On the 17th, the Trail Blazers faced the Phoenix Suns at home.

"A phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken" refers to the current Suns team.

As of today, the Suns' record is only 9 wins and 15 losses. In the Eastern Conference, they may have a shot at the playoffs, but in the Western Conference, they are completely out of reach.

At present, the Western Conference is still in a wild state, and sometimes even a 50% season winning rate fails to make the playoffs.

The Trail Blazers have just won three consecutive games and now have a record of 18 wins and 5 losses. They are two games behind the Spurs, who are first in the Western Conference, and one win behind the second-place Thunder.

"No matter what, you have to win this game!"

When lining up the troops on the afternoon of the 17th, coach Terry said.

Half an hour before the game, the two teams submitted their lineups.

The Suns have Gortat and Scola on the inside, and Dudley, Shannon Brown and Dragic on the outside.

For the Trail Blazers, Aldridge was replaced at power forward by new team player Mike Roberts.

Yesterday during the team's training game, Aldridge accidentally sprained his ankle and had to miss two games.

At that time, Wang Zelin and other rookies were shocked. Later, through feedback from teammates and Aldridge's past practices.

Newcomers realize that this is just routine operation.

Since Aldridge entered the NBA, he has always been troubled by sporadic minor injuries, and until now has not truly played a full regular season.

Initially, the consensus was that Aldridge must be cursed by the torn city of Portland.

This made Trail Blazers fans panic for a while.

But then everyone made a miraculous discovery: every time Aldridge was injured, it was just a minor injury that took a few days of rest. He almost never suffered any major injuries. He was able to maintain more than 60% of the playing time in every regular season.

So now everyone is slowly getting used to it.?

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Partnering with Mike Roberts, most of the ball inside will be concentrated in the hands of Wang Zelin, and now it will be tested whether his firepower is durable enough.

Fortunately, the opponents on No. 17 and No. 21 are just average. The coach here believes that Wang Zelin can hold on.

At the start of the game, Wang Zelin and Gortat jumped the ball.

"Rookie, I've been waiting for this day for a long time. This time I'm going to beat you up hard." Gortat said coldly.

Wang Zelin glanced at the Polish Hammer casually, not bothering to hit him~~~I don’t know where this big brother got his confidence. Didn’t he teach him a hard enough lesson in Poland last time?

Seeing that Wang Zelin did not reply, the Polish Hammer quickly positioned himself and waited for the referee to throw the ball. He decided to defeat Wang Zelin in the jump ball first.

The referee throws the ball.

"Snapped!"

Wang Zelin took the basketball away, which was a slap in the face at the beginning.

Batum received the ball and controlled the top arc for a few seconds. After his teammates were in position, Lillard came over to respond.

Not passed.

Batum deceived Suns small forward Dudley, forced his opponent into the high post, turned around, broke through the defense, and entered the three-second zone.

Wang Zelin struggled with the Polish Hammer in the short corner area on the right wing. The Hammer brother noticed that Batum broke into the inside and immediately moved sideways, preparing to cover the defense.

Wang Zelin pointed his left hand towards the sky, and Batum understood it. He made a sharp change of direction to attract the attention of the Polish Hammer and threw it high.

"Maxin, be careful!"

Back in the paint, he accused the Polish Hammers of yelling loudly.

Polish Iron Hammer's heart suddenly trembled. Before he could turn around, he felt that the sky above his head instantly turned black.

"bring it on!"

The Polish Hammers were stunned, but Wang Zelin was not. After taking off from the reasonable collision area, he arbitrarily knocked the defender away and caught the ball with one hand.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded.

"boom!"

Violence enters the bottle.

As soon as the game started, the Suns center was knocked to the ground by a dunk from Trail Blazers No. 36.

“Oooohhh!!!”

The Sunshine Arena was suddenly bombed, and the Rose Garden Arena instantly went into a boil.

