Although McCollum's comeback was not too successful in his debut, Stotts still has enough confidence in it.

After all, a player who has been recuperated for half a year can handle the ball with ease and dare to take the ball to attack in his first NBA game. This is a good performance.

In the NBA, for some defenders, they dare to handle the ball and organize the attack, so that they have a greater chance of growing into star players.

As a lottery show, McCollum's talent has been recognized by the senior management of the Trail Blazers. Now, in terms of personal game attitude and internal quality, it has shown a good development trend in one game, which also makes Stotts happy to use more time to quickly train him in subsequent games.

After two days of repair, the Trail Blazers continued to sit at home, facing another Eastern Conference team that visited, the traditional NBA giants Boston Celtics!

After the Big Three fell apart, the Celtics embarked on the road to reconstruction.

So far this season, the Celtics, who just passed 30% of the winning rate, went to the lottery zone just like the previous Magic.

This game is also the last stop for the Celtics' five consecutive away away games in the West. In the previous four away games, the Cartes lost all of them. Including the home defeat, the Celtics, who have lost seven consecutive times, are definitely not at the same level of strength compared to the current third-ranked Trail Blazers in the West.

In terms of tactics before the game, Stotts deliberately divided several substitute times this time, preparing to let CJ McCollum directly enter the team's rotation system in this game.

Although the time may not be long, Stotts still wants to witness the pressure resistance of McCollum, a rookie player, during the regular time of the game.

Even if McCollum makes any mistakes, the team can rely on hard power to force the game.

However, the Trail Blazers, who have always been very relaxed and are very optimistic about the game, suffered a tenacious attack from the visiting team at the beginning of the game.

The Celtics defender, Bradley made 3 consecutive shots at the start of the game, as if heralding the game, the Celtics did not intend to give up.

The Trail Blazers' defense is still a big problem, and it can also be said that the opponent is not strong enough. The Trail Blazers players cannot raise interest in defense, which gives the opponent a more easy way to get a mobile phone.

This is also something that is easy for young teams. During the game, in certain situations, they will not be able to correct their attitude towards the game. If the game progress changes unexpectedly, they will inevitably be subject to fluctuations in their mentality, which will affect their state in the game.

Even though Stotts has been emphasizing the need to concentrate and focus, the Trail Blazers, who were somewhat loose at the beginning, were inevitably pressed to the ground by the visiting team for a while.

At 8 minutes into the first quarter, the Trail Blazers were 10 points behind and dug a small hole for themselves to fill in.

The away team Bradley's performance in the first quarter was definitely All-Star, with 7 of 8 shots and scoring 15 points, destroying the Trail Blazers' defense with one man's advantage.

In view of the opponent's many shots from the outside, Stotts replaced Aldridge and Lopez, who were not very active on the defensive end today, and replaced Zhang Feng and Forreland, who were more energetic.

Although Zhang Feng's physical confrontation will still suffer, the Celtics' starting center Humphries is 2.06 meters tall, which is 10 cm away from Zhang Feng.

Moreover, as a white insider, Humphries was not famous for his strength, so it was not that difficult for Zhang Feng to deal with it in Stotts' imagination.

With Zhang Feng's appearance, Lillard and Zhang Feng's pick-and-roll continued to act as the Trail Blazers' scoring weapon.

On the defensive end, since Forreland and Zhang Feng are not slow, the Blazers' defense can better expand outward and interfere with the Celtics players' outside shots. Therefore, in the game, this time the players' rotation plays, the Blazers' defense has become better.

The Celtics' high shooting percentage cannot be maintained, and on the side of the Trail Blazers, thanks to the high-quality cover provided by Zhang Feng, Lillard has a larger and easier shooting space after the pick-and-roll to complete the final shot.

As Lillard made long shots one after another, the Celtics also made substitution adjustments, using higher height and good movement speed this year's first-round pick Olynick replaced Humphries to enhance Lillard's shooting ability after the pick-and-roll switch.

Although Olynick's defensive ability is very eye-catching among rookie players, facing Lillard with a huge attack power, although Olynick has made many small moves, he still cannot stop Lillard's strong breakthrough in small and big breakthroughs.

After changing offense and defense again, the Celtics who attacked Lillard had to choose to empty Zhang Feng after the pick-and-roll.

After all, Lillard has scored 6 points in a row, and the Celtics don't want Lillard to get too many points so easily.

Zhang Feng received a pass from Lillard, made a half-bass shot, and started his game in a very outstanding competitive state.

When Zhang Feng and Lillard both maintain high school rates, then it is a truly unsolvable offensive mode.

The Trail Blazers' scores are approaching little by little, and the situation on the field has completely reversed in a short period of time.

Although the score was still behind, when the momentum turned back, Stotts dared to make bolder substitution adjustments.

With one minute left in the first quarter, Stotts replaced McCollum with the team's starting point guard Matthews.

Stotts really wanted to see what kind of offensive sparks can be produced by the three young men, McCollum, Lillard and Zhang Feng.

A player's physical fitness is also limited. No matter how strong a player's personal offensive ability is, it is impossible for a single person to continuously consume physical energy on the offensive end.

Before, Stotts used Xiao Mo, who had excellent offensive ability, to make up for the offensive period when Lillard was adjusting his physical strength.

Now using McCollum, just Stotts wants to try it out. Can this future backcourt combination, which is highly anticipated, immediately spark?

People who play well, if they play together, they will be comfortable.

Especially the three young men with good relationships off the court, they truly achieved selfless passes on the offensive end on the court.

When Lillard held the ball, McCollum used more active running and looked for opportunities in the run.

Zhang Feng suddenly changed direction to the other side on the route of making pick-and-roll for Lillard, and completed a solid pick-and-roll for McCollum who was running over.

McCollum, who was out of pocket, threw away the opponent's defender's mark, and Lillard's pass was passed at the same time. McCollum directly stopped and jumped in the free throw area and made a steadily shot!

During the first offense of the game, the three young men showed their tacit understanding of training and cooperation on the court, and made a formal offense, which made Stotts on the sidelines laugh.

"The Third Young Master of the Trail Blazers!" This is Stotts' current goal for training these three players. Unlike the situation when the Third Young Master of the Thunder was unable to play in the same game for a long time due to overlapping positions. The configuration of two defenders and one center can give the three more time to play together.
Chapter completed!