Chapter 296: Pretending to be more beautiful than pretending
In the NBA, it is very rare to have multiple records in the same game, but it is not uncommon, not to mention, in November 17, in the Cleveland Cavaliers' game against the Wizards, after LeBron hit 1 shot in the first quarter, his number of shots increased to 10,505, officially surpassing Garnett and ranking 12th in history.
But that's not all, in the 7th minute of the first quarter of that game, James scored 8th points on serve, bringing his career total to 29,000 points, and he officially became the youngest Mr. 29,000 points in NBA history.
Therefore, it is not unrealistic for the Pelicans courtside commentator to speculate that this game may produce 3 records at the same time, of course, he did not think that Zhang Feng could get 30 assists, after all, this is something that Zhang Feng himself is not sure of.
"What an evil door, you can actually score three points ......", Randolph was still a little skeptical.
"What's this, you can throw one when you go back?" Zhang Feng 'instigated'.
"Don't, if you can't shoot, it will drag you down the number of assists" Randolph hurriedly waved his hand.
"I want me not to be Westbrook......"
Zhang Feng is open to breaking the single-game assist record, but he is not desperate, he will not be like Westbrook to break the basket without defense and pass the ball back to the team's offense.
The chatter between the two on the court was ended by David's 'roar', Zhang Feng hurriedly brought the ball to the frontcourt, he was caught by Holiday and Clarke at the top of the arc, and could only pass the ball to Bogdan, but Bogdan was immediately defended by Moore and had no chance to shoot, and the ball returned to him.
The basketball came and went, the Pelicans' bag was also withdrawn, Zhang Feng got the space to shoot after continuous shaking, and just as he jumped to shoot, Randolph suddenly shouted: "Give me, give me".
Zhang Feng took a fixed look, it turned out that Randolph had gotten rid of Cousins' defense and was in a big vacancy, if he passed the ball immediately, he had a chance to assist, but Randolph's voice caused Cousins to react, and the re-pass would definitely cause Randolph to be caught by the Pelicans' twin towers.
To pass it on or not to pass it on? Zhang Feng hesitated for half a second, Cousins had already gone around in front of Randolph, and he had no chance, so he could only attack by himself, but after such a hesitation, Holiday also re-pasted it, and the two shooting opportunities were lost at the same time, Zhang Feng was not annoyed.
Made, you can't think too much, Zhang Feng slapped himself hard in his heart, and then shook his shoulders, Holiday misjudged, he quickly stepped back and shot, hitting 2 points.
It's good to get in, otherwise you have to go to the big five, win first and then brush the record, you can't put the cart before the horse.
The Pelicans attacked, Cousins was desperate for the ball, but Randolph was stuck to Randolph and couldn't move, so he stepped back again for 3 points, but this time he was unlucky and shot iron.
Seeing Cousins hitting the iron, Zhang Feng immediately retreated, but without the help of Randolph under the basket, Willy failed to grab Davis, but fortunately, Davis was not in a good position and couldn't go to the basket directly, the basketball was passed to the outside Moore, and the Pelicans reorganized the secondary offense.
Because Bogdan also wanted to break fast, Moulton was unguarded, and it was an excellent choice to shoot a 3-point shot at this time, but Moore didn't shoot, it was not that he didn't dare to shoot, but Cousins clapped his hands eagerly, and he had to pass the ball over.
Cousins received the ball in the low post on the left side this time, and while he doesn't like inside muscle collisions, this position is really an area where he excels, and in the face of Randolph's tough top defense, he turned around in style to shoot.
"Don't ......" Davis suddenly reminded that it was too late, Cousins had already made a small throw, but then Willie jumped high to block it.
Willie is holding a fire in his stomach, he didn't grab the rebound just now and felt very embarrassed, and now Cousins actually ignored his existence and threw a low hand under the basket, he was determined to cover the ball, not to mention, the ball was still caught by Willy.
If you cover it, you will cover it, who will be covered by it? Cousins ran back with a nonchalant expression, but off the court, Kim Terry angrily walked to the bench and sat down, and the assistant coach next to him hurriedly comforted him.
Kim Terry is not dissatisfied with Cousins' indifferent attitude, he is dissatisfied with Cousins' forced demands, obviously Moore has the best shooting opportunity in the bottom corner, but Cousins has to hit the basket, which leads to losing points, and now the team is in a backward state.
But before Gentry finished getting angry, Randolph received Zhang Feng's assist and scored 2 points again, and it was nothing to score 2 points, but these 2 points were actually empty cuts and layups, what about Cousins' defense? Did you go to grandma's house?
