McMillan thought about it for a long time and finally decided to replace Roy off the court, this is a series, and of course the victory has to be sought, but it is more important to maintain Roy's form. He brought Fernandes, Oden and Gomez on the court to start the normal rotation of the Trail Blazers.

Auden the Great has played in 61 games this season, starting 39 of them, averaging 8.9 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, all in the time he played just 21.5 minutes. It should be said that Oden still played his potential, and this potential looks like it will turn into strength in the near future, so even if Durant has become an average scorer of 25+ per game, the Trail Blazers have not regretted their original decision.

Whitman is much calmer than the Trail Blazers, replacing Billups, Lowry, Zheng Ke, Brewer, Chris Anderson, and Channing Frye. Although not all the starters were substituted, Zheng Ke and Billups were both rested, and Lowry was the only one in charge of the game.

Macmillan's eyes froze, and he muttered, "So believe in this young man? "If memory serves, the No.7 is also in the playoffs for the first time this year, and he doesn't believe that such a young man can control the situation. Thinking of this, McMillan gave tactical instructions to the Trail Blazers players on the field.

"Attacking the inside again?" Blake froze when he saw McMillan's gesture, and then immediately reacted. He looked at Aldridge and Auden, who both nodded to him.

Oden stretched out his monstrous arm span inside and asked Blake for the ball.

Channing Fry also played for the Trail Blazers. However, Oden was a one-year truce, and the two had never faced each other at all, and now the two are facing each other for the first time. Channingfrye suddenly found that this man like a black tower was really amazing.

Auden grabbed the basketball with both hands and placed it on his chest, and Channingfrye reached for Auden's back.

The Trail Blazers opened up space, and Aldridge walked to the right free throw line near 45 degrees, and Love didn't dare to let him go and followed.

A twinkle flashed in Auden's eyes. Then take a step with the calf of his right foot and hit Channingfrye with the ball in his back!

"Bang!"

Channingfrye struggled and took a step back. Auden's left foot is the axis. Taking a big step with his right foot, he turned to face the basket, and he rose to the ground and raised the basketball with both hands.

Then slammed down.

"Bang!"

Under the dual effect of Auden's powerful liliang and his weight of almost 129 kilograms. The basket is bent into an exaggerated angle. It's like surrendering to the Emperor.

The Trail Blazers players went crazy, Oden roared hoarsely under the basket, and Aldridge rushed over with an arrow step, pushing Oden uncontrollably with both hands, and he didn't know what was in his mouth.

"Oops!" Zheng Ke on the bench suddenly felt bad, the momentum of the Trailblazers was obviously different, and Auden gave them confidence and fighting spirit like a needle in the sea.

Whitman also realized that something was wrong, and his brow furrowed. But there is no intention of asking for a timeout, after all, it is only the beginning of the second quarter. What's more, the Timberwolves still have a 12-point lead in their hands.

The Timberwolves focus on bombardment, and when they fall into position, they play Lowry and Love's pick-and-roll offense, or Lefou's offensive tactics of high position. The Timberwolves are now the same as the Trail Blazers, a group of "rookies" who entered the playoffs for the first time, and the turnovers began to increase gradually. Channingflye had just been deducted by Oden, and he had killed Oden on the outside.

Four minutes into the second quarter, the Trail Blazers chased the score to within 10 points for the first time, 42-33.

Whitman felt that it was almost the same, although the Trail Blazers did not have an overwhelming advantage, but Channingfrye still struggled to deal with Oden, especially in the paint area, where every inch of land was contested, and the overwhelming advantage on Liliang gave Oden too much convenience. Whitman looked at his watch and called Zheng Ke to his side.

"Zheng, wait a while for the dead ball to play." Whitman said.

"No problem." Zheng Ke nodded in response.

Whitman pointed to the court and said, "Replace Aaron (Afflalo), I guess the Trail Blazers will also bring Brandon (Roy) on the court later, and you may have a lot of direct conversations later." “

"I'm going to blow him up, Coach." Zheng Ke clenched his fists in his chest, and his eyes flowed with confidence.

"Haha," Whitman smiled, patted Zheng Ke on the shoulder, and encouraged: "That's the best, but it's okay if you don't blow up, anyway, it's us who are leading now, as long as we keep the lead, we can win this game." “

Zheng Ke also smiled, did not speak, and ripped open his training pants and clothes.

