Chen pretended to sprain his ankle and made it to the bench, Nowitzki completely said goodbye to this game because of his long-standing Achilles tendon injury, and it is unknown when he will be able to return to the NBA.

Without the team's two main players, the Mavericks immediately fell into decline in the game against the Trail Blazers.

McCollum didn't play as aggressively as Lillard in this game, but his performance was normal. He has a strong sense of rhythm in his offensive with the ball, facing the defense of the veteran Barria, and continuously changing hands and dribbling left and right, and after each crotch, there seems to be a very short pause.

This small pause gives him more offensive options later, either by breaking through directly from the ball carrier, or by continuing to make a large forward change of direction or crotch change to start from the other side, which has both a dummy effect and a better reading of the defense.

When McCollum used his crotch to change hands to attack, the proportions of his long arms and legs were on full display, and Barria's arms and legs seemed to be a little shorter in comparison.

After the crotch dribble was switched to his left hand, McCollum had another very brief pause, and Barria immediately moved a step to his right, and at the moment he moved, McCollum jumped and shot directly on the spot.

Barria, who had been taken aback for a moment, immediately pounced on his feet, stretching out his arms as much as he could to defend.

Chen Zhi looked at Barria, who stretched out his arm and seemed to want to block McCollum, and couldn't help but laugh, his short arm couldn't even interfere with McCollum's vision, let alone block it.

McCollum was able to leap from the Trail Blazers bench player to the team's second leader, not by strong physical fitness, but by extremely silky feel, last season, McCollum's 41.7% three-point shooting rate ranked sixth in the league, if you take into account the average number of shots per game, and the proportion of three-point shooting after holding the ball, his ranking may have to rise, after all, he is the same ball-handling offensive point as Lillard in the Trail Blazers, not a simple three-point shooter.

Barria is extremely powerful, after all, he is a man who has completed the back-to-back defense against James, but against a player like McCollum, who has a height advantage and is extremely good at projection, his defense is basically useless.

After McCollum's goal easily found the net, the Trail Blazers had completed the lead.

Barria has an extremely obvious disadvantage on the defensive end, but Coach Carlisle did not directly replace Barria, the team lacks Chen Zhi, and Delon has just finished the game, Barria's breakthrough ability on the court is extremely important, in addition to him, the Mavericks' players who can control the ball firmly on the court are gone, and Barnes's possession of the ball is rare for more than two steps.

What's more, Barria's offensive role is still very obvious, holding the ball into the interior of the Trail Blazers after blocking and dismantling, although due to his height, there are not many opportunities to finish the offense directly under the basket, but his breakthrough can still involve the Trail Blazers defense. It's one of the few threats the Mavericks can pose to the Trail Blazers.

Barnes has become the only core of the Mavericks court at this time, but as the offensive core, he is basically a single player with the ball, and Chen Zhi's ability to create opportunities for his teammates is completely incomparable.

However, he is still conscientiously attacking, after receiving the ball, he basically dribbles one step, and then tries to step dry, rarely dribbles more than two steps, and after being taken care of, the opportunity to break through to the basket is even rarer, and his style of play, the efficiency is obviously not too high.

The Mavericks' score advantage was quickly reversed, and at the same time, the score difference was widening, Chen Zhi had no intention of playing, Carlisle finally couldn't sit still, walking back and forth on the sidelines, shouting defense at the players on the court from time to time!

Justin Anderson, Finney Smith and others were also rotated on the court for lineup attempts, but after these two very dynamic players came on the court at the same time, the Mavericks' space on the court became even narrower, and the ability to open up the space was seriously insufficient.

Chen Zhi couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the growing point difference, it was very uncomfortable to sit on the sidelines and watch the team lose, not to mention that his injury was still pretended.

"Coach, let me play!" There was not much time left in the fourth quarter, and Chen still felt that he should step up, so he asked Carlisle to play.

Carlisle looked at his ankle and shook his head very resolutely. Chen Zhi is the cornerstone and future of the Mavericks, and compared to Chen Zhi's health in losing a regular season game, there is no need to consider which is more important.

