Chapter 84 Faster than the fastest!
On the other side, Damon Stoudemire advanced to the frontcourt and saw Zhang Hao and Oliver Miller standing together. The former was 2.06 cm barefoot and the latter was 2.06 cm with shoes. The former was slightly taller than the latter.
But the latter's huge size makes the former look so pitiful.
Damon Stoudemire was extremely excited about this scene!
Let him be more pitiful!
Damon Stoudemire passed the ball to Oliver Miller who was leaning against Zhang Hao to ask for the ball, and shouted in his heart - Ole Gei...
133 kg, 97 strength... To Zhang Hao, there is no difference between Oliver Miller and O'Neal, although he has never played against O'Neal.
He couldn't even get into position, let alone defend, and was directly pushed aside by the opponent for a layup.
Low-post single shot while standing! Oliver Miller relied on his fat body to get the perfect shooting space, and PJ Brown was too late to make up for it.
but!
Just as Oliver Miller threw the ball, Zhang Hao gave up completely and stepped away.
Not to mention, Oliver Miller was really steady, like a weight, short and strong. Zhang Hao's pulling apart had no effect on Oliver Miller at all. Zhang Hao was mentally prepared. After Oliver Miller put the ball into the basket and it fell, he immediately picked up the ball and passed it to Kenny Anderson.
Kenny Anderson immediately understood and fought back!
Zhang Hao did not get the chance to trigger the "solo ride", but he and PJ Brown's quick moves down the wings and Graham's follow-up created a good opportunity for Kenny Anderson to advance the counterattack.
Zhang Hao rushed all the way to the left baseline. On the other side, Kenny Anderson and PJ Brown attracted the attention of the Raptors' retreating players. Kenny Anderson passed the ball to Zhang Hao, who took the ball and shot... but missed! However, Graham followed up and made a tip-in.
A very beautiful four-man fast break!
After the last game against the Pistons, the playing style of their starting combination became clearer. They fell into a positional battle, with Almon Gilliam taking the main attack. In the last round of offense, Kenny Anderson chose to play singles, because he had just been hit by a rookie and had to fight back. Almon Gilliam would not say anything, and if he encountered the same situation, he would also fight back.
When there are fast break opportunities, they play very clearly. No matter how much they have the chance to speed up, they will speed up.
There may be a lot of trouble when forcing fast breaks against some strong teams, but there will be no big problem against the Raptors.
Tried it, it works!
They retreated quickly after scoring a goal. This lineup came and went quickly, and they retreated to the right position very actively.
Damon Stoudemire received the serve and quickly advanced, breaking through and passing the ball to Elvin Robertson who was running away from the point guard, and Elvin Robertson made a close-range jump shot!
The defense was really bad, but fortunately Zhang Hao had gotten used to it through the preseason, and he could see that his teammates were trying hard, but they just lacked the ability.
Just now on the defensive end, teammates retreated because of the intimidation of Oliver Miller's size, giving Carlos Rogers the opportunity to help Elvin Robertson with an off-ball pick-and-roll, which gave Elvin Robertson the chance to catch the ball and shoot at close range.
Instead of worrying about his poor performance on defense, Zhang Hao quickly picked up the ball and served it.
The Raptors are very motivated. It's a new team with a new look. As the first batch of players, they really want to prove themselves.
This time Kenny Anderson failed to make a fast break. After crossing half court, he decisively slowed down, dribbled outside the three-point line and passed the ball to Almon Gilliam.
Who would have thought that Almon Gilliam would pass the ball back to Kenny Anderson!
What the hell!
Kenny Anderson was wondering when he saw Zhang Hao running out from the baseline on the same side as Almon Gilliam with the help of PJ Brown's pick-and-roll, and quickly passed the ball to Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao received the ball, wide open!
This time Zhang Hao did not miss, and he easily made a mid-range shot one step inside the free throw line on the right side of the three-second zone.
This is his favorite distance. One step inside the free throw line is the distance he is most comfortable shooting from.
On the offensive end, the Nets played very easily in the last few rounds, but on the defensive end, the situation did not improve.
