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Chapter 271 The third contest between the center forward of the first team and the center forward of the second team
What is there to say?

Closer to nostalgia is more timid!
On the evening of the 23rd, Wang Zelin and the team returned to Portland with a big score of 0:2 behind.

There are so many fans at the airport, and they are so cute, all shouting "don't be discouraged, don't give up", "the future is ours", "the Spurs will be old next year"...

As soon as he got off the plane, Wang Zelin felt the love from his own team, and his anxious heart suddenly became warm. He boarded the bus, sat in his exclusive seat and swiped his phone.

Because of the heart-warming actions of this group of lovely fans, the teammates also looked at the 0:2 big score behind a lot.

Sometimes I have to admit that ginger is still old and spicy!
After the two games, they knew the gap between the Spurs and the team. They were not as good as their opponents in the handling of details at critical moments, the tacit understanding of the team, and the toughness of the game.

They finally understand that their team is still a long way from being a real top player.

Fortunately, even though the NBA is a commercial league, there are indeed many humane stories in it.

Cold-blooded refers more to the team management, at least most of the fans are emotional and lovely.

Before crossing over, Wang Zelin knew little about the Blazers. At that time, the Blazers were an unpopular team in China. Like many fans, the reason why he knew the Blazers was more because of his "cousin" Lillard.

There is no way, although it may be cruel to say that Director Lee has been crushed by Curry in the same position throughout his career, but it is indeed a fact.

Perhaps because of this, Wang Zelin admitted that he was fascinated by Director Li's tragic color and his many highlight performances in the playoffs, at least in terms of attracting fans.

And when he really became a member of this team, he discovered the beauty of this team.

emm, first of all, the team owner Paul Allen is really rich and willing to spend money.

Of course, Wang Zelin can also say to the outside world with his head high and his chest high: he and his teammates are worthy of Paul Allen's financial support to the team. At least this season so far, the team is undoubtedly successful.

But, now Wang Zelin's main task is to continue to deliver excellent results in the playoffs.

In all fairness, in the first two games of the Western Conference finals, regardless of the team record and the outside world's opinion, as far as he is concerned, he is not satisfied with his performance. On a 10-point scale, he would feel a little ashamed if he scored 6 points and passed.

G1 fell into the trap of the Spurs, leaving the field with 6 fouls in less than three quarters, doing homework for personal growth, and scoring in a single game fell below 20 for the first time since the playoffs.

The state of G2 recovered, played 43 minutes and scored a large double-double with 28 points and 15 rebounds, but the team still lost.

Regardless of how the fans find reasons for him, saying something like "The Blazers lost, Wang Zelin didn't lose", from the perspective of myself as a professional basketball player, the loss data is not worth mentioning.

In the professional arena, when you lose, you should first find the reason from yourself, instead of indulging in the so-called "reasons" made by the media and fans for yourself.

In the face of failure, they will only make excuses blindly instead of looking for reasons from themselves. This kind of person is doomed to fail to achieve real success.

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Fast forward to May 5th.

The G3 game between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs is scheduled for May 5, so the team still has one more day to prepare.

Today the NBA officially announced the best team of the season, first of all, the best team of the year, LeBron James was unanimously selected for the first team, and the other 4 people selected for the first team were Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and... Tim Duncan.

When the news came out, many fans in Wang Zelin felt sorry for him.

With his continuous hot performance in the playoffs, Wang Zelin has become a popular candidate for the best first team center in the 2012~2013 season, especially after sweeping the Thunder 4:0 to advance to the Western Conference Finals, the outside world agreed that he is the best first team center candidate.

It's a pity that after G1 of the Western Conference Finals, many media who are used to Wang Zelin's high-quality performance were surprised, and even a little bit secretly happy.

This is like an undefeated god of war breaking his undefeated golden body. According to the media, Wang Zelin seems to have fallen from the clouds to the mortal world.

G2又输了一场后，媒体越发兴高采烈，完全无视王泽林的28+15，只是死咬着开拓者0:2落后马刺和G16犯早早离场导致开拓者失利两件事不放。

Although it is a bit of a sign of adding insult to injury, who made him lose?

Losing is the biggest sin!