Since the team doctor suggested that it was best to rest, it was better for Chen Zhi to sit on the bench, he didn't want Chen Zhi to leave any health risks.

"It's okay, coach, I just twisted my foot slightly, it's not a big deal, it's completely fine now." Chen Zhi looked at Carlisle very earnestly and said.

At this time, he played, and there was still time to tie the score difference of the early tens, at least there was this possibility, after all, before Maddie scored 13 points in 35 seconds, who would believe it!

Carlisle looked at Chen Zhi's tenacious and persistent eyes, and couldn't help but feel relieved, this kid is really the best candidate as the core of the team, and he cares about victory and responsibility very much.

However, he still said more resolutely than Chen Zhi: "Don't worry, I have changed to the best defensive lineup in Dallas, although the offensive ability is insufficient, but it is not impossible to win if you play a good defensive counterattack, you can rest at ease!" ”

"I'm X!" Chen Zhi could only sigh when he heard this, it seems that he doesn't want to play in this game, and can only watch the game from the bench.

There is a price to be paid for the fraud.

The Trail Blazers didn't show mercy because of the unexpected injury to the Dallas Mavericks.

Lillard held the ball in his left hand, stretched out a finger in his right hand, pointed to the sky, and then pointed to his chest, obviously using shouting tactics, Chen Zhi paid attention to the tactical placement and running of the Trail Blazers on the court.

Chen Dao, who has studied Carlisle's tactical notes, is no stranger to various tactics, and when he saw that the four Trail Blazers except Lillard all fell on both sides of the restricted area, the No. 4 and No. 5 positions stood in the horn area, and the No. 2 and No. 3 players were deeper than the two big players No. 4 and No. 5, so I knew that the next step must be a zipper tactic, that is, through the lower cover, let the players run to the high post to receive the ball.

This is the same as UCLA, it is a tactical initiation, and many teams have this offensive starting style, but how the specific tactics will be executed, many teams are different.

Sure enough, McCollum quickly started running to the right high post under Plumlee's cover, and Lillard pretended to move to the baseline and passed the ball over as soon as McCollum reached the high post.

Plumlee's cover this time had already been noticed in advance, and the impact on Anderson was not very great, and McCollum did not show up for the attack.

However, Lillard had moved backwards after the pass and ran to the other three-point line, and Matthews followed, but was blocked halfway through, and No. 4 player Aminu made an off-ball cover for Lillard in the halfway point.

Lillard, who circled around, immediately got the vacancy, McCollum's pass was immediately in place, and after receiving the ball, Lillard, who was in the big gap, immediately jumped and shot.

Chen Zhi watched the details of the Trail Blazers' running and was not directly involved in the offense, but he also watched Crabbe's move to the bottom corner in Plumlee's next cover.

It was a successful run that not only Lillard, but also Crabbe in the bottom corner had a brief chance, but McCollum passed the ball to Lillard.

Probably because after the ball is in Lillard's hands, it can not only be projected, but also echoed with Aminu, who cut inside after the screen.

This tactic is good, Coach Stotts really has two brushes, not just a chicken soup coach, no wonder the position is so solid in the Trail Blazers.

After Lillard got an opportunity through tactics, he couldn't hit the ball, and in the rebounding battle, the basketball was knocked off the line by Barnes.

The Trail Blazers sent the ball to the front court and continued to attack.

Chen Zhi sat on the sidelines, looking at Lillard, who ran to his side and was about to find an opportunity to catch the ball outside of bounds, he couldn't play, and he could make some contributions to the team on the sidelines!

For example, a few trash words will make Lillard, who has begun to cool down, continue to shoot, and the Mavericks obviously prefer Lillard to attack rather than McCollum, who is gradually finding the touch that anyone can shoot the ball into.

"Lillard, that was a good tactic!" Chen Zhichao said to Lillard, who was very close to him.

Lillard turned his head to look at Chen Zhi when he heard this, and did not respond a little coldly, as if he had a gut feeling that the opponent would never give such a compliment, especially when the opposing team was behind in the score.

