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"Uh-huh!"

As another three-pointer from the outside hit the net, Wang Zelin hit his sixth three-pointer of the game.

The point difference between the two teams has also reached 20 points!

Not long into the second half, Wang Zelin's personal score had reached 41 points, and Hoiberg finally panicked.

Wang Zelin's terrifying scoring ability once again refreshed his imagination. If he continues like this, the guy on the opposite side is likely to score 50 points in three quarters, or even more...

We can never let him score like this again!

Hoiberg made the team make adjustments in time and began to attack Wang Zelin frantically.

However, the attack between the two teams in the first half improved the Blazers' condition, and Wang Zelin's subsequent passes were basically converted into points.

As a result, the Bulls encountered a classic two-bottle-of-poison problem.

Double-teaming Wang Zelin, other Blazers players scored;

Without double-teaming Wang Zelin, Wang Zelin could score by himself!

After the players' condition has been fully improved, the Bulls' basket is now as wide as the sea in front of the Trail Blazers players. As long as there is an open opportunity, they will never miss it.

In this quarter, the Trail Blazers once again scored a terrifying 40+ points in a single quarter. After the first three quarters, they already led the Bulls by 27 points, 118:91!

The problem of Hoiberg's mediocre adaptability on the spot was demonstrated again in this section.

Facing the Trail Blazers' three-high lineup, he neither allowed the team to speed up and tried to use speed to drive the rhythm of the game, nor made corresponding tactical arrangements to better restrict Wang Zelin.

All he knows is to use conventional play methods step by step, and the final outcome left to the Bulls can only be slow death.

"Beep~~~"

As the final buzzer sounded, the Bulls failed to form an effective counterattack in the final quarter.

146:120!

The Trail Blazers once again defeated the Bulls by 26 points at the United Center and won two consecutive away games.

Seven players from the Trail Blazers scored in double figures tonight. Wang Zelin played three and a half quarters and scored a super triple-double of 48 points, 22 rebounds and 13 assists. He was naturally named the MVP of the game.

Since being unexpectedly upset in the opening game, the Trail Blazers have won three consecutive games, turning the score into 3-1, and now have the match point in the series.

Game 5 of the Finals will return to Portland, to the Rose Garden Arena that Wang Zelin and his teammates are extremely familiar with. By then, the Trail Blazers will have a high probability of winning the fifth championship trophy in team history at home!

In the history of the NBA playoffs, there have only been 11 cases where a 3:1 lead was overturned, but this has never happened in the finals.

In other words, the Trail Blazers can basically win the championship in advance.

What the outside world is talking about is no longer whether the Trail Blazers can win the championship, but when and with what big score the Trail Blazers will win.

In online voting by several authoritative media, 4 to 1 was considered the most likely score.

There are good reasons to support this score.

On the one hand, the Trail Blazers can easily defeat the Bulls in any confrontation. The Bulls have no advantage in the series.

On the other hand, Game 5 of the Finals will be fought in Portland. The Trail Blazers playing at home will definitely be the more dominant team in terms of morale and state.

The Bulls can't beat the Trail Blazers at home, let alone the next game on the road?

The pioneers here.

At the post-game summary meeting, after Coach Terry's manipulations of carrots and sticks, the Blazers' players heard the outside voices. Although they were inevitably a little distracted, they were still within control.

Wang Zelin quite recognized the coach's approach.

A great man once said: It is better to chase down the enemy with vigor and courage than to become a hegemon in name only!

Before everything is settled, popping champagne at halftime, a dishonorable behavior that only a fool can do, is absolutely forbidden!

That night, Wang Zelin returned to Portland with the team, waiting for the final battle.

The Bulls were trailing 3-1 in the finals and had almost no hope of comeback. They had to face the worst situation.

That is to witness the Trail Blazers reach the top again at the Rose Garden Arena!

Perhaps as many fans are saying now, if it weren't for the Trail Blazers being a little careless in the first game of the finals, and the Bulls' entire team's touch in that game was really too bad, I'm afraid the finals would have been over by now.

…

Since the venue had to be changed, there was a gap of two full days between Game 4 and Game 5 of the finals.

