Charles Oakley is not a rookie like Cott Thomas. Cott Thomas is still in his growth stage and just shows such traits. Charles Oakley is the real evil man Pat Riley has trained for many years.

Everyone saw that Zhang Hao wanted to sit and fight with his powerful force that was inconsistent with his body shape, Charles Oakley pushed forward and prepared to perform his small movements... It really didn't work, so he directly brought Zhang Hao down.

We will definitely not give Zhang Hao the dignity of the Knicks with our body!

But just as Charles Oakley was about to clench his thumb with his fist and press his waist, Zhang Hao turned around, which was not very beautiful, and bypassed Charles Oakley!

Why ordinary?

Because Oakley had the opportunity to turn around with just one step, and he judged.

However, because he was too tight, Zhang Hao raised his arm when he turned left, and the iron elbow on his left arm burst into resistance and easily withstand Oakley's movement!

Zhang Hao rushed straight to the basket along the left sideline of the three-second zone, and threw a close shot...

With this move, Zhang Hao felt extremely good! He had never felt such a great layup, which was extremely smooth!

In the rebounding competition between the two at the basket, Zhang Hao's throwing shot hit the hollow!

The teammates felt it was incredible this time.

But these are all the abilities that Zhang Hao has shown in his daily life, but they are not that good.

Teammates believe that Zhang Hao may have used his skills to the extreme in anger.

There is a little bit of a teammate who finds it terrible - the more angry Zhang Hao becomes, the calmer he becomes!

Just one point is the characteristic of Charles Oakley. Zhang Hao made good use of this.

When the Knicks attacked, Zhang Hao scored 4 points in a row at the beginning, and with that blocking and shaking his finger, Ewing was furious.

However, Ewing is Ewing. He can still have the strength of a superstar at the age of 33, so his football quotient is naturally very high.

He decisively chose to go to the basket, temporarily giving up the team attack with him as the starting point, and seeking opportunities for inside singles.

Although Ewing is famous for his shooting, his low post is not bad at all. Compared to Olajuwon, who is more like a small forward, Ewing has always been regarded as a technical template for center players.

Ewing reached the low post, Zhang Hao replaced defense with Charles Oakley. When Charles Oakley gave John Starks a pick-and-roll, Zhang Hao did a good job of switching defense without the ball and did not give the opponent a chance to pass the ball in the low post.

But this is what Ewing wants, and goes all out, displays beautiful low-level footsteps, avoids Campbell's block and hits the board and throws!

It's really amazing!

Zhang Hao just imagine that if he faces Campbell at a low post, it will be difficult for him to complete such an attack.

With comprehensive technology, there are more choices available. Zhang Hao believes that he is not as good as Ewing.

The key is to have self-knowledge, so Zhang Hao is very good at competing. After he arrived at the frontcourt, he continued to run and look for opportunities. He knew that the Knicks were not that easy to deal with. Although his physical strength was temporarily improved tonight, the improvement of his defensive judgment ability allowed him to work harder to defend and his physical strength must be distributed well.

The Magician chose to rely on Anthony Mason, a strong breakthrough and advanced from the middle. Seeing the opponent's three-man in the frontcourt, Zhang Hao, who was going around the bottom line, quickly analyzed what kind of decision he made, what kind of defensive movement the opponent was most likely to have, made a decisive choice, and slipped out of the basket.

Charles Oakley, Ewing, and Anthony Mason Jr. had excellent defense cooperation. Ewing stuck to the basket to defend the Magician directly broke into the inside line to prevent Campbell from eating cake. Charles Oakley directly raised the line after encountering Campbell's pick-and-roll, and changed to the Magician. When Zhang Hao slipped out from the left side of the three-second zone around the baseline, Anthony Mason Jr. quickly pressed up to prevent Zhang Hao from receiving the ball and shooting.

Perfect inside three players to cooperate with the defense!

Zhang Hao did not stop at the middle distance he was best at, and continued to run, and ran to the left side of the top arc!

