Chapter 362: Defeating the Nets and Saving Kobe
Wang Feng's awareness of blocking and dismantling, why did it suddenly become so good?
Whether it was Aaron or George, they couldn't hinder him for too long, and because they couldn't move the block, they could only watch Wang Feng quickly pass by them.
This is definitely not good news, neither for the Nets who are playing today, nor for the rest of the league!
A Wang Feng who is not afraid of blocking and dismantling covers, how strong will the defensive end be? Durant was fully aware of it at the end of the second quarter.
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In the second half, the situation began to take a sharp turn for the worse, although Durant could force a shot to score under Wang Feng's defense, but the efficiency value was seriously affected compared to the first half.
On the other hand, Irving was always in a state of being suppressed by Butler, and the first few attempts to attack were unsuccessful, at this time Irving was already cold, and even the lethality of breaking through the frame with the ball was limited.
The only consistent scoring point for the entire Nets team in the third quarter of the game was Paul. George alone.
In the third quarter, George scored 11 points on 3-of-6 shooting and 4-of-4 free throws, while Durant scored only 6 points on 2-of-7 shooting in the third quarter, and Irving scored only 3 points on 1-of-5 shooting.
On the Lakers' side, Butler and Ingram scored 8 points each, while Wang Feng also scored 10 points, and the three of them scored 26 points.
The Lakers scored 35 points in the third quarter of the game, and the Nets scored only 29 points, and the gap between the two teams began to widen.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the Nets, who were unwilling to lose at home, tried to make a counterattack, Durant was responsible for containing Wang Feng, and George and Irving teamed up to continuously impact the basket to score, trying to close the score.
However, whenever the difference between the two teams tends to be caught up, there will always be someone on the Lakers' side who will step up and score to stabilize the situation.
Wang Feng, Butler, and even Ingram all scored.
The offensive firepower of the Nets determines that their scoring will never be bad, but if they score by themselves and can't prevent the enemy from scoring, no matter how strong the offensive firepower is, it is meaningless.
As the minutes passed, the Nets were never able to catch up with the score, and they couldn't help but start to get more and more anxious, and the handling of the offense began to become unreasonable.
Irving forced the frame to create a foul, but was rejected by Howard with a big hat, and the Lakers, who grabbed the defensive rebound, went straight to the fast break, and finally ended the offense with Wang Feng's empty dunk.
Durant made a mid-range step-back jumper and forced a shot against Wang Feng, but the basketball bounce missed the frame.
The Lakers, who were protecting the defensive rebound, continued to attack, Ingram ran without the ball, cut into the basket smoothly with the help of teammates' cover, and received a pass from Wang Feng to score a layup.
There was no sound in the audience outside the arena.
In the final fourth quarter of the game, instead of narrowing, the point difference began to gradually widen.
Such a situation has disappointed Nets fans.
The Nets are currently the most optimistic favorites to win the championship, but from the perspective of the lineup alone, they are much more luxurious than the Lakers, and the two teams have played against each other in the regular season for nearly half of the schedule, the Nets lineup has gone through more than 40 regular season games, far from the team that was just formed at the beginning of the new season.
But the Nets are still going to lose, and it's on their home court.
Is Wang Feng really that strong? Even Durant, George and Irving tied up can't beat it?
Although the level of Butler and Ingram is very good, they are still ignored for granted at this time, in fact, the main reason is that Wang Feng's performance is too dazzling.
Before the game ended in the fourth quarter, Wang Feng's personal data had already reached 30+10+10, got a triple-double in advance, and completely dominated the game at both offensive and defensive ends.
Since Wang Feng began to defend Durant alone, Durant's shooting rate has always been limited to less than 40%, although he can continue to score, but it is obviously much inferior to the explosive performance in the first half.
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Finally, the game came to the last 2 minutes, and the suspense was really over.
Regardless of whether the team is in the lead or behind stage, as long as the final 2-minute countdown is entered, the key scorer badge will be automatically activated, increasing Wang Feng's various ability values.
is already unstoppable on the offensive end, and the ability value has been directly raised to a rather terrifying level, how can the Nets still have a chance?
