NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

With Wang Zelin's reminder, Coach Terry has raised his attention to tonight's game to a higher level. He no longer regards the Jazz as a weak team, but instead regards the Jazz as a team with marginal playoff strength... Ordinary strong team.

It's not that the Trail Blazers despise their opponents because they are too powerful. It's really the current Jazz team that makes them unable to arouse much interest.

No matter how much Wang Zelin recognizes Mitchell, it cannot change the fact that he is just a rookie.

Seedlings are just seedlings after all, and it will take a long time to grow into a big tree.

The Jazz's current record is 2 wins and 5 losses, and they are in the bottom echelon of the Western Conference. This is very in line with the team management and Jazz fans' expectations for the team's development this season.

Before the start of the 2017-18 season, the situation faced by the Utah Jazz is as follows:

Gordon Hayward, the team's only All-Star, left the Space City, and main guard Jordan Hill also chose to leave.

These two happened to be the Jazz's top two scorers last season. Hayward led the Jazz with 2 points per game, and Hill ranked second with 22 points per game.

Since entering the 21st century, everyone has understood the general environment in the west. It has been particularly cruel in recent years. Not only are strong teams gathered together, but there is also a rising dynasty. The entire Western Conference has a pattern of one super player and many strong players.

Therefore, everyone’s previous expectations for the Jazz were obvious:

Give up, stop struggling, and rebuild quickly!

Looking forward to the hot 2017 draft year, Ball, who represents the king of traffic, came to Sacramento and replaced Wiggins as the new king; Fultz, known as Penny 2.0, became part of Philadelphia's "belief process"; the Celtics used the third overall pick The lottery won the new generation of Mamba disciple Tatum.

And what about Jazz?

The biggest gain in this year's draft is a short shooting guard with the 13th pick in the first round. His performance in the first 7 regular season games can be described as a ghost in three games. Except for Utah, there are basically not many local fans listening. Say the name Donovan Mitchell.

To sum up, it's not surprising that Coach Terry really doesn't have much interest in this team.

Wang Zelin's interest in the Jazz is mainly focused on Mitchell. He wants to know whether Mitchell can still achieve his wish?

The training in the afternoon was carried out as usual, with average intensity, mainly focusing on maintaining the players' condition.

At 2 o'clock in the evening on the 7nd, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Jazz started.

After coming to the technical stage to sprinkle magnesium powder, Wang Zelin checked Mitchell's ability evaluation.

"Player: Donovan Mitchell.

Hidden body attributes: speed 94, burst 93, agility 90, bounce 92...

Offensive ability: 86 layups, 74 mid-range shots, 63 long-range shots, 90 ball control...

Defensive ability: 72 outside defense, 80 steals...

Overall rating: 76”

……

After scanning around, Wang Zelin couldn't help but frown.

how to say?

Mitchell's strength is...much weaker than he thought.

According to his prediction, he is a super rookie who can average 20+3+3 per game as soon as he debuts. Not to mention having 85+ All-Star ability, he should have 80+ quasi-All-Star ability.

Let's take a look at Mitchell's ability evaluation. He was very surprised. He has excellent physical talent but a bit of a technical problem.

Immediately afterwards, he remembered the information report he checked when chatting with Coach Terry in the morning: This is a talented young man who was selected in the first round even after he started playing basketball in his senior year of high school. This also means that his learning ability is very strong. .

Although there are very few such players in history, there are still some. They are far away, such as Olajuwon and Tracy McGrady, and close, such as Philadelphia's Embiid in the East.

The Mitchell in front of him is probably also a talented player of this type.

Sure enough, after searching in the system space, Wang Zelin already knew all of Mitchell's statistics and performance throughout the regular season.

After struggling for more than a month, Mitchell used a 12-point performance in December to break Gordon Hayward's previous record of 41 points in the Jazz's regular season. A strong debut of his own.

After December, 12+ and 20+ scores in a single game often appeared on his stat sheet.

"Pity."

After understanding Mitchell's characteristics, Wang Zelin was a little disappointed. In his opinion, Mitchell, who has only been in the league for half a month, is still in the adaptation period, and there is a high probability that it will be difficult to satisfy him tonight.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Wang Zelin.

"Hey, Wang, my name is Donovan Mitchell. You may not have heard of my name before, but after tonight I believe you will never forget it, because I will definitely beat you today!"

