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Chapter 400 Another Torment

The original afternoon training program ended before it even started. Wang Zelin drove back to the hotel by himself. After driving for a while, he felt a little better.

About 10 minutes later, Zhou Yang found Wang Zelin with a worried expression on his face, and told him that the Oracle KO incident had aroused a lot of public opinion in China, and many media were critical of Wang Zelin.

"Tch, it's not surprising at all!" Wang Zelin replied indifferently.

As a latecomer, he is still very clear about the current domestic situation.In this era of rampant public knowledge and demons everywhere, it just corresponds to that sentence:
"The braids on the head are tangible, but the braids in some people's hearts are invisible!"

It has only been two years since China returned to the WTO. The rapid economic development has also created a large number of people who blindly worship developed countries in Europe and the United States, especially the public intellectuals who control a large amount of public opinion. Therefore, the public criticism in China is completely within his expectation.

As for those so-called "public intellectuals", there will only be people who will liquidate them in the future.

"For example, on the forum post bar, the voice that matches you is relatively small, but many mainstream media, they..."

Zhou Yang couldn't know the general trend of the future like Wang Zelin, his expression was still serious, and his mood was still worried.

"Okay, Uncle Zhou, I didn't kill anyone, and I didn't set fire to it. At most, they would criticize some of my off-court news. As long as I play well on the field, I believe the public will have a discerning eye!"

While smiling, Wang Zelin pulled Zhou Yang to the seat and sat down.

Zhou Yang smiled wryly and said, "You, you...the emperor is really not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry!"

"Forget it, those bastard media are just scumbags, the more you care about them, the more they will get bigger and bigger." Wang Zelin said disdainfully.

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In the evening, coach Terry Stotts handed over the starters.

Just when many media believed that Wang Zelin, who was very likely to avoid fighting tonight, still appeared on the starting list.

Obviously, Wang Zelin's appearance was beyond most people's expectations.After all, there are so many rumors in the outside world now, wouldn't it be good to selectively pretend to be blind for a while to avoid the limelight?

Even if they lost to the Grizzlies this time, wouldn't the Trail Blazers still rank first in the league?
Just in the home locker room, Grizzlies head coach Dave Jogel is arranging the starting roster.

The new head coach of the Grizzlies will only turn 40 in half a month, so he can definitely be regarded as the younger generation in the coaching world.

As for the previous head coach Lionel Hollins, who only taught the Grizzlies for 6 years, during these 6 years, although he made 3 playoffs, he was still unable to go further and break through the West.

Until last summer, the Grizzlies management seemed fed up with the status quo of the team and wanted to seek new breakthroughs. Therefore, the management chose to promote Dave Jogel, who had been the assistant coach of the Grizzlies for the previous 6 seasons, to become the head coach of the team.

It is worth mentioning that Dave Jogel is also the seventh "rookie coach" in the NBA this season after Bobcats coach Steve Clifford, Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer, Suns coach Jeff Hornacek, Nets coach Jason Kidd and Kings coach Mike Malone.

So far, the Grizzlies have played a total of 46 games and lost 19 of them, with a record of 25 wins and 19 losses.

Especially in the first two months of the early season, the Grizzlies were once ranked in the lower reaches of the West, which made the doubts about the Grizzlies' new coach even louder.

Fortunately, after entering mid-January, the Grizzlies ushered in a wave of 1 consecutive victories and another wave of 5 consecutive victories, helping the Grizzlies return to the top eight in the Western Conference.

Just two days ago, the Grizzlies just defeated the Bucks 99:90 in an away game. After winning 6 consecutive victories, the burden in Dave Jogel's heart was slightly let go, and another strong opponent was ushered in tonight.

Or the strongest team in the current league ~ Portland Trail Blazers!

This made the burden on him a lot heavier.

Fortunately, after entering the middle of the season, Zach Randolph's current state has recovered well, without the bloated figure that seemed to be pregnant in June at the beginning of the season.

Coupled with the defensive gate Mark Gasol, the Grizzlies' inside combination of the black and white bears gave him a lot of confidence in tonight's game.

At least, Marc Gasol is one of the few in the active league who can play in the low post and slightly limit the big man on the opposite side of No. 36. Whether it is the height of the field or the protection of rebounds, the Grizzlies are better than other teams. , will be much better.

There are twin towers on the inside and a group of defensive champions on the outside, which gives Dave Jogel the determination to fight the Blazers to the end.

Besides, even if you can't beat the opponent, you can still be disgusting.

Ahem, it can be seen that he is worthy of being the chief assistant that the former Grizzlies head coach Hollins valued very much. He not only robbed him of his job, but also inherited his mantle.

"Mike, Tony, Tyshawn..." After Dave Jogel finished the starting position at position 123, he looked at Marc Gasol again. The latter noticed and could see it.

"Mark, you have to do a good job of protecting the frame this game..." He pointed to Zach Randolph behind him again, "Zach, the team's offense depends on you!"

"Ok!"

Zach Randolph nodded heavily.

As soon as he came up, Dave Jogel put out the strongest lineup of the Grizzlies at present. Except for Zach Randolph, the other 5 players on the field are all good defensive players in the same position.

Moreover, considering that Zach Randolph is facing Aldridge tonight, the energy he injects on both ends of the offense and defense will definitely exceed previous games.

After the warm-up, following a gaudy introduction, the hosts and guests entered the stage one after another.

With the jump ball, Wang Zelin won and the Blazers attacked.

"Blast them!"

"Let them not get a point!"

Lillard crossed the halfway line and just stood outside the three-point line, and he was shocked by the response from the stands.

It is said that the Denver plateau is the home of the devil, but in fact, how weak is Memphis here?

From the players on the court to the fans off the court, once the battle with the Grizzlies begins, there is no hope of a moment of peace.

Because the Grizzlies have really made the shit-stirring stick to the extreme, if they can't beat you, they will force you to fight you [-]-[-], at least you have to torture your opponent.

Tonight's game is destined to be a torment.

(End of this chapter)