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Chapter 569 Crazy West, One Blood Is Gone
After accepting the on-site interview and post-match news release, Wang Zelin returned to the hotel to pack up and boarded a chartered flight from Indiana back to Portland.

It's not easy, the Crazy Five-Link Battle is finally over, he looked around and saw that most of his teammates put on blindfolds, fell asleep peacefully, and didn't have the energy to do other things.

"sleep."

Wang Zelin smiled and lay down on the back.

The Blazers on the plane will be extremely quiet, but the fans on major social media can't sleep all night.

Because halfway through the third quarter of the latest game between the Trail Blazers and Pacers, when Wang Zelin scored 30 points on the field, whether it was domestic or foreign, all the news and newspapers were full of Wang Zelin's name.

30+ points in three consecutive away games!

The most exciting scoring performance in the new season!
And back-to-back 40+ points after the game!

Etc., etc.

All of this is Wang Zelin's performance when many main players have been injured one after another.

To be honest, this is still shocking.

So after the game, fans continued to discuss on social media.

"Three consecutive games of 30+, including one game of 40+! Still back to back, this kind of scoring explosiveness, to be honest, I have only seen it in Kobe and LeBron."

"It's really hard to imagine that the person who brought us the biggest surprise in terms of team record or personal data this season is actually a center forward?"

"Don't look down on centers, the NBA used to be dominated by centers."

"You said it yourself, it was before..."

"A weak question, isn't it now?"

"Uh……"

"Speaking of which, have you noticed a terrifying thing? After 24 consecutive victories, Wang Zelin averaged 28.3 points per game. Among the players who played 20+ games, Harden, who averaged 24 points per game in 27.8 games, Kobe Bryant, who averaged 20 points per game in 27.2 games, and LeBron, who averaged 22 points per game in 26.5 games!"

"More than that, there are two statistics of rebounds and blocks, which are 14.5 and 2.9 times per game respectively, surpassing Jordan, who averaged 14.1 rebounds per game, and Davis, who averaged 2.7 blocks per game, ranking first in the double list !"

The fans really didn't expect that Wang Zelin, who originally only occupied the top two lists in rebounds and blocks, now even took the top spot in the scoring list.

At present, the Trail Blazers are temporarily ranked first in the scoring list + rebounding list + blocked shots list!

To be honest, in fact, the three major lists seem very unstable. Davis, who ranks second in the block list, has shown the potential of a super gate on the defensive end when he first entered the league. He ranked second in the block list last season. His average of 2.8 blocks per game is second only to Wang Zelin's average of 3.2 blocks per game, and he is still catching up this season.

In addition, the gap between the top players in the scoring list and rebounding list is also very close, but it is also a day to be able to defend for a day. After all, it is the supreme honor of being the first in the three list!

Before Wang Zelin and Lillard were selected into the team, the team history of the Trail Blazers responded to that sentence: more than the top, more than the bottom.

Of course they can't compare with those giants, but they can't hold a championship, which makes them kill a lot of teams in the team history PK.

In addition to the championship, the Trail Blazers are the only stat king that has appeared, and the ancient god Bill Walton won the rebounding champion in the 76-77 season, and there are no other stat kings.

Therefore, when Wang Zelin was crowned the rebounding champion twice and the block leader for the first time, the Trail Blazers fans were so excited.

……

After one night.

On the morning of December 12th, after training, Wang Zelin was shocked when he looked at the newspaper in his hand.

"Am I actually this good this season?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Nikola Jokic next to him became a little unhappy.

What do you mean by "Is it so powerful?"

Please remove the "?" Well, you are really good!
"Sweeping all the best players of the week and best players of the month in the Western Conference so far, averaging 28.3 points per game in the season, ranking first in the scoring list;

At present, he has made 432 shots, hit 262 goals, and his shooting percentage is 60.6%, ranking first among the top ten in scoring list;
Accumulated 170 strikes, ranking tenth in the league; averaging 7 strikes per game, ranking No.17 in the league..."

