Game 2: 49 Points, 10 Threes

After taking a shower, taking an ice bath and stretching; Lonzo ball ate a meal made by himself. Once all of that was done, Zo was hyped.

"My first game this season was one of my best games yet..."

He was loudly playing one of his own songs "Super Saiyan" and watching his highlights on Youtube. Once he saw all of his highlights against the Rockets, he looked down at the comments section.

"ZO IS THE GOAT."

"Lonzo becoming James Harden... Pelicans = Playoff Lock 🔥🔥🔥."

"Don't sleep on my boy Lonzo. James Haren, stay in yo lane."

"You Lonzo-sexuals need to chill, it's only one game + they got blown out by 32. Manz was just statpadding."

"Should have traded Kuzma instead, the Pelicans robbed the Lakers 😂."

"Why did the coach bench Zo just when he was deconstructing the lead? Only 21 minutes? It's like Luke Walton all over again 😪."

"What an amazing game... this might be the Lonzo breakout season we have all been waiting for."

"How is he statpadding if he only has 2 boards? Smh, you haters always find something to pick at. Besides, the Pelicans are a young team... they're meant to lose games so that they can learn and develop."

"Meant to lose games? Basketball is all about winning, dumb@ss Lonzo-sexual."

~Game 2 of the 2019-2020 season

Lonzo put on his "2 Ball" Pelicans jersey and got ready for the game. During the shootaround, he met up with De'arron Fox and talked for a bit.

"You ready for the game?" De'arron asked.

"I'm ready to lock you up."

"We'll see, we'll see. Are you starting?"

"Nah, Jrue is starting."

"Too bad... I think you're the better player. I bet you'll be starting by the all-star break."

"For real?"

"Of course"

The buzzer rings.

They shake hands, hug and then they move on to their separate benches. The starting five of both teams get introduced, everyone gets in position and then Bagley lets the ball. The NBA regular-season game begins.

~6 minutes later (1st Quarter, 6:00)

Lonzo Ball checked in.

The Pelicans were down 1 (9-10) and the Kings had the ball, they needed this stop. Lonzo Ball was determined to get a stop. Perhaps he was not dedicated enough, as Bagley sets a screen and Hield gets a wide-open 3. Hield bricks the shot, Holiday grabs the board but the ball goes out of bounds. The Kings have the ball again.

They pass it over to Fox, who is tightly guarded by Lonzo. He shoots a highly contested midrange shot and misses. The ball goes over to Lonzo, his first rebound of the game. Zo wastes no time as he starts a fastbreak. Everyone looked at Lonzo, thinking he would drive. But then he throws the ball up to Okafor who slams the ball in. Zo's first assist, an alley-oop!

On the next possesion, Lonzo locks Fox up for ten seconds. Fox passes it to Hield who does almost nothing with the ball... he had no choice but to shoot a highly contested, long two. Zion grabs the board and passes to Lonzo.

Lonzo dribbles with the ball a little bit, then Okafor sets him a pick. Lonzo goes straight to the basket and puts the ball up. He starts with both hands but then switches the ball to his left in midair for a clean off-the-board layup. So clean, so much finesse. He taps on his right hand's veins with his left hand.

"I GOT ICE IN MY VEINS!"

The Kings waste the next possession. Lonzo passes to Zion from half-court, he passes to Brandon Ingram and then Brandon Ingram lays it up. The score was now 15-10, the Pelicans leading by 5!

"HEAT METER: 50%"

Hield then scores a slightly contested 2. Lonzo ball comes back with a two of his own, right over Fox!

"HEAT METER: 70%"

Barnes shoots a fade-away right over Brandon Ingram, but he bricked the shot and Lonzo got the board. Then Lonzo dribbles a bit, gets a screen by Okafor and drives straight to the basket. Holmes heavily contests the layup, but it still goes in. Lonzo claps once and moves on. But he doesn't move on fully... as he gets a steal from Fox before he could even cross the half-court line. Then he viciously SLAMS IT IN. He waves his hands up and down to the Pelicans crowd. They cheer him on loudly.

"ZO, ZO, ZO."

"HEAT METER: 100% activate?"

It's a wrap. Yes, activate.

The Kings call a timeout, but it didn't help them.

Zo passes to Moore, he gets a wide-open layup. 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Holmes shots a bank shot and misses, Zo grabs the board. Zo was feeling it... a triple-double!

He alley-oops it to Okafor but he doesn't catch it, Zo's first turnover. Then, because of the turnover, Giles gets a wide-open SLAM. Zo wasn't going to back down. He remembered Harden's stepback... he wanted to use it again! Fox looked at Lonzo... he doesn't usually stay in the 3pt line... why?