After several rounds, half a quarter was over and the timeout came. The score between the two teams was 17 to 16. The Nets relied on PJ Brown's second attack with an offensive rebound to help the Nets take a 1-point lead.
Kenny Anderson couldn't stop complaining as he walked back to the bench: "Almon, why didn't you play solo when we gave you the ball? If you had scored two goals, we could have widened our lead!"
But Almon Gilliam responded directly: "The guy on the other side is too big. He fills up the little space!"
"Look for an opportunity! You can always find a chance to get in..."
Kenny Anderson felt that this was too much and his voice became lower and lower.
Zhang Hao was listening to the two strongest teammates on the team quarreling with each other and discovered a problem.
I didn't notice it when we played against the Pistons, but the only strong defender on the Pistons' interior was Ratliff, who could only play for about 20 minutes, so Almon Gilliam was not greatly affected.
Once the opponent has a meat shield in the interior, Almon Guillem will be difficult to play against.
After careful analysis, with Olajuwon, Ewing, and David Robinson in these days, especially in the past two years, O'Neal has also become a championship contender. Which strong team doesn't have a big center?
Zhang Hao speculated that, perhaps, when the Nets were still in the playoffs, Chuck Daly let Almon Gilliam play as a substitute instead of starting because Almon Gilliam was not effective when facing strong teams.
Zhang Hao glanced at the big guy on the opposite side. He remembered that this guy played 36 minutes in the opening game against the Pacers. With his height and weight, he must be very talented! He looked a bit like Eddy Curry.
In this game, it is estimated that Almon Guillem's offensive performance was not good.
Zhang Hao thought of a way to use Almon Guillem - take advantage of the time when the big meat stump on the opposite side is resting to fuck him hard, and use the rest of the time to rest and recuperate, concentrating all his strength.
"But then Gilliam can only play for 10 minutes, he will definitely be unhappy, and I can't let the coach arrange it like this..."
Zhang Hao decisively rejected this idea.
"Then there is another way, to wear that guy down?"
Zhang Hao looked at his three inside players... If they had two real centers, this method would work. Oliver Miller's talented playing style actually consumes a lot of energy and is not efficient.
The meat-against-meat approach didn't work, so Randy Whitman began to rotate players and make tactical arrangements, and Zhang Hao concentrated on listening to the arrangements.
"Chris, Kevin, Vaughn, Jason, Axl, you guys go in. On offense, follow our usual coordination. Don't worry, we have the advantage in strength. On defense... Chris, try to limit the little mouse on the opposite side."
Randy Whitman's arrangement was as simple and straightforward as Zhang Hao had expected.
Indeed, now in the stalemate stage, they cannot come up with any way to directly change the situation and create a big advantage, even if there is one.
Therefore, it is normal to seek stability.
He continued to play, with 96 minutes of playing time in the interior, basically with three players rotating. At most, Almon Guillem occasionally played as a guest in the interior. It was normal for Zhang to continue playing. According to the situation in the first game, he had to play at least 30 minutes in a game.
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After the timeout, the Raptors sent out a combination of Damon Stoudemire, Doug Christie, Tracy Murray, Tony Massenburg and Oliver Miller.
The Raptors attack.
Damon Stoudemire is not the type of player who sticks to the ball. Seeing that the Nets' inside line was overwhelmed, he decisively passed the ball to Oliver Miller when Oliver Miller had the strength to play one-on-one.
Jason Williams tried to defend Oliver Miller at the center position. After all, he was the heaviest player in the Nets' interior.
However, despite the 23-kilogram difference and the fact that Jason Williams was the type who was better at explosive confrontation than static confrontation, he was still crushed.
Catch the ball, turn around, and shoot...all in one go.
The Nets were beaten again by Oliver Miller using his weight, but they were not in a hurry.
Charles received the serve and steadily advanced to the frontcourt, setting a pick-and-roll with Jason Williams. Seeing that it was Oliver Miller who stepped out to defend the pick-and-roll, Charles felt that the opponent's player was actually quite smart.
