Chapter 290: If I don't give it to you, you can't rob it
Love vs. Sampson, the former is worth $110 million over five years and is still a core member of the championship favorite, while the latter only has a season-long contract and could be cut at any time.
Of course, Sampson's two consecutive blocks don't mean he's better than Love in all aspects, but it's a morale-boosting performance that has given the Kings a few young players off the bench eager to give it a try.
At the end of the timeout, the Cavaliers continued to attack, LeBron took the ball and handed LeFou an inquiring look, LeFou shook his head, indicating that he didn't want to play alone, and LeBron began to dribble the ball under his crotch.
It's weird for a big guy like LeBron to suddenly dribble under the crotch at the top of the arc, and he doesn't move as fast as JR, but he pulls the ball more than twice as wide as JR.
What the hell, how could it be possible to break through such a large amplitude? Zhang Feng saw through this and stood motionless at the free throw line waiting for LeBron to shoot.
Sure enough, LeBron continued to have no effect in his crotch, and chose to close the ball and shoot, and Zhang Feng pounced on him.
With a bang, LeBron shot the iron, Zhang Feng didn't look back and ran directly to the midfield, judging from the shooting trajectory just now, the basketball will not bounce too far in the end, he believes that Willie Sampson can grab the rebound.
After crossing the halfway line, Zhang Feng looked back and saw that LeBron was following him, and at the same time, Sampson also made a long pass to him, but Sampson was not a point guard in the end, the quality of this pass was very poor, and LeBron had a great chance to steal.
Waiting for the body to fight with LeBron on the spot is obviously not a wise choice, Zhang Feng tightened his leg and braked at the same time, running backwards, and rushed towards the oncoming basketball of Feiben.
The ball was saved, but the fast break opportunity was gone, Zhang Feng reduced his speed and dribbled and waited for his Kings teammates to settle down.
Maybe it's because Zhang Feng is in the LOGO area, and the range that can be broken through is too large, and LeBron will have a hard time defending, and Tyronn Lue keeps waving and shouting for JR to go up on the court.
JR has never been a good defensive player, he can make a few gambling tackles at most, but Zhang Feng's ball handling skills are only slightly worse than Paul's. After a few trials, JR had nothing to do and retreated to the three-point line to wait for Zhang Feng to break through.
Wouldn't it be stupid to give space and not shoot? He took two steps forward, took the ball and hit a three-point shot.
JR's eyes are confused, why did he suddenly come to three points?
"You have to defend closely, he's shooting 50+ from three-point range this season, don't underestimate him," LeBron reminded.
In JR's consciousness, Zhang Feng is often mentioned in the news, but just like Jeremy Lin back then, mostly because of his identity as a Chinese, LeBron said this, he understood.
Turning back to the Cavaliers to attack, LeBron controlled the ball and called for a pick-and-roll, and took advantage of the misalignment to easily break through Bogdan and score a layup.
The king attacked again, Zhang Feng passed the ball to the top of the arc on the right wing, Bogdan received the ball and cut the inside line to make a layup, but was delayed by Crowder to stop the ball in the paint area, fortunately, Zhang Feng had run to the bottom corner of the right side at this time, and Bogdan hurriedly passed the ball back.
The Cavaliers' leakage this time was the result of a miscommunication between JR and LeBron, and they were deceived by Zhang Feng and Justin together, and a simple cross run successfully deceived them and defended Justin at the same time.
Zhang Feng received the ball in the bottom corner of the right side, and there was no one to defend within 2 meters in front of him, he pulled up and jumped out, and the king scored another three points.
"You guard him, just leave him alone," LeBron reminded JR again.
"Okay, no problem" JR himself was a little embarrassed by his face, and he lost two in a row, he could be regarded as experiencing Lefou's feelings.
So far in the third quarter, the Kings led by 9 points again, all because of the Cavaliers' offensive mistakes and defensive mistakes, and LeBron dribbled over half court with a cloudy face, as if eager to find space to break through.
