Surrounded by the Trail Blazers, James Harden, who was in a god-like state in the first three quarters, only scored two points in the last quarter, but this did not prevent him from becoming the final winner tonight.
Since the beginning of the 2012-13 season, the Mosaic team led by Harden has been falling under the iron heel of the Trail Blazers. Finally, on the evening of March 28, 2017, Harden finally broke the curse of "defeating once he meets Wang Zelin." , successfully proved himself.
137:126, the Mosaic team has been leading the Trail Blazers from the beginning, and it can be said that they had the last laugh in a head-to-head contest.
The best player of the game was naturally awarded to Harden.
He played 35 minutes tonight, making 19 of 25 shots, 7 of 8 three-pointers, and 11 of 12 free throws. He scored a career-high 56 points, plus 13 assists, 2 rebounds, and 2 steals.
In terms of efficiency, it is astonishing. The field goal percentage is as high as 76%, the three-point shooting percentage is as high as 87.5%, the free throw percentage is as high as 91.7%, and the true shooting percentage of the entire game is as high as 92.5%!
This is definitely the strongest game in Harden's NBA career so far, and it is also the most classic masterpiece of his career, bar none!
What is even more commendable is that under Harden's guidance, the Mosaic players have performed at a competitive level that far exceeds previous games.
Round-faced played 34 minutes, making 7 of 15 shots, including 6 of 11 three-pointers, with a shooting percentage of 54.5%. He scored 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
Tiezha played 34 minutes, making 5 of 10 from the field and 4 of 8 three-pointers. He scored 14 points efficiently, plus 1 rebound, 2 assists and 2 steals. It is worth mentioning that he scored 8 points in the second half and showed no mercy at critical moments.
For the Trail Blazers, Wang Zelin played 38 minutes tonight, which can be regarded as accompanying the team until the last moment, and his performance was still impeccable.
He made 18 of 26 shots from the field, including 2 of 5 three-pointers and 8 of 9 free throws. He scored a super double-double of 46 points and 23 rebounds with the same exaggerated efficiency.
Helpless, he met Harden, who was furious tonight, and had to once again serve as the leader of the air-cutting group.
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As expected, the media praised Harden, who broke his career record tonight with 56 points in a single game, and naturally cynicized Wang Zelin during this period.
However, Wang Zelin is very calm, because even if he lost a game to Harden, who was in explosive form, the Trail Blazers still have a record of 66 wins and 9 losses, basically maintaining the first place in the Western Conference and the first place in the league. .
The loss to the Mosaic team will at best temporarily delay their pursuit of 70 wins. Judging from the current trend, the Blazers want to win 4 of the remaining 7 games, which is simply a waste of water.
Therefore, neither Wang Zelin nor other team members were overly immersed in the defeat on the night of the 28th. Instead, they quickly adjusted their mentality and prepared for the next game with peace of mind.
Two days later, the time came to March 30.
The Trail Blazers continue to sit at home, and their opponent tonight is the Phoenix Suns.
Due to the 70-point performance of Suns youngster Devin Booker in a single game not long ago, the Suns attracted a wave of traffic, causing tonight's game to be temporarily arranged to be broadcast live across the United States.
It can also be seen from this that how popular Booker is recently?
Although the Suns' record is quite low, ranking at the bottom of the league, this does not affect the strong rise of Devin Booker.
Last season, rookie Booker played 76 regular season games for the Suns, starting 51 of them. In the end, he averaged 13.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. His three shooting percentages were 42.3%, 34.3%, 84%.
With this performance, after the regular season, Booker was successfully selected to the first team of the 2015-16 All-Rookie Team.
Judging from the performance of the rookie, this 1.98-meter-tall young shooting guard who was selected by the Suns with the 13th overall pick in the first round of 2015 has the potential of a future supernova.
But no one expected that this young man would grow so rapidly.
Just one summer later, the second-year Booker has averaged more than 20 points per game this season, becoming a member of the league's 20-point club.
You know, there are hundreds of players in the league who can average more than 20 points per game this season, and only 29 of them are playing at full capacity. Being one of them is already quite a feat.
