The extra free throw was made, and the Trail Blazers led 3:0 at the beginning.
On the commentary stage, the two commentators were very emotional. They didn't expect that this game would be so exciting as soon as it started.
At the same time, they were indeed deeply shocked. Perhaps, everyone underestimated Wang Zelin!
But then again,
No one expected that, facing the Los Angeles Clippers, who had an All-Star power forward and the best defensive center, Wang Zelin could still give what he wanted in the paint.
"I can't guarantee the outcome of this game, but I dare say that Wang's score in this game will definitely be more than 30 points!"
Grant Hill looked at the Clippers who were about to counterattack with a smile on his face.
on the field,
Clippers attack.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The sound of muscle clashing on the field can be heard endlessly. This is the correct way to start a battle between strong teams!
Griffin caught the ball in the paint and singled out Garnett. The fight was extremely fierce from the start, but the referee did not seem to stop the collision, which was regarded as acquiescing to the scale of the confrontation between the two sides!
"call!"
Garnett took a deep breath. This oppressive offensive rhythm gave him some medical comfort, and he was unable to react for a while.
After adjusting his breathing, his body slowly adapted to the intensity of the competition.
"Whoosh!"
Facing Garnett's close defense, Paul chose to forcefully overtake on the right side and successfully defeated the aging Garnett in a physical confrontation.
But just when he was about to complete the overtaking, Wang Zelin appeared on the path forward.
"This is the team execution of the Trail Blazers! This is the defensive significance of Wang Zelin to the inside! No matter where the defense is broken through, he can make up for it in a timely manner!"
Griffin forced the brakes, but still ran into Wang Zelin's arms. Fortunately, when the two were about to collide, he passed the ball to a group of young Jordans who came to respond.
"boom!"
After receiving the ball, Jordan suddenly jumped up and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands!
"Ahhhhhhhh!!!"
After scoring the goal, he did not restrain his emotions.
He let out an angry roar and vented all the anger in his heart.
Who else dares to say that I am not as good as No. 36 opposite me?
“Oh ho ho ho,
Oh my god, is this just a regular season game?"
"I think the intensity of the playoffs can only be about that."
The Clippers' strong response to this goal,
The two commentators at the scene were stunned again.
Are you sure this is a regular season matchup?
From the very beginning, there was all kinds of violence and torture. This attitude is such that it will never end!
Offensive and defensive transition, Blazers attack.
Faced with the Clippers' one-on-one defense, Wang Zelin did not rush to make demands and started taking turns with his teammates. Everyone played very selflessly, actively mobilizing the opponent's defensive attention and trying to find the most suitable scoring rhythm.
.
"Whoosh!"
Finally, after 7 consecutive uninterrupted passes, Connett Lee hit an open three-pointer in this attack!
Judging from the current Clippers lineup,
JJ Redick is undoubtedly the best defensive player among the five, and he naturally becomes the Blazers' offensive breakthrough.
"nice shot!"
After catching the ball, Batum just came over and wanted to high-five Conleti. The Clippers' next offense was already on the agenda.
Quickly sending the ball to the sideline, Paul turned around and made a long four-point pass across the court, accurately locking the ball.
On Matt Barnes who is about to get off,
After catching the ball, the latter took two steps and glided with one hand for a dunk.
Quickly return the favor!
4:6.
The Clippers are still 2 points behind.
"Our captain Chris stepped up, his ability to find opportunities is so good, and of course, Matt Barnes, I like his enthusiasm on the field!"
Since he stated before the game that he was more optimistic about the Clippers, Reggie Miller naturally did not hesitate to praise the Clippers players.
The offensive ball returned to the hands of the Trail Blazers, but unfortunately, this time Batum on the outside did not seize the opportunity to shoot slightly wide, and Griffin collected the rebound.
Paul, who is gradually getting better at feeling it, is ready to attack the Trail Blazers with a fast break.
However, the Trail Blazers' active defense and perfect awareness quickly saw through Paul's thoughts and prevented his fast break.
Feeling helpless, Paul could only reorganize his attack and fall into a positional battle.
After the Clippers players continued to run, Griffin suddenly accelerated in reverse, reached outside the three-point line, and helped Paul block Lillard.
Paul, who had been observing carefully, accelerated to the left and easily passed Lillard.
"Whoosh!"
Paul made an emergency stop in the mid-range and scored his first goal of the game.
The two sides fought to a 6:6 draw.
Trail Blazers offense.
"let me!"
Seeing that other teammates were unable to find opportunities, Wang Zelin chose to step forward and challenge Jordan for the ball.
"Asian, if you dare to ask for the ball, prepare to be hit!"
Jordan kept exerting force with his feet, talking trash while pushing against Wang Zelin's mouth.
Lillard suddenly took a step from the top of the key to the right wing, avoided Paul, and then threw his hands inward.
He noticed that Griffin on the other side was slowly approaching Wang Zelin and DeAndre Jordan. In order to avoid being intercepted, he had to increase the speed of the pass.
