Chapter 313: Main shift

Xue Ding came to the penalty area with the ball in the frontcourt, and Paul immediately came up. Facing Paul's defense, Xue Ding chose to play sideways and scored two points in the basket.
103 to 110
Paul took the ball to the frontcourt, continued to press the rhythm, and did not rush to attack.
Xue Ding started close defense, and Chandler also leaned over to form a double slam attack on Paul. In the face of the two, they chose to pass the ball to West.
The latter shot from the three-point line, hitting the iron, Blake took the backcourt rebound.
The Hornets missed a shot, which is an opportunity for the Blazers.
When Blake grabbed, Xue Ding had already started to cross the center line and reached out to Blake to ask for the ball.
Blake took a look at the ball and saw Xue Ding holding it up with one hand, then a long pass to Xue Ding.
After Xue Ding got the ball, he started quickly. He would not miss this opportunity to fight back, killing the basket directly from the center line and ending the attack with a dunk.
"Beep!"
At the same time, the referee whistled, Collison beater foul fouled, Xue Ding also added a penalty.
Xue Ding stood on the free throw line, took a deep breath and made a free throw.
There is only 4 minutes left, and 1 minute and 2 seconds left.
Paul catches the ball and quickly advances to the frontcourt.
Pritchard immediately called for a timeout and made some tactical adjustments.
Roy, who has been on the bench in the fourth quarter, replaced the court. It seems that he wants to strengthen the offense at the last moment and see if he can defeat the victory.
But a substitution like Pritchard caused the Trail Blazers to lose.
After Roy played, Xue Ding took the initiative to hand over the ball to him. He went to the frontcourt and opened the space. However, Roy didn't expect Roy to counterattack the steal soon after he took the ball.
The already close point difference was pulled to 8 points after Roy's mistake, even though Xue Ding hit two consecutive goals in the final time, he was unable to return to the sky.
The Blazers lost the game 110 to 115.
In this game, Xue Ding shot 17 times, hit 11 of those shots, scored 31 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists data, but still failed to avoid the team losing at home.
However, after the game, it was found that the loss of this ball had no effect on the Trail Blazers' ranking, because in the other two games that were played later, the Blazers’ direct competitors Nuggets and Rockets lost to both. Spurs and Bulls.
With the end of this game day, with the last two regular season games remaining, the Blazers' final ranking has been determined. Even if the Blazers lose in the last two games, they will be ranked first in the West. Seven positions into the playoffs.
If they want to go further, they must expect the Spurs, who are in front of them, to lose in the next two rounds, so that they can enter the sixth position in the west.
But the Spurs' opponents in the last two rounds are the Timberwolves at the bottom of the west and the Pistons who missed the playoffs in the east. With the strength of the Spurs, it is basically no problem to win these two opponents.
Therefore, in the locker room after the game, Pritchard made a decision in front of all the players.
"It's a pity that we didn't win this game in the Rose Garden tonight, but we don't have to be too pessimistic. Now that our quota for the playoffs is available, the next thing we have to do is prepare for the playoffs.
From now on, all the team's work will serve the playoffs.
So, here I want to announce one thing to everyone. In the next two games, we will take a break from some of the main players and let our substitute players go to the court to prove themselves at this time. "
As soon as the news that Pritchard was going to take a break from the main players came out, Roy and several others immediately said that they can continue to play. In order to fight for a better place, they are willing to fight.
Xue Ding also stood up and expressed his position to the head coach.
However, Pritchard rejected the players' statement, saying: "The regular season is a long journey. We have played for more than half a year from October last year to now. Almost every other day is a game. The intensity of such a game is too great, and now the playoffs are coming soon. The confrontation will be more intense and the intensity of the game will be greater. You are all too tired, you need to take a good rest for a while.
Therefore, players who take a rest in the next two games can take this opportunity to relax themselves, take a break, and greet the playoffs with the best physical condition, my children. "
Aldridge's last season of reimbursement seems to have hit Pritchard a lot. From the beginning of this game with the Hornets, he has always been concerned about the situation on the court, fearing that his players will get injured again. This is why he kept Roy on the bench in the fourth quarter.
After Pritchard finished speaking, no one was against his intentions.
Indeed, the level of playoff competition is at least one level higher than that of the regular season, if the opponents you meet are not the kind of powerful insiders.
But once in the playoffs meet the Grizzlies or the Jazz team with a strong inside, it is really undead to play and have to lose their skin. Now their opponents have not yet determined, everything is possible.
Just as Pritchard was talking about this in the locker room, the general manager of the team also came to the locker room and agreed to Pritchard's decision. The next two games will take the main break.
Pritchard has another reason to do this, and that is to check who is on the team's bench~EbookFREE.me~ who can really stand out in the playoffs.
Now that Ade is reimbursed, the team's manpower is already stretched. At this time, it is impossible to sign a free agent in a ten-day contract and can only pick people from the team's bench and development league.
The time left for Pritchard is only two games, he must make good use of these two games.
After announcing the round of rest, Xue Ding quickly took a shower in the dressing room to pack his things and left, and did not participate in the team's post-match interview.
Now for Xue Ding, the most important thing is to take good care of Yaya.
Because the Blazers' game was scheduled for the morning, so after the game, Portland was just dark, and Xue Ding wanted to return to Yaya earlier to take care of her.
When Xue Ding returned home, Yaya was sitting alone in the living room watching TV, while the four old men slept early.
After Xue Ding opened the door, she found that Ya Ya was watching TV on the sofa in the living room. She should have heard the sound of opening the door. When she arrived at the living room, a pair of tender eyes were looking at herself.