pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 402 The Taste of Failure

After defeating the Jazz, the Miami Heat won 4 consecutive victories. They will go to Portland to challenge the Trail Blazers in the next stop. It is not easy to win a victory in the city of tearing.

Continuous away games have made the Heat's players a little tired, and they have just left the plateau environment of Salt Lake City and entered another devil's home court in the NBA, the city of tearing.

Portland has the most resilient team in the league. After a brief period of brilliance, the Blazers fell into a cursed cycle of fate. They missed Michael Jordan in the draft, which opened the curtain of bad luck in the draft.

Greg Oden and Brandon Roy, the two favorites of heaven, were destroyed by injuries.

The backcourt of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum did not make them go further in the playoffs. However, in recent years, the Blazers have selected JR O'Neal and JR Rose successively in the draft. It is expected to go further in the playoffs.

Miami's encounter with the Trail Blazers in this battle can be said to be a huge test. The team has lost a layer of skin after capturing Salt Lake City.

Mu Chenfeng has heard about the city of tearing, but he doesn't know much about the strength of O'Neill and Rose.

"O'Neal and Rose, what are the backgrounds of these two people?" At the pre-match mobilization meeting, Mu Chenfeng asked.

"It's enough to compete with us." Wade pointed to Barrett, and slowly commented. In terms of the role of the team, O'Neal and Rose did play the same role as the tail combination, but the Blazers have an absolute advantage. That side is weight. As the top three centers in the league, O'Neal has comprehensive skills and full strength.

There used to be such a legend in the NBA: A player named O'Neal was not good at free throws.

However, JR O'Neal's free throw percentage exceeded 7%, which is not easy for an inside player known for his strength.

When playing against the Blazers, Standemeier is the most unhappy person, because O'Neill's strength is too strong, and Standemeier can't limit it at all.

O'Neal scored 56 points in his career on the Heat, but on the night O'Neal scored 56 points, the Miami Heat defeated the Portland Trail Blazers. O'Neal won the data but lost the game.

But even so, O'Neal performed very well every time he played against the Heat. He once sent 4 blocks in a single quarter, and of course 3 of them were blocked on Standermire's head.

This is exactly why Standemeier was so worried. After that, every time he played against O'Neill, Standemeier's aura would be much lower than his opponent's, and his own performance was also very limited, and all the statistics were seriously below the average.

However, only Standemeier can touch O'Neal in the Heat, and the rest of the insiders are not his opponents.

Mu Chenfeng made a good start to his career, and he also became the player with the highest score in the first four games of his career.

But if the Heat want to continue their winning streak, it depends on whether the Blazers agree.

At the start of the game, everything went according to schedule, but as time went on, the Heat's fatigue showed up. The Blazers also took a fancy to the fact that the Heat had just finished playing the Jazz, and deliberately fought a protracted war with the Heat. For the current Heat, the longer the delay, the more unfavorable they are.

Gradually, the Heat's players couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the game physically. At this time, the Blazers suddenly increased the rhythm of the game. Wade and Barrett tried their best to suppress the opponent, but they couldn't control the opponent.

Basketball is a five-person sport, and there is no way to win with only one or two people.

The Heat can only rely on Wade and Barrett's offense to entangle the Blazers, but the Blazers are too incomprehensible inside, and O'Neal can do whatever he wants inside, taking whatever he wants. As a result, after halftime, the Heat fell behind by 18 points.

In previous games, this was the score that the Heat led other players. When they came to the city of tearing, everything changed.

The tail combination also announced their "surrender" after a period of support. With the last 5 minutes left in the game, Coach Scola withdrew all the main players of the team and sent five substitute players to play. Seeing that the Heat had given up the game, the Blazers also replaced the players.

After the game time ended, the Miami Heat lost the game 78:99, and Mu Chenfeng also ushered in the first game of his career.

In this game, Mu Chenfeng only scored 7 points, which seriously slowed down the team's offensive retreat. He was the first player to experience discomfort, but he was not the last to reach the limit in physical fitness. His willpower was very tenacious.

"It turns out that this is what it feels like to lose." There is a big difference between professional leagues, national leagues, and NCAA games. In the past games, Mu Chenfeng's teams mostly won, which made him forget what it feels like to lose. Mu Chenfeng has also experienced failures, but this time the feeling is different from the previous losses. An indescribable feeling has been lingering in Mu Chenfeng's heart for a long time.

In the face of this loss, the Heat's players and coaching staff were very indifferent. Since it was an away game, the team had already done a good job of mental construction, and allowed to lose 5 or 1 games in 2 away games to save energy for the next game, and this game against the Trail Blazers was within the team's "lose" plan.

It's no surprise that the players remain optimistic after a loss.

In the five consecutive away trips, the Heat scored 1 win and 1 loss. Next, they will go to Houston to challenge the Rockets. After arriving in Houston, the team gave the players a half-day rest. Most of the players chose to stay in the hotel, but Mu Chenfeng went out early at nine o'clock in the morning.

(End of this chapter)