Chapter 533

Chapter 533: Depressed.

Stotts himself was stunned when he called the timeout.

He didn’t know how to deal with this situation.

His previous tactics were all against Kobe and Iverson, and a bit of Russell at most.

But he didn’t expect the weak looking Chen Huan to rise up and to be so strong that he would lead his team to 6:0 with 4 points and an assist.

It wasn’t uncommon for an NBA to fall behind at the beginning of the game.

But it was rare for a rookie to embarrass their entire team in the playoff.

Stotts didn’t know what to do. Should he put emphasis on Chen Huan or keep playing their own style?

He called for a short timeout of 30 seconds.

It meant that time couldn’t be wasted.

When the completely stunned players came to him, Stott already adjusted his mind.

“We still have to play our game and use our advantage in speed and power.” Stotts said, “But we must pay attention …. to Chen’s defense and not underestimate him on the offense. Don’t confront him until we know more about him.”

The players nodded one after another.

This wasn’t empty talk.

Aminu hadn’t come back yet and it wasn’t known whether he would come back at all so who would want to physically contend against him?

Aminu already suffered from it and they didn’t have an O’Neil in their team so it was certainly impossible to fight him.

McCollum suddenly felt a bit sad.

Let alone Chen Huan, he couldn’t even push back Kobe!

Moreover, the head coach said only time and experience would polish on how they could defend or attack Chen Huan.

The question was how painful the process would be.

Compared to the depressed Blazers, the Lakers were beaming.

Chen Huan was standing next to Byron while he was talking about how to play the game but then someone tugged at Chen Huan’s clothes.

Looking in the direction, it was Nicholson.

Chen Huan had watched many movies of Nicholson and they were all classics among classics. He also learned he was the Lakers biggest fan when he was reading about the Lakers so he wasn’t surprised to see him.

Nicholson definitely had the right to come over and he could even try to give some coaching.

He was just that awesome.

“Don’t listen to him, he doesn’t know anything.” Nicholson whispered to Chen Huan, “Listen to me, just play at your own pace! As long as you continue to suppress them on the court with your strength, they will quickly grow irritated and the Blazers will collapse! They don’t have any veterans with them so play at your rhythm and not theirs!”

Chen Huan nodded with a smile.

He wasn’t that distant and cold when he was off the court.

This was also what Chen Huan was thinking.

His athleticism was so good and he was much stronger that even Lebron wouldn’t be able to match it! if he didn’t abuse it on his opponents, wouldn’t he be a fool?

So he continued to do the same thing.

Whether it was on offense or defense, Chen Huan spared no effort.

He was everywhere.

In a place where Chen Huan couldn’t hear, O’Neal couldn’t but yell that Chen Huan was a ‘mad dog’.

This ‘mad dog’ wasn’t a derogatory term but used to describe his relentlessness and stamina.

It was exactly because of Chen Huan madness that the defense and offense of the Blazers were being torn apart and unable to be smooth.

After the first quarter passed, the Lakers led the Blazers with 37:15.

Chen Huan not only fully played the first quarter but also fully played the second quarter while maintaining his high energy without a hint of tiredness.

The Blazers thought of rotating Lillard and McCollum to give them some rest but seeing that Chen Huan was still on the court, they didn’t dare to take them out.

The two had a three minute break in the first quarter but during that time, Chen Huan led a run by scoring 8 points, made two assists and also did big blocks to the Blazers, which made them two being sent back to the court.

In the end, Lillard and McCollum were so tired at the end of the first half that they may fall to the floor.

They played 23 minutes in just one half and didn’t rest a single minute during the second half, how could they not be tired?

The gap in the score reduced a bit

It was 75:58.

The Lakers were ahead of the Blazers by 17 points.

It seemed the gap narrowed but Kobe and Iverson only played 10 minutes in the 24 minutes of the first half while the main players on the bench took turns to play so they weren’t tired at all.

The hateful and angry O’Neil said numerous times ‘impossible’.

If he was ten years younger, he would definitely come down to teach Kobe’s team a lesson.

While O’Neil was raging, the two commenters from China’s Pomelo were so excited they may fly up.

They didn’t do anything else other than boasting and praising Chen Huan.

Chen Huan blew by with ease, Chen Huan passed the ball skillfully, Chen Huan dunked domineeringly, Chen Huan accurately shot the ball, Chen Huan used his supernatural power to block the ball…

Praise kept being piled on Chen Huan and there wasn’t even a hint of wrong about it.

But the viewers just liked it like that, they loved whatever was said and loved how Chen Huan played the game.

Unknowingly, the viewer count of Pomelo’s live broadcast quietly exceeded 20 million and set an historical record for Pomelo.

It was a great result to have 20 million people watching a sports game live at just half time!

What made Pomelo even happier was the number kept increasing at visible speed even during the pause!

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When the team returned to their locker room, the Blazers received even worse news.

Their main player Aminu was diagnosed with three broken ribs and would take three months before he could return.

This meant that Aminu was already out for the playoff.

Those players shuddered when they thought back on how Chen Huan easily crashed into Aminu and knocked him out while breaking his ribs.

The arrogant Crabbe shivered in fright as he wanted to ask Chen Huan whether he had hidden to iron plate on his body.

They also realized it themselves.

Chen Huan was unstoppable whether it was on offense or defense. They would feel they hit steel even if it was a normal contact, which was already very painful.

Then Ed Davis also fouled Chen Huan 4 times.

4 fouls and this was only one half!

Stotts still didn’t dare to replace him even after seeing his reliable power forward was about to be sent off.

Because there was no other.

At the same time, Batum and Crabbe both had 2 fouls each and Plumlee also picked up one.

Lillard, who was the most annoyed and angry, had yet to foul.

It could be seen that their defense was pretty clean.

Thankfully, they were pretty clean in their defense otherwise it wouldn’t be just committing a foul on Chen Huan.

While they were talking, the Blazers were also shocked by the stats.

How could they have fouled him so many times without noticing it?

Moreover, Chen Huan hadn’t committed a foul and was very clean in his defense.

One could say that fooling him was good since it prevented him from shooting the ball and passing it.

But it wasn’t!

Chen Huan’s half time stats were 32 points, 11 assists, 6 rebounds, 17 steals and 11 blocks!

Those stats looked insane!

It was already fucking impressive if someone could score that many point in the entire game!

Besides, this was the playoff!

And it was the stats from half a game in the playoff!

How could they play?

How could they defend?

What could they do in order to win?