Chapter 35: The Slump After Healing from Injury

The jump ball game between the two sides has officially begun!

Today's game Tyrek started and continued with Benno. Yudri partnered at the back, Omi. Cosby was the starting No. 3 because of Carl. Landry's Departure, Jason. Thompson and Samuel. Durham Porter started with DeMarcus Brown. Cousins was on the bench for this game.

On the Portland Trail Blazers side, Andre Brown. Miller and Wesley. Matthews was the starting backcourt, and Nicholas Nicholas. Batum and LaMarcus. Aldridge partners up front, Marcus. Camby is the starting centre-forward.

Tyrem Porter fought for the ball and passed it to Terec, and as soon as Tyrek received the ball, the fans erupted in earth-shattering cheers, and the audience danced with various banners and headshots, and everyone welcomed the pride of Sacramento!

Amid the shouts of the home fans, Tyrek drove the ball forward to face the veteran Andre who defended him. Miller, Tyrek is ready to try his craft.

Tyrek lowered his body, stared at old Miller, watched his footsteps, dribbled continuously with one hand, and then suddenly broke through to the left, Miller then moved sideways to the right to cut off Tyreco's breakthrough line, and then Tyric changed the ball from his left hand to his right hand, and his left foot exerted his force again, making a cross-step dribble to the right to change direction, Miller couldn't react and lost his defensive position!

Tyrek rushed directly into the restricted area, Miller chased from the sideways, and Aldridge in front of Tyrek stepped forward from the left high position to assist in the defense, at this time Aldridge was still one step away from Tyric, it stands to reason that Tyric could go directly to the basket, but Tyric hesitated! He knew that if he made a layup, there was a great probability that he would make physical contact with Aldridge, and Tyrek distributed the ball when he was close to the basket and gave it to Thompson in the high post, and Thompson took advantage of Aldridge's gap to help defend Tyrek and threw a shot directly and hit!

"Beautiful! The Kings take the lead! Tyrek's beautiful breakaway shot allows Jason to hit it easily! Napier shouted excitedly from the commentary seat.

However, although the goal was scored, Tyrek knew in his heart that he was now subconsciously afraid of injury! When he shook Miller away, he was already a little worried about whether he would hurt the plantar fascia and ankle if he used too much force, and Tyrek didn't do his best at that time, because Miller was too old and his athleticism was not strong enough to pass him with a cross step, if the defender's lateral speed was fast enough, Tyreek's breakthrough just now might not be able to pass the defender.

In the previous training, Tyrek thought that he could play like the first half of the season, but it was training after all, and now in the official game, in the face of high-intensity defense and fierce confrontation, Tyrek subconsciously hesitated, and he himself did not expect that the injury would bring unexpected pressure to his psyche.

Another offensive opportunity, Tyrek once again singled Miller at the top of the arc, made an inside and outside dribble with his left hand, successfully deceived Miller's center of gravity to the right side, and then broke through to the left, but when facing Camby on the inside, Tyrek hesitated again, he shot directly near the free throw line in the middle distance before Camby pounced, no! The rebound was confiscated by Aldridge!

As the game deepened, at first, everyone thought that Terek was connecting the team, looking for the feeling of playing, but later, people with discerning eyes saw that Terrick was a little tight, and some movements that needed to use core strength were not in place. At the same time, his hesitation can be clearly seen when he enters the interior line, and when facing interior defenders, he sometimes chooses a mid-range shot that he is not good at to finish the attack. On the defensive end, Tyrek is also obviously a little restrained in defense, and has been broken through by Miller Lao several times, just because Tyrek is not focused enough when defending, has too many ideas, and is worried about confrontation.

At the end of the first half, the Sacramento Kings trailed the Portland Trail Blazers by four points at 46-50, and Tyrek played 17 minutes, shooting only 2 of 10, scoring 5 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

"Jerry, judging from the first half, Tyrek, who has just returned, is obviously a little out of shape......"

"That's right, Grant, he's just recovered from his injury, so it may have had some impact, but judging from Tyreco's performance, he seems to have some scruples about his previous injury. It stands to reason that plantar fasciitis is not a serious illness and will not affect his athletic ability, and with more than a month of recovery, there is no problem with healing. Some players have plantar fasciitis, but they still play with injuries even if it's not very serious, and now Terrick is showing such a lack of confidence after such a minor injury, which makes people feel a little abnormal......"

As the courtside commentators of the two Sacramento Kings at home said, Terrick does have some scruples about injuries, but injuries of this magnitude are nothing for professional players, and Terek is as timid as he is recovering from a major injury.

It's no wonder that Terek, to be precise, this is actually the first time Terrick has encountered this kind of injury, plus his own memories of Tyrek. Evans has been plagued by injuries for a long time, and plantar fasciitis is also a cause of other injuries, all of which naturally made Terrick worried about injuries.

At halftime, back to the game in the third quarter, Tyrek was still playing with his hands, and every time he wanted to make a move, he would always think of the problem of injury, whether there would be a risk of injury with such strength, which would lead to a delay in breaking through and the timing of the ball, and his own characteristics could not be played, and the defensive end could not do his best, which made the Kings fall into passivity.

Good thing on the bench Marcus. Thornton stepped up again, his hot touch was continued, and he shot inside and out, so to speak, how to play, and some unreasonable shots were scored, and finally the Sacramento Kings narrowly defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 101-97 at home.

Tyrek played 28 minutes in the game, played only 11 minutes in the second half, and finished with a season-low eight points on 3-of-14 shooting, plus six rebounds, but his assists were a season-high 13, but accompanied by a whopping eight turnovers.

Thornton has won one of his four consecutive games since joining the Kings, and this game came off the bench for 30 minutes, shooting 13-of-16 from the field to set a new season scoring record and score 35 points. It can be said that Thorton contributed to the victory of the Kings in this game.

"Jerry, this game has finally been won, but Terek's performance is like that before the injury!"

"Yes, I also wonder how I played so ...... after playing for so many years, it wasn't a big injury Belch...... Soft?! ”

"Maybe it's because I didn't adapt to the first game, after all, I'm still young, but fortunately I won this game, let's watch the next game, today Terrick also got a season-high 13 assists, at least everyone can still see his ability......"