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Chapter 141 Defeated Tennessee

The Grizzlies, who are good at defense, are used to bringing other teams into their own rhythm, so as to defeat their opponents with rich experience.

If you want to get rid of the Grizzlies' defensive quagmire, you must either use powerful offensive firepower to destroy the iron barrel formation, or you can only fight honestly with the opponent's defense.

The former applies to teams stronger than the Grizzlies, while the latter applies to teams with comparable strength to the Grizzlies.

Obviously, the Trail Blazers fit the former.

During the timeout, the Blazers players gathered around Coach Terry to listen to the next tactics.

"Do a good job of defense and play more inside on the offensive end. We are younger and more able to survive than the opponent."

Coach Terry has no coups for the Grizzlies, a stone in the hut. After making several choices, he chose to fight the opponent in a stalemate.

"Dididi", the game started, and the two sides still played in the starting lineup.

The game then went back to the minutes after the start.

Grizzlies possession.

Rudy Gay has the shadow of McGrady in offense, and he has also learned a lot of energy. He actively moves without the ball, finds the right time to cut to the basket, receives a pass from Mike Conley, and makes an emergency stop to make a wide-open mid-range shot.

Hollow hit!

Rudy Gay has the demeanor of the four major shooting guards of the year, and the CIC is his favorite and best scoring method.

The Trail Blazers sent the baseline ball, and many Grizzlies fans found that the opponent's offensive rhythm had changed, and the opponent began to slowly look for opportunities to increase the success rate.

The fight in the Olympic Games made Wang Zelin and Marc Gasol a good acquaintance in private, they liked each other very much, and they might even become friends.

But now, Wang Zelin will never do anything for Marc Gasol regarding the ethics of professional players.

"The Blazers No. 36 received the ball from the low post, and our bear king went up to meet it. A war between two giants!"

In today's era of perimeter players crossing the league, some old fans, including Hubie Brown, saw this scene on the court and couldn't help but recall the duel between centers in the last century.

It was a hand-to-hand combat between men!

In this era, there are only a handful of giants who can be called names, and hand-to-hand combat between centers is even rarer.

It just so happens that the numbers 36 and 33 on the field can stir up old fans' fond memories of the past.

Relying on the domineering strength and tonnage advantage, Wang Zelin entered the penalty area with a few back kicks very easily, stepped in with his right foot heavily as the axis, and turned around quickly and powerfully, completely crushing Marc Gasol's position.

Zach Randolph on the left quickly rushed over, trying to steal the chicken again.

Wang Zelin smiled contemptuously, jumped up with both feet, regardless of the "rotten tofu" in front of him, and vigorously fried the basket on the spot.

After completing the dunk, Wang Zelin yelled directly at Randolph who was knocked out of bounds.

This provocative move caused the home audience to boo loudly.

When passing by the sidelines, some spectators even stood up and shouted.

"Go home and change your diaper, China boy, this is not a rose garden!"

"Zack, kill that Asian guy!"

"..."

"Slam dunk! Our other bear king has been dunked!"

"What a terrible feeling!"

Hubie Brown shook his head helplessly.

The game continued and returned to the Grizzlies offensive round.

With overwhelming anger, Zach Randolph went to the frontcourt and asked for a change of position. He raised his arms and stuck Wang Zelin behind him, and opened his hands to ask.

After receiving the ball, Zach Randolph faked a layup. Seeing Wang Zelin's body shaking, he quickly turned around and broke into the penalty area, ready to respond with a dunk.

However, the black bear Zach Randolph still underestimated Wang Zelin's speed. When he completed his turn, Wang Zelin moved quickly towards the penalty area.

The moment the black bear just took off, Wang Zelin raised his arm and slapped it across the face.

"Snapped!"

Blocked the Grizzlies offense.

Lillard reacted very quickly, bent over and dived to the basket, and copied the rebound blocked by Wang Zelin.

Advance counterattack!

Lillard single-handedly went straight to Longtan and caused a defensive foul by Rudy Gay in the Grizzlies paint area.

"Shh."

One penalty hit.

"Shh!"

Made two free throws!

12:8, the point difference came to 4 points.

Since the Grizzlies can break into the Western Conference Finals this season, they are definitely not ordinary people. Their patience and tenacity are beyond everyone's imagination.

Mike Conley organized the offense unhurriedly. First, Marc Gasol received the ball at a high position to support and attract the defense.

Until the last three seconds left in this offensive round, Rudy Gay ran out of the open again and made a mid-range shot.

Rudy Gay, who averaged around 20 points per game, is the top scorer in the Grizzlies team, or the interim coach has developed a lot of offensive tactics for him.

These include off-ball running positions, car-blocking screens, lobs, and so on.

The Blazers also made a few pass passes, and the basketball was intercepted by Tony Allen on the way to the baseline Matthews.

Tony Allen deserves to be one of the "Kobe Terminator" in the hearts of fans, and he has also been highly praised by the latter.

96's outside defense is the highest defense among NBA outside players Wang Zelin has ever seen, and he has the capital to compete for the best defensive player.

Pushing each other back and forth for ten years, perhaps only the Black Mamba at his peak and Kawhi, who is preparing to mature, can surpass the current Tony Allen in terms of external defense capabilities.

Unfortunately, the physical strength of 68 limits the upper limit of Tony Allen's achievements.

If Ginobili is called "20 minutes of Jordan", then Tony Allen can be called "20 minutes of the best defensive player!"

Life and death are bearish, if you don't agree, just do it!
This is Tony Allen's defensive creed.

