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Chapter 52 You mean we play without brains in the NBA?

When Zheng Long returned to the field with his trousers in his hands, an audience man wearing orange sunglasses waved at him.

"Shoot more, little Zhengzi, are you still asleep?"

Faced with such a friendly address, Zheng Long was stunned for a moment. This fashionable old man looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Little Nance looked at Zheng Long in surprise, "This is Nicholson, the famous Oscar winner, we have been diehard fans of the Lakers for decades!"

Oh, it was him!

Zheng Long returned the greeting in a friendly manner, and Xiao Nance said with a look of envy, "Nicholson is very cold. When Kobe was still around, he would only say hello to Kobe."

"After all, he is a fan who watched from the showtime period. Except for superstars, we young players are completely worthless in front of him."

"I didn't expect him to take the initiative to greet you. It seems that your performance has won his approval. Maybe he will ask you to make a movie."

Entering Hollywood?Interesting.

If it's an extremely embarrassingly bad movie like James' "Space Jam 2", forget it, and having some passionate scenes with Hollywood actresses is within the scope of my acceptance.

The game continues.

The wolf cubs played very aggrieved at the beginning, and now they are full of anger, and they are eager to hit a strong response.

But it's not that easy.

The current ability of the Lakers to block the outside line is outrageous and terrifying. Oladipo, Zheng Long, and Butler are almost all defensive ceilings in various positions.

Although Oladipo has not yet evolved to the level of the best first defense and steal king in the future, he already has the embryonic form of an outside blocker.

Oladipo, who is only 1 meters tall, has a terrifying long arm of 93 meters. Coupled with his active defensive attitude, Rubio feels like someone is pinching his neck when he holds the ball.

Well, I can't play, so throw the ball to LaVine.

LaVine: Do you want to see who is guarding me?

LaVine faced Butler, who had switched defenses with Zheng Long. Facing Butler's aggressive lateral movement and defensive predictions, LaVine couldn't rush at all and could only float outside looking for opportunities to shoot.

Butler is good at poking people where they hurt.

"Hey boy, aren't you the slam dunk king?"

"Rush up!"

"Deduct one for everyone to see!"

LaVine couldn't stand the nagging, and made a yes sign in front of Butler.

"Yeah, not only am I the slam dunk king, I've got two, and that's something you'll never get."

Faced with LaVine's counterattack, Butler laughed out loud, with a face full of indifference.

"The slam dunk king is not an honor in my heart. Those online celebrity dunk videos on Youtube are better than the current NBA dunk contest."

It is different from the excitement of LaVine against Butler.

The matchup between Zheng Long and Wiggins here is a bit boring. Zheng Long has almost no desire to shoot, but at the same time, he has paid 100% focus on the defensive end.

But still almost lost half of his body when Wiggins rushed up.

But that's all.

This is why Zheng Long and Butler took the initiative to switch defenses.

On talent alone.

In the entire Timberwolves, even the NBA, and even in the long history, Azui's talent ranks first at the small forward position, whether it is dynamic or static talent.

身高2米01，臂展2米13，站立摸高2米72，拥有极为恐怖的持球冲击速度。

Before entering the NBA, fans even nicknamed him "Maple Leaf Jordan".

"Jordan" never named the unknown.

Just look at the future Van Jordan. Together with the team, he directly overturned the rule of the Warriors and scattered the Galacticos.

For Wiggins, playing in the NBA is a job. As long as he works a little bit in each game and performs well, he can get a stable salary.

It's pretty simple.

Because since high school, no one can stop me when I want to score or rush up.

At the time, some media even called Wiggins the best high school student after James.At that time, ESPN also reported that Wiggins' vertical jump height reached 1.12 meters, which surpassed Michael Jordan and McGrady at their peak.

Originally Wiggins thought that after coming to the NBA, everything would be different, but it turned out that he just played in a different place. This is the role of top talent.

You don't have to work too hard on those skills and shots, as long as you pick up the ball and hit the basket, you can score.

The money in the NBA is really good.

Wiggins thought so.

He has even planned for himself the route for the next 20 years, just play like this for [-] seasons, save enough money, and he won't have to work for the rest of his life.

But today, Maple Leaf Jordan met the "real Jordan".

Wiggins couldn't believe that the bald man next to him could keep up with his speed and withstand his impact.

