NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 1170 The true strength of the defending champion

"Will losing the opening game affect the Trail Blazers' subsequent championship plans?"

"Excuse me, do you think the team will make any adjustments next?"

"Wang, I am a reporter from Sports Illustrated, may I ask..."

At the end of the training, Wang Zelin was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines. During the interview, reporters asked endless questions.

"Of course not. People outside are talking about what will happen if the Bulls win the opener... It doesn't matter, because tomorrow night we will let them know the true strength of the Trail Blazers!"

Wang Zelin said relaxedly.

The disastrous defeat in the last game made Wang Zelin realize one thing: he was still affected by the original stereotype.

Historically, Rose never made a reliable three-pointer during his time with the Bulls, and Wade never made a stable three-pointer throughout his career.

However, in last night's game, they shot a terrifying performance from beyond the three-point line that was comparable to the explosion of the Warriors Splash Brothers.

No, they are also called Chicago’s freshly baked Tsunami Brothers by many!

Stereotypes are so harmful that he never worried that Rose and Wade could pose a threat to the Trail Blazers from beyond the three-point line in the first place.By the time he reacted, the opponent had already shot away.

Again, in a basketball game, offensive players are always the most advantageous side, while defensive players are always the most passive side.

And the feel of this thing itself has a bit of metaphysics. Once the shot is released, the basket is really like the sea!
Obviously, the Trail Blazers' basket last night was as vast as the ocean to the Bulls players, and they could shoot whatever they wanted.

However, Wang Zelin's calm and calm speech, in the eyes of interested people, turned into a desperate attempt to save face and a deliberate disregard for the Bulls' first victory. Such behavior is very disrespectful to the opponent.

So the result of doing this is... the smell of gunpowder between the two sides becomes stronger!
another day has passed
On the evening of June 6rd, our President Xiao Hua also came to the scene tonight.

It stands to reason that Xiao Hua, as the president of the Finals, should have attended the opening game to watch the game. However, due to the Trail Blazers' unparalleled dominance of the NBA in recent years, most people were not optimistic before the game. The Bulls can win at the Rose Garden.

Initially, Xiao Hua was naturally one of these people!
When he thought about it, what could he do even if he attended the opening match? In the end, he would not have to watch Wang Zelin show off his power in front of him. After all, that kid would never give him face.

He simply pretended to be ill, creating the strange record of being the first NBA president to miss the opening game of the NBA Finals in history.

It once attracted cynicism from many fans and media.

But today...

Xiao Hua acted as if he had just married a new wife in the VIP audience in the front row of the Rose Basketball Arena. After learning that the Trail Blazers lost to the Bulls in the first game, he was in a wonderful mood.

Highlights a heart that is soaring and a chill in the heart!
He hopes that the Bulls can continue their efforts and give the Trail Blazers a two-game losing streak at home, thus dampening Wang Zelin's spirit!
League No. 1, right?Who am I, Adam Silver, or the league president?
Since you don't give me face like this, don't blame me for being rude.

……

Bulls pregame interview.

Facing the reporter's camera, Davis did not smile, and even frowned, as if it was the Bulls who lost the first game.

"Anthony, you don't seem to have confidence in this game?"

The reporter then asked Davis about this issue.

Davis shook his head: "No, my teammates and I are bound to win this game! We are full of confidence in winning!"

"Then why do you look gloomy?"

"Because the battle is not over yet, and it is not time to be happy yet."

After Davis finished speaking, he left quickly.

In the opening game against the Trail Blazers the day before yesterday, Davis only made a mistake at the end of the game, and he still did not smile at the subsequent press conference.

People find it strange that even though he defeated Wang Zelin in the Rose Garden Arena, doesn't Davis still feel satisfied?
Only Davis understands that one or two losses are nothing. He has finally ended the era of James covering the sky with one hand in the Eastern Conference. Now that he is so close to the finals for the first time, he does not want to be suppressed by others anymore. Got pregnant.

This time, it's his turn to be the big winner!
A stronger Anthony Davis than in the original history has been forced out by Wang Zelin!

……

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the second game of the 2016-17 season finals officially started.

The battle between the two sides is still at the Rose Garden Arena.

But the trend of tonight's game is completely different.

Looking at the situation on the court, Xiao Hua frowned.

Before coming here, he thought that the Bulls could continue their efforts and make him happy, but after two quarters of the game, the score between the two sides reached 74:42...

