First in scoring

Chapter 463 462. ‘Los Angeles Nemesis’ is about to reverse again?
A buzzer beater, a comeback, and a failed comeback... Such a game makes the audience's blood boil, and the players on the field are also passionate, provided that they are not the one who is countered by the buzzer beater and fails to counterattack again.

Durant was about to break apart. He scored 27 points on 12 of 34 shots tonight, setting a new personal playoff high in shots. His 44.4% shooting percentage was also very good given tonight's defensive scale. He scored 11 points in the final quarter and made the key shot to tie the score. It seemed that the game was about to be dragged into overtime, and there was already hope of a comeback...but in the end, he still lost!
Even though he had suffered setbacks every year in the past three years and his psychological endurance had been strengthened enough, his mentality exploded this time.

Fortunately, he has younger brothers!

The younger brother who was the tactical core in his early years would hide in an empty corner and lick his wounds alone after every defeat. He could not find anyone to talk to or complain to.

The current tactical core is different. After the game, he took him and his teammates to a private club and found a group of girls to sing, curse and complain together. After venting, this California-born brother and his teammates shouted "BeatLA" with the hired Los Angeles girls to dispel negative emotions and mobilize positive emotions.

Durant shouldn’t be too satisfied with his current younger brothers, their leadership is overflowing!

That's right...

Why are all the girls here blonde and white? And they all have big butts!
Since he was mocked for wanting to drink Black Widow's bath water, he has changed his aesthetics. This is his current girlfriend, Monica Wright, the second pick in the 10 WNBA.

...

On the afternoon of the second day after Game 4, Zhang Yang came to Kobe's house for extra practice.

There are two days of rest between G4 and G5. As usual, due to the alternation of home and away games, the team that will play away will conduct preparatory training in the afternoon of the first rest day and the morning of the second rest day.

But due to last night's game, the three veteran core players were too tired. Kobe played for 41 minutes, far higher than the average of 3 minutes in the first three games; Gasol played for 35 minutes, far higher than the average of 39 minutes in the first three games; Nash played for 3 minutes, also far higher than the average of 31 minutes in the first three games... Budenholzer, who has been with the Spurs for so many years, decisively canceled these two training sessions.

After 4 games, the preparations and understandings they could make have reached the limit. They can no longer defeat the opponent by playing something that the opponent does not understand like in G1, nor can they win easily after knowing the opponent well enough like in G3. It would be better to let the veterans have a good rest for two days.

Zhang Yang originally planned to rest and watch some videos, but he woke up at around 10 o'clock in the morning. After having lunch, he felt that he was in good physical condition, so he decided to seize the time to learn the technology.

Zhang San: Even if a sword is sharp before a battle, it will shine. The ancients were right!

The final dunk 2+1, which was almost a buzzer-beater last night, was completed thanks to the role of a 'killer', but he chose to play like that instead of shooting facing the defense as he did in the past, which was related to the 'cramming' learning these days.

The objects of study are Kobe and Nash. Both of them are a treasure trove of skills. If it is a memorable outside shooting technique, they know it. Even if they cannot use it in the game, at least they know how to use it and how to practice it. At least they have tried it when they were young.

Of course, Zhang Yang did not learn everything, but he learned the techniques that he felt he could play and the team was able to let him play. The top priority was to expand on his current techniques.

What I learned from Kobe basically revolved around two aspects: mid-range shots and back-to-the-basket shots. It was not entirely about learning new things, but also about improving the techniques I already knew. One of them was used in the last 2+1 dunk last night - catching the ball in the high post and then starting to attack the basket.

Before, he learned post-up play from Bird and Mark Jackson. These two also have good post-up skills, but they both have a common weakness - athletic ability.

The back-to-the-basket play of both players is almost purely technical, with Bird focusing on rhythm and Mark Jackson focusing on strength.

Zhang Yang plays the shooting guard position and has both rhythm and strength. He has learned well from both of them, but when it comes to utilizing his athletic ability, what they taught him did not help him much, and he basically figured it out on his own.

The direction he is thinking about is to create opportunities with short-distance explosive movements such as turning and stepping back, turning and pulling sideways. He is relatively lacking in back-to-the-basket attacks, and in actual combat he mainly relies on rushing forward to attract double-teaming and passing the ball. Now this shortcoming has been made up from the perspective of technical development... Of course, if he wants to truly use it as a regular offensive means, he has to go back and find professionals to develop a training plan based on his own actual situation, and carry out systematic development and learning.

