As expected, the right to attack first belongs to the Trail Blazers.
The Warriors were accustomed to this and retreated very quickly, leaving no chance for the opponent to break fast.
Batum advanced with the ball and handed it to Lillard after halftime.
After receiving the ball, Lillard took the initiative to find Wang Zelin for a pick-and-roll. After the two implemented pick-and-roll tactics, one broke through and the other cut.
"boom!"
In the end, Wang Zelin caught the ball from the basket and smashed the ball into the basket, opening the scoring for the team.
2:0!
Hearing the boos coming from his ears, something strange appeared on Wang Zelin's face!
Don't get me wrong, it wasn't because of the boos around him, but because he always felt that his cut was extremely easy this time.
That’s right, it’s easy!
Compared with the various pursuits and interceptions in the previous two games, the Warriors seemed to have given up on assisting themselves in this game and only let BoGt defend themselves one-on-one. Even BoGt himself did not dare to make too many big moves.
The ending can be imagined, the Warriors' basket was immediately blown open by him.
The Warriors suddenly lowered their intensity on him on the defensive end, which made it difficult for him to accept for a while.
But time waits for no one. The moment he stepped onto the court, he was completely in game mode and had no time to think about anything else.
If you don’t understand everything, let time give you the answer!
Warriors attack.
Curry quickly dropped the ball with the ball, and after halftime, it was handed over to Green to handle it as usual, while he went to move without repair.
Since they suffered a big loss on the outside in the last game, the entire Trail Blazers team reflected over and over again after the game and decided on a strategy to lock down the Warriors on the outside tonight.
Green caught the ball and dribbled it twice, but still did not choose to break through. Instead, he blocked Matthews through a solid screen, and then passed the ball to Thompson.
But Wang Zelin was well prepared and quickly rushed in from the free throw line and pounced on Thompson. Facing Wang Zelin's defense, Thompson felt the greatest pressure, but time did not wait for us. A rare opportunity appeared, and he did not want to give up and made a decisive three-pointer.
Take action.
With a "clang" sound, the ball finally missed the frame.
After rushing to grab the basket, Batum grabbed the rebound, turned around and found Wang Zelin, passed a long pass, and assisted Wang Zelin for another dunk in the frontcourt.
4:0, the Blazers scored in the first two rounds.
"It's the King again, with a keen subconscious! Violent attack at the basket!"
"This is what a defending champion should look like! It's impossible for them to be offline for two consecutive games."
In the commentary box at the imperial court, Yu Jia and Zhang Lili, who were responsible for explaining tonight's game, were excited with their words.
After scoring the goal, Wang Zelin quickly retreated and formed a defensive formation with his teammates.
Warriors attack.
The three Trail Blazers players defended on the outside and switched defenses as soon as they encountered pick-and-rolls. No matter whether it was Lillard, Matthews or Batum, they would not suffer against Curry and Thompson. They successfully gave them two three-pointers.
It's limited.
The Warriors had a BoG inside, so Wang Zelin asked Aldridge to defend him while he stood near the free throw line, marking Green while being ready to help defend at any time.
The Trail Blazers suddenly increased their targeting of the Warriors' perimeter, causing the Warriors' offense to encounter a lot of trouble.
Seeing that time was running out, Curry and Thompson couldn't find a good three-point opportunity on the outside, so they passed the ball continuously. Finally, Barnes received the ball in the right corner. Under the interference of Wang Zelin, the ball bounced out of the frame.
Wang Zelin then turned around to collect the rebound and passed it to Lillard, who advanced with the ball.
The Warriors were slow to retreat, and the Trail Blazers quickly counterattacked and failed to succeed.
Falling into a positional battle, the ball is left to Wang Zelin, and Aldridge pulls out to cover.
Against BoGte, Wang Zelin faked a shot, made a fake shot, and hit a half-shot shot, adding two more points to the team.
Start 6:0!
It's the Warriors' turn to attack again.
The Trail Blazers' defense was still close to the three-point line. Batum and Matthews knew what they had to do. They stared at Curry and Thompson's three-pointers. If the opponent wanted to go towards the basket, Wang Zelin would come from behind.
Responsible.
The Warriors' overall offense is very strong, but when the Trail Blazers put up such a defensive lineup, they were a little helpless for a while.
If you want to shoot a three-pointer, you don't have a good chance. If you go to the penalty area, Wang Zelin is there, and they are very afraid of Wang Zelin's defense.
Just when the team was unable to open up the situation, fortunately, Curry finally stepped forward. After using the cover of his teammates, he made a jump shot from mid-range and scored two points.
In the live commentary box, Kenny Smith smiled and said: "2:6, congratulations to the Warriors for finally scoring."
Barkley said: "The Trail Blazers did a good job on the defensive end today and made the Warriors very uncomfortable."
Trail Blazers offense.
Wang Zelin entered the basketball, and then Aldridge also entered, and there were four inside players under the basket.
Seeing that Wang Zelin had no intention of asking for the ball, Lillard singled out Curry on the left wing, three steps away from the paint area.
