NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 1115 Young people always have to pay some tuition fees
On the night of the 1st, the Blazers challenged the Jazz away.

Entering April, the major teams in the league have begun to prepare for the playoffs. Teams with many veterans, such as the Lakers and Eagles, have begun to arrange for the core players of the team to take time off in order to get more rest time and strive to perform better in the playoffs.

The Trail Blazers also planned to arrange rest for Vince Carter, Cornett Lee and other veterans.

出生于97年1月26日的卡特今年已然年满40，算是现役年龄最大的老将之一；而出生于1985年的康尼特·李今年也快32了，也算是半只脚步入了老将的行列。

As the two important pieces of the championship puzzle on the Trail Blazers bench, the team must ensure that they have enough physical reserves to prepare for the playoffs.

After all, role players are different from stars. Generally speaking, there is often a gap in physical talent between the two, making the former's peak period often not as long-lasting as the latter.

Not everyone is like LeBron James, a pervert who can still maintain a very high level of competition after his debut for more than ten years. The old man's physical fitness and self-discipline are the strongest in history.

At 19:[-], Energy Solutions Arena.

The two sides made their debut.

The Blazers are currently 67 wins and 9 losses, No. [-] in the Northwest Division, No. [-] in the West, and No. [-] in the league!

Although the Jazz's record is not bad, barely reaching the playoffs in the West, but there is still a big gap compared with the Trail Blazers in the Northwest Division.

The current record of the Jazz is 45 wins and 31 losses, ranking eighth in the Western Conference. Contrary to the records of the sixth Lakers, seventh Thunder, and ninth Clippers, there is only less than a normal small gap between these four teams.

Judging from the current trend, the Trail Blazers and Warriors have basically secured the No. 1 and No. 2 regular season records. No one knows that these two teams are notoriously strong.

This season, the entire Western Conference was in chaos. At the beginning of the season, the Trail Blazers and the Warriors were the two superteams that dominated the entire Western Conference. The Spurs and the Mosaics followed closely, followed by the Grizzlies, Lakers, Thunder and Jazz.

Even so, the Big Three of the Clippers still showed a strong aggressiveness. They rushed to catch up in the second half of the season, and finally caught up from the No.12 in the West in the middle of the season to the No. [-] in the West.

The Jazz are a relatively young team with high spirits. They don't want to lose half of the season's efforts. There are only a few tickets for the playoffs, and they will not give them up.

Therefore, even knowing that tonight's opponent is the strongest Trail Blazers in the league, Jazz star Gordon Hayward still leads a group of teammates to fight with the most exciting and passionate attitude.

Maybe it was because the visiting team was not satisfied, or maybe it was because the Jazz's young players were really hot. At the end of the first quarter, the Blazers were 17 points behind the Jazz at 24:7.

This result is a bit surprising, because no one thought that the Jazz could beat the Blazers before the game. Logically speaking, this game should be a one-sided trend.

But it is in line with the classic slogan of the NBA - the place where miracles are born!
After the first quarter, Hayward scored 9 points on 5 of 12 shots, and Rupert was quite powerful under Wang Zelin's deterrence. He scored 4 points on 4 of 10 and grabbed 6 rebounds. Relying on the excellent performance of one outside and one inside, the Jazz were able to lead the Blazers.

Entering the second quarter, the Jazz came up with another surprise player. The young guard Dante Issam, who was selected by the Jazz with the fifth overall pick in the first round in 14, suddenly ran away on the court. He played 4 of 3 shots in the second half of this quarter, including 2 of 1 three-pointers. He scored 7 points alone.

Then Hayward and Gobert reappeared, and the two scored 11 points together to help the Jazz withstood the Blazers' counterattack.

After the first half, the score between the two sides was 48:52, and the Blazers were still 5 points behind.

48 points in the half, setting a record low for the Blazers in the first half of the season.

It can be seen that the title of the Devil's home court in Salt Lake City is really not covered.

As Hayward and Gobert led a group of young people to lead the Utah Jazz to re-emerge and become a strong team in the Western Conference playoffs again, the fans of Salt Lake City seemed to remember the glory of the past. The enthusiasm of the fans allowed the devil to reproduce the NBA at home.

