Chapter Eighty-Six: Duel with Fat De
It's not just the Warriors who are so enthusiastic about All-Stars, but players from other teams in the league are also quite enthusiastic, such as the Nets' Deron Williams and Lopez.
If Lin Fei is the best guard in the league, maybe not many people oppose it, and maybe it won't cause too many waves, after all, the strongest scoring vitality in the league is enough to explain a lot of problems, but if Lin Fei is the league's No. 1 point guard, presumably Delong will be the first to stand up and express his dissatisfaction. Delon had a great record when he was in the Jazz before the Iron Division, but after going to the Nets, the team's record has not been very good, but the Nets' progress is very obvious, which is the change brought by DeLong. At the same time, Delon can contribute an average of 22 points + 12 assists per game crazy data, such data is already competing with almost anyone for the league's No. 1 point guard, especially when the league's main responsibility for the organization of the guard has become less and less, Delon has become more and more prominent. Delon also has a very advantageous statistic that Delon can easily gain an advantage when competing with the top guards in the league, for example, he relies on his physical fitness, every time he meets another top guard Paul, he can beat Paul, even if he encounters players such as Rose and Westbrook, Delon rarely suffers, and with the help of the Nets' increasingly strong interior pillar Lopez, Delon is definitely not to be underestimated.
In fact, Lin Fei didn't suffer much in the past records with Delong, almost all of them exploded each other. Lin Fei averaged nearly 40 points per game, while DeLong also averaged nearly 25 points + 14 assists per game, and the two were evenly divided. And now in the selection of the league's first guard, Lin Fei is the leader, and almost no Delong, the league's "first point guard", has any chance, presumably Delong is unhappy when he thinks about it.
"I feel like I need to prove that I'm an All-Star caliber player." Before the game, Delong's words were very simple, in fact, there are countless top guards in the league now, and Delon's selection is really not very likely. Rose and Wade in the West almost certainly occupy the two positions of the starting All-Star guards in the East, and then, Delon does not have much advantage in the competition with Rondo, Ray Allen, and John Wall, and now he happens to meet Lin Fei, which may be the best opportunity to prove that he is a suitable All-Star.
In fact, Lin Fei is also a little jealous of a guard like Delong, Delong's strong body is almost insoluble for Lin Fei, and the Warriors rely on the defensive ability of the players to a large extent, so for a guard like Delong, once Lin Fei's defense line is not done well, it will be difficult to crack, in the previous games, Nelson will often try to ask Cairns to be ready to make up for DeLong at any time, if it is not for Cairns' defensive ability, the Warriors' outside defense is likely to be beaten into a sieve, Delong's stats are going to be even crazier.
"Defending Delon is on me!" Before the game, Keynes, who is the Warriors' defensive leader, also said such things, but I'm afraid Keynes won't understand Delon's unhappiness at this time.
At the beginning of the game, DeLong seemed to hold back his strength, twice facing Lin Fei to eat under the basket, relying on his strong body and flexible footsteps to get rid of Keynes's supplementary defense, one layup hit, one caused Lin Fei's foul, two free throws and two hits. It seems that in this game, Delong just ate Lin Fei's point. However, Nelson couldn't let it go, Nelson paused and rearranged tactics, signaling that Lin Fei could actually let DeLong take a step, and even let DeLong shoot.
The tactical effect is reflected, Delong faced Lin Fei, who was weak defensively, and shot unscrupulously on the outside, throwing 7 three-pointers in a row and hitting 4, looking at this momentum, it was not just as simple as wanting to eat Lin Fei, but even thinking about three points with Lin Fei.
In the opening, Delon took 8 shots, and when the first quarter was not over, he had already scored 16 points + 4 assists. At this time, the first thing the Warriors couldn't hold back was not Nelson, nor Lin Fei, but Keynes, this guy couldn't tolerate other players the most, especially the guards were arrogant in front of the Warriors, when Delon was tough in front of the Warriors before, Keynes would stand up, and now Delon is still strong, and Nelson did not give an order to let Keynes go to defend Delon, so Keynes even held his breath in his heart, it was too wretched.
On the other hand, Lin Fei doesn't seem to have that kind of instant combat power, and Lin Fei actually made 2 of 6 shots in the opening game, scoring 6 points, which can be said to have made Delong blow up.
Nelson's switch to Cairns to defend Delon immediately showed the effect, although Delon is quite strong in point guard, but it is a lot worse than Keynes who plays the swing guard, Delon has almost no shooting opportunities, Keynes even dared to boldly let go of Delon two steps, Delon did not dare to shoot easily, it could only be a crazy breakthrough, but even if it was a breakthrough, Keynes spread his hands, it would be difficult for Delon to find the direction.
DeLong's stats in the second quarter were miserable compared to the first. He missed 2 shots and scored 2 points and 3 assists. And Lin Fei didn't know what was going on, he still couldn't seem to find the feeling, and he shot 0 out of 5, which was extremely sluggish. However, Keynes thought he had found confidence on the defensive end, and he was even more confident on the offensive end, scoring 8 points on 3-of-5 shooting. The score of the two teams was tied, 60:60. For the Warriors, this may be a passing grade!
Many people have begun to analyze why Lin Fei is so sluggish today? Many people have even forgotten how to watch the game, because all they care about is Lin Fei. But at the same time, they still believe that Lin Fei will explode in the second half.
In the second half, the Nets coach is not stupid, since your Warriors use Keynes to defend Delong, then sacrifice Delon's most familiar style of play, blocking and dismantling, DeLong has played the ball under Sloan for so long, and he is quite skilled in the use of blocking and dismantling, even in the Nets, he is still quite skillful in using it. Sure enough, Delon was able to easily bypass Keynes and score with a shot at Lopez's high post. This can make Lin Fei's fans panic, this is not a good sign, even if they know that Lin Fei is destined to enter the All-Star, but they still absolutely Lin Fei can't lose to a guard like Delong.
However, Lin Fei seemed to be a different person in the second half.
The whole momentum changed. At halftime, Keynes said to Lin Fei, "Oh! Nabs! Don't waste the opportunity to explode. I can't get used to it! Huh"
When Lin Fei came on the field, he was a Lin Fei who accelerated to the front court and got up at speed, just his change of direction and emergency stop could directly make Delong stupid. When he arrived at the midfield, Lin Fei passed the ball to Keynes who ran in, and Keynes received the ball, directly dribbling the ball in two steps and hitting a layup in three steps.
This is the prelude to Lin Fei's mode.
Then Lin Fei quickly dribbled to the midfield, turned around in the face of Delon's continuous shaking, and directly shot and hit, which is his signature move.
The Warriors are strong after all. Lin Fei's game is half seawater and half flame. It's normal for him. In the first half, he scored 6 points on 2-of-11 shooting, and in the second half, he scored 35 points on 11-of-18 shooting, scoring 41 points in the game, while Delon scored 22 points and 12 assists.
Presumably, Lin Fei's fans are happy. Lin Fei can't afford to lose, so don't lose! Hehe! Really, this season, Lin Fei doesn't seem to have really lost, even if the Warriors lose, Lin Fei doesn't seem to have lost.