NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O'Neal Chapter 225

Chapter 228 Prescribe the right medicine

Blazers offense.

Batum pulled beyond the three-point line, took a three-pointer after receiving a cover, and failed to hit.

"Om!"

A big yellow hand pressed the basketball back mercilessly.

"You can shoot, I'm in the basket!" After pressing Marc Gasol to complete the dunk, Wang Zelin glanced at his teammates and shouted loudly.

"This Asian boy is too arrogant!" The grumpy Zach Randolph suddenly became angry and was not angry.

Marc Gasol, who was reduced to the background board, didn't take it to heart, picked up the basketball, and replied lightly: "It's okay, you can return one later."

"Why can't it be you?"

"Are you the boss? Those who are capable work harder!"

The **** bear was stunned, because he couldn't find any reason to refute it.

Grizzlies attacked, Prince and Mike Conley picked and rolled at the top of the arc, the latter passed back to Prince after breaking through, and missed the outside.

The basketball bounced back and flew in the direction of Zach Rendorff, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he wanted to get this offensive rebound.

So far tonight, he has scored 7 rebounds, and he is not far from reaching double figures.

Seeing that good things were coming, a yellow figure suddenly appeared behind him and rose up, destroying his two-pair plan.

"Go, go, go!"

This was Wang Zelin's 10th rebound tonight. After landing, he smashed to Batum, who was closest to him. The latter shouted while dribbling the ball.

Lillard saw Wang Zelin grab the rebound and go straight to the Grizzlies' basket, when Batum's pass also arrived.

Lillard stared straight at the basket, and slammed it down with great momentum.

"Damion was empty and he took off! OMG! He dunked!!!"

Groom Albert roared excitedly.

If it was the home game, the fans must have been chanting Lillard's name all over the sky, but this is the away game after all, and Lillard was greeted by deafening boos.

"Come on! Scream louder..." Lillard didn't look like he wanted to retreat at all. He naturally spread his arms, like a king greeting his people.

"Shhhhhh!"

Lillard's arrogant appearance completely angered the Grizzlies fans, and the overwhelming boos rolled in, with no intention of letting go of the opposite number 0.

Grizzly bears fall into position.

At this time, Mike Conley got an open space in the right elbow area and got a timely point from Marc Gasol.

At this time, he was three meters away from Wang Zelin in the low position. This distance is called safety.

But at the moment he received the ball, Wang Zelin immediately broke free from Marc Gasol's entanglement and took a big step forward.

Mike Conley, who belongs to the late bloomer type, has not yet reached the peak of his offensive ability. At this stage, 45.5% of his points come from mid-range shots, which is the highest season of his career.

Mike Conley will never give up such an open opportunity at this time, he must stop the bleeding for the team.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind. Wang Zelin sprinted and took off after seeing Mike Conley making a shooting gesture, and waved his right hand to the basketball that the latter had just thrown.

"Snapped!"

"The king stepped forward to defend, oh! It's a good hat! He successfully gave Mike Conley a hot pot!" Barkley's roar sounded.

Batum and Tony Allen, who were entangled in the three-point line on the right wing, reacted and immediately competed for the basketball, which was finally obtained by Batum, who was younger and more physically fit.

Batum took the ball and glanced at the situation on the court. The players of the two teams were already returning to defense. There was no chance for a fast break, so he simply dribbled the ball himself.

Tony Allen, who failed to grab the ball, was reluctant and stuck to Batum, making the latter very uncomfortable.

When it was about to violate the 8 seconds in the backcourt, Lillard came out to respond, and Batum passed the ball quickly and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fuck, this guy is really annoying!"

Batum finally knew why Kobe would appreciate Tony Allen so much, the candy-style defense was so torturous.

There are 14 seconds left in the attack time, Lillard chose to press down the rhythm and look for opportunities.

Wang Zelin inside was just about to lift it up. The Grizzlies subconsciously shrank inward from the outside line. Seeing this, Lillard decisively made a three-pointer.

"Sigh!"

Three-pointer.

Dare to let me go?

After the goal, Lillard blew a sigh of relief at his opponent.

59:51.

The score difference instantly came to 8 points.

"What are you doing?"

next to Hollins was dumbfounded, he couldn't believe his eyes, such a low-level mistake could actually appear on Mike Conley.

"mine!"

Mike Conley bowed his head in shame and raised his hand.

