The Trail Blazers' available players have been stretched thin due to injuries this season, and this was already exposed during the regular season, when the Trail Blazers' bench scored the second-fewest points on the court in the second half of the regular season, behind only the Wizards in the East.

In the regular season, the substitutes did not play well, as long as the score difference was not too big, Xue Ding and they could still chase the score difference back.

But in the playoffs, as long as the opponent catches on your weakness, they will attack your weakness and make you bleed your blood.

This was the case in the last game, and according to post-game statistics, when the Trail Blazers' bench players were on the court, the Trail Blazers lost by 21 points per 100 possessions.

Such a poor performance of the substitute is the main reason why the Trail Blazers have fallen behind for a long time in the last game, and if it weren't for Xue Ding's activation of the system's Turtle Fury skill at the last moment, the Trail Blazers can say that it is almost impossible to turn the tables.

As the head coach, Pritchard is naturally very aware of the flaws of his bench lineup, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and he cannot put his starting five on the field all the time.

And Carlisle is also well aware of this, so among the five players on the court of the Mavericks at this time, except for Dampier an interior lineman, the remaining four are all No. 3 positions that can shoot suddenly, in order to break through the interior of the Trail Blazers as much as possible in the rotation time and create damage.

Carlisle's change of tactics in Game 2 quickly worked as the Mavericks outscored the Trail Blazers 6-0 in the opening minute of the second quarter.

Angry that Pritchard quickly called a timeout.

As the players returned to the bench from the court, Pritchard couldn't help but shout at the players who walked off the court: "This kind of catastrophic defensive performance should only occur in the basketball game of elementary school students, no, elementary school students are better defensive than you, this should be in the game of naïve children in kindergarten!" But definitely not in the NBA! ”

In the face of Pritchard's roar, no one dared to happen, including Roy, who silently walked off the court and returned to the bench.

Because Pritchard is not only the head coach of the team, but also the general manager of the team, if he provokes him, he may even lose his job.

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"The Trail Blazers' bench is really bad, this hasn't played much, it was beaten 6-0 by the Mavericks, this Pritchard has to make changes as soon as possible, if it continues to play like this, the Trail Blazers' game may be hanging." Seeing that Pritchard was still chanting words to the players on the field after calling a timeout, Yang Rui paused and said.

"I think you're right, the Trail Blazers have to make changes as soon as possible, and put together a reasonable rotation lineup between the bench and the main team, which can not only ensure the defense, but also maintain their offense, and at the same time ensure that every main player can have the corresponding time, otherwise, the Trail Blazers will not only be hanging in this game, but the whole series will probably be very hanging." Director Zhang's comment was even more to the point.

"That's right, I think Xue Ding should be appropriately allowed to play for a period of time at the beginning of the second quarter when rotating plastic surgery, or replace Xue Ding in advance in the first quarter......"

"This method is good, but I don't know what the actual effect of using it is......"

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The two took advantage of this pause to start giving advice to the Trail Blazers in the studio.

After the pause, as Director Zhang and Yang Rui said in the studio, Pritchard replaced Xue Ding in advance, and Xue Ding played the entire first quarter of the game, and was sent on the court after only a minute of rest in the second quarter.

After Xue Ding returned to the court, he immediately played a role in the Trailblazers, and after Xue Ding returned to the court, he scored a three-pointer directly in the bottom corner of the left side to temporarily stop the bleeding for the Trailblazers.

The Mavericks, on the other hand, are still on the bench at the beginning, and Carlisle has a lot of trust in his bench players.

What Carlisle didn't expect was that after Xue Ding returned to the court, he played very handily against the Mavericks' bench players, and the Mavericks only had Dampier on the court to protect the basket on the court, and Xue Ding could easily pass to his teammates.

Xue Ding connected the offense well on the court, and for a while the Mavericks' defense on the court began to be chaotic, because you don't know who you should mainly target on the court, Xue Ding can always find the opportunity to play at the most appropriate time.

After Xue Ding returned to the court, he quickly returned a wave of 12-4 to the Mavericks, and the score on the court came to 34-30.

With neither scoring high in the first quarter, the two teams played a small surge in the opening stages of the second quarter.

Carlisle quickly called a timeout to make adjustments.

The starters of both sides returned to the field, Pritchard also temporarily replaced Xue Ding to rest, and the rest of the main players all returned to the field, and the two teams began to tug of war on the field again.

After a two-point break, Xue Ding returned to the court after a timeout in the second quarter and dominated possession to channel the team's offense.

With Xue Ding's assist, the Trail Blazers hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside and gradually took control of the situation on the court.

At the end of the first half, the Trail Blazers led the Mavericks by nine points at 55-46 going into halftime.

And Xue Ding played well in the first half, scoring 13 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists, and he had already cut a double-double in the half.

During the break, in the forum, many netizens were already optimistic that the Trailblazers would win this game again, because of the existence of Xue Ding.

"Xue Ding is really a real thigh, and after he returned to the court, the situation immediately became different, and he also expanded the lead."

"It seems that the cowboy is going to lose to Xue Ding again, what is Carlisle going to eat, why don't you defend Xue Ding in a targeted manner, this kind of game looks really hurt."

"Xue Ding has already cut two doubles in the half, and he is waiting for a wave to blow after the game."

"Keep your name on the tongs, come and dig the grave after the game."

"Carlisle is such a fool, everyone else is on Xue Ding, and he also pressed the main force on the bench, but Xue Ding was asked for in the penalty area, and he also sent so many assists, if he loses this game, he will definitely be the first to take the blame!"

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'The second half started and the players were back on the pitch. Sina live broadcaster Xiao Xiong said.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the main forces of both sides were exhausted, and the Mavericks' first offensive possession was scored by Nowitzki under the basket.

Then Xue Ding received the ball and quickly dribbled to the frontcourt, broke through to the paint area, and relied on the latter's layup in the face of Haywood's defense.

"Beep!"

Xue Ding fell heavily to the ground!