Chapter 559: Matching the best winning streak in team history of Mosaic
In this game, Wang Zelin scored 28 points, plus 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks and 1 steal. Among them, both scoring and rebounding were the best in the game.
After the post-match press conference, Wang Zelin and his teammates had a late-night snack and then returned to the hotel to rest.
Wang Zelin fell asleep in the hotel, but fans on social media were already hyping him to the sky because of the Trail Blazers' 21-game winning streak.
"No. 1 in the league, 28+15. It's not too much to say that he will be the No. 1 player in the league in the future, right?"
"It must not be too much! He has just turned 21 years old!"
"No, there is something wrong with what you are saying. I remember that the current number one player in the league is not Kobe Bryant?"
"Brothers upstairs, did your home just get Internet access? It's almost 2015, and the first person is LeBron!"
"My enemy, don't be black for the sake of being black. Although Kobe has not retired yet, after winning his first championship with the Heat, James is already the de facto number one in the league!"
"LeBron has only won two consecutive championships. When Wang successfully defends his title this season, can he remove the prefix in the future?"
"Poor my emperor, it has only been a few years since he first ascended the throne, and he has to consider abdicating?!"
"...Hey guys, I think it's a bit much. Don't forget, the Trail Blazers have lost two generals now, and their consecutive away games are still going on. There are still three games left. Maybe someone will get injured again."
"And don't forget, after five consecutive away games, the Trail Blazers' next opponent will be the San Antonio Spurs. Do you think the Spurs, who were beaten in the Western Conference finals last season, will let go of the Spurs who are currently suffering from injuries?
The Trail Blazers?"
"That's it, what's the matter with 21 consecutive wins? Someone with the ability to break the Lakers' 33-game winning streak, the best winning streak in history! A bunch of brainless braggarts, just wait and see, sooner or later the King of China will be beaten back to his original form.
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The next morning, Wang Zelin came to Drummond's house as a guest, and the two caught up with each other. At 15:00 in the afternoon, Wang Zelin returned to the hotel to meet the team, and then everyone boarded a charter flight to Minnesota.
Just tonight, the Timberwolves played against the Trail Blazers at home. The outside world's view of this game is basically unanimous that the Trail Blazers will continue to maintain a winning streak.
There is no way, who made the Timberwolves' matchup really go too far, and they are almost indistinguishable from the previous opponent, the Detroit Pistons, in terms of record. The Pistons were 3 wins and 18 losses, oh no, now they are 3 wins and 19 losses, and the Timberwolves are also
Not much better, the current record is 4 wins and 17 losses, ranking last in the Western Conference.
Before the game, Coach Terry also mobilized the team, and Garnett was put into the starting fourth position. This has almost become an unspoken rule for every game he plays against the Timberwolves since joining the Trail Blazers.
In addition, according to the communication between team general manager Nel Orsi and Garnett's agent this summer, the 2014-2015 season should be Garnett's last season with the Trail Blazers.
This season, after the Trail Blazers fulfilled the three-year contract worth 36 million yuan that they signed with the Celtics, regardless of whether he can win the third championship ring of his career, Garnett is basically certain.
He wants to return to Minnesota, to the place where his career dream began.
To be honest, when Wang Zelin learned the news, he didn't think it was too surprising. The Wolf King chose to return to Minnesota after 8 years. Once this happens, it is not expected that it will become a big deal in the future.
Nice talk.
At 19:00 in the evening, the game officially started.
The Timberwolves are still the same, without Kevin Love, who went to the Cavaliers to form the Big Three like Yuan Li, and continues to stay in Minnesota. His personal data is still impeccable. So far in the new season, he has averaged 25+12 per game.
Of course, the team performance is also as bad as ever.
After the game started, Garnett faced off against Love. He still had the same mentality of hating iron but not steel, and went straight to the highest intensity.
But this time he miscalculated.
In other words, the traces left by time on his body have become deeper after a year. Fortunately, there is nothing he can do about the 42 in front of him.
After one game, Kevin Love single-handedly defeated the Trail Blazers, scoring 47 points and 23 rebounds.
Looking at the exaggerated explosion of data alone, Love's data will most likely become the most explosive so far in the new season.
With the second-highest 47 points in his career and the fifth-highest 23 rebounds in his career, there is no doubt that this game has become one of Love's career classics.
However, looking back at Love's past career classic battles, whether it was 51 points and 14 rebounds against the Western Conference Thunder on March 23, 2012, or 45 points and 19 rebounds against the Clippers on December 22, 2013...
After taking a closer look, you will understand that Love is by no means groundless as he is dubbed as "the team's cancer", "data brush" and "softie on the court" by a large number of fans outside.
Counting Love, there have been 9 games with 40+ points or more in his career so far. In these 9 games, Love only led the Saints to win one game, and the other 8 games were all lost without exception.
Oh, by the way, the opponent that won that game was the Charlotte Bobcats team owned by Mr. Joe that had not yet been renamed the Hornets.
Good guy, you deserve to be called the God of Basketball. You can be found everywhere...
Love's touch was too good this night. Just 5 of 7 three-pointers from outside were enough to show how outrageous it was.
However, the Trail Blazers eventually defeated the Timberwolves 126:111. Love scored 40+ points in a single game for the 10th time in his career, and still had no way to prove his declining ability.
As expected, after the game, overwhelming doubts came to him again, but who kept him from proving himself in a game against a strong team?
Wang Zelin was also very impressive in this game. He scored 31 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal. Although the scene was not as dramatic as the lone heroic performance of his opponent Kevin Love, he won the game.
Minnesota's road back-to-backs.
Winning is the most important thing!
Moreover, after defeating the Timberwolves, the Trail Blazers' winning streak has reached 22 games, which is truly unprecedented!
In fact, as early as November 17, after defeating the Hornets 108:102 in an away game and setting a record of 15 consecutive victories, the Trail Blazers had already tied the best start in NBA history. In every victory since then, they have won
Create a new history.
However, no one expected that the Trail Blazers could win 22 games in a row. At this time, they had already chased the Houston Mosaics' best regular season winning streak in team history.
Of course, the so-called tying the Mosaics' 22-game winning streak is just incidental. The focus of the majority of fans, media and viewers is still: When will the Trail Blazers lose their first game?