"I learnt a move last game..."

"The stepback!?"

*STEPBACK*

Fox was too slow to contest.

*SPLASH*

Lonzo swished a stepback 3 right over Fox. Fox inbounds the ball, Lonzo's eyes start burning... the same red colour. Lonzo steals the ball from Fox, again, at the half-court line. Lonzo runs... throws it up... self alley-oop... SLAM! Zo viciously slams it in. Then in the next possession, Holmes lays the ball up.

"HEAT: One more possession before restart"

Zo smiled. "That's all I need."

After dribbling the ball up the court, he steps back."

*STEPBACK*

Fox's ankles break as he was expecting Lonzo to drive... he leans back.

*SPLASH*

Fox looked at Lonzo, confused. This was not the Lonzo he duelled so many times... this Lonzo was a whole different animal. This Lonzo... is... better than me.

Lonzo cooled off after that... well, not really.

~4th quarter with 6 minutes remaining

Lonzo had 30 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL. A great box score, but he still had 6 minutes... he could make it way better. The Pelicans were up 94-88.

"HEAT METER: 90%"

Maybe I can take over one more time...

Zo passed to Okafor, who then passed to a wide-open Redick. He swishes the long 2.

"HEAT METER: 95%"

Zo tries to get a steal from Fox, but instead, he gets a reach-in foul call. His second foul in the fourth quarter, no big deal. Fox then tries to shoot over Lonzo but he bricks the mid-range shot. Lonzo brings the ball up and pulls up from three.

*SWISH*

"HEAT METER: 100%, ACTIVATED"

Lonzo didn't even need to ask, the system had him covered. Lonzo steals the ball from Fox, just as before, and tries to lay the ball up. Fox fouls him and Zo misses.

"Not this time!"

Lonzo smirks, this man doesn't know what's about to happen. Zo swishes both FTs while he was getting MVP chants from the crowd. He was feeling exhilarated, this was the best game of his life!

"AND THAT IS A NEW CAREER HIGH FOR LONZO; 35 POINTS! Can he score anymore or is this his limit?"

Lonzo steals the ball, AGAIN, from Fox. It was like the ball was a magnet to Lonzo... it just came to him. Lonzo grabbed the ball and sped up to the speed of lightning.

"WHAT IS GOING ON?"

Fox kept up with him... expecting him to drive. He was going to the rim but Zo stood still on the 3pt line. He shot a three which was about 40cm from the line while Fox was on the FT line. Zo unintentionally trolled Fox by stopping when Fox thought he was driving.

*SPLASH*

"FOX IS LOST... SOMEONE GIVE HIM A MAP" -Random person watching it live

Lonzo was like a GOD on the court, no one could stop him anymore. While Fox was as frozen as ice. Man's had no confidence... Zo took all of it! Zo swished another stepback three after that. In the next possession, Fox didn't want to dribble up the court (for obvious reasons) so he passed the ball from full-court to Bagley... but Zion intercepted the pass. Unfortunately, he also went out of bounds. The ball was back to the kings.

Zo had 41 points. Bogdanovic shot a 3 and it went in. Zo pulled up from 3 and swished it right over Fox, again.

"Don't sag off." Zo reminded Fox.

"HEAT: 0%"

Looks like the take over was... over (lol).

~At the end of the game

"A NEW CAREER HIGH FOR LONZO BALL; 49 POINTS! TEN THREES AND FIVE STEALS! THE BEST GAME OF HIS CAREER! THE MOST UNSTOPPABLE PLAYER ON THE COURT TODAY, AND THE PLAYER OF THE GAME!"

Lonzo hugged Fox at the end of the game. "It'll be ok, you might win the next one... who knows."

"You were a completely different beast tonight... I couldn't guard you. Next game, though, I'll show you what I can do."

"I look forward to it."

Pelicans won by 20 points (119-99).

Zo: 49 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 5 STL, 2 TO, 18-24 FG, 10-13 3PT, 3-4 FT. (25 minutes played)

D.Fox: 20 PTS, 2 REB, 8 AST, 3 STL, 1 BLK, 8 TO, 8-19 FG, 1-1 3PT, 3-4 FT. (32 minutes played)

J.Holiday: 15 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL, 6 TO (32 minutes played)

Z.Williamson: 13 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL, 3 TO (33 minutes played)

It was pretty clear who was the best player today... this was the start of something big. This was the moment when Zo truly broke out and became one of the best players in the league...