Chapter 188: Stopping the Rocket
Ryan Anderson was very unconvinced, he felt that this 2+1 was a body hair whistle, and he only played after Zhang Feng made a shot, but the referee did not bird him and motioned for Zhang Feng to stand on the free throw line.
If Zhang Feng hits this free throw, then he will score 8 points in a row, and he will score all the points of the Kings alone, although he seems brave, but Willy's performance also confirms the weakness of the Kings - except for Zhang Feng and George Hill on the outside, other positions are weak.
Even with Carter at small forward and Randolph at power forward, the two of them have been very inconsistent and their slowness has been amplified in a few preseason games.
It can be said that the king is a team that has always been supported by Zhang Feng alone.
After the referee served, Zhang Feng easily hit the free throw basket and took a favorable step towards his first goal - 32 points.
At this time, in the Tencent NBA live broadcast room far away in China, the host A Fan and the guest A Jian were discussing the game between the Kings and the Rockets, and the opening situation was a bit unexpected to them.
4-8 behind, it was obvious that defending Zhang Feng was a problem, and the director cut the live camera to the Rockets bench to see if De Shuai would call a timeout.
At this time, De Shuai was sitting quietly on the chair, without the slightest panic, but Zhou Qi next to him seemed a little cramped and uneasy, this scene was discovered by Chinese fans watching the live broadcast, and the host also took the opportunity to chat.
Ah Fan lifted his glasses and asked, "Coach Ma, do you think there is still a chance for a Chinese derby in this game?"
Ah Jian said with a little excitement: "Zhang Feng's state of this ball came very quickly, and the Rockets did not trap him as we expected, and it can be seen from Zhang Feng's fast attack that the big battle Warriors have greatly affected the Rockets physically, and it is difficult for Zhou Qi to get a chance when the win or loss is not yet known, and another point is that this is an away game, not as good as in Houston."
When it comes to the away game, Avan has an idea: "There are a lot of Chinese in Sacramento, I looked at the Golden No. 1 Arena just now, and there are a lot of Chinese brands...... Hey, this steal is amazing."
On the court, Zhang Feng came out of the bottom corner and stole Harden's pass to Capela.
Zhang Feng dribbled the ball through the midfield three times, Harden chased after him, Zhang Feng continued to continue to speed up, Harden couldn't catch up, stopped and waved his fist and sighed.
The unguarded Zhang Feng was obviously going to dunk violently, and An Jiali on the sidelines was the first to stand up, and then the Kings players also stretched out the wave word and bowed their bodies to wait for Zhang Feng's violent dunk.
I saw Zhang Feng jumping up and down in the free throw line, bending upwards with both hands, turning sideways to face the basket, holding the ball in both hands, turning around, and slamming down, the whole court was suddenly filled with the sound of "duang".
This big windmill dunk is long, powerful, and handsome, the fans cheered loudly, the Kings players shook their heads one after another in incredible motions, Carter laughed very happily, and Anjiali kept applauding.
"Awesome!" For a while, Fan couldn't find any other adjectives.
"Zhang Feng's physical fitness is really a must for yellow people, even compared with the top physical fitness of black people like Russell Westbrook, it is not much better, envy, envy!" Ah Jian sighed again and again.
"Seriously, Zhang Feng has so many things, but I don't envy his physical fitness," Ah Fan pointed out.
"What do you envy him?" Ah Jian asked curiously.
"Of course it's his girlfriend, you see how beautiful An Jiali is, Zhang Feng can be regarded as winning glory for us Chinese men, I can only say one more awesome thing if I can marry this beautiful foreigner."
At this time, An Jiali on the sidelines had already sat down, Zhang Feng scored 10 points in a row, which made her excited, she was looking at Zhang Feng with a smile, hoping that Zhang Feng could make persistent efforts.
The Rockets still didn't call a timeout, and this time Harden decided to go alone. This kind of tactic of playing alone and other players scattering and waiting for opportunities is a great test of the defender's marking ability, and the Kings are lacking in this regard.
Zhang Feng knows that whether the Rockets can get up or not depends entirely on Harden's singles this time, and he must defend himself.
In this single, Harden was the same as before, and after dribbling to the left free throw line, he chose to make an emergency stop, but Zhang Feng did not shake and successfully stuck to Harden. However, Harden leaned sideways on Zhang Feng, sealing the possibility of Zhang Feng grabbing the ball, and then instantly passed the ball to Gordon, who cut inside.
Defending Gordon is Buddy, who was delayed by the Rockets' off-ball block, and now can only expect Willy and Scal to make up for it.
Willy's defense has improved a lot this time, and he is no longer the road of Qingcheng, but Gordon handed the ball to Rockets center Capela at his moment.
There was no one to defend under the basket, and Capela jumped on the spot and dunked.
6-10, although the score was still leading, the Kings fell short and failed to stop the Rockets from gaining momentum.
Harden gave an "easy game" look and smiled at Zhang Feng.
Willy has made two defensive mistakes in a row, David is angry and plans to directly pause to replace him, but Zhang Feng shook his head and said no, he plans to help Willy again, if it doesn't work, it's okay, but at least give it a try.
Because, if Willie has been frustrated on the defensive end and can't play on the offensive end, then the tone of this game is that the Rockets are taking what the Kings want inside.
"Don't be nervous, wait a while, and you just stand at the three-point line and don't go, just block and dismantle me" Zhang Feng comforted Willy, who nodded silently and thanked Zhang Feng for his trust.
After the king served, Willy followed Zhang Feng, ran quickly to the three-point line, and then stood there waiting for Zhang Feng.
As soon as Zhang Feng arrived, he directly blocked Gordon, and Zhang Feng broke through to the inside. Capella gritted his teeth and waited for it, he didn't want to be passed by Zhang Feng again.
Seeing that Zhang Feng had made a three-step layup, both teams rushed to the inside to grab the board, but Willie still stopped at the three-point line according to Zhang Feng's instructions, and the Kings fans immediately booed, and David frowned.
Willie was overwhelmed by the boos, trembling and wanting to rush inside, but fortunately Zhang Feng didn't go to the basket, but turned around and passed the ball out.
Willie received the ball, and he didn't know what to do, he was thinking, did Zhang Feng want me to shoot three points?
"Hey, here", a shout saved Willy, who was in a daze, he turned his head and found that Zhang Feng was already standing 45 degrees on the left side, he quickly passed the ball to Zhang Feng, and blocked Harden who reacted.
Zhang Feng was very glad that Willy obeyed his command and was not "scared" into the inside line by the boos of the audience.
Relying on the tactics of internal and external cooperation, Zhang Feng hit a 3-point before Harden's block.
There was a bit of luck in this ball, but it was mainly because Willy's previous two defenses were unfavorable, paralyzing the Rockets and ignoring Willy's presence.
Immediately afterwards, the Rockets once again focused on the King's interior, and Willy was inspired by the emotion of participating in the goal, and resisted Capela's strong play, forcing Capela to pass the ball back to Harden on the outside. Under Zhang Feng's strict defense, Harden failed to hit the shot.
The king attacked, Zhang Feng and Willy played a cooperation again, Willy blocked and dismantled after receiving Zhang Feng's pass, pretending to shoot, but in fact, the ball was distributed to Zhang Feng who went around the bottom corner, and Zhang Feng hit three points against Ariza's block.
At 6-16, the difference widened to 10 points, and De Shuai got up and signaled the referee to take a timeout.