There were dead-ball chances on the pitch and Brewer's breakthrough resulted in a foul on Gomez.

Zheng Ke walked to the field, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Afflaro, who understood, turned his head and walked to the bench, and the two reached out and clapped their hands.

Meanwhile, the Trail Blazers replaced Aldridge and Gomez with Roy and Pulzbilla.

The Timberwolves serve on the sideline, and Brewer serves to Lowry, who is out of pocket.

The defender of Zheng Ke has become Fernandez, and the two have played against each other in the NBA and the Olympics, and they are also familiar with each other.

Zheng Ke smiled at Fernandez, making the young man laugh creepy.

Immediately afterwards, Zheng Ke turned around and ran to the inside line, and as soon as Fernandez wanted to catch up, he felt that he had hit a big wall, and the whole person was dizzy and couldn't tell the direction.

Outside the three-point line, Lowry saw the opportunity, pushed the ball with both hands, and hoisted the ball to the right side of the basket.

There, Zheng Ke took two steps, stretched out his hands in the air, and grabbed the basketball.

"Drink!"

Zheng Ke shouted, poured his hands down, and the basket was smashed with a roar, clearing the noisy sound of the scene. But a second later, the audience immediately cheered and applauded.

"Wow, our super small forward came up and gave us an air relay." Zheng Ke has too much of this kind of air relay this season, although it is full of strength, and it is much better than the air relay of ordinary players, but it is a little visual fatigue after watching too much, and it can no longer cause Barkley to scream.

Smith said: "The gap has reopened to 11 points, and so far, Zheng Ke has scored 17 points on 7-of-7 shooting, is he going to create a miracle of 100 percent shooting today?" “

"I think it's very likely!" Barkley said in a matter: "ZK is hot, and the Trail Blazers don't have a top wing defender to limit it. Maybe Nicolas Batum has that potential, but so far, he can't stop ZK. “

But 30 seconds later, Zheng Ke missed from outside the three-point line.

"Hey~" The two commentators sighed in unison, and Barkley immediately laughed, "Actually, I just wanted to make a bet with Kenny, but luckily I was a little slower to speak." “

After Zheng Ke came on the court, the Timberwolves obviously found the backbone, and from the scene, it seemed that the Timberwolves players were obviously playing more actively. McMillan has to admit that the Timberwolves' athletic talent is at least in the top five in the league, and even Lowry, who plays off the bench, is a heavyweight at point guard.

On the offensive end, Zheng Ke brought Channing Frye out.

Although Channing Fry is as thin as ribs, he is also 2.11 meters tall after all, not to mention that his thinness is also relative to most black players in the NBA.

This time the block was more successful, Zheng Ke bypassed Fernandez's defense and directly faced Oden, he slapped the ball to the ground with his right hand twice, and then used the speed advantage to go straight to the basket.

Fernandez was fooled, thinking that Zheng Ke was going to attack the basket directly, so he chose to follow behind Zheng Ke, he made up his mind, if Zheng Ke made a layup this time, he would definitely let Zheng Ke taste the taste of hot pot.

But as soon as Fernandez left Channingflye, Zheng Ke had a long eye behind his back, and he stretched out his right hand, found the gap between Oden and Fernandes' defense, and sent the ball away.

Channingfrye receives the ball from the outside and shoots from the ground.

"Huh!"

At 50-36, the Timberwolves led by 14 points.

At halftime, the Timberwolves led by 15 points at 56-41, and Zheng Ke scored 22 points and four assists on 9-of-11 shooting, and the situation on the court was very unfavorable for the Trail Blazers.

Before entering the locker room at halftime, Zheng Ke was interviewed by Erin, a beautiful reporter sent by ESPN today.

Erin said: "You feel hot today, can you tell us that it is weishenme?" ”

Zheng Ke lowered his head, listened very hard, and after understanding what the reporter said, he wiped his sweat with a towel, and then said: "Yes, our attack today is very smooth, the ball is transferred very well, and everyone has a chance." I had a lot of open balls and I took them and threw them in. ”

Erin continued to ask the second question, "Can you make a prediction for the second half?" ”

Zheng Ke smiled: "Of course, I think we will win, our morale is like a rainbow today, and we will maintain this form in the second half" (to be continued......