183. There is no difficulty in the world(1/2)
It's really too special!
It is recognized that he has a good talent in basketball. If he can perform like this at the age of 19, who would say that Zhang Hao is not talented, even his black fans think that this person is in a bad state.
Work hard, focus... my teammates are already used to these aspects.
But in terms of analysis ability, Zhang Hao gave the Magician, James Worthy and others a feeling that was too exaggerated.
What the two of them can do is to try their best to pass on their experience to Zhang Hao and help Zhang Hao make progress.
After an afternoon of preparation, the next day, the second day of the Lakers and Kings series was here.
The schedule for the first round of the playoffs is very simple. There is only one day off between the first three games, and there is two days off between the third and fourth games. Because the 5-game 3-win schedule is possible to end the series in 3 games, so the schedule is very compact.
Last night, there were 4 groups of series games in the second game, including the Supersonics, Suns, Knicks and Cavaliers' series games in the United States... Zhang Hao didn't watch it. He was still thinking about his playing style before going to bed last night, but on today's game day, he no longer struggled.
Some things can only be verified after being matched and know whether the adjustment is effective.
Calm, focus, know how to make choices, and make decisions resolutely. This is a habit he has developed over the past year.
After getting up this morning, he returned to his usual mentality and read the report of the four games last night.
The Bulls gave the Heat the second massacre, 106 to 75, which was simply cruel!
"Boss Qiao is irritating the Heat for two consecutive losses in the last moment! Hey... If it were in the original time and space, would Boss Qiao be even more angry? They lost one or two more games at the end of the season and failed to make the playoffs with 9 losses...
Rounding around, Boss Qiao is making a profit!"
In the second game, David Robinson played better. With his accurate performance of 7 mid-range shots in a single game, he changed his style of playing to support him at a high position. He scored 23 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 block, helping the Spurs narrowly defeat the Trail Blazers 104-97, stabilizing the situation and not falling behind 0-2 at home.
"If you leave this situation to Zhaba, Zhaba has to release more videos on its own initiative... Oh, you have to be so frustrated that you don't want to play basketball..."
The Knicks continued to play with the Cavaliers at home in the second home court, and the two teams were equally strong. In the end, when they were 1 point behind, Knicks defender Derek Harper made a mid-range shot, and the Cavaliers missed the final three-pointer. The Knicks narrowly defeated the Cavaliers 82-81, and tied the big score to 2-0.
The Supersonics defeated the Suns 101-87 and tied the big score to 2-0. Kemp's performance in the playoffs was really nothing to say, and he couldn't get it. The data of 29 points, 17 rebounds and 4 steals was comparable to Barkley with 34 points and 12 rebounds. Barkley's super strong personal offense was offset, and the rest of the Suns were completely abused by the Supersonics.
"Kamp is really good in the playoffs. Why do people say that Griffin is an enhanced version of him? It's better to play more skilled and play more easily?
But the pace of the first round is too fast…”
Seeing that the Bulls and Knicks easily got the match point, the Bulls were fine, but Zhang Hao didn't believe that the Heat would have a slight chance of winning the Bulls once this season in the playoffs. However, with the Knicks and the Cavaliers, Zhang Hao, whether it was from his own feeling of watching the game, the feeling of fighting, or from media analysis, he believed that the two teams were similar in strength.
But after being beaten by a quasi-winning victory, the Cavaliers were already on the verge of elimination. In my memory, Zhang Hao, who was used to the 7-game 4-win system in the first round, felt a little uncomfortable.
In this fast-paced first round, if a team experiences psychological fluctuations and performs poorly, it is likely to be taken away directly by one wave.
Judging from the previous two games, the Cavaliers, the league's first defense, should be comparable to the Knicks even if the offensive end is poor, but now, the Cavaliers are very likely to be swept.
If it is a 4-win system in 7 games, 0-2 is definitely not that pressure.
