Chapter 297: Fighting Alone

What is a teammate?

In team sports, teammates are the ones you can rely on in your toughest moments. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 InfoIn NBA history, even the most powerful superstars like Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jordan couldn't reach their ultimate heights without the support of their teammates. After all, basketball is a five-person sport, and one person is strong enough to make the whole team achieve high achievements, of course, players must have priority and secondary, but this does not mean that "second" is not helpful to "master".

Now Ye Feng has fallen into a situation where there is no helper, Camby and Aldridge can only play a secondary offense under the basket, Miller and Batum simply can't find any opportunities on the outside, and the Trail Blazers' offense is basically on Ye Feng alone. McMillan knew how difficult it was, so at halftime, he specially asked the team doctor to give Ye Feng a massage to reduce physical fatigue as soon as possible. This is also the practice of every team, not only to replenish energy at halftime, but also to restore physical strength, food and massage are essential, and Ye Feng is obviously qualified to be the first player to receive a massage.

McMillan has nothing to say about Ye Feng's performance, and he can't even pick out the thorn in the 32 points at halftime. Although the shooting percentage is a bit low, it is also caused by the strong defense of the Celtics, and the team needs him to score, and it is good to be able to step up.

He glanced at Ye Feng, turned his head to the others and said, "I know everyone played hard in the first half, but 12 points is not a desperate gap. Ye has played very well, I can't ask him to do more, in the second half I want you to run more aggressively, create space for yourself and your teammates to shoot, don't let Ye fight alone, he survived the first half, do you want to hold out the second half? As a Trail Blazers player, each of us has a responsibility to take responsibility. ”

In fact, Ye Feng has wanted to say these words for a long time, it is cool to score alone, but it is really too tired, especially when the opposite side is still the Celtics, who are known for their defense, it is really so tired that it is not as good as a dog. However, as a player, it is not good for him to say it so bluntly, even if he is already the de facto tactical core and number one star of the team. Now that the manager himself said those words, he was greatly relieved on the side, presumably he could rest in the second half.

But he clearly underestimated the strength of the Celtics. They were indeed stunned by the Trail Blazers' running at the start of the second half, but quickly recovered and restarted their very targeted defense that was not much different from the first half. Originally, the Trail Blazers played a wave of 8-0 small climax of the opponent, thinking of taking the opportunity to narrow the score, but the Celtics did not give them a chance, and still adopted the strategy of letting Ye Feng play alone and preventing others from dying.

In order not to let the Trail Blazers' running lead to the offensive and defensive rhythm of the game, Rivers switched to a very athletic lineup. Forget about the inside, the Celtics' interior line comes and goes, or Garnett and Wallace are more reliable at the same time, as for the outside line, Rivers replaced Nate Robinson and Marquis Daniels after playing half a quarter with the Big Three, plus the main control Rondo who did not go down. The duo is very athletic, with Daniels and Rondo in charge of defending the perimeter, while Robinson uses his chaotic nature to go on a scoring spree.

Facing a nobody like Daniels, Ye Feng was a little uncomfortable. Pierce is indeed experienced, but this guy is a star no matter how he is, and he is destined to enter the Hall of Fame, in other words, he has "idol baggage" on him, and he can't be entangled with a dead face. Daniels doesn't have this kind of baggage, for him, defense is the foundation of his foothold, he can defend against Ye Feng, and it doesn't matter how many times he fouls, anyway, he is just an insignificant little person. But it was such a little person who made Ye Feng have nowhere to get angry, and it was a technical foul if he didn't get angry.

In the second half of the third quarter, Ye Feng only shot 2 of 6, which was obviously not enough to support the Trail Blazers' offense, but another person on the team was active, and that was Batum. Robinson Garondo is obviously a two-point guard lineup, and as a shooting guard, Batum has a huge height advantage, and he frequently asks for the ball from the outside, and his shooting percentage is not low. But the Trail Blazers still lost by 3 points in the entire third quarter, for the simple reason that Batum did not have the explosive scoring ability of Robinson, and he was better at scoring points in a long stream, which was of little use to the Trail Blazers who were in a hurry to chase points.

On the Celtics' side, Robinson became the leading scorer in a single quarter, and I don't know how he can contain such a huge amount of energy in such a small body. The Trail Blazers' offensive and defensive rhythm is actually Robinson's favorite, he is a master of chaos, and the happier the two sides play, the more opportunities he has. And Robinson's technique has no obvious shortcomings, whether it is a breakthrough or a three-point shooting, there are two brushes, the only drawback is that he likes to go it alone and does not like to pass. However, it was Rondo who played alongside him in the backcourt, which made up for his shortcomings to a certain extent.

In desperation, Ye Feng continued to start individual singles in the fourth quarter, but his efforts were insignificant for the Celtics. While insisting on defending Ye Feng one-on-one, they continued to cut off Ye Feng's passing route, even if the opposing defender was blown up by Ye Feng, anyway, they didn't help defend or wrap up, and they didn't let you bring your teammates up. Generally speaking, when leading by nearly 20 points in the fourth quarter, most teams will start to slack off, and the coach will also replace the bench to play the rest of the time, but the Celtics are different, they are extremely cautious, and never despise any opponent, they know that as long as the Trail Blazers are given a chance, this point difference is likely to be erased, so no matter how tired you are now, you must do your best to prevent the opponent in the fourth quarter, and put your physical strength aside first!

In the end, Ye Feng scored 47 points, which was also his highest score in a single game in the playoffs, but it didn't help because the Trail Blazers lost 90-112 to the Celtics on their home court, and the big score fell behind 1-3. The Celtics' defensive strategy is outstanding, except for Ye Feng, only Batum and Miller scored double-doubles, and the other most points were Aldridge's 8 points, how could the Trail Blazers not lose?

It's true that no one in the Celtics scored more than 20 points, but all nine of their players scored, and six scored in double figures, with Pierce scoring a team-high 18 points, and the other double-doubles were Garnett, Ray Allen, Robinson, Wallace and Rondo, and it can be said that they played a high-level team offense and defense. Perhaps the Trail Blazers have come to the end of their season this season.