Zhang Hao cut in and made a counter-run, but Tony Maschenberg failed to catch up with him. Zhang Hao ran to the right side of the free throw line, and Charles immediately passed the ball.
Zhang Hao was not far away from Oliver Miller and Charles, and Oliver Miller immediately moved towards Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao passed the ball back to Charles on the right side of the top arc, and Charles received the ball and made a three-pointer...and it went in!
It was very easy, just as the Nets players expected. As long as their outside touch remained at a normal level, it would be enough to offset the lack of tonnage in the interior when playing against the Raptors.
It's too easy to create scoring opportunities.
When Zhang Hao was returning to defense, a thought popped up in his mind: "Are we just playing against each other?"
This is a home game! It's so embarrassing to waste time like this!
"No, I have to find a way to try. I have an advantage on offense. It doesn't matter if my defense fails. I'm not good at defense anyway..."
Back in the backcourt, Jason Williams was just defending Oliver Miller with a tragic mood. He saw Zhang Hao running towards Oliver Miller first and waved at him...
"Good brother! So loyal!"
But you still have to ask for the 500 yuan.
Jason Williams did not refuse at all and ran towards Tony Masenberg without hesitation.
Oliver Miller was having a great time, and when he saw that the person defending him became Zhang Hao again, he became even more excited . It felt so good to bully the hot rookie!
The most excited person was Damon Stoudemire. Seeing that it was Zhang Hao defending the basket, Damon Stoudemire immediately passed the ball to Oliver Miller after he fell to the right sideline of the three-second zone. It seemed as if he saw the scene of Zhang Hao being beaten...
At this moment, Zhang Hao, who was slightly taller than Oliver Miller, came out like a nimble guard. When Oliver Miller was about to receive the ball, he took advantage of his arm span and touched the ball first!
The direction the ball was hit was exactly where Edwards was!
Zhang Hao immediately accelerated and rushed out like an arrow. When he rushed out of the free throw line, Charles had already retreated to the free throw line because Charles wanted to double-team inside after Damon Stoudemire passed the ball. The other three teammates were all below the free throw line. Zhang Hao triggered the "single-handed riding" and his speed increased dramatically!
When Damon Stoudemire saw Zhang Hao rushing out, he initially stepped back. However, when he saw Zhang Hao accelerating at the free throw line and felt something was wrong and was about to turn around, Zhang Hao had already rushed out of the free throw line and passed him by one body length!
"Single Riding" Full Power!
Zhang Hao's speed soared to 100!
Zhang Hao was just sprinting back in the counterattack when the fans at the scene started cheering wildly!
It was too much! They saw with their own eyes how terrifying the speed that Damon Stoudemire had shown before was, and it was even faster than Kenny Anderson, who they had previously thought was the fastest player in the league.
But when Zhang Hao fought back, Damon Stoudemire couldn't even catch up with him!
After Damon Stoudemire turned around, he wanted to catch the ball from Zhang Hao who was nervous and trying to interfere with his fast run, but he found that the gap between him and Zhang Hao was getting bigger and bigger!
Damon Stoudemire watched Zhang Hao rush into his own free throw line, receive the ball and slam dunk with his left hand to score two points!
Detonate the scene!
21 to 18, the Nets lead by 3 points.
"Specially signed player Zhang Hao completed a wonderful counterattack dunk, triggering the dunk master (bronze) level. The Nets' morale soared in the next three rounds."
The Nets players were already cheered up after Zhang Hao used front defense to guard against Oliver Miller, whom they had been unable to deal with.
They looked down on the Raptors. Even though they had the strength advantage by wasting time and effort and could slowly wear down the Raptors, it would always feel uncomfortable. Although it wouldn't be to the point where their morale was hit, it would definitely be uncomfortable.
They felt great when they saw Zhang Hao defend the opponent once and then score a counterattack dunk. This emotion just emerged and quickly climbed to the peak!
Damon Stoudemire watched Zhang Hao land with strong hostility in his eyes, wanting to talk some trash to Zhang Hao, but Zhang Hao turned around and ran directly back to the backcourt after landing...
"You actually ignored me... Is it a big deal to grow taller? F... You grew so tall so fast!"
