After the operation of Anta, Yifeng once again rushed to the headlines, and its influence was further expanded. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After a short break, the Lakers players gathered in Portland to prepare for a rematch against the Trail Blazers.

As early as the night of the Lakers' game with the Warriors, Trail Blazers star Damion Lillard shouted Yi Feng in the air.

The Warriors started their 15-game winning streak, and while unstoppable, there were always teams that thought they could finish them. And now that the Lakers have become this finisher, those teams want to finish the Lakers as a finisher to prove themselves.

The Trail Blazers are one of them. And before the Lakers beat the Warriors, the Trail Blazers also beat the Lakers in the past.

The defeated generals are brave.

Even if the Lakers beat the Warriors, the Trail Blazers are confident that they will be able to kill them.

On November 28, the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers officially started at the Trail Blazers' home court, Moda Center Arena.

After a series of pre-match ceremonies, the starting lineups of both sides entered one after another.

The visiting Lakers' starting lineup is: Jordan Clarkson, Yi Feng, Kobe Bryant, Julius Randle and Roy Hibbert.

The home team's Trail Blazers starting lineup is: Damion Lillard, CJ McCollum, Al Farouk Aminu, Noah Vonleh and Mason Plumlee.

The game begins with the center forwards of both sides jumping the ball in the center circle.

Hibbert has a slight advantage in height and reach, but those advantages are not enough in front of young Plumlee.

Using his quicker reflexes and stronger bounce, Plumlee won the jump ball for the Trail Blazers.

After playing four years in the NCAA at Duke University, Plumlee signed up for the 2013 NBA Draft and was picked by the Nets with the 22nd pick in the first round.

It was this starting point that allowed Plumlee to stage a counterattack. He averaged 7.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game to be named to the 2013-14 All-Rookie First Team.

As a senior, Plumlee doesn't have a reassuring technical foundation. What impresses him the most is his explosive physicality – great flexibility, bounce and explosiveness.

It can be said that the reason why Hibbert couldn't win the jump ball was because he lost to his body.

Lillard took control of Plumlee's shot and pushed it forward.

After 6 days, facing the Lakers again, Lillard has a completely different mood than the last time he faced the Lakers.

Not only because he led the team to defeat the Lakers, but also because the Lakers defeated the Warriors, who were like the public enemies of the league.

In the face of such a Lakers, Lillard can't help but have a desire to prove himself.

Even though he's already a two-time All-Star, this season is only his fourth season in the NBA. While he wasn't an All-Star in his rookie season, he was the Rookie of the Year. With such a perfect career resume, there is no need to prove anything to anyone.

Advancing to the front court with the ball, Lillard stands at the top of the arc to organize the offense.

Dribbling the ball with his left hand and directing his teammates to run with his right hand, he has the taste of pointing the country.

The Trail Blazers' starting lineup last season now has only Lillard left, and the entire team is indeed looking forward to him.

There is no doubt that he is the leader of the word.

Not only that, Lillard is also the offensive and playmaking core of the Trail Blazers, and as one of the top two-way guards in the league, he can still take on this responsibility.

Although Lillard was organizing the team's offense and didn't see the meaning of singles at all, Clarkson was still a little wary of stepping back a little, beware of Lillard's breakthrough.

Lillard is physical, and his speed and explosiveness are his strengths, which makes his breakthrough unstoppable. While his big-hearted shooting is impressive, his shooting percentage isn't too high. Compared to some less stable shots, his breakthrough is the killer move.

Clarkson only suffered a loss at the hands of Lillard a few days ago, so he is also learning to be smart now.

Achieving such an achievement at such a young age, Lillard has a lot of pride in his heart. For a sophomore like Clarkson, he didn't care too much. Especially seeing Clarkson's defense, there is still some meaning to let him shoot, which aroused his desire to prove himself.

Prove yourself!

Prove your shooting prowess right in front of Clarkson!

Lillard immediately forgot about his playmaking responsibilities and switched to individual offensive mode. A couple of cross-step dribbles pushed Clarkson back some distance, and Lillard stepped back from beyond the three-point line to shoot for a layup.

