NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal: Chapter 307 Enhanced version of the bully VS old Duncan

It was night, at 91:105, the Trail Blazers won 9 consecutive victories by 14 points at home, and stopped the Celtics' 4 consecutive victories in one fell swoop.

In this game, the Celtics were weak on the inside. The inside combination with Brandon Bass and Kelly Olynyk as the starting lineup was bombarded by Wang Zelin and Arter on both offense and defense.

Facing his old club, Connett Lee started tonight, played 28 minutes, made 8 of 13 shots, 4 of 5 three-pointers, scored 23 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals, 1 turnover and 0 fouls. field best.

The atmosphere of the Celtics was Jordan Crawford, and the brave Connett Lee, who was in a flying state, couldn't find the north. In 34 minutes, he made 4 of 12 shots and scored 11 points.

Wang Zelin played 30 minutes and didn't exert much effort. He made 7 of 9 shots and 6 of 8 free throws. He scored 20 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks.

Kelly Olynyk, who played well before, did not meet the Celtics' expectations for Wang Zhilian's defense. His physique is too fragile and his athletic ability is average.

Although his offensive skills are comprehensive, in front of Wang Zelin, his physical confrontation ability is seriously insufficient, and it is difficult to maintain his shooting shape later.

At the end of the game, a piece of news quickly detonated the league as soon as it was released, successfully stealing the Blazers' 9-game winning streak.

Before November 15, the league has arranged two games, one is the Portland Trail Blazers vs. Boston Celtics at home, and the other is the Oklahoma City Thunder away to challenge the Golden State Warriors.

In the end, Westbrook hit a precious go-ahead three-pointer with 2.3 seconds left, the score became 115-114, and the Thunder led by one point.

With only 2.3 seconds left in the game, a buzzer lore was hit, helping the Warriors complete the lore at 116:115, making Westbrook's previous three-point lead useless.

After the game, the Warriors narrowly beat the Thunder by one point. This season, they remained unbeaten at home with 4 wins and 0 losses. The Thunder suffered two consecutive losses back to back.

"The Thunder can't do it this year. It's a pity that we have one less opponent in the playoffs."

After learning the detailed process from the media, Wang Zelin was extremely disdainful.

The media reporters were dumbfounded, but they couldn't refute anything, because Wang Zelin, who led the Blazers to 9 consecutive victories, had the confidence to say this.

After winning the Celtics, the Trail Blazers ushered in a wave of 9 consecutive victories in the first half of November.

Although there were five regular-season teams last season, the Mosaic, Bulls, Knicks, Nuggets, and Celtics, they still won, and most of them won with an absolute advantage of 10 or 20 points or more.

Next, it depends on whether they can continue to maintain this momentum in the second half of November?

Before the start of the regular season, the US authoritative media ESPN guessed the probability of the championship: After the defending champion Heat experienced 27 consecutive victories in the last game, the probability of winning was once as high as 75%!

Although there were wins and losses at the start of this season, and the probability of winning has dropped a bit, the media agreed that their probability of winning the championship is leading the league.

Before the 9-game winning streak, ESPN predicted that the Blazers' championship probability was 28%; after the 9-game winning streak, it has now soared to 42%, which is all under the Heat's 48% and the Spurs' 46%.

The famous basketball commentator "Yang Yi of the United States" wrote in his SP column: "Leading the league's 9-game winning streak is not the biggest reason for the Blazers' 42% chance of winning the championship. The biggest reason is that this team has built A very balanced offense and defense system.

Not only led the league with an average of 110.6 points per game, but also controlled the opponent's average points per game to 94, and no team could match the 16.6 point difference.

With such a team, it is hard for me not to associate him with the championship stage in June next year! "

After playing for only half a month, the Blazers have become one of the most anticipated teams in the entire league. Whether it is Wang Zelin, the other starting players, or even the substitute players, they have all received great attention.

"Do you really think of us as a department store?"

