After his diagnosis, Ye Feng declined Dr. Jones' suggestion to stay and recuperate, insisting on returning to Portland with the team. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAfter all, this sprain is not very serious, Ye Feng still believes in Roberts's professional ethics, and the NBA requires injured players to wear formal clothes and sit on the bench in the game if they are not necessary, and they must not be absent without reason. In fact, even if there is no such rule, Ye Feng prefers to be with his teammates rather than lying on the hospital bed alone, whether he loses or wins, he hopes that he can witness it with his own eyes.

At the insistence of the coaching staff, the team had taken a special plane back to their home stadium overnight, and Ye Feng and Roberts had to take the team's escort to fly back to Portland by themselves. Ye Feng did not appear on the team's training ground the next afternoon, even if McMillan arranged only recovery training, and did not see Ye Feng's figure, Roy and others looked a little worried, but Roberts brought good news to everyone in time: Ye Feng had a slight sprain in his left ankle and needed to rest for a week. Everyone was relieved to hear that it was only one week, and it was fortunate that they had now got the match point for this series, otherwise they would have been even more worried.

McMillan had known about Ye Feng's injury the night before, so he didn't react in particular, but he wasn't as optimistic as his players. It's true that getting a match point means there's less pressure, but it's true that there have been teams in NBA history that have come back from 3-1 down to complete a comeback, and it's not time to take it lightly. Now that Ye Feng is absent, he can only put Outlo or Batum in the starting lineup. In McMillan's opinion, he is inclined to start Batum, because although Batum is also a rookie, he is also an all-round small forward, which can be said to be a weakened version of Ye Feng, as for Oterlo, if he is put in the starter, the team's bench lineup will lack a stable scoring point, which means that the main team needs to play longer.

There was not much time left for the Trail Blazers to prepare, and McMillan needed to unify his thoughts within the team as soon as possible, so after the training session, he deliberately left Batum and Outlaw behind, and unabashedly said his lineup for the next game. After listening to the coach's arrangement, Outlaw was a little disappointed, in his opinion, if Ye Feng was injured, the team's starting small forward must be in his bag, but he didn't expect the coach to choose another rookie. His frustration could be seen by even the fool, and McMillan had to elaborate on his considerations, so that Outlaw willingly accepted his arrangement. As for Batum, well, this guy is already a little out of the way, and he's bent on killing all sides in the next game.

However, McMillan's arrangement had nothing to do with Ye Feng, and he was depressed and recuperating in his apartment. He didn't tell his parents about the injury, he firmly believed that if he accidentally leaked his mouth, his mother would definitely take the earliest flight to Portland, and he couldn't afford to lose this person. On the evening of April 28, the fifth game of the series officially started, and this was also the first time that Ye Feng did not go to the locker room before the game, but sat down on the bench in a suit. In fact, Ye Feng is still very unhappy with this regulation of the league, it doesn't matter if he sits on the bench, what's the matter with wearing formal clothes? It's not comfortable at all, okay?

After seeing the team's starting lineup, Ye Feng was also taken aback, and the coach actually used Batum as the team's starting small forward. As a rookie selected in the same year, Ye Feng had great expectations for this young Frenchman, but soon his expectations turned into torture, I don't know if it was because he was too excited or something else, Batum was completely like a headless fly on the court, and he could only see him make mistakes, mistakes, and mistakes. Ye Feng had to cover his eyes, this was really torture, looking at Batum's lame performance, he couldn't wait to rip off the suit and tie on his body, put on the jersey and ask to play directly.

By the time McMillan wanted to change the lineup, it was too late, and the Trail Blazers dug themselves a huge hole in the first quarter, so big that Roy and Ade didn't fill it when they joined forces. The Rockets were leading by about 10 points throughout the game, and Ye Feng was in a hurry off the court, but his left ankle, which was wrapped like a dumpling, told him that he had to sit well in the chair, even if it was obvious that the team was going to lose. Looking at McMillan's frowning brows, Ye Feng smiled bitterly: It turned out that the most painful thing was not that the team was behind, but that he was watching the team fall behind on the sidelines but could not do anything. If he hadn't been injured, he could have attacked desperately with all his firepower, but now he could only watch from the sidelines, and he couldn't do anything.

After all, the Trail Blazers wasted a match point, and of course a home court, and the big score was 2-3 by the Rockets. There is no doubt that Batum should be the most responsible for this game, he did not play a role similar to Ye Feng at all, and he is not even a beggar version. Although the stats of 12 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists seem decent, Ye Feng knows that this guy has not brought much help to the team on both offensive and defensive ends. With repeated mistakes in passing on the offensive end and collapse on the defensive end, Batum still has a long time to practice and a lot to learn.

Batum's performance finally made up his mind to put Outlaw in the starting XI for Game 6 and then cut back on the bench. This is completely helpless, although there is still a match point, but the Trail Blazers can't afford to lose, if it is the regular season, of course, McMillan can continue to let Batum exercise more on the court, but now is the playoffs, there is no more time for him to squander. He knows that this will cause psychological damage to Batum, but this is something that cannot be helped, first of all, he has to think about the team, and secondly, if a player can't even get over such a mental barrier, there is no need to play professional basketball.

When the final whistle blew, Ye Feng limped onto the court on crutches, hugged each other with sweaty teammates, and comforted them with his body language, not caring at all that his suit had been made a mess by sweat. He knows that everyone is uncomfortable, including himself, and even more than his teammates, he can't do anything about the outcome of the game, no matter how much he wants to help the team win this game, he can't do it, it's an objective fact, even McMillan won't let him come back early because of a win.

Alas, when will this day be the head?