Chapter 294: Let's brush the data together
Divac signed Randolph this offseason primarily to fill the 'poor X' line on wages, and he didn't have the same hopes for him as he did to lead the Kings to the playoffs with Hill, at most he wanted him to coach the rookies of Harry Giles and Scalar Rasibie.
But Zhang Feng became the king and completely reactivated Randolph, so far this season, Randolph has 15.8 points and 7.0 rebounds, while his data in the Grizzlies last season was 14 points and 6.4 rebounds, which is completely unexpected.
Even if you look at the league as a whole, based on Randolph's current age, data, salary, and playing time, his performance is even comparable to players such as Aldridge and Davis.
Facing the Pelicans' interior twin towers today, Randolph seemed to be suddenly interested, not only working offense, but also not a little ambiguous on defense, and Cousins was extremely uncomfortable by his defense.
After a scramble went out of bounds, the referee called a stoppage and the Pelicans courtside commentators got time to brag about their players.
"There are five minutes left to end the second quarter, but Cousins has already cut 15 points and six rebounds, Davis also has 14 points and five rebounds, and the pace of today's game is on the fast side, and they may have a big double-double at the same time."
"It's possible, but the Kings are also doing well, Zhang Feng has 12 points and 8 assists, 4 of which are passed to Randolph for an easy layup"
"At the moment, the Pelicans have no action against Zhang Feng, I think they should be used for packing, the Kings are not Warriors, and the inclusion of Zhang Feng will not cause the shooting percentage of other Kings players to rise rapidly."
Kim Terry seemed to hear the advice of the two on-site commentators, and after returning from the timeout, he played off the court and asked Holiday and Clark to besiege Zhang Feng.
Even if two people, one left and one right, rushed up at the same time, Zhang Feng did not panic at all, and he deliberately waited until the two Pelicans were about to complete the clamp before hitting the ground from the middle of the Pelicans to Randolph in the low post on the left.
Randolph received the ball directly with his back, Cousins held it with his right hand, and everyone thought that a hand-to-hand fight was about to be staged, but Randolph did turn forward to shoot the board, and while he hit two points, Zhang Feng's assists also reached 10.
Cousins was played, and he was naturally unconvinced, and turned back to the Pelicans to attack, he directly asked for the ball to hit the basket, carried Randolph to complete the dunk, and beat his chest and roared after landing, which led to the audience shouting excitedly.
"Isn't this a tribute to him?" Zhang Feng received the ball from Lando's hand and began to 'bewitch'.
"There is more than enough heart, but not enough," Randolph sighed, shaking his head.
"Let's not fight for physical strength, fight for the ball," Zhang Feng reminded.
"You mean Cousins is stupid?" Randolph lowered his voice.
"Let's play an air connection, we can do it" Zhang Feng glanced at him, and Randolph nodded excitedly.
The two were chatting while walking, almost missing the halfway line for 8 seconds, and finally suddenly whispered, and the fool guessed that the two might be conspiring.
Up front, Randolph stood still in the elbow zone, a far cry from his previous aggressive run, but Cousins didn't notice the difference.
In the case of positional warfare, if you want to play an empty catch, you must first attract the attention of most players in defense.
It just so happened that Zhang Feng was very good at how to attract attention, he changed hands under the left wing and dribbled wildly quickly under the crotch, and then pretended to dribble 'wrong', and the basketball slipped out of his hand and rolled to the left.
Originally, the whole Pelicans team felt that Zhang Feng's operation was useless, but now he dribbled 'wrong', and Holiday and Clarka directly surrounded him.
Seeing that the bag was about to be formed, Zhang Feng suddenly strode out and picked up the basketball, and killed from Cousins's side to the inside.
At this time, the Pelicans restricted area was unguarded, and the Holiday duo obviously had no time to chase the defense, and Cousins could only give up Randolph and follow Zhang Feng to the inside.
The moment Cousins raised his leg, Randolph also started, and the three rushed to the basket one after another, Zhang Feng suddenly stopped and turned around and threw the ball into the air.
In Cousins' subconscious, Zhang Feng was going to go to the basket, but he really didn't understand this throw, and when he understood that it might be an empty catch, Randolph had already jumped up and grabbed the ball in his hand, and he thought to himself that he was going to be violently deducted by someone else.
"Haha, haha", laughter came and went, although Zhang Feng didn't look closely, he understood that the fans were laughing at Randolph, because although he completed the 'one-man dunk', he was almost rebounded by Cousins and fell to the ground, and the ball was only reluctantly pressed into the hoop.
"It's the ugliest dunk I've ever seen, and really, I don't have the slightest bias against him for this game...... Pelicans sideline commentator shook his head.
Randolph's facial expression changed very well at this time, he obviously felt that he jumped very high and buckled very heavily just now, and the audience laughed at him and was very unconvinced, but when he looked up and saw the big screen replay, he could only silently bow his head and return to defense.
Easy Edge Pelicans attack, Cousins with the help of Davis's high-quality cover on the right side of the low post against Willy, although Willy has a speed advantage, but this advantage is completely useless under the basket, Cousins directly squeezed hard, and successfully dunked again, while causing Willy to foul and add a free throw.
"20 points, Cousins scored less than 20 points in the half, and the Kings have been blown up by him inside!" Pelicans courtside commentators brags wildly.
Continuously dunked on the inside line as if no one was around, Zhang Feng marked Cousins in his heart, and he must kill his sharpness, Randolph couldn't count on it, so he could only go out in person.
Turning back to the king's offense, Zhang Feng waved his hand to signal that he wanted to go head-to-head, the king pulled the whole team away, and even the 3-second zone under the basket left him space, and he broke through to the Pelicans restricted area without much effort, causing Cousins and Davis to pose at the same time and wait for him to go to the basket.
Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and preferring to go to the tiger mountains, Zhang Feng has already made up his mind to win back a city, he uses his right arm to raise the basketball high, and his left arm to open the way to face him.
"Jumped quite high, but Davis had a longer arm," the Pelicans courtside commentator was a little dismissive, but what happened in the blink of an eye made his jaw drop.
It turned out that Cousins and thick eyebrows didn't jump to block, and after Zhang Feng dunked, they each looked at each other, as if to say, "I thought you would be on!" ”
Cousins thought simply, he had already carried two fouls, Zhang Feng's ball was too difficult to block, in case of a foul on his back, he would not be able to play freely in the second half, maybe his 20-point data in the half may have to come to an end, not worth it.
Davis wanted to defend, but he felt that he couldn't reach it, Zhang Feng jumped too high, and it was easy for him to become the background of the top ten balls when he jumped up, anyway, it was not easy to defend it, and it was not interesting to take risks, so it was better to take advantage of the king's celebration to play a quick counterattack, and it was not beautiful to get a 2-point shot?
Off the court, Kim Terry was very unhappy with the ball, and he thought that the Pelicans and Twin Towers should jump and defend at the same time, and he really didn't think that the Pelicans and Twin Towers were going to brush up on the data.
On the king's side, David is not very satisfied, Zhang Feng's difficult goal is too laborious, it is better to get rid of the direct shot, and save time to have one more offensive opportunity to score more.
In short, dunks are not as good as mid-range shots, and defense is not as good as fast breaks, what's the problem with everyone brushing data together?