NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal

Latest URL: Trail Blazers starters:

Point guard: Damian Lillard

Shooting Guard: Wes Matthews

Small Forward: Nicolas Batum

Power Forward: Kevin Garnett

Center: Wang Zelin

Garnett started this game, because Adridge suffered a little injury during training and went to the bench.

It is also in line with the normality of his career, with few major injuries and constant minor injuries.

However, with Garnett's physical reserves at this time, he won't be able to play for a long time in the starting lineup. It is estimated that Wang Zelin will take turns to change partners.

This made many Chinese fans watching the game look forward to the scene of Wang Zelin and Yi Jianlian playing at the same time.

Two days ago, I went to New York to play the Knicks. The two had the opportunity to be on the court at the same time, but in that game, Wang Zelin was busy attacking, and the ball was highly concentrated, and there was no scene of wonderful cooperation between the two.

Hope you can get hold of this one!

Pistons starters:

Point Guard: Brandon Jennings

Shooting Guard: Chauncey Billups

Small Forward: Josh Smith

Power forward: Greg Monroe

Center: Andre Drummond

Head Coach: Michael Curry

The name of the opponent's head coach is a bit intimidating...

beep beep beep

The game is about to start.

Wang Zelin concentrated, won the jump ball, and set the ball back to the Trail Blazers' half court.

As soon as the ball was received, the fans on the scene began to shout the charge slogan, and the overwhelming offensive shouts showed the youthful vitality of the Portland Trail Blazers team.

Lillard pushed forward quickly, and while the Pistons were not in a defensive formation, he directly broke to the basket and made a layup.

"Shh!"

2:0.

The Trail Blazers go to the next city first.

Pistons offense.

In this game, the Pistons' starting backline seems to be playing a double organization, but those who have watched the previous games know that Billups is more about buying feelings.

The veteran's strength is long gone, and he started a few games in order to highlight the respect of the Pistons for his contribution to the year.

Sure enough, Billups advanced to the front court, handed over to Jennings, and consciously squatted in the bottom corner.

Jennings is a typical pick-and-roll point guard with average ability to break through. After all, his body is there.

Led Greg Monroe to cover, broke through to attract help defense, and scored the ball to Josh Smith from beyond the three-point line.

However, the ball was a bit fast, and Josh Smith caught the ball in a hurry, and his foot accidentally stepped on the sideline.

Bad start.

"It was a misfit between the Pistons players."

In front of the camera of the imperial court, Yang Jian explained: "It is inevitable. After all, the Pistons' offseason lineup has been adjusted quite a lot. There is a lack of tacit understanding between the players, and it takes time to run in."

Ma Jian on the side nodded silently.

Trail Blazers offense.

The Pistons retreated quickly this time, and Lillard saw that he had no opportunity to take advantage of it, so he could only fall into position and organize the attack slowly.

Under the basket, Wang Zelin arrived at a familiar position, and Andre Drummond played against him.

Strange to say, there are always a lot of water friends in later generations who say that Andre Drummond's help data is brushed out, but it's really bad.

This kind of person must have had a needle in the forehead.

Andre Drummond, who just entered the league, has shown superb defensive skills, coupled with abnormal wingspan and excellent athletic ability, this guy is very likely to become one of the best defenders in the NBA in the next few years. .

In this regard, the Trail Blazers No. 36, who debuted in the same draft as him, has a deep understanding.

As for why Andre Drummond's defensive potential was not converted into strength, Wang Zelin thought about it and could only come to a conclusion:

The environment affects life!

If you stay on a bad team for too long, no matter how good your talent is, it will be in vain.

"king!"

At this moment, there was a rumbling sound behind him.

Looking back, I saw Andre Drummond said: "In a while, I will show you the results of my summer of hard work, and prepare for the challenge."

"???"

Wang Zelin was full of question marks.

What do you mean?

There is also the result of a summer of hard training. Could it be that you have become offensive?

Don't make fun of it, it's a cold joke.

Influenced by the deep-rooted memory of later generations, in Wang Zelin's impression, Andre Drummond is always a rough man, his defense is always trustworthy, and his offense... is always trustworthy.

After walking two steps under the basket, Wang Zelin suddenly leaned against so many people, wrapped his arms around him, and stuck him behind him.

At this point, Lillard's pass came.

Court Sports Station.

