NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 256 The One-Armed Difficulty Supporting Du Xiaoshuai

"Player: Kevin Durant

……

Offensive ability
Relay: 82 Layup: 92
Mid-range: 95 Long-range: 88
Dunks: 84 Passes: 70
Ball possession: 78 Free throws: 92
Breakthrough: 75
defensive ability
External Defense: 87 Internal Defense: 73
……

Composite score: 96 (historical superstar)

……

"

Taking advantage of the warm-up period before the game, Wang Zelin took a closer look at Durant's ability evaluation and related data in the playoffs.

"The CIC breakthrough from 94 to 95 is definitely a qualitative change...

The long-range shooting ability is only two points away from breaking through 90, and he has the ability to shoot outside the line at the marksman level...

In terms of defensive ability, the ability of external defense, internal defense, and blocking shots has been improved to a certain extent...

Did something go wrong?
Durant won the regular season MVP next season! "

Looking at Durant's various gorgeous statistics, Wang Zelin admitted that he was sour.

It is now 100% certain that Durant, who is still 25 months away from his 5th birthday, has not reached the peak of his career, and his strength still has room for improvement.

So... Durant at the peak, how terrifying can the comprehensive score be?

97? !Or 98? !
As for the capped score of 99, Wang Zelin feels that Durant is unlikely to have such strength.

A player who wants to reach the pinnacle must not be too lethal in terms of technique or body.

And Durant's physical strength is very likely to be the key factor that imprisoned him to win 99.

Just when Wang Zelin was in a daze, the warm-up time was over.

……

At 7:[-], the referee blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air. The much-anticipated duel began!

The two teams' starting rosters.

Visiting Blazers: Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge, Wang Delin.

Home team Thunder: Reggie Jackson, Tzabo Sefolosha, Durant, Ibaka, Kendrick Perkins.

Both teams jump ball.

When Ibaka took off with all his strength to prepare for a jump ball, Wang Zelin took the lead and pushed the ball back.

The Thunder players were not surprised by this, and they retreated extremely fast, leaving no chance for their opponents.

In the regular season of the 2012-13 season, Wang Zelin started a total of 76 games. The jump ball result was 68 wins and 8 losses. The jump ball victory was as high as 89.1%, ranking first in the league.

The Thunder and the Trail Blazers had a total of 5 regular-season contests. Except for the one that was suspended, Ibaka never won the opening jump ball in the other 4 games.

Falling into a positional battle, Wang Zelin at the free throw line received the ball, and immediately passed a long pass over the heads of Aldridge and Ibaka, and transferred it to Batum, who was stepping on the three-point line on the left.

Durant was in place defensively at the first time, and rushed out from near the free throw line.

Matthews was expressionless and quickly shot.

Duang~

First cast iron.

Predicting where the rebound will fall, Wang Zelin accelerated two steps and bypassed Ibaka.

Perkins quickly shrunk and moved laterally to block Wang Zelin, preventing him from quickly entering the Thunder's penalty area.

"Snapped!"

Wang Zelin's right shoulder collided with Perkins' right shoulder, and the latter was knocked back a step, but Wang Zelin's speed was not slow, and he exerted force again, and rushed directly from Perkins.

"what!"

"Ah!"

After two shouts, Ibaka and Wang Zelin jumped at the same time, and there was another physical confrontation in the air.

In the end, Wang Zelin got the better of the ball, his right hand touched the ball first, and with a light swipe, the basketball fell into the net smoothly.

2:0, the Blazers scored a good start.

After landing, Wang Zelin ran back to the backcourt without looking back.

Reggie Jackson dribbled the ball across the half court steadily, and Durant quickly responded. After getting the ball, he immediately put on a three-threat at the top of the arc, and his teammates quickly pulled away.

Westbrook's absence triggered a chain reaction in the Thunder. Only one of the former Thunder's three players was left on the court, and Kevin Durant, the second most expensive player in the league, was forced to shoulder the heavy responsibility.

When playing Mosaic before, he once told the media frankly: "Mosaic really doesn't care about my teammates, because as long as I hold the ball, sometimes there will be 4 people to defend me; but I have confidence in myself, the problem is not big!"

Facing the Mosaic team, Durant fulfilled his promise and proved himself.

