Throughout the first quarter, Zhao Feiyang has been looking for opportunities to play against Damian Lillard. There was indeed a lot of "tit-for-tat" between the two, which lasted almost from the beginning to the end of the first quarter.
To the surprise of many people, Lillard did not take advantage in the first quarter. He only scored a pitiful 4 points when being guarded by Zhao Feiyang. On the other hand, Zhao Feiyang scored 13 points in the entire quarter. .
He even sent out 3 assists.
Such a sharp contrast undoubtedly gave a resounding slap to the doubters from the outside world.
call out.
After the referee's whistle sounded, the two sides entered the break, and the score was 33 to 26.
Under the leadership of Zhao Feiyang, the Timberwolves took a 7-point lead.
Fast forward to the second quarter.
Zhao Feiyang did not choose to rest this time, but continued to play. Even if head coach Norman Thomas tried to persuade him, Zhao Feiyang refused directly.
"Zhao, can you maintain your physical strength if this continues?"
"Coach Norman, don't worry... maybe this game won't take four quarters at all..."
Coach Norman was a little surprised by Zhao Feiyang's confidence.
Teammates also admire Zhao Feiyang's seriousness and persistence.
call out.
The second quarter begins.
The Portland Trail Blazers attacked, Lillard advanced with the ball, and as soon as he passed the center line, Zhao Feiyang followed up to mark him.
The two kept fighting.
Lillard blocked Zhao Feiyang while controlling the ball and moving forward. Zhao Feiyang reached out to interfere and blocked Lillard's path with his body.
After reaching the top of the arc, Lillard tried to organize an attack. He just raised a hand to signal to other teammates, but Zhao Feiyang suddenly rushed up and took advantage of him and slapped him away from the basketball he was carrying in his right hand.
The whole audience exclaimed.
Lillard didn't expect Zhao Feiyang to be so fast!
The basketball rolled out, and before Lillard could react, Zhao Feiyang stepped forward to seize the ball.
After getting the ball, he immediately ran wildly with the ball. Lillard chased after him. When the two of them reached the basket, Zhao Feiyang did not give Lillard a chance to defend. He jumped high and made a two-handed slam. Dunk the ball into the basket.
boom.
Regarding Zhao Feiyang's powerful dunk, Lillard could only watch helplessly as he scored.
The Trail Blazers continued to serve.
This time Lillard was very cautious and did not dare to relax in controlling the ball after halftime. Teammate CJ McCollum came up to respond, and Lillard transferred the ball to him.
After being given out, Lillard did not sit idle, but ran to the wing position as if he had plans to respond.
Sure enough, the next second McCollum threw a ground pass.
The basketball was given to the left side of the basket, and Lillard also received the basketball at this time and rushed towards the basket. The moment he attacked the Timberwolves' basket, Zhao Feiyang also stepped in to defend and jumped with Lillard the moment he jumped up.
Snapped.
Lillard's shot was slapped away by a big shot.
Zhao Feiyang's shot blocking was simply ruthless and merciless, giving Lillard a big hit.
The whole place was in an uproar again.
Many fans on the sidelines were dumbfounded.
"What's going on? Why does Zhao seem to be targeting Damien?"
"Indeed! I guess those media outlets went too far, so Zhao has to respond to them with actual performance..."
"I thought Damien was very powerful before, but in this game... I feel like Damien is not that powerful..."
Fans on the sidelines were talking a lot.
On the court, Lillard, who was blocked, also became angry. When the referee blew the whistle for a foul ball, Lillard also took the initiative to walk up to Zhao Feiyang. He looked very unhappy and asked Zhao Feiyang, "Man, What exactly do you want to do?"
"If I remember correctly, there is no grudge between us..."
Regarding Lillard's dissatisfaction, Zhao Feiyang also responded sincerely, "Damien, of course there is no grudge between us... But now that we are opponents, I will do my best on the court. go......"
"If it's off the court, I think we might become friends, but I won't hold back on the court..."
"By the way, I don't like the outside media to belittle me while praising you! I know you are very powerful, but they shouldn't compare like this... Of course, this is not your problem, but I'm afraid this Only you can take the blame..."
Zhao Feiyang's answer stunned Lillard.
It took him a while to react.
"WTF?"
"You can't blame me for the media's praise! What's wrong with me? I didn't do anything..."
However, Lillard also had to admit that what Zhao Feiyang said still made some sense.
If it were him, he would probably only think about defeating Zhao Feiyang! After all, there was no way he would be able to challenge those media reporters. His basketball skills could easily be defeated by his feet, let alone his hands.
The ball is still in the hands of the Trail Blazers.
A teammate passed the ball to Lillard on the sideline.
After getting the ball this time, Lillard no longer played as hard as before. Instead, he controlled the ball to create distance and actively signaled to his teammates to let them attack. He used the opportunity to control the ball to create other defensive players for them. attention.
Snapped.
The ball was finally given away.
As soon as the ball was sent away, Lillard noticed that Zhao Feiyang, who was tense a second ago, immediately calmed down and shifted his attention away from himself.
This sense of oppression makes Lillard extremely helpless.
"Damn media...why do you have to mess with this guy?"
"What am I did wrong?"
"Fake! It's all your guys' fault. As a result, Zhao chased me... I just want to get higher data..."
Lillard scolded the media many times in his heart.
Lillard's move to reduce singles did not make Zhao Feiyang relax his marking. In the rest of the second quarter, Zhao Feiyang still followed him every step of the way.
Not only did he have more physical confrontation with him, but he would also sneak attack Lillard from time to time, keeping him in a highly tense state during the offense.
This situation also made Lillard very miserable.
His shooting touch plummeted, and his shooting percentage when breaking through to the basket was also greatly reduced. It can be said that under Zhao Feiyang's marking restrictions, his state was almost completely suppressed.
The Trail Blazers also had many problems on the offensive end due to Lillard's decline.
When the first half of the game was about to end, the Timberwolves, led by Zhao Feiyang, also opened the point difference to double digits.
Zhao Feiyang personally scored 25 points, 3 assists and 3 steals.
Lillard performed poorly against him, only scoring 11 points and 4 assists in the same playing time.
