The Trail Blazers and Warriors played fiercely, with the scores taking the lead alternately, and there were four draws in the first quarter.
The Blazers had all the players, and all five starting players scored. Wang Zelin showed off his ability to coordinate the center and sent out 3 assists. He scored 4 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in a casual game.
Aldridge became the team's main attack point. He received Wang Zelin's mid-range shot and scored 4 points. Coupled with his personal singles with the ball, he scored 8 points in a single quarter.
For the Warriors, Curry took on the absolute offensive task, scoring 2 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 8 in a single quarter, scoring 11 points, and dishing out 2 assists.
After the first quarter, the Warriors trailed by 2 points.
In the second quarter, the two teams did not continue to fight against their main players, and both teams used rotating lineups.
But what is surprising is that the Trail Blazers, who are obviously better in lineup, performed worse.
Garnett, Mo Williams, and Yi Jianlian combined to score 7 points in the second quarter. The combined power of the three of them could barely achieve the efficiency that they could achieve alone in previous games.
The long road trip and the exhaustion of winning streaks for the sake of winning streaks began to show up.
Iguodala played like a god of war during this time on the bench! Under his leadership, the Warriors, together with Marliss Speights, dominated the second quarter and frequently hit quick counterattacks.
The Trail Blazers in the second quarter were completely different from the first quarter. Wang Zelin only played three minutes in the second quarter, allowing the Warriors to seize the opportunity and successfully lead 55:49 at halftime.
The situation changes and the situation changes suddenly.
After the first three minutes, Thompson and Curry hit three three-pointers in succession, and the Warriors led by 12 points at 64:52. The Warriors suddenly rained three points, catching the Blazers off guard.
Beep~~~
Coach Terry Stotts hurriedly called a timeout and rearranged the lineup.
"Many players in the Trail Blazers are in a sluggish state today! Even veteran Kevin Garnett is no exception! And No. 30 Stephen Curry of the opposing Warriors is too scary. He has already made 4 three-pointers tonight. It’s divided!” Yu Jia said in surprise.
"Who doesn't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year? The feel of this thing is very mysterious. Once it comes, you won't be able to vote for it." Zhang Liji said with a smile.
"The king is in danger. Now we can only hope for a timeout. After returning, the Blazers players can feel better." Yu Jia continued.
Zhang Lili didn't answer. He has decades of commentary experience and knows the situation of the Trail Blazers on the court very well.
If only a few players are in poor condition, it can be attributed to a small probability event; and if a large number of players are in poor condition, it can only be a high probability that the Trail Blazers really have a problem.
Return from the timeout and the game continues.
Looking around the arena, both sides have fielded their strongest lineups.
In terms of personnel configuration, the Trail Blazers' main players are all out, and the Warriors' third position has been changed from Barnes to Iguodala.
"We must first do a good job in rebounding. When others take a shot, grab it if they can, and don't have to return to defense immediately. Also, those who attack and defend Stephen Curry must guard against his sudden three-point shot. I need to stay close and switch defenses quickly, so I can't give him any room to take action..."
Terry Stotts warned before taking the field.
In just over half of the game, Curry has already scored 17 points. He is definitely on his way to 30+ or 40+ points tonight.
In view of the fact that the opponent just scored 54 points in a single game last season, even though they lost to the New York Knicks led by Agua, Terry Stotts' initial dull mentality couldn't help but cause waves.
Is it going to overturn?
After receiving the ball from the sideline, the Trail Blazers players were in position, and Lillard made a tactical gesture.
Aldridge suddenly withdrew from the low post on the left wing, leaving David Lee half way to get the ball, and the latter chased after him.
Wang Zelin started almost at the same time, diving towards the basket from the low post on the right side. At the same time, he did not forget to caress BoGte's waist with his right hand, causing the latter's start to stop immediately. He couldn't help but burst out with an Australian national curse. exit.
As an organizer, Lillard was well prepared. After seeing Wang Zelin's position, he suddenly took a step back, lobbed the ball from Curry's head and flew to the right wing of the basket.
Wang Zelin jumped up to grab the ball and dunked it back with one hand.
"boom!"
64:54, the score difference is still 10 points.
"This tactic works. Aldridge pulls out and uses his own shooting threat to bring out David Lee. The King cuts in at the same time, pulling and pulling, squeezing through the Warriors' defense like a saw." Yu Jia said excitedly.
Warriors attack.
At the top of the arc, Curry called David Lee to pick and roll as usual, and then broke through to the paint area.
Lillard failed to keep up, and Aldridge returned to defense in time.
At this time, Curry faced Aldridge's defense, and he passed the ball to David Lee outside.
