In the Tencent studio, Duan Ran said: "The Trail Blazers' current offensive tactics are still very good. They fully utilize the King's advantage at the basket and the offensive efficiency is extremely high."
Ke Fan said with a smile: "In the first quarter, the king made 5 secondary attacks under the basket, making 6 of 8 shots and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 1 steal and 1 foul."
Duan Ran looked at Wang Zelin's data table with wonder in his eyes: "This number after just one quarter is so versatile. If it were placed on other players, I'm afraid it would have been blown to the sky, but if it was placed on the king, But it can only be said to be a normal performance. It is enough to show how terrifying the king's dominance this season is."
"Domination?" Ke Fan suddenly smiled and continued, "This word is applied to the king no longer for one or two seasons, but for four consecutive seasons. The title of the number one player in the world's basketball world cannot be denied. "
In the second quarter, Wang Zelin continued to play, mainly responsible for the defensive end, and the offensive end was left to Beverley, Curry Jr., Connett Lee, and Yi Jianlian on the outside. The Blazers mainly played a one-star and four-shooter system on the court, which can be improved. ability to the extreme.
Of course, this does not mean that Wang Zelin will not attack, but in the final lineup, his first consideration is defense, followed by offense. Moreover, his offense is more about turning active into passive, mainly through secondary attacks after fighting for rebounds under the basket.
Such an arrangement will not only allow the shooters to maintain sufficient offensive desire, but also satisfy Wang Zelin's little thought, that is, to allow his average rebounds per game this season to exceed 20.
So far, Wang Zelin has accumulated a terrifying 1,557 rebounds in the season, averaging 19.7 in 79 regular season games. Counting this game, Wang Zelin wants to increase his average rebounds per game in the last three games. To increase to 20, you must grab at least 83 rebounds.
82×20-1557=83, this kind of math problem can be calculated by elementary school students.
On average, he must grab at least 27.7 rebounds per game, which is rounded to 28 rebounds. Only in this way can he ensure that he reaches the goal of averaging 20+ rebounds per game.
28 rebounds in a single game is not an easy task for any rebounding maniac in NBA history. Even Wang Zelin felt a little bit of pressure.
However, there is motivation only when there is pressure.
It’s just that it’s definitely difficult for Wang Zelin to just grab rebounds. It’s good to grab 28 rebounds in one of the three games. If he wants to get 28 rebounds in three consecutive games, he must rely on the support of the team. .
When Wang Zelin relayed his thoughts to his teammates and coaches, everyone naturally supported him, so coach Terry decided to change his offensive strategy. In the only three games left in the regular season, the starting lineup's play style remained unchanged, even if he had to help Wang Zelin To brush up the data, the premise must be to ensure that the Blazers can win, otherwise everything will be empty talk.
After a season of running-in, the offensive insiders in the Trail Blazers' starting lineup can be said to be the best in the league. This season, their terrifying output of nearly 130 points per game in the league is enough to prove everything.
As long as the starting style of play remains unchanged, it can ensure that the Blazers' scoring system remains unchanged.
When the lineup is rotated, Wang Zelin will take the lead, partnering with four shooters to focus on one star and four shots. This period of time can allow Wang Zelin to maximize his rebounding ability.
The Blazers are no strangers to the one-star and four-shooter system. In the first two seasons of Wang Zelin’s rookie career, the team often played one-star and four-shooter around him. Therefore, everyone completed the seamless switch through several training games within the team. .
The Clippers are still almost full-force. They are really fighting to chase points, win, and get the final playoff spot.
At halftime, 61:58, the Trail Blazers still led by 3 points, allowing the Clippers to catch up by 9 points.
Even if Wang Zelin dominates the penalty area by himself, Jordan and Griffin together are just toys under his hands, but the Clippers are now playing a full lineup, with a perimeter defense composed of Rondo + Butler. The Blazers' shooters were miserable.
Especially Butler, this guy is really born to be tough, and he was born to make a comeback in desperate situations.
Now the Clippers are only one step away from the playoffs, but the league's strongest team stands in front of them. They are facing a desperate situation.
As a result, Butler broke out completely in the second quarter. Not only did he hit four difficult mid-range jumpers, but he also scored a three-pointer from a long-range shot that he was not very good at.
In addition to being good at drawing fouls, Butler made 5 of 7 in a single quarter and 5 of 5 free throws. He scored 16 points, plus 3 rebounds and 2 steals.