After the first half, seeing that the team was still ahead of the defending champion Trail Blazers by 5 points, the Salt Lake City fans were so excited for a while, they couldn't help but celebrate beside them.

After the intermission, as soon as he stepped on the floor of the arena, Wang Zelin was keenly aware that the frenzied atmosphere in the entire Energy Solutions arena had once again skyrocketed, which made him feel a little bit of pressure.

This is true of Wang Zelin, let alone the players behind him?
Looking back, as expected, the faces of the teammates were all solemn.

"Haha, everyone, take it easy, then give me the ball and I'll take you home."

At this time, a relaxed laugh sounded in front of the Blazers bench.

Everyone heard the reputation and looked, and it was Wang Zelin who made the voice.

Seeing that Wang Zelin had spoken, Coach Terry hurriedly called the players to his side and poured two large bowls of chicken soup.

The team's 70th victory is imminent. At this critical moment, any team that dares to stand in front of them will be their mortal enemy, and will be ruthlessly driven over by their iron hooves.

Even if this is the devil's home court and the Utah Jazz's territory, they will never give up the victory just like that.

beep~~~
At this time, the referee's whistle came from the field, which symbolized the official start of the second half of the game.

"Brothers, follow me to fight the enemy! This battle must be won!"

Wang Zelin roared in front of the bench.

"Kill the enemy! We must win!"

The surrounding players also yelled out, and the dull atmosphere in the Trail Blazers instantly disappeared, and turned into endless fanaticism.

The two sides changed sides and fought again, and the Blazers directly resorted to a suffocating defense this time.

With the sudden increase in the intensity of the game, the Jazz's young people seemed to be in a daze, and they suddenly messed up their positions.

Since the 11-12 season, the Jazz have failed to make it to the playoffs for 4 consecutive seasons. During this period, the Jazz experienced a series of necessary journeys to build a team, such as changing coaches, cultivating rookies, and establishing a new core.

The Jazz used to have Mr. Sloan, one of the few coaches with thousands of victories in history. Before that, under the leadership of two generations of Utah Shuangsha, he was one of the playoff powerhouses in the Western Conference all the year round, but it is different now.

Right now, this Jazz team is essentially a brand new team. Even if you can see that this team is full of vigor, they are still a young team that has not experienced the intensity of the playoffs.

The rapid changes on the court made people caught off guard. In less than 5 minutes, the Jazz completed the transition from leading by 5 points to trailing by 10 points.

Jazz coach Kunin Snyder was stunned. He didn't expect the situation on the court to change so quickly. In less than a moment, the two sides changed their offense and defense.

He was stunned for a while, and when he came back to his senses again, he took a closer look at the field and suddenly found that the point difference between the two sides had been further expanded to 14 points. He was so frightened that he hurriedly got up and asked for a timeout.

Ma Dan, is the defending champion really that good?

They were playing well in the front, why did they fall behind all of a sudden?
Hayward and Gobert led their teammates back to the bench, glanced at the direction of the scoreboard, their eyes filled with bewilderment.

Not only the two of them, but the whole team of characters was caught in the middle of deciphering and doubting.

On the other hand, the Trail Blazers, relying on their sophisticated defense and wave after wave of fast breaks, they quickly turned from behind to the lead. Wang Zelin and his teammates were all happy when they thought of the bewildered faces of the young people on the opposite side when they paused.

After the timeout, Hayward tried to help the team break the scoring shortage through singles, trying to control the rhythm of the game again in the hands of the Jazz.

But Wang Zelin is not stupid, he managed to turn the situation around, so why would he watch the Jazz rise again now?
Besides, the Jazz's offensive intentions are so obvious. After the timeout, Hayward basically has the ball firmly in his hands. If he doesn't target at this time, when will he wait?

In Wang Zelin's point of view, Hayward's mid-range jumper and an attack on the basket all turned into his two block data in this game.

Then the Blazers took advantage of the opportunity of Hayward being blocked by Wang Zelin, launched a fierce attack again, and lost the game in one game.

