It’s still comfortable to play at this time!

At 7 p.m., Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson, Doug Christie, George Lynch and Barkley appeared.

The Suns sent Kidd, Kevin Johnson, Cebaros, Mark Bryant and Hort Williams to the lineup.

After the game started, Zhang Hao helped the Lakers win the jump ball. Barkley quickly took off Kenny Anderson and made a beautiful pass, turning around and making a layup.

The speed of the quick drop, the quick three steps after grabbing the ball, and the speed of the jump, I really can't tell that it's a short inside player who is nearly 34 years old.

The offense and defense were converted, Kidd dribble and advanced to the frontcourt.

Kidd was constantly adjusting his mentality before the game, afraid that he would not be able to help but get angry when he met Zhang Hao. Last season, he was anxious and get angry every time he met Zhang Hao. He was not good at dealing with defensive players like Zhang Hao, but he ended up doing it with his head down and lost more than once in the last time.

But unexpectedly, when it came to the game, he found that he was not so angry at Zhang Hao. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that he and Zhang Hao had never even said a word. He himself didn't understand why he was so hostile to Zhang Hao last season.

As a result, he is very calm now. Seeing Zhang Hao taking a big step back in the top arc, Kidd thought Zhang Hao's defensive choice was very smart.

However, he also saw the Lakers' flaws...

When it reached the top arc, Kidd quickly passed the ball straight, Hort Williams received the ball from the left side of the free throw line, and passed it to the base line. Cebaros squeezed away George Lynch and rushed into the inside to make a layup.

Barkley had no choice but to withdraw it. He could withstand the Knicks' Larry Johnson cut, because Larry Johnson moved slowly from a long distance, and there was no such bottom line rushing. The Raptors were weak and didn't care. When the Hornets met Clifford Robinson and Anthony Mason Jr., Zhang Hao was not in the inside, so he didn't defend well.

Although Cebaros is not as comprehensive as Clifford Robinson and Anthony Mason Jr., his impact ability is stronger than that of the two.

Offensive and defensive conversion, Lakers attack.

The Suns moved very quickly and quickly retreated and returned.

But after Zhang Hao arrived at the front court, he found that the opponent's defense was full of loopholes! He waved to ask for the ball!

Kenny Anderson was so moved. It was three games, the first time! The first time someone took the initiative to ask for the ball at the beginning of the game and quickly gave it out.

Zhang Hao was threatened by three-pointers. Mark Bryant followed within the three-point line. When he saw Zhang Hao receiving the ball, he immediately put it on.

Zhang Hao took the opportunity to step out to Mark Bryant to the left, facing Mark Bryant who was trying to move horizontally, he did not play with the silence, and took it straight and accelerated the breakthrough!

Mark Bryant was held back and turned and was blocked. He was slowed down a bit, then turned around and couldn't catch up at all!

Zhang Hao rushed straight to the basket!

Cebaros, who was cutting in the baseline on the left, had no time to shrink. He saw that Zhang Hao grabbed the ball at half a step within the free throw line after two steps, jumped in half a step inside the left side of the three-second zone through two steps, and smashed the ball into the basket through Hort Williams, who had no time to react...

The visual experience is too exaggerated! The fans on the scene were blown up!

Fans on the scene, Cebaros of the Suns knew that Zhang Hao was fast and had also seen Zhang Hao’s performance in the second half of the Hornets in the sports program in the past two days, but I really saw it with my own eyes and realized how exaggerated it was! It was much more powerful than the visual impact seen on TV!

In the past, Zhang Hao rarely had such an offense, and he didn't have a few times in a season, because his ball holding was really ordinary last season, so he dared to dribble a little more unruly when he was unpredictable when he had no defense in the fast break. He had very few ways of playing to catch the ball from the three-point line.

No one expected that after Zhang Hao dribbled better, he would break through with the ball from the outside and was so buggy.

It was the Suns' offense again. Zhang Hao stopped defending Kidd this time and retreated to the basket, stood in the three-second zone and did not come out, and held the basket.

The defensive pressure Kidd encountered on the outside became smaller, and he easily created a close jump shot for Kevin Johnson. Kevin Johnson seized it and the Suns scored another two points.

Just like the first three games of the Suns, the Suns' offense at the start of the night is still sharp!

Although it does not have a superstar like Barkley last season, the Suns' lower limit this year has increased a lot.

Cebaros has declined a lot and is no longer the team's first offensive choice. He has become a pure player who eats cakes and grabs. He is no longer the All-Star player who led the team forward before. However, under the guidance of Kidd's average of 11 points, 7.7 rebounds, 9.3 assists and 2.4 steals per game, Cebaros's role is still very strong.

