Chapter 319: Reaching the top of the MVP list, seeking revenge at the end of the month
Without two generals, the Blazers unexpectedly lost the game.
At 113:95, the Pacers beat the Trail Blazers by 18 points, giving the latter two straight losses and shocking the world.
Never imagined!
Originally, everyone thought that only the Spurs would make a show of resting their main players at every turn, but who would have thought that the Trail Blazers also fell.
After suffering two consecutive disastrous defeats, the Trail Blazers' record became 13 wins and 2 losses. Due to the direct loss to the Pacers, although the Trail Blazers' record still ranked first in the Western Conference, they still lost their first place in the league.
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This is the first time since the new season that the Trail Blazers have lost their No. 1 spot in the league.
After the game, the Trail Blazers players refused to be interviewed and went home directly, leaving the mess to the coaching staff to deal with.
Well, the team has Wang Zelin and Yi Jianlian, the two remaining Chinese players in the NBA. As long as the Blazers are willing, every day is an interview day, 365 days a year.
They have the capital to be willful, and other teams can only envy them.
However, the winning Pacers also hurriedly ended the interview after the game. Especially Paul George, whose face was black the whole time. He was probably very angry.
He was prepared for a bloody battle before the game, but the Trail Blazers unexpectedly made such a move, leaving him so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger.
In today's game, the Pacers clocked out in the third quarter, and the fourth quarter became garbage time.
Paul George played 28 minutes and scored 22 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, and was named the best player in the game.
In addition, Hibbert had 16 points and 14 rebounds, and David West had 18 points, 8 rebounds and 1 steal, both of which performed well.
Only Lillard scored in double figures for the Trail Blazers. He played 35 minutes, made 10 of 24 shots, 2 of 7 three-pointers, and scored 26 points and 11 assists, but he still failed to lead the team to victory.
Of course, except for Lillard himself, not many people outside would blame him.
The happiest person is probably Pacers head coach Frank Vogel. This game went so smoothly, which he did not expect.
After hastily ending the interview, he called the coaching staff for a meeting overnight.
Although he was excited, he didn't have too much pride. Because today the Pacers encountered a team of pioneers with an uneven staff. After all, they were just a remnant army, and the victory or defeat was of little reference value.
The Pacers are aiming for the championship this year. Whether it is the East or the West, as long as it is a team that shows championship potential, Frank Vogel will review the game after every game. This will help further analyze the Pacers' potential opponents for the championship.
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Here are the pioneers.
The players' mentality was a bit explosive after the third quarter. However, as professional players, they all have their own adjustment methods after the game, which will not have much impact on the subsequent games.
Lillard was going to the recording studio to sing a few songs to show his depressed mood. When he knew that Wang Zelin and Aldridge would not play tonight, Lillard was a little bit happy at the time.
He feels that the time has come to prove his ability to lead the team, and he has even imagined that he will shoot down the Pacers with one unreasonable three-pointer after another, just like the Warriors No. 30 in the last game.
Every man has in his heart the dream of becoming a savior.
Lillard is no exception.
At that time, the Trail Blazers suffered their first defeat of the season, and then lost two main players. At this critical moment, they desperately needed a savior to lead the team to defeat a strong enemy.
However, the opponent was stronger than Lillard imagined, and he failed to play the role of savior for once.
It seems that supporting Wang as the core of the team is the clearest choice. I am still a little bit wrong.
In the recording studio, Lillard used his voice to vent his emotions.
Yi Jianlian returned home, hurriedly ate supper with his wife Jin Ling, changed into his soccer uniforms, and called Wang Zelin to practice more at his old place.
As for Batum and Matthews, good friends, it may be because Billard has played for a few more years and his mentality is much better. After the game, the two went to Rose Paradise to rescue the lost girl...
The players each have their own adjustment methods. The coach is there and the discussion is lively.
With such a great start to the year, the regular season championship has already become one of the goals set by the team management, and they don't want to give up just yet.
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He practiced with Yi Jianlian until 4 o'clock in the morning. After a long night of hard work, Wang Zelin came home exhausted, took a shower and fell asleep.
It can be seen that Yi Jianlian is not only unhappy about losing, he is even more unhappy about his own performance.
Aldridge did not play today, and Garnett is a veteran. He got a lot of playing time, playing a total of 24 minutes. As a result, under the Pacers' interior defense, he could only score 14 points and 5 rebounds, and shot 5 of 12 from the field.
In, the shooting percentage is less than 50%.
