Chapter 874 Play small tricks? How about big ones!
TNT live broadcast room.
"Oh! This is the king I expected, and this is the way he should play! Look, he roared out again, venting his inner dissatisfaction." Barkley laughed.
"I have to say, whether it is the previous block or the current alley-oop, Wang's performance makes people feel very relieved!" Kenny Smith nodded heavily, expressing deep approval.
"But next, Wang will probably be targeted again, just like in the third quarter, which obviously does not comply with the relevant rules." Barkley complained.
Kenny Smith shrugged: "You know, it's in everyone's interest...except the Trail Blazers!"
Barkley laughed strangely and said: "Our new president is still too stubborn sometimes. If the Lakers fail to come back in this game, I think something interesting will happen after the game."
After a long timeout, the Lakers attack.
Just as Barkley expected, the three referees next to him were all fixated on Wang Zelin, forcing him to make small and small movements with his hands.
The result of this was that the Lakers began to attack the basket more vigorously, with all the turtles like possessed, aiming at Wang Zelin alone and carrying out various attacks on the basket while carrying explosives.
After half a quarter, the Lakers relied on a super high shooting percentage of 14 of 18 free throws to score 24 points in one fell swoop. The score between the two sides also reached 107:109, only two points behind the Trail Blazers.
On the defensive end, the three referees began to enter blind mode.
Relying on the home whistle, when Hibbert took off from the basket to block the shot, he made an obvious wagging motion and caught Wang Zelin's wrist.
But the whistle never blew.
However, Hibbert's defense was not successful. Wang Zelin was prepared and quickly took off twice after landing. Gasol, who was next to him, took a step forward and still pressed Hibbert's hand, forcing the ball into the basket.
111:107, the Trail Blazers opened the score.
"There is no one left at the home court!" Yu Jia shook his head slightly, almost unable to complain.
"The Lakers made a lot of defensive moves, and some of them were even ineffective. The Trail Blazers should be careful about injuries, especially Zelin and Lillard." Zhang Liangli couldn't help but remind him.
It's one thing that he loves watching Kobe Bryant play, but it's another thing to watch this obviously changed game. As a professional commentator, his stance has gradually shifted from the original relatively neutral position to leaning towards the Trail Blazers.
Neither side called a timeout and the game continued.
The Lakers made a quick start from the backcourt, and Paul held the ball to the top of the key and attempted a breakthrough.
Entering the final quarter, Paul scored 8 points. From 16 points in the first three quarters, he suddenly reached 24 points. He was also the Lakers' second scorer in this game.
It's not that Lillard's defense has big problems, at least it's still above the standard, but his opponent tonight is also escorted by three invisible bodyguards, so he can only become the target of Paul's continuous roll call at the end of the game.
On the left wing, Paul kept making small moves and suddenly threw an elbow on the way to the breakthrough, but the whistle did not sound.
Lillard was knocked back a big step and rubbed his chest, feeling a little breathless.
Obviously, this is not the first time that Paul has behaved like this, which is why Lillard was added to Zhang Lili's reminder just now.
I'm not criticizing Paul, but let's be honest and say that Paul's little moves are the worst among the starting point guards of the 30 teams in the league. No wonder many players don't like him.
Originally, Lillard's body was not as thick as Paul's, and with a few moves from outside the plate, it was impossible to prevent Paul's breakthrough.
But just when Paul took off to take a shot, Wang Zelin jumped out from behind Lillard and made an extremely brutal volleyball block. The ball flew backwards and then hit Paul with a bang.
Throw him to the ground.
"ah!"
With the help of Wang Zelin's huge strength and tonnage, Paul was hit hard on the floor, making stars appear in his eyes and he couldn't help but groan in pain.
"oh!"
The whole audience exclaimed. From their point of view, after the two fell from the air, Wang Zelin completely covered the thin Paul, and the latter was tightly pressed under him.
"hiss!"
Putting themselves in another person's shoes, when they thought that the person beneath Wang Zelin was themselves... everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
"Damn it!"
Seeing this scene, Little Wharton immediately became angry. He ignored the so-called gentlemanly demeanor and roared crazily at the referee on the court:
"The guy didn't avoid it. He bumped into someone intentionally. This was a flagrant foul and he should be ejected!"
But how could Coach Terry let him take the lead and sing the big show alone? Even at the moment when Paul was pinned down by Wang Zelin, he was already laughing in his heart, but as the team's head coach, he certainly knew when to do something.
What.
"Mr. Wharton, this is a normal collision!"
Coach Terry pulled the tie around his neck and immediately shouted to Walton Jr.
Seeing that the Lakers were about to tie the score, the main point guard was knocked to the ground and might be injured. If he lost this game, wouldn't he lose his position as head coach next season...
"Shut up, old guy! You all deserve to die..."
Thinking of this, Little Wharton was really anxious at the moment.
I have to say that this is a common problem among young marshals - lack of experience!
If you dare to say something that is not worthy of being on the stage at this time, you are undoubtedly trying to anger the referee.
As expected, upon hearing such vulgar words from the head coach of a wealthy club, the referee's senses for Little Walton plummeted and he glanced at him with a straight face.
Even though his whistle tonight was biased toward the Lakers, in such a crucial game with so many fans around the world watching, he would never dare to blow Wang Zelin off the field no matter what.
At least in this round, he would not dare to commit a flagrant foul easily.
Just kidding, unless the league gives him clear instructions to allow him to do this, otherwise if he arbitrarily kicks such a current NBA figure off the game, no matter who wins after the game, he will have to live with it.
At this time, Wang Zelin had already climbed up from Paul, and you were too lazy to help the latter and walked aside on your own.
Yes, he did it on purpose just now, he wanted to make Lillard angry.
Some people like to play small tricks so much?
In this case, if you want to play, just play a big one!
After all, you are already a villain, so there is no need to be superficial and gentlemanly. It is not too late to behave in interviews after winning.
Paul also didn't expect that while he was hunting geese all day long, a goose would peck his eyes.
With the support of Kobe and Derrick Williams, Paul finally stood up and rubbed his sore chest.
"That bastard definitely did it on purpose!"
Paul looked at Wang Zelin's back, moved closer to Derek Williams, and spoke loudly, intending for Wang Zelin to hear.
Derek Williams nodded and looked at Wang Zelin. Thinking of the series of rumors about the latter's explosive fighting ability, he slapped his face several times and finally did not dare to answer the question.
Seeing that both parties involved were fine and that Paul was not injured after getting up, the referee looked at Little Walton coldly:
"Since there's nothing wrong, let's continue the game."