Kidd's performance is much better than joining the Suns midway in time and space. After training camp with his teammates, he adjusted the preseason and cooperated very well.

Kevin Johnson moved to the shooting guard with a height of 185 cm after Kidd arrived, averaging 24.3 points and 6 assists per game in the first three games of the season, performing quite well.

The Suns have changed their offensive master Cotton Fitzsimmons as head coach this season. This famous coach who won the best coach in the 1970s and 1980s with a hot offense and a 20-year coaching career. He also led the Suns to the finals in 1993. It can be said that it is a very suitable combination of two-point guards for Kidd and Kevin Johnson, which gives the Suns the feeling of the early 1990s again, and their offense is so sharp.

The Lakers can do a good job in defending slow-paced offense this year, but the fast-paced offense has been exposed since the Raptors. They have done very well and their ability to suppress rhythm is not that strong. They rely more on their opponents to actively reduce rhythm, but the Suns will definitely not play slow-paced.

Zhang Hao got into a difficult problem at the beginning and went to defend Kidd. Without Campbell, O'Neal couldn't play. The inside line was like a back garden for Cebaros under Kidd's organization. Zhang Hao returned to the basket and protected the basket. However, Kidd had a good space to organize the offense on the outside, and the Suns had two pitchers on the outside.

Before the season begins, everyone in the Lakers thinks that they are about to embark on a happy basketball journey that will win easily.

Then I found that their conventional combat power was not as strong as last season.

At present, compared with last season, the outside line has improved significantly, and Campbell is missing from the inside line. Although O'Neal and Barkley are definitely better than Campbell at the time, when O'Neal was injured and sat on the sidelines in a suit. Barkley is not a defensive player, their franchise protection has not been able to compete with the Knicks for Buck Williams, which has indeed had a great impact. Even the middle and close assists can only point to George Lynch, and the franchise protection can only rely on Zhang Hao.

In this case, Zhang Hao chose to protect the frame, and the physical strength consumed less on the defensive end.

Kidd was very good at targeting the Lakers' defensive loopholes at the beginning, causing Zhang Hao to shrink back, and the offensive pressure on the outside organization became smaller, so he played more easily.

Kidd is also amazing. He gives him the right player and core player status. He can really make his offense playful!

I can't see that he has too much ball holding, but he always has a lot of assists. As Kidd's teammate, he can always make a decision immediately when receiving the ball. Should he choose whether to attack or pass the ball, Kidd's control ability in this regard is quite good.

Under Kidd's leadership, Kevin Johnson, who averaged 20+ per game, and Cebaros, who averaged 18+ per game, played very strong offensively.

However, although the Lakers did not defend themselves from the outside, Zhang Hao did a good job of protecting the frame and still had advantages in the inside.

On the offensive end, Zhang Hao started to take the initiative to ask for the ball early, and he had just started to study video and learn materials when he was on the emergency stop jump shot, but the outside cutting and back-to-play against the Suns' inside line is more than enough.

Kenny Anderson took advantage of the threat brought by Zhang Hao very well, and sorted out the offense well at the beginning. Not only Zhang Hao scored alone, he could always find the best position to meet Zhang Hao. Even Kidd could not stop him from receiving Zhang Hao's pass.

Although he failed to defend against the Suns' rapid offense and fell into the situation of fighting against the Raptors and Hornets, the Lakers relied on Kenny Anderson and Zhang Hao to hold on!

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers and Suns' match looked like they were fighting against the current NBA trend. After 6 minutes and 22 seconds, the Lakers and Suns played 19-15. After Zhang Hao made a three-pointer in this game, the Suns called a timeout!

Just before the timeout, Zhang Hao stood outside the three-point line. This time, Cebaros, who was defending Zhang Hao, did not expand, and Zhang Hao threw it directly after receiving the ball, and then went in!

After entering the timeout, Kidd thought that Zhang Hao had 5 balls from the outside in the first 6 minutes and 4 times defended Zhang Hao from three-pointers. Zhang Hao completed all cuts, scoring twice, one pass Kenny Anderson passed the second pass to George Lynch to complete the score, and one pass Kenny Anderson received the ball and made a shot.

Without the front line gate + frame protection expert, Zhang Hao's playing style is like cutting melons and vegetables!

But without risk gate + frame protection experts, once you choose a better shrinking defense, the forward player does not completely expand, and Zhang Hao throws the ball when he receives the ball and even goes in!

This is simply unpredictable!

Kidd deeply understands one thing you know what the other party is going to do, but you just can't help it!

The most terrifying thing is that when Kidd saw Zhang Hao's tricks, he threw three points, one cut into the ball and broke through, and the other broke through and passed the ball. There was nothing else, and the playing style was so simple that it felt incredible.

Facing Zhang Hao directly in this way of playing is even more terrifying than watching the news or videos!

