Harden would perform so badly in the face of Wang Feng, who was serious about defense?

Many fans in front of the TV watched this scene and felt incredible.

This season, although the Lakers have four games with the Rockets in the regular season, in the first three games, Wang Feng did not really take Harden seriously.

On the one hand, it is because after Wang Feng puts more energy and physical strength on the offensive end, the defensive end will only play his best in key rounds, and usually only rely on the effect of the badge of defensive deterrence to save physical energy.

On the other hand, when the Rockets face Wang Feng, they usually use blocking tactics to separate Wang Feng from Harden and let Harden go to play other players with weaker defense on the Lakers.

Wang Feng's anti-blocking and dismantling ability is still very average, and once he is separated by the dismantling, he can only temporarily change the anti-blocking player.

In today's game, both sides obviously wanted to blow up their opponents to prove that they were more worthy of the regular season MVP award, so Harden didn't call for pick-and-roll cover to score at the beginning.

But after these two rounds of confrontation, Harden completely calmed down, especially when he saw Wang Feng's calm face and facing him with his hands behind his back, Harden realized that if he continued to play Wang Feng like this, he might lose this game and lose the game!

So in the next round, Harden decisively called for a pick-and-roll cover.

What is it if you can't beat Wang Feng? That is, the fans spray a little, as long as his data in this game is not bad, and he leads the team to win the game, the result is the same!

Capela pulled out from the interior to cover Harden's pick-and-roll, and quickly rushed down to the basket after the pick-and-roll.

López's pace was slow and he couldn't keep up with Capela at all, so Wang Feng could only catch up with Capela first to prevent Harden from passing the ball to the other side to the basket to eat cake and score.

As a result, the player who defended Harden on the perimeter became the big man Lopez.

In the face of Wang Feng, Harden was submissive, but in the face of Lopez, Harden was unafraid to punch hard.

It was another three-point shot after stepping back to open up space, and this time Harden successfully hit the shot and got his first score of the game.

Harden gave up confrontation with Wang Feng and took the initiative to admit it, so that the Rockets' offense began to recover, but on the Lakers' side, Wang Feng is not a vegetarian.

The most important thing is that Ariza can't prevent Wang Feng at all.

After a few rounds of attacking, the player who was marking Wang Feng had changed from Ariza to PJ Tucker.

But there is no point in such a change of defense.

PJ Tucker, as a short power forward, has a positive defensive attitude, tough confrontation, and dirty movements, which is very annoying to entangle, and is much more difficult to deal with than Ariza.

PJ Tucker's most famous defensive resume in his career was defending Durant in the future with the Bucks, successfully limiting his shooting percentage to less than 45% and committing 11 turnovers throughout the series.

But that's Durant, not Wang Feng.

Wang Feng's technical characteristics on the offensive end, except for the pack, are basically in the stage of no solution.

In the face of flexible defenders, Wang Feng can rely on the power of 88 to force it into the basket like James.

When encountering opponents whose weight and strength are greater than his own, Wang Feng can use the speed and agility of 92 and 93, plus the blessing of the First Step Master Badge, to easily pass the opponent in one step.

Compared with breaking through with the ball, Wang Feng is more powerful in three-point and mid-to-long-distance shooting, which is stable and efficient, and the shooting speed is extremely fast and difficult to block when he has a fast shooter badge.

With Wang Feng's offensive ability, I am afraid that only Leonard, who is at his peak, can limit his scoring efficiency a little, and only slightly.

Throughout the first quarter of the game, 6 of 10 shots, 2 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 14 points in a single quarter, and the Lakers relied on Wang Feng's score to lead by 5 points at 28:23 into the second quarter of the game.

In the second quarter of the game, Harden began to shoot a lot, relying on blocking and dismantling to separate Wang Feng's defense, which really allowed him to find a lot of good opportunities to score.

However, Wang Feng's scoring efficiency is significantly higher than his.

Harden scored 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting, 2-of-4 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws in the second quarter.

Wang Feng scored 17 points in the second quarter, including hitting four three-pointers.

At halftime, Wang Feng had scored 31 points, while Harden had 22 points.

In the third quarter of the game, the role players of the Rockets began to work hard. Gordon scored nine points in the first quarter. Green had six points and Capela had six on the score.

Harden dished out five assists in the first quarter but didn't score a single point, and the two teams tied in the third quarter and entered the fourth quarter with a score of 81-81.

"Unexpectedly, the Lakers can fight the Rockets to this extent? Or maybe it's because the Rockets' regular season standings have been determined and they have no heart to fight, which will lead to this situation? ”

At least in the eyes of everyone, the Rockets, who won 64 wins in the regular season, are obviously a notch stronger than the Lakers, who have just won 50 wins.

The game entered the fourth quarter, and Chris. Paul began to take over the game.

He shot 5-of-5, including two 3-pointers, and scored 12 points in a single quarter.

But on the other side, Wang Feng also showed a strong scoring ability in the final quarter, and even when the Rockets began to sacrifice the bag and trap tactics, he could still score.

Throughout the fourth quarter, Wang Feng scored 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting, 2-of-4 three-pointers, and 2-of-2 free throws.

The game lasted until the last minute.

At the last critical moment, Wang Feng hit the basket under the double bag and violently dunked to cause 2+1 and end the game.

With Harden missing a three-point shot, the Lakers narrowly won by two points at 105-103.

Wang Feng shot 17-of-27 from the field, 8-of-14 from three-point range, and 6-of-8 from the free-throw line, scoring 48 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals.

In contrast, Harden barely scored 21 points, 10 assists on 6-of-15 shooting from the free-throw line, and had six turnovers.

The difference between the two players who are fiercely competing for the MVP in a direct confrontation between the two teams is so intuitive that everyone is surprised.

The victory over the Rockets brought the Lakers' record to 51 wins, and in the final game of the regular season, the Lakers faced the Los Angeles Clippers.

In the face of this little brother in the same city, the Lakers, who had been pressed for several years, raised their eyebrows and punched hard, and it was a hearty abuse.

121:100, 21 points defeated the opponent.

In this game, Wang Feng only played about 28 minutes, scored 25 points and 7 rebounds and went off the court, because the game had entered garbage time before the game ended in the third quarter.

So far, the Lakers' 82 games in the regular season have ended, and they have a 52-30 record, a winning rate of 63.4%.