Chapter 376: James: Let the horses come
Regarding the question of who is stronger Wade or Leonard, in fact, there is no need to dwell too much, Wade's peak period is undoubtedly during the 06-10 season, and then affected by a knee injury, the explosiveness he relies on the most to survive has been reduced, and his breakthrough ability has been seriously affected, although he still has All-Star level strength, but he has not reached the height of MVP.
But Leonard is different, the 18-21 season was the peak of Leonard's career, although Leonard's attendance began to plummet from 21 years, but at least at this stage he is absolutely healthy and in the best condition.
Therefore, compared with Leonard in this period and Wade in the time of Jenway's partner, Leonard must be stronger.
There was nothing wrong with having Leonard as the team's main attacker in the first place, and even if Butler was a very strong forward defender, he couldn't completely limit a scorer of Leonard's calibre.
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The Lakers have the ball, James avoids Wang Feng to play, but when it is Wang Feng's turn, he wants to stare at James to play.
Although James still has defensive ability, he can only be regarded as the middle and upper level of the league, which is far inferior to Leonard, after all, with his age, it is very rare to be able to maintain the top level of the league on the offensive end.
Standing at a 45-degree angle outside the three-point line on the right side with the ball, standing in front of Wang Feng was the Clippers' defensive guard Leonard.
But like James, Wang Feng also raised his hand and called for a block.
Unlike James, who is an interior center who comes out to block and dismantle, the Lakers came over to cover for Wang Feng, but it was small forward Ingram.
The quality of Ingram's pick-and-roll is actually not very good, but it is more or less a hindrance.
Wang Feng's blocking and dismantling is threatening, no one dares to underestimate it, after all, he has a three-point shot that is no less stable than Curry's, and his shooting speed is amazing.
As long as Wang Feng is given a little space, he will dare to pull out his hand directly!
Therefore, although Leonard was able to quickly bypass Ingram's defense, in order to avoid giving Wang Feng a chance, James, who was responsible for defending Ingram, still stepped up.
On the other side, Ingram didn't look back after the block, and went straight to the basket.
Although Leonard wants to wrap Wang Feng with James, Wang Feng, who averages 10+ assists per game in the regular season, will inevitably send a beautiful empty return shot directly to Ingram, so he can only grit his teeth and keep up with Ingram and not give Wang Feng a chance to pass the ball.
It's just that in this way, Wang Feng and James's 1V1 heads-up situation appeared.
"Don't you want to single me? I'm coming, let the horses come! ”
Seeing the situation at this point, James also said simply.
He wanted to avoid a heads-up with Wang Feng, not because he was really afraid of Wang Feng, but because he thought that it would be more beneficial to win the game.
The 36-year-old James has long passed the age of fighting bravely, and the accumulation of personal honor and the improvement of historical status are what he values most now.
But after all, he is a legendary superstar who has ruled an era, can Lian Po still be able to eat?
When James was fully serious, the feeling of oppression that should be engraved in his bones remained.
Such a James made Wang Feng cheer up.
This season, Wang Feng has surpassed James in the overall evaluation, and the overall rating of 98 is the highest among all active players.
But even so, Wang Feng feels that something is missing, even if he easily swept the Clippers who eliminated James in the first round last season, he still does not have the joy of defeating the old king.
It was not so much that Wang Feng defeated James, but that the Lakers defeated the Clippers, after all, Wang Feng had Butler, Ingram and other good players next to him, and the Clippers team at that time only had James.
But this time it's different.
James has the strongest helper in his career, and the overall strength of the two teams is equal, even if this season's James is no longer at the peak Thanos Zhan level of a few years ago, he is still one of the strongest people in the league.
Being able to defeat James head-on in this Western Conference Finals is also a matter of Wang Feng's obsession.
I finally crossed and got the system, how can I not really compete with the strongest James of this era?
In the era of warriors, Wang Feng was just a soy sauce player, at most it was the icing on the cake.
Last season, the Clippers had a poor lineup and couldn't win.
This season is already the last chance, because the longer it drags on, the worse James' competitive form will become.
"Hoo ——!"
Taking a deep breath, Wang Feng suddenly accelerated to start, and the first step of the Master Badge was instantly activated, accelerating towards James's left side.
The experienced James had already taken the first step to make a judgment, and immediately moved his steps and pasted Wang Feng.
But the speed of Wang Feng's breakthrough was too fast, and James was still half a beat slower and fell behind.
Wang Feng took advantage of the situation to accelerate further, jumped directly after taking two steps, and smashed a powerful dunk in the direction of the basket.
"Boom ——!"
The basket creaked overwhelmingly, demonstrating Wang Feng's formidable strength and unparalleled destructive power.
James followed closely behind Wang Feng, jumping up as Wang Feng jumped, trying to chase the hat behind Wang Feng.
However, Wang Feng's jump height greatly exceeded his expectations, and he failed to block it.
Looking at Wang Feng, James' eyes were full of what he looked like when he was young, and at this moment he suddenly realized that he was really old.
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In the first few minutes of the game, the two teams were in a difficult battle.
Wang Feng constantly uses his personal ability to create killing points, and on the other side, the main scoring force on the Clippers' side is still dominated by Leonard.
Although Wang Feng beat a few by blocking and dismantling, the experienced James still knows how to win the game more efficiently.
However, the gap in the strength of the starting lineup still made the Clippers gradually fall behind.
Compared with the Lakers, who can shoot from a distance at all five positions and have a huge space advantage, Jordan Jr., the center of the Clippers, is a big drag.
Jordan Jr. is essentially no different from Howard, maybe slightly faster than Howard, but that's also compared to the interior center, and is still an extremely slow blue-collar center type compared to the shorter centers in the small-ball system.
In this way, players who can only grab rebounds, protect the rim and catch the ball and eat cakes are basically on the verge of elimination in the league, and unless there is a suitable tactical system partner, it is difficult to find a way out.
The Clippers aren't a three-point shooting team, but James and Leonard are even the ones with Luis. Williams are players who are good at attacking the frame, and the presence of Jordan Jr. makes the interior extremely crowded, which naturally affects their effect on the rim with the ball in disguise.