"Hey, wait," Wang Zelin interrupted Jokic's eloquent speech, "There's no need to say more about it."

but……

Seeing Jokic's heartbroken look at this time, Wang Zelin felt that he should be very envious of himself, so he decided to practice with Jokic for an extra hour.

In the next hour, there were groans from time to time on the training ground, which caused the uncle guard to look in frequently, with a black question mark face.

……

After the Trail Blazers and Pacers games, the other games in the second week of December also ended one after another.

At 14:12, the league announced the Player of the Week for the second week of December (8th to 14th).

The first is the east side.

This week's Eastern Conference Player of the Week was finally won by Wizards star John Wall.In the past week, Wall has led the Wizards to an impressive record of 4 wins and 4 wins.

个人数据这一块，沃尔场均出战38.3分钟，15投8中，三分球2中1，罚球2.8中1.3，拿到了18.3分11.8助攻5篮板2.5抢断1.3盖帽的数据。

In the end, he successfully defeated James, Bosh, Deron, Lowry and others, and won the third best honor of the week in his career so far.

As for the west side, how fierce is the competition? It is indeed quite fierce.

有率领马赛克3战3胜，并且个人狂揽34分7篮板7.3助攻2.7抢断1盖帽的“胡子球手”詹姆斯哈登；

有率领雷霆4战4胜，个人轰下29分8篮板8助攻2.4抢断的“神龟”威斯布鲁克；

还有率领灰熊4战3胜，个人拿到22.4分7板5助攻的“白熊”马克加索尔和拿到20.3分9板1盖帽1抢断的“黑熊”扎克兰多夫。

It can be said that in the past week, there were too many ruthless people in the West.

It's a pity that none of the above-mentioned ruthless people had the last laugh without exception, just because the appearance of one person overwhelmed the glory of the group of heroes.

He is - Wang Zelin!

In the past 4 games, Wang Zelin led the Trail Blazers to 4 wins in 4 away games, including playoff seeded teams like the Bulls, which is not small.

个人数据层次，王泽林场均疯狂输出35.2分16.2篮板3.8盖帽3.5助攻0.8抢断。

It can be said that if he can't get the best of the Western Conference Week, the only explanation is that there is a shady scene in the selection process.

……

……

Winning the Pacers to achieve 24 consecutive victories, coupled with the fact that the consecutive away games are finally over, returning to the long-lost home game, the morale of the Trail Blazers has greatly increased. Everyone seems to have forgotten all the worries that were caused by fear of injuries before.

Back to Portland for a day of rest, on December 12, they ushered in the challenge of the San Antonio Spurs at home. The Spurs had a previous record of 15 wins and 17 losses and are currently ranked sixth in the West.

It can be said that this season in the West has been inhumane. The Spurs, who are No. 6 in the West and have a record of 17 wins and 7 losses, can be ranked first in the East.

Currently, the Atlanta Hawks, the No. 16 team in the East, have a record of 7 wins and [-] losses.

In terms of the entire league, their record also doesn't even make it into the top five, they can only rank ninth...

Yes, if in the West, the Eagles can't even make it to the top eight.

Because the Dallas Mavericks, ranked eighth in the West, also surpassed them in record. The Mavericks' current record is 17 wins and 8 losses...

At this stage, the top eight rankings in the West are as follows:
No. 24 in the West ~ Portland Trail Blazers: 0 wins and [-] losses;
Second in the West ~ Golden State Warriors: 21 wins and 3 losses;
No. 20 in the West - Houston Mosaics: 4 wins and [-] losses

Fourth in the West ~ Los Angeles Clippers: 19 wins and 5 losses

Fifth in the West ~ Memphis Grizzlies: 19 wins and 5 losses

Sixth in the West - San Antonio Spurs: 17 wins and 6 losses

Seventh in the West ~ Los Angeles Lakers: 17 wins and 7 losses

Eighth in the West ~ Dallas Mavericks: 17 wins and 8 losses

The top eight in the Eastern Conference expressed their frustration!