Playing inside is different from playing outside. As long as the shooting percentage of an outside player exceeds 40%, it can be regarded as passing, and around 45% is already excellent.
The qualified shooting percentage of an inside player in a game should exceed 50%. To be called excellent, it must exceed 55%.
Among all outside players, except for James, outside players such as Wade who focus on breakthroughs can shoot more than 50% from the field.
Even in the season with Kobe's highest offensive efficiency, the 2001-2002 season, his field goal percentage was always 46.9%, which was still far from 50%!
Maybe this is why Michael Jordan is called the God of Basketball!
Counting the two seasons when he came back to the Wizards for the second time, his field goal percentage was 41.6% in the first year and 44.5% in the second year. Adding in all the previous seasons with the Bulls, Jordan's career field goal percentage remains at an astonishing 49.7.
%. His shooting percentage exceeded 50% in 6 seasons in his career, and the highest year even reached 53.9%.
The shooting percentage is 53.9%, which is already a pretty good shooting percentage among inside players.
The great opportunity to show his face was ruined by his performance. No wonder Yi Jianlian was so angry that he called Wang Zelin to come over for training overnight.
But there is one thing to say, Yi Jianlian admires his little brother very much.
In his rookie season, Wang Zelin played 76 games in the regular season, averaging 22.7 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.9 blocks and 0.2 steals per game, winning the two honors of Rookie of the Year and regular season rebounding leader.
The most memorable thing about Yi Jianlian is Wang Zelin’s 56.4% field goal percentage and 72.7% three-point field goal percentage...
Ahem, Wang Zelin took a total of 11 three-pointers throughout his rookie season and made 8 of them. It's hard to think of a high shooting percentage.
In his second year as a rookie, Wang Zelin's performance has reached a higher level. In the latest regular season MVP rankings released by major media yesterday, Wang Zelin ranked first.
Even ESPN, which has always been tough on words, is no exception.
The Trail Blazers have currently played 15 games. Wang Zelin took 2 games off and played 13 games, averaging 34 minutes per game. He took 231 shots and hit 143 goals, with a shooting percentage of 61.9%. This shooting percentage is the highest among the 30 teams in the league.
Ranked first among centers.
In terms of personal statistics, Wang Zelin averaged 27 points, 13.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 2.5 blocks and 0.3 steals per game.
It’s crazy!
During the 13-game winning streak, Wang Zelin burst out with too much unpredictable energy. In the opening game, he had 33 points, 21 rebounds, and 7 blocks, a near triple-double. He had three triple-doubles against the Pistons, Spurs, and Raptors, and one against the Bucks.
51 points and 20 rebounds...
Everyone knows that Wang Zelin's current luxurious statistics will definitely decline as the regular season progresses, but this does not prevent people from going crazy for it.
It is worth mentioning that in the new season's scoring list, Wang Zelin ranked fifth with an average of 27 points per game, which made countless old fans call him "Ye Qing Hui"!
Since Shaq O'Neal retired, it has been a long time since people have seen an interior player so close to the scoring title.
Let alone the scoring leader, being able to score more than 25 points is a huge difficulty for inside players.
Since the new century, only 5 players in the NBA have averaged more than 25 points per game in a single season.
Among them, O'Neal during the Lakers' three consecutive championships did it three times, with 27 points twice and 28 points once; Stoudemire, the overlord during the Suns era, also did it three times, with 25 points twice and 26 points once.
The remaining three are Chris Webber in the 2000-01 season, Tim Duncan in the 01-02 season, and Omen Sun and Moon in the 2006-07 season. The three average points per game are 27.1, 25.5 and 25 respectively.
Judging from the current situation, Wang Zelin is very likely to become the sixth person in the new century.
This year it is rare for an inside player to bring a scoring performance to the fans, which is why major media temporarily ranked Wang Zelin at the top of the regular season rankings.
Fans love watching this!
If he continues to maintain such a high level of performance, even if various statistics decline after the regular season, Wang Zelin's scoring average will still most likely remain above 25 points.
Once Wang Zelin really achieves a stable scoring average of more than 25 points per game, it will be a big bonus for him to compete for the regular season MVP this season.
After all, it is unrealistic for Wang Zelin to win the scoring title. In the past 20 years in the NBA, there have only been three seasons where the NBA has won the scoring title as an inside player, and only two players have done so.
They are O'Neal in the 1999-00 season, O'Neal in the 94-95 season and David Robinson in the 1993-94 season... For some reason, after the 93-94 season, David Robinson, who was gradually declining, met the Lakers.
