NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal

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on the field.

Ren Kelly wanted to come with you to block Wang Zelin, but he obviously overestimated the ability of his small body, and was knocked away by Wang Zelin before he could stand firm.

After two people in a row, he broke through the blockade of the Lakers' two major inside lines. Only the Lakers' backline and small forward were left in front of Wang Zelin. He accelerated to the penalty area.

Behind him, the Blazers generals also cover up.

Rondo and Kobe didn't know for a while whether to block Wang Zelin or defend their own counterparts.

But time could not allow them to consider. When Wang Zelin stepped over the free throw line, Batum's pass had already come in.

"boom!"

After catching the ball, Wang Zelin swung down with one arm and smashed the ball into the basket.

"Your Lakers defense, that's all?"

When he landed, Wang Zelin roared at the surrounding players with a fierce face.

"Break up the Lakers!"

"Break up the Lakers!"

"Break up the Lakers!"

The entire Rose Garden Arena was boiling, and the momentum of the Blazers climbed to the top in an instant.

The Lakers attacked. Rondo advanced unhurriedly after receiving the ball in the backcourt. After half court, he skillfully directed his teammates to move, then hit the ground to pass the ball, and found Kobe who appeared in space after no ball cover.

After so many adaptations, the cooperation between Rondo and Kobe became more and more tacit. Sometimes, he could even subconsciously find where Kobe was just by feeling.

This time the attack was also the same. Kobe received the ball with his back, and instantly put on a three-threat posture. After forcing Kang Liter Lee to take a step back, he jumped up and shot.

2:2 level.

Seeing this scene, Weiping Bryant was immediately excited: "It should be played like this, just give the ball to Kobe!"

Although Yu Jia on the side was not surprised by this, there was still a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

In turn, the Blazers attacked, Lillard took the ball from the outside, and watched the Lakers' position behind the main defense.

After hesitating for a while, he still intends to continue to follow Terry Stotts' pre-match arrangement and hand the ball to Wang Zelin, who is on the ground!

After Wang Zelin got the ball, looking at the Lakers' 32-zone defense, he knew that the opponent was going to target him tonight.

But don't forget, he's not O'Neal. The offensive threat is not limited to the basket. His offensive range is much larger than that of O'Neal.

Ignoring the Lakers and other players' defensive threats, Wang Zelin started to attack directly with basketball!

"Bang!"

After Wang Zelin and Ren Kelly collided, relying on heavier tonnage and strong strength, he easily knocked the latter away. Before Pau Gasol came to defend, an acceleration was turned and turned to the front of the basket, facing the defense. The man jumped and slammed the ball into the basket.

"boom!"

A loud bang caused the Rose Garden Arena to boil.

4:2, the Blazers lead at home.

"Back to defense!"

Turning around on the ground, Wang Zelin waved his hand and led his teammates back to the backcourt quickly.

Lakers coach Byron Scott shook his head helplessly.

When he encounters the strongest center in the league, and it may even be another penalty area killer after O'Neal, he has no good way to do it.

Sure enough, in the rest of the first quarter, Wang Zelin faced Renn Kelly on the inside many times to complete the attack.

Due to the slow pace of Pau Gasol, the Lakers' zone defense effect was average, allowing Wang Zelin to maintain the same efficiency in the inside storm as in the previous games.

However, even when Wang Zelin scored 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks in a single quarter, the Trail Blazers only led the opponent by 2 points in the first quarter.

It's something that many fans and spectators didn't expect.

"I really didn't expect that Kobe's efficiency after switching to no-ball would be so high. In the first quarter, he made 4 of 6 shots and scored 10 points, almost offsetting the king who was overwhelmed in the interior!"

"This fully reflects the Lakers' trust in Kobe's perimeter firepower. This is why the Lakers have been able to play indistinguishably with many strong teams this season, and even beat several championship-seeded teams before!"

"The trend of this game is as predicted by many media before the game. It is about the ability of the stars. Now it depends on Kobe and the king, whose firepower can last longer."

"..."

Yu Jia and Zhang Lili kept chatting on the commentary booth.

