The invincible kryptonite of basketball

Before the game between the Pelicans and the Trail Blazers, the players were chatting here and there.

Bojan was talking about picking up girls last night, and Walker was chatting with Butler about potential opponents in the next round.

Here the Pelicans are fighting the Trail Blazers, and the Mavericks and the Warriors are fighting even more intensely.

The two teams are now tied at 1-1. The Mavericks have lost home court advantage, but the scores in both games are in single digits.

The two chatted and chatted until the finals.

But it's normal for them to talk so far.

Now the East is really very different from what was predicted.

The state of the Cavaliers in the playoffs is indeed too bad. Although they swept the Magic in the first round, everyone who watched the game knew that they did not win easily.

As a result, something went wrong in the second round. They are now tied 1-1 with the Nets.

What a five-star lineup, James can't wait to kick those teammates one by one.

The Bucks continued to be brave and had two consecutive wins over the Raptors.

According to this state of play, this year the Cavaliers will be defeated by the Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals with a high probability. James' record of only the Finals for 7 consecutive years will end this year.

It was also very interesting for Tang Tian to listen to the chat between the two of them.

The performance of the Bucks in the playoffs really surprised him.

"Damien is really good!"

While listening, Davis suddenly leaned over and said to him.

Tang Tian turned around and listened to him say a few words, and knew that what Davis said was what Lillard said in the previous interview.

"That's the kind of person he is, otherwise my All-Stars wouldn't let George go and choose him."

Tang Tian raised eyebrows at Davis as he spoke.

Davis laughed and nodded.

He admires tough little players like Walker and Lillard.

Now Lillard can still have such behavior as an opponent, not only admiration, but also a little admiration for him.

"Tonight's game will be difficult, so be mentally prepared."

Tang Tian said and patted Davis' head.

Davis didn't resist, just nodded.

As long as Xiao Hua is not cheap, the penalty scale tonight should be normal.

After Lillard said something like that, he will definitely go all out.

Tonight's game will be very different from the past two games.

The Moda Center can accommodate up to 19980 people to watch the game.

Over the arena, there are many division championship banners, as many as 11 retired jerseys, and a championship banner with 1976~1977 written on it.

The Trail Blazers were not the first teams to join the NBA, but they also have a 47-year NBA team history.

Among the many stars in team history, Drexler and Bill Walton are the most well-known representatives.

This is a team with a historically strong team, but it has not reached the threshold of a wealthy family.

Prior to this, they were among the best in the league because of the personal financial strength of owner Paul Allen.

But now, it has also been replaced by Ballmer of the Clippers.

In a nutshell, its popularity has always been at the middle level in the league, just like the popularity of Lillard now, which is not up or down.

The Moda Center, the first home game of the divisional finals, was packed.

The Pelican effect is a label phenomenon in the league this season, but here, you can hardly find Pelicans fans, the scene is all red sea.

Although the Trail Blazers have made it to the playoffs for five consecutive years, most of them stopped in the first round.

However, this performance did not affect their popularity.

Lillard's overall popularity is flat, but in Portland, his popularity is absolutely phenomenal.

His character, just like the reaction of fans on social media in the past two days, is too popular.

The scene was full of logos supporting Lillard and the Trail Blazers.

This was Tang Tian's first game against the Trail Blazers since he entered the league, and it was also the first time for most of the Pelicans' players.

This scene is really shocking when you see it for the first time.

Almost in time for the Pelicans home game.

After the on-site warm-up ended, the two sides started to play one after another.

The starting lineups on both sides have not changed.

But this time the explosive cheers from the fans came to the home team, the Trail Blazers.

Lillard is here enjoying the cheers Tang Tian had in New Orleans.

And from his eyes, you can feel a murderous look with your naked eyes.

Lillard can't maintain a superstar-level temperature now, or in the future, but his game temperament really doesn't lose to superstars.

Nurkic flicked the ball back into the Blazers' half, officially kicking off Game [-] of the series.

Lillard played singles with the ball as soon as he came up, and his offensive desire looked strong.

However, Walker's defense is not bad, and Lillard's continuous cross steps failed to get rid of.

At this moment, Aminu took the initiative to mention the high position and gave it to the pick-and-roll.

This is an extra-tactical change, and Walker was blocked.

Butler quickly changed over.

The Pelicans' defense is number one in the league.

However, no matter how fast the pick-and-roll changes, there is a time lag.

