Chapter 128: Wang Feng! You want more points!
(This is today's fourth update, and it's finally made up for the previous difference.) )
In a basketball league at this level in the NBA, the tactical system is a very important part of the game.
But sure enough, in the vast majority of cases, it is the performance of the stars that directly determines the outcome of the game!
Tactical positioning is not always successful, especially in the development of competitive basketball to the point where each club has studied tactics to the extreme, and even the opponent knows your team's tactical positioning better than yourself, and it is too simple to stop it in advance and interfere with the completion of tactics!
Especially at the most critical moment of the game, it is the play of the stars that can lock up the victory!
Those top superstars in the league, Jordan, Kobe, Iverson, and now James.
In most cases, their scoring is won by the opponent's tight defense, and although there are open shots, they account for a relatively small proportion.
Wang Feng is now responsible for the team's No. 2 scorer, and it is definitely not something that can be completed just by scoring after running out of the vacant position!
"Huh?"
James suddenly found that Wang Feng, who had been silent for about two minutes, actually took the initiative to raise his hand and choose to ask for the ball.
He's ready to attack?
Standing outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left side, Wang Feng successfully received a pass from his teammates.
This position is the one he is best at and the most accustomed to. Near the bottom corner. You can finish with a mid-to-long-range jumper from close to the three-point line, and you can retreat to the bottom corner of the three-point line to make a three-point shot.
These two options almost completely take into account the two killer moves that Wang Feng is best at.
But sure enough! If he wants to score smoothly, he still has to pass the mountain of James!
Lowering his center of gravity and slowly dribbling, Wang Feng stared closely at James in front of him.
Although James's straight-line speed is very fast, such a large and heavy body still has some advantages in terms of flexibility!
Suddenly! Wang Feng slammed the ball to the right side, and James immediately followed.
But as soon as his footsteps moved, Wang Feng immediately pulled the ball back, retreated to the three-point line in one step, and made a quick jump shot.
Gap Hunter! The Fast Shooter badge is activated at the same time!
This move Wang Feng has used many times in the face of JR. Smith's defense before, and the effect is excellent.
But apparently James doesn't eat this set.
A sudden brake stopped, and the thick lower limbs instantly exerted force!
In the blink of an eye, James caught up with Wang Feng's pace, and a pair of big hands once again shrouded Wang Feng's sky.
Although Wang Feng grabbed the basketball before James blocked, it was obviously affected enough that the impact exceeded the extent of the marksman's badge to weaken the interference, and the shot was out of the frame again.
"Damn! It's almost ......."
Wang Feng cursed in his heart.
He's already shot 0-of-2 from the three-point line, but even so, he still has to shoot.
In the next round of attack, Wang Feng once again came to a 45-degree angle, still facing James's defense.
This time he didn't choose to continue with the singles, instead calling in for cover blocking assistance.
The Warriors' interior players pulled out to the outside to help Wang Feng block James, and with the gap between Lefu and the defense, Wang Feng forced a shot outside the three-point line.
Without James' interference, this ball finally hit, 1 of 3! This was Wang Feng's first score in this game.
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In the entire first quarter of the game, Wang Feng tried to shoot a total of 6 times, hit 2 balls, hit a three-pointer, and hit a mid-range shot, scoring a total of 5 points, and the efficiency was not high.
Curry, the Warriors' leading scorer, started with a hot hand, but in the middle of the first quarter of the game, the Cavaliers began to strengthen their targeted defense, and Curry's shooting percentage began to plummet.
In the end, he scored 12 points on 4-of-11 shooting, and although the shooting rate was only 36%, 12 points were considered to support the team for a moment.
In this case, the Warriors are still evenly matched with the Cavaliers without Thompson.
In the first quarter, the two teams scored 28 points and the other scored 31 points, and the Cavaliers led by 3 points, but the court was almost comparable.
This can't help but make the hearts of Cavaliers fans gradually hang.
They all know that the real horror of the Warriors is the deep bench lineup, the starting team does not take advantage of too much, and the Cavaliers are dangerous when the bench players of both teams come on.
However, in the second quarter of the game, Cavaliers fans were quickly reassured.
In the middle of the game, the two teams successively replaced the main team, leaving only one main starter to lead the team on the field.
The Cavaliers' side is still led by the iron man James, who is still in his prime, and he has the ability to play the whole game without feeling the slightest fatigue.
On the Warriors' side, most of the cases that usually lead the bench are Thompson's Green.
But now due to Thompson's absence, the Warriors can only choose to let Curry and Green lead the team on the court, although Curry's ability to lead the team is stronger than Thompson's, but the extra shots will undoubtedly deplete Curry's physical energy in advance.
What's more, Green, as a point forward, needs the ball in his hands to be the most effective.
Although Curry can play without the ball, he is the most threatening state when he has the ball in his hands, and Curry is still worse than Thompson in terms of off-ball skills.
In the second quarter, Curry's performance was normal, shooting 5-of-12 and scoring 13 points again.
At halftime, Curry had already scored 25 individual points, which was very efficient.
But Curry's playing time has come to 18 minutes, almost on par with the Cavaliers' James.
That's not good!
What the Warriors are best at is a wave in the third quarter, relying on a long break in the second quarter, and the energetic Curry led the Warriors' Death Five lineup to play a super-fast offensive and defensive transition rhythm, thus completely defeating other teams.
Now that halftime is over, Curry is already close to 20 minutes of playing time, does he still have so much physical energy to support high-intensity and high-frequency offensive and defensive transitions in the third quarter?
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At halftime, the score of both teams was 58:65.
The Cavaliers lead by seven points.
During the break, in the Warriors locker room, Kerr had a solemn expression and said solemnly to Wang Feng.
"Wang, you have to be better in the second half, I know it's a bit difficult, but to win we have to do better! Not only Wang Feng, but also the rest of us, Drummond, Andre...... You've got to buy time for Stephen! ”
In fact, throughout the first half of the game, Wang Feng's performance has been qualified.
He scored 5 points in the first quarter and scored 6 points on 2-of-4 shooting in the second quarter when he played about 7 minutes in the game.
11 points in the half, 4 of 10 shots, according to this efficiency, Wang Feng will score at least 20 points in the whole game, and ensure a certain shooting rate.
Even Thompson has been, for the most part.
Explosive performances like Thompson's highlight moments, such as 37 points in a single quarter and 60 points in three quarters, are just an exception after all, and in most cases, Thompson only needs to score about 20 points in a game to fill a certain scoring output for Curry.
But the problem is that the Cavaliers at this time are definitely not the opponents that Wang Feng can defeat with 20 points, he must score more points! Right in the second half!