Facts have proved that his choice was correct.
Due to the speed of the ball, Griffin did not have time to react, and the ball went directly into Wang Zelin's hands with a bang.
The next moment, Griffin, who had not intercepted the ball, rushed forward decisively and wanted to double-team Wang Zelin with Jordan. However, he did not expect that Wang Zelin was more decisive than him and completed a difficult shot against the defense.
This ball is quite difficult!
Little Jordan thought in his mind, but as soon as he turned around, the sound of a basketball hitting the net came from behind.
"Whoosh!"
At 8:6, the Trail Blazers took the lead by one goal.
The Clippers counterattacked again.
Paul dribbled the ball twice, preparing to break through. Lillard and Lillard did not give him a chance, and took the initiative to lean in and disrupt Paul's dribbling rhythm. The basketball seemed to be out of control at any time.
Paul reluctantly handed the ball to Matt Barnes, and then tried to get a chance by running without the ball. But he found that no matter how he ran, he could not easily gain space like he did against Lillard before.
The latter is like his shadow, following him everywhere.
This guy's defensive ability has become stronger?
In fact, just as Paul expected, Lillard's defense has improved again.
In fact, this is quite reasonable.
Today, Lillard does not need to focus on offense as Wang Zelin remembers. Under such circumstances, if he has not improved on defense after practicing for several years, it would be really unreasonable.
When Paul entered the off-ball mode and without him to organize the offense with possession of the ball, the Clippers' offense instantly lost its structure.
If several coordination efforts fail, the Clippers players will have to do it on their own.
Redick finally handed the ball to Griffin inside, but the opportunity was not very good.
After Griffin catches the ball, he dribbles continuously in an attempt to break through the frame. However, he has not yet mastered this move as well as he did during his Pistons days.
Under the interference of Garnett's face seal, the hook hand hit the neck of the basket and bent a lot!
"Beautiful defense, Griffin has no room to shoot! The Trail Blazers collected the rebound!"
While talking, Batum threw away Barnes and ran towards the frontcourt and raised his hand to ask for the ball. As soon as Wang Zelin landed, he directly passed the ball from the backcourt to find Batum.
What about Barnes?
Sorry, he has been pushed away.
Batum, who no longer had any worries, received the basketball with no one in front of him and only one thought in his mind.
You have to give the Clippers some color and let them see what a real aerial performance is!
So, with the cheers of the fans in the audience, Batum jumped up high, held the ball in both hands and drew a circle in the air, and then poured the ball into the basket!
The whole audience gasped and dunked with two hands!
"Hey guys, are we at the slam dunk contest now!?"
From the commentators to the fans, everyone was stunned. No one thought that Batum would suddenly use such a fancy dunk in actual combat.
at the same time.
nba headquarters.
Bald Hua, who was paying attention to this focus battle, suddenly asked the assistant on the side: "Is LeBron still unwilling to agree to participate in the dunk contest this year?"
"Judging from the reply from LeBron's agent, LeBron has no intention of participating in the dunk contest."
The assistant quickly replied.
"That's it," Bald Hua pondered, and then pointed to Batum on the screen, "Then you try to invite Nicolas Batum of the Trail Blazers after the game and ask him about his wishes."
"Okay, President."
…
Back to Portland.
Returning to their own half, Batum and Wang Zelin high-fived.
The two of them started dunking wildly as soon as they started today, making the Trail Blazers team look quite violent. They showed great aggression from the beginning!
Jordan was a little confused. The trend of this game shouldn't be like this. Didn't he agree that he would teach Wang Zelin a lesson tonight?
Why has it become a Blazers dunk show now?
Well, with his poor brain capacity, he is not suitable for studying such a profound problem.
At 10:6, the Clippers were 4 points behind.
On the next offense, Lillard still pestered Paul.
But this time, Paul did not choose to rush or distribute the ball, but reached out for a pick-and-roll.
Next, the Clippers' tactics became a little more complicated. Paul used a pick-and-roll screen to break through Lillard, attracting two double-teams and then passed back to Griffin.
As the former No. 1 pick, Griffin has now developed a good mid-range shot, but fortunately Wang Zelin was prepared and quickly took a few steps forward to block his shot in time.
"White Monster, do you dare to throw it?"
After seeing the opponent's intention to pass the ball, Wang Zhilin took a step back and began to provoke Griffin.
"Stop looking down on others, there is nothing to be afraid of."
Griffin retorted, but his work was not as tough as his words. Instead, he passed the ball to Jordan in the short corner on the right.
It was precisely because Jordan had no basket and no offensive threat outside the three-second zone that Wang Zelin dared to let him go like this.
In the short corner area on the right wing, Jordan had just received the ball and bumped into Garnett who was coming to defend him. He almost made a subconscious decision and started to play singles, hoping to use his body to eat the old guy in front of him.
