Wang's improvement in rebounding protection is mainly due to the strengthening of his ability to card to 90 after the end of last season.

The ability to attack and defend rebounding only improves the player's ability to judge and smell the rebounding point, while the ability to card is an important ability that directly determines the position under the basket.

The advantage of this ability is that Wang Feng can judge the opponent's position in advance and make a position, so that the opponent cannot fight for offensive rebounds.

On the court, judging a player's ability to protect rebounds is often not based on how many rebounds he can grab, but on the strength of his ability to card positions, after all, anyone can do it to grab rebounds, and even many guards are proficient in this, such as Westbrook, Rondo and others, but if you want to prevent the opponent from grabbing offensive rebounds, what you really need is a blue-collar player who can get stuck in the main position at any time.

Although the ability to card is the work of standard blue-collar players, but after Wang Feng strengthens it, the effect on the court is really quite good, the Lakers have no pressure on rebounding, and Lopez can also play longer on the court, unlike Howard, who has excellent frame protection ability but lags behind on the offensive end, as long as Lopez is on the court, the ability to shoot from a distance can allow him to pull up the projection space for the Lakers and improve the success rate of the offense.

Wang Feng's progress is really reflected in the overall strength of the Lakers, and the Lakers in the new season have significantly fewer shortcomings and stronger strength than last season.

And the unfamiliar cooperation between the Pelicans' Big Three also reminds many people that although they are all together this season, those Big Three combinations, which are mostly cobbled together at zero hour, really have an advantage in the face of the Lakers, who have teamed up for three seasons?

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In the third quarter of the game, the Pelicans regained their strength and fought to catch up, but no matter what kind of counterattack Brother Bush and Zion launched, the Lakers could resolve them one by one, and the difference was always around 20 points.

Soon the game entered the final fourth quarter, and the Pelicans played about 4 minutes in the fourth quarter.

The Lakers also replaced the main players, and a group of players sat on the court, quietly waiting for the first win of the new season.

"Jimmy, what's wrong?"

Wang Feng, who was sitting next to Butler, noticed that after the other party was sitting on the bench, he always frowned from time to time, rubbed his right leg, and couldn't help asking.

"It's nothing, it's just that I feel a little sore in the knee of my right leg, and I felt this way in the game just now, it seems that I accidentally twisted it, right?" Butler shook his head slightly and said, "It shouldn't be too serious, after all, I didn't feel any obvious pain when I was running on the field just now." ”

"It's better to check it out after the game." Wang Feng said that he did not take this matter to heart, and the reason why he chose Butler as the second leader of the team was because of Butler's technical characteristics and personality on the one hand, and on the other hand, it focused on his attendance in another time and space.

Wang Feng knows very well that in 2022 before his crossing, Butler has always maintained a relatively healthy competitive state, has not suffered any serious injuries, and has a higher attendance rate than George, Leonard, Durant, Davis and even James.

However, he never expected that Butler, who did not feel very serious, would find a very troublesome injury during the post-game examination.

It is true that Butler's injury is not very serious, and he can even continue to play, but with the high-intensity game and physical confrontation, the degree of knee injury will continue to accumulate and deepen, and I am afraid that it will become a serious problem by the time of the playoffs.

The Lakers' team doctor suggested that Butler's right knee problem should be completely resolved through surgery, but if surgery is performed, Butler is expected to recuperate for six to seven months.

This is no joke! Because it's late October, the six-month recuperation period means that Butler's comeback will not be until May next year! He will miss all games of the regular season and the first and second rounds of the playoffs.

This news is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue, which made the Lakers who had just beaten the Pelicans away by 20 points and won a good start.

Wang Feng was also a little speechless, Durant and Thompson did not suffer serious injuries because of the butterfly effect, and they are still alive and kicking, but they didn't expect Butler, who should have been healthy, to suffer this kind of injury.

After learning of the injury, Butler's first instinct was to avoid surgery, only physical and medication-assisted treatment to slow it down, and wait until the season was over and surgery in the offseason.

With a three-time winning streak on the horizon, how could a tough-guy Butler miss the only chance in his life to create a dynasty?

However, after careful consideration, Wang Feng persuaded Butler to make an appointment for surgery immediately.

"But, Wang, what will the team do if I have surgery?" Butler was torn.

"It's good that the team will hand it over to me, don't worry." Wang Feng said with a smile: "With me, Brandon and others, the team has no problem entering the playoffs, as long as you grit your teeth and survive the first and second rounds, you can return at the critical moment of the Western Finals, we have a chance to win the championship!" ”

Saying that, Wang Feng didn't wait for Butler to say anything, and immediately continued: "I know what you think, but you have also heard what the team doctor said, high-intensity sports and physical confrontation will deepen your injury, and now you may feel that you can hold on, but the regular season will take nearly five months, 82 regular season games, are you sure you can carry it?" ”

"If there is too much fatigue and injuries accumulated in the regular season, and the injury worsens, and we can't even play in the playoffs, we won't have a chance to win!"

Butler was silent, he knew that Wang Feng was right.

……

A day later, the Lakers officially made an announcement that forward Jimmy . Butler is expected to have six to seven months of recuperation due to a knee injury that will require six to seven months of recuperation, and his regular season reimbursement is announced ahead of schedule, and his playoff availability is in doubt.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the alliance.

No one expected that the Lakers, who had won two consecutive championships and were about to attack the three-time championship dynasty, actually suffered serious injuries to the main core after only one game in the regular season.

Although people are always accustomed to ignoring and despising Butler, his position in the Lakers team is quite important, and many Lakers fans have called Butler Wang Feng's "Pippen".

