Chapter Seventy-Six: Really Understanding the Ball Emperor Barkley
As the saying goes, don't just set a flag, and as soon as Kenny finished speaking, Wayne Jr. scored another three-pointer, and then the Kings' offense didn't score, and Papaioannis' shot was blocked by Aamir Williams instead.
Immediately afterwards, Baldwin asked for a pass to Amir, and Amir actually dunked successfully after hitting Papaioannis, who had been pressing Amir since the first quarter, but now it seems that after a block, Amir in turn pressed Papaioannis to hit.
But this is not the end of it, and then the Grizzlies scored a few more goals under the leadership of Baldwin and Wayne Jr., and the Kings' defense was already very good, but the Grizzlies were still able to score, as if they could score any matter how they wanted.
On the contrary, the Kings' offense played very well except for Papajanis who was blocked, but they just didn't score.
After a few rounds, the Grizzlies beat the Kings to a wave of 22-6.
In the TNT studio, O'Neal looked serious, and Barkley was analyzing the Kings' offense as usual.
"It's the same as you guys, the Grizzlies haven't made any effective changes, but unlike what you said, the Grizzlies can still score," Kenny said, then looked at Barkley and O'Neal, waiting for them to speak.
O'Neal didn't speak, and Barkley said with a relaxed face: "You're not right, it's all in my language, it's just that the Grizzlies are still hot now, nothing, the Kings can play back"
After Barkley finished speaking, O'Neal took over the topic: "What Charles said has to be reasonable, but at this time I think the Kings need to make changes, Zhang Feng must stand up and end Wayne Jr.'s shooting, sometimes the drop in shooting is not entirely due to physical loss and luck, and it takes a tough defense to force the opponent's shooting percentage to drop." ”
When the Kings trailed by 19 points, Turner called a timeout again, took the tactical board and said to the group of Kings players who were in a daze:
"Calm down, don't panic, these situations were all in our plan last night, weren't they? Now we need Zhang Feng to stand up, this is also the plan set last night, don't worry."
Zhang Feng nodded and said: "I believe very much that I can defend the Grizzlies' little Wayne, and the coach also believes in me, and you will believe me when you see my performance later, and at that time, please believe that you can play well."
Back on the field, Zhang Feng and Buddy switched positions, and now Zhang Feng is the main defense and main attack.
"Why, do you think you can stop me?" Seeing Zhang Feng change his defense, little Wayne talked trash.
Zhang Feng ignored him, but responded strongly to a dry three-point pull, the ball went in, turned to little Wayne and said:
"There's a kind of don't pass the ball in the next round".
Little Wayne was angry, after Baldwin passed the ball to him, he really stopped passing the ball out and fought with Zhang Feng 1V1.
But Zhang Feng's height and arm span did not suffer any loss when he singled out Little Wayne, and his physical fitness was stronger than that of Little Wayne. After several attempts, Wayne Jr. did not find a suitable shooting opportunity, and seeing that the 24-second offensive time was about to expire, Wayne Jr. chose to pull out the jumper.
IT WAS A MISTAKE TO CHOOSE A DRY PULL IN FRONT OF THE 140CM VERTICAL JUMP, AND ZHANG FENG FLEW UP LIKE A SUPERMAN TO BLOCK LITTLE WAYNE'S SHOT.
After landing on the ground, Zhang Feng directly rushed to the ground to grab the ball, and after Zhang Feng, who was lying on the floor of the stadium, grabbed the ball, one turned over and faced the ceiling, and then another carp jumped up. Zhang Feng's series of actions seemed to be executed by machinery, smooth and coherent and beautiful, without waiting for everyone to be stunned, Zhang Feng directly shot in the empty position.
After the goal, Zhang Feng performed a Tai Chi movement to celebrate, and in the face of the cheers of the audience, Zhang Feng performed another triple kick in the air.
Seeing Zhang Feng's attention off the court, the Grizzlies coach did not choose to call a timeout, but asked Baldwin to serve quickly.
