Chapter 70: Peyton Strikes

Honk~

The game continued, and Phil Jackson fielded a projection-oriented lineup.

Center: Horace Grant, the Bulls' first dynasty meritorious center, Cukozy's predecessor, O'Neal's predecessor. Needless to say, his ability is too old, only more than a year younger than Ma Long, but his state cannot be compared with Ma Long's imagination at all.

Power forward: Medvidenko.

Small forward: Luke Wharton.

Shooting guard: Karim Rush.

Playmaker: Gary Payton.

Except for this year's second-round No. 32 rookie Luke Wharton, the other four all have some projection ability.

As for the Cavaliers' side, the lineup sent by Paul is: Ilgoskas, Darius, James, Capo, and Ye Feng.

Big Z was substituted shortly after the start of the first quarter, and he was very full of energy at the moment.

Overall, the Cavaliers' side is also a lineup with projection ability.

James hit a breakaway shot, and Big Z, Ye Feng and Capono all have good shooting ability.

The only problem is that Big Z has a height of 221 centimeters after all, and it is indeed a bit difficult to defend the Lakers' two interior lines that can pull out and shoot.

However, Darius's superior running ability makes up for it to some extent.

In the remaining three minutes, the two teams played back and forth, you scored a goal and I scored a goal.

At the end of the first quarter, the score became 30:25, still a 5-point difference.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two teams continued to play each other with this lineup.

However, the Lakers' shooting percentage began to decline significantly, and veteran Payton had no choice but to play alone.

Advancing to the Cavaliers' halfcourt, Payton stretched out a finger and shot into the sky, meaning that the whole team opened up space for him to play alone.

Ye Feng didn't dare to slack off, stretched out his arms to block in front of Peyton, didn't dare to get too close, and didn't dare to go too far.

After all, Payton has many offensive methods, and he is also a kaleidoscope-level existence. If it's too far, he will vote directly; Too close, Peyton can pass with his foot raised.

But when Peyton saw Ye Feng's actions, he opened his mouth and smiled.

"Rookie, don't be so far away. For this ball, I'll use the back body singles! ”

Ye Feng was stunned, but he didn't believe Peyton's words, the two were opponents.

Hahaha!

Seeing that Ye Feng didn't react, Peyton simply slowly dribbled and approached Ye Feng, and really slowly leaned his back against Ye Feng.

"Is this old guy really going to beat me in the back?"

Ye Feng thought in his heart, but his body didn't dare to hesitate and resisted Payton hard.

Next, Payton pressed his back against Ye Feng and squeezed into the three-point line little by little.

One step inside the three-point line, Payton suddenly increased his strength and made Ye Feng lean back. Payton took advantage of this opportunity to pull up directly and made a jumper.

Swish!

He hit a 2-point shot and the score was 32:25.

Ye Feng could only watch the ball shoot into the basket blankly, helpless.

"Hey! Rookie, you're really weak! Hitting you is like hitting O'Neill's grandmother, can't you put a little pressure on me? I told you I was going to hit you in the back, but you still can't stop me?! ”

Payton taunted as he turned to retreat.

Ye Feng didn't speak, the confrontation problem has been plaguing him since the beginning of the summer league, and this is not a problem that can be solved in a short time.

The Cavaliers possessed the ball, Ye Feng handed the ball to James in the half, and he began to run without the ball, seeking an opportunity to cut or empty three-pointers.

But Ye Feng couldn't wait for this opportunity, because James quickly settled the battle alone.

The opposing Wharton defense was really poor, and he was cleaned up without causing any trouble to James.

And the aging Grant and Medvidenko, who is not good at defense, can't guard the interior like O'Neal and Malone, and can only watch James press the ball in the basket fiercely.

32:27。

Payton continued to play singles, Ye Feng defended desperately, stalked, and still couldn't stop Payton from scoring.

34:27。

"Hey, I don't feel any defense at all, are you here to play a game? Rookie! ”

Peyton continued to taunt.

Turning his head, James continued to play singles and also scored.

34:29。

The next time became the show for Payton and James.

And Wharton and Ye Feng have become ugly back versions, which have been blown up again and again.

It wasn't until 6 minutes of the second quarter that the coaches of both sides replaced the main lineup and began to practice tactics with players on the upper edge.

"This may be the difference between the top pick and the undrafted pick, in these 6 minutes, James cut 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, while Ye has no data."

"No, no, no! Ye has data, 3 times was broken through, 2 times was singled with his back, and 1 time was dunk directly on the head, which is also good data. ”

"Hahahaha! ......”

The on-site commentary ridiculed the performance of the two rookies of the knights, and directly regarded Ye Feng as a joke.

This made Zhang Weiping, who was watching the game on the sidelines, a little less and Xiao Yang's faces a little ugly.

"Humph! The Lakers' Walton was not beaten up by James, why did the commentary just ridicule Ye Feng and not say a word about Wharton? ”

Less than said indignantly.

"yes!"

Zhang Weiping sighed, after all, he is in his 50s, and his experience is far more than that.

He knows that it is normal for the commentary to target Ye Feng, first of all, this is the home court of the Lakers, and it is normal to curry favor with Lakers fans in a way that disgusts the Cavaliers players, and not every commentary dares to say anything like Barkley and Mike Brin.

Secondly, that is Ye Feng's skin color. Although the United States pursues equality for all, racial discrimination is strictly prohibited in public. But in a group of blacks and whites, yellow skin can't be conspicuous.

In the end, the subconscious of the hearts of the Chinese people is that they think that yellow people are not suitable for playing basketball, and the position of guard is even more so, so they don't need to think about Ye Feng, it is natural.

"I just hope Ye Feng won't be affected!"

What Zhang Weiping is really worried about is that these words will affect Ye Feng's mentality, after all, young rookies are relatively fragile in their hearts.

When he got off the court, Payton also found Ye Feng.

"Rookie, I hope you don't get depressed and become a walking dead. I don't want to bully a 'corpse' in the second half, that's going to be boring, hahaha! ”

Ye Feng looked at Peyton's big mouth seriously, resisted the urge to sew up the mouth of these two sausages, and said lightly: "Don't worry, as long as the coach lets me play, I will do everything to prevent you from death!" ”

"Really?"

Peyton's smile vanished for a moment, but soon popped up again, "I'm looking forward to it, rookie!" ”

The game continued, and Ye Feng sat on the sidelines, with a big towel on his head, watching the game while thinking about countermeasures.

On the other side, Payton sat between O'Neal and Malone.

"Hey, old man, how can you say so much to a rookie, it's not your character. Is there something about him that you really hate? ”

Karl Malone asked.

"That's right, Gary (Payton) You've always been a smart guy, and the situation just now should be called a pick-and-roll tactic to save energy, after all, we're not young anymore. Maybe you really hate that little guard to a certain point before you want to blow him up yourself, right? ”

O'Neill also asked with interest.

"Hate?" Peyton smiled, suddenly looked at O'Neal and asked, "Shaquille (O'Neal), what do you think of Yao Ming?" ”

"Aside from me, he's going to be the best center in the league. Except for me, of course! When I retire, Yao Ming will hopefully inherit my mantle, and I will kind of want to teach him to play. You know, the NBA has that legacy. ”

O'Neill said without thinking.

Last year, he suffered a lot from rookie Yao Ming, and he has to admit that Yao Ming has some ability.

"Really?"

Peyton looked at Ye Feng opposite and smiled meaningfully.

“......”

Malone and O'Neill were both shocked, could it be ......