Chapter 646 20 rebounds in three consecutive games!
"Two games with 34 points! Wang and Stephen once again proved it. For the real super giants, there is no difference between the playoffs and the regular season!"
"Steph Curry scored the second-highest 34 points in the playoffs. Who says point guards can't score?"
"Derrick Rose made 9 of 16 shots in 20 minutes and efficiently scored 23 points, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Does this indicate the strong return of the former MVP?"
"Everyone in the Eastern Conference will defeat the top, Black Six and Black Five may appear at the same time!"
After the game, the media continued to use various front-page headlines and extensively reported on the players who had performed brilliantly in the four groups of games in the first round of the playoffs.
During the period, the Trail Blazers and Warriors still maintained their dominance in the regular season, but Rose's efficient performance in the first round made many Rose fans cry.
Finally, we will discuss whether there is a possibility of Black Friday and Black Saturday happening at the same time in the East this year.
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After a day of rest, the other four groups of games were all completed.
In the East, the Hawks and Cavaliers unexpectedly defeated their opponents easily. Since they were the two teams with the first-tier record in the Eastern Conference during the regular season, any six teams behind them could not actually do anything to them.
Influence.
In the West, the game with the most fans is undoubtedly the Mosaic vs. Lakers game.
First of all, the direct confrontation between Harden and Kobe sparked countless discussions.
Secondly, it is the competition between the former Lakers F4 members, Howard vs. Kobe Bryant's sister-in-law.
I remember that in Howard's first season after leaving the Lakers, although Kobe led the team with difficulty and broke into the top eight at the end of the season and got the last ticket to the playoffs, he was defeated 4:0 by Wang Zelin in the first round.
When Bald was eliminated miserably, Howard was the first to jump out and accuse Kobe of various things.
Let them resolve their old grudges and new grudges in this series.
In the first round of G1, Kobe scored in various ways against Harden, but he also found that he was unable to restrain the bearded No. 13 in front of him.
Time has taken away Kobe's physical fitness. At this stage, it is not easy for him to maintain offensive firepower. It is simply impossible to maintain the defensive pressure on opposing players at the same time.
It's okay for a few short rounds, but it's too difficult to maintain the same full-court concentration as before.
In the end, in this matchup, Kobe scored 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. Harden also scored 24 points, but his other statistics were more comprehensive, sending 11 assists and grabbing 4 rebounds.
The two of them had a duel tonight, and no one could suppress the other.
Therefore, the key to determining victory or defeat comes to the rest of the team.
At this time, the importance of tacit cooperation between core players is reflected.
Although Pau Gasol was far behind Howard in terms of frame protection and only grabbed 6 rebounds, while the latter had 15, through exquisite cooperation with Kobe and Rondo, he got a game-high 25.
point.
On the other hand, although Howard grabbed a lot of rebounds and scored 20 points, with 21 points and 15 rebounds, the conflict between the two became deeper due to the long-standing cold war with Harden.
As early as before the start of the season, Harden expressed his expectations for Howard through Mosaic management, such as stronger screens and basket protection. Unfortunately, Howard did not respond much, and Howard expected more.
The ball-holding singles tactics are tilted.
This led to the fact that although the Mosaic dual-core performed very well, with Harden and Howard both scoring 20+10, they mostly worked independently on the court and did not have many shots of cooperating in the offense.
In the end, Mosaic lost to the Lakers at home, 107:104, losing by three points.
Rondo, one of the Big Three of the Lakers, even though he scored the least, barely breaking double digits, he sent out a game-high 14 assists and 9 rebounds.
With a near-triple-double performance of 12 points, 14 assists and 9 rebounds, he was named the best player of the game.
Finally, there was the game between the Grizzlies and the Clippers. Clippers captain St. Paul scored 32 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, leading the Clippers to easily defeat the Grizzlies at home 111:95.
No one expected that Paul, who has always been good at assists, would suddenly explode on the offensive end tonight, which really caught everyone off guard.
As soon as April 20th passed, the first game of the first round of the Western Conference was completed. Except for the Mosaic team, which was defeated by the Lakers, the Trail Blazers, Warriors, and Clippers were all worthy of their regular season rankings.
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A night of silence.
The Trail Blazers begin Game 2 of their series at the Rose Garden Center.
After the last game, the Trail Blazers, who worked late to achieve a comeback, once again demonstrated their dominance. Wang Zelin, who was just one rebound away from completing a 32-20 double-double, shocked everyone.
