Seeing that Blake had just dribbled the ball and handed it to Ye Feng after half court, Phil's eyes suddenly narrowed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

He has long found out that the point guard of the Trail Blazers has not taken on the responsibility of a point guard most of the time, and the possession is basically in the hands of Roy, which is why he will ask Kobe Bryant to do everything in his power to interfere with Roy, because he does not want to see the Trail Blazers' offense combed in an orderly manner. Bryant carried out his orders without compromise, but it didn't seem to be of much use right now, as it was the Trail Blazers' No. 3 who was in possession and Roy was drilling around the Lakers' defensive system like a loach.

Phil just wanted to stand up and give some instructions to the players, but after thinking about it, he sat back down. After all, it's only now that the game has just begun, it's not the right thing to do, and he believes in the players' ability to adjust themselves on the pitch. This has to mention Phil's commanding style, although he will also jump on the sidelines and yell loudly when players make mistakes like other managers, but most of the time he will sit quietly in his place, waiting for the players to figure out their own solutions on the field, I wonder if this is related to his nickname "Zen Master", or maybe because he has been coaching super strong teams.

The Lakers players did not act rashly, Kobe Bryant still stared at Roy, but shouted to Ariza who was responsible for defending Ye Feng to cheer up, go all out when defending, and not let the opponent easily pass the ball to a threatening place. Ariza waved his hand to show that he understood, and then he quickened his pace, stopped only half a meter away from Ye Feng, and stared at him with blazing eyes, as if he wanted to see through his whole person, at this moment, his whole person's spirit was completely improved to his peak state, which made Ye Feng feel a little surprised.

This is Ariza's fifth season, and since coming to the Lakers last season, Phil intends to build him into the Lakers' strongest outside defensive gate and become Kobe's personal guard, which is what the Lakers coaching staff expects from him in the future. It has to be said that Ariza is indeed very talented in defense, his defensive efficiency this season is 102, which is the highest record in the previous four seasons, in other words, under his defense, opponents can only score 102 points per 100 possessions, which is already a pretty good result, not to mention that he is still growing further. And Ariza has a low-key and tough personality, which is a must-have quality for a top defender.

But Ye Feng is not afraid, he has no reason or need to be afraid of this defensive giant, as the actual organizer of the Trail Blazers' game, if even he is afraid of the Lakers' defense, then the Trail Blazers can just kneel and surrender, there is nothing to compete at all. So even if Ye Feng himself doesn't like to compete with others, for the expectations of the fans and the future of the team, he must bravely go up and break through Ariza's defense. Only in this way can the Trail Blazers retain hope of reaching the tiebreaker and even rushing to the Western Conference Finals.

He dribbled the ball rhythmically while carefully observing the movements of his teammates. Ariza originally wanted to take this opportunity to steal directly, but Ye Feng did a good job of protecting the ball, and he could always avoid Ariza's sudden outstretched claws in the continuous dribbling. However, the situation of his teammates was not good, Blake was ready to meet at 45 degrees on the left side, and Fisher was firmly stuck between the two; Roy kept trying to cut inside the baseline, but Kobe Bryant was always the first to keep up with him; Ade is still the same, fighting for a position with Odom in the elbow area, and it looks like he will not be able to tell the winner for a while; Oden was in a deep position, but Bynum cleverly chose to defend in front of the half-circle, and the two were about the same height, so it was difficult to get the ball to the low post if the half-circle was forward.

Ye Feng sighed, it seems that he can only rely on his own breakthrough to tear apart the opponent's defensive system, otherwise the team's offense will not be alive at all. Thinking of this, he lowered his center of gravity slightly, his eyes sharpened, and he made a gesture of preparing to break through. The muscles of Ariza's whole body tensed instantly, and the whole person was like a leopard about to pounce on its prey, and his eyes were burning with fierce intent. He had suffered a lot of losses here with Ye Feng before, and in his opinion, this rookie has the ability, but as a rookie, you must have the consciousness of a rookie, don't jump out and slap others in the face if you have nothing to do.

I have to say that Ariza's defense is indeed first-class, no matter how Ye Feng changes his center of gravity and makes all kinds of feints, he is unmoved, just staring at Ye Feng's two feet. That's what top perimeter defenders like to do, and it's really good to confuse defenders by shaking their shoulders and dribbling the ball under their hips, but their breakthroughs are ultimately determined by the lower body, specifically the feet. Only when the feet move, the whole person will move, as long as he stares at the two feet, even if the basketball is played in his hands, it is also insignificant. This is Ariza's idea, he feels that Ye Feng will definitely choose to break through, after all, there is still more than a meter away from the three-point line.

But this time he guessed wrong, and some people really can't be measured by common sense.

It's true that it's far, far away from the basket, and the other four Trail Blazers are also watched, but that doesn't mean Ye Feng won't choose to score. Otherwise, how could there be so many ultra-long-distance kills on the basketball court? The NBA's recognized farthest goal was a long-range three-pointer hit by Baron Davis from 89 feet (27.1272 meters) out on February 17, 2001.

Ariza just stared at Ye Feng's feet, which was usually true, but at least he miscalculated this round. Ye Feng did not choose to break through after the continuous change of direction in front of the body, but jumped high on the spot. Ariza looked at the feet in front of him and began to jump, and he didn't think about the three-point shot, but he just felt that Ye Feng was very strange, he was the same height as him, was it necessary to jump up and pass the ball? By the time he reacted, it was too late, Ye Feng's whole person had already reached the highest point of this jump, and then threw the ball above Ariza.

Looking up, Ariza wasn't angry, he just felt a little confused: what kind of guy is this? Is it a direct three-point shot at this position? But he has no chance to defend, and at this time there is no point in trying to stop the opponent, and if the action is a little too big, it will be a three-point foul, and it may even be 3+1. The only thing he can do now is to pray that Ye Feng's three-point shot, which looks a little nonsensical, will hit the iron directly.

It's a pity that God didn't hear his prayers, and with a "bang", the ball went in.