Don't forget, he is just a sophomore, and not everyone is like Wang Zelin, Shifu Duncan, Magic Johnson, and Bird Bird, who are at the top of their game when they debut.
Counting the previous 70 points in a single game, Booker's scoring average has even reached 23.4 points, ranking 18th in the scoring list this season.
Behind him are John Wall and Bradley Beal of the Wizards, Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Bucks, Klay Thompson of the Warriors, Hayward of the Jazz, etc. People, these people are older than Booker when they debuted, and they are all the best players in the same position. It is very rare to surpass them.
After just one summer, Booker's scoring average increased by 10 points per game, making him a favorite to be named the most improved player this season.
Devin Booker, the second youngest player in history to score 70 points on his head, has attracted the attention of countless people since the start of the game.
This also includes Wang Zelin, Lillard and others from the Trail Blazers.
To be honest, I don’t have much of an impression on Booker King Zelin, mainly because when Wang Zelin traveled through time in 2020, the Phoenix Suns were still a weak team that couldn’t even make the playoffs.
Even though Booker had averaged 26 points per game for two consecutive seasons at that time, plus 4 rebounds and 6 assists, among most fan groups, he still couldn't get rid of the "game brush" note.
The main reason why I can remember this guy is because he was Kendou's boyfriend in his previous life.
Ahem, to put it bluntly, she is the girlfriend of Wang Zelin, a lsp greedy person.
But now, Booker most likely has no chance of having anything to do with Kendou.
But no matter what, whenever he plays against the Suns, Wang Zelin always has a strange feeling when looking at Booker, and even feels a faint excitement in his heart.
Ahem, let’s get down to business.
Things like state are really mysterious. After scoring 70 points in a single game against the Celtics, Booker seemed to have broken through the bottleneck and entered a new level of strength, so that his subsequent games were in very good shape. fiery.
The same goes for this game.
I wonder if every shooting guard selected with the 13th pick in the first round has a crazy energy about him.
Facing the surging Trail Blazers, Booker's performance can be described as a newborn calf not afraid of tigers.
After a poor performance of only 4 points on 2-for-7 shooting in the first quarter, the customer adjusted his status in the second quarter and hit consecutive mid-range jumpers. He also contributed a fadeaway jumper that looked like Los Angeles No. 24, which attracted TV attention. The 60E in front of the machine exclaimed again and again.
In the second quarter, Booker made 4 of 5 shots and scored 9 points with a 80% shooting rate. He scored 13 points in the half, which brought the previous ultra-high efficiency back to 50%.
Although the Suns were 10 points behind the Trail Blazers at 53:63 in the away game, Booker's performance in the second quarter alone made many viewers say that the trip was worthwhile.
The sun was so cold that they never expected it.
Even the sun has never had such an idea unilaterally. It is completely unrealistic and no different from daydreaming.
Therefore, everyone has the same goal of watching the game tonight, which is to see how the customers can perform under the high pressure of the Trail Blazers, the strongest team in the league.
His performance at the beginning was too low, but fortunately he adjusted back in time, and his 13 points in the first half were not satisfactory.
Entering the third quarter, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
In the first half of this quarter, Booker's shooting percentage continued to decline under the continuous iron barrel formation of the Trail Blazers' two outside stars Barton and Batum, but he quickly took out his rich weapons arsenal. Another trump card - free throws!
Relying on 6 of 7 free throws, Booker once again scored 10 points in a single quarter, and already scored 20+ after three quarters.
Entering the final quarter, Booker's touch recovered slightly, but his penalty kick was not reduced. He made 2 of 5 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 8 points in a single quarter.
After the entire game, the Suns faced the Trail Blazers with almost no power to fight back, and finally defeated the Trail Blazers with a score of 117:130.
But Booker delivered quite impressive results. He played 42 minutes and made 10 of 25 shots, including 0 of 4 three-pointers and 11 of 14 free throws. He scored 31 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block. Data of 4 fouls and 4 turnovers.
People tend to be tolerant towards young people.
Before the game, no one expected the Suns to win. Booker's ability to score 20 points against the Trail Blazers' iron-barrel defense was enough to make the Suns management think it was a blessing.