In the past two days, the entire city of Portland has been preparing to celebrate the team's fifth championship.

In the outer square of the Rose Garden Arena, in order to create a championship atmosphere, the Trail Blazers quickly made a huge model of Wang Zelin holding the O'Brien Trophy with both hands, and placed it in the most conspicuous position to highlight the Trail Blazers' victory at home. Determination to win the championship!

Inside the arena, everything is beautifully decorated. Various photos of the Trail Blazers' past three consecutive championships, as well as the team's championship wins during the Bill Walton era of the last century, are posted everywhere.

In the blink of an eye, the Rose Garden Arena has transformed into the arena with the most championship atmosphere in the league.

Not just in pubs, but in the streets and alleys of the City of Roses, posters celebrating the championship were posted.

All the billboards in high-rise buildings were replaced with content related to the Trail Blazers winning the championship.

Almost every citizen on the street is wearing a Trail Blazers jersey or team T-shirt.

Among them, 90% wear the No. 36 jersey!

With such a great opportunity, some merchants have launched promotions to coincide with the Trail Blazers' fourth consecutive championship. The discounts are comparable to the annual Christmas.

The smell of championship has begun to spread throughout the city.

In a flash, two days passed.

Amid the fans' expectations, Game 5 of the Finals began at the Rose Garden Arena.

This game is watched by hundreds of millions of people.

Not only the local Trail Blazers fans, but fans from all over the world, especially China and China, are waiting for the moment when they see the Trail Blazers win the cup tonight.

Even before the game, league vice president Stu Jackson and his accompanying staff had appeared at the scene with the O'Brien Cup, ready to crown the Trail Blazers.

As for our CEO joke...according to rumors, he seems to be sick again!

The game started soon, and the Trail Blazers were still playing against the Bulls.

The Big Three of the Bulls are in very good shape tonight. In the crucial match point battle, one step back is the cliff. Their potential has been fully stimulated.

The two sides played with unprecedented intensity in the first three quarters, and the Bulls even led the Trail Blazers by 7 points at one point.

In the last quarter, the consequences of the Bulls' coaching staff's relentless beating of the main players throughout the series emerged. The Big Three all experienced physical crises, and their offensive efficiency also declined to varying degrees.

Rose and Wade were better, but occasionally they played for more than 40 minutes in one or two games, and the remaining games were all around 35 minutes.

Davis was miserable. His scoring efficiency dropped off a cliff in the final quarter, and he even missed a layup after a pick-and-roll.

At this critical moment, the competition is the offensive efficiency of both sides.

As soon as the Bulls' efficiency dropped, the Trail Blazers, under the leadership of Wang Zelin, quickly equalized the score and took the lead.

With 5 minutes left before the end of the game, Wang Zelin's assists reached double figures again. His 10th assist came from Lillard.

At that time, Wang Zelin encountered a three-man team from the Bulls at the free throw line. Seeing Lillard standing two steps away from the three-point line, he passed through without hesitation.

What's even more unexpected is that after Lillard received the ball, he actually took a big step back, almost stepping on the team's logo, and shot a three-pointer from far away.

Lillard opened up completely in this focus battle, and everyone expected to shoot a super long three-pointer in the logo area.

What's even worse is...he made a shot!

All of a sudden, the score between the two sides reached 105:88, and the Trail Blazers' lead had expanded to 17 points!

The next moment, countless fans at the scene had already stood up, ready to celebrate the fifth championship in the team's history and the birth of the first four consecutive championships in the new century!

But at this moment, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

The referee began to blow the Trail Blazers' body hair whistle continuously on the defensive end. Even on the offensive end, Wang Zelin was just conducting a normal pick-and-roll screen with his teammates, but it was also called an illegal screen.

Led by Davis, the Bulls took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack, quickly chasing the score to single digits.

When Rose and Wade saw this, they didn't care about their shame, and rushed towards the Trail Blazers' basket with all their strength.

With the help of the referee, the two continued to get fouls on the Trail Blazers players.

With 58 seconds left in the game, the Bulls had tied the score...114!