Butler's injury has dealt a heavy blow to the Lakers' outside offense and defense on both ends, and the Big Three configuration has been instantly reduced to a dual-core lineup, and one of the cores, Brandon. Ingram is still seen as a young player who hasn't fully developed yet.

"Unexpected flying accidents, Butler's accidental injury, caused the Lakers to fall directly from the ranks of the favorites to win the championship, even if Butler after surgery recovers very quickly, he will not be able to return until the Eastern and Western finals at the earliest."

"The question is, can the Lakers make it to the playoffs without Butler, and even if they can, will they make it to the Western Conference Finals?"

"Wang Feng may face the biggest challenge of his career, and whether he can withstand it is very likely to be an important reference for whether he can sit firmly in the position of the first person in the league today."

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While the outside world is discussing this matter, within the Lakers, head coach Walton has a headache over who will replace Butler.

But Wang Feng didn't even think about this question, and gave Wharton a standard answer straightforwardly.

"Let Poole give it a try."

Jordan. Poole, who was cut off by the Lakers in last year's draft and had little chance to play last season, is like a little transparent bench player, finally got his chance.

Wang Feng is very optimistic about Poole, after all, this is a guard who averaged 18.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4 assists per game in only three seasons, and is the third scorer on the team in the Warriors' 21-22 season, and he also got such data as a bench player, and his performance is very good.

In the past, when there was Butler, Poole could only be used as a substitute player, and Wang Feng didn't expect him to play much better, so he was hoarding talent.

Now that Butler is out for the regular season, Poole's importance has been raised all at once.

"Jordan?" Wharton was a little hesitant about Wang Feng's suggestion. "He's not too young, it's only his second season, and he didn't play particularly well last season. Teague is the starting point guard, Wang Feng, how about you top the scoring guard position? ”

Now Wang Feng can play almost all positions on the field, and can even play as the starting center, but obviously the position of point guard can maximize Wang Feng's advantages.

This reason is very easy to understand, Wang Feng, who is 2.01 meters tall, only has an obvious height advantage in the point guard position, and the dislocation advantage of small and big is really very obvious, which is from Magic Johnson and the current Philadelphia 76ers. Simmons could tell.

"We can try it first, the regular season is still a long time ahead and whoever starts the game is the key to helping the team win."

Wang Feng said.

Jeff. Teague was a really good player when he was younger, he was very fast and very lethal when he hit the basket.

However, as he grows older, Teague now lacks the explosiveness of his youth, and his long-range shooting lacks stability.

Last season, he averaged only 10.9 points and 5 assists per game, and in another time and space, in the next two seasons, Teague only had about half of his attendance, and his average data dropped to 6 points and 2 assists per game, completely reduced to a role player in the bench rotation.

The Lakers signed Jeff. Teague didn't mean Wang Feng, but the general manager Magic Johnson wanted to strengthen the guard line, after all, the Lakers' point guard position can't rely on Wang Feng alone, no matter how strong Wang Feng is, he can't stay on the court for the whole 48 minutes of the game, right?

But Johnson may be wrong, Wang Feng, who now holds three purple fatigue badges, is fully capable of playing the full 48 minutes on the court, and even if he can't do it on the court, it is not difficult to maintain an average of about 45 minutes per game.

In order to ensure the Lakers' record during Butler's recuperation, Wang Feng is mentally prepared to play every game.

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On October 20, the Lakers hosted the second game of the regular season on their home court and the first game after Butler's regular season was reimbursed.

Wharton followed Wang's suggestion and let Poole start as the team's scoring guard, and the Lakers' starting lineup also changed to Wang Feng, Poole, Ingram, Kuzma and Lopez.

The game was extremely close, and in the end, relying on Wang Feng's three-point kill, the Lakers defeated the Suns 132-130.

Wang Feng scored a game-high 44 points, along with 16 rebounds and 12 assists, including six offensive rebounds.

After strengthening the card position ability and offensive rebounding to 90, Wang Feng's rebounding level has risen, especially in offensive rebounding, with his keen sense of offensive rebounding and excellent bounce, there are always unexpected surprises.

Ingram scored 25 points on 10-of-24 shooting, while Kuzma scored 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting.

As for Poole, who started for the first time in his career, his performance was not satisfactory.

Apparently he didn't fit well in the starting position, shooting just 3-of-8 from the field and shooting just 37.5 percent from the field, scoring just eight points.

On the Suns' side, Booker scored a team-high 37 points, and the 18-year champion DeAndre was the best player in the game. Ayton got a big double-double of 30+12.

These two are the main reason why the Lakers have had a very tough game.

"Sure enough, the Lakers who lost Butler have greatly reduced their strength, and they have played so hard against the Suns, who finished third from the bottom in the West last season, although they have won two consecutive games at the beginning of the regular season, but the future of the Lakers is worrying."

"The Lakers head coach chose to let young rookie Jordan . Poole's replacement for Butler's position was obviously a bad decision, the rookie was inefficient offensively, running like a headless fly on the court, and the defensive end was seriously lacking. Booker scored a high 37 points under Poole's defense, and even Booker can score so easily, so you can imagine what it will be like when Poole faces the league's top scorers. ”

The Lakers, who have won two games without defeat, are not favored by anyone, especially the second game against the Suns is so difficult that even Lakers fans are a little worried.

But they didn't know that Booker, who was underestimated by them, has completely completed his basketball skills this season and has transformed into a strong scoring guard.

In another time and space, Booker partnered with Paul to directly let the Suns take off this season, and they went all the way to the finals!

Although the current Suns team does not have Paul, the overall strength is damaged, but it is by no means the level that was at the bottom of the West last season, and it is really a big mistake to look at the Suns from the perspective of a weak team.

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