NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal - Vol 2 Chapter 1001
Chapter 1001 The Rhythm of Playing Flowers
Tyronn Lu looked extremely serious, and TT did not achieve his expected goal.
Except for the first offensive and defensive round at the beginning, TT could not form an entanglement with Wang Zelin in the next few rounds.
He opened his mouth, trying to make TT tougher, preferably one-on-one with the Kardashians, but he closed his mouth again.
Although the Kardashian family is ridiculed as the strongest defensive family in the NBA, it is still far from enough in Wang Zelin.
Next, the Trail Blazers took strict precautions on the defensive end. With an extra player, they double-teamed the Cavaliers’ ball-handler Pingping, which repeatedly caused the Cavaliers to make mistakes, and then turned into a fast-break counterattack.
Wang Zelin 1v2, easily got rid of TT’s entanglement with his strong comprehensive quality, implemented a good control of the paint area, controlled the rebounds, controlled the Cavaliers’ breakthrough tactics, and frequently played fast breaks.
In the sixth minute, at 11:22, the Blazers had the upper hand after the opening, leading by 11 points after half a quarter.
The Big Three of the Cavaliers were blown up in half a quarter when all members were healthy.
The Cavaliers timed out, Tyronn Lue replaced Hibbert and TT.
Judging from the situation just now, Tyronn Lu already knew that his plan had actually failed.
He understands that he is still too naive, not just letting someone gain weight into a meat shield can block the creator of a three-peat dynasty.
Even if TT Xia Tian worked hard to gain weight, would he still have the speed to compete with Wang Zelin after gaining weight?
Moreover, TT’s shortcomings are too obvious, and it is too far from Wang Zelin’s level in combination.
But he doesn’t regret making today’s attempt, since TT is not good enough, then find another stronger one.
After the timeout, everyone subconsciously focused on player No. 55 of the Cavaliers.
He is Royne Hibbert!
The Cavaliers attacked, and Cousins pulled directly to a position 45 degrees outside the left three-point line.
He is capable of three-pointers, has almost no shooting angle, and is still within his range beyond the three-point line.
Wang Zelin followed, and the paint area was immediately emptied.
James held the ball from the outside to find Hibbert for a pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll, the iconic tank broke through Batum.
This move was very fast, only Wang Zelin reacted and helped defend in place.
James didn’t make a strong attack, and a through ball was passed to Hibbert who cut in. Hibbert caught the ball and dunked with both hands.
At 13:22, the score returned to single digits!
Hibbert doesn’t look old… Hey, he doesn’t seem to be that old, he’s only a few months away from turning 30, which is theoretically the peak period for basketball players.
But unfortunately, Hibbert encountered a rather unfriendly era for him.
Back to business.
After Hibbert dunked, he yelled at Jokic.
Before the game, he commented that Jokic was as soft as a noodle, and now he dunked one on Jokic’s head in the first attack after playing, which made him feel extremely happy.
Needless to say, in terms of pie-eating ability, Mr. Hibbert, who was once a two-time All-Star, is much better than Mozgov and TT!
But his strengths and weaknesses are also obvious.
A little bit lies in the excellent frame protection at the basket and strong ability to eat cakes on the offensive end. The disadvantage is that the weakness of the traditional center’s slow lateral movement remains unchanged.
Looking back, Jokic took advantage of Hibbert’s slow lateral movement and broke through the inside to assist Wang Zelin to easily score two points from the middle distance.
Compared with the offensive end, Hibbert’s inability to defend is more deadly.
James continued to score suddenly, and also scored Hibbert!
Zhan, a human being, knows the ways of the world very well. Hibbert just took refuge in him. Naturally, he had to let him have a good time in the first game to build up his confidence.
The wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel!
Hibbert continued to catch the ball, but Jokic reached out and stopped the ball.
In his peak season, Hibbert, who averaged just over 12 points per game, has a single offensive method, neither hook nor footsteps, and lacks enough shooting threats to force his shots after confrontation.
“Bang!”
The expected bullet came out.
However, he bounces very fast and has a certain advantage in height. He took off for the second time and grabbed the offensive rebound. He glanced at Jokic next to him disdainfully, and was about to jump and dunk.
At this moment, a figure came out from behind, jumped up after he took off, and snatched the ball from his hand.
Wang Zelin!
Jokic’s bullet speed is average, Batum is also stuck by James, Lillard and Button are far beyond the three-point line, it is difficult to protect the defensive rebound.
But in fact Wang Zelin was missed!
The man who has dominated the league for the past three years stepped forward at a critical moment, choking the Cavaliers’ offensive momentum that was about to take off.
There was a burst of cheers at the scene.
Wang Zelin took the rebound and played a defensive counterattack directly. Lillard and Button also rushed out early, and even Batum squeezed away James and moved forward quickly.
The other players of the Trail Blazers had long been accustomed to Wang Zelin’s absolute **** of rebounds. The moment he grabbed the rebound, the rest of the players turned around and made a fast break at the same time, just like their bodies instinctively, forming a beautiful landscape on the court.
Hibbert didn’t have time to retreat, the Trail Blazers went three-for-two in the frontcourt, Wang Zelin double-teamed and sent a wonderful pass, Batum dunked backhand after receiving the ball and scored.
Another gorgeous alley-oop, once again ignited the audience.
At 26:13, the Trail Blazers continued to expand their lead!
At this moment, Tyronn Lu was standing on the sidelines~www.mtlnovel.com~ with his hands on his hips and his brows were tightly furrowed.
His heart is extremely tangled now.
After adjusting the lineup, Hibbert played a good game, and his own shortcomings were fully exposed.
After just one offensive and defensive round, his offensive rebounds and height advantage over Jokic are visible to the naked eye, but after the defense is targeted, it directly becomes a loophole.
Tyronn Lue was thinking, James broke through the ball, or chose to believe in his new teammates.
Hibbert received the ball to squeeze away Jokic, took off and dunked.
“Snapped!”
A familiar figure, a familiar right hand.
It was Wang Zelin again. He shrunk to the basket as soon as Hibbert received the ball, and followed the latter to take off at the same time, completing the nail plate cap.
The third big hat in a single quarter is simply appalling!
Wang Zelin’s ability to protect the frame at the basket can be called the level of a big devil. With him in the penalty area, any monsters and ghosts will only be dealt with when they come in.
The moment he took off the rebound, the other teammates also completed their turn and rushed towards the frontcourt.
Locking on Lillard who was running at the front, Wang Zelin made a one-handed long pass, and the position was just right. After receiving the ball, Lillard made a layup with a dribble.
At 28:13, the Cavaliers were already 15 points behind.
In the opening match, the two sides have no intention of releasing water at all!
But no one expected that the Cavaliers would be so careless, and the Trail Blazers would fall before they even tried hard.
After the first quarter, the score of the two sides came to 41:21… No more, no less, the Trail Blazers led their opponents by 20 points!
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