After hearing the sound, Coach Terry's impatient mood quickly calmed down.
Yes! Why should I panic?
The Trail Blazers still have Wang Zelin as their trump card!
After thinking about it, Coach Terry called all the players together and said with a slight guilt: "I'm sorry everyone, I didn't expect that No. 13 on the opposite side could cause so much trouble to the team..."
"This is none of your business, coach. No one thought that the bearded man would suddenly explode."
"Yes, coach, we also have responsibilities."
"It's only 24 points. It's still early. Just wait and see how we come back later."
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Listening to the players' consolation, Coach Terry felt warm in his heart, but his expression remained serious:
"Okay, then we will change our strategy and focus on the inside. We must first stabilize the situation and not let the opponent continue to open up the score. Wang and LaMarcus come back on the field. You two are responsible for threatening the inside. Damien, Li and
Morrow, you three are always ready to catch the ball and take action from the outside..."
After redeploying tactics, players from both sides return to the court.
After receiving the coach's instructions, the Blazers' offensive focus began to tilt toward the inside.
Facing the declining Warcraft, Wang Zelin wanted to take advantage of him, and it was just a matter of course.
Sure enough, in the next few balls, Wang Zelin hit 3 goals in a row and made 3 of 3 shots, which immediately helped the Trail Blazers stabilize the situation. This also made the head coach Terry Stotts on the bench relax a little.
Take a breath.
It seems that Wang Zelin will always be the most reliable person on the team, and his unparalleled dominance at the basket is enough to ensure the Blazers' offensive limit.
The closer you are to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage!
This is not just talk.
Soon, the first half was over.
The Trail Blazers cling to the score.
Although the Mosaic team's offensive efficiency remained very high in the second quarter, scoring 28 points in a single quarter, which was not much worse than the 35 points in the first quarter, the Trail Blazers quickly regained their form under the leadership of Wang Zelin.
Scored 36 points in the first quarter, and suddenly the score difference was reduced to only 10 points.
Damn it, this guy came out to disrupt the situation again, otherwise we would have won this game in one go.
This time it was Harden's turn to feel angry.
He looked at Howard next to him. As his status in the alliance increased, he became more and more contemptuous of this monster.
What's more, as long as he can give a little strength on the defensive end, he won't be beaten so badly when he faced Wang Zelin, allowing the opponent to score 33 points in the half. Now the Mosaic team is estimated to be able to maintain more than 15 points.
Advantage.
It's all this stupid beast's fault!
Even though his strength is no longer good, he still refuses to play a pick-and-roll with him. It is obviously something that benefits both sides, but he has to save face and suffer the consequences.
At this moment, Harden's dissatisfaction with Howard finally reached its limit. He was determined to give the management an ultimatum after the game, whether he lost or won.
The Mosaic team can only have one boss, and that is him-James Harden!
However, he was not eager to resolve the current conflicts in the team, but chose to endure it for a while longer.
Although the lead is now smaller, it is still 10 points ahead of the opponent. Considering that tonight is very likely to be his only chance to defeat the Trail Blazers No. 36 in the regular season this season, Harden decided to finish this game first.
Let’s talk about the next game.
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At the end of the intermission, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
As soon as he came on the court, Wang Zelin saw Harden's figure.
Hey, is Xiao Dengdeng planning to play the whole game tonight?
You must know that in the first half, this guy only rested for less than two minutes, but he continued to play as soon as the third quarter started.
But there is one thing to say. Tonight, Harden's spiritual belief was unprecedentedly strong, as if he had been enlightened by God. His fighting spirit and hunger for victory refreshed Wang Zelin's understanding of him.
Not only that, in addition to easily switching back and forth between scoring and organizational modes, Harden also relied on continuous kills to make the Blazers
Beverley and Batum, the team's two top perimeter defenders, got into foul trouble one after another.
Without the harassment of Beverley and Batum, Harden scores and connects the team, becoming more relaxed and comfortable.
In order to help Harden erase the embarrassing record of hard-to-win games against Wang Zelin, and also to prove himself, D'Antoni and the coaching staff formulated a new defensive strategy during halftime.
That is, in the second half, they will go all out to kill the inside line and make the Trail Blazers' inside line fall into a foul swamp early. In this case, the Trail Blazers' most stable point can be quickly eliminated.
That damn number 36!
As long as he is eliminated, the balance of victory will tilt towards the Mosaic team.
In the first 5 minutes of the second half, Wang Zelin blocked 4 shots and received 2 personal fouls, including the one in the first half. In order to avoid receiving the fourth foul too early, the special coach could only temporarily put the Blazers at 36
No. was replaced on the bench.
And this is exactly the moment the Trail Blazers have been waiting for.
The next moment, the point guard immediately switched back to the shooting guard mode and began to dominate the offensive end.
When Wang Zelin came off the court, the score between the two sides was 0. The Trail Blazers had already chased the point difference to only 6 points. As a result, due to Harden's continuous fouls, the Trail Blazers quickly expanded their lead to 10 points.
But now that the Trail Blazers don't have Wang Zelin, they can only temporarily let other players come out to shoulder the pressure.
At this time, Aldridge, the most senior member of the team, chose to step forward.
He was selected with the second overall pick by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2006 draft, and it is now his tenth season.
Speaking of which, Aldridge is really the ninth player on the team who has played for this city. In terms of seniority and seniority, he is the oldest one.
Let me ask, how many decades can life last?
From a young boy who was only 21 years old when he first debuted, to now being 30 years old, Aldridge loves this city more deeply than anyone else.
What's more, as the person with the highest salary in the Trail Blazers, he has the obligation and responsibility to do this.
After ten years of fighting for a city in the league, he unknowingly considered himself a Portlander.
Although after Wang Zelin and Lillard grew up, Aldridge, who has a humble personality, chose to take a step back. Now, according to the outside world, even the position of the team's second leader has been "robbed" by Lillard.
But fortunately, these two young brothers did not disappoint him. After switching to the assistant position, he gained the championship ring he had dreamed of in his NBA career, and it was two championship rings, which made him feel unprecedented in his career.
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Now, the team is at a critical juncture, and Wang Zelin is in foul trouble. This big brother who is accustomed to silence made a decisive choice:
