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Chapter 231 March Madness~End
While the Spurs vented all kinds of dissatisfaction, the wild trend at the end of the Western Conference regular season was in full swing. Wang Zelin and his teammates did not stop fighting.

In the game, there must be winners and losers. This kind of thing is normal. Besides, with 48 wins and 21 losses, the Blazers are still very stable in the third place in the Western Conference.

In the media reception room of the Rose Garden Arena, Terry Stotts led Wang Zelin on the stage proudly. He got the latest news. The Mosaic team lost to the Spurs, which was dispatched by the whole team, so that the ninth-ranked Lakers saw the hope of reaching the playoffs again.

Theoretically, the Lakers still have playoff hopes. Under the leadership of Kobe, the team has become more and more courageous, only one win less than Mosaic, and the opportunity to overtake seems to be in sight.

Don't forget, Kobe has the title of Spurs killer.

Now that the Lakers have shown a great possibility of returning to the playoffs, the first to feel uneasy is undoubtedly the Spurs.

Another shit-stirring team has appeared!

Therefore, as long as the Spurs are unhappy, the Blazers are happy.

"Hello, Wang! I'm a reporter from the Los Angeles Times.

May I ask, in the last game, did you really follow the example of the Spurs and use fake injuries as an excuse to achieve the purpose of rotation, as the outside world said. "

"Sorry, we have never thought of such a thing. The reason for the rotation is entirely because of the fierce injuries. This is unavoidable. Please forgive me."

Since he chose to attend the press conference, Wang Zelin was naturally prepared to deal with difficulties from the media, and had prepared his speech long ago.

"But the head coach of the Spurs, Simavich, didn't say that. He thinks you are a group of excellent actors, and you should go to Los Angeles to work instead of the NBA..."

Another reporter stood up with "ESPN" written on the microphone in his hand.

"Hahaha! Thank you coach Sima Wei for being optimistic. I will seriously consider it." Wang Zelin replied with a smile, without any fluctuations in expression.

"Coach Stotts, may I ask..."

……

That night, facing the menacing Nets, Batum exploded. He scored 13 points, 9 rebounds and 22 assists on 10Z of 7 shots. He also had 3 steals and 1 block.

In addition, Aldridge scored a game-high 28 points, Wang Zelin contributed 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Lillard contributed 16 points and 10 assists.

For the Nets, Reggie Evans scored a team-high 24 points and 11 rebounds, Lopez scored 22 points, Deron Williams scored 11 points...

Back at home, all the Blazers cheered up and had no plans to continue playing.

Aldridge took the lead in the mid-range shot. After he succeeded, the Nets suddenly launched a 16:2 offensive climax. At this stage, Luo Peichi and Evans scored 6 points respectively.

Fortunately, the Blazers woke up in time, and Wang Zelin led the team to a scoring climax. At the end of the first half, he tried his best to fill the big hole. After two quarters, they overtook by three points at 54:51.

Entering the third quarter, every time the Nets scored, they would immediately encounter a fierce counterattack from the Blazers, and there was no hope of overtaking at all. It was in this quarter that Batum suddenly broke out and hit a 7:0 shock wave in the final stage. The point difference was instantly pulled to 10 points, 78:68.

In the final quarter, the Trail Blazers maintained a 10-point point difference. In the last 3 minutes, the Nets dispatched all substitutes and announced that they would give up the game in advance.

In the end, the Trail Blazers beat the fourth-ranked Nets in the East 111:93 at home, consolidating the third place in the West, and the victory became 49 wins.

Seeing that 50 wins are close at hand, many Trail Blazers fans expressed tears.

The team's last 50 wins had to be traced back to the 09-10 season three years ago, when their leader was Huang Mamba Brandon Roy.

Now things are different.

It is worth mentioning that since the 21st century, the Blazers have broken through 21 wins three times. Unfortunately, each record has been fixed at 50 wins and 50 losses.

This year is different. Considering that there are more than ten games left, the team's record is likely to hit a new high, even catching up with the 99 wins and 59 losses set by the Trail Blazers led by Scottie Pippen, the second leader of the Bulls dynasty in the 23 season.

That year, the Lakers led by the Trail Blazers and the OK team felt the tiebreaker, and finally 84:89, only lost by 5 points

Although it was later known that the opponent was the fifth dynasty team in NBA history, Portland fans still couldn't let go.

After all, that season was the most promising season for the Blazers to compete for the O'Brien Cup after the 76-77 season, but they lost.

Fortunately, everything has passed, and the Blazers ushered in a new era, which will be extremely bright!
……

After the battle with the Nets, the Blazers will usher in a wave of back-to-back games. The opponents are the Jazz and the Warriors, one host and one guest

On the night of the 30th, the Blazers were supposed to be playing against the Utah Jazz at home.

Aldridge missed this game due to injury... this time he was really injured.

All members of the Jazz planned to show their talents, but the opponent had Gundam.

25 points and 18 rebounds!

Wang Zelin led the remnant team to successfully resist the Utah Jazz's invasion and won two consecutive home victories with 105:95.

Batum, who showed off his prowess two days ago, played so-so, scoring only 9 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, far below the average level, and Matthews was similar, with 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Fortunately, Lillard can give Wang Zelin a certain amount of fire support, with 20 points and 8 assists; Connet Lee's 11 points on the bench are also very important.

After this campaign, with 50 wins and 21 losses, the Blazers tied the record for regular season wins since the 21st century, and there is still a chance for further improvement.

Because there are 13 games left, it is almost certain to set the fourth best regular season win record in team history.

第一是90~91的63胜，第二第三分别是89~90赛季和99~00赛季创下的相同战绩～59胜23负，第四是87~88赛季创下的53胜29负。

There is little hope of competing for the top three. I hope that if the focus is on 53 wins, it can be said that it is easy for the current Blazers.

After playing the Jazz, Wang Zelin and his teammates came to Los Angeles in Corgi. At 31 pm on the 6st, they will face off against another bright star of the season, the Golden State Warriors.

The Warriors' current record is 42 wins and 29 losses, ranking seventh in the Western Conference. The most eye-catching is undoubtedly the team's newly established new leader-Stephen Curry.

22 points, 6.9 assists, 4 rebounds and 1.6 steals!

"Cute God" Curry handed over very good data in the last year of his rookie contract, especially his three-pointers, averaging 7.7 shots per game and hitting 3.5 times, and his shooting percentage reached a terrifying 45.3%.

you could put it that way.

He is the number one three-point shooter in active service!

In addition, Klay Thompson, the No. 2 position of the Warriors, gradually became famous after the All-Star Game and played several beautiful games. He even surpassed Lillard and Anthony Davis in the two weeks when Wang Zelin was absent due to injury, and won the official NBA Rookie of the Week.

Prior to this, Wang Zelin monopolized this honor in the west, and did not give outsiders the slightest chance to get their hands on it.

During his injury, he thought it was a match between Lillard and Anthony Davis, but who would have thought that Klay Thompson would appear for the first time.

The title of "the second shooter in the league" has become more and more stable for Klay Thompson.

At present, the Warriors are still an offense-oriented team, and have not achieved both offense and defense. The biggest reliance is Stephen Curry on the outside and David Lee on the inside.

Both have the ability to average 20+ points per game, and they are the two most stable points of the Warriors.

Coach Tristos made a division of labor before the game: David Lee on the inside was strangled by Wang Zelin, Clayt Mawson in the second position was dealt with by Batum, and as for Curry, Lillard personally invited him to play.

Also as a three-pointer, Lillard was very upset that Curry was the league's top shooter.

Sensing the ambition in the hearts of his teammates, Wang Zelin was suddenly worried.

He remembers very clearly that the Trail Blazers and the Warriors can definitely be regarded as a pair of enemies in the future, especially Lillard and Curry, the point guards of the two teams. Every time they meet, one of them is easy to blow away. The highest points of their careers are obtained by each other.

But in general, Lillard lost more times.

Therefore, Wang Zelin always has an ominous premonition tonight.

……

Time came to the final attack of the third quarter, and the ball was firmly in the hands of the player wearing the No. 30 jersey.

Stephen Curry!
At this time, the score of the two teams was 70 to 87, and the Blazers were 17 points behind their opponents.

This night is destined to be unforgettable for every Warriors fan.

With 33 points in three quarters, their new leader "Cute God" Curry exploded.

Curry's scoring show is different from the scoring feast of traditional scoring masters. His scoring performance is so calm that many people have not recovered before he has dropped 6 three-pointers.

easy!

Curry's scoring performance seems to reveal such a word all the time.

The audience on the sidelines and all members of the two teams focused on No. 30 almost at the same time, wanting to see how he would handle his last attack, and the latter was very excited.

