Chapter 255: 50 Wins Achieved
(There was a problem with the previous copy and paste of this chapter, which has been modified, does not affect the reading and is a 4000-word chapter, sorry for the mistake in the busy.) )
Eric. Blesso's sudden outburst caused a lot of trouble for the Lakers.
Fortunately, the Lakers players were very good in this game, Kuzma scored 21 points, and Brook. Lopes had 18 points, Ingram 16 and Nance Jr. 12.
Wang Feng scored 33 points in the first four quarters of the game, and in overtime he started a scoring battle with Blassoe, Bresso scored 11 points, Wang Feng was not to be outdone and scored 10 points, plus Ingram contributed 4 points in 2 of 3 shots in overtime, and narrowly defeated the Bucks 14:12 in overtime and 124:122 in the whole game.
Wang Feng had 44 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals, with a shooting rate of 55%!
Not only that, but in the direct confrontation with Antetokounmpo, Wang Feng had the upper hand, who shot 8-of-20 from the field against his defense, just shot 40%, and scored 25 points lower than his teammates Blesse's 39 points and Middleton's 28 points.
But Brother Alphabet grabbed 16 rebounds in the whole game, including 6 frontcourt rebounds, and the shortcomings of the Lakers' weak rebounding ability were undoubtedly revealed in this game, and Wang Feng actually became the strongest rebounding ability in the team.
With 6 consecutive wins and 47 wins, the Lakers' proud record, and Wang Feng's average performance of 40+10 per game in these games amazed the entire league.
On April 1, the Lakers played against the Kings at home, facing one of the bottom teams in the league, without any accidents, the Lakers won the game steadily, and even established a huge advantage in the third quarter of the game, Wang Feng did not play at all in the fourth quarter of the game, and the data plummeted to 24 points and 7 rebounds, but a rare game that can not be desperate, he is still very happy to see.
With the victory over the Kings, the Lakers' record came to 48-7 and locked up a playoff spot ahead of schedule.
No one expected that Wang Feng released two goals at the beginning of the regular season, competing for the scoring title and leading the team to the playoffs.
These two goals, which caused an uproar at the time and made countless people laugh at him, have all been achieved now!
With an average of 40+ points per game in these consecutive games, Wang Feng's average points per game increased slightly from 35 points to 36.1 points, and he was far ahead in the scoring list.
James, who is ranked second in the scoring list. Harden only averages more than 30 points per game, and there is a huge gap with Wang Feng, and Kevin Durant, who ranks third on the scoring list, currently has a score of 28.6 points, which is not a small gap with Harden, not to mention Wang Feng?
Even if Wang Feng plays every game in the next few games and only scores in single digits, he can still win the scoring crown, not to mention that with Wang Feng's super explosive scoring ability now, there is no team in the league that can let him only score in single digits.
The scoring champion is here, and now the team is safe in the playoffs.
Wang Feng's two goals were achieved ahead of schedule, leaving many trolls speechless.
Of course, there are also people with hard mouths who are dead ducks.
"Hmph, what's so great about scoring champions? It's just brushing, like Wang Feng, who averages more than 24 shots per game, who can't brush up a scoring champion? As for the team's record, is it all the credit of Wang Feng alone? Ingram and Kuzma both average 16 points per game, as well as quality players such as Lopez, Randle, Ball, Clarkson and Nance Jr., who also play very well and play well. ”
However, having said that, this is also just an excuse to not admit defeat.
Wang Feng's fans don't even bother to argue.
24 shots per game? Looking at the history of the league, there are many players who have averaged more than 24 shots per game, but none of them can average 36 points per game with just 24 shots.
Kobe Bryant's 35.4 points were the scoring champion in that season, averaging 27 shots per game.
Jordan was the scoring champion at 35 points, averaging 24.4 shots per game.
Moreover, both of these super-scorers are averaging nearly nine free throws per game.
In contrast, Wang Feng's average number of free throws per game is not high, relying on free throws to score only about 5 points, the reason why he cut high scores is similar to Ku Ritian in the 15-16 season, and hitting an average of 4.5 three-pointers per game is his biggest advantage.
If Wang Feng's attainments in making fouls improve, his scoring ability may be able to reach a higher level!
As for the Lakers' record, it's because they have a group of young players who are full of energy and potential...... Hehe, why did the Lakers finish at the bottom of the league last season? You should have realized your potential earlier?
