"Even the Warriors can lose. Wang Zelin lacks the responsibility of a leader, which shows the true strength of LaMarcus City Trail Blazers!" - "espn"
"The recent dramatic fluctuations in the Blazers' performance indicate that the playoffs will be unsettled..." - "Bleachers"
"I've said it before, that Eastern kid is not as powerful as he looks." - Kamara, a well-known basketball commentator
"We are on the right path, but there are bound to be some bumps in the road!" - "Portland Weekly"
Except for the local media, most media turned their backs and accused the Blazers of not losing this game. The arrow pointed at the Blazers' super rookie Wang Zelin.
Wang Zelin doesn't care about the comments from the outside world, because he knows that these media people are just a group of female cousins, and since they have a standing, he just lets them go.
As long as you don't take the initiative to provoke yourself!
As a pursuing professional basketball player, the most important energy should be focused on training and competition. In the final analysis, Wang Zelin at this stage can only deal with the intrigues and dirty things from the outside world during the preparation period and the competition period. Just let the agent Zhou Yang and the public relations handle it. If these things can't be solved, his money will be in vain.
This is the benefit of sports competition. Everything depends on strength. As long as you perform well, who has time to care about what you eat and stuffed egg cakes...
Taking Zhu Ba as an example, he smoked, drank, and even had his hair permed. As a result, there were voices of doubt from outside the court, but they were only minimal and could not achieve much success.
April 2, 2013 ~ Tuesday.
The Trail Blazers begin the month of April, indicating that the countdown to the regular season is getting closer.
The opponent is an old acquaintance, the Utah Jazz, who are also in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference.
This game is an away game, and Wang Zelin accompanied the team to the away arena for pre-game training in the morning.
The crazy victory in the first half of this season has gradually created the momentum of a strong team within the Blazers. In the eyes of all members, there are less than five worthy opponents in the Western Conference, and there is only one opponent in the Eastern Conference that can pose a serious threat to them. Miami Heat.
As you become more confident, side effects are inevitable.
Arrogant and complacent...I have found the Trail Blazers players a long time ago.
but now.
Whether it's because of the team's strategy or other reasons, the Trail Blazers have indeed been losing recently.
Take the last game against the Warriors as an example. Wang Zelin and his teammates wanted to win and took action... but to their surprise, the team lost.
Therefore, the atmosphere within the Trail Blazers team has now become somewhat depressing.
It's not just as simple as losing to the Warriors, the key point is that the team's strong team momentum, which was just established not long ago, feels like it is falling apart.
The coaching staff only recently discovered this, and they regret it very much.
In the past, we should not have deliberately lost because of "picking opponents", which resulted in the current bad consequences.
In the final analysis, the Blazers are still too young.
The reason why the Spurs dare to take rest breaks is that the backbone "gdp" combination of the Spurs has been working together for ten years. As long as three people don't have an accident at the same time, the Spurs can't be in chaos.
The Blazers are different.
There are many young players, which often means there are many variables. Their stability is far less than that of the Spurs. If they play more downwind balls, they will naturally be able to quickly develop the temperament of a strong team.
In the same way, hitting too many balls against the wind will quickly frustrate their edge.
The following April schedule is particularly important for the Trail Blazers. They need to re-establish their strong team temperament through victory, and they really can't lose anymore.
At the same time, it is also very difficult, because the opponents behind them are all strong teams at the playoff level, and none of them are easy to beat, and every game is a tough battle.
Theoretically speaking, in addition to the first-tier Thunder, which can steadily beat the Trail Blazers, the second-tier Clippers, Grizzlies, and Nuggets are all close to each other. If the remaining five teams want to win, they There is a certain degree of certainty.
However, who can say accurately about the NBA?
Terry Stotts feels that he is under a lot of pressure. He was so motivated at the beginning of the season. If he only gets 52 or 3 wins in the end, he will really live up to the expectations of the fans.
