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Chapter 489 Portland Storm

After a few more rounds, the half quarter ended, the score became 11:16, and the Heat trailed by 5 points.

At this point in the game, Wade's touch is very good, and he currently scored 4 points on 3 of 7 shots.

James played some strokes, focusing more on defense. He only took one shot on the offensive end, plus free throws to get 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal.

However, helplessly, except for Wade and James who maintained a high level of stable performance, the other three starters of the Heat played poorly. They made 6 shots and all hit the iron. Only Lewis scored 1 point by free throws.

Back on the bench, coach Terry Stotts began to make adjustments.

Replace Aldridge with Garnett and Lillard with Beverly, hoping to strengthen the defense, trying to lure the Heat into a defensive quagmire.

There is one thing to say, Garnett, who does not need to focus on offense and defense, but only needs to focus on defense, is second only to Wang Zelin in the Trail Blazers' inside defense ability.

Garnett is an out-and-out veteran, and Lewis who happens to be opposite him is also a veteran.

The timeout is almost over. Wang Zelin listened to the hot cheers of the fans and felt a completely different enthusiasm from the beginning of the game.

The people in this land are too eager for a poor champion.

Now the mood of many Trail Blazers fans can not be more appropriately described by the classic scene of "Yang Yi" A Smith of the later generations:

"The last time New York won the championship, I was only 5 years old, and now I am 51!"

en... After a brief look, there are many older players in the auditorium today, and there are not a few of them with gray hair.

These people may be the most loyal fans of the Portland Trail Blazers fleet so far, and they all attended the scene tonight, encouraging Wang Zelin and his teammates to win the championship!
When I went to the technical stage to rub chalk, didn’t a female fan approaching behind reached out to Wang Zelin to applaud, and said in Mandarin: "Come on, king! Fuck James!"

Wang Zelin was stunned for a moment, and quickly reached out to give the famous actress a high five.

I didn't notice before that actress Zhang Ziyi actually came to the scene to watch their finals, and she was sitting behind the bench.

Zhang Ziyi, nicknamed the "International Chapter", seems to be a well-known Kemi. After Kobe was eliminated by them, did he turn to support them?
Immediately afterwards, Wang Zelin glanced at it casually...it was nothing special, sorry, and slipped away.

……

The high-five with the international chapter was just a small episode. After the small episode, Wang Zelin, Garnett, Batum, Matthews, and Beverly played together in the applause prepared on the spot.

The Heat also made substitutions. First of all, James switched to the power forward position, directly allowing Coach Terry to replace Garnett on the field. In addition, the Heat's back line was replaced by Norris Cole and Ray Allen. The small forward was played by Battier, and the center was Birdman Anderson.

Birdman Anderson defends well and plays with great enthusiasm, but it is impossible to defend against Wang Zelin. Spoelstra replaced him, isn't that...

Well, considering that there seems to be no serious center in the nine-man regular rotation lineup of the Heat entering the playoffs, whether it is the Dragon King Bosh or the birdman Anderson, they are still more suitable to appear at the power forward position.

play center?
With the two of them, can we fight?

I don't have this ability, you know?
What's more, what the two of them will face tonight is Wang Zelin, the number one center in the league and the new MVP of the regular season!

After debut, the Blazers have the ball.

Relying on a flexible running position, Garnett ran out of space to catch and shoot the ball, but hit the iron in the middle distance and bounced out of the basket with a bang.

"Oh! It's a pity that the Wolf King made a shot for the first time in this game... Hey, James received the rebound in the backcourt, and the Heat are going to make a fast break!"

Zhang Lili kept crackling his mouth, but the situation on the field changed suddenly.

After grabbing the rebound, James rode forward and pushed forward crazily, passing the middle circle in the blink of an eye...

"boom!"

The powerful tomahawk slashed the buckle, once again shaking the Rose Garden aside.

At 13:16, the Heat are still 3 points away!
But then, the Blazers' offense also worked.

frontcourt.

Beverly handed the ball to Wang Zelin, and then cut in from the right sideline. Norris Cole followed closely beside Beverly. Beverly led Norris Cole to slip around the bottom, borrowed Garnett's pick-and-roll, ran out from the left side of the three-second zone, and went straight to the corner for a three-pointer.

James and Norris Cole switched defenses, and after Garnett helped Befley just now, he pulled to the right of the three-second zone and made a counter-running motion.

At the same time, Wang Zelin carried Anderson and entered the penalty area. James switched to defend Beverly and followed the middle distance of the bottom line. Seeing that the latter ran out, he did not continue to follow. Instead, he turned his head and returned to the left sideline of the triangle.

Wang Zelin made a decisive decision and quickly distributed the ball to the left corner. Beverly received the ball, which was super open!

Beverly even had time to adjust quickly. Before James rushed over to defend in place, he raised his beg over his head and made a decisive jump shot...

After Beverly was traded to the Trail Blazers this season, his overall shooting percentage was around 42.5%, including 38.4% on three-pointers. Among players at the same position in the league, Beverly's three-point accuracy is already quite threatening.

In the scene where Wang Zelin, Bosh, and Garnett are men on the left and right, fighting close to each other, the ball plunges into the basket!
Beverly hit a three-pointer!

When Beverly caught the ball and shot a three-pointer, the scene was extremely quiet, even cold, but when the basketball fell into the basket and made a splash, the scene exploded instantly!

"Mad Dog~!"

"Mad Dog~!"

"Mad Dog~!"

Beverly suddenly saw that countless fans spontaneously stood up and cheered for him.

There is one thing to say, a defensive leader like Beverly who keeps making small moves on the defensive end is undoubtedly a dirty 13 in the eyes of opponents, but in the eyes of Portland fans, Beverly is a real fighter on the court!

From the beginning to the end of the game, fans can always see the tireless and crazy running from Beverly, as well as the indelible fighting spirit on his face.

It can be said that after most of the regular season, Beverly has already gained a share of his fan base in Portland.

Because compared with Wang Zelin, Lillard, and Aldridge, who have shown great strength when they first entered the league, Beverly, who is 1 meters tall, is closer to ordinary people, and he is like a normal person, and he is more down-to-earth.

Beverly, who has always been rooted and based on the defensive end, has now created a beautiful landscape of his own in Portland through crazy efforts.

And when this beautiful scenery is combined with other scenery, it forms the Portland storm that is currently sweeping the league.

Basketball, after all, is a team sport of five people.

Want to win, is indispensable!
(End of this chapter)