Chapter Eighty-Four: The Derby Ends
Since there is no Ding Yanyuhang, Zhang Feng decided not to think about it so much, just take the calf away.
Next, Zhang Feng played all his strength without reservation, even throwing and grabbing, blocking rebounds, and leading his teammates to play a wave of 22-0, even if the Mavericks called a timeout at 10-0, but it was useless, and Zhang Feng came back from the pause with another wave of 11-0.
At the end of the first half, the Kings led the Mavericks 46-22, and neither team returned to the locker room in the summer league game, so they rested in the middle of the court to discuss. The Kings and a group of young people, looking at such a big score advantage and such a good team, have already begun to discuss how to celebrate the promotion in the evening.
"There's no game tomorrow, how can we get high tonight, Feng" Justin asked, now the Kings have completely led by Zhang Feng, both on and off the court, especially after Zhang Feng helped Mason get out of trouble in the nightclub last time, Zhang Feng has completely conquered the other players of the Kings team in terms of ball skills and character.
"Don't brag about it, the game is not over yet, you still have to play seriously when you get on the field later" Zhang Feng reminded everyone.
"Feng, you don't have to go up later, get some rest, the day after tomorrow we have to face the winner of the Celtics and Grizzlies, and it's going to be a tough battle," Turner said.
"Yes, yes, I'll just get on the line, this group doesn't need you to go out anymore," Mason said excitedly.
Zhang Feng didn't speak, nodded in agreement, he really doesn't have to go on anymore, the Mavericks' tactics are very simple, all rely on Danny Smith's ball-holding offense, as long as this point is strangled, the whole Mavericks team can't function, not to mention that the king has Papayannis sitting on the inside, Zhang Feng believes in his heart that his teammates will win.
At the end of the half-time, the two teams re-entered the game, and the Chinese fans began to boo when they saw that Zhang Feng and Ding Yanyuhang were not on the court, shouting:
"We want Zhang Feng, we want Zhang Feng, we want Zhang Feng."
Faced with this situation, Zhang Feng got up from his chair and waved to the Chinese fans, while making a "boo" gesture, signaling the fans to be quiet, not to spoil the viewing experience of other spectators, and at the same time respect the king players on the field.
When the fans saw Zhang Feng pressing the ball like this, they quickly calmed down.
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In Teng Xun's studio, Mr. Su saw Zhang Feng's persuasion to stop, and said with a smile:
"I found that Zhang Feng likes to interact with the fans very much, and we also saw him taking the initiative to take photos with Chinese fans and signing autographs for fans in the off-field footage just now, which is rarely seen among Chinese stars in the past."
"Well, I know what's going on with this," Mr. Wang said proudly.
"Oh? Then tell me," Mr. Su asked curiously.
"Let me tell you, this is Zhang Feng has a learning and a partner, and he has dealt with An Jiali, then he has learned to interact with fans, do you see how many games he has played before? There is no Rock Park field ball game, there is no heads-up with Kobe Bryant in the BIG3 league, and there is no signing press conference, but since he and An Jiali established a relationship before the summer league game, he began to like to interact with fans and friends, this American NBA star, the team staff, all pay attention to interacting with fans, he learned from An Jiali, I don't know if it was asked by An Jiali, Xiaoyuan, don't you say? "Teacher Wang is obviously talking nonsense, because there is nothing to talk about in the game, and the king is destined to beat the calf.
But Xiao Yuan didn't give Mr. Wang face, his smile seemed to reveal helplessness, and said lightly: "No, Mr. Wang, don't talk about it, let's explain the game well."
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At the beginning of the third quarter, the Mavericks still failed to find a way to crack the King's key defense of Danny Smith, and after several consecutive offenses, the Kings scored another 8 points, and the score difference directly expanded by 30+.
Coach Mavericks is very anxious, but he has nothing to do, whether it is blocking and delaying, or running without the ball to find opportunities, he can't get the king's defense, the so-called in the face of absolute strength gap, any strategy is ineffective. In addition, Danny Smith likes to play violent aesthetic basketball, and he often uses all kinds of complex and dangerous moves to break into the interior and then complete violent dunks, Papayannis does not dare to defend hard when he sees him like this, for fear of hurting him.
But the problem with playing like this is that other Mavericks players can't make suggestions to him when they see him playing alone, after all, he is so desperate, and it hurts too much if he doesn't play well, so the atmosphere on the court of the Mavericks is very poor, and the score difference is getting bigger and bigger.
In the end, Coach Mavericks called a timeout again and replaced him with a "garbage lineup", and Ding Yanyuhang finally got the opportunity to play. Seeing Ding Yanyuhang on the court, Zhang Feng gave Turner a look, and Turner understood in seconds and replaced Zhang Feng on the field.
Seeing Zhang Feng and Ding Yanyuhang on the court at the same time, the Chinese fans cheered again, but the Mavericks were as uncomfortable as eating, thinking: Which one the hell is this singing?
TNT studios, Barkley also blew up.
"What does this mean, the Mavericks have already made it clear that they have given up the game, why is Zhang Feng still on this and doesn't give other players a chance to do so" Barkley didn't understand Zhang Feng's behavior.
O'Neill gave him a blank look and joked: "So, Charles, you are too impatient, how do you know that Zhang Fengfeng has been playing, in case he wants to give back to the Chinese fans?" Don't you see the excitement of the Chinese fans on the sidelines? Chinese derby, these fans haven't watched Chinese against Chinese on the field for a long time since my brother Yao Ming left the NBA."
"Shaq makes sense, my Zhang Feng can't attack, it should be more about giving other Kings players space for them to play," Kenny agreed with O'Neal.
As O'Neal and Kenny said, Zhang Feng didn't shoot in the rest of the day, but only played a ball-handling role, giving the ball directly to the other Kings players after each half of the court, allowing them to play to their heart's content, occasionally handing out an assist.
On the contrary, it was Ding Yanyuhang, who played a wonderful performance in a row with a mid-range shot, a breakthrough, and a dunk amid the cheers of Chinese fans.
The game ended quickly, and the Kings won 92-74 over the Mavericks to advance to the quarterfinals of the Las Vegas Summer League, where they will face the winner of the Celtics and Grizzlies the day after tomorrow.
The game was almost uncaring for the Americans, but it was a big deal for the Chinese fans, and Zhang Feng recorded a triple-double in this game. Ding Yanyuhang also performed well, although most of his playing time was garbage time, but he also handed over 14 points and 5 rebounds.
The two hugged again after the game and accepted an interview with a reporter from Teng Xun together.
Although a thrilling Chinese derby did not achieve the desired results, it still fulfilled the wishes of Chinese fans. The next Chinese derby will be the first game of the regular season, with Zhang Feng leading the Kings against the Rockets with Zhou Qi.