Wang Feng's role in this Lakers team is undoubted, and he has brought great improvement to the Lakers on both offensive and defensive ends.
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On April 3, the Lakers lost to the Jazz 110-117, ending their winning streak.
This season's Jazz team is very strong, especially defensively, conceding only 99.8 points per game, ranking first in the league.
Under the Jazz's almost suffocating defensive pressure, the Lakers' offensive efficiency plummeted, with Randle shooting just 33 percent from the field and Lopez shooting just over 40 percent.
Not only them, but even Wang Feng was also affected.
Throughout the game, the Jazz used a trap tactic against Wang Feng, resulting in Wang Feng only 28 points and 12 rebounds in the whole game.
For other teams, 28 points scored by the core players is already a very good high score, but for the Lakers, if Wang Feng can't score more than 35 points and completely break the opponent's defense, it will be really difficult to win the game.
After losing to the Jazz, the Lakers then ushered in a small two-game winning streak.
At home against the Spurs on April 4 and at home against the Timberwolves on April 6.
Both teams, both of which are still desperately fighting for playoff spots, are in seventh and eighth place in the West with the same record, and they are one win behind the Denver Nuggets.
Therefore, both teams showed the temperament of desperate Saburo on the field, the action was very large, and the scramble was extremely fierce, although it was the regular season, but the intensity had risen to the level of the playoffs and even the seven-game battle!
Fortunately, the Spurs lacked big man Leonard, no core scoring points, and no one could limit Wang Feng's output on the offensive end.
As for the Timberwolves, although the lineup is neat and the structure is reasonable, the core players are overwhelmed, and the habit of champion Towns to be soft in every tough battle has helped Wang Feng a lot.
Towns, who shot 38.5% from 5-of-13 shooting, and Wiggins, who shot 31.8% from 7-of-22 shooting, indirectly helped the Lakers win the game 113-110.
With the Lakers' victory over the Timberwolves, the number of regular season wins officially reached 50, becoming the fifth team in the league to reach 50 wins that season!
Looking at the league, the only teams with a better record than the Lakers are the Rockets and Warriors in the West and the Mongols and Celtics in the East.
Until this time, the Lakers had three games left in the regular season, two home and one away, home against the Jazz and Rockets, and away against the Los Angeles Clippers.
The game against the Clippers, although it was an away game, was still played on Staples, which was no different from the home court.
The Lakers have a chance to improve their record in the next three home courts!
On April 8, the Lakers played the Jazz again at home, but still failed to win the game.
The Jazz's lineup is indeed somewhat restrained by the Lakers, especially when they put on a defensive iron bucket formation and directly sandwiched Wang Feng on the ground.
The two of them sandwiched Wang Feng, which is equivalent to 4 to 3 for other players, but Gobert is sitting under the basket, and the other two players are helping to defend on the outside, and no one in the Lakers can stand up to share the pressure for Wang Feng.
This is the unavoidable problem that the Lakers are currently facing - the team relies too much on Wang Feng's offense.
Ingram, Kuzma, Randle and other players can only play with the wind although their regular season statistics are very good.
In the face of the Jazz's double bag, although Wang Feng can use his super offensive ability and strength of up to 88 to force a breakthrough, it is obvious that dealing with two people at the same time is far more physical than dealing with one person.
Wang Feng's physical fitness is one of his weaknesses, although 92's physical fitness can cope with most of the games under normal circumstances, but the double bag has greatly depleted his physical fitness in advance, resulting in the second half of the schedule began to show weakness.
That was the case in the game against the Jazz the other day, and this time the result hasn't changed.
In the face of the Jazz's bag and trap tactics, Wang Feng scored 31 points and 7 rebounds, but the Lakers only had two double-doubles except him, and finally lost the game again 97-112.
"The strength is still not enough." Faced with this situation, Wang Feng could only sigh helplessly, he knew very well what to do in the face of the Jazz's defensive strategy.
There are two kinds of squares: first, to solve the physical problem, if he has a full physical value of 99 and is equipped with some related badges, such as the powerful finisher badge that reduces the loss of stamina caused by physical confrontation, and then the perpetual motion archer that can reduce the effect of shooting rate attenuation when the stamina is insufficient, and the dribble veteran badge that can reduce the physical consumption when dribbling.
