Back at the team base, the Trail Blazers did not conduct much training and paid more attention to video research.

Su Yang made plans in advance, and various simulation hypotheses might occur, and there was no rest for more than ten hours.

On the 29th, the fifth match between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers in the West Finals started at the Rose Garden Center.

According to Su Yang's strategy of boldly rushing at home, Roy and Blake used a lot of cover to break through at the beginning, and Ade temporarily gave up his straight arm long shot, turned around and attacked the basket more, carrying Gasol's defense and forced a strong shot.

Such a strategy received miraculous effects, which soon caused the three Lakers to make 6 fouls on their backs. Although Kobe was not troubled by fouls, he was very uncomfortable with the big move defense, and the Lakers team made 0 of 5 three-pointers.

Some fouls can actually be ignored, but that is the home advantage. Su Yang told the players not to be polite.

With those fouls, the Trail Blazers scored 10 free throws in a single quarter, leading the Lakers 31-21.

After the second quarter started, the two teams entered the substitute stage as usual, and Lakers Vujacic made a three-pointer when they came on the court.

Su Yang did not think it was too serious. Unexpectedly, Vujasic hit another three-pointer and had to adjust his local defensive strategy.

But after Vujasic made a series of shots, the Heat felt the defense and hit a three-pointer again. With McRoberts and Ottoro struck one after another, the Lakers made a 9-0 attack wave, quickly chasing the Blazers only 1 point away from the Trail Blazers.

In that case, Su Yang could only pause the adjustment, but fortunately he stabilized the situation until the end of the half.

After returning to the locker room after halftime, he emphasized to the players that even if Vujasic hit 4 three-pointers in the second quarter, the Lakers would be allowed to shoot three-pointers in the second half, because only in that way can Kobe and Gasol be prevented from robbing.

Roy and others expressed their understanding that after the third quarter started, Kobe scored three-pointers when he defended for the first time.

Kobe's three-pointer made a slam and then gave up shooting three-pointers and made various attacks on the inside.

In order to prevent Kobe, Webster and Roy from returning to two fouls, the situation was stable.

But even so, Kobe still made 4 of 6 shots in a single quarter, while other Lakers players made 5 of 12 shots.

Roy was also defended by Kobe, and Ade was not in good condition, so the Trail Blazers rely on Fry to support him.

After the third quarter, the Trail Blazers entered the fourth quarter with a 4-point lead and rotated as usual.

The two teams played very fiercely. Kobe and Fisher were difficult to score goals on the outside. Roy and Blake also frequently made blacksmiths on the outside. The scores were concentrated on the inside players of the two teams. The Lakers Gasol made 4 of 4 shots and broke with Ade.

Among all kinds of hand-to-hand combat and fouls, the game was played to the last 13 seconds, and the Lakers were behind 108-110.

Phil Jackson arranged his classic star explosion tactics, and Kobe successfully attracted double teams. Odom took the opportunity to make a three-pointer, but he made a slam. However, Gasol grabbed the offensive rebound and assisted Kobe in a gap cut and dunk to tie the score.

Su Yang immediately requested a suspension and used Roy as bait to arrange an air connection tactic for Ade.

After the referee's whistle sounded, the entire Trail Blazers successfully ran out of tactics, but Ade was blocked by the basket after dunking.

After the regular time was over, the two teams entered overtime. Ade did not explain why he detained the flying, and Su Yang did not ask.

Fortunately, Roy stood up in overtime, not only made 2 of 3 shots, but also joined Webster to get Kobe 1 of 7 shots.

In the end, the Trail Blazers defeated the Lakers 121-115 and stubbornly chased the big score to 2-3.

After the game, Su Yang asked Ade privately why he dunked the basketball at that time, which was very strange.

Ade bluntly said that there was an injury in his waist, which was because he was injured against the Spurs before, and he realized that it was not very serious. He wanted to play with the injury later. He hoped that Su Yang would not tell the team doctor or McMillan, so as not to cause any major impact on the momentum of chasing points.

Su Yang thought about it over and over again and chose to 'betray' Ade and told the team doctor to request a second round of examination.

