The Warriors continued their air-cutting tactics. After Durant and Curry crossed paths on the right wing, the former slipped to the baseline and the latter circled to the top of the arc, attracting all the Blazers' defensive focus.
In the corner where no one was paying attention, Thompson ran out of space at some point. Green quickly released the ball and assisted Thompson to hit an open three-pointer.
62:75, the Warriors are still 13 points behind.
After catching the ball, Thompson excitedly high-fived Green next to him, clenched his right hand into a fist and roared, venting his long-suppressed emotions.
Lillard held the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt.
Seeing that the Warriors' defense was not stable yet, he and Batum set up a simple pick-and-roll in the frontcourt and shot directly.
Durant didn't know when he was behind him, and he almost chased and blocked the shot.
Fortunately, Lillard took action and quickly dodged.
However, the ball was obviously interfered with.
"Duang!"
Lillard's fiery touch was temporarily frozen, and at this moment he chose to pay tribute to the Mamba Mentality.
But the ball was a long rebound, and by some strange mistake it was lifted directly into Jokic's hands.
Jokic has quick eyes and quick hands, and throws the ball away to Wang Zelin.
This time Durant, who was ready to grab the board, could not come back.
Lillard caught the ball and shot.
The moment he took the shot, he vaguely felt that the Bible tattoo on his arm suddenly became extremely hot. The intuition from a top shooter told him that the ball was stable!
"Whoosh!"
As expected, another crisp sound came from the loudspeaker.
78:62!
The point difference was expanded to 16 points!
Lillard hit his 8th three-pointer in the game, and his personal score reached a game-high 30 points!
He became the first player to score more than 30 points in the game.
During the entire third quarter, the Trail Blazers kept the score difference within the range of 10 to 16.
No matter how hard the Warriors tried, the score never came close.
Today, Wang Zelin didn't come up with 40+, 50+, or even 60+ magical singles in a single game like he did in the past. The Trail Blazers team easily tore the Warriors' defensive pockets apart by relying on brilliant and simple cooperation time and time again.
Broken into pieces.
Jokic transformed into an inside magician tonight. All kinds of smart passes can always be of benefit, passing to open teammates to help the team score easily.
Lillard is getting better and better, and his three-pointers are getting farther and farther away. His craziest three-pointer tonight was from the logo area. Although he didn't make it in the end, he still surprised the Warriors.
Cold sweat.
Wang Zelin's task tonight has never been simpler. He only needs to score the goal, and then he can focus on defense with all the remaining energy. It is hard to imagine that a big center who is 2.16 meters barefoot actually has
The defender's agility and speed, coupled with his terrifying defensive sense, destined that any Warriors player who dared to take a shot tonight would risk being blocked by him.
Until the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Warriors could not reduce the score to single digits!
Except for the first few rounds of the game, the Warriors were chasing points throughout the game!
After the start of the final quarter, the two sides continued to attack Biao, and the two head coaches did not call a timeout. They continued until the official timeout time, which was just over halfway through the final quarter.
After the official timeout came back, Durant waved the Death Sickle and hit Wang Zelin's pull-up shot from outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left. The Warriors finally narrowed the point difference to 9 points.
The DNA of the God of Death is moving, and all this seems to be announcing that the warrior's counterattack horn is about to sound.
However, in the next two rounds, Wang Zelin scored 2+1 strongly under the basket, and the point difference was once again widened to 15 points. Durant finally helped the Warriors create a splash and was completely extinguished.
These two 2+1s completely killed the Warriors' belief in counterattack and completely ended the suspense of the game.
In the end, the Trail Blazers relied on Wang Zelin's last two key 2+1s to maintain the lead until the end of the game, successfully defeated the Warriors 131:114, and won the first game of the Western Conference Finals.
Durant scored 33 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, and became the leader of the air traffic control group!
Splash combined and scored 54 points, becoming the two deputy leaders of today's air attack group!
For the Trail Blazers, Lillard felt explosive and made 11 three-pointers in a single game, setting a personal record for three-pointers in the playoffs. His personal data was fixed at 44 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists, and he also set a record of 41 points.
