One Year Left to Play-Chapter 328 - 106: Would Anyone Really Miss Something This Simple?
When Zhang Hao smashed the ball into the basket, the referee blew the whistle, Grant Hill committed a blocking foul.
The goal counts, and there’s an additional free throw.
"Nice!"
The insight in judging opportunities, the judgment of opponent’s defensive moves, and the absolute confidence in self-assessment, decisive execution of ideas...
The logo man behind the bench once again saw immense talent in Zhang Hao, and that talent has illuminated the game! Whenever the chance arises, this talented high schooler will deliver on his talents!
Hearing the burst of cheers from the fans at this moment, the logo man believes that this stage will eventually belong to Zhang Hao.
"This time I really missed the mark, he’s even better than I thought, Aix and that guy partnering... let’s see who dares to say this trade was made after drowning in the Pacific Ocean!"
On the court, after Zhang Hao smashed the ball into the basket, Grant Hill stepped back two steps, standing still and shaking his head uncontrollably.
He certainly fouled on this play, even Dumas couldn’t keep up with Zhang Hao’s speed from the outside, and the power is immense! He really couldn’t stop Zhang Hao charging at full speed.
"But if I charged, he could interfere with me... even though I look stronger than him... this guy definitely underreported his weight!"
Watching Zhang Hao walk to the free throw line without any expression for the extra shot after the dunk, Grant Hill feels this guy really needs a punch.
Clearly a rookie, yet acting so arrogantly.
Even though they have a good relationship, I still want to hit him!
Walking to the free throw line, Zhang Hao feels once again someone wants to punch his handsome face—well, well, he’s used to it, being too handsome can’t be helped.
He adjusted his breath, made the extra shot!
After Zhang Hao’s successful free throw, the Lakers quickly retreated defensively, becoming more active.
Just now Zhang Hao’s dunk over Grant Hill triggered "Dunk Master", boosting morale for the next three possessions, greatly increasing activity.
Although the Pistons scored on the next four possessions, the defense wasn’t good, but the Lakers also scored twice!
At the official timeout at 6:44 of the first quarter, Lakers trailed by just 4 points, 13-17!
Although they couldn’t take the lead, they held the score tightly, stopping the initial slump and finally showing their offensive level.
Van Exel’s mid-to-long-range shooting and passing, Zhang Hao’s high-position shooting and high-low distribution, Anthony Peeler’s catch-and-shoot, Sibaros, and Jason Williams’ offensive rebounds, combined well.
Currently, the Lakers’ strategy was Del Harris’ adjustment after analyzing the Brooklyn Nets’ style, just not explicitly stated.
points, 1 rebound, 2 assists... Zhang Hao looking at his stats doesn’t seem like a center, but in the long stretch he defended the center on the defensive end.
His positioning has improved greatly, at the Brooklyn Nets he thought about how to help Jason Williams, the team’s best rebounder, with rebounds, studying and practicing needed, temporarily no time to observe opponent and teammates’ post-shot iron trends, he chose to secure his own rebounding position + positioning for teammates.
Now with the Lakers, it’s put to use.
Seeing Zhang Hao walk back to the bench, Del Harris said, "Aix, take a break for a while."
Then didn’t pay him any more attention.
Zhang Hao nodded, not knowing if the other party saw.
Took the training jersey handed by the ball boy, Zhang Hao put it on hearing cheers from the audience, someone was shouting "X".
Said he didn’t mind, Zhang Hao’s mouth grinned under the training jersey, but when his head emerged, he restored a blank expression.
Initially, the fans were quite disappointed with Zhang Hao’s performance tonight.
Lakers fans are peculiar, when they didn’t like Zhang Hao before, as long as he didn’t perform well, they’d criticize that Zhang Hao was not up to standard, wanting him expelled from the Lakers.
But hoping to see a player who could surpass Grant Hill, they are full of anticipation for Zhang Hao.
As the game progressed, fans were infected by Zhang Hao’s strong personal charm on the court.
Really, if you talk about Zhang Hao playing excellently... defensively, apart from rim protection, every switch to Grant Hill was beaten.
Offensively, 2 of 5 shots, not great either.
Yet Zhang Hao’s impact on the game was visible, as long as Zhang Hao played firmly, even if he missed, he had a strong presence.
Watching Zhang Hao calmly sit on the bench, some fans felt the loss to the Spurs wasn’t necessarily Zhang Hao’s fault?
Looking at stats or watching live broadcasts, some things are hard to reflect, like Zhang Hao’s commitment, his traits of motivating teammates on the court, truly visually apparent!
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Returning from the timeout, the Lakers switched to a lineup with Sedale-Srte, Anthony Peeler, George Lynch, Sibaros, Campbell.
Pistons switched to a lineup with Lynch Hunt, Alan Houston, Grant Hill, Terry Mills, Ratliff.
Both teams strengthened their defense, switching to slower lineups.
On defense, Lakers clearly held the advantage, Campbell gave Ratliff a lesson in defensive play under the basket.
The offensive coordination with this Lakers lineup is also good, Sedale-Srte’s ball distribution was excellent.
Unfortunately, Anthony Peeler missed two wide-open threes, too long not playing as a starter, unable to fully adapt in recent games, occasionally too excited when given opportunities leading to unsteady shots.
