After a short break, the Trail Blazers once again came to Oracle Arena to challenge the Warriors away from home.
The two sides have come to the sixth game of the series!
If before Tianwang Mountain, the outside world unanimously believed that the Warriors could barely maintain a 50-50 tie with the Trail Blazers; then after Tianwang Mountain, according to a series of predictions given by ESPN and major media, the Warriors' hope of coming back is less than 30%, while the Trail Blazers advance.
The victory in the finals came to about 80%.
Is it realistic?
It’s very realistic, but this is exactly the nature of media people!
How high I could lift you up before, I can make you fall as hard as I can now.
Today, one-third of the fans in Oracle Arena are wearing Trail Blazers jerseys, and most of them have Asian faces.
"Haha, there are a lot of fans supporting the Trail Blazers to win today. Maybe there will be a rebellion at Oracle Arena tonight."
"There is no way. Wang Zelin's influence of 65 points is too terrifying. Nowadays, he has fans wherever the league goes."
During today's game, ESPN's two commentators, Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy, seemed very relaxed and comfortable. It could be heard from their words that they tended to support the Trail Blazers in winning tonight.
After all, no one can say for sure whether Wang Zelin, who descended from the gods in the last game, will continue his form tonight. Once he continues to go berserk, the game will become unsuspicious.
Moreover, the competitive status of the Warriors players who suffered a big score in the last game is also a focus of attention from the outside world.
Don't look at the harsh words Green made after the last game, but has he been slapped in the face so few times? Not many people care about his almost ridiculous remarks nowadays.
In the last game, Wang Zelin almost completely destroyed the Warriors' confidence. Not everyone can quickly adjust their mentality and face the difficulties after suffering a huge blow!
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"The next game is a battle of our dignity!"
"I know many people outside think we will stop in the sixth game, but we must not admit defeat just like that!"
"I know that defeating Wang Zhilin is very difficult, but as long as everyone unites as one, we can definitely do it!"
In the Warriors locker room, head coach Steve Kerr was giving all the players blood.
I don’t know if he got in touch with Clippers coach Doc Rivers last night. Looking at the disciples who puffed up their chests, he knew that his chicken blood had an effect.
At this time, Green's unwillingness to admit defeat came into play. Under his and Cole's singing, the Warriors quickly returned to a roaring and positive state.
I just don’t know how long this state can last?
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After a ceremony in which the away team was treated very well, the game officially started.
After Wang Zelin jumped off the basketball, he slowly ran towards the Warriors' half court.
In the first attack, he was not too anxious because he saw the timidity in the eyes of his opponent BoGt.
That guy BoGt has probably been psychologically affected by him, and Wang Zelin will have plenty of time to deal with him slowly.
After receiving a pass from Lillard near the left low post, he played a post-up single.
"Peng! Peng!"
After a series of collisions, Wang Zelin was about to turn around and pass BoGt, but Green and Barnes suddenly made up for it.
Triple team?
Cole is enlightened!
Thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, but Wang Zelin was not slow at all. He passed the ball outward and found the open Batum.
"Whoosh!"
Batum hit an open two-pointer.
2:0, the Blazers opened the scoring and played very easily.
Inside the Chaotingtai studio.
"Hey, you, are you going to double-team us as soon as you come up? The warrior is afraid of being beaten by the king!"
Yu Jia, who was in charge of commentating today's game, said cheerfully.
"I'm not afraid. If we don't make some efforts in advance and wait for the king to make a move, I'm afraid the warrior won't be able to press it no matter how much he wants to!" Zhang Liyi said.
Warriors attack.
Knowing that their opponents already had match point and would be eliminated if they lost the game tonight, the Warriors were a little hasty in handling the first layup.
During the rapid transmission, Barnes made a mistake in this regard. The passing route was too obvious and was interrupted by Matthews.
The Blazers easily completed the counterattack, starting 4:0.
As the game continued, the Warriors changed their strategy from the previous games. On the defensive end, they tried their best to restrict Wang Zelin, but tonight he showed no offensive desire at all. He shot the ball as soon as he was double-teamed, and his play was extremely reasonable.
This disappointed many fans who paid high prices to grab tickets to watch the game live. Because one of their main purposes for coming here today was to see if Wang Zelin could continue his crazy scoring performance in the last game.
However, after the opening, as the Trail Blazers hit a 10:4 offensive climax and completely dominated the Warriors, they were relieved.
They have not forgotten that compared to personal data, the Blazers' primary goal today is to defeat the Warriors and advance to the finals. I am afraid that Wang Zelin chose to temporarily suppress his scoring instinct because of this.
At the end of the first quarter, Wang Zelin relied on his excellent traction to send 3 assists in a single quarter, helping the Trail Blazers lead the Warriors by 15 points.
In terms of personal data, he only took two shots and had an all-round performance of 4 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block. His plus/minus currently ranks first in the game!
After the start of the second quarter, the Blazers' substitute players continued to attack and launched a wave of attacks. The climax opened up the score again. By the time the main players of both sides returned to the court, the score difference between the two teams had reached 22 points.
When the Warriors attacked, Curry singled out Lillard from the outside. Seeing that there was not much time, he finally forced a shot and hit a difficult three-pointer, barely regaining a wave of blood for the Warriors.
But in the next round, Wang Zelin easily cut through and tore up the Warriors' defense. He received a pass in the air and pushed the ball into the basket against the defense of BoGt and Green, and the score was 2 1.
Seeing Wang Zelin pass the ball easily, the two commentators on the scene couldn't help but sigh again at Wang Zelin's terrifying dominance of the basket.
At the same time, the two also felt that there was a high probability that this series would be over.
"The competition is over, are you ready to go fishing?"
After scoring the goal, Wang Zelin turned to look at Curry and Thompson, stretched in front of them, and said with a smile.
That's right, in Wang Zelin's view, there is no need to waste time.
Ignoring the ugly looks on the two people's faces after hearing his words, Wang Zelin threw himself into the game again.
In the following time, the plot was just as many people imagined. From the end of the first quarter, the game became one-sided.
On the offensive end, Wang Zelin played extremely hard. He passed the ball when double-teamed, and forced the opponent to face single defense. Whether it was a strong play in the penalty area or a high-post shot and breakthrough, he could easily score.
Not only that, but his teammates seemed to be getting more and more confident because of Wang Zelin's performance. He felt very hot and made average long-range shots.
At halftime, the Trail Blazers' lead had reached 26 points.
If nothing else, the second half will become garbage time.