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Chapter 202 bluff
How far Zhang Chen has recovered is a matter of great concern. If he fully recovers, it is impossible to wait until the Warriors reach the edge of the cliff before playing.

Trail Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks explained to the players: "He's just bluffing, we can win as long as we play our basketball...Of course, this is the playoffs, it's up to the self-righteous star Players recognize the brutality of the game."

Zhang Chen's theory of winning the game with [-]% strength before the game began. The soldiers of the Blazers were extremely upset. Pippen smiled confidently: "Coach, Zhang Chen left it to me. Players who have not experienced setbacks cannot grow truly. , I will teach him a lesson in this game."

After the athlete is injured, he is not the same person. Pippen is somewhat disdainful of Zhang Chen's comeback. Even if he can't handle the Zhang Chen before the injury, can he also handle the Zhang Chen at this time? Absolutely impossible what.

The first to get the offensive right is the Warriors. Zhang Chen knows how much help he can bring to the team when he comes back. The initial appearance is very important. This is the so-called first impression, and the impact will always exist in the following Contest.

After receiving a pass from his teammate, facing Pippen in front of him, he smiled slightly, "You know, your defense is almost like air in front of me."

He didn't say that Pippen's defense was not good, but told him that the entire Blazers' defense was not good. After he finished speaking, he suddenly started and took one step, just like before the injury.

Pippen, whose lateral movement speed can never return to the peak, is like a puppet when he is passed by. The Blazers players are stunned. They dare to play like this before their injuries have healed. They can still play like this. When their help defense goes up , Zhang Chen had already smashed the basketball into the basket.

The dunk full of violent aesthetics, this time not only the Blazers players, everyone was stunned, the arena was extremely quiet at this moment, Zhang Chen really came back.

"We will win." When he ran back, he said lightly, and the expressions on the faces of his teammates became completely different from the previous two games. This is the feeling of having a backbone.

"I can't tell that Zhang Chen was forced to come back early. Stoudemire passed the ball to Pippen. Zhang Chen's defense was impeccable. Pippen tried to get rid of it twice but failed. He just passed the ball to Larry. In Sheed Wallace's hands, time was running out, and Rasheed Wallace made a hasty shot and missed."

"The ball was in Zhang Chen's hands again, facing the defender's three-pointer, and made a hollow hit. It seemed that he didn't need time to adapt to the game at all. He hadn't played a game for more than two months and had no effect on him."

"Steal, Zhang Chen again, he is still invincible."

In order to leave a strong impression on both sides, Zhang Chen used absolute control at the beginning, and now everyone's eyes on him have changed, he just needs this effect.

Next, he can create opportunities for his teammates. In the first game just back, he didn't plan to use his body to fight. The playoffs are still long.

The Blazers also have the problem of not being very good inside defense, and their outside players, Pippen and Bunch Wells are not good at lateral movement, and Derek Anderson is too weak, and they have no one at all. Zhang Chen can be restricted.

They thought that Zhang Chen, who had just come back, would not perform very well, but now they saw Zhang Chen's tough performance, and they were a little confused.

Their inside defense is not good, so the only way to restrict Zhang Chen is to flank.

How could the 2:0 good situation be ruined by Zhang Chen's comeback? The head coach of the Blazers gritted his teeth and made a flanking decision.

Facing the flanking attack, Zhang Chen didn't panic, and showed his passing skills to the fullest. Arenas or Jamison could pass through and shoot directly if they had a chance, or pass it to Larry-Hughes, Larry- Hughes can also get a chance after breaking through.

Without Zhang Chen, the Warriors also played inextricably with the Blazers in the first few quarters. It's not that they don't have the ability to score, so pinching Zhang Chen is of little use at all.

But on the surface, Zhang Chen's continuous scoring has stopped. The Blazers are quite satisfied with this situation. Others can score as long as they can. If Zhang Chen can be restrained, they feel that they have a chance to win. The first two games That's how they win games.

It's a pity they didn't know that Zhang Chen's return not only brought a top-ranked combat power in the league, but also a systematic ability. The fourth quarter of the Warriors without Zhang Chen is worrying, so after his return, the Warriors It will be the strongest team in the fourth quarter again.

"Be more active in defense, be aggressive, and make your opponent hesitate when facing you." Another advantage of Zhang Chen's return is that he has a convincing commander on the field again.

Only under the leadership of Zhang Chen can they play such an oppressive defense.