However, if the side behind really wins, it is possible to turn around for 3 consecutive games, and there will be no despair as if it is 0-3 behind.
In other words, whether it is a crush or a wave of turnaround, the probability is far higher than the 4 wins in the future!
After analyzing it, Zhang Hao felt that each had his own advantages. The current first round rules are obviously more exciting. If you really fall behind 0-2 and complete a 3-2 reversal, as a fan, you will be very excited to see this situation!
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The extra training yesterday afternoon was actually the first time Zhang Hao went to the stadium and asked various questions from experienced players in the team, and called James Worthy for advice.
In addition to making his teammates admire him, that kind of enthusiasm also brought additional pressure and impatience, which made Van Exel unable to help but suggest that the coaching staff start training in advance, and it was really training.
And this morning, Zhang Hao's calmness, which was completely different from yesterday, after he arrived at the stadium, also led his teammates to gradually calm down.
It is indeed quite stressful. Not only Zhang Hao, but his teammates also feel that they may be the best team in history to win 65. Among the 60-win teams in NBA history, it may be difficult to find someone weaker than them.
If it weren't for the 20 wins and 1 loss, based on the winning rate before and after this super performance, they would definitely not have won 60 wins, let alone 65 wins.
The Lakers' mentality is rare now, with 65 wins. What the coaching staff is doing is not studying the teams that compete for the championship to win, but is still trying to cultivate a "campus culture".
It can be said that the Lakers never expected them to win 65 wins from top to bottom.
The Lakers' public opinion environment is actually quite good. They won 65 wins, but no media has covered the "pressure for the championship" on them.
The media analyze their shortcomings and completely regard them as ordinary playoff teams. Such a public opinion environment is simply too easy for a 65-win team.
Therefore, although they feel that the pressure is quite high, it is not too great to be able to withstand the scope of their tolerance.
Their pressure and goals are consistent, and it is very simple to avoid being blackmailed.
The goal is not high, and the pressure is actually good. In the mind of the Lakers, the current goals and pressure can be achieved and solved, so Zhang Hao's calmness can easily make his teammates calm.
After calm, focused, and targeted tactics prepared for the battle, at 6:40 pm, Zhang Hao and his teammates entered the stadium together.
Today, Zhang Hao was very satisfied with his teammates' condition. Although he was almost upset by a 39-win team in the first game, they became more focused because of the pressure brought by their opponents.
This is a good thing. Although I won the first game, because of the Kings' performance in the first three quarters of the first game, Zhang Hao no longer regards the Kings as an opponent who can win at will... eh?
After Zhang Hao and his teammates entered the court, they saw the Kings players who appeared in the booing voice and found that the opponent had lost the urge to write on their faces from the beginning of the last game!
The Kings' motivation of the one-stop was not continued until it declined again, as if they had lost a game and collapsed directly.
The most obvious person made Zhang Hao directly feel that among the Kings players whose Kings' mentality has collapsed, it was Teus Edney, who was of the same class.
The other party's face no longer had the idea of trying to fuck someone in the last game, and it seemed that he had lost his belief?
This is exactly the case.
It is always difficult for people to empathize with. When Edney saw Zhang Hao, he thought of his best efforts with his teammates in the last game. He worked hard to compete with the Lakers in the first three quarters. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, it seemed that he had a sudden chance, but the man in front of him exploded, and the efforts of the Kings were wasted.
There is no longer the kind of temptation to give a try before the last game, no longer the active discussion before the last game...
A hint of confusion appeared on Zhang Hao's face that had been indifferent for a season.
The magician guessed that the Kings' chances of this would happen. He paid attention to Zhang Hao's expression changes since entering the court and found that Zhang Hao was quite sensitive to the changes in the Kings' fighting spirit.
The magician came to Zhang Hao and twisted his waist: "Aix, it's normal, but they may also play more freely and shoot better because they don't have too much desire to win? Basketball is round, everything can happen. What we have to do is very simple, don't be careless, don't underestimate the opponent..."
