151 The Road of Thorns (4)

"Jin, can you fucking use your brain?"

After requesting a timeout, when Jin Feng walked to the sidelines, Popovich pointed his finger at his head and sprayed at Jin Feng. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

This scene was beyond everyone's expectations, including Jin Feng, including the Spurs bench, including everyone who followed this game!

"Damien does have good singles ability, but so what, it's not a reason for you to be stupid, to be in front of the opponent, dashing the back dribble and making a layup, I'm ashamed of you, okay, you don't have to play this game anymore"

Popovich's wild spraying did not stop, but continued until Jin Feng sat on the bench.

At this moment, the entire Spurs bench, the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

And Jin Feng has a "bleak" complexion, is he tired because of serious physical exertion? Or for some other reason, it's unknown.

Murray beside him handed Jin Feng a towel and motioned for Jin Feng to wipe his sweat!

After Jin Feng took the towel with his hand, he covered his face, then tilted his head and reclined on the seat!

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Popovich's sudden frenzy also made the other players of the Spurs look unnatural at this time, after all, the team is behind, in the final analysis, it is not Jin Feng's fault alone, they are afraid that Popovich will suddenly spread fire on them.

Therefore, at this time, they all lowered their heads and listened carefully to Popovich's arrangement.

"A familiar but unfamiliar scene, Greg harshly criticized China Jin, this scene, we have seen it many times in the past games, but it can be seen that the old man is really angry this time......"

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Popovich really "did what he said", and until the end of this game with the Trail Blazers, he did not give Jin Feng even a second of playing time.

And in the end, with Leonard not playing well all the time and the Trail Blazers regaining the hot touch of the first quarter in the fourth quarter, the Spurs lost to the Trail Blazers 99-104 at home.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, Jin Feng also stood up, quickly left the bench, and walked to the locker room, and his expression can be called "expressionless".

In the locker room, Jin Feng didn't stay too long, but quickly changed his clothes and left directly.

Half an hour later, the Spurs' home locker room was almost gone, leaving only Popovich and chief assistant coach Messina.

"Ettore, would you be interested in going for a drink together?" Popovich said to Messina with a smile.

"Have a drink? Greg, are you sure? ”

Messina was a little dumbfounded by Popovich's sudden proposal, or conversion.

"What's wrong? Man, just going for a drink together, what's the problem"

"Okay, Greg, of course that's fine, it's just that I'm worried about your state"

"Do you mean losing? Haha, old man, it's just a regular season game"

"Greg, in that case, to be honest, I don't think you should be like that to China Jin, we all know what this kid is going through"

"Man, of course I know what China Jin is going through, and I know what I'm doing, but so what, who told you that the process is limited to the game?"

"Listen, to grow into a true superstar, you have to have all the qualities of a superstar, and this kid is still far from it," Popovich patted Messina on the shoulder, signaling that it was time to go.

"Of course, you can choose to comfort that little guy now, but you have to think about whether you really should do this or not?" Glancing at Messina, who was still a little munt, Popovich said again.

"Okay, pray for the little one" Messina breathed a sigh of relief after staring at Popovich for a moment.

"Greg, I'm curious, what is Jin doing at this time, or rather, how will he spend all the time until the next fight?"

"Soak in the training gym ........."

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As Popovich secretly guessed, after Jin Feng drove away from the AT&T center, he did not return directly to the apartment, but went directly to the training hall and immediately started training.

Shooting, breaking, defensive actions, dunking, for more than two hours, Jin Feng barely rested, and his whole body was already covered with sweat.

It wasn't until the training hall was supposed to close that Jin Feng left with his exhausted body.........

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When people are expecting the Chinese Jin who performed very well in the Christmas game and the previous games, to continue to play the highlight in the game against the Trail Blazers.

The next day, the Spurs lost to the Trail Blazers at home, China Jin was sluggish throughout the game, and China Jin was sprayed by Popovich, but what was shown in front of people was such news.

Many people looked back at the video of the game and were a little stunned.

"China Jin's performance is so miserable?"

This has become a question for many fans.

"It's just one game, and there are times when superstars are in a slump, and in the next game, Jin Feng will definitely rebound"

Jin Feng, who is mainly a die-hard fan of Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean, said optimistically.

However, on January 2, 2017, Beijing time, the Spurs visited Atlanta to face off against the Hawks, known as the "Eastern Spurs".

Jin Feng played 11 minutes in the game, scored 5 points on 2-of-7 shooting, and made a total of 5 turnovers (a career high), and his performance was still struggling.

Although the Spurs finally defeated the Hawks 108-104, according to the official statistics after the game, Jin Feng's PER (win-loss value) was --11! Obviously, Jin Feng didn't contribute much to the team's win.

"Jin Feng can bounce back in the next game, Popovich gave Jin Feng too little playing time in this game, and Jin Feng will definitely perform well after the game"

At this time, there are still many fans who choose to believe Jin Feng...

On January 4, Beijing time, the Spurs played at home against the Toronto Raptors, and in this game, Popovich gave Jin Feng 17 minutes of playing time.

Jin Feng scored a total of 8 points in 17 minutes of 3-point shooting, and it seems that his score has rebounded from the last game.

However, take a look at Jin Feng's performance on the defensive end, he was directly beaten by the opponent into a shooting foul and had a total of 2 fouls in the whole game, and sent 5 fouls!

"Jin Feng, we still believe in your ......"

"Brother Feng, keep fighting"

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Maybe this is the difference between die-hard loyalists and road fans, but looking at the number, it is much less than before.

"Chinese Jin is just a substitute for San Antonio"

"After all, Chinese still can't become superstars in the NBA, either because of injuries or limited ceilings..."

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Finally, on January 6, Beijing time, the Spurs defeated the Nuggets 100-97 away, Jin Feng played 18 minutes in the game, shot 3 of 9, and scored 7 points.

Indeed, it is time to be questioned, and it is really abnormal to be in a slump for four consecutive games in more than a week.........