But even if it has not been formally developed, as long as the theoretical knowledge is learned and the details such as the force of the movements are understood, he can use it if he really wants to. It's just that it will be easy to be blocked if he uses it more than twice... This is the benefit of the solid foundation laid by 'him' after 10 years of hard training!
Every time Duncan's physical fitness undergoes a huge change, and Kobe is able to adjust his playing style within just a few months if he is willing, they rely on the solid basic skills they have accumulated over the years!
...

Two days later, on the evening of May 5, at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, the Lakers and the Thunder continued their fierce battle.

The game ended at 10:18 pm.

张杨今晚19投10中，其中三分球3中2，加上6中6的罚球，高效拿到28分5板8助攻1抢断2盖帽。

在布登霍尔泽出色的战术调整辅助下，张杨率领全队6人得分上双，科比拿到17分6助攻、加索尔10分10板3助攻、纳什13分5助攻、艾德-戴维斯10分11板、米克斯11分……整体进攻远好于上一场。

On the defensive end, they kept the Thunder's players other than the three core players from scoring only 25 points, and shattered the Thunder's offensive tactics. It can be said that this was their best defense in this Western Conference Finals, even better than Game 4.

Zhang Yang continued to defend Durant tonight and did a better job than in the previous game, preventing Durant from making only 24 of 10 shots, including 4 of 1 three-pointers, and 5 of 5 free throws, scoring 26 points.

但是……杜兰特还有10次助攻，26分12板10助攻2盖帽！

哈登今晚表现暴躁，拿到33分11板11助攻；伊巴卡今晚中远投也奇准，16投10中，加上8中8的罚球，拿到并列全场第二高的28分，外加7板2助攻4盖帽。

The Thunder's team offense was indeed locked down and basically didn't work, but these three brothers passed the ball to each other, mainly Harden and Durant passed the ball to the other two when they couldn't play one-on-one, and the players who received the ball just threw it... and they still got 87 points!
112 to 105, the Thunder defeated the Lakers and refused to be eliminated!

This time, it was Zhang Yang's turn to stand with his hands on his hips and grit his teeth at the big screen after the final whistle.

His overall personal performance, the team's offensive and defensive coordination were almost the best of the Western Conference Finals tonight, but he was killed by those three guys!

Mainly Harden, 20 of 12 shots, including 6 of 4 three-pointers! For a while, it seemed that he could score no matter how he shot, and in fact, he could score no matter how he shot.

He had to defend Durant, and the Lakers had to double-team Harden while ensuring rim protection, so they could only leave Ibaka open in the mid-range... and then Ibaka exploded with 28 points and scored 28 points.

Just over two hours later, Zhang Yang's feelings about this Western Conference Finals have completely changed.

When they were leading 3-1, he thought he would win no matter what, but when it came to 3-2, a sense of crisis suddenly came over him.

...

The next day at noon, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles, and still had no training scheduled for the afternoon.

Budenholzer initially wanted to arrange training, but when the plane landed, he announced that he would have a rest day.

Although he has been working in the NBA for more than ten years, and has always been in a top team like the Spurs, he is still a rookie as a head coach. When faced with a situation like G5 that was completely beyond expectations and beyond the scope of being resolved by tactical adjustments, he lost his composure and even wanted to cancel the decision he had made early on to "no more training on the rest day of this series"... Perhaps it is precisely because he has been working for the Spurs for the past ten years that he is easily stressed out by such things.

However, after the Lakers' charter flight back to Los Angeles took off, he was opposed by Bickerstaff when he mentioned the afternoon training plan to his coaching colleagues. Bickerstaff only said, "Don't worry so much, leave it to them," and then pointed to Zhang Yang and Kobe who were watching the video of last night's game in the corner of the last row.

Budenholzer's confused heart finally calmed down. Only these two people could achieve such a good effect.

Kobe is the Spurs' old nemesis. Since losing to the Spurs in the 99 playoffs, he has gone berserk every time he meets the Spurs in the playoffs. In 01, 02, 03, 04, and 08, Kobe met the Spurs 5 times in the playoffs and won 4 times.

其中2001年西决，科比4场比赛以51%命中率场均拿到33.3分7板7助攻，场均命中9个中投，把马刺队投崩了，G3马刺队输了39分、G4马刺队输了29分……

Like Popovich, Budenholzer also dreamed of coaching Kobe, and coming to the Lakers is a dream come true.

Zhang Yang and Budenholzer watched closely as he grew from a sixth man to an MVP-level superstar, and understood how strong his ability to withstand pressure is and how well he performed in key games.

As for Zhang Yang, after returning home and taking a nap, he came to Kobe's house at 3 pm. Nash and Gasol also came.

