On the afternoon of the 21st, the entire Trail Blazers rushed to the Hawks home Phillips Center.

Before the game, McMillan was interviewed by reporters and talked about the team's record ranking first in the Western Conference. He said that the two assistant coaches, Su Yang and Monty, have made greater contributions, and praised Otero for his outstanding performance recently and called on fans to vote for Roy.

Su Yang also accepted an interview, first being modest and then calling on fans to vote for Ade.

After the warm-up training, the whole team held a meeting in the locker room to discuss how to play the Hawks. Su Yang bluntly stated that he wanted to play the superstar because the Hawks had no obvious shortcomings on both offense and defense, but every time they encountered a superstar, they would be confused, which can be called the team culture.

Su Yang remembers that in the original history, the Eagles were swept by the Cavaliers in the East, and the Eagles were swept by the Cavaliers in the East. The Eagles were swept by the Cavaliers in the East. The Eagles were still incomplete in the lineup, while the Eagles were so powerful that they were aimed at the championship.

McMillan and others completely agreed with Su Yang's proposal, saying that although it was difficult to understand, they were willing to believe Su Yang.

At the start of the game, Roy first took on the heavy responsibility of superstar playing style. His performance in the first quarter was poor and he scored crazily in the second quarter. After the Hawks targeted Roy, Ade took over the heavy responsibility of superstar playing style, which made the Hawks dizzy.

Until the end of the game, the Trail Blazers still led the Hawks 98-87.

I thought that after the timeout came back, the referee actually called Ade four fouls, and the Hawks took advantage of the situation to chase 9 points.

McMillan was stunned, while Su Yang activated the penalty kick tactic, turning passive into active, and forcibly punishing the Eagles.

After defeating the Hawks as if they were eating shit, the Trail Blazers flew to New Orleans to challenge the Hornets away.

Perhaps because the All-Star head coach was stolen, Hornets head coach Scott was quite angry and commanded the Hornets to use the strongest joint defense at the beginning. Paul also changed his normalcy and attacked with all his strength in the first quarter, with very few passing balls.

The Trail Blazers resisted tenaciously and tied with the Hornets in the first three quarters. I thought I would have a big decisive battle, but the Hornets substituted Jane Pago in the first quarter, descending to earth in the first quarter, making 6 of 11 shots, scoring 15 points, breaking the Trail Blazers rotation.

Su Yang hurriedly arranged for the main players such as Ade to appear, but the Hornets also allowed Paul to appear, and the two teams entered the rhythm of chasing each other, and the situation of the game never changed significantly. In the end, the Trail Blazers lost to the Hornets 91-106.

After finishing the seven-game journey, the Trail Blazers returned to Portland and took a day off to continue against the Rockets.

During the meeting before the game, the team's chief trainer, Jove Clark, said that Roy's calf muscles were a little nervous. From his perspective, Roy could rest or not, and then play for a few minutes less than the game.

Roy himself thought was to play against potential playoff opponents of the Rockets.

After a long discussion, the final decision was made to the coaching staff.

Su Yang suggested that Roy rest. The season is half over and the winning or losing of a few regular season games is not that important.

McMillan believed him unconditionally, and the trainer immediately notified Roy of the decision and asked Roy to observe two games.

Roy soon found McMillan's theory and said that there was no problem in the fight, but McMillan directly denied it and did not mention Su Yang's key suggestions. Roy could only accept the decision with a frown, but Oterlow and others expressed their understanding.

Without Roy, the threat of the Trail Blazers' perimeter breakthrough was greatly reduced. Rockets Battier provided more assistance to defend, which affected Fry and Ade's long shots. Adelman also asked Scola to start and replace Hayes, who had no offensive threat.

The two teams fought to the end of the fourth quarter, and McGrady scored five points in a row and assisted Yao Ming, taking the game away in one wave.

The Trail Blazers suffered two consecutive losses. Roy found out from somewhere that Su Yang suggested a quit observation. After the game, he ran to the parking lot to stop Su Yang and asked to make a comeback next game. However, Su Yang told a story about a talented player who was eager to come back and even took the initiative to remove the meniscus, resulting in early reimbursement of his career. Roy thought for a long time and agreed to observe carefully.

After a day off, the Trail Blazers will play against the Hawks at home.