Lillard set a new single-game scoring high in the playoffs.
Jokic also performed well. Although he only scored 14 points, he sent out 11 assists and 10 rebounds, earning his first career playoff triple-double.
For the rest of the team, Patton scored 15 points, Batum scored 11 points, Adridge, who came off the bench, scored a rotation-high 18 points and 7 rebounds, and Curry Jr. hit 2 three-pointers and also scored 10 points.
As for Mr. Wang, this time he rarely won a game on his own. With two tough 2+1s in the last quarter, his personal score reached 30 points. According to his usual scoring standards, this game can only be
He said it was careless, so he claimed to have won the game.
At the same time, Wang Zelin also got a game-high 26 rebounds, ensuring that the team took more shots than the Warriors.
However, the best player of this game was still awarded to Lillard, who hit 11 magical three-pointers. For this, competitive Wang Zelin and Jokic both sent blessings to their teammates immediately.
In their view, Lillard was awarded the best player of the game and fully deserved it!
Tonight is destined to be a wonderful night!
131:114, the Trail Blazers and the Warriors played a wonderful offensive battle, which lived up to the fans' expectations for this game.
It's a pity that no matter how exciting the game is, there can only be one winner.
At the Rose Garden Arena, the Golden State Warriors finally suffered their second loss in the playoffs this season.
"The game is finally over, and the Portland Trail Blazers won a well-deserved victory! Jokic scored his first career playoff triple-double! Wang Zelin's daily 30+20 double-double,
The most outstanding one is Lillard, who scored 44 points in a single game, setting a career high! The total score of the series became 1-0, and the Trail Blazers have an absolute advantage!"
Barkley stood up immediately and cheered loudly with the fans.
At the same time, there is a time difference in Asia. Fans who get up early in the morning to go to work secretly watch the game, as well as student fans who occasionally use their mobile phones to follow the text live broadcast. After they saw the Trail Blazers widening the point gap in the third quarter, they have been watching the game.
In a state of excitement.
When the score difference narrowed to single digits in the final quarter, their hearts became hung up again.
But as Wang Zelin played a superb 6:0 performance at the critical moment and opened the score in one fell swoop, everyone looked happy.
Sure enough, relying on this wave of lead, the Trail Blazers successfully had the last laugh.
At this moment, they could no longer contain their ecstasy. Some fans even forgot where they were and stood up suddenly and roared.
A middle school in Shanghai.
"Damn it! The Trail Blazers are awesome! The King is awesome!"
Zhang Wei, who was sitting by the window in the back row, was wearing a Bluetooth headset and secretly watching the game on his mobile phone. When he saw the Trail Blazers defeat the Warriors and the series score reached 1-0, he suddenly ejected from his seat and started to get excited.
Start shouting.
"Zhang Wei! It's class time now, how inappropriate is it for you to yell like this!"
The English teacher on the stage was startled by Zhang Wei's sudden voice. When she reacted, she slapped the table hard and yelled angrily.
"Uh...Teacher, I..."
Zhang Wei's face immediately turned red after he reacted, and he hesitated and didn't know how to explain.
At this time, the English teacher had already arrived at Zhang Wei's desk. When she saw the Bluetooth headset dropped on the ground, she immediately understood everything.
"Hand over your phone!"
"Teacher, I..."
"I'll only say it once!"
"oh!"
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Zhang Wei's deeds are just a small microcosm. Similar incidents are being shown in countless schools across China at the same time.
However, it can also be seen that due to Wang Zelin's dominant performance in the NBA and international arenas, the domestic basketball atmosphere has long surpassed the Yao Ming period and reached an unprecedented height.
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After the game, the Trail Blazers returned to the locker room, and the coaching staff led the players for a regular post-game summary.
The Trail Blazers have become accustomed to this year's playoffs. No matter whether they win or not, they have to summarize every game and start preparing for the next game after finishing one game.
