Chapter 292: Demonic Beasts
When he arrived here, he was still two steps away from Chen Feng and hurriedly handed the ball to Beverley on the weak side, he was afraid that he would not be able to stand it again, and he had sex with Chen Feng again, but he didn't know that Chen Feng's pain in his feet was getting stronger and stronger.
Returned to his place and sat to hit Jordan Hill. Howard, who had been holding back his strength, finally dunked and caused Jordan Hill's foul, Chen Feng, who was standing outside the three-point line and trying to relax himself, still did not escape Popovich's eyes, and hurriedly went to Maddie to replace Chen Feng.
"How does it feel?" Popovich asked his beloved apprentice for the first time, for Chen Feng, Popovich can be said to have put the Spurs in the hands of Chen Feng for the next seven or eight seasons.
"It's okay, I'm a little tired, just take a break!" Now Chen Feng has learned how to communicate effectively with coaches and teammates as a core. This is his biggest improvement in addition to the improvement of his offensive skills.
At this time, Chen Feng was also on the sidelines to receive massage and care from the Spurs team doctor, he was either a real injury, or his ankle was worn and needed to recuperate, which means that his current physical condition could not support his continuous and long-term exercise.
Chen Feng crawled on the ground, his hands crossed under his mouth. And behind him are two therapists who massage him! At this time, Chen Feng's eyes were watching the game on the field for a moment, if he said what he was thinking, it was estimated that no one would believe him.
Chen Feng is observing the characteristics of Harden as a player, yes! It's Harden, he hates Harden, and that doesn't mean that Chen Feng doesn't pay attention to Harden at that time, in fact. Chen Feng felt that if he wanted to do something, the first thing to do was to understand him.
Again, Chen Feng remembered what Duncan said to him at the beginning, "Everyone in the NBA has their own technical characteristics", and Chen Feng is now observing Harden.
In addition, there is Mills, Chen Feng feels that this backup guard is actually a great help to the Spurs!
Mills is a bit like a nerve knife. But his ability to continue to cut points is not weak. Let's say that he is still a consistent super scorer, most of his scoring still relies on shooting and touch! It's to really get 100% points on the inside line, which is not his strong point.
There are also organizational deficiencies. He could be used as a No. 2 player because he's a pure scorer, he doesn't like passing, and if it weren't for Popovich's tactics, Mills doesn't think there would be an assist or anything.
And what about Harden! It can be said that he is a typical representative of a young quarterback who likes to attack. Love the luxury data. But for defense. but he ignores it.
Harden's ability to break through to the basket and his playmaking ability are much better than many people in the league, but he has a problem that he likes to his tail. He has the ability to score high, but he doesn't have the heart to get a high score.
This means that as an attacker, he can get 30+ or even 40+. But after that, he behaved like an upstart. It seems that the whole world will revolve around him. So the Houston Rockets have a characteristic, that is, once Harden hits a high score, then the probability of them losing is high.
Self-confidence is inflated. His immaturity is due to his freewheeling shots, but of course his ability is actually good, as can be seen from the fact that he can be selected as an All-Star, and his organizational skills are not as bad as his stats show.
The vision is limited to his overall view, but his breakthrough and other shots are still good, but just like the one in Los Angeles, being able to pass does not mean that he is willing to pass, otherwise the core of the Rockets' offensive organization will not be Parsons and others.
Chen Feng crawled on the ground and thought about it, and as Harden suppressed his anger and tried his best to put the ball in the hands of the best position, the attack slowly and reasonably began to show their playoff-level strength.
The first to be powerful was not Howard, it was Parsons, who returned to the court after a whole quarter! He hit a long-range three-pointer and then hit a mid-range shot from Howard. Before the Spurs could recover their strength, he hit the counter-attack again and scored a dunk.
With seven points in three rounds, the Spurs would have been ahead of the scoring if it weren't for Maddy, who also wanted to prove himself in front of his old club, who also hit two half-volleys in a row.
Harden, who was just teased by Chen Feng, is also fine, and he no longer dominates the team's right to shoot, but Chen Feng is off the court, so the Rockets can be regarded as a surprise to the Spurs.
Neither side had any intention of making any more substitutions, and the pace of the game slowly moved closer to the Rockets. By the end of the first half, the Rockets not only pulled the score back, but also took the score out of the score by 5 points. At 50:55, the Spurs trailed by five points.
At the end of the first half, the fans who had been staring at the game could finally take a break, but as commentators, this is the time when they are busy, and there is no way that they can't make fans feel that their show is boring for the sake of ratings.
