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The Trail Blazers players all lowered their heads and did not dare to come out, all silently reflecting on their pre-game thoughts. Ye Feng also lowered his head, but only he was not reflecting, but scolding himself angrily in his heart, Roy was not there, he should be the most important person in the Trailblazers' tactical system, but he failed to mobilize his teammates to fight against the Sun, which is really a little unreasonable. He's always hated failure, but this time most of the blame wasn't on him.

McMillan paced in the locker room, the sound of his shoes hitting the floor like a hammer in the hearts of everyone, and it took him a long time before he said slowly: "Who else thinks that our opponent can be easily defeated by us?" You can raise your head and show me a look. He paused, then continued: "How many times did I tell you before the game? Well? One by one, they promised well in the training session, did they remember the last game against them as soon as they arrived at the stadium? Look at how many points we won last time, and look at how many points others are ahead of us now, do you really think you are invincible? ”

He sighed: "I know that this season has been a lot of troubles, injuries have left a lot of people on the waiting list, and there is no chance to come back and help the team win. We played well last season, but maybe we can repeat it this season, right? You have to always remember that we are only sixth in the West and the opponent is third in the West, although you may think that this is just a record advantage, but the regular season record can already reflect the gap between the teams, and it is good for you to be confident, but too much confidence can only be a stepping stone for the opponent. ”

The players buried their heads lower, there's nothing to refute, it's really their problem.

"Okay, everyone cheered up in the second half, let's play according to the team's own tactics, pay attention to improve our success rate, don't force a shot until the last minute, although Marcus is there, but our rebounding is not dominant. The Suns' mid-range shooting is really good, but there is no reliable scoring point for three-point shots other than Richardson, so try to let them shoot on the outside, understand? ”

The team members took off the towels on their heads and responded with some unevenness. McMillan shook his head and didn't say anything, he knew that these guys must have been hit hard in the first half, and now they haven't eased up, as long as the second half is open, there is no problem. Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Ye Feng and said, "Ye, in the second half, you still organize the team's offense first, and if everyone's hit rate still can't be raised, you will take over the position of the main attacker." Ye Feng nodded.

However, Ye Feng was a little depressed at the beginning of the second half, although the words that the head coach said at halftime seemed to be somewhat useful, and everyone's scramble began to be active, but the shooting feeling was not something that could be warmed up for a while and a half, and everyone else except him was still playing iron. The only good news is that Aldridge has found his mid-range shooting touch, but because of Stoudemire, it is difficult for him to get a good chance to shoot, and he does not have a delicate pass, and if the shooting space is blocked, he can only helplessly pass the ball out and let Ye Feng continue to organize the attack.

Although the Suns' players did not jump out in each quarter to score double-digit points in a single quarter like the first two quarters, Nash's organization was more handy, and under his guidance, the Suns were full of scoring points, and the Trail Blazers were never able to narrow the difference. Of course, it was Richardson who was the most in the limelight, who completed a 100% shooting rate in the third quarter, shooting 3 of 3 from two-point range and 1 of 1 from three-point range, becoming the sharpest knife of the Suns. In addition to Richardson, Stoudemire and Hill also contributed points, and Nash himself also scored 7 points, compared to Ye Feng's hard support, the Sun's firepower is too much.

As a result, the Trail Blazers were beaten 19-31 again in the first quarter, trailing by a full 26 points by the start of the fourth quarter. Looking at the score difference on the scoreboard, McMillan's face was ugly, he didn't know the difference in strength between the two sides, although he said that everyone should be more careful, but in fact, he was not without the intention of beating the Suns. However, the players are too discouraged, not only did not quickly find their form, but let the opponent further expand the score, it is indeed a very difficult thing to recover 26 points in a single quarter, although it has not happened in the history of the NBA, but it may not happen here today.

He didn't know if the Suns would let their guard down because of this, but it was better to try than to throw in the towel, so when Gentry came off the bench in the fourth quarter, McMillan still gritted his teeth and sent a starter, hoping to narrow the gap to the point where he could equalize or even overtake. The Trail Blazers' offense did pick up at first, but the Suns' backup point guard Dragic took over the team's scoring duties, hitting two consecutive three-pointers from beyond the three-point line to extinguish the flames of the Trail Blazers' comeback. And under his organization, the Suns' bench lineup began to beat the Reservoir Dogs, playing far beyond the ability of the first half.

Ye Feng is also tired, anyone will feel tired when juggling scoring and organization, he can give Miller the task of organizing the offense, but if he doesn't score in this game, the Trail Blazers will definitely die. However, the Sun has already played with momentum, not only scoring again and again on the offensive end, but also making Ye Feng constrained on the defensive end, he is not unable to score, but every time he scores, it takes more energy than usual, and the shooting percentage of his teammates determines that they can only stay aside and watch silently, basically not helping. Halfway through the fourth quarter, McMillan finally gave up resistance, and he waved helplessly and changed the starting lineup, after all, there are still a few games to come, since it is impossible to do anything, it is not impossible to take a good rest.

In the end, the Suns scored 29 points in their own residency singing, with Nash contributing 13 points and 16 assists, Richardson scoring 29 points, Hill contributing 20 points and eight rebounds, and Stoudemire adding 18 points and seven rebounds. The only one on the Trail Blazers' side who could get his hands was Ye Feng, who had 27 points and 5 rebounds, except for him, only Batum's 16 points and Aldridge's 12 points, Miller and Bayless, who came off the bench, each contributed 11 points, and no one scored in double figures. The fiasco has taught every Trail Blazers player that they need to do more to make it to the second round.