The performance in the West is even worse, especially the Pelicans, Suns, and Jazz, which are ranked ninth, tenth, and No. 11. Their records are placed in the top eight in the East.

To be honest, at the beginning, after Wang Zelin heard the media report that "No. [-] in the East can't even make it into the top eight in the West", he thought it was just nonsense.

Yes, everyone knows that the pattern of strong west and weak east has lasted for a long time, but the gap between the two sides is not so big.It wasn't until he later checked the records of the top eight teams in the East and the top eight teams in the West in the original time and space from the system space that he almost dropped his jaw in shock.

This TM is actually true!
Before the 2014 NBA Christmas Game, in addition to the Pelicans, which should have been ranked eighth in the West, the records of the first seven teams surpassed the Eagles in the East.

It's just that after the Trail Blazers and the Lakers became the two major variables in the West, the former soared to the top of the league, and the latter formed the Big Three, successfully occupying a spot in the top eight in the West, which directly led to the fact that the top eight records in the West are all better than the Eagles.

In addition, Anthony Davis of the Pelicans was also affected.

If the Pelicans do not plan to strengthen in the future, Davis may not hope to experience the taste of playing in the playoffs in the next few seasons.

Poor bushy eyebrows...

But then again, I really don't know why the West is so involved this year?

Who the hell brought up this crooked trend?

and many more……

Suddenly, he reacted with hindsight: Could it be that the Blazers' god-like start to the new season has greatly deepened the sense of crisis of other teams in the West, resulting in this year's involution far exceeding previous years?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Even if there are so many connections, this is too wild, right?
With complicated thoughts in his head, Wang Zelin began to prepare for tonight's game against the Spurs.

The Trail Blazers lost in this match between No. [-] in the West and No. [-] in the West!

At 83:92, the Trail Blazers, who had gone through hardships and 5 consecutive off-court challenges and returned home, lost to the Spurs, and their mighty 24-game winning streak was ended.

Their precious blood was just taken away by those bad old men of the Spurs.

After the game, tens of thousands of home players left the field with regret. They didn't complain, they just shook their heads and sighed.

It's not that the players are weak, but God doesn't want them to break the Lakers' 33-game winning streak.

If you had to use one sentence to describe the Trail Blazers game tonight, it would be:

Damn it!
Lillard scored 18 points and 7 assists, which doesn't seem bad, but the premise is that he took 26 crazy shots and only hit 6 goals.

Missed a full 20 shots, including 8 of 1 three-pointers.

Wang Zelin made 24 of 11 shots, the only game since the season that he did not shoot more than 5% of his field goals. In addition, he made 11 of 8 free throws. Although he scored a game-high 30 points and picked up an insane 22 rebounds, it was of no use. They lost the game.

Tonight, the bad old man of the Spurs has a very clear strategy against the Trail Blazers. The outside line crazily double-teams Lillard, and the inside line uses infinite defense against Wang Zelin.

Like later generations, Lillard's inability to break through the weakness of double-teaming by strong teams was discovered by that bad old man Sima Weiqi.

In this game, Lillard contributed a career-high 8 turnovers, and many passes were intercepted by opponents halfway through.

Wang Zelin, who couldn't catch the ball inside, also changed his mind and went to a high position to catch the ball and launch an attack by himself.But he is an insider after all, and he can only play his greatest value in the penalty area. What the Spurs want to see most is him leaving the penalty area.

Finally, there are the Blazers shooters, Carter, Connett Lee, and Morrow. Today, they feel obviously average. Wang Zelin failed to grasp many open opportunities after being double-teamed.

Obviously, through the shame of being shaved in the playoffs last year and the observation and research of the Trail Blazers this season, the Spurs have found a way to deal with the Trail Blazers!

What's more, it is still a Trail Blazers team in a state of entanglement.

Tonight, they were unwilling to lose, and they also lost unjustly.

(End of this chapter)