During the break after the third quarter, McHale quickly held a small meeting with his players.

For the Trail Blazers, they are leading 3 to 2 at this time. Even if they lose, they still have an away game to play. But for the R team, if they lose this game, they really have to "enjoy" the holiday in advance.

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McHale constantly used various words to cheer up his disciples and mobilize their enthusiasm for the game, just so that the team could forget the poor performance in the third quarter and display its full strength in the last quarter of the game.

, play your best.

And because Harden's physical strength was somewhat exhausted in the third quarter, McHale decisively chose to put Harden on the bench at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

"Warcraft" Howard, who had been replaced early due to foul problems, came on the court at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Team R sent out a rather rotating five-man group with Howard as the core of the offense.

Center Howard, power forward Jones, and Parsons remain on the court, serving as outside shooters at the small forward position, while on the back line, George W. Bush and Jeremy Lin are also on the court to give Harden and others enough rest time.

The R team let Harden rest, while the Trail Blazers did the opposite in terms of player rotation.

Lillard, the team's outside core, leads the team. Lillard and Momo form the back line, and Batum also contributes his outside threat on the court.

When Aldridge was resting, this time Stotts chose Thomas Robinson, who could run and jump, to play on the court to add vitality to the team. At the center position, Zhang Feng was still a good match with Lillard.

In fact, in terms of field configuration, the Blazers' lineup at this time is stronger on the offensive end.

However, Lillard, who performed extremely well in the third quarter, was still on the court in the fourth quarter, but he also began to consciously stay focused.

Under Jeremy Lin's pressure, Lillard did not force his own attack, but handed the ball to Batum, who was running without the ball and out of the offensive space.

After receiving the ball, Batum found Robinson and Zhang Feng's two screens. He dribbled the ball from the left to the right corner. However, Batum was not a speedy player after all.

He used the screen to reach beyond the three-point line on the right side. He originally wanted to switch over to an inside player who was unwilling to come out, so that he could take a direct outside shot, but unexpectedly, he was double-teamed by Howard and Jones.

The two inside players of the R team, not to mention letting Batum shoot this time, all extended outside the three-point line, locking Batum directly on the sideline, and even the passing field of view was not visible.

With a premonition that the shot clock was about to expire, Batum reluctantly jumped up and passed the ball to Lillard.

It's just that this time the pass was too low. When Lillard took control of the ball, Parsons had already stepped up to defend, limiting Lillard's space for further attacks.

The 24-second attack time was less than 2 seconds. Lillard was unable to complete the shot in front of Parsons and could only pass the ball to Xiao Mo on the outside. When Xiao Mo received the ball, before he could take the shot, the 24-second timer was already

It turned out that in the first round of the fourth quarter, Team R used strong defense to hold the Blazers for 24 seconds. This can be regarded as a precursor to Team R's desire to reverse and win.

In the third quarter of the game, Howard left the game early due to too many fouls. After taking enough rest off the court, Howard was full of energy and energy at this time.

Xiaobu dribbled over and made a dangerous cross pass from outside the three-point line, which attracted Lillard to grab the ball. However, this time the gamble did not succeed. Instead, after Jeremy Lin received the ball, the front line lost the advantage.

Ladd is the defender and the field is open.

Jeremy Lin accelerated and hit the basket directly.

Zhang Feng seized the time, abandoned Howard, and wanted to complete the block.

This point depends on Zhang Feng's defensive judgment. For this ball, Zhang Feng did not block Jeremy Lin's offensive line early, but instead chose to watch Howard's position first, and only stepped forward at the last moment.

, causing interference to Jeremy Lin's layup.

Firstly, Zhang Feng's deterrence is still there due to his own height advantage. He does not have to step forward too early to let Jeremy Lin judge Zhang Feng's defensive form; secondly, he can effectively use himself to defend at the last moment.

He used his body to block Jeremy Lin, who had already reached the basket, from passing the ball to Howard.

Zhang Feng forced Jeremy Lin to complete the shot under his own defense instead of directly passing the ball to Howard.

Zhang Feng's defensive plan was quite good. Jeremy Lin's preferred passing option was successfully suppressed by Zhang Feng in this breakthrough, but...

"In order to avoid Zhang Feng's block, Jeremy Lin made a high throw, hit the board, and missed!"

"but……"

"Howard! He didn't take Robinson's cover-up at all. After Zhang Feng left his position in the paint, he directly exploded with all his strength and forcefully took off to complete the cover-up dunk with both hands."

"Between one offense and one defense, Howard showed a very good game state at the beginning of the fourth quarter."

When team R was on offense and defense, and the morale was greatly improved, Lillard began to hold the ball and prepare for individual singles.

However, although Jeremy Lin does not have Beverley's biting defensive pressure, his defensive judgment is still quite good. Although one person cannot limit Lillard's offense, he can also use active defense to prevent it.

Lillard's possible shooting options from the outside.

Lillard could only choose to force a breakthrough inside, but he encountered the help of Parsons. Under the double-team of Parsons and Jeremy Lin, and with possible defensive interference from Howard under the basket, Lillard could only choose

Move the ball to the outside.

When there was an open three-point opportunity, Batum received the ball and fired a three-pointer, but the ball was too powerful and hit the neck of the basket.

Howard overpowered Zhang Feng, jumped up high, and steadily collected the rebound. The shouts of "Warcraft" could be clearly heard by the audience through the TV.

At the beginning of the third quarter, it was the Blazers' start-up phase. Continuous hits boosted the team's morale.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the R team led by Howard also seized the opportunity and started chasing points for the team.

Jeremy Lin and Xiaobu switched positions during a half-court screen and successfully replaced their defender with Xiao Mo, who was not good at defending.

As an Asian guard, Jeremy Lin relies not on physical talent but basketball IQ to play in the NBA.

When facing Lillard, Jeremy Lin was submissive, but when facing Xiao Mo, Jeremy Lin struck hard.

He didn't make any useless moves, he just accelerated to the left and used his body to forcefully eat Xiao Mo.

Being accelerated immediately by Jeremy Lin and gaining half a position, Xiao Mo had lost the possibility of defense.

Jeremy Lin went directly to the basket, and Zhang Feng's defense was very quick. However, this time, Jeremy Lin did not avoid Zhang Feng, and directly took off and took the initiative to confront Zhang Feng's body.

In a direct duel between Chinese players, for fear of being called for his fifth foul, after maintaining defensive pressure, Zhang Feng took the initiative to avoid the physical confrontation in the air, while Jeremy Lin was twisting in the air.
Chapter completed!