Unexpectedly, Booker actually scored 31 points in this game. For a sophomore, being able to score 31 points on the defending champion Trail Blazers was definitely something worth bragging about.
Therefore, after the game, in terms of media public opinion, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Suns was almost a win-win.
The Trail Blazers won, and they successfully expanded their chances to 67 wins and 9 losses, one step closer to their goal of 70 wins.
The Suns also won. Booker delivered a perfect score in a quality game, once again proving his scoring talent. At the same time, he also told the world that he, Devin Booker, is by no means a softie. The Suns won the future.
Well... we all have a bright future.
At this point, the Trail Blazers' March game has come to an end.
Overall, the Trail Blazers' performance throughout March was quite disappointing, as they lost 4 games in this month.
You must know that for most of the season before the All-Star Weekend, the Trail Blazers only lost 5 games, and they lost as much in one month as they did in the previous half of the season.
The Trail Blazers, who have always been accustomed to being held to high standards and high demands by fans and media, are still somewhat dissatisfied with their performance in March.
But everything is done, and there is no point in being dissatisfied. What they really need to do is to play well in the remaining games in April.
Early in the morning on April 1, Wang Zelin and the Trail Blazers went to Salt Lake City. Tonight, their home will host the Nuclear Energy Solutions Arena to play against the Jazz for the third time this season.
Before the start of the war, the league announced a piece of news - the best winners of the Eastern and Western Conferences in March.
Let’s talk about the east side first.
The Eastern Conference Player of the Month in March was awarded to Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Bucks. In the past month, Antetokounmpo's performance has been quite eye-catching, not only leading the Bucks to a record of 14 wins and 4 losses. , personally also contributed an all-around offensive and defensive performance of 22.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.8 blocks per game, with three shooting percentages of 51.4%, 32.1% and 72.8% respectively.
In addition, he is a new All-Star and is also a favorite to be admitted this season. Naturally, he is considered a future star by the league and attracts the attention of fans.
Antetokounmpo and the Bucks are also considered to be a rising new force in the Eastern Conference. Their strong rise this season can be regarded as injecting fresh blood into the league.
Here in the West, competition is still fierce.
As the league's number one player, Wang Zelin naturally received the most attention. In the 15 games in March, his performance was still at a subhuman level.
Averaged 40.1 points, 22.7 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 4.6 blocks and 1.87 steals per game!
As soon as this data came out, everyone was once again amazed, saying that Wang Zelin and the rest of the alliance were no longer creatures of the same dimension.
There is another part that I haven't teased before. The earth can no longer accommodate Wang Zelin, so he should be told to return to Mars quickly.
There is no way, this kind of data is really too shocking, it is completely inhuman performance that can only be achieved by the ancient gods.
The only criticism is that the Trail Blazers lost 4 of the 15 games in March. Due to their performance in the first half of the season, their performance in March naturally seemed a bit stretched by comparison.
The result of this comparison is that Wang Zelin, like Antetokounmpo, led the team to only lose 4 games in March, but he became the first player to be passed in the competition for the best game in March.
It seems unbelievable, but in fact it is reasonable and well-founded. Even many royal honeys just feel it is strange, but they just can't find anything wrong with it.
The main reason to blame is that compared to other people, Wang Zelin's current height is already too high.
Therefore, as long as his performance or team performance drops slightly, it will cause huge controversy in the outside world.
After Wang Zelin was eliminated early, only Westbrook, Harden, Curry and Durant were left in the competition for the Western Conference's best player in March.
Curry and Durant were on the same team, and each of them took part of the votes, and soon followed Wang Zelin and was eliminated.
It seems that the only choice is between the second brother and the third brother.
The second brother averaged 31+11+10 per game in March, and his daily triple-doubles this season have already made fans crazy.
The third brother's 56 points on the spot not long ago added a lot of chips to him. Considering that he defeated the Trail Blazers with their "mosaic nemesis", it added a lot of legend to that game.
In the end, in the battle for the Western Conference Player of the Month in March, the third brother defeated the second brother with a slight advantage and had the last laugh.
(End of chapter)
