Chapter 25 How glorious should it be?
Westbrook's eyes were full of eyes that wanted to eat people, but Chen Feng barely paid attention to him. Of course, Westbrook's defense has become more and more severe after that, which makes Chen Feng almost unable to find any shots.
The clock advanced to the sixth minute of the second quarter, and after a whistle, the Spurs called a timeout.
Chen Feng followed everyone off the basketball court, and so far, he has played a total of 6.3 minutes, made three shots and three hits, and scored 7 points. Plus, he picked up a rebound himself. As a result, his jishu stats became 7 points and 1 rebound.
This is not the highest score of his NBA career, but it is the most valuable seven points, because this is a score that is related to the life and death of the team in a season, before returning to the bench, Popovich suddenly walked over and patted Chen Feng on the shoulder: "Young man, good job." ”
“xiexie。” It's not that Chen Feng doesn't want to say something else, but he really can't stand up, and this feeling makes people want to be drowsy.
He sat on the bench, and in fact he knew that he should have nothing to do with himself later. Parker was tidying up his pants and could be on the court shortly. With Parker and Duncan, the Spurs don't seem to have to worry about anything, and the two of them, plus a Ginobili, seem to be the Spurs' day.
Even though the three of them are old, they are still the backbone of this team.
Watching Parker walk onto the court, the lights dyeing his back black, Chen Feng yearns for it, how much glory should it be for a team's backbone and a superstar in the league?
He gently touched the arm guard on his left arm, and he had hope.
……
After Parker came on, the Spurs' offense changed a lot, and after a series of pick-and-rolls, a second before the end of the first half, the rejuvenated shooter Leonard hit a three-pointer from the right wing of the three-point line, and the Spurs tied the score.
The first half of the game ended like this, and Chen Feng's performance of seven points in just one minute was remarkable.
Usually Chen Feng is the insulator in the team, and everyone is polite to him, but politeness is often another aspect of estrangement, and there are really not many people in the team who can soak with him.
But today, a few people greeted him, and Mills tapped him on the shoulder.
To be honest, Chen Feng brushed him three assists at once, which is also a good thing for a substitute like him.
The second half of the game continued to begin, and the Thunder have been resilient this season, with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden, and although their oldest is not yet 25 years old, they have become a strong contender for the championship.
So, in the ninth minute of the third quarter, the Spurs actually trailed by 12 points, and the Spurs seemed to have made a lot of effort, but it didn't do much use.
That's the regret of the Spurs, when the two sides go into a fierce battle, the Thunder have a dynamism that the aging Spurs don't have.
In the original history, the Spurs were eliminated by the Thunder in Game 6, and now because of Chen Feng's little butterfly, the Spurs have played Game 7, but it looks like they are going to lose to the Thunder's talent again.
Many people say that the Spurs rely on Parker for good times, Duncan for adversity, and Ginobili for desperate times, but Ginobili's performance in this series is really not very good.
Parker and Duncan had a pick-and-roll combination, and after he slipped inside, he hit the ball to the ground and passed it to 17 feet inside the three-point line, but Duncan, who had lost weight and increased his shooting this season, did not hit this shot.
The basketball hit the basket, bounced high, and was snatched away by the Thunder's Ibaka, and another fast break was made.
The score was extended to 14 points.
The Spurs asked for a timeout, and now it looks like they're on par with the Thunder, but the Thunder are a bit of a Spurs, and that kind of physical talent and vitality are something the Spurs don't have.
Popovich frowned and pondered for a moment, then he suddenly said, "Chen Feng, you are ready to play." ”
"Me?" Chen Feng was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that he still had a chance to play, if it was the regular season, there was no problem, he would be a very haode rotation player, but now it is the Western Conference Finals, and he himself is ready to stop playing.
"Yes, hurry up and prepare." Popovich said to Chen Feng as fast as he could: "Your task is to run out of the open space, find the shooting feeling you just now, and let Toney's pass have the right direction, understand?" ”
Indeed, the Spurs' shooting percentage is not very high now, which reminds Popovich of Chen Feng, who suddenly made three shots and three shots in the second quarter.
Chen Feng is indeed the X factor of this Spurs, the Spurs are too stable, but it is precisely because of stability that after Duncan they lost their dominance, the team seems to have lost its aura, and Chen Feng seems to have such a characteristic.
