NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal: Chapter 561 meet the storm
This game was broadcast live on Quanmi, and there was also a live broadcast on the domestic TV station.
Before the game, the two sides announced the starting lineup.
Trail Blazers: Lillard, Connet Lee, Batum, Jokic, Wang Zelin.
Bulls: Rose, Kirk Hinrich, Jimmy Butler, Joakim Noah, Lopez Jr.
This summer, although the Bulls management did not get Gasol in the trading market like the original history, they did get the younger brother of the big and small Lopez brothers from the Pelicans management.
From the perspective of immediate combat power, Lopez Jr. is definitely not as good as Gasol, or even his brother Brook Lopez, but from the perspective of a traditional center, his ability is definitely enough to start. of. Although in terms of technical style, Lopez Jr. and Noah are a bit defensive, but he is not so extreme. He can occasionally shoot mid-range shots and finish offenses at the basket.
After all, under the influence of Wang Zelin's terrifying performance on the field, the league has gradually become a trend of hoarding meat shields and blue collars.
In the new season, when the Bulls formed Joakim Noah and Robin Lopez's inside partners in the penalty area, the Bulls' inside deterrence has been the top in the East, and it is also top-notch in the league.
Before playing, Wang Zelin looked at the comprehensive evaluation of the opponent's players.
"Ross scored 84 points... It seems that Rose has recovered well this year. That's right. I remember Rose's Bulls career. He spent the last playoffs this season. Not only did he make it to the second round, but he also averaged It's a pity to be able to send out data of 20.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 1.2 steals..."
Thinking of the end, Wang Zelin shook his head slightly, then looked at Joakim Noah and Robin Lopez:
"Joakinoah scored 80 points; sure enough, last season's injury had a great impact on Noah. From the All-Star level, the league's top blue-collar insider, his strength has plummeted;
Robin Lopez scored 77 points; completely expected, since the end of his rookie contract, Lopez, who was traded to the Pelicans, averaged 11+8 per game in two seasons, and his ability is close to that of a quasi-All-Star Nothing wrong.
Jimmy Butler...85 points? Whoops, it turns out that Jiba is currently the strongest in the Bulls! "
"Player: Jimmy Butler
Height: 201cm
Weight: 105kg
Location: sf/sg
Team: Chicago Bulls
…
Body Hidden Attributes
Lower Body Strength: 77
Upper Body Strength: 75
Speed: 75 Explosive Power: 72
Dexterity: 74 Bounce: 70
Bullet speed: 70 Stamina: 98
Injury resistance: 93
offensive ability
Hitting: 64 Layups: 75
Medium shot: 73 Long shot: 66
Dunks: 70 Passes: 68
Ball possession: 77 Free throws: 84
Breakthrough: 70
defensive ability
External defense: 86 Internal defense: 62
Rebounds: 70 Blocks: 60
Steals: 72
Composite Rating: 85 (All-Star)
Evaluation: Excellent offensive and defensive wings
Natural skills:
1 Physical Expert (Gold)
Players are less likely to enter the fatigue state, and when the physical strength is too low, the impact on the player's offensive ability will be reduced by 10%
2 Jagged Titans (Silver)
The opponent gets an offensive rebound, and the defensive efficiency in the round is increased by 4 points, which can only be maintained in this round."
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Seeing Butler's player evaluation and specific data, it is obviously visual information projected on the retina, but when Wang Zelin saw Butler's double 90+ physical fitness and injury-resistant physical attributes, his eyes widened.
Even if he is on the hook, the current physical fitness and injury resistance, the hidden physical attributes are only 94 and 95, and this is enough for him to often play the whole game in the fierce confrontation of the playoffs last year. I don't think there is anything.
Butler's... it's a bit over the top!
Of course, Wang Zelin still didn't take Butler very seriously. Not to mention that Butler has just entered his peak period, even in the season when he led the Heat to the finals in 2019, Butler did not have the kind of superstar influence on the field.
To borrow a comment from a sauna commentator on Butler:
The strongest thing about Jiba is that you don't know where he is.
It’s no wonder that many fans will be ridiculed in the future: Say Butler is a superstar, he seems to be close to something; say he is an All-Star, he is quite tough (||_)
emmmmm... Seeing that Butler, who is like an iron man, played less than 70 games in the regular season last season, and this season is around 60+ if there is no accident, Wang Zelin can't imagine what he has experienced under Tom Thibodeau?
Butler's patience is his own. Under the background of the league with the number of rounds per game skyrocketing, the average number of games played is close to 40. No one can stand up to it!
But what does this have to do with him?
This season he has consciously reduced his average playing time and controlled it to around 30 minutes.
As for the opponent, let him see tonight, how tough is Jiba?
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Amid the boos of the away fans, Wang Zelin brought his equipment to the middle circle, and the rest of the Trail Blazers took their positions.
For the Bulls, Lopez Jr. went to the middle circle to jump the ball, and Rose, Hinrich, Butler, and Noah were ready to retreat.
No surprises, Wang Zelin won the jump ball over Lopez Jr., and the Blazers went first.
The Bulls were already prepared. Lillard and Jokic, who were going crazy and fast, were posted by Rose and Jokinoah, and Hinrich went to follow Connett Lee.