For the fact that the 37-year-old Duncan was selected to the first team as a center for the first time, the outside world gave high praise, because he is the second-oldest player in history, second only to the 1-year-old Tiangou Kareem.

Your uncle is your uncle after all!
And anyone with a discerning eye can see that Duncan played the center position most of the regular season this season. Although it is surprising that he was selected for the first team as a center, it is not an exaggeration to look carefully.

It is worth mentioning that after the announcement of the best team list this season, Kobe was selected to the best team for the 11th consecutive time, tying Karl Malone's record and tied for the first place in history.

While some people call Kobe NB, some people think that Kobe should not be selected for the first team.

There is no other reason. Among the five players in the best team, only the Lakers led by Kobe failed to break into the playoffs...

This is a bit embarrassing.

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In a mansion in Los Angeles.

After seeing the announcement of the roster for a while, Howard realized that he was not there, and became unhappy. He couldn't help but yelled at the NBA executives on the TV, "Fack squid!"

But he thought about it for a while, and found that the boy from the Celestial Dynasty he hated the most hadn't been selected for a while as he wished, and his mood immediately improved.

People... As long as someone is as miserable as me, it seems that they have found another outlet, and instantly feel that they are not so miserable.

However, what is frightening to think about is that once upon a time, this man who could replace James alone turned his eyes on a mere rookie.

Howard may not have noticed the change in his mentality.

Or maybe, Howard's strength can no longer support his inner pride!
Immediately afterwards, the list for the second team came out, with a snap, very quickly!
Howard, who was about to turn off the TV, slammed the remote control in the direction of the TV when he heard the familiar name from the NBA official...

"Oh!"

"Fizz!"

Come on, Mr. Warcraft is not happy, the poor TV is in trouble again!
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2013 5 Month 25 Day.

Today is destined to be a day that will be recorded in the history of the NBA and the history of Chinese basketball sports.

At 12:10 noon, immediately after the best team, the NBA officially announced that Wang Zelin, a Chinese player of the Portland Trail Blazers, became another rookie player selected to the best team in his rookie season after Tim Duncan.

Of course, Duncan was selected for the first team of rookies, which is definitely incomparable to Wang Zelin's second team.

But when the news came out, it was still shocking!
Even counting from the ancient basketball in the 5s and 60s, as of 2013, only 8 players were selected to the best team in their rookie season.

Those selected for the second team include the famous basketball gods, Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar... Now Wang Zelin is added.

剩下的入选一阵的神仙们分别是54年的榜眼鲍勃佩蒂特、58年的状元埃尔金贝勒、59年的张大帅、60年的大O、78年的大鸟伯德和隔壁的圣城21号新秀。

In this talented NBA where birds and beasts are rampant, it is very rare to be able to take root and become the main player of the ball in the initial season of the rookie game.

And as a rookie, in the rookie season, he can PK out a lot of well-established team stars in the selection of the NBA's best team of the season, and it is even more difficult to be shortlisted.

In addition to absolute toughness, it also requires a little bit of luck.

The typical representative is O'Neal in his rookie season. O'Neal's rookie performance is also crazy, but it can't stand the era of high-quality big men emerging one after another. In the end, O'Neal couldn't even enter the third team.

This is the so-called one hundred million points of luck.

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portland.

In the conference room of the training hall.

"Ugh!"

"Pity!"

"That group of media is a bunch of shit, what kind of vision is this..."

"OMG!"

"Gift crab!"

"Oh! Damn Falk!"

At this time, the conference room was full of people, including the management, coaching staff, and players.

Two days before the announcement of this award, although Wang Zelin lost some points in front of the media fans in the first two games of the Western Conference Finals, the voice of Wang Zelin being selected as the best team is still high.

Logically speaking, since the 88-89 season, there has been an addition of the best third team to the best team in the NBA season, which means that young players have an extra chance to be selected to the best team in their rookie season.

Therefore, the fans agreed that even if they couldn't make it for one round, Wang Zelin wouldn't even be able to get three rounds, otherwise they would really treat the fans as blind.

One of the three places in the center position of the best team is destined to belong to Wang Zelin. It is almost a certainty.

