NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 216 A Dee Injured Accidentally
At 94:102, the Blazers finally lost to the Suns and unexpectedly lost the game.

After the game, back in the locker room, Wang Zelin sat down on the floor. He was exhausted today. This may be the most tiring game he has played since entering the NBA.

It's not because of how confrontational the game is, but because Wang Zelin has lived too comfortably in recent days, even his teammates.

The Trail Blazers haven't played a game for nearly a week, and the team is dominated by young people. Facing the attraction of the extravagant world outside the court, it is difficult to maintain a firm willpower.

Batum and Matthews were clearly having fun, and with Lillard and Aldridge acting out of order, Wang Zelin had to play the leading role alone for the first time.

Obviously, he lost.

When the rest of the Blazers were unable to stand up, Wang Zelin's physical fitness was completely unable to support his offensive and defensive dominance throughout the game, and even reached the second half of the fourth quarter, even the offense was a little weak.

"When will I have the stamina pool of Kobe?"

Today Wang Zelin played a total of 37 minutes. His playing time was a new high in the season, and his game usage rate exceeded 35% for the first time, but he still lost.

He felt that if he could have the physical strength to support himself to play the whole game, it might be possible to move back to the score.

This reminded him of Kobe in the 05-06 season. In that season, Kobe's usage rate was as high as 38.7%, breaking the NBA historical record.

This was the most "unreasonable" year for Kobe's style of play, but Kobe had to do it.

2005~06 season.

When Bryant is on the court, the Lakers' offensive efficiency ranks third in the league;
And when Kobe was off the court, the Lakers' offensive efficiency ranked last in the league.

Once upon a time, Wang Zelin also complained about Kobe's all-encompassing style of play, but tonight he felt a little empathy for Kobe's situation back then.

Sometimes, the environment can really force a person to change!
The difference is that Kobe has endless physical strength to support him to the end, even playing a few overtimes without mercy, while Wang Zelin can't get tough after reaching the fourth quarter.

The regular season is okay, the Blazers have enough time to tolerate mistakes. After all, in 82 games, Lillard and the others can't play themselves every night.

But if it's time for the playoffs, when it's time to fight the bayonet, if your teammates are not strong enough at that time, and your physical strength is not enough...

Bad enough just thinking about it!

Talking about the playoffs, Wang Zelin rang again as an 18-year-old man in his thirties.

That guy is a pervert too!
In 18, he was almost 34, and he was able to play 82 regular season games with full attendance. At the same time, his playing time was 36.9, the league's first, and the playoffs were even more outrageous.

First, it was the tiebreaker in the first round; it was better to beat an old acquaintance in the semi-finals, and Lin easily swept away at 4:0;

Finally won!

"No!" Wang Zelin couldn't help but shudder in anticipation of the cruelty of the playoffs. "When the regular season is over, the number of fans should exceed [-] million. At that time, it's best to get [-] tickets..."

Wang Zelin pinned his hopes on the future purple diamond lottery... At present, there are only 8 million fans, and there is half a season left. According to the growth trend, it is very likely to exceed 143 million by the end of April.

Generally speaking, the regular season ends in mid-to-late April, and then there is a 4-3 day break before the playoffs.

In other words, around the time the Blazers played in the first round of the playoffs, Wang Zelin would be able to conduct the second purple diamond lottery and get a super center ability card no less than O'Neal.

If you can perform some performances that surprise the fans, maybe the growth rate of the fan value will be faster.

"However, it is unlikely."

Wang Zelin quickly dismissed the idea.

Everyone has aesthetic fatigue!
Fans have become accustomed to Wang Zelin's superb performance. Even an average of 20+10 points per game, which is enough to be blown to the sky by an ordinary All-Star player, seems to have become accustomed to Wang Zelin.

It's like getting used to the caliber of 15cm, and suddenly it comes to 16... It's not easy for anyone to notice this subtle change.

Unless you can go directly to 20...

Let’s save slowly!

……

"Damien is obviously out of order tonight. He may have forgotten what he said when he won the skill championship. With such a performance, I don't think he will be an All-Star next year."

"The same is true for LaMarcus. As the big brother, he came 13 for 3. His style of play is as soft as ever."

"Wang played 37 minutes today and scored a large triple-double with 35 points and 17 rebounds. But everyone, don't forget that he is a standard seven-footer and weighs 286 pounds. Such playing time and physical energy consumption are basically a kind of destruction to his body."

"And Nicholas, Wang needed help, but no one from the team stood up. For the playoffs at the end of April, Wang should consider taking a rest!"

After the game was lost, more and more Blazers fans called for Wang Zelin to take a rotation, so that he could not consume a lot of his physical reserves in the regular season.

Not only because Wang Zelin had a previous record of injury, but more importantly, for the Portlanders who have been entangled with words such as "Tear City" and "Center Curse" for decades, they are now finally seeing the hope of the team's revival, and naturally they don't want to see the fire of hope wither.