"Hmm." Chen Feng knew that his opportunity had come, so he didn't talk nonsense at the moment, and was directly ready to go on the court.
When the Spurs players returned to the court, everyone on the sidelines saw Chen Feng, and after a pause, after a moment of stunned, boos flew all over the sky.
Because everyone suddenly remembered Chen Feng's accurate shots in the second quarter, maybe in this situation, he can really give the Spurs some help, of course, this is not what they want to see.
It's just that this is everyone's idea after all, and maybe Chen Feng just had a big explosion of character, and his character has been used up at this time.
Either way, it's up to us to see what happens next.
The intensity of Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals is not to be talked about.
The game restarted, although Chen Feng has been with the Spurs for a year, and the season has started a long time, but his physical confrontation is still so bad, Ginobili has told him that this is the biggest obstacle to his growth.
Parker glanced at him, Chen Feng and him were only nodding friends before, but at this time, he also remembered the evil Chen Feng in the second section.
He didn't think that under this kind of confrontation, Chen Feng could still achieve that kind of hit, but he had unreserved trust in Popovich.
The first ball was in the hands of the Spurs, Parker controlled the ball steadily through the half, and the basketball was obedient in his hands like an elf.
Then Tim Duncan walked to the top of the arc and gave Parker a pick-and-roll, and Paul was quick to get inside.
Chen Feng intuitively felt that he might have a chance, moved his legs, and in front of James Harden, began to run.
After all, he is not a player who can kill people, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook can't appear in front of Chen Feng every time to defend him, Duncan and Parker are the most lethal.
Chen Feng began to run, his biggest feature now is to use everyone on the field to cover himself, either active or passive, but this is Chen Feng's ability, in that weird space, even if the training task is completed, Chen Feng can still sit in that space like watching a movie to watch other players run, and absorb the essence from it.
Ray Allen, Hamilton and many more are very good runners!
Chen Feng bypassed Ibaka, who was entanglement with Duncan, and then suddenly returned, so that the defense was not very good Harden almost bumped into Ibaka.
Back to standing outside the three-point line, now all he wants is the ball!
Tony Parker didn't disappoint Chen Feng, and although Westbrook gave him a strong confrontation, it didn't stop Parker's passing.
The basketball transmission is not gorgeous, a very simple ground pass, but it makes Chen Feng very comfortable to receive the ball, and he catches the ball!
Ibaka reacted quickly to this goal, but Chen Feng stood at 45 degrees on the right flank, although the hit rate bonus was not much, but it allowed him to concentrate 100%.
Ignoring Ibaka, who was already about to "fly", Chen Feng raised the arc a little and shot!
Chen Feng's shooting is still so elegant, and even the landing posture is very handsome, and the basketball flies slowly to the basket like an elf.
"Peng"
"Huh"
The basketball mischievously knocks on the basket and falls into the basket!
Although Chen Feng breathed a sigh of relief, he was still a little gloomy, if his shooting level could be a little higher, then he would definitely not be like now.
Unfortunately, I don't have many opportunities to score, which means I don't have enough points to complete the training.
Chen Feng is not a superstar, and although he can help the Spurs score some points on the offensive end, he is like a black hole on the defensive end, and he has been repeatedly eaten by James Harden.
But Popovich can't help it, he is a player who likes to defend, and he also thinks that Chen Feng is talented, and this little guy who is only 19 years old has given him too many surprises this season.
But it's a pity that Chen Feng still has no physical confrontation and no defense, but he is not unwilling to defend.
Originally, according to Popovich's meaning, he would be an excellent role player or even the core of the bench in the next season, which means that in this series, he did not plan to let Chen Feng have so much playing time.
But unfortunately, Ginobili and Gary Neal are surprisingly poor in form in this series, and the most in-form on the team's bench is this Chinese rookie.
And so this happens!
In fact, Popovich is also very relieved that Chen Feng can still hold on to the court, Chen Feng has no confrontation, it seems that he is a mismatch in defending anyone.
Harden, Durant, etc., as long as they make full use of their bodies to play Chen Feng, then scoring becomes very simple.
This is the seventh game of the series, and there are still two minutes left in the game, and the Spurs are behind by 9 points, so it can be said that for the Spurs, who are not very explosive in scoring, if there are no surprises, then they are really done with this game.