So by the second game, the entire Portland fans were excited and had already entered the venue early to watch the game.
It doesn't matter that the seats inside are packed. Outside the arena, there are three circles inside and three outside. At a glance, they are all fans wearing jerseys of the main players of the Trail Blazers.
More than 80% are wearing Wang Zelin's No. 36 jersey, and the remaining 20% are wearing the jerseys of Lillard, Aldridge, Batum, Matthews and other main players, and occasionally there are a few veteran star Garnet's jerseys.
Special, Carter's jersey number, weaved in and out of the crowd from time to time.
After all, Game 3 and Game 4 will be played in Dallas. If we don’t watch it now, then the Trail Blazers will sweep the Mavericks and there will be no games to watch in the first round.
That's right, every Trail Blazers fan agrees that they will sweep the Mavericks, that's how confident they are!
"I didn't expect that the fans' enthusiasm for this game would be much stronger than the last one!"
"Yes, Wang is the emperor of Portland. His influence is so great!"
"It seems that the brothers are worried that this game will be the last home game of the first-round series, and there will not be many opportunities to watch the first-round performance of King ÷, haha!"
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ESPN's two commentators, Mike Brown and Jeff Van Gundy, are looking forward to it.
"If the Mavericks never find a way to limit the King, they may not win a game!"
"But how to limit the League of Kings is now a huge headache for all coaching staff in the league. The fundamental reason is that his dominance is so terrifying!"
Van Gundy has been a head coach, so he can see at a glance the problems facing all team coaching staffs.
"The game is about to start. Trail Blazers players are being interviewed. Let's switch the scene to the scene."
The two commentators knew very well who the fans wanted to see most at this time, so they stopped waffling and showed the Trail Blazers' pre-game interview.
within the interview area.
Reporters fired shots and cameras of all kinds surrounded Wang Zelin.
"Wang, you performed well in the last game. What do you think of the second game of the series?"
The reporter waited for Wang Zelin to stop and then asked questions impatiently.
"The second game? I don't have any opinion. Dirk is very good, but we are better. It's that simple."
Wang Zelin was not modest and declared victory in a very relaxed tone.
Although the Mavericks have introduced reinforcements this season, they are just minor repairs. In addition, Stoudemire had conflicts with the team during the regular season. The Mavericks' hope of surpassing the Trail Blazers and winning the championship only exists in theory.
among.
A bit of unpopular knowledge is that since winning the championship in 2011, the Mavericks have changed their direction to be like Mosaic, and they have never paid any luxury tax again.
Therefore, with the current lineup of the Trail Blazers, as long as they are cautious enough and play steadily, it is reasonable to pass the Mavericks in the first round.
The difference is that it is a bit difficult to sweep the opponent within four games. After all, the opponent is not a real novice. This requires the entire team to perform well!
"One more question, which team do you think is most likely to meet you in the Western Conference Finals this year?"
"The opponent in the Western Conference Finals? I choose the Golden State Warriors!"
"Why? The Spurs are also very strong!"
"Because in my opinion, as long as the Spurs can't find a way to limit Curry, they can't stop the Warriors from advancing to the next round!"
"..."
The other end.
In a private room somewhere inside the arena, Wang Zelin’s pre-match interview words also reached the ears of the members in the private room.
"Haha, Stephen, have you seen it? The Internet also thinks we can beat the Spurs!"
Klay Thompson carelessly hooked Curry's shoulder with one hand and pointed at the screen with the other.
Just like Wang Zelin regards the Warriors as a serious problem, why don't the Warriors regard the Trail Blazers led by Wang Zelin as the number one enemy in the Western Conference?
So at Cole's suggestion, the Warriors all came to the Rose Garden Arena today to observe the game.
"Fart, that bastard wants to put me on the fire!"
Curry slapped Thompson's hand away, gritting his teeth and staring at someone on the screen.
Obviously being obscene and developing is the right way, but someone found out.
Oops, I’m so angry!
But in his heart, a feeling of pleasure also emerged.
After all, he was very happy to be given such high recognition by an MVP superstar in his prime.
Good words are as sweet as honey. Sometimes they know they are poisonous, but people still apply them.
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At 20:00 in the evening, the second game between the Trail Blazers and the Mavericks continued.
The Mavericks were united and tried their best to win a victory on the road, but they ran into trouble as soon as the game started.