Now, his goal is the No. 0 player of the Trail Blazers!
……

Non-stop iron strikes, fierce confrontation, and an offensive rhythm like an old woman crossing the road are the epitome of this game.

Until the last attack of the third quarter, the score of the two sides was only 67:62, and the Blazers were 5 points behind the Grizzlies.

At this time, Lillard led the bench to fight on the court.

As for Wang Zelin and Aldridge, their frequent inside shots exhausted their energy a lot.

Especially Wang Zelin, he has played 23 minutes in this game so far, and Coach Terry has very tight control over his playing time.

Sitting on the bench, Wang Zelin was sweating profusely, and his lungs were about to explode.

He always felt that the three quarters he played against the Grizzlies were much more tiring than playing one game usually.

In addition to some factors of back-to-back away games, the unique hand-to-hand combat of the Grizzlies made Wang Zelin, who often encountered this defensive treatment for the first time, feel uncomfortable.

Back on the field.

Lillard received a pass back from Batum outside the left three-point line.

Tony Allen gave up Batum and quickly came to Lillard.

"Hu! Hu..."

An iron man as strong as Lillard was also caught off guard by Tony Allen.

Especially the chattering physical contact of the other party made Lillard's physical strength drain very quickly.

Glancing at the remaining attack time... There are still 11 seconds left.

Lillard gasped for his teammates to pull away, and he had to handle the ball himself.

"I haven't seen such an interesting rookie for a long time!"

Tony Allen spread his arms, his scarlet eyes fixed on the prey in front of him.

13 of 4 shots... 10 points!
This is the data that Lillard handed over under Tony Allen's defense, which can be said to be very bad.

But Lillard never showed any discouragement on his face, and his continued high fighting spirit made Tony Allen appreciate it very much.

He suddenly remembered the black mamba on the west coast!
This No. 0 kid has some of the qualities of a Black Mamba.

9 seconds.

8 seconds.

7 seconds!
Lillard moved.

A quick crotch dribble, two strides to the top of the arc, and then actively charged inward, causing a physical confrontation with Tony Allen.

The violent impact made Tony Allen grunt, and he was pushed back half a step.

3 seconds left.

Lillard seized the opportunity, suddenly took a big step back, and made a decisive shot.

"Don't think about it!"

Tony Allen reacted amazingly, jumped up, raised his right arm high, and interfered.

Facing the defender's wolf attack, Lillard, who is born with a big heart, behaved very calmly and successfully completed the shot.

But he still underestimated Tony Allen's defense. The moment the ball was shot, Tony Allen's middle finger touched the basketball, and the flight arc changed slightly.

Lillard blinked his eyelids when he saw this scene, and his heart sank to the bottom.

"Bang!"

Lost in millimeters, a thousand miles.

The basketball failed to hit in the end, the sound of iron striking came out, and the audience cheered.

"It's Tony again, he blocked the Blazers' last attack in the third quarter!"

"Tony!!! Aaron!!!!"

The live DJ yelled.

"Alas, Damien is too young to face Tony Allen."

Coach Terry shook his head. Now he only hopes that Lillard will not be beaten to autism under the sanction of a top defender in the league like Tony Allen.

Maris Speights took off the rebound, the whistle sounded, and the third quarter was over.

Lillard waved his arms unwillingly. He knew that Tony Allen had taught himself a good lesson today.

It turns out that my offensive ability is still a long way from the top ranks of the league, and I want to become stronger.

Looking at Tony Allen's back, how Lillard hopes that he can score like Kobe.

……

If we say which team's defense in the current league still retains the taste of iron blood, brutality, and roughness at the beginning of the century.

The Grizzlies must be the first!

On the land of Tennessee, in the FedEx Arena, Wang Zelin and others can obviously feel that the scale of the referee's whistle is much larger than that of other teams' arenas.

There are many fierce defenses that can be called fouls in other places, but here, the referee completely ignores them.

It seems that everyone thinks this is a matter of course.

Starting from the fourth quarter, the physical confrontation shown by the Grizzlies has reached a new level. Those who didn't know thought they were playing in the playoffs.

The young Blazers couldn't adapt at all... No, it should be said that they haven't reacted at all to the strengthening of defensive strength and the relaxation of whistleblowing standards.

The iron bucket array put on by the Grizzlies on the defensive end caused the Blazers' offensive efficiency to drop sharply.

When the inside offense continued to hit the iron, Wang Zelin and others naturally turned to outside shooting.

It's not that he's afraid, but that his current stamina pool really can't sustain him for high-intensity inside fights, so he has to prefer relatively speaking, more energy-saving shots.

And this is right in the hands of Coach Hollins.

Blacksmithing is contagious.

Not only will it be contagious among players, but the shooting hotspots from the inside to the outside are also unavoidable.

"Bang!"

Near the end of the game, Wang Zelin made another shot.

The heavy footsteps made his reaction a beat slower, and the rebound was protected by the closer Marc Gasol.

More than ten seconds later, Mike Conley ran out of attack time from beyond the three-point line.

"Beep beep!"

The final whistle sounded, and the Blazers lost 78:84 to the Grizzlies by 6 points, ending the last game of 2012.

The Blazers players on the field looked at the Grizzlies celebrating near the center circle, and they felt uncomfortable.

"Wang, you are a very strong opponent, we almost lost."

After a brief celebration with his teammates, Marc Gasol approached Wang Zelin.

In this game, Marc Gasol scored 15 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 steals, and he has a strong presence on the defensive end.

Wang Zelin scored 19 points, 15 rebounds and 2 blocks.

In terms of data, the two are almost the same, and Wang Zelin is even slightly better.

But he lost...

(End of this chapter)