NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal: Chapter 385 Gunpowder smell 10 feet
Night gradually fell.
At 19:00 in the evening, all the fans entered the Chesapeake Energy Arena, and nearly 20,000 tickets were sold out.
After the Blazers eliminated the Thunder last season, tens of thousands of Thunder fans wearing blue and white jerseys held up MVP signs one after another, and the atmosphere on the scene exploded.
This is our home field!
We will definitely beat the Blazers like last time!
All members of the Thunder team were immediately full of confidence.
After the monstrous opening, the ceremony ended.
When Durant led the Thunder players on the field, Wang Zelin felt the ground of the entire Energy Arena tremble.
But he was not envious, because in the Rose Garden, Portland also enjoyed the same treatment, even worse.
The geographical advantage of the home game is fully demonstrated at this moment!
So what?
Again, this is not the first time he has defeated the Thunder here.
Trail Blazers bench.
Wang Zelin took off his thermal clothes, moved his joints, and prepared for the referee to signal to play.
"The Thunder's home atmosphere is still so lively!"
Although it was not the first time he came here, after Beverly glanced at the crazy fans, there was still some envy in his eyes.
"How happy they are now, how miserable they will lose in a while!"
The teammates turned their heads to look at Wang Zelin.
Unknowingly, the youngest young man in the team has become the pinnacle of Ding Haishen that every player of the Trail Blazers must listen to seriously!
"Brothers! This battle must be won!"
Wang Zelin came over, formed a group with his teammates, and uttered the loudest roar tonight.
"This battle must be won!"
The other teammates quickly followed suit.
"Tonight's match can be said to be head-to-head. Before the official start of the match, it is full of gunpowder!"
Teacher Yu Jia explained excitedly.
After the Blazers chose Lillard and Wang Zelin last season, they quickly emerged and became an emerging force in the West. It has long aroused the interest of ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBATV All-M4 TV stations. This season, their all-millimeter live broadcasts are close to 30 games, ranking fourth in the league after New York, Lakers and Heat.
Two equally young teams, the Thunder and the Trail Blazers, after the end of last season's playoffs, gradually began to look like old rivals. This season, their market contests were all broadcast live by Normal University TV.
TNT sent the long-lost Barkley and Kenny Smith's ace commentary combination.
Naturally, the Imperial TV broadcasted the match live, and also sent their ace partners, Teacher Yu Jia and Zhang Weiping Bryant.
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The game started quickly, the two sides jumped the ball, and Wang Zelin won the first attack for the team.
However, the Blazers failed to make a fast break, Westbrook returned to the defense and switched to positional warfare.
Without a good fast break opportunity, Lillard will not play hard, honestly wait for his teammates to get in position, and then hand over the first attack to Wang Zelin to handle.
This is also the starting choice of the Blazers most of the time. Now that there are so many teams in the league, I am afraid that only the Blazers and the Spurs will choose to give the first offensive ball to the inside to make a decision.
The Thunder hadn't settled down inside yet, so Wang Zelin took the opportunity to quickly rush to the frontcourt, throwing off the opposing Perkins, forcing Ibaka to defend.
This is also one of his usual routines this season. If the speed of the opposing center is not as fast as his own, then use the speed advantage to get rid of the opponent and quickly form a 5-on-4 situation in the frontcourt. All four players can create opportunities for misplacement.
For example, now, when you come to the frontcourt, the defender is replaced by Ibaka.
Against Ibaka, Wang Zelin had an absolute advantage in strength and tonnage. Since the former has outstanding athletic ability, it is destined to lose something.
If both strength and speed can be achieved, Ibaka's career ceiling will not be just a high-quality defense over offense jigsaw puzzle, and it will not even be selected as an All-Star.
Ibaka's assisted defense is already the top in the league, and his single defense is actually not bad. However, when facing Wang Zelin, he was limited by his weight, and he was powerless to stop Wang Zelin's dragon impact.
When Wang Zelin carried Ibaka to the basket, Durant immediately participated in the defense and double-teamed him in advance.
