Next, Nash found this year's Lakers rookie Sacre, giving the latter a chance to show himself.
The advantage of Thackeray being selected is that he has good physical fitness and sufficient tonnage. Although he is a rough guy and has no skills, he still has the possibility of becoming a blue-collar worker.
It's a pity that his so-called physical advantage seems too fragile in front of Wang Zelin.
Thackeray chose to rely on force to defeat Wang Zelin but failed. Seeing that there was not much time, he could only choose a lame turnaround jump shot.
"Snapped"
The sound of hammering was heard soon after, and those who didn't know thought that Thackeray was paying tribute to the Black Mamba, the team boss who was watching the game.
Just when Wang Zelin turned around and was about to pick off his own rebound, a black shadow suddenly appeared... Lillard!
My board.
My board!
Lillard didn't care so much. He took off the rebound and started a fast break. Batum and Matthews on both sides responded quickly, forming a 3-on-1 situation in the frontcourt.
Without twisting his elbows, Artest would have been unable to defend himself against the bombardment of three men, and he wisely chose to give up.
Lillard assisted Batum in the alley-oop, and the latter completed a gorgeous basket-blasting performance.
The Trail Blazers started with a 6:3 run.
"omg! When did Portland become a city of alley-oops? It seems like fans in the league are in for a treat."
The two commentators on the sidelines of Staples were also amazed by the Trail Blazers' two alley-oops at the beginning.
This kind of visual effect is not inferior to the Clippers team next door that always wants to usurp power.
The two commentators looked at each other and nodded.
Blow, blow hard!
If there is really another alley-oop city in the league, it can also share the traffic of the Clippers.
If it weren't for Lillard's carelessness that caused Nash to take an open three-pointer, the Lakers would have gained nothing by now.
However, the Lakers' several offenses failed to go as planned, which was enough to hurt them.
Wang Zelin felt that he overestimated the other party, or underestimated his teammates too much.
It's just a preseason game, and many of the team's top stars won't even play, basically leaving opportunities to young people.
But Portland's team is made up of young people, and team leader Aldridge was just injured at the end of last season. It makes sense that the preseason is used to help him find his form.
Therefore, this dilapidated Lakers naturally seemed a little too weak when facing the Trail Blazers who were in full condition.
After the first quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers launched wave after wave of offensive frenzy, leading the Lakers by 14 points at 31:17!
Although Nash has a strong willingness to defend, he has to admit that he is a defensive colander on the court.
As for Gasol's defense, he is very good, and Adeze is more offensive-minded, so the two of them clashed with each other.
The Blazers have the advantage in the remaining three positions, and it is difficult for the Lakers not to fall behind.
Wang Zelin scored 8 points and 3 rebounds, and one of the boards was taken away by someone.
Lillard spent the first quarter organizing his teammates. He didn't have many shooting opportunities. He only made one 3-pointer, but he had 5 assists.
Aldridge scored a team-high 10 points.
The three shots helped the Blazers gain such a big lead.
During the break, Coach Terry, who advocates "mutual trust and positive reinforcement" as a way to win, gave encouragement and praise after seeing the outstanding performance of Wang Zelin, Ade and Lillard.
Sometimes it is better to have a passionate coach than a frigid coach, at least as far as young players are concerned.
Young people are always prone to enthusiasm and failure. At this time, they need an elder to teach and encourage them.
Coach Terry is such an outstanding elder, as can be seen from the subsequent comments from players and coaches.
"LaMarcus, Damien and King, you three all performed very well. Take a good rest now. You will play again in a while."
Although the preseason is more confrontational than the summer league, the team mainly focuses on lineup adjustment and tactical training.
Therefore, despite the excellent performance of the three Wang Zelin players, Coach Terry still made large-scale personnel adjustments.
After three minutes of intermission, the Trail Blazers and Lakers both changed into their rotation lineups.
For the Trail Blazers, those who were replaced were JJ Hickson, Sashalovic, Nolan Smith, Will Barton, and Jared Rivers. The core of the rotation is naturally Hickson, who is the most capable.
Although Hickson gave him a bad look as soon as he came, Wang Zelin still recognized the opponent's strength very much.
An average of 12-10 per game is enough to survive on any team. Yi Jianlian during the Nets era was basically at this level of strength.
The players who were substituted looked happy because it meant that they were very likely to enter the 15-man roster for the regular season.
The players whose names were not called looked lonely, as if they had already met their fate of being abandoned.
But there is no way, this is the adult society, this is the reality: the capable are promoted, the weak are demoted.
The preseason is better than the summer league in that the tactical requirements are much higher than the latter.
If the summer league is a world of chaos masters, then here we have to start talking about the rules.
If you don’t want to engage in tactics, fine, just pack up and get out.
With a big score difference, the Blazers' rotation players played very confidently. Although the Lakers occasionally launched a fierce attack, they still maintained the score at about 10 points.
At 9 minutes and 45 seconds of the second quarter, seeing that the score difference could not be caught within 10 points, Lakers head coach Mike Brown called a timeout and prepared to let the main players go up.
49:37!
After the timeout, both teams replaced their full lineups, but the Lakers were beaten even worse.
By the end of the third quarter, the score difference between the two sides had reached 21 points, and the fourth quarter was destined to become garbage time.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The main players on both sides are also famous figures in the league, so naturally they are not willing to play in garbage time.
Therefore, coaches Mike Brown and Terry replaced the main players, leaving the rookies and the team's fringe players to compete with each other on the court.
What the Trail Blazers have left on the court are the team's three rookies this year: Wang Zelin, Lillard, and swingman Will Barton, who was selected in the second round.
Now that Coca-Cola was bad for Wang Zelin, he decisively struck hard during garbage time.
In the final quarter, he scored 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks, allowing everyone present to see his "motivation" for the game.
The whole person looked like he was about to collapse, but he still couldn't bear to leave the arena.
With 5 minutes left in the game, the Trail Blazers led the Lakers with a score of 97 to 62, but Wang Zelin was still wreaking havoc on the Lakers' basket, with a tendency to never leave the game before 30 points.
Tom Bruce's eyelids twitched as he watched.
No, that little brat has been playing for 36 minutes and should be replaced, otherwise he will definitely be beaten.
This is Staples, the home court of the Lakers, and the host country still needs to show some respect. After all, it's just a preseason game, so there's no need to get into such a big fight.
When he was substituted, Wang Zelin took 17 shots and made 10 of them, plus 5 of 6 free throws to score 25 points, plus a game-high 15 rebounds, almost completing a 30-10 double-double.
He still looked reluctant when he was substituted, but when he saw Coach Terry's black face, he decisively chose to follow his heart.
Lillard had a double-double of 18 points and 13 assists.
"Damien, it's a shame that you only played two minutes in the fourth quarter. If you had played a few more minutes, your statistics would be as luxurious as mine."
"roll!"
Lillard pushed away Wang Zelin's hand on his shoulder, his eyes full of disgust, as if he was not immune to the temptation.
"Tsk tsk tsk!"
Wang Zelin shook his head and walked away.
Today's Director Li is still too young, cares too much about his face, and has not been severely beaten by society.
When the sewer king opens the manhole cover in the future, you will know that I am still too low-end when it comes to data.