In the last 2 minutes, Wang Feng hit all 3 shots and scored 7 points alone, directly killing the last suspense of the game.
127:113。
The Lakers won the battle of the key by 14 points at the home court of the Nets, and successfully dealt a blow to the vigorous Nets.
Wang Feng scored 39 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists, and a triple-double was also the key to the Lakers' ability to win the game.
In addition to Wang Feng, Jimmy. Butler finished with 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting.
Ingram scored 19 points on 8-of-17 shooting and Kuzma scored 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting.
In addition, Lopez and Howard also scored double-doubles on the inside and played well.
On the other hand, although Durant finally scored a game-high score of 42 points, he scored 28 points in the first half, and Durant actually scored only 14 points in the second half of the two quarters.
Wang Feng's restriction effect on Durant's offensive end is really good.
Paul. George also played well in this game, shooting 9-of-18 from the field and 4-of-6 from three-point range, scoring 28 points on 50 percent shooting.
Kuzma can only put that far in the defensive pressure on George.
Kerry. Irving is the only player in the Nets' Big Three who pulls his hips, and there is no way, who makes the whole game defend him is Jimmy, who is the second best outside defense of the Lakers. Butler.
And while Butler was defending Irving's outside projection, Wang Feng and Howard and others were helping to defend Irving's breakthrough layup.
As a point guard, Irving's scoring ability is limited by a certain height condition, and it is naturally easier to target than the front two forwards.
Therefore, Irving, who made 12 shots in the game, only hit 4 shots, and barely scored a double-double by scoring free throws, which is not as high as Kuzma on the Lakers' side.
It is worth mentioning that Dinwiddie played a decent game this time, scoring 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting, and was the only player in the Nets team to score in double figures except for the Big Three.
As a traverser, Wang Feng is well aware of Dinwiddie's strength.
The 19-20 season can be regarded as Dinwiddie's most glorious season, in another time and space, due to the serious injury of Durant's Achilles tendon ruptured in the Finals, the entire 19-20 season was reimbursed, and the Nets only had one star player led by Irving.
In this case, Dinwiddie rose strongly, playing 31 minutes per game for the Nets throughout the 19-20 season, contributing 20.6 points and 6.8 assists.
This season is not so much Irving leading the Nets to the playoffs, but Dinwiddie.
Irving, who played only 20 games for the Nets due to injury, didn't contribute as much to the team as Dinwiddie.
It's a pity that God is jealous of talent, Dinwiddie suffered a cruciate ligament tear in the subsequent 20-21 season, and the season was reimbursed, and although he returned from injury, he could not return to his peak state after the serious injury.
The current Dinwiddie, because of the butterfly effect, is surrounded by a number of star players.
Irving without injury, Achilles tendon intact, Durant who is healthy, and Paul. George.
Sandwiched between this group of top stars, Dinwiddie simply doesn't get much of a shot, averaging just 13.7 points per game so far, not quite as high as last season's 16.8.
Because of this, the Nets have not been able to find a strong player in the team.
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"It turns out that it's not a bunch of stars who come together to create a top team."
The result of this game was unexpected by many media commentators, and at the same time, it also made some facts clear.
"The Nets can be considered a superteam in the league in recent years after the Warriors in terms of roster depth, but they are still very different from the Warriors."
"With Curry, Durant, Thompson and Green's Warriors, the team lineup is unprecedented, and the tactical system is also very scientific and reasonable, with Curry as the core, the three top shooters can pull the space on the court to the extreme, making it easier for each other to score, and achieve the effect of 1+1 greater than 2."
"But the Nets are obviously different, because they have been winning in previous games, so everyone has not noticed that the victory of the Nets relies on the individual ability of the stars to fight alone, to put it bluntly, the Nets have too strong offensive firepower, so that in the face of most teams in the league, they can rely on talent and individual ability to win easily."
