NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 654 Leading by 20 points in the first quarter of the playoffs!
The Clippers sent a sideline ball, Redick received the ball from the outside and drifted a three-pointer, and it hit the iron with a bang.

Wang Zelin received the rebound, and the Blazers quickly approached.

On this ball, Lillard used the pick-and-roll and the threat of a breakthrough to throw Rivers away. Redick immediately defended him, but it was useless.

Because the ball is no longer in his hands.

After receiving a pass back from the high position, Wang Zelin took aim, raised his hand and hit a half-block.

6:2, the Blazers retreated quickly.

It was the Clippers' offense again, failing to score for two consecutive rounds, and the Clippers players, without Paul in control of the overall situation, became impatient with the naked eye.

Rivers Jr. dribbled forward, and as soon as he reached the frontcourt, Griffin reached out from beyond the three-point line and asked him for the ball.

Forget the pain so quickly?
Seeing this scene, Wang Zelin was immediately happy.

However, after seeing Griffin enjoy the silky ball control, he has to admit that Griffin is not only talented but also a hard-working player.

His ball handling ability with a score of 82 is obtained by hanging up, but as a power forward, Griffin's ball handling ability has reached an exaggerated 84 score.

The last power forward with this kind of control ability had to be the former "left-handed magician" O'Dangdang.

but……

"Snapped!"

Another block.

Griffin's breakthrough layup was destroyed by Wang Zelin who shot out from the flank this time, and grabbed the ball abruptly in the air.

Admiration is admiration, a game is a game.

Since he is an opponent, he will naturally try his best to greet Griffin.

"My God! God, what did I see! What did I see?!"

"Poor Griffin, let us feel sorry for him for a second!"

"Two big caps in a row, this one is even bloodier, Wang directly caught Griffin's layup in the air!"

When Wang Zelin grabbed his hat angrily, it was as if a keg of explosives was suddenly ignited after a short period of silence.

There was a huge burst of cheers and screams in the Rose Garden Center Arena.

After landing, Wang Zelin made a long pass from a long distance and locked on Batum, the offensive arrow who rushed to the front. The latter caught the ball and rushed to the basket. After two steps, he took the ball and poured the ball into the basket.

8:2!The Trail Blazers have been slowly opening up the score since the beginning of the game.

However, after Rivers paused and hurriedly poured a cup of chicken soup, the Clippers' offense became methodical. After some patient running, JJ Redick broke the scoring drought and hit the first three-pointer of the night.

At 8:5, the Clippers regained a bit of face on the offensive end.

Offensive and defensive transitions, the Blazers' offense, continued with Lillard's pick-and-roll tactics.Wang Zelin made a reverse run and cut to the basket. Facing the defense of Jordan Jr. and Griffin, he passed the ball behind his back in the air, and Aldridge made an easy layup.

After the goal, the Trail Blazers retreated very quickly, and the Clippers could only fall into a positional battle.

Jordan would not be able to play at all if he was three seconds away, so Wang Zelin's defensive focus was always on Griffin. Griffin may also understand this. The low singles are just a feint. Outside the three-second zone on the left, the false throw is true. Pass, to Barnes who has some space on the left baseline.

But Barnes is obviously far worse than Redick in terms of offensive stability of catch-and-shoot or three-point shooting, and his shots miss the basket.

The Clippers, who had learned a few lessons before, retreated so quickly this time that it was jaw-dropping and did not give the Blazers a chance to break fast.

Turn to positional warfare.

Wang Zelin still did not continue to play low. Tonight, without Paul, he chose to play pick-and-roll tactics with Lillard. This is the more unsolvable and easier way to play against the Clippers.

And in this way, Jordan's situation is very embarrassing.If he doesn't follow, it is very likely that Wang Zelin raised his hand to shoot a shot; but if he follows, the Clippers' inside defense will be completely lost.

What's more terrible is that if Lillard is switched to defense, Jordan's face will probably be even darker.