The second game of the finals still showed a one-sided trend, but the roles played by both sides were reversed from the previous game. Now the Trail Blazers are the leader, while the Bulls are the laggard.

The Rose Garden Arena was cheering constantly, and the Trail Blazers were completely different teams from the previous game.

"This is the true strength of the Trail Blazers!"

Shark O'Neal laughed loudly in the commentary box.

The Bulls' tactics have not changed from the last game. They still throw three-pointers from the outside. They want to rely on three-pointers to pull Wang Zelin's defensive focus outside the three-point line. Then Davis will attack the Trail Blazers' inside line, and finally do It blooms both inside and outside.

But when Wang Zelin began to pay attention to the outside shooting threats of Rose and Wade, he continued to exert strong interference on Rose and Wade with his super high defense and assist defense. The Bulls and the outside dual-core felt immediately dropped to freezing point tonight.

At the same time, while the Trail Blazers established a dynasty against one side, they also established a defensive rotation system.

Seeing that his teammates couldn't score and Davis wanted to come out to solve the problem, the Trail Blazers could always appear in an instant and trap him with two players.

The result is that in the Trail Blazers' iron barrel formation, the Bulls generals collectively paid tribute to the Mamba spirit tonight, letting everyone know what it means that there is no most iron, only more iron.

The intermission ended, and the two sides changed sides to fight again.

After changing the venue, Bulls fans thought that the players' touch would improve, but the situation remained unchanged.

Although Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg is well-known in the NBA league, he is only a second-year rookie in the NBA world.

Faced with the sudden changes on the court, he may not be that stubborn and rigid character, but due to his limited experience in competitions, he has never been able to adapt. The Bulls' three-point shooting continued for the entire game.

The result was naturally obvious, and the game was over in the third quarter.

最终，开拓者队在主场以135:101血洗了公牛队34分，将系列赛的大比分单纯的1比1平！
王泽林出战三节时间，轻松拿下33分15版5助攻5盖帽的4×5全能数据，成功当选本场MVP！

The rest of the team members performed well.

利拉德20+11、约基奇18分10篮板10助攻三双到手、巴顿15分，康尼特李11分。

Aldridge continued to come off the bench, scoring the highest 6 points among the substitute players on both sides as a super sixth man.Relying on the outstanding performance of six players scoring in double figures tonight, the Trail Blazers successfully defended their home court.

The process and result of this game are completely different from the first one.

Although many media and fans had imagined before the game that the Trail Blazers would most likely bottom out tonight, they never expected to win so easily.

"This is the true strength of the defending champion!"

"Heizi continues to scream... Do you really think that the great achievements of the three consecutive championship dynasties can be achieved so easily?"

"I feel sorry for my thick eyebrows. It only took two days to go from heaven to hell. This life... is really hard to fathom!"

"It's really not the Bulls' fault. Look at the Golden State Warriors next door. Curry + Durant + Thompson + Green's four-star All-Star team, but they couldn't even beat the Trail Blazers."

"Bulls fans can enjoy themselves secretly by stealing a victory while Tiger is taking a nap. It's time to recognize the reality!"

"If you ask me, Hoigbo is a big fool! He can't adapt at all."

"It's just that, if you can't make a three-point shot, you don't know how to change your offensive thinking. You have to go one way to the end, and you don't know how to turn back even if you hit your head and bleed."

"Tsk, tsk, by the way, I relied on my three-point tactic to win the last game, right? In just a few days, Xiao Tiantian has turned into Mrs. Niu!"

"The one upstairs is too real..."

……

……

One game sparked a wave of quarrels among fans on social media.

However, what can be felt is that although there have only been two games in the finals and the two sides seemed to be tied 1-1, the Bulls' championship situation has become less optimistic.

Because people discovered that when the three-pointers of the Bulls' shooters were no longer magical and they could only go head-to-head with the Trail Blazers, their strength was obviously at a disadvantage.

The only good news is that after the first two games, the two sides will move to Chicago to play the third and fourth games of the Finals at the United Center.

"We not only need to be wary of the Bulls' tactical changes, but we also need to do some targeted protection for Anthony Davis."

On June 6, not long after arriving in Cleveland, Wang Zelin made suggestions to head coach Terry Stotts.

If the Bulls win the opening game, it will be equivalent to grabbing the home court advantage from the Trail Blazers.

