NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 1204 Owen feels he can do it again

Paul George was determined to leave this summer. After persuading the Pacers management to no avail, they had no choice but to let go peacefully and officially entered the reconstruction period.

Arriving at the Pacers' home court, Wang Zelin subconsciously checked his opponent's ability evaluation.

Good guys, they are all a bunch of rotten fish and shrimps, which means that this game is basically stable.

In the first quarter, relying on Jokic and Aldridge's various strong attacks inside to open up the situation, the Trail Blazers scored 38:18 in the first quarter, leading by 30 points in a single quarter!
In just one quarter, the Trail Blazers defeated the game.

As the game entered the second quarter, Coach Terry was not careless and continued to let the main players play, neatly ending the suspense of the game in the first half.

At the end of the game, the Pacers only scored 93 points. In today's era where offense is encouraged and penalties for internal and external shooting cylinders are extremely strict, this performance is undoubtedly extremely bad.

For the Trail Blazers, Wang Zelin played 17 minutes, but fortunately he avoided the embarrassing situation of scoring less than 20 and scored exactly 20 points, plus 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals.

利拉德打了19分钟，拿到15分8助攻、阿尔德里奇打了22分钟拿到23分4板、约基奇依旧是4人当中出场时间最多的，打了29分钟拿到25分8篮板7助攻……

The Trail Blazers scored 132 points and defeated the Pacers 132:93, winning three consecutive games with 39 wins!

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Trail Blazers fans are undoubtedly the most excited fans this season.

After beating their opponents by 49 points in the opening game, in the next few days, they witnessed the home team put the Suns and Trail Blazers into doubt.

On average in the three games, they beat their opponents by nearly 50 points per game!
This game was played just like playing, and many fans said that it was not that easy for them to play 2k.

Taking into account the opponents in these three games, except for the Mosaic team, which has playoff-level strength, the Suns and Pacers are all rookie teams in the rebuilding period.

But the Mosaic team, the only team that can be called a strong team, met the Trail Blazers like they met their nemesis. It was good to have 10 out of 7 successes.

Therefore, a new argument has emerged on social platforms, that is: the Trail Blazers' three-game winning streak has average gold content, and they have not yet encountered a truly strong opponent.

At the same time, many fans claim that Wang Zelin's strength has declined this season. As the league's scoring leader in the past few seasons, he now averages just over 20 points per game, which is seriously inconsistent with the No. 1 standard!
10 month 24 number.

The Trail Blazers' three-game trip to the Eastern Conference has ushered in the last stop. Their opponent is the Milwaukee Bucks, who have been having a bloody storm this summer.

If you want to name the most frustrated team this summer, it is undoubtedly the Cleveland Cavaliers, because all three core members of the team chose to leave the team in one summer.

Then the Milwaukee Bucks are one of the most successful teams in trading reinforcements this summer, because they acquired Kyrie Irving, the Cavaliers' core point guard last season, who was in his prime.

In terms of personal strength alone, Irving is definitely the second-tier leader in the current No. 1 position, second only to Curry and Lillard, the two first-tier guys, and the Wizards’ John Wall and last season’s Thomas is tied as the top point guard in the Eastern Conference.

Using Middleton as a bargaining chip in exchange for Irving, the Bucks' deal undoubtedly has more advantages than disadvantages. The team has also officially formed a dual-core lineup of Irving + Antetokounmpo.

In the new season media strength prediction rankings, the Bucks have ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, second only to the Knicks, Bulls, and Celtics.

"Kyrie is a very good teammate. I believe that together with him, we will definitely create new glory for Milwaukee!"

"The Trail Blazers are the defending champions and the Kings are No. 1 in the league. They are very strong, but we are by no means weak!"

"Milwaukee fans please believe in us and see you in the game!"

During the media interview before the game, Antetokounmpo expressed his confidence in winning tonight's game in front of reporters.

These words greatly boosted the confidence of Bucks fans.

Irving on the side saw this and said with a confident smile: "I chose to join the Bucks for one purpose, and that is to bring this city the second championship in team history! We are not afraid of any opponent, even the wave. Telang Pioneer!"

If Antetokounmpo's speech is still in the category of cheering for himself and the team, then Irving's speech is equivalent to setting a flag for the Bucks.

For a moment, all the reporters around were stunned. After reacting, they frantically raised their cameras and took pictures of Irving and Antetokounmpo.

