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Chapter 1119 Jimmy boy?No, he is Jordan!

In the Tengxun studio, Duan Ran said: "The current offensive tactics of the Blazers are still very good. They give full play to the advantage of the king at the basket, and the offensive efficiency is extremely high."

柯帆笑道：“首节大王在篮下打成了5次二次进攻，8投6中，3罚3中，拿下15分7篮板1助攻2盖帽1抢断1犯规。”

Duan Ran looked at Wang Zelin's data form, and his eyebrows were full of surprise: "This number is too versatile after only one quarter. If it is placed on other players, I am afraid it will be blown to the sky, but it can only be said to be normal when it is placed on the king. It is enough to see how terrifying the king's dominance this season is."

"Dominance?" Ke Fan suddenly smiled, and continued, "It's not just one or two seasons, but four consecutive seasons. The No.1 title in the world's basketball world is not covered by it."

In the second quarter, Wang Zelin continued to play, mainly responsible for the defensive end, and the offensive end was handed over to Beverly, Curry Jr., Connett Lee, and Yi Jianlian on the outside.

Of course, this does not mean that Wang Zelin will stop attacking, but in the final lineup, his first consideration is defense, followed by offense.And his offense is more active to passive, mainly through the second offense after grabbing rebounds under the basket.

This arrangement not only allows the shooters to maintain sufficient offensive desires, but also satisfies Wang Zelin's careful thinking, that is, to allow himself to average more than 20 rebounds per game this season.

Up to now, Wang Zelin has accumulated a terrifying 1557 rebounds this season, and the average in 79 regular season games is 19.7. Counting this game, Wang Zelin must grab at least 20 more rebounds if he wants to increase his average rebounds to 83 in the last three games.

82×20-1557=83, such math problems can be calculated by primary school students.

The average per game means that he must grab at least 27.7 rebounds per game, rounded up to 28 rebounds, so as to ensure that he can achieve the goal of averaging 20+ rebounds per game.

28 rebounds in a single game is not an easy task for any rebounding monster in NBA history. Even Wang Zelin felt a little bit of pressure.

However, there is pressure to be motivated.

Just relying on Wang Zelin to grab rebounds blindly is definitely difficult to do. It is very good to grab 28 rebounds in one of the three games. If you want to get 28 rebounds in three consecutive games, you must rely on the support of the team.

When Wang Zelin relayed his thoughts to his teammates and coaches, everyone naturally supported him, so coach Terry decided to change his offensive strategy. In the only three games left in the regular season, the starting lineup remained unchanged.

After a season of running-in, the offensive insiders of the Blazers' starting lineup can be said to be the best in the league. This season, their league-leading output of nearly 130 points per game is enough to prove everything.

As long as the starting style of play remains unchanged, it can ensure that the Blazers' basic score will not collapse.

When the lineup is rotated, Wang Zelin will lead the team and partner with four shooters to play one star and four shots. This period of time allows Wang Zelin to maximize his rebounding ability.

The one-star four-shot system is no stranger to the Trail Blazers. In the first two seasons of Wang Zelin's rookie season, the team played a lot of one-star four-shot around him. Therefore, everyone completed a seamless switch after a few training games in the team.

The Clippers are almost all the main players. They are really fighting for points, for winning, and for the final spot in the playoffs.

At the end of the half, at 61:58, the Blazers still led by 3 points, allowing the Clippers to catch up with 9 points.

Even if Wang Zelin ruled the penalty area by himself, Jordan and Griffin together are nothing more than toys under his hands, but the Clippers are now playing an all-main lineup after all. The peripheral defense composed of Rondo + Butler made the Blazers' shooters miserable.

Especially Butler, this guy is really tough by nature, born to turn the tide against the desperate situation.

Now the Clippers are only one step away from the gate of the playoffs, but the league's top team is blocking them at this time, isn't it facing a desperate situation?

As a result, Butler broke out completely in the second quarter. Not only did he hit 4 difficult mid-range jumpers, but he even scored a three-pointer in the long-range shot that he is not very good at.

Coupled with the fact that he is good at drawing fouls, Butler made 7 of 5 in a single quarter and 5 of 5 free throws. He scored 16 points, plus 3 rebounds and 2 steals.