"Pause!" Kim Terry shook his head and raised his hand in motion, then got up to 'warn' Cousins, but after he got up, Holiday was still dribbling frantically trying to break through Zhang's defense.
What's going on? Kim Terry was dumbfounded at first, then reacted suddenly that the referee did not take a timeout, and the assistant coach quickly helped and yelled: "Timeout, timeout, we timeout".
The referee finally noticed the Pelicans coaching staff's request for a timeout and blew the whistle.
"I'll ......" Kim Terry was dumbfounded again, he had seen that the referee didn't react and was going to wait for another round, but the assistant coach did something bad, and Cousins was already getting the ball in the elbow area to break through.
Cousins on the court felt inexplicable, he was about to score under the basket, why did he suddenly pause, is this to do something on purpose?
Cousins walked to the sideline with disgruntled displeasure and stared at Kim Terry with a 'you better explain it to me'.
Seeing such a look, Kim Terry's heart was furious, and the matter of 'warning' Cousins was instantly put behind him, "We have to make more reasonable shooting choices and try to shoot ...... in the open space."
Hearing this, Cousins not only did not reflect on the food that he forced the ball before, but 'confirmed' in his heart that Kim Terry just didn't want him to score, after all, he was not the boss of the Pelicans, and this was still Davis' team.
Thinking of this, Cousins naturally glanced at the King's bench, Willy was wiping sweat with a towel, Garette Temple was listening to the tactics next to David, even Papayannis nodded frequently, and Zhang Feng, the new owner of the King's team, was leisurely drinking Gatorade to replenish his water, and the whole King was in harmony.
Seeing this scene, Cousins suddenly felt sad, he was originally the face of Sacramento, but he was so unlucky to meet George Karl who didn't value him as a coach, and he didn't control his own emotions, and many poor performances caused the Kings management to be disappointed, and finally ended up being traded, and now he is sent to the fence, which is very unpleasant.
"Love whoever you want, I'm going to leave next year anyway, just do my job well", Kawis was disheartened and decided not to score again.
At the end of the 75-second timeout, the Pelicans reorganized the offense, Davis served from the sideline, and Cousins received the ball on the right wing and did not turn to break through, but threw the ball to Holiday at the top of the arc.
Holiday took the ball and dribbled towards Cousins, obviously wanting to play a high block, Cousins frowned, but also moved his feet to block it, and successfully stopped Zhang Feng.
Zhang Feng was delayed and could only let Randolph change the defense, but how could Randolph keep up with the speed of a point guard like Holiday on the outside? The Kings' defense was torn apart in an instant, Holiday went straight to the basket, and Willy had to step forward to block it.
As soon as Willie stepped forward, Davis was left unguarded under the basket, and Holiday played a trick – passing the ball to him through the crotch.
"Storm buckle! Please enjoy the cheers of the fans! The sideline commentator excitedly raised his hands and shouted.
"Honestly, this offense benefited from Cousins' high-quality pick-and-roll, and he made the Kings' strongest perimeter defender, Zhang Feng, useless, otherwise Holiday wouldn't have been able to break through to the interior so easily," added another commentator.
Cousins probably never thought that an unintentional move would have such a big effect, and Kim Terry clenched his fists off the court, he felt that Cousins should have been warned earlier, what defense would the Kings use to defend such a pick-and-roll cover?
In the next few attacks, the Pelicans tasted the sweetness and began to play high block and dismantle non-stop, although Cowsis was dissatisfied, he was not a fool, he also saw that blocking Zhang Feng, the Pelicans' offense was half successful.
Although the Kings also relied on Zhang Feng to break through the ball and score continuously, the shooting rate of the outside line was always not as good as the inside shooting, and the shooting rate of Bogdan and Randolph also began to decline, and Zhang Feng's assists only increased by 3 times in 7 minutes.
At the end of the third quarter, the Pelicans actually overtook the score, and Cousins' personal data also came to 39 points, and what made Pelicans fans even happier was that Davis's number of rebounds was about to exceed 20.
"Don't think about giving me an assist, why don't you win the game first", walking off the field, Zhang Feng hurriedly made a suggestion.
"Well, we underestimated the Pelicans, they reacted so quickly, after a timeout, they changed the high post strategy to the high post blocking strategy, Cousins we can't solve it, the record-breaking thing can only be put down first" David also admitted the reality.
Cousins may never have expected that his angry reaction also made the Kings think that he made a change on purpose, so that the Pelicans continued to chase points.
"Everything is up to the coach" Randolph 'chicken thief' smiled, he mentioned the matter of brushing assists, and now he is lagging behind, although he is not throwing the pot, but he doesn't think that he has done anything wrong, so he has to push the 'responsibility' on David.
