NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 132
It was night, and the Trail Blazers went to Los Angeles.

This game was broadcast live by TNT and China TV, and there was no room for sloppiness.

Waking up in a hotel in Los Angeles, a piece of news seemed to add fuel to the fire, directly bringing the pre-game warm-up between the Lakers and Trail Blazers to its peak, overwhelming the other four Christmas games.

Relying on his strong performance since his debut, coupled with the two miraculous games in December, Wang Zelin entered the regular season MVP selection list of major media for the first time.

On the NBA official website list, Wang Zelin ranks eighth!
On the TNT list, Wang Zelin ranked seventh!
On the Sports Illustrated list, Wang Zelin ranked eighth!
Even ESPN, which has always been at odds with Wang Zelin, ranked him tenth on the list!

In addition to these most authoritative media, many other media also gave their rankings.

Like bleachers.

Ranking Wang Zelin directly to fifth place is the highest among all the media, which is in line with their usual shit-stirring style.

Entered the list for the first time and entered the top ten list strongly, and this is the case in all major media lists.

This made more people start to recognize Wang Zelin's strength, instead of just seeing him as a junior like before.

Let's see who are the top ten MVPs in the league's regular season!

First: LeBron James, Heat

Second: Thunder's Kevin Durant
Third: Chris Paul of the Clippers
Fourth: Carmelo Anthony of the Knicks
Fifth: Kobe Bryant of the Lakers

……

A young man quietly came to the side of the league's major stars, and made a resounding charge.

"You kid can do it, you're completely masculine!"

While the outside world was discussing, Wang Zelin was talking on the phone from the other side of the ocean.

"Tsk tsk tsk, across thousands of rivers and mountains, I seem to smell the lemon on someone's body."

Hearing the familiar voice on the other side of the phone, Wang Zelin couldn't help but chuckled.

It's just that the person who was talking to Wang Zelin was Dayao who was in the Celestial Dynasty.

After Wang Zelin successfully entered the list, Dayao immediately sent a congratulatory message.

"Haha, if you continue to maintain this data, maybe you will be in the top five or even the top three at the end of the season."

Sensing the irony in Wang Zelin's words, Yao Ming smiled.

"Don't talk about it, if you want to be in the top three, I will already be in the top three based on my current data. You know the racial discrimination on Lao Mi's side better than I do." Wang Zelin said dissatisfied.

Why not!
Yao Ming has played in the NBA for nearly ten years, and he has been on the official NBA regular season MVP list twice, one is in the 03-04 season, ranking No.15; the other is in the 08-09 season, ranking No.12
"Yeah, it's the country of the United States after all, and the media reporters and commentators who scored the scores would certainly not be biased towards us crooked nuts." Yao Ming said with emotion
"Sooner or later, I'm going to be No. [-] on the list, and they're going to help me up there convincingly."

Regarding the boy's high spirits, Yao Ming was noncommittal, and then told another news.

"What, you're almost in Los Angeles!"

Wang Zelin was a little surprised.

"Ahem, this is your first Christmas fight. As a big brother, how could you not come to join us?" Yao Ming said.

"Okay, let me know when we arrive." Wang Zelin replied with a smile.

After finishing the call with Dayao, Wang Zelin called home to say hello to his parents, and chatted for a while before hanging up.

……

The time came to 05:30 in the afternoon, and the Christmas game belonging to the Trail Blazers began.

Before the game, the coaches of the two teams submitted the starting list.

Lakers at home: Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Darius Morris, Gasol, Dwight Howard.

The Lakers' starting small forward Ci Shiping has recently declined due to injury. With the idea of ​​​​protecting Ci Shiping and strengthening the depth of the second team, D'Antoni temporarily let him play the sixth man.

Away Trail Blazers: Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge, Wang Zelin.

In the TNT live broadcast room, a giant who descended suddenly attracted everyone's attention.

"Yao, my brother, long time no see!"

"The same goes for you, Shaquille, your Chinese is really getting better and better now."

The photographer rarely discovered that O'Neill, a big shark, was able to look thinner in the camera one day.

At this point, everyone must know that the giant in the live broadcast room is Yao Ming who came to watch the game from thousands of miles away.

