Chapter 298: Come back next season
The second home court was not held, and the whole team of the Trailblazers was discouraged, except for Ye Feng. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info If you are not very familiar with him, no one knows that he is a person who is very ruthless to himself, for example, in this situation, a blind person can see that the Celtics are irreversible in winning the championship, but Ye Feng is not reconciled, his idea is very simple: You win the championship is your business, what I want to do is my business, even if you can win the cup, I will bite off a piece of your meat.
Therefore, before the start of the fifth game, he was the most energetic in the team's training, meticulous in all projects, and continued to practice on his own after the end, as if it was the Trail Blazers who were about to win the championship with a 3-1 lead. At first, it was not that no one was puzzled, and even privately thought that Ye Feng was pretending, but more and more players began to consciously follow Ye Feng to train hard and prepare for the next games.
Everyone knows that the team's hope of winning is very slim, but Ye Feng's attitude makes them ashamed of themselves, how can any team surrender directly before the game? No matter how bad it is, we have to let the opponent see how good we are, lest someone always say that we are lucky to reach the finals.
In fact, two days of recovery training didn't do much, but the morale of the Blazers was weirdly raised, as if they had completely forgotten that they were at a great disadvantage, and that they would have to roll up and go home if they lost one game. Now their mentality is very relaxed, even a little calm, they just treat this game as an ordinary regular season, yes, not even the playoffs, it can only be the regular season. Everyone knows that the Trail Blazers are no match at all in terms of overall strength, but to be able to show all the hard work they have put in for a season on the court is enough.
The Trail Blazers players who returned to the North Shore Garden Arena looked calm and couldn't seem to see the countless Celtics fans in the arena who were demonstrating to them. I have to admit that the North Shore Garden Arena is indeed the famous home of the Devils in the league, but when you don't care about the noise they make, you will feel like they are like that. The aura of the Celtics is built on countless celebrities and championships, but if the Trail Blazers don't bird them, they really don't bird them.
The Trail Blazers, who completely let go of their baggage, played their own style in the first quarter, and they tired the Celtics with their quick movement and moving the ball. And most importantly, McMillan made a desperate change to the starters, replacing Miller with Bayless and Aldridge with Ayers. The reason for the two of them is simple, Bayless can further improve the threat of the Trail Blazers to the interior, and his breakthrough has improved greatly after two seasons of training, as for sending Ayles and Camby to partner on the inside, he hopes to use his impact to fight for rebounds for the team, especially offensive rebounds.
The Celtics naturally couldn't tolerate the opponent's recklessness on their own turf, but they still worked on defense first, which gave the Trail Blazers a 32-30 lead in the first quarter, which was a rare 30+ in a single quarter in their recent games, and they also led the opponent. Although Ye Feng only scored 8 points, he sent 5 assists, no way, Bayless broke through strongly, but he is also a guy who doesn't like to pass, and he took the ball directly with the opposite inside bar.
In the second quarter, the styles of the two sides remained stark, with the Celtics playing steadily and the Trail Blazers rushing forward. It doesn't matter who is better or worse in these two styles, it's okay to be useful, at least for now, the Trail Blazers are still superior. However, the Celtics didn't let the opponent pull the score away, their pace was slow, but the offensive efficiency was very high, and to some extent, this gave the Trail Blazers a problem for the interior combination, because they didn't have much defensive rebounds to fight for, and offensive rebounds, as we all know, were fierce scrambles, and what if they let the opponent get it? If you don't return to defense in time, you will be beaten back again!
In other words, McMillan's original goal of letting Ayres fight for offensive rebounds has not been achieved, but this guy is a good pick-and-roll. Camby is old after all, and he doesn't have a strong impact on the basket, but Ayers is different, he is young and strong, and his physical fitness is good, and he is very threatening after blocking and dismantling, which makes the Celtics have to send someone to guard him, and Rao is so, he also scored as many as 12 points in the half.
However, after the break, Celtic picked themselves up again, and it had a lot to do with their thinking. Although their regular season record this season is not good, every player considers themselves a big player, and if they are a big club, how can they let their opponents take the lead on their home court? So Ray Allen stepped up, hitting five three-pointers from the outside in the third quarter to score 18 points in the quarter, helping the Celtics quickly regain the initiative on the court. This is a flaw in the Trail Blazers' lineup, they don't have a very professional and reliable outside defender other than Ye Feng, and in the face of a team like the Celtics with a Big Three, Ye Feng has to focus on Pierce, so that Ray Allen has no one to defend.
Watching Ray Allen fire frequently on the outside, McMillan frowned off the court, and he had already begun to think about what players to bring in in the offseason to flesh out the team. Ye Feng's defense is really good, but the outside line can't let him stand up alone, Roy has only enhanced his offensive ability on the outside after returning from injury, and his defense can only be said to be above average, but Cunningham still has a chance to become a defensive gate......
In the fourth quarter, neither side made substitutions, but played the final 12 minutes with starters. The Celtics don't want any surprises in the game, and the Trail Blazers simply want these high-achieving starters to stay on the court for a little longer, because the end of this game would mean the end of their entire season. Looking at the numbers on the scoreboard, Ye Feng sighed, he knew that it was not easy for the team to reach the finals, but it was undoubtedly a torment to see that the O'Brien Cup was close at hand but could not get it. In the history of the NBA, there are indeed stars who have just entered the league not long ago to help the team win the championship, Ye Feng didn't dare to expect him to be able to do this before, but now it is indeed a huge regret for him, but the Trail Blazers, including himself, have done their best.
So, let him go this season, and next season, we'll do it all over again!