Ye Feng thought that he had put Leonard on a very high level, but he didn't expect Leonard's performance to be even better than expected. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Although he learned from Bowen, Leonard's defense is very clean, and this cleanliness also makes Ye Feng a little crazy.

Because you don't have much to play with, it looks like Leonard's defense is average, nothing more than staying in position, constantly interfering, reaching out to seal the opponent's eyes when shooting, or blocking outright, but the effect is surprisingly good. If it weren't for Ye Feng's ball control skills, it would be normal for him to be stealed directly, and Leonard had two good interception opportunities in the first half of the first quarter, but fortunately, Ye Feng's quick reaction allowed him to escape his claws.

However, in stark contrast, Ye Feng has much less pressure on the defensive end. First of all, Leonard's position on the team means that he doesn't have many shots, and secondly, he himself focuses most of his energy on the defensive end and is not that keen on scoring.

Such a player is undoubtedly the dream of every coach, who does not possess the ball, is tough defensively, has a good attitude, is willing to do the dirty work, and does not complain about anything. Originally, Popovich liked George Hill very much, and only agreed to trade Hill for Leonard after repeated recommendations from Buford, but now it looks like a good deal, at least giving the Spurs another reliable outside defensive gate.

Leonard's tough defense has aroused Ye Feng's competitive spirit, and although he has appeared as the team's offensive playmaker for most of the past few seasons, and often steals the job of point guard, he is actually just unwilling to steal the limelight from his teammates, especially on the offensive end. If he plays at his best, averaging 31.1 points per game is definitely not his end, and he may be able to repeat Kobe's previous achievement of averaging 35+ per game in a single season.

In order to defeat Leonard head-on, Ye Feng did not hesitate to take over the team's shot, and his teammates had no objection to his approach, Ye Feng himself is the sharpest knife of the Trailblazers, since he wants to get Leonard first, then let him go, maybe he can force the Spurs' defense to expand out.

In fact, if Ye Feng has the height of Durant, it is easy to beat Leonard, and he only needs to dodge the space and directly pull out the jump shot on the outside. But in fact, this is not good, Leonard's height is only 2 cm shorter than him, this is a gap that can be directly ignored, even if Ye Feng is very confident in his shooting, but he can't just pull it out in front of Leonard, in that case, nine times out of ten it will be covered.

However, Ye Feng's handling method is still very simple and rude, he is ready to constantly use feints to shake off Leonard's defense, and then directly use the gap to score inside. He didn't believe that with his speed, the other party would be able to catch up after passing Leonard.

But soon Ye Feng found out that this was also a difficult task, Leonard's defensive habits were very good, always keeping in front of him, his eyes were staring at Ye Feng's toes, obviously not letting go. This is also what Popovich specially told him before the game, Ye Feng let him shoot if he wants to, just interfere with it with all his might, but can't let him break through, with the sharpness of Ye Feng's breakthrough, it is easy to break up the Spurs' defensive system and create opportunities for others to play.

In desperation, Ye Feng could only choose a strong burst, although it was very physically exhausting, but in the case that the feint was useless, the strong burst was the best choice.

It seems that Ye Feng and Leonard are about the same size, but in fact, Ye Feng has a lot of strength, and sometimes he can even single the interior of other teams with his back in the low post, so when he squeezed past Leonard and forced his way forward, Leonard had no way at all.

But just as Ye Feng was about to continue to go to the basket, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, Ye Feng couldn't stop the car anymore, and hit it head-on, and the attack came to an abrupt end. Of course, this was to blow the defender to block the foul, but Ye Feng took a look at it and was stunned, it was Leonard who had just collided with him.

Almost everyone thought that Leonard's blocking foul was stupid, and even the commentators on the Spurs scene couldn't help but complain a few words, but Ye Feng felt a chill all over his body. He has always believed that defending is not a matter of ability, but of attitude, and now Leonard has shown that attitude. Although he knew that it must have been a foul, he rushed to Ye Feng without hesitation to stop his attack, just not letting you score easily.

Ye Feng recognizes Leonard's attitude on the defensive end, but recognition does not necessarily mean recognition. If Ye Feng is coaxed in the face of Leonard's stalking, the Spurs are the clear winners, as they traded out the opposing main player with a role player.

In the next game, Ye Feng deliberately looked for Leonard as long as he held the ball, and it was his style to face difficulties. Although he knows this will allow Leonard to mature faster and become one of his bitter opponents in the near future, he will have to show his attitude in order to beat the Spurs.

Ye Feng's performance also inspired his teammates, especially the combination of Aldridge + Oden on the inside, who had a faint anti-guest posture on the offensive end. And this pair is indeed a good partner with one offense and one defense, although they still can't stop the old Duncan and Dior when defending, but they have played their own characteristics when attacking, whether it is Aldridge's jump shot or Oden's back single, it is quite powerful.

And the disadvantages of the Spurs' lack of recuperation time after the seven-game tiebreaker finally showed, and Popovich had to use a lot of rotation in order to ensure the physical strength of the starters. But McMillan doesn't play this with you, the Trail Blazers are a youth army, and most of the rotation is in their playing years, and they have enough rest before the Western Conference Finals, so a lot of the time the Trail Blazers are the main team against the Spurs' bench.

Although the Spurs could still compete with the Trail Blazers in the first quarter, the Trail Blazers played a wave of 12-0 climax at the beginning of the second quarter, falling behind by double digits in just over three minutes, and the Spurs never approached the score since. In the end, the Spurs lost by 13 points at 99-112 and lost their first home game, which was a big blow for them.

After all, the regular season record ranking is a battle for a home-court advantage, and a loss of the first game by the Spurs means that the number of home games on both sides will be the same in the next six games, and the so-called home-court advantage will no longer exist.