In the second quarter, Wang Zelin and Lillard came back, bringing old Carter, Batum, and Harrell, who was in excellent form tonight. After the Mosaic team scored 21 points in the first 6 and a half minutes, the next 5 points
In half an hour, the Mosaic team only scored 12 points, and their efficiency dropped by nearly half.
The outside shooting performance of both sides was very good. When both teams had strong tactical execution, the Trail Blazers' changes in the second quarter made the Mosaic team unable to cope.
The inside defense composed of Wang Zelin and Harrell blocked the sky in the penalty area, keeping the Mosaic players at bay.
Although the Blazers' offensive efficiency was relatively low in the second quarter, with a decline in the first quarter and only 26 points, they still led the Mosaic team by 11 points at 64:53 entering the halftime break!
The Trail Blazers took the initiative to fall into a positional battle of offense and defense. Although the offense was relatively average, Wang Zelin and Harrell got 9 offensive rebounds in a single quarter, plus 5 blocks, forcibly expanding their lead.
The main thing is to defend well!
Counting the first quarter, Wang Zelin and Harrell combined for 9 blocks, the former 4 times and the latter 5 times. It is not an exaggeration to say that they completely blocked the Mosaic team's attack.
Harden played almost the full first half. After scoring 15 points in the first quarter, Harden scored 8 points and 4 assists in the second quarter. After two quarters, his personal data has already reached a near-triple double of 23 points, 9 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal.
If it weren't for Harden's almost full output tonight, I'm afraid the Mosaic team would fall even further behind.
Wang Zelin played 16 minutes and scored 17 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks, both offensive and defensive ends!
After coming off the field, Wang Zelin rubbed Harrell's head hard. Seeing that Harrell was very tired, he knew that Harrell would probably play leisurely in the second half.
But even so, Harrell has overfulfilled his task today, and his five blocks in the half have set a new record for half-time blocks in his career in the regular season.
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After returning from the halftime break, the Trail Blazers re-arranged their lineup for the third quarter, and the Mosaics also replaced their top four players, except Ariza replaced Nurkic.
In the first half, under the double care of Wang Zelin and Harrell, Nurkic was beaten to death. Not only did he not show his due level of strength, but he also became a drag on the team.
In order to increase mobility on the field, D'Antoni decided to let Capela play the 5th position and Ariza take the 4th position. This will not only increase the three-point attack points on the field, but also expand the assist defense area.
As for the task of protecting the basket inside?
Stop making trouble, with Trail Blazers No. 36 here, no matter how many people the Mosaic team has stationed in the paint, they can't beat him.
D'Antoni couldn't help but shudder when he thought about the scenes in the first half where Capela and Nurkic were abused by Wang Zelin.
I hope Ariza can have a miraculous effect when he comes on the court.
D'Antoni prayed silently in his heart.
After the start of the third quarter, Wang Zelin changed his passive offensive approach in the first half, his desire to attack surged, and he began to actively ask for singles!
Regardless of Wang Zelin, he scored a team-high 17 points in the first half, but at least 12 of those points came from secondary attacks under the basket, and he had almost no active possessions with the ball.
He was able to score so many points purely because of his incredible control over rebounds.
In the third quarter, it’s time to end the suspense!
The Mosaic team is a magic ball offensive team, let alone being only 11 points behind, even if it is 21 points behind, it is just a matter of a few three-pointers for them.
As long as you shoot the three-pointer accurately, you can turn everything impossible into possible, and this is the most fascinating thing about the three-pointer.
Therefore, Wang Zelin was still very afraid of the Mosaic team and decided to use his strength in this quarter to put the game into garbage time in advance.
Because Wang Zelin focused on defense in the first half, the Mosaic team did not expect that Wang Zelin would ignore the sudden inside and outside shots in the third quarter. Wang Zelin suddenly switched the game mode, catching the Mosaic team by surprise. When the opponent reacted
When I came over, I discovered that Wang Zelin had already scored 5 goals in a row from mid-range, hook or pull-up.
Seeing that the score between the two sides had reached 19 points and was about to break through the 20-point mark, D'Antoni quickly signaled the players on the field to flank Wang Zelin. He must not let that guy continue to fight like this.
The result was... Seeing that something was wrong, Wang Zelin immediately switched to organizational mode and began to link up the team's offense.
