I've been playing in the NBA for three years, and this system is only now showing up?

Chapter 34 Rumors about Lin Ze

"Grover? All summer?" Wilmarcus exclaimed in surprise. "He actually survived? A normal person training like that would probably have to compete in Lucifer's Paradise Lost League!"

Smith said, "So, it's understandable that he's made such great progress, right?"

If Lin Ze overheard Smith and Marcus's conversation, he would be very curious about how a half-day special training session had become a rumor that lasted all summer. He would also be curious about what kind of rumors would spread if the story continued...

On the court, Iverson once again accelerated and forcefully attacked the basket, making an extremely difficult layup over O'Neal.

Iverson was on fire tonight, skillfully dribbling past O'Neal's block with a layup to score another 2 points!

"Seriously, your defense!" Iverson glared at Kobe again. "Is this all you've got? You think you can match up against me? You think you can beat me? Why don't you bring your grandma over? She's probably stronger than you."

Kobe's expression grew increasingly grim as he aggressively demanded the ball once more, prompting O'Neal to smirk.

Then, this fat guy, which is extremely rare, took the initiative to show his friendliness, quickly moved to the high post, and set a screen for Kobe!

"Get out of the way!" But Kobe didn't appreciate it and instead angrily told O'Neal to move aside.

O'Neal's face immediately fell.

I'm rarely in a good mood, so you think I'm giving you the cold shoulder?

With a stern face, O'Neal raised his arm and smacked Snow, as if to vent his anger.

Snow: Is this fucking right? You're hitting Kobe! Did I do something to you?

But O'Neal clearly forgot that this was Philadelphia, the 76ers' home turf. His move wasn't particularly big, and it would have been fine in Los Angeles, but here, the referee promptly raised his hand and gave O'Neal an offensive foul!

"You blocked my way and then just walked past me?!" O'Neal complained, spreading his hands.

"He can't stop me." Kobe's expression was also quite unpleasant. He could get past Snow like he was a child. What kind of cover did he need?

Just as the two were about to exchange another few words on the court, Lin Ze quickly rushed to their side and said, "That short guy is watching you two and laughing."

"What are you laughing at, looking at your dad? Get lost!" O'Neal immediately turned his attention to Iverson and berated him.

"Of course I'm laughing at you," Iverson added fuel to the fire. "Nobody in Philadelphia dares to tell me to get lost."

"Get out of my way, you shorty!" Lin Ze immediately yelled at Iverson, "Now I have it!"

"I'll kill you all!" Iverson snorted, uttering a harsh threat.

In the next possession, after Iverson got the ball, he waved for Ratliff to come and screen for him.

He wanted to take advantage of Lin Ze's position and show him how powerful he was!

But Iverson clearly overestimated Ratliff's pick-and-roll ability and underestimated Lin Ze's rapidly improving defense!

"Double-team!" Lin Ze shouted, quickly stepping forward to block Iverson. At the same time, Kobe easily squeezed past Ratliff's insignificant screen and, together with Lin Ze, completed the double-team against Iverson.

Faced with a double-team from two two-meter-tall giants, no matter how fast Iverson was or how good his fundamentals were, he couldn't unleash his full potential. He could only dribble back quickly, trying to break free from the two-man entanglement.

No matter how hard Iverson tried, the two guards didn't show the slightest weakness. Instead, their double-teaming became tighter and tighter, and in the blink of an eye, Iverson had no space at all and was completely surrounded by the two guards.

With a "thud," the basketball flew out, and Kobe leaped forward, catching the ball before falling and throwing it towards the frontcourt, thwarting Iverson's attempt to catch it. Lin Ze, naturally, had already chased after it, grabbed the ball, threw it forward again, and sprinted ahead, leaving everyone else in the dust, before dunking with one hand for another 2 points for the team!

In the previous round, Lin Ze clearly felt that his defense seemed to have improved again.

Although the mid-range jump shot training card was mainly for practicing jump shots, Lin Ze had countless one-on-one matches with Jordan in the Dream Training Ground. Although many of these matches were without the ball, most of the time the ball was involved.

Constantly going up against and one-on-one with players of Jordan's caliber makes it hard not to improve your defense!

In addition to the improvements Lin Ze made on the defensive end by watching videos and practicing basic footwork when he had the 200x effort card, Lin Ze is now definitely an excellent defender, even if he is not competing for the All-Defensive Team of the Year!

For the next few minutes, the ball was basically in Iverson's hands. He wasn't the type of player who could only play one-on-one; he would pass the ball to his teammates when they had the opportunity.

However, Iverson's philosophy was: since he was shooting over someone anyway, how could you shoot as accurately as me? That's why he seemed a bit selfish and always shot randomly.

As for Kobe? He couldn't continue to compete with Iverson; he was sealed away by Jackson.

"Give the ball to Ron!" Jackson shouted from the sidelines, handing over the ball-handling and playmaking duties to Harper. O'Neal finally started getting the ball under the basket and wreaking havoc on the 76ers' interior.

As a result, the 76ers couldn't stop the behemoth that is O'Neal, and the Lakers lacked a speedy backcourt player who could limit Iverson. Both teams' core players were able to do whatever they wanted and were quite comfortable during the game.

In the first quarter, O'Neal scored 8 points, while Iverson scored a game-high 15 points.

In the second quarter, O'Neal scored 10 points, and Iverson added another 9 points.

等到第三节结束的时候，奥尼尔已经拿到了25分8篮板2盖帽，艾弗森更是拿下35分5次助攻！

Both teams' star players delivered top-level performances tonight.

As for Lin Ze, who scored continuously and took shots in the early stages of the first quarter, he didn't get as many opportunities in the later stages.

The main reason was that Brown simply couldn't stand Ratliff's terrible performance, so he reduced his playing time and replaced him with someone less outrageous.

This meant that Lin Ze only scored 18 points after three quarters.

Although this number is already quite high, considering that Lin Ze scored 8 points in a row at the beginning, and only scored 10 points in the next two and a half quarters, Lin Ze's score in the later part of the game seems a bit low.

At this point, the score was 77-74!

The Lakers are currently leading by 3 points!

Despite their lead, the Lakers were not in a comfortable position. This was not only because their lead was small, but also because O'Neal picked up his fourth foul at the end of the third quarter. In addition, Kobe Bryant seemed determined to stay in the game tonight, scoring only 14 points on 5-of-16 shooting after three quarters.

At the start of the fourth quarter, the game was completely out of the Lakers' control.