The four discussed last night's game for nearly two hours, and the conclusion they reached was consistent with the conclusion Zhang Yang and Kobe reached when watching the video on the plane - they did nothing wrong in this loss.

After Son of Wind and the eldest sister-in-law also came to this conclusion, Zhang San and the old blacksmith smiled instead.

Seeing the two men laughing, Nash asked cautiously: "Jack, Kobe, are you okay? Don't be too anxious, it's just a loss."

Gasol: "Yes, we are still leading 3-2, and the home advantage is still with us."

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Kobe made a "tsk" sound when he heard that and looked at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang said: "Don't worry, I'm fine. I just confirmed one thing. Since it's not a problem with the coaching staff's tactics or our execution, it's easy to solve."

Kobe also spoke up: "Yes, you come or me?"

Zhang Yang: "Just be your tactical core!"

The two showed an almost arrogant self-confidence, and Gasol was infected again. He had originally just used the "3-2 lead" to comfort himself and avoid being affected by the pressure, but now he really felt as if there was no need for pressure.

Nash was also infected, but his thoughts were different from Gasol's.

Son of Wind: Is this the difference between me and these two? No wonder the old blacksmith and Zhang San were able to hold up the O'Brien Cup...

...

In the evening, Zhang Yang, Nash and Gasol came to another property of Kobe in Beverly Hills to have dinner and watch the live broadcast.

Zhang Yang and Nash were quite puzzled as to why they had to change houses to watch the live broadcast. However, after finishing dinner and changing into their "game watching jerseys" and coming to the room where they would watch the game, they understood.

Originally, they thought that watching the live broadcast in a hotel in Oklahoma City was an immersive experience, very much like being in a fan club. Now they feel that the hotel is just a hotel. No matter how carefully it is prepared, it is still just a low-quality "model room", because Kobe really connected several rooms in one of his houses and decorated it to look like a club.

There is a large living room with several small round tables and a bar that is actually fully stocked with wine;

There is a reading area with several bookshelves filled with autobiographies and related magazines of major stars. Zhang Yang flipped through several books, one of which had the signature and greetings of the star written on it.
There is a fitness area where you can lift weights whenever you want; there is also a game area with a pool table, dart board... and even a basketball machine!

What surprised Zhang Yang the most was that Vanessa changed into a bartender's uniform, came to the bar, and asked the 'guests' what they wanted to drink.

He was a little envious. A man's second-year syndrome might never be cured in his lifetime. Generally speaking, it was good enough if his wife or girlfriend didn't despise him. But Vanessa was willing to be silly with the old blacksmith... He also wanted such a 'club'!

The game was broadcast live, but few people were watching with much enthusiasm. The Eastern Conference Finals could be described as ending in a hasty manner.

Nash complained: "The Pacers won the last game, and I thought they had a chance to beat the Heat, but they lost even worse than before."

Kobe: "Didn't I say that? The Pacers' win in the last game was just an accident. They didn't have any chance."

Nash: "Did you say that? I don't remember you saying you were looking forward to the performances of George, Hibbert and West."

Kobe: "That was just a polite remark to the media..."

The two old men from the 96 class started arguing, and Zhang Yang and Gasol went to the next game area to play a game of snooker.

There's really nothing worth talking about in this year's Eastern Conference playoffs, even the Eastern Conference Finals.

G2热火队找到赢的办法后，G3和G4都轻松拿下，G5步行者队以93比90险胜，是因为韦德和詹姆斯一个体力崩盘C不起来了、一个因高强度防守导致抽筋第三节退场，步行者队抓住机会打出了31比15的单节比分完成逆转。

今晚詹姆斯23分8板4助攻4抢断2盖帽、韦德26分7助攻、波什25分10板，步行者队半场就落后超过20分，后面完全没有掀起任何一次有效反扑，看起来就像是放弃了，输得非常痛快，抗压能力和雷霆队完全没法比……

After a day of rest, on May 5th, the sixth game day of the Western Conference Finals arrived.

The Eastern Conference finals team has emerged, and the media and fans' attention is completely focused on the City of Angels.

The media's fence-sitting nature was revealed once again. After Game 4, they were all saying that the Lakers were going to win the championship.

Now, start hyping the Thunder to reverse the Lakers like they did against the Clippers in the second round.

They reviewed the Thunder's performance from G1 to G5 and concluded that the Thunder was gradually overtaking the Lakers in strength.

And gave Harden and Durant the title of "Los Angeles Nemesis".

If you only read the news and not the big score, people who don’t know would think the Thunder have already turned the tables!
(End of this chapter)