As for Wang Zelin, he scored a quasi-double-double with 11 points and 9 rebounds in a single quarter, plus 1 assist, 2 blocks and 1 steal. Last time he faced Butler for a quarter.

If he blasted the Clippers inside, Butler broke the Blazers outside.

It is precisely because of Butler's outstanding performance that the Clippers continue to shrink the score.

"Is this guy named Jimmy Butler that powerful?"

"Why have I never heard his name before?"

半场结束，人们的关注点并没有放在已经轰下了26分16个篮板2次助攻4次盖帽2次抢断的王泽林身上，反而是全放在了单节16分的巴特勒身上。

算上第一节的7分，巴特勒半场得分也突破了20，5项基础数据分别是21分5个篮板3次助攻3次抢断和1次盖帽，命中率更是高达六成。

This kind of performance, this kind of data, set a record for Butler's career so far in the first half of the game.

Compared with Wang Zelin, who frequently scored 40 or 50 points in a single game this season, players like Butler are the true status quo of the league.

I'm used to watching Wang Zelin's genius-like miraculous performances, but a script like Butler's counterattack can arouse people's weekends even more.

Compared with Wang Zelin, isn't Butler just a dick?
"It's really unimaginable. This player named Jimmy Butler actually fought against Wang in the first half. Should we target him in the second half?"

After the visiting team's locker room got Butler's data, Coach Terry muttered to himself.

In the commentary seats outside, this topic was also being discussed enthusiastically.

In the TNT live broadcast, Miller stared at Butler's profile picture on the big screen for a while, then smiled playfully: "Charles, do you think this guy named Jimmy Butler looks a bit like an old friend of ours?"

"Old friend?" Buckley turned his head and asked in surprise.

"Yes, an old friend!"

For some reason, Barkley always felt that Miller's tone was rather complicated, with a bit of gnashing of teeth.

Then, following Miller's gaze, he looked at the big screen.

After being stunned for a while, he pointed at Butler's head and said tremblingly, "Wait, why is this Butler so similar to that braised egg?!"

"Sure enough, did you see it too?"

Miller shrugged.

"It's like, it's so similar!" Barkley's eyes became a little dazed, and combined with Butler's several turnaround jump shots in the second quarter, he immediately gritted his teeth, "Michael Jordan..."

The audience in front of the TV saw the startled look of the two, at first they thought they were doing some work, but when the highlights of Butler's first half were played repeatedly on the screen, everyone subconsciously stared at Butler for a long time...

Fuck, Sir Charles, you are serious!

This guy actually looks like that braised egg? !
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A sneeze!

Joe, who had just finished cutting a good Cuban cigar, suddenly sneezed for some reason.

"Could it be some bastard who is arranging himself..."

He didn't forget that when he was a player, he beat almost all the stars of his generation once. There were a few "lucky ones" who were beaten by him several times in succession. After they retired, they would inevitably have resentment towards him.

Especially a certain fat pig, although he was a good commentator, he still couldn't forget the shocking kneeling in the finals that year, and he couldn't help but make fun of him whenever he had the opportunity.

"Forget it, anyway, those guys only have a good time."

Gang Leader Qiao rubbed the tip of his nose, chuckled, and started to light the fire to toast the cigars.

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In the Tengxun studio, Ke Fan said: "The performance of the king is still omnipotent and stable as always. Under his leadership, the pioneer is like an invincible battleship. Humans block and kill people, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas!"

"But today's real surprise is not the king, but Jimmy Butler of the opposite Clippers. I thought Butler was just an ordinary All-Star, but I never thought that he could have a strong dialogue with the king in such a game. It even makes people feel that he is the real leader of the Clippers, not the white monster Griffin who is far above him."

Duan Ran said: "To be honest, what is amazing about Butler today is not only the superficial statistics, but what really surprised me is his game temperament. The word 'tough' is more appropriate to describe Butler today."

"I am very much looking forward to Butler's performance in the second half. If the Clippers can really complete the upset today, then Butler will surely become famous!"

Don't think Duan Ran's words are exaggerated.

It is true that Butler had already been selected as an All-Star during the 14-15 season of the Chicago Bulls, but at that time he had just gained a certain reputation under the guidance of Tom Thibodeau, and it didn't take long for the Bulls management to use it as an important bargaining chip. The Pelicans reached a deal in exchange for Anthony Davis.