You know, even in the heyday of point guards in the small ball era, and still under the double-teaming of Curry, Westbrook, Paul and many other strongmen, Lillard still grabbed a place, not only selected as an All-Star, but also selected for a while!
Lillard's main offensive method, in addition to singles, is also common with various pick-and-roll attacks with teammates, including quick three-pointers after pick-and-rolls, and misplaced 1vs1 small hits.

In the next few offensive rounds of the Trail Blazers, Wang Zelin was dedicated to being a green leaf, and his style of play changed back to the high-post lighthouse mode when he played the Princeton system last season. Whenever his teammates had an opportunity, he would pass the ball over as soon as possible.

In the playoffs, being able to score and win is king, and he doesn't care about the title of the team's leading scorer!
Moreover, even if Wang Zelin acts as a threat to contain the defense, he actually has a lot of scoring opportunities.

After all, the main force of the Trail Blazers has not changed in the past three years. After three seasons of various tactical movement training, as well as actual combat with teammates on the field, once Wang Zelin mentioned the high position to support the ball and pull the air to deal with the inside.

And when the teammates played a threat, the opponent's defensive focus on Wang Zelin would naturally drop. At that time, he would occasionally play 1vs1 a few times, and he could still maintain a high offensive efficiency.

Especially playing against a team like the Clippers that has no defensive enthusiasm but does not have a very good defensive system.

On weekdays, the Clippers' defense at critical moments relies on Paul on the outside, Jordan on the inside, and the tough guy Barnes on the wing. The remaining two basically have no defense, and Redick is even more of a black hole level.

But the problem is that, facing the top teams that are also at the championship level, Paul is limited by his height and space and has a defensive title, but he often cannot restrain the offensive guards in the same position;
Jordan's defense relies more on talent, relying on his running and jumping ability to help defend the top, and the frame protection is also top-notch, but his single-defense ability can only be said to be good, not even excellent. In 1vs1 single defense, there are too many scenes of jumping in a flash.

As for Barnes, it can only be said that he is unlucky. In this prosperous small forward, whenever he meets a top small forward, he can do nothing but be tough.

Therefore, the Clippers in the original history actually had the hope of winning the championship in the three seasons of 13, 14, and 15. After all, the lineup was there, and even at that time, there were few teams in the entire league that could match the Clippers' lineup.

Coached by the champion coach Rivers, the main lineup has three best team members, Paul, Griffin, and Jordan, who can attack and defend.

In addition to the three-point shooter Redick and the tough defensive guy Barnes, Jamal Crawford, one of the strongest super-6s in history, sits on the bench. Rivers Jr. and Nate are also good bench gangsters.

But they have been unable to reach the top for a long time. On the one hand, it is due to off-court factors, injuries, luck and other messy reasons. Another key reason is that the Clippers have not been able to achieve the ultimate in any aspect, whether it is offense or defense.

Balance, sometimes it is a kind of shackles!
So much so that they missed the last shudder every time.

……

首节打到官方暂停的时候，王泽林轻轻松松的拿到8分3助攻，利拉德拿到7分2助攻，阿尔德里奇、巴图姆、马修斯也分别有4分、4分、2分入账。

The Trail Blazers scored 7 points in 25 minutes, and their offensive efficiency is exaggerated!

As for the Clippers, they only scored 10 points in more than half a quarter!
Fans who have been watching the excitement, saw that the official timeout was mostly the enlarged score on the screen, only to find that the difference between the two teams was as much as 15 points!
Is this really a second-round playoff team?
Even if there is one less Chris Paul, Flash Mob wouldn't be so careless, right?
Or is it because the Blazers are too strong!

Falling behind by 15 points before the end of the first quarter, it's still the playoffs!
That's pretty cool!

I don't know if Rivers could hold his breath or was beaten stupidly, but he just didn't call a timeout, allowing the two sides to fight until the official timeout time.

After returning to the bench.

The head coaches of both sides quickly made personnel adjustments.

At first, Wang Zelin thought that the coach would let them go down to rest for a while before playing, but he didn't expect the coach to have a bigger heart than him.

