Chapter 620 Prove Strength

Chapter 620 Prove Strength

Chapter 620 Prove Strength
The game is still going on, and it is the Blazers' turn to attack again. This time, it is the team leader Drexler who initiates the attack.

As the only offensive strength of the Trail Blazers, the only star with an average of more than 20 points per game, even if the team's offensive points are scattered this season, he will always be the first choice for offense at critical moments.

Although it was just the beginning of the game at this time, the Blazers did not dare to relax in the slightest. If they want to defeat the Warriors, they must establish a certain advantage at the beginning of the game, otherwise it will be even more difficult for them to win this game.

This point has been vividly demonstrated in the many matches against the Warriors last season. The record of being defeated by the Warriors too many times is vivid, so the Blazers must go all out from the beginning and cannot relax.

Facing Richmond, Drexler has an absolute advantage in height, weight, strength, technology, and speed. In addition, Drexler is also very familiar with Richmond's defensive ability, so in At the beginning of the offense, Richmond was singled out with a back-up approach.

Richmond, as the Warriors with the best perimeter defensive ability, has become accustomed to facing the opponent's various perimeter core players, so he has long been accustomed to playing with these top offensive players in the league.

Of course, getting used to it is one thing, but being able to prevent it is another.

Overall, though, Richmond played well, and although he backed off in the face of Drexler's back, he never gave up.

After coming near the free throw line, Drexler felt that it was almost done, and if he went deeper, he might encounter double-teaming from the Warriors, so Drexler chose a fadeaway jumper.

It's a pity that Drexler's shooting is not his strongest skill, and it can't help him make a final decision, and the basketball bounces off the rim and flies out.

Seeing that this attack was about to fail, the crowd stretched out a big hand and tapped the falling basketball lightly, and the ball entered the basket lightly. Only then did people see clearly that it was Duckworth who grabbed the offensive rebound.

Relying on his weight advantage, Duckworth has a very large space in the basket, directly squeezing Divac out of the basket. It can be said that the loss this time was entirely caused by the loss of the basket.

After completing the second attack, Duckworth didn't have much excitement on his face, he just waved his fist lightly to celebrate, then turned and left, the score was 4:3.

As a part of the leaving team, the mentality of wanting to beat the former club also exists in Duckworth's psychology.

It can be seen that the Blazers' offense is more about hitting the ball to the basket, and the impact on the basket has maintained a high intensity from the beginning.

And such a high-intensity impact, the Blazers will not end here. In the following games, the Warriors' inside line has been enduring such an intensity of impact. Whether it is Duckworth or Buck Williams, they are stronger than each other in terms of strength. Opponents, in this way, the Blazers' offense is going smoothly, and the Warriors' defense is completely unrestricted.

Fortunately, the Warriors' own offense is not bad either. Although the Warriors can't defend against the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers can't defend against the Warriors either.

Logically speaking, the Trail Blazers' defense does not have any obvious loopholes, and they are also good defensive players in every position, but they just can't defend against the Warriors' outside line. Whether it is tactical cooperation or individual singles, they always have a way Get the ball into the basket.

The two teams persisted until they came off the bench, and the inextricable situation between the two sides was still indistinguishable.

This season, the Blazers' substitutes have made great progress. Among them, the most proud support is to take down the former Celtics' meritorious player, Danny Ainge.

Since he was traded in 88, Angie played for the Kings for two years. In these two years, because he joined an underdog, and it was an underdog with no hope, this made him very painful. He has not won as many games as the Celtics in two months in the face of two seasons. How can he get used to it?
So, this summer, after the contract expired, he decisively left the Kings and joined the Trail Blazers for two years and 150 million.

Although the salary is not high, and the Blazers who come here can't start, but for a person who has had enough of losing, he wants to win more than money.

With his joining, plus Clifford Robinson, who was originally a starter and transferred to the bench, the two of them, one inside and one outside, one offense and one defense, cooperated quite tacitly. Under the leadership of the two of them, the Trail Blazers The strength of the substitute has grown rapidly, and it is already among the best in the league.

Tonight's match against the Warriors' bench is a good test. Facing the team with the deepest bench in the league, the Trail Blazers' bench is not at all inferior, especially Danny Ainge, at the end of the first quarter and the second quarter. At the beginning, he hit two three-pointers one after another, which once gave the Blazers a 5-point lead.

But after that, with the performance of Curry and Petrovic, the two shot inside and outside, and quickly helped the Warriors recover the point difference.

The same is true for the substitutes, and the same is true for the starters. The anxious scene of the two teams is still inextricably linked until the end of the first half. The two teams scored 62:66 in the first half, and the Warriors trailed by 4 points.

Throughout the first half, both teams played very efficiently with a high shooting percentage, and this feeling continued into the second half.

At the beginning of the second half, the Warriors, who were behind one side, wanted to take advantage of the Blazers' carelessness and tried to beat the Blazers, but the effect was not obvious, because the Blazers never let up from the beginning to the end.

After Li Weisi made a breakthrough, he passed the ball back to Divac who was disassembled. After Divac took the ball, he chose a three-point shot.

Now, facing the shortened three-point line, he is more determined to shoot.

However, at the same time as he shot, Duckworth rushed towards him, and he flew towards him like a fast-moving tank.

Divac was taken aback by Duckworth, and his shot was half a point late. As a result, this momentary delay caused Duckworth's hand to rub against the basketball.

In the end, Divac's shot was knocked out of the sideline by Duckworth. Divac never dreamed that he would be blocked 20 feet away from the basket. This is really shameful.

Fortunately, in the subsequent serve, Li Weisi received the ball and passed it to Mullin who was on the weak side at 45 degrees. Mullin caught the ball and hit a three-pointer.

However, for the Blazers, although the defense failed in this round, their attitude of going all out in the face of opportunity balls is commendable.

And this attitude of grabbing every ball has been carried out by the Blazers team from the beginning to the present. The reason why he can persist is to win this game and prove the strength of this Blazers team.

(End of this chapter)