NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 137 The headline was robbed
Naturally, the Lakers would not allow the Blazers to complete the counterattack so easily. Kobe used a lot of pick-and-rolls and responses to run out of the open space and hit two points steadily.

When Nash came on the court, Kobe did not continue to play singles with the ball, but chose to run without the ball, which is relatively more energy-saving.

Swap the ball.

Nolan Smith moved forward slowly, waiting for the players on both sides to completely settle down.

Howard frowned. He knew that the reason why the Blazers slowed down the pace was to give Wang Zelin enough time to settle down.

The fact is as he expected.

Wang Zelin cut down from the high position, took the initiative to find Howard, and tried his best to squeeze to the basket.

Howard put one hand on Wang Zelin's waist to try to prevent the opponent from entering, and stretched the other hand outward to guard against the pass from the Blazers point guard.

It's a pity that Howard's upper body strength is slightly stronger than Wang Zelin's, but his lower body strength is far inferior to the latter's. His legs began to tremble, and his body was forced to retreat steadily.

Since Howard is so unbearable, D'Antoni shook his head helplessly.

The number 36 on the opposite side won the true biography of his predecessor Yao Ming who "eat, sleep, and fight World of Warcraft!".

Moreover, the physical talent of that boy from the Celestial Dynasty is definitely stronger than that of Yao Ming, and his skills are not much worse. D'Antoni had a terrible idea in his mind.

The new No. [-] center in the NBA is about to be born!
After carrying Howard to the paint area, Wang Zelin raised his left hand high, while his right hand was entangled with Howard.

The difference in stature made Howard behind him completely covered by Wang Zelin, and he could only watch helplessly as his opponent received the ball calmly.

"Snapped!"

The ball just started.

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

"..."

The entire Staples Center booed loudly.

Wang Zelin smiled, because he had already seen that there was a deep fear hidden behind the boos.

Staples fans have been scared by themselves.

In other words, they no longer trust Howard's defense.

Now, we can only try to disturb Wang Zelin's mentality through these off-court factors.

But what they didn't know was that the louder the yelling, the more excited Wang Zelin would be.

Stepping into the sky-blue paint area of ​​the Lakers with his right foot, Wang Zelin continued to exert force, and after pushing the position deeper twice, he turned around towards the basket using this as the axis.

"He wants to hook!"

Howard, who was highly nervous, quickly made a prediction and responded.

Howard locked all Wang Zelin's hook space, but this does not mean that he can completely lock the opponent's arsenal.

Seeing Howard rising and falling quickly, Wang Zelin pulled back the basketball that was about to be shot, bent down, kept the pivot foot still, and retracted the other foot, even turning from face-to-face to being back-to-back.

Howard came into the air and fell quickly. The basket appeared in Wang Zelin's sight again, raising the ball, aiming, and shaking his wrist.

"Shh!"

Howard was extremely depressed as he watched the No. 36 whom he hated the most keep scoring under his defense.

This is not the happy basketball I imagined!

"After this game, let me be the No. [-] center forward."

After scoring the goal, Wang Zelin smiled jokingly at Howard.

Howard's psychological defense has reached a critical point and will soon collapse.

Faced with Wang Zelin's demands on the inside, D'Antoni shook his head. Howard's condition today is too bad.

Defense is really useless, let's attack!

D'Antoni, who is already known as an offensive madman, can no longer bear Howard's continued useless work on the court.

After the timeout, Howard was taken off and Jamison was replaced, allowing Pau Gasol to go to the fifth position.

Howard returned to the bench, covered his head with a towel, and shut his eyes to conjure up a humiliating scene.

When he was about to open his eyes, he was booed by many radical fans outside the stadium, making him both ashamed and angry.

The towel seems to have become Howard's last fig leaf. He seems to have grasped the life-saving straw and isolated himself from the outside world with the towel.

In the following time, his physical fitness and defense were far inferior to Howard's Pau Gasol, and every muscle collision made him feel sore all over.

In front of Wang Zelin, who was playing high, Pau Gasol was like a lonely boat in the sea, unable to make any waves.

After resting for half a quarter, it seemed to affect Kobe's hand feeling, and the sound of blacksmithing sounded intermittently.

The Blazers' outside offense was not very good, but Wang Zelin frequently ravaged the basket, but no one from the Lakers responded for a long time.

