Preparing for a jump ball, Wang Zelin and Capela came to the center circle.
"Fuck them!"
"Blow them to death!"
Tens of thousands of home Blazers fans stood up and cheered.
Then there are some stars and celebrities in the front row of the audience. Looking over there, many of them are familiar faces.
A group of celebrities from China also stood up and cheered, led by Jay Chou, not to be confused with the cheers of the fans, and kept cheering for the Trail Blazers.
The referee threw the ball up, and the Trail Blazers officially started their journey to the conference semifinals!
Wang Zelin concentrated on touching the ball first, and the Blazers made the first attack.
"Quick attack! The King landed quickly and Capela was thrown off!" Ke Fan suddenly shouted excitedly.
When Wang Zelin rushed past Capela, he pressed the latter and accelerated his sprint.
At this time, Nurkic, who was responsible for facing off tonight, moved over, trying to block Wang Zelin.
This Bosnian big man has just entered his third year in the league. He is 2.13 meters tall and weighs 128 kilograms. He is a traditional center, fearless of physical confrontation and has a tough style of play.
After being traded to Aerospace City, he received intensive training from the Mosaic management, but he is not yet mature. In the first few years of his career, due to injuries and other reasons, he played less than 200 games in three seasons. At present, he
It's just one of D'Antoni's human shields against Wang Zelin.
Wang Zelin saw that this rookie center who was also in the international player camp was trying to block him, so he had the idea to test the opponent's strength. He exerted force with his feet and bumped into Nurkic before he could get into position.
With a bang, their shoulders instantly collided.
Nurkic was shocked. He was not weak in strength and tonnage, but he was knocked back like this?
Wang Zelin just slowed down his steps, then accelerated again, speeding past Nurkic's left side.
On the sidelines, D'Antoni, who was sitting on the bench, nodded.
Although Nurkic was at a disadvantage in this head-on collision, he was still quite satisfied with the latter's performance.
Although his feet were unstable, he was not directly knocked over by Wang Zelin, which means that Nurkic is qualified to consume Wang Zelin on the court.
What makes him regretful is that compared with Wang Zelin, Nurkic's speed and reaction are too slow.
The two main insiders of the Mosaic team, Nurkic has strength and tonnage, but lacks speed. Capela has excellent running and jumping ability, but cannot hold Wang Zelin.
"Well, it would be great if we could combine the advantages of the two."
Looking at Wang Zelin who was running wildly, D'Antoni sighed secretly.
On the court, Wang Zelin rushed past Nurkic's blocked path, leaving only Harden and Anthony, and he rushed straight over.
Harden and Anthony reacted quickly and closed the door directly, blocking Wang Zelin's way.
However, at the next moment, other Trail Blazers players had already swarmed in, but the Mosaic team's two insiders could not keep up, and the Mosaic team's frontcourt formed a brief 5-on-3 situation.
"5 on 3, the Trail Blazers have the advantage! The Mosaic team is in danger."
While speaking, Lillard just passed halftime and quickly passed the ball to General Patton who was ambushing in the left corner. The latter made a jump shot from outside the three-point line.
"Whoosh!"
The water splashed and he hit a three-pointer.
3:0, the Trail Blazers opened the scoring.
"yeah!"
The home fans are cheering.
Mosaic team attack.
Due to Nurkic's speed, the Mosaic team's advancement was not very fast, a standard positional battle.
Although Lillard's defensive ability has improved compared to the original time and space, it is a fantasy to expect him to defend Harden.
Therefore, when Harden passed halftime, he looked up and found Trail Blazers No. 5 Will Barton standing in front of him, who had just hit the opening three-pointer.
"General Patton, come on!"
More than 3,000 Chinese fans at the scene shouted, and the General Patton they spoke of was none other than Will Patton.
As the saying goes, the Houston Mosaic team was the home team of Chinese fans during the Yao era. Many of Yao Ming's teammates would be affectionately given various nicknames by Chinese fans, such as Big Brother Fu, Diamond, Haiye, Little Black Bean, etc.
Now that the Trail Blazers have long replaced the Mosaics and become the new home team in the hearts of Chinese fans, Wang Zelin's teammates naturally have corresponding nicknames.
And Patton’s nickname is General Patton!
The past few years of traveling to China were not in vain. Feeling the agitation around him, Barton understood that these were the fans of China cheering him on. His eyes shone and he stared at Harden in front of him.