David naturally understood Randolph's careful thinking, he didn't break it, he just smiled and peeed to rearrange the tactics, he replaced Buddy to let Bogdan play shooting guard again, and the small forward position was changed to Carter.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Pelicans attacked first, and Holiday brought the ball to the frontcourt to continue to find Cousins to block and dismantle.
Zhang Feng was very unhappy, he couldn't bear the same tactics that kept working in front of him, but he really didn't have a good way to deal with it. What to do? Zhang Feng gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble, and the moment Cousins stuck in front of him, he bypassed the interception in advance.
"Huh? Why don't you play according to the routine" Holiday was surprised, but he immediately reacted, "I'm rubbing, isn't this letting me shoot?" Look down on me? ”。
"Holiday is not a reasonable shooting choice, although Zhang Feng did not defend it, but he has Cousins in front of him, the shooting vision is not good, he can wait or give the ball to Cousins, and Zhang Feng bypassed in advance and blocked Randolph", for Holiday missed this shot, the Pelicans were very dissatisfied with the courtside commentary.
At the same time, David was also dissatisfied, he felt that Zhang Feng's goal was completely unnecessary, which completely disrupted the team's defensive rhythm, although Holiday failed to hit, but he must not do it again.
"Do your job and trust your teammates!" David shouted directly from the audience, he was not afraid that Zhang Feng would be unhappy, but he felt that Zhang Feng should be able to understand what he meant.
Fortunately, Zhang Feng began to reflect in a blink of an eye, this time the offense and defense switched, he directly stuffed the ball to Willy under the basket at the top of the arc, although Willy did not have any advantage over Davis under the basket, but Willy had already grabbed the shooting space, and it was a reasonable choice to give Willy a shot.
Sure enough, Willie lived up to Zhang Feng's trust, he not only hit the board, but also caused a foul on thick eyebrows.
The offense was successful, but the Pelicans' problem of blocking and dismantling in the high position was still not solved, Zhang Feng was thinking about how to deal with it while retreating, and in a blink of an eye, he caught a glimpse of Skar on the bench clapping his hands to remind Randolph to retreat.
"Draw from the bottom of the kettle! That's right, just use this trick! Zhang Feng instantly remembered that in the first quarter of the game, Skar 'clumsily' used the trick of 'cutting off the pass' that he taught him to defend Davis.
The same method may receive different effects when used in different things, 'cut off the pass' to prevent Davis is useless, because Davis has a shot and a breakthrough, but this method can be used to crack the Pelicans' high-level blocking, if Holiday passes the ball out before the pick-and-roll, how can the Pelicans form an advantage of more people and fewer people on the inside?
Thinking of it, Zhang Feng went straight to Holiday to force the defense, at this time Holiday was still in the LOGO area, even Cousins also came up to block and dismantle, but it was too far away from the basket, Zhang Feng relied on Randolph to delay a little, and then caught up with Holiday again, and the Pelicans' offense was immediately blocked.
Off the pitch, Kim Terry didn't give up, he shouted "Go on, go on".
This 'continue', of course, refers to letting Holiday block Cousins again, but Zhang Feng already has a way to crack it, and can he continue to keep Holiday away from him?
After cracking the high block, the Pelicans tried to respond to the high post again, but after all, it was a strategy that was used once, and the Kings directly compressed the space through the old routine, and the Pelicans suddenly fell into a scoring drought, and the Kings took the opportunity to play a wave of 8:0 to overtake the score, and Kim Terry had to call a timeout.
The two teams have played so far, and all the moves have been used, and it is impossible to take out any tricks from the bottom of the pocket, and the Pelicans did not catch up with the score when they came back from a timeout.
With the Kings leading by 16 points in the final two minutes, Kim Terry switched to a third team and abandoned the game after scrambling for a rebound out of bounds.
"You have 23 assists, and you don't go up to brush up on the second number of assists in a single game in history, that's an opportunity to be as famous as Stockton and Magic!" Seeing that there was hope for a record, Randolph began to encourage him again.
"Forget it, I'm going to pretend to be a comparison, and I want to pretend to be beautiful and imposing!" Zhang Feng said with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Randolph was puzzled.
"Do you know who has a quadruple-double in NBA history?" Zhang Feng asked rhetorically.
"I don't know, but I can look it up," Randolph disagreed.
"Then you know about Bird's garbage time not playing four pairs?"
"You know, Bird," Randolph nodded, "Wait, you also want to give up 24 assists so that all the fans can think of you for the first time?" ”。
"Huh? That's it, that's what I want......"
"In terms of pretending ratio, I'm still low-end, I can only say that Brother Feng is awesome......"