Since he couldn't defend himself, he would find a way to attack well. After Kidd no longer felt inexplicably angry at Zhang Hao, he was very calm.

When Zhang Hao's playing style, Kidd still analyzed a defective physical strength!

As a professional athlete, Kidd knows that such a way of playing is very physically exhausting.

...

After the official timeout came back, the Lakers replaced the combination of Magic, Brian Shaw, George Lynch, Jason Williams and Zhang Hao.

Since you can't defend it, then fight a fast attack.

The Suns are also working hard to make the offense better. With Magicians here, the Lakers Captain passes a fast attack and plays very well. Kidd finds a way to direct his teammates to retreat and quickly increase the number of times the Lakers land on the position.

Kidd knew that they could not let the Lakers fall into positional battle for a long time, but he was trying to find a way to get Zhang Hao into the positional battle as much as possible.

It is impossible to cause substantial consumption to Zhang Hao once or twice, but ten times or eight times?

The game is still long, and all we need to do is to play well on the offensive end and try hard to find ways to consume the defensive end.

And Kidd did it too!

The two teams played a vigorous fast attack battle. Kidd and Kevin Johnson played a very beautiful offensive battle against Kenny Anderson and Elvin Johnson. And after a few rounds in the fourth quarter, Kidd could see that Zhang Hao, who had played for 32 minutes in the first three quarters, had his physical strength declined!

However, just when Kidd thought he could make a wave of impact, Zhang Hao suddenly slowed down and became faster!

Zhang Hao, who has been quicker, did not start from the offensive end, but worked hard from the defensive end. Although the Suns' offense is sharp, they are extremely bad. In this era when defense has become the mainstream, if they are in a critical moment, they often lose more and win less. In the first three games of the start, the Suns won 14 points, which is considered a big victory.

But the two games lost were both unable to defend the opponent at critical moments, and they were restricted by the opponent's rough defense. The two games combined lost 6 points.

When they found out that the Lakers were not good at defending such a fast-paced offensive team at the beginning, Zhang Hao decided to help Kenny Anderson, Magic, Doug Christie and other teammates to attack the offense, and then wait for the critical moment to strengthen the defense!

The offensive end no longer takes physical energy to cut into singles, so he finds an opportunity to catch the ball and throws it. He has already hit the threat ahead. He doesn't need to really hold the ball in. He just needs to move slowly, and the opponent's attack will come up, and Kenny Anderson can have better scoring and organization of offense opportunities.

Relying on his physical strength to recover from the beginning of the second half, Zhang Hao played actively and effectively on the defensive end, and the bridle protection was better than the first three quarters, giving Cebaros and Matt Williams, Danny Manning, who was in rotation, each hit a big hat and hit a defensive threat. When facing defensive cuts and external shooting, his teammates decisively chose to defend outside shooting, which put a huge limit on the Suns' offense.

On the other hand, the Suns really can't defend themselves at critical moments!

In the middle of the final quarter, the Lakers scored a 12-4 wave, setting a clear lead.

In the end, relying on Zhang Hao's performance of 28 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, Kenny Anderson 25 points and 11 assists, Jason Williams 9 points and 14 rebounds, George Lynch 16 points, and the Magic's 10 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and Doug Christie's 11 points and 2 assists, the Lakers defeated the Suns 114-107 and won four consecutive victories at the start!

Kidd scored 13 points and 16 assists tonight, Kevin Johnson scored 21 points, Cebaros scored 17 points, Danny Manning, who came on as a substitute, scored 16 points, and the role players scored quite well, but the Lakers could not do it at a critical moment.

The Suns ushered in another unwilling game where they played vigorously and lost in the last single-digit score difference.

...

The Lakers won again, and Zhang Hao proved that the new style of play he showed in the game against the Hornets was not a coincidence, but that he really started playing like that.

But this is not what became popular after the game, it wasn't the Lakers' four consecutive wins at the beginning, nor was it even the "Los Angeles Nets" joke that suddenly appeared.

It is the adjective of "conscience in the industry".

The Lakers started playing against the Knicks, and the game was not very good, but the defensive battle itself was still very exciting. Facing the slow-paced Knicks, the Lakers did a good job in defense, and the difference in points was not very big.

To play against the Raptors' weak team, the Lakers need to rely on Zhang Hao and Barkley to reverse and turn the tables at a critical moment.

The Hornets played to the last moment again. Now the Suns are still relying on a wave of impact at the critical moment of the last quarter to lay the victory...

Look at the Bulls and Jazz teams, they lost the suspense when they played in just a few seconds. Jordan, Pippen and Malone played in 35 or 6 minutes, and Rodman and Stockton had only about 30 minutes of playing time;
To be continued...