"Wang Zelin wanted the ball, and Millard passed the ball to him. Wang Zelin turned in place and changed his posture to face the basket. Is he preparing for a face-to-face singles?" Yang Jian said, "Guo Ma, What odds do you think this ball has?"

Ma Jian didn't hesitate, opened his mouth and said, "It's hard to say, although Zelin performed well in the first two games, even quite good, but the defense of the opposing players was relatively average, so I..."

"Hey, wait a minute," Yang Jian hurriedly stopped, surprised: "I have no objection to the Suns and the Knicks, but according to your opinion, Dwight Howard and Jokinoa's defenses are very poor!"

"That's right!" Ma Jian took it for granted, and then explained: "Don't forget, the rookie Zelin has played wildly on Howard more than once. According to the data, he has been playing well against Howard. It's very good, and it's like Dayao Lei back then, a bit restraining Howard..."

Seeing that Yang Jian nodded cooperatively, Ma Jian continued: "What's more Qiaojinnuoah, it's even more nonsense! With his physique and defense, wouldn't it be free to face Zelin? If I I had Zelin's physique back then, don't say anything about Qiaojinnuoah, I'm all four centers...ahem, you know what I mean!"

"…"

Yang Jian was completely dumbfounded.

As if a little unwilling, Yang Jian smiled and said: "Guo Ma, I think, Howard's defense is not as bad as you said, after all, he is recognized as the number one center in active duty!"

"Who recognized it?"

Ma Jian threw the manuscript in his hand, squinted his eyes and smiled.

"you…"

Yang Jian felt that he needed to be quiet.

"Don't believe me, you haven't played football at first glance. I'm from a soldier. How can I deceive you from watching football?"

Ma Jian's sudden cadence made everyone in the live broadcast room stunned.

No, Master Ma, why are you so excited all of a sudden?

Seeing that our brother Yang was too scared to answer.

Yang Jian was stunned for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he was also a little angry: Do you really think I am a good-natured person?

Immediately retorted: "You tm..."

Gradually, a large number of fans watching the game were attracted by the debate in the live broadcast room, and subconsciously drew their attention from the game.

within the venue.

Seeing that Andre Drummond was stuck, Greg Monroe, who was low on the left wing, immediately came over to help defend.

Greg Monroe doesn't have the superb foresight of other people's coaches. He only knows that he and Howard can't hold Wang Zelin in the opening game. No matter how talented Andre Drummond is, he is still far from Howard's dpoy-level defense. Not a small difference.

Wang Zelin slammed into Andre Drummond, who was behind him, and immediately turned around to take a big jump.

Andre Drummond is ready to be knocked away. After all, when he played against Wang Zelin last season, the latter's terrifying power left a deep impression on him.

But this time, he felt that Wang Zelin's strength was within his tolerance.

Time does not allow for too much time, and Andre Drummond, who is already excellent in athletic ability, takes off from the side and blocks in time.

"Snapped!"

He slapped Wang Zelin's wrist close to the basketball.

"Bang!"

The next moment, Wang Zelin hung his hands on the basket, but the basketball was raised high.

Knock off!

beep~~~

The whistle sounded.

The referee signaled that player No. 0 of the Pistons committed a defensive foul, and No. 36 of the Trail Blazers added two free throws.

After landing, the two looked at each other, one was shocked, the other was ecstatic.

"I almost got covered!"

The shocked person, of course, was Wang Zelin.

He somewhat underestimated the future Zhuangshen's defensive ability and great potential on the defensive end, and more importantly, he underestimated his ability to withstand.

Wang Zelin put his hands on his hips and felt a burst of grief from his waist. He felt a little annoyed in his heart: Damn! Too many absurd things have been done recently, and the donkeys of the production team can't stand it!

It suddenly occurred to him that many NBA stars were addicted to their degenerate performances after being addicted to money and wine, and instantly felt frightened.

Since when did I become like this?

"Boy, go to the free throw."

Garnett urged, curious in his heart: he didn't even look at what the occasion was, and he was in a daze.

"Oh, right now!"

Wang Zelin hurried to the free throw line.

What fans did not expect was that Wang Zelin, who has always been known for his steadiness in free throws, actually missed both free throws.

"Uh, Wang Zelin missed all the extra penalties. It's going to be traced back to the last time he hit all two free throws."

Yang Jian said in surprise.

"…"

This time, it was Ma Jian's turn to turn his head, so what are you talking about?