Ke Fan began to open the conversation, "In this game, the Spurs are still playing well, their shooting rate is 53% so far, while the Rockets are 45%, but in this way, they are still 5 points behind, the most important thing is the protection of rebounding"
That's it. Coach Yang picked up the conversation, "Actually, with the performance of the Spurs in this game, there is no problem with their strength, but whether they can win today is still a problem, what is the reason?" It's the rebounding problem that Ke Fan just mentioned, and so far the Spurs have lost ten at 13:23! ”
"Actually, this is the strength of the Spurs all along, Favors, Duncan Jordan Hill are good rebounders, I hope they can change something in the second half! Okay, let's take a look at the first-half stats of the players on both sides today" After a pause, Ke Fan spoke again
"The Spurs' shooting rate is 53%, the highest score is Chen Feng's 17 points, followed by Parker's 16 points, Duncan also scored 6 points today, it is worth mentioning that the Spurs' side has the most rebounds is Chen Feng's 6, one more than Favors!"
"On the Rockets' side, the most points are 16 points from Warcraft and Parsons, and then 11 points from Harden, and compared to the Spurs' poor rebounding protection, Howard has grabbed 11 rebounds alone, which means that he has a double-double so far."
Ke Fan reported the data of the main personnel on both sides in a vivid manner, and it was also very timely to make up for the blank time during this period of time, of course, Director Yang, who had not spoken for a long time, was not to be outdone!
"I think the Spurs simply let Chen Feng in and play, and he grabbed 6 rebounds in the first half, which is the most in the team, you must know that he is a guard!"
"I think it's okay to do this, why don't you wait for the show to end, and Coach Yang will compete for the position of head coach of the Spurs? So China has one more rocket division? "It's an old routine for the two of them, gagging each other.
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In the idle between the two people, the second half of the game came, and at the beginning of the game, Popovich shocked the two people who had not been taken back in the studio, he sent a large and four small lineup, let Duncan play center, Chen Feng as the power forward, and the two outsiders were Maddy, Ginobili and Parker.
"Hey, this lineup has completely given up defense, and the offense is strong, but will Chen Feng playing in it weaken his offensive ability! And it's obviously not like Popovich's characteristic! He's very defensive! Director Yang was the first to express his surprise.
"That can't be said either, although Chen Feng is a bit reluctant to play big forward in the lineup of both sides, it is not a problem, after all, he is also two meters tall, besides, didn't you just say that Chen Feng entered the interior to grab rebounds?" This is the explanation, no matter where it is, everyone will like it when there is a bickering.
"What I just said, Mr. Popovich heard?"
"Isn't it? You have to be careful in the future! ”
Talking about whether the two of them are on the right track, and now the lineup of the Spurs on the court has exchanged fire with the Rockets, and the first thing to ask for is Chen Feng, who fell in the low post.
In fact, in terms of height alone, Chen Feng suffered a little loss when standing in the penalty area, his barefoot height is now 200 cm, and wearing shoes is almost the same as the general inside line, even taller than some "non-mainstream" centers.
Receiving Parker's pass in the low post, he tried to hit it back twice, but of course he couldn't play, although Mr. Jones was soft, but his strength was still very "tough" for a defender like Chen Feng.
After a little temptation, Chen Feng did not force it. You can't beat it even if it's strong! It was also a sudden shake in his shoulders, and his body began to turn towards the bottom line, and what he wanted to play now was flexibility!
Chen Feng turned around very flexibly and walked directly past Jones to the penalty area, and the monster Howard who was standing eager to try. If it were a normal time, Chen Feng might challenge himself to see if he could score in a head-to-head confrontation with Warcraft.
But now that his ankle bone was worn out, he didn't have the idea of hardening, and took three steps to throw the ball from behind Howard into Duncan's arms after Howard jumped.
Duncan pulled back two points for the Spurs with a one-handed dunk, and Chen Feng and Duncan high-fived each other to encourage each other, and then followed Jones's side to prepare for defense. It was time to test the defense of the Spurs' weird lineup, but Jones unexpectedly did not use his weight and strength in the low post to beat Chen Feng, but instead led Chen Feng in circles outside.
Although I don't understand what Jones thinks, Chen Feng is still very willing not to suffer in the forbidden area. But in this way, there was an old guy Duncan who defended Howard on the inside, and sure enough, Parsons handed the ball to Howard as soon as possible. Warcraft didn't even bother to do a feint, and he directly backed Duncan after all, he was old and was squeezed out of the bottom line. Howard scored directly with his left arm. (To be continued......)