Barkley has watched the video of Wang Feng's game, in his opinion, Wang Feng is just a little faster, and then the shooting rate outside the three-point line is good, the kind of play that avoids physical confrontation as much as possible, in the eyes of Barkley, who is good at scoring against opponents, is not worth mentioning.

Buckley does have crazy capital.

Last season, the Suns lost seven games against the Rockets in the Western Conference semifinals, which is not much worse than the Knicks, and in terms of personal honors, Barkley, who only won the regular season MVP two years ago, is in the limelight, and he has no reason to show weakness in the face of the Knicks whose record is not as good as the Suns, and his personality has never been the type to show weakness.

Otherwise, he would not have been deflated one after another because of his big mouth when he became a basketball commentator in the future.

……

With Barkley's foreshadowing, the outside world is also looking forward to this strong matchup.

On the Knicks' side, they easily eliminated the two opponents before meeting the Suns, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Charlotte Hornets.

The Clippers don't mention it, although the Charlotte Hornets have Moninggallari. Johnson's combination, but it can only be regarded as a second-rate team in the East, belongs to the team that is working hard for a playoff spot, and cannot have any impact on the current momentum of the Knicks.

The two neat victories also brought the Knicks' winning streak to 17 games, and they were only one game away from tying the team's all-time winning streak, which was the focus of the home game against the Phoenix Suns.

However, before this battle of focus, there was a small episode.

In the game with the Hornets, Oakley accidentally twisted his ankle when competing for a rebound with Mourning, and originally thought it was just a slight sprain, but after a detailed examination after the game, the team doctor gave Oakley a report that he needed to be suspended for a month to recuperate.

Oakley was stupid when he heard the news, because he didn't feel any serious discomfort in his ankle.

But the team doctor's advice must not be taken, after all, Oakley is also in his thirties, and often has fierce confrontations with opponents' interior players, in order to ensure his health and career, he can only choose to take a break to recuperate.

But in this way, Pat. Riley will have to have a headache when playing against the Suns, the question of who will defend Barkley.

As a typical short interior player, Barkley has one thing to say is still quite difficult to deal with, facing a taller interior player, he can use the flexible and agile body of a big center to score, and in the face of a faster player, he can use his tonnage and big ass to force arch to the basket.

In the past, when the Knicks met the Suns, it was Oakley who dealt with Barkley, and it is not surprising that the two villains had a fierce confrontation no matter how fierce.

But now, Oakley is out due to injury, and the Knicks don't have a player who can match Barkley.

Then Riley remembered when Wang Feng first came to the team, and he and Oakley wrestled for rebounds under the basket.

Although Wang Feng's style of play in recent games is more biased towards outside shooters, the real confrontation picture that is almost fist-to-flesh still makes Riley remember it vividly.

"Wang Feng."

Before the game against the Suns, Riley found Wang Feng in the locker room.

"In this game, if I put you against Ross Barkley, do you have the confidence to limit his play?"

Wang Feng was slightly stunned when he heard this, and immediately laughed.

"Of course, coach, I've wanted to take on the league's top striker for a long time."

Wang Feng is quite satisfied with coming to this era, although he is limited by the times and has a lot less entertainment, but he can fight against many superstars in this era, which is also what Wang Feng wants.

Barkley was the first top superstar of this era that Wang Feng came into contact with.

Unlike Miller, who has a career total of only 88, this is a true superstar, who has won the regular season MVP, 11 career All-Stars, and 11 All-Star teams.

According to Buckley's rating at his peak in 2K games, his overall rating should be 96!

In the position of power forward, looking at all the stars in history, I am afraid that only Duncan, Malone, and Brother Alphabet can suppress him, and whether Garnett and Nowitzki can beat Barkley remains to be debated.

Wang Feng is limited by the age of his career, and the only one he has ever fought against is Brother Alphabet, and now he has the opportunity to play against Barkley, who is still in his prime, and he is naturally very happy.

……

Madison Square Garden was packed to market tonight, with nearly 20,000 players filling all seats and cheering.

For the first time, the Knicks handed out home T-shirts during the regular season, turning the entire court into a sea of white.

On the big screen at the top of the center of the court, a few simple big characters are displayed.

"18 wins in a row!"

The Knicks, who have won 17 in a row, only need to win this game to tie the best winning streak in team history, and they fully deserve this grand occasion.

Coach Zhang and Coach Su were once again shocked by the NBA's cards.

Experiencing the atmosphere from the scene is a completely different concept from watching it only through video tape before.

"When will we be able to hold such a league in Huaguo?"

Director Zhang looked envious.

He has received news that China's professional league, referred to as the A-League, has begun to prepare, and the first season will have 12 teams participating.

The format of the A-League is to a certain extent a reference to the football league, with a relegation system, which will relegate the two teams with the worst record to the A-League every year, and then promote the two teams with the best record in the A-League to the A-League.

This format can ensure that the teams in the league are competitive enough, and it is also a test for the basketball association to explore the development of the basketball league.

Director Zhang doesn't know when the domestic basketball league will grow to the NBA, but at least it has a good start now.

……

The topic is far away, let's get down to business.

As the Knicks' starters came on the pitch to the cheers of the fans, the players of both teams began to warm up, and then the substitutes came off the court, leaving only the starters on the court waiting for the jump ball to officially start the game.

Barkley easily found Wang Feng on the Knicks' side, after all, the unique yellow skin is really a bit eye-catching in the NBA, which is dominated by blacks and whites.

"That's the kid......"

Barkley muttered under his breath. "It doesn't look like much......

Recently, Wang Feng's name has been appearing on the front pages of various sports newspapers, and under the instruction of NBA President Stern, the exposure rate once surpassed all the current stars in the league, like a rising star.

And Wang Feng's performance really lived up to expectations.

Appeared in 11 NBA regular season games, Wang Feng started 9 games, played 2 games off the bench, played an average of 30 minutes per game, and his personal data has been stable at 28.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 3.4 steals, with a shooting rate of 58%, a three-point shooting rate of 44%, and an efficiency value leading the league.

Although he seemed disdainful in the face of the media, Oakley was also very interested in Wang Feng, who suddenly appeared and scored like chopping melons and vegetables.

The Knicks' starting five were point guard John Brown. Starks, shooting guard Derek. Harper, small forward Wang Feng, power forward Charles. Smith, center Patrick. Ewing.

As for the five starters on the Suns' side, Wang Feng stared at it for a long time and found that he only knew Barkley......

That's right, in the peak years of Barkley's career, he has always been a standard single-core leader, although there are All-Star players on the team, but most of them have only entered the All-Star once, and their career data is quite average.

Last summer, the Suns finally signed a strong player, the '88 No. 1 pick, Danny Brown. Manning, a 2.08-meter-tall interior player, is quite good, and at his peak he can contribute 23.7 points and 7 rebounds per game.

The Suns had hoped that Manning would be Barkley's right-hand man, and that was the case at the start of the season.

Manning averaged 33 minutes per game, contributing 17.9 points to the team and shooting 54.7% from the field, but the good times were short-lived, and Manning quickly fell into injury trouble, and he couldn't play in this game.

As for the team's other All-Star guard, Kevin. Johnson, his long level is just similar to Starks.

Barkley can lead such a team to a super high win rate in the more competitive West, and the ability to lead the team is indeed better than Ewing.

……

It's just that today's protagonists are not Ewing and Barkley, but Wang Feng and Barkley.

The center of the two teams jumped the ball, and Ewing, who was