Unfortunately, he overestimated his ball handling and underestimated Garnett's defense.
Just as he was about to break through and turn around, Garnett cut off the ball with his ghost knife and then turned around and handed it to Wang Zelin at the free throw line.
"Quick attack!"
At this time, the whole audience burst into cheers.
Immediately, Wang Zelin launched a fast attack.
The rest of the Blazers turned around at the same time and rushed forward.
Lillard reached the three-point line in the frontcourt as quickly as possible and received Wang Zelin's long pass, but was entangled by Paul.
Fortunately, at the other end, Batum ran out of position, and Lillard quickly passed the ball to Batum, resulting in this fast break.
"Without scoring for several rounds in a row, it seems that the Clippers are in trouble. The Trail Blazers went into fast breaks several times in a row, and the point difference became wider and wider!"
"Chicken Soup Master" Doc Rivers panicked. He knew the Trail Blazers were very strong this season, but he didn't expect them to be this strong!
It was obvious that the opponent had lost two main starting players, and they had a complete lineup, but they still couldn't beat the opponent.
Rivers expressed dissatisfaction!
When the Clippers were attacking, he saw Wang Zelin dropping DeAndre Jordan again, and went to defend Griffin first, shouting: "DeAndre, cut to the basket!"
In this way, Jordan leaned directly towards the basket.
On the offensive end, Jordan can't even count as a three-pointer. Apart from catching the ball and finishing the ball and attacking the basket twice, he can no longer do the third move. So the dressmaker asked him to simply play close to the basket, which can absorb
Wang Zheling's defensive attention can also improve the finishing shooting rate at the basket.
Jordan stood directly under the basket. Wang Zelin definitely didn't dare to let it go three meters further. The former's physical talent was definitely that of a bird or an animal. He could hit the basket with just one jump when catching the ball under the basket. He had no time to reply.
Defend.
Therefore, Wang Zelin gave up the opportunity to double-team and placed himself in front of Jordan, barely close to him.
The position he occupied at this time, with his ability, has completely cut off Jordan's receiving route.
But the Clippers' tactical goal was achieved. As long as Jordan successfully pinned Wang Zhilin close to the basket, the chances of helping to defend the outside line were greatly reduced.
However, it doesn't matter. There are always some people who can limit some of Wang Zelin's abilities. Since he can't help defend externally, he can stay in the paint area to grab rebounds and block the opponent's inside attack.
This means there are gains and losses.
With him sitting at the basket, first of all, Jordan's ability to protect the basket is not as good as his own, and secondly, he can also scare Griffin so that the latter does not dare to attack the basket easily.
In this way, the Clippers, who lost their inside offense, were completely reduced to a perimeter team.
On the contrary, Wang Zelin frequently successfully protected the basket and played fast breaks, which was extremely efficient. At the same time, in positional battles, he also continued to cause damage in the low post. After being double-teamed, he could also assist his teammates to hit open shots frequently. The Blazers' offensive efficiency was higher than
The opponent is taller.
Coupled with the absolute dominance of rebounding, the team took the advantage in shots. At the end of the first half, the Trail Blazers led by 14 points at 62:48!
In the visiting team's locker room.
Paul looked at Wang Zelin's data and said: "We have to find a way to limit Wang Zelin. He made 10 of 15 shots, 5 of 7 free throws, 25 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks and 3 assists in the first half. We will let him down again in the second half."
If he keeps fighting like this, we might as well just surrender."
"This is only if DeAndre restrained him a little bit, otherwise that guy Wang would have probably scored 30 points!"
Griffin looked over and saw helplessness written on his face.
"well!"
For a moment, the entire locker room was wailing.
In this situation, even Doc Rivers doesn't know what kind of chicken soup to make.
Back in the second half, the two sides changed places and fought again.
As Wang Zelin continued to maintain his heroic form, scoring 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 steal in a single quarter, the point difference between the two teams gradually widened to 28 points.
Finally, just a few minutes into the final quarter, after seeing the lead exceed 30 points, Doc Rivers replaced the entire main lineup with a wave of his hand and had to admit defeat.
At 118:95, the Trail Blazers won by 23 points and won their 35th victory of the season. With 35 wins and 4 losses, they ranked first in the Western Conference and also ranked first in the league!
Wang Zelin played 34 minutes and scored 40 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks and 1 steal.
Just one block away, and he almost got another 4x5 data.
"Wang, what do you think of the Clippers' strength?"
Grant Hill asked during the live interview.
"Well... they are a very strong team." Wang Zelin replied pertinently.
Hey, this is not your style!
Hill looked over with a playful look on his face and continued to ask: "Change the question, if you meet in the playoffs, how many games do you think you can beat the Clippers!"
"That must be 4:0!"
Almost without thinking, Wang Zelin quickly gave his answer.
Ah, I feel comfortable!
Not only Hill, but also the surrounding media reporters who came to interview, smiles suddenly spread on their faces.