On game day, the Bradley Center was extremely lively, with a large number of fans inside and outside the stadium.

In fact, not only at the game site, but also on the hotline and in front of the TV sets on the other side of the ocean, countless Blazers fans and Chinese fans were waiting to watch this focus battle.

Recently, many media have said that the Trail Blazers' first three victories were of average value. According to their understanding of Wang Zelin, the latter would often produce explosive output after being questioned and slap some people hard in the face.

At 18:[-] in the evening, players from both sides entered the field to warm up.

During the warm-up, Antetokounmpo came over to say hello to Wang Zelin. The two had exchanged jerseys before.

Of course, it was Antetokounmpo who proposed it. According to him, he himself is a fan of Wang Zelin.

Therefore, Wang Zelin has a very good relationship with Antetokounmpo. This summer, he originally planned to invite him to become a new member of the summer training brothers camp, but the latter went back to Greece with his family, and the two parties agreed to train together next summer.

"King, don't underestimate us, I won't let you win so easily."

After a brief exchange of greetings, Antetokounmpo suddenly raised his head and looked directly at Wang Zelin, and said seriously.

In fact, he himself also understands that the strength of the Trail Blazers is far from what the current Bucks can match, and his own strength is also far from the man in front of him. His speech before the game was just to encourage the fans in this city. By the way, Also encourage yourself.

So when facing his idol directly, although Antetokounmpo's words were still serious, he was still timid subconsciously.

"Really? Then I look forward to your performance."

Wang Zelin gently patted Antetokounmpo on the shoulder, and only then did he realize that the latter's physique was obviously stronger than last season.

Well, the Greek monster is evolving again!
"By the way, that..." Antetokounmpo paused, and then said: "Although Kyrie's speech before the game was a bit arrogant, his character is like that, so don't take it to heart."

It's said that he is a fan of Wang Zelin. Of course Antetokounmpo knows what kind of character his idol is. Irving's behavior before the game is no less than active provocation. In order to prevent his new teammate from being beaten at the beginning of the game, he couldn't help but , helping to find supplements before the game.

"walk slowly!"

Wang Zelin glanced at Brother Antetokounmpo and said with a half-smile.

"Ahem, I'll go back and warm up first."

Seeing that Wang Zelin neither agreed nor refused, Antetokounmpo had no choice but to say goodbye and went back to warm up.

Bucks halftime.

"Giannis, what did you and Wang talk about in the past?"

During the warm-up period, Irving hit 10 three-pointers in a row. He felt hot tonight. After seeing Antetokounmpo come back, he asked curiously.

"It's nothing. Wang and I just made an appointment to practice together next summer."

Although he only played two serious regular season games with Irving, Antetokounmpo still noticed the arrogance in Irving's bones, so he did not choose to tell the truth, but found an excuse to excuse himself. "Oh! Then let's continue to warm up. I feel like my touch is very hot tonight. I must make the opponent look good later."

Owen didn't have any doubts, he still looked excited.

"Uh-huh……"

Antetokounmpo looked at Irving's excitement and recalled Wang Zelin's expression just now, and he always had a bad feeling.

Blazers halftime.

Wang Zelin made a few shots, and after feeling good, he returned to the sidelines to check the strength of the Bucks.

Currently, the strongest individual in the Bucks is still star Giannis Antetokounmpo, whose overall ability evaluation reaches 88, which is a standard All-Star starting level.

Last season, Antetokounmpo was not only rated as the most improved player of the season, he was also selected as the Eastern All-Star starter. At that time, his strength level was only 85, which had just reached the passing line for the All-Star starter. However, in just one summer, Antetokounmpo's strength improved again. There has been rapid progress.

It seems that the Greek monster on the opposite side is only one step away from the current superstar club.

In fact it is.

在原时空当中，2017~18赛季的字母哥个人数据再次突分猛进，单赛季场均可以砍下26.8分10篮板4.8助攻1.5抢断1.4盖帽的全能数据，，三项命中率依次是52.9%、30.7%和76%！

Among them, the 30.7% three-point shooting rate is the second season in Antetokounmpo's career in which the three-point shooting rate exceeds [-]%, apart from his rookie season.

Even though he only has a three-point shooting percentage of [-]%, for a Greek monster with a historical level of fast break ability and frame attack ability, it is basically equivalent to adding more power to a tiger.

According to the original historical development trajectory, Antetokounmpo will continue to stabilize the second team this season, and then become a league MVP level super giant next season!

