Chapter 245: I don't have a pass in my head
Oscar Robertson, nicknamed Big O. Originally forgotten, he has been frequently mentioned again recently, only because Wei Shao averaged a triple-double in the regular season last season, and it just so happens that Big O is the first season in NBA history to average a triple-double, and he has always held the record for triple-doubles.
As an ancient celebrity, Big O is slightly shabby compared to Russell, Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain and others in terms of achievements, but surprisingly, Russell and others have a very high evaluation of him, which can be described as extremely beautiful.
Russell: "Oscar Robertson can't be judged by the number of championship rings".
Chamberlain: "In my mind, the greatest basketball player is neither Michael Jordan nor "Magic" Johnson, but Robertson, who unfortunately did not live up to a good era".
Abdul-Jabbar: "In my eyes, Big O is better than Michael Jordan and LeBron James".
These three people have higher achievements than Big O, so these evaluations are not mutual compliments, just because the Cincinnati Royals where Big O was located in the West were divided into the Eastern Division because of racial discrimination, which made Big O be eliminated by the Dynasty Celtics many times in advance, resulting in many fewer chances for Big O to enter the finals.
Big O rarely appears at the King's home court, and as for the Golden No. 1 Arena, it is the first time to come, as soon as the broadcast is introduced, the fans at the scene gave a standing ovation, and Big O smiled and waved in the VIP stands.
The sudden arrival at the King's home stadium not only confused the fans, but even the King's officials did not know. As for what the big O is doing, everyone can't deduce, but the TNT trio guessed that the big O came to the scene to guide Zhang Feng to improve his ball control skills.
Talking about learning skills, Kenny smiled at the corners of his mouth and said, "It seems that Zhang Feng is going to break out and win three doubles today."
"Not necessarily, Simmons has the height of a small forward, a terrifying reach, excellent speed, he is the best at single-handedness guards, Zhang Feng may have to gnaw hard bones tonight" Barkley shook his head in disagreement.
As soon as Barkley finished speaking, O'Neill's brows furrowed, but in less than ten seconds, he nodded and said: "I am looking forward to you saying this, Zhang Feng has indeed not suffered a strong single defense before, I hope tonight's game can let me see a complete Zhang Feng."
"You're still amazing, whatever I say, you will change your direction to praise Zhang Feng, serve!" Barkley gave O'Neal a thumbs up.
The three of them talked and the game officially began.
Tonight, the Kings made an impromptu change in the starting lineup, with David swapping Randolph and Willy in the hope of putting Embiid under pressure on defense with Randolph's big weight.
For the 76ers, the starting lineup did not have any New Year's greetings, namely Embiid, Sharic, and Covington in the frontcourt, and Redick and Simmons in the backcourt.
The referee blew the whistle, and the players of the two teams officially took their positions, Zhang Feng glanced at Simmons next to him, and suddenly thousands of divine beasts roared past in his heart.
Simmons is 206CM tall, which is 16CM taller than Zhang Feng's group. If Zhang Feng wants to make a dry pull-up jumper, the gap of 6CM can be made up by his strong physical fitness, but the gap of 16CM can only be forcibly erased with internal force, because Simmons still has a terrifying 212CM arm span.
Even though the center position is Randolph this time, David still arranged for Willy to provoke, for no special reason, just because Willy has a high jump ball success rate this season.
Unfortunately, Willy failed to maintain his previous level in the face of Embiid, the basketball was taken by the 76ers, and Simmons began to advance with the ball.
Facing Simmons, who was a head taller than himself, Zhang Feng deliberately let go of the left, because as long as Simmons dared to go to the left, he dared to reach out and steal, and he was confident that there was a high probability of a successful steal.
Simmons stopped on the wing to dribble on the spot and appeared to be waiting for Redick and Covington to cross the run. As the offensive clock ticked by, Simmons began to look a little impatient.
"Are you going to break through? I'm ready, wait to be stealed" Zhang Feng thought to himself, he had already thought of a different fast-break dunk posture after the steal, who knew that Simmons directly pulled out the shot on the spot and shot three-pointed,
This pull was something Zhang Feng didn't expect, but fortunately, Simmons' shooting was on the rail, and Randolph pulled Embiid to let Willy grab the defensive rebound.
Zhang Feng took Willy's pass and ran all the way to the front court with sparks and lightning. Facing Simmons' hands covered, Zhang Feng accelerated again and rushed towards the paint area, trying to get rid of it. But Simmons followed closely, and Zhang Feng had to stop and shake his shoulder, and he was about to shoot.
Seeing Simmons rise from the ground and finally shake, Zhang Feng collected the ball and hooked his hand to shoot.
The whistle blew, 2+1 was played, and Zhang Feng stood on the free throw line.
Getting a foul in less than a minute of the opening game was bad news for Simmons and the 76ers, and Zhang Feng hit the free throw with a grin, and he winked at Simmons, hoping that such a silent provocation would disturb Simmons' sanity.
The 76ers attacked again, Zhang Feng couldn't wait for Simmons' confrontation, and the basketball was handed over to Embiid early.
Picking up the ball low in the near corner, Embiid turned sideways to face Randolph, and he suddenly launched a dash to the basket with the ball in both hands. Randolph hurriedly stepped back, but unfortunately a step late, Embiid went to the basket to collect the ball and hit the board, hitting a 2-point shot.
Strong! Embiid's offense made everyone think of it, and he didn't panic in the face of veteran Randolph's defense, and quickly spotted opportunities, looking like a superstar who had been famous for many years.
"Didn't you go around yesterday?" , waiting for Zhang Feng, who was receiving the ball on the sidelines, to remind Randolph.
"Okay, let's start going around the next round."
In this attack, Zhang Feng stopped at the top of the arc after half court to dribble, and the Kings players quickly opened up space when they saw this situation, and they were also looking forward to this official heads-up.
"Do you watch every game?" Jennifer Lawrence (eldest cousin) on the sidelines suddenly asked.
This is obviously asking An Jiali, although it is not clear, An Jiali also knows that the eldest cousin wants to ask "is it Zhang Feng's every game to watch".
"It depends on the situation on the road, and every home game comes," Anjiali replied.
"Then how did he pass this time, this 76ers player is tall and strong, and his arms are so long", the eldest cousin has seen a little bit of the NBA and knows a little basic common sense, but he doesn't know Ben Simmons.
"You don't have to break through, he came in and told me that basketball is a scoring game, and breaking is just a means, as long as you can put the ball in the basket," Anjiali explained.
"Sounds philosophical, he should be going to make a movie, what do you think?" the eldest cousin asked, turning to Stewart.
"Absolutely, he's a chattering man, and it's no problem to make sci-fi movies," Stull said, nodding.
Zhang Feng on the court thought the same as An Jiali, his tentative steps in front of him, dribbling under his crotch, falling shoulders, and changing direction of pulling the ball in front of his body were all feints, and his real purpose was to pull out three points.
Why do you want to do three points? It's very simple, Zhang Feng likes to fight bayonets, since Simmons has such a big height advantage, then blow up Simmons's height advantage!
In a blink of an eye, there were only 4 seconds left in the offensive time, and Zhang Feng still failed to break through when outsiders drove away, and Bogdan and Carter had already gone around to the outside to prepare to receive the ball.
"If you don't pass it, you're going to make a mistake!" Simmons reminded 'kindly' that he was responding to Zhang Feng's blinking gesture.
"In today's game, I didn't have a pass in my head!".
Zhang Feng jumped high after speaking, he collected the ball quickly, jumped crisply, Simmons reacted when he was already in the air, and when Simmons stretched out his long hand to block, the basketball had already flown to the hoop.