novelraw Chapter 523 523 The spirit of the king, "bad news"!
Chapter 523 523 The spirit of the king, "bad news"!
Chapter 523 523 The spirit of the king, "bad news"!
The next day, the remaining four games also started one after another.
The NBA is under fire!
For the Trail Blazers, their rival Mavericks arrived in Portland two days earlier.
Unlike the citizens of other cities who are very unwelcome to rival teams, the people of Portland expressed their great welcome to the Mavericks players.
Portlanders who see the Mavericks players on the road will smile and cheer for the Mavericks players;
There are almost no vehicles passing by around the hotel where the Mavericks stayed at night, for fear of disturbing the rest of the Mavericks players!
Matthews felt that he had more face at the time, and directly expressed to his teammates,
"Look, brother, I have been away from the Blazers for more than a year, and the people of Portland still welcome me so much."
Fortunately, he didn't ask why the locals in Portland welcomed him so much, otherwise he would be slapped in the face instantly...
"I hope the Mavericks will be in a good state to last the whole game!"
"That's right, in the playoffs, the Demon God will start to go berserk again, I believe no one will think that thirty plus three doubles is the full strength of the Demon God, right?
I don't have the luxury upstairs, I just hope the Mavericks can last three quarters! "
"...After listening to the analysis upstairs, I also feel that the situation is not optimistic. Maybe the weekly data will usher in a new career low!"
On the other hand, the Blazers' team is not as drifting as the Portland citizens.
They still trained as planned!
Although these trainings are all about recovering physical fitness and watching games and videos, then the players chat directly.
Just no tactical training against the Mavericks...
In the words of Coach Stotts,
"Everyone, don't use too much force, pay attention to saving energy and adjusting your state.
Don't have physical problems or let the state pass when you play the Cavaliers or the Bulls. "
That's right, even Coach Stotts is starting to focus on preparing for the finals!
This is the spirit of the king!
……
On the night of the G1 game between the Blazers and the Mavericks, the Rose Garden Arena was overcrowded!
TNT, once again won the opportunity to broadcast the Trail Blazers game.
Due to ESPN's arrogance at the beginning, they couldn't get first-hand information about Zhou Si, let alone the opportunity to broadcast the Trail Blazers game, except for their own touches.
In the locker room before the game, after re-emphasizing the tactics, Coach Carlisle poured a wave of chicken soup on the players.
Although knowing that the hope of winning this round of the series is very slim, Coach Carlisle did not give up.
Even if he loses, he will take the Mavericks away with his chest upright.
In front of the TV, many fans who said before the game that the Blazers were too far behind the Mavericks must be boring, still couldn't help turning on the TV when the game started.
Perhaps, this game will be very exciting?
Also, with sixteen victories, one less game to watch, and maybe some classic scenes will appear again!
Watching a live broadcast is a completely different feeling than watching a rebroadcast!
During the warm-up before the game, the two teams interacted a lot.
Coach Stotts has worked with Carlisle before, and Matthews is an old acquaintance of the Trail Blazers.
Carlisle and Coach Stotts smiled kindly and shook hands heavily.
"Be merciful!"
Coach Stotts responded modestly to Coach Carlisle's 'teasing',
"Don't dare, I will."
Matthews said after hugging Zhou Si,
"Bashisheng is really a fortress, but you seem to have lost your vitality. You only do physical training and haven't even taken a tactical training class?"
Zhou Si asked curiously:
"Maybe we think we don't need tactical training to fight you?"
Matthews: ...
"No way?"
Falk?Is it really underestimated?
Zhou Si didn't tease him anymore,
"Haha, of course not, we never underestimate any opponent."
Matthews nodded in satisfaction.
Leonard on the side whispered in his mouth:
"But I really didn't take you Mavericks seriously."
The scene soon entered the opening ceremony, the red ocean in the Rose Garden Arena began to roll, and all the audience were unscrupulously releasing their passion!
The playoffs are finally about to begin!
At this time, the big screen at the scene gave Ye Qin a close-up, and Ye Qin waved to the camera generously after finding out, showing a smile.
With Ye Qin's support, Zhou Si should go all out tonight!
Many fans on the scene and in front of the TV thought about it.
Then, the screen turned to show the starting lineups of the two sides tonight.
Mavericks: LaVine, Matthews, Wilson Chandler, Platinum and Vucevic.
Trail Blazers: Lillard, Oladipo, Nick Young, Zhou Si and Jokic.
Before the game started, the Blazers fans heard the "bad news".
"How long do you think Zhou can play today?"
In the on-site commentary seat, Kenny Smith asked the other Big Three.
Seeing O'Neill and Barkley looking at him, McGrady thought for a while and said:
"18 minutes."
"Why 18 minutes?"
O'Neill asked very cooperatively.
Maddie pushed his glasses and said,
"Because based on my understanding of Zhou, he usually plays about 18 minutes at halftime in the playoffs.
It is expected that the Blazers will take a big lead in the first quarter, and then in the second quarter, I am optimistic that Coach Carlisle and Nowitzki will recover a certain score while Zhou is not on the court.
Then Zhou came back and led the Trail Blazers to widen the point difference again, and clocked in at halftime. "
Barkley laughed and shook his head at this time, and then said solemnly,
"Tracey, trust me, Zhou only has to play the first quarter today.
Although the Mavericks have Dirk (Nowitzki) on the bench, the Blazers also have Courtney Lee and Paul (Pierce)!
The chances of the Mavericks chasing points through rotation are slim. "
Although Barkley loves to brag and exaggerate, the Trail Blazers fans in front of the TV still felt chilled when they heard the "bad news", and couldn't help but cheer for the Mavericks.
"Come on, hold on a little longer, Aoli!"
While the Big Four of TNT were discussing intensely, starting players from both sides appeared one after another.
Amid the cheers of Ye Qin and the Blazers fans, Zhou Si jumped high and turned the basketball from Vucevic's head back to the Blazers' half, kicking off the 2016-2017 Blazers playoffs!
The Blazers made the first attack, and Zhou Si singled out the platinum.
As the main pick of the Mavericks last year and the successor of the old driver, Platinum has scored 16.7 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.6 blocks this season.
But on the defensive end...
Boom, boom, boom!
Zhou Si made a few easy changes of direction and retreated and made a mid-range hit.
0 is better than 2!
The Blazers took the lead.
Although Platinum's defensive statistics are good, he has height, wingspan and energy, but he is too easy to be overwhelmed, and his perimeter defense is not much better than Towns, who defends thousands of people.
When Zhou Si played singles with the ball, the audience in the Rose Garden Arena had all stood up.
Then the moment he scored a goal, the Rose Garden Stadium ushered in the first climax, cheering for him in unison!
Tonight, the Demon God feels really hot!
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(End of this chapter)