“It would be great if LaMarcus could come back.”
Terry Stotts, who hadn't slept all night, looked at Wang Zelin and others who were practicing tactics on the field, and scratched his head helplessly.
In his plan, the team should have all members of the team for the April schedule, otherwise it would be difficult to face a playoff-level opponent back-to-back... But Aldridge suddenly got injured.
It didn't disrupt his overall plan, but considering that the team's energy and energy were now weakening, and thinking that the team was missing a powerful player who averaged 20 points per game, his mood was inevitably a little more impetuous... It was smashed!
Never would I have thought that if you pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, you might actually become a pig in the end.
…
"Uh-huh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Bang!"
In the Energy Solutions Arena, the auditorium is packed with people. Players from the two teams are warming up on the court. The beautiful notes produced by the friction between the basketball and the net slowly relieve the players' inner pressure and tension.
Unlike the losing Trail Blazers, the Jazz had just celebrated their 4th consecutive victory, with 41 wins and 30 losses, half a game behind the Lakers, and ranked tenth in the Western Conference.
This position is undoubtedly awkward.
If you want to show off, there aren't many games left.
It seems too late to grab a ticket for the playoffs.
After struggling for several days with no results, Jazz coach Tyronn Cobin said directly to the players: "Just watch and fight!"
It just so happened that Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap were also unwilling to be left alone, and showed an attitude of gearing up for the Blazers who came to challenge.
Trailblazers here.
In the tactical meeting before the game, the coach was uncharacteristically different and made a dead order to win the game before the game. The players were confused for a while, but everyone soon became excited.
Acting every day, you will be tired of acting by now. We want to win!
After practicing two sets of hooks and layups, it's almost time.
The attention of today's game was average. The state was ups and downs and the game was in a low-entertainment city in Utah, so it was not broadcast live across the United States.
In addition, we are currently in a critical period of the NCAA men's basketball championship process. Starting in mid-March, the Sweet 16 will be announced one after another, and now the top 8 games are underway.
Fans who know a little bit about it all know that from the beginning of March Madness to mid-to-late April, there was only one main theme in the American basketball world, and that was the NCAA.
Not to mention the NCAA finals, even in some extremely popular games, such as games between NCAA superstar players, the NBA has to make concessions when it should.
During this period, which university's players scored so many points, which university's players took so many boards... all made headlines.
In the end, this game, which was originally a moderately focused game, became even more dim.
Of course, reporters from Portland and China will never leave, and Wang Zelin is here.
…
At 6:00, the two teams finished their warm-up and the starting players came out.
Jazz starting lineup: The first person to appear was countless old acquaintances of Chinese fans, followed by Randy Foye, Gordon Hayward, Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson.
Teren Kebin is full of energy today. He will definitely win the first game in April, and then there will be good luck.
Anyway, you can lose even the Warriors, so why not lose another game!
For the Trail Blazers, the starting lineup is as follows:
Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Mike Roberts and Wang Zelin.
The defense of this starting lineup is actually better than the defense of the original lineup. After all, when Aldridge wants to defend, he can definitely do a good job defensively.
But the problem is, unlike Mike Roberts, this guy mainly relies on defense to get his best value from offense.
"Mike, you're in charge of Paul Millsap, and Al Jefferson is in charge of me. As long as the Jazz's inside is locked up, there won't be much of a problem on the outside."
Since Coach Terry has given a fatal order to win, Wang Zelin naturally cheered up.
Anyway, the opponent has already lost to them three times this season, so why not lose again!
With this idea in mind, both sides started fighting.
Wang Zelin easily won the jump ball, and the Jazz seemed to be well prepared and positioned themselves well in advance.
The Trail Blazers attacked, and Lillard advanced to the top arc with the ball.
After Deron Williams left the Jazz, the Jazz changed several starting point guards, but none of them worked. The current starting point guard is Mo Buchuan~Mo Williams, who was just traded from the Clippers.