In this position, he doesn't dare to play from behind. Although Curry has a baby face, his core strength is definitely the best among the current defenders. He has suffered a lot in the past.
"Believe in yourself and vote!"
Suddenly, Wang Zelin's roar came from the basket.
After hearing the sound, Lillard acted confidently and boldly. After dribbling the ball with both hips, he took a step back and shot a jumper.
Unfortunately, Curry took off very timely and posed a great defensive threat. Lillard's shot came up short.
"Mine!" x4
The four big men under the basket roared at the same time. In the end, the giant wearing the Trail Blazers jersey No. 36 overwhelmed everyone and took the lead in touching the ball...
"Peng, Peng, shua!"
The ball was pointed back to the basket, jumped twice, and reluctantly fell into the net bag.
8:2, the Trail Blazers continued their strong start.
Next round.
The Trail Blazers, who maintained high-intensity defense for several consecutive rounds, made an omission on the outside, allowing Thompson to get a chance to run out of space. Wang Zelin was unable to cover up and could only watch the basketball fly past his fingertips.
He didn't even need to look back at this shot, he already knew the result.
"Whoosh!"
Sure enough, Thompson successfully seized the opportunity and hit a three-pointer.
After realizing that the Warriors' defensive intensity against him had declined tonight, Wang Zelin began to launch attacks continuously, going all out to suppress the Warriors inside.
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Among them, Wang Zelin scored 10 points by himself, plus 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Warriors coach Cole had to make adjustments. He brought Ying Guodala on the court to increase the team's offensive threat on the court.
Sure enough, the effect was immediate after Yingodala came on the court. The Warriors not only had one more offensive point, but also one more point to control the ball.
But in the face of Wang Zelin's violent output, the Warriors' interior defense had little effect.
At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors trailed the Trail Blazers by 9 points.
In this game, Wang Zelin not only went on a killing spree on the offensive end, but his pressure on the defensive end was also suffocating. In the first quarter, the Warriors did not have many open three-point opportunities.
Back on the bench, everyone in the Trail Blazers was smiling, as if victory was within easy reach, but Wang Zelin's face was still expressionless.
"King, why are you unhappy? Aren't we ahead of the other side now?"
Realizing that the boss seemed to have something on his mind, Beverly was the first to come over.
"It's nothing, I just feel that today's game was a bit too easy!"
Wang Zelin touched his chin and expressed his confusion.
"Haha, what did I think!" Unexpectedly, Beverly laughed immediately, and then patted Wang Zelin on the shoulder, "You don't even look at it, you have already scored 15 points in a single quarter, accounting for half of the team. , my individual scoring has almost caught up with the entire Warriors team, we played easily, isn’t this normal?”
"Okay, King, stop thinking so much. In fact, this is the gap between the warriors and us."
Seeing that Wang Zelin wanted to say something else, Batum, who had been listening for a long time, interrupted Wang Zelin's thoughts.
"Well, I hope it's best!"
Faced with repeated persuasion from his teammates, Wang Zelin smiled for the first time, secretly thinking that maybe he had really overthought it.
Back in the second quarter, the two sides first sent out rotating lineups to compete.
To the Blazers' surprise, the Warriors' Shaun Livingston suddenly became a key player in breaking the deadlock on the court.
In less than two minutes on the court, Livingston scored two goals with a low-post turnaround jump shot, and then sent an assist, helping the Warriors quickly score 6 points and quickly narrow the point difference between the two teams.
But fortunately, the Trail Blazers' bench is not a vegetarian either.
First, the old Carter and Richard Jefferson used an outside pick-and-roll. The old Carter faked a pass and flew to Barbosa. He fired a three-pointer and hit a goal. Then, Garnett beat David Lee under the basket. Although he did not score, However, the latter caused a foul and made two free throws, adding another 2 points for the Blazers.
I guess the fans in front of the TV never thought that the second lineups of the two teams could compete so fiercely.
Halfway through the second quarter, the Warriors relied on Livingston's outstanding performance to chase the point difference to two points.
At this time, the scoreboard showed the score of both sides.
After Coach Terry called for a timeout, he changed into the main lineup.
On the Warriors side, the same goes for Cole.
As the main players from both sides took the field, the game continued to heat up. There were cheers from the sidelines and sweat from the players on the field hit the floor drop by drop.
At the end of the half, with Wang Zelin's explosive output of 22 points in two quarters, the Trail Blazers led the Warriors and established a 5-point advantage in advance for the second half of the game.
One thing to say is that the Warriors' main players performed poorly in the first half. If it weren't for the substitutes' performance, the point difference might have been more than 10 points.
After the halftime break, the Warriors obviously played more decisively on the offensive end, and they began to strengthen their offense.
Curry and Thompson were also absent, and they were just floating on the outside, looking for opportunities to start attacking the basket.
With the home court advantage, after being called for two fouls in a row, Wang Zelin had to restrain his actions, causing the scores of both sides to rise alternately.