Looking at the gushing short guard in front of him and the confident look on his face, Wang Zelin joked:

"Oh? So confident? Did Liang Jingru give you the courage?"

"Leon's sperm... Who is he?" Mitchell suddenly got stuck, with a black question mark on his face.

"Well, she is a female singer from Bangzi Country. Her singing always brings courage to many people... No, why should I talk to you about this... Damn it!"

As soon as Wang Zelin ignored it, he didn't know where he was getting involved. He put his thoughts back and looked at Mitchell carefully.

"What, what's wrong?"

Mitchell was looked down upon by Wang Zelin. Who knows how much he had cheered himself up during the warm-up just now, and now he had the courage to take the initiative to say hello to the number one player in the league, but after all, he only debuted two years ago... ...Having been an NBA rookie trainee for half a month, he naturally has a challenger mentality and has not put himself in the same position as Wang Zelin.

This unequal mentality made him take the initiative to provoke Wang Zelin. But after he calmed down, he felt the terrifying pressure from the giant in front of him. The draft claimed to be 191 centimeters tall, but it was actually 185 centimeters tall. As time went by, Mitchell became more and more uneasy.

As a veteran, Wang Zelin quickly noticed the change in Mitchell's mentality. Well, he was a naughty and bad student again, and he had classes tonight.

Alas, Mr. Wang is such a good teacher!

After thinking about it, Wang Zelin took the initiative to hug Mitchell, looked at him with a joking face, and said with a smile: "Boy, are you interested in making a bet with me?"

"Bet, what are you betting on?" Mitchell was a little confused by Wang Zelin's slightly joking mood. But when he thought about it, he was a rookie and the opponent was the number one player in the league. If he loses, he will not lose, but if he wins, he will win. Make money, so he quickly nodded in agreement.

"Okay! Young people have to be so bold!" Wang Zelin patted Mitchell's shoulder hard again, "The bet is very simple. As long as you score 20 points on me tonight, I will exchange jerseys with you after the game. ,How about it?"

"no problem!"

As soon as he heard that he could exchange jerseys with his idol, Mitchell's blood surged into his heart again and he agreed immediately.

"Then it's settled."

Wang Zelin shrugged, seeing that there was not much time, and walked to the middle circle.

When Wang Zelin walked away, Mitchell was still having fun.

"No, Wang seems to have forgotten to mention, what if I don't get 20 points?"

It took a while for Mitchell to realize that Wang Zelin only said what would happen if he won and forgot to mention what would happen if he lost.

"Mitchell, why are you still in a daze? You haven't even won the game yet and you want to get a T? Get out of here!"

Seeing that the rookie Mitchell didn't return to the bench for a long time, Jazz head coach Quinn Schneider got angry and yelled at him.

"Oh, I'll be right back!"

After Mitchell reacted, he looked embarrassed and hurried to the Jazz bench.

"Hahahaha!"

This scene was witnessed by the Blazers bench, and everyone laughed.

"What's the name of that rookie opposite? That's so funny."

"You're laughing so hard at me. Isn't that boy deceived by the king?"

"Hahaha, it's so fun."

Beverley, Curry Jr., Harrell and others smiled widely and kept slapping the bench.

The home fans next to them looked at each other in embarrassment.

This newbie of ours seems a bit unreliable!

The war is about to begin, but you are still holding on to that stupid thing.

Near the center circle, seeing Mitchell's silly smile, the referee couldn't help but twitch his lips.

But this was just a small episode before the game, and it passed quickly.

The starting lineups of both sides are as follows. The Trail Blazers sent out a starting lineup of Lillard, Conlett Lee, Wang Zelin, Aldridge and Jokic.

Correspondingly, the Jazz sent out a starting lineup of Ricky Rubio, Joe Ingles, Rodney Hood, Derrick Favors, and Rudy Gobert.

Compared with the last game, the Pistons' lineup has changed significantly today. Perhaps it was because the performance in the last game against the Mavericks was too stretched, or perhaps it was to protect the rookie's confidence. In this game, Coach Schneider decided to Veteran Joe Ingles serves as the starting shooting guard, and Mitchell is responsible for leading the second team in the transition phase.

Regarding the Jazz's starting lineup, Wang Zelin's evaluation is mediocre, with no major weaknesses or outstanding points.

The strongest player in the starting lineup is Gobert who is in his prime.

It should be said or not, no matter how much fans ridicule Baguette in the future, his strength is still very strong.