The first quarter of the game is coming to an end, and he hasn't scored yet, Wiggins is very anxious.

This means that in order to achieve today's scoring "KPI", more efforts must be made in the last three quarters.

This is the same as overtime for Wiggins.

is a pain.

The Timberwolves can't play outside at all, so they can only send more of the ball to Towns.

Although Jokic has shown spirituality and versatility in terms of offense and organization, Jokic still has a long way to go on the defensive end.

After gradually becoming familiar with Jokic's defensive habits, Towns has been able to send the basketball into the basket after playing back.

And don't look at Towns as a big man, in terms of athletic ability, he is the top center in the league.

He was even able to get the ball into the basket from outside the three-point line to complete a dunk in an offensive-defensive transition.

At this point, the little fat man couldn't keep up.

And Jokic likes to be lazy, and when he can't run, he starts to walk.

Walton on the sidelines also discovered this and began to record in his small notebook.

What I have to do now is to quickly find out the situation of each new team member.

This little fat man brought him many surprises in this game, but at the same time, he also exposed many small problems.

Fortunately, Towns was struggling to support and stood up at the critical moment. When the first quarter ended, the Lakers 28:23 Timberwolves, and the Timberwolves did not allow the Lakers to continue to expand their lead.

Of course, this is also due to the relatively low tacit understanding among the players of the Lakers.

During the transition between offense and defense, the tacit understanding among the players was not enough to launch a smooth and quick counterattack, resulting in many quick counterattack rounds turning into positional warfare.

In the second quarter, the Lakers' offensive problems began to be exposed more.

When the Timberwolves' players became familiar with the Lakers' simple pick-and-roll tactics, they worked hard to cut off the connection between the players.

Without complex and effective tactics as a support, the Lakers players began to fight on their own.

Whoever gets the ball will play it!

This caused the Lakers' offensive efficiency to become extremely inefficient. The efficiency of Butler and Oladipo was not high, but now it is even lower.

It almost takes them two or three shots to get the ball into the basket once.

With 4 minutes left in the second quarter, Towns made a sudden three-pointer and finally helped the Timberwolves tie the score.

The two teams tied with 41 points!

Walton called a timeout.

The Lakers fans at the scene couldn't sit still, this is a dangerous signal.

A question popped up in the minds of all fans.

What about Zheng Long?
Why is it that Zheng Long is invisible this time?
In fact, up to now, Zheng Long has done a very good job, 100 shots, 8% hits, 2 points, 1 assists, 1 block and [-] steal.

For any player, scoring such statistics in less than halftime is definitely worthy of praise.

But when it was Zheng Long, the Lakers fans couldn't accept it.

After all, this man's first six games were too dazzling!

And now, with an average of nearly 40 points per game, he is sitting on the top of the scoring list.

The leading scorer is almost at the end of the half, and only took four shots? !
The fans don't care about your new lineup or training, winning is the only thing the fans care about.

The fans were talking.

"What's the matter, why did Zheng Long wither?"

"Did the rookie wall come so fast?"

"It can't be that Zheng Long is having conflicts with his new teammates, why can't he catch the ball!"

"Give that ball to Zheng Long!"

The atmosphere at home has become very subtle, and the Lakers players on the benches have lost the joyful atmosphere of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, on the offensive end, everyone played very depressed, uncomfortable, and not smooth.

What Walton can do is to say as many details as possible, but this cannot solve the problems on the court.

Zheng Long stood up with a smile on his lips, but Butler and others looked up at him.

"When you feel difficult, just give me the ball."

For the first time, the players did not understand the meaning of these words, and many frowned.

Zheng Long continued to add, "It's the ball you can't hit, I'll hit it. The ball you can't pass, pass it to me. The ball you think you can't score, I will score."

When Zheng Long said these words, he didn't have any expression, his words were plain, but full of undoubted taste.

Before coming to the team, these new players knew that Zheng Long was the leader of the Lakers team, but secretly, no one was convinced.

Even Butler, who was killed by Zheng Long in the last game, is the same.

What is the boss?

Boss, you bear the brunt when the team needs someone to stand up, you can do what others can't, you can lead us to win, this is the boss!

But Zheng Long is too low-key. These days, he is low-key like a drinking fountain player in the team.

The players have already forgotten that they are here to assist Zheng Long.

