Before Jordan evaluated Zhang Feng, whether it was Kobe's praise or LeBron's praise, people felt that Zhang Feng was unworthy, firstly, because Kobe and LeBron had a special relationship with Zhang Feng, and secondly, Zhang Feng himself did not play too much.

Now Jordan evaluates Zhang Feng as the first person in the league in the future, and he is not talking about the scene in an interview with reporters, which shows that Jordan does recognize Zhang Feng. Although LeBron has said similar things, LeBron's influence is still not as strong as Jordan's after all, so this time the discussion on the Internet is fiercer than the previous one.

It's a pity that Zhang Feng on the court didn't know that fans, media, and experts had started crazy discussions, and his energy had been completely put on the game, and the Hornets relied on Batum, Walker, and Howard in the second half of the second quarter to block and dismantle frantically on the outside, forming a dislocation many times, and taking the opportunity to catch up with the score.

Back in the locker room, David called the Kings to talk about tactics: "In the second half, we have to run on the outside to stop them from sharing the ball easily, and if there is a mismatch in defense, we will actively help the defense."

To deal with the blocking, you can only run quickly, if it is crazy to block and dismantle, then it is required to be faster in speed, David's tactical arrangement is no problem, but the same tactics, different people implement, the results are completely different.

In other words, Zhang Feng can defend people according to David's requirements, but Bogdan, Randolph and others can't.

The King's current dilemma is that if the Hornets rely on Walker to control the ball, then Zhang Feng defends very well, on the contrary, if it is not Walker who controls the ball, then Zhang Feng's role in defense is very small, and the difference is the distance between the basketball and Zhang Feng.

Starting from the Pacers this season, as long as the point guard on their team has a shot, every team has had such an example of dealing with the King, in the past, the King cracked this trick by relying on Zhang Feng to assist in defense, but today against the Hornets, the role of the defense is not great, because the Hornets can hold the ball and catch the ball There are too many players, and only Marvin Williams does not have the ability to attack with the ball in the starters.

"This kind of play is not very effective, our experience of consuming too much on defense cannot guarantee the defense, but it is easy to affect our offense, in my opinion, it is most suitable to play against them" Zhang Feng thought twice before expressing his opinion.

"Yes, I thought so too," Randolph chimed in.

"Fighting a war of attrition is not our forte, we should give our own strengths," Bogdan hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

As soon as the two supported Zhang Feng's opinion, the other Kings team members opened their mouths to put forward their own ideas, David nodded, touched his chin and began to think. If the picture just now spreads like Jordan's evaluation, then I am afraid that an article titled "The General Loses Harmony, and the Kings Players Collectively Oppose the Head Coach" will immediately appear on the Internet.

The Kings themselves know that Zhang Feng has a long history of disagreeing with David, but it is not against David, it is just to find better tactics, and other Kings players are also encouraged by Zhang Feng's willingness to make suggestions, which is one of the reasons why they can sit first in the West as a very young team without an All-Star.

Of course, the decision on what tactics to play is still in David's hands, and he pondered for a long time before speaking:

"It's no problem at all, if you can, everyone will help Zhang Feng cover."

The meaning of what David said is obvious, Zhang Feng has the highest success rate in every attack, and someone always has to score anyway, so why not let the most stable person score?

"Okay, coach," the Kings players said in unison.

In the visiting dressing room, Clifford is praising Walker.

"Walker played really well in the first half, we had four assists in the first quarter, but it quickly increased to 12 in the second quarter, and it was all thanks to Walker."

Shif didn't mention that he had warned Walker not to be an attitude, but Walker was not a fool, and he immediately responded:

"It's all the coach's credit, if the coach hadn't pointed out my problems in time, I'm afraid I would have caused the team to fall behind."

Maybe that's commercial, right? The other Hornets players looked at each other when they heard this, and Batum was even more unhappy, why was his credit for delaying Zhang Feng in the first half not mentioned?

But he couldn't think much about it, because Jordan walked into the locker room, and judging by Jordan's excited appearance, it was obvious that he had something to say.

Jordan wanted to speak, naturally no one dared to sit, and all the Hornets players got up and gathered around, waiting for instructions.

"We played well in the first half, but we could have played better, Walker, Batum, you two handled a few balls too quickly, you have to pay attention to this problem in the second half" Jordan said in a loud and blunt voice.

