As expected, after the initial examination by the team doctor, Terry was unable to continue the rest of the game.
On the surface, the Mosaic team is just missing an important substitute, and the impact should not be big. But in fact, the Mosaic team's morale has dissipated with the departure of Terry.
Harden has never been a leader with a tough personality, but once they were tough, they would not fall down in critical moments many times and miss the championship.
After leaving the Lakers, Howard stopped playing happy basketball and began to become serious, eager to seek the glory of the championship. Unfortunately, it seemed too late. Injuries had already caused this monster to fall from its peak early, and now it is being pushed aside by the Mosaic team.
It went on the shelves and got caught up in trading rumors.
When both cores are unreliable, the Mosaic team's defeat is doomed.
At the end of the first half, the Trail Blazers led by 24 points, 59:35.
There was basically no suspense. Wang Zelin stepped on the World of Warcraft that was gradually falling to the bottom. He played 37 minutes and made 25 of 31 shots. In addition, he made 8 of 10 free throws, scoring the second-highest score in a single game this season.
58 points, plus 25 rebounds, 7 blocks and 3 assists.
By the way, this is the sixth time Wang Zelin has scored more than 50 points in a single game this season, including three 50-point games, one 51-point game and one 60-point game!
On the other end, Howard also played a long time, playing 39 minutes, but against Wang Zelin, he only scored 8 points and 7 rebounds, plus 9 fatal turnovers.
The performance of the two can be said to be completely different. Considering the last conversation between the two, Howard's performance was almost the same as tonight's, both were equally bad.
As for the topic between the old and new No. 1 centers, starting from today, it can come to an end.
In the end, the Trail Blazers defeated the Mosaics 113:76!
With 48 wins and 3 losses, from the perspective of expectations, the Trail Blazers are one step closer to the 96 Bulls' best record of 72 wins this season!
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"Wang, do you want to have fun together tonight? It's a rare trip to Houston for you, so I'll pay for it tonight."
After the game, Harden, as the host, said politely.
When Wang Zelin heard this, he felt that Harden's mentality was really good...
This guy didn't feel dissatisfied at all for losing the game. Instead, he acted like a normal person and continued to laugh with himself after the game.
Although he felt that Harden was a little too heartless, he still said: "No, James, we have to fight the Grizzlies the day after tomorrow, so I will go back and rest first."
"Well...well, I..."
Just when Wang Zelin was about to leave, he found that Harden in front of him became hesitant.
"What's wrong?"
"Are you still short of people for your dance troupe to perform this year?"
"..."
After working on it for a long time, it turned out to be because of this.
In the end, Wang Zelin fully agreed to Harden's request to join the dance company family. After the two exchanged business compliments, Wang Zelin ended his trip to Houston.
On the 7th, the team did not return to Portland. Instead, they went directly to Memphis and checked into the hotel one day early to prepare for tomorrow's game against the Grizzlies.
"Zelin, thank you very much for actively participating in our program recording. I never thought that I would be lucky enough to witness the dominance of an Asian player growing into the number one player in the NBA..." Zhang Lili said with emotion.
When Wang Zelin heard this, he smiled calmly and said: "Director Zhang, you are too polite. It is an honor for me to receive the invitation from the imperial court."
After some pleasantries, Wang Zelin ended the recording of today’s program.
Yesterday when he was competing in Aerospace City, Wang Zelin received an invitation for a column interview from Chaotingdai. However, since the games were back-to-back, he had to maintain sufficient energy and condition to compete, so it was postponed for one day.
Therefore, after negotiation between agent Zhou Yang and Chaotingtai, the two parties decided to conduct an exclusive interview in Memphis on the morning of the 7th.
In fact, since the beginning of the season, Chaotian Terrace has specially arranged a camera crew to follow the team and record every detail of the Trail Blazers' third championship this season.
If the Trail Blazers succeed in winning the championship this season and finally establish a dynasty, then the staff of the Chaotingdai who followed the filming can be regarded as personally witnessing a piece of history and recording it.
In this way, the imperial court's generous expenditure of manpower and material resources will not be in vain.
Just like the Bulls led by the God of Basketball, relevant personnel were arranged to record the events of the Bulls' two consecutive championships. Later, many of the materials in the Jordan documentary "The Last Dance" were taken from the videos of that year.
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What Chaotingtai is doing now is the same as what the Bulls did back then.
Recently, as the All-Star Weekend is approaching, the imperial court specially dispatched Zhang Lili and his female disciple Zhang Manyuan to conduct a special interview with Wang Zelin on the eve of the All-Star Weekend.
In addition to Wang Zelin's personal interview, the program team also started recording Wang Zelin from the moment he got up in the morning. During this period, Wang Zelin had normal training, interviews, technical demonstrations, teammates introducing the team, etc.
It wasn't until an hour before the game started in the evening that Wang Zelin separated from the people at the imperial stage. He felt that he was about to fall down from exhaustion...
There were really too many things to pay attention to, but he couldn't refuse. Fortunately, the team and the agents of each teammate helped to let the teammates cooperate and say what they should say.
Of course, the entire filming is not completely over, but there is no need for Wang Zelin to actively cooperate in the future. The two games before the All-Star Weekend will be broadcast live continuously on the Imperial TV station. During this period, some exciting game clips of Wang Zelin and his teammates will be shown.
to the show.
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At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Trail Blazers will face the Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies now have a record of 31 wins and 21 losses, still ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference, and are still two games away from the Dallas Mavericks who are in first place.
Perhaps because the core of the team is one year older, even if the Grizzlies brought in Lance Stephenson, one of the former Pacers' top five, this summer, it has not been able to change the team's gradual decline.
You must know that last season, the Grizzlies were still one of the few 50-point teams in the league, but judging from the current stage, it is thankful that they can win 45 games this season.
And all of this is related to the aging of their core players. Especially "Black Bear" Zach Randolph, who has averaged only 15.7 per game so far. As an inside man, his shooting rate is only 47.5%, both in terms of offensive output and
The offensive efficiency is far lower than in previous seasons.
Therefore, for this kind of game with an absolute strength advantage, Wang Zelin must do his best and his teammates must try their best to win. Entering the February schedule, undefeating a game before the All-Star Weekend has become their first goal.