NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 261

Portland, Rose Garden Arena, the Trail Blazers team was overwhelmed with excitement.

The series leads by 2:0. If they win another game and lead by 3:0, it is basically impossible for the Thunder to come back.

This is an iron law of the NBA!
Because since the establishment of the NBA, there have been major reversals from a 1:3 deficit, but no one has ever done it after a 0:3 deficit.

The degree of difficulty is a bit similar to that of Chuan Baozhen, another underground party in the new era.

Netizens can still tell the difference between fun and fun, and ridicule and ridicule. The probability of this is almost zero.

Therefore, there is no need to say much about the excitement in the Trail Blazers at this time.

Excitement does not mean that everyone will despise the Thunder in their hearts. On the contrary, the Thunder with Kevin Durant is still a well-deserved league powerhouse without another general, Westbrook.

Since last year's finals, the title of the league's second active player has gradually fallen to Durant.

When the Lakers failed to enter the playoffs, when Kobe was old, Kobe was not good, and Kobe was about to retire, all kinds of gossip were flying all over the United States, Durant's second position in the league became more and more stable.

The 33 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists he got in the last game are the best interpretation of his own strength.

However, the team still lost in the end, and lost 44 points, which made this glamorous data a bubble, and Durant became a laughing stock among everyone.

But there is always a man who has never relaxed from the beginning to the end, let alone utter nonsense in front of the media.

This person is naturally Wang Zelin.

He knows better than anyone that Durant, who seems to be extremely powerful, is actually still a short distance away from his true peak, according to the fantasy novels about realm routines.

What is the peak, there are half a step behind the peak Dzogchen, the peak Dzogchen, etc. It's like an old sow wearing a bra, a set.

All in all, roughly after he won his regular season MVP in 14, Durant will reach his true peak period, reaching the state of giving and asking, and doing whatever he wants.

Judging from the comprehensive score given by the system, Wang Zelin believes that Durant in the strongest period should have a comprehensive score of not only 99, but at least 98. The current score of 96 is by no means the upper limit of Durant.

"Snapped!"

Thinking about it, Wang Zelin slapped his thigh suddenly.

What am I thinking about?
Rabbits will bite when they are in a hurry. Durant's score of 96 is already strong enough, and he will definitely counterattack tonight, and he must be vaccinated in advance.

"that…"

Mike Roberts paused, wanted to say but dared not say it, fully interpreting the daring of a younger brother who dared not speak up when facing the stinky brother.

"If you have something to say, hurry up and let your fart go!"

Wang Zelin said unhappily.

I'm thinking about the future development of the team. You don't have any points in your mind, and you still come to bother me.

"Cauldron, can you pat your own thigh, it hurts!"

After speaking, he hurriedly rubbed the red spot, the red turned purple, and the purple was almost turning black.

(ー_ー)!!
……

On May 5th, this was the third game of the Trail Blazers VS Thunder series. The latter moved to Portland to join the former to start the third round of competition.

At the same time, on the other side of the Eastern Division, there is also a group of games today, Miami Heat VS Chicago Bulls.

Previously, the Heat led the Bulls 2:1, this is their fourth game!
Also on the lagging side, fans are more willing to watch the game between the Blazers and the Thunder.

The reason is simple, the Bulls' star flavor is shallow.

In words, everyone said that they like the plot of grassroots rising, but in fact, everyone is more aware that there are so many grassroots rising, not to mention that the Bulls are facing the Big Three in Miami who have overcome all difficulties in the regular season and won 27 games... The second longest winning streak in NBA history is terrifying!
The fact that the Bulls can steal a victory over the top three is already moving enough.

Back to Portland.

In view of the high degree of attention and popularity of this game, TNT TV, which is in charge of broadcasting and commenting, sent out their most luxurious commentary lineup. All members of the F4 day team came out, including Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, and Kenny Smith.

"Good evening, basketball fans watching the game, I'm Kenny Smith."

Regardless of the fact that Kenny Smith has won the fewest honors in his player career, but in his career as a commentator, he is indeed an out-and-out veteran among the four. He was the first to speak, and the other three had no objection.

"I'm Charles Barkley."

"I'm a Reggie Miller."