After losing the jump ball, Lopez quickly retreated back. Seeing that his teammates were keeping a close eye on the opponent's players who were about to play, just as he was about to praise him, he suddenly remembered that Wang Zelin, who was facing him, was missing. Looking again, The phrase "gift crab" stuck in his throat, how could that guy run so fast?
At this moment, the shortcoming of Lopez Jr.'s slow pace was exposed at a glance. Ross and Noah, who had just settled down on the Bulls' side, saw Wang Zelin cut in from the middle, and then flew high.
boom! !
With a heavy dunk with both hands, the Trail Blazers scored first.
2:0.
"Damien, your passing is getting more and more comfortable!"
After Wang Zelin landed, he followed Lillard who came over and took the palm.
"With me here, please be ready to take off at any time!"
It's rare for Lillard to fart once.
"Hush! Shh! Shh!"
Bulls home, the United Center arena quickly remembered the huge boos.
Speaking of it, there are actually a lot of "grievances" in the history of the two teams.
In the 1992 Finals, both the Trail Blazers and the Bulls entered the finals for the second time, but the latter wanted to defend the title, while the former hoped to return to the top.
The biggest highlight of that round of the series was the strong dialogue between the Air Jordan and the glider Drexler, two of the league's top shooting guards.
This was a topic that the media debated before the start of the 1992 finals: Is the glider that led the Trail Blazers to the finals stronger or the trapeze who led the Bulls stronger?
This was not an absurd topic in 1992, not to mention that Drexler ranked second in the MVP vote in the regular season (the first place was Jordan), and Drexler, who made it all the way to the playoffs , averaged 26.9 points, 7.7 assists and 7.2 rebounds per game before the finals. The data is more gorgeous than the regular season, and the overall shooting percentage has also increased to 48.9%. The Blazers also had a strong bench that year, so they had an easier route to the Finals than the Bulls.
After all, the crossbow on the other side faces the East, and the Knicks forced them to the tiebreaker in the second round. Although they also reached the finals, they were much more bumpy than the Blazers.
It's just... everyone knows the result later, whether it is the Trail Blazers or Drexler, they all lost miserably in front of Jordan.
The most impressive thing left to the fans is Jordan's classic celebration of looking at the away fans and shrugging his shoulders, and his crazy performance of 35.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 6.5 assists in the finals that year, with an overall shooting rate of 52.63% and 42% of three-pointers.
The opposite glider finals averaged only 204:087.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, with an overall shooting rate of only 40.7% and 15% of three-pointers.
The "glider or Jordan" topic hasn't been brought up since.
However, the pain left by the Bulls led by Jordan to the Blazers has been remembered to this day.
Now the feng shui is turning, the Bulls are declining, and the Blazers are rising. Every time the two sides compete, countless Blazers fans flock to the scene and give strong support.
Take the present as an example, in the United Center, which is known as the largest stadium in the United States, 1/3 of the auditorium can accommodate 21,879 people, wearing the Trail Blazers away jersey, and the remaining 2/3, there is a spectator in the auditorium. The small half of the body is wearing Wang Zelin's jersey. Not surprisingly, this small half of the people are basically Chinese faces.
In other words, more than half of the people in the entire United Center came to support the Blazers and Wang Zelin.
Therefore, not long after the boos of the Bulls fans sounded, another stronger voice instantly overwhelmed them.
"Mvp! Mvp! Mvp..."
The deafening cries of mvp sounded, and the target was none other than Blazers No. 36 on the field.
At this time, Rose, who was actively returning to defense on the court, suddenly froze, raised his head with difficulty, and looked around.
A few years ago, the Windy City's mvp call would only have sounded for one person, and that was him—Derrick Rose.
Now that times have changed, it is difficult for him to hear the fans shouting "mvp!" for him in this home court.
What is lost, I will definitely get it back with my own hands.
Rose came back to his senses, staring at the back of No. 36 opposite, his eyes became extremely determined.
Bulls attack.
Rose and Noah launched a pick-and-roll from the outside, and then Noah cut in from the middle, Rose took advantage of the situation, and then saw a big hat on the Trail Blazers No. 36 slapped him out.
"Good hat!"
Lillard yelled outside, quickly took two steps forward, successfully blocked the block and stole the ball in Wang Wanglin, and quickly took the ball down immediately.
Lillard's speed, to be honest, is a group of historical-level superrunners such as peak Iverson and peak Rose, but among the active guards, he is also a good player in this regard. Now it's okay to bully Rose, who has suffered two serious injuries, his legs are scarred, and his physical condition is declining.
For example, right now~www.mtlnovel.com~ Ross's consciousness has come to his senses, and he speeded up to catch up at the first time, but he found sadly that the distance between himself and Pioneer 0 in front is getting farther and farther...
Lillard's speed was really fast. When he reached the front court and faced the unguarded basket, he made a one-handed dunk and gave the Blazers a 4:0 lead.
"Rice! Rice! Rice!"
In the auditorium, many Chinese fans shouted Lillard's most widely spread and well-known nickname in domestic basketball.
The reason why he is called "Rice" is mainly related to his surname "Damien", a familiar homonym.
At the beginning, the Trail Blazers played a strong performance, and the first to feel it was the Chicago Bulls.
They understand that even without Aldridge and Matthews, their opponents are still terrifying tonight.
In the meantime, they're getting ready for a storm!
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