After feeling the surprised looks from the people around him, Wang Zelin showed a confident smile on his face.
Speaking of which, after he inherited all Sabonis' abilities some time ago, he couldn't help but be amazed again by the basketball talent of the No. 1 center in FIBA history.
With a ball control data of up to 82, this ball control number is no worse than the ball control ability of many second and third position players. At least, according to the system measurement, his current ball control ability has surpassed that of one of the Splash Brothers.
That's right, I'm talking about you - Klay Thompson!
And when his breakthrough reached 75, which was infinitely close to the 80 of the league's top breakthrough players, he was surprised to find that he could actually make an outside breakthrough without any hindrance.
Of course, it cannot be used multiple times, but it is enough to enrich Wang Zelin's offensive weapon arsenal, allowing him to use high-position coordination tactics or low-post singles tactics more calmly.
4:0.
The Trail Blazers started with a 4-point lead.
"Judging from Wang's advancement and passing, his ball control and breakthrough skills have made new breakthroughs compared to the previous season. This guy has become stronger again!"
Kenny Smith said.
"The other 29 teams should have a headache this season on how to restrict Wang Zelin."
Buckley showed a funny smile that showed he was not too concerned about the fun.
Thunder offense.
Westbrook passed halftime.
After several passes, the ball returned to his hands, and Westbrook prepared to play Lillard alone.
On the other side, Batum saw Westbrook's aura of insisting on beating the defender. Considering that Westbrook is currently the first-line point guard in the league, Batum found the right moment and double-teamed him.
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Westbrook saw Batum coming to press him, turned around hastily, and shot a zombie jumper.
Unfortunately, since he suffered a knee injury in the 2012-2013 playoffs, Westbrook's close-range two-point accuracy was able to maintain around 30% to 35% in the first four years of his career. In both seasons, it was less than 30%.
"Duang!"
The iron is struck.
The rebound was protected by Wang Zelin.
Perkins rushed for an offensive rebound to no avail.
Trail Blazers offense.
Lillard dribbled the ball leisurely past half-court, almost violating the 8-second violation.
It's not that he doesn't want to hurry, but because he wants to wait for Wang Zelin to take over.
The pioneers opened up their positions.
Lillard made a tactical gesture and passed to Wang Zelin on the right wing.
"King, fuck him!!!"
"King, blow up the opponent!"
"King, one more deduction!"
"come on! Come on!"
The Blazers fans in the stands were encouraging Wang Zelin to play singles.
Superstar singles are always exciting!
Last season, fans saw many wonderful scenes in which Wang Zelin dominated the game by himself.
In the World Cup, they were also paying attention to Wang Zelin's movements all the time.
Been waiting for so long.
Now it's finally the start of the NBA regular season, and they can't wait to see Wang Zelin's amazing performance.
Wang Zelin raised the ball high with both hands.
After his ball-handling ability and breakthrough skills have improved, Wang Zelin also likes to play singles in front of the basket. Instead of his most reliable and powerful move at critical moments like before, he still uses back-up shots to crush his opponents and attack the basket.
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Besides, as time goes by, Wang Zelin's goal for himself is to continue to gain NBA honors and set new records one after another.
To do this, you must have a prerequisite: that is, you must be healthy and free from injuries, so that you can maintain long-term competitive dominance.
Don't look at the fact that people are joking about James reaching his peak when he debuted, and then never improving again.
In fact, there is no NBA player who does not envy James' competitive ability to remain at the top of the NBA for a long time.
Of course, James has been able to maintain his competitive ability for ten years, and he must have worked hard on physical maintenance.
Wang Zelin feels that he needs to learn from Lao Zhan and learn to protect his body. So as his arsenal becomes more abundant, he will inevitably tend to use more techniques that can better protect himself from injury.
Close and mid-range singles play is much more healthy than muscle fighting under the basket.
Amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, Wang Zelin looked up at the time.
With 11 seconds left, he directly took tentative steps from left to right, made a small shoulder movement, pushed through Perkins' defense, and shot a straight-arm shot.
"Bang~shua!"
Basketball hits the board into the basket.
6:0.
"Where's your defense? Why isn't anyone guarding me?"
After catching the ball, Wang Zelin shouted to Perkins, who was stunned, with a smile on his face. Then he spread his hands and looked at the audience seats on both sides.
