There is no doubt that Durant's scoring ability is at the top level in history, but he is not invincible, and as a player, Durant also has shortcomings, otherwise he would not have won a championship before joining the Warriors.

Durant's shortcomings lie in his lack of physical fitness and physical strength, which has always been Durant's shortcoming.

As the top scorer, Durant's career record for the highest points in a single game is just 54 points.

54 points is actually not a small amount, but it is a bit insufficient for a historical scorer like Durant, who has such a strong scoring ability, at least he should play a 60+ scoring performance in his career.

The reason why Durant has not scored 60+ points in his career for so many years is one of the main reasons for physical limitations.

Watching Durant's games, many times it is often the first three quarters of the game that he played superbly, scoring 30+ or even higher points early, but in the fourth quarter, especially at the last critical moment, the performance was always unsatisfactory.

This is precisely because of Durant's physical problems, which led to a decline in offensive ability.

Just like the 73-win Barnes version of the Warriors' game against the Thunder that was supposed to be staged in the Western Conference Finals, in the last three games of the game that was pulled three games in a row, Durant only played normally in the fourth quarter, shooting 4-of-9 from the field.

In the other two games, one shot 3-of-10 from 3-of-10 shooting, and the other was 1-of-7 shooting.

is also a scorer, compared with the classic scorers of the old era Kobe and Iverson and other players, although he is better in scoring efficiency and shooting rate, he does not have the energetic physical fitness of Kobe Iverson, and there is no way to play the whole court with all his strength like them.

This problem has always plagued Durant, and it was not until Durant chose to join the Golden State Warriors in the summer of '16 that it was finally resolved.

Most fans only remember the 17 and 18 season finals when Durant came to die, hitting consecutive lethal three-pointers in the fourth quarter to lay the victory, but no one realized that Curry, Thompson and others made contributions in the first few quarters of the game.

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May 16, 2016, Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals.

The Warriors' home court is a sea of gold.

The players came on the pitch one after another to the cheers of the home fans, jumped the ball in the middle circle, and the game officially began!

Cole clasped his hands in front of his chest, looked at the players on the field expressionlessly, but couldn't help but recall what Wang Feng said a few days ago when he took the initiative to find him.

"Coach, the game between the Western Conference and the Thunder, I hope Durant can be handed over to me to deal with."

"Of course."

Kerr, who heard Wang Feng's words, couldn't help but smile and said: "You are the team's outside defensive core, and you must be responsible for keeping an eye on the offensive arrows of the Thunder team, you don't need to worry about this." ”

"It's not." Wang Feng shook his head: "I mean, I will do my best to keep an eye on Durant throughout the whole process and limit his scoring as much as possible, and for this reason, I won't be too involved on the offensive end, just like when I was watching James against the Rockets in the playoffs last year. Harden the same. ”

"This ......," Cole froze.

Durant and Harden are completely different styles of players, Wang Feng defended Harden very well in the playoffs last year, but this does not mean that he will have the same role in defending Durant.

However, if Wang Feng can really do it, even if it only limits Durant's play to a certain extent, the Warriors' game will definitely be much easier.

Durant is the Thunder's No. 1 scorer, and Wang Feng is only the Warriors' No. 3 scorer.

The only question is whether Wang Feng can really prevent Durant as he said.

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The center of the circle jumped the ball, Thunder center Adams jumped the ball to win, and Westbrook dribbled the ball past half court and stood in position and looked around the court.

The Thunder's players have fallen into position, and so has Durant.

Westbrook didn't hesitate and passed the ball to Durant.

Although there has always been a saying in the league that only Wei Shao can prevent Durant, at the beginning of the game, Westbrook, who has not yet played the head, is still happy to pass the ball to Durant, relying on Durant's efficient scoring to open the situation, which is also the Thunder's best style of play.

Durant received the ball at a 45-degree angle on the left side outside the three-point line, and then looked at Wang Feng standing in front of him.

For the outside defense expert who has just won the honor of the best defensive second team, Durant still knows a lot, and he also knows very well that Wang Feng is best at defensive outside shooting.

"Then you can take a look at it."

Durant slowly dribbled the ball in front of the body to change direction, and pulled the basketball back and forth to adjust the rhythm by a large margin.

This is one of his signature moves, and his outstanding height and exaggerated reach allow Durant to make this move quite wide, and it will be difficult for defenders to defend the next connecting breakthrough or pull-up jump shot if they are not fast enough.

Sure enough, after the double change of direction in front of the body was completed, Durant jumped directly on the spot and pulled out his hand.

"It's so high!"

Wang Feng's heart froze, he had already followed in time for the first time, his hand reached high and tried to block, but his outstretched arm couldn't even reach Durant's eyes.

The height difference between the two is too large, and the exaggerated arm span makes Durant's shooting point much higher than the average player, and the ball is completely undisturbed.

"Brush!"

The basketball swiped into the frame, and Durant's long-range two-point shot gave the team the first place.

"It's okay, keep it up, you can do it!"

Curry stepped forward and patted Wang Feng on the shoulder and whispered.

On the Warriors' side, Curry held the ball against Westbrook, broke through to the basket to attract the Thunder center to help defend, and then passed the ball to assist the center in scoring with a two-handed dunk.

The offense and defense switched, the Thunder possessed the ball, and the basketball was once again in Durant's hands.

This time, Durant chose to single Wang Feng with his back, and turned over and jumped at a distance of about 18 feet from the basket, and Wang Feng could only watch the opponent shoot.

Durant felt very hot today, hitting 4 of 5 shots in the first 5 minutes of the game, and successfully caused Wang Feng to foul and score 10 points.

Wang Feng desperately stared at the defense throughout the whole process, but he seemed helpless.

In the face of absolute height advantage, Wang Feng's defense relied on a trick to survive, and the defensive shock badge was only activated 2 times in Durant's 5 shots.

There is no way, the top scorer is impossible to be completely prevented.

What Wang Feng can do is to use the bonus effect of the Death Winding Badge before Durant catches the ball to consume Durant's physical energy as much as possible, hoping that the opponent's physical energy will be excessively consumed.

Soon, the first quarter of the game ended.

Durant scored 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting in the first quarter.

As a result, the Thunder entered the second quarter with a 33-27 lead of six points.

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