On the Blazers bench, after several thoughts, Coach Terry finally made a substitution adjustment and replaced Beverley in the main lineup.

He carefully looked at No. 24 on the opposite side, and thought to himself: I like running positions so much, right? I will attach a piece of brown sugar to you later and see how you can run.

After a short break, the second quarter of the game between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers officially began.

The players on the court are also the rotation players of the two teams. The Blazers are still confident. Since the new season, except for the stage when the main team suffered injuries, they basically will not change the team's five-up and five-down rotation mode in the regular season!

As for the Lakers, it's also rare, like the Trail Blazers, which had a five-up and five-down rotation.

On the one hand, because the scores of the two teams are now similar, the Lakers themselves feel that they can give more trust to the bench.

On the other hand, Nick Young, the sixth man of the Lakers, has felt very good in the past few games. He has played 20+ in two consecutive games. His excellent performance has given the main players of the Lakers more rest time. .

It's just that, facing the Blazers' bench lineup today, Nick Young, who was a little floating, was directly poured a pot of cold water!

With a little underestimation of the enemy, after Nick Young made a layup, he faced two three-pointers in the face of a strong interference wave, and all of them hit the iron.

Seeing that the opponent's rotation core is so cooperative, the other players of the Trail Blazers are also very face-saving. Under the leadership of two veterans, Garnett and Carter, the Trail Blazers played a 6-0 spurt as soon as they came up.

Fortunately, the Lakers veteran Carlos Boozer was experienced and under great pressure, Garnett successfully returned to the Blazers in the inside singles, and then he woke up Nick Young, who was poured cold water.

However, Nick Young, who recovered, quickly showed his powerful ability to fight in chaos.

As a master of chaos, the reason why Nick Young has been able to stand in the NBA for so many years is because of his singles skill pack.

With the third 3-pointer hit, the rotation of the two teams began to play back and forth on the court, and even if the Blazers hadn't brought Lillard back on the court in time, maybe Nick Young could really lead the Lakers. The rotation has the upper hand.

At least, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Lakers' strength is really not bad.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that the Blazers' current lineup is still incomplete. The lack of Aldridge, the team's second leader, and Matthews, the leading offensive and defensive player in the back line, still has a great impact on the overall strength of the Blazers.

After all, the current Blazers team is not a complete body!

In the 8th minute of the second quarter, Lillard made a killing at the basket and helped the Blazers take a 6-point lead.

There is a main force to lead the team and there is no main force to lead the team, the gap is gradually revealed.

At this point, Kobe Bryant came forward and wanted to return to the game.

Byron Scott thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Immediately, the Lakers put the starting lineup back on the court.

The Blazers also made a lineup adjustment. Unlike the first quarter, the top player became Beverley.

Kobe Bryant immediately understood that this was an adjustment made by the Blazers for himself.

However, he was only surprised that words such as fear and fear had never appeared in his dictionary.

Double-teaming, the Black Mamba has never been afraid!

On the field, the Lakers' offense.

Kobe Bryant began to move on both sides of the three-point line to find opportunities.

But this time, someone was always chasing after him, sticking to him like a piece of brownie candy.

Seeing that Kobe didn't have a chance, and time was running out, Rondo handed the ball over to Pau Gasol on the inside to handle it.

Pau Gasol got the basketball, and the fans of the entire Rose Garden Arena began to look solemn.

As the hero of the Lakers' two consecutive championships, Pau Gasol has long lost the name of the soft egg during the Grizzlies period. The Blazers fans are very clear that the guy's strength is not necessarily inferior to Aldridge, and he is definitely the most powerful player in the league. One of the strongest power forwards.

At the same time, defending Paul Gasol is a rookie Jokic who is not known for his defense. They are worried that the white fat man from Serbia will not be able to defend the opponent.

After catching the ball, Pau Gasol sat back hard, but he was surprised to find that he did not have much advantage in this confrontation.

It seems that this rookie of the Blazers is really not bad.

However, as a senior in Europe, he felt that it was necessary for the young people behind him to see the strength of his predecessors.

In the second shot, Pau Gasol continued to play with his back, and Jokic deliberately took a step back, wanting to win by surprise.