When Batum heard this, his face was suddenly full of black lines, and the expected praise did not come, but waited for some criticism.

"Originally, as the small owner of the team, I have no reason or qualification to go to the locker room to guide you and tell you how to play the responsibility of Coach Clifford, but I can't help it today, why should you understand?" Jordan said, putting his arm around Clifford's shoulder.

"We're going to try to win the game, don't worry," Walker was the first to react.

"We're on us!" Michael Kidd hammered the chest.

After the two teams finished speaking, the other Hornets players followed suit and said that they would do their best to win the game for Jordan.

After hearing this, Jordan nodded in satisfaction and left the locker room.

"I don't understand, didn't you say that the two of them are immature? At this time, I pinned my hopes on the two of them, and if I lost the game, it would make people laugh", and walked out of the locker room, and the assistant was busy asking questions.

"I'm the owner of the team, this is what I should do" Jordan shook his head and replied, and the assistant, who had followed him for many years, immediately understood what Jordan was saying: "We didn't expect them to win."

The halftime was over, and the game between the two teams restarted, because it was Howard who got the jump ball in the opening game, so the first offense of the third quarter was initiated by the Kings.

After taking the ball past half court, Zhang Feng controlled the ball at the top of the arc, and Willy stepped forward to block it. Under the rotation, the player who defended Zhang Feng on the Hornets' side became power forward Marvin Williams.

Marvin is a blue-collar worker, and his responsibility has always been to grab rebounds, top people and other dirty work, as for outside defense, he can only delay it, and finally have to rely on Howard to pinch or Walker to chase defense.

But he waited for 2 seconds, neither waiting for Howard nor Walker, Zhang Feng seized the opportunity to shoot directly, although he jumped in time to try to block, but it did not have any impact on Zhang Feng's shooting.

Three-point shot, the Kings' first offense in the third quarter took only 5 seconds, and the Hornets didn't play any defensive tactics.

Turning back to the Hornets to attack, Walker, who tasted the sweetness, handed over Batum to the three-point line, and then slipped directly to the right baseline, hoping to lure Zhang Feng away and create better opportunities for Batum and others to attack.

Batum, who was in possession of the ball, raised his hand to signal for a block, and Howard immediately stepped forward.

According to the idea of the Hornets players, as long as Howard forms a pick-and-roll, the Kings will immediately switch defenses, and Batum against Randolph, even if he can't score, can pass the ball to Michael Kidd who slipped under the basket, killing two birds with one stone, it's perfect.

Unfortunately, it backfired, Randolph did not move with Howard, Michael Kidd rushed to the inside and could only stop halfway, but fortunately, Batum reacted in time and shot directly from the three-point line.

Due to the haste of the shot and the force was too great, the basketball smashed on the back edge of the hoop and failed to hit.

Originally, Marvin Williams stuck Willy in the position and had a chance to grab offensive rebounds, but the Kings still had Randolph inside, and he could only watch Randolph grab the rebounds.

Although the Hornets didn't score, the fans at home could see that the Kings' gambling defense was too risky.

The Kings commentator on the sidelines naturally noticed this strange situation, and Napier couldn't help but ask, "What do you think?" Do you think the defense was played like this was planned or was it a mistake by Randolph? ”。

Hearing Napier's question, Doug thought about it for a moment, and then said: "I think it was an accident, the Kings don't have much lead right now, and there is no reason to put three points."

"I think so too, but you know, the whole Kings team has become unconventional under the influence of Zhang Feng this season, and David has occasionally engaged in some crazy tactics" Napier's expression was slightly excited.

"Then let's take a look, but I think the Kings changed more in the second half of the offense, and you see that this time the whole team is covering Zhang Feng again," Doug said, pointing to the point.

At this time, Zhang Feng controlled the ball on the left wing, and it was Batum who defended him, he could pull out, but for the sake of the success rate, he signaled Bogdan to do the outside blocking.

After bypassing Batum through Bogdan's block, Zhang Feng faced Walker for the first time in a long time, and after he stepped with his left foot, he directly took a big step with his right foot to accelerate and break through to the right, Walker couldn't catch up, and the player who defended him became Howard.

But Howard didn't dare to defend too far forward, after all, the Kings still had Randolph on the inside.

