Chapter Twenty-Three: Barnes the Unwilling
It was only a little more than a minute into the second half, and Wang Feng had already contained Irving's attack several times in a row.
Failed to score in three consecutive rounds made the Cavaliers head coach a little unable to sit still.
The Warriors were attacking, and this time there were no good fast-break opportunities, and Green dribbled steadily across the half court before handing the ball to Thompson.
When Curry is not on the court, Thompson is the most efficient scorer for the Warriors, and so far this season, Thompson has averaged 22 points per game, shooting nearly 47% from the field and 43.9% from three-point range.
After receiving the ball, Thompson singled J.R. Smith and hit an easy mid-range shot.
Today's Thompson, like Curry, doesn't feel very good, but perhaps because Wang Feng's successive meritorious contributions have driven the momentum, Thompson's shot is quite stable.
The difference narrowed further to only 5 points!
Cavaliers head coach Blatter finally couldn't help but call a timeout.
From leading by 13 points to only leading by 5 points, it took less than 2 minutes!
In these 2 minutes, the Cavaliers did not score 1 point, while the Warriors scored 8 points in a row!
The main person who caused this situation was Wang Feng, who came on as a substitute!
"Well done!"
Watching Wang Feng walk off the field, Cole did not hesitate to give verbal praise.
Let Wang Feng appear in the second half, Cole had some expectations that Wang Feng could do something, but he still didn't expect that Wang Feng would surprise him so much!
In just 2 minutes, the situation on the field was almost completely reversed by Wang Feng by himself!
"Keep it up like this, and you'll be back on the pitch for a while!"
Cole's words also made Wang Feng happy.
That's what he wants to hear the most!
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The short timeout passed quickly, and players from both sides came back on the pitch with a slight change in the line-up.
On the Cavaliers' side, James returned to the court after only 2 minutes of rest, and it is clear that the Cavaliers need this anchor to stabilize the situation.
On the Warriors' side, Kerr simply replaced Thompson off the court, Iguoda ** game, and Wang Feng moved from the small forward position to the scoring guard.
As a result, the Warriors have only one starter, Green, and the rest of the four are all bench players.
Many Warriors fans couldn't help but feel nervous when they saw this scene.
At this time, the Warriors are still in a backward state, and now they are just playing momentum, and it is time to take advantage of the victory to chase down, why instead replace all the splash brothers with the strongest offensive ability?
The Cavaliers attacked on this side, James came on the scene, and the effect was immediate.
As soon as he returned to the court, James immediately relied on Iguodala to score a goal under the basket, and Iguodala, who was outstanding, was helpless against James who was stronger than him.
But the Knights didn't be happy for too long, because Wang Feng is here again!
This time, Wang Feng is still in the bottom corner position that he is most familiar with and most sure of.
After the players on both sides took their positions, Barbossa, who was in possession of the ball, hoisted the basketball to David, who was in the main position of the inside player. Plum.
David. Lee singled the Cavaliers center Mozgov with his back and shot with a hook hand under the basket!
David today. Lee felt very good, and in the first half, it was all his offense under the basket that the score gap could not widen!
This time, the hook shot was deflected by Mozgov's defense, but fortunately, the position of the basketball deflected out of the frame was more tricky. Lee picked up another offensive rebound.
By this time it was too late for him to think about it again, Tristan. Thompson also surrounded him at this time and staged a strongman with Mozgov!
David. Li hurriedly threw the basketball to the outside, and it was Wang Feng who caught the ball! And it's Wang Feng standing outside the three-point line in the bottom corner of the right corner!
The position was changed, and the player who allowed Wang Feng to play opposite was changed from Shambaugh to JR Smith.
The scramble for rebounding made JR a little inadvertently relaxed in the defensive position, and when he saw Wang Feng receiving the basketball, he immediately stepped forward to defend, but even so, Wang Feng still jumped up!
"Brush!"
Shoot again!
“FK! What the heck? ”
J.R. Smith couldn't help but burst into foul language.
His defense is already very close, at this distance, even he is difficult to guarantee the shooting rate, you must know that he is a famous nerve knife in the league, and the outside line is also an existence that can shoot people alive!
Where did Wang Feng come from? It's only been a long time since he played in the third quarter, and he's already made three three-pointers! It feels worse than Curry!
In the first round of James's debut, the point difference did not widen, but narrowed by 1 point! There is only 4 points left to leave!
"What is this going on?"
In the next few minutes, the Cavaliers players were stunned to find that the Warriors, who played almost entirely off the bench, actually played back and forth with the Cavaliers led by James!
On the Cavaliers' side, James scored a few points in a row by hitting the basket, but the pace of scoring on the Warriors' side continued!
hit 3 three-pointers in a row, so that the Cavaliers began to defend Wang Feng strictly, and JR Smith was like a kraft candy, entangled around Wang Feng, preventing him from receiving the ball easily.
But Cole's side also arranged some cover tactics for Wang Feng, relying on his teammates' off-ball cover, Wang Feng still got a lot of opportunities to catch and shoot.
The improvement of defensive intensity has inevitably affected Wang Feng's shooting rate.
For the first time since he got the badge, he missed a three-pointer from the bottom corner!
But even so, Wang Feng still managed to shoot 4 times in the bottom corner and successfully hit 2 three-pointers again!
Unconsciously, most of the third quarter has passed, and Curry, Thompson and other Warriors main players began to return to the court one after another.
"Hey, rookie, you can go down!"
A voice that lowered his voice sounded in Wang Feng's ears.
Wang Feng, who was sweating profusely and panting violently, turned his head to look and saw Barnes's black face.
Now Barnes is more angry the more he looks at Wang Feng.
In the third quarter of the game, Wang Feng played a full 7 minutes unconsciously!
Those 7 minutes were basically squeezed out of Barnes's hands!
The Warriors have a special lineup, with more minutes played off the bench, and Barnes, although a starter, has averaged just 28 minutes per game this season.
Barnes was not very satisfied with this playing time.
In addition to the Splash Brothers and Green on the Warriors, he should have been the well-deserved No. 4 man, and his technical characteristics fit the small-ball tactics, and he should have had more playing time!
But in the last three games, Wang Feng will always steal the playing time that belongs to him, and what makes him even more unhappy is that Wang Feng actually played better than him in the short playing time!
Under such circumstances, his playing time will be constantly compressed! If you don't do it, you will also run the risk of being robbed of your place!
The competition in the NBA is very cutthroat! There are only 30 teams in the entire league, and each team has only 5 starters!
If you want to squeeze into these 150 people, the hardships you have to go through are incomprehensible to ordinary people!
Barnes is now in this position, how can he be willing to sit back and let his place be snatched away by others?