The overall ability evaluation is as high as 84, which is only a hair away from the All-Star center. Especially the internal defense, which is as high as 94, is second only to Wang Zelin among active players as a squatting and frame-protecting blue-collar center.

Of course, Wang Zelin still cannot understand the brain circuit of the Timberwolves management.

Ahem, for the other four starters, Favors' ability evaluation is 4, Hood's ability evaluation is 78, Rubio's ability evaluation is 77, and Joe Ingles' ability evaluation is 75.

Then there are the rest of the Jazz players on the bench, which can only be described as pretty lackluster.

With such a lineup, in the original time and space, the Jazz could achieve a regular season record of 48 wins and 34 losses and rank fifth in the Western Conference. This has a lot to do with Mitchell's rapid growth in strength.

After Mitchell grew up, he and Gobert formed two cores, one inside and one outside. Eventually, the Jazz became a dark horse in the Western Conference this season despite everyone's disapproval.

Speaking of which, it's not just Mitchell this year. In fact, the Jazz's inside big man Gobert was also acquired by the Jazz from the Nuggets.

In 2013, also in the draft, the Jazz used the No. 46 pick in the second round and some cash in exchange for Gobert, the 27th pick in the first round.

With two cores, one inside and one outside, the Jazz can return to the Western Conference playoffs at a speed that ordinary people can't predict after Gordon Hayward and Jordan Hill left the team. They must thank the Nuggets for their dedication.

Nuggets: "You xx..."

Back to topic.

Gobert came to the center circle and felt frightened when he saw Wang Zelin standing in front of him with heroic appearance.

But when he thought that this was his home court, he instantly became more confident. He stared at the opponent with fighting spirit and prepared to jump the ball.

The referee came to the center circle with an inflated basketball and signaled the two centers not to get so close and step back. Then he blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air.

Using a much faster bounce than Gobert, he was visible to the referee when jumping the ball. Wang Zelin, who took off early, won the first attack for the Blazers.

Trail Blazers offense.

Lillard is responsible for dribbling across half court.

At the beginning of tonight, Wang Zelin, who was separated by his teammates and allowed to work alone, immediately triggered bursts of exclamations in the Energy Center Arena.

Because facing Hood's defense, Wang Zelin stood half a meter away from the three-point line...

When the Jazz generals were caught off guard, he shot right away!

"Shh!"

With a crisp sound of crossing the net, the Trail Blazers opened the scoring.

"It's noon."

On the court, Wang Zelin shook his right hand unceremoniously and gestured to his wrist.

This is Lillard’s classic watch-watching celebration.

But tonight, Wang Zelin announced that it belongs to him.

At the imperial court, after Wang Zelin's three-point cloud-piercing arrow gave the Pioneers the lead, Teacher Yu Jia said cheerfully: "This is the king! This is the confidence of the first person!"

"This shot is really amazing. Not only did he dare to shoot, he also dared to score!"

On the side, instructor Zhang Weiping, who is partnering with Teacher Yu Jia, also smiled.

Energy Center, it's the Jazz's turn to attack.

Different from his aura in the World Championships, the Spanish Golden Boy's style of play in the NBA is more steady now, and his technical characteristics are more organization and defense, but his shooting skills are average.

After halftime, Rubio made a gesture and started a pick-and-roll with Joe Ingles, which quickly attracted the attention of Wang Zelin and Conley Terry.

This season, Joe Ingles has maintained his amazing shooting percentage from last season despite increasing the number of shots. His three-point shooting percentage can be as high as 44%, and he averages 5.7 shots per game and 2.5 hits. Wang Zelin didn't dare to let him go.

This gives Hood an opportunity to open up in the left corner. Although Hood's three-pointers are not as abnormal as Joe Yinger's, he can still shoot an excellent 38.9% shooting rate and averages 6.7 shots per game. Even bigger than Joe Ingles.

Hood caught the ball and shot a three-pointer...

With a brushing sound, the hollow hit the net.

The Jazz fought back and the two sides tied at 3:3.

Due to changes in the rule environment, three-point shooting is becoming more and more popular among teams in the league. The Jazz are no exception. This season, they averaged 29.6 three-pointers per game and hit 10.8 goals, setting a new high in team history.

This is mainly due to the fact that the team has many high-quality three-point shooters.

Seeing that the Jazz managed to win so easily, Coach Terry was naturally dissatisfied. He stood up and shouted: "Pay attention to the three-pointer, don't miss anyone."

