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Chapter 237 Return to the road of winning streak

"It's unbelievable that the king can be so strong!
He put up 22 points and 10 rebounds on what was considered a top defensive team with just over a quarter left...

Admit it, folks, he's the best center in the league right now! "

Charles Barkley was full of emotion.

"But now the Blazers are behind, and the Grizzlies should start to fight back!"

Kenny Smith said abruptly beside him.

Soon, the Grizzlies launched an attack, and Mike Conley seized the opportunity to hit the inside line. After pulling the bar to avoid Mike Roberts, he was met with a palm.

"Snapped!"

The basketball was fanned out of bounds.

"Wow!!!"

The exclamations of the Trail Blazers fans sounded in the audience.

"Dude, you shouldn't be here!"

After Wang Zelin sent the block, he pointed out the three-point boundary.

"Huh! Huh..." Mike Conley felt tremendous pressure.

To be honest, this is the first time he has seen such a powerful rookie, even the white monster Griffin in the past few years has not given him such a lot of pressure.

Maybe he didn't even realize it, its breathing became rough involuntarily.

Seeing Wang Zelin's icy cold eyes approaching him, Mike Conley pushed back, not to be outdone.

"Maybe you should strengthen your shooting training, the basket is not suitable for you, I mean it!" Wang Zelin sneered ferociously.

"Don't look down on people!"

Mike Conley's face turned livid, he was stimulated by this extremely arrogant rookie.

"I know you are very unwilling, but this is a fact. Otherwise, you can come in and prove it again, and I will wait for you here, hahahaha!"

Wang Zelin's laughter grew louder and louder, causing the surrounding reporters to take pictures of "Kach..."

The Grizzlies attack again.

"Mike, give it to me, I will avenge you!"

Just as Marc Gasol finished speaking, another voice came out.

"Give him the ball and let your boss single out me!"

Wang Zelin waved his hand, his teammates pulled away, and yelled at Mike Conley who had just received a throw-in.

"Humph……"

Without a word, Mike Conley clenched his teeth and passed the ball with a frown.

"Snapped!"

The Great Pyrenees received the ground pass and faced Wang Zelin with his back.

"Crack! Kick..."

The reporters at the bottom line were so excited that they were trembling all over, with orgasms on their faces, and the cameras in their hands kept flashing.

"Hush! Shhh..."

At the same time, the entire Rose Garden Arena was completely exposed by Marc Gasol's actions, and uniform boos suddenly struck.

Countless basketball fans who are watching the game are watching this scene.

In the duel between No. 33 and No. 36, which one will win?
Coach Hollins and Coach Terry Stotts on the sidelines stood up at the same time, looked at each other, and then turned their attention to their proudest disciple.

"Snapped!"

There was another sound, and Marc Gasol arched inward.

Wang Zelin behind him held his breath and pushed forward with all his strength, not giving an inch.

At this time, Marc Gasol's breakthrough action came out, turning around and slipping to the bottom line.

"Mark~ buckle one!"

On the other side, Zach Randolph, who was fighting for a position with Mike Roberts, couldn't help but growl.

Seeing this, Wang Zelin immediately took half a step back and blocked it to the left.

At the moment when Wang Zelin made a retreat, Marc Gasol, who had turned around, suddenly retracted his footsteps and followed up with a jump shot.

"You're still tricked!"

Marc Gasol was overjoyed, but unexpectedly, the basket in his sight gradually disappeared, and his eyes suddenly went dark.

"It's you who underestimated me!"

With a snap, Wang Zelin pressed his palm directly on the basketball that Marc Gasol was about to shoot. The terrifying force from the other side of the basketball caused Marc Gasol to lose his balance and fell backwards, completely dropping the basketball in his hand.

Looking up, the ball was firmly held by Wang Zelin with one hand, motionless.

"Wang! Wang! Wang..."

All the fans stood up and spontaneously shouted Wang Zelin's surname, which echoed throughout the arena continuously.

"OMG! OMG!

It was a cap grab, Wang Fang came down, he did it..."

Charles Barkley's voice filled the air over the Rose Garden, adding to the excitement of the home fans.

"The Blazers launched a fast break! Oh, look carefully, No. 36 is going down crazily and fast. There is no obstacle in front of him, but this is normal. I believe that no normal person is willing to use his life to gamble on whether he can stop a 286-pound behemoth that has already launched an impact!"

Kenny Smith also fell into madness, letting out a heart-piercing roar.