After all, the Mosaic team couldn't defend against the Blazers' lineup. Not only did they defend against the Blazers' lineup, there was no team in the league that could truly successfully defend against the Blazers' lineup.
Of course, if the Trail Blazers play the way they played in the first half of the first quarter at the beginning of the third quarter, the prepared Mosaic team will still have the confidence to form an offensive confrontation with the Mosaic team on the court. In terms of scoring, no one from the current team can
Not false.
But Wang Zelin switched game modes one after another, from main defense to main offense to organization, which completely disrupted the Mosaic team's defensive strategy. He was led by the Trail Blazers on the court and had to follow suit.
The result of this was that the Trail Blazers completely controlled the game, but the Mosaic team's original team offensive tactics were not used. As they were playing, the court turned into a one-on-one duel between Harden and Anthony.
Entering the third quarter, the Mosaic team only had one offensive tactic: Harden would hit Anthony and then Anthony would hit Harden again. The original team offense turned into a stage for the stars to show off their individual abilities.
Harden made 7 of 12 shots in the first half, plus 4 of 5 free throws, scoring 23 points with a super high shooting rate. However, in the third quarter, Harden took 9 crazy shots, but only got 3 hits.
Where is the super efficiency in the first half?
In the last two minutes of the third quarter, when Harden made three consecutive three-pointers, the Trail Blazers began to shrink and beware of Harden attacking the basket and causing fouls!
Nowadays, Harden's reputation as the "one-point king" is resounding throughout the league. After studying so many Mosaic games, I found that when the team falls into a scoring drought, Harden will always subconsciously want to open up the situation through free throws.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In other words, Harden's ability to draw fouls has truly reached an unprecedented level, and he can barely compete with the Trail Blazers by relying on breakthrough kills.
The Trail Blazers used their lineup for most of the quarter, and in the second half of the quarter they used the run-and-gun lineup of Wang Zelin, Yi Jianlian, Carter, Connett Lee, and Curry for another half of the quarter. After three quarters, they led the Mosaics 94:71.
Entering the intersection break at 23 minutes.
In this quarter, Wang Zelin exploded offensively, scoring 24 points and 9 rebounds. In the third quarter, he scored 41 points and 19 rebounds, easily achieving the 40-20 goal in each game.
On the Mosaic team, Harden worked hard to break the historical record. He scored a team-high 11 points in the third quarter. After three quarters, he scored 33 points, 11 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block.
Fortunately, the current Harden is not the Harden he was during the Nets era. During the Mosaic era, he was a well-known iron man in the league. He played more than 90% of the games every season, and the minimum playing time was more than 35 minutes.
You must know that although the competition in this era may not be as good as before, the offensive rounds in each game have improved a lot compared to the past. Therefore, the running distance of players in this era is generally longer than that of previous players.
It also cannot explain why the core players of the team in this era basically play more than 30 minutes per game, unlike the core players of many teams in the past who often played close to 40 minutes, such as the iron man Allen Iverson.
, his career average playing time per game is as high as 41.1 minutes, which is simply unimaginable now.
In today's era, do you dare to imagine that Iverson played like this back then? Less than half of the regular season, your body will 100% collapse.
A huge double-double with 33 points and 12 assists in three quarters, especially when facing the Trail Blazers, a team in the current league that encourages physical confrontation. They were as strong as Harden, but he was also very tired during the breaks.
But there is nothing that can be done about it. In the third quarter, the whole Mosaic team scored 18 points, of which Harden alone scored 11 points. In order to win, he was really carrying like crazy tonight.
As for Carmelo Anthony, the team's other major outside core, he was taken care of by Batum and Button in the second half. Wang Zelin would harass him from time to time, which made him completely misfired in this quarter. He only scored 1 of 5 shots.
2 minutes.
It can be imagined that even though he was so overwhelmed, he still couldn't lead the Mosaic team. Harden suddenly felt depressed and helpless.
After the break in the third quarter, Harden's nightmare is coming!
The inside combination of Wang Zelin and Harrell once again appeared. The Blazers' penalty area was like a minefield. Anyone who dared to enter would be slapped out by the two of them.
After the final quarter started, the Mosaic team still had some illusions and was unwilling to give up the game so early and began to take a large number of three-pointers.
At first, they felt good. The team hit four three-pointers in succession, and the score difference was suddenly close to 15 points. However, as Wang Zelin's defensive strategy changed and he began to attack frantically, the Mosaic team's shooters immediately withered.
