After defeating the Knicks by 33 points at home 131:98, the Trail Blazers won five consecutive games, and they only had the last game left on their 2014 schedule, against the Toronto Raptors.
Currently, under the leadership of Lowry and DeRozan, the Raptors have achieved a record of 23 wins and 8 losses, ranking among the top four in the Eastern Conference.
However, a piece of bad news came out before the game:
Wang Zelin is on vacation!
There are many speculations about this, and the most mainstream theory is that the injury to his left hand has recurred.
But the actual situation is...
The injury to his left hand is almost healed, and he has no major physical problems at all. The reason why he took a break was entirely forced by the management and coach.
Originally, seeing that Wang Zelin was very likely to catch up with Kobe Bryant's record of scoring 50+ points in 4 consecutive games, the management could only acquiesce that he would continue to fight with injuries. But now that the 50+ record has been broken, there is no need to take risks anymore.
Today, the Trail Blazers have a record of 29 wins and 3 losses, ranking first in the league. The Warriors, who are second in the league, currently have a record of 25 wins and 6 losses. They are still some distance away from them and will not be able to catch up in a short time.
Therefore, protecting the health of players, especially core players, has become the focus of the Trail Blazers at this stage.
So many times, the cause of something is actually very simple and not that complicated at all. The reason why there are so many speculations and guesses is just idle talk.
However, since Wang Zelin is now the traffic bonus itself, everyone wants to get a share of it. Even if he has announced that he will no longer attend the next game against the Raptors, the media can still find ways to do it from another angle. Get the heat.
For example, the battle for the scoring title...
Averaging 31.4 points per game, Wang Zelin ranks first in the scoring list!
The Trail Blazers' first game back at home a week later attracted many people's attention.
In the United States, Time Warner Cable Sports and the early stage of the TV broadcast were jointly broadcast; in China, the Imperial TV station was responsible for the broadcast.
According to statistics, in addition to North America and Asia, nearly 2 million people in Europe also watched the game, and nearly tens of millions of viewers around the world watched it at the same time, once again pushing Wang Zelin to the focus of the topic.
Judging from the current trend, Wang Zelin won the MVP twice this season, which is basically stable.
In the history of NBA, there are only a handful of superstars who can win consecutive MVP awards. As far as active players are concerned, only Duncan and James have done so.
Can Wang Zelin become the third active player to win the MVP award?
Let’s talk about it, the possibility is quite high!
Based on what fans know about Wang Zelin, everyone thinks that he will definitely compete for MVP this year, or compete for the triple rebounding title, or the title of blocked shots. Anyway, he will definitely cause trouble.
But no one expected that Wang Zelin would become the scoring champion while playing hard... and it seemed like he was really good at it!
This caused many media to say: Wang Zelin’s style of painting in the new season is too weird!
When the fans saw this news, as the media expected, the response was very enthusiastic, and the topic was hyped up.
That's the scoring champion!
I don’t know how long it has been since a center topped the scoring list. The last center to win the scoring title dates back to the big shark at the beginning of the century.
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In Los Angeles, a certain player No. 24, who did not want to be named, watched the news and could not help but slightly raise the corners of his mouth.
Regarding Wang Zelin's previous three consecutive games of 50+, to be honest, it would be false to say that he was not shocked at all. But now that Wang Zelin is really likely to become another center after O'Neal to win the regular season scoring title, he is also worried. A trace of excitement and desire emerged.
What's exciting is that it's been a long time since I've encountered a player with such explosive scoring power.
Eagerly, he can't wait to play against the Trail Blazers.
With his 38-point performance in the Christmas game and high-scoring performances in the previous games, Los Angeles' No. 24 currently averages 26.4 points per game, surpassing James and ranking fourth in the season scoring list.
Still ahead of him are Harden with 27.5 points, Westbrook with 28.5 points, and... Wang Zelin with 31.4 points.
On the 24th, I suddenly became so interested in the battle for the scoring champion.
It’s been a long time since I met such an interesting young player.
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Didn't Wang Zelin get up early the next day and sleep until midnight?
Don't get me wrong, this time there is no one else, it's really a three-pole day!
When I got up, it was already 10:30 in the morning.
After washing, the nanny just made breakfast. While eating breakfast, he had a video call with his parents in Italy.
After eating, the call ended.
The main content of the call was to ask the royal family and the queen to temporarily withdraw from their world and come to Portland to celebrate the New Year with him.
Since he was forced to take a rest, he also wanted to take this opportunity to get together with his parents and spend New Year's Eve together.
While sitting on the sofa and reading the news, he saw the "Scoring Championship Battle" that was getting more and more popular on the Internet, and he suddenly asked:
"Am I actually so far ahead?"
In the four games after his comeback, he averaged 29 shots per game, hit 21.5 goals per game, shot 71.3% from the field, and averaged 48.5 points per game...
Blanch!
It turns out that our Lao Wang is so powerful!
It is indeed worthy of what the media said, another epic crazy scoring performance after Kobe!
Looking back now, even Wang Zelin himself feels that these past four games were really magical!
Surfing time ends quickly, though.
At 13:30 in the afternoon, Zhou Yang came.
At the same time, it also carries news about the arrangements for business activities to be attended in the next few days.
There are promotion activities for a new generation of signature sneakers, the next sneaker contract with Anta, and several companies he has invested in before, also waiting for him to attend.
There was no other way. For the sake of the evil money, he had to compromise with tears and began a busy journey.
Alas~ Life is not easy, handsome boy sighs!
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On December 30, the Trail Blazers, without Wang Zelin, faced the challenge of the Eastern Conference powerhouse Raptors at home.
The two sides fought hard in the first four quarters, and the battle once reached overtime.
In overtime, DeRozan made three consecutive mid-range shots. With his tough performance, the Raptors finally narrowly defeated the Trail Blazers by 4 points, 103:99 on the road.
At the post-match press conference, the "King of the North", who had just shown off his power, was in full swing, and was happily preparing to be interviewed by the media, when a piece of breaking news came from outside.
Wang Zelin, who just launched a new signature sneaker after the Christmas war, signed a new sneaker contract with Anta.
The specific amount of this contract has not been reported, but according to relevant channels, the new contract is for five years and is worth approximately 200 million.
200 million in 5 years!
As soon as the news came out, it instantly triggered news all over the country.
By the way, it completely took away the heat of the Raptors ending the Trail Blazers' 5-game winning streak, so much so that DeRozan waited for a long time after the game to be interviewed by a young reporter.
Presumably, his mood at that time could be described as a dog in the sun.
Hey, why is it always me who gets hurt?
The macho man sheds tears~
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