With these badges and the physical strength value is still 99 full value, even if he is caught for a long time, Wang Feng can also have the ability to play the whole game.
It's just that not to mention that it can't be strengthened with free distribution points, how huge and long training cycle is needed to train physical fitness from 92 to 99, those badges alone are enough for Wang Feng to struggle for several seasons.
As for the second solution, it's a lot simpler - this offseason, find a way to get a star who can attack with the ball and can play tough battles.
Simple, efficient and straightforward.
The trap tactic is not something that can be used if you want to, sending two players to wrap Wang Feng will undoubtedly make the pressure on the defensive end of the remaining three players on the court surge, and the current Lakers do not have a second stable scoring firepower point, otherwise it is definitely enough for the opponent to drink a pot.
Like the Warriors, are you brave enough to try a Curry?
The Cavaliers did it in the Finals, and then the result was completely blown out by Durant, winning only one game in the two-year Finals series combined.
It's not a shame to find a helper, it's as good as Jordan, and you have to have a Pippen by your side to help.
O'Neal has Kobe, James has Wade, and if a team relies on only one star, unless it has a perfect offensive and defensive tactical system and a group of strong role players who can also stand up at critical moments, it will definitely not be a strong contender for the championship.
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The loss of this game actually did not have much impact on the Lakers, who have won 50 wins and are confirmed to enter the playoffs, but it has made the already chaotic second half of the Western Conference even more uncontrollable.
With the Jazz game over, the Lakers' regular season schedule has completed 80 games, with only two games remaining.
In 80 games, the Lakers have a 50-30 record, ranking third in the West, behind the 64-16 Rockets and the 57-23 Warriors.
In fourth place in the West are the Portland Trail Blazers, who have a 48-32 record.
From the Trail Blazers to the bottom of the five teams from fifth to tenth in the West, the Thunder, Jazz, Pelicans, Spurs, Timberwolves, and Nuggets are all only 1 game difference.
It's no surprise that either team ended up missing the playoffs, and even the fourth-place Trail Blazers were only two wins ahead of them.
I have to say that this season's West, due to the sudden rise of the Lakers, has become extremely competitive.
Wang Feng is still quite interested in which of these teams will be unlucky to be eliminated in the end, because in another time and space, it should be the Denver Nuggets who will be squeezed out of the playoffs, but now they have one more team.
But what he's more interested in now is the Lakers' next game against the Rockets.
The Rockets, who have 64 wins, are the only team to have won more than 60 games this season, and the backcourt partnership between Harden and Paul has also made everyone in the league shine.
This team is really strong, even in the face of the Universe Yong, it can fight seven bloody games in the Western Conference Finals, and even took a 3:2 lead to get the match point.
Of course, most importantly, James. Harden is Wang's biggest rival in the race for the regular season MVP award.
Although with the Lakers winning 50 wins, Wang Feng's statistical performance has also gone further, he has faintly gained the upper hand in the wave of awards.
But if you can go head-to-head against James in the game against the Rockets. Harden's victory will surely impress a number of media commentators.
"Blow up Harden! Win the game! ”
Before this game, Wang Feng had already set two goals for himself.
There is not much attention paid to this game, because whether it is the Rockets or the Lakers, the regular season rankings have been determined, and the remaining two games will not have any impact on the final standings.
In contrast, the wins and losses of several other teams are likely to be directly related to playoff spots and standings.
On April 10, at the Toyota Center, home of the Rockets, the Lakers and Rockets game is about to begin.
"In this game, I'm going to play against Harden."
Before the game, in the locker room, Wang Feng said to the team's head coach Luke. Wharton said.
Wharton was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "Okay." ”
Harden, as the top scorer in the league at the moment, will have a headache no matter which team encounters it, and it will be better to give this guy to defend.
But with the Lakers, the issue doesn't need to be considered at all.
Since the time of the Warriors, Wang Feng, who was still a 3D player, has played against Harden many times, and the effect is excellent.
Every time Harden meets Wang Feng, his personal data will shrink to a certain extent.
Wang Feng's defensive badge is very restrained by Harden's technical characteristics.
Aren't you good at feints and fouls?
Okay, can I look defensive?
In the case of a defensive shock badge, even if Wang Feng does not raise his hand to defend, it can affect Harden's shooting percentage to a certain extent.
In a way, Wang Feng is the defensive player that Harden fears the most.