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Chapter 42



Chapter 42

The Rockets were stunned.

They have never seen such a strong firepower. The Blazers have a 100% hit rate. The key Blazers are still playing very easily. game.

The Blazers themselves were also a little confused. During the timeout, Frye said that it seemed that if God helped him, he could have a three-pointer.

After the timeout ended, the Rockets replaced rookie Carl Landry as power forward, slightly lowered Aldridge's mid-range shooting percentage on the defensive end, and frequently switched defenses with Yao Ming in advance, limiting Frye's long-range shots to a certain extent.

But the Blazers only needed a few easy passes, and Landry was tired of running left and right in the half court.

As Landry's physical strength declined, the Blazers returned to a high hit rate and continued to maintain a big lead.

In the second half, the Rockets still had nothing to do with the Blazers, and the flaws in the lineup were exposed. The live broadcast footage was frequently shown to general manager Morey and owner Alexander sitting in the auditorium. The two seemed to have no pressure and forced smiles.

The fourth quarter of the game was all garbage time. The Blazers played all off the bench and still beat the Rockets 109 to 91.

At the post-match press conference, the ESPN reporter mentioned that the Blazers had a maximum lead of 23 points in the game, and asked McMillan how he did it. McMillan replied that Su Yang did a good job of analyzing before the game and perfectly took advantage of the Rockets' shortcomings.

Adelaide played 28 minutes in the game, made 19 of 14 shots, zero free throws, and scored 28 points with super high efficiency.The reporter asked him how he maintained a high shooting rate for three consecutive games. Ade replied that Su Yang gave him great confidence, and that confidence made him more determined when he shot. Improve naturally.

Roy sent 12 assists in the whole game, 4 times more than the real point guard Jack. Before the reporter asked him how he did it, he emphasized the details mentioned in Su Yang's pre-match meeting in advance, and let him Benefited a lot.

That night, the Trail Blazers took a special plane back to Portland and had four days to rest according to the schedule.

Su Yang gave himself a two-day vacation, went to Suzhou Gardens next to Chinatown to wander around, and went to the Mandarin Teaching Office as a voluntary teacher for two classes, participated in a CS open black entertainment competition organized by foreign students, and wrote codes to practice his hands.

On the third day, he returned to the training base and began to study the four teams that will visit the Rose Garden.

Rookies Tao Linglin and Mike Roberts also started training ahead of schedule. As a player development coach, Su Yang accompanied them to practice reading games and one-step shooting respectively according to the plan made in the off-season.

However, practicing with the team for several months has greatly improved his body beauty, and the muscles in various parts have become slightly more obvious.

On the fourth day, the team held a joint practice. Oden visited the sidelines with a cane and asked Su Yang for his suggestions.

Considering Oden's drinking problem, Su Yang suggested that he maintain self-discipline, and use the recovery time to study the technical movement analysis videos of those great centers, and at the same time increase leg muscle training, at least let the leg muscles bear the weight.

Auden nodded resentfully, saying that he would carry it out seriously, but there was suspicion in his eyes.

Su Yang didn't say much. Someone suggested that Oden should strengthen his leg muscles, but Oden never did it. As a player development coach, he can only do so much.

On November 11th, the Trail Blazers started the first home game of the new season in the Rose Garden with a three-game winning streak.

The opponent was the Hornets who had fought before, and Su Yang still had the same set of suggestions: focus on Paul with all his strength, and others can figure it out.

After the game started, it may be that he noticed that the Blazers Yu, Paul intentionally reduced the time of possession of the ball, and directed Peja and West to play more. West lived up to expectations and frequently used his weight advantage to kill Alder, 11 in a single quarter. He made 6 shots.

But apart from West, the Hornets scored a total of 7 points, of which Paul made 2 of 0 shots.

In the second quarter of the game, Paul led the bench to play for a while, and soon scored 8 points and 2 assists, which was extremely efficient.

Paul also brought a substitute to defend the Blazers to the point of being overwhelmed, and then led the Hornets team to successfully overtake the Blazers in the halftime game, but the price of his comeback was 12 consecutive minutes of playing, which was extremely exhausting.

During the half-time break, Su Yang repeated the suggestion of "big ass against Paul" and played a video clip of the United States playing against Greece in the 06 World Championships. In the video, Paul was dribbled with his back by the Greek player Papalukas It's hard.

