This is actually true!

Before the 2014 NBA Christmas Day game, except for the Pelicans, who were supposed to be eighth in the Western Conference, the records of the first seven teams in the Western Conference exceeded that of the Hawks, who were first in the Eastern Conference.

It's just that after the Trail Blazers and Lakers became the two major variables in the Western Conference, the former soared to first place in the league, and the latter formed the Big Three, successfully occupying a spot in the top eight in the Western Conference, which directly led to the top eight records in the Western Conference being all better than the Hawks

good.

In addition, Anthony Davis of the Pelicans was also affected.

If the Pelicans don't plan to strengthen in the future, Davis may not have any hope of experiencing the playoffs in the next few seasons.

Poor thick eyebrows...

But then again, I really don’t know why the Western Conference is so involved this year?

Who started this unhealthy trend?

etc……

Suddenly, he reacted with hindsight: Could it be that the Blazers' amazing start to the new season has greatly deepened the sense of crisis for other teams in the Western Conference, causing the degree of involution this year to be far greater than in previous years?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Even if there is such a billion-dollar relationship, isn't this too wild?

With his head full of complicated thoughts, Wang Zelin began to prepare for tonight's game against the Spurs.

In this matchup between No. 1 in the Western Conference and No. 6 in the Western Conference, the Trail Blazers lost!

At 83:92, after going through hardships and obstacles, the Trail Blazers returned to their home court for 5 consecutive away challenges and lost to the Spurs, ending their mighty 24-game winning streak.

Their precious blood was just taken away by those bad old guys from the Spurs.

After the game, tens of thousands of home fans left the field with regret. They did not complain, they just shook their heads and sighed.

It's not that the players are incompetent, it's that God doesn't want them to break the Lakers' 33-game winning streak.

If I had to use one sentence to describe tonight's Trail Blazers game, it would be:

tmd damn it!

Lillard scored 18 points and 7 assists, which didn't seem bad, but the premise was that he took 26 crazy shots and only hit 6 goals.

He missed a total of 20 shots, including 1 of 8 three-pointers.

Wang Zelin made 11 of 24 shots, the only game in the season where his shooting percentage did not exceed 50%. In addition, he made 8 of 11 free throws. Although he scored a game-high 30 points, he also grabbed an insane 22 rebounds.

But what's the use? They lost the game.

Tonight, the bad old man of the Spurs has a very clear strategy against the Trail Blazers. He will double-team Lillard frantically on the outside and use unlimited forward defense against Wang Zelin on the inside.

Like later generations, Lillard's weakness of being unable to break through the double teams of strong teams was discovered by that bad old man Simavici.

Lillard committed a career-high 8 turnovers in this game, and many of his passes were intercepted by his opponents midway through.

Wang Zelin, who couldn't catch the ball in the paint, once changed his mind and caught the ball in a high position to initiate an attack. But he is an inside man after all, and he can only show his greatest value in the penalty area. What the Spurs want to see most is for him to leave the penalty area.

Finally, there are the Trail Blazers' shooters, including Carter, Connett Lee, and Morrow. Their shooting skills were obviously mediocre today. Wang Zelin failed to seize many open opportunities after being double-teamed.

Obviously, through the shame of being shaved in the playoffs last year and the observation and study of the Trail Blazers this season, the Spurs have found a way to deal with the Trail Blazers!

What's more, they are still a Trail Blazers team in a state of entanglement.
Chapter completed!