With Kobe's three-pointer at the buzzer, the third quarter ended.

72: 63.

The Lakers are still 9 points behind the Blazers.

The originally bustling Staples Center fell into complete silence, but the Trail Blazers side was very lively, and the players were celebrating each other.

In the Christmas game that was watched by hundreds of millions of people, except for the only one overtake, the Blazers suppressed the Lakers. Pay attention to explain how excellent the performance of Wang Zelin and others is.

"Your performance is amazing, Wang, you beat the No. [-] center forward!"

"And everyone performed very well. In the fourth quarter, all the main players played. Don't give the Lakers any chance to counterattack."

"Come on, kill them!"

Coach Terry gathered the players around him and made the final arrangements.

Coach Terry's roar could be clearly heard by the audience in the back rows of the stands, but now they can't make any boos.

After a timeout, Wang Zelin, who played for nearly 30 minutes, was exhausted, but the Lakers still didn't dare to relax at all. Whenever he got the ball, he would always be double-teamed.

This undoubtedly allowed the teammates to get a lot of open opportunities and seized them.

After Kobe came back, his touch returned to normal, but just being normal was not enough to narrow the score for the Lakers.

When the fourth quarter was halfway through, the score was 79:72, and the Lakers really couldn't narrow the score.

As a last resort, the Lakers began to choose to play fast breaks to chase points, while the Blazers played positional battles honestly.

Time passed by, and the Lakers' fast break did not bring them much benefit.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the progress of this game should not change much.

As expected.

Although D'Antoni brought Howard back on the court in the second half of the game, the happy beast's mind was no longer on the game.

The role on the court is exactly the same as that of the previous quarters.

In the last 58 seconds of the game, Kobe scored 2 points with a reverse layup.

87:82, the point difference came to 5 points.

In 43 seconds, Howard made a defensive foul inside, and Wang Zelin made two free throws.

89:82, the point difference returned to its original position.

In 30 seconds, Kobe made a one-on-three in the paint and hit a difficult throw, which also caused Wang Zelin's fourth personal foul in this game.

The black Mamba, who stood on the free throw line, made a free throw with heavy panting.

89: 85.

This fairy ball hit injected a new vitality into the Staples Arena, which had been silent for a long time.

The dawn of victory seems to come to Angel City again!

Fans started chanting Kobe's name.

However, it didn't take long for everyone to be happy. After Lillard advanced to the frontcourt, he didn't wait for his teammates to get in position, and suddenly shot a chasing three-pointer.

Still in the case of Kobe's defense!

"Shh!"

hit.

This three-pointer was like black and white impermanence, directly taking away the Lakers' last breath.

Lillard showed a cruel smile on his face: "Kobe, your time is over!"

After speaking, Lillard pointed to his wrist and looked at his watch to celebrate the first time the action appeared in the NBA.

A courtside cameraman adjusts his lens to Lillard's wrist.

At first sight, it was a tattoo in the shape of a watch, and upon closer inspection... there was a string of letters on it.

Lillard time
Lillard moment!
What an arrogant rookie!

However, it seems that he really has the capital of arrogance.

Kobe, who was closest, saw Lillard's full tattoo and fell silent.

13 seconds!
The last time left for the Lakers is only 13 seconds.

At this time, unless God comes, the Lakers are almost equivalent to a death sentence.

Groups of fans gradually left the stadium early, and the game was no longer worth watching.

Time passed quickly, and with the whistle of the referee, this Christmas battle was completely over.

92: 85!

The Blazers beat the Lakers by 7 points.

At the end of the game, the Blazers surrounded Lillard in the center and rubbed his head hard.

The Lakers players hung their heads and walked toward the player tunnel unwillingly.

They lost the world-renowned game at home, in front of fans in Angeles City.

Kobe looked up at the scores of the two sides on the big screen, and the desire for victory in his eyes never dissipated.

On the other side, Wang Zelin and his teammates were celebrating with forgetfulness, and the two sides formed a picture with a huge gap.

All of this naturally cannot escape the dozens of cameras outside the venue.

The ups and downs and ebbs and flows of all NBA players will be forever remembered through photos and videos.

The Internet has a memory!
……

In the locker room, the Blazers, composed of a group of young guys, recovered quickly from fatigue.

Coach Terry pushed the door open and saw that the players had finished bathing and arranged their clothes.