But he forgot that Jiang was old and spicy after all.

Not only was Pau Gasol not fooled, but he turned around and shot from the back.

At this time, Jokic also knew that he was in the game, but it was too late, so he could only watch the other side take action.

"Shh!"

The basketball flew in the air for a while and entered the frame.

At 44:40, the Lakers trailed by 4 points.

"Ugh!"

There was a sudden lament on the sidelines, making Yejiqi's face a little ugly.

"Rookie, if it's a man, call me back in a while!"

Batum stepped forward and patted Jokic's big **** heavily, making a loud noise.

Whoops, it feels good.

When he retracted his hand, he muttered softly.

Trail Blazers attack.

"give me!"

Under the basket, Jokic shouted at Beverley with a ruthless face.

Beverley couldn't help but glanced at Wang Zelin, who was serving the ball below, and saw the latter nod to himself, and then passed the ball to Jokic.

In the cheers of the audience, Jokic made an offensive move with the ball. As a future mvp player, although he is still relatively immature at this stage, his shoulder swaying can already be fake.

On the other hand, Pau Gasol's defense can only be said to be average even in his peak period, not to mention that he has now entered the stage of an old man in his thirties.

Just when Pau Gasol hesitated, Jokic suddenly turned around and made a breakthrough. After Wang Zelin's strict weight loss, his figure became slimmer and his footsteps became more flexible.

Although this level of breakthrough was not enough for him to easily wipe away from Pau Gasol, he had an idea, put Pau Gasol on his shoulders, and still entered the penalty area.

Pau Gasol did not expect this fat white man to be so flexible and his key skills so skilled. You know, he is still a first-year rookie!

Jokic rushed to the basket, held the ball in both hands, and then took three steps to successfully attack the frame!

"Haha, a very powerful response! Maybe Pau Gasol didn't expect that the rookie Qiufeng of the Blazers would be so tough."

At the beginning of the tnt commentary, Barkley patted his belly excitedly and laughed.

"Nice job Nikolai!"

Wang Zelin gave Jokic a thumbs up, and the latter responded with a smile.

After that, in the frenetic atmosphere of the entire Rose Garden, the first half of the game ended quickly.

At 53:48, the Blazers entered the second half with a five-point lead.

On the Blazers side, the highest scorer was Wang Zelin, who played a total of 16 minutes in the first half, scoring a quasi-double-double with 17 points and 9 rebounds.

The highest scorer on the Lakers side was Kobe Bryant, who also played a total of 16 minutes in the first half, scoring 15 points.

"As everyone expected, whether it was Wang Zelin of the Blazers or Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, the performances in the first half were in line with the state of the game we expected, although the leaders of the two sides did not have a substantial confrontation, but they were both passing Keep scoring to help the team."

At halftime, Kenny Smith made his comments.

"At the same time, we have to admit that the league's current No. 1 center and No. 1 shooting back, Wang and Kobe are well-deserved."

Barkley next to him nodded in response.

"It's just that now, because the other players of the Lakers are more ineffective, at the end of the half, the Lakers are in a backward position." Kenny Smith continued.

"No no no, I still insist that the key to this game is the performance between the leading stars of the two sides~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It's only a five-point difference, whether it's for Wang or Kobe, it's easy. The difference between the two sides is not so big as to be qualitative!"

Barkley sang the opposite.

The home locker room.

As soon as he got back, Beverley got up to express his apology to Terry Stotts.

With high expectations, he actually did not do a good job of defending Kobe in the second half of the second quarter. Facing his defense, Kobe not only made 2 of 3 shots, but also made a foul on him.

This kind of performance is obviously not what the coach wants to see.

However, coach Terry also understands that when a superstar is in good shape, it is basically difficult to be restrained.

What's more, the object Beverley needs to defend tonight is "Black Mamba" Kobe Bryant, so he doesn't blame too much on the coping ability.

Fortunately, on the Blazers side, Wang Zelin, the leading star, completed the task of benchmarking with Kobe well, and even had the upper hand in the first half.

It's a big step, and the second half is to fight again in situ.