He didn't know what was wrong. When he saw Wang Zelin come up, he subconsciously wanted to double-team, but the other party took advantage of it.

"5-of-7 from the field, 2-of-2 from 3-pointers, this No. 0 feels great today! He has already scored 12 points.

The Grizzlies should consider strengthening their defense from beyond the arc next. "

Groom Albert explained.

"But Groom, don't forget, the Blazers have all five players on the court with shooting ability, and their shooting range can extend beyond the three-point line. If they focus on the outside line, LaMarcus and Wang in the inside line will probably be overjoyed, which makes What about the Grizzlies?" Barkley asked.

"That's Hollins' problem." Groom Albert smiled indifferently.

The situation on the court changed suddenly, which Hollins did not want to see, and what Barkley said was exactly what he had always worried about.

All Blazers can shoot. If the Grizzlies can defend, they will have shortcomings.

And this shortcoming is Zach Randolph. He is the worst defensive player in the Grizzlies starting lineup. Especially when the offensive efficiency is guaranteed, it would be good to have a few bright rounds on the defensive end. The Black Bears can defend well throughout the game, which is tantamount to a dream.

It is useless to call a timeout at this time, because this is already the strongest lineup of the Grizzlies, and how far they can go depends on the players on the court.

In the next round, Zach Randolph couldn't wait to take the initiative to come deep inside and start to force his position.

This look is obvious, he is going to beat Aldridge hard and help the team chase points.

But the Blazers have found a strategy to deal with the Grizzlies' inside attack, which is to double-team.

If defensive end Zach Randolph is the only hole in the Grizzlies, then offensive end, defensive gate Tony Allen has become a point worth targeting.

As the 25th pick in the first round in 2004, Tony Allen has excellent physical fitness, but because of his lack of shooting and ball-handling ability, not many people are optimistic about him. Since the first year of his career, he has been positioned Become a defensive vanguard.

As it turns out, Tony Allen has proven himself on the defensive end, and he can do it better than anyone.

At the same time, his autonomous offensive ability has been declining year by year, and it is not even comparable to the NCAA period.

Perhaps Tony Allen has forgotten that he is the first player in Oklahoma State University history to score 1,000 points in just two seasons.

"damn it!"

Seeing that Batum took the initiative to abandon Tony Allen, pounced from the left bottom line, and completed Zach Randolph's front and back attack together with Aldridge, Hollins thought in his heart without a second, and jumped up anxiously.

I know that Tony Allen is an excellent defensive striker, but why does Hollins choose to control his playing time? In addition to physical problems, the lack of sufficient offensive threat is also one of the reasons for limiting his playing time.

In the face of ordinary strong teams in the playoffs, the Grizzlies can simply rely on defense to grind their opponents to death, but in the face of the top teams of the same level, the shortcomings of the Grizzlies in attacking the weak and defending the strong are naturally exposed.

The outside world generally says that the Blazers are a little expert in mishandling vegetables, but the Grizzlies are even worse.

Zach Randolph, who was in the low post, didn't notice Batum who was coming quietly after receiving the ball. The moment he completed his half-turn, the latter made a big copy.

"Snapped!"

"The ball was broken! The Grizzlies made a mistake, and the Blazers got a great opportunity to expand the score to double digits!" Barkley's commentary came again.

Michael Conley didn't have time to scold his mother, and ran side by side with Lillard, not giving the latter a chance to catch the ball.

But Wang Zelin broke free from Marc Gasol's entanglement and ran to the front. The big white bear was like a tractor, and he didn't even smell Wang Zelin's exhaust.

I saw Batum make a long pass, over the heads of everyone, and passed the ball to Wang Zelin outside the three-point line of the opposite position.

Only Lillard and Mike Conley were inside the three-point line. The two instantly switched situations, becoming the former interference and the latter struggling to break free.

2-1 in the frontcourt, Wang Zelin bypassed Mike Conley, stepped into the paint area, took another step, and the ball took off.

"boom! Blind Karaka! The difference between the two sides is 10 points, and the Blazers seem to have found the key to victory."

Groom Albert explained.

In just a few minutes, the Grizzlies made frequent mistakes, which will eventually lead to the bitter fruit of today.

In the contest between strong teams, the victory and defeat are often in an instant. If you grasp it, victory is in front of you...

Obviously, the Grizzlies couldn't hold it!

"Timeout, Coach Hollins also stopped the game.

But with all due respect, I don't think the Grizzlies could come up with any decent countermeasures.

