Chapter 411: Double 50+ Score in the Finals

"Wang Feng's defensive strategy against Owen was quite successful, and the opponent was almost powerless in the face of Wang Feng's defense, and even his teammates couldn't successfully score when they blocked and dismantled."

"If this situation continues to develop, then the Nets are afraid that they will lose this game!"

Of course, the Nets also understand this truth, so they took the initiative to replace Irving as soon as the game came up in the second quarter, while Durant continued to increase his output and constantly use his personal ability to score.

After Irving left the court, in the face of the Nets' backup point guard, Wang Feng did not choose to turn to defend Durant, but continued to stare at the opponent's backup point guard and put more energy into the offense.

The strategy against Durant is simple, as long as Wang Feng scores higher than Durant.

Durant hit a precise long-range shot from outside the three-point line a moment ago, and Wang Feng immediately followed straight to the basket and dunked.

Durant hit a back-to-back jumper under the basket, and Wang Feng broke through and scored a mid-range pull-up jumper.

The duo's individual scores continued to increase steadily in the second quarter, with a hot touch and multiple free throws, Durant played a wave of explosive performances in the second quarter, scoring 17 points in a single quarter, and his personal score at halftime had reached 31 points.

Wang Feng scored 25 points in the first half, as well as 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and his comprehensive performance was not inferior to Durant.

However, even with Durant's excellent performance, the Nets' point gap has not narrowed, and not only that, but the score gap has widened to more than double digits.

Halfway through the second quarter, Irving was replaced, and Nets head coach Nash knew very well that if Irving, one of the Big Three, didn't play, it would be really difficult to beat the opponent.

Either way, help Owen find his touch.

After returning to the court, Irving received a lot of cover assistance, even double blocking and off-ball screening, and finally managed to score 2 goals under the basket and score 4 points.

But even so, Irving still shot 2-of-8 from the field and shot just 25 percent.

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"It seems that in this game, Kevin feels better than Wang Feng."

On the commentary stage, Barkley shook his head and said: "After all, Kevin, who has been a four-time scoring champion and is considered to be the strongest scorer in the league today. Durant, scoring ability is indeed not to be underestimated. ”

"Not necessarily." Kenny, who used to be a shooter. Smith shook his head. "Don't forget what Wang Feng's nickname is, he is the king of the last quarter, in the past games, Wang Feng's real scoring explosion period was concentrated in the second half of the game, especially the last moment of the fourth quarter!"

"At this point, Durant and Wang Feng are completely opposite, Durant's scoring explosion period is mostly concentrated in the first half, and although it can maintain a stable scoring efficiency in the second half of the game, the shooting rate will drop significantly compared to the first half, and it is difficult to say who will score higher between the two in the end!"

Durant's fitness is mediocre, and that's no secret in the league.

Of course, as a top player, Durant's physical fitness is definitely qualified, even better than most players, but if you compare horizontally, compared with James, Kobe Bryant and other physical monsters who can play the whole game, it is a little less interesting.

Throughout Durant's career, in a normal season of the regular season, the most minutes played were during the rookie contract, and even when he was the youngest and most energetic, he averaged only about 39 minutes per game, never reaching more than 40 minutes.

Throughout Durant's career, there have only been 7 times in a single game with more than 50+ points.

That's not a low number, and it can be ranked 6th among active players, but that's where the problem lies.

Durant, who was once known as the league's strongest scorer, can only rank 6th among active players in the league in terms of the number of 50+ points scored in a single game.

It's just that James has scored more 50+ points than Durant, after all, the former joined the league earlier than Durant, but the other four are Wang Feng, Harden, Curry and Lillard, all of whom joined the league later than Durant.

Among them, Harden, as Durant's former teammate, was the best sixth man for the Thunder for three years, and during those three years, he almost did nothing in scoring, and his highest season average was only 16.8 points per game.

