Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 266 Bad News Sudden

Ye Feng's scoring can only prevent the Blazers from being beaten, but it's just a daydream if they want to compete with the Lakers.Other Trail Blazers players also gradually reacted, but this does not mean that they will be able to recover [-]% of their combat strength, because their physical conditions do not allow it.The only one who can help Ye Feng is Aldridge, this may be the only good news, because Ye Feng is currently lacking someone who can play pick and roll with him.

In fact, Aldridge's pick-and-roll is not very good. First of all, he does not have a thick body, which means that it is not so difficult for the opponent to squeeze through the screen; secondly, he rarely chooses to hit the basket after the pick-and-roll. The mid-range jumper made it difficult for Ye Feng to hit the basket. The Lakers can use Odom to take care of the defense, and Ye Feng's pass is also easy to be intercepted.However, Ye Feng didn't ask for more. It was really difficult for him to face the playoff-level Lakers alone. With one more teammate stepping up, he could consume a little less energy, which would be very beneficial for the rest of the game.

McMillan was completely unmoved, he had already calmed down from the flurry at the beginning, which is also the psychological quality that a head coach must possess.And the most important point is that the Blazers are not far behind now, and the 7-point gap is completely acceptable, so he still changed into the rotation lineup step by step with 2 minutes left before the first quarter.Of course, Phil did the same thing. Even if he didn’t want to make a substitution, the starting lineup couldn’t last too long under such high-intensity physical confrontation. Kill yourself to death.

The rotations of the two sides played back and forth. After all, the Blazers' rotation players are relatively younger, and they are not so afraid of physical confrontation with a group of old guys. The young and vigorous they even managed to recover the score. At one point, by the end of the first quarter, they were only 4 points behind, which made McMillan quite satisfied. It's only 4 points, and it can be recovered in two rounds, but the hardness of the Lakers' starting lineup really needs to be focused. As we all know, physical confrontation will greatly accelerate the loss of physical strength, and when the physical strength is lost to a certain level, shooting will basically be done with iron end.

The second quarter started quickly. Two minutes later, the Trail Blazers took the lead in switching to the starting lineup. Just after playing, Ye Feng gave the Lakers a blow with a long shot from beyond the three-point line, turning the point difference into 2. point.His unreasonableness caused Phil a big headache, so he could only change his starting lineup, and started a physical confrontation attack and defense again.Fortunately, during the few minutes of rest, McMillan has done some psychological work for the players, allowing them to take a good rest, so facing the toughness of the Lakers again, the Blazers also raised their hardness. The calls became more and more frequent, after all, there were too many fouls.

In fact, this kind of game is very uncomfortable. It is good to increase the intensity and confrontation, but it is meaningless if there are too many fouls.In a basketball game, what you see is the intense offensive and defensive confrontation, not the close-to-hand combat like Sanda.Perhaps in the 90s and 4s, this style of play was still very marketable, but since defeating the Pistons of the Lakers F[-], there has never been a strong team in the league with such a pure iron-blooded style. After all, it is difficult to attract fans. Come to watch the game live.

But what can be done?The Lakers had to be tough, and the Blazers had to be tough too. Camby and Miller were desperate, and Roy gritted his teeth trying to play the style he had before he was injured, and asked Ye Feng for the ball frequently.Seeing Roy being so active, Ye Feng was also very happy, and directly gave him the ball.Roy is holding the ball, standing opposite him is still Kobe, one of the strongest perimeter defenders of the Lakers, but this time Roy has no fear on his face, he dribbles the ball slowly, only faint excitement in his eyes , because this is the first time he has the courage to face Kobe directly after returning from injury. Before that, he usually ran empty-handed and then caught the ball and shot.

Roy's dribbling is not fancy. He has never been the kind of player with very good physical fitness, but plays with his brain and sense of rhythm.The "pop" sound of the basketball hitting the floor was very rhythmic and not fast, but Roy moved quickly, fast, slow, fast, slow... The continuous rhythm changes brought about the instability of the opponent's center of gravity , Following Kobe's slight distraction, Roy instantly accelerated and got past from the side, straight into the inside line.But Kobe did not intend to let him go, still closely following him, waiting for an opportunity to complete the steal, this is a very normal thing for him.

Kobe's follow-up defense undoubtedly caused a lot of trouble to Roy, but this time he didn't intend to pass the ball. This guy is still very arrogant. As the core of the Blazers' team building, he can't let himself become a For a real pitcher, breakthrough is what he should do, and now he wants to prove to everyone that he can return to the original level.But at this moment, his situation is not very good. Apart from Kobe's pursuit behind him, there is also a tall tower standing in front of him. Look, this is not an easy guy to deal with.

Facing Gasol's raised arms, Roy's eyes were fixed, and the speed did not slow down at all. Instead, he dribbled the ball and turned around, trying to use a spinning top to avoid Gasol's defense.But maybe he felt Kobe's pressure so he turned too fast, or maybe he didn't notice Gasol's legs firmly nailed to the floor. Throwing it out, the whole person fell to the ground.The sharp whistle sounded, and the referee whistled for Gasol's blocking foul, but now the Blazers players couldn't care less about arguing with Gasol, and they gathered around one after another, trying to pull Roy up from the ground.

Ye Feng stopped the rough behavior of his teammates in time. He saw that something was wrong with Roy's state. He held his knee tightly and bit his lips tightly to prevent himself from moaning, but the cold sweat on his forehead had already exposed his Painful, lifting him up now is obviously very likely to make the injury worse.And McMillan has already called a long timeout, and came to the field with the team doctor to check Roy's injury.Seeing the team doctor's frown getting tighter, Ye Feng had a very bad feeling in his heart...

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