dream ten

Chapter 239
Today the Lakers visit Portland and will face the powerful Trail Blazers on the road.Han Ziqi will also face Lillard, the strongest opponent he has ever faced.Before playing against Wall or Lowry, Han Ziqi was not the team's starting player. He only needed to play for a short period of time in the game or even didn't have to face such an all-star opponent. But today is different, Han Ziqi continues As the Lakers' starting point guard, he will face the pressure from Damian Lillard. Everyone is looking forward to what kind of level Han Ziqi can play in front of Lillard. It can be seen what level of player Han Ziqi is now. Only by facing the strongest opponent can he inspire the strongest self. Today's Han Ziqi is definitely something to look forward to.

Although it was an away game, the Lakers still received a lot of cheers. The influence of the Lakers in the world is extraordinary. In any venue, you can see fans wearing Lakers jerseys cheering for the team. Cheer for the Lakers, especially after Han Ziqi joined the Lakers, a large number of Chinese and overseas Chinese from all over the United States began to cheer for Han Ziqi in NBA arenas, the Chinese market plus Los Angeles Lakers fans, although the Lakers do not have any All-Star players , But the popularity of the Lakers today can be said to be in full swing, they can completely compete against the league's strongest Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers led by James.

At the beginning of the game, Nurkic beat Lopez and jumped to the ball. The Trail Blazers took the lead in attacking. Lillard held the ball to face Han Ziqi's defense. At this time, Lillard seemed relaxed and did not pay attention to Han Ziqi at all. inside.

Han Ziqi lowered his center of gravity and concentrated on observing Lillard's every move.

Suddenly, Lillard speeded up directly, and Han Ziqi's feet also accelerated immediately.Lillard rushed in front of Han Ziqi, used his signature crotch dribble to change to a cross-step breakthrough, and immediately passed Han Ziqi who was defending closely, and then Lillard faced Paul, who stepped forward to defend, and directly threw The shot was successful, 2:0, and the Blazers took the lead at home.Fans of the Trail Blazers began to celebrate like a tsunami, and at the same time began to boo Han Ziqi, who started the second game.

Han Ziqi ignored the boos and just dribbled the ball smoothly by himself, but when Han Ziqi was just about to pass the ball to Paul, Lillard immediately saw through Han Ziqi's passing route, and he swooped forward to pass Han Ziqi's pass He scooped it up in the air, and then he accelerated and threw off all the chasing Lakers players. With no one in the frontcourt, he dunked easily, 4:0. After the opening, Lillard seemed to be in a very hot state .

"Han Ziqi paid the price for his youth. It can be seen that although Han Ziqi has tried his best to make his possession and passing more cautious, he was still intercepted by Lillard. We can also see that the two are currently How big is the gap. If Han Ziqi wants to play his game well, he still needs to make certain adjustments." TNT commentary, legendary shooter Reggie Miller analyzed.

"That's right, Han Ziqi still lacks too many things now, especially after consecutive losses, whether he can maintain his stable mentality is still a problem. Once the mentality of young players has problems, the consequences will be devastating. ’” said TNT commentator Kenny Smith.

Han Ziqi continued to organize the offense. After he dribbled the ball to the front court, he immediately passed the ball to Ingram. Now Han Ziqi is afraid to control and pass the ball in front of Lillard. The steal just now has made him Deeply shocked, Lillard was far superior to himself in terms of speed and determination. It can be said that with just two shots, one attack and one defense have scared Han Ziqi.

The head coach Wharton saw that Han Ziqi's mental state was not right, so he replaced Han Ziqi with Caruso.Han Ziqi was replaced after only playing for 4 minutes.

"What's wrong? Owen, this doesn't look like you?" Wharton patted Han Ziqi on the head.

"I'm sorry, coach, I was a little flustered by Lillard's beating." Han Ziqi said with his head down.

"It's okay, it's normal for young players. As a player, you have to always believe that you are no worse than others. Everyone is an NBA player. Why should you be afraid of him? Play your own game and let Lillard play against him. You are impressed, I believe you can do it." Wharton encouraged Han Ziqi.

"Understood, coach." Han Ziqi seemed to regain his confidence, and a smile appeared on his face again.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Han Ziqi played again. In the just-concluded first quarter, the Lakers trailed the Trail Blazers by three points at 24:27 away. , except for the two goals that Lillard hit Han Ziqi just now.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Lillard was not on the court, so the pressure on Han Ziqi was not so great. On the first attack of the Lakers, Han Ziqi used Randall's cover to directly shoot a three-pointer from the outside. Going into the net, 27:27, Han Ziqi equalized the score for the Lakers.After scoring a goal, Han Ziqi made his signature three-finger gesture to celebrate. Han Ziqi said in an interview before that he was imitating and paying tribute to Anthony, because he liked this celebration and Anthony very much.So the Thunder player Anthony also generously stated in an interview that he didn't care that Han Ziqi used this action to celebrate his goal.

The Trail Blazers seemed to have suddenly fallen into a magic cave. Everyone on the team began to strike iron inexplicably. Some players couldn't even make an empty basket after passing someone. The offense was powered off and quickly overtook the score. The Lakers played a 15:4 offensive climax. During this period, Han Ziqi contributed 5 points, Randall contributed 6 points, Kuzma scored 4 points, The three teamed up to change the point difference between the two sides to the Lakers leading the Trail Blazers by 8 points.

Seeing that something was wrong, the head coach of the Trail Blazers immediately requested a timeout to limit the gradually rising morale of the Lakers.After the timeout, Lillard and McCollum will play again, and Han Ziqi will continue to face Lillard. This time, Han Ziqi will never be as afraid as before, because he has scored consecutively in the second quarter. I got my confidence back.

(End of this chapter)