Chapter 265: All the people are soldiers
James Ham, as CBS's correspondent for the Kings, has been following the interview to record the Kings for five years, and this time he released a video of the players speaking in the Kings locker room, which was officially forwarded by the Kings as soon as possible.
Within half an hour, the video attracted widespread attention in NBA circles, with fans, media, and stars all marveling at the team's cohesion shown in the video, and comments sprung up like mushrooms, quickly reaching 1,000+.
Fan Da Duck: "Given the team's current backward situation, hopefully this speech will make them strong on the off-line".
King Weber: "Come on, young people, you are making history".
Bill Simmons: "As a Kai fan, I envy the king for having a Zhang Feng".
At the end of the halftime timeout, the game between the two teams started again, the Kings players on the court were the starting lineup, and Zhang Feng took the ball to attack the first in the second half.
Dribbling to the top of the arc, Hill took the initiative to step forward to delay, Zhang Feng accelerated to the right short corner area in one step, Bill chased in time, but Zhang Feng hit the ground and passed the ball to Willy.
Willy, who was in the low post on the right side of the basket, couldn't find a chance in a series of probes, so he could only yell and pretend to shoot, attract attention and pass the ball to Randolph outside the paint area on the left.
The inside close-range pass was very dangerous, but fortunately, Randolph rushed to the basket one step earlier, he blocked Morris with his left hand, and received the ball with his right hand and made a layup in small steps.
In this attack, the four Kings touched the ball, which was much easier than Zhang Feng tearing apart the defense alone in the first half. Randolph also applauded Willy after his goal, encouraging him to be brave enough to try inside passing.
"Why are you still 18 points behind as if you won?" Wall dribbled around Zhang Feng and spewed trash talk.
Zhang Feng didn't answer, and when he waited on the left wing, he put on a posture and clapped his hands to provoke, but Bill was really not convinced, and directly rushed to Wall for the ball.
In the previous heads-up, Bill rushed up and suddenly stopped for a very simple reason - he was blocked by Zhang Feng's strong arm strength! Now that Zhang Feng took the initiative to provoke, he had no possibility of ignoring it, he lowered his center of gravity and tried it with a very small stride.
Before each game, Zhang Feng will browse a lot of highlights of the opposing backcourt players, Bill is now using small steps to test is not a technique he is good at, Bill's more common singles technique is to dribble the ball wide open, he is doing this now must lack confidence, he will most likely choose to shoot dry in the end.
Recognizing this, Zhang Feng tightened his game, did not give an inch, and his feet were faintly accumulating, ready to send Bill a thunderbolt at any time.
After a series of attempts to find an opportunity, Bill suddenly stepped out to the right sharply, but Zhang Feng moved quickly sideways in front like an automatic program moving a wooden stake.
The breakthrough failed, Bill collected the ball and jumped, Zhang Feng's whole body was tense but was not picked up, and Bill had no choice but to pass the ball. Who knew that Hill seemed to have predicted that Bill would not be able to break through Zhang Feng, so he killed early and cut off Bill's pass.
The moment Hill moved, Zhang Feng saw the possibility of a steal and also bowed down, and when it was confirmed that Hill's steal was successful, Zhang Feng had already rushed out at full speed.
After receiving Hill's pass, Zhang Feng was like a wild beast, and Wall chased it with instinct and stopped. Zhang Feng was unguarded in the front court, and he slowed down to collect the ball at the free throw line and slowly staged a 360-degree dunk.
The Wizards attacked again, Gortat caught the ball under the basket and chiseled Willy, and Randolph stepped forward to help defend. Gortat seemed to be confident, he chose to force a layup against the two, but the iron was struck, he spread his hands like Randolph fouled, the referee didn't blow, Willy took the opportunity to grab the rebound and pass directly to Zhang Feng.
The king is fast attacking, 3 to 3 in the frontcourt, Zhang Feng, Carter, and Hill are in a triangle position. Zhang Feng passed the ball to Carter on the right wing at the top of the arc, and at the same time ran to the left himself. Carter broke through with the ball and got to Hill on the left wing of the paint zone, and Hill did the same. When Wall and Porter jumped and blocked at the same time, Hill turned around and split the ball at the same time, Zhang Feng caught the ball and jumped, Beal woke up like a dream and found that there was a leak, and the King scored 3 points.