After being reminded by the coach, the concentration of the players on the field has improved and they no longer take the Jazz seriously as they did before.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Blazers attack.

Lillard broke through with the ball in the frontcourt. After reaching the three-point line, he broke through to the right. Rubio's defensive prediction was very strong. He quickly moved laterally and pushed up with his chest, blocking Lillard back to the three-point line. superior.

Lillard changed directions to the left and accelerated, but was pushed out of the three-point line by Rubio's rough confrontation. He was stunned and failed to move forward. Instead, he retreated outside the three-point line again.

Rubio took advantage of the situation, which meant that Lillard had good hands and protected the ball well, without directly stealing it from his opponent.

But the two rounds of competition made Lillard no longer dare to underestimate the new Jazz.

Seeing that something was wrong, Wang Zelin directly came up to pick and roll Lillard, and Lillard took advantage of the screen to shoot a three-pointer...

Missed, it seems that consecutive back-to-back battles have finally affected Lillard's condition. No matter how strong a shooter is, he cannot be as stable as an iron man.

Aldridge followed up and swatted the ball away. Wang Zelin used his height advantage to overpower Joe Ingles and steal the ball.

Relying on the league's unique three-high lineup, the Trail Blazers have an advantage in rebounding.

Reorganizing the offense, Wang Zelin faced Hood outside the three-point line, posing as a triple threat. He made a fake shot and made a sudden move. In view of the threat of a long three-pointer from the previous ball, Hood was easily deceived.

"You're fooled, boy!"

Wang Zelin curled his lips, walked to the left, and went straight to the basket. Gobert successfully made a layup with Gobert on defense and hit a goal.

"Good job!" Lillard shouted in the backcourt.

Gobert was so angry that his eyes were burning, but one look at the man standing in front of him showed that he deserved to restrain his temper, silently picked up the ball and walked to the baseline.

Next came the Jazz's offense, but Rubio's sudden throw failed.

For the Trail Blazers, Wang Zelin broke through and scored, and Aldridge's layup also slipped in.

The confrontation between the two teams has become more and more frequent. When tactics become difficult to implement, stars must step forward to solve the problem.

It just so happens that the Trail Blazers have the best stars in the league, so they don't have to worry about offense at all.

After the first half of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers made steady progress and slowly expanded the point difference to double digits.

With 5 minutes left in the first quarter, the score was 25:11. The Jazz fell into a long scoring drought, and Schneider had to call the first timeout of the game.

"Coach, let me play!" As soon as the players from both sides came off the field, Mitchell, who had been sitting on the bench for a long time, immediately jumped up and volunteered.

"Go!"

Schneider smiled and agreed to Mitchell's request.

After the timeout, Mitchell replaced Joe Ingles, who is the oldest player among the Jazz outsiders and is already 30 years old. Schneider has always had strict requirements on the veteran's playing time.

The blind Jazz can no longer compete with the opponent through tactics. Schneider can only place his hope on the young Mitchell, hoping that Mitchell can break the team's scoring drought with vitality.

The two sides returned to the court. Mitchell looked at Wang Zelin from a distance. Wang Zelin felt something and looked up.

The two looked at each other for a while and smiled at each other.

Mitchell saw the deep anticipation in Wang Zelin's eyes, and Wang Zelin also saw the strong fighting spirit in Mitchell's eyes.

The game continues with the Jazz attacking first.

Rubio was unable to attack from the outside. Mitchell ran out to respond. Rubio immediately passed the ball. What was unexpected was that there was half the 24-second attack time left. It was very rich, but Mitchell directly made a three-pointer after receiving the ball. Pull out your hand...

According to Mitchell's university report and technical analysis of previous games, Mitchell is not a shooter who is good at three-pointers. Therefore, Conlett Lee, who is responsible for marking, is two steps away at this time and watches Mitchell take action. .

"Shh-!"

Mitchell's pull-out hand really went in, and it was a hollow hit!

"..."

Conlit Li was a little embarrassed and looked back at Wang Zelin.

Wang Zelin smiled and didn't say anything, but he seemed to think of something the next second and immediately used the system to check Mitchell's current status.

Sure enough, the player evaluation at the bottom of Mitchell's personal panel attribute column now has the words "explosive status" behind it.

Good guy, Mitchell really exploded tonight!

