Just a few rounds after the opening, Wang Zelin grabbed 2 rebounds, all of which were frontcourt boards, and added 2 steals. The defense gave the opponent a full sense of pressure.
No one expected that Wang Zelin would be in such excellent form tonight. Seeing that something was not right at the start, Sima Weiwei was so anxious that he called a timeout and then pushed Love off the court.
Let others steal twice in a short period of time?
how did you do it?
Love also expressed despair, he was about to become autistic due to being beaten.
Can you blame me for not being awesome?
It’s totally that number 36 that’s so outrageous!
However, Love did not refute the coach's arrangement. He knew that something was wrong with his current state. As a star player, such low-level mistakes should not happen to him. He must seize the time to adjust before he can play again.
Simavici thinks so too, and he believes that Love's self-adjustment ability as a star will not be bad.
But when he thought that in the next period of time, without Love, the Spurs' internal strength would inevitably decline, he was a little worried that Duncan would not be able to withstand Wang Zelin.
When the Spurs have a problem, the Rose Garden Tavern is already boiling.
"Less than 2 minutes into the game, 2 rebounds and 2 steals! Wang, are you cheating?"
"Come on, King! Kill those San Antonians!"
"Oh! The Spurs have made a substitution. Kevin Love was tortured to tears by Wang, and that guy no longer dares to play!"
Seeing Wang Zelin's strong performance, the audience cheered wave after wave. The Blazers fans in the stands went completely crazy.
The game continued, and the Spurs replaced second-year player Kevin Anderson to replace Love. This guy can be regarded as a weakened version of the "French Magician" Diaw.
His athletic ability is average, and he doesn't thrive on defense. Today, he is a point forward with outstanding skills. He can take shots with a view of the overall situation, has a certain mid-range, and can even attack with the ball from outside the three-point line.
Another thing worth mentioning is that Kevin Anderson is very good at finding the right angle to use his body to create fouls.
I have to admit that the Spurs coaching staff's ability to train young players is definitely one of the best in the league.
After Anderson came on the court, he played a surprise role. He first assisted Leonard to hit a three-pointer, and then cooperated with Duncan to cut into the basket and successfully made a layup, helping the team beat the Trail Blazers 5:0, and continued to beat the Trail Blazers 5:0. The score difference was only two points.
Just when Sima Weiwei was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Wang Zelin, who was a rebounding monster one second, began to switch modes the next second, killing the basket crazily.
Compared with the elderly Duncan, Wang Zelin has a record advantage in all aspects. Duncan can no longer even slightly restrict Wang Zelin's offense.
After Wang Zelin threatened in the interior, the Blazers' offense no longer relied solely on strong shots from the outside, but focused on combining inside and outside to pursue more flowers.
The athletic ability of Wang Zelin and Aldridge is much better than that of Duncan and Anderson. The two of them pull out to play pick-and-rolls, and it is easier for the outside trio to find connections.
And when they get to the basket and encounter obstacles, they can pass the ball back to Wang Zelin or Aldridge who are following up.
Due to crushing opponents inside, Lillard, Button, and Batum faced much less defensive pressure on the outside than in previous games. After a few shots, Lillard and Batum finally let go.
Therefore, after the first quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers flourished, taking a 15-point lead at 33:18.
In terms of personal data, Wang Zelin grabbed 11 rebounds in a single quarter, including 6 frontcourt boards.
His rebounds alone beat the entire Spurs team!
Wang Zelin's crazy rebounding performance made the Spurs players more and more collapsed, and Sima Weiwei was helpless.
The two inside players in his team, Love and Duncan, are both good rebounders, but in front of Wang Zelin, it is difficult to even touch a rebound!
Love, in particular, was blocked by Wang Zelin not long after the start, and had to make adjustments off the court. This caused the team's internal strength to drop significantly, which resulted in the current double-digit deficit.
"Kevin, are you ready to play?"
Even though Simavic racked his brains, he still couldn't figure out how to restrict No. 36 on the opposite side. In the end, he could only focus on Love, who had rested for most of the quarter.
Since you can't defend, you can only attack!
However, when he thought about the past offensive battles with the Trail Blazers, the kid on the opposite side would always explode...
Alas, what a sorrow!
At the beginning of the second quarter, Wang Zelin did not play. His physical energy was extremely exhausted in the first quarter, and he had to recover first.