However, today is different!
Facing a Trail Blazers team of similar strength, no matter how firmly Durant believes in his own strength, it is inevitable that there will be psychological fluctuations.

In fact, some clues can be seen from the first few games.

Durant's performance was really good. In the series, he averaged 38 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists per game. His shooting percentage was still as high as 52%, but the average of 4.7 turnovers per game was still a bit too much.

Due to the influence of all-inclusive play, Durant may even have a single-quarter offensive misfire, such as 3 of 7 shots in the third quarter of the third game, and duck eggs in the final quarter of the fourth game.

Therefore, the response plan formulated by the coaching staff headed by Terry Stotts before the game is no different from that of Mosaic...

Separate Durant from the other four teammates on the field, and let him continue to play all-inclusive.

If he was really beaten to death by Durant alone, Terry Stotts would also admit it.

The game is in full swing.

Durant has long been aware of the Blazers' target.

Although his playing style is very different from that of his second brother Westbrook, he has always been firm in his way of winning.

The two teams put up a defensive formation at the beginning of the game. After the first 4 minutes, the Thunder did not score a point. The situation was extremely bad. Under the leadership of Wang Zelin, the Trail Blazers played a 7:0 start.

However, the Thunder did not sit still. Durant continued to implement the Mamba spirit without scoring a point in three shots, and finally hit the fourth shot, opening up the situation for the team.

True Iron Tetroxide!

Then the Thunder blossomed more and quickly played a 9:2 offensive wave to tie the score. Then Lillard hit a three-pointer and the Blazers took the lead again.

With both teams adopting a defensive-oriented rhythm, the offense is quite difficult, and the score is also eye-catching.

On the offensive end, the Thunder can only rely on the scoring of the boss Durant to barely close the gap with the Trail Blazers, but Wang Zelin scored a goal at the last moment.

After the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Thunder by 18 points at 14:4...

Durant scored 10 points himself, explaining what it means to carry the team forward alone.

Tianchao Sports Station live broadcast room.

"Durant is so fierce!"

Wang Meng shouted in shock.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to be fierce, he is the only one left in the Thunder team who can play."

Yang Yidao was on the side.

"No one expected the sudden defensive battle, and the stalemate with the game is also the same!

Hey, Yang Yi, do you think the two teams can make it to the end? "

"It's too early to say these things. I think it will take halftime before we can draw some conclusions."

For this problem, Yang Yi just chooses to avoid the seriousness.

Sure enough!

Wang Meng narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Actually, I think so too. Then, I hope that the two sides can bring us more exciting matches..."

Oklahoma Energy Arena, USA.

Back in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers' lineup has not changed.

Re-entering the field, Wang Zelin passed by the sidelines and wiped some chalk, and his attention never left the Thunder's No. 35 for a moment.

In the stage of abundant physical fitness, Durant's ability to score points is too stable!
After the first quarter, Wang Zelin witnessed his team's outside defensive leader Batum being knocked out again and again by Durant. Wang Zelin was deeply fascinated by the strong feeling of impact from Durant.

The historical super strength is so terrifying!
What is certain is that Durant's playing time tonight is likely to be more than 45 minutes.

In fact, it is also expected.

Since Westbrook was absent in the third game, Durant's playing time has not been less than 42 minutes, and the highest game even played 47 minutes, which can be said to be the whole game.

Coming back again, Durant did not show the momentum of "labour and management will beat you!" in the first few rounds, because he has an extra good helper...Kevin Martin who averaged 20 points per game!

Martin lived up to expectations and became the Thunder's second-biggest offensive weapon. He succeeded in consecutive forced attacks, and his momentum was extremely strong.

After 5 minutes, Durant scored two points with only one shot, and in the rest of the time he turned into a defensive leader. Together with Ibaka, he unexpectedly made the defense airtight.

In the 7th minute, the Trail Blazers were in trouble, without a point for almost 2 minutes, and trailed the Thunder by one point at 39:40.

The team fell into a passive state.

At the top of the arc, Lillard continued to run outside. Seeing that there was not much time left, he signaled Wang Zelin to pass the ball back, but Ibaka followed him stubbornly and cut off the passing route.

Moreover, Durant's booth is very close to the passing lane. With his spider arms, passing the ball is very risky.