Maybe the game has just begun, and Lillard's hand hasn't warmed up yet, and the ball is very clean.

On the sidelines, Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts immediately frowned.

Although in the minds of Trail Blazers fans, Lillard is the successor of the former "Yellow Mamba" Roy, the same big heart, and the same chilling key man. But Stotts, a scout, has a very vicious eye, and he came to the Trail Blazers in the same year as Lillard, so he knows Lillard even better.

While Lillard's abilities have continued to grow since he entered the league, his offensive options and shooting consistency haven't improved much.

Lillard's shooting percentage went from 42.9 percent in his rookie season, to 42.4 percent in his second season, to 43.4 percent last season, to 41.9 percent this season, and Stotts simply didn't see his improvement.

Even though those key goals make people's blood boil, although those killer goals are unforgettable. But basketball isn't just about the highlights, it's also about the frustrating lows.

Fans only remember Lillard's difficult shots, but ignore his iron again and again.

It's not that Lillard doesn't have shooting ability, Stotts, as his head coach, knows that the biggest reason for his poor shooting percentage is in his offensive selection.

Just like this attack, as the first attack at the beginning of the game, the team leader himself did not have much to say about his own singles. Even Stotts as a head coach can't be responsible for Lillard.

But Lillard was obviously going to organize the offense, but halfway through the organization, after observing the defense of his defender, he immediately changed his mind and went to play alone.

Singles are also singles, but he chose to take three points from a step back with super difficulty!

This kind of shot is often no different from a wave throw.

However, as his teammates, the players of the Trail Blazers have long been accustomed to such a shot by the team boss.

Seeing Lillard's neurotic shot, the Trail Blazers' two interior players, Noah Vonleh and Plumlee, fought hand-to-hand under the basket for a while, ready to grab a frontcourt rebound. But they found that the rebound actually bounced far away, and it happened to bounce into Kobe's hand!

Seeing that they couldn't do anything, they had to quickly return to defense.

Lillard didn't take it seriously, although he didn't succeed in proving himself and proving his shooting ability, but he still has a chance next time. He shook his hand expressionlessly and turned back to defend.

This season, he is the only one in the team, and the offensive options that are not very reasonable are even more unreasonable at this time. Sometimes, it's obvious that he's messing around.

But he himself didn't care. Didn't the team pay him a salary just to let him show himself on the court and bloom himself? And that's a five-year, $120 million super contract, shouldn't he play more unrestrained?

What's more, there's nothing wrong with that, he also played a good job.

Just a month ago, on October 29, the Trail Blazers played against the Pelicans, Lillard hit a total of 600 career three-pointers, and it took him just 247 games to reach this milestone, becoming the fastest player to complete 600 three-pointers in NBA history.

Leaving his mark in NBA history isn't it enough to boast about it?

Kobe Bryant was lucky to pick up a backcourt rebound, and happily he personally held the ball and pushed forward. After coming to the front court, he found that Aminu was waiting for him, and his competitiveness came up, and he also decided to play a single.

Aminu, who has dual citizenship of the United States and Nigeria, is a legitimate nobleman who has inherited the blood of the Nigerian royal family, and his name "Al Farouk" means "Monarch Coming".

Of course, he doesn't have the strength of the NBA, but his name is domineering.

He is tall and has long arms, and he doesn't suffer much in the No. 4 position, with a certain game reading ability and passing ability, and the shooting range also covers the three-point line. His mobility is good, which makes his ability to help defend impressive.

But his ball handling ability is below the NBA average, which makes him almost unanimous offensive and naturally poor in finishing. Even if he was the No. 8 pick in 2010.

It's a shame that this is more James name than LeBron.

A titular monarch, a de facto emperor, it's interesting if the two have their names reversed.

Aminu is 206cm tall, but only 97 kilograms, which is not much heavier than Kobe Bryant after weight loss. Without a weight that can match his height, he is not very capable of fighting.

