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Buzzer-beater, counter-buzzer-beater, and yet another failed counter-buzzer-beater... Watching such a game gets people fired up, and the players on the court are also passionate, provided they are not the ones failing the counter-buzzer-beater.

Durant was on the verge of breaking down. Tonight, he made 12 out of 27 shots, scoring 34 points. His number of attempts set a personal playoff high, and a 44.4% shooting rate under tonight's defensive pressure was incredibly impressive. He scored 11 points in the last quarter and hit the crucial shot to tie the game, almost dragging it into overtime. The hope of turning the tide was in sight... but still, they lost!

Even though he has faced setbacks each year for the past three years, his mental resilience has been trained to be strong enough. But this time, his mindset exploded.

Thankfully, he has his younger teammates!

In the early years, whenever they lost, the young teammate who was the tactical core would only hide in a corner and lick his wounds alone. Even if he wanted to confide and mourn together, he couldn't find anyone.

Now, the tactical core is different. After the game, he directly took Durant and the teammates to a private club, found a group of girls to sing loudly, curse together, complain together. After venting, this young teammate from California and the team shouted with the girls hired from Los Angeles, "BeatLA," dispersing the negative emotions and stirring up positive ones.

Durant is incredibly satisfied with the current younger teammate; his leadership skills are off the charts!

But yeah...

Why are all the girls they found blonde white girls? And all with big chests and big butts!

Ever since he said he wanted to drink Black Widow's bathwater and got mocked, he changed his taste. This is his current girlfriend, 10-year WNBA second pick Monica Wright—

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The day after G4, Zhang Yang went to Kobe's house for extra practice.

There is a two-day rest period between G4 and G5. According to custom, due to the alternating home and away games, the team going to play away will conduct training sessions on the afternoon of the first rest day and the morning of the second rest day.

But because of last night's game, the three veteran core players were too tired. Kobe played for 41 minutes, way higher than the average 35 minutes in the first three games; Gasol played for 39 minutes, much higher than the previous average of 31 minutes; Nash played for 35 minutes, again higher than the average 26 minutes of the first three games. Budenholzer, who spent many years with the Spurs team, decisively canceled these two training sessions.

After four games, all the preparations that could be done and the understanding that should be had were already maximized. They could no longer play like G1 where the opponent had no clue and got beaten, nor like G3 where after enough understanding they could push through and win. It's better to let the veterans rest for two days.

Zhang Yang also planned to rest, watch some videos, but after waking up around 10 a.m. and having lunch, he felt in good physical condition, and decisively chose to seize the time to learn skills.

Zhang San: Sharpening the gun just before battle, even if not fast, it still shines. The ancients did not deceive me!

Last night's final dunk 2+1 near-buzzer-beater was completed thanks to the "Assassin." But he chose to play that way instead of the usual way facing the defense and shooting, related to the "stuffed duck" learning of these days.

The learning targets were Kobe and Nash; these two are treasure troves of skills. Any memorable outside skills, there's nothing they can't do. Even if they couldn't use it in the game, they at least know how to use it, how to train. When they were young, they at least tried it.

Zhang Yang certainly didn't learn everything but focused on what he thought could be used, and the team conditions allowed him to play. The priority was around developing skills based on his current abilities.

From Kobe, the learning mainly revolved around mid-range shots and post-up related aspects, not completely learning new ones but also improving the skills he originally knew, including the high-post catch after spin and attack the basket, used in the 2+1 dunk last night.

Previously his post game was learned from Big Bird and Mark Jackson. These two also have great post skills, but they have one common weakness—athleticism.

Their post game is almost pure technical flow, Big Bird focusing on rhythm, Mark Jackson focusing on strength.

Zhang Yang has rhythm and strength as a shooting guard. He learned well from these two but didn't get much help from them in utilizing athletic ability, basically from his own pondering.

His direction of pondering was spin move, quick pull for short-distance explosive move creating opportunities. Post-up attack basket was relatively lacking, mostly attracting double teams and passing the ball in actual combat. Now this shortcoming, from skill development perspective, is considered filled… Of course, to truly use it as a regular offensive method, he needs to go back and find professionals to formulate training plans based on his actual conditions and systematically develop learning.

But even without formal development, as long as the theoretical knowledge is learned, and details like motion and exertion understood, he can use it if he insists; it's just after using it a few times it becomes easier to be defended… This is the benefit of solid foundation built through hard practice for almost six years!

Duncan, every time there's a huge change in physical fitness, Kobe, if willing subjectively, can adjust his play style within months, relying on the solid basics accumulated over the years!

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Two days later, on the evening of May 28th, at Ford Center in Oklahoma City, the Lakers and Thunder Team continued their fierce battle.

At 10:18 in the evening, the game ended.

Zhang Yang tonight made 10 out of 19 shots, 2 out of 3 from three-point range, combined with 6 out of 6 free throws, efficiently scoring 28 points, grabbed 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks.