No, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here.
Now a powerful enemy is coming.
The Trail Blazers' next game is to return home to face the Grizzlies.
Because of Wang Zelin's little butterfly, the Grizzlies did not achieve the glory of team history such as "touching the floor of the Western Conference Finals". In the playoffs in the past few years, they basically stopped in the first and second rounds.
But this summer, the Grizzlies still made a series of moves.
The most important thing is definitely to reach a contract extension with the team's core Marc Gasol.
You know, in order to keep the Spanish insider, Grizzlies owner Robert Pera and the management went to Spain for some negotiations, which ultimately led to the birth of the contract.
Marc Gasol signed a five-year contract with the Grizzlies with a total value of more than 100 million yuan.
After the contract extension is reached, the Grizzlies can continue to build a strong team around Marc Gasol as the core.
Then in mid-August, free agent Brandon Wright agreed to an agreement with the Grizzlies. The two parties signed a three-year contract with a total value of nearly 18 million yuan.
It is reported that in order to sign Wright, the Grizzlies opened a full mid-level exception, which also allowed him to get the largest contract of his career from the Grizzlies so far.
Although the Grizzlies have Randolph inside and have successfully renewed Marc Gasol, considering that the athletic ability of the black and white duo is not very good, including the athletic ability of Koufos, their substitute last season, and The 27-year-old Wright can make up for the weakness of both black and white.
Especially in this league that increasingly encourages offense, it is easy for a jumper like Wright to make a living as long as he can practice outside offense.
In addition, the Grizzlies also acquired Matt Barnes through a trade to strengthen their slightly weak wing offense and defense.
Therefore, even if the Grizzlies are not a top team in either the regular season or the playoffs, this team can well play the role of a grindstone for strong teams.
Any team that can pass the Grizzlies is basically qualified to be called a championship seed; but if it can't even pass the Grizzlies, then there is no championship.
The match between the Trail Blazers and the Grizzlies is definitely a strong showdown, and the first match between the two sides this year is more interesting than in previous years. In the past two or three months, the Grizzlies have accumulated five big muscles in the paint. , obviously to target Wang Zelin.
The Trail Blazers want to prove that they really have strong power, while the Grizzlies want to avenge their head shaved by the Trail Blazers in the previous playoffs. This game is comparable to Mars hitting the Earth.
On the match day, both sides arranged closed training sessions.
"Mark, don't be so arrogant. You just signed a big contract. I will kill you when we win tonight, but don't even think about running away!"
During training, Black Bear Rotten Tofu saw Gasol's serious expression and wanted to use humorous words to make him relax.
Gasol nodded, but the serious expression on his face remained unchanged.
Before the start of the game between the Grizzlies and Trail Blazers, the former had a record of 3 wins and 2 losses, and the latter had a complete victory record. This makes tonight's game in the eyes of fans and media, there is a high probability that the Trail Blazers will end with a big victory over their opponents.
This public opinion environment quickly aroused Gasol's dissatisfaction. As an All-Star center who has proven himself, why doesn't the Great White Bear, who is in his prime, not want to look forward to the championship?
Of course, he also knows that it is not easy to fight out of the Western Conference surrounded by powerful enemies, and the most powerful enemy among them is the Portland Trail Blazers led by that Chinese boy.
So tonight, it is also his battle to clear up Marc Gasol's reputation.
He wants everyone to see that he is never worse than anyone, including the Trail Blazers' No. 36!
After the training, the players returned to the locker room one after another, prepared to take a shower, and then took the time to rest.
But at this moment, Gasol called everyone together before the Grizzlies players took a shower.
"Tonight we will face the biggest challenge of the new season. The Trail Blazers are certainly strong, but we are not bad either! Guys, let us win our fourth win of the season!"
Gasol is not a sociable star player, but precisely because of this, his words are refreshing to all his teammates.
It seems that my boss really wants to win tonight!
After realizing this, Mike Conley was the first to respond, and his teammates also responded one after another.
Gasol was a little excited when he saw the reaction of his teammates. He raised his head and roared in excitement, letting out the roar of the King of Bears.
Seeing his reaction, a smile appeared on Rotten Tofu's lips, and his hanging heart finally dropped.
No matter what, I will do my best to help Marc Gasol win tonight, even if the opponent is a hot man.
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On another court, almost the same scene was playing out.
"Reiterate our goal for this year, championship! Championship! Still the tnd championship!"
"No matter whether the opponent is a grizzly bear or a white bear tonight, we will beat the opponent into a bear. No one can stop our dynasty!"
"The pioneers will win!!!"
At four o'clock in the afternoon, after the training, Wang Zelin gathered all his teammates around him and issued a victory declaration.
His goal is very clear, which is to implant the concept of the team of kings into the mind of every player and equate this team with victory.
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That night.
The Rose Garden Arena was packed.
The "Team of Kings" Portland Trail Blazers face off against the "most powerful grindstone" Memphis Grizzlies. No fan wants to miss this game.
After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were released one after another.
The Trail Blazers still have the regular starting five.
The Grizzlies sent out a starting lineup of Mike Conley + Tony Allen + Matt Barnes + Rotten Tofu + Gasol.
Just looking at the old lineup, it is not difficult to see that the Grizzlies still adhere to the concept of defense first, and they must defend to the end against any strong opponent.
And as Mike Conley grows up... Although this sounds a bit strange when it comes to the 28-year-old Conley, as a latecomer, Wang Zelin knows very well that Conley is what many fans call a "late bloomer" player.
Conley, who is about to turn 30, has become more and more stable on the offensive end, which to a certain extent makes up for the Grizzlies' weakness in offense than defense. He also has a certain big heart and is very reliable at critical moments.
Theoretically speaking, the Grizzlies have also grown in strength compared to last season. They still have the toughness to become a regular in the Wild West playoffs.
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