rpbooks Chapter 323 It's Time for Revenge
Chapter 323 It's Time for Revenge
Chapter 323 It's Time for Revenge
March is already a very important period for NBA teams. Regardless of strength or not, as long as there is a slight chance to hit a higher ranking, they will not let it go. Although the schedule may not be difficult at this time, the opponents are very tough. Difficult.
The Trail Blazers schedule is relatively easy. Among the remaining 16 games, they have 10 games at home and only 6 away games. Except for a three-game away game, the other away games are scattered among multiple home games.However, they have to face the Lakers twice, the Spurs twice and the Mavericks twice in these 16 games. These three teams are currently ranked in the top four in the Western Conference. Although the Blazers are not bad in terms of record, But these six games are fierce battles for them, and if they don't pay attention, they will directly drop several rankings, which will make them lose their home court advantage in the entire playoffs.
In addition to these top three, there are many teams that are also working hard to climb up to a better playoff ranking, such as the Thunder and Nuggets; there are also some teams that hope to hit the playoffs, Like the Grizzlies and the Rockets.Fortunately, the Blazers do not need to face all such teams in the final stage. If this is the case, even if the Blazers can reach the playoffs, they will not be able to maintain a good state. Will be eliminated in the first round.
However, among these teams, the Mavericks are what the Blazers want to meet the most. It’s not that the Mavericks are weak. No. [-] in the Western Conference can’t be regarded as a weak team, but for the Blazers, this is revenge. battle, and there are still two.Although the atmosphere within the team is very harmonious now, everyone has not forgotten the scene when Roy was injured. Of course, Ye Feng was also suspended for punching Stevenson later, but everyone still continued to give this account to him. Count it on the head of the calf.
After that game, Stevenson made full use of the suspension time for treatment. Ye Feng's punch was really powerful, and directly broke his nose bone, but it didn't hinder his playing. Vincent just added a mask.The Mavericks also felt that they were in the wrong, and had no special feelings about the game against the Trail Blazers, but Stevenson was different. His mood was very complicated, a little angry, but also a little scared.After that incident, he didn't lose the trust of the head coach, and he still served as the team's starting shooting guard, but this also meant that he had to face Ye Feng directly.
Judging from Ye Feng's performance in that court brawl incident, Stevenson knew that this guy was a vengeful master. Although he was the small forward of the Trail Blazers, he would definitely demand a direct match in the game Stevenson, and then humiliated him in the most direct way.But Stevenson quickly let go of the weakness in his heart, and began to lose his temper. He made up his mind to show Ye Feng some color during the competition.
Local time on March 3th, which is the first game of the remaining 15 games, happened to be the Trail Blazers against the Mavericks, and it was still at the Blazers' home court.Obviously, the fans have not forgotten the culprit that caused the team captain to be reimbursed in the regular season, so when the Mavericks players came out, the Rose Garden Arena was full of boos, especially when Stevenson ran out of the player channel The boos and curses were several decibels higher, and Stevenson's face was ashen.
After the game started, everything went as Stevenson expected. McMillan did not field their usual starting lineup in the second half of the season, but put Ye Feng at the shooting guard position and Batum as the team's starter. Small forward, this kind of formation put Ye Feng directly against Stevenson.The other Blazers players also understood the original intention of the coach's arrangement, so everyone consciously passed the ball to Ye Feng.
This put Stevenson into a nightmare.Originally, he planned to use trash talk to provoke Ye Feng. In his opinion, Ye Feng is a young and impulsive junior. As long as he uses a little trick, he can directly provoke him. Once he is provoked, he may do it on impulse. Some inappropriate behavior resulted in expulsion.But what surprised and puzzled him was that Ye Feng turned a deaf ear to his trash talk, simply and rudely caught him at this point and beat him hard.
After all, Stevenson is over 30 years old, and with his height and strength, he can still have some advantages over shooting guards. It is not worth mentioning against small forwards like Ye Feng who swing to the second position.Ye Feng didn't intend to use other very complicated techniques. Facing Stevenson's defense, he only had two moves. Either directly hold the ball from the outside and make a one-on-one breakthrough, or fall to the low post and play back and then catch a fadeaway shot. .
Because of Ye Feng's continuous assault, every time he holds the ball, the Mavericks players feel like they are facing an enemy and have to double-team. But as long as they double-team, Ye Feng can pass the ball to his teammates in the gap, And teammates are also very awesome to continue to send the ball into the basket.In desperation, Carlisle could only replace Stevenson and use Marion to face Ye Feng.It's not that Carlisle doesn't want to use other defenders to top him, but regardless of Terry, Beaubois or Barea, their height is at an absolute disadvantage, which is a bigger loophole than Stevenson, which can only make their versatility stronger Marion came to match.
Although Stevenson was replaced, Ye Feng did not give up his offensive.Marion was indeed outstanding, but he wasn't young anymore. Although he was taller than Ye Feng, his footsteps couldn't keep up with Ye Feng anyway.Facing Marion, Ye Feng naturally couldn't play a low-post attack, but he can still continue to break through with the ball.Although Ye Feng was very angry in his heart, his mind was very clear, like an iceberg about to erupt.
Ye Feng scored 27 points in the first half, but the Blazers did not lead too much. The reason is that Dirk Nowitzki also scored 22 points, which prevented the Mavericks from being directly beaten.But Ye Feng didn't get discouraged, instead he encouraged his teammates even more fervently during the intermission.Sure enough, the Blazers were in full bloom in the second half, and the Mavericks' weakness of relying on Nowitzki to score was exposed. The Blazers directly beat their opponents 33 to 17 in the third quarter, and the score was pulled away in an instant.Dirk Nowitzki tried to score but couldn't recover, and the Mavericks lost the game 92 to 103, and then left the Rose Garden Arena among the boos of the fans.
Looking at the numbers on the scoreboard, Ye Feng smiled and said in his heart: "This is just the beginning."
(End of this chapter)