One Year Left to Play-Chapter 242 - 84: Even Faster Than the Fastest!

On the other side, Damon Stoudamire pushed into the frontcourt and saw Zhang Hao and Oliver Miller standing together. The former is barefoot at 206 cm, the latter 206 cm with shoes, and the former is slightly taller than the latter.

But the latter's massive physique makes the former look almost pitiful.

This scene, Damon Stoudamire was extremely excited!

Let him be even more pitiful!

Damon Stoudamire lobbed the ball to Oliver Miller, who was asking for the ball against Zhang Hao, and shouted in his heart—Olli give...

133 kg, 97 strength... For Zhang Hao, there's no difference between Oliver Miller and O'Neal, although he hasn't played against O'Neal.

Can't even block him from positioning, let alone defend, directly pushed away for an open layup.

Low post stand-and-shoot! Oliver Miller relied on his large frame to get a perfect shooting space, PJ Brown couldn't even make it in time for the help defense.

But!

Just as Oliver Miller tossed the ball, Zhang Hao completely gave up and backed off.

Don't say, Oliver Miller is really stable, like a weight, short and stout, Zhang Hao's retreat didn't affect Oliver Miller at all, Zhang Hao was mentally prepared for this, and immediately picked up the ball and passed it to Kenny Anderson after Oliver Miller made the basket.

Kenny Anderson immediately understood, started the fast break!

Zhang Hao didn't get the chance to trigger "Single Rider," but his and PJ Brown's dash down the wings, along with Graham's follow-up, created a great fast-break opportunity for Kenny Anderson.

Zhang Hao sprinted all the way to the left baseline, Kenny Anderson and PJ Brown attracted all the Raptors' defensive attention, Kenny Anderson passed the ball to Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao took a mid-range shot... missed! But Graham followed up with a jump and made the tip-in.

Very beautiful four-man fast break!

After the last game against the Pistons, their starting lineup's strategy became clearer, falling into half-court play, Almon Gilliam led the attack, in the previous round Kenny Anderson chose to go solo as he had just been hit by a rookie and definitely wanted to return the favor, Almon Gilliam wouldn't say anything, if he encountered the same situation, he'd fight back too.

And when there's a fast-break opportunity, they play very decisively; whenever there's a chance to speed things up, they do.

It may bring trouble when dealing with strong teams by forcing fast breaks, but against the Raptors, it's not a big problem.

Tried it, very effective!

After the basket, they quickly retreated, this lineup comes fast, goes fast, very proactive in retreating to defense.

Damon Stoudamire received the inbound pass and quickly pushed forward, breaking through and passing to Elvin Robertson who broke out from the point guard to make a close-range jumper and score!

Defensively really poor, luckily through the preseason, Zhang Hao has gotten used to it, and he sees his teammates trying hard, just lacking in ability.

Just now on defense, teammates were intimidated by Oliver Miller's physique, shrunk and gave Carlos Rogers a chance to set a screen for Elvin Robertson, creating a close-range receiving and shooting opportunity.

Not dwelling on poor defense, Zhang Hao quickly went to pick up the ball for an inbound pass.

The Raptors are very proactive, with new team players wishing to prove themselves as the first batch of foundation players.

This time Kenny Anderson pushed for a fast break but didn't succeed, he decisively slowed down past half-court, dribbled outside the three-point line, and passed the ball to Almon Gilliam.

Who would've thought Almon Gilliam passed the ball back to Kenny Anderson!

What the hell!

Kenny Anderson was puzzled, saw Zhang Hao slip out from the same side behind Almon Gilliam using PJ Brown's screen and quickly passed the ball to Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao received the ball, wide open!

This time Zhang Hao didn't miss, easily made a mid-range shot one step inside the free-throw line on the right side of the three-second area.

This is his favorite distance, one step inside the free-throw line is his most comfortable shooting range.

Offensively, a few rounds were very smooth, but defensively, the Brooklyn Nets haven't improved.

After a few more rounds, half a quarter done, entering timeout, the score was 17 to 16, with the Brooklyn Nets leading by 1 point thanks to PJ Brown's offensive rebound and second chance points.

Walking back to the bench, Kenny Anderson couldn't stop complaining: "Almon, why did you pass up two chances to go one-on-one? We could have widened the lead!"

To which Almon Gilliam directly replied: "The guy opposite is too big, filling all the space!"

"Find opportunities! You can always find a way in..."

These words, even Kenny Anderson felt were excessive, his voice getting quieter.

Zhang Hao listened on the side to the team's two strongest teammates' "boo hoo hoo" banter, and realized a problem.

Didn't notice it when playing against the Pistons, their formidable interior defense was just Ratliff, and he could only play around 20 minutes, so Almon Gilliam wasn't greatly affected.

Once the opponent has an interior tank, Almon Gilliam struggles.

Upon careful analysis, with the likes of Olajuwon, Ewing, David Robinson in this era, especially with O'Neal gaining championship strength these past two years, which strong team doesn't have a big center?

Zhang Hao surmised that perhaps the Nets, during their playoff phase, had Chuck Daly make Almon Gilliam a reserve rather than a starter precisely because against strong teams, Almon Gilliam wasn't effective.