If the Trail Blazers want to get back, they must win the third game!
The result of the last game certainly proved that the overall strength of the Trail Blazers was stronger than the Bulls, but it did have something to do with Fred Hoiberg's shallow experience and lack of flexibility.

If the opponent makes tactical adjustments in this game, it is difficult to say the outcome of the game.

After all, the Bulls are a Big Three team. The structure of the Big Three means that it is difficult to completely target this team. Before understanding the opponent's adjustments, the Trail Blazers must be cautious, cautious, and cautious again.

Regarding the Bulls' Big Three, Wang Zelin suggested that the team focus on Anthony Davis, because the latter is not only the youngest of the Big Three, but also the most powerful one.

In the first two games of the finals, Wang Zelin asked the system to test Davis' current strength, and the results shocked him.

In the opening game, Davis' comprehensive ability evaluation of 96 surprised him. This is already a superstar level.

However, in the second game, when he habitually re-tested, he found that Davis' comprehensive ability had actually improved again, from 96 to 97...

That guy's strength has actually improved a lot in a short period of time. On the one hand, it proves that he is indeed talented and can definitely bear the title of "the first son of the United States" in terms of potential; but on the other hand, it can also be seen that His mentality is gradually changing, and it is improving in a good direction.

There is a seemingly miraculous but real eternal topic on the basketball court, that is - spiritual attributes!
Call it magical, because this thing is indeed invisible and intangible, and even the system cannot detect it.

But if you want to say it doesn't exist, you can still see the gap in mental attributes among NBA players.

For example, Kobe and Harden, and Butler and Simmons in history, there is a huge gap in the mental attributes between the two.

If Harden can be as paranoid as Kobe, and if Simmons can have Butler's high demands on himself, it's really hard to imagine what heights their careers will reach.

The changes from the Eastern Conference Finals to the Finals, and then to the first two games of the Finals, all verify that Davis's mental attributes are strengthening step by step.

Wang Zelin dared to use half of his body as a guarantee of a happy sexual life. The Davis he met was definitely stronger than the "Glass Man" in history.

Compared with Davis, Rose's current comprehensive ability is only 86. Uncle Wei is most likely because he is a rare natural playoff player. His comprehensive ability evaluation has improved from 82 at the end of the regular season to 85, and his strength has returned to that of an All-Star. level.

But even so, what Wang Zelin values ​​most is Davis.

Because he knows very well that when a superstar explodes on the court, it will cause unimaginable damage and become the x factor that affects the game.

It is completely unrealistic to rely on one person to completely suppress the offensive firepower of a superstar. Even Wang Zelin cannot do it.

But if the entire team works together, although it is still challenging, it is still possible.

Especially for a team like the Trail Blazers where the main core remains unchanged all year round and all members work together very well, the probability of achieving this will be higher than that of ordinary teams.

……

After three days of rest, the third game of the Finals officially kicked off at the United Center in Chicago.

In this game, Hoiberg reacted and did not let his players compete for three-pointers from the outside.

This change is a good thing for the Bulls, but this is the most uncomfortable game since Rose and Wade, two breakthrough masters, entered the Finals.

After the Western Conference Finals, the Trail Blazers' three-high lineup was resounding throughout the league. Wang Zelin, Jokic and Aldridge were all seven-footers. When they stepped toward the basket, their breakthrough space was immediately reduced.

After discovering that the Bulls would not continue the three-game wave, Coach Terry did not hesitate and switched to the three-high strategy to deal with the five small Warriors in the Western Conference Finals.

In the finals, Wang Zelin appeared at the small forward position for the first time, but his role was no less than during the Western Conference Finals.

Relying on Wang Zelin's terrifying movement speed and defensive sense, although the Trail Blazers' overall mobility has slowed down, their defensive quality and sense of oppression have not decreased but increased.

Think about it, every time you finally make a shot or break through space, the next second, a 2-meter monster suddenly rushes towards you at a supercar speed, which makes anyone feel terrified.

Thanks to the fact that neither Rose nor Wade is the kind of player who has no mid-range at all, and Davis played surprisingly well, the game was not disrupted like the last game.

Despite this, at the end of the first three quarters, the Bulls still trailed by a full 11 points.

When the defending champion showed his true strength, the Bulls fans at the United Center finally felt deep fear.

Can they really challenge such a team?
Is the revival of the Bulls dynasty really impossible to achieve?
During the break, there was an atmosphere of frustration everywhere on the Bulls' bench.

From the core to the bench to the fans around them.

(End of this chapter)