If those teams in the Eastern Conference dare to underestimate Antetokounmpo again, they will 100% suffer big losses.

Irving follows closely behind, with an ability evaluation of 87. The main reason why he is inferior to Antetokounmpo is that he suffers a big loss in defensive evaluation. In terms of offensive ability alone, he is significantly better than Antetokounmpo.

Irving is seriously unqualified to serve as the head coach of the team. He has led the team to reverse points all year round, and winning two No. [-] picks in the three years he led the Cavaliers is enough to prove this.

Of course, for some teams, Irving's unique leadership attributes will be a great thing.

But having said that, if he only serves as the team's second-in-command, Irving will definitely be ranked among the highest-quality second-in-commands in history, just because he has super-level hard-hitting and key-ball abilities on the offensive end.

Apart from anything else, Irving is now in the Bucks and continues to play the role of second-in-command to assist Antetokounmpo. His development prospects are definitely better than those in history when he went to the Green Army to prove himself as the boss.

Because Irving's style of play and Antetokounmpo's can be said to be a perfect fit. The former is good at offense, while the latter can also attack but is better at defense.

The key is that Irving can well make up for the key ball ability that Antetokounmpo lacks most in his offensive methods.

In addition to these two cores, the Bucks also introduced sharpshooter JJ Redick this summer, plus Eric Bledsoe, Malcolm Brogdon, Jabari Parker, and John Hann on the bench. Sen and other high-quality substitutes...

After combining the information from the system's internal database and witnessing the Bucks player attribute panel with his own eyes, Wang Zelin suddenly discovered that some of the opinions on the Internet were actually quite accurate.

Because this Buck is really strong!

Compared with the opponents in the first three games, defeating this Bucks may really be more valuable and convincing.

After the warm-up of the two sides, the scene soon entered the entrance ceremony.

The Trail Blazers' starting lineup is the same as the previous three games, with the Four Kings plus Connet Lee. This is basically their regular lineup this season.

For the Bucks, the starting lineup is as follows:

Irving and Redick on the outside, Brogdon and Giannis Antetokounmpo on the forwards, and center Thon Mack.

Originally, before Irving, the Bucks management had hired Eric Bledsoe, who had played for the Clippers and Suns. This guy grew into an all-around offensive and defensive point guard with an average of 21+4+6 per game in the Suns.

It's just that the Bucks management didn't expect to be able to get Irving from the Cavaliers later. Bledsoe's personal strength is naturally not as good as Irving, so he had to serve as the team's sixth man.

However, in this way, it has greatly strengthened the thickness of the Bucks' bench.

Relying on this starting lineup and the bench lineup led by Bledsoe, the super sixth man, the Bucks won three games in the first three games.

This includes a 108:100 victory over the Celtics, also a powerhouse in the Eastern Conference, in the opening game.

In the next two games, the Bucks continued to defeat the Cavaliers and Hornets, becoming one of the few undefeated teams in the league.

This is the main reason why tonight's game is so high-profile.

In the contest between two teams that started the game with undefeated victories, one of them is destined to lose their undefeated status after tonight. No matter who loses or wins, it will cause a huge sensation after the game.

It is probably because he showed a very good chemical reaction when paired with Antetokounmpo, which made Irving feel that he was good again, so he took the initiative to provoke Wang Zelin in front of the media.

After the opening ceremony, Irving and Antetokounmpo performed a mid-air shoulder collision, completely igniting the entire Bradley Center.

"Go Bucks!"

“Bucks game!”

"Kill the Portlanders! Kill Wang Zelin!"

The home fans cheered in unison with excitement.

At this time, the on-site photographer specially gave Wang Zelin a separate close-up shot.

"Could it be said that Wang Zelin's strength has really declined?"

Everyone wants to know what kind of performance the league's No. 1 will perform in response to the challenge after being provoked.

In addition, since the opening action of throwing magnesium powder in the opening game, Wang Zelin has to sprinkle magnesium powder at the beginning of the next two games.

It seemed that he really planned to use this opening move for his own use.

So tonight, will he continue?

In the expectant eyes of the fans, Wang Zelin's choice is-keep throwing!

After throwing it, he did not forget to make a throat-slitting salute to the Bucks bench not far away, which was regarded as a distant response.

After a series of smooth operations, the fanatical atmosphere at the scene immediately escalated to a higher level, and the fans also became excited.

(End of this chapter)