But it has to be said that this goal came quite timely. The Jazz had not scored a goal for 4 minutes in the past. Mitchell's confident three-pointer was like dew after the rain, which greatly boosted the morale of the whole team.

The stands of the Energy Center Arena were filled with overwhelming cheers and roars:

"Well done, boy No. 45!"

"Come on, Mitchell! You're the best!"

"Kick the Portlanders in the butt!"

……

Jazz fans have been suppressed by the team's dusty offense for a long time, and now they are finally released.

On the court, Mitchell himself laughed. He didn't have much confidence when he took the shot. He just felt it after catching the ball and threw it out with a twitch in his mind.

But there is a saying that goes well, if you score a goal, it’s a good goal!

No, even coach Snyder next to him stood up excitedly to cheer for Mitchell.

Jokic and Gobert were fighting hand-to-hand under the basket for a long time. They were fighting hand-to-hand. They picked up the ball and were about to send it to Lillard when a voice came from the left.

"Nikolai give me the ball!"

Jokic smiled after hearing this and immediately sent the ball over, and the person who caught the ball was Wang Zelin.

Wang Zelin immediately advanced quickly and ran towards the frontcourt. At this time, the Jazz were still immersed in the joy of breaking the scoring drought, and were caught off guard.

At this time, only Gobert was left in the Jazz penalty area. Looking at Wang Zelin who was charging towards him, his mind was empty. It was not until Wang Zelin took off that he regretted it too late.

But now there is no way to hide from regret.

Then... Gobert raised his hands subconsciously. It can only be said that this action is really engraved in the baguette's genes.

"boom!"

In front of tens of thousands of people at the scene, Wang Zelin directly dunked the French stick. The latter received a heavy blow and was quickly knocked out. He did not stop until he hit the basket in the bottom corner.

Such a brutal scene was captured by a photographer under the basketball stand, which frightened everyone.

"Rookie, welcome to the NBA!"

Wang Zelin ignored the miserable situation of the baguette, turned to look at Mitchell and said with a smile.

"Boss, one more!" Jokic shouted in the backcourt.

"Ok."

When his teammate was dunked, Mitchell also lost his face. After receiving the ball, he rushed towards the Blazers' position to return a fast break.

Mitchell's speed and explosiveness are among the best in active service, and he is coming menacingly, but the Trail Blazers still have four people in the backcourt, setting up a posture. Mitchell only rushed a few steps, and his speed was slowed down, and the ball was almost missed. out of control.

After finally advancing to the frontcourt, I looked back and saw that Wang Zelin had already run back. His teammates had just reached the center circle, the fast break was not completed, and Mitchell's speed advantage could not be used.

"Rookie, look behind me. Nikola Jokic and Aldridge are waiting to kill you. If you have the ability, shoot another three-pointer!" Wang Zelin started talking trash.

Mitchell glanced inside and saw that this was indeed the case. The Trail Blazers were the top three players in the league and were a nightmare that every current breakthrough expert did not want to encounter.

But he didn't believe in evil, gritted his teeth, and after dribbling continuously with his hips, he suddenly took the first step, changed direction and passed people, breaking through from the right side.

Connet Lee was too experienced. He quickly stepped out and stuck to Mitchell's left side, and then pushed him outwards, preventing him from getting closer to the paint area and away from the basket.

Mitchell took two steps but couldn't make a breakthrough. If he broke through again, he would lose it. Seeing Connett Lee pressing up again, he had an idea and took the initiative to lean in sideways, then turned around and took off for a fadeaway jumper!

Mitchell took the initiative to look for a confrontation, allowing Conlette to subconsciously lower his center of gravity to block his impact and take precautions at the same time. In disguise, I didn't expect that the other party would actually...ejaculate after just rubbing it?

Although Connet Lee reacted quickly and rushed forward, Mitchell took a big step backwards and completed the jump shot like a wall...

"Shh-!"

This is already considered a fairy ball, and it still scores!

"Oh ho ho ho!"

The fans at the scene couldn't help but exclaimed when they saw that such a difficult single was scored.

Connet Lee's performance was good enough. Although he was not as fast as Mitchell, he relied on his experience and height advantages to stay close to him and successfully blocked Mitchell's fast break.

But despite all the defense, Mitchell still made the shot!

Score 5 points in a row!

Jazz No. 45 is in pretty hot shape tonight!

The Blazers soon realized something was wrong with Mitchell's condition, as did Coach Terry on the sidelines. He immediately made a gesture and asked the players on the court to deliberately target Mitchell.