Faced with being guarded, Harden called Capela to set up a screen for him.
After Capela screens, he can quickly move down and draw the opponent's defense, which just creates space for Harden to take action.
Harden's explosive power is still very strong at this stage. The moment he bypasses the screen, he starts to shift gears and accelerate.
Although our General Patton works very hard, it is indeed very difficult to catch up with Harden with Capela's high-quality cover.
The bearded guard No. 13 wearing a red and white jersey marched straight into the paint area, as calm as ever.
If he were playing against other teams, Harden would definitely choose to attack the frame directly, and even launch a flying dunk, but since he was facing the Trail Blazers... he always felt that things were not that simple.
After stepping into the penalty area, Harden looked at himself and Sun Ce warily, and sure enough, Wang Zelin had already rushed towards him!
Wang Zelin was like a fighter plane approaching at high speed, stepping over to Harden's side in a few steps.
"Damn! It's too fast!"
Harden knows Wang Zelin very well. After all, he is also a frequent visitor to Wang Zelin's summer training camp. When he teamed up for PK in private, he often got slapped.
He knew that Wang Zelin would not sit idly by, so even if he successfully broke through against the Trail Blazers, don't think that everything would be fine.
Harden was smart and did not choose to challenge Wang Zelin. He did not want to eat the opponent's signature Wang's hot pot.
Ha Jishi was shocked, and finally chose to pass the ball. The target of the pass was naturally Nurkic, who was let go by Wang Zelin.
Nurkic was standing in the short corner on the right side at this time. He hesitated for a moment, still thinking about whether to rush in and dunk. After all, how can we support 58.1% of the shots this season from the basket, and the mid-range is only two points?
At 28.5%, he still has some 13-count ability in his mid-range shooting.
But seeing Wang Zelin turning the gun and approaching quickly, Nurkic did not dare to hesitate anymore.
If Wang Zelin gets closer, he is afraid that he will melt on the spot!
Wang Zelin's intimidation on the defensive end is already frightening, especially after he defended his DPOY title again today, the pressure on the field has escalated to a higher level.
So, before Wang Zelin pounced, Nurkic made a half-shot shot.
However, Nurkic's shooting percentage of less than 40% of his mid-range shots is very stable.
When Wang Zelin failed to interfere with the shot in time, Nurkic's mid-range shot still bounced out of the basket!
"The iron is struck, the Mosaic team failed to make the first attack! Jusuf Nurkic got an excellent open opportunity, but it is a pity that he failed to grasp it."
Amid the lamentations of the commentator, Nurkic punched out of the air to vent his frustration.
Sure enough, the playoffs are a completely merciless stage!
Any shortcomings you have in the playoffs will be caught by your opponents and magnified infinitely.
Jokic protected the backcourt rebound, turned around and passed the ball decisively, and the Trail Blazers counterattacked.
Capela, who has excellent defensive sense, reacted immediately when Nurkic was forced and followed Wang Zelin in time.
Even though Capela is known for his ability to steal the cake on the offensive end and is nicknamed the "Cake King", his real value on the court is mainly reflected in his defense, and he is indeed a high-quality blue-collar insider.
Wang Zelin and Capela started a duel while traveling at high speed. The latter tried his best to fight with his body, hoping to force Wang Zelin to stop.
But when he actually confronted Wang Zelin, he found that he was being pushed away by Wang Zelin.
Wang Zelin was like a bulldozer at this time, completely ignoring all obstacles in front of him!
"No, never give up!"
Capela gritted his teeth and continued to apply pressure, but it had no effect at all.
He had just expected a lot of fake moves that Wang Zelin might make, but Wang Zelin didn't have to do any technical work when facing Capela.
Just crush him unilaterally. What Lao Wang will focus on tonight is brutality!
Wang Zelin relied on Capela to forcefully take off, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and smashed the ball into the basket through the future cake king.
"boom!"
5:0, the Trail Blazers expanded their lead.
"MVP!"
The home fans cheered loudly, and the stands were like waves, constantly rising and falling.
"Oh ho ho ho ho!"
"The one-arm dunk from Wang made all the fans excited at this moment! Let us cheer for the King of Portland!"
The on-site commentators were also roaring crazily.
In Tencent studio
"Hiss! That's too cruel!" Yang Yi exclaimed.
