Chapter 210: Hidden Dangers
"The Pacers are a team that has always been excellent, tough defense has always been the foundation of their team, of course our tactics will be cracked by them, but both offense and defense have strength and weakness standards......
"So your answer is?" The reporter didn't want to listen to Zhang Feng's nonsense.
"Don't worry, I'm in charge of the starting point of our king's tactics, and if you watch our games a lot, you'll find that I interact with Willy a lot, and of course that's how many teams do it......"
"Mr. Zhang Feng, can you please talk about the main point? You just have to answer whether you think the Pacers can handle your defense," the reporter quickly interrupted Zhang's rambling words.
"Huh? Sorry, you're talking too long, I don't speak English very well, can you say it again? Zhang Feng deliberately pretended not to understand and delayed the reporter's interview.
"Do you think the Pacers are awesome? Do you think Oladipo can stop you? "The reporter didn't want to go around the corner anymore because the race was about to start and he was running out of time.
"What's this? Alas, I'm sorry, the coach called me, I'll go first, I'll tell my answer next time" Zhang Feng pinched the gap, turned around and left, leaving an unhappy reporter.
Who made him an ESPN reporter? Zhang Feng felt that he was polite enough, the reporter had bad intentions at the beginning, he wished that Zhang Feng would say something that discriminated against the walkers, but unfortunately Zhang Feng's answer was like a machine gun sweeping around, and he resolutely did not say the point.
Just 1 minute before the start of the game, ESPN retweeted the reporter's tweet: "King Zhang Feng talks about defense and ignores Oladipo", just a few words, the people who attacked Mason and Randolph began to turn their heads to attack Zhang Feng, and he was accused of not knowing the truth and being rude.
Although neither Zhang Feng nor Oladipo saw the incident on their mobile phones, the coaches of both teams relayed the incident.
Pacers head coach McMillan told Oladipo about this to motivate Oladipo to play well. Kings head coach David told Zhang Feng about this incident in order to remind Zhang Feng to be careful of the opponent's defense.
At the start of the game, both teams started their respective positions. The Kings made changes to their starting lineup for this game, with Bogdan replacing Buddy as the starting shooting guard, but there were no changes to the rest of the position. The Pacers' starters are Oladipo and Collison in the backcourt, and Thaddeus Young and Bojan in the front, and Sabonis at the center.
Oladipo, who was opposite Zhang Feng, was a 13-year rookie who had high hopes after being drafted by the Magic, and he improved significantly during his three-year rookie contract, but he was eventually traded to the Thunder in the Ibaka trade, but he still averaged 15 points per game when he played next to Westbrook. He came to the Pacers again this season as a bargaining chip to trade George, and everyone thought he was going to sink here, but he seemed to be a blessing in disguise, averaging an astonishing 24 points per game.
As the saying goes, the tree dies, the man lives, and now Oladipo desperately needs a game to prove himself, preferably against a team with strong guards, such as the Warriors and the Rockets. Although the king's reputation is a little lower, Zhang Feng is a talking point, he is very happy to get this opportunity, and what makes him even more excited is that Zhang Feng ignores his existence, he feels that he can teach Zhang Feng a lesson.
The excited Oladipo assists Zhang Feng, and he wants to avoid the regret that the two cannot face each other directly.
After the jump ball, Sabonis beat Willy to grab the basketball and immediately passed it to Collison, who left the ball past half court and gave it to Oladipo at the urging of Oladipo.
Oladipo wanted to give Zhang Feng a dismount first, he first pretended to break through and tested Zhang Feng's traversal speed, in his opinion, Zhang Feng's traversal speed was nothing more than that, he felt that as long as he increased his speed a little more, Zhang Feng would not be able to prevent it.
But how did Oladipo know that the speed he used was 90% of his maximum speed, while Zhang Feng's speed just now was only 70% of his maximum speed. Zhang Feng didn't deliberately want to be so slow, just because he could prevent the other party with this speed, why speed up?
Oladipo leaned over to accelerate, kicked hard with his left foot, and took a big step forward with his right hand, ready to cross Zhang Feng and then pick up a mid-range shot.
To be honest, this idea is very good, if the person who defends him is not Zhang Feng, his plan will be successful, but unfortunately Zhang Feng instantly moved sideways and reached out to block, so that Oladipo's ball was held in the air and could not be shot, he could only awkwardly distribute the ball to Collison.
On the Kings' side, it was Bogdan who defended Collison. The height difference between the two is quite large, Collinson can't make a strong shot, and his ball-handling offense is also very average, so he can only dribble outside and wait for opportunities.
Thaddeus Young saw that he was not good, and directly got rid of Justin's entanglement and went to the outside to block and dismantle. At the same time, Oladipo found that he couldn't shake off Zhang Feng for an off-ball run, so he had to choose to take Zhang Feng away, because Zhang Feng's previous game against the Pelicans made him too impressed by Davis, and he had to keep Zhang Feng away from Collison, who was holding the ball.
This move Zhang Feng has the most headaches, especially players with a certain shooting percentage who use this way to deal with him. If he doesn't defend himself, the opponent is easy to score, defend, and his teammates basically collapse, but fortunately, there are not too many teams using this trick to deal with him now.
Oladipo shot 46% from three-point range this season, and Zhang Feng had to defend himself and could only run after him.
Sure enough, things were as Zhang Feng expected, after Sadieyang blocked and dismantled, although Justin's change of defense kept up, Bogdan failed to delay Sadiyoung's dismantling in time, and the Pacers easily scored 2 points.
"Is there any mistake that the Kings dare to despise the Pacers with this kind of defense? Can Zhang Feng also ignore Oladipo? The commentator on the sidelines of the Conseco Arena seized the opportunity to spray directly.
"Oh? Don't you know? Zhang Feng has always been so arrogant and high-profile, and he also said earlier that he wanted to dominate the NBA, and today's interview is polite," another commentator also began to sneer.
David stood next to these two commentators, listening to the two of them complaining frantically, he felt very uncomfortable, but he didn't complain about Zhang Feng because of these two people, but because these two people mentioned the fact that the Kings team was very weak in defense except for Zhang Feng.
As a head coach, he knows that the Kings' defensive system is all driven by Zhang Feng, and if Zhang Feng is taken far away from the ball, the entire Kings' defensive system will collapse.
In the preseason, the Lakers did this, Vanderbreo brought Zhang Feng to the baseline twice under the command of Wharton, although the king still won that game, but it was Zhang Feng who went down to earth, and now the Pacers are doing this in the first quarter, and the king is afraid that he will be more auspicious today.
At this time, Zhang Feng is also thinking about this problem, which is a big hidden danger for the team, and if this problem is not solved, the king will enter the playoffs at most, and he will definitely not be able to go further.