Could it be that he was mad at what he said in front of him.

That's a big sin!

Ignore the two narrators and return to the arena.

Pistons attack.

Andre Drummond is in the low post on the right wing, Josh Smith is at 45 degrees on the right wing, Jennings is at the top of the arc, and this is the strong side.

On the weak left wing, Greg Monroe has mentioned the left wing high, where he can play both pick-and-roll and support.

In college, Greg Monroe was hailed as the best passer of the 2010 draft.

The pseudo-starter Billups waited for an opportunity at the three-point line in the left bottom corner.

Wang Zelin will definitely not put too much energy on Andre Drummond, knowing that in the 2020s he has passed through, he is still a physical man with limited offensive means.

Indiscriminate left and right hooks under the basket, fairly stable throws, and occasional breakthroughs after struggles, of course, the most sharp thing is his secondary offensive ability.

After fighting for the offensive rebound, the scene of three or five people playing and dunking on his body made Andre Drummon a frequent visitor to the top five **** from time to time.

And his Achilles heel is ~ no basket!

Not only did he hit 35.5% of his free-throw shots, but his mid-range and long-range shots never matched him.

To his credit, Drummond is not the kind of person who cares too much about his face. He cares more about how to improve his strength.

In order to improve his free throws, he specially learned Rick Barry's free throw posture of holding a urinal. In just one summer, Drummond's free throw shooting rate suddenly rose to 61.2%, and it remained at about 60% in the following seasons.

In this regard, there are still many people who have ridiculed Shaquille O'Neal, who has retired for many years. O'Neal is very cooperative. In the interview, he decisively stated that he would not be like this if he was killed.

That joke was left behind.

Wang Zelin didn't notice that Andre Drummond, who was next to him, had the energy to get angry.

Before Jennings started directing traffic, he saw Billups in the bottom corner make a beautiful move, swayed out of the space in victory, and reached out to him eagerly while turning to a 45-degree angle.

Jennings quickly gave the ball to the past.

The source of Billups' "Mr. Key" nickname is inseparable from that murderous three-pointer.

Aldridge threw out without hesitation to make up the defense, a look of regret flashed across Billups' face, and with a hit, the ball was handed over to Greg Monroe in the high post.

Greg Monroe also has a mid-range shot. Although it is unstable, it does not mean that he can shoot easily.

Wang Delin took two steps up at full speed. In this position, he could guarantee that he would interfere with Greg's shot, and he could also take into account the return defense.

At the same time, Greg Monroe received the ball and immediately turned from his back to the side, his left arm against Wang Zelin, and his right hand grabbed the ball and raised it, making a sky hook gesture.

Of course, there is no sky hook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's ability to do this, just for better passing.

Greg Monroe raised his right arm with one hand and the ball turned to the right short corner.

The moment he let go, Wang Zelin turned around and went straight to the penalty area, with a calculation in his mind: Andre Drummond will definitely hit the frame when he receives the ball, that's his comfort zone.

"Shh!"

Andre Drummond raised his hand and made a two-pointer, a direct hit.

2:2 tied.

When returning to defense, he deliberately glanced at Wang Zelin.

see it? I'm different, I can vote too!

Hit on the first shot.

However, Wang Zelin didn't look at him at all, and went to the basket to pick up the ball on his own.

It's okay, it doesn't matter, as long as I can score more points than him in this game, it proves that I'm no worse than him.

Andre Drummond thus started a rivalry that only he knew.

No one knew that a piece of data suddenly appeared in Wang Zelin's mind:

"Player: Andre Drummond

Team: Detroit Pistons

Position: Center

…

body hidden properties

Lower Body Strength: 90

Upper Body Strength: 87

Speed: 72

Explosive Power: 75

…

offensive ability

Layups: 82 Shooting: 58

Long Shots: 41 Dunks: 84

Passing: 66

defensive ability

External Defense: 60 Internal Defense: 74

Rebounds: 91 Blocks: 75

Steals: 74

Overall rating: 77 (starter)

Comments: Future All-Star with defensive potential to compete with dopy"

Using the system to check Andre Drummond's digitization ability in his mind, Wang Zelin knew this time that the challenges the other party talked about before were not inexplicable, but were really supported by capital.

I remember last season, when the Trail Blazers lost a game to the Pistons in the Eastern Conference for eight consecutive games, Andre Drummond’s mid-range shooting ability was rated at only 44 and his long-distance shooting ability was only 28.

