NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 871 Each team's record, winning streak at home

"38 points in the first game! 31 points in the first game! Two consecutive 30+ games, Stephen Curry's state continues to be hot!
"The invincible Ku Ritian! The invincible Golden State Warriors!"

"Wang Zelin and the Blazers are very strong, but Stephen and the Warriors are not bad. The Western Conference is gradually showing a bipolar pattern!"

"Yesterday, Kobe Bryant scored 44 points in three quarters, it was hard to win, and GDP combined scored 55 points, and it was hard to escape defeat. The era of veteran players has passed, and young supernovas have already grasped the future!"

"I didn't expect Duncan and Kobe to become the tears of the times. The hero is late, it's amazing!"

……

With the Warriors taking a 2-0 lead in the series, the probability of the team advancing to the next round after the game has increased significantly.

In addition, in the game against the Lakers, the Blazers almost easily won the victory in a devastating way.

Facing the twin towers of the Lakers Pau Gasol + Roy Hibbert, its head star Wang Zelin even scored 57 points in a single game, the second highest in playoff history in this game!
In just one game, he proved that he is fully capable of destroying the impressive twin towers of the Lakers. The Blazers' promotion probability also increased from 63% before the start of the series to 85% in an instant.

Overall, the situation in the Western Division is gradually becoming clearer.

As the famous North American basketball circle Bass Stephen A. Smith expressed in an article published overnight after the Warriors game:
"Kobe and Dunk have become the tears of the times. The legends of the previous era are coming to an end, and a new era has come!"

If we say that the first Western Conference Finals between the Trail Blazers and Warriors last season, it is regarded as the beginning of a new era.

Then this season, when they once again showed the trend that they are very likely to meet for the second time in the Western Conference Finals, a small group of stubborn people have to admit that the scenery belonging to the previous era has passed, and the entire Western Conference and even the entire league has ushered in a new master!

In the East, the first battle between the Bulls and the Raptors turned out to be quite surprising.

After the Raptors, which ranked lower in the regular season and had to face an away game in the second round, arrived at the Bulls' home court at the United Center, they burst out with great energy and showed a strong aggressiveness.

In this game, the Raptors' starting point guard Kyle Lowry shined, scoring a game-high 33 points, beating the former MVP player Rose, leading the Raptors away to win the G95 game 91:1.

When Wang Zelin saw the news, he was a little surprised at first, but he was relieved in an instant.

Even though many people later ridiculed DeRozan and Lowry as "trash brothers" more than once, it is undeniable that the Raptors did reach the first peak in team history under the leadership of the two of them.

In the original timeline, the Raptors also rose completely from the 15-16 season, and even entered the conference finals in the playoffs. In the next few years, they will become a hot team in the Eastern Conference.

Of course, they have also become the best background boards in James East's eight-year compulsory education.

It wasn't until the addition of Leonard later that the Raptors evolved from a division strong team to a championship-level powerhouse, and finally won the first championship in team history!
However, that's all for later.

Just judging from the strengths shown by both sides in the first game, although the Raptors won the game because of Lowry's explosion, it can also be seen that this team is indeed capable.

At least as far as the East is concerned, apart from the Cavaliers, they may really have no opponents.

Speaking of the Cavaliers, we have to mention the second contest of the series between the two sides.

As many people expected before the game, James, who had adjusted his mentality, immediately played the dominance that the Eastern hegemony should have. He scored 14 points in the first quarter and led the Cavaliers 35:20 ahead of the Heat by 15 points.

上半场结束时，詹姆斯打出了25分5篮板6助攻2抢断1盖帽的全能表现，相当于以往整场比赛才能拿到数据。

The scores of the two sides also came to 74:38, and the Cavaliers' lead reached 36 points at once.

Perhaps thinking about not wanting his good brother Wade to lose too badly, James started to fish again in the third quarter, and didn't play until the last 4 minutes. After scoring the 30th point of the game with a sudden shot, and then... went to rest again.

In the end, the Cavaliers beat the Heat by 123 points at 98:25 at home.

骑士这边，全场出战32分钟的詹姆斯20投13中，三分球5中2，罚球9中5，得到33分9篮板11助攻3抢断2盖帽的超豪华数据，被评为本场最佳。

That's right, it's another James-style quasi-triple-double data that patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder don't lose their lives!

After all, the old man in his thirties is still nostalgic, and he has some reservations about his performance. In the last quarter, he went up and made a three-pointer, and sent out two assists. In the next 10 minutes, he sat leisurely on the bench and met with Wade, who was also sitting on the bench opposite him, several times.
The other two giants of the Cavaliers, Cousins ​​23+13, daily double-double; Irving feels average, 14 of 5 shots, 19 points and 6 assists.

热火队那边，闪电侠韦德依旧稳定发挥，全场26分6篮板3助攻，德拉季奇17分4篮板4助攻、单打乔20分6篮板4助攻……

Generally speaking, no one from the Heat team made a big splash tonight. They all played what they should have. It's just that there is a certain gap between the overall strength of the Cavaliers and James' violent output in the first half, which led to this loss.

……

Another day flew by.

On May 5, the Trail Blazers are about to usher in the second game of the series with the Lakers.

In the afternoon, before the start of the game, the coaching staff first arranged a recovery training session to let the players warm up in advance.

In the evening, the G2 battle started.

In this game, the Trail Blazers implemented the tactics of the G1 game, still letting Wang Zelin forcefully hit the basket, and then let Kobe shoot from the outside.

As long as the rest of the Lakers can't score, what if you score too many Kobe?
After all, the Black Mamba is too old, do you think you can output as much firepower as you did when you were young?

The gap between the two sides' inside lines was too large, and the Lakers' inside line was blown up again, allowing the Trail Blazers to control the rebounds.

50分18篮板6助攻5盖帽2抢断！

Wang Zelin once again scored god-level statistics, helping the Trail Blazers to win two consecutive home games and leading the Lakers with a big score of 2 to 0, which brought the team one step closer to defending the dynasty.

Bombing 50+ in two consecutive games, Wang Zelin set a scoring record in the second round of the playoffs.

Well-known basketball commentator Bill Simmons updated his ESPN column, in which he said:

"The Trail Blazers once again played a devastating battle, and what I want to say is that in this round of the series, Wang Zelin showed unparalleled dominance at the basket!
Whether it is offense or defense, Wang's performance in this round of the series is the best in history!

I think it's time for everyone to include him in the discussion list of the number one center in history..."

(End of this chapter)