"Oh oh oh!!!"
The audience's response was very impressive.
Suddenly I felt dry.
Unknowingly, Wang Zelin personally won the second championship banner for this arena. This is his territory. From now on, every wonderful goal he makes will be applauded by the audience here.
From now on, everyone will be here to witness Pioneer 36's steps towards greatness.
"pretty!"
"king!!!"
"Kick the butt of No. 5 on the opposite side!"
The fans at the scene were full of passion and emotions.
In just two minutes after the start, Wang Zelin scored all the points on the field by himself, and his playing style was extremely tyrannical!
"Russell!"
On the sidelines, Scott Brooks shouted to Westbrook and then made a tactical gesture.
Westbrook nodded. The coach was telling him to stop insisting on going it alone and implement breakout tactics.
Thunder offense.
Even after two seasons, even if Lillard in this world pays more attention to defense and organization in cultivating his technical style than in his previous life, Lillard's current defensive ability can only be said to be average for the current position.
, facing Westbrook, who has entered the peak period of his career and has a comprehensive rating of 93, he is still powerless.
Coach Brooks noticed that Lillard was not good at perimeter defense and asked the Thunder to focus on this point.
On the three-point line at the top of the arc.
After Westbrook and Ibaka skillfully picked and rolled, they accelerated to the left and broke through. Lillard was unable to catch up and the former grabbed the open space.
But fortunately, Aldridge made up the defense in time, which greatly interfered with Westbrook's shot.
Eh……
No, it's not a shot.
It's a pass!
At the top of the arc, after Ibaka picked and rolled, he suddenly changed direction and pulled outwards while cutting to the basket. After receiving the pass, he almost shot in an open position.
"Whoosh!"
Ibaka hit a three-pointer from the outside.
3:6.
The Thunder finally broke their scoring drought.
"So decisive?"
On the other side, Coach Terry frowned.
You know, in the previous five seasons, Ibaka has never shown such a skillful and confident three-point shooting ability.
The two seasons with the most shots, 2012~2013 and 2013~2014, only averaged 0.7 shots per game.
0.7 shots, which means that Ibaka's three-pointers in the first two seasons were basically shot at the buzzer in a catch-up situation.
Taking the initiative through tactical movement like today is very rare.
"Perhaps he was afraid of Wang's ability to protect the rim at the basket, so he had no choice but to take shots from the outside, right?"
David Vanderpool next to him said uncertainly.
"No, that's not the case."
Coach Terry shook his head firmly, and then asked the staff beside him to get a copy of Ibaka's game information for this season's preseason.
After reading it, he suddenly discovered that in the previous five games that Ibaka played for the Thunder, although he only averaged 22 minutes per game, he averaged 2.2 three-pointers per game and was able to hit 0.8 of them.
Not only the production, but also the shooting percentage looks good. Does this mean that Ibaka has really developed the three-point ability?
Putting down the information, Coach Terry finally chose to stand still and continue to wait and see how the situation develops on the field.
After all, they are the leading side now.
Come back.
Trail Blazers offense.
The four of them opened up again and emptied the Thunder's penalty area. Wang Zelin once again walked to the basket and singled out Perkins.
"Double-team him!"
Brooks shouted from the sidelines.
Ibaka immediately pounced on Wang Zelin.
"The Thunder made an advance offer to Wang Zelin, and Aldridge, who was open, was asking for the ball... Lillard passed the ball!"
On the left wing, Aldridge received the ball in an open position.
At this time, Thunder small forward Andre Robson stepped down from the left three-point line to cover.
"boom!"
Aldridge took off quickly, but unfortunately he missed the shot and the ball hit the basket.
"mine!"
Wang Zelin moved the position first, touched the backboard first over Ibaka and Perkins, and pushed forward before landing...
"Whoosh!"
The ball stumbled and fell into the net bag unwillingly.
8:3, the Trail Blazers lead by 5 points.
"It's so strong! With Zelin here, it means you have rebound protection. The Blazers' offensive tactics from inside to outside are going well!"
Zhang Lili smiled.
"This reminds me of the one-inside-four-outside offensive system that was the main focus of the team during Howard's time with the Magic.
