The first quarter ended at 5 minutes and 48 seconds, and at 17:11, the Trail Blazers led by 6 points and entered the official timeout!

This result was a bit difficult for the Hawks to accept. They originally thought that they would give the Trail Blazers two consecutive losses tonight, but unexpectedly, the development of the game was completely different from their expectations.

It’s really a competition of personal abilities!

The Blazers' tactics are simple and crude, relying on the personal abilities of Wang Zelin and Lillard. Lillard is now very accurate in breaking through the basket or shooting three-pointers from outside after the pick-and-roll. The opponent does not dare to let go, and has created a lot for Wang Zelin.

A one-on-one challenge opportunity.

As we all know, once Trail Blazers No. 36 gets a one-on-one opportunity, given his current state, no matter who the opponent is, the outcome is doomed... he is destined to be easily crushed by him!

In addition, Batum and Button, who are back tonight, look to be in pretty good shape.

Batum scored a chasing three-pointer and passed to Barton for a mid-range shot. Wang Zelin hit a hook under the basket and tied it 2+1. At 3 minutes and 25 seconds, the Trail Blazers scored 8 points in a row and stopped the Hawks.

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But this did not prevent the Trail Blazers from continuing to expand the score. Until the official timeout, the Trail Blazers were already 6 points ahead.

After the official timeout, the Trail Blazers replaced Batum and Barton with Terry and Carter, allowing Batum and Barton to rest. The remaining three positions remained unchanged, Lillard, Jokic, and Wang Zelin.

For the Eagles, substitute small forward Torreon Prince replaced Kent Bazemore, who had a mediocre touch. The center position was changed from Howard to Mike Muscala, who has three-point ability. The remaining three positions

constant.

After the timeout, Millsap started singles mode. Muscala, Prince, Hardaway II, and Schroeder opened up the space. Millsap scored 6 points in a row with accurate mid-range shots!

As the only All-Star player in the Hawks team, Millsap performed very well at critical moments, and instantly evened the difference between the two sides.

At 10 minutes and 55 seconds of the first quarter, Millsap passed the ball to Prince and hit a three-pointer. The Eagles had a climax during this period. At 29:27, the Eagles took the lead for the first time tonight!

On the contrary, it was the Trail Blazers. After Carter and Connett Lee came up, they had poor three-point shooting. Wang Zelin and Lillard failed to hit several sudden points. On the defensive end, they failed to guard against the hot Hawks perimeter group. Official

In the 5 minutes after the timeout, let the opponent score 18 points efficiently!

Coach Terry stood up decisively and asked for a timeout.

Fortunately, after returning from the timeout, Millsap went down to rest.

Millsap is as strong as he is strong, but after all, he is already an almost 32-year-old veteran and is at the end of his peak period of personal ability. It is difficult for him to maintain an efficient burst for a long time like he did when he was young.

In the four seasons with the Hawks, Millsap's average playing time per game in the regular season has basically remained at about 33 minutes, which means that if he stays for too long, he will be limited by his physical fitness and his offensive and defensive influence will decrease.

In the last minute or so, the Hawks coach sent out a rotation of Howard, Michael Dunleavy, DeAndre Bembry, Malcolm Delaney and Kris Humphries.

On the Trail Blazers' side, Batum and Button returned to the field, and with the mobile troops of Beverley, Harrell, and Yi Jianlian, they frequently launched fast-break counterattacks on the court and gained a certain advantage when fighting against the opponent.

After the first quarter, the two sides were tied at 34.

Although they failed to stabilize their lead, the team did not fall behind the Trail Blazers. This result has made the Eagles coach quite satisfied.

After the start of the second quarter, coach Terry replaced Yi Jianlian with Wang Zelin, and the other four players remained unchanged.

On the Eagles side, seeing the Trail Blazers No. 36 return to the court, the head coach gritted his teeth and chose to let him continue to play after asking for Paul Millsap's advice.

There is no way, the intimidation of the guy opposite is too terrifying. If there is not a leader with enough weight to lead the team, once the guy starts to go crazy, the entire Eagles system is likely to be completely overwhelmed by him.

In order to win, the Eagles and Paul Millsap will have to fight tonight!

The game started with the Eagles attacking first.

Millsap set a screen for Schroeder, and then switched from the strong side to the weak side in order to force the defense to change positions.

The strategy worked, and the defender in front of him became Beverley.

He thought he could easily kill Beverley, who was just over 1.8 meters tall. I admire your tenacity. Chengdu was stronger than Millsap expected.

As the No. 1 candidate for the Blazers' ultimate killer move, Beverley's defensive ability is unquestionable, especially his single-defense ability that is as sticky as a dog-skin plaster, which is enough to make any player who plays against him feel extremely uncomfortable.

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After two attempts to break through from below the frame, Millsap found that he couldn't break through. He wanted to do it from the mid-range like in the first quarter.

But thinking that he had just rested for a while, he might not have the same hot touch as before, and the Eagles really wanted to win today, so Millsap gave up the idea and chose a more stable style of play, switching from shooting to passing.

The ball is passed back to Schroeder.