But the Grizzlies coach obviously thought too much, how could Zhang Feng's hearing, eyesight and concentration not notice Baldwin's serve. When Baldwin served, he thought that Zhang Feng was not paying attention, and chose a lazy ground-hitting pass, which gave Zhang Feng a chance.
Zhang Feng found Baldwin's pass as if he had opened his eyes from behind, and turned around with a steal, and Baldwin hurriedly put it on guard.
But in the face of Zhang Feng, the new dunk king designated by Carter, the former dunk king off the court, Baldwin seemed to feel bad, Zhang Feng did not hesitate to jump directly, flew past the frightened Baldwin, and completed the dunk across the person.
This one-man dunk directly ignited the atmosphere of the whole team of the Kings and the enthusiasm of the audience, which was so relieving, and after a wave of being pressed and beaten, the Kings were very happy to get such feedback.
After completing this dunk, Zhang Feng scored three goals in a row, one shot after a steal, one shot after a block, and one shot directly, scoring 8 points in practice, and the score narrowed to 11 points.
When the grizzly coach saw Zhang Feng's goal, he patted his head regretfully, wanting to take advantage of the situation and ended up pitting his own people.
"OK, that's what I said, Zhang Feng stepped up, and the next step is the rhythm of the Kings," O'Neal said happily.
"Wayne Jr. can't play this point anymore, the other players of the Grizzlies have not seriously played the ball-handling offense since they came on the court, and now the whole team of the Kings is high, the situation has been reversed, and the Grizzlies have no chance" Barkley calmly analyzed.
"Oh? It's only the end of the second quarter, and the second half hasn't started yet, so you dare to say that? Kenny laughed.
"Yes, as long as Zhang Feng takes it, these rookies can't stop him, although they are all rookies, but they are not players at the same level at all, you must know that Zhang Feng is the one who goes head-to-head with Kobe, although Kobe Bryant is retired and out of state," Barkley added.
"Then let's see if Charles really understands the ball," Kenny smirked, reminding him of the sticking on his face after losing the last Barkley bet.
At the end of the timeout, the Grizzlies changed their offensive approach, no longer led by Wayne Jr., but returned to Baldwin point guard to organize the offense. But the way he played the halfway suddenly changed, and the rest of the Grizzlies players were not very comfortable, and Wayne Jr. was even more rhythmic when he played without the ball. The Grizzlies team was so suddenly dumbfounded, and after a few rounds, Zhang Feng directly collapsed the Grizzlies with his teammates through breakthroughs, steals, and stickers, and the two teams were tied at halftime.
Switching sides and fighting again, the Kings were still unstoppable, and the Grizzlies, who had rested for a while, did not seem to find a solution, and were pressed to the ground by the Kings at the beginning of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies fought back strongly, but the Kings also withstood the comeback.
At the end of the game, Zhang Feng led the Kings to withstand the Grizzlies' outburst in the second quarter and successfully defeated the Grizzlies 102-88. Zhang Feng scored 26 points, 10 rebounds, 16 assists and 7 steals with a quasi-quadruple-double, which is even better than Lonzo Ball, who exploded yesterday.
On the Grizzlies side, although Wayne Jr. was dumb in the second half, he also scored 33 points and 4 rebounds, which can be said to be very good.
"Let's break it down and why the Kings won," Kenny said.
"I think it's better for Charles to talk about it, after all, he successfully predicted the reason for the king's comeback, right, Charles," O'Neill said with a smile.
"No, you also made the point that the rest of the Grizzlies didn't play, and overall it was a strategic-level victory, and the Kings chose to stick to their set tactics, they chose to believe in Zhang Feng, they chose to believe in their execution," Barkley said.
"So, your attitude towards Zhang Feng has changed, you didn't think he was as good as Josh Jackson," Kenny laughed.
"Yes, I saw it that way the day before yesterday, it was because I hadn't watched Zhang Feng's official match, and now, Shaq, please tell me, who is the real Emperor of the Ball" Barkley said with a smile.