The Blazers attack and play fast.

Wang Zelin held the ball in the backcourt and once again broke through in one line.

This time the Jazz had it, ready to check out in time, and all the backcourt players were in place.

I thought Wang Zelin would slow down and wait for his teammates to get into position, but unexpectedly, after he passed Zhongtian, he continued to explode and his speed became faster and faster.

At the top of the arc, Hood took the lead and suddenly stepped forward to make a gambling steal.

"boom!"

But just after Hood grabbed the ball, Wang Zelin suddenly turned around and dribbled the ball directly from behind, and he passed the top of the key.

"Wang Defa! This ball is so anti-human!"

The audience was shocked by this scene. It was really hard to imagine that a seven-foot-long man could show off micro skills like this.

The Jazz did not expect that Hood would be beaten so cleanly. Nubia and Mitchell were on both sides, Favors was in the short elbow area on the left, and only Gobert was left sitting under the basket.

This means... Wang Zelin's breakthrough is like no one's territory, and he can easily drive straight to the basket.

Will the familiar scene happen again?

No, Gobert learned a lesson this time. After Hood took the blame, he decisively ducked to the right.

Facing the completely empty basket, Wang Zelin's desire to perform dropped sharply, and he ended the game with an easy underhand layup.

"...Gobert, what are you doing? You've grown so much flesh in vain..."

Schneider was immediately furious. He could tolerate his opponent scoring the ball, but he couldn't tolerate the team's poor and slack defense.

Gobert quickly raised his hand to express his apology, but he was quite disdainful in his heart: You don't know what a beast that No. 36 opposite is. I was still in pain after being hit by him just now!

"One more! One more..."

The fans on the field could not tolerate such a cowardly performance by the team, and they booed and shouted towards the field.

After all, he was young and energetic. Mitchell's blood surged again and he shouted at Gobert: "Give me the ball!"

Being treated like this by a newcomer, Gobert was obviously stunned and his expression froze, but he still silently passed the ball to Mitchell.

However, from this moment on, there was already a crack in the relationship between the two.

Next, Mitchell took over the ball and attacked with the ball again.

This time, Connet Lee still used his rich experience to slow down. When Mitchell took two steps to the three-point line, Wang Zelin's help arrived.

Due to the double trap, Mitchell was forced to make a forced shot, but was caught by Wang Zelin.

The scene was deathly silent, and the originally hot home fans suddenly became mute.

Brother, we want you to pay back one, not to let him catch you!

Fans expressed their helplessness.

But Wang Zelin didn't care so much. After catching it, he passed a cross pass to Lillard. Lillard quickly started after receiving the ball. Before the Jazz could react, he went to the basket and completed a dunk on the frame.

Wang Zelin chuckled, looking at Mitchell in front of him, he couldn't help but continue to be a good teacher, and shouted loudly: "Mitchell, don't be discouraged, come again!"

Next to it was the Trail Blazers bench, and Beverley, Harrell and others were laughing again.

Mitchell clenched his fists tightly, these old guys were too bullying.

"I will not let you down."

Then with the fist, Mitchell nodded towards Wang Zelin.

The Jazz continued to attack, and by this time Mitchell was completely on top. Rubio had just passed half the ball when he took the initiative to take over the ball.

Rubio first looked at Schneider who was on the sidelines. Schneider had no expression on his face and just nodded silently.

Mitchell has high hopes from the Jazz management. This season, the Jazz management has no extravagant hope of making it past the playoffs. Cultivating Mitchell's rapid growth is their important job this season.

But Mitchell didn't get sick again this time. The Trail Blazers clearly set up a trap inside the three-point line and were waiting for him to get in. If he had to bite the bullet and hit it in, he would be really stupid.

Faced with Conlett Lee's defense, Mitchell chose to use Favors' pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll, he broke through from the right and reached the three-point line two steps before decisively pulling up and shooting from mid-range.

However, he still underestimated Wang Zelin's reaction speed.

After Mitchell successfully borrowed the screen, Wang Zelin came over from the left wing. When Mitchell jumped up, he also took off.

"Snapped!"

It's a big volleyball hit to the head and face!

Mitchell's offense was sanctioned continuously. His whole head was buzzing, and he looked at the basketball rolling off the court in disbelief.

When did Wang Zelin appear here?

He has begun to doubt life. Is the gap between the two really that big?