Jack accepted the suggestion, and caught Paul madly at the beginning of the third quarter. The rest of the Blazers also had the idea of ​​"can't lose the first game at home", and caught their opponents madly. They caught the Hornets by surprise and led by 17 in a single quarter. point.

In the fourth quarter of the game, Paul became the god of point guards. No matter how he shot, he would turn into an assist. The Blazers tried various methods, but they were completely unable to defend. attack.

Fortunately, the lead was enough in the third quarter. Huang Feng made consecutive fouls at the end, and the Blazers made no mistakes in free throws. Jack stood on the free throw line three times in a row and made all six free throws. Only then did he overwhelm Paul with four points in a row and an assist for a three-pointer. .

In the end, the Blazers won a thrilling 93-90 victory, with Paul scoring 26 points and 15 assists.

David West also scored 34 points in vain, but it inadvertently stimulated Adelaide, making Adelaide want to gain weight.

Su Yang advised Ade to maintain his style. After all, it is not Ade's specialty to force his way, just practice explosiveness and footwork.

On the [-]th, the Blazers sit at home and continue to face the challenging Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies have Gasol, Gay, Mike Miller, and the No. 03 pick in [-], Milicic. Failed to play the strength of the lineup.

The Grizzlies veteran starting point guard Damon Stoudemire has a very poor defense, and Jaffa Ronnie doesn't know how to solve it. Jack and Roy caught Damon and withdraw money. The worst thing is that the Grizzlies backup point guard Conley , and was bullied because of his height.

Jack teamed up with Roy to send 44 points and 12 assists, and Adelaide made 20 of 12 shots. The Blazers finally won 110 to 98 and won five consecutive victories. Like the Big Three Celtics, they became the only two undefeated in the league since the beginning team.

NO.13, the Blazers face the Mavericks back to back.

The Mavericks, who suffered a black eight last season, are very fierce in the new season. They only lost one game in the first five games, but the backcourt composed of "A Mountain in Puerto Rico" Barea and "Jet" Terry has a very weak defense and has no zone defense bonus. , all by attack.

Unfortunately, compared to offense, the Mavericks are not as good as the Blazers.

In the end, Roy and Jack scored a combined 44 points and 11 assists, leading the team to a 101-92 victory over the Mavericks.

After three days of rest, the Trail Blazers played against the Pistons.

Losing the big book, the Pistons still have the power of the four tigers, but the defensive system of the Larry Brown era has collapsed.

Pistons head coach Philip Saunders is average, but he knows how to use people well. He basically didn't interfere with Billups throughout the process. Billups led the team and played quite anxiously with the Blazers until the Pistons lacked physical strength at the end of the fourth quarter.

Especially Prince, failed to withstand the crazy impact of Outlaw, which caused the Pistons to be pulled away.

In the end, the Trail Blazers defeated the Pistons 102-94, achieved seven consecutive victories in the new season, ranked first in the Western Conference, tied for the first place in the league with the Celtics, and ranked first in the league in offensive points per game, with an average turnover of only More than the Spurs.

Compared with last season, the Blazers have made a huge improvement. After seven games, it also shows that it is not luck.

After the game, ESPN published a special analysis article, mentioning Su Yang's role in the Trail Blazers.

That night, Su Yang received several calls asking him if he was willing to serve as the chief assistant.

Su Yang thought about it carefully, and felt that the chief assistant coach was really unnecessary. He was already half the head coach of the Trail Blazers.

He replied that he only considered the head coach, but those people felt that he was not qualified enough. They were mainly worried that he would not be able to make the players obedient. After all, McMillan was in charge of the Trail Blazers, and many players were willing to cooperate. It was slightly risky to let him be the head coach.

Su Yang was not entangled, but after hanging up the phone, he began to think about where would be the best place to be the head coach.

NO.14, the Blazers flew to the Denver Plateau to challenge the Nuggets back-to-back away games.

Although it was a group of young people, the Blazers players still couldn't hold on to the game against the Pistons the night before, followed by the match against the track and field team in the plateau.Martin also used his weight advantage to bully Adelaide, and Iverson also made various breakthroughs...

Under Su Yang's suggestion, McMillan gave up the game in the fourth quarter to accumulate energy for the Eastern Conference's three-game streak.

In the end, the Blazers lost to the Nuggets 93 to 110, ending their seven-game winning streak, but still ranked first in the Western Conference.

That night, the whole team flew to Philadelphia, ready to challenge the 76ers.

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