Chapter Ninety-Five: Victory Knight!
"Wang Feng's empty three-point shot! It was his 50th point of the game! He is also the first Chinese player in the NBA to score 50 points! ”
Not only that, but with Wang Feng's three-pointer, the Warriors successfully extended their lead to 6 points! With only two and a half minutes left to go, it could well be the three points that sealed the game! ”
On the court, the Cavaliers called a timeout.
Everyone's face is not good-looking, this is a revenge battle, they should have pressed the Warriors all the way, and won the game, proving that the loss in the Finals last season was not because the Warriors were strong, it was just their luck.
But now, not only is it possible to lose the game, but even to make one of the opposing role players score 50 points, which is completely different from the result they wanted!
"Don't think about all that nonsense!"
With a gloomy face, James knew exactly what to do at this point, and he said to his teammates: "The first thing we have to do is win the game!" A 6-point difference, with 2 and a half minutes to go, there's still a chance! ”
Indeed, in 2 and a half minutes, even if you count it as an offense in 24 seconds, there are at least 7 offenses, and the Cavaliers can get 4 offensive opportunities and the Warriors 3.
As long as they can defend the Warriors' next offense and successfully score more than 3 goals, they have a chance to drag the game into overtime or even a stunner.
It's a bit difficult, but the Cavaliers have no choice at this point.
On the Warriors' side, head coach Kerr also understands the truth.
"The next offense and defense are crucial, and they must be defended!" Cole said, looking at Wang Feng, "Wang, can you still do it?" If there's a fitness problem, let Andre (Iguodala) replace you. ”
Wang Feng shook his head slightly and said, "I can do it!" ”
There were only two and a half minutes left, and even if he gritted his teeth and insisted, he finished the game.
Kerr nodded slightly, he also hoped that Wang Feng could stay on the court, although looking at Wang Feng's physical state at this time, I am afraid that there is no way to do much more on the offensive end, but as long as Wang Feng is on the court and stands at the bottom corner of the three-point line, that huge offensive deterrent can help the team create space.
Moreover, Wang Feng's strength on the defensive end is already better than Iguodala's, and at this critical moment, Kerr hopes that Wang Feng can be on the court.
The timeout ended, and both teams restarted.
The Warriors made a few changes to their roster, with Andre Iguodala being replaced with big blue-collar center Bogut.
The Warriors' tactical system does not particularly need a heavy center, but this kind of blue-collar center who does the dirty work must be there, because in some critical moments, a big center who can guard the basket is still more important.
This is also the reason why the Warriors later also had blue-collar centers such as Pachulia and McGee.
Bogut's appearance is intended to make it not so easy for James Irving on the Cavaliers' side to attack the basket.
As for the main tactics of the Cavaliers in the next period of time, in fact, there is no need to think about it at all!
Sure enough, the Cavaliers served from the bottom line, and Irving immediately passed the ball to James after receiving the ball, and this ball still had to be played by James!
James stood at the top of the three-point line, facing Green, and raised his hand to direct the tactics.
The Cavaliers players start to run quickly on the court.
At this time, J.R. Smith in front of Wang Feng also began to run quickly, and then came to Green's side at a certain moment and actually covered James for the pick-and-roll.
Wang Feng was slightly stunned, and after blocking and dismantling, it became him to defend James.
Looking at the expressionless James, he narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Are you going to singles me to get back on the field? It's a good choice. ”
Wang Feng can't guard against James, this is a well-known thing.
As a top outside defender, Wang Feng's physical confrontation ability, which is only 55, is still a little weak, especially in the face of the existence of James, whose strength stands at the top of the forward player, once the opponent forcibly breaks through, he is powerless to resist.
In the finals last season, Wang Feng tried, let alone frontal defense, even in the case of the side help defense, he used the death winding badge to get close to James, and he would be directly hit by the opponent's brutal force and staggered and unstable.
Only when he got to the back, when James, who took turns to face many defensive giants of the Warriors, had a huge physical consumption and had problems, Wang Feng barely prevented James from a few shots.
At this time, although James also played more than 35 minutes, he was obviously not as physically exhausted as he was in the finals.
"This ......"
Green, who was led away by J.R. Smith, looked at this scene with some concern, he wanted to go back and change defenses with Wang Feng, but J.R. Smith is not a fuel-efficient lamp, don't look at the defensive end so stretched, but when it comes to the threat of offense, he is also quite threatening, rashly releasing the vacancy, I am afraid James will pass the ball immediately without hesitation.
"It's up to you...... Wang! ”
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"It's really time to find a chance to practice your strength......"
When James broke through with the ball and easily crushed Wang Feng into the Warriors' basket, he tried his best to block, but Wang Feng, who had many senior defensive badges and had no choice, could only roll his eyes and think like this in his heart.
The power of 55 is barely enough in the league, and it will not be too inferior against the vast majority of players.
But once you play against interior players, including players like James, who are on the outside but have more exaggerated strength than inside, there is something you can't do.
James, who easily broke through Wang Feng, faced Bogut, who was guarding the basket, and directly made a strong layup.
Bogut is also good enough to fight, in fact, the only reason he can stay on the field at this time is to do this kind of dirty work.
With his hands raised in the air, Bogut and James' bodies collided violently in the air.
"Squeak——!
The whistle blew quickly, and James, who had a strong core, had lost his balance in the air, but still barely threw the basketball to the basket.
The basketball stumbled on the basket, stumbled, and narrowly missed the basket.
"Hoo 1"
Wang Feng breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he was not beaten into 2+1.
It is worthy of James, who can still lead the team to a desperate comeback in the face of 73 wins in the finals, and his personal strength is too strong, but unfortunately his luck is a little worse.
James, who failed to score 2+1, walked to the free throw line, which is probably his least favorite place on the court.
James hit the first free throw, missed the second free throw, and was protected by Bogut to rebound.
On the offense of the Warriors, Wang Feng finally did not directly participate in the offense, but stood in the bottom corner of the three-point line as usual, watching Curry show off.
Curry did show off, a butterfly dribble, pulled out a little gap and then rushed into the interior, the Cavaliers' side of the defense was also timely, but in the face of Curry throwing his whole body into the air and forcing a layup, he could only helplessly use fouls to stop.
is also a free throw, Curry, who has a career free throw shooting rate of 90%, hit both free throws.
With just over one point left in the game, the score was not narrowed, but widened by one point.
In this case, the Cavaliers can only fight for three-pointers.
The ball was handed to Irving, who had the highest outside shooting percentage, and in the face of Curry's defense, Irving grabbed a three-point shot with the help of blocking and dismantling, and missed the shot.
Cavaliers inside Tristan. Thompson grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to the outside, and James, who received the ball, shot from the outside again, but still missed.
Bogut defended the rebound, and the Cavaliers could only execute foul tactics.
Although the game is not over yet, there is actually no suspense.
Curry made 2 of 2 free throws, and the margin has reached 9 points.
James missed another three-point attempt from the outside, and the Cavaliers did not continue to foul and watched the game run out.
The full-time final whistle blew as the Warriors successfully defended the dignity of the defending champions with a home win over the Cavaliers.