After accepting the on-site interview and post-game press release, Wang Zelin returned to the hotel, packed up, and boarded the charter flight from Indiana back to Portland.

It's not easy. The crazy five-game away battle is finally over. He looked around and saw that most of his teammates were wearing eye masks and sleeping peacefully. They had no energy to do anything else.

"sleep."

Wang Zelin smiled and lay back.

The Trail Blazers players on the plane were extremely quiet, but fans on major social media could not sleep all night.

Because in the middle of the third quarter of the latest game between the Trail Blazers and Pacers, when Wang Zelin scored 30 points on the court, Wang Zelin's name was all over the news and newspapers, whether domestic or foreign.

30 points in three consecutive away games!

The most explosive scoring performance in the new season!

And back to back 40 points at the end of the game!

Etc., etc.

All of this is Wang Zelin's performance when many main players were injured one after another.

To be honest, this is quite shocking.

So after the game, fans continued to discuss it on social media.

"Three consecutive games of 30, including one of 40! It was back-to-back. To be honest, I have only seen this kind of explosive scoring power from Kobe and LeBron."

"It's really hard to imagine that the biggest surprise to us this season, both in terms of team performance and personal data, is actually a center?"

"Don't look down on centers. In the past, the NBA was dominated by centers."

"You said it yourself, it was before..."

"I'm just asking, is it not the case now?"

"Well……"

"By the way, have you noticed something scary? After 24 consecutive victories, Wang Zelin averaged 28.3 points per game. Among the players who played 20 times, he beat Harden, who averaged 27.8 points per game in 24 games.

Kobe, who averaged 27.2 points in 20 games, and LeBron, who averaged 26.5 points in 22 games!”

"Not only that, but there are also two statistics: rebounds and blocks, which averaged 14.5 and 2.9 per game respectively, beating Jordan, who averaged 14.1 rebounds per game, and Davis, who averaged 2.7 blocks per game, topping the double list.

!”

Fans really didn't expect that Wang Zelin, who originally only ranked first in rebounds and blocks, would now even take the top spot in the scoring list.

Currently, one person from the Trail Blazers is temporarily ranked first in the scoring, rebounding and blocking charts!

To be honest, in fact, the three major lists all look very unstable. Davis, who ranks second in the blocks list, showed great potential on the defensive end when he first entered the league. Last season, he ranked second in the blocks list.

Second, his average of 2.8 blocks per game is second only to Wang Zelin's average of 3.2 blocks per game, and he is still chasing him this season.

In addition, the gaps between the top players on the scoring and rebounding lists are also very close, but if you can hold on for a day, it will be a supreme honor for you to be number one on the three lists!

Before Wang Zelin and Lillard were selected into the team, the Trail Blazers' team history corresponded to the saying: less than the superior, more than the inferior.

Although they can't compete with those giant teams, they can't hold them back from winning a championship, which allows them to kill a lot of teams in team history.

In addition to the championship, the Trail Blazers are the only data king that has appeared. It was the rebounding king won by the ancient god Bill Walton in the 1976-77 season. Apart from this, there is no other data king.

That's why Trail Blazers fans were so excited when Wang Zelin was crowned rebounding champion twice and blocked shots champion for the first time.

…

After one night.

On the morning of December 14, after training, Wang Zelin was shocked when he looked at the newspaper in his hand.

"Am I actually that good this season?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Nikola Jokic next to him became a little unhappy.

What does "Is it so powerful?"

Please remove the "?", you are really awesome!

“Winning all the Western Conference Player of the Week and Player of the Month so far, averaging 28.3 points per game this season, ranking first in the scoring rankings;

Currently, he has taken 432 shots, hit 262 goals, and has a field goal percentage of 60.6%. He ranks first among the top ten scorers in field goal percentage;

Accumulated 170 strikes, ranking tenth in the league; averaging 7 strikes per game, ranking seventeenth in the league..."

"Hey, wait a minute," Wang Zelin interrupted Jokic's eloquent speech, "There's no need to say more about the rest."

but……

Seeing Jokic's heartbroken look at this time, Wang Zelin felt that he should be envious of himself in his heart, so he decided to practice with Jokic for another hour.

Over the next hour, groans could be heard from time to time on the training ground, causing the guard to look in frequently with a black question mark face.

…

After the game between the Trail Blazers and Pacers, other games in the second week of December also ended one after another.

