Chapter 819 - 256: This Hairstyle Suits You

Very smooth, the plan succeeded!

Will it hit rookie Nash?

What does it have to do with Mr. Zhang?

Mr. Zhang’s arrival at the Lakers has already given Nash a better start than originally.

When Nash’s mentality exploded and played very poorly, Isaiah Rider took over ball control and passed it to Nash, Nash shot an open three-pointer and missed!

At this time, the Blazers wanted to catch up, but it was too difficult. Tonight, Nash, who had the most attempts and scored the highest, had a mental breakdown in the final quarter. Rashid Wallace’s long-range shooting was ice cold, his efficiency in attacking the basket was average, leaving Isaiah Rider to go one-on-one. In this situation, Sabonis, who’s a team-type player, didn’t perform well.

Conversely, Zhang Hao who was sweating hard in the third quarter, played even fiercer in the last quarter! Whenever there was a chance, he gave it his all and charged crazily!

Isaiah Rider indeed has an outstanding ability in chaotic battles. In the last quarter, he scored 13 points to Zhang Hao’s 11, getting 2 more points than Zhang Hao.

However, while scoring 11 points, Zhang Hao also had 3 assists. The Lakers had scored as much as 24 points by 11:02 in the last quarter, while the Blazers only scored 17 points in the last quarter!

Indeed, from a direct impression, the Blazers’ offense was dragged down by Nash’s one-on-one attempts!

With 58 seconds left, the Lakers were leading the Blazers 112 to 97 by 15 points! Moreover, Barkley was awarded an additional free throw!

When Zhang Hao passed the ball to the cutting Barkley who completed a dunk and drew a foul from Gary Trent, the Blazers’ coach gave up, subbing out the main lineup, announcing surrender.

In the end, the Lakers reversed the Blazers 115 to 101, earning their 31st victory of the season, lifting their record to 31 wins and 8 losses!

Nash, who scored 2 points in the last quarter, continued updating his career-high score, playing 41 minutes to get 33 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, and 1 steal, which was quite a good performance. Yet, looking at the data comparison on the big screen with another man who had the same hairstyle... 42 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 blocks, 1 steal...

He was totally crushed! Crushed in every aspect!

When the final buzzer sounded, Nash, subbed out in the last 58 seconds, leaned on the technical table, having lost his composure, as if his expression management system collapsed when picked at 13th, frantically grabbing his hair.

At this moment, his sight was blocked, Nash raised his head to look, matching his hairstyle...

Gazing at that charmingly icy cold face, at this moment, Nash felt he was completely unworthy of this hairstyle...

The gap was too huge. Despite having advantages with their Blazers, he messed up the game.

Nash had decided to go home and shave his head, to demonstrate his determination!

But at that moment, the man in front of him took off his wig, revealing his original buzz cut and said, "You suit this hairstyle well, played nicely tonight, I enjoyed it a lot, but it’s still not enough. You need to be a bit stronger, make me even happier next time, just a bit more and your score could’ve been higher than mine."

Just like the last encounter, Zhang Hao came to mock him post-game.

Still, much like last time, Zhang Hao’s tone was calm while speaking, without changing his pace.

Yet the way Nash felt was completely different.

His counterpart was indeed mocking him, but at this moment when Nash needed comfort and encouragement, he chose to focus more on the former part of Zhang Hao’s sentence...

Watching Zhang Hao walk away to the player tunnel after speaking... Nash suddenly felt that this NBA senior had sharp words, always merciless during games, but not as malicious as he previously thought...

Thinking carefully, the guy just liked speaking the truth...