"I didn't expect you to play in the Lakers. How about it? The seaside city feels good, right?"

“I went to high school here.”

"…You are such an unlovable novices."

Mo Ning said that, but it was rare to smile at his opponent before the game, patted Zhang Hao on the shoulder, and then returned to the Heat's bench.

I only said a few words in total, but it was already very good. Most of the time, Mo Ning didn't speak much in the game and talked less to his opponents.

Today is when he is going to say hello to the magician before the game, and by the way, he will chat with Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao said even less, so he only said one sentence.

Mo Ning returned to his bench and looked at the rookie who talked less from the other side, feeling a little regretful, but he also breathed a sigh of relief.

It is not something Mo Ning wants to do to take the initiative to make friends with other team stars after listening to Pat Riley's words.

Now that Zhang Hao is coming to Los Angeles to play, it is impossible for him to choose to join the Heat because he wants to change the city with a better environment. He doesn't have to do anything like this, but Mo Ning is quite happy.

A few more words to talk to Zhang Hao is about your appetite. Mo Ning himself is the kind of person who is serious in public... However, that rookie is not only serious in public, but also has few private chats.

Although it is very polite, it is just love to end the topic, and it seems that there is no idea of ​​in-depth communication at all.

Putting aside his personality appreciation, Mo Ning's performance towards Zhang Hao after the season is in-depth, I don't know how to describe it.

Progress is rapid!

He watched the game between the Lakers and Jazz and compared it with Zhang Hao's huge progress in many aspects at the beginning of the season.

What he admires the most is Zhang Hao’s hard steel Malone scene. If you want to say which players are not afraid of Malone… He Mo Ning is one of them, and he dares to use an iron elbow to see who is more tough.

On the other side, Zhang Hao looked at the player detection report of the players opposite and recalled the Heat's scout report. As the season deepened, the Heat had truly had the shadow of the Iron Blood Legion.

However, the offense is too bad, with averaging points per game controlled at around 93 points, and the average score is not as high as averaging points per game.

The Jazz and Pacers, the two Rhythm Grinding Teams led by Sloan and Larry Brown, are not as slow as the Heat. The tactics of the two teams have multiple rhythms to change, but the strongest part is Rhythm Grinding Teams.

And the Heat... looking at the oily head opposite who created the showtime era, before this season, no one would have thought the Heat would play like this.

"Alonzo Mooning, ability evaluation is 95... Average 23.5 points, 11 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.9 blocks per game..."

This season, the league center performance ranked fourth in the individual performance. O'Neal has not found its form yet after his comeback. Mourning has temporarily become one of the four best centers.

The fans at the scene didn't care about the Heat. The Heat have played 33 games, 15 wins and 18 losses, ranking tenth in the Eastern Conference. For such an opponent, Lakers fans are not very enthusiastic, and they are not even as enthusiastic as the 76ers team, which is the same rookie Starkhouse, who was the same rookie Zhang Hao.

At 7:58 pm, Zhang Hao came to the technical desk to apply magnesium powder.

Today he was very happy. He met several inside superstars in succession, and those inside superstars were targeting him, not that he was targeting him on the court, but as a rookie, he felt honored.

But in terms of attitude, it is not very friendly.

But Mo Ning is very friendly today, and Zhang Hao is happy about this.

Just when Zhang Hao was about to play with magnesium powder, the scene suddenly became restless. In the back of the technical station, Zhang Hao was about to apply magnesium powder and raised his head to look. A large group of fans stood up in unison, and there were probably hundreds or thousands of people!

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Zhang Hao looked around and nothing happened! The other players of the two teams were also surprised to see the group of people standing up. Not only the players, but also the other fans around were also surprised.

What happened?

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Hao saw thousands of fans brushing together... making a shot put action!

The people who saw this scene were stunned for a moment, and then the scene was boiling!

Cheers, laughter, cheers... one after another!

Many fans followed suit and made the shot put action, and the scene became more lively.

Many players on the Lakers are already laughing.

Because Zhang Hao's way of joining the Lakers was quite special, he exchanged for a quasi-All-Star guard and a top chip with All-Star center strength. When they saw Zhang Hao's beautiful mid-range shot, they were also surprised and funny, but no one said this in front of Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao played better and better later. Seeing that Zhang Hao scored more and more three-pointers, he became accustomed to it over time and didn't find it that funny.

But tonight, the "shot put show" led by thousands of fans was the magician who took the lead in laughing wildly, and the others could no longer control themselves and followed suit.

The opponent has been laughing even more!

Zhang Hao's central investment and three-point viewing are at two extremes. After he became popular, he has become something that others often teased.

As for Zhang Hao's side, he was stunned. After a while, a sentence of Chinese came out—

"Damn... the posture is even more standard than mine!"

...

It is really rare to play against the Heat, the Lakers' home court is so lively.

Jerry Bass, who hasn't been to watch the game live for a long time, smiled and said, "Logo-man, when was the last time we had any regular season fans so enthusiastic?"

The logo man glanced at the greasy man on the other party’s bench, was silent for a moment, and responded: “showtime.”

"Yes, do you think I can still see such a grand occasion?"

