Reverse Growth Superstar

On the first day of the 16-17 playoffs, all four games were very anxious.

The players certainly don't want to play so hard in the first round, but for the fans, this is a huge benefit.

The regular season is over, who wants to watch that kind of petty games?

The anxious and suspenseful game is definitely what fans want to see most.

With four exciting games on the first day as a pavement, people are more interested in the matchup between the Grizzlies and the Blazers.

Last season, the Blazers played very intensely with the Grizzlies. Although the Trail Blazers are only eighth in the Western Conference this season, it is because they suffered injuries in the mid to late season.

In terms of hard power, the Blazers' strength is definitely not limited to the eighth level in the West.

Link once said that the Blazers are one of the eighth strongest in the West, but he is not talking pretty.

In the morning before the game, many fans and experts predicted the outcome of the game.

Most of them believe that the final score difference of the game will be within 10 points.

In other words, they all think this will be an anxious game!

Before the start of the evening game, when Link was interviewed by reporters, the reporter asked him questions related to this statistic.

However, Link is not very interested in this: "I don't like to predict the result before the game, and I can't say exactly what the difference in this game is. So, ignore this question and watch the game with peace of mind. Right."

Link waved his hand, equivalent to not answering anything.

On the other hand, Lillard agrees very much with this prediction.

"There is no doubt that this will be a real battle. We will do our best, and the eighth in the West is not necessarily here to accompany you."

Both sides hold their own words, but the attitude towards the game is the same-we must go all out!

The referee signaled the starting players from both sides to enter the field, and Link took off his training uniform and jumped twice.

He looked around, the Federal Express Arena has been turned dark blue by the uniformly dressed fans.

It's been a long time since such a scene!

For the Blazers, the starting five are Lillard, McCollum, Evan Turner, Maurice Harkris and Meyers Leonard.

This lineup is very much in line with the current trend of the small ball era. The No. 4 Harkris can make a sudden shot and is a swingman No. 3 or 4.

In addition to being tall, Meyers Leonard also has an excellent three-pointer.

This season, he averaged nearly 3 three-pointers per game, shooting 37.7% from the field, making him a reliable spatial fifth.

As soon as the two opened, McCollum and Lillard were full of opportunities.

Of course, the ability of this lineup to open space is not as good as the Warriors, because the starting small forward Evan Turner's three-pointer is really not enough.

Turner's three-point shooting this season is only 26.3%, as a player who plays the 3rd position, this is naturally not qualified.

But you can't shoot a three-pointer from just one position, which doesn't hurt.

The Grizzlies unceremoniously brought up the Twin Towers lineup.

The Grizzlies have nothing to hide, and they don't need to save their strength for subsequent games.

Regardless of who Gasol and Jokic go against Harkris, it will be Harkris' nightmare!

Stotts naturally knew this shortcoming. In fact, he never thought of relying on defense to contain the Grizzlies.

Whether the Blazers can win tonight depends on whether Portland's backcourt double guns can fire all the bullets.

The referee threw the ball up, and the Grizzlies officially started their 16-17 playoff journey!

Meyers Leonard won the ball for the Blazers, and Lillard moved quickly after receiving the basketball.

However, Conley had already prepared. He intercepted Lillard near the three-point line and forcibly ended the possibility of Lillard's sneak attack.

But Lillard did not stop the ball, but immediately gave the ball to McCollum!

McCollum paused after receiving the ball, as if he wanted to shoot.

But in fact, his goal is to complete the breakthrough!

Wade's athletic ability has begun to decline further this season, and breaking Wade is the most correct choice.

But McCollum just took a step forward, but hit a hard board with Wade!

Wade blocked McCollum in time and didn't give him even one step to break through!

"What!?" McCollum was a little surprised. Not only did Wade didn't take his fake moves, but he followed so quickly.

This shouldn't be!

"Boy, don't think of the playoffs so simple!" Wade shouted, which further consumed McCollum's high morale.

Seeing that Wade made a perfect defensive action, Link was not surprised.

At the end of the regular season, Wade took a long break. During that time, he played no more than 25 minutes in each game.

Moreover, this is the playoffs. In the playoffs, a guy like Wade will always get a variety of inexplicable bonuses!

Now Wade is not the bully old man in the late regular season.

The Blazers' offense suddenly came to a halt. McCollum couldn't find the pass target for a while, so he could only hand the ball to Harkris, who cut from the baseline.

Hakris moved faster than Jokic, and easily moved a distance away.

After receiving the basketball, Harkris did not hesitate and jumped directly to the basket!

But just as he raised the basketball, he was firmly covered by Jokic behind him.

Harkris does have an absolute advantage in speed, but don't forget that Jokic also has an absolute advantage in height.

"The Trail Blazers launched a series of offenses, but they all failed! From Lillard to Harkless, they didn't find any gaps!"

While talking, Gasol made a long pass and the Grizzlies counterattacked!

The experienced Evan Turner reacted immediately when Harkris was taken offense and caught up with Link in time.

Turner may be a parallel second place player, but if he puts aside his identity, he is indeed a remarkable player.

Link and Turner had a duel in the high speed, which was actually a very interesting matchup.

Turner was No. 2 in 2010, and Link lost in 2010. It stands to reason that their career development trajectory should be reversed.

However, this is the magical fate. Link is now a league superstar, and Evan Turner is just a humble role player.

Turner tried his best to fight physically, hoping to force Link to slow down.

But when he really confronted Link, he found that he was being pushed away by Link!

Link was like a bulldozer at this time, completely ignoring all obstacles in front of him!

"Who!?" Turner gritted his teeth and continued to press, but it didn't work at all.

He had just anticipated a lot of fake moves that Link might make. However, when Link faced Turner, he didn't need to make fake moves at all.

Just roll in and it's over!

Occasionally feel James' bulldozer style play, it seems quite enjoyable.

Link leaned on Turner and forced the jump, smashing the ball directly into the second place after this poor 10 years.

The audience is boiling, and the stands are constantly undulating like waves.

"Slam Dunk~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Link scored easily! Good job, he made a good start for the Grizzlies!"

Hubie Brown couldn't help yelling, not at all like an old man in his 80s.

Most elderly people his age have difficulty even speaking clearly. But the old Hubby at the Federal Express Arena seems to always be full of passion.

Terry Stotts akimbo, a little helpless.

Although the match had just been played back and forth, he could see that the two sides were too far apart!

Indeed, Link said that the Blazers may be one of the eighth strongest Western Conference in history.

But he didn't say that the strongest Western Conference in history was eighth, he could beat the Grizzlies!

Is the difference within 10 points? Stotts found that everyone was a little too optimistic...

(End of this chapter)

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