However, the team doctor kept it secret and only said that he wanted to have a routine physical examination, pretending that he had discovered it accidentally.

After examination, the team doctor confirmed that Ade's injury was not very serious, but it was a risk of aggravation.

Su Yang didn't understand at all, did not participate in the discussion, and finally got a notice to respect Ade's personal wishes.

After two days of rest, the entire Trail Blazers rushed to Los Angeles to start the sixth battle with the Lakers.

In the first quarter, the Lakers also relied on their home court advantages and defended with various big moves, and were not afraid of fouls at all.

The Trail Blazers were greatly affected, with only 7 of 23 shots in the first quarter, falling as much as 13 points behind.

In the second quarter, Vujasic made consecutive shots in the fifth game, but Su Yang allowed the team to stick to the priority of defending the inside, forcing the Lakers to shoot more three-pointers until the half-time game was over, and the Trail Blazers trailed the Lakers 43-62.

Faced with a 19-point backward situation, the Trail Blazers responded calmly, after all, they were behind 0 to 3 before.

In the midfield review, Su Yang temporarily drew several three-point tactics to prepare for the final pursuit in stages.

With the idea of ​​fighting to the end, the whole team responded to the third quarter as usual and narrowed the three-point gap with difficulty.

During the inter-chair pause, Su Yang once again reminded him that he could grab three points at a critical moment and caught him off guard.

After the fourth quarter started, the Trail Blazers were still 16 points behind, chasing until the last two minutes left before narrowing the gap to 8 points. On the Lakers, Kobe began to take over the game, causing Roy to make defensive fouls one after another.

Roy resisted the situation under tremendous pressure and successfully implemented Su Yang's three-point tactics in succession, continuing to narrow the score gap.

The two teams scored three-pointers in both free throws and three-pointers in the rhythm of two free throws, and they played until the last four seconds.

Faced with a two-pointer behind, Su Yang used Roy as bait and specially arranged a three-point tactic for Fry.

When the referee whistle sounded, the Trail Blazers ran perfectly, but unfortunately Fry made a three-pointer.

Just as the audience cheered in Staples Center, Ad ran and jumped, and scored a trick through Gasol.

But Ade fell heavily on the floor, and the old man hadn't gotten up for a long time, and was carried back to the bench by Roy and others.

The team doctor diagnosed on the spot and forced Ade to withdraw from the game. The Trail Blazers could only play overtime with less main players.

Fortunately, the whole team was inspired, and Roy and Blake succeeded one after another, defeating the Lakers in one wave to win.

With a 3-3 score, the Trail Blazers flew back to Portland overnight, with only one day off.

The team doctor once again tested Ade and gave a report that he was banned from playing in G7, and the whole team accepted it calmly.

But no one said he wanted to give up. Su Yang designed a new set of tactics all night, and the whole team was racing against time to practice.

On June 1, the Trail Blazers faced the Lakers in Rose Garden, with the first minute of the game breaking the record.

Ad was sitting on the bench wearing a jersey, giving the team the greatest support, and Oden also came to the court to help.

Unfortunately, there was no Ade, and the Trail Blazers' firepower in the interior was greatly reduced. They were defended to only 16 points in the first quarter.

In the following two quarters, relying on various efforts, the Trail Blazers were only 17 points behind the Lakers.

But in the fourth quarter of the game, the Lakers defended like crazy, and it was extremely difficult to score.

In the end, the Trail Blazers lost to the Lakers 91-102, and stopped in the Western Conference Finals 3-4.

The final whistle sounded, and Su Yang hugged the players one by one, thanking him for his concerted efforts throughout the season.

Boss Paul Allen spoke on the spot, thanking the fans for their support this season, thanking the management led by Kevin for building a strong team in a short period of time, thanking the McMillan coaching staff, and thanks to the scouts and trainers team.

At the end of the speech, Paul Allen specifically thanked Su Yang alone, and the fans on the scene made a fuss and asked Su Yang to stay.

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PS, do you think this plot against the Lakers is a bit hasty?
Chapter completed!