Chapter Seventy-Four: Facing the Grizzly Bear

After lunch, Zhang Feng and An Jiali chose to watch a Hollywood movie released in July, and in the face of a vast number of summer blockbusters, the two finally decided to watch "Despicable Me", a light-hearted and funny animated movie.

When the movie ended, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and after another lingering, Zhang Feng sent the reluctant An Jiali back to the plane to Saramento. An Jiali and Zhang Feng's one-day vacation ended in a hurry, and Zhang Feng went back to the team hotel directly.

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In the evening, Coach Turner called the Kings players for the Summer League for a brief meeting to announce some of the regular schedule for tomorrow's game against the Grizzlies.

Coach Turner especially emphasized the importance of this coach, the regular schedule of the Las Vegas Summer League is 3 games for each team, this time the Las Vegas Summer League has a total of 24 teams to participate, and there will be a two-on-two matchup between 9 and 24 after the ordinary schedule, so it is important to win one more game.

The Grizzlies finished the regular season with a good 51-31 record, but they finished fifth in the West and faced their old rival Spurs because of their division standings.

Although there is a big gap in strength, as the Grizzlies, who once beat the Spurs, they struggled to defend two home courts after falling behind 0-2. Even though he lost the 5th place in the battle for Tianwang Mountain, he still played with the Spurs in the last game, and finally lost by 7 points.

It can be said that the Grizzlies are a team that has always been stoic, but they have not been able to get closer for many years, and they chose to rebuild this summer. The departures of Carter, Randolph and Tony Allen have made the team that only Marc Gasol is left with a young team.

Obviously, this summer league, the Grizzlies' rookies will go all out, and the Kings will have a tough battle.

"Playing the Grizzlies, our tactics need to change, their team is the same as us is a backcourt offensive and rhythmic team, Wayne Selden and Wade Baldwin are very good offensive guards, but they are weak forward and inside, so our tactics are to play more inside, and we will hand over the outside defense to Zhang Feng, no problem, Zhang Feng?" Coach Turner did a lot of homework, firstly, because the game against the Grizzlies was crucial, and secondly, because his former club must not lose.

"No problem, coach" Zhang Feng took over the defensive responsibility briskly.

"Papayannis, we need you to attack more in this game, Justin is responsible for tearing up their risky defense" Turner continued to arrange the game strategy.

"No problem, coach," Justin and Papayanis replied in unison.

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This time, the Kings' summer league schedule is not very good, today's game is the same as last time, it is still the last game, fortunately, the news of Barkley's bet last time spread, and Zhang Feng's very ruthless steal video spread on the Internet, the Kings' game attracted a lot more fans than last time to watch.

At the TNT studio, Barkley and others are commentating on the third day of the summer league.

"It's over with one more game, and the fans might find today's game boring," Kenny joked.

"If you really want to be bored, let's talk about Lonzo Ball's triple-double yesterday" Barkley seemed to like Lonzo Ball's triple-double against Celtic yesterday.

"NO, NO, NO, IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING SOON," O'NEILL CHUCKLED.

"How, Shaq," Kenny asked curiously.

"Because it's going to be the King's game soon, Charles, do you want to bet with me again?" O'Neill said defiantly.

Barkley glanced at O'Neill and said self-deprecatingly: "Don't gamble, it's boring, after all, I don't know how to play as you do."

"Haha, let's follow the game, who do you think will win?" O'Neill's "treacherous scheme" succeeded.

"Zhang Feng's first game impressed me, but this one I still beat the Grizzlies to win, and Wayne Jr. will definitely go all out to prove that he is not selected but has excellent quality, Wade Baldwin is a sophomore and has a lot of experience," Kenny said.

"I got secret information, the king will have a special tactic this time" O'Neal, as the king's small boss, seems to have a channel to get first-hand tactical information.

"Then we'll see," Barkley said with some disdain.

After the players on the field warmed up, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.

Papayannis won the jump ball and flicked it to Justin, who quickly passed to Zhang. Zhang Feng slowly led the line through the midfield, and Baldwin obviously studied Zhang Feng's videotape as well, and he chose to guard closely.

In the NBA, no matter how good a player is, they are afraid to defend closely, but defenders are prone to fouls, which is a way of defending without leaving a way out. Zhang Feng was not nervous in the face of the defense, and chose to dribble on the side to the center to find an opportunity.

Seeing that Zhang Feng was not easy to get rid of the defender, Justin came directly to the baseline for a reverse run, pretending to run around the penalty area in the opposite direction towards the outside line. But Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks is not a vegetarian either, and it only took a split second to react and chase Justin to the outside.

Seeing that his teammates had already launched tactics, Zhang Feng made a gesture and motioned for Buddy to block and dismantle him, and Buddy quickly leaned over to Baldwin's side. The Grizzlies thought that this was Zhang Feng's tactic to cooperate with Justin, who was running back, and thought that Zhang Feng was going to block and pass the ball with Justin who ran to the outside.

But they were wrong, Zhang Feng directly passed the ball high to Papajanis, who had a lot of space inside.

Papayannis stood on the left side of the inside line, and after receiving Zhang Feng's pass, he directly chose to play Grizzlies center Amir Williams with his back alone, Amir Williams, as a player who is still struggling for a contract, is a lot worse than Papajanis in strength.

Papayannis had two back-to-back toppers in a row, and Amir stepped back again and again, getting such a large space, Papa directly chose to turn over and jump. There was no one on the left side of the interior line, most of the people were focused on the outside, and Papa's shot felt like no one was guarded and hit directly.

The reason why Zhang Feng chose to pass this ball to Papa is to firmly implement the tactics arranged by Coach Turner, and the results are obvious, the coach's tactics are correct, and Zhang Feng's execution is perfect.

Papayannis punched his chest at Zhang Feng after the goal, and the Kings did not hesitate to relax after the goal and chose to return to the defense quickly.

As a result, Baldwin and Wayne Jr., who relied on the advantage of outside speed, lost the opportunity to play fast, and they could only choose to play a positional battle with the King. But the Kings players strictly implemented the defensive tactics laid out by Turner---- Zhang Feng defended and pressed the perimeter.

The Grizzlies chose to leave most of the interior space, with Papayannis alone in the restricted area, and the rest pressed at two 45-degree angles, a typical no-shot tactic.

Little Wayne didn't seem to know what to do in the face of such a tight defense.