On the night of the 6th, the Trail Blazers finally met a strong opponent-the Indiana Pacers!

The Pacers are also a youth team. Paul George, the core of the team, is not yet 23 years old. David West, the oldest among the starting five players, has just turned 30 and is in his prime.

So far this season, the Pacers' record is 10 wins and 7 losses, still fourth in the Eastern Conference.

In the eyes of the outside world, if the youth teams this season are divided into several grades, the Portland Trail Blazers and Goose City Thunder are undoubtedly in the same grade.

Then, the leader in the second gear is the Indiana Pacers.

However, every mistress has the ambition and desire to become the first wife.

Paul George successfully proved to everyone tonight that the Pacers are capable of becoming one of the three wives.

In the first quarter, under Lillard's organization, the Trail Blazers started with a 13:3 offensive climax, and the Pacers gradually regained their form in the second half.

First, "Gao Yuanyuan" showed off her power in the paint area, hitting Wang Zelin several times and causing a foul by her opponent.

This is the first time Wang Zelin has encountered a player who is taller than him in the NBA. In addition, he has been on consecutive road trips, including two back-to-back games.

Now, not only Wang Zelin, many teammates are suffering from mental lethargy and lack of physical strength.

Coach Terry has discovered this since the pre-match training, but there is nothing he can do about it. At this time, personal adjustment ability is tested, and all he can do is mental encouragement.

Before the end of the first quarter, the Pacers came from behind and took the lead by one point at 21:20.

Entering the second quarter, Batum led the bench and Nolan Smith hit a three-pointer from the outside to help the team take the lead by two points.

But not long after, the Pacers faced the substitute inside, Hansbrough and Massimi frequently hit the paint area and made achievements, and the scores of the two teams continued to rise.

Three minutes later, Lillard came back on the court and had a PK with the Pacers' leading point guard George Hill at the No. 1 position.

In just five minutes, Lillard scored 8 points and 2 assists, while George Hill performed even better, scoring 12 points in a single quarter.

Before the end of the first half, a three-pointer at the buzzer helped the Pacers lead by 5 points at 53:48.

The consecutive away trips made Wang Zelin's physical reserves somewhat weaker than before, and he did not play again in the entire second quarter.

Now, Wang Zelin finally understands Lillard's envy for his natural ability of "resurrecting with full health after just one sleep after training." Now he also envies himself for having that ability.

Unfortunately, the ability given to him by the Dai B system is only effective during the fusion of star cards, and cannot produce the same effect during the game.

At the beginning of the second half, Stevenson fully demonstrated what it means to be a "junior brother, one against two." After coming on the court, Stevenson hit consecutive jump shots to help the Blazers complete a 6:0 climax.

58:48!

The score difference came to 10 points.

Fortunately, Wang Zelin, who was well rested, stepped forward and successfully hit the penalty area many times to help the team narrow the point difference.

But the Pacers have flourished more. David West, Paul George, and Hibbert have taken turns to show their strength. After three quarters, the Pacers led the Trail Blazers by 15 points 79:64.

In the final quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers, who were lagging behind by a big score, made a crazy counterattack. However, today it was as if a lid was placed on the basket. No matter what Lillard and Matthews announced, they ended up with a high score.

At the end of the first half, 87:75, the Trail Blazers were still 12 points behind.

As the game progressed, Coach Terry gradually discovered the problems in the team.

The offensive firepower is sufficient, but the defensive ability is insufficient.

Among the starting five players, except for Batum, the remaining four players are due to various reasons, such as Lillard because of poor defensive habits, Aldridge's aversion to physical confrontation, Wang Zelin's physical strength is difficult to balance both offense and defense, etc.

Wait, the defensive ability is not that good.

In the rotation, Hickson, the team's sixth man, has excellent athletic ability, sufficient offensive ability, and his individual defense has reached the NBA passing level, but he is not good at assist defense.

Coupled with his height of 2.06 meters, he is destined to be easily eliminated when facing big players with some ability.

Victory can cover up all the problems in a team!

And a loss always makes people start to reflect on themselves and gain a lot.

Now, not only the special coach understands the team's problems, but the coaching staff of other teams in the league also sees the Blazers' weaknesses and studies targeted strategies.

It is true that the Trail Blazers are fully capable of getting one of the eight playoff spots, but if they want to make a difference in April and May, they must make changes.

In comparison, the Pacers appear to have a balanced offense and defense. Among the team's main players, in addition to David West, Paul George and Hibbert are both defensive players.

On this point, the Blazers need to learn more from their opponents.

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"Beep beep beep!"

In the final quarter, the two sides battled to a score of 21:25, with the Blazers at 25.

The score was 100:89. The Trail Blazers lost the last game of eight consecutive games in the Eastern Conference by 11 points.

When the whistle sounded, Wang Zelin couldn't help but let out a breath.

It's really because this game was too depressing. It's not that the Blazers didn't have a chance to overtake, but they were still short of it.

This feeling of being powerful but having nowhere to show it is very unfriendly, and he hates this feeling.
Chapter completed!