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Chapter 115 Seven in one, this could be the regular season MVP
Zheng Long used his iconic fadeaway jumper, but he shot an Air Ball, and he missed two shots in a row. It is not that he has never had a very strong hand, but it is indeed the first time in the season!
In addition, Zheng Long is back from injury
The home fans looked at each other in blank dismay, and the fans who raised their arms to celebrate the goal also sat down in embarrassment.

"It seems that Zheng Long's condition after his return is not very good."

"This kind of non-stick. This is the first time I have seen it this season."

"However, the game has just begun. We have reason to expect that a top scorer like Zheng Long will quickly adjust his state!"

The Warriors served from the backcourt, and Clay took the initiative to come to Curry's side.

"Stephen, help me play a tactic later, I want to try. I feel that Zheng Long is in a bad state today!"

In the last game between the Warriors and the Lakers, Clay was defended by Zheng Long with 10-of-0 shots, and even once broke the defense, and Zheng Long staged a hot pot hat.

But today, the sensitivity of the top shooter made Clay realize that his chance for revenge seems to have really come!

I just defended Zheng Long against a 2 for 0!

Then, vote for one yourself and reward yourself, no problem, right?
Curry nodded, for his good brother, Curry will always be full of trust.

The Warriors players came to the frontcourt to line up. Zheng Long marked Clay with a sullen face and focused on Curry who was dribbling. At the same time, he kept Clay in his peripheral vision.

Clay suddenly set off to accelerate, and under Curry's command, he created a double pick-and-roll tactic for Clay.

This is the ultimate move of the Warriors against other teams, and Clay finally completed the three-pointer.

But in the last game, Zheng Long followed Clay all the time, double pick and roll?I can't stop it at all.

But today.

When Clay used the double pick-and-roll to complete the 45-degree corner of the wing, he found that Zheng Long was actually blocked by Durant this time!

An open opportunity appeared in front of Clay.

Curry threw the basketball into Klay's hands without hesitation.

Splash connection!

Clay used his most standard shooting moves, took off, raised his head, and pressed his wrists, like an anti-aircraft gun, and shot the basketball in his hand towards the basket!
When Zheng Long rushed to Clay, it was already too late!
The ball has fallen into the basket!

Warriors 3:0 Lakers!

"Clay scored the opener of the game!"

"A clean three-point shot."

"This one. The Lakers' defense made a mistake, and Klay got an open opportunity."

Clay, who successfully scored a goal, was very excited. He actually scored a goal in front of his bald head!

It was originally just an attempt.

Now Clay is more certain that Zheng Long is not 100% back!
At least this movement is a different person compared to before!

The atmosphere of the Lakers is a little delicate.

These players who have played side by side with Zheng Long for a season know Zheng Long's offensive and defensive abilities best.

In the defense just now, replaced by the previous Brother Long, Clay didn't have such a good shot at all.

Wharton on the sidelines also frowned and remained silent.

Zheng Long also frowned slightly, took the Lakers' backcourt serve, and dribbled the ball silently.

Both technology and awareness are still there.

But the body's reaction can't keep up.

This uncoordinated feeling made Zheng Long a little depressed.

Sure enough, playing the game directly and forcibly, is it a bit reluctant?It seems that I really think too simple, the impact of the injury is not simply to reduce my ability value to 80%, the feeling of incoordination prevents me from even exerting 50% of my strength.

But there is no rush.

There is no time for myself to adapt, I must get familiar with this feeling of incongruity as soon as possible.

Zheng Long takes the ball, the audience is still looking forward to it!
After coming to the front court, Zheng Long passed the ball to Oladipo at the top of the arc, and he turned his back to the flank to ask for the ball.

Since you want to get familiar with and adapt quickly, you can't play flowers, and you can only use the way you are most familiar with to solve the battle.

Zheng Long at the end of this season has gradually adapted to the flanking singles attack.

Ask for the ball with your back. After receiving the ball, you can turn around and break through, or you can jump back and shoot, or pass it to the supporting teammate and cut inside to the basket.

Three tricks, blowing up the entire league.

Because of his turn and breakthrough, the first step was so fast that there was no solution, the fadeaway jumper was also unsolvable, and the inside cut to the basket was still unsolvable.

Seeing Zheng Long's posture, the Warriors have already made preparations for joint defense and supplementary defense.

Although Zheng Long just made two consecutive irons.

