Zhang Feng and Lillard's pick-and-roll tactics in the substitute transition period still need enough training to get used to it, but the Trail Blazers' journey in the new season has always been on the right track.

In two consecutive home games against the powerful Texas teams, the Trail Blazers faced the San Antonio Spurs in their first game.

In the first half, the Trail Blazers relied on Lillard's outstanding performance of 17 points in the half to establish the team's lead in one fell swoop.

In the second half, the Trail Blazers players worked hard, and six players scored in double figures. With Lillard focused on defense by Popovich, the others effectively completed the scoring task, and the Trail Blazers won consecutive victories this season.

However, in the subsequent game against the Rockets, the Trail Blazers' internal problems were exposed.

Robin Lopez faced "Warcraft" Howard and was naturally restrained. Lopez, who had 0 points and 6 rebounds, had no presence in the offensive end of the game.

Instead, Howard, on his head, recreated the highlight of the Magic era, where he could "simply replace James".

Howard made 10 of 13 shots and made 75% of his free throws. Under Robin Lopez's "paper defense", he scored 29 points and 13 rebounds, a huge double-double.

Harden, who is part of the Magic team, also scored 33 points from the outside with a terrifying shooting rate of over 60%.

The Trail Blazers' defense was beaten to pieces by the Rockets. Although both Lillard and Aldridge performed well on the offensive end, the Trail Blazers, who could not solve the problem on the defensive end, still lost at home.

The Rockets scored 14 points.

Thanks to the Rockets' widening of the score gap in the final stage, Zhang Feng got a chance to play in the last 4 minutes of garbage time.

As Zhang Feng and Lillard practiced pick-and-roll cooperation, although Zhang Feng's physical confrontation ability was insufficient, Stotts decided to focus on training Zhang Feng, while Leonard could only continue to sit on the bench.

The small goals Zhang Feng had set before were accomplished extremely quickly with the strong off-court help from Lillard and coach Stotts.

And it just so happened that CCTV broadcast this "Chinese Derby". The audience in front of the TV got their wish to see Jeremy Lin and Zhang Feng of the Rockets competing on the same court. Although it was only for a few minutes, and the two of them

Because of the location, there is no direct intersection.

Facing the center sent by the Rockets in garbage time, the 2.08-meter Greg Smith, Zhang Feng completely overwhelmed him in terms of height.

And because Zhang Feng has a lot of social butterfly attributes off the court, especially after licking Lillard, the team leader, he spends the rest of his time mingling with other substitute players. He also promotes China's dining table culture and invites them to his home for dinner.

We play together, so Zhang Feng's popularity is pretty good.

With such an obvious positional advantage on the field, everyone in garbage time will think of Zhang Feng's private skills and give the ball to Zhang Feng.

In 4 minutes, Zhang Feng made 3 of 4 shots from the basket and scored 6 points. He also had a wonderful dream step. He turned around and faked away Greg Smith and then dunked with one hand!

However, the rest of the team still made too many stray shots, and the Rockets' lineup also had attackers like starting guard Jeremy Lin. The score was not recovered much in the end, but Zhang Feng's own data was absolutely good.

After losing to the Houston Rockets, the Trail Blazers adjusted the team's status in time and took advantage of the sweet schedule of games with more Eastern Conference teams in November to set off their own winning spree.

First, they defeated the Kings twice at home and away, and then won five consecutive away games in the Eastern Conference. The Trail Blazers' winning streak could not be stopped. They defeated the Suns, who had lost in the opening game, and successively defeated the Lakers and Warriors.

After defeating the Knicks at home, the Trail Blazers actually achieved 11 consecutive victories and temporarily ranked second in the Western Conference with a record of 13 wins and 2 losses.

The first place in the Western Conference is still the Spurs with a healthy GDP and outstanding rookie Leonard.

However, the Spurs' only loss in the new season was due to the Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers, who did not enter the playoffs last season, seem to have a tendency to become dark horses in the new season.

And what you need to know is that the Trail Blazers have a No. 10 pick in the first round on the injury list who did not play.

Unlike other young rookies, the Blazers focus on drafting senior players. Just like Lillard, after four years of college education and competition, this kind of slightly mature rookie will always

They quickly found the rhythm of the NBA, so not surprisingly, with McCollum's return, the Blazers may be stronger.

Although the team achieved 11 consecutive victories in November, Zhang Feng did not get even one second of playing time in these 11 games.

In this wave of consecutive victories of the Trail Blazers, the largest score difference is 12 points. They have not played absolute garbage time at all, giving marginal players a chance to play.

There were several times in the last minute of garbage time, Stotts let Leonard play a few times to make up for Leonard's injured and weak mind.

And since most of the games are away games, the entire Trail Blazers team has been flying around in the sky, and even Zhang Feng and Lillard's pick-and-roll training time has been taken up.

After all, the time to go to the away training facility is limited. Compared with the pick-and-roll tactics of Lillard and Zhang Feng used in the substitute lineup, Stotts has recently been exploiting Robin Lopez's screening ability and improving Lopez's blocking ability.

His personal ability allows him to create higher-quality screens for Lillard, helping Lillard save part of his energy at the end.

Although Lopez's personal strength is destined to be unable to form a stable pick-and-roll tactical system, he can use it as many times as possible, even if it helps Lillard save energy for a key ball, it may have miraculous effects in the game.

However, the Blazers' plan to enter December with a winning streak fell through.

In the last regular season game in November, the Trail Blazers flew to Phoenix to challenge the Suns.

The Suns' Dragic broke out as soon as he beat the Trail Blazers. In 35 minutes of playing time, Dragic scored 31 points, eclipsing Lillard's 20 points.

Although the Suns' forward players were unable to limit Aldridge's offensive performance, they also responded strongly with offense.

The Morris brothers and Channing Frye combined to score 50+ points, perfectly responding to Aldridge's 24 points. The Suns had five players in double figures and beat the Trail Blazers at home by 16 points!

Zhang Feng finally got enough playing time in this game again, but this time facing the serious Ukrainian center Vyacheslav Kravtsov, Zhang Feng's rookie side came out.

Although Vyacheslav Kravtsov is only 2.11 meters tall, he does have extremely strong physical strength under his body. Moreover, he also worked hard to express himself in garbage time, defeating today's Zhang in hand-to-hand combat.

peak.

After all, Zhang Feng's strength training is still in progress. When he couldn't fight hard, although he barely used a step to hit the left hand position under the basket and used "looking back at the moon" to score two points, he shot 1-for-3 from the field.
Chapter completed!