"So what if LaMarcus has a truce? We still have King, and he will lead us to 4 consecutive victories!"

The exciting voice of the Trail Blazers commentator resounded throughout the arena.

"The team's tacit understanding is really getting better and better. I originally thought that LaMarcus was injured and the players would not be able to adapt to this game. It seems that I was overly worried."

On the sidelines, on the Suns bench, David Vanderpool, who had just been promoted to chief assistant coach, said to Coach Terry.

"You're wrong, David. This game is far from a test. What I'm more concerned about is the next game against the Philadelphia Chaos. The opponent is a playoff-level team."

Coach Terry chuckled and continued to focus on the game.

"Weren't you being very arrogant just now? Keep going."

After saying that, Wang Zelin turned and left.

The Polish Hammer got up from the ground with the help of his teammates, looked at the owner of the No. 36 jersey on the free throw line, gritted his teeth, and slammed his right fist on the basket frame.

It attracted the referee's attention.

"Whoosh!"

Today's Chinese players have very solid basic basketball skills, and standing on the free throw line is their most stable means of scoring.

Sun attack.

Dragic took control near the three-point line, observing the Blazers' defensive position.

Two and three zone defense!

Before the game, the Trail Blazers coaching staff carefully studied the Suns' current playing style.

As of tonight's game, the Suns have three players who have scored in double figures, including Gortat's 11 points, Scola's 12 points and Dragic's 14 points.

The Suns' current lineup on the court is the classic twin towers and three small players. Positional warfare is their most stable scoring defense. The team's average score per game has reached 95 points, the lowest in the past decade.

It’s hard to believe that this was the proud phoenix that once mainly bombarded the Zongheng Alliance.

Therefore, the Blazers' defensive strategy in this game is a two- and three-zone defense.

As for the Suns' outside players, except for small forward Dudley, who was slightly more accurate, his three-point shooting percentage reached 39.1%.

Others, such as Dragic, Shannon Brown, etc., have a three-point shooting rate of around 30%, which is almost equivalent to no threat.

There was a crowd inside, and Dragic frowned, looking for Dudley.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this time, Dudley had a Batum next to him.

With 11 seconds left in the offensive round, Dragic was still dribbling the ball, making head coach Gentry shake his head.

Dragic is good at everything, but he's a little too sticky to the ball.

According to various bizarre lists in the bleachers, Goran Dragic of the Suns averages 33.2 minutes per game and requires 6.4 seconds of possession time per pass, ranking No. 1 on the list of ball-stickers this season.

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As for first place, Westbrook of the Thunder averaged one pass every 7.8 seconds and successfully occupied the top spot.

In the last 7 seconds, Dragic suddenly shook his shoulders, causing Lillard to mistakenly think that he was about to break through and quickly took a step back.

Dragic stepped on the accelerator, shot a three-pointer, and finally struck the iron.

The three-point shooting percentage of 31.9% per game is still not stable. The Blazers made the right choice.

Wang Zelin picked off the rebound, and Lillard stood outside the right three-point line and passed the ball to Wang Zelin, who was in the low post.

After observing the positioning of the Polish Hammers and another insider from the Suns, Wang Zelin instantly understood: The opponent wanted to double-team!

But so what, when had O'Neal ever been afraid of double-teaming?

After leaning on the Polish hammer, Wang Zelin flexibly turned and went straight to the basket. Diamond quickly came up and formed a double-team with his teammates.

Wang Zelin took a small jump and came to the basket. "Pop!" The hand of the Polish Hammer slapped Wang Zelin hard on his right arm. This move made Wang Zelin even more excited. He poured the ball in despite the intentional fouls of the two.

basket.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded again, and the Suns' No. 4 hitter committed a foul.

"Why don't you foul? If you do, then do it harshly. Don't act like a wimp."

Wang Zelin took off his braces and raised his red right arm.

Immediately, Wang Zelin continued to hit extra free throws.
To be continued...