But as long as Zheng Long stands there, it will cause high tension among all Warriors players. The incomprehensible performance in the last game is still engraved deep in the memory of every Warriors player like a nightmare.

"Zheng Long's third chance to attack in this game."

"The Lakers players shifted the strong and weak sides, opening up enough space for Zheng Long."

"Oladipo passed the ball to Zheng Long."

"Zheng Long faced Clay. He turned around and chose to break through!"

"Get inside!"

"But Clay is sticking to Zheng Long's body!"

"A flank attack from inside Pachulia!"

"Zheng Long chose to jump and layup directly!"

"Iron!"

"The whistle is blowing, the thugs fouled!"

"It's almost a two plus one!"

"Zheng Long's breakthrough this time is quite good, and he got a chance to score!"

This ball, Pachulia did hit the hand.

But Zheng Long was a little dissatisfied that he didn't hit the ball. If he jumped higher, Pachulia wouldn't even have a chance to fight!
Fortunately, at least two free throws.

Zheng Long came to the free throw line, and the fans started cheering.

This season, Zheng Long's free throw percentage has reached 93%, ranking first in the league. For fans, Zheng Long's free throw shots and 100% shooting rate are undoubtedly.

He even had a famous free throw with his eyes closed!

then.

Zheng Long's first free throw shot hit the iron.

When the basketball bounced out of the frame, the commentator who was talking about Zheng Long's free throw statistics this season was even taken aback for a moment, and added with an awkward smile: "100% free throw percentage is really difficult to achieve, usually the first free throw You need to find a feeling."

then.

Bang!
Zheng Long made his second free throw, and the basketball bounced out of the frame again.

Missed two free throws!

Pachulia, who was squeezed inside, took off to protect the rebound. The Warriors players did not expect Zheng Long to make two consecutive irons.

He didn't even think of launching a fast break for the first time.

And this also gave the Lakers a chance to quickly return to defense.

Butler and others had no time to shock Zheng Long's missed free throw, and the Warriors who reacted had already launched a new round of offense driven by Curry's possession of the ball.

And Zheng Long, who retreated to defense, happened to face Curry who was advancing with the ball. Curry continued to change hands behind his back, the rhythm changed, and Durant came to pick and roll Curry.

Dooku pick and roll!

Although Durant's pick-and-roll quality is not as good as Pachulia.

But Dooku's pick-and-roll offensive threat is even greater!
After the pick-and-roll, Durant started to go down. Curry did not choose to shoot himself, but threw the ball to Durant who was rushing to the paint.

Durant stretched out his long arms and easily received a pass from Curry.

At this time, it was Zheng Long who came to defend Durant after Dooku's pick-and-roll.

"Durant, the paint area is backed by Zheng Long!"

"I chose to turn around and pull out!"

"This ball!"

"Have it!"

"After Clay, Durant also made his first shot in this game!"

"Five to zero start!"

Durant is indeed difficult to defend, but when Durant faced Zheng Long in the last game, he didn't take much advantage.

But this time the goal seemed to everyone. Durant scored too easily.

It's like there is no defense in front of you!
If you were to find someone with the worst offensive and defensive performance in the past few rounds on the court, it must be Zheng Long.

He shot hard, missed two free throws, and was shot by Klay and Durant one after another.
In the next 5 minutes, the situation on the court did not improve. Although Zheng Long made a shot, he also paid the price of 5 shots.

Combining the first two shots, in the first half of the first quarter, Zheng Long made 7 of 1 shots, 2 of 0 free throws, and scored 2 points!
When Clay faced Zheng Long again and hit a three-pointer, the Warriors had turned the score into 19 to 9, with a double-digit difference!

Walton called a timeout directly.

The Lakers players walked back to the bench with low pressure.

The Lakers fans at home were also whispering at this time.

"What's the matter, Zheng Long is too strong today."

"Zheng Long's performance was too bad today. It seems that he really made a forced comeback."

"Or. Replace Zheng Long, waste the ball and let Ingram come up, and Butler go to the 2nd position."

"What are you talking about? I believe that Zheng Long will definitely regain his touch soon!"

For a whole season, in 81 regular season games, Zheng Long, who created countless miracles, scored 39 points in a single quarter and 82 points in the game.

Zheng Long has never played out of order.

It has even given the fans the illusion that Zheng Long didn't score 30 or 40 points in the game, and he is in a bad state today.

But today.

In the much-anticipated comeback battle.

