Chapter 234: Still Not Moving?
After the interview with Sports Illustrated was released, the number of hits grew like crazy, and many fans who didn't pay attention to Ye Feng or the Trailblazers before began to be interested in this young team. And unexpectedly www.biquge.info Chinese fans were not dissatisfied with Ye Feng's claim that he was not influenced by Chinese basketball, but were proud of Ye Feng's solemn statement that he was a Chinese.
In fact, Portland has been one of the Chinese communities in the United States for a long time, although it is not as large as Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York, but there are still a lot of Chinese in Portland. However, there are not many Asian faces who have been watching the game all the time, and there are even fewer Chinese, for the simple reason that the Trail Blazers have no real stars, and they would rather stay in their rooms and watch other teams play. But this interview about Ye Feng suddenly increased the number of Chinese who came to the scene to watch the game, which was not expected by the management of the Pioneers.
So when Ye Feng walked out of the players' tunnel on the evening of May 5 to warm up, he was stunned by several particularly conspicuous slogans in the stands. It's not that these slogans are domineering, or that their colors are bright, but because Ye Feng saw the familiar Chinese. He rubbed his eyes and found that he was not mistaken, that is, Chinese, which made him feel a little emotional, it has been almost two seasons since he joined the Trail Blazers, basically except for the game with the Rockets that will attract Chinese fans, it is difficult for him to see Chinese in the arena at other times, let alone the Chinese slogan. He gently wiped the corners of his eyes and waved his hand towards the area, and received a huge cheer, which was the best affirmation of him as a Chinese.
Of course, the other Trailblazers players also noticed this area, they didn't understand Chinese very well, but they could probably guess what kind of text it was, so they looked at Ye Feng with envy, this was a slogan specially written for him alone. Roy patted him on the shoulder and asked with a smile, "Although I can't read it, I know that the meaning of these words is to cheer you up." Do you have any special feelings when you see the Chinese slogan? ”
Ye Feng nodded and said, "I didn't know they would come up with this, but I was very moved, you know, although I have spent most of my life in the United States since I was born, and I have never been back since I came to the United States, it is still my hometown." Seeing the Chinese slogans they painstakingly made for me, I feel that my whole body is full of strength, and I will repay them with an even better performance tonight. ”
Before Roy could speak, Aldridge pretended to be angry next to him and said, "You're enough, isn't the big triple-double in the last game good enough?" You're going to be better in this game, are you going to make a quadruple-double or score 60 points? I really can't think of how good it would be to have a better performance......" The other Trail Blazers players laughed as Ye Feng rolled his eyes and raised his middle finger at Aldridge.
McMillan was very happy to see the spirit of the players, and the fact that they were still laughing at the moment meant they were determined to win the game and were very relaxed, which was good for them on the pitch. He didn't have much to say about the tactical arrangement of this game, but asked Ye Feng to try to mobilize the enthusiasm of his teammates while scoring himself, and create scoring opportunities for his teammates. It's not impossible for a person to cut points, and the last game is a good example, but if a person fights continuously with high intensity, the person who fights with iron will be directly exhausted.
Of course Ye Feng wouldn't mind, this was one of his responsibilities in itself, but it was just weakened in the last game. He thinks he already knows a lot about the Spurs' defensive system and has the ability to take advantage of the opponent's defense. However, in his opinion, Popovich should adjust the starting lineup, after all, the last game has proved that the Spurs' starting lineup has a certain degree of holes, as a team with a deep bench that is second to none, isn't it easy to change the starting lineup?
But when the players on both sides came on the stage and were ready to jump the ball, Ye Feng was stunned, Popovich really didn't play cards according to common sense, he didn't mean to change the starting lineup at all, and the five people on the court were still Hill, Ginobili, Jefferson, Duncan and McDyce. Ye Feng doesn't know what Popovich is thinking, but as the most maverick head coach in the league, it's not surprising that he is so persistent about the starting lineup.
In fact, Popovich also has a hard time, Duncan's starting position must be stable, although his interior partner is debatable, but McDice is needed by the team in terms of experience and shooting, as for the backcourt, it is basically Parker, Ginobili and Hill choose two of the three, and several other guards are not enough to take on this responsibility. The main reason why Hill was sent is because he is more physical than Parker, and the age of the Spurs' starting lineup does not require the fast pace of a French sports car, it is better to let Hill go up and steady, at least he will not be rash. Ginobili started for a similar reason, and if he and Parker were off the bench at the same time, the only player on the team who could score consistently would be Duncan, which was not a good thing for the Spurs.
However, Popovich is most worried about the team's small forward position, the Spurs' small forward has nothing to use except Jefferson, originally they also had the veteran Finley, but first, Finley was bought out by the Spurs in the middle of the season, and secondly, even if he remained in the team, with his age and condition, he could not pose any threat to Ye Feng, and letting him play against Ye Feng was tantamount to giving points to the opponent. As for the likes of Hislip, the 13th pick in the first round at the same level as Yao Ming has been absent from the NBA for several seasons, and it was not until this year that he received a base salary contract from the Spurs, averaging 2.5 points and 1 rebound per game close to none.
Therefore, no matter what, the Spurs' small forward can only be Jefferson, whether it is to let the big forward swing down or let the scoring guard swing up It doesn't look very reliable, Ye Feng can use his speed and strength to crush the opponent. So Jefferson continued to play against Ye Feng very sadly, he really didn't want to recall what happened in the last game, it was tantamount to a nightmare for him.
Looking at his somewhat frightened expression, Ye Feng grinned and whispered, "Dude, are you ready?" ”