Moments like this were his favorite.

Maybe, I can try to keep this feeling forever, forever, forever.

The eyes of player No. 30 suddenly burst out with strong desire.

I don't have a strong body!

No lightning speed!

But I've found my own way to win... three points!
I'm going to use my way to ~take over the game...

Portlanders, are you ready?

7 seconds left.

Curry gestured with his eyes, and David immediately offered to cover.

not good!

Seeing this, a terrible thought came to Wang Zelin's mind, that Curry could not be allowed to continue to cast.

Never underestimate that guy's identity and ability. If you really want to make him go crazy and develop his hand feeling, then this game will really be hopeless.

But just as he left the paint area and was about to go out to defend, Curry used David Lee's cover to slide one step to the left. As soon as he got close to the three-point line, he rose up and made a sudden shot.

Is he crazy?

Dare to vote!

Everyone in the Blazers looked dumbfounded, because the ball was obviously not a good shot timing. In their view, Curry hadn't even had time to adjust his body shape.

Shouldn't you go in again?

So thought Terry Stotts and his coaching staff.

Although Aldridge continued to be absent tonight, Terry Stotts did not put the Warriors in his eyes at all before the game.

In other words, in his playoff plan, the Warriors are not enough to pose any threat to the Blazers.

Headed football star Stephen Curry ~ the famous glass man!

David Lee~ Attack the kaleidoscope, defend ten thousand people!
The starting players at the second and third positions are also rookies. It is impossible for every rookie to have the strength of Wang Zelin and Lillard.

Therefore, from all aspects, the Warriors are not the Blazers' opponents at all, even if Aldridge is missing.

He did exactly what he wanted at the beginning.

After adopting an attack-to-attack strategy with the Warriors, Lillard and Matthews hit a three-pointer each, and the Blazers led 15:9.

For a while, Terry Stotts felt extremely relaxed.

In his opinion, the game went exactly as he wanted, and even Wang Zelin in the paint didn't make many shots, and the team took a 5-point lead.

But the facts are extremely embarrassing.

Who ever thought of giving up in half a quarter, the Warriors seemed to have adapted to this open offensive rhythm. In the 6 minutes of the second half of the quarter, all Warriors made 10 of 10 consecutive shots and led by 36:31.

其中库里单节投篮7中4，三分球4中2，得到10分。

Back in the second quarter, Curry led the team to take advantage of the crisis, scoring 7 points in a row and breaking away from the outside line. Before halftime, the Warriors scored three consecutive offenses and led by 65 points with 55:10.

In the third quarter, the Warriors didn't want to create suspense, and played an offensive climax as soon as they came up. Klay Thompson scored 5 points in a row, and David Lee made a free throw from the inside.

Since then, Tristos can no longer sit still, let Wang Zelin and others play their best and quickly chase points.

But it was too late, the Blazers slowly lost their breath, and the momentum couldn't come back.

"Don't go in, don't go in..."

Coach Terry prayed silently off the court, and Shuang Ye kept staring at the orange basketball flying in the sky.

"Shh!"

Curry's seventh three-pointer... made it again!

"It was a poor shot choice and I thought Steph... oh Schett, Steph was great, it was a perfect shot!

Guys, we're 20 points ahead of the Blazers, 20 points! "

As a senior commentator, Warriors home commentator Nunn immediately changed his words.

"Stephen's shot just now was too bold, but as we all know, high risk often represents high reward! Stephen has already scored 36 points!!!"

The voice of the commentator passed through the loudspeaker and penetrated every corner of the Oracle Arena.

20 points behind!

On the Trail Blazers side, Lillard dribbled the ball in the last 4 seconds to fight for a three-pointer at halftime, and the basketball went straight out of the baseline.

The game seemed to go far.

The ending was as one would expect.

At 90:70, the Warriors entered the final quarter with a huge advantage of 20 points. The players were united to win the game.

In contrast, the Blazers had no intention of fighting. Halfway through the game, both teams would start and replace them all, and the game entered garbage time ahead of schedule.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Blazers with a score of 125:98, ending their opponent's two-game winning streak.

"Cute God" Curry scored a season-high 44 points and became the biggest contributor. Among them, he made 14 of 9 three-pointers, which is also a new record.

No one expected that in the last game in March, the Trail Blazers turned over, but this is basketball, and anything can happen on the court.

What the Trail Blazers players can do now is to get ready and wait for April.

(End of this chapter)