Neil Orsi received a large number of trade applications, some trade chips, and even he was moved.

For example, the Spurs submitted a trade application for Connett Lee, the Bulls wanted Mo Williams, and the Wizards took a fancy to Batum... The Miami Heat are the most outrageous. dridge.

But he turned them all down in the end.

The team has a very good chemical reaction up and down this year. If it is a marginal player, he can consider it. He will not move players beyond the important rotation level.

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On November 17, in an away game, the Blazers are about to challenge a hard stubble—the San Antonio Spurs.

This has been the case in the past few seasons. This year the Spurs have always started so steadily. Except for the game lost to the Lakers, which could not withstand Kobe's 43-point bombardment, the Spurs did not let go of all the other 8 games.

The current pattern in the Western Conference is that the Trail Blazers lead the Western Conference and even the league with 9 wins and 9 wins, followed by the Spurs with 8 wins and 1 loss. The Clippers and Warriors ranked third and fourth, both with a record of 6 wins and 3 losses, the Oklahoma City Thunder in fifth, the Grizzlies in sixth, the Lakers in seventh, and Mosaic in eighth.

Of the top 8 teams in the Western Conference, except for the Mavericks falling behind and being squeezed out by the Lakers, the remaining 7 teams have not changed.

The biggest change is the Portland Trail Blazers, who were supposed to be in the middle of the Western Conference, but now they are directly ranked first in the league.

Tonight, fans are about to see the first matchup between No. 1 in the West and No. 2 in the West, plus the two teams are the two Western Conference Finals teams from last season. Therefore, this game has been successfully turned into a preview of the Western Conference Finals this season after the general trend of the media reporters.

After all, as far as the current ranking of Western Conference teams is concerned, no matter how the media ranks, it is impossible for the Trail Blazers and Spurs to be ranked outside the top three.

The Western Conference finals preview is a bit exaggerated, and it can especially provoke hatred from other teams, but after thinking about it, the fans still agree.

In the away locker room, several big media were allowed to enter it for interviews.

Fliggy Barkley, no, now the ace commentator Barkley asked: "Wang, just tell me, how many consecutive games do you want to win this season?"

Good guy, Barkley selectively ignored the outcome of the game when he came up, and directly asked about Wang Zelin's ambitions.

Wang Zelin said: "Charles, you know it. The number of consecutive victories is actually not important. What our team pursues is victory. If you're asking about victories, the more games the better."

Uh, after a long time, you don't mean that you want the Blazers to keep winning, just say no...

Then, the pre-match title will be up to you: The Celestial Boys are high-spirited, and no one or any team can stop their winning streak. Will they keep winning?

While slandering, Barkley asked: "Going back to the next game, do you think the Spurs are putting you under a lot of pressure?"

Wang Zelin said with a smile: "You should ask the San Antonio people next door, and ask them to open their eyes and see, who is the number one in the current record list?"

When the media asked questions about the team's record leading the league, Wang Zelin never shy away from the pride and confidence of himself and his teammates.

Let’s not say that this is a fact. Have you ever seen someone who would shrink back when he was young, and he would be crazy when he should be crazy. How can you be worthy of your great youth?

"Oh! According to you, the Blazers are pretty sure."

"With the strength in place, can victory be far away?"

Wang Zelin asked back.

"...Okay, then I wish you victory in the game." Barkley was once again stimulated by Wang Zelin's pretentious words, and fled out of the locker room.

Wang Zelin was taken aback, and quickly waved his hands: "Hey buddy, you've only been here for a few minutes, this opportunity is rare, don't give up so easily!"

Barkley moved faster.

"Ha ha…"

There was laughter in the locker room.

In the home locker room, Sima Weiqi and his players were also being interviewed.

Speaking of which, the Spurs are really a magical team!

When other teams interviewed, the media reporters first asked the core players, and only occasionally interviewed the head coach.

It's a different story here in San Antonio.

The main interviewees of media reporters have become the head coach Simavich, such as Duncan, Ginobili, Parker and the team's new core Leonard, few reporters interview them.