The grown-up O'Neal was attacked in all kinds of crazy ways, as if he had met the enemy who killed his father.
The only thing I can say about this is "the cycle of cause and effect, retribution will be unpleasant!"
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While Wang Zelin is daydreaming at home, the coaching staff is already studying the last game in November.
The opponent is none other than the Golden State Warriors, who just got first blood from Wang Zelin and others in the previous game.
en, although it's a little weird to say that, it doesn't seem to be a big problem.
In Coach Terry's room, there were three big men sitting upright, with small notebooks in their hands still drawing pictures.
"Gentlemen, do you know? We have lost two consecutive games. Not long ago we were the first team in the league, but now, we are gone..."
"According to the instructions conveyed by General Manager Nel Orsi, we must win the last game in November. I firmly believe that the team has the strength, even if the opponent is the Golden State Warriors who just ended the team's 13-game winning streak.
"Coach Terry said to the assistant coaches.
"That's right," chief assistant coach Jetriano replied: "The key to winning the Warriors is how to deal with No. 30 Stephen Curry's three-pointer. People must send someone to take care of him and not let him shoot too easily.
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"Jay, you forgot about the other guy on the Warriors."
Defensive assistant coach Kim Hughes agreed with Jetlinoa's sentiments, but he also had his own additions.
"Oh, who is it?"
"Warriors No. 11, Klay Thompson. In my opinion, his ability to catch and shoot and move without the ball are top-notch in the league. He is a solid scorer without the ball. We have to take this into consideration."
At this time, offensive assistant coach David Vanterpool said: "In this case, why not separate these two dangerous guys, the Warriors team will be much easier to deal with."
After a pause, Coach Terry just said: "The first thing to solve is Curry. My idea is to pursue and defend closely. Since he likes to hold the ball and pick and roll, then we will send people to destroy his pick and roll rhythm.
Lose."
"We need a small man to guard Curry, preferably a guy with fast feet, active defense, good physical flexibility and excellent defensive ability."
"It seems that this candidate is none other than Patrick!"
"Yes, Parker can definitely keep up with Curry."
"Then, let's study the next solution target ~ No. 11 Klay Thompson."
"My proposal is to let Nicholas and Wes swap defenders. Klay Thompson is a master without the ball. Nicholas has more flexible footsteps than Will, and has better physical fitness and physical fitness, so he is something that the defense may not be able to tell.
No. 1 choice.”
"What about Barnes and Iguodala?"
"Barnes, I believe Weiss can solve it. As for Iguodala, his three-point shooting ability is not that good. We should focus on his breakthrough and cutting."
"Hmph! As long as he dares to come in, don't forget, we have the king inside."
"That's right..."
The principle of strength in numbers is true anytime and anywhere. After a while, Coach Terry and his three assistant coaches had come up with a rough plan for the Warriors.
After the defensive plan came out, the coaching staff could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
It is a very difficult task for the entire team to guard any star. Although there may be many details, all they can do is to think about the general direction. How effective it can actually be is still unclear.
Rely on improvisation.
The development of things is ever-changing. Whether the Blazers' defensive plan can restrain the Splash Brothers depends on tomorrow's game.
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On November 30, the Golden State Warriors' away game against the Portland Trail Blazers attracted a lot of attention.
Everyone knows that the Chinese boy from the Trail Blazers is not someone to be trifled with. It can even be said that he will retaliate for his actions.
In the game against the Warriors a few days ago, Curry seemed to have scored 45 points. Wang Zelin's performance was not that bad either. He also scored 31 points and 12 rebounds.
The result was a wasted effort!
He is playing at home today. You don't need to think about it to know that if the Warriors players show a little timidity, they will definitely be greeted with a blow.
At the same time, there are still some people who are looking forward to whether the Warriors No. 30 can create another miracle and complete the regular season double play against the Trail Blazers.
One thing to say, it's really not impossible.
After the Trail Blazers' next game, the Warriors lost to the Mavericks 99:103 and defeated Dallas.
But Dallas fans must remember No. 30 Stephen Curry of the Warriors. Curry scored 29 points and 8 assists that night, and he was also the leader of the group.
However, it also shows that Curry's recent state is really hot. No one dares to say with certainty that Curry will not be able to break out in the Rose Garden tonight.
The Warriors No. 30 has used his three-pointers to gradually establish his own deterrence in the league.