In the first half of this quarter, the Spurs seized the opportunity when Wang Zelin came off the court to take a rest. Through tight team cooperation, they tore apart the Trail Blazers' defense and scored a wave of points.
With 5 minutes left before the end of the first half, Ginobili made a snake-like breakthrough and caused a foul on Jokic, making the score 2+1.
Immediately, the score between the two teams became 41:49, and the point difference was narrowed to single digits.
Beep~
Coach Terry stood up and called a timeout, and then his eyes stayed on Wang Zelin and other main players.
Feeling the coach's gaze, Wang Zelin took off his thermal clothing and stood up from his seat.
At this moment, the attention of nearly 20,000 people present was all focused on the player wearing jersey No. 36.
Including the Spurs, the three old guys from GDP frowned when they saw Wang Zelin getting up. They didn't even notice that their teammates' breathing had become rapid.
“Greg, let me play!”
Duncan raised his head and looked directly at Sima Wei, and said firmly. He knew very well that although the Spurs had many inside players, he was the only one who could really put pressure on Wang Zelin.
Therefore, as long as Wang Zelin is present, he must not do it!
"..."
Sima Weiwei was silent for a moment, patted Duncan on the shoulder, and said nothing.
Nearly two decades of close cooperation have made the relationship between master and apprentice gradually become that of both teacher and friend. Both of them are close friends and understand each other's thoughts.
Now that Duncan has made a choice, all he can do is support!
The timeout ends and the game continues.
After seeing Love come on the court, Wang Zelin originally wanted to take the initiative to seek a matchup, but he didn't expect that Duncan would cling to him.
"Tim, you are already an old man, are you still working so hard, is it worth it?"
Wang Zelin looked puzzled.
Hearing this, Duncan smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter whether it's worth it or not, it's just because I'm happy!"
"you……"
The sudden melting of the iceberg caught Wang Zelin off guard, but when he felt the strong fighting spirit radiating from Duncan's body, he didn't think about it anymore.
Sure enough, compared with the immature Love, facing off against the seasoned Shi Buddha can stimulate his fighting spirit more.
Then, a new round begins.
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Spurs offense.
As soon as Parker dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, he suddenly saw Duncan making a gesture, which was a singles tactic unique to Duncan.
Looking at Duncan's serious face that never changed during the game, Parker felt inexplicably relieved. He quickly signaled his teammates to pull away and hoisted the ball in.
"Snapped!"
Duncan, who was standing in the low post on the left, received the ball and was immediately faced with Wang Zelin's defense. The other Trail Blazers players did not double-team, so they were left one-on-one.
Because Lillard and the others believed that Wang Zelin could handle Duncan alone.
Duncan played the ball behind the back, seemingly hoping to get into the basket to attack.
So far, Duncan has made 2 of 5 shots and only scored 4 points. His offensive touch seems to be average. If you want your offensive success rate to be higher, it is naturally most effective to get into the basket.
Peng! Peng!
Duncan thrust into Wang Zelin twice. The old monster was indeed an old monster. Although his strength was slightly weaker than Wang Zelin's, he could always find the point where Wang Zelin exerted less force and gave him a fierce impact.
After taking two steps in, Duncan took care of him from the front, put away his left hand and dribbled the ball to the front basket.
Then it shook again, but Wang Zelin was not anxious at all and quietly watched Duncan make fake moves.
He also knew very well how difficult Duncan was, so he had no intention of defending Duncan's turnaround jumper from the beginning. He was just waiting for Duncan to leave. The only question was whether to turn around and sneak through the baseline or go head-on.
No matter which one, Wang Zelin is mentally prepared.
In fact, his bet was right, Duncan did not turn over and make a jump shot.
Duncan could only force the ball with a left hook, but Wang Zelin's interference still allowed the ball to bounce out of the frame.
After the interference was successful, Wang Zelin quickly recovered and protected the backcourt rebound.
The Blazers launched an attack, and as expected, the ball was handed to Wang Zelin.
The fans in the stands suddenly stood up and kept shouting. They knew that the dialogue between the stars was coming again.
Their king had sex with the stone Buddha opposite!
Falling into the low post, Wang Zelin used the same method to beat Duncan in singles. Different from Duncan's careful probing, his offensive method was much wilder and rougher.