"I'm Shaquille O'Neal."

"Tonight is the third game of the Western Conference semifinals. Everyone is familiar with the two teams. The Thunder are currently behind the Portlanders with a big score of 0:2..."

Kenny Smith had just briefly introduced the situation on the field, followed by O'Neal: "I said long ago that the incomplete Thunder team is not the opponent of the Trail Blazers in this series. How about it? My prediction is very accurate!"
Sure Smith and Reggie Miller looked at each other.

Damn, he pretended to be!

Indeed, as O'Neal said, from the first game of the series, whether in private or in front of the media, O'Neal has firmly stood on the side of the Trail Blazers, and boasted that Wang Zelin defeated Durant 4-2 at most.

The seventh scene or something, it doesn't exist!
As the situation progressed, no one dared to underestimate the fat man who was in charge of making jokes anymore.

People still have things.

Whatever O'Neill is happy with, Barkley will always get involved.

At first it was a human design, but now, I guess the two of them didn't realize it, and they gradually took it seriously.

I saw Barkley retort: ​​"Shaquille, if the series is only the third game, don't talk too much, there are not a few teams in history that have come back 3:0!"

"You're right," O'Neal said, "but not the Thunder team in front of you!"

After a pause, he added: "Unless Westbrook can return, but do you think it is possible?"

"There is still KD. KD who has entered the peak period is the second player in the Visible League! I believe he has this ability." Barkley said unconvinced.

"Tsk tsk, I was only the second player in my peak period. I created a dynasty at my peak, and I was the out-and-out No.1 in the league," O'Neill said eloquently.

"Ahhhhh!!!!!!
Fatty, I want to kill you!

Come out, I will fight you! "

He has all kinds of honors in his career, but the only thing missing is a championship ring, which is an eternal pain in Barkley's heart.

Others say that this is a kind of incomplete beauty, that is, you don't feel pain if you don't prick your body.

Barkley didn't want this kind of beauty.

"Hmph, just come, pretend I'm afraid of you!"

O'Neill was not stage frightened, quickly took off his coat and jumped out.

Reggie Miller and Kenny Smith saw all this and did not step forward to stop it.

There is always a script for a show or something.

Don't really think that when those celebrities participate in variety shows and reality shows, they are showing their true selves in front of fans, as they say!
No way?
……

After a short frolic, the backstage director signaled the technicians to hold up the sign. O'Neill and Barkley snorted at each other when they saw it, straightened their clothes and returned to their seats.

"After enjoying a heavyweight competition, let's go back to the game," Reggie Miller said: "Kenny and I just discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the two teams on the field. We support the Trail Blazers. After all, the lineup of the two towers plus outside shooters, no matter from which point of view, the Trail Blazers' lineup is more reasonable and has a higher degree of tacit understanding."

"Isn't it obvious! Otherwise, how do you think the Blazers got their lead?" Barkley, who was constrained by money and unable to exert his full strength, was suppressed by O'Neal the whole time just now, and his heart was suppressed. Naturally, his tone was not much better.

"That's right, let's discuss in detail, what is the strength of the Trail Blazers? What is the weakness of the Thunder? How?" Reggie Miller knew the inside door, so he didn't take Barkley's words seriously.

If possible, it's not impossible to put him under O'Neal.

Make money, it's not shabby!
"It's very simple. It can be clearly seen by comparing the total offensive and defensive points of the two teams this season." Barkley nodded.

Kenny Smith looked around and was the first to throw out his opinion: "Let's talk about the Thunder first.

This season, the Thunder averaged 105.7 points per game in the regular season, ranking third in the league, second only to the 106.1 Nuggets and 106 Mosaic. They conceded 96 points per game and tied for No.75 with the Philadelphia 11ers.

but……"

Hearing this, many Thunder fans who were watching were stunned.

Among the few words that people are most afraid of hearing is the word "but".

Sure enough, what Kenny Smith said later made the Thunder fans feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave, and their hearts were chilled.

"In the playoffs, the Thunder averaged 98.5 points per game, 7.2 points less than the regular season, and 97.3 points per game. From this, it can be seen that without a scorer like Russell Westbrook who averages 23 points per game, Durant alone is really hard to support."