For most of the quarter, the score difference between the two sides remained at a stalemate, but the Warriors played patiently and waited for the opportunity to come.
At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors players suddenly found their shooting bag. Curry and Thompson hit consecutive shots from outside the three-point line, tending to widen the point difference.
Faced with this situation, Wang Zelin had to change the rhythm of the game that focused on organizing teammates to score since his reappearance in the second half. He began to keep a large number of players in his hands and scored 2-1 under the basket.
With his continuous scoring, the Warriors' scoring momentum was finally extinguished.
After three quarters, Wang Zelin's personal scoring data has exceeded 30 points, and he also has 14 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 assists.
But at this time, it was already easy for both sides to attack and defend.
The Blazers are 3 points behind the Warriors!
In the third quarter, the Warriors scored 34 points. On the other hand, even with Wang Zelin's outstanding performance, the Trail Blazers only scored 26 points.
At this moment, Wang Zelin felt increasingly uneasy.
He always felt like he was an ignorant prey, being pulled into a net specially woven by the Warriors team, and then kept sinking in, until eventually both himself and the team would be ruthlessly cannibalized.
Beep~
The referee blows the whistle and the final quarter begins.
As soon as he came up, Wang Zelin caught the ball and pulled one out from mid-range and continued to hit. His personal score in a single game reached 32 points.
But for some reason, he didn't feel happy at all.
Warriors attack.
As soon as Curry took a step beyond the three-point line to separate the distance, he decisively pulled up against Lillard and chose to take a three-point shot.
"Whoosh!"
The ball followed an arc and fell into the basket.
The Warriors lead by 4 points.
Offense and defense transition.
In the low post on the right wing, Wang Zelin once again easily caught the ball and beat Bo Gte in singles.
Although BoGte kept making little moves tonight, when facing him, he was obviously not as tough as in the previous two games, and he was not so easily angered by trash talk.
At present, he has only committed 3 fouls. According to this trend, the opponent will only receive 5 fouls tonight at most. It will be difficult to beat him until he is full of fouls and leave the game.
The same goes for Green, who assisted in defense and had fewer double-teams than in the previous two games. He only had 4 fouls at this time.
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During the successive collisions, BoGte grimaced and stepped back step by step. Then Wang Zelin sped up and turned around, facing BoGt and slamming the ball into the basket.
After landing, he quickly observed the reactions of the Warriors players, only to find that except for BoGt, who looked like life would be worse than death, the other four players had sullen expressions!
It was as if the goal he just scored was in the air and had no impact on them at all.
Warriors attack.
Green held the ball at the top of the arc. After Thomson and Curry made consecutive moves to attract defenders, when facing no one to defend him, he clicked on the basket and shot a three-pointer.
Can this goal be scored?
"Bang-swish!"
The ball hit the board and went into the basket, adding another three points to the Warriors.
The Trail Blazers trailed by 5 points.
On the sidelines, seeing that the team had been unable to catch up with the Warriors, Coach Terry called a timeout.
Back on the bench, just when Wang Zelin was feeling extremely confused, Coach Terry came over with a solemn expression: "Wang, we may have fallen into a trap!"
"You fell into a trap! What trap did you fall into?"
He looked at the head coach confused.
“Ever heard of Jordan’s Law?”
Coach Terry's words gave him an enlightenment, and he suddenly understood the strangeness of tonight's game against BoG, which was like a gangrene in his bones.
What is Jordan's Law?
To put it simply, it was a defensive strategy used by the bad boys of the Pistons against the Bulls: "Let Jordan go and guard the other four!"
Because the Pistons at that time firmly believed that even if Jordan scored more points, if the other four teammates scored very low, the Bulls would still lose!
Of course, the Pistons said they were "letting go of Jordan", but in reality it was a defensive philosophy that allowed a person to "do whatever it takes" to deal with "God".
Due to the different times, although BoGte kept making small moves on defense tonight, because Wang Zelin was too strong, everything felt like it was just a painless thing. In addition, the times were different, the Warriors did not dare to attack like the bad boy of the Pistons back then. He went to death.
Therefore, he did not think about Jordan's Law.
But now after being revealed by the head coach, he instantly understood Cole's "good intentions."
It should be said that he was a former teammate of the God of Basketball. It was an acquaintance, no wonder it was so unexpected.
Now, he doesn't know whether he should be lucky or sad that he can actually let a head coach of a team resort to the "Jordan Rules" to deal with him.
These old coins are actually here to cheat and attack. Is this a good thing for a 21-year-old comrade?
The sample is not good! The big one is not good!
It’s so baby spicy!
At the same time, he also understood that things were getting serious now.
Since the main lineup is on the court together, most of the time he scores by himself without much cooperation with his teammates. Lillard, Batum and Matthews, the three major perimeter players, do not have many offensive opportunities, and they are probably all feeling cold at this time. Yes, even if he catches the ball, it is probably difficult to hit it.
If this continues, the game will probably be in doubt.