"Mr. Johnson, I won't be careless, but where are their resilience and tenacity?" The confusion on Zhang Hao's face dissipated, he returned to his cold face, and asked out the confusion.
Although he could understand Zhang Hao's idea, the magician still felt that his rookie had a little bit of a beating.
If the magician knew, he would translate what Zhang Hao said when he heard, and it felt like Zhang Hao was asking why not eat meat?
However, after he won the FMVP in his rookie season, he encountered this situation for a long time, and his mentality was similar to Zhang Hao.
The boss of his team at that time called Jabbar, a man who was an introverted man who would not even have the idea of solving his doubts.
The magician found that he seemed to have become very accustomed to the current spiritual leader and locker room leader.
After hearing Zhang Hao's confusion, the magician replied: "Aix, not everyone wants to be the best one like you, not everyone has the talent to be the best one like you.
Every player has his own role. The longer the player plays, the more he can understand his positioning and know what role he should play in the basketball world.
Richmond is very tenacious, and the team he leads has always been tenacious, but he never had the chance to be the best one. He is just a superstar in Sacramento."
When Zhang Hao heard this description, he nodded and suddenly asked, "Mr. Johnson, what about you?"
"Me?" The magician looked at Zhang Hao and showed a warm smile: "I am the big winner! I am the champion!"
After the answer, the magician waited for Zhang Hao to respond, but what he heard was not anything he could think of, but
Zhang Hao suddenly changed his mind: "The Kings players are very smart."
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"Nothing is difficult in the world. As long as you are willing to give up, thank you, Mr. Johnson, I understand."
After Zhang Hao said that, he walked onto the court, took a ball, and went to shoot with a hot shot.
"???" It was the magician's turn to be confused.
What? As we talked, our rookie became more confident? And why did this confidence sound so strange?
The magician recalled that what he said did not lead in this regard!
"What does it mean to give up? What did he understand?"
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Sometimes it’s so simple to lose confidence. The Lakers never expected that after the opponent’s home court, the opponent seemed to give up...
Richmond is indeed a tenacious player like a rock. Even if he suffers a serious injury to destroy his athletic ability, he is a tenacious fighter.
From the early sports-style play to changing to tonnage power + technology play after a major injury, he has maintained the strength of a top star. After a major injury, he was selected for the second team and won the All-Star MVP, but he has always been in a very unlucky way.
Richmond's teammates are not really strong. The TMC combination back then made people feel that the future is limitless, but it is even more inexplicable than Dallas 3J. The Warriors traded Richmond for some reason. If they want to be inside, it would be reasonable. The Warriors' inside was indeed a scumbag, but it was indeed a small forward who exchanged for Richmond. After the Warriors' trading, the inside was still scumbag, and the super firepower of the outside was weakened.
In the first game of the series with the Lakers, Richmond inspired his teammates' fighting spirit and tried to replicate the Nuggets' performance, but was defeated by Zhang Hao in the final quarter and directly lost his fighting spirit.
The gap between 26 wins is really too big!
Unlike the last game, although the Kings still worked very hard in this game, they were only behind 0-1, but the enthusiasm for fighting to the end was gone.
In this game, Zhang Hao was still in the adaptation stage. During the game, his playing style was very clear. He focused on defending the opponent's point guard. When it came to the rotation stage, he actively protected the frame, grabbed the position, and grabbed the board. From the beginning, he focused on these aspects and found opportunities to fight back.
However, the game was not as anxious as the last game. After the third quarter, the Lakers led the Kings by more than 20 points 78-53.
In the last quarter, Zhang Hao did not play again. After playing 29 minutes in the first three quarters, he scored 15 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.
Very good performance, and the turnover was better controlled than the previous game.
In the end, the score was frozen at 98-82. The Lakers stepped onto the court with the mentality of "never be blacked out of eight" and ended up with an easy victory.
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To be continued...