After the game, Wang Zelin did not blame his teammates in an interview, and he recovered one by one when faced with questions from the media and requests from fans to rest.

"The Trail Blazers are not my team alone. Winning is the result of everyone's hard work, which is very exciting; similarly, failure should also be faced by all of us together...

I always believe in my teammates, as if they have always believed in me, it doesn't matter if we lose tonight, as long as we work together in the next game, we will win back...

Regarding the matter of rotation, first of all, thank you for your concern, but I personally don't think it is necessary. "

On the way back to Portland, everyone was in low spirits, and Wang Zelin didn't say anything.

The 82-game regular season season is too long, and it is quite normal for players to occasionally experience mental slack and lead to abnormal performance.

On the contrary, Kobe, James and a small group of guys who can maintain their game state for a long time, this kind of talent is the rarest.

After getting off the plane, everyone went back to their respective homes to find their mothers.

Today's game is a lesson. There are three games left for the Blazers in February. The opponents are the Lakers, Celtics, and Nuggets...they are notoriously hated.

After the All-Star break, the coaching staff originally planned to win two of the next four games. The Suns definitely wanted to win, but unexpectedly lost.

Now we can only grab meat from the Lakers, Celtics and Nuggets.

Fortunately, the Blazers' intensive games and away games this season are concentrated in the first half of the season. The game days of the next 27 games are relatively scattered, and nearly 6% of the games are played at home.

After all, it is a good thing.

……

Staples Center at No. 23.

The Blazers challenged the Los Angeles Lakers away.

The Lakers currently have a record of 26 wins and 29 losses, ranking ninth in the West. The tenth Dallas Mavericks are two wins away from them, and they are 3.5 wins away from the eighth Mosaic in the West, which is considered to be the ninth position in the West.

But the situation of the Lakers is still not optimistic. Kobe once said in front of the media that this season must lead the Lakers to the playoffs. Under his urging, the Lakers entered the game early tonight.

At halftime, the two teams fought 55:53, and the Blazers were temporarily behind by two points.

The Lakers are in the lead. In addition to Kobe and Howard's 11 and 15 points, the most critical figure is Antawn Jamison on the bench.

The lowest-key 2-point man in NBA history belongs to the kind of player whose strength is greater than his fame.

上赛季在骑士队还能场均17分+6篮板+2助攻，本赛季数据降到9分+4篮板，不过是因为队内战术地位下滑以及上场时间的压缩。

In the absence of Pau Gasol due to injury, Jamison, who came off the bench, got a lot of playing time. He played 10 minutes in the second quarter, shot 4 of 4 and scored 8 points. He also had 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

It can be said that he broke the Trail Blazers' second team by himself.

However, Wang Zelin is not worried at all. His teammates played to their due level tonight. If this continues, he believes that the team will definitely be able to complete the overtake in the end.

However, after the start of the third quarter, the thing that the Blazers fans were most worried about happened.

Aldridge, who steadily contributed 7 points and 5 rebounds in the first half, scored 2+1 on a layup in the third quarter. When he saw the score in double figures, the audience was surprised to find that the opponent fell to the ground and failed to get up.

Through the replay on the big screen, Aldridge accidentally stepped on the instep of the Lakers pseudo-starter Earl Clark when he landed after breaking through the face frame, and then sprained his ankle and had to rest.

Aldridge is one of the core of the team, and the sudden injury made the Blazers confused.

Through continuous replays, it became clear to everyone that Earl Clark didn't deliberately say so, after all, the opponent's reputation in the league wasn't bad.

In the end, Wang Zelin and others could only blame Aldridge for his bad luck.

This also seems to be the epitome of Aldridge's career.

Since stepping into the NBA in 06, Aldridge has never played a full 82 games in his career. During the regular season, there will always be various injuries from time to time.

The luck of misfortune is that every time Aldridge is injured, it is a minor problem, and he can recover after a period of rest.

"I hope it's the same this time!"

The teammates think so.

Aldridge's injury made the Blazers completely passive, especially the Lakers' No. 6 Jamison, who scored 8 points in a row after returning from a timeout, helping the team widen the point difference to [-] points.

Seeing that the point difference was getting bigger and bigger, Wang Zelin broke out with all his strength to barely let the Blazers stabilize the situation.

But the invasion of injuries is like a cloud hanging over the Blazers players. As long as Aldridge's injury report does not come out, everyone will not be able to concentrate on the game.

After finishing the third quarter in a hurry, the Lakers led the Blazers by 83 points 72:11, but no one cares about this now. Wang Zelin looked anxious and led everyone back to the bench.

　Otherwise, it will be like this in the future, posting a chapter in the morning and another chapter in the evening. Recently, there are a lot of things during the day. Today I also tutored my sister in mathematics. Fortunately, it is not English... I forgot about English in junior high school.

　　After she finishes her exam next Wednesday, I should have more time then.

　　That's it, keep typing!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)