At the same time, fans at the Quick Loan Center seem to be dissatisfied with LeBron's performance, which so far has 12 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and they want LeBron to score more.
"MVP, MVP, MVP" fans started shouting for LeBron.
As if infected by this atmosphere, LeBron looked serious and dribbled directly with his back to the horns. This is clearly going to be ruthless, Zhang Feng hurriedly stepped forward to help defend Justin, and at the same time beckoned Sampson to prepare to make up the defense.
In the past, LeBron dribbled, Zhang Feng could try to grab it, but at this time, LeBron's luck is very powerful and the frequency is very fast, and rash shots can only increase fouls.
Justin only carried 2 rounds, and was pushed back to the three-second zone by LeBron, and there was no point in trying to hold on hard, he chose to let go and prepare to block LeBron's shot.
But LeBron is not a general, the moment Justin defended, LeBron did not turn over and jump, but turned around and dribbled to the basket again and made a low-handed layup.
"Awesome! Adaptable, calm and unhurried" Zhang Feng silently gave a thumbs up in his heart, LeBron's layup, first got rid of Zhang Feng and Justin, and finally deceived Sampson, which can be said to be a dozen or three successful goals.
Yibian King attacked, JR started to defend from the backcourt, but when it came to the three-point line, Zhang Feng continued to dribble and change direction in a small way, and in less than 2 seconds, he shook JR and rushed straight to the basket, and Lefu happened to be blocked by Sampson, and Zhang Feng easily dunked and scored.
"Give me the ball!" LeBron asks for the ball directly under the basket.
It seems that LeBron is going to be ruthless, Zhang Feng realized this and directly handed a look at Justin: "Make an offensive foul".
The Cavaliers attacked, LeBron forced a breakthrough at the three-point line, he rushed to the free throw line and stepped out with the ball with both hands, Sampson bit his lip and jumped to block, but ate a head-on dunk.
The referee blew the whistle, James added a penalty, and sporadic MVP shouts rang out from the Quick Loan Center.
At the end of the free throw, Zhang Feng advanced quickly with the ball, passed the ball straight to the inside at the three-point line, Sampson received the ball and made a strong layup, but Lefu raised his hand to interfere and failed to hit. Fortunately, Sampson took advantage of the difference in starting time to grab an offensive rebound, adjusted his posture and made a strong layup again.
"Bang", the sound of the pegboard hat sounded, and none of the players reacted, only Zhang Feng noticed that the hat was covered by LeBron. LeBron flew from the corner position to the basket to make a block, the distance was far away, and the time was in a hurry, but he just sat down unexpectedly.
After the block, the basketball fell into LeBron's hands, and he directly advanced to play a quick counterattack. Although Zhang Feng had returned to the defense position in advance, the rest of the Kings did not catch up, and Zhang Feng was blocked by JR and could only watch LeBron hit a three-point shot.
There was one last attack before the official timeout, Zhang Feng continued to change direction in the backcourt to get rid of JR, and after he accelerated to the frontcourt, he found that the Cavaliers were only Lefu inside, so he chose to give the ball to Sampson.
Who knew that Lefu suddenly went around, Sampson did not take the initiative to find the ball like Zhang Feng just now, and the basketball was stealed by Lefu.
Lefou, who made a successful steal, directly rounded up his arm and made a long pass, and LeBron received the ball at the three-point line and shot directly, and hit a three-point shot.
One 2 plus 1, two 3-pointers, and a block, LeBron chased the score by himself, and the confrontation during this period seemed to have become a duel between him and Zhang Feng.
"LeBron's knife is not old," O'Neal sighed with a slight nod.
"Zhang Feng is very good, and he has the strength to dominate the NBA in the future, but the first person in the NBA league today is LeBron, how do you say that?" Kenny suddenly gets stuck.
"This NBA league is mine. I'll give it to you, it's yours, I won't give it to you, you can't rob it," Barkley responded.