In the face of the young man with faster legs and feet, Kobe Bryant did not choose to break through, but used his housekeeping skills, turning around and backing up after his back.

Although Aminu is half a head taller than him, Aminu's slender figure makes Kobe ignore such a gap.

But Aminu's aggressive defense made Kobe's offense unfavorable, and his turnaround and step-back jumper ended in an iron.

The first attack from both sides was unsuccessful, and the two teams were once again on the same page.

Lillard drives with the ball.

Head coach Terry Stotts gave him a loud reminder from the sidelines, which temporarily put down his desire to prove his shooting ability. Honestly organize the attack.

The Trail Blazers' offense this time is actually very simple, which is to use Lillard's deterrent.

Lillard broke through the Lakers' defense, drew the ball to the perimeter after drawing the defense.

Because the game has just begun, the Lakers' defensive attention has not yet been raised, and the Trail Blazers have easily got a chance this offense.

After receiving Lillard's breakaway, CJ McCollum opened his hand and hit a three-pointer.

Even if Yi Feng pounced in time, it didn't help. McCollum was quick and dodged Yi Feng's block in time.

0:3, the home team Trail Blazers scored the first point after the opening.

Looking at McCollum, who calmly returned to the defense, Yi Feng's mind began to have information about him.

CJ McCollum, 193cm tall and 91kg in weight, was born in Ohio, USA, graduated from Lehigh University in the United States, and is one of the few players in the NBA with a degree certificate.

If he hadn't gone down the path of a professional basketball player, perhaps he would have used the journalism he learned at Lehigh University to become a journalist.

Because during his university studies, he developed another hobby besides basketball - news writing. He dreamed of becoming a journalist, and even though he eventually became a professional basketball player, he didn't forget that dream.

During his time with the Trail Blazers, he hosted charity events where local high school students were given the opportunity to interview NBA games and give them homework.

And he has his own column on the "Players Forum" website, and he will interview President Xiao Hua in the offseason, which is very professional.

However, no matter how much he loved journalism, after graduating, he chose professional basketball.

In 2013, McCollum was drafted by the Trail Blazers with the 10th pick in the first round and has been with the Trail Blazers ever since.

He didn't get many opportunities in his rookie season, playing only 38 regular season games, averaging 5.3 points, 0.7 assists, 1.3 rebounds, 0.4 steals and 0.1 blocks in 12.5 minutes per game. As a lottery pick, his stats are much worse than that of his teammate Plumlee, who entered the NBA in the same year.

In his second season, McCollum had a few more chances, but only some. In 2014-15, he averaged 6.8 points, 1.0 assists, 1.5 rebounds, 0.7 steals and 0.1 blocks in 15.7 minutes per game.

Judging by these two seasons, he is a real role player. Maybe it's been the whole career.

But the exodus of key players this season has given McCollum a chance to break out. He was pushed to the starting No. 2 position, and in 16 games, he played an average of 35.1 minutes per game, and was able to cut down 21.1 points, 4.5 assists, 3.8 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 0.4 blocks!

This season, he is completely like two people in the previous two seasons!

His lethal scoring ability was only gradually known at this time. His ability to carry the ball, his ability to get away from the ball, his ability to shoot consistently...... Tearing through the defence and creating chances seemed like a no-brainer for him. Because he has scoring points all over the half, you can't guard against him.

Yi Feng had already learned what McCollum was good about the last time he played against the Trail Blazers at home. However, despite being guarded against him, it was not possible to stop him from scoring!

Yi Feng couldn't help but think of Kobe's evaluation of McCollum after the last loss to the Trail Blazers: "McCollum is improving, he's improving at an extremely fast pace, and it looks like this is going to be a season for him to break out." ”

Bursting, for defenders, is not going to be a nice word anyway.

Although McCollum is a little embarrassed in the second position, his attacking ability, his all-roundedness, can fully make up for this shortcoming.

This, coupled with the fact that, as Kobe Bryant said, is in the midst of a burst of outbursts, which makes it even more difficult for defenders. (To be continued.) )