Chapter Ninety-Five: The Eve of the Final

NBA players are most often in contact with coaches, team doctors, and managers, and rarely have contact with team publicists. Kevin deliberately ran to remind Zhang Feng to pay attention to his attitude towards the interview, which made Zhang Feng wonder.

Seeing Zhang Feng's puzzled eyes, Kevin said: "The summer league finals will be held tomorrow, the Lakers have won the game just now, according to the current score on the court, we will definitely enter the finals, and there will inevitably be reporters to revisit the old story between you and the ball father, the team hopes that you will be calm and not be used by reporters or ball fathers."

After going around in such a big circle, it turned out to be this kind of, Zhang Feng shook his head and said disdainfully: "Don't worry, please also tell the team's senior management, I will be interviewed when the time comes", his disdain is for the fact that the ball father wants to bundle up the hype.

Seeing Zhang Feng's promise, Kevin said sorry and got up to leave.

At this time, the situation on the court is very good for the Kings, and the second team of the Kings Summer League has lost their armor to the Nets.

At halftime, the Kings led the Nets 56-34.

During the intermission, Zhang Feng and others gathered around to discuss tactics while talking and laughing, and this scene was watched by the three people in the TNT studio and also noticed by the audience watching the live broadcast.

"The Kings' youngsters are excited for their first upcoming final," said Barkley, with a look on his face that "I haven't seen in all these years."

"This summer league is more exciting than ever, there is strength to fight, there are off-field grievances, it can be said that there is not such a high level of attention in the summer league of that year," Kenny said.

"It's all thanks to me, I single-handedly discovered Zhang Feng's strength, I offered to make a bet with Charles, I said that Zhang Feng can be in the top 10 of history, and Stevens and I agree" O'Neill's two fingers kept tapping on the table.

O'Neal is a man of great humor who can always liven up the atmosphere, and neither Kenny nor Barkley argued that he took credit for the unprecedented attention of the Summer League.

"Predictably, it's going to be a bloody battle, and Zhang Feng and Lonzo Ball will be lifelong enemies," Barkley said.

"Your opinion is incorrect, Zhang Feng should be a lifelong enemy with Lonzo's father" Kenny laughed, and Barkley and O'Neal also smiled, after all, the people who scolded Zhang Feng from beginning to end were all ball fathers, and Lonzo Ball's brother didn't say a word.

At the beginning of the second half, the Nets made a major personnel change, and they played the league's prevalent small-ball tactics, but it may have been forced by Jarrett . Because of Allen's injury, Atkinson coach didn't want to give up on admitting defeat.

Hard work doesn't always pay off, and the Nets' tactical shift didn't pay off as it did in the opening game, but was beaten up by Papayannis because of the lack of interior height.

In this way, the Nets continued to be wreaked havoc by the Kings in the third quarter, and with 3 minutes left in the third quarter, the Kings still maintained a 25-point lead. In the end, the Nets did not continue to create miracles, and at the end of the third quarter, the Nets trailed by 32 points, and Atkinson coach felt that he had no way to recover and gave up the game in pain.

This summer league 4-in-2 semifinals were not as exciting as expected, and the fans who entered the stadium early also left the court early, and finally the Kings entered the Las Vegas Summer League finals.

The Kings will face the Lakers, who have beaten them in the Finals.

The group returned to the hotel, and after washing, they were called together by Turner, and you held a short meeting in Zhang Feng's room, and Turner made a request to the players participating in the summer league for the first time: the first request is not to go to the nightclub tonight, and the second request is not to go out tomorrow.

After saying the request, Turner began to play the video of the Lakers' summer league matchup, and the Lakers played very well because they had Yingge, Ball, Zubac, and Kyle Kuzma, who was not very famous but suddenly became famous.

Speaking of which, Zhang Feng has not really faced off against Lonzo Ball, who did not participate in the last game due to a waist injury, but Zhang Feng and Lonzo Dad have already faced each other on Twitter for dozens of rounds.

"Walton is a versatile coach, and he was known for his tactical flexibility when he was on behalf of the Warriors," Zhang Feng took the initiative to talk about the tactical direction of the Lakers.

"From what you can see, what tactics might they use," Turner asked.

Zhang Feng put the information on the table, picked up the tactical board and drew a circle on the left and right positions of the inside line, and said: "I think they may fake a shot and pretend to focus on Lonzo Ball, but in fact they will focus on the inside line, and we can see from the video that Kyle Kuzma's performance is very good."

Speaking of this, Zhang Feng paused, glanced at Giles and Justin, and said: "Obviously, Ingram's is a little more powerful than Justin, and the biggest possibility for Ball and I to defend me with all their might, will not be the main point"

"Will Ying Gram be the main front line if he is better than me?" Justin did not anger Zhang Feng for saying that he was not as good as others, but thought about the team and asked him about the basis of Zhang Feng's guess.

Zhang Feng smiled confidently and said: "Even if they start with the main attack on the outside, after finding that they can't bargain, they will change to the main offensive line."

When Justin heard this, he tilted his head and thought about it, and said, "It seems to be such a truth."

"So, tomorrow we will play joint defense tactics, play a 2-3 formation, and try to overlap the defensive areas" Zhang Feng put forward his own defensive tactics suggestions.

The other Kings players nodded their heads, and Turner said, "I'll go to the coaching staff to discuss this tactic, you guys can rest first."

As soon as Coach Turner left, the players went back to their rooms until only Zhang Feng and Justin remained.

Justin rubbed his head and said hesitantly, "Do you really think I'm not as good as Ingram?" ”

Zhang Feng moved his butt on the sofa and said with a smile: "It's true, but if you follow me for a season, you'll be better than him."

"Why?" Justin was curious.

"Because I'm a man with the aura of the protagonist, have you read the novel? The people around the protagonist are very powerful in the end," Zhang Feng joked.

Although Justin still didn't figure it out, he didn't ask anymore and went to Google what the "protagonist halo" was.

Zhang Feng always had the habit of browsing the news for a day before going to bed, and he was scrolling through Twitter when he found that Kobe Bryant had updated a one:

"The hard choice, my home team vs my brother team, tell me who to support?"

BRYANT WAS OF COURSE REFERRING TO THE NEXT DAY'S SUMMER LEAGUE FINAL LAKERS VS. KINGS, AND FANS QUICKLY COMMENTED ON THE TWEET TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TIMES, INCLUDING MORE TIMES IN FAVOR OF THE KING BEING "LIKED". As agreed, Bryant updated Twitter again, writing:

"I wish my little brother Zhang Feng can finally win the Summer League championship"