This guy, like Lillard, is different from traditional point guards in that his personal offense is stronger than organization, and his defense is average.
With continuous early changes of direction, Lillard shook off Mo Williams and ran towards the paint area.
Tyrone Corbin shook his head. He had known this would happen and had already told other players to pay attention to defense before the game.
One step into the free throw line, Hayward came up and stretched out his right arm to block Lillard.
Hayward, the ninth pick in the first round of 2010, is 2.01 meters tall and weighs 104 kilograms. He has great talent and is the main target of the Jazz management.
A big white man appeared in front of him. Lillard did not rush, stabilized the rhythm, and shot a mid-range emergency stop.
"Duang!"
There was a sound of iron hitting, and Lillard had a bad start.
but……
"Bang!"
Wang Zelin shouted loudly and succeeded in making up the dunk.
The Blazers opened the scoring.
"Shh!"
They were bombarded when they came up. How could the Jazz fans bear it? boos rang out in the Energy Arena.
"Al, give me one more!"
Fans set their sights on Al Jefferson and shouted loudly.
"Al, feel the voices around you. You are not good at being the boss. The fans have changed their camps."
It seems that in the backcourt, Wang Zelin said to Al Jefferson on the side.
"Boy, these cheers are for me, you are so shameless!" Al Jackson said angrily.
"But it was obviously me who scored the goal. Look, the scoreboard shows that you scored 0. They were celebrating for me."
Seeing Al Jefferson getting angry, Wang Zelin smiled proudly.
"Just wait for me!"
Al Jefferson growled and waited for his teammates to get into position.
Jazz attack.
Mo Williams had a strong desire to attack. He pretended not to see Al Jefferson asking for the ball inside. He reached out unceremoniously for the pick-and-roll, then broke into the paint area and made a sudden jump shot.
Same trick, Mo Williams scored.
2:2!
"I told you that you, the boss, are not very good at it. Now do you believe it?" Wang Zelin said reluctantly.
This time Al Jefferson didn't say anything and returned to defense with a dark face.
em. . .
No, he has a black face to begin with.
Trail Blazers offense.
Mike Roberts came up as a screener, driving Paul Millsap in and out of the paint, wearing down the latter's energy.
Paul Millsap understood this was a conspiracy, smiled bitterly, and had no choice but to follow.
At this time, Wang Zelin stood in the low post and asked for the ball, and Lillard immediately hoisted in.
The moment I caught the ball, I immediately turned around, got rid of Al Jefferson, who was about to make a small move, and entered the paint area.
Paul Millsap ran back, got rid of Mike Roberts, and came over from the other side.
After careful study, he clearly understood the playing style of No. 36 on the opposite side, with unstoppable power, soft touch, and rich low-post offensive skills... I really don't know how this freak has so many things at the same time.
It’s so inconsistent!
He knows better that as long as No. 36 completes the turning movement and gets rid of the defender, there will be almost no defense except for double-teaming.
But... Paul Millsap looked at Wang Zelin getting closer and closer, and his mood became uneasy.
Why do I suddenly feel that the double team is not stable!
"careful!"
Mike Roberts warned loudly.
As for Wang Zelin.
Of course he saw Paul Millsap, with an indifferent smile, he continued to take a step, took off, held the ball in his right arm, raised it high, and hit the basket fiercely.
The arrow is on the string and must be fired!
At the same time, Paul Millsap ignored his uneasiness and took off on the left side of the basket, stretched out his right hand and covered the basketball.
This scene, whether it was the fans at the scene or the Chinese and American spectators watching the game in front of the TV, were deeply attracted.
"roll!"
When Wang Zelin saw Aldridge getting closer and closer to him, unknown anger welled up in his heart.
The next moment, Wang Zelin followed up with his left hand, put the ball together with both hands, pressed Paul Millsap and poured the ball into the basket.
"Snapped!"
The two bodies collided together,
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