Wang Zelin and his teammates were talking and laughing, and the first half was back-and-forth. However, due to their enthusiasm and confidence in the home game, the team set off a wave of chaos in the second half.
In the end, things went smoothly, and I felt like winning was a matter of course!
After the coaching staff reviewed and analyzed the game, everyone's frenzied hearts gradually calmed down.
In the final analysis, this is just the first game. If they want to decide the outcome with the Warriors, no matter how confident they are, they don't think they can end the series 4-0.
At least 5 games!
This is the unanimous consensus reached by the coaching staff and players on the trend of this series.
The Warriors are not an easy opponent, and everyone must be prepared for a protracted battle.
There is another thing, that is, the Warriors did not display their real trump card from beginning to end tonight - the five small players of death!
This is also in line with the strategic arrangement of NBA teams for a series during the playoffs.
The first game of a series is often a trial game for the coaching staff of both teams to test their skills, and they rarely try their best.
At the same time, the first game of a series is often the most likely to be defeated, especially for a strong team like the Warriors, which is not much worse than their Trail Blazers.
If you can defeat the top in the first round, that would be the best.
But if it is ultimately found that they cannot defeat their opponents on the road, the Warriors coaching staff will selectively give up the first trial and focus on the second game and the two home games after returning to Oracle Arena.
Next, is the real test!
As for winning, I'm happy... I'm definitely happy to win, but just as Coach Terry felt they had a clear advantage in the first game, they felt it was normal for the Blazers to win the first game.
The second game is still at home, and the Trail Blazers' next goal is to force the Warriors into a five-game losing streak.
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On the other side, the visiting team's locker room, the Warriors, also chose to refuse interviews after the game like the Trail Blazers.
Both teams refused to be interviewed. After the game, the media could only tell what they said.
But the Trail Blazers don't care at all. They are the ultimate boss of the league. Before they are kicked off the altar by other teams, no matter how much the media talks about, it will not affect the Blazers' recognized dominance among the fan base.
status.
The Warriors must do the same here. Unlike their opponents in the past two rounds, the Trail Blazers have been a mountain that has been weighing on them in the past few years. They must ensure that all their energy is devoted to this series.
As for the war of words... let's forget it.
You see, even Dream Chaser Green, who has always been loudmouthed, did not choose to talk nonsense before the game this time under the request of the coaching staff.
In order to cross the mountain of pioneers, they are serious this time!
But no matter what, the Warriors lost this game.
Everyone felt that they were beaten by the Trail Blazers tonight!
In the opening stage, they relied on Curry, Thompson, Yi Ge, Livingston and others to have a close match with the Trail Blazers in the first quarter, and in the final quarter they relied on Durant's key three-pointer to reduce the score to single digits.
, once saw hope of a comeback.
However, in the last five minutes or so, after Wang Zelin exerted his strength, they were taken away by the Trail Blazers.
Curry and Durant suddenly looked at each other, then lowered their heads, seeming to be thinking about something?
Although they were unwilling to admit it, through this game, they were aware of the strength gap between themselves and Wang Zelin.
It is really the strength that Wang Zelinling showed in the game that was terrifying. He could always quickly adjust his playing style according to the different trends in the game.
Do whatever you want!
This is the impression Wang Zelin left on Curry and Durant in this game.
Before the game, they had repeatedly raised their imagination of Wang Zelin's strength, but unexpectedly when the game started, they found that they still underestimated Wang Zelin's strength.
Their 72 wins in the regular season are not for nothing. Whether it is confidence, strength, determination, execution, cohesion... combined with these aspects of the Trail Blazers, both Curry and Durant feel that they are too strong!
If the Trail Blazers are a scary team, then Wang Zelin, the team leader, is undoubtedly the scariest guy.
It's scary to think about being against such a scary guy!
Fortunately, unlike Durant, Curry has never been the kind of person to retreat in the face of difficulties. Wang Zelin's terrifying strength brought him extreme pressure, but at the same time it also brought more continuous motivation.
Even if the opponent is the Trail Blazers led by Wang Zelin, Ku Ritian always believes that he will not be worse than anyone else, and the Warriors will not lose to any team.
