Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 385

Ye Feng was very anxious on the court, and McMillan was also very anxious off the court. The most important thing was that he called a timeout, but it didn't work. Except for Ye Feng, the other Trail Blazers players seemed to forget their touch in Portland. , which made McMillan feel very helpless.

Under such unfavorable circumstances, Ye Feng did play at his level in the previous few finals, but compared to the big three, his fighting alone seemed useless, and the difference between the two sides was slowly lost amidst the noise of the fans. pull away.In desperation, McMillan had no choice but to make an early substitution and let Ye Feng play with a group of substitutes. However, he did not replace Cunningham. This guy's restrictions on Bosh were good.

The backcourt of Fernandez and Batum is obviously better than Matthews + Miller. Although Wade is still the incomprehensible Flash, Batum still has a certain advantage due to his height.Needless to say, Fernandez is younger than Bibby and has better athletic ability, so he can get more shots than Miller, and his shooting percentage is quite good, which makes Ye Feng slightly relieved in one breath.

Moreover, after Camby appeared on the field, the Blazers' control of rebounding instantly went up to a new level. Although the offensive ability of the inside dropped to negligible in an instant, the chances brought by the bullet reloading were much more than before, which increased in disguise. The team's offensive round.

But the substitutes also couldn't limit James and Wade's scoring. What made Ye Feng even more speechless was that Cunningham obviously had physical problems. Not only did his speed drop, but his defensive enthusiasm was not as high as before.The reason is simple. Bosh doesn't pull the ball out of the three-point line every time. After seeing that things can't be done, he falls to the low post for most of the offensive rounds, which forces Cunningham to also go to the low post to defend. .

Although Bosh is thin, Cunningham himself is not strong, and he was originally only a player in the third position, but he swung to the fourth position only because of tactical needs.If he is outside the three-point line, he can still use his jumping and moving speed to interfere with Bosh's shooting, but after reaching the low post, he can only be beaten by the opponent, because he is not a real [-] player after all. There is no clear idea for defending post-ups.

Ye Feng played very aggrieved throughout the first quarter. Although he scored 14 points alone, he only sent out 2 assists, and the team's total assists were only 5 times. It was obtained by fighting alone, which is not good news for them.

All in all, the Blazers did not play their style. In fact, 5 assists in a single quarter is not too small, but this should be the data sent by a team that plays superstar basketball like the Heat. 5 assists is not justified.

During the short break, Ye Feng had been silently pouring sports drinks into his mouth, while listening to the head coach's tactics for the second quarter.Judging from the current situation of the Blazers, he must continue to play in the second quarter, otherwise the team will be beaten by the Heat in a short period of time, which he does not want to see.

McMillan's thoughts are exactly the same as his. He knows that Ye Feng is very tired in the first quarter. Anyone who is facing the opponent's strict defense and scoring continuously will definitely consume more energy, but he dare not let Ye Feng Sitting on the bench to rest, the team was supported by Ye Feng for almost the entire first quarter. Although they were still 8 points behind the Heat, given their state in this game, being only 8 points behind was pretty good. .

McMillan still had lingering fears about the starting players' state in the first quarter. He didn't want to let all the starting players play together, which would undoubtedly hinder Ye Feng. He replaced Mills and Matthews in the backcourt. Batum continued to play small forward, Ye Feng played power forward, and Aldridge still appeared at the fifth position.McMillan also specially told Ye Feng and Batum to pay attention to changing defenses at any time if necessary, and watch the Heat's ball holder.

Spoelstra also continued to let the starter mix and match come off the bench, but he did not put James and Wade, who were in good shape in the first quarter, on the court at the same time, but removed James and used Wade and Bosh to lead A group of substitutes played, and Jones replaced James as the team's small forward.

The heat's formation was beyond McMillan's expectation, but he immediately became excited. Jones is much easier to defend than James. With Batum's ability, it's no problem to get him. Ye Feng can concentrate on defending Bosh. .Unlike Cunningham, Ye Feng was able to limit Bosh's performance well both inside and outside. Spoelstra's calculation to let Bosh regain his touch was a miscalculation.

Compared with Cunningham's method of interfering with Bosh's shooting, Ye Feng's countermeasures were more effective. He deliberately leaked his flaws, induced other Heat players to pass the ball to Bosh, and then directly made a steal at the right time.After making two consecutive steals and hitting a chasing three-pointer, the Heat players realized that this was a trap, and the pass was likely to continue to be intercepted. Soon Bosh could only go to the low post to catch the ball. The Blazers defended from the outside pressure is greatly reduced.

Even when Bosh fell into the low position, he couldn't avoid Ye Feng's harassment. His post-up singles had no effect. Ye Feng didn't look strong, but his strength was unexpectedly great. Bosh was blocked by him outside the three-second zone , Can't go in at all, can only turn around and shoot jumpers in the elbow area.And when he was jumping, although Ye Feng didn't reach out to interfere, he rationally used body contact to interfere with him. As soon as the center of gravity was affected, Bosh's shooting percentage immediately dropped, and the iron hitting was unbearable.

Under the leadership of Ye Feng, the Trail Blazers chased back points little by little, and Mills' performance was crucial.His breakthrough points sent shells to Matthews and Batum one after another, directly feeding the touch of these two people, especially Matthews, who only made 5 of 1 shots in the first quarter. Just halfway through the quarter, he was already 6 of 3 from the field, which was already a surprise for him.

Spoelstra saw that the situation was not good. When the Blazers chased the point difference to 3 points, he couldn't sit still anymore. He called a timeout directly and put James on the court, just to limit Hold the momentum of the Blazers chasing points.But with the Blazers' players feeling gradually warming up, will this really work?
(End of this chapter)