The reporters said: "Do you think we thought, who made those guys all have ice faces, laughing with me for a long time may not make a fart! With this time, why don't you ask Sima Weiqi more about you?" question."

Hey, the little old man seemed to have drunk a couple of drinks before the game, that old blushing, it would be a pity if he didn't hurry up to interview.

Kenny Smith, who was in charge of interviewing the Spurs, asked: "Greg, are you ready to interrupt the Trail Blazers winning streak?"

Sima Weiqi pretended not to hear clearly, and asked, "Victory streak? What are you interrupting? What kind of winning streak is there..."

Kenny Smith frowned and increased the decibel: "You said, are the Spurs ready to interrupt the Trail Blazers' 9-game winning streak?"

"Oh, this is it."

After hearing it clearly this time, Sima Weiqi quickly smiled and said, "The Spurs have never pursued such illusory things about winning streaks. Besides, every season is important for every NBA team." It is a marathon competition, we pay more attention to the final result.

Winning streak or something, you should go to the bottom of the player interview, here, Tim and the others are here, go quickly, hahahaha! "

It seems that Sima Weiqi didn't drink enough fake wine today, and Kenny Smith couldn't get any valuable news from the interview.

Before the game, the two sides announced the starting list:

Spurs: Tony Parker, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan, Tiago Splitter

Trail Blazers: Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge, Wang Zelin

The focus of the battle will never be without the presence of the court staff.

After getting the starting lineup, Zhang Lili said: "The starting lineups of the two teams are the same as what we speculated before the game. Yu Jia, what do you think will be the key to the victory of the Trail Blazers and Spurs tonight?"

"Oh! It seems Director Zhang has an idea, why don't you talk about it first."

Hearing what Zhang Lili said, Yu Jia instantly knew that the former already had goods in his stomach.

"Haha, then let me throw bricks and attract jade first."

Then, Zhang Helin explained: "This season, Sima Weiqi took Tiago Splitter from the rotation list to start. Although this European white big man has no shooting ability, he is not afraid of confrontation, is good at pick-and-roll, and is good at basketball. The protection of the basket and the low position are very good.

The inside defensive system formed by him and Duncan allowed the Spurs to win 8 games this season with a net rating of 11.5 points, second only to the Trail Blazers.

Considering that at the beginning of the Trail Blazers, many players broke out, and the regular season has been played for a long time, and the average points per game will definitely drop to a certain extent. It can be said that the two teams are at the top of the offensive and defensive leagues, and their starting lineups have been running in very well. Then, the key depends on the performance of the rotation players! "

"Director Zhang, you mean the contest between Ginobili and Mo Williams?" Yu Jia said.

"It's possible." Zhang Lili smiled.

If you want to select a list of players who have a chance to win the best sixth man award this season, Mo Williams, who averaged 15+ points per game in the Trail Blazers, can definitely top the list.

The league's No. 1 team has scored among the best off the bench, and Mo Williams has the greatest chance of getting the sixth man of the year.

For Mo Williams, who has only had one Eastern All-Star substitute in his career, the Best Sixth Man award is very tempting.

The Spurs' Manu Ginobili happens to be a regular on the list of favorable contenders for the Sixth Man of the Season award.

What kind of sparks will collide between the two, everything will be known after the game starts.

In the player channel, players from the two teams met.

"Meet you again, the number one power forward in history who occasionally plays the center position!"

Seeing the Spurs No. 21, Wang Zelin couldn't help but joked.

"..."

Duncan walked away slowly without saying a word, but there was an embarrassment in the air.

Both of them knew very well that in the game, Tiago Splitter would not be able to defend against Wang Zelin. The main defense against Wang Zelin had to be Duncan, but this guy was also a power forward in the starting roster...

It's no wonder Wang Zelin teased Duncan so much just now.

After the game started, Tiago Split was naturally no match for Wang Zelin.