The Magician's pass was delivered in time!

Anthony Mason Jr. did not follow him out and was able to defend Zhang Hao from taking a step to the three-point line and shoot two points.

Zhang Hao has made a total of 28 three-pointers so far in the rookie season, shot 90 times, and his shooting percentage is less than 33%. Although he has a critical three-pointer, his three-point ability is just average.

Zhang Hao adjusted after receiving the ball, and made a three-pointer with a shot put...

Anthony Mason Jr. immediately retracted the basket. In terms of rebounding ability, he is the best rebounding player in the Knicks team, who has played small forwards for a long time but can average 9+ rebounds per game.

But his shrinkage was in vain!

Just outside the reasonable collision zone, Anthony Mason Jr. saw Zhang Hao pushing out three-point hollow hit!

Zhang Hao saw the ball fall into the basket and blew his hand expressionlessly. He was ecstatic but still retreated indifferently.

This shooting feeling, coupled with the previous turn and throwing shot... Zhang Hao deeply felt how happy it would be after the shooting was improved to the extreme!

I thought of this kind of game... I felt a little regretful, but I didn’t regret it right away. Since I had just such an experience, I would have a good experience and enjoy it!

Also, Zhang Hao felt so comfortable with the Magician's pass! Tonight, even though his strength was temporarily increased to 94 ability evaluation level, he still felt that the Magician's pass gave him great help!

Zhang Hao started with three combos and scored 7 points in two minutes. The Lakers started with a 7-2 wave.

Following the threat from Zhang Hao to start, the Lakers' offense quickly became smooth at the beginning. The Magic handed the ball to Van Exel, responsible for auxiliary control and close hooks.

The Lakers started offensively well.

Zhang Hao did not go to the center position, and the protective frame that he was best at was temporarily lifted and could not be fully displayed.

Ewing made some judgments very keenly and chose to go against Campbell in the interior, using a close-range shot that relies on turning the body and a step-by-step to complete the score. If Zhang Hao retracted from the high position, he would pass the outside line, play very smartly, showing the skills that a superstar with comprehensive offensive skills should have.

However, the Lakers' offense was smooth, and they averaged 107 points per game, which was much better than the Knicks' offense smoothly!

After a period of anxiety about 5 points, Zhang Hao's chance came!

Campbell interfered with Ewing's close shot this time, the Magic grabbed the defensive rebound, and Zhang Hao counterattacked!

The Knicks retreated very quickly and they were ready. Zhang Hao rushed to the frontcourt, Anthony Mason, who was guarding the basket, while Charles Oakley and John Starks were at the middle distance.

Zhang Hao chose to stop outside the three-point line!

Van Exel passed the ball to Zhang Hao without hesitation. Originally, what Van Exel wanted was to cut in and take the defense away and then cooperate with Zhang Hao, but Zhang Hao directly pushed the ball into a shot put three-pointer when he received the ball in the top arc...

Chase yourself and hit a three-pointer!

After just half a quarter of playing, the Lakers have already scored 21 points, and their lead has expanded to 9 points! 21-12, stopping the Knicks!

On the bench of the Knicks, Old Nelson got up and looked at Zhang Hao after calling the timeout... Isn't this the inside he wants?

When he was in the Warriors last season, he wanted to train Donyere Marshall to be such an inside line. Unfortunately, although Donyere Marshall has good combat power, he has average talent.

In the half-quarter, 5 of 6 shots were made, including 2 of 2 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws, Zhang Hao scored 14 points! In the eyes of Old Nelson, this was simply outrageous!

He dares to say that if Jordan stated that he would beat them, he would not be able to start like this!

But this is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that Zhang Hao has the terrifying speed when he counterattacks. His other scoring methods are mediocre, which is the most ordinary running and receiving shot.

But rhythm, choice of moving lines, timing of receiving the ball... When there is a magician's supporter, Zhang Hao, who is of this height, is simply invincible!