As for Wang Zelin, he scored a near-double-double with 11 points and 9 rebounds in a single quarter, plus 1 assist, 2 blocks and 1 steal. He played against Butler for a quarter last time.
If he broke the Clippers inside, Butler broke the Trail Blazers outside.
It was thanks to Butler's outstanding performance that the Clippers continued to narrow the score.
"Is this guy called Jimmy Butler that good?"
"Why have I never heard his name before?"
At halftime, people's attention was not on Wang Zelin, who had scored 26 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 blocks and 2 steals. Instead, it was all on Butler, who scored 16 points in a single quarter.
Counting the 7 points in the first quarter, Butler's half-time score also exceeded 20. The five basic statistics were 21 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. His shooting percentage was as high as 60%.
This kind of performance and this kind of data set a record for the first half of Butler's career so far.
Compared with Wang Zelin, who frequently scores 40 or 50 points in a single game this season, players like Butler are the true status quo of the league.
We are used to watching Wang Zelin's genius-like magical performances, but a script like Butler's counterattack can arouse people's weekend even more.
Compared with Wang Zelin, isn't Butler just a loser?
"It's really unimaginable that this player named Jimmy Butler actually had a confrontation with Wang in the first half. Should we target him in the second half?"
Coach Terry secretly muttered that Butler's statistics were good in the visiting team's locker room.
This topic was also being discussed enthusiastically in the commentary box outside.
In the TNT live broadcast booth, Miller stared at Butler's head on the big screen for a while, and smiled playfully: "Charles, do you think this guy named Jimmy Butler looks a bit like an old friend of ours? ?”
"Old friend?" Buckley turned his head and asked in surprise.
"That's right, an old friend!"
For some reason, Barkley always felt that Miller's tone was quite complicated, with a bit of gritted teeth.
Then, he followed Miller's gaze and looked at the big screen.
After being stunned for a while, he pointed at Butler's head and said tremblingly: "Wait, why does this Butler look so similar to that braised egg?!"
"Sure enough, did you see it too?"
Miller shrugged.
"It looks like it, it really looks like it!" Barkley's eyes became a little dazed, and combined with Butler's several turnaround jumpers in the second quarter, he immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Michael Jordan..."
The audience in front of the TV saw the two people's startled look. At first they thought they were having fun, but when Butler's first half highlights were played repeatedly on the screen, everyone subconsciously stared at Butler for a while...
Damn it, Sir Charles, are you serious?
This guy really looks like that braised egg? !
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Ah sneeze!
Gang Leader Qiao, who had just finished cutting a fine Cuban cigar, suddenly sneezed for some reason.
"Could it be some bastard who is arranging himself..."
He has not forgotten that when he was a player, he beat almost all the stars of his generation. There were a few "lucky ones" who were beaten by him several times in succession. They will inevitably resent him after they retire.
Especially a certain fat pig. Even though he was a good commentator, he still couldn't forget that kneeling moment back then. He couldn't help but pick on him whenever he got the chance.
"Forget it, those guys can only have fun talking."
Gang Leader Qiao rubbed the tip of his nose, chuckled, and started lighting a fire to toast the cigar.
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In the Tencent studio, Ke Fan said: "The king's performance is still as versatile and stable as ever. Under his leadership, the Trail Blazers are like an invincible battleship, killing people when they block it, and killing Buddhas when they block it!"
"But the real surprise today is not the King, but Jimmy Butler of the opposite Clippers team. I thought Butler was just an ordinary All-Star, but I never thought he could compete with the King in such a game. The dialogue even makes people feel that he is the real leader of this Clippers, not the white monster Griffin who is far above him."
Duan Ran said: "To be honest, what is amazing about Butler today is not just the superficial data. What really surprises me is his playing temperament. I use the word 'tough' to describe Butler today. It couldn’t be more apt.”
"I am now very much looking forward to Butler's performance in the second half. If the Clippers can really complete the upset today, then Butler will definitely become famous in one battle!"
Don't think Duan Ran's words are exaggerated.
It is true that Butler had already been selected as an All-Star during the 14-15 season with the Chicago Bulls, but at that time he had just gained a certain reputation under the training of Tom Thibodeau, and it did not take long for the Bulls management to use it as an important bargaining chip with the Pelicans. The New Orleans Pelicans made a trade for Anthony Davis.