As soon as they came up, Duncan and Wang Zelin began to fight hand-to-hand, without acting for a while. Tiago Split completed the jump ball and took the initiative to find Aldridge.

Duncan's stance angle is extremely tricky, using both hands and feet, just to prevent Wang Zelin from receiving the ball in a comfortable position. In the playoffs last season, he used this method to make Wang Zelin feel uncomfortable.

"How does it feel to be eliminated in the Western Conference Finals?" After entangled with Wang Zelin for a while, Duncan took the initiative to speak up.

Duncan, are you in a hurry?

Slightly taken aback, Wang Zelin suddenly laughed out loud.

In the 48 minutes of an NBA game, no one can keep silent for the entire game, and Duncan is no exception.

However, his state in the game is always focused and proficient in psychology, so he is rarely stimulated by his opponents.

It may be the loss in the finals of last season, or it may be the strong strength of the emerging team Blazers to the outside world, finally Lian Shifo felt the pressure.

Deng Cheng knows that the Spurs' player integration this year is even stronger than last year, which is the key year for winning the championship. If this year is not successful, GDP will be one year older, and the hope of winning the championship will become increasingly slim... He does not want to miss this year.

Wang Zelin, who vaguely understood Duncan's psychological changes, responded indifferently: "So what? You are not the championship. In essence, you are losers just like us!"

After responding, he suddenly mentioned a high position and set up a cover for Lillard.

Lillard took the opportunity to break through, so fast that the team's defense had no time to react.

This is the new task that Terry Stotts set for Wang Zelin: increase the frequency of high-position screens and side responses, and temporarily reduce the number of low-position attacks.

Regarding the coaching arrangement, Wang Zelin has no opinion.

Basketball is a game for 5 players. Not to mention that he does not have the NBA ceiling strength of Jordan, the **** of basketball, even if he has, it is impossible for one person to play from start to finish for 48 minutes.

So, good teammates are really important!

After Lillard broke into the three-second zone, Leonard immediately came up to block, Lillard stopped the ball, and just passed it to Batum who was open, Tony Parker was already stuck.

The speed of the Spurs' defense change can be seen.

The Blazers passed the ball down, and time was running out.

"here!"

Suddenly came Wang Zelin's shout, and Batum from the flank immediately took the ball and handed it to Wang Zelin in the short corner of the right wing.

Duncan stretched out his hand to cover his face, Wang Zelin completed the shooting shape, ignored the interference, and sent the ball to the basket.

2:0, the Blazers went first, and the players quickly retreated.

The reason why Wang Zelin agreed to coach Terry to implement his new tactic is because he discovered in the previous team training games that sometimes, it is not necessary to attack the frame at a low position to have an offensive threat.

After being pulled out, Wang Zelin, who has a very high shooting threat, will make the opposing player have to follow. At this time, the opponent's penalty area will be vacant, and the breakthroughs of Lillard, Batum, Matthews and other outside players will be useful. The place of martial arts...

Because Wang Zelin's passing ability has been recognized by everyone in the team, he can find teammates who have opportunities in the first time, and guide the basketball to teammates accurately.

Moreover, whether it is Lillard or Batum and Matthews, they all have quite good ball-playing abilities. If they are defended, they can transfer the ball to teammates with better opportunities in the first place.

This style of play will increase the number of times the team passes the ball, increase the team's overall assists, and make the teammate's data look better...

As for Wang Zelin, his scoring may drop, but his assists will rise.

However, if this can make the team win more easily, he doesn't mind such a tactical play. After all, this style of play is more healthy than low-post strong play, and it is also more conducive to protecting the body.

There is no way, the city of Portland has too many players who have received the "curse of injury", which makes him feel terrified.

Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case!

Of course, when necessary, when someone needs to step up to handle the team's key ball, coach Terry will still choose to let Wang Zelin use his most confident low-post attack to play.

After serving the baseline shot, Duncan shook his head secretly in his heart. Although the shot seemed to be blocked in time, it was actually more than a beat slower.