"You guys will continue to play later. If you don't lead by 20 points in the first quarter, none of you can rest today. You will play the whole game for me!"

Good guy, it looks like this is planning to bring the rhythm of the Clippers in the first half!

"Coach, has anyone told you..."

"what happened?"

"You are so crazy now!"

"Get out!" Coach Terry kicked towards Wang Zelin.

As soon as Wang Zelin's ghost knife was fired, he moved around... Hey, I missed it!

"Haha, but I like it!"

……

Pause back.

When Rivers saw that the five main players of the Blazers were still trying, his face changed again and again, and it became much darker visible to the naked eye.

tnnd, the opposite party doesn't talk about martial arts!
Tonight is going to be bad! !
The Clippers attack first.

On the left wing, Griffin took the initiative to withdraw and receive the ball.

It's not about how strong his desire to attack tonight is. In fact, he is not alone in playing, but the Clippers can rely on him tonight, and he is really the only one.

In addition to Griffin, there is only one player left who can attack the ball independently and hope to play an explosive output performance to help the Clippers break the game. Jamal Crawford.

This is why Rivers replaced Crawford after the timeout.

But what Griffin didn't expect was that as soon as he caught the ball, the defender changed from Aldridge to the annoying Wang Zelin.

After several consecutive tentative steps, Griffin quickly changed his direction and wanted to take Wang Zelin face-to-face, but found that he couldn't hit the opponent at all.

This is very embarrassing.

After dawdling for seven or eight seconds, Griffin finally gave up and had to hand over the ball.

"Snapped!"

After receiving the ball at the top of the arc, the chaotic master Crawford started his operation.

After seeing his teammates pull away, Crawford seized the time and launched an attack in the last 5 seconds. He dribbled the ball behind his crotch and passed Matthews coquettishly. Wang Zelin stepped on the brakes in advance to meet Wang Zelin, who was coming to make up the defense. At the position of the free throw line, he made a high throw in advance...

The ball flew just a few centimeters above Wang Zelin's fingertips and fell into the basket!
in!

Seeing that Crawford landed unsteadily, he took a few steps back and sat down on the ground, then quickly got up, pulled his collar excitedly, and quickly retreated with his teammates.

This ball is absolutely super high level!
Wang Zelin was surprised by Crawford's singles!

As expected of a nerve knife, it really hangs when it goes crazy!
The Trail Blazers attacked, Lillard continued to use Wang Zelin's threat to score a breakthrough, and Batum, who assisted the bottom line, hit a three-pointer...

It's a pity that Batum didn't pay attention to the ball. He stepped on the line and turned into a two-pointer.

Offensive and defensive conversion.

After scoring a goal, Crawford not only became confident in himself, but also had confidence in him with his teammates.

Redick received the ball and found that there was no chance, and immediately passed it to Crawford who was pulled out to meet the singles.

Crawford stopped at the left three-point line, constantly changing directions left and right to shake Matthews away, but Matthews just didn't move.

To borrow what Wang Zelin often said to him, if the enemy does not move, I will not move!
He still doesn't believe it, dare to...

Shet!

Matthews was completely overwhelmed by the scene in front of him, and blurted out a classic national curse.

After a bad luck change, Crawford, who was halfway up, faced Matthews' defense, jumped up suddenly, and made a three-pointer...

"Shh!"

Matthews looked at the ball that went into the basket hollow, and his mentality exploded.

Why can he be so confident?

Why did he dare to vote like this?
That was clearly a poor shot choice!

"Fuck! I met a god!!"

Wang Zelin at the basket was also stunned by Crawford's three-pointer, and couldn't help cursing in his heart.

At 15:27, the difference between the two sides returned to 12 points!
Next, if the Clippers can defend the next goal and then hit a three-pointer, both sides can return to single digits.

At the same time, this can also greatly increase the morale of the Clippers!
However, can everything really go as they wish?

frontcourt.

Wang Zelin, who came to the high position, saw that Jordan, who was defending him, seemed a little absent-minded, and focused on Batum, who was on the left baseline.