"Wang, LaMarcus, Damien, you three will attend the press conference with me."

Wang Zelin, who scored 33 points, 15 rebounds and 2 blocks in the game, was the best player in the game without any suspense.

Aldridge and Lillard scored 23 points and 21 points respectively, making them the team's second-best contributors.

Especially Lillard's last three-pointer that killed the game is very likely to become the top five goals tomorrow.

"I won't go to the coach. Jaylen is still waiting outside for me to show him around Los Angeles."

The Jaylen that Aldridge was talking about was his eldest son.

Seeing this, Coach Terry didn't force himself anymore, and took Wang Zelin and Lillard to the post-match interview.

……

"Wang, first of all, I would like to congratulate you on winning the Christmas game. How does it feel to spend Christmas in the United States for the first time?" Sports Illustrated reporter asked.

Wang Zelin looked as usual, but he was already complaining in his heart: What else can I do, just like that!

However, how could Wang Zelin answer this way? He smiled slightly: "It feels very novel, but also very lively. Christmas in the United States is similar to the Spring Festival in China. This will be a night I will never forget."

"Wang, your stats for this game are 33 points and 15 rebounds..."

"Wow!"

"OMG!"

TNT's beauty reporter, Christine Laidlow, hadn't finished speaking, and there were already a lot of exclamations around her.

"And Dwight Howard's data is 6 points, 9 rebounds and 5 fouls, which is far from yours. Can I think that you are already the best center player in the league."

After finishing speaking, Laidlo turned his eyes around and sent a telegram to Wang Zelin.

Wang Zelin chuckled and said, "I don't know if I'm the best center in the league, but through several matches against the Lakers, I should be able to prove that I am indeed stronger than Dwight!"

puff!

Ledlow lost control of his facial expression, and laughed aloud: "Howard is recognized as the number one center in the league. Since you admit that you are better than him, those are not..."

"Wait, the No. [-] center...who recognizes it?"

Wang Zelin's face was full of doubts.

"emmm..."

"Hahahaha!"

This question made Ladenor speechless, and the surrounding media reporters from all over the world laughed out loud.

On the other side, Kobe and D'Antoni are also being besieged by reporters.

When Kobe was asked whether the Lakers could still make the playoffs this season, the question made D'Antoni curse inwardly.

Isn't this exposing people and slapping people in the face?

Just as D'Antoni was about to smooth things over, Kobe's face was almost frozen: "I assure everyone that the Lakers will make the playoffs this season! Definitely!"

Kobe's answer, which can be regarded as an oath, surprised everyone.

This kind of words cannot be easily exported. Once the season is not completed, it will be an indelible joke for a historical super giant like Kobe.

However, the paranoia of the Black Mamba once again exceeded everyone's expectations. He didn't care about all kinds of pressure from the outside world, and directly uttered harsh words.

……

27 am on the 8th.

"Fuck, why?"

After coming out of Nuannuan Township to wash up, Wang Zelin ate breakfast while swiping his phone.

In his prediction, the headlines of today's major media must belong to him.

But the fact was beyond his expectation.

"Kobe Bryant boasted that the Lakers will enter the playoffs, who gave him the courage?"

——"ESPN"

"Confidence or arrogance! Time will tell."

—— "TNT"

"For Kobe, we can always repay the trust!"

——"Laker Nation"

The post-match interviews spread throughout the sports circle, and Wang Zelin once again saw the influence of superstars.

But he is still very angry!

After working so hard to fight such a gorgeous battle, the headline was snatched by someone, and the one who snatched it was Kobe who was the loser...

No one can stand this on anyone's body!

"What's the matter, dear!"

A familiar voice came from behind.

"I'm very angry right now!"

Wang Zelin turned around, his scarlet eyes stared straight at the half-draped bath towel on Izalena's body, and he pulled it with one hand.

Just enough to eat and have the strength to go to work.

"I just washed..."

"Oh, don't."

"It's okay, I'll wash with you later."

Wang Zelin hugged Izalena by the waist violently.

"I mean, don't stop..."

……

two hours later.

"So that's what happened!"

"Hahaha!"

Lei Na lay on top of Wang Zelin and swiped her phone, understanding the ins and outs.

"Dare to laugh at me, it seems that I have to teach you again."

　There is something delayed today, and there is still a chapter that should be finished around 2 o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)