At 115:91, the Blazers, who had a bad start, finally won the Jazz by a full 24 points.This is the first victory for the Blazers since entering April, and it is also a very anxious game.

If this is replaced by a team with rich experience in the competition, it will not be so easy for them to complete the overtake in one quarter.

Of course, the Jazz didn't lose the game without gaining anything. Young people always have to pay a little tuition for growth.

Anyway, you have to pay early and late, and you have to pay it to the Trail Blazers. Presumably, after the competition with the top team in active service, the strength of this group of young people in the Jazz will soon usher in new progress.

The more he thought about it, the more Wang Zelin felt that what he did tonight was definitely an act of justice.

In order to speed up the growth of young people, he has worked hard!

In any case, the Blazers are winners after all.

So far, the Portland Trail Blazers have achieved a good start in April, and by the way, expanded the regular season record to 68 wins and 9 losses!
What is the concept of 68 wins?
In the history of the NBA, the regular season record can break through 65 wins. There are only 9 teams, including the Boston Celtics, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Chicago Bulls, the San Antonio Spurs, the Dallas Mavericks, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat, and the Portland Trail Blazers who have dominated the league in the past few seasons and the Golden State Warriors that have emerged in the past two years.

It is not easy to win 82 wins in 65 games throughout the regular season. The Blazers have not finished the regular season yet, and they have 5 games left.

Although they lost their impact, the season's record of 75 in the regular season was the first in history, but theoretically there is still a chance to tie the second record of 73 wins just set by the Golden State Warriors last season.

No matter how bad it is, they only achieved 70 wins in the end, which is a great record that has never appeared in NBA history... No, it should be a miracle to be precise.

Because before this, there has never been a team that can break through 70 wins in the regular season for two consecutive seasons, which is something that the Chicago Bulls led by the god of basketball Michael Jordan have not done.

After the Chicago Bulls achieved 1995 wins in the 96-72 season and created the first record in history at that time, although they still had the first record in the league in the next 96-97 season, they still inevitably experienced a downward trend. The regular season record dropped to 69 wins and 13 losses. Since then, they have lost hope of creating this great record.

Now, what Jordan and the Bulls failed to do back then is likely to be created by Wang Zelin and the Blazers. Once it is really done, no matter how much you praise Wang Zelin and the Blazers at that time.

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On April 4, the Trail Blazers sat at home and ushered in their last match against the Timberwolves.

While wanting to hit the record, and at the same time wanting to swoop for the number one lottery, the man is affectionate and the concubine is interested. The match between the two sides has been carried out.

In less than halftime, the Blazers extended their lead to 32 points.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. In order to average 20 rebounds per game, Wang Zelin played again in the third quarter with the pure pitching lineup of Curry Jr., Connette Lee, Carter Sr., and Yi Jianlian.

截至目前，王泽林的常规赛数据为场均40.3分19.7篮板4.8助攻4.2盖帽1.5抢断，想要剩下的四、五场比赛里达成40+20的成就，还是有一定的可操纵空间滴。

Therefore, under the "God Assist" of his teammates, Wang Zelin started the crazy board abuse mode, which made the Huskies' inside group terrified.

In just one quarter, Wang Zelin grabbed 13 rebounds. Counting the 12 in the first half, the number of rebounds tonight has reached a terrifying 25.

If it weren't for the fact that the score on the court had broken through to 45 points, and Garnett was sitting on the sidelines for the wolf cubs tonight, thinking of his former teammates, and in order to take care of the old wolf king's feelings, Wang Zelin quit the abuse mode.

At 142:115, the Trail Blazers finally saved a sympathy, allowing the two sides to come off the bench to score points at will in the final quarter. Before the end of the game, the wolf cubs who opened up narrowed the difference between the two teams to 27 points, which can barely be seen on the books.

Seeing this, the old wolf king on the sidelines looked a lot better, and then took the initiative to contact Wang Zelin and a group of former teammates to go out for a supper after the game.

The old wolf king's kind invitation, Wang Zelin and his teammates actually insisted on it, and everyone was so excited that they didn't leave until 02:30 in the middle of the night.

(End of this chapter)