The loneliness in the boss's tone made the logo man feel very sad. He knew how much this boss loved basketball. Back then, the boss bought the Lakers with almost all his wealth and tried his best to recruit him back as the general manager. Although he relied on his own skills to this day, it still gave the logo man a favor.

"Of course, it's coming soon."

On the court, the game has begun.

The Lakers did not have an advantage in the opening stage!

The Heat have suppressed the rhythm from the beginning and polished the defense. The Lakers' strategy of using the fast pace in positional warfare to disrupt the opponent's positional warfare defense when preparing for the battle failed to work.

In the second half of the first quarter, in order to stabilize the situation, Del Harris replaced the offensive lineup first and replaced the combination of Sedale Sreet, Anthony Pierre, Doug Christie, George Lynch and Campbell to make a while.

Logo Men exchanged Cebaros for Doug Christie. The initial plan was not to use Doug Christie to strengthen the defense. In the ultimate bad team like the Raptors, although Doug Christie's defense was very good, his defense was not noticed, because the overall defense of the Raptors was too bad, and a defender could not support the defense at all.

Although it was an accident, Doug Christie's addition gave the Lakers a complete defensive lineup. Except for Sedale Sreet, only an average level of 74 defense, Anthony Pierre, the other four players' worst defense, all have 79 defenses.

This gives Del Harris more room to adjust.

After the first quarter, the Lakers trailed the Heat 15-19 and entered the quarter break by 4 points.

It was about to play again. I was trying hard to observe the opponent's defense. Zhang Hao clapped his hands and quickly reviewed the opponent's defense in the first quarter again.

It felt very different from the time I met in the early stage of the season!

"The magical calculator is really amazing. With the Heat's broken lineup, he has really improved the defensive continuity in less than half a season!"

Del Harris did not make adjustments to the offensive tactical style, but emphasized that he should take action resolutely.

In the Heat's high-intensity defense, it is very important to feel and seize fleeting opportunities.

The feel of the hand cannot be controlled, so you can only trust the players; and if you seize the opportunity, you have to be decisive.

...

The referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the second quarter, and because Zhang Hao lost to Mo Ning after jumping the ball, the Lakers attacked in this quarter.

The starting small forward, rotational center, Zhang Hao's position movement is always magical.

"At least, it's better than those starting center rotations to play shooting guards..."

After Zhang Hao and Van Exel advanced to the frontcourt, they took Cote Thomas to the middle distance of the left bottom line.

Jason Williams restrained Morning on the other side of the three-second zone, Doug Christie restrained Billy Owens from outside the 45-degree three-point line on the same side of Zhang Hao, and Anthony Pierre was defended by Coles, and Van Exel was closely linked by Rex Chapman.

After about two months, Cote Thomas has secured the position of the Heat's main power forward, averaging 25 minutes of playing time to score 9.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 0.7 steals and 0.7 blocks, becoming the leader of the second-level power forward in the eyes of the media.

Seeing Zhang Hao's movement, Cote Thomas knew what the other party wanted to do - and wanted to bully him again!

You must not let this guy underestimate me!

Cott Thomas roared in his heart and tried to interfere with Zhang Hao's catch-up with rough confrontation.

However, when Cott Thomas pressed up and collided with Zhang Hao's arm that was pushing out for the position, he felt like he was getting stuck with Mo Ning. He was pushed by Mo Ning's arm, and he couldn't stop leaning back and took a step back.

pain!

The card slots were all pushed back!

Here comes! This scene is here again! The fans at the scene began to cheer loudly!

Before Cott Thomas could react, Zhang Hao had already hit Cott Thomas again after receiving the lob of Van Exel.

Just three moves! Zhang Hao quickly hit a series of collisions, hitting Cote Thomas three times in a row and crashing into the three-second zone!

Mo Ning was originally waiting for the best time to attack, but it took several seconds before he could push Cott Thomas into the three-second zone. This time he quickly knocked Cott Thomas into the basket. Mo Ning didn't have time to react, and Zhang Hao had already turned over and made a close jump shot!

Seeing the ball hit, Zhang Hao wanted to shout - Jason, thank you!

Although he said he didn't want it, Jason Williams could not resist his physical instinct in the end... No, it was the arrangement of the coaching staff. Yesterday afternoon, I practiced with Zhang Hao for a long time and it was more appropriate to exert force when he was striving.

I was unwilling to be killed today. Del Harris didn't tell him to help Zhang Hao train because there was a game at night and he couldn't stand Zhang Hao's tossing.

More, Zhang Hao is still not doing well, but since his opponent is the Heat and the opponent's power forwards are not tonnage players, he mainly practiced yesterday to the simplest way to carry the opponent into the inside to attract pincer attacks or shoot.

"It's the most comfortable to play center in singles... No! You can't think like this! I'm a forward! Also, I can't keep playing like this. When I play without the ball, the Magician's support is very important to my shooting."

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, Zhang Hao retreated with a cold look on his face.

Seeing that Cott Thomas could not even interfere, Zhang Hao easily turned over and jumped to score, Mo Ning picked up the ball, sent it to Coles, and ran to the frontcourt.
To be continued...