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CCTV5 live broadcast, Trail Blazers VS Thunder, Yang Hansen’s appearance in suspense revealed, head coach’s domineering statement

6:22pm, 5 November 2025【Basketball】

After the Lakers game, the Trail Blazers took a day off and will continue to play the team's opponent PK Thunder at home. This game should be very critical for the Trail Blazers, because they must ensure that they win one of these two home games, otherwise it will be a huge blow to the subsequent teams.

Because in their last game against the Lakers, they lost the game unexpectedly against the opponent's remnant formation. The head coach was also very frustrated and criticized the entire team's defense after the game. So in this game against the Thunder, no matter what method the head coach uses, he wants to defeat his opponents and get good results so that he can respond to the team's management and fans and make his position as head coach more secure.

Of course, with this game coming soon, for us Chinese fans, everyone is still concerned about whether Yang Hansen can play in the game, and we will also do a detailed analysis.

First of all, after the Lakers game ended, the Trail Blazers officials immediately revealed the latest news. Yang Hansen was once again sent to the Development League for training. After the training, Yang Hansen will be recalled again, which means that Yang Hansen will play in the game that day. But whether he will play in the game or not is still a matter of suspense. According to the overall tactical usage of the Split head coach, the possibility of Yang Hansen playing next is not particularly high.

Because everyone also watched the game against the Lakers. Whether it was Klingen or the other two centers, their combined playing time was very short. Most of the time they only ran back and forth on the court. Among them, Klingen ran for 17 minutes and only scored two points in the end. There was basically no chance to take action.

So in fact, for Yang Hansen, as the team's fourth substitute center, he does not have a good touch and a good tactical position in a short period of time, and it is actually difficult to get playing time. Under such circumstances, it means that if Yang Hansen does not get too many performance opportunities, he will most likely continue to sit on the bench. We Chinese fans must also be mentally prepared.

Of course, in the face of the next game, we also saw that head coach Split actually revealed his voice in the previous press conference. The general meaning is that they are not satisfied with some of the team's current defensive status, and hope that their team's five-small lineup can do better in the future to ensure that they can get good results. But in fact, the current Split head coach's overall playing style has actually been questioned by fans at home and abroad. Many people simply don't understand why the head coach is so stubborn when the five small lineups cannot perform well and are tightly restricted by Ayton and the others, leaving Klingen and the others off the court without giving them any playing time.

So to be honest, if it continues at this pace, it will be difficult for the Blazers to achieve good results in the future. After their tactics have been thoroughly studied, the five small lineups basically do not have much deterrence. More importantly, if they continue to run at this intensity, the team is likely to suffer from injuries in the middle of the regular season. As a result, it is estimated that it will be very difficult for the Trail Blazers to make the playoffs this season.

Of course, from another perspective, once the team has a wave of injuries, it may be a good thing for Yang Hansen, because once the team is in trouble and has no requirements for the playoffs, Yang Hansen will get more playing time. From this perspective, it is not a bad thing. So Yang Hansen only needs to train hard and wait for opportunities. He will definitely get more training opportunities this season.