Can he endure this?

Wang Zelin, who received the ball, just lifted the ball up, and instantly startled Jordan, who had withdrawn his attention. He was anxious to guard Wang Zelin, and then jumped up directly!

You know, this ball king Zelin hasn't bent yet, and he doesn't even count as blurring, but looking at Jordan's forward-leaning take-off movement, what else can he say?
It's all here, who made him too kind...

"oops……"

Accompanied by a miserable scream, Wang Zelin took the initiative to rub against Jordan, and at the same time threw the ball towards the basket...

The ball was thrown just before Wang Zelin made physical contact with Jordan. He felt that the ball felt very good, very silky!
At the moment when Wang Zelin screamed, the referee blew his whistle. There was nothing wrong with the ball. Even if it wasn't at the Blazers' home court, it should be blown. Who made Jordan's outside pressure action obvious?
But then, Wang Zelin's shot fell into the basket!
The referee re-confirmed with the linesman, and then the goal is valid, and a penalty will be added!
Amidst the wild cheers of the home fans, Wang Zelin looked at the free throw line in the morning, watching Jordan, who was on par with Rivers on the sidelines in terms of dark face, and under the murderous eyes of the latter, he steadily made an extra free throw.

"Shh!"

Hit three points successfully.

15: 30!

Crawford just hit a difficult fairy three-pointer not long ago, which was successfully resolved by Wang Zelin's 2+1.

At this time, there is less than 1 minute left before the end of the first quarter, but the Clippers still do not forget to chase points!

Since Crawford felt so good after coming up, the Clippers simply handed over all the ball rights to him for a gamble.

Griffin in the backcourt sent the ball directly to Crawford.

In the frontcourt, he met Matthews again.

But this time, in the face of Matthews who tried his best on the defensive end, in the eyes of the Clippers begging for help, Crowe did not shake the defender away after accumulating a change of direction, and made a long two-pointer.

There is one thing to say, in fact, the first two goals of Crawford are also strong shots, and Matthews' defense can't find any faults, but if he can't stand it, it is a good goal!

But now, when the nerve knife is no longer crazy, it's the Blazers' turn to show off.

Offensive and defensive conversion.

Lillard advanced quickly, rushed to the basket, evaded Griffin's block in the air, and hit the layup with his left hand.

15: 32!

The Clippers also wanted to grab a fast break, but the more urgent the faster, Batum, who had been lurking for a long time, appeared ahead of time on the passing route of Rivers Jr. and Crawford when passing the ball in the frontcourt.

But after a few hesitation, he still let go of his murderous intentions.

No way, after all, my own son!
The Blazers once again launched a counterattack storm. Lillard and Matthews on both sides quickly went down, and the pioneer general Batum was in the middle.

Don't even think about playing a dragon again!

Barnes, Griffin and Jordan tried their best to return to the defense, pressing hard every step of the way.

Seeing the opponent's three fast-break arrows getting closer and closer, Griffin has repeatedly rehearsed in his mind how to block Batum who is holding the ball and rushing to the basket.

The next moment, he saw a cross from Batum to the left. Griffin looked in the direction and saw a person squatting at a 45-degree angle from the left three-point line-Lillard who deliberately stopped.

"Matt! Over there!!"

Griffin was so anxious that he yelled at Barnes, but it was too late.

Lillard catches the ball and makes a three-pointer...hit!
15: 35!

In the last 7.9 seconds of the first quarter, with Lillard's three-pointer, the Trail Blazers led the Clippers by a full 20 points in a single quarter!
You know, this is not the regular season, but G1 in the semifinals of this year's Western Conference playoffs!

As a result, the Clippers were treated like this by the Blazers in the first quarter. Even loyal Clippers fans could no longer restrain their anger.

　I was too sleepy when I got home, and I overslept after taking a nap, but today my daily goal will definitely be completed, and there is still 5.2k left, but Jinzai hasn’t had lunch yet, and I’m a little hungry now, so I’ll go downstairs to have a barbecue, and then I’ll come back and continue.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)