Now, when the team is at an impasse.

Zheng Long took the initiative to stand up.

The players' expressions were uncertain and their thoughts were different. Ingram and Nance Jr. took the initiative to speak out and respond.

In the hearts of the two, Zheng Long has long been the boss of the team.

Wharton next to him felt a lot more at ease.

You kid finally came back to life, I almost thought your game was going to be a mess!

The timeout was quickly over and the players were back on the court.

Oladipo still held the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and Rubio came to press.

Since the score was tied, the Timberwolves' players were more active in defense.

Rubio got stuck on Oladipo's breakthrough route. After trying to break through several times, they all ended in failure.

Oladipo could only send the ball to Butler who came to meet him at the top of the arc, and then slipped into the three-point line to attract the defense.

Because Oladipo wasted too much offensive time.

Butler quickly called Jokic's pick-and-roll cover, and the two scored a lot of points through this "Chiba" pick-and-roll in the first quarter.

But in the second quarter, it was already a bit difficult.Towns and LaVine switched defenses very quickly. Towns firmly stuck to Butler's breakthrough route and marked Jokic's breakthrough, while LaVine would not have any chance for Jokic to make a three-pointer.

The situation is the same this time.

Watch as the countdown lights up on the round timer.

Butler had to bite the bullet and rush in with the ball, and Towns was ready to interfere and block the shot. If nothing else happened, the Lakers would lose this ball again.

Just when Towns thought Butler was about to shoot, Butler passed the ball to Zheng Long in the bottom corner with both hands.

When he saw Butler gave up his shot and threw the ball towards him, Zheng Long secretly cursed Farke.

Because there are only 4 seconds left in the round countdown!
After Zheng Long received the pass, he held the ball with both hands and put on a three-threat pose.

Facing Wiggins, he suddenly took a tentative step forward, and then, before Wiggins adjusted his center of gravity, he took a step back and directly pulled out his hand.

Wiggins' palm almost covered Zheng Long's face.

Swish!
The red light of the round timer lights up.

Basketball hit the net.

Lakers 43:41 Timberwolves.

"Zheng Long successfully sent the ball into the basket before the attack timed out!"

"It was a crazy shot!"

"The Lakers' offense did not have the smoothness of the first quarter. They wasted too much time. Fortunately, Butler found the right end point in the end!"

Zheng Long breathed a sigh of relief after scoring the goal himself. It was too extreme, but it was worth it.

Butler licked his lips, ran over to give Zheng Long a high-five, and said nothing.

When Oladipo and others returned to defense, their eyes could not help looking at Zheng Long.

The buzzer goal just now impressed them deeply.

This man, just as he promised just now, successfully completed the "dumping pot"!
Another Lakers offense followed.

Jokic hit Towns with his back inside, and Gummy Bear finally got hard again. This time he managed to find a point of focus, so that Jokic could only circle in place, and it was difficult for him to get half a step closer to the basket.

Seeing that the offensive time of the round entered the countdown and the pass path was cut off by the Timberwolves players, Jokic could only shoot against Towns's arms raised high.

For fear of being blocked, the arc of the ball was too high, and instead of entering the basket, it bounced on the front edge of the basket and bounced again.

At this time, Jokic was firmly stuck outside the penalty area by Towns. There was no chance to win this board, and Jokic turned around and prepared to return to defense.

then.

I saw a figure, suddenly stepped on the penalty area line, took off directly, bounced the basketball hard with both hands, and smashed it back to the basket.

Yes, just smash it back!
Zheng Long realized that the goal was difficult to score when Jokic made a shot, so he quickly slipped to the bottom line and killed it before Zui Ge could react.

Bang! ! !
"Ohhhh, my gosh!"

"From Zheng Longdi's two-handed attack, two-handed dunk!"

"It's a good thing Towns didn't take a step forward, otherwise he would have become Zheng Long's background board!"

Zheng Long's supplementary dunk this time made the Staples Arena restless, and the fans cheered!
"The Yellow Mamba is back!!!"

"Look at this violent dunk, this is the Zheng Long we are familiar with!"

"You can always trust Zheng Long!"

In these two rounds, the Lakers' offense was not smooth.

But in the end they were all finished by Zheng Long.

Jokic's eyes turned into copper bells. He didn't expect that the No. 23 bald man would play so violently.

