When the Lakers attacked, Fisher passed the ball to Zhang Zhiyuan, but Zhang Zhiyuan did not take a shot and patted the basketball in an attempt to break through.

Because Durant is too tall and has a long wingspan, he can very effectively interfere with Zhang Zhiyuan's shooting.

It's not impossible to shoot against Durant, but the efficiency will definitely drop a lot.

Zhang Zhiyuan didn't play randomly. He took a few shots but couldn't find a good opportunity, so he simply passed the ball to Fisher again.

Fisher passed the ball to Kobe again, but Kobe was double-teamed and failed to score.

During the transition between offense and defense, Durant didn't have a long memory and continued to play Zhang Zhiyuan in singles, but continued to miss.

The Lakers attacked, and Zhang Zhiyuan quickly moved to try to get rid of Durant.

Then Zhang Zhiyuan received the pass, but Durant caught up with him in time.

Durant, who has just entered the league, is still in a relatively excited state, playing very actively and sparing no effort on the defensive end.

There was no other way, Zhang Zhiyuan could only force a breakthrough.

Durant blocked it and almost succeeded.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhiyuan weakened Durant's speed by 6%, otherwise he would have been able to defend him.

"He's afraid of tall, fast defenders."

In front of the screen, the Magic coaching staff analyzed. They will play the Lakers in the next game, so they are studying and analyzing ways to defend Zhang Zhiyuan.

"We need a player like Kirilenko and Prince."

The Spurs coaching staff analyzed.

If you want to break out of the Western Conference, you have to face the Lakers no matter what.

To defeat the Lakers, how to defend Zhang Zhiyuan is a crucial issue.

"These are people who cannot be exchanged. We have no leverage unless we pay two or three first-rounders."

The assistant teacher said.

Popovich shook his head, two or three first rounds, that is absolutely impossible.

San Antonio is not very attractive to stars. Stars have to be cultivated by themselves. The first-round pick is too important to them and cannot be used as a bargaining chip.

On the court, Zhang Zhiyuan rushed to the basket and scored.

However, this kind of scoring does not scare opponents, because this kind of scoring method is too common, and most teams have ways to defend this kind of offense.

What they are most afraid of is Zhang Zhiyuan's three-pointer. The disadvantages of being double-teamed outside the three-point line are too great.

During the SuperSonics offense, Watson used his speed to pass Fisher and get to the basket and score.

During the transition between offense and defense, Zhang Zhiyuan did not take the initiative to ask for the ball, but actively ran tactics.

Durant chases after him.

Zhang Zhiyuan has been unable to get rid of him. Naturally, Fisher will not only count on Zhang Zhiyuan. He saw that Bynum had a good chance, so he passed the ball.

Bynum took advantage of Wilcox's lack of contact and made a short jumper, and the ball went in.

After several rounds, the Lakers firmly took the advantage.

However, Zhang Zhiyuan's performance was very average, scoring only two points on 1 of 2 shots.

"Actually, Zhang Zhiyuan is just like that when he is not in an explosive state. It is not unsolvable."

Spurs assistant coach said.

"If he breaks out, Kirilenko and Prince won't be able to guard him."

Another person added.

The two sang and harmonized, which proved that there was no need to introduce a wing like Kirilenko and rely entirely on Zhang Zhiyuan's failure to explode.

Popovich didn't like this state of resignation, but he couldn't change it.

For this reason, Popovich could only sigh.

He feels that the Spurs are basically hopeless this year.

Let alone the Lakers, even if you make it to the Finals, it will be difficult to beat the Celtics.

On the court, the Sonics attack.

Durant was very irritable. After playing for more than half a quarter, he only scored 2 points, which was too few.

After halftime, Durant fell into confusion.

The team has no tactics to begin with, and they don't have an advantage in singles.

For a moment, Durant didn't know how to fight.

Durant didn't want the ball, and the others were rude and scrambled to take action, trying to rack up some data.

After Kurt Thomas got into position, he played Hayes in isolation. He took two shots but failed to move. He could only rely on his height to make a pull-up jumper.

This was not the offensive method he was good at, so the ball naturally didn't go in.

During the transition between offense and defense, Zhang Zhiyuan reached out for the ball.

The team was already ahead, and he felt he could play a little more casually.

Then, he started playing Durant alone.

This was not the most efficient choice, but he still chose to do it in order to accumulate more experience.

Zhang Zhiyuan first relied on his strength to push under the basket. After reaching the corner, Zhang Zhiyuan turned around and shot a jumper.

He can't keep arching, otherwise he will be double-teamed, and there are too many people under the basket.

Durant took off and reached out to try to block the shot. Zhang Zhiyuan leaned back more in order not to be blocked.

The ball didn't go in.

"You are nothing more than that."

Durant said proudly.

Previously, the media had been boasting about how terrifying Zhang Zhiyuan's scoring ability was, but now during the match, Durant found that Zhang Zhiyuan's reputation was overblown.

Zhang Zhiyuan smiled when he heard this but did not respond.

There is no way, there is no hatred value, and there is no need for props.

Based on real strength alone, Durant can be defeated at most, but it is very difficult to defeat him.

The offense and defense transitioned, and Durant took action again.

This time he had better luck and scored the ball.

The Lakers counterattacked, but Zhang Zhiyuan did not respond.

"I don't know why, but Zhang seemed to lack a little passion today and didn't fight back when faced with Durant's trash talk."

Smith commented.

"This is not simple. He must have realized that he was in average condition, so he didn't dare to fight back. Don't forget, this guy is labeled as smart and cunning, and I am the honest one."

Buckley said.

Smith and the audience burst into laughter.

On the court, the SuperSonics were attacking, Damien's shot was interfered by Kobe, and the ball missed.

Hayes picked off the rebound and passed a long pass. Zhang Zhiyuan had already rushed to the SuperSonics half, and then caught the ball and easily scored 2 points.

The two sides fought for a few more rounds. At the end of the first quarter, Zhang Zhiyuan slyly got rid of Durant, slipped out of an open opportunity, and threw in a three-pointer.

At the end of the first quarter, 20 to 29, the Lakers won by 9 points.

Among them, Kobe Bryant scored 10 points and Zhang Zhiyuan scored 7 points.

Smith complained: "It's really weird. I obviously felt that Zhang didn't play very well, but he still scored seven points. If he had played the full four quarters, he would have been around 28 points. It's very wrong."

"What a coincidence, I feel the same way."

Barkley complained.

Seven points in a single quarter is not too little. Kobe had such a strong presence on the court, playing post-up, breaking through, and getting to the free throw line. After a long time, he only scored 10 points.

"This is the magic of three-pointers. If you exclude the three-pointer at the last moment, he only scored 4 points in a single quarter, and his performance was indeed average. A three-pointer changed his efficiency."

The Pistons coaching staff analyzed.

Any team that has some ideas about the championship will spend time studying the Lakers and Zhang Zhiyuan.

"We should also shoot more three-pointers, which is really a good deal."

"The problem is to make the shot. Except for Chauncey, who is relatively accurate in three-point shooting, no one else on our team can do it."

"Maybe we should bring in another three-point shooter who can defend well."

"Where can there be such a player? Even if there is, who should we replace him with?"

.......

After a short break, the second quarter begins.

Neither Zhang Zhiyuan nor Kobe Bryant is on the roster, so there is no need to go all out against a lousy team like the SuperSonics.

In a long season, the health of players is more important.
To be continued...