Zheng Long staged 7 minutes of nightmarish performance. These 7 minutes of poor performance are even more than his entire season's combined poor performance.

In the Whale live broadcast room, the rhythm of Xiao Heizi's barrage also emerged.

[Zheng Long is useless!No way! 】

[First time watching a game, I heard this is the MVP of the regular season?With this performance, why should he win the MVP! 】

[Can you miss two free throws?If O'Neill came up, he would have made a penalty! 】

[Go down quickly, I think the Lakers may have a chance without Zheng Long! 】

Xu Whale kept clicking the mouse with a dark face, and couldn't finish sealing it, it couldn't finish it at all.

"Zheng Long's performance at the beginning of this game is really mediocre."

"But we have to trust Zheng Long!"

"He will definitely adjust his state!"

Lakers bench.

The atmosphere is a little subtle.

Wharton wanted to open his mouth, but couldn't, what should he say?It is not very good to say that Zheng Long has some shots and choices, and sometimes he has a better chance to pass to his teammates?
but.

For a whole season, Zheng Long played like this!
He's always shot like that!
With a face shot, he directly pulled out, rushed into the opponent's paint area, and under the siege of two or three opponents, put the basketball into the basket domineeringly!

The only difference is that all of Zheng Long's shots before have entered!

And today. It's all iron!
The Lakers players also looked forward to Walton's speech nervously.

did not expect.

It was Zheng Long who took the initiative to break the awkward atmosphere.

"I'm going to sit and rest for a while."

Wharton nodded, and the players silently watched Zheng Long go back to his seat, sat down, took off his shoes, and then Zheng Long took off his socks.

On Zheng Long's ankle, there was a medical bandage tied tightly, but it could be seen that the ankle was swollen.

this moment.

The Lakers players were shocked.

They thought that Zheng Long had come back completely healed, but they didn't expect Zheng Long's ankle to be so swollen. All the athletes knew how badly it was swollen to this extent.

Not to mention playing ball, even walking hurts!
Wharton didn't expect either!

Before the start of the game, Wharton also personally checked Zheng Long's ankle. There was swelling, but it was not serious. It was already so serious after playing for a few minutes.

this moment.

Wharton had the urge to send Zheng Long back to the hospital directly.

"Dragon"

"Hush—"

Zheng Long directly put his finger between his lips, interrupting what Wharton was about to say, and he knew what Wharton wanted to say.

From the eyes of his teammates, Zheng Long also knew what his teammates wanted to say and what they were thinking.

"Since I'm here, I can fight."

"Since I'm here, I just want to win."

"I want to win this game more than any of you."

"But you saw it too."

"It will take time for me to get used to my body. It won't be long. I'll definitely find it, trust me."

"Even if you are behind now. Also. Please believe me."

"Please." (a polite request)
In everyone's impression, Zheng Long had never said the word Please, and they had never seen Zheng Long like this.

But when Zheng Long said these words, those doubts about Zheng Long that had quietly arisen dissipated at this moment!
This man said so.

What else but unconditional trust and support!

Although he said he was winning for himself, everyone knew that Zheng Long's forced comeback was actually for the sake of the team if they could win the Kings in the last game. Is it necessary for Zheng Long to come back like this!

He could have stayed out of it.

But he chose to come back and carry it with the team!

Ingram, who has the deepest relationship with Zheng Long, had moist eyes. He clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and came to Zheng Long's side.

"Brother Long, you don't need to be so stressed. Even if you lose today, it's not your responsibility alone. We are together, we are a team."

Even Ingram, the most dull-mouthed and stupid, said such a thing.

Zheng Long's heart felt hot.

Thousands of emotions are also welling up in my heart.

In the end it turned into a free and easy smile: "Damn! The competition has just started, and you just said you lost with a crow's mouth. You just think that your brother Long won't be able to stand up today, right?"

Ingram waved hurriedly: "No! Brother Long, I didn't mean that!", for fear that Zheng Long might misunderstand.

Wharton then looked at the crowd and said, "I think you all have something to say. If it's a woman like Brandon, then forget it! Swallow it back, understand?"

Everyone laughed out loud.

Butler turned to look at Walton and asked, "So, head coach, do you have any tactical arrangements for calling us down?"

Wharton took a long breath, his eyes burning.

"Have."

"There is only one tactic."

"Give that damn basketball to Zheng Long!"

(End of this chapter)