After a day off, Wang Zelin flew to Toronto with the team the next day. It was the coldest time of the year in Toronto.
As soon as I got off the plane, I saw a sheet of snow.
Not long after checking into the hotel reserved by the team, Wang Zelin received a piece of good news.
This week's NBA Player of the Year is out. LeBron James is the Eastern Conference player. He averaged 34 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.3 blocks per game this week, leading the Heat to victory in three games.
The shooting percentage is particularly outrageous, reaching 70.2%! The same is true for three-pointers, averaging 2.1 attempts and 1.7 hits per game, with a hit rate of 62.5%.
What is a superstar (tactical fallback)?
What about here in the west?
There is no doubt that Wang Zelin won it.
Not to mention winning all three games while leading the team, his personal averages per game were 22 points, 13.3 rebounds, 6 assists and 1.6 blocks, and his field goal percentage exceeded 70%.
Especially the triple-double that night against the Spurs, its gold content is a hard data that no one can compete with.
In addition, this is the second time Wang Zelin has won Player of the Week this season.
You must know that it is only the third week, which shows how amazing his performance during this period is.
In ESPN's last regular season MVP rankings, Wang Zelin's personal ranking has risen from 8th to 4th. The three people ahead of him are James, Chris Paul, and Durant, all of whom are well-known superstars in the league.
However, everyone knows that when the latest regular season MVP ranking list is updated tomorrow, the Portland Trail Blazers' No. 36 will definitely be ranked in the top three.
The only suspense is, where will he rank?
There is a high probability - it will be number one!
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The Raptors' start this year has been greatly improved compared to last year, ranking third in the Eastern Conference with 6 wins and 4 losses. All of this is inseparable from the rise of DeMar DeRozan, No. 9 in the first round of 2009.
This shooting guard who is keen on classical mid-range shooting averaged more than 20 points per game for the first time this season.
According to statistics, DeRozan has jumped to second place in the rankings of mid-range shots among shooting guards this season. At the top of the list is his idol Kobe Bryant.
In addition, there is Kyle Lowry, the old Mosaic player who joined the Raptors last year. This year, the little steel cannon got rid of injuries and his scoring data increased the most, from averaging 11 points per game to about 17 points per game.
A guard who averages 11+ per game and a guard who averages 17+ per game bring different help to the Raptors.
However, our team just lost to the Chicago Bulls at home two days ago. Kyle Lowry made 5 of 13 shots from the field and put on a fierce performance, which led to DeRozan scoring a career-high 37 points. It’s hard to save the raptors.
At 6:00 pm, all the home fans entered the Aviation Center Arena, and all the more than 19,000 seats were occupied. The Raptors' strong performance this year gave them hope of the playoffs.
Therefore, even though their opponent tonight is the Portland Trail Blazers, currently ranked first in the league, Toronto fans still showed great enthusiasm.
DeRozan has gradually realized his talent this season, and Lowry's ability to control the field on the outside has become more and more stable. The Raptors have decided to build a team framework around the two.
At this time, the most embarrassing player in the Raptors became Rudy Gay, the former successor to McGrady.
Before the All-Star Game of the last century, in a three-way trade between the Raptors, Grizzlies and Pistons, Rudy Gay, who had always been the scoring leader of the Grizzlies, was traded to the Toronto Raptors, which made the former genius very dissatisfied.
When he came to the Raptors, he once tried Tracy McGrady, who was traded to the Magic in the past, and used his offense to lead the team into the playoffs.
The Raptors management thought the same way. After acquiring Rudy Gay, they placed great trust in Rudy Gay, who became the league's top 20-plus scorer in his second year of his career, and gave him the team's No. 1 offense. With the ball rights, the team gradually refined its tactical system around him...
The result was disappointing.
After the regular season ended, the Toronto Raptors, which had struggled for most of the year, could only be ranked tenth in the Eastern Conference and missed the playoffs for five consecutive years.
The highly anticipated Rudy Gay played for less than half of the season, starting 32 of 33 games, scoring 19.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and a career-high 1.7 steals.
But it’s not like that!
He is always outside the team system and cannot have a good chemical reaction with DeRozan Lowry. The data is good, but what's the use if the team can't win?
Some Toronto fans even complained: "Guy's arrival directly led to DeRozan's ball rights being weakened. Otherwise, DeRozan would not have averaged 18 points per game last season, but would have very likely broken through the 20 mark early." close!"
The Raptors got off to a good start this season, showing they have the momentum to make the playoffs. But in the eyes of fans and management, they still rely more on the growth of DeRozan and Lowry.
Gay is still the same, scoring well, averaging around 19 points per game, but his efficiency is too low.
The team's top 18 shots were only able to produce 7 hits, and the field goal percentage fell below 40% for the first time in his career!
Recently, doubts have arisen within the Raptors. According to rumors, the Raptors management has been discussing trades with many teams in the league. At most, Rudy Gay will leave Toronto before the All-Star Game. land.
There seems to be internal discord on one side, and the other side is threatening.
The game started under such circumstances.
After all, it is a contest between two playoff seeded teams, and the media from all sides still pay more attention to it. This game will be broadcast live across the United States by ESPN.
As for China, the broadcast treatment of Portland Trail Blazers games is already the best in the world, no less than Mosaic back then.
At the end of the first quarter, the result was somewhat unexpected.
Although the Raptors scored a good 22 points, their opponents scored more, a full 46 points. DeRozan and Lowry, the brothers in trouble, were completely stunned by the opponent's offensive wave.
So, after the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led 46:22 Raptors, leading by 24 points.
It is worth mentioning that the Trail Blazers have scored 49 points in a single quarter three times in history. Today, Wang Zelin and his team scored 46 points in a single quarter, which became the second highest scoring record in a single quarter in history. The highest score obtained in the section.
Princeton's style of play worked wonders against the Raptors. The Raptors players seem to have not adapted to the Blazers' style change, and their impressions are still stuck in the large number of position battles last season.
Not every head coach has Simawicz's forward-looking vision and excellent tactical adaptability. At least the current head coach of the Raptors, Dwayne Casey, does not have this level of ability.
The worst thing the Raptors did in the first quarter was center Yonas Valanciunas.
The current Varan is only in his second year and has not developed outside shooting yet. He is best at finishing in the low post, but his body is not strong enough yet.
When facing Wang Zelin, he was at a disadvantage in every aspect. Not only could he not guard anyone, but he could not get into the paint. The hard-earned low-post skills were in vain.
In a single quarter, a foul was made and 1 of 2 free throws was required to avoid getting a duck egg.
The Raptors are having a hard time tonight!
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