That could be said to be the first highlight moment of Butler's career. People call him the "Son of the United States".
After being traded to the Pelicans, Butler became the team boss he dreamed of. He also produced very good data in the 15-16 season, averaging 23 points, 6 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.8 steals per game. All statistics were career highs. new highs.
But the West is different from the East. The environment in the West is particularly harsh and cruel, and the competition is even different. Even though Butler is already in Crazy C, it is still difficult to lead the Pelicans into the playoffs with Josh Smith.
In this era of data explosion, you average 20+5+5 per game. Although you are versatile, it is difficult to attract the attention of the media and fans. In addition, you have not led the team to the playoffs. It is inevitable that some people will think that you are The data is just brushed out and contains insufficient gold content.
By this season, Josh Smith's personal strength has suffered a steep decline due to many unfavorable factors such as his own personality, playing style, and injuries. It has become difficult to provide positive value on the court, and he was put on the shelf for trading by the Pelicans. .
The result is that Butler is unable to support the Pelicans alone. Seeing that the team will most likely miss the playoffs again, under this situation, Butler wants to find another way out, and the Pelicans want to rebuild. Together, they decided to break up peacefully and let each other go.
This led to the trade with the Clippers during the All-Star period.
Generally speaking, Butler has been the boss of the Pelicans for two...one and a half years. His personal strength and team leadership ability have been greatly honed. However, due to his poor record, his reputation is actually not as good as that of his previous life. Own.
Although Jimmy Choo in his previous life did not enter the playoffs in the 15-16 season, that was mainly because Rose was injured again, and Chicago is different from New Orleans. There is a big gap between the two cities in terms of popularity and traffic. Staying in New Orleans, naturally not many people pay attention to him.
Strictly speaking, Butler is a representative in the league today whose strength far outweighs his fame. During the three-way trade between the Clippers, Pelicans, and Kings during the All-Star period, the outside world once believed that his strength was at most similar to Rondo, or even worse than Rondo. .
At that time, the media, fans, including the Clippers management, regarded Butler's position as the third leader in the team, and his tactical status in the team was ranked behind Griffin and Rondo.
But no one expected that Butler, who came to the Clippers, quickly showed his own style. His playing temperament deeply attracted every Clippers fan. Both his presence and leadership style on the court were outstanding. Better than Griffin and Rondo.
Even the previous captain, St. Paul, had never made them feel such a strong temperament.
In the second half of the season, Jimmie's performance got better and better, gradually giving the outside world the feeling that he was the boss of the Clippers.
The game against the Trail Blazers was only halfway through, which made this view even more popular.
There is no way, who makes Jimmy Tsai so reliable!
As far as today's game is concerned, as long as he is holding the ball on the court, Clippers fans can have a deep sense of security, which is something Griffin could not provide in the past.
Playing temperament, leadership style, mental attributes... these seemingly mysterious things cannot be reflected by simple Excel table data, but as long as people who watch football often know, these things are really real.
Fortunately, Griffin, the nominal boss of the Clippers, is not a jealous player. Don't look at the fact that White Monster is a representative of the brutal power forward on the court. His dunks are brutal, just because he is not a very jealous player. A friendly master.
But in fact, Griffin's character is actually very good, and he can even be regarded as the representative of the good guys in the league.
Coupled with the fact that Captain Paul has been unable to prove his ability to lead the team in the past few seasons since he left, the Clippers are now unable to make the playoffs under his leadership and have become a weak team.
This inevitably made Griffin doubt his ability to lead the team, so he not only did not have any displeasure with Butler's behavior after joining the Clippers, but he was slightly grateful.
Fortunately, the team management did not pick the wrong person, and I am also happy to see Butler help him share some of the pressure.
Silly Fen didn't even speak, and Rondo, the oldest of the Big Three, had no reason to speak.
In essence, after Rondo was abandoned by the Celtics and became a bum in the league, his competitive strength continued to decline, and he no longer had the ambition to prove himself when he was the champion's starting point guard.
Now Coach Long has recognized the reality. Unless he meets Chris Paul, under normal circumstances, he will only play conscientiously on the court and will never cause trouble.
What's more, Butler's performance in the first half can be called a real thigh. If the Clippers want to make a comeback, they really can't do without Butler.
Jimmy Zai said: You guys need me so much!
No, as far as this game is concerned, he is now the Clippers' Jordan!
(End of chapter)
