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Chapter 851
After the training in the morning, Wang Zelin did not practice again in the afternoon. Instead, he went for a walk outside with Kendou to make his mind more peaceful.

Some players are unavoidably apprehensive when they are on the big stage, which ultimately leads to their failure to fully display their true strength.

And some players didn’t have too many emotional changes on the big stage, and they didn’t feel particularly nervous because they were rescued. They thought, “I want to get married to do something big.” On the match day, Wang Zelin’s mentality remained very good.

Of course, don't look at him being calm and calm now, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want to fight!
The reason why he was able to achieve peace of mind was entirely due to his own strong strength, which gave him the ability to be proud of every next game.

What's more, the opponent is still a little beast!

It was always said that there is some kind of mysterious inheritance among shooting guards. In fact, there is also a certain inheritance among the center of the Celestial Dynasty.

Once upon a time, the phrase "eat, sleep and play Warcraft" was widely circulated in the NBA and in China, and became Dayao's exclusive.

This is not just a joke, but also a recognition of Dayao's strength.

Originally thought that after Dayao retired, this sentence would be impossible to talk about.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zelin inherited the fine tradition of "eating, sleeping, and playing World of Warcraft". Since he entered the league, it has almost become the consensus of the entire league that Mosaic and Howard will explode every time they are in a state.

Now, the playoffs of the two meet again, and the classic track that started in 2013 is about to be staged again.

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At 19:30 in the evening, at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Wang Zelin and his teammates ushered in their first game of the 2015-16 season playoffs.

Although the game hadn't started yet, the entire arena was full at this time, and even extra seats were specially added in the aisle, which could be described as a full house.

Because of the arrival of Wang Zelin and Lillard, the two and the original Aldridge formed the Portland three-minor combination, which has swept the league in the past few seasons, making this once criticized and ridiculed "Tear City" and "Cursed City" have undergone earth-shaking changes at this time and have become a new basketball holy land.

In the stands, the Portland fans exhausted their enthusiasm for the Trail Blazers, cheering the Trail Blazers players coming out of the player tunnel.

Lillard, Barton, Batum, Aldridge, Wang Zelin...

When the main players came out one by one, there were waves of cheers and applause at the scene.

This made Bill Wharton, the legend of the Trail Blazers and the "red giant" who was invited to watch the game, feel extra emotional.

If I hadn't chosen to "escape" Portland because of injuries, maybe I could have gained more honor here.

After two consecutive championships, Bill Walton, the former No.1 in team history, has been completely surpassed by Wang Zelin.

In this regard, Mr. Wharton is very open-minded, and even publicly acknowledged Wang Zelin's greatness in front of the media more than once.

It is a true honor for the Trail Blazers to have such a great player!
Watching the fanatical Portland fans on TV and Wang Zelin constantly appearing on the big screen, NBA President Bald Hua, who is far away in New York, nodded with satisfaction.

It is not in vain that I have been under the pressure of the top management in the past two seasons, and chose to support Wang Zelin as the new face of the league.

Even though Bald Hua did unforgivable things later, he has to admit that this guy is still very good at making money.

No, with Wang Zelin's perfect performance in the past two seasons, the NBA has also become more and more popular.

It's just something that makes Bald Hua quite regretful. No matter how he shows his favor, Wang Zelin always ignores him, and the relationship between the two has never been improved.

Otherwise, he really wants to learn from the former president David Stern and recognize a godson in the league.

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Back to Portland.

Before the game, the two sides announced the starting lineup.

Mosaic Team: Marcus Thornton, James Harden, Trevor Ariza, Corey Brewer, Dwight Howard.

Trail Blazers: Lillard, Button, Batum, Aldridge, Wang Zelin.

Both sides have sent their regular lineups, but not, because there will be such a big change in the playoffs.

"Imperial Sports, Imperial Sports, here is the sports channel of Imperial Sports, bringing you the first game of the playoffs between the defending champion Trail Blazers and the Houston Mosaics at home..."

"The new and old No. [-] centers meet again in the first round of the playoffs. What will happen? Please watch the ESPN report..."

"Welcome everyone to watch the live broadcast of the first game of the NBA playoffs on TNT Sports Channel..."

"I'm Charles Barkley/Ken Kenny Smith..."

The Saida TV station started its pre-match opening remarks, and the fans in front of the TV immediately felt the tense, exciting, and fanatical atmosphere...

Let's kill at speed!
At this time, the players of the two teams were being interviewed in the locker room.

Home team locker room.

"Wang, do you have the confidence to sweep Mosaic in this round of the series?" Chris Webb, who was temporarily acting as a reporter in front, asked.

"Haha!" Wang Zelin laughed and said, "Chris, I don't think I need to elaborate on how powerful the Trail Blazers are. Now, I can tell you clearly..."

Having said that, he said with a very serious expression: "We have the confidence to sweep all teams!"

"hiss!"

Hearing this, all the reporters in the locker room, including Weber, gasped.

Although ESPN gave a prediction of 99% for the Trail Blazers to advance to the first round, this does not mean that they think the Trail Blazers will definitely be able to sweep their opponents.

Anyway, the opponent is also a playoff team that can make it out in the Wild West. Is it really okay for you to belittle the opponent so much?
However, when the reporters saw the Blazers next to them, they didn't have any surprises on their faces when they heard their boss's bold words, and they even showed a bit of eagerness...

Well, Weber has to admit that the guys in front of him are crazy, this is a crazy team.

But it is undeniable that they have arrogant capital.Zhen Gushuo's 75 wins in the regular season is their greatest confidence!
Thinking about it in another way, if he could lead the Kings to 75 wins in the regular season, he would probably be even crazier than he thought before.

It's a pity that not everyone has the awareness of Weber, and other reporters quickly ran to the visiting team's locker room with Wang Zelin's flowers.

The purpose is self-evident, further provoke the war between the two sides!

In the locker room of the visiting team, Reggie Miller came to interview. Don't look at this guy who looks like a gentleman after retirement. He was known as a big mouth when he was a player.

Sure enough, as soon as Miller came in, he immediately went to Harden: "James, the king said he would sweep you away, are you confident that you won't be swept away?"

To his surprise, although the corner of Harden's mouth twitched after hearing this, he did not speak too aggressively: "What I have to do now is to play well with the players in every next game. As for the sweep or something, you will know the answer when the game comes."

Hearing Harden's answer, the surrounding reporters were obviously not satisfied. When they were about to ask questions, they were driven out by Mosaic coach D'Antoni with the reason of "pre-match tactical deployment".

(End of this chapter)