After Schroeder caught the ball, he hit Harrell in a misplaced position. He was brave enough to play hard. He dribbled the ball alternately with his left and right hands and accelerated directly!

However, Harrell was so stunned that Schroeder didn't even take a step forward.

Schroeder is a fast pick-and-roll point guard whose first priority is scoring. He is extremely explosive and has great power in dribbling attacks. If he encounters an average power forward, he can use his speed to easily get past his opponent.

But it is a pity that Schroeder encountered the beast Harrell today. While taking into account speed and explosiveness, under the training of the Trail Blazers coaching staff, his defensive awareness was also extremely outstanding, and Schroeder was stuck to him.

Seeing that the breakthrough was not working, Schroeder switched to a step-back jump shot. As long as it was in the mid-range, he felt that he was still somewhat sure.

After all, his mid-range accuracy is better than his three-point accuracy.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, Schroeder had just taken off to take action, and Harrell waved his long arm to block it. Schroeder's body leaned back slightly, but he

It soon became apparent that this member's angle was simply not enough to avoid the block.

"It's over!"

Schroeder only felt a cool breeze blowing by, and the basketball was blown away with great force.

As a brutal power forward, Harrell prefers to end with dunks on the offensive end, and his blocking on the defensive end is also very violent, very capable of hitting people, and at the same time, it is highly entertaining to watch.

This is a natural beast!

Fortunately, he is currently being trained docilely by the Trail Blazers.

After the basketball was slapped, Harrell immediately accelerated to chase the ball. In order to prevent the basketball from going out of bounds, Harrell jumped to the ground and held the ball tightly under his body.

On the other side, all members of the Trail Blazers immediately jumped into the counterattack. Batum even had one of his basketball shoes stepped off during the struggle with Millsap.

Batum immediately bent down to pick up his shoes and was about to put them on when he found a gap in the frontcourt.

Should you wear shoes or take your chances?

For Batum, this is not a multiple choice question.

He simply threw his shoes out of the street and ran towards the frontcourt with one bare foot.

On the bench of the Trail Blazers, McCaw looked at his teammates in confusion, because the knot that Batum recognized had fallen into the hands of McCaw...

Sitting on the bench and suddenly being hit by a shoe is something that many veterans may rarely encounter in their entire careers. As a result, McCaw encountered it just half a season after joining the NBA. All I can say is

This guy's luck is indeed extraordinary.

On the court, Harrell passed the ball to Wang Zelin, then quickly improved and joined the counterattack team.

At this time, Batum was running on the court with one foot bare. He quickly came into view and found that Batum was rushing at the front. Wang Zelin decisively threw the ball over.

Come on, the decision is yours!

Dunleavy also accurately found Batum who was wearing one shoe. He was originally lying in front of Button and rushed towards Batum.

However, Batum remained calm after receiving the pass. Even if he lost one shoe, his shooting rhythm could not be interrupted.

Standing outside the three-point line, before Dunleavy's fingers could seal it, Batum suddenly took action!

Batum knows that if this chasing three-pointer is scored, it doesn't take much to know that the ball will definitely be extremely popular. He has already foreseen in advance that he has locked in the wonderful scene of one of the top ten goals of tomorrow.

"impossible."

Dunleavy prayed silently in his heart, but looking at Batum's firm and confident eyes, his heart began to feel uneasy.

In the end, Batum raised his knife and hit a three-pointer in Deng Liwei's desperate eyes!

"Shua——!"

The crisp sound of piercing the net resounded throughout the audience.

"Nicholas~Batum!!!"

The home DJ roared crazily.

From Harrell's beast hat to Batum's barefoot shot through the Hawks basket, as soon as the second quarter started, the Trail Blazers contributed extremely exciting game scenes, which made the fans at the scene and in front of the TV excited.

Cheers for it too.

The game continued, and the Hawks started quickly from the backcourt, seemingly trying to grab a quick one while Batum was putting on his shoes.

At the beginning, things did go as they expected. Millsap made a long pass from the backcourt and directly found Dunleavy near the center circle. Dunleavy moved to the three-point line and was blocked by Patton. He quickly passed the ball and handed it to the player from the left.

Howard cuts toward the basket at a 45-degree angle.

So far, Howard has not scored a point. After receiving Dunleavy's pass, all he can see is the basket not far away.

As long as he dunks this ball in, he can break his scoring drought.

Full of faith, Howard took two steps to reach the paint area, jumped up, held the ball in his right hand, and slammed it against the basket.

At this time, Wang Zelin's supplementary defense arrived.

As soon as Howard jumped together, he was pushed down by a big hand that dropped from the sky and he was holding the ball. He was out of balance and didn't even take two steps back. He fell to the floor with a bang.

"Oh! A blood cap from Wang!!!" the Trail Blazers commentator shouted excitedly.

Beverly quickly picked up the ball that rolled to the side and started playing it down quickly.

Wang Zelin ignored the offense and yelled at Howard who got up and wanted to return to defense: "Remember, this is my territory. I can satisfy you as many caps as you want tonight!"
To be continued...