Chapter 547 Visiting the Clippers, a stunning start
Wang Zelin briefly took a look at the schedule for the next few days.
Again, the Trail Blazers' schedule at the beginning of this season is indeed quite favorable to them. Only three of the first ten games are away games.
Next, they will go to Los Angeles on the 8th to challenge the Clippers, one of the Los Angeles duo. On the 9th, they will return to home for back-to-back games without stopping, playing the Denver Nuggets.
In terms of strength, the Clippers are an out-and-out playoff team in the Western Conference, and even one of the top four seeds in the Western Conference.
As for the Denver Nuggets, the Nuggets management seems to have accepted their fate. The start of the season was chaotic, and the news revealed is very obvious:
To put it nicely, it’s called a period of reconstruction!
To put it mildly, it’s starting to get messed up!
Therefore, even if it is a back-to-back, the Nuggets are no longer the target of the Trail Blazers' plan, and their focus is on the Clippers.
In the past 2013-2014 season, Chris Paul, the head of the Clippers, had just been selected to the double first team of the season, and at the same time won the honor of the season's steal leader.
"The God of Point Guards" is still at his peak!
After a day of preparation, at 6 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers ushered in their first away game after three consecutive home games.
With Chris Paul and JJ Redick on the outside, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan on the inside, and an offensive player like Jamal Crawford sitting on the wing, there is no doubt that the Clippers are a team that owns the league.
One of the best equipped teams.
But this kind of team still fell in the second round last year. Although there are some elements of fate that make the outside world feel pity for them, considering that their opponent in the second round was the Trail Blazers, the regular season champion last season.
If so, everything seems so natural.
Even though the 2013~2014 season has passed, fans are still shocked when they think back to the Portland Youth Army's nearly dominant performance in the playoffs last season.
Why add the word "close"?
the reason is simple.
The Trail Blazers' only loss in the playoffs was to their opponent tonight, the Los Angeles Clippers.
With just one game left, the Trail Blazers can achieve the best record in history by sweeping all their opponents in the playoffs.
Even after winning the championship, I have to say that that game still became a small regret in the hearts of Wang Zelin and his teammates.
So today is the first game of the new season against the Clippers, and they must win.
What a coincidence, the Clippers thought the same way.
Because in the eyes of the Clippers players and fans, if not for the fact that Griffin accidentally injured his ankle after rushing for rebounds in the G4 game and missed the subsequent games, the Clippers might not have been able to reverse the series at 1:2.
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Once the team reverses the playoffs and defeats the Trail Blazers, judging from the experience of the Spurs and Heat, which were defeated by the Trail Blazers 4:0 in succession, in the eyes of Clippers fans, the Clippers took the lead in the series with a 1:0 lead over the Trail Blazers.
, this experience can also be replicated.
Therefore, after rounding off, everyone on the Clippers agreed that God helped the Trail Blazers steal their championship.
So tonight, they must teach the Trail Blazers thieves a lesson.
Defending champion?
I bother!
en…
Well, Wang Zelin probably never imagined that the Clippers' brains were so angry.
On the court, after the warm-up of the two teams ended, the lineups of the two teams tonight were shown on the big screen.
Trail Blazers: Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge, Wang Zelin.
After Wang Zelin jumped the ball for the Trail Blazers, Lillard dribbled across half court.
The game officially begins.
Wang Zelin first turned low on the right wing. After seeing Lillard quickly advance to the top of the arc, he suddenly turned around and cut to the basket.
Jordan, who was facing him, was taken a step away by him, but Griffin had already moved to the basket.
In last season's double lineup, Chris Pao, the current number one point guard, was planning to implement close defense against Lillard, who was not yet stable.
He is good at man-to-man defense, especially close defense. He makes various small moves constantly, making the offensive team feel extremely uncomfortable all the time. When the offensive team is in trouble, he will use his ghost hands to explore again.
This is how he won the steals title for four consecutive years!
However, after Lillard noticed Wang Zelin moving toward the basket, he immediately pushed with both hands and threw the ball over Paul's head toward the basket.
Paul hurriedly turned around and saw Wang Zelin jumping up towards Griffin, grabbing the ball with both hands, and then colliding with Griffin in the air.
"Bang!"
The next moment, he saw Griffin being easily knocked away, and then with a bang, Wang Zhelin smashed the ball into his own basket.
"This 13 is an animal!"
Paul sighed in his heart.
If he could cooperate with such an insider in the early years, not to mention the fact that the outside world is always ridiculing the Western Conference Finals, he might have several championship rings, right?
When Paul looked back at Lillard, his eyes were extremely complicated.
There is jealousy, reluctance, emotion... Of course, the most important thing is envy.
I was still troubled by the curse of the Western Conference Finals, but the kid opposite me had already put a championship on my lap.
With those kind of thighs, he could do it if it were him!
"Chris, have you seen that you are so broken inside, you have to defend but not defend, and you have to attack but not attack, how do you expect to win a championship here? Not to mention that you can't beat us Trail Blazers, I'm afraid even the Lakers, you guys
Now there is a high probability that we will no longer be our opponents. It’s better to consider changing teams quickly!”
When Wang Zelin passed by, he dropped a sentence to Paul.
The intention is very obvious, to mess with people's mentality.
Paul just shook his head, said nothing, picked up the ball and threw it to Griffin, then advanced forward after receiving the ball.
He advanced to the top of the arc without much pause. He saw Griffin raise the three-point line according to the tactical requirements, and easily passed Lillard with the help of the pick-and-roll. Just as he was about to pull one out from mid-range, Wang Zelin's smiling face appeared in front of him.
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Is it going to be small versus big?
Regarding the skill of playing small and big, Paul can definitely be ranked among the top five or even top three in the league among perimeter players.
The next moment, Paul cheered up and started dribbling the ball constantly, looking for breakthrough opportunities.
Cheers also came from the sidelines.
Everything is developing in the direction of Little Dada.
Wang Zelin thought the same thing. He put roots under his feet, spread his arms, and kept looking at Paul's shoulders.
Suddenly, Paul saw Griffin connecting to the wing from the left three-point line, and there was a space to catch the ball. He quickly took a step forward, forced Wang Zelin's hind legs, and sent the ball with both hands.
Facts have proved that Paul still adheres to the traditional concept of passing the ball first at the first position.
Of course, his ability to find teammates open is also among the strongest in history.
Griffin caught the ball and saw that his good partner Jordan had already stuck Aldridge in the low post on the left wing. He refreshed and immediately headed towards the paint area with the ball.
After he entered the paint area, Wang Zelin turned around, turned his head, exerted force, and sprinted towards the basket.
Griffin flew up, holding the ball with both hands. The Tyrannosaurus Rex was already in position for a dunk, and was about to slam it down.
Suddenly, Captain Paul on the other side exclaimed: "Be careful!"
Griffin's heart was shaken, and he felt the eyes in front of him shake for a moment, and then heard a snap, and a huge force hit the basketball in his hand.
Wang Zelin jumped up, relied on his super long arms, crossed Griffin's body and slapped the basketball away.
At this moment, the benefits of long wingspan are fully demonstrated.
The basketball was sent flying out of bounds, causing the fans in the front row to scream in surprise.
