The NBA started with the twilight O'Neal Text Volume Chapter 1132, a big victory in the first game. Facing Wang Zelin, who was scoring like chopping melons and vegetables and exuding unparalleled momentum, the Jazz barely resisted in the first three quarters and then surrendered.
Gordon Hayward fell in front of the Trail Blazers defense.
Under the Trail Blazers' iron-barrel formation, Hayward completely lost his rhythm of the game. In the first three quarters, he was completely outside the team system. If he wanted to score, he could only rely on endless stand-up singles.
But Patton and Batum defended him very closely, which made him play more and more singles, and the result was more damage to the team...
The more you delay, the more you become more stubborn, and the more you delay, the more you surrender, and now you are trapped in an endless vicious cycle.
In the end, Hayward only scored 6 points in the first half. He entered the third quarter in the second half and relied on luck to hit a difficult three-pointer. He never scored again. In this game, his personal score was finally fixed at 9 points.
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Emmm, it seems that the guy named Gordon really can’t get past the 9 points.
Compared to Hayward, who scored 9 points in the game, the Jazz's best performance was their backcourt combination.
George Hill, who averaged 16.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1 steal per game during the regular season, withstood the terrifying pressure from the defending champion in the first game of the playoffs.
The 1.91-meter guard who entered the league in 2008 took on more offensive responsibilities when his star player was lost. He made 11 of 19 shots in the three quarters, including 1 of 2 three-pointers and 1 of 2 free throws. He won the team's leading score.
Highest 24 points, 8 assists.
In this game, Joe Ingles' scoring data also increased to 15 points in a single game based on the 7 points per game in the regular season, doubling and becoming the Jazz's third scoring point tonight.
The Jazz's second scoring point is "Isolation Joe" Joe Johnson, who entered the league in 2001 and is about to turn 36 this year.
The 35-year-old veteran, in the first game of his 15th career playoff trip, delivered an all-around performance of 18 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in a single game.
His efficiency was astonishing, with 8 of 13 field goals, 2 of 3 three-pointers, and no free throws.
Even though the Jazz were unilaterally beaten wildly by the Trail Blazers in the first three quarters, this veteran still chose to burn himself, which moved everyone present.
Unfortunately……
Wang Zelin opposite me tonight seemed to be cheating.
Wang Zelin's shooting in this game was ridiculously accurate, and the Jazz's basket seemed as wide as the ocean in front of him.
He made 16 of 22 shots in the game, including 5 of 8 three-pointers and 6 of 6 free throws.
After only playing 28 minutes in the first three quarters, Wang Zelin scored a game-high 43 points, 18 rebounds, and 5 blocks!
Wang Zelin's firepower output was at the front, attracting all the Jazz's defensive attention and compressing the defensive space. The peripheral Blazers blossomed more. Lillard, the team's second leader, scored 18 points, and Jokic scored 14 points and 6 rebounds.
7 assists, the two teams combined to score 25 points...
Their playing time was almost the same as Wang Zelin's. They only played the first three quarters, and all of them scored in double figures.
All five Blazers scored in double figures, and Connett Lee and veteran Carter on the bench were not far behind. The former hit 4 three-pointers and scored 12 points. Although the latter only hit one three-pointer, he relied on
He scored a lot of empty cuts and scored 10 points.
The Trail Blazers, with 7 players scoring in double figures, defeated the Jazz at home and got their first victory in the playoffs as they wished!
135:102, the Trail Blazers madly slaughtered the Jazz by 33 points, so many fans who watched the game complained: Is this really the playoffs?
The promised Wild West?
It is said that the playoffs will be more intense and scoring will not be so easy?
In fact, Jazz is also very desperate...
Wang Zelin is undoubtedly the strongest super scorer in active service. Even if you look at history, he is the strongest super scorer. He is fully capable of dominating the game with scoring like Jordan and Chamberlain.
When such a super scorer misses the ball, what kind of bullshit defense is there? It’s all gone!
The only thing the Jazz defensive players can do is to pray silently that Wang Zelin's touch will not continue forever.
However, Wang Zelin exceeded their imagination in terms of hardness and durability. He actually shot from the beginning to the end of the third quarter, directly destroying the Jazz.
The Jazz's internal and external core, Gobot was beaten to the point of being autistic, and Hayward was defended to the point of being completely emo!
This playoff is Gobert's first playoff and Hayward's second. Neither of them wants to see the Jazz swept.
Therefore, even though he knows that defeating the Trail Blazers is as difficult as going to heaven, Hayward, as a leader, still hopes that the Jazz can at least win a victory in front of the Trail Blazers.
In the visiting team's locker room.
"Can we really win?"
As soon as he came back, a somewhat collapsed Hayward subconsciously looked up at the head coach and tortured his soul.
"Yes, yes..."
Quinn Schneider suddenly became stuttering and was stumbling a bit when speaking.
Gein also felt extremely desperate after watching this game. He kept reviewing the game in his mind during the garbage time at the end of the game, but he couldn't find any comeback point.
Seeing that the head coach was acting like this, veteran Joe Johnson, who originally planned to admonish Hayward, paused and then took back the right foot he had just stepped out.
Even the team leader and head coach seem to have been defeated by the Trail Blazers and have no motivation at all. No matter what he says at this time, I am afraid it will end up being useless.
that is……
"well!"
Joe Johnson still couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Rather than lamenting the tragic ending that the Jazz had foreseen in advance, he lamented that he had been in the league for more than ten years but could never find a championship ring.
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eager.
Forget it, let’s take it one step at a time.
The depressive atmosphere permeating the Jazz locker room made Joe Johnson's mentality immediately visibly negative. He lowered his head and began to put his equipment back into his backpack one by one, preparing to follow the team out of the Rose Garden Arena.
…
This is the home team's locker room.
After Wang Zelin came back, he briefly celebrated with his teammates and then planned to take a shower.
In the first game of the playoffs, he beat his opponent by 33 points and scored 43 points alone. These two things would be enough to be praised by other teams and other players.
But when it comes to the Trail Blazers and Wang Zelin, they seem extraordinarily sparse and ordinary.
Not to mention outsiders, even Wang Zelin and his teammates felt that it was reasonable for them to win this game.
If you are upset by the Jazz, that will be a real big event!
With three championship rings in hand, facing average opponents, even during the playoffs, it is difficult for Wang Zelin and his teammates to feel excited.
Curry and Zubac, who were participating in the playoffs for the first time, were quite excited, but it was really hard for others to express too much enthusiasm.
At the same time, in addition to the two of them, there was another person who was also very excited after the game.
who?
That has to be our Sir Charles Barkley.
It's not easy. He had been the backdrop for Kenny Smith every time before, but this time it was finally his turn to win.
In the tnt commentary box, after the first three quarters of tonight's game, Barkley's face was full of smiles.
When the game was completely over and everything settled, Barkley finally didn't have to hide anything and laughed completely in front of the camera.
Kenny Smith, on the other hand, looked depressed, but he did not wait for Barkley to speak and spoke in advance:
"Charles, I count you lucky this time, I'm willing to admit defeat."
After saying that, he turned around and lowered the interpretive flag and left the scene.
Nonsense, you all know with your toes if you stay any longer, that guy Barkley will definitely do everything in front of him.
Rather than doing this, it's better to run away quickly.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Seeing Kenny Smith's embarrassed appearance as he fled, Buckley was stunned for a moment, and then his laughter became even more cheerful.