After the Warriors improved their defense to a new level, the Blazers' offense became a bit difficult. They relied more on Rasheed Wallace's singles. - Wallace's offense is really hard to defend.

The Warriors played very well as a team when Zhang Chen tried his best to organize.

At this time, the scores of the two teams have also entered a relatively stable period. The Warriors are slightly ahead, and everyone is waiting, waiting for the last moment of strength.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Warriors led by 75 points 70:5. Such an advantage is nothing for an NBA game.

As soon as the last quarter started, the Blazers started desperately. In their heads, they only needed to fight for a short ten minutes before they could consider their next opponent.

"Wallace's strong attack, the Blazers are aggressive, will Zhang Chen respond in person?"

"Zhang Chen signaled his teammates to pull away. He was about to play singles. Bunch Wells came over to attack. Zhang Chen feinted and passed the ball. Larry Hughes broke through and scored Jamison. Jamison hit two points. .”

"The Warriors didn't let Zhang Chen play hard. Their shooting percentage is very good."

"Zhang Chen still didn't make a shot. I don't know if it's because he can't keep up with his physical strength, but the current situation of the Warriors doesn't require him to score points in person. In fact, the Blazers can properly reduce double-teaming."

"Arenas hit another three-pointer. Stoudemire couldn't stop his shot at all. The Warriors have opened up the outside line. The score is gradually opening up. The Blazers must find a way."

The Blazers don't have much to do, because time is running out.

In the first game of Zhang Chen's comeback, he had 15 points, 15 assists and 7 rebounds. Judging from the statistics, it seems to be average for him, but the Warriors have that feeling of invincibility again.

At 105:94, the Warriors pulled back a round in the away game.

After the game, the head coach of the Blazers admitted that Zhang Chen's comeback had affected their style of play, but he said that they had found a way to deal with Zhang Chen, and they would win the series in the next game.

Zhang Chen from the Warriors was interviewed. He just said lightly, "I returned to the court and won the game. It's that simple."

Although Zhang Chen's words were praised by many fans, who believed that he was indeed qualified to act calmly, but some so-called experts came forward and pointed out that Zhang Chen's few kicks at the beginning of the game were deliberately designed and bluffed. Let the Blazers be fooled and steal a victory.

This kind of statement has also been supported by many people who don't like Zhang Chen, and the Blazers also think the same way. Zhang Chen just exploded a few times, and they pinched him for the whole game, which made the other Warriors players more Countless opportunities, in hindsight it is really irrational.

Facing doubts, Zhang Chen was still very calm. He said disdainfully, "So this is bluffing, so please ask their players to bluff in front of me too."

The more he said this, the more sure the Blazers were that he was bluffing, and felt that he had seen through Zhang Chen's little trick and would definitely win the next game.

Bluffing? It does mean something like this, but it’s just that Zhang Chen doesn’t want to expend too much energy. He needs to recover 100% faster. Bluffing with strength is completely different from bluffing without strength. Now after winning a game, Zhang Chen can stay in the system for a while again, and the recovery from the injury will do more good than harm.

Under such circumstances, the fourth match between the two sides began.

The head coach of the opponent, Maurice Cheeks, made up his mind this time. No matter how powerful Zhang Chen was at the beginning of the game, they would not flank. Strengthening the physical confrontation, they didn't believe that Zhang Chen could support the whole game with such strength.

"This time Zhang Chen went to the low post to ask for the ball. The Blazers didn't double-team and turned around and fell back. Zhang Chen played this move very well."

"After changing direction, Zhang Chen scored another 2 points."

"This time Zhang Chen passed the ball, a perfect assist. The Blazers haven't made a double attack in this game. Zhang Chen's personal offense is very good, but when his teammates have a good opportunity, he will still send the ball in a very timely manner."

Seeing Zhang Chen pass the ball, the Blazers soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. They thought it was a signal that Zhang Chen's physical strength had declined and he began to focus on organization, so their tactics were successful.

"How is it possible..." Trail Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks was a little taken aback.

The pass just now was not as they predicted. Zhang Chen, who was not flanked, was still focusing on personal offense, and his efficiency was very good.

At the beginning of the game, the Blazers once again fell behind.

Is their strategy wrong? Impossible. The Warriors must be misleading them. They have thought about the current situation before, but they have already proved that flanking is not a good way. Now they can only bite the bullet. After all Things like physical strength were invisible in the first half.

But, is the other party bluffing?

(End of this chapter)