Chapter 189: The Game Can Be Lost
scored 16 points in a row, Zhang Feng was unstoppable as if he was invincible.
The big screen in the Golden No. 1 Arena began to scroll to play Zhang Feng's highlights.
The opening three points, the backcourt received a long pass to pick up the leak, dodged the layup 2+1, stealed the windmill dunk, 45 degrees 3 points, and hit a 3-point shot against Ariza, each of which was a wonderful goal, and the fans who watched cheered and shouted wave after wave.
In the TNT live broadcast room, O'Neal was frowning and analyzing with Kenny why Zhang Feng played so well, although there was Barkley between them, O'Neal seemed to deliberately ignore Barkley's existence, every time Barkley wanted to speak, O'Neal raised an issue, which made Barkley have his face up.
"OK, OK, I know Zhang Feng is very good, 15 points in the first quarter, this has already completed half of his goal" Kenny waved his hand repeatedly, signaling that O'Neal didn't need to continue blowing, because he was repeating those words.
"Lonzo Ball has 3 points and assists in his debut, and Fultz has 10 points and 1 assist in his debut......." O'Neal began to list the stats,
Barkley hurriedly said: "OK, I think this year's rookie of the year is Zhang Feng, the No. 95 player from the Kings, Kenny, you have no opinion", Barkley winked at Kenny after speaking.
Kenny understood in seconds, and then said: "Yes, Zhang Feng may even be selected as an All-Star, and the rookie can't run for a while, if you want to talk about the best player, I think you can get a 3 team."
O'Neill felt at a loss, why did these two suddenly blow "Zhang Feng".
Barkley forced a smile and hammered the table and said, "Not only that, but if he takes the Kings, the team that was last in the league last season, into the playoffs and doesn't get 4-0 in the playoffs, then winning the MVP won't be a problem."
Kenny still has good acting skills, and still said with a serious face: "Wow, winning the MVP in his rookie season is unprecedented, conservatively speaking, there is no problem at all in the top ten in history."
"Wait!" O'Neill sensed something was wrong and slammed the table and yelled.
"What's the matter, Shaq, do you think we have a low opinion of Zhang Feng?" Barkley pretended to be innocent. Kenny couldn't help himself this time and started laughing.
O'Neill looked at the two of them indignantly: "Is it necessary to play so big?" Why do you say that on purpose? ”。
"Say all the compliments you might have in one fell swoop," Kenny smiled.
"So you have no praise to say, nothing to brag about" Barkley shook his head and sighed.
O'Neill was stunned for a few seconds, and asked unwillingly, "Don't you think Zhang Feng is very good?" ”。
"Great, of course, but that's based on his situation on the underdog, and Kevin Love's time with the Timberwolves? He often makes big double-doubles, but he doesn't make the playoffs once," Barkley pouted.
"I agree with Charles, you see that the current 16 points of the king are all scored by Zhang Feng, do you really think this is good?" Kenny put away his smile and said seriously.
As soon as the two of them talked, O'Neill had to admit that this was indeed a problem, but Zhang Feng's continuous scoring just now surprised him and ignored this key fact.
Off the court, the Rockets' timeout has come to an end.
"Finally, I don't need to wrap Zhang Feng on defense, let him shoot three points outside, don't let him connect with his teammates" After De Shuai finished speaking, he put away the tactical board, Harden was slightly surprised, he didn't expect the coach to pay so little attention to Zhang Feng.
De Shuai may not know Zhang Feng's strength yet, but he has already played against Zhang Feng once in the Drew League, and he knows Zhang Feng's scoring explosiveness, but he knows that De Shuai must be justified in saying this.
On the King's side, head coach David did not reprimand Willy, but praised him and Zhang Feng's two cooperations, and at the same time warned the players to run more positions and not let Zhang Feng fall into the bag or play alone all the time.
The two teams returned to the court, the Rockets served, it was still Harden who singled Zhang Feng, and the two breakthroughs failed, and Ryan Anderson and Capela both went to the outside to do double cover.
In the midst of the confusion, Justin chased Ariza, who lost his defense, who hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner.
The king attacked, Zhang Feng received Buddy's pass at the three-point line, and immediately looked for an opportunity in a three-threat posture, but his teammates couldn't run a good position, Zhang Feng could only go alone against Harden, but fortunately, Harden's defense was not very attentive, and Zhang Feng broke through to the inside line and scored 2 points.
For the rest of the time, the two teams repeated this style of play, Zhang Feng was so tired that he scored 2 or 3 points in singles, and he scored two points with an easy blocking, reverse run, and no ball cover when he turned around.
By the third quarter, Zhang Feng's shooting rate began to decline, and he was hit by the Rockets with a wave of 12-0, but no one among the Kings players except Zhang Feng could stand up, only Justin ran hard and received 3 assists from Zhang Feng.
At the end of the third quarter, Zhang Feng scored 18 points on 6-of-15 3-point shooting, 8 points on 4-of-8 shooting from mid-range, plus 4 serves, for a total of 30 points and 6 additional assists, but the Kings trailed the Rockets 72-89.
Although there is only 2 points away from the 32 points announced before the game, Zhang Feng is still worried, this is still a rocket without Paul, if he meets the Warriors of the full lineup, will he be beaten into a sieve?
However, he did not complain about his teammates, after all, the difference in strength between the two teams is too great, the king still rebuilds the team, the tactical system lacks running-in, and it is too normal to beat the rockets.
The entire Kings team fell into the depression they had against the Lakers in the preseason, and although that game was eventually reversed, it was Zhang Feng's return. Now Zhang Feng is obviously tired, the most important thing is that the opponent of that game is the Lakers, the nature of the preseason, this time it is the regular season, the opponent is the Rockets, unless another miracle happens, this game is lost.
Near the beginning of the fourth quarter, David said in Zhang Feng's ear: "Rome is not built in a day, do what you want to do!" ”
Although David didn't say it explicitly, Zhang Feng knew that he meant to let himself score, stop thinking about leading the team to win the game, and don't judge success or failure by one game.
Back on the field, Zhang Feng made up his mind to pay attention, his teammates ran out of the opportunity to pass, and if there was no opportunity, he threw himself.
Six minutes into the fourth quarter, the situation was even worse than the first three quarters. The Rockets were in full bloom and widening the margin again, while the Kings began to make some unnecessary mistakes, and Zhang Feng's passes were useless.
The worst thing is that Zhang Feng's shooting percentage did not rebound, and he made 1 of 5 3-point shots before he successfully surpassed the 30-point debut record set by Isaiah Thomas.
After Zhang Feng scored 33 points, the rocket began to frantically trap Zhang Feng in order not to let the historical record be produced on his head. The Kings were already trailing by 28 points at this time, and the whole team decided to start helping Zhang Feng infinitely block and dismantle, only to ask him to score more than 42 points in the end, setting a debut scoring record in NBA history.
The game can be lost, but a record is a record, and it is still a historical record, so Zhang Feng decided to give it a go.