With such a fleeting opportunity, Lillard pulled up a three-pointer and shot it directly!

Butler was limited by his wingspan and couldn't cover it, but he still put enough pressure.

"Shh!"

A crisp sound.

Lillard pierced the net with a three-pointer against Butler's defense.

He took the lead for the Trail Blazers!

The cheers of the Moda Center erupted instantly.

The overwhelming cheers showed their love for Lillard!

Just like Tang Tian said, tonight's Trail Blazers, tonight's Lillard, will be different from the past two games.

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The offensive round of the Pelicans.

Tang Tian attacked with the ball as soon as the game opened, and the Trail Blazers also shrunk their defense ahead of time.

Butler followed up with an air cut from Davis' screen, received a pass from Tang Tian for a layup, and scored the first goal for the Pelicans.

There were no whistles from the sidelines.

In this round, the Pelicans had a pick-and-roll, and Butler also confronted Aminu, who was helping to defend, before a layup, but the referee didn't sound his whistle.

A very intuitive message that everyone can feel is that the penalty scale of this game is different from the previous two games.

This information is enough to cheer everyone up.

Whether it's because the fans' public opinion put pressure on the league, or Lillard's words played a role.

For fans, a game without referee intervention is what they really look forward to and want to watch.

Not only the fans, but also the players of the Pelicans on the court looked excited.

Without the intervention of the referee, they can fully display their strength!

But there was another person on the field who was also very excited.

Lillard.

He didn't bother to rely on the referee to win the game, and the current situation was exactly what he hoped for.

Nurkic's frontcourt support.

After running, Lillard cut back to the basket, received Nurkic's pass, faced Davis's help defense with an aerial pull bar to dodge, and then succeeded in a backhand.

He scored 5 points in a row after the start!

Like the first game, he entered Lillard time at the beginning of the game!

The cheers of the fans at the scene could not stop.

As long as Lillard enters the watch time, he is a superstar!

Now the team is 0 to 2 behind, and he needs to do the same.

Tang Tian's dunk after the break-in continued to score for the Pelicans. The Trail Blazers scored, but it was difficult to defend.

But it was Lillard again, who caught the ball and made a false shot, and the layup caused Butler's defensive foul.

After making two free throws steadily, he scored all 7 points of the Trail Blazers after the opening.

This is exactly what superstars do.

However, the Pelicans also had high morale. Tang Tian suddenly scored Davis, and the latter's low-post mid-range hits also scored steadily.

6 to 7, the score was deadlocked after the two teams started playing.

After about 10 minutes into this quarter, the two teams replaced the substitutes one after another, and the score was tied at 30.

The two teams are fighting against each other, playing the feeling of the first game of the series.

The fans cheered constantly on the hotline, without the interference of the referee, this kind of offensive battle was quite enjoyable to watch.

But the fans also know that if the game continues at this pace, the game will be the same as the first game.

After all, Lillard is not a real superstar. His time to wear a watch is limited, and the Trail Blazers will not be able to withstand it at most half the time.

Especially in the next transition period of the substitutes, the difference in the strength of the substitutes between the two sides will quickly open the score.

In the last 2 minutes of this quarter, Lillard scored another 5 points to help the Trail Blazers tie the Pelicans at 35 and enter the second quarter.

He scored as many as 17 points in this quarter, and he wore this watch for a long time tonight.

When entering the second quarter, the two sides continued to rotate lineups.

The Trail Blazers were led by McCrum and Anthony, plus Napier, Turner and Zach Collins.

The Pelicans are led by Walker and Davis, plus Rose, Bojan and Siakam.

Rose continued his excellent form, and when he came up, he received a pass from Walker and hit a three-pointer.

Although I have seen it many times, this three-pointer still excited O'Neal and Barkley in the commentary booth.

Rose spent a year with the Pelicans, and he turned the three-pointer that he was not good at into a conventional weapon.

A wave of offense by the Blazers did not score.

Looking back, Rose broke through for a layup and scored another 2 points.

After two or three rounds, the point difference was pulled to 5 points.

When Lillard enters the watch time, the two teams can still be stalemate in offense, but in comparison, the biggest gap between the two teams is the substitute.

The Trail Blazers can't continue to score, and they are likely to be lost directly.

Anthony's mid-distance running to catch the ball still hit the iron, Davis protected the defensive rebound, and the Blazers' offense still returned in vain!