Because Roy was absent, the Trail Blazers were always beaten by the Hawks in the first three quarters, but they were not much behind.

The rhythm lasted until the last two minutes. Jack started the superstar style and used joint defense. The Trail Blazers took the game away with a 7-0 wave, killing the Hawks twice within a week. They were so angry that the Hawks players returned to the locker room early after the game and did not shake hands.

After three days of rest, the Trail Blazers played against the Cavaliers at home, and Roy finished his observation and made a formal comeback.

During the pre-match video analysis meeting, Su Yang suggested putting the blocked paint area and letting LeBron shoot as much as possible.

Assistant coach Bill Baino laughed and said that his idea was the same as Su Yang, and LeBron's shooting percentage was relatively low and he should make good use of it.

But Su Yang didn't think so. He suggested letting LeBron shoot because LeBron's breakthrough is too lethal, able to score, foul, and assist. His breakthrough efficiency has been as high as the first in history for several seasons. It is better to let LeBron shoot.

Anyway, they are two points, even if they hit consecutively, their destructive power will be smaller than LeBron's breakthrough.

Su Yang also wanted to be targeted at LeBron like the Spurs in the finals, but the Trail Blazers did not have such good defensive resources and could only limit LeBron through joint defense contraction. That is, the method adopted by the Mavericks later, but it could not be completely locked.

After hearing Su Yang's explanation, McMillan agreed with Su Yang's proposal to let the players start training before the game.

The game started at 7:00 pm. The Trail Blazers strictly implemented Su Yang's suggestion on the defensive end and fought for more than two hours.

In the end, with Roy's breakthrough, the Trail Blazers defeated the Cavaliers 94-93.

LeBron scored 48 points in person, but only had four free throws, and his assists were nearly half less than the average.

After the game, EPSN long article analyzed the offensive and defensive strategies of the two teams, believing that the Trail Blazers set an excellent demonstration for other teams in the league. In the future, the Cavaliers would block the paint area. After all, except LeBron, the other players of the Cavaliers were all natives.

On February 1st, the Trail Blazers played against the Knicks at home.

When introducing the visiting team players, the team played a special video of the tribute to Randolph who returned to Portland for the first time, but Randolph was not grateful. He lowered his head throughout the whole process, and did not want any expression to be captured by the camera.

Su Yang felt very sorry. Randolph had not changed his temperament yet, and his performance was worse than last season. It was like a naughty child who insisted on being angry and insisted on showing his presence by making trouble. If he could stay with the Trail Blazers to play center, it would be perfect.

The game did not have too many ups and downs, the Knicks were too weak, and the Trail Blazers laid the foundation for winning in three quarters.

The only problem is that Ade was called for four more fouls, and he was too easy to be deceived when defending and needed to strengthen his judgment.

In the next three days, Su Yang found Duncan's defensive video and pulled Ade to watch and study carefully.

On February 4th, the Trail Blazers will play against the Nuggets at home.

George Carl used the old routine, so Iverson and Anthony took turns to play singles, and the Trail Blazers couldn't defend themselves. But the Nuggets couldn't defend against the Trail Blazers. The two teams fought hard until the end of the game, and Ultralo made one of two free throws and failed to complete the final kill.

The game then entered overtime, and Iverson's MVP style showed his final shot and scored a final shot.

After losing the game, Otero was quite guilty. Su Yang comforted him not to care, and Roy took the initiative to take responsibility.

On February 6th, Kaikai plays the Bulls at home.

It was New Year's Eve, and thousands of Chinese audiences were welcomed by the players. Su Yang, as a representative, gave an opening speech, calling on everyone to promote the origins and customs of the Spring Festival and never be stolen by some small country people.

After speaking, Su Yang sent various red envelopes, and the team members easily defeated the Bulls with a festive atmosphere.

The following week, the Trail Blazers embarked on a four-game journey, losing back to back to the Pistons, and won all three other battles.

On February 14th, Su Yang and others flew directly to New Orleans to prepare for the All-Star Weekend.

Su Yang's mission is to lead the first-year rookie against the second-year rookie led by Thibodeau.

In the past seven years, the second-year team has been winning, and it is quite difficult to win, but the more difficult thing is how to make the rookies take the game seriously. After all, the rookie competition has no impact and has always been played casually.
Chapter completed!