Yao Ming, as the first No. [-] pick in the NBA, his strong on-court performance, excellent off-court humorous conversation and high EQ remarks have made many Americans forever remember this big man from the other side of the ocean.

The moment Yao Ming appeared at the Staples Arena, the TNT executives directly issued a death order, no matter what, Yao Ming must be used as a temporary commentator.

If you speak to the outside world, say that you are a special guest.

At first, Yao Ming refused.

But later, he really couldn't resist O'Neill's "one cry, two troubles and three hanged himself", so he still agreed.

It's definitely not because a thick red envelope suddenly appeared in the pocket, really...

"On one side is the famous Purple and Gold Corps. This season's performance is only 13 wins and 13 losses, barely securing the No.11 position in the Western Conference. This performance is undoubtedly disappointing." Charles Barkley said.

"On the other side is the rising Portland youth army, with a record of 21 wins and 5 losses, sitting third in the Western Conference and fourth in the league. They are like the rising sun." Kenny Smith said.

"Then let's guess, how many points will the Lakers lose in this game?" O'Neal, a famous Lakers star, loves and hates the Lakers, which makes him merciless in hurting the Lakers.

As for Yao Ming, as the fourth person, he sat on the sidelines and kept an awkward but decent tool man smile.

……

A pair of golden partners most familiar to Chinese fans were sitting in the CCTV live broadcast seats.

Director Zhang and Teacher Yu Jia!

At this time, the two of them were also conducting pre-match analysis.

Guidance Zhang said: "Through the analysis of the game in mid-December, the Lakers are now clearly recovering, especially the head star Kobe, who played beautifully..."

As expected of Weiping Bryant, talking about Kobe is like opening a conversation box, and he can't stop.

"Cough cough!"

Yu Jia tactically coughed, trying to get back on track.

"Kobe has scored 7+ in the 30th consecutive game"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Kobe seems to have returned to the super god state in 06!"

Director Zhang still couldn't extricate himself.

"Cough cough! Cough cough! Cough cough cough!"

This time, Yu Jia's abnormal behavior finally caught the attention of Director Zhang.

"Yu Jia, your voice..."

"Let's turn the camera to the Trail Blazers..."

……

The starters of both sides have entered the field to warm up, and the game is about to start.

"Hey rookie, this is the end of your amazing performance. I will tell you tonight, who is the owner of the Staples Center and who is the number one center in the league!"

When playing, Howard ran over to say hello to Wang Zelin.

"Here, the owner of the Staples Center is right behind you now..." Wang Zelin casually pointed behind Howard.

"Where, where!"

The latter is like a fox that has stepped on its tail, and turned back in fright.

"You fool me!"

"So what?"

Seeing the anger on Howard's face, Wang Zelin smiled.

"Rookie, you..."

Hey, why did you just run away after talking harshly.

Now only Howard is left in the middle circle, blowing the cold wind embarrassingly.

Howard glared fiercely at Wang Zelin's back: I'm angry, I'm really angry, hum!
……

The jump ball starts.

Howard still relied on his top bounce speed and accurate prediction of basketball to take the first shot of the ball.

After Nash received the ball in the backcourt, he slowly advanced.

After landing, Wang Zelin quickly settled down and stuck Howard on the edge of the paint area.

Why does this kid's strength seem... to become stronger again.

Howard looked at Wang Zelin with some surprise after failing to get a good position after pushing for several times in a row.

But so what?
The offensive range of the league's No. [-] center goes far beyond the basket.

With ecstatic confidence, Howard reaches for the ball.

Nash took a look and quickly played the ball.

"I knew...wait"

Howard was just happy when he suddenly found that the trajectory of the ball was wrong.

The ball is passed high.

However, how is it possible for a two-time regular season MVP winner to make such a mistake?

Bryant slipped the bottom line very well and got into the paint.

Mamba strikes.

"Oh!"

After receiving the ball in the air, Kobe stretched his right hand back and pulled it down violently, and the ball was slammed into the basket.

It comes from the exquisite cooperation of a pair of good friends from the class of 96.

The Lakers opened the game and succeeded in the alley-oop.

"Oh, my god! Oh, my god!"

"It's an alley-oop!"

"Kobe!!! Bryant!!! Ent!!!"