The height that this kid just jumped up is simply frightening.I have never seen such a jumping player on the court!

Jokic: "Hi Zheng Long, are you black?"

Zheng Long didn't expect to help Jokic make a tip-up, but he scolded himself.

Jokic: "I mean your athletic ability is simply too good, not like a yellow person at all."

"How did you practice, take me with you!"

Zheng Long replied with a serious face: "First of all, you have to quit Coke."

Jokic said without any hesitation, "I choose to give up."

Although Zheng Long failed to make Jokic his second little brother, but this time, he succeeded in making Jokic take the initiative to talk to him.

This is a positive signal.

Thibodeau already felt that something was wrong, and Zheng Long seemed to be alive!

The Timberwolves players may ignore Zheng Long because of their presence, but Thibodeau will not.

Only a silly coach would ignore a scoring champion who averaged close to 40 points per game.

Thibodeau on the sidelines could see very clearly that today's Zheng Long was in the first half of the first quarter and the second quarter, but he simply had a low desire to make shots.

Because someone in the current Lakers can stand up and help him share the offensive pressure.

"Come on, Andrew! Keep an eye on one-on-one!"

Thibodeau can only pin his hopes on Wiggins, but soon, Thibodeau tasted the broken hope.

for the rest of the second quarter.

The Lakers continued the offensive situation just now, and played a wave of 14:6 offensive climax together.

When the players gradually began to discover that Zheng Long's ability to "back up" was so strong, they completely let go of their offense.

If you really can't deal with the earth, you will hand it over to Zheng Long.

Dare to vote and pass!

Especially Jokic, in the last offensive round of the second quarter, holding the ball to support at the top of the arc, playfully blinked at Zheng Long in the bottom corner, and then looked at the basket.

When Zheng Long frowned and wondered what the little fat man was doing, Jokic had already called for a pick-and-roll to pull out Nance Jr. who was still in the penalty area.

Jokic then tosses the ball toward the backboard.

This ball was thrown a bit casually.

"Fake!"

Zheng Long cursed, but he had to move his feet, and rushed towards the penalty area. At this time, there was no one in the penalty area. Zheng Long took off vigorously, catching the moon in the air, and took off the basketball that almost missed the backboard with one hand. .

then.

Just like throwing a shot put, in the air, the single-arm smashing action was completed.

Bang! ! !
After the basketball smashed into the basket, it bounced straight to the floor, and then ejected and took off towards the auditorium!

The audience was shocked!

You must know that there is a net under the basket to buffer the basketball. Zheng Long's shot of the moon in the air plus a one-handed tomahawk dunk.

It's outrageous!

"Gooooooal!!! Jokic and Zheng Long complete an alley-oop dunk!"

"Zheng Long picked up the basketball almost at the top of the backboard, my God!"

"Zheng Crazy came back in the second half of the second quarter!"

"Obviously, this new Lakers team has already played their tacit understanding! Tonight they are bound to win 7 consecutive victories!"

"At halftime, the Lakers regained the lead 55 to 47!"

The Lakers home commentator is excited!
And this time.

Jokic spread his hands and looked at Butler beside him, and said, "I just want to know how good his athletic ability is. I didn't expect it to be so outrageous."

Butler looked at Jokic in shock, and said, "Little fat man, I found that you have a lot of eyes! You didn't throw the ball like that on purpose, did you?"

Jokic shook his head guiltily, "No, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

"So you're going to admit that your throw sucks?"

"fart!"

"So you did it on purpose!"

"All right!"

Jokic raised his hands in surrender, smiled like a child, blinked, and looked at Zheng Long who was going to the player's bench to get a towel.

"I just wanted to see how far he could go. After all, he was the one who proposed to be a scavenger."

"Scavenger?"

This is an unfamiliar vocabulary for Butler.

Jokic explained: "That's the nickname I gave him, like a cleaner, who can handle those difficult moments on the court and finish."

Butler was silent for a while, and gave Jokic a thumbs up.

"I found that your brain is really flexible."

Jokic laughed, poked his temple, and said, "In Europe, we all have to rely on our brains to play basketball."

"You mean we play without brains in the NBA?"

"Fak, I found out why you like to argue so much. In our Serbia, you are the most suitable person to go to the construction site to raise arguments!"

　Good evening little bosses!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)