On January 28, Chen Shu followed the Suns to Moda Center Arena in Portland, Oregon, where they will play an away game against the Trail Blazers.

Coincidentally, the Suns, who have just experienced a three-game winning streak, currently have an 8-9 record and are currently ranked 9th in the West, while the Trail Blazers just lost to the Warriors and are currently in 10th place with a record of 7 liters and 10 losses. The strength of the two teams can be said to be at the same level.

The Trail Blazers were a powerhouse from the time they joined the NBA until 2004, winning their first playoff appearance under Bill Wharton in 1976-77. Since then, the Trail Blazers have maintained their status as a powerhouse in the West, and in the 1989-90 season, the Trail Blazers once again reached the Finals, losing to the "Bad Boys" Pistons. In the 1991-92 season, the Trail Blazers reached the Finals again, losing to the Bulls. From 1990 to 2004, the Trail Blazers entered the playoffs every year, especially in the 2000 Western Conference Finals, the Trail Blazers and Lakers battled seven games to become a classic.

But between 04~09 years, failed to enter the playoffs for 5 consecutive seasons, reduced to the belly of the West, although in 09~11 years for 3 consecutive years into the playoffs, it is a pity that all the first-round tours, in the past three years, in the first round met the Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks, and finally eliminated 2-4 in the first round.

Last season, Roy was injured and sidelined, and under the leadership of Aldridge, the core of the team, the Portland Trail Blazers played a very tough season, not only did they reach a career-high 21.8 points and 8.8 rebounds, but the Trail Blazers also entered the playoffs with the sixth place in the West.

And before the start of this season, the talented guard Blanton Rose had to choose to retire because of a knee injury in his eyes, but Aldridge, who killed all sides last season, has not been able to find his own rhythm due to injury problems, and so far this season, there is only 18+7 data. With the overall squad of the team not bad, there are only 7 wins in 17 games so far.

The team has gone from being a spoiler in the West to a belly in the West like the Suns. There was nothing remarkable about this game, and Aldridge, the heart of the team, did not play due to injury.

The Suns with the momentum of 3 consecutive wins, under the leadership of Chen Shu, established a big lead early, while the Trail Blazers are just the opposite, the only A-level star Aldridge is suspended, although the Trail Blazers still have Wesley Matthews, Crawford, Gerard Wallace at the end of his career and the up-and-coming French Pippen Batum four B-level players, but although the Trail Blazers are playing at home, they have no desire to fight at all, and finally the Suns defeated the leaderless Trail Blazers 97-80.

In this game, Chen Shu had a bad hand, only 7 of 18, 2 of 8 three-pointers, 2 of 3 free throws, and scored 18 points. With the lead established early, Chen Shu didn't have time to use the skills of the trash talk king, and the Trail Blazers gave up early to help the team win. Gortat had 28 points, 16 rebounds and 2 blocks, Morris had a triple-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds, Hill had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Brown had 9 points, Dudley had 7 points, and Telfair had 5 points and 5 assists.

The Trail Blazers, who had no desire to fight, did not play well, Wesley Matthews had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Jamal Crawford had 14 points and 3 assists, and Nicolas Batum had 15 points and 4 rebounds.

The only bright spot in the game in this factory is Raymond Felton, who only has a C+ evaluation, scoring a team-high 23 points and 5 assists, and Felton caused a lot of trouble for Chen Shu with his weight and strength, causing Chen Shu to be slow to find his rhythm on the offensive end.

After the game, the league released last week's Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week.

Not surprisingly, the Eastern Conference Player of the Week is James, who had a best-of-3 record of 3 games last week, scoring 24.6 points, 6.5 assists, 7.1 rebounds and 1.7 steals while shooting 54% from the field.

The Western Conference Weekly Championship was given to Kevin Durant, the star of the Thunder, who averaged an astonishing 34.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, shooting 51% from the field.

James and Durant have dominated the charts regularly this season, winning several Weekly and Monthly Awards.

The rookie of the week in the East is still Irving, who lost 3 games and 3 last week, and Irving averaged 24.2 points, 5.4 assists, 2.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 2.3 turnovers per game, shooting 46% from the field. Although the Cavaliers lost 3 games and 3 losses, the evaluation of the best rookie often only looks at the data, not the team's record, because the rookie can rarely influence the game, so the record will not be included in the selection of the best rookie.

The Western Conference Rookie of the Week is Chen Shu, who won the Rookie of the Week honor for the first time, and although his stats were on par with Irving during the Bulls period, he did not receive the attention of the league.

Last week, Chen Shu played 3 games for the Suns and won 3 games. The first game was against the Knicks, Chen Shu played 23 minutes off the bench, 9-of-15, 5-of-8 three-pointers, 2-of-2 free throws, and scored 26 points, 7 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 turnover.

In the second game against the Cavaliers led by Irving, Chen Shu started 31 minutes, also 9 of 15, 6 of 10 three-pointers, 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 27 points, 9 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 3 turnovers.

In the third game against the Raptors, Chen Shu started 38 minutes, shooting 16 of 26, 9 of 16 from 3 points, and 3 of 4 from the free throw line, scoring 44 points, 11 assists, 5 rebounds, 5 turnovers and 1 steal.

In three games, Chen Shu averaged 32.3 points, 9 assists, 3.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 3 turnovers per game, shooting 60.7% from the field and 58.8% from three-point range. This is a bit scary, this is not the data of the best rookie, this seems to be the data of the best player in the league, but in fact, it is not surprising that Chen Shu has such data, the first three teams against are famous fish belly in the league, Chen Shu did not encounter strong defenders, and Chen Shu has the skills of a trash talk king who ignores defense every game, giving Chen Shu's three-point shooting rate a great bonus.

To say that with Chen Shu's explosive performance, he can win last week's Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week, but the league will not do this, the priority is of course their local players, not to mention a superstar like Durant, and in the past two years, Durant has grown into a player who can compete with James.

After Bryant suffered several major injuries, the peak has passed, and the league is looking for a new rival for James, and Durant's growth is what the league wants to see. This season's rivalry over James and Durant, the league's No. 1 small forward, has been the subject of league hype.