Three years, he waited for three years, not to prove how great he was, but to gain a breath.
He wants to get back what he lost with his own hands!
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Before the start of the Western Conference Finals, the Trail Blazers coaching staff not only asked their players to refuse all interviews during the Western Conference Finals series, but also asked the players' families at the players' meeting not to pay attention to any news during the Western Conference Finals.
After the first game, it immediately played a very important role.
On May 14th, the Celtics, who returned to their home court, were in great shape and defeated the Raptors without a fight 112:101, setting the series score at 4-0 and becoming the third team in the league to advance to the division.
The team in the finals has locked a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals.
In the past, this matter had long been hyped by the media, but now, both fans and media are discussing the terrible dominance shown by the Trail Blazers!
This is a topic that has become more and more heated among fans after the game between the Trail Blazers and Warriors.
What they mainly discussed was the Blazers' 9-game winning streak in the playoffs this season. They were invincible 9-0 in the playoffs. The Blazers' undefeated streak made people feel incredible.
I originally thought that when they faced the Warriors F4 in the Western Conference Finals, the Trail Blazers would face a real test, and the game might be difficult. However, I didn't expect that the Trail Blazers would lead the Warriors by 12 points at halftime. Even if the Warriors chased points in the second half, they would not be able to catch up.
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That is to say, apart from the back-and-forth between the two sides in the first quarter, the Blazers were beating their opponents throughout the remaining three quarters.
Hasn't this already given rise to a new idea among the fan base: Are the Warriors really the only team in the Western Conference that can compete with the Trail Blazers as the media says?
They couldn't help but think otherwise. The first game of the Western Conference Finals was really too intense. It's not an exaggeration to say that the Trail Blazers crushed the Warriors throughout the game.
The fans' discussion naturally attracted the attention of the media. After the first game of the Western Conference Finals, many experts also jumped out and expressed new opinions.
As for such public opinion, Coach Terry does not need his players to pay attention and understand it.
Because he has discovered before that the perspective of his players and the audience is the same as that of many fans and media before the Western Conference Finals. They all feel that it will be very difficult to play in the Western Conference Finals.
On the surface, Coach Terry holds the same view as the players, otherwise he would not have expressed his intention to fight a protracted war with the Warriors in last night's post-game summary.
But in fact, Coach Terry had a different view. After the second round, he felt like he was floating in the sky. The reason why he suppressed the swelling emotions in his heart was to constantly emphasize in team meetings that they
The next opponents are getting stronger each round, and we must always face the new round of opponents with a correct mentality...
Coach Terry has already felt the strong self-confidence of the players. If they become more confident...it may eventually turn into an emotion called arrogance and pride.
In fact, the Blazers team's strong self-confidence has started since the end of the regular season, because they have achieved 70+ wins in the regular season for two consecutive seasons, creating an unprecedented miracle in NBA history.
Compared with last year's 75 wins, although their regular season record this year has declined, it is still 72 wins after all, a record that once belonged to God alone!
Therefore, after the end of the regular season, a popular argument began to be made that the Trail Blazers have indeed "become weaker" this year. They are "weak" to the extent of the 96 Bulls.
Damn it, the more I hear these words, the more I feel like I’m in Versailles!
At the same time, Coach Terry smelled a hint of flattery from it!
That's why he, the head coach, will continue to cool down his players in the playoffs...
There is a saying that the higher you stand, the harder you fall!
The Trail Blazers' establishment of a dynasty with three championships in three years is great, but at the same time they are regarded as enemies by all 29 other teams in the league. The coaching staff of other teams are all thinking about how to defeat the Trail Blazers and knock them off the altar.
The more this happens, the more cautious he has to be.
Not to mention that 72 wins and the overall runner-up position is not pleasant to say. To say the least, if 72 wins could not even break out of the Western Conference, it would be a big joke.
For the Blazers' four consecutive championships, Coach Terry has good intentions. He is afraid that the young people in the team will suddenly drift away, and they will fall to pieces if they are not careful! ()