David Lee caught the ball, shot from the three-point line, and hit a goal.
At 67:54, the Trail Blazers trailed by 13 points.
"Oh ho ho! David also scored a three-pointer. Rick, did you see it? This should be the seventh three-point goal scored by the Warriors tonight. Stephen has 4, Klay has 2, and David has 1. ." Mullin smiled.
"I'm not blind," Mr. Barry rolled his eyes and continued: "It seems that God is on our side tonight. The Blazers opposite us have five fewer three-pointers than us!"
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"There is an obvious height difference between Lillard and David Lee, and the latter seems to have a very good touch. It is normal for him to be unable to guard." Yu Jia shook his head.
"This is hopeless. The Trail Blazers should pay more attention to their opponents' three-pointers!" Zhang Li said.
The Blazers attacked and opened up wide.
With BoGt stuck aside, Wang Zelin caught the ball in the short corner of the right wing and started to play inside.
After a few moments, Wang Zelin easily carried BoGt one step outside the paint area, then turned over and shot a jumper, hitting a goal.
"Andrew's weight and strength are at a disadvantage. The Trail Blazers No. 36 is currently at the fifth position, which can be said to be notifying all opposing players." Barry said.
"It's okay, we just need to return a three-pointer." Mullin said confidently.
As if to confirm what he said, the Warriors counterattacked, and Curry suddenly stopped one meter away from the three-point line. At this time, Lillard, who was preventing him, was stepping on the edge of the three-point line. Perhaps Lillard thought this was a safe area.
Unfortunately, Curry took action. Everything happened so suddenly that Lillard didn't even have time to express a panic expression. The "swish" sound of the basketball passing through the net was heard behind him.
"Stephen~~Curry!!!"
The host DJ was completely crazy.
Curry's three-point shooting point has to be taken one step back, to the position of the Warriors' home logo.
"Fake Squid! Hahahaha! Chris, tell me, this is not true! Stephen actually hit a three-pointer from such a distance. He must be too brave!"
Old Barry started dancing excitedly.
"You read that right, Rick, this is real, this shit is actually real..." Mullin kept mumbling to himself.
The Warriors came out and Curry came out.
Before the Trail Blazers recovered, Curry and Clay added two more three-pointers for the Warriors.
76:56, the score difference was instantly opened to 20 points.
This kind of scoring efficiency fell into Wang Zelin's eyes, and he couldn't sit still. Just after halftime, Lillard, who was holding the ball, immediately asked the referee for a 100-second timeout.
Beep~~~
The Trail Blazers were stopped again.
"Wang, don't be anxious. There is still half a quarter and we still have a chance." Terry Stotts didn't notice anything was wrong and instead encouraged Wang Zelin.
"Mr. Stotts, didn't you notice how big the score difference is? Didn't you notice that Warrior No. 30 has already made 6 three-pointers, and he already has 23 points!"
Wang Zelin almost roared, which shocked all the Blazers.
A difference of 20 points?
Six three-pointers?
The Warriors scored 23 points on the 30th?
Suddenly looking back, everyone realized that the team's situation was extremely difficult.
Who said three-pointers can't kill?
At this moment, Terry Stotts and his players felt the fatal threat from a three-pointer for the first time.
In fact, as early as last season, when Curry's total number of three-pointers reached an unprecedented 600 in a single season, some people gradually realized that what looked like a simple three-pointer actually contained a huge threat.
However, the Warriors led by Curry did not go far in the playoffs and stopped in one round. In addition, during the regular season, Curry scored more than 50 points for the first time in his career, but the result was that the Warriors lost to the Knicks.
After scoring 54 points but losing the game, Curry, who made 11 of 13 three-pointers that night, caused a moment of heated discussion, but it did not really arouse the vigilance of other teams.
It's amazing to say "Stephen Curry is a rare and excellent three-point shooter", but in fact not many people still regard this Warriors team as a serious problem.
But Wang Zelin knows that starting from this season, there will be many old stereotypes in the league that will be completely overturned by this Warriors.
The first thing to bear the brunt of is: three-pointers cannot kill the game!
Strictly speaking, Curry's current strength changes are not much different from last season, and he is still at All-Star level. What can make such a change in the Warriors is largely due to the growth of another guy-Klay Thompson!
Clay has grown again this season. Not only has his three-pointers become more stable, but his two-point shots from close range have also accounted for 37.8%, which is a full 12% increase from the previous season. This means that he has more scoring methods and is more difficult to defend.
Sometimes once Clay goes crazy and shoots away, he is even more difficult to guard than Curry.
He has a height of 201cm and a wingspan of 206cm. Although his shooting speed is not as fast as Curry's, his natural height advantage makes him less disturbed when shooting three-pointers.
