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The next day, news of the Trail Blazers and Clippers' G4 battle had spread throughout the league, but people were most concerned about Griffin's injury and...

Paul may miss the floor of the Western Conference Finals again!

After trailing by 17 points in the first quarter, 25 at halftime, and after three quarters, they lost a full 41 points to the Blazers, which was just 100 million points away. Paul almost had to repeat the 58 tragedy during the Hornets era.

Fortunately, the Blazers chose to be a person up and down, and used a rotation against the Clippers' main lineup in the final quarter.

After the audience, the Blazers "only" won the Clippers by 23 points at 107:84.

As for Paul, face was finally saved.

However, he is now afraid that he would rather go through the 58 tragedy by himself in exchange for a healthy Griffin.

Unfortunately, the reality is cruel.

Griffin, who has been diagnosed with a first-degree sprain of his right ankle by the team doctor, will have to rest for at least a week before returning to the game.

It means that in the next battle of Tianwang Mountain, he will not be able to play.

At this moment, Clippers fans sighed in their hearts when they thought of all the things Paul had encountered in the playoffs in the past.

Sin!

Maybe they remembered that the Trail Blazers No. 36, who scored 20 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 assists in the first half last night, was also confused for a while.

It seems that even if Griffin is not injured, the Clippers may not be the opponent of the Celestial Kid.

Could it be that the "conspiracy theory" mentioned by the media is true? The Portland Trail Blazers chose this first game to let it go in order to celebrate their promotion to the Western Conference Finals at home.

They can't help but think so. It's really the offense and defense that the Blazers have shown in the last few games. As for the Clippers, it can be said to be crushing.

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the other end.

Around noon on the 13th, Portland Airport.

As soon as Wang Zelin and his teammates got off the plane, the reporters who had been waiting for a long time rushed up and blocked the passage.

"Hey, hello, guys, I can understand your feelings, but please understand the passengers behind, go outside first, and I will give you a chance to interview later."

Although the passengers behind him recognized the Trail Blazers and did not complain, Wang Zelin still consciously asked the media to make way.

After all, everyone's time is precious, and wasting other people's time is a surefire way to make money.

After more than an hour, the Trail Blazers got on the bus and returned to the team headquarters at exactly one o'clock in the afternoon.

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Wang Zelin and his teammates returned to Portland, leading the series 3:1.

Outside...the wind of public opinion has quietly changed.

It is true that there are three games left in this series. Looking back at history, it is not that no team has achieved a shocking reversal when they were 1:3 behind.

In theory, the Clippers still have hope of advancing to the Western Conference finals.

However, considering that the Clippers have lost a general, and more importantly, in the next three games, the Blazers can advance as long as they win one game!

The situation of the two teams is not the same.

Originally, before the start of the series, the outside world generally believed that the overall strength of the Trail Blazers was slightly stronger than that of the Clippers. Although it was slightly more, it did not reach the qualitative gap. If the Clippers blow up in the series, the Clippers really have a chance of defeating the Blazers.

The same is true for the development of the plot later. The series is the first game. It is precisely because of Paul's outbreak that the Clippers are the first to win.

Although there are more or less the reasons why the Blazers underestimate the enemy, after a game, people also realize that the strength of the Clippers must not be underestimated.

The Clippers can win, which is somewhat unexpected, but also makes sense.

However, people did not expect that the recovered Blazers players would play so bravely in the next few games.

As if it was a shame to lose to the Clippers by 17 points in the first game, in the next few games, the Trail Blazers fought their lives and returned to the home court for three consecutive games.

Up to now, no one has questioned the strength of this Portland youth army, and not many people have felt that the Clippers can achieve a shocking reversal.

Besides, it seems that Clippers coach Doc Rivers is the one who is easy to lead the team to be reversed.

Thinking of this level, Wang Zelin had a very happy day on the 13th.

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Of course, some are happy and some are sad.

Speaking of which, another second-round matchup in the West is against the Spurs VS Thunder. This matchup is far more thrilling than the Blazers VS Clippers matchup.

After two games in the series, the Spurs took the Thunder 2-0, taking the lead and taking two games lightly.

And just when everyone thought that the Spurs would swept the Thunder 4:0 in one go, the Thunder generals who returned to the Oklahoma Energy Arena to play at home were under enormous pressure from a 0:2 deficit. , pulled back two games in a row.

The series score returned to a 2:2 tie.

Things seemed to get interesting all of a sudden.

Although fighting against the Clippers, the Blazers are also constantly watching the Spurs and Thunder games.

After watching 4 games, it is not difficult for Wang Zelin to find that the old guys from the Spurs are really old.

Unlike the first two games, 112:105 and 112:77, the big score difference between the two teams was about 10 points.

G3 battle 92:106, lost to Thunder by 9 points;

G4 battle 92:105, lost to the Thunder by 13 points.

One thing to say, the two sides played extremely anxiously in the last two games, and the Spurs were in a leading position more than once in the first half and even in the first three quarters, but in the critical fourth quarter, the Spurs would always be the first to be unable to hold back. that.

Regardless of the pressure, the root cause is that this Spurs team is really too old.

This season, the average age of the entire Spurs team is 29.6 years old, which is almost the oldest team in the league. Tim Duncan, the oldest player on the team and the core of the team, is 38 years old.

As early as a few years ago, the media and fans used to say "Spurs are getting old", "Duncan is getting old" and so on. However, it is such an aging Spurs that this year's regular season had the second-best record in the league after the Portland Trail Blazers, and the playoffs were all the way through, as if they were going back to the finals.

To be honest~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The shock this Spurs brought to the outside world is hard to describe in words.

Some people don't want them to beat the Thunder, they just want to see these old guys quickly make room and let the young people on the stage of history.

Similarly, some people hope that these old guys can achieve the feat of reaching the finals twice in two years, because these old guys are entrusted with their youth.

This makes the outside world's view of the Spurs extremely complicated, but there is one thing in common:

admire!

Sincere admiration!

With this mixed mood, the fifth Tianwangshan battle between the Spurs and the Clippers began.

Similarly, at the Rose Garden Arena, the Trail Blazers who returned to their home court also ushered in the fifth game with the Clippers - the Battle of Tianwang Mountain!

The two battles of Tianwang Mountain are particularly important, because this year's two Western Conference finals teams are very likely to be born tonight.

It can be seen as the first part of the Western Finals!