Facing the defense of a seven-foot-long man who is as fast as lightning, and feeling the opponent's hands that cover the sky, who wouldn't be afraid of him?
When the pitcher became hesitant, the Mosaics had to rely on Harden to score in the final quarter.
Anthony played reasonably well in the first half tonight, but after being targeted in the second half, it was difficult to provide any help to Harden.
In any case, Anthony is 33 years old after all. Even if he loses weight and transforms, he cannot return to his peak physical fitness. He fought with the Trail Blazers for three quarters.
Supported by tenacious willpower.
My brother Gua is so proud that he can only abandon his teammates at the critical moment.
But good intentions lead to bad things. This sentence is most suitable to describe Anthony at the end of the game.
The only way Anthony can provide positive value on the court is to keep scoring. When he is unable to score, his defensive ability is so-so, and he can only become a black hole on the court. By the way, Harden can experience weight-bearing training.
Harden actually played well in the final quarter, making 3 of 7 shots, a three-pointer, and 4 free throws. He scored 11 points in a single quarter, raising his score to 44 points.
However, the Mosaic team only scored 16 points in the final quarter, which was not even as good as the third quarter!
For the Trail Blazers, although the team has only scored 23 points, it is enough for them to win!
Relying on Wang Zelin's 47 points, 24 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 blocks and 1 steal in a single game, the Trail Blazers defeated the Mosaics 117:86 and won the final game of the regular season.
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"In the final battle, Harden lost with 44 points to Wang Zelin's 47 points!" - "Los Angeles Times"
"Congratulations to the Trail Blazers. Their regular season record reached 72 wins, once again tying the 1996 Bulls!" - "Sports Illustrated"
"From evenly matched to one-sided, what happened to the Mosaic team in the second half?" - "Bleachers"
"With 72 wins in hand, can the fourth MVP be far behind?" - "Basketball Pioneer"
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As soon as the game ended, all the media immediately sent out all the prepared articles.
Fans who watched the live broadcast were once again shocked by Wang Zelin's performance, while those who did not watch the live broadcast or even had time to read the text live broadcast were once again amazed by Wang Zelin's power when they saw the 4x5 data of 47 25 5 7 1.
The main reason is that the fans have already had a certain immunity to Wang Zelin's crazy performance. But when they saw the end of the last regular season, Wang Zelin once again handed over a near-perfect report card. This time, the players' defense was completely defeated!
In the 2016~17 season, from the first game of the regular season to the last 82nd game, Wang Zelin played everything and showed the only strong strength in the league, which was strong from the beginning of the season to the end of the season.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It’s too exaggerated! Wang Zelin’s performance throughout the season has been too exaggerated!
Fans were still shocked by Wang Zelin's final station statistics. Major media posted previously prepared reports of Wang Zelin's crazy performance this season. The Blazers official team and a certain audio and video APP on the other side of the ocean also started pushing it simultaneously.
Detailed video of Wang Zelin's regular season performance this season.
The explosive performance coupled with the explosive background music stimulated the fans' adrenaline.
When Wang Zelin's game data this season appeared, everyone was shocked.
He averaged 40.8 points, 20.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 4.3 blocks and 1.7 steals per game, shooting 65% from the field, 42.3% from three-point range, and 94.8% from free throws!
The average turnover is 2.5 times per game. Considering Wang Zelin's high number of shots and 4.8 assists, the assist-to-turnover ratio is close to 2:1, which makes it hard to find fault.
In comparison, Russell Westbrook, another popular MVP competitor this season, averaged 5.4 turnovers per game.
Scoring leader, rebounding leader, and blocked shot leader, Wang Zelin once again achieved dominance in the three major rankings in a single season.
After 82 regular season games, Wang Zelin only scored 30 points in 2 games, then scored 30 points in 43 games, 40 points in 28 games, 50 points in 7 games, and 80 points in 2 games...
In addition, there were 2 quadruple-doubles in a single game, a triple-double in a single game with more than double digits, and countless nights of crazy rebounding.
There are too many terrible performances. Apart from the statistics of the ancient greats of the 1950s and 1960s, modern basketball cannot find a player who performs more brilliantly than Wang Zelin in the regular season this season!
The only strength in the active league, Wang Zelin deserves it!!!