The live DJ's shouts sounded immediately.

"And Nash!"

"Old Bird, did you see that? That's what they call the owner of the Staples Center?"

When returning to defense, Wang Zelin inadvertently bumped into Howard, which caused the latter's dissatisfaction again.

"Hmph! Sooner or later, I will be treated like this."

Howard didn't go off the rails.

You can pull it down, next year you happy beast will go to Houston!
As it happens, someone there will show you Houston at 4 a.m.

"It seems that Kobe is very interested in this game!" Kenny Smith said.

"It's been a long time since I saw Kobe score such an explosive goal." O'Neill laughed.

After sharing the AMVP with Kobe in the 08-09 All-Star Game, the thorn in O'Neal's heart was cut by more than half.

When he officially retired, he gradually began to miss the boy with the afro who threw himself in his arms back then.

The Blazers attacked, Wang Zelin went down the high pick-and-roll, pointed his right hand directly into the sky, and Lillard smiled knowingly.

"Xiao Wang is about to get back on the stage, and the moment of revenge is about to be staged!" Teacher Yu Jia roared excitedly.

"Defense!"

D'Antoni on the sidelines shouted with emotion, Howard quickly circled inside, but time was running out.

"Snapped!"

The ball hit the backboard first, and Wang Zelin jumped up, grabbing the bounced basketball with his right hand.

"Oh!"

Hit the board and catch it.

At the beginning of the show, under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of people at Staples, Wang Zelin was presumptuous.

"DPOY! Where's your defense?"

Wang Zelin hung on the basket with one arm, squinted at Howard next to him, and then fell down.

hateful!

I was underestimated by this rookie again.

Howard clenched his fists tightly, roaring in his heart.

At the beginning, both sides adopted exactly the same offensive method and both scored.

Tit for tat, nothing more.

2: 2.

The Lakers attacked, Nash continued to hold the ball to direct the traffic, Kobe ran without the ball, and after receiving the ball in the corner, he tapped Batum and hit a long two-pointer.

Compared with the single-handedly running the world in the past, under Nash's organization, Kobe, who has put away his edge and is ready to go, is even more terrifying.

A sword with a hidden edge is deadliest.

"It's Kobe again!!!"

"Our Mr. Black Mamba was in surprisingly good shape tonight."

Under the rendering of the commentator, the atmosphere in the arena suddenly became high, and the shouts of "MVP" resounded through the audience from the beginning.

MVP?
Someday I will too.

Wang Zelin glanced at the surrounding fans and the figure in the No. 24 jersey, and clenched his fists.

Lillard advanced with the ball, and this time it was Aldridge who came back from injury.

After a high catch, Pau Gasol is behind Aldridge.

For a male insider like Aldridge, they must not be allowed to vote.

Even if you can't prevent them, you have to do your best to interfere with them, otherwise once the touch is shot, Aldridge can really kill the game with a jump shot.

Pau Gasol took half a step away and stretched out his long arms to interfere.

Aldridge turns his back on Pau Gasol.

At this time, Wang Zelin, who was in the right elbow, suddenly cut in and stretched out his hand in the direction of Aldridge.

"careful!"

No need for D'Antoni to shout, the excellent defensive sense made Howard notice Wang Zelin's running position early, with a cruel smile on his face.

After seeing Wang Zelin running out of the opportunity, Aldridge hangs in, Wang Zelin jumps to catch the ball, and Howard, who has been waiting for a long time, suddenly explodes.

A hot pot feast is within easy reach.

But in the end, it still didn't come.

After the jump, Wang Zelin did not choose to do it by himself. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Batum successfully reaching the free throw line from the left 45 degrees, grabbed the basketball and threw it behind him.

"This is... a pass without looking!"

"I didn't expect a big man to be able to do such delicate work!"

When Director Zhang and Teacher Yu Jia were feeling emotional, Batum received the pass and easily put it into the basket.

4: 4.

"I have this, but unfortunately...you don't."

Looking at the dumbfounded Howard, he made two circles with his index finger on his temple, and Wang Zelin left with a smile on his face.

The Lakers went down quickly, and Nash assisted Pau Gasol to make a mid-range shot from the short corner on the right.

So far, the offensive tempo of the two teams has played very well.