"Haha, this is the king we are familiar with, and his main character is cruelty!" Ke Fan took it for granted.
Seeing Wang Zelin complete a personal dunk, D'Antoni put his hands on his hips and felt helpless.
Although the game only lasted two or three rounds, he could see that there was a huge gap between the two sides inside!
Of course he has considered the Blazers' fast break tactics, but this is inevitable. With Nurkic in the Trail Blazers, he will definitely play fast break tactics.
Not long after the game started, Wang Zelin gave the Mosaic team a blow.
He just wanted to tell everyone that the Mosaic team's interior defense could not pose any threat to him.
The outcome of this game depends on the offense of Harden, Melo and other outside players.
Mosaic attack.
Harden knew that this goal had to be scored no matter what, otherwise the team's morale would surely decline further, which would be detrimental to the team's win.
Playing away from home is not easy. If you want to win, you must not lose on the field.
Harden was seen holding the ball with one hand at the top of the arc, with his index finger raised, and the other teammates quickly pulled away upon seeing this.
This is a singles tactic unique to the star player!
As the strongest shooting guard currently in service, Big Beard is about to start his solo show.
The defender remains the same, Patton.
Harden continuously dribbles the ball with his hips, the rhythm is fast and slow, which is unpredictable.
Just when Barton thought Harden was about to break through, he didn't expect that the latter just took a feint shot, retracted his step in an instant, exploded the ball, and then stepped back and shot three-pointers one after another.
The ball was so sudden that it was too late by the time Button reacted.
The basketball drew a perfect arc in the air, and with a swish sound, it hit the net.
At 3:5, the Mosaic team also opened the scoring.
"yeah!"
"Well done, James!"
"We have to fight like this, come on! Mosaic will win!"
This time it was the Mosaic fans' turn to be excited. Although only more than 3,000 fans grabbed tickets to the Rose Garden Arena, it was enough to create quite a stir.
However, in just a moment, the home fans made an even more shocking noise, suppressing the voices of the Mosaic fans.
Are you kidding? This is the Rose Garden, our home court?
With this idea in mind, the voices of the home fans came one after another. The media people in the audience were stunned and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: It is indeed a dynasty team!
In the next attack, Wang Zelin played in the low post, attracted the defense and then assisted, and Batum hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc.
The worst defensive player in the Mosaic perimeter trio is Anthony, and the Blazers will inevitably take aim at him.
Mosaic attacked again, and Harden repeated his old tricks, hoping to continue to help the team's offense through singles.
Seeing that Harden was about to successfully break through, Wang Zelin, who was ambushing on the left side of the free throw line, suddenly dropped his defender and pounced decisively.
"Double team attack!"
Harden didn't expect Wang Zelin to make up for it so decisively, so he had to stop the ball hastily, then observe the position of his teammates and find Anthony who had run out of position.
"Snapped!"
Wang Zelin immediately accelerated, his figure surged up again, and he blocked the ball with one claw.
"oh!"
Seeing Wang Zelin complete the ruins, everyone in the Rose Garden exclaimed at Harden's steal.
"Fight back! Fight back!"
Jay Chou, who was at the front of the card, immediately shouted excitedly.
While talking, Wang Zelin launched a one-stop fast break. When the Mosaic players reacted, he had already reached the three-point line.
One step, two steps... After one step into the free throw line, Wang Zelin took off on one foot, soared into the air, and completed a windmill dunk in the air!
With a bang, the ball hit the frame and rolled inside.
The Trail Blazers once again completed a fast break counterattack.
The game has just begun, and Mosaic seems to be in a deadlock.
On both offense and defense, they were powerless to fight back!
If Harden hadn't played a solo game earlier and scored the ball through his own ability, Mosaic would still have nothing to gain.
D'Antoni frowned. He knew that the Trail Blazers were difficult to deal with, so he prepared many plans in advance.
But now he finds that people still underestimate the strength of the Trail Blazers. The second three-peat dynasty in the new century is really not something that can be built...
After that, Mosaic fell into a strange blacksmithing circle and lost ground continuously.
The Blazers' defense is watertight. Even if it does leak, Wang Zelin, a monster whose defensive area covers half of the court, will wipe their butt.
It’s not that the Mosaic team didn’t get a chance, but every good opportunity was resolved by Wang Zelin who shot out in time.