"boom!"

Wang Zelin caught the slam dunk empty-handed, and the rim was pulled and severely deformed.

65:65, the two teams tied.

beep~~~
The Grizzlies called a timeout.

"Wang, you are amazing!" Mike Roberts rushed over and hugged Wang Zelin, shouting loudly.

"Hey hey, I'm not gay, stay away from me."

Wang Zelin pushed Mike Roberts away with a look of disgust.

In the past, he never understood why a woman's sweat is called fragrant sweat, and a man's sweat is called smelly sweat... Now he understands.

"Hahahaha!"

After being pushed away, Mike Roberts still had a smile on his face and followed Wang Zelin back to the bench.

Soon, the game continued with no changes to the lineups on both sides.

Wang Zelin glanced at Marc Gasol... Oh, I haven't given up yet, it seems that I have to work harder.

Mike Conley took possession of the ball, immediately got rid of Lillard's entanglement through the pick-and-roll, rushed into the paint, and aimed at Wang Zelin.

Coming at me?

When the latter saw it, he was about to move laterally. Mike Conley passed the ball. He rushed forward, but the ball was passed back and passed to Prince who was open.

But at this moment, a hand suddenly appeared on the return line.

"Snapped!"

Lillard made a successful interception, turned around and made a fast break.

The other 9 players didn't react, and Lillard had already passed the center line.

"Shh!"

The audience made easy layups.

The Blazers lead by two points.

"What's going on? Why did the number 0 appear there?"

Hollins yelled on the sidelines. He didn't expect that his instructions during the timeout just didn't work, and the team made another low-level mistake.

The replay began on the big screen. It turned out that Lillard did not switch defenses with his teammates after being blocked, but lost Zach Randolph and continued to move forward, faintly forming a double-team with Wang Zelin.

When Mike Conley made a pass back, Lillard moved decisively to the right and finally completed the steal.

"The Blazers played several fast breaks today, and the Grizzlies have not scored in 3 or 4 consecutive rounds. If this continues..."

Kenny Smith was explaining when he suddenly saw Wang Zelin crazily rushing towards the bottom line, and instantly became excited: "Zach Randolph has an open chance, Wang Zelin's supplementary defense, his speed is very fast... oh, he has arrived!"

Duang~

Zach Randolph was severely disturbed, missed the shot, and the rebound was collected by Batum.

"Hei Fatty, you can't do it anymore, quickly admit defeat!"

While rushing to the frontcourt, Wang Zelin said to Zach Randolph who was advancing hard.

"you you……"

Zach Randolph is the group with the worst body management in the league. The continuous high-intensity battles made him a little breathless, and he turned his head and was too lazy to talk to Wang Zelin

"Look, I'm going to start the show!"

What?

Zach Randolph's eyes widened, and he saw Wang Zelin suddenly speed up and go in from the three-point line.

Seeing that Wang Zelin was getting closer and closer to the three-second zone, Matthews saw the timing and threw the ball into the sky...

Boom~
Wang Zelin received an alley-oop from Matthews and scored a slam dunk.

No one expected that the Memphis Grizzlies, who have always been known for their defense, fell into the opponent's iron-blooded defense tonight.

With Wang Zelin's dominant performance on both offense and defense in the last few minutes of the third quarter, he completely defeated the fighting spirit of the Grizzlies and established the victory tonight.

At 76:65, the Grizzlies were defended for half a quarter, and the Blazers entered the final quarter with an 11-point advantage.

Such an advantage is almost equivalent to announcing the failure of the Grizzlies in advance.

Sure enough, the game between the Blazers and the Grizzlies ended with a score of 91:79.

With the Grizzlies as their opponent, the Trail Blazers can be said to have won a big victory. The final point difference of this game was 12 points, and the highest point difference was 19 points. The last 8 minutes of the fourth quarter were already garbage time.

After the game, Wang Zelin, who scored 31 points, 18 rebounds, 6 blocks and 4 assists, was successfully elected as the best player of the night, and was interviewed by the media on the court.

"Wang, congratulations on being elected the best player on the spot again with your superb statistics. Oh, according to statistics, in the games won by the Blazers this season, you were elected the best player on the spot for more than 70% of the time. How does it feel to you?"

At this time, a blond female reporter from TNT TV station, wearing a pair of high hats, walked towards Wang Zelin.

I don't know if it was dazzled, but after the female reporter came over and stood still, a certain part visibly trembled several times.