That was arguably the first highlight moment of Butler's career, and he was known as the man who traded for the "son of the United States".

After being traded to the Pelicans, Butler became the coveted boss of the team as he wished. He also produced very good data in the 15-16 season, averaging 23 points, 6 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.8 steals per game, all of which set career highs.

But the west is different from the east. The environment in the west is particularly harsh and cruel, and the competition is very different. Even though Butler is already crazy, it is still difficult to lead the Pelicans to the playoffs with Josh Smith.

In this era of data explosion, you can average 20+5+5 per game. Although it is all-round, it is difficult to attract the attention of the media and fans. In addition, you have not led the team to the playoffs.

By this season, under the influence of many unfavorable factors such as his own personality, style of play, and injury attacks, Josh Smith's personal strength has suffered a cliff-like decline.

As a result, Butler was alone in the Pelicans. Seeing the team, it is very likely that they will miss the playoffs again. Under this situation, Butler wants to find another way out, and the Pelicans want to rebuild. Together, the two sides decided to break up peacefully and let each other go.

This was the deal with the Clippers during the All-Star period.

Generally speaking, Butler has been the leader of the Pelicans for two...a year and a half. His personal strength and team leadership ability have been honed a lot, but due to his poor record, his reputation is actually not as good as his previous life.

Although Jimmy Boy in the previous life did not enter the playoffs in the 15-16 season, it was mainly because Rose was injured again, and Chicago is different from New Orleans. There is a big gap between the two cities in terms of popularity and traffic. Naturally, not many people pay attention to him in New Orleans.

Strictly speaking, Butler can be regarded as a representative of the current league whose strength is far greater than fame. During the three-way trade between the Clippers, the Pelicans and the Kings during the All-Star period, the outside world once believed that his strength was at most similar to Rondo, or even worse than Rondo.

At that time, the media, fans, including the Clippers and the management of the Clippers, regarded Butler as the third leader in the team, and his tactical status in the team was behind Griffin and Rondo.

But no one expected that Butler, who came to the Clippers, quickly showed his own demeanor, and his game temperament deeply attracted every Clippers fan. Whether it is presence or leadership on the field, he was stronger than Griffin and Rondo.

Even the previous captain, Sao Paulo, never made them feel such a strong and tough temperament.

In the second half of the season, Jimmy Tsai played better and better, gradually giving the outside world a feeling that he is the boss of the Clippers.

The game with the Blazers was only halfway through, making this view even more popular.

No way, who made Jimmy Tsai so reliable!
As far as today's game is concerned, as long as he holds the ball on the court, Clippers fans can have a deep sense of security, which Griffin could not provide in the past.

Game temperament, leadership style, spiritual attributes... These seemingly mysterious things are by no means reflected by simple Excel spreadsheet data, but anyone who often watches football knows that these things are really real.

Fortunately, Griffin, the titular boss of the Clippers, is not a jealous player. Don't look at Bai Warcraft as a representative of the beast power forward on the court. It is cruel to dunk the basket, because he is not easy to get along with.

But in fact, Griffin's personality is actually very good, and he can even be regarded as a representative of the good guys in the league.

Coupled with the fact that Captain Paul has been unable to prove his ability to lead the team in the few seasons since his departure, the Clippers are now unable to make the playoffs under his leadership, and have become a weak team.

This inevitably made Griffin doubt his ability to lead the team, so he not only did not have any dislike for Butler's anti-customer behavior after joining the Clippers, but a little bit of luck.

Fortunately, the team management did not pick the wrong person, and I am happy to see Butler help me share some of the pressure.

Even Silly Fen didn't speak, and Rondo, the oldest of the Big Three, had no reason to speak.

In essence, when Rondo was abandoned by the Celtics and became a league bum, his competitive strength continued to decline, and he no longer had the ambition to prove himself when the champion was the starting point guard.

Now Director Long can be regarded as recognizing the reality. Unless he meets Chris Paul, under normal circumstances, he will only play hard on the court and will never make trouble.

What's more, Butler's performance in the first half can be called a real thigh. If the Clippers want to make a comeback, they really can't do without Butler.

Jimmy Tsai said: You guys need me so much!
No, as far as this game is concerned, he is now Jordan of the Clippers!
(End of this chapter)