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As Coach Terry predicted, in the following time, not only Aldridge continued his fiery state, but other players of the Trail Blazers also made frequent hits, which made it impossible for the Warriors to play.

With nine points behind, the situation quickly deteriorated further.

In the 11th minute of the last quarter, the Warriors fell behind by 19 points and then replaced the main players.

At the end, 126:111, the Trail Blazers won by 15 points.

Aldridge played hard in the second half, scored 11 points in the third quarter, scored another 13 points in the fourth quarter, and finally scored 29 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.

In terms of data luxury, it is definitely not as good as Wang Zelin's 31 points, 18 rebounds, 4 assists, 9 blocks and 2 steals. However, due to the highlight performance in the second half, the final quarter boosted the team's morale and defeated the Warriors in one fell swoop.

In the end, he was named the best player of the game together with Wang Zelin.

After the electronic buzzer sounded to represent the end of the game, the entire Warriors team was downcast, which was in stark contrast to their aggressive temperament before the game.

The Warriors players should indeed be frustrated. They led for most of the half, but were turned over by their opponents in the last 10 minutes.

At the same time, the comparison of the personal data of the players of the two teams is even more appalling.

At the end of the game, the Trail Blazers had 56 rebounds, while the Warriors had only 40; in terms of assists, the Trail Blazers had 26, and the Warriors had 21;

The most sad thing for the Warriors players is the three-pointer. The Warriors made 15 of 27 shots and the Blazers made 18 of 33 shots.

There is nothing worse than being beaten by your opponent in what you do best.

Stephen Curry scored 19 points efficiently in the first half, then suddenly misfired in the second half and only scored 7 points. He scored 26 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in the game.

Compared with the previous two rounds of 30+, his performance is really excellent.

You know, Curry's data in the first two rounds can be called the number one outsider, which can be described as extremely gorgeous. But today, the whole world understands why Curry can only rank second in the MVP selection!

In this head-to-head game between the two sides, Curry was completely defeated from the team to the data.

Klay Thompson, another offensive core of the Warriors, scored only 17 points today, and he made 2 of 7 shots from beyond the three-point line. That's right, apart from scoring two three-pointers in the first half, Thompson never scored a single three-pointer in the second half. He was blocked by the Blazers' impenetrable defensive system.

As for Draymond Green... that's another sad story.

Green scored 11 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists today, which perfectly fit Wang Zelin's previous evaluation of "three single superstars". He took 13 shots today, hit 4 goals, and his shooting rate was 30.8%, ranking bottom among all players who played more than 30 minutes.

It can be said that the performance of the Warriors' three-core Curry, Thompson, and Green today is completely the opposite of Aldridge.

If it is said that Aldridge is an explosion in the later stage, then the three of them will fight more and more, and the further they go, the less they will see.

Before the game, Green yelled in front of the media many times that he wanted Wang Zelin to try the Warriors' tsunami attack. Curry also said with confidence that he would not lose to Wang Zelin again this time.

But tonight, the two overturned one after another.

"At the end of the game, the Portland Trail Blazers took the lead and turned the total score of the series into 1-0! It is worth mentioning that they have won the first victory in the series for three consecutive rounds, and the most dazzling two tonight The star is undoubtedly Wang Zelin, who showed his MVP-level strength to the fullest.

Of course, Aldridge's self-salvation in the second half was also moving. But I still want to say that without Wang Zelin's absolute dominance on the defensive end, the Warriors have been unable to open the score for a long time, I am afraid we will not be able to wait for his salvation. "

"That's right, I think now, no one should question why Wang Zelin is the MVP? After this game, the Warriors should put away their blind confidence. Don't forget, standing in front of them is the defending champion. Champion!"

Both Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith were full of praise for the Blazers. As the defending champion, the Blazers let the Warriors know what a real championship level is.

In fact, in the past few seasons, the horror of the Portland Trail Blazers has enveloped the entire league. The Heat in the 13-14 season and the Cavaliers in the 14-15 season both tried to break the Blazers' dominance.

However, they all fell at the feet of the Portland Trail Blazers.

Today, Wang Zelin, like Aldridge, once again saw the tenacity of the defending champion.

So what if you temporarily take the lead?

It doesn't matter, anyway, we will have the last laugh!

…

At the press conference after the game, Wang Zelin and Aldridge accompanied Coach Terry to the scene.

As soon as he appeared, Wang Zelin was immediately surrounded by the media.

"Wang, you fell behind in the first half. May I ask, is this because you underestimated the enemy or some other reason?"

"You also said that we were just behind in the first half, but that doesn't affect us being the winners tonight." Wang Zelin laughed.

The reporter was startled, I just want to hate you, but how can I answer you when you say that!

"Wang, LaMarcus didn't perform well in the first half, why do you always let him play the main attack in the second half?" Another reporter asked.

"Because we are a team, not just me, including Damien, Nicholas, and Will, they are all aware of LaMarcus' ability. Facts have proved that he did it in the end, didn't he?" Wang Zelin replied calmly.

During the entire on-site interview, except for some disharmony at the beginning, the reporters who asked questions later were very sensible, and they just bragged about Aldridge.

On the other hand, at the Warriors press conference, only Steve Kerr was present, and this man avoided the important things and said some irrelevant things.

"The Blazers deserved to win this game, they controlled the pace of the game in the second half. As you can see, they kicked our ass, we tried to take over the game, but the result was obviously not what we wanted. need."

"Wang was as good as ever and we couldn't stop him at all. There is no doubt that he is a great player and it will be really difficult to take the victory away from him."

"..."

Cole's tone of "admitting defeat"~www.wuxiaspot.com~ naturally couldn't arouse the slightest interest of the reporters. The press conference finally ended hastily, and it seemed that the Warriors had already arrived in advance.

After all the reporters left, Cole put his right hand in the audience and silently clenched it into a fist.

Of course he would not admit defeat, what he said and what he thought in his heart were completely different things.

Cole is a guy with strong self-confidence. He knows that being overturned tonight has something to do with being too rough, and he has already learned something from this game.

Next, he will concentrate on not making low-level mistakes like tonight.

Fortunately, this is only the first match, so it should be regarded as a test for both sides.

Cole took a deep breath, stood up, and walked to the visiting team's locker room.

(end of this chapter)