"But when you come up against a team of the level of the Lakers, it's clear that the individual performance of the stars is not enough. We can see that in this game, whether it is Durant, George or Irving, they are all stuck in endless singles and the offensive is inefficient. ”
"On the other hand, on the Lakers' side, around Wang Feng, who changed to point guard, the Lakers' tactical system is much more scientific and reasonable, although there are players like Butler and Ingram in the team, but in fact, the Lakers have always been a team led by Wang Feng's single core."
Praise one step on the other, the media of the alliance has always been like this.
The winner is king, and the loser is cole.
The winning side is entitled to all sorts of touting, while the losing team is all wrong.
Like before, there were still many voices in the league questioning that the Lakers relied too much on Wang Feng, and now there is a bit of a feeling of James during his time with the Cavaliers, this dependence is not a good thing, and the Lakers should formulate more tactics around Butler and Ingram to prevent Wang Feng from missing the game due to injury, or some other unexpected situations.
But now with the Lakers' victory over the Nets on the road, even that voice is much quieter.
Rely on it, as long as you can win, then everything is right, and a team can rely on it seriously, which proves that Wang Feng's personal strength is indeed strong.
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On January 25, the Lakers lost 119-127 at home to the Portland Trail Blazers.
Lillard scored 48 points in the game, but what really caused the Lakers to lose was the Trail Blazers' power forward Hassan who traded from the Heat this season. Whiteside.
As a typical blue-collar interior lineman, Whiteside was like a god possessed in this game, scoring 30 points on 13-of-14 shooting from the field, and shooting a terrifying 92.9% from the field.
In addition, he also grabbed a full 17 rebounds, including 6 offensive rebounds, completely blowing up the Lakers' interior line, even if Howard was on the court, he couldn't stop the rampaging Huaishen.
With Lillard 48 points, Whiteside 30 and McCollum's 22, the Trail Blazers scored 100 points with just three of them.
Therefore, even if Wang Feng scored 37 points, 8 rebounds and 15 assists in this game, he was unable to turn the tide.
Wang Feng didn't take the loss of this game to heart, he had more important things to do than the game.
Early in the morning of January 26, Wang Feng dialed a certain phone.
"Dear King, is there anything that is the matter?"
The phone was connected, and a voice full of laughter rang, it was Kobe.
Wang Feng read out the words that had been prepared in advance.
"Hey, Kobe, I heard you're taking Gianna to a kid's basketball game tomorrow?" Wang Feng smiled and said, "Seriously, I'm quite interested in this, can you take me along?" ”
"Well, Gianna will be happy to know the news."
Bryant readily agreed, and was even a little happy.
Wang Feng is now the hottest star of the Lakers, not long ago the results of the third round of All-Star voting were released, although James fought to catch up in the second half, but Wang Feng still managed to hold the position of the vote king, becoming the Western vote king for the third consecutive year, and also the player with the most votes in the East and West.
Several children in Kobe's family like Wang Feng very much, and it is definitely a good thing for him to be able to attend Gianna's basketball game, especially Wang Feng put down a few days of vacation to enjoy it, but came to watch Gianna's basketball game, which can be regarded as giving Kobe enough face.
The two discussed the time of departure and hung up the phone.
"In that case, there should be no problem......
Wang Feng, who hung up the phone, thought silently.
January 27, 2020, was a sad day for any Kobe Bryant fan.
It was on this day that Bryant's helicopter crashed unexpectedly, killing all nine people on the plane.
What Wang Feng wants to do now is to change this history.
Of course, because it is a parallel time and space, Wang Feng himself is not even sure whether the air crash will happen like another time and space, just like the epidemic that was supposed to break out in December did not move until the end of January.
But compared with the epidemic where Wang Feng is powerless, Kobe Bryant's matter is at least something he can play a role, and the operation is very simple.
Just now, Wang Feng has said that he wants to attend Gianna's basketball game.
Kobe Bryant will definitely tell his daughter and the other young players on the team.
With Wang Feng's influence in Los Angeles, these little guys must be his fans, and Wang Feng is very welcome.
When the time comes, Wang Feng only needs to say that he is afraid to take a helicopter because of his fear of aircraft, and asks Kobe Bryant to travel by bus instead, so that he can perfectly avoid the possible disaster.