"Come on! Come on and hit me! Rookie, why don't you bark? Try slapping me on the head if you have the ability!" Ibaka pointed at Wang Zelin while spouting trash talk.

At this time, Wang Zelin held the ball in front of his chest with both hands, raised his elbows, and swayed from side to side, because Perkins switched in front of him and tried to steal his ball.

This bad action made Perkins' face change drastically, and the stealing action couldn't help but pause in the air.

Taking this opportunity, Wang Zelin, who had already attracted Ibaka to stand unsteadily, did not give Perkins a chance to continue double-teaming, turned around and directly attacked the frame.

Ibaka moved quickly and got stuck behind Wang Zelin.

This position is too dangerous. With Wang Zelin's ability, a back button can easily complete the finish.

At this moment, Perkins stuck a hand out from behind and tried to steal again.

"Danger!"

Yang Yi was frightened by this scene and exclaimed.

"No," Wang Meng's face changed, and he realized something, "Didn't the king want to dunk...

It's a hook! ! ! "

At the same time, Wang Zhilin took the initiative to push Ibaka in front of him sideways, then jumped up, raised his right arm, flicked his wrist, and hooked the ball into the basket that was close at hand.

"Shh!"

The basketball hits the net.

"Ugh!"

Thunder fans sighed.

You did so well in the first 23 seconds, but you couldn't prevent it in the last second.

"... cheating! I want to report him cheating!"

Ibaka froze for a moment, he was about to go crazy.

Such a big one, so strong, can have such a soft touch.

It's a foul!
Why don't I?

At 41:40, Wang Zelin hit a hook at the buzzer to help the team overtake by one point.

beep~
Enter the official timeout.

8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists... Wang Zelin's current data.

There is one thing to say, his score is not too much, but every score is precious, just stuck in the critical scoring stage.

This is disgusting.

After finally overtaking the score, it seemed that the lead was about to be expanded. Someone from the Trail Blazers would always stand up and cut off the Thunder's rising morale abruptly.

Not only the players on the field, but also the home fans on the sidelines are also suffering.

The feeling of not being up or down, I understand everything!

Blazers bench.

"You guy is really, you don't give your opponent a chance at all! Tsk tsk tsk!"

Will Patton quickly handed a towel to Wang Zelin, and said jokingly.

"Why didn't I give it a chance?" Wang Zelin took the towel and curled his lips: "The chance is given, and if you want to blame, you can only blame them for being useless!"

"Continue to maintain this rhythm, we have done a good job, continue!" Tristo shouted into the ears of every player.

Then he signaled the Trail Blazers to continue to maintain the strategy of strictly defending Durant, except that Kevin Martin should pay a little attention, and Durant's passing route must be blocked at other times.

He didn't believe that under such a defense, Durant could kill the Blazers by himself!
"It's really tenacious!"

Thunder coach Scott Brooks looked in the direction of the Blazers very unwillingly.

So far, although the score is still tight, I hope Durant's physical strength has begun to decline.

Unless Kevin Martin goes berserk, the direction of this game may change.

All those damn injuries!

It's all that damn mad dog!
If Russell was here, how could the team be in the current situation...

Turning his head to look at Durant, what Scott Brooks wanted to say just hit his throat, Durant smiled and shook his head.

He is the boss of the Thunder!

Even if he loses, he will fight until the last moment.

At this time, the fans in the stands raised their cards.

"Come on KD!"

"KD! We always have your back!"

"..."

What he saw when he looked up made Durant's eyes bloodshot, and he shouted stubbornly: "Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy!"

Even without Russell, I can still beat the Portlanders!
……

As the outside world expected.

The Thunder, which only had Durant as its trump card, failed to withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of the Blazers.

The back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave, and the front wave dies on the beach.

At the end of the game, at 91:85, the Portland Trail Blazers played presumptuously in the Energy Arena and defeated last year's Finals team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, by 6 points.

For the Blazers, the three young players have been working hard and scoring relatively evenly. Aldridge scored the highest 23 points, Wang Zelin scored 20 points and 16 rebounds, Lillard scored 18 points and 9 assists, and the three scored 61 points together.

Durant played a tragic hero tonight.

35 points + 15 rebounds + 6 assists!
Even if you try your best, you can only keep the difference within 10 points.

(End of this chapter)