Now the Thunder has already formed a 4 defense and 5 defense in the frontcourt, and now they are double-teamed, so Aldridge and Batum are empty.
Compared to the corner three-pointer, Lillard chose a more secure mid-range two-pointer. Aldridge received the pass and hit a jumper.
2:0, the Blazers lead away.
This is why as mentioned earlier, handing over the first attack to Wang Zelin is only the reason why most of the Blazers start the game.
Because there are still some times, because his offensive threat is too great, it is often easy to attract opponents to double-team, so the team has better offensive options.
For example, the ball just now.
Thunder attack.
Coming to the frontcourt, the Thunder also handed over the first attack to the team boss.
Durant was on the left wing, and Batum defended close to him, but the former got the ball.
Wang Zelin wandered around the low post on the right wing and near the basket, ready to defend with Batum at any time.
In the seventh season of his career, this year is the most explosive year for Durant in scoring. He is currently averaging almost 33 points per game. Among the previous scoring champions since the new century, only Tu Longke averaged 35.4 points per game in 2006. Overwhelm him.
In addition, Kobe is one year older this year, and Anthony led the team to play tepidly in New York, and the scoring of both of them has declined. So this year has been without a doubt:
Kevin Durant is the best scorer in active service!
For the current Raytheon, any place on the court can be a point of attack.
After receiving the ball, Durant didn't dribble too much, he took a step forward, forcing Batum to retreat half a step, and stood up on the spot.
"Shua!"
Scored two points.
After the goal was scored, the fans at the scene screamed, but Durant looked resolute and cold, and he didn't mean to celebrate at all.
What are you all excited about?
Is this not my routine?
This year's Durant has not only improved in terms of strength, but also has a stronger mentality. The attitude of death that made the entire league fearful in later generations slowly surfaced.
"this…"
Batum glanced back at Wang Zelin, feeling extremely helpless. Even Kobe, who encountered two consecutive championships in his rookie year, had never led people to despair like this!
Durant's dislocation and unsolvable attributes are undoubtedly a natural disaster for the defender's psychological defense.
It's so unreasonable!
Wang Zelin didn't say anything, he just patted Batum's butt, turned around, caught the ball and sent it to the baseline.
However, this does not mean that his inner truth is as calm as it seems.
If you dare to bully my brother, then be prepared to blow up your insiders!
The Blazers attack.
Wang Zelin pushed into the low post, and Perkins entangled him, not wanting him to score easily.
Thunder fans roared out one after another.
"That's right, Patrick! That's it, you are the strongest against that Eastern boy!"
Facing Perkins' circling forward, Wang Zelin pulled forward sideways at this time, blocking him behind him.
As a draft pick in the same year, the tacit understanding between Lillard and Wang Zelin, many times no longer needs to communicate with words.
The moment Wang Zelin started, Lillard noticed Wang Zelin who was about to reach his position, and directly passed the ball with both hands.
"Well done!"
Wang Zelin said happily in his heart.
Immediately afterwards, he made another effort, like taking a step under the basket, jumped high, grabbed the ball with his right hand, straightened his waist and abdomen, turned halfway in the air, and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand through Perkins.
"boom!"
The audience was stunned.
"beep~"
The referee whistled, Perkins failed to take off, blocked the foul, and added a free throw.
"Alley-oop! Performance from the Portland youths! Deadly mid-air strike from Wang!"
Barkley's roar ~www.mtlnovel.com~ broke the silence of the audience.
"Spicy chicken!"
"Little bastard!"
"Fly!"
The fans immediately booed.
Parkinson babbled, and spat trash talk at Wang Zelin: "Stinky boy, how dare you block me? You managed to **** me off! I'll let you know right away what real cruelty is!"
Faced with such a small role, Wang Zelin didn't even bother to talk to him, he was too 13.
Going to the free throw line and making an extra free throw, only Perkins was left looking at his back, with hatred in his heart.
The first few contests between the two sides were full of gunpowder, just like the warm-up dunk competition before the game.