It is equivalent to no offensive threat from the three-second zone.

As a result, it only took one season and one summer, and both shooting jumped by more than ten points.

According to the rating and rating of the player's individual ability value by the system, take the shooting ability as an example:

99-90: Marksman

89-80: First-class shooter

79-70: Elite pitchers

69-60: Steady pitcher

59-50: Open pitcher

49-25: The ability is too low, and the reference value in the NBA arena is not great

What Wang Zelin envies most is Andre Drummond's 91 rebounding ability, which is the ability evaluation of the historical rebounding king.

Sure enough, some people are born lucky, and God is chasing after them to feed them.

With the talent potential in the field of rebounding, Andre Drummond can definitely be regarded as the top handful in NBA history...

What?

You said I was hanging 13!

Oh...that's fine.

But for some unknown reason, Wang Zelin always felt that Andre Drummond's advance evolution was closely related to himself.

No, even the coping ability that was supposed to be developed after the 2017~2018 season has already come out.

66's passing ability, if he doesn't draw Chris Webber's ability, he doesn't know how long his passing ability will hover in the stage of 60-69.

…

…

…

The first quarter is over.

The outside world thought that the Trailblazers, who should have shown the tendency to crush the Pistons, performed mediocre, 19:22, and even trailed the Pistons by 3 points.

And Wang Zelin, who was in hot form at the beginning of the game, lost the bloodthirsty and brutality of the past today. He only scored 3 points and 3 rebounds in the first quarter. It should be the first time he has scored so few points in the first quarter since the start of the game.

The Blazers fans are not used to eating meat dishes and occasionally switching to vegetarian food.

During the intersessional break.

Whether it's teammates or coaches, everyone noticed that Wang Zelin's competitive state was not right. He failed to hit the basket once, and the 3 points he got were still 3-of-5 from the free throw line.

"Wang, what's the matter with you today? On the court, you'll just sit and run like a tool man and run back and forth, and attack the penalty area on the opposite side to the death!"

Coach Terry was dissatisfied.

Another big thing to watch today is the battle between the two best centers in the 12-class rookie class.

In fact, as early as the end of last season, the focus of media attention was no longer on the contest between Wang Zelin and his contemporaries.

He's so tm great!

Therefore, this season, the media will compare Wang Zelin with the top players in the league.

Also in the second grade, Andre Drummond is no longer enough for Wang Zelin's consideration.

However, in reality, it is still necessary to proceed from reality, and everything is good to seek truth from facts.

The Pistons have not had much star flavor since the establishment of the team. Even in the period of the Pistons Bad Boys, the most glorious in the history of the team, the impression given to the outside world is more notorious.

Star, halo, positive energy... these words have never been associated with Detroit.

Therefore, before the game between the two teams, no matter how much the media wanted to be a demon, they couldn't do it. In the end, they could only make some articles on the two rookies of the same class, Wang Zelin and Andre Drummond.

No way, the conditions are limited!

However, after the game, what made the media reporters ecstatic happened.

When Wang Zelin, whose status and momentum had just been elevated to the top level of the league, faced the Pistons, he was actually at a disadvantage in the contest with Andre Drummond.

In the first quarter, Wang Zelin scored 3 points and 3 rebounds, and Andre Drummond scored 6 points and 3 rebounds. Two of them were hits from mid-range catches and one was a dunk.

The two rebounded the same, but Andre Drummond completely surpassed Wang Zelin in scoring.

Although the new season took the initiative to use Wang Zelin to compare with Zhan, Ke, Du and other league super giants, it was this group of media, but they had to be black when they should be black.

Don't say stupid things like "slap your own face", do guys who dare to work in the media industry care about their face?

Make money, not shabby!

Equally ecstatic, there is Andre Drummond, who is sitting silly on the bench.

Before he started playing, his bottom line in this game was to get 10 points and 10 rebounds in front of Wang Zelin.

That's right, as long as he can get a double-double on Wang Zelin's head, Andre Drummond thinks that his summer of hard training has not been in vain, and he sees the former's back again through hard work.

The reality is unexpectedly smooth!

Is it possible that my strength can already keep pace with the Blazers No. 36?

Andre Drummond felt a emptiness in his heart at the thought of accomplishing half of his pre-game goals so easily.

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