Peng! Peng! Peng!
After repeated efforts, Duncan was knocked back repeatedly and entered the three-second zone. Wang Zelin took a big step and turned left, facing the basket, and took off directly.
In the air, Wang Zelin used all his strength and vented all his passion on this dunk.
He grabbed the ball tightly with both hands and dunked it into the basket fiercely.
With a loud bang, the entire basketball stand swayed to Wang Zelin's rhythm.
If the basketball racks in the league had not been reinforced many times and become extremely strong, it is estimated that the basketball rack knocking down would happen again.
However, even though the basket stand was fine, he kept swinging.
After landing, Wang Zelin felt his whole body relaxed from the inside out, feeling extremely refreshed.
At this time, he took the time to pay attention to Duncan, who was defending him, but was knocked out of the bottom line by his punch.
At 51:41, the score difference between the two teams was once again widened to double digits.
The Spurs attack again.
After halftime, Duncan received a pass from Danny Green and singled out Wang Zelin from the mid-range position on the left.
"Green Gourd Sword Fairy"
This goal was crucial. Duncan knew he had to score it. He leaned against Wang Zelin with his back, and then used his right foot as a pivot to turn and hit a jumper.
In order to avoid Wang Zelin's block, the ball was slightly tilted back, which was quite difficult.
Wang Zelin's interference was still in place, but when Shi Fo used his signature 45-degree angle to hit the board, facing this stunt of simplifying complexity, no matter who was defending, there was no objection, and the result was the same.
Whether you can enter at this time depends on the touch of the stone Buddha.
"Bang, bang~swish!"
Although the ball hit the basket twice, it finally entered the basket.
After seeing this, he scored, and the Spurs players became more confident on their faces.
43:51.
The Trail Blazers attacked, and Wang Zelin wanted to continue playing in singles in the low post.
But Sima Weiwei reacted very quickly. Seeing that Duncan alone could not withstand Wang Zelin's collision, he directly double-teamed him, decisive and resolute!
This time the Spurs' defense was very tight. Leonard on the wing shrank inward. After seeing the coach's gesture, he decisively double-teamed Wang Zelin with Duncan.
This made Wang Zelin feel dissatisfied. It was promised one-on-one, but you guys cheated on it?
Nothing could be done, Wang Zelin found the free Batum and threw the ball over.
Thinking of Wang Zelin's performance in the first quarter, Batum took the shot without a moment's hesitation.
"Duang~"
It's a pity that the Spurs players changed defense very quickly. This ball is ironic.
But it doesn't matter, teammates just need to feel free to shoot. Wang Zelin said the rebound is his, so it must be his.
This ball was a long rebound. Love got stuck under the basket, but his prediction was wrong. Wang Zelin entered the paint area, jumped lightly, and grabbed the rebound.
Love retreated quickly, and Danny Green on the right also made up for it. Wang Zelin, the two players, was sandwiched in the middle, trying to force him to make a mistake.
When Wang Zelin didn't give them a chance at all, after collecting the rebound, he pushed hard and knocked both of them away. He jumped high in their double team and scored the ball again.
As soon as he landed, Lillard on the outside received the pass, took the ball and took a step, evaded Parker's defense, stepped back and shot a three-pointer...
"Wha—!"
Lillard's three-pointer was very beautiful!
At 54:43, the point difference expanded to double digits again.
In the next round, Duncan wanted to continue playing Wang Zelin in singles, but this time Wang Zelin also chose to swing and called Aldich to double-team Duncan with him.
In desperation, Duncan could only pass back to the outside and let Parker reorganize the offense.
But with Wang Zelin at heart, the Blazers have no worries about interior defense, allowing Lillard and the others to rest assured and devote all their energy to perimeter defense.
After continuous moves, time became less and less, and Parker could only attack by himself. His mid-range jump shot encountered Wang Zelin's defense, and the basketball bounced out of the frame.
Aldridge collected the rebound and handed it to Lillard. The Trail Blazers quickly launched a fast break, and finally Barton cut into the frontcourt and dunked to complete the game.
A wave of 5:0, 56:43!
Seeing that the Trail Blazers are about to die again, the Spurs head coach has to do something at this time.
With only the last two minutes left before the end of the first half, Simavici immediately called for a long timeout, and the Spurs were stopped again.
