There was still skepticism about the Trail Blazers, and it reached its peak after the Trail Blazers game against the Houston Rockets.

After all, although the two rookie players Zhang Feng and McCollum did not perform well before, the Trail Blazers' record at that time was really strong. They defeated the powerful Texas Spurs and Mavericks one after another and won five consecutive games. In terms of record,

Already tied with the Spurs for first place in the Western Conference.

Stotts can refute all those who question him with his results, "The winner cannot be refuted"!

The Blazers' ball is focused on offense, and it looks good. Coupled with the current outstanding record, it has begun to attract a large number of fans in the circle of young people.

The Blazers' offense seems to have no tacit team coordination, but they can rely on the outstanding individual performances of Aldridge and Lillard to lead with points and bring out the characteristics of superstars to drive teammates, and then play a smooth offense and win.

In contrast, whether the two young people Stotts has repeatedly emphasized are good or bad, they are just rotation players of the team. For the media, all news is actually time-sensitive, and it is not enough to report it blindly.

It has lost its novelty.

However, the coincidence of the Trail Blazers' schedule allows the media to continue to stay focused on this hot news topic.

The game between the Trail Blazers and the Rockets was originally a strong dialogue between the top eight in the Western Conference, and the core of the Rockets was James, one of the three young players from the Thunder. He has left the Thunder and has thoroughly proven his strength with the Rockets.

Harden.

The "modern" combination of the Rockets continues to implement the Rockets' consistent team building ideas.

An outstanding big man in the league, paired with an outstanding perimeter player.

However, the absolute core this time is Harden on the outside, not "Warcraft" Howard on the inside.

When Stotts originally called the "Third Young Player of the Trail Blazers" to compete with the "Third Young Player of the Thunder", this game became a bigger gimmick. The "Third Brother" of the Thunder went out alone to face the "big heroes" of the Trail Blazers.

But it turned out that there was no one who could fight.

Harden completely dominated the game with his phenomenal performance, further proving that he can become the best scorer in the league today.

Harden, who scored 42 points in a single game, scored 24 points with Warcraft and the support of other teammates.

The Rockets easily defeated the visiting Trail Blazers 126-112 at home, ending the Trail Blazers' five-game winning streak.

Zhang Feng's 8 points and McCollum's 6 points are still not much improvement. Even including Lillard's 23 points, the total score of the "Third Trail Blazers" is only 37 points, which is less than Harden's.

person's score.

The statement that the "Third Young Player of the Trail Blazers" is comparable to the Third Young Player of the Thunder seems to be certain, and it seems to be a joke.

However, due to the interesting nature of the schedule, the last stop of the Trail Blazers' four-game away trip was to Oklahoma to challenge the Thunder away from home, where two of the most orthodox Thunder juniors stayed.

The "eldest brother" and the "second brother" said before the game that they wanted to clear their names, not to mention that this was a back-to-back game. In today's report, we will first take advantage of the Rockets' easy victory and Harden's superb performance.

After a little mocking of the Trail Blazers, all the media, reporters, and interested onlookers were all waiting for the game where the Trail Blazers challenged the Thunder, which was broadcast live across the United States.

As long as the Thunder can perform normally and defeat the outnumbered and back-to-back Trail Blazers at home, as long as Durant and Westbrook can perform normally and crush the statistics of the "Third Trail Blazers", then this series about the "Three Trail Blazers" will

"With less" coverage, there can be a perfect ending, and media reporters can find other gimmicks to maintain the attention of the regular season.

Although Stotts felt that his own reasons had put tremendous pressure on Zhang Feng and McCollum, he also communicated with them in detail and expressed his apology.

However, Zhang Feng and McCollum are not the kind of people who would give up easily.

He is not the kind of person who would give up easily during a competition.

Maybe it's true that he performed poorly, but this is his adaptation to the NBA. As a rookie player, it is normal for him to have such abnormal performance in his rookie season.

Moreover, neither of them played much playing time, which to a certain extent limited Zhang Feng and McCollum's opportunities to further prove themselves in the game.

Young people never admit defeat. Although it is a road trip with four games in five days, although the two teams are back-to-back strong teams, and although their performance in the first three games was not at their best, Zhang Feng and McColler

Mu, these two partners from Lehigh University are still preparing with the fullest attitude for this game against the Thunder.

During this period of time, Zhang Feng has not looked at social media. Even on the plane flying back and forth to the away game, Zhang Feng just listened to music to rest and regain energy.

During this special time period, if you don’t consider the opinions of the outside world for the time being, it will only distract you. Zhang Feng himself also knows that netizens all over the world are the same. Many keyboard warriors don’t look down on other people’s kindness and argue with them.

, will only lower your IQ. If you have that time, you might as well seize all the time and continue to hone your skills.

The outside world is still debating whether the three Blazers can make the trip, but those who are not optimistic about it must be the majority. After all, the fans of the Trail Blazers are still one level behind compared to many wealthy teams in the entire NBA.

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Although there is a huge market in China, today's era is not limited to fandom. Even if there are Chinese players involved in disputes, there are still most people in the country who, looking at the problem from a rational perspective, think the same.

It is impossible for Zhang Feng to reach the level he expected.

Although this battle with the Thunder has attracted attention due to both competitive and off-court factors, for Stotts, this is just an ordinary regular season, just competing for the front position in the Western Conference.

Stotts will not be disturbed by external factors. When he is on the playing field, he will fulfill his duties as a head coach and lead the team to strive for victory.

The last time the two teams met, due to the lack of Westbrook, it may still have an impact on the Thunder's strength. Well, maybe!

With the addition of Westbrook today, the Thunder are equivalent to having two super scoring players, which may be a huge test for the Blazers' defense.
Chapter completed!