At the same time, several mainstream portals and forums in China have prepared backup servers and are mentally prepared for downtime.

When the second-team roster was announced, no surprises, domestic sports portals and forums collectively collapsed, and domestic fans were discussing the significance of Wang Zelin's selection as a second-team center.

You must know that Yao Ming, the Chinese giant that Chinese fans are proud of, is the highest and most valuable individual award in his entire career, which is the two second teams of the best team in the 06-07 season and 08-09 season.

In the words of the sauna commentator later: Some viewers mentioned that Yao Ming was selected into the Hall of Fame, which lowered the threshold of the Hall of Fame; when Carter was mentioned, they said that Carter was in the Hall of Fame.
You must know that Carter has been selected once for the second team and once for the first team after playing for more than 20 years. To describe it in one word, it is empty-handed!
Yao Ming played in the NBA for 7 years, and he won 7 second teams and 2 third teams in 3 years, so it is appropriate for Yao Ming to be selected into the Hall of Fame, and there is no such thing as lowering the threshold.

Keke, get back to business.

In the United States, the discussion is more about the first foreign rookie to be selected to the best team, while the fans of the Trail Blazers and Wang Zelin are bragging that Wang Zelin's rookie was selected to the second team, and successfully competed with all the superstars in NBA history.

As for the other four players on the best second team list, Tony Parker, Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony and Booker Griffin... no one pays attention to them anymore.

Not to mention the three teams of Harden, Wade, Paul George, David Lee and Howard.

It made Harden and Paul George, who were selected to the best team for the first time, feel bitter.

It's the first time for everyone, why make such a difference.

I don't agree!
Once again, it shows from the side the unprecedented enthusiasm brought about by Wang Zelin's selection for World War II.

Just one word, burst!
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Back home, Wang Zelin still felt that everything during the day seemed like a dream.

He had thought that he would be selected to the best team, but when all this really came, he was relieved that all his previous preparations were insufficient.

For example, no matter how many browsers a boy has browsed before and how many Japanese teachers he has consulted, when he comes on the stage with real knives and guns, he still cannot resist the excitement in his heart, and his movements are inevitably shy.

Looking at his girlfriend in the bathroom, Wang Zelin pushed open the door "hehehe" and walked in.

This night is destined to be full of passion!
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At 5 o'clock in the evening on May 26, the third game of the series between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs began.

The title has been chosen before the game, "The final contest between the center forwards of the first team and the center forwards of the second team!"

The training match is finally here. The Trail Blazers' home stadium, the Rose Garden. Although the outside world generally believes that the probability of the Trail Blazers coming back is not high, but at this time, the Trail Blazers want to win the first game of the series and avoid being swept. There is still a chance.

After two painful losses, Trail Blazers fans are eager for the team to win Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals at home.

Just today!

However, when the third quarter of the game ended, the special guest of this game, former Blazers star Clifford Robinson, was a little desperate.

Just like in G2, the two teams were inseparable in the first half, and the Trail Blazers could barely bite the difference.

In the third quarter, when the Spurs' offensive wave of team basketball started, they could always find the Blazers' defensive loopholes as accurately as a scalpel, thus easily opening the score.

On the court, Parker broke through the ball and assisted Danny Green to hit a three-pointer at the buzzer from the bottom corner.

After this goal, the Spurs officially played a 7:0 offensive climax, and the point difference on the court was as many as 14 points!
Parker and Danny Green clapped hands easily. Parker was still very calm in his game. His repeated breakthroughs gave his teammates good chances, and his assists were soaring!

After three quarters, the number of personal assists has reached 10. If nothing else, tonight's winning MVP should be Parker.

"With a difference of 14 points, it is really difficult for the Blazers to chase points in the last quarter! You must know that their opponent is a veteran Spurs!"

Beside Clifford Robinson, Reggie Miller decided the game could basically be called over.

Back in the rest area, Wang Zelin's confidence began to waver, because the joy of being selected for the second team was blown away
When the opponent is the Spurs, they are 14 points behind and want to make a comeback at the end of the quarter. Wang Zelin couldn't help but want to sing a song about the difficulty of the road to Shu!

But, do we really have no chance?
(End of this chapter)