Trail Blazers attack.

After Wang Zelin covered the screen, he went down from a high position again. Howard was very tight and the chance was not good. Lillard did not pass.

Batum came over to respond and passed the ball hand-to-hand. Lillard made a three-pointer after covering the screen and hit the iron.

Howard got the backcourt rebound, Kobe reached for the ball and started a fast break.

Facing the two defenses in the previous scene, Kobe first made a pass fake, then turned around and stepped back to make a jumper. The movement was very coherent, and Batum was beyond his reach.

"Shh!"

Difficult backward hit.

What a thousand-year-old waist!

4: 8.

Vanessa on the sidelines jumped up excitedly to cheer for her husband.

"Man, where's your defense?"

"Why don't I feel anything?"

Landing, Kobe spread his hands and asked Batum and Lillard curiously.

Fake squid!
Great gift crab!
Batum and Lillard glanced at each other, selectively ignoring Kobe who was complacent, and turned around to prepare to serve the bottom line.

The Blazers attacked, Lillard forced Nash, and entered the paint from the left wing.

Aldridge blocked Pau Gasol after completing the pick-and-roll, and Wang Zelin at the basket used a solid bottom plate to jam Howard who was about to help defend.

Lillard easily completed the layup.

6: 8.

"The Lakers just had a fatal loophole in their defense. This kind of mistake really shouldn't be done." Kenny Smith shook his head.

"Haha, this also shows the tacit cooperation between the Blazers players, doesn't it?" Yao Ming chuckled.

……

In the next round, the league's No. [-] center finally got the ball, but the position was a little far away, so Wang Zelin chose to let it go.

"You vote! You won't get in anyway."

Wang Zelin made a light posture, which made Howard's teeth itch with hatred, but in the end he chose to lean forward honestly.

Wang Zelin pushed Howard with his chest, and at the same time, two long arms completely closed the space above Howard, preventing him from throwing shots.

If you have the ability to use your footsteps to pass him, and want to rely on your body to force him like last time, that is a dream.

Howard squeezed in desperately, the sweat dripping from his head, but he couldn't squeeze in.

"ball."

Morris came over from the other side to respond, but Howard didn't give it.

Really think you are Kobe, if you want the ball, I will pass it.

Howard glanced sideways, making Morris's face full of question marks.

"The number one center is not only defensive, let me see your offense!"

Wang Zelin spouted with a sullen face, and a lot of saliva flew to the back of Howard's head.

Howard turned hard to the left, trying to complete the attack with a hook.

Wang Zelin withdrew his right foot, Howard suddenly lost his center of gravity, staggered, and shot very hastily.

"Bang!"

The sound of iron strikes sounded, and Wang Zelin turned around quickly, locking onto the rebounding basketball.

When Wang Zelin grabbed the backcourt rebound, the other four Blazers were not prepared to respond, and they all sprinted towards the Lakers at halftime.

Turning around, starting, sprinting and other movements are done in one go, and they are so neat that those who don't know it think they are being remotely controlled.

"run!"

Kobe ran and yelled at Morris on the other side, who quickly followed.

The fast break initiated by the center has become an important label of the Trail Blazers, which is firmly kept in mind by the management of the other 29 teams and is always on guard.

However, a center like Wang Zelin who has the ability to pass the ball like a defender is too rare.

Although the Lakers players had prepared well before the game, when this scene actually happened, they couldn't help but say "MMP!"

The first strike is strong, and the second strike suffers.

The Blazers' reaction was always half a beat faster than the Lakers'. Wang Zelin made a long pass in the backcourt and assisted Matthews in the bottom corner to hit a three-pointer.

8: 9.

"It's really rare for a center to feed cakes to the outside."

Teacher Yu Jia touched his head with a strange expression on his face.

"But this is indeed a good shot, Xiao Wang's pass is beautiful!"

"Play with him!"

Director Zhang didn't care so much, he couldn't help shouting when he saw a strike was born.

Yu Jia admired Director Zhang who was over half a century old but had always maintained vigorous energy.

I don't know if I can be so strong when I reach Director Zhang's age.

　There will be no class tomorrow, and there will be a second wave of attack in a while, let's continue to play music and then dance.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)