Unexpectedly, Randolph did not wait to catch the ball under the basket, but walked around Howard one step in advance, making it clear that he wanted to make room for Zhang Feng's layup. Howard didn't have time to regret it, so he could only watch Zhang Feng go to the basket and easily score 2 points.

For the rest of the third quarter, the game on both sides played like the same footage repeatedly.

The Kings attacked the whole team to cover Zhang Feng, Zhang Feng was very easy every time he received the ball, he shot 12 times in a row, which is nothing, but he hit 11 shots and scored 22 points in a single quarter.

In the face of the Hornets' three-point line unlimited blocking and substitution routine, the Kings used defensive zone defense, although Batum and Howard both hit shots, but the scoring efficiency was far less than Zhang Feng's, and the difference between the two teams was getting wider and wider.

At the end of the third quarter, the Kings led the Hornets 95-86.

"It seems that David really made a strange move, he couldn't prevent the Hornets from blocking and dismantling, he turned his head and hit back by scoring, clever" Napier gave a thumbs up.

"The Kings' offense is the magic move, have you ever seen a team in the league that infinitely blocks a player?" Doug shook his head as he spoke, he thought it was incredulous.

But Doug is not the most incomprehensible, the most incomprehensible is Walker, who is sitting on the Hornets bench at this time and pondering:

"Why is Zhang Feng treated so well?".

In the first quarter of the game, after he took the ball alone a few times, Clifford directly called a timeout and immediately told him: "It's as strong as Jordan and you need to cooperate."

In the ensuing game, he shared the ball at every opportunity, as Clifford intended, and finally chased the score back at half-time.

thought there was nothing wrong with playing like this, but Zhang Feng proved to him with 12 consecutive shots in the third quarter: "I just want to share the ball like Jordan, I have to have Jordan's treatment."

are also the team's leading players, why don't the same people have different lives? Why did Zhang Feng attack the whole team to cover, and he attacked to cover the whole team.

The more Walker thought about it, the more depressed he became, and he didn't even hear Clifford set up a battle for him.

"Looks like this game is hanging," Jordan's assistant frowned.

"It's okay to lose, they have to lose to realize their shortcomings," Jordan didn't think was a big deal.

"Do you mean it's more humiliating to lose to young people?" The assistant was puzzled.

"It shouldn't be about being ashamed, it's about increasing confidence," Jordan shook his head.

How can losing a game increase confidence? The assistant listened with a blank expression, and without waiting for him to speak, Jordan continued:

"Because Zhang Feng is a player, not a god, he can beat the Cavaliers and Warriors, then his team can also do it, not to mention that there are many teams in the league that are much better than the Kings, such as our Hornets, who want big men and big men, and top guards and top guards, but why can't they do it to others? Have you thought about it? ”

"We started well, but the benches were too bad, and every time the starting lineup went off the field, we were pulled apart," the assistant felt that the answer to this question was obvious.

"Did our starters beat the Warriors' starters?" Jordan asked with a smile.

"It seems that I can't beat ......," the assistant was at a loss again.

"Then hello, why do you think the alliance has been developing for so many years, why have there been so many Black Eight miracles?"

"Some of the teams in the first place have suffered major injuries, such as the Bulls in previous years, and the 76ers were able to complete the Black Eight because of Rose's injury. There was also the original Spurs, and the Grizzlies were able to complete the Black Eight because of Ginobili's injury. Even if the Mavericks are on the full lineup, if they lose to the Warriors, Nelson Sr. knows the Mavericks well, "The assistant knows a lot about the past of the league."

"Hehe, these are all appearances, and the real reason is – they all have a heart that does not admit defeat"

"After you say these few words, I can't get in touch with them at all, can you summarize them......

"It's very simple, I want to say, every team in the league today is scared by the Warriors, but only Zhang Feng dares to fight against the Warriors, if you want to ask me how do you see it? Then I have to tell you, this is the feeling between great players, I have experienced similar feelings with Kobe, and I have experienced similar feelings with LeBron, although LeBron is also a little discouraged by the Warriors now, and this kind of unwillingness to admit defeat is the secret to greatness"

"After tonight's game, I will tell the players how to learn from Zhang Feng, so it's good to lose the game, if they win, they will be arrogant."

Jordan's words were secretly praised by the assistant, and after the start of the fourth quarter, the situation developed as Jordan had hoped, the Hornets failed to catch up with the game, and the Kings won the game in the end.