By the way of past games, once the Grizzlies are in the lead, they have a good chance of maintaining the lead until the end of the game; and once they are behind, the same is true.

This team lacks a finalist, or superstar! "

Barkley shook his head. The Grizzlies are very strong, but they are a bit weird. Once the opponent finds a weakness, it is difficult to have a chance to come back.

If Rudy Gay was still there, maybe the Grizzlies could have a chance to come back, but they were traded away.

It's not that it was a wrong decision to trade Rudy Gay to the Grizzlies. On the contrary, to trade Gay for Prince, who is more suitable for the team's system, the Grizzlies are much stronger to the naked eye... This is Regular hours most of the time.

And at some critical moments, a pure scorer like Gay is really needed to break the game.

Right now, the Grizzlies lack such a type of player to turn the tide.

Grizzlies bench.

All the players gathered around Hollins, who was gesturing tactics, and found helplessly that it was just two words.

Defense!

"Hahahaha! The opponent's mentality has collapsed, Damien, continue to shoot three-pointers as soon as you get the chance, you feel good tonight, don't let it go!"

The Blazers' bench laughed, and the team is now gradually gaining momentum, with the depressed atmosphere of the first half.

Returning from the timeout, Wang Zelin glanced at the Grizzlies players, including the Black and White Bears, everyone looked in a trance.

It's still a little bit worse, and you need to work harder!

"Brothers, tonight we drink bear blood! Eat bear meat!"

Wang Zelin roared out immediately.

"Drink bear blood! Eat bear meat!"

This sentence made Lillard and others excited and shouted in unison.

In the second half of the quarter, the Grizzlies were still at a slow pace, but the Blazers players could clearly notice that the opponent's offensive rhythm was filled with anxiety, and they were definitely not as calm as they seemed.

"The game is going to go far, the Grizzlies are going to plant at home today, and their energy is more than one grade weaker than the first half." Groom Albert explained solemnly.

The army is in chaos!

is an appropriate term to describe the current Grizzlies.

"Wang Zelin's block, Lillard's three-pointer, and Batum's steal... The few rounds just now directly destroyed the Grizzlies' belief in being a strong team on defense.

Their defense can't save the current situation! "

Buckley put away his hippie smile and explained with the same seriousness.

Until the end of the second half, the Grizzlies hit 3 goals in 8 shots, plus Mike Conley made 1 of 2 free throws, and only 6 points were recorded.

Looking at the Blazers, they made 5 goals in 11 confident shots, including two open three-pointers from Matthews and Batum, for a total of 12 points.

At the end of the third quarter, 73:57, the Trail Blazers led by 15 points.

No one expected that the Grizzlies only scored 10 points in the entire third quarter.

This grizzly bear is completely lost, and only its demise will be greeted.

The fourth quarter started quickly, and the Trail Blazers served from the bottom line.

"Defend! Defend!"

The fans at the Express Federation Arena were indignant and shouted, they wanted to use their voices to infect the fans on the field.

Put down this ball, maybe the Grizzlies still have hope of chasing points.

Yet the results were brutal.

Terry Stotts, who planned to take away the game in one wave, had no plans to rest the main players, and still played with all the main players.

Wang Zelin came up and turned over and made a jumper and scored two points steadily. The entire FedEx Arena was silent.

17 points!

How to chase it?

Some people in the audience have already left the venue one after another.

Some people do not want to see the home team being slaughtered~www.mtlnovel.com~ and some people are disheartened and give up any hope for the final result of the game.

For the Grizzlies, who are not good at chasing points, they are 17 points behind and want to catch up unless there is a McGrady.

But is it possible?

What's more, the Blazers are an offense-oriented team, averaging 103.6 points per game in the regular season this season, ranking fourth in the league.

Once this type of team plays, it is difficult to stop the wave of offense.

Therefore, most people can already foresee the scene where the grizzly bears are slapped to death on the beach by waves of attack waves.

The scene inside the arena was watched by Barkley and Marv Albert in the stands. The two looked at each other and shook their heads.

"There is no hope, maybe, we can celebrate the Blazers' two-game winning streak in advance, congratulations to them!" Barkley said.

"That's right, after this game, the Blazers and the Grizzlies tied at 1:1 in the regular season. Facing the younger Blazers, the Grizzlies completely lost their chance to compete for fourth place in the Western Conference."

Groom Albert explained regretfully.

(end of this chapter)

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