However, the King's current defensive ability is not only in no way inferior to Howard during the Magic era, but he also possesses offensive abilities that Howard may not be able to develop in his lifetime. In this way, it is not impossible for the Blazers to use this kind of internal and external tactics.
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And the king can also get a lot of singles opportunities." Yu Jia said.
"Yes, as Zelin's personal ability becomes stronger and stronger, continuing to maintain the Princeton tactics of last season, in fact, to a certain extent, it is sacrificing Zelin's personal data to drive his teammates. Now coach Terry Stotts
Playing with one inside and four outside is not a new attempt."
Zhang Lili continued.
"In fact, we can see from the playoffs that when it comes to the real big stage, there is no need for overly complicated tactics. Relying on the strength of the stars to solve the battle is the simplest and most effective tactic!"
Yu Jia smiled and nodded in agreement.
Thunder offense.
It’s better to focus on Westbrook.
It's still a break-up tactic.
However, perhaps because of the opening game or being behind, the entire Thunder team except Westbrook could maintain the passion for the game, while other players were getting tighter and tighter.
In the right corner, Perry Jones received the pass and shot, and the space was wide open.
Under the basket, Wang Zelin jumped up, collected the rebound, and was about to score twice, showing off the whole game again.
As a result, Ibaka and Perkins, who was very angry because they didn't get a rebound, got stuck in the middle one after the other, making him unable to move.
Damn it!
Is there any more royal method?
Is there any heavenly principle?
How could anyone double-team in the backcourt?
Wang Zelin was still helpless and then passed the ball to Matthews.
In the frontcourt, a 4-on-3 situation was formed.
Matthews stood still on the outside and pulled one out.
Unfortunately, his touch seemed to be infected by Aldridge, and he shot from basket to basket.
"drink!"
Westbrook was about to rush for the rebound when a roar came from behind him.
"Oops……"
He screamed in his heart, but a huge force came from behind, and then the whole person was knocked to the ground by the huge collision force, and he was turned upside down!!
"Super dunk from Nicolas Batum!"
"Oh ho ho! Look! Who is lying on the ground? Oh, it's Russell! He must be in a terrible mood at this time!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
In the TNT live broadcast booth, Barkley and Kenny Smith looked at each other and burst into laughter.
"It's so cruel! It's so cruel! This is a way of not treating the Thunder as human beings!!!"
Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.
"A perfect opening performance! The king is mighty! The pioneers are mighty!!"
Yu Jia kept slamming the table, so excited that he couldn't control himself.
10:3.
Somewhat surprisingly, Thunder coach Scott Brooks did not call a timeout, but continued to let the Thunder players continue to play.
At this time, no one knew what he was thinking in his heart.
On the playing field.
Westbrook moved to the frontcourt and passed to Ibaka.
Ibaka singled out Aldridge, turned around and forced himself up, but missed due to interference.
But Perkins on the right wing rushed and grabbed the offensive rebound this time.
After landing, he bounced twice, trying to dunk the ball into the basket.
Behind him, a devil's claw suddenly attacked.
"careful!"
Near the free throw line, Andre Robson hurriedly reminded.
What to be careful about?
Perkins was wondering in his mind.
"Snapped!"
A figure jumped up instantly, swung out a palm, and nailed the ball to the backboard.
"Yes!!!"
On the sidelines, Coach Terry clenched his fists excitedly and shouted.
What followed was countless cheers and waving palms from the stands.
This is a beautiful scenery unique to the Rose Garden Arena, and it was recorded by the cameras on the field.
"Quick attack!"
Wang Zelin yelled at Lillard.
Lillard nodded, spread his legs in a playful manner, and rushed forward.
Just after passing the center circle, Wang Zelin suddenly made a long pass. Lillard jumped to catch the ball, took a few more steps, and stepped on the spot outside the three-point line.
This scene caught the pursuing Westbrook off guard and he wanted to jump to interfere.
"late."
When he saw this shot, Westbrook's take-off was more than one beat behind Lillard, and Scott Brooks couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
"Whoosh!"
A splash of water, a three-point attack.
13:3.
Under the wave-like bombardment of the Trail Blazers, the Thunder fell behind by 10 points in less than 4 minutes.
This time, Scott Brooks couldn't sit still anymore and hurriedly stood up and called a timeout.
If he didn't shout, he was worried that after the first quarter, the game would be defeated by the Trail Blazers.