"Do you understand this tactic?" Mason asked, tilting his head.
"I understand, 3 points for the combination of inside and outside, classic!" Next to Malachi gave a thumbs up.
"No, there's no tactical ...... this ball," Mason snickered, covering his mouth.
"What do you mean?" Malach was puzzled.
This is a typical way of passing the ball counterclockwise, people running clockwise, Bill completely lost attention, and Zhang Feng took the opportunity to succeed. can play such a match, the three of them are very powerful. As soon as I made a move, I knew it was Lao Jianghu," Mason sighed.
Turning to the Wizards' offense, Wall stepped up, and he dribbled past Hill on consecutive quick dribbles at the three-point line, and then split the ball to Gortat after hitting the inside. But Carter helped defend in time, Gortat had no choice but to share Porter, but Porter shot iron, Zhang Feng picked up the rebound and launched a fast attack, and the front court successfully hit 1 2 again, and the King added 2 points.
After losing 9 points in a row, Wizards head coach Brooks signaled a timeout, in fact, he didn't have any subtle tactics to talk about, just wanted to disrupt the rhythm of the King's upswing and calm Gortat's excitement by the way.
On the Kings' side, the whole team was excited, and David thought about replacing Randolph with Scalar, who hoped to disrupt the Wizards' rhythm by further speeding up and striving to chase the score at the end of the third quarter.
At the end of the timeout, the Wizards went on a rampage, and Wall was keenly aware that Scarr was on the court in place of Randolph, and he hoisted the ball directly to Morris. The thin Skar was no match for the rough man Morris, and Morris made a foul successfully.
Losing 2 points was nothing, but the foul made Wall realize that the Kings were even weaker on the inside than before, so the Wizards stepped up their efforts to attack the Kings inside again, and the Kings dropped points one after another.
Fortunately, the king's speed has improved, and the Wizards have an average of 12 seconds per offense, while the king only needs 6 seconds to complete an offense, which means that the Wizards have to score 4 points for every 2 points.
The 20-point difference, saying no, is nothing, and despite the repeated comforts of head coach Brooks, the whole Wizards team is still frustrated. However, the whole team of the Kings felt that victory was in sight, and they enthusiastically discussed various tactics.
By the time the two teams were back on the pitch, Mason was back to showing off to Machirachi, and he couldn't wait to tell the story of his discovery.
"We've won, 20 points big comeback, haha" Mason laughed.
"How so? I'm confident, but not as sure as you," Malach wondered.
"You see the Wizards players are haggard, especially that Gortat and Morris, they have played a whole quarter, and their physical strength has obviously not been able to keep up, and our king is all soldiers, united, everyone is full of physical strength, and besides, we still play fast attack, why should they fight with us?" Mason is extremely confident.
"Makes sense," Malach smiled and nodded.
Sure enough, the trend of the game was as Mason said, and the success rate of the Wizards' tactics to continue to play inside dropped sharply, and the Kings took the opportunity to launch multiple counterattacks, and the Kings led by 8 points in a wave, and the Wizards were forced to take a timeout.
After the timeout, the Wizards made adjustments, and their offensive starting point was changed to a backcourt double gun, but Zhang Feng, Hill, and Carter sacrificed the area to help defend, and the Wizards' tactics were frustrated again.
Halfway through the fourth quarter, the Kings led the Wizards by 15 points, and the Wizards struggled to catch up. In the final four minutes, Zhang Feng hit a three-pointer to give the Kings a 20-point lead, the Wizards gave up resistance, and both teams switched to the bench, and the game went into garbage time.
In this game, the Kings first tightened the score, and then fell behind by a large margin due to the impact of trade rumors, but fortunately, the locker room speech was held, and the Kings united to tie the score in the third quarter. But what is even more gratifying is that in the fourth quarter, the king and all the soldiers defeated the Wizards in a wave.