But after Harden moved to the Rockets, he began to perform against the sky, especially since the 17-18 season, averaging 30.4 points, 36 points, and 34.4 points per game.

scored 30+ points in three consecutive seasons, although he failed to win even one scoring championship because of Wang Feng, and was controversial because of the porcelain fake fall, but Harden's growth in scoring ability has still been recognized by the majority of fans, and even many people think that Harden's scoring ability has completely surpassed Durant.

In the 8 seasons of the Rockets, Harden has scored 23 50+ points, ranking first in the league today, and even Wang Feng's current 50+ scoring has only reached 20.

Durant, on the other hand, has a longer career than Harden, but he only scored 50+ points 7 times, and none of them scored 60+ points, not even 55 points, and his career high was 54 points in a single game.

The most important part that restricts Durant's scoring explosiveness is physical fitness!

Compared with Durant, Wang Feng's performance as a physical monster is too exaggerated.

With a physical strength value of up to 99, coupled with a strong finisher, three purple fatigue badges for defending the perpetual motion machine and the perpetual motion machine shooter, Wang Feng's physical fitness is completely comparable to that of James, Kobe, and Iverson's famous iron man, and even more physical than them.

This is also the reason why Wang Feng was able to score 83 points in a single game this season.

As the game entered the third quarter, it became more apparent.

Durant was rested in the third quarter, but Wang Feng was still on the court.

When there was not much pressure on the defensive end, Wang Feng saved more physical energy and could play the whole game.

Under the leadership of Wang Feng, the Lakers successfully launched a wave of 12:4 attacks, and the score difference was once widened to more than 20 points.

The situation was critical, and Nash had to change to an all-main lineup in advance to stabilize the situation.

Durant and George continued to rely on their individual ability to score, little by little, it was difficult to recover the point difference behind.

This continued into the second half of the fourth quarter.

Relying on Irving's sudden recovery in the fourth quarter of the game, he scored 8 points in a row, and the Nets finally closed the difference.

"It's almost time, it's time to close the net."

Watching the game time gradually enter the last 2 minutes, the corners of Wang Feng's mouth were slightly hooked.

On the other side, everyone on the Nets team also looked serious.

The title of the king of the last quarter really didn't come for nothing, and several players, including Durant, have had a deep experience.

Now it is hard to chase the difference to about 5 points, and if you can't successfully curb Wang Feng's score in the last 2 minutes, then the efforts ahead will be in vain!

When the Lakers attacked and Wang Feng held the ball, he immediately found that the Nets adjusted their defensive strategy, and the player who marked him changed from George to Durant, and George did not switch defenses with Durant, but stood on the side not far away in a pseudo-joint defense.

A very simple and intuitive defensive strategy, with Durant with tall arms to limit Wang Feng's three-point shooting, if Wang Feng uses the advantage of speed to break through Durant, George will be the first to step forward to help defend and join forces with Durant to form a trap.

Meanwhile, the Nets also have Jarrett under the basket. Aaron, the last line of defense.

This is already the highest level of defense that the Nets can arrange.

But in Wang Feng's opinion, it is still a little bit less interesting.

Durant + George's outside defense is obviously a lot worse than the Clippers' Leonard + James in terms of level.

With a flash of light in his eyes, in the face of Durant's defense, Wang Feng directly took a step back, opened the distance and then pulled out his hand directly!

Wang Feng's move made Durant stunned slightly.

Because Wang Feng was already on the three-point line, and he was still a little far from the three-point line, under this withdrawal, he was not even close to the three-point line.

Even Wang Feng often plays this kind of drama of hitting three-pointers from a long distance in daily games, but this distance coupled with the impact of the backward step action on the hand, it is not so easy to hit.

Moreover, although Durant was stunned for a moment, he reacted quickly, and almost immediately followed up and reached out to try to block.

After all, with the advantage of height and arm length, Durant's palm completely interfered with Wang Feng's line of sight, and even almost touched the basketball.

However, the basketball flew into the air, crossed a perfect parabola, and then accurately responded to the net.

Key Shooter Badge Activated!

Marksman Badge Activated!

Ranged Turret Badge Activated!

With the blessing of three high-level badges, Wang Feng's shooting accuracy in the last 2 minutes of the final quarter was amazing.