Moreover, Zhang Hao can take the initiative to play better with Van Exel!

Old Nelson shook his head, it was useless to envy him. Who knew that such a rookie would appear? Who knew that a high school student could make rapid progress after entering the NBA?

The key is, who dares to exchange an 18-year-old rookie with an All-Star center + an All-Star talent like the Lakers?

It is important to play this game first. If you lose this game, their Knicks will be nailed to the shameful frame and become Zhang Hao's stepping stone.

Old Nelson began to make adjustments to the defensive end...

On the other hand, Del Harris also became excited because of Zhang Hao's performance and was about to strengthen the offense and continue to work hard. A No. 8 player who did not want to be named came to him.

A cold voice came into Del Harris' ears: "Coach, they will definitely defend me next, we should send pitchers or play defense with them."

The excited Del Harris suddenly woke up, turned his head to look at Zhang Hao and said, "Of course I know, I still need you to teach me?"

Although his tone was shaky, Del Harris still admired Zhang Hao for not greedy for scoring...

"I can only look down on our rookies. What's the turn of them? Fuck him!"

Del Harris quickly analyzed the opponent's defense that has changed a lot this year and its defensive continuity as usual, and made personnel and tactical adjustments.

...

The Lakers sent Anthony Pierre, Doug Christie, Zhang Hao, Donyere Marshall and Jason Williams.

The Knicks sent John Starks, Hubert Davis, Jr. Reitt, Anthony Mason Jr. and Ewing.

Zhang Hao looks at the opponent's lineup... Pat Riley has left a lot of things in the past few years! Iron-blooded Defensive Legion!

Also, Zhang Hao saw Jeff Van Gundy on the Knicks bench, a top defensive assistant coach who did not follow the teacher to Miami but stayed in the Knicks.

However, it doesn’t matter anymore. No matter who he is, just do it!

After the timeout, the Knicks attacked first. After the old Nelson coached the Knicks, the Knicks became a little dissatisfied at the beginning, which was the reason why he was rumored to be dismissed.

But nearly half a season has passed, the Knicks' team's offense has actually played well, but New York fans are particularly impatient. Seeing that the start record is not as good as last season, they went to the Madison Square Garden to scold, and the New York media kept swearing.

The targeted attack that came back from the timeout was very good. In the end, the ball passed by Ewing's hand to Hubert Davis in the bottom corner, and the latter made a three-pointer!

Seeing the Knicks' offensive cooperation this time, it is very different from the attack with Ewing's singles as the starting point in the first half of the first quarter... This should be the main tactic of the Knicks this season, but this tactic...

"Why is it so similar to the Spurs system? No! The Spurs' playing style has never heard of similar playing styles before... Oh, by the way, Old Nelson is about to be dismissed. It is probably just an attempt by a mad scientist, but he was fired before he was completed. The Spurs system originally incorporates a variety of tactics with Duncan as the key tactics. Popovich probably learned from his teacher..."

15-21, the Knicks caught the score difference to 6 points.

The adjustment was very effective. This goal made the Knicks players extremely excited, quickly retreated and prepared to continue their efforts to narrow the gap to within 5 points in one go.

However, Zhang Hao immediately hit Anthony Mason on the bottom line, and fiercely knocked Anthony Mason to take a big step back and made a jump shot!

The Knicks didn't even have time to attack this ball!

Ewing comforted his teammates and acted faster next time to stop Zhang Hao from scoring, and he had to shoot the ball well next time.

The Knicks players were very active in running and passing the ball, but with the experience of the last round and the Knicks, who had the successful offensive cooperation in the last round, saw Zhang Hao the opportunity to block the opponent's attack!

When Anthony Mason Jr. squeezed Donyere Marshall into the inside, attracting Jason Williams, who was defending Ewing, and then passed the ball to the high position, Zhang Hao retracted from the weak side earlier and made a flying steal!
To be continued...