone call tells me to get out, so I leave immediately wearing sportswear
This allowed Zheng Ke to truly understand the essence of this alliance. Under the conditions of seemingly having various benefits, what is hidden is every cold face. There is nothing that cannot be traded. He wants to be in this alliance. If he has more right to speak, then he must continue to improve his strength, whether it is hard power or soft power.
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The Timberwolves' last game before the 08 All-Star Game in New Orleans was against the visiting Los Angeles Lakers, a bona fide title contender, especially with Pau Gasol
Gasol is really a natural second master. He has a very thorough understanding of the Zen master's triangle offense. After he came to the Lakers, the Lakers have won 6 games in 5 games. What is even more commendable is that these 6 games are all away games. This makes people have to sigh, how quickly Gasol integrated into the Lakers system
On the contrary, after an unexpected 5-game winning streak, the Timberwolves have recently lost four games in a row. Although the strength of this game is very different, the Timberwolves still have to fight. I have been resting for nearly five or six days.

Channing Frye passed the physical examination yesterday, and he will be able to play in this game, but Whitman dare not come up and put Channing Frye in the starting lineup. He still has to observe, let's talk about Channing Frye's state .
pre-match ceremony
Corbitt approached Zheng Ke, it seemed that Peter Pan was very happy with his recent victory, he gave Zheng Ke a big hug, and said in Zheng Ke's ear: "Zheng, I heard that you have been selected for the Rookie Challenge , enjoy this game, I will not show mercy!"

Zheng Ke was naturally not to be outdone, he said: "Of course, I won't hold back either, we will kill you like we will kill the Celtics! You know, we are the killers of a strong team!"

Kobe was not annoyed when he heard it. He laughed and said, "If you can last until the fourth quarter, I will accept the lore!"

"You wait!" Zheng Ke's eyes were about to burst into flames. The last time he played against Kobe, he had never seen his mouth so poisonous. Why did he trade a sister-in-law over here, and even the level of trash talk has improved? up
It’s really hard to say how strong Gasol is. His basketball skills are almost perfect for all insiders in the NBA, but his weak style of play can sometimes become the number one factor in the decline of team morale, but so far Come on, he's a real second star for the Lakers, and he's playing really well.
At the beginning of the game, Gasol scored two small hooks in the low post. Faced with such a high hook, Jefferson, who is 2 meters 08, was powerless.

But Jefferson also has his own way of playing. He hit a mid-range jumper on the offensive end and chose to hit the board.
As the Timberwolves' perimeter defense gate, Zheng Ke's task is to limit the performance of the black mamba in front of him, but how can Kobe be so easily restricted?

Fisher handed the ball to Kobe who asked for the ball in the low post. Although Zheng Ke has all the strength, he was held back by Kobe's superb positioning skills
When Kobe wanted to play singles, the other players on the Lakers were very sensible, and they all pulled away.
Zheng Ke thought that Kobe would have to dribble twice to make a fake move and make a jump shot. Unexpectedly, after Kobe took the ball, he turned right and turned to the right to make a jumper!

The height of the recline is so high that it is outrageous. Although Zheng Ke has taken off with all his strength, he can only watch Kobe's hand getting farther and farther away from him.
Generally, when this kind of coherent movement is made, and the technical movement is not deformed, Kobe will not miss the ball. This is also one of the basic requirements of being a superstar, and this time is naturally no exception.
The basketball is hollow into the frame, turning up a burst of white net flowers
Fisher, a veteran in 08, is already 34 years old. Although his speed and explosive power have not declined as fast as later, he is still very sharp in defense. Although Telfair was born in street ball, his speed is also like Today's Fisher is slightly faster, but it is not a simple matter to break through Fisher
This time Telfair's forced overtaking was destroyed by Fisher. The basketball left Telfair's control and was snatched by Lakers power forward Lamar Odom. This guy immediately made a shocking long pass , directly ignoring McCants' defense to find Kobe
At this time, Zheng Ke was still on his way back, Kobe, who received the ball, ignored McCants again, and directly took three big steps to jump and dunk!Uh, it seems to be walking, but it doesn't matter, this kind of fast-break dunk, even if you walk a few steps, the NBA won't brag
"Made, you can't even defend!" Zheng Ke muttered in a low voice. He can't understand the team more and more now. Isn't McCants just a little more accurate in three-pointers? How can Gomez not compare? him?
This time, Telfair was more careful and didn't dare to underestimate the elderly. He guided the ball to Zheng Ke at a 45-degree angle. Zheng Ke lobbed the ball inside and handed it to Jefferson .
Jefferson singles Gasol in the low post
Youdao is a person who is in good spirits on happy occasions. Gasol changed teams, enjoyed the thrill of victory, and even played a lot more actively. Jefferson's left-handed hook turned around was actually blocked by his long hand. It dropped, which surprised everyone, including Zheng Ke and Radmanovich who were watching the show from outside.
However, the young man reacted faster. Zheng Ke quietly squeezed away Radmanovic who was sticking to him, grabbed the offensive rebound, jumped directly into the mid-range shot, and hit it easily.
The height of the Lakers' outside line is astonishing. After Zheng Ke went to defend Kobe, McCants could only defend the Lakers' small forward Radmanovic. A full 2 centimeters taller, the old fish broke through to attract the defense and handed it over to Radmanovich on the outside, and then he ignored McCants' defense and jumped for a three-pointer!

Also hit!

TNT host Reggie Miller, who broadcast the game, said: "The Lakers are gradually getting their hands on the ball. Statistics show that the first quarter of the Lakers' first quarter is the one with the highest scoring average in a single quarter. .”

With the last 5 minutes left in the first quarter, Radmanovich hit a three-pointer on McCants for the second time!Whitman hurriedly requested a timeout. At this time, the Lakers had already led the Timberwolves by 23 points 13 to 10!

Whitman made position adjustments. He replaced Telfair, replaced Channing Frye at center, Zheng Ke switched to shooting guard, and Brewer moved to small forward.
Jefferson finally returned to his power forward position again, and he was matched with four three-point shooters!
TNT host Reggie Miller immediately discovered the wonder of this lineup, saying: "Facing the aggressive offensive of the Lakers, the Timberwolves did not replace Smith with stronger defense, but put on the strongest three-point lineup, the center The position was taken by Channing Frye, who was just traded from Portland yesterday, the young man certainly didn’t expect to have a chance to play in the first quarter, he must be very happy.”

The Zen master Phil Jackson, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai sidelines, couldn't help frowning. There are two key points in the Timberwolves lineup. One is that Jefferson can overwhelm the Lakers inside, causing lethal effects inside like Magic's Warcraft Howard. The second is that the Timberwolves must have a certain touch on the outside line. You just trust your disciple, Whitman?

(End of this chapter)