Chapter 307: Provocation
Roy's performance stumbled, but the Trail Blazers were quite smooth, although they would still lose the game helplessly against some teams that had completed reinforcements such as the Heat, and some teams that were already strong such as the Lakers, but at least they had the last laugh in most games and were firmly in the top three in the West. www.biquge.info What is surprising is that the top spot in the West is actually the Spurs, who have always liked to play in the back, maybe the experience of being eliminated by the Trail Blazers in the playoffs last season aroused their fighting spirit, right?
For the Trail Blazers, the third place in the West is already very good, although the team reached the Finals last season, the regular season record can only be ranked sixth in the West, of course, it has a lot to do with the wave of injuries they have suffered. But even with no injuries and no one expected them to finish in the top three in the West, it was clear that this season had given everyone a big surprise, and it looked like they still have what it takes to compete for a championship.
However, Roy still got the opportunity to rotate during this time, which is also to make him better for the next games. McMillan gave him more rest time out of love for him, and Roy knew the manager's good intentions, but he was still training desperately when he was resting, and he didn't treat it as a break at all. He had heard of Roy's crazy energy McMillan, and he once sternly warned Roy not to practice too much, Roy promised well, turned around and continued to go his own way, which also laid a hidden danger for his future.
On December 15, local time, after two rotational breaks, Roy followed the team to Dallas to challenge the Mavericks, which can be regarded as a strong dialogue in the West. Judging from the starting lineups of both sides, it is basically a needle-to-needle, and the characteristics of each position are similar. This time McMillan put Roy on the starting lineup again, but he didn't plan to give him more playing time, the Mavericks' scoring guard Stevenson is a bull who dares to argue with James, although his statistics are not very good, but he is a good hand at trash talk and small actions on the court, James has expressed his dislike for him in public more than once, but Stevenson still goes his own way.
This time, it's Roy's turn to face this guy.
Stevenson is old, he was the 23rd pick in the first round in 2000, but he was an obscure little man early in his career, reaching his peak until his time with the Wizards. Of course, what made him famous to the world is the feud between him and James, who said of James before the Wizards' game against the Cavaliers in the first round of the 2007-08 playoffs: "He's definitely overrated, the Cavaliers have villains." The remarks angered not only the fans but also James, and the two began to compete with each other in the series, engaging in trash talk outside the arena, with James' friend Jay-Z even writing a song to insult Stevenson.
Even after leaving the Wizards, Stevenson showed no signs of getting better, he still had the same big mouth as he did back then, and he liked to chatter on the court and use all kinds of small tricks to drive the players who were playing against him crazy. However, I have to admit that this guy still has some strength, his toughness on the defensive end is exactly what the Mavericks need on the outside, and his fixed-point three-point shot on the offensive end can also help the team.
As soon as the game began, Roy sensed Stevenson's malice, he didn't know if it was his own idea or the coach's instructions, but he just followed him every step of the way, and then spat trash like a machine gun. Ye Feng was a little unscrupulous, he repeatedly deliberately forced the Mavericks' players to change defenses when he was holding the ball, but Stevenson ignored this and still stuck to Roy like a piece of kraft candy.
Roy was a little annoyed by Stevenson's arguably dirty defense, but he still ran out of position and raised his hand for the ball. However, when Ye Feng's pass just reached his hand, Stevenson appeared at his side again, using various parts of his body to stop Roy's next move, and his mouth was still dry, hoping to defend by provoking Roy.
Roy struggled to suppress his anger, turned around with the ball, dribbled under his crotch, changed his center of gravity, shook off Stevenson and shot directly outside the three-point line, but unfortunately the basketball smashed out of the frame and the rebound was collected by Chandler. Roy shook his head and hurried to his own halfcourt, but Stevenson was still next to him, as if the Mavericks' offense had nothing to do with him, and his only task was trash talk.
"God, I deliberately didn't guard against you just now, and you didn't throw it in, if I reached out, wouldn't I have to take your hat out of the sideline?"
"My grandmother can see through your ball-handling skills, and I just did it on purpose to give you space to shoot......"
"I bet you don't want to score again in this game in front of me, what yellow mamba? It's just a dead snake......"
Roy pushed away Stevenson with a blank face and accelerated to the backcourt. He was really annoyed by this guy, Roy's mood was not very good during this time, and those negative energies were just suppressed by him in the bottom of his heart, but now he feels a little uncontrollable.
After Nowitzki hit a shot, the Trail Blazers made a free throw, which had nothing to do with Roy, and he turned around and ran towards the Mavericks' half, with another man hanging by his side, Stevenson. Ye Feng rarely dribbles the ball through half the court by himself, and this task is generally Miller's, so he has enough time to observe Roy's condition. When Ye Feng saw that he was harassed by Stevenson again, he unceremoniously squeezed between the two of them, and whispered to Stevenson: "Keep your mouth clean, your ball skills should be as sharp as your mouth, I guess you would have won the championship a long time ago, right?" ”
Stevenson didn't talk back, he knew that trash talk didn't help Ye Feng, and his target was still Roy. Ye Feng couldn't follow Roy all the time, and after he spewed a trash word at Stevenson, he went to participate in the team's offense. Stevenson smiled disdainfully and began to make noise in Roy's ears again, and it was not the same, it really didn't waste all his years of career.
Roy simply let his teammates go four-on-four, and he just looked at Stevenson coldly, with anger in his eyes that couldn't be hidden. If he didn't foul someone on the court, he really wanted to punch this disgusting face and knock all this guy's trash talk back into his stomach, no wonder James was bored with him, this guy was so badly beaten!