Due to injuries this season, the Trail Blazers are short of players available, which has been exposed during the regular season. According to statistics, in the second half of the regular season, the Trail Blazers' substitutes scored the second-to-last in the league, second only to the Wizards in the East.

During the regular season, the substitutes did not perform well. As long as the score difference was not too big, Xue Ding and the others could still recover the score difference.

But in the playoffs, as long as your opponent grasps your weakness, he will attack your weakness and let you shed all your blood.

This was the case in the last game. According to post-match statistics, when the Trail Blazers substitute players are on the court, the Trail Blazers will lose 21 points to their opponents every 100 rounds.

Such a poor performance from the substitute was the main reason why the Trail Blazers were lagging behind for a long time in the last game. If Xue Ding had not activated the system's Tortoise Wrath skill at the last moment, the Trail Blazers could have said that it was almost impossible for the Trail Blazers to turn the tables.

As the head coach, Prichard is naturally very clear about the shortcomings of his substitute lineup. But it is hard to cook without rice. He cannot put his starting five players on the court at all times.

Carlisle also knows this very well, so among the five players on the Mavericks at this time, except for Danpier, the other four players are all No. 3 positions that can break through and shoot, with the purpose of the goal of breaking through the Blazers' inside as much as possible during rotation time and causing damage.

Carlisle's tactics changed in the second game quickly worked, and in the opening minute of the second quarter, the Mavericks played the Trail Blazers 6-0.

Pritchard was so angry that he quickly called for a timeout.

When the players returned to the bench from the court, Prichard couldn't help but yelled at the players who walked out of the court: "This kind of disaster-level defensive performance should only appear in the basketball game of primary school students. No, elementary school students are better at defending than you. This should appear in the games of innocent children in kindergartens! But it will never appear in the NBA field!"

Facing Prichard's roar, no one dared to happen, including Roy, all walked off the court and returned to the bench.

Because Prichard is not only the team's head coach, but also the team's general manager. If he gets angry, he may even lose his job.

...

"The Trail Blazers' substitute is really bad. Before he played much, he was beaten 6-0 by the Mavericks. Pritchard must make changes as soon as possible. If he continues like this, the Trail Blazers' game may be in lingering." Seeing Pritchard calling a timeout and muttering to the players on the court, Yang Rui paused and said.

"I think you are right. The Trail Blazers must make changes as soon as possible and combine a reasonable rotation lineup between the substitute and the main force, which can not only ensure defense, but also maintain its own offense. At the same time, it also ensures that every main player has the corresponding time. Otherwise, the Trail Blazers will not only be in this game, but the entire series will probably be very unlucky." Director Zhang's comment was even more incisive.

"That's right, I think Xue Ding should be properly allowed to play at the beginning of the second quarter for a while, or replace Xue Ding in advance in the first quarter..."

"This method is good, but I don't know what the actual effect will be..."

...

The two took advantage of this pause to start giving advice to the Trail Blazers in the studio.

After the timeout, as Director Zhang and Yang Rui said in the studio, Prichard replaced Xue Ding in advance, and Xue Ding played the entire first quarter game. He was sent on the court after only one minute of rest in the second quarter.

After Xue Ding returned to the field, the Trail Blazers immediately had the effect of seeing the shadow. After Xue Ding returned to the field, he scored a three-pointer directly at the bottom corner on the left, temporarily stopping the bleeding for the Trail Blazers.

The Mavericks' substitute lineup was just starting out on the court, and Carlisle trusted his substitute players very much.

But what Carlisle didn't expect was that after Xue Ding returned to the court, he played very well against the substitute player of the Mavericks. In addition, only Danpier, the inside player, protected the basket on the court, Xue Ding could easily pass an empty call to his teammates.

Xue Ding connected the offense well on the court, and for a moment, the Mavericks' defense began to be in chaos, because you don't know who should be mainly guarded on the court, Xue Ding can always find the opportunity to shoot at the most appropriate time.

After Xue Ding returned to the court, he quickly returned a 12-4 wave to the Mavericks, and the score on the court reached 34-30.

With the scores not high in the first quarter, the two teams reached a small climax at the opening stage of the second quarter.

Carlisle quickly called for a pause to adjust.

The starters of both sides returned to the court, Prichard temporarily replaced Xue Ding to rest, and the other main players returned to the court, and the two teams began a tug-of-war on the court again.

After two points resting, Xue Ding returned to the court after the second quarter advertisement was suspended, and took control of the ball and guided the team's offense.

With Xue Ding's assist, the Trail Blazers made consecutive three-pointers from the outside and gradually controlled the situation on the field.

At the end of the first half, the Trail Blazers led the Mavericks 55-46 to 9 points and entered the midfield.

Xue Ding performed well in the first half, scoring 13 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists, and scored a double-double in the first half.

During the break, many netizens were already optimistic that the Trail Blazers would win again in this game because of Xue Ding.

"Xue Ding is indeed the real thigh. After he returned to the court, the situation immediately became different and he expanded his lead."

"It seems that the Cowboys are going to lose to Xue Ding again. What does Carlisle do for food? Why don't he defend Xue Ding in a targeted manner? It seems that he can't afford to hurt such a game."

"Xue Ding has scored a double-double in the first half and is waiting for the game to come and blow it up."

"The fire tongs leave their name and come to dig the grave after the game."

"Carlisle is such a fool. Everyone else is on Xue Ding and he still puts the main player on the bench. As a result, Xue Ding is asked in the penalty area and gives so many assists. If he loses this game, he will definitely take the blame first!"

...

"The second half of the game begins soon, and the players have returned to the court." Sina live broadcaster Xiao Xiong said.

At the beginning of the third quarter, both sides were all in the main players, and the Mavericks' first offensive ball was scored by Nowitzki at the basket.

Then Xue Ding received the ball and quickly transported it to the frontcourt, broke through to the paint area, and relied on the latter to make a layup against Heywood's defense.

"Beep!"
Chapter completed!