Chapter 204: Something Really Happened
I have to say that Williams protected Roy very well and would arrange for him to rest whenever something was slightly wrong. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info and McMillan continued to follow this arrangement after being discharged from the hospital, Ye Feng didn't care, anyway, he was younger than Roy, so he could play a little longer. And now Bayless has also successfully ascended, as long as Rose is rested, he and Miller will definitely form a double point guard backcourt, as a former opponent, Ye Feng still admires Bayless.
However, in the game against the Bucks on January 13, Roy unexpectedly strained his right leg. After the game, Roy underwent an MRI at the team's behest of the team, but the results showed that he had a hamstring strain, which is much more difficult to deal with than a pure muscle strain. However, the injury was minor, and Roy returned on January 20 against the 76ers after a two-game break. Originally, the trainer objected to Roy's play, but Roy persuaded him and made the team's starting lineup anyway. But before the end of the second quarter, Roy suffered a recurrence of his old injury on the court and was forced to leave the court early after only 18 minutes.
Originally, everyone thought that Roy would return after a few games of a small break like last time, but they didn't expect that this time he would take a break of 12 regular season games, which was a fatal blow to the Trail Blazers. Miller and Bayless' dual point guards are good, but both are offensive point guards, and most of the time on the court they have to suppress their desire to score and try to organize the offense, which is not a good thing for themselves or the team. Miller is okay to say, after all, he is a tried and tested veteran, but Bayless is young and vigorous, and making him an organizer is like killing him, and if he doesn't do it, something like Blake will be exposed. So McMillan focused on Ye Feng.
Although Ye Feng is only a second-year player, he has been affirmed by almost the whole team in organizing the attack, thanks to his own understanding of the team's tactical system and his ability to react quickly according to the situation on the field. If it weren't for Roy's ability to play the ball, Ye Feng might be the one who took the ball into one. Therefore, in the case of Roy's injury, McMillan made a decision that was enough to affect Ye Feng's life: let him play the organizer instead. This is a great trust in him, but on the other hand, it also means that Ye Feng's burden is much greater than before.
Ye Feng accepted this difficult task without hesitation. The coach believes in him, he also believes in himself, organizing offense is not a new thing for him, last season in the second round of the playoffs against the Lakers, Roy had generously handed over the responsibility of organizing to him, he switched to playing without the ball, and Ye Feng's performance in this position proved to be quite good. Although there are many newcomers to the team now, and several teammates who have completed the run-in are lying on the injury list, this is the best opportunity for Ye Feng and the beginning of his soaring. Who hasn't aspired to be the first on the team? Now the opportunity is in front of him!
Roy's first game after injury was against Celtic. Although a season has passed, the Celtics' Big Three are a year older, and they look to be completely overwhelmed by the Cavaliers in the East, the Trail Blazers are still struggling to play. The reason is very simple, in addition to the immortality of the Big Three, the most fundamental reason is that Ye Feng has no tacit understanding with others, he can only keep passing the ball to Aldridge and let him score points with jump shots in the middle distance. Of course, Ye Feng didn't mean to share the ball with the backcourt dual control, but training is training, which is different from the official game, Ye Feng hasn't figured out their habits yet, and the ball is frequently missed.
Miller is also good to say that his experience and ball intelligence made him quickly change his style and began to consciously cooperate with Ye Feng. Only Bayless is still immersed in his own world and plays at his own pace, so naturally he can't receive Ye Feng's pass. But this is not to blame, as a player who did not play much in his rookie season, once he gets the opportunity to start, he will naturally think about how to impress the coaching staff with his performance, so as to strive to stay in the starting lineup. Although they won't make a mess and play hard, if they are allowed to converge and cooperate with the team's tactics, there is a good chance that they will not agree, not to mention that the person who is now giving orders is still a classmate. After continuous coordination mistakes, Ye Feng had no choice but to leave him to fend for himself, and he couldn't give up hope of winning because of cultivating tacit understanding, right?
The offensive playmaker on the opposite side is Rondo, but Rondo is not in opposition to Ye Feng, and the veteran Pierce is responsible for defending Ye Feng in the Celtics team. Pierce was also a "beast" when he was young, but now that he is old, he has transformed into a floor stream. However, although he is old, his experience is still there, and Ye Feng's breakthrough and shooting are a little awkward, which is the credit of Pierce's defense. And on the defensive end, Ye Feng can't stand Pierce, the other party also likes to play singles on the inside, but unlike Ye Feng's technical flow, Pierce belongs to the "ass flow" like Barkley, directly on the inside with a huge hip to open the way, one force down ten, no matter how good your skills are, it is useless, people arch directly to the basket like a bulldozer.
Fortunately, the old Miller had a surprisingly high shooting rate, and teamed up with Ye Feng to control the score within an acceptable range, and directly overtook him at the end of the third quarter. But the fourth quarter reflects the difficulty of the team having only one playmaker, Miller can indeed organize, but he has not rested for almost a minute in this game, and his physical fitness is a little unbearable, Bayles is purely a tough second goods who go directly to the ball with the ball, and he is not dead set on three caps by Garnett. Ye Feng had no choice but to control the ball and slowly rotate with the opponent, but the Celtics didn't care what difficulties you had, the big three worked at the same time, and they were hard against Ye Feng and Miller, dragging the game into overtime.
In overtime, Miller really couldn't support it, and the organization and offense made Ye Feng shoulder to shoulder, at this time Ye Feng missed Roy very much, if Roy was there, he would definitely be able to relieve a lot of pressure. But nothing in this world can be repeated, Roy is wearing a suit off the field and can't help, Ye Feng tried his best but couldn't prevent the team from losing in overtime. He contributed 24 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists in the whole game, such statistics are indeed commendable, but for Ye Feng, the team lost, no matter how beautiful the data is, it is just a number, and it has no meaning.