As a well-known nerve knife in the league, J.R. Smith is notoriously strong on offense and weak on defense.

But for the Cavaliers, who signed the Big Three and have less than ideal salary space, J.R. Smith is already the best candidate they can find for the No. 23 swing position.

The Cavaliers have a more defensively capable Iman off the court. Shambaugh, but although Shambaugh is aggressive defensively, the shortcomings on the offensive end are more obvious, and for the Cavaliers, they prefer J.R. Smith with enough offensive ability on the court.

Moreover, although J.R. Smith's defense is a little weak, it is also at the bottom of the league, and the Warriors' No. 3 scorer Wang Feng is also being targeted on the court, so the pressure will not be particularly great.

Judging by the situation in the first half of the first quarter, it seems that this is indeed the case.

The Warriors frequently launched offenses around Curry and Thompson, and Wang Feng stayed outside the three-point line in the bottom corner more often waiting for an opportunity.

After the timeout, J.R. Smith still followed Wang Feng.

But this time, Wang Feng did not run directly to the bottom corner three-point line, but came to the left three-point line at a 45-degree angle.

Seeing this scene, J.R. Smith's heart sank slightly.

"This guy, are you ready to take the initiative?"

The whole Cavaliers team attaches great importance to the victory or defeat of this Christmas game, and they have made sufficient preparations before the game.

J.R. Smith alone has watched almost all of Wang Feng's recent game videos.

This position is Wang Feng's favorite and most accustomed offensive position with the ball, including the previous game with the Bucks, where most of Wang Feng's ball-handling offense was launched.

Of course, they don't know that the reason why Wang Feng likes to attack from this position is mainly because the 45-degree angle is also covered by the three-point shooter badge in the bottom corner, and with the blessing of the badge, he has more offensive options.

You can break through the mid-range shot at close range, and you can step back to shoot three-pointers from afar.

The effect of the bottom corner three-point shooter badge is very powerful, not only for three-point shots, but also for long two-point shots within the three-point line, which is about the width of the ball.

It's a bit strange to say, it's obviously a three-point shooter badge in the bottom corner, why can a two-point shot also trigger the badge, but that's the case, after the 2K series of games has its own badge feature, the bottom corner three-point shooter has always been like this.

The videographer of the Cavaliers didn't know these twists and turns, and it was impossible to know that Wang Feng could still hang up, and the judgment he gave was that this belonged to Wang Feng's personal offensive preferences and habits, although it was not quite right, but the result was no different.

On the Cavaliers' side, not only J.R. Smith, but everyone else saw Wang Feng's position and immediately understood the Warriors' intentions.

But it is clear that when Curry and Thompson pulled down a position far away from Wang Feng and stood still, the Cavaliers players who were responsible for defending them did not dare to slack off in the slightest, so they could only follow away from Wang Feng in a proper manner.

Even James, who is keeping an eye on Green, is no exception.

Don't look at Green's later three-point shot, the opponent directly let go of the position to shoot him, but Green in the 15-16 season, he really has a three-point shot, and the three-point shooting rate can reach 38.8% throughout the season, surpassing most outside shooters.

When the space was completely opened, Wang Feng directly formed a one-on-one confrontation situation with J.R. Smith.

Staring at J.R. Smith in front of him with the ball in both hands, Wang Feng did not have the slightest nervousness.

He remembers very well that J.R. Smith's overall rating in the 15-16 season was about 77, which was lower than the current Wang Feng, and his ability was basically focused on scoring ability, such as shooting, finishing and playmaking.

Wang Feng's body shape is close to J.R. Smith, and the 1.98-meter J.R. Smith is a little lower than Wang Feng, and his weight is slightly heavier than Wang Feng.

The funny thing is that in this case, Wang Feng's strength, which has always been a weakness, can still have the upper hand in the comparison of J.R. Smith.

Wang Feng's strength is only 55, and he belongs to the middle and lower reaches of the forwards, and he suffers a little in the face of many forwards with strong strength.

J.R. Smith's strength is only 46, which is not as good as Wang Feng.

With the strength and speed ahead, Wang Feng has a lot more ways to attack.

On the first ball, Wang Feng didn't have any fancy moves, he directly held the ball and started suddenly, relying on the speed advantage to instantly pass J.R. Smith.

The opponent's defensive strategy is similar to that of Middleton of the Bucks, preferring to let Wang Feng break through rather than shoot him a three-pointer.

But Middleton has proven that this kind of defense alone can't limit Wang Feng's scoring, after all, neither Middleton nor J.R. Smith are top outside defenders, and if you change to the Spurs' Kawhi Leonard, or the Pacers' Paul George, Wang Feng can't score easily with the current Wang Feng.

Wang Feng, who rushed straight to the basket, faced Kevin who was making up for the defense. Lefu threw a shot, and the basketball hit the frame and successfully scored two points.

In the next round, Wang Feng used the gap hunter badge to successfully deceive J.R. Smith's center of gravity, and stepped back to score a three-point shot.

Immediately afterwards, the Cavaliers' passing error was seized by the Warriors to form a fast attack, and Wang Feng hit a mid-to-long-range pull-up jump shot!

In three rounds, Wang Feng's offense was all completed, scoring 7 points in a row, forcing the Cavaliers to call a timeout.

"It's good, keep up the rhythm of the attack."

Cole smiled and praised Wang Feng again and again.

In this game, Wang Feng's hand feeling was really good, and he was very resolute when he shot.

After the timeout, the Cavaliers replaced J.R. Smith with Iman Shambaugh, who was better defensively.

In the finals last season, Wang Feng played against Yiman most of the time. Shambaugh.

This is a very good perimeter player with good physical qualities.

Unlike J.R. Smith, Iman Shambaugh leads Wang Feng in terms of speed, agility and strength, and if it weren't for his poor offensive ability, the Cavaliers' starting position should belong to Shambaugh.

It's just that physical fitness is only the basis of defensive ability, and Shambaugh's excellent defense is completely based on his explosive physical fitness, and when it comes to defensive skills and ability, he is also almost meaningless.

Basketball is not a sport where physical fitness alone can solve everything.

Even if the speed and agility are slightly inferior to the other party, and the strength is at an absolute disadvantage, this does not mean that Shambaugh can prevent Wang Feng from death.

"Brush!"

The crisp sound of brushing the net sounded again.

Wang Feng raised his arms high, and the extremely high Shambaught in front of him had completely blocked his shooting vision, but he could still shoot the basketball.

Gold Marksman Badge Activated!