"This feeling is great!" Looking away, Wang Zelin replied with a smile on his face: "But what I want to say is that these are not due to me alone, but the result of the joint efforts of all members of the team. Without everyone's restraint and comeback, it would be very difficult for us to win this game. If it does not affect the game, no matter how beautiful the data is, it will be so pale!"

"I took a look. The Blazers' opponent in the next match is the Spurs, the second-ranked player in the Western Conference. Are you ready?"

"Of course, for this battle, I am always ready!"

Mentioning the Spurs, Wang Zelin instantly restrained his smile.

Pressure from the top teams, it would be a lie to say no worries.

After asking a few more questions, the TNT interview ended. When Wang Zelin turned around and was about to go back to the locker room, there was a sound behind him.

"Wang, do you have time to have dinner together?"

Looking back, it was the female reporter who interviewed me just now.

"Em... this..."

Seeing Wang Zelin faltering, the female reporter saw the photographer put away the camera and leaned against Wang Zelin, with undisguised charm in her eyes: "My Karina, this is my phone number, don't forget to call me when you get back."

"I go!"

Wang Zelin looked down, and there was a small note in his palm... It can only be said that Millikin is really open.

After returning to the locker room, Wang Zelin crumpled up the note and threw it into the trash can.

The playoffs are coming soon, and he can no longer take care of these messy things.

……

The countdown to the regular season is getting closer and closer, and the Grizzlies coaching staff and management discuss the selection of the playoffs almost every day.

With 53 wins and 22 losses, the Blazers are still ranked fourth in the West, ahead of the Clippers, Spurs and Thunder, and behind them are the Nuggets, Grizzlies, Warriors, and Mosaic.

Judging from the current trend, the Blazers' opponent in the first round is very likely to be the fifth-ranked Nuggets, which is in line with the previous strategy of picking opponents

There is also good news. The Nuggets have 6 games left. The end of the regular season is April 4, and the Trail Blazers have 16 games.

But I am afraid that I am afraid of improper operation.

Unlike the Trail Blazers' end-of-season keyboard schedule, in the remaining 6 games of the Nuggets, there are only 4 strong teams at the playoff level, the Mosaics, Spurs and Trail Blazers in the West, and the Bucks in the East.

If you take into account the situation that the west is strong and the east is weak, the Bucks with more than 30 victories in the area can't pose a big threat to the Nuggets at all. The only real threats are the Mosaics, Spurs and Trail Blazers who are also in the west.

In other words, 6 of the Nuggets' 3 games are very sure to win, and their final record is very likely to be 54 wins and 24 losses.

If the Blazers want to secure fourth place, they need at least two more victories, that is, at least 55 wins.

The next seven opponents, except the Dallas Mavericks who are a little more annoying, are all hard nuts to crack.

In fact, it is not difficult for the Blazers to win 55 wins. The difficulty lies in the variable-San Antonio Spurs.

The Nuggets and Trail Blazers have one of the remaining games against the Spurs...

Based on past experience, the Spurs are the team most likely to cause trouble, and the coaching staff headed by Simavich will not make life easier for any team that threatens them.

However, the end day of the regular season of the Spurs is the same as the Trail Blazers on the 18th, and the Spurs have more opponents than the Trail Blazers.

Like the Magic, Kings, Timberwolves... The Spurs have more room to operate than the Trail Blazers and are more secure. They are only 55 wins and 20 losses. If they really want to do something, the Spurs are fully capable.

At present, there are rumors on the Internet that there are at least two or more teams in the West.

In this case, it's no wonder that coach Terry Stotts is thinking about it.

"Terry, in fact, I don't think we need to think so much at all. Let Wang and the others let it go. What we really look forward to is the future, not the present. Blindly losing on purpose can easily undermine the confidence of young players. We shouldn't do this..."

Youdao is clear to the bystanders. After thinking about it, the team general manager Neil Orsi said this to Terry Stotts.

"Win in the future?"

Tristos nodded silently.

That's right, even the Blazers' management, who underreported a lot of information to Wang Zelin, Aldridge, and Lillard, don't think the team's current structure can go far in the playoffs.

Instead of thinking wildly, it is better to let the players win a few more games and cultivate the team's self-confidence. In this way, the future of the team can really be expected.

After the meeting, the coaching staff and management finally reached an agreement: no longer obsessed with picking opponents, and no longer thinking about how far this year's playoff team can go, and shifted the focus of work to cultivating young people.

(End of this chapter)