"I very much agree with Kenny's point of view." O'Neill said: "The average score dropped by 7.2. What kind of concept is this? In the NBA, there are countless games where one point decides the outcome, let alone 7.2 points! It is enough to show that the Thunder team has a big problem."

"That's right." Reggie Miller said sonorously: "On the other hand, the Trail Blazers averaged 105.8 points per game in the regular season, ranking seventh in the league, three places lower than the Thunder, but their average conceded points per game was 95.5 points, which is very powerful. Only the Memphis Grizzlies' 89.3 points and the Los Angeles Clippers' 94.6 points are better than them in the West. They can also rank in the top ten in the league.

Since the playoffs, the Trail Blazers' average points per game have not decreased but increased, 106.4 points compared to the Thunder's 98.5 points, a simple addition and subtraction, the difference between the two teams is 7.9 points.Considering various factors, everyone knows that the difficulty of offensive and defensive scoring in the playoffs is far higher than that of the regular season, my God!That's 7.9 points. Without Russell, the Thunder team is simply not at the same level as the Trail Blazers. "

In the end, the four of them were even more shocked.

The fact that the Trail Blazers have made it to today is by no means as simple as the so-called luck. The Blazers cannot be blamed for the incomplete lineup of the Thunder.

Barkley was dumbfounded for a while, and asked the last question to express his final stubbornness: "Ahem, we all know that basketball is round rather than cold data. What do you think is the minimum score Durant needs to score for the Thunder to win tonight?"

"Well..." Kenny Smith hesitated for a while, thinking in his mind.

"That's not easy." O'Neal said carelessly: "I'll take Westbrook's 23 points together. Let's do the math for you. Durant is currently averaging 30 points per game in the playoffs. Adding 23 points, I will erase another fraction, let's get 50 points!"

O'Neal pointed out five fingers: "Durant needs to score at least 5 points tonight. If you count on others, the Thunder have no chance of winning. As the boss, he should have such awareness!"

As the absolute core of another dynasty established after Jordan, O'Neal's strength is obvious to all. In the long history of the NBA, few people can touch him. When pointing out younger generations, almost no one dares to refute.

"By the way, what is the highest score in Durant's career?"

"Don't look for it, I remember, it was 1 points against the Dallas Mavericks on January 18 this year, um, this is the regular season."

"I found it. The highest score in the playoffs was just set this year. Not long ago, Durant scored 41 points in an away game in Mosaic, tying the highest score in a single game of his previous playoffs career."

"Uh, I didn't expect that 50 points would be quite difficult for Durant!"

"Hey, maybe I know why Scarlett Johansson rejected Durant."

"..."

Chatting and chatting, not only Reggie Miller, Kenny Smith, and O'Neal, but even the fans in front of the TV were embarrassed by Barkley's indecent-sounding words.

No one answered for a while, and Barkley also realized that he had accidentally said something wrong in his heart... cough cough, he quickly explained: "cough cough, I don't mean that Durant is not strong enough, on the contrary, he is very strong, but unlike Jordan and Kobe's explosive scorers, Durant is characterized by stability..."

Oh, his performance has always been stable, but from another perspective, he has not improved. No wonder he was rejected after failing several times.

The eyes of everyone became more and more strange.

Wait, according to gossip from the unscrupulous media: Wang Zelin and Scarlett once went in and out of hotels in Los Angeles, Portland, Oklahoma and several other areas in pairs.

Although no official response has been received, the two should have had in-depth exchanges.

There is one thing to say, whether it is personal honors or field strength, Wang Zelin is far inferior to Durant.

So, why was Wang Zelin, who had just arrived, attracted by Scarlett, but Durant, who repeatedly showed love and was rejected repeatedly, eventually became a joke in the public.

The outside world was quite puzzled at first, but now through Barkley's casual talk, everyone seems to understand something.

It turns out that Wang Zelin and Durant are not rivals at the same level, whether from the team or personally.

So what about playing well on the court?
What about being in the finals?

What about winning the youngest scoring champion?

However, the specialty is not as good as others!

　It's time for dinner, it's time for dinner, take a break, and continue coding at night.

　　The old girl knows how to watch TV, and I have to cook it for her after watching it all day, huh!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)