Sure enough, Chen Zhi immediately changed his words, "However, such a good vacancy opportunity can't be shot, I feel that you are more promising as a singer, and it is more suitable for you to take the NBA as a side hustle, what do you think!" ”

In the NBA league, there are many versatile players, among which the best singing is probably Lillard and Bosh, the latter is a contracted singer, the former claims to have the level of opening a solo concert, has released more than a dozen rap singles, and is well received.

At the same time, his creative talent is not bad, after missing the All-Star in a row, Lillard feels that he is seriously underestimated, and directly writes songs to satirize, and his musical talent is no worse than that of basketball.

Although Lillard is confident in his singing voice, he is a basketball player after all, and he obviously won't be happy to accept Chen's words.

After hearing Chen's words, Lillard immediately turned his head and glared angrily.

"I bet you'll miss the next shot!" Chen Zhi seemed to be blind to Lillard's sharp eyes.

"Damian, ignore him, you're deliberately interfering with you, don't talk too much with a guy who can't play!" McCollum, the second leader of the Trail Blazers on the side, always knew that Lillard was extremely competitive, so he quickly reminded him.

Chen Zhi held a towel in his hand and was also doing the work of killing the enemy on the bench, "I said McCollum, maybe when I get the championship trophy, you can interview me!" ”

McCollum is a journalism major, worked as a special correspondent for All-Star Weekend, and also worked as a radio host in Portland.

McCollum didn't expect that this guy from Huaxia seemed to know him and Lillard quite well, and immediately mocked: "It seems that you are a fan of me and Lillard!" Do I want to sign for you! "This guy is also very good at mocking.

"Fans? You're thinking too much! You two are typical of bad business, as NBA players probably know! Although it is a bit whimsical to spew a victory by mouth, Chen Dao, who is sitting on the bench, really doesn't mind chatting with the two of them more.

Even though Chen Zhi was still helping the Mavericks players on the court to share the pressure, the Trail Blazers still had the last laugh, Lillard and McCollum's firepower was not something that the Mavericks could withstand!

The Dallas Mavericks lost for the first time of the season and ended a four-game winning streak, but after the game, the attention of reporters was not at all on the outcome of the game, but on the injuries of Chen Zhi and Nowitzki.

It wasn't the Trail Blazers who beat the Mavericks, but injuries, and the injury was very minor, which is basically the interpretation of all the media, after all, the Mavericks were still in the lead before Chen Zhi and Nowitzki went off the court.

However, No's injury situation still brings a lot of worries to the Mavericks, after all, he is an important part of the Dallas Mavericks' tactical system, and his three-point ability is important for the Mavericks.

The visiting team's locker room, which won the game, was filled with laughter, and the loss of the game combined with the injury of the Nortian King made the atmosphere in the Dallas Mavericks a little heavy.

Chen Zhi didn't say anything more in the locker room, after all, this defeat was not actually a loss due to injuries as the media said, but Chen Zhi's intentional loss, which has a purpose, which is to expose the problem of being covered by victory.

The problem has always been hidden, that is, the hidden danger, and only by exposing it and solving it can the Mavericks make progress.

After the usual game, the Dallas Mavericks players have gone home to rest, but after today's loss, several young players of the Mavericks have not left.

"Hey, Seth, did you see Chen?" When all the veterans had left, Justin Anderson couldn't help but ask Curry Jr. when he saw that there was no Chen in the locker room.

Curry shook his head, "I didn't see him back when I went out just now, and I really haven't seen him for a while." ”

"He told us not to leave after the game, but he didn't show up, what the hell is this guy doing!"

Anderson said as he walked out of the locker room to look around at Chen's figure, and then he heard the faint sound of a basketball hitting the ground in the direction of the training room.

When several young members of the Mavericks appeared on the training ground, Chen Zhi was shooting three-point shots, and after seeing the ball in his hand, Chen Zhi caught the basketball from Zhou Jian and did not continue to shoot.

"There's only one three-point shot trick I'm going to share with you, work harder than others!"

Justin Anderson knew Chen Zhi the best, and couldn't help but say, "I have to practice more after the game, this is too paranoid!" ”

Chen Zhi casually turned the basketball on his fingertips, "If there is a shortcut to greatness, it is paranoia!" Dallas at four a.m., welcome paranoia! ”