At 14:00 pm, the league announced the Player of the Week for the second week of December (8th to 14th).

First is the east side.

This week's Eastern Conference Player of the Week was finally won by Wizards star John Wall. In the past week, Wall led the Wizards to an impressive record of 4 wins in 4 games.

In terms of personal data, Wall played 38.3 minutes per game, made 8 of 15 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, and 1.3 of 2.8 free throws. He scored 18.3 points, 11.8 assists, 5 rebounds, 2.5 steals, and 1.3 blocks.

In the end, he successfully defeated James, Bosh, Deron, Lowry and others, and won the third best of the week honor in his career so far.

As for the competition here in the West, it is indeed quite fierce.

There is the "bearded ball player" James Harden who led Mosaic to 3 wins in 3 games and scored 34 points, 7 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 2.7 steals and 1 block;

There is the "Turtle" Westbrook who led the Thunder to 4 wins in 4 games and scored 29 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 2.4 steals;

This chapter is not over yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading! There is also the "White Bear" Marc Gasol who led the Grizzlies to 3 wins in 4 games and scored 22.4 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. He also scored 20.3 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block.

"Black Bear" Zach Randolph steals.

It can be said that there have been too many ruthless people in the West in the past week.

It is a pity that the above-mentioned ruthless people, without exception, did not have the last laugh, just because the appearance of one person overshadowed the glory of the other heroes.

He is - Wang Zelin!

In the past 4 games, Wang Zelin has led the Trail Blazers to 4 wins in 4 away games, including playoff seeded teams like the Bulls. The gold content is not small.

At the personal data level, Wang Zelin averaged a crazy output of 35.2 points, 16.2 rebounds, 3.8 blocks, 3.5 assists and 0.8 steals per game.

It can be said that if he fails to win the Western Conference Player of the Week, the only explanation is that there is something shady in the selection process.

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They won 24 consecutive victories against the Pacers, and the continuous away schedule was finally over. Returning to their home court after a long absence greatly boosted the morale of the Trail Blazers. Everyone seemed to have forgotten all the previous problems caused by fear of injuries.

concern.

After returning to Portland for a day of rest, on December 15th, they faced the challenge of the San Antonio Spurs at home. The Spurs had a previous record of 17 wins and 7 losses and currently ranked sixth in the Western Conference.

To say that the Western Conference has been miserable this season, the Spurs, who were ranked sixth in the Western Conference with a record of 17 wins and 7 losses, would be ranked first in the Eastern Conference if they moved to the Eastern Conference.

Currently, the Atlanta Hawks, the team with the No. 1 record in the Eastern Conference, only have a record of 16 wins and 7 losses.

If you look at the league as a whole, their record is also not even in the top five, and can only be ranked ninth...

Yes, if they were in the Western Conference, the Hawks wouldn't even be in the top eight.

Because the Dallas Mavericks, ranked eighth in the Western Conference, also surpassed them in record. The Mavericks' current record is 17 wins and 8 losses...

At this stage, the rankings of the top eight in the Western Conference are as follows:

No. 1 in the West ~ Portland Trail Blazers: 24 wins and 0 losses;

Second in the West ~ Golden State Warriors: 21 wins and 3 losses;

Third in the West ~ Houston Mosaic: 20 wins and 4 losses

Fourth in the West ~ Los Angeles Clippers: 19 wins, 5 losses

No. 5 in the West ~ Memphis Grizzlies: 19 wins, 5 losses

Sixth in the West ~ San Antonio Spurs: 17 wins and 6 losses

Seventh in the West ~ Los Angeles Lakers: 17 wins and 7 losses

No. 8 in the West ~ Dallas Mavericks: 17 wins and 8 losses

The top eight in the Eastern Conference are very embarrassed!

The performance of the Western Conference is even more uncertain, especially the Pelicans, Suns, and Jazz, which are ranked ninth, tenth, and eleventh. Their records are ranked in the top eight in the Eastern Conference.

To be honest, when Wang Zelin heard the media report that "the number one player in the Eastern Conference cannot even enter the top eight in the Western Conference," he thought it was just nonsense.

Yes, everyone knows that the strong west and the weak east have lasted for a long time, but the gap between the two sides was not so big. It was not until he later checked from the system space that the top eight in the east and the top eight in the west in the original time and space were ten in total.

The results of the six teams at the beginning of the season were almost shocking.
To be continued...