When an avalanche occurs, no snowflake is innocent.

The Blazers' poor performance in the first half was a problem for the team as a whole, and it's impossible to blame Aldridge alone.

But Aldridge's extremely poor game state in this game is definitely the biggest snowflake in the avalanche.

Although this is just an ordinary regular season, Stotts will not deduct too much of Aldridge's playing time in the game, but in the second half of the game, due to the game situation on the field, there was nothing

After the change, the score difference remained at around 20 points. Stotts still chose to give Aldridge more rest time.

This does not mean that the Trail Blazers must complete some miraculous comeback on the road. Stotts' mentality is just to hope that the team's rotation players can get the opportunity to compete and practice.

Mark Jackson saw Stotts' adjustment of substitutions in the interior, and did not choose to continue to draft the main force.

David Lee can still stay on the court and continue to score points for himself, but a traditional high forward like Bogut still needs more rest time.

Speights came on, replacing Bogut, and faced the Trail Blazers' rookie Zhang Feng, while David Lee faced Freeland.

Speights serves as the Warriors' backup big man. He can play both at power forward and as a backup center.

However, because the Warriors' other backup big man, second-year pick Draymond Green, is only 2.01 meters tall, in the game, the 2.08-meter Speights is more of a substitute for center Bogut.

Give the backup position of power forward to Green.

When the Warriors were leading by a big score, Mark Jackson also dared to use Speights, who was strong in offense and weak in defense. Although this would reduce the defensive intensity of the Warriors, on the Trail Blazers only Lillard led the team with a single core.

Under the circumstances, Mark Jackson believes that the team can also maintain its lead in the game by relying on a better offense.

However, this kind of taken-for-granted behavior is destined to cause Mark Jackson to suffer.

"This is an opportunity to score points."

Seeing that Speights was sent to defend him, Zhang Feng was confident that he could show his strength on the offensive end even though he was a rookie.

Although Speights moves quickly, he is definitely not a "black and tough" center player.

When Lillard didn't have a good feel for attacking in the second half due to physical problems, Lillard began to try passing the ball and asked his teammates to help him share the offensive responsibility.

My good friend Zhang Feng, who just came on the field, is naturally Lillard's best choice.

After receiving a pass from Lillard on the right side of the court, Zhang Feng directly hit Stotts with his back.

The Warriors' inside man, David Lee, is a strong offensive and defensive player. On the defensive end, he saw the opponent's rookie Zhang Feng beating Speights, so he had no intention of wasting his energy to help defend.

As for the Warriors' outside players, Lillard is closely followed. Players like Matthews who feel good today really give the inside players enough "bullfighting" space.

Of course, in the inside area of ​​​​the NBA, for extremely athletic players on the court, they can definitely arrive quickly if they want to assist in defense. Zhang Feng also knows that he must not waste too much offensive time.

Dribbling with his back to squeeze into the three-second zone, Speights had no choice but to defend himself.

But facing Zhang Feng, who had been working hard on strength training and had already made some progress, Speights had no way to completely push Zhang Feng out when faced with Zhang Feng's advancement, which had a weight advantage.

However, Zhang Feng will not be allowed to get to the basket too easily.

Speights kept pushing Zhang Feng outside with all his strength, and the two fought hard. However, after pushing from the side to within the three-second zone, Zhang Feng did not expect to be able to directly hit him with force.

The moment Speights continued to push him hard, Zhang Feng turned his back flexibly, walked to the baseline side, and passed Speights in one step.

Speights did not expect Zhang Feng to turn around so quickly. When he wanted to catch up and block even a foul, Zhang Feng did not go straight to the basket. Instead, he dribbled the ball two more steps and followed the baseline.

He ran to the other side of the basket and completed a two-handed dunk after taking off.

A successful dunk boosted the Blazers' morale to a certain extent.

When the Warriors' offensive round was completed, Lillard once again found Zhang Feng who was in position.

Speights, a center with strong offense and weak defense, is definitely Zhang Feng's most suitable offensive partner.

He has neither height nor bounce, nor is he strong enough to be able to gain a foothold in the NBA. He relies more on Speights's excellent mid-to-long-range shooting ability and his fast enough feet.

As a human shield for interior defense, Speights was not qualified, and faced Zhang Feng's individual singles again.

This time the Warriors' defense was actually very fast.

However, Speights was beaten by Zhang Feng when he turned around and walked to the baseline during the previous confrontation. This time, he deliberately adjusted his position. After the confrontation, he adjusted his position to move closer to the baseline, causing Zhang Feng to move towards the baseline.

Even if Feng uses the same move again, he will not succeed easily.

But Zhang Feng is very skilled in insider skills, so he is not really a rookie insider with rough skills.

During the process of advancing from behind, Zhang Feng kept chatting with Speights from the corner of his eyes. Looking at Speights's position, of course he would not face the difficulty, but instead turned his back in the opposite direction compared to the last time.

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The movements are extremely coherent. After turning around, he directly leans back and steps up to shoot.

Curry's defensive action was very fast and he wanted to complete the cut. As a result, Zhang Feng collected the ball even faster and was hit directly on the arm by Curry.

At the same time as the referee blew the whistle, Zhang Feng completed his consecutive actions, a small fadeaway shot in front of the basket in the three-second zone, and it went hollow into the net, making the score 2+1.

The two consecutive games resulted in extra penalties. Mark Jackson did not expect that Zhang Feng, who mainly shoots from outside and long range, would actually perform so well in the paint today.

I thought that Speights, who has excellent mobility, could limit Zhang Feng's long-range shots after coming on the court, but now it seems that there may be a problem with this substitution adjustment.

Being beaten twice in a row by a rookie player in the paint also made Speights a little embarrassed.

Of course, although Speights is furious now, he will not lose his mind.

Speights, who felt that he did not have a thorough understanding of Zhang Feng's offensive methods, simply chose to use a forward defense method in the Blazers' subsequent offensive rounds to prevent Zhang Feng from easily catching the ball in the low post and playing behind him.

Zhang Feng and Speights had been fighting in the low post, but Speights was very aggressive, going around the front to defend and prevent Zhang Feng from catching the ball.

Lillard, who had no chance to pass the ball, could only transfer the ball between outside players, and the struggle between Zhang Feng and Speights also moved from the right side of the court to the left.

It's still a forward defense. Zhang Feng's physical confrontation is not strong enough to knock off Speights and seize the position, but the one holding the ball on this side is McCollum, who has a good understanding with Zhang Feng in college.

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A reverse lob is the best way to break the forward defense.

However, this is a great test of the passer's passing skills, and also depends on the tacit cooperation between the passer and the inside players.

As partners in the university, the tacit understanding between Zhang Feng and McCollum goes without saying.

A well-timed reverse lob. Due to the movement of the formation, the Warriors had no other defensive players inside. After receiving the ball, Zhang Feng directly took off and dunked!
Chapter completed!