Perhaps this is why he was able to break the NBA playoff record for three-pointers in a single game in the future.
So compared to Curry, Ke Lai is more of a pure three-point shooter. He doesn't even need to control the ball too much, he only needs the right to shoot, and then he can rely on his abnormal three-point shooting ability to create an offensive threat at the level of a scoring champion.
What’s even worse is that Curry and Clay are so perfect for each other!
In the game between the Warriors and Bobcats on December 12, 2012, when Curry and Klay scored 25 points with him at halftime, including 7 three-pointers, the two gradually became nicknamed the Splash Brothers.
Wang Zelin also knew that the Splash Brothers in front of him would evolve into Tsunami Brothers. Judging from today's performance, the Warriors, under the leadership of the two men, launched a tsunami of offensive waves, beating the Blazers to nowhere.
After realizing something was wrong, he asked Lillard to call a timeout without the coach's consent.
Nothing else, because these 3 minutes were like a fucking dream, so fake! Suddenly they were 20 points behind!
During the timeout, Terry Stotts didn't know what to do, and he himself was stunned by the situation on the court. Who knew the three-point shot could still be played like this? So he could only emphasize to his players again and again: "Defend, defend, defend again!"
Back on the field.
Trail Blazers offense.
Batum received Wang Zelin's pass and scored without the ball in the mid-range.
But as soon as he turned his head, Clay threw in another three-pointer. In the blink of an eye, the score difference changed from 18 points to 21 points!
"Give me!"
After settling into position in the frontcourt, Wang Zelin roared from the outside.
It was so annoying that he could no longer care so much and wanted to fight one by himself.
Grabbing the ball, Wang Zelin rushed directly to the basket and exploded after one step, but at this time BoGt and David Lee rushed over like crazy, looking like they would not let Wang Zelin dunk even if it was a foul.
Wang Zelin did not hesitate and continued to strengthen despite the violent foul.
BoGt grabbed Wang Zelin's jersey and pulled hard. The referee immediately blew the whistle. Wang Zelin struggled to send the ball out, but failed to score.
"Beep! Defensive foul, Blazers No. 36 made two extra free throws."
"Damn, this guy is a criminal!"
"You call for a common foul...oh my God, are you blind?"
BoGt's rough foul angered the Blazers generals, who immediately surrounded him.
When a player is going for a layup, once his jersey is pulled by someone, it is very easy for the player to lose his balance in the air, and the probability of injury will increase sharply.
Fortunately, Wang Zelin was not seriously injured, but this move still completely angered Lillard and others.
"Hey hey hey! What do you want to do?"
On the side, the Warriors players also gathered around.
At the same time, the Warriors bench players closest to the scene also rushed into the court. Upon closer inspection, Draymond Green and Jermaine O'Neal were the most emotional.
Seeing that the war was about to break out, there were endless boos at the scene.
"enough!"
At this time, Wang Zelin shouted angrily and stopped the players from both sides who were about to use their fists.
At this moment, the referee and the two linesmen also immediately separated the players from both sides, thus avoiding a full-scale show of force at the Warriors' home court.
Already lagging behind by a big margin, if conflicts arise rashly, it will easily lead to the perception that the Trail Blazers are losing and being embarrassed.
After the situation calmed down, the referee once again signaled Wang Zelin to go to the free throw line.
"Uh-huh!"
"Bang!"
The second free throw was missed. David Lee protected the backboard, found Curry immediately, and let him organize it.
Curry dribbled forward, and as soon as he got close to the Trail Blazers' three-point line, he stood up and took a decisive shot.
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Even the teammates running toward the Blazers half court were stunned: Brother, we haven't settled in yet!
The spectators in the stands were also dumbfounded, because this was obviously not a reasonable shooting opportunity, and Curry did not even fully adjust his body shape.
"This is a very unreasonable shot choice. I think this ball..." Before Zhang Liang could finish his words, the crisp sound of the ball hitting the net spread through the loudspeaker throughout the Oracle Arena.
"Bah bang bang!"
At this moment, there was no sound except for the sound of the basketball falling to the floor.
Immediately afterwards...
"Oh ho ho! Damn Fuck! Oh my god, Stephen made another incredible three-pointer!!! Wait, why did I say that again..." Mullin reacted very quickly and said with an extremely moved expression. .
Lillard was at a loss. He looked back at Wang Zelin and then at head coach Terry Stotts on the sidelines, as if to say: How do you want me to defend against this?
Tonight, the Warriors used one unreasonable three-pointer after another to not only break the Trail Blazers' defense, but also break the psychological defense of the players on the court.
How to defend against this unreasonable attack method?
