When he saw Roy at the hotel where he stayed, Ye Feng was a little surprised, because Roy's physical condition seemed to be in good condition, and he was not blessed because he was absent. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 This is not easy for a player with a foot injury, after all, you can't ask him to do recovery training in the gym or anywhere else every day, and the reason for being able to maintain this body is that there are strict and even strict requirements for dietary intake.

Looking at Ye Feng with a surprised face, Roy smiled, took the initiative to hug him, and whispered: "You can continue to play according to your ideas, don't worry about me, I'll follow the substitute lineup to find a state first." ”

Ye Feng nodded and didn't say anything. In fact, he had already guessed Roy's thoughts, and the head coach would not directly let him play as a starter. For Roy, getting back to his former form is the most important thing at the moment, as the Trail Blazers need him to contribute to the team. Although it is now leading 3-1, the Suns are still a strong team, and the Trail Blazers are only one step away from counterattacking, which contains many factors, but the real strength is really difficult to compare with the Suns. It's different after Roy's comeback, as long as he can play at the level he had before, no, seventy or eighty percent, then it won't be a fool's dream for the Trail Blazers to reach the semifinals again. Continue to let Ye Feng control the ball, firstly, he will still maintain the strength of the first battle, and secondly, Roy will also get more freedom in the bench lineup.

However, during the warm-up before the game, Ye Feng found that the injury still had a certain impact on Roy, and many of his habitual warm-up actions were ignored, and those movements would put a lot of load on his legs. Obviously, regardless of Roy's medical diagnosis, at least he himself consciously began to protect his ankles and knees, and Ye Feng wondered if he could really quickly forget about his injuries.

But in any case, Roy will definitely play, and that's what McMillan meant. In the dressing room, he bluntly said to all the players: "This game is going to be tough, it's not like I'm alarmist, because we're going to use this game to run in, yes, you heard it right, it's just a run-in. Brandon's return from injury has given me more confidence, but now he can't contribute to the team like he used to. He's going to need time to get used to it, but I'm sure he'll be back in 100 per cent form soon to help us reach the Western Conference semifinals again." So the most important thing in this game is to help Brandon get back into shape, and of course, it would be great to beat the Suns on this basis. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and almost everyone heard the subtext of the head coach: the outcome of this game was not as important as expected, and it was permissible to strategically abandon this series in order to help Roy regain his form. No one spoke out against it, including Ye Feng, because the head coach does have his reasons for doing this, what Roy needs most now is time, and the most important thing for the Trail Blazers is time, after all, there is only one game left to advance directly, and Roy in 100% state has undoubtedly added a very heavy weight to the Trail Blazers' playoff journey.

And you do need time to rest, which doesn't mean you can play soy sauce on the pitch, but it's true that you don't have to play as hard as you did in the previous games. In fact, players who make it to the playoffs are under more pressure and fatigue than ever before during the regular season, and if some adjustments and compromises are not made properly, they may indeed be able to play better, but they will inevitably pay a heavier price. And this season's Trail Blazers can't stand the toss, and if the main lineup breaks out again, they can roll up and go home early.

Having said that, McMillan still fielded almost exactly the same starting lineup as in the previous game, only replacing Fernandez with Batum as the team's number two. Batum doesn't mind, he's only a flanker in height anyway, but his skills and style are perfectly suited to the backcourt. In fact, this is also McMillan's care for Roy, because in this way, Fernandez can take on the responsibility of playmaking in the second team, giving Roy more time and opportunities to get back to his senses.

McMillan's idea was good, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. I don't know if it's because Suns fans also knew what happened at the Rose Garden Arena in the last game, but the drumming at the American Airlines Center sounded much louder than the first and second games, and the Trail Blazers players were caught off guard. In the first quarter, only Miller, Camby and Ye Feng were able to play normally, Miller and Camby because they had been in the league for many seasons, and this was just a small scene for them, while Ye Feng was because he put all his energy into organizing the offense, so it didn't matter if he had a hand or not.

The first to break out in the Suns is still Richardson, Ye Feng even subconsciously thinks that this guy will not be as strong as he beats the Trail Blazers, in the first four games, almost every game Richardson was able to contribute very beautiful statistics, and his strong containment on the outside made the combination of Nash and Stoudemire more powerful. So when the two sides coincidentally changed to the bench lineup, the Trail Blazers were behind in the score, and the most important thing they should do now is to fill in this hole first, and in the end, it is not too late to decide who loses and who wins in the fourth quarter!

But the problem now is that most of the Trail Blazers' shots are given to Roy, and only occasionally some are given to others. As a player who has just returned from injury, how can he score as soon as he comes on the court? It took some getting used to, but Roy took too long for a game, and not only did he not help the team close the gap, but instead allowed Frye and Dudley to further widen the gap by hitting consecutive irons.

In fact, Roy has nothing to hack, he wants to do his best to help the team score, which is not wrong, but as the so-called speed is not enough, the more he wants to quickly find his form, the deeper he falls into the circle of iron. This is not a good thing, but it is the pain that he must go through to return, Ye Feng looked at Roy who continued to run the field with some sympathy off the field, and sighed secretly in his heart:

"In this game, let's win less than lose, at least we earned a Roy, didn't we?"