In other words, the Bulls scored 26 points in just 4 minutes. In addition to a few sports battle scores, 15 points all came from free throws.

On the other hand, for the Trail Blazers, a full 4 minutes have passed. The Trail Blazers, who have proven in the series that their offensive capabilities are stronger than the Bulls, only scored 9 points in the past 4 minutes.

And these 9 points all came from three-point shots from the outside. As long as they entered the three-point line, their shots were either violated or missed the basket due to physical interference from Bulls players.

Seeing that the two sides were tied, Coach Terry glared fiercely at midnight, but he knew that he must not be impulsive at this time, and finally asked David Vanderpool to call the last timeout of the game.

When players from both sides came off the field, boos filled the air, and black whistles were heard endlessly.

Trail Blazers bench.

Everyone was silent.

In the team's starting lineup at this time, Lillard had 4 fouls, Patton had 5 fouls, and Wang Zelin had 5 fouls. As for Aldridge and Jokic... they had already received the penalty in this game two and a half minutes ago. The last foul was committed and he left the field directly.

This forced Wang Zelin to return to the No. 5 position, which caused him to quickly accumulate five fouls from only two fouls in the first three quarters.

If the referee hadn't cared a little about the dignity of the league's number one player and knew that letting Wang Zelin leave the game after a foul would cause an uproar in Saohou, I'm afraid he would have followed in the footsteps of Aldridge and Jokic.

Since Wang Zelin could no longer be targeted, the referee turned to focus on the replacements Batum and Harrell. Within a few minutes of playing, the two received three fouls each.

Otherwise, where do you think the Bulls got nearly 20 free throws in such a short period of time?

Seeing that no one on the team dared to speak, even Coach Terry remained silent, someone finally stood up.

"Montrez, did you not eat? Your defense is as weak as a dancer in a nightclub!"

"Damien, where was your confidence when you shot the long three-pointer just now? You couldn't attack the basket. Did you even forget to shoot?"

"Will, look at your terrible defense. Do you want Dwyane Wade, an old guy who is almost 40 years old, to score 50 points on your head?"

…

Wang Zelin stood up and kept talking trash to his teammates. This sudden move made everyone confused.

But immediately after, the entire Blazers team could clearly feel that Wang Zelin was very angry at this moment.

This is something that old players including Lillard have never seen before.

Wang Zelin was really angered this time!

On the court, he can endure the changes in the referee's whistle scale, and is confident that he can smash the targets from the league's top brass, but...

When the team's morale has dropped to an unprecedented low, when his teammates lack the confidence to even take open shots, this is something he can never tolerate!

Anger is a savage and negative emotion. Most people will feel that anger is irrational, cannot be expressed, and is even unbearable to mention.

But in some special moments, anger can be transformed into positive power.

In fact, anger itself is a powerful and positive motivator!

When a person uses the correct positive anger, he will feel full of power. This emotion can help him achieve success faster!

After such a violent injustice, anger is undoubtedly the only thing that can change the situation.

The anger radiating from Wang Zelin quickly infected his teammates. The fire they were holding in their hearts was quickly aroused, making them instantly become decisive from a state of hesitation.

Damn it!

Instead of losing like this, it's better to fight directly against the opponent!

Harrell looked fierce and stood up to apologize to Wang Zelin: "Wang, I'm sorry! It was my fault just now. I promise you that I will never be weak again!"

"No, you did nothing wrong. If someone from the Bulls dares to intentionally foul you, you can just kill him."

Wang Zelin's answer surprised all the teammates, but they also knew that Wang Zelin was really angry.

Such an angry Wang Zelin is something they have never seen before!

Since the Bulls are so content with enjoying the referee bonus, don't blame them for being rude.

"I see!"

Harrell nodded heavily.

Then, Wang Zelin glanced at his teammates around him again, and said forcefully: "You can shoot from outside, but I will guard the penalty area. I promise not to let the opponent get a rebound!"

"clear!"

The Pioneers generals replied immediately.

"Then come on, let's keep the win in Portland!"

"Keep the victory in Portland!"

After everyone roared in unison, they strode towards the court.

(End of chapter)