The Nets' home fans were silent, their faces filled with despair.

Wang Feng in the last section is really too ruthless, how can he fight this?

The Nets possessed the ball and the basketball was given to Durant.

But the player standing in front of Durant was replaced by Wang Feng.

In the last two minutes, Wang Feng will defend Durant.

Durant opted to call for a pick-and-roll screen, followed by a mid-range pullup jump shot.

Wang Feng immediately bypassed the blocking player and raised his hand to interfere.

Purple Defensive Shock Badge Activated!

"Bang!"

The basketball bounced off the top edge of the basket and was pocketed by Kuzma.

It's over, even Durant can't do it!

There is only a little more than a minute left before the end of the game, but the difference is 8 points, and the ball is still on the side of the Lakers.

"It looks like this game is going to end early."

On the commentary stage, O'Neal shook his head regretfully, although as a Lakers celebrity, he supported the Lakers to win, but if he could, he still wanted to watch a more exciting matchup at the last moment.

But fortunately, the expectations of the other crowd came true.

The Lakers attacked, and Wang Feng made a strong layup under the Nets' three-man package, although the layup was blocked by Jarrett . Allen slapped and flew away, but successfully got the whistle, the Nets defended the foul, and Wang Feng made 2 free throws and 2 hits.

The point difference returned to 10 points in a blink of an eye, and the double-digit point difference and the last 1 minute of the game made the Nets decisively give up their foul tactics and surrender.

As the full-time end whistle blew, the first game of the Finals ended with the Lakers winning.

At 127:120, the Lakers scored seven points at home with the Nets.

The Lakers and the Nets, the two teams with the strongest offensive firepower in the league, did not disappoint the majority of fans, and staged an offensive feast in the first game of the Finals.

Among them, the performance of Wang Feng and Durant is particularly eye-catching.

Kevin. Durant didn't have much pressure in this game because of Ingram, a defensive player, and he felt hot, shooting 19 of 28 in the game, shooting 67.9%, 5 of 9 three-pointers were also more than 50%, plus 9 of 11 free throws, and scored 52 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

The 52 points is Durant's playoff personal scoring record, and it is also the first time he has scored 50+ points on the Finals stage, setting a new personal record.

Unfortunately, this record was a milestone, and although he scored 52 points, he could not win the game.

But it can't be helped, who let Durant score 52 points and fail to beat Wang Feng on the offensive end?

In this game, Wang Feng also scored 50+ points, and was 2 points higher than Durant, with 54 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists, and a super triple-double.

Wang Feng's shooting percentage is slightly lower than Durant's, mainly because most of his shots are concentrated outside the three-point line, shooting 10-of-21 from beyond the three-point line, and the three-point shooting rate is 47.6%.

"Congratulations to Wang Feng and the Lakers for winning the game, and also congratulations to Wang Feng and Durant for scoring 50+ points at the same time, becoming the first pair in NBA history to score 50+ points on the finals stage at the same time, and their names will be permanently recorded in NBA history!"

"But sure enough, the Lakers' defensive strategy is better, and the tactic of letting Wang Feng mark Irving throughout the whole process is completely correct."

Unlike Durant, Irving really doesn't have any good way to deal with Wang Feng.

Relying on a slight recovery in the second half, Irving barely scored 14 points in the game, but only 5 of 13 shots in the game, shooting 38% from the field, and also had 5 turnovers.

The second highest scoring on the Nets' side was Paul, who had 23 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. George, and his counterpart was Butler, who had 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Although the duel between the two All-Star forwards is not as dazzling as Wang Feng and Durant, it is also very exciting, and it is completely evenly matched.

But in this way, Ingram has become the key to victory for the Lakers.

Although defending Durant throughout the whole process and allowing the opponent to score a high score of 52 points, Ingram also played well on the offensive end, scoring 25 points and 5 rebounds on 11-of-17 shooting, scoring even higher than Butler and George.

As a result, even though the Nets still have excellent role players like Dinwiddie and Griffin, and they all score double-doubles, they still can't make up for the gap between the Big Three.