Three hours later, the first meeting between the two sides this season ended with the Trail Blazers' victory. The Trail Blazers beat the Lakers by 6 points at home.
Today, the Lakers' three giants Kobe, Paul, and Gasol are all present. Together with a group of good role players, the Lakers' lineup tonight can be said to be full.
However, the ending remains unchanged.
The most beautiful thing the Lakers did in this game was to push the Trail Blazers to the last minute. Kobe and Paul performed very well today. The former scored 33 points and the latter scored 23 points and 12 assists, which is no less than anyone currently in service.
Top point guard.
If we follow the requirements of traditional point guards and consider field control skills and assist-to-turnover ratio, Chris Paul is still the league's best in these areas.
Too bad times have changed, St. Paul!
At the last moment, Wang Zelin's two crucial pull-up three-pointers made the Lakers completely lose hope of a comeback.
In the end, the Trail Blazers narrowly defeated the Lakers 131:125 at home, leaving Kobe and Paul helplessly to join the "active team of empty-handed shooters."
Wang Zelin scored 43 points, including 3 of 7 three-pointers. Even though his long-range shooting was a bit average in the first three quarters, he still shot extremely decisively at the critical moment. This is what makes the Warriors most desperate.
As a scorer, the most terrible thing is not that you hit the ball continuously, but that you are afraid to take action after hitting the ball continuously.
Tonight, Wang Zelin well implemented the true meaning of Mamba Mentality on the court.
"I would rather shoot 0-for-30 than 0-for-9!"
——Kobe Bryant
Wang Zelin still feels a sense of accomplishment for being able to carry out his fearless spirit in front of the Black Mamba.
One day later, the Trail Blazers defeated the Detroit Pistons, one of the weakest teams in the Eastern Conference, back-to-back at home.
It started off with a bang, stumbled in the middle, and disappeared in the later stage!
The above is the general process of the season for teams like the Detroit Pistons.
The record in the opening stage was good, and it seemed that there was hope of entering the playoffs. After being ravaged by major teams in the middle of the season, they had to recognize the reality, but at this time it seemed that it was too late to choose to fail.
Then, there was no more... All they were left with was to muddle along until the end of the season.
So far this season, the Pistons have a record of 17 wins and 20 losses, basically missing the playoffs.
Four of the five Pistons scored in double figures, but their scoring efficiency was very low, and they basically relied on high shots to produce scoring data.
Faced with such a weak opponent, the Trail Blazers will naturally not show mercy. 127:115, the Trail Blazers played steadily and won easily.
Wang Zelin also performed well in the game against the Pistons, with 37 points, 19 rebounds and 7 assists...another day that drives obsessive-compulsive fans crazy.
With the explosive performance of the team's record and personal data, Wang Zelin's cheers for defending the regular season MVP for 4 consecutive seasons have become louder and louder.
Time has entered January, which means that the regular season is about to pass halfway. In the past 37 games, the Trail Blazers have only lost 4 games, with a total record of 33 wins and 4 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference and first in the league!
Although losing to the Warriors on the first day of the new year was a bit embarrassing, even so, the two sides' season record was only 1-1, which was a tie.
What's more, the terrifying influence of Wang Zelin's 84 points in a single game that night last month has not dissipated. The regular season is about to pass halfway, but Wang Zelin's performance has conquered most fans.
So far this season, he needs records and statistics, which basically meets all the conditions for being crowned MVP. Tarin is ranked at the top of the MVP rankings... even though this will be his 4th consecutive season.
Won MVP.
In NBA history, it seems that no one has ever accomplished this great feat.
Wang Zelin doesn't know if he can successfully win the regular season MVP this season. After all, there are still 45 games left in the regular season. In the next six months, anything can still happen.
But at least Wang Zelin will soon know whether he will be selected as the All-Star vote winner again this year.
After a night's rest, on January 6th, the NBA will officially announce the first round voting results for the 2017 Portland All-Star Game.
In the past four years, people have become accustomed to the phenomenon of Wang Zelin dominating the All-Star voting, but when the first-stage voting results came out, basketball fans around the world were still shocked.
On the evening of January 6, NBA officials finally announced the results of the first phase of voting for the 2017 All-Star Game.
The voting results this time were both unexpected and reasonable.
The top vote winner in the first stage was Portland Trail Blazers center Wang Zelin, who led the league with 1.563 million votes.
Behind him is Warriors forward Kevin Durant, who ranks second with 541,000.
Further back in the row, little emperor James with 530,000 ranked third, Black Mamba Kobe with 525,000 ranked fourth, elementary school student Curry with 523,000 ranked fifth, and bearded golfer Harden with 519,000 ranked sixth.
The above are the players who received more than 500,000 votes in the first stage of the All-Star contest. All of them are superstars in the league who can make all the difference.
but……
Are Wang Zelin's 1.56 million votes serious? He actually leads second-placed Durant by a full 1 million votes?
That’s a full 1 million votes!
You know, there have been many All-Star vote leaders in NBA history, and their number of votes fluctuated around 1 million.
And now, Wang Zelin has received more than 1.5 million votes in the first stage. This is no longer a simple victory, but it can be said that he has locked in the All-Star vote king in advance.
Such a result is simply off the charts!
Wang Zelin is extremely proud to once again stand out from a crowd of superstars.
On the 7th, the Trail Blazers have arrived in Los Angeles, preparing to play against the Lakers for the second time this season.
At the same time, after a night of deliberation, the entire basketball circle has completely exploded, everyone is discussing Wang Zelin's 1.56 million votes in the first stage.
What is somewhat surprising is that mainstream public opinion unanimously agrees that Wang Zelin deserves so many votes. What people are really discussing is how many times can he win the All-Star vote in the future?
The NBA All-Star Game has a history of more than 60 years, but the concept of "vote king" can only be traced back to the 1975 All-Star Game.
Taking this year as the dividing line, before 1975, the All-Star Game player list was voted by reporters and commentators. After 1975, in order to increase the participation of fans, the league reformed the selection mechanism and changed it to fans voting.
Star cast...
This year, 2017, the All-Star voting was restructured again. Fan voting accounted for 50%, and players and media each accounted for 25%. This undoubtedly weakened the decisiveness of fan voting, but fan voting is still a symbol of measuring a player's popularity.
Since the All-Stars have had a fan voting session, 10 players have won the vote tops more than once, among which...
Quickly take out the notebook, here comes the key point.
Michael Jordan, known as the God of Basketball, has won the vote 9 times in his career, ranking first in history.
As expected of a god, he can be found in any record in the NBA.
In the past, people firmly believed that Jordan was the voting champion for seven consecutive years from 1987 to 1993 and regained the voting champion in 1997 and 1998. His record of winning the vote nine times in his career would become one of the most difficult records to break in NBA history.
But now, people see hope in Wang Zelin to break this great record.