The commentator for this game was the loud-mouthed Reggie Miller. He was also famous for his mentality during his player days and often trained young rookies. He quickly noticed the change in Mitchell's mentality at this time.

At this time, he laughed and said: "It seems that the 22 points against the Lakers gave Mitchell some kind of illusion, thinking that he can show himself in front of the league's strong teams. But what he doesn't know is that there are also strong teams. There is a gap! The Trail Blazers are undoubtedly a strong team among the strong teams. To be honest, I haven't seen any rookie who can survive the Trail Blazers' attack. Mitchell will probably be beaten to tears tonight."

It's true as he said. In this game, in addition to taking a few magic shots just after taking the field, Mitchell, who was in an explosive state, was still blocked by the Blazers' iron barrel formation.

Mitchell played 33 minutes tonight, setting a career high, but only made 19 of 4 shots, with a shooting percentage of only 21%, 9 of 1 three-pointers, and 2 of 1 free throws, barely scoring. In double figures, he scored 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 6 turnovers and 5 fouls.

By the end of the game, Mitchell's whole mentality had been completely shattered. The offense was completely unable to attack the Trail Blazers' bad news. As for the defensive end...

The two starting point guards of the Trail Blazers, Lillard, as the first-line point guard, can't be guarded at all. Connett Lee's off-ball movement is so superb that he can easily get rid of Mitchell in a few or two. A big shot opportunity.

He was beaten on both offense and defense. He didn't even dare to take action after the fight, and he didn't know how to defend on the defensive end.

In the end, head coach Schneider replaced Mitchell early in the last half of the quarter in order to protect him. He sat on the bench, covered his face with a towel, and tears really flowed from his eyes.

Whoever can enter the NBA is not a proud man, let alone a genius like Mitchell who only started practicing in his senior year of high school. After entering the league, he is even more proud.

But tonight he was completely taught how to behave by the old gangsters of the Trail Blazers.

The big-mouthed Miller laughed in the live commentary box: "This is the welcome ceremony for the veteran to the rookie. Our poor Mitchell, he was taught a hard lesson today, I just hope it will not stay in his heart." shadow."

Seeing what happened to Mitchell, the 17th class of rookies who were watching the live broadcast of the game at the same time and in different places all felt the same way, and secretly became wary of a certain old gangster's team.

Among them, Fultz, Tatum, and Fox, who were selected early in the first round, all learned from this.

As for our No. 1 pick Lang Qiu?

Not only did he not feel scared, but he was also a little disdainful, thinking that Mitchell's strength was only average, and if it were him, he would never be as miserable as tonight.

It can only be said that Ball's father's marketing strategy was too successful. Not only did he successfully deceive the Kings management, but even his own son really thought that he was the proud son of heaven and the real No. 1 talent.

At the end of the game, Wang Zelin became the best player of the game. He played 28 minutes tonight and easily scored a double-double of 31 points and 15 rebounds. He was interviewed on the spot.

"Wang, after playing for so long today, did you specially welcome Mitchell?" a reporter asked.

"Yes, it's rare to see such a potential newcomer, so I played a little longer, but I really didn't target Mitchell specifically." Wang Zelin smiled and waved his hand.

Isn’t this specifically targeted?

The reporter cursed in his heart, and then asked: "Wang, how do you evaluate Mitchell's performance today?"

"Well... he is a very brave young man, and of course he is very talented, but now he is still very good." Wang Zelin said with a smile.

After the interview, Wang Zelin was about to leave the field when he noticed someone sitting at the end of the Jazz bench.

No need to think, everyone knows who this person is.

I walked over and saw No. 45 on the jersey on his back, with a towel covering his head. It was Donovan Mitchell.

Seeing this, Wang Zelin smiled, then took off his jersey and waved it in Mitchell's face.

"Are you alright kid?"

"Ah..." Mitchell raised his head, took a closer look, and found that the man in front of him was Wang Zelin. He quickly said: "It's okay, I'm not that fragile!"

"Here, jersey, do you want to change?" Wang Zelin patted him on the shoulder.

"Ah? This...but I obviously lost." Mitchell hesitated and pointed to the jersey, a little embarrassed.

"Don't worry about it, mother-in-law. Should I change it or not?"

"Change! Why don't you change!"

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In the end, witnessed by countless fans and recorded by on-site photographers, Wang Zelin and Mitchell exchanged jerseys and hugged again before waving goodbye. (End of chapter)