Duncan, with old arms and legs, could no longer keep up with Wang Zelin's movement speed.

Spurs attack.

When he came to the low post on the left wing, the ball was handed over to Duncan.

The 37-year-old Duncan may need the assistance of his teammates on the defensive end, but the offensive end is still as stable as when he was 27 years old.

Sitting in a low position, Wang Zelin arched his back and pushed in. As he got closer to the basket, Duncan immediately turned right and tried to slip into the bottom corner.

Wang Zelin reacted and turned around immediately.

But at this moment, Duncan made an emergency stop, then turned left, stepped on the edge of the paint, and shot two points from close range at a forty-five-degree angle.

"Bang ~ swish!"

Hit the board.

2:2, the Spurs tied at home.

"Oh! Tim hit the board on No. 36 of the Blazers. Is this the defense of the league's number one center?"

It's not a big deal to watch the excitement, Barkley yelled jokingly.

"This is Tim, this is the charm of Stone Buddha! As always, it is unpretentious, but the opponent can't guard against it!" Kenny Smith praised.

When Wang Zelin and Duncan faced off, Barkley and Smith on the TNT commentary stage couldn't help but gradually favor the old guy who started playing in the last century.

However, the Blazers No. 36 on the opposite side did not have the idea of ​​respecting the elderly.

It was the Blazers offensive round.

It was the familiar pick-and-roll again. Lillard used the screen to break through, and after being blocked by Danny Green, he handed the ball to Matthews.

Matthews dribbled two steps in, Tony Parker switched in place and blocked the forward path...

The familiar voice sounded again, Matthews made the ball, Wang Zelin responded from a high position, and completed the shot in front of Duncan...

The next moment, No. 88 of the Trail Blazers broke out from the bottom line, jumped close to the basket, caught the ball with his right hand and pressed it into the basket.

"Bang! Blind Karaka!!"

"Alley-oop!!"

Barkley and Kenny Smith exclaimed at the same time.

Outside the venue, Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts showed a satisfied smile.

If you want to beat the Spurs, you have to beat Shi Fu Duncan first.

Looking back at Shifo's playing history, who can truly gain an absolute advantage in his matchups? What impressed the fans the most is the five games between the Suns and the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals in 2005. Stoudemire averaged 37 points.

It was a round of playoffs that was easy to create impressions, and even made many fans say that "Sun Stoudemire beat the peak Duncan" legend.

In fact, the Spurs won the Western Conference Finals that year.

Because from the perspective of the Spurs, there is no need for them to use Duncan and Stoudemire as a pair. Putting too much energy on the defensive end will lead to insufficient offensive energy, not to mention that Duncan hadn't lost weight at that time.

However, Terry Stotts still got some inspiration when looking back at past game videos.

Duncan's defensive end relies on first-class anticipation and a strong body. His super wingspan allows him to cover the sky and the sun under the basket; Duncan also has excellent coping skills.

After talking about the advantages, it comes to the disadvantages.

The relatively average lateral movement speed~www.mtlnovel.com~ makes it difficult for Duncan to defend against opponents with fast feet and excellent shooting ability. This is an undeniable fact.

When Duncan played against Stoudemire when he was young, it is evidence that the latter scored high scores many times.

It's okay when Duncan concentrates on defense, and his opponents won't get so many points, but Sima Weiwei didn't allow him to patronize defense at that time, and the Spurs still needed him to score.

But now, Duncan is old. Whether he wants to or not, he will not be able to guard against Stoudemire in the Sun era.

The Trail Blazers don't have the bully Stoudemire, but they have a stronger Wang Zelin.

The latter has all of Stoudemire's offensive capabilities, and his personal offensive and coping capabilities are stronger with Stoudemire...

Using an enhanced version of the bully to fight Duncan is the strategy that the coach of the Trail Blazers has worked out for several nights.

At this time, Terry Stotts' wretched smile was captured by the sideline photographer.

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