Chapter 469: Learning Advanced Technology from Harden
At the end of the half, the Thunder, who were without Anthony, unexpectedly narrowed the gap to five points.
Despite the lead, the Kings knew there was something wrong with the team, and when they returned to the locker room, they immediately gathered around and waited for a new tactical plan.
David was interviewed at halftime and was the last to enter the locker room, and as soon as he entered the door, he said, "Why do you all have bitter melon faces? It makes us look like we're 50 points behind."
It's good not to mention it, but as soon as he mentioned it, Randolph raised his eyebrows and said, "Hurry! Without Anthony, they all caught up with the points, the momentum became more and more full, Westbrook continued to hit the inside, and the pressure on LeFou's defense was too great."
"You're mistaken, the Thunder can chase points, and it just so happens that because Anthony is not there, the space under the basket is not freed up, George and Westbrook get so many opportunities to hit the inside," David shook his head and said.
"I'm sorry, but I didn't stop George and caused a series of troubles," Justin buried his head and said in a mosquito voice.
"Don't think like that," Zhang Feng stood up in his chair, walked to Justin's side and said: "Everyone has things that they are not good at, we will compete together in the entire regular season, your performance is obvious to all, and defense is everyone's responsibility."
On the stage of the playoffs, every game is crucial, Justin, as a first-year rookie, does not have the super strength of Zhang Feng, but he has to face a long-established superstar like George, it is good to be able to prevent it, but basically he didn't prevent it once, and more than 18,000 Kings fans on the scene stared, and his pressure can be imagined.
After Zhang Feng finished speaking, David took over: "Yes, defense is everyone's responsibility." Zhang Feng, we need you to have more individual singles in the second half, so that Westbrook and George will have more fouls on their backs, only then their singles will be completely limited, and other methods will not be very effective."
The so-called authorities are fascinated, bystanders are clear, Zhang Feng racked his brains in the second quarter and didn't think of a solution to George and Wei Shao's singles, but David pointed it out.
It's really against George and Wei Shao, although he thought of this method at first, but he didn't insist on playing, the main referee didn't blow it a few times, and he really couldn't figure out the penalty scale.
But if you don't know the scale of the penalty, you have to continue to try, after all, that's the only way.
Seeing that Zhang Feng finally figured it out, David continued: "You need more physical contact and rhythm deception, the referees in the playoffs are more cautious, it is difficult to get a foul without physical contact, plus you go straight to find a foul, Wei Shao and George are not stupid, how can it be so simple for you to achieve your goal."
When David said this, Zhang Fengmao suddenly opened, "I should learn advanced technology from Harden, he cheats and fouls very badly."
"That's a good idea, but it's too late, save it for the next one," Randolph said with a shrug.
"No, it's too late, I'll watch it now", Zhang Feng took out his mobile phone from the cabinet in the locker room, opened the browser, typed in 'Harden's cheat foul highlights', and studied it carefully.
Harden cheated on fouls by two moves, one is that the master is bold, deliberately exposing the ball handler during the breakthrough, tempting the defender to cut the ball, and even hitting someone else's hand, but his strength is very good, and the defender can't cut it, and often pays for the foul.
Therefore, when the Clippers hit the Rockets, there was a 'backhand king' Barnes.
The second trick is rhythm deception, Harden often brings defenders into his rhythm by dribbling, and then raises his hand to shoot to cheat fouls, and the defenders think that they have good defensive skills and think that they have completely mastered Harden's offensive rhythm.
The entire 'Harden Fraud Foul Highlights' totaled 40 minutes, but a large part of it was displayed from different angles in heavy shots, and Zhang Feng watched it at 4 times the speed, just in time for the halftime timeout.
Back on the court, the Thunder were completely different from before the start of the second quarter, and they seemed very confident that they could chase the score.
In the third quarter, it was the king who attacked first, Zhang Feng took the ball to the top of the arc and stopped, and then signaled all the players to pull away.
This is the first time that Zhang Feng has taken the initiative to play a single in this game, and he is against Wei Shao, so the DJ on the scene took the lead in shouting 'MVP', and the Kings fans immediately shouted, and both of them looked a little nervous for a while.
I saw Zhang Feng bending down, looking ahead, the basketball was pulled back and forth between his hands, Wei Shao didn't pay attention, he immediately rushed out like a cheetah.
The speed of this pass was too fast, the action was too simple, and the fans didn't even have time to cheer before they saw Zhang Feng rushing into the inside line. He held the ball in front of him with both hands and took three steps in a row with his feet in a standard layup motion.
"Smack", George hit Zhang Feng's hand, and after blinking, a "beep" sounded, George covered his face with his hands in annoyance, he knew that the foul referee was not wronged.
In addition to the previous two times, George has already committed 3 fouls, but the game has just begun in the third quarter, and Donovan seems to endure and endure, but he still can't bear to replace George on the free throw time.
George went off the court, and naturally he couldn't let Wei Shao be alone on the court, and Donovan sent Anthony on the court again and let Patterson play small forward.
Zhang Feng hit both free throws, the Thunder attacked again, Wei Shao dribbled the ball across the half, he completely ignored the provocation of the Kings fans shouting 'heads-up', and directly gave the ball to Anthony in the low post on the right.
Anthony catches the ball or plays it close-to-back. Lefou's defensive strategy also remained the same, blocking the baseline and putting it in front, forcing Anthony to turn around and attack with the frame, and then using the advantage of lateral speed to defend it.
Sure enough, Anthony was forced to only pass the ball, and was interfered with by Lefu and made a mistake, Zhang Feng picked up the basketball and launched a fast attack, and Wei Shaomao chased hard.
The two of them reached the three-point line with their front and back feet, Zhang Feng stopped pulling the ball and retreated, Wei Shao turned around and raised his hand to block the line of sight, Zhang Feng changed his head to the right in front of his body, Wei Shao put down his hand and stepped sideways to block, Zhang Feng pulled the ball again and changed direction in front of the body, and Wei Shao continued to block like a shadow.
"FXXK", Zhang Feng pretended to be angry, holding the ball high with both hands, looking like he was about to shoot, Wei Shao suddenly smiled and flew to the cover.
As soon as Wei Shao's smile appeared, it stopped abruptly because he saw the smile of the chicken thief.
"Beep", the referee blew the whistle again, signaling that Wei Shao's hitter was fouled, and Zhang Feng got 3 free throws.
"Zhang Feng, this kid, you don't need to break through, pull out, and play back, how can you learn Harden to cheat and foul, don't get the MVP to fly" In the TNT live broadcast room, Barkley looked worried.
"It doesn't matter that much, this is the playoffs, the Thunder are chasing points, and making fouls is one of the few options that can be limited," Kenny thought.
"Charles, I like to hear what you just said, what is a lie? That's a rational use of reasonable means. Besides, even if Zhang Feng wins the series by making fouls, and even wins the championship, those who have the right to vote for MVP, who dares to vote for him? O'Neill raised his eyebrows and looked angry.
The three chatted and explained that the Thunder's momentum of chasing points came to an abrupt end because of foul trouble, and the difference between the two teams widened again, even if George came back after the second official timeout in the third quarter, he failed to further narrow the difference.