The Trail Blazers, who almost capsized in the last game, made adjustments to their defensive matchups in the second game, switching Wang Zelin to defend Nowitzki and Aldridge to face boxing champion Tyson.
The result of this adjustment was that in the constant high-intensity physical confrontation between Nowitzki and Wang Zelin, every shot was very difficult. In order to get rid of the defense, he had to make more moves, which in turn caused him to fall into a physical crisis early.
After three quarters, Nowitzki scored 21 points, scoring more than 20 points for two consecutive games, and a solid thigh.
At the same time, it also helped the Mavericks reduce the point difference between the two sides to 9 points, determined not to let the Trail Blazers expand their advantage to double digits.
But in the final quarter, Nowitzki, who was physically exhausted, made 1 of 7 shots and scored 3 points with two free throws. The final score was fixed at 23 points.
In the end, the Trail Blazers had the last laugh in this physical battle with defense as the main theme, 96:85, defeating the Mavericks by 11 points, bringing the series lead to 2:0.
In this game, Wang Zelin, who was fully focused on defense, grabbed a game-high 22 rebounds and 7 blocks. His scoring dropped slightly, and he only scored 22 points, 1 point less than Nowitzki.
However, as long as the team can win, it's not a big deal to give up some offensive possessions to teammates.
The only thing he is obsessed with is the O'Brien Cup!
Of course, he set another small record in this game.
That is to surpass O'Neal and Duncan and become the only player in history to score at least 20 points, 20 rebounds and 5 blocks in a single game 5 times in the playoffs.
Because the first two of them "only" had 4 times.
At the post-game press conference, Coach Terry couldn't hide the smile on his face.
Judging from past historical experience, a team that leads 2:0 in the first round of the series can basically be regarded as having one foot on the threshold of advancing to the second round of the conference semifinals.
"I'm proud to coach a great player like Wang!"
"In my opinion, Wang's greatness is not only limited to all kinds of crazy statistics, but also that whenever the team needs him, he can immediately make a transformation, from the first point of fire in the last game to this
A blue-collar game!"
"The king understands what we need, and he also understands that sacrifice must be made to achieve victory!"
"Wang is the most selfless boss I have ever seen. I love him to death!"
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Of course, no one thought there was anything wrong with what they said.
only……
On-site reporters, members of the Warriors who came to watch the game, and Nowitzki and Carlisle who were being interviewed next door, looked at Zelin's 22-22-7 near triple-double after the game and fell into deep thought:
You call this stuff blue collar?
So who are the others?
Flying?
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Three days later, we arrived at the Flight Center Arena, the home of the Dallas Mavericks.
In the third game of the series, Coach Terry continued the defensive tactics from the previous game, letting Wang Zelin be responsible for blocking Nowitzki's offense, focusing on defense, and leaving the offense to other teammates.
In this game, Wang Zelin set a new low in scoring in a single playoff game after his rookie season, scoring only 18 points.
The last time Wang Zelin scored less than 20 points in the playoffs was back in his rookie year when he played the Spurs in the first game of the Western Conference Finals. He was fouled and ended up leaving the game early. The final score was fixed at 17 points.
Since that game, Wang Zelin has never scored less than 20 points in every playoff game!
And today, he actually broke his record of scoring 20 consecutive points in the playoffs.
Why is this?
The reason is very simple, there is something to give.
Although Wang Zelin only scored 18 points tonight, in terms of rebounds, he grabbed 28 rebounds...
Recorded more than 20 rebounds in two consecutive games!
In this regard, many fans and media have expressed numbness, and at the same time expressed deep doubts:
Why do so many great records in the past seem so vulnerable in front of that Oriental center?
But Wang Zelin's rebounding madman's performance is not over yet, and the real shock is yet to come.
On April 26, the Trail Blazers continued to play away games.
In this game, Wang Zelin not only scored 33 points, but also grabbed 21 rebounds, helping the team cleanly sweep the Mavericks 4:0.
Of course, for the fans and the media at this time, sweeping is no longer important, what is important is
——Rebounds 20 in three consecutive games!
Especially in front of Tyson Chandler, because the last player to have 20 rebounds in three consecutive NBA games was him.
The difference is that he did it in the regular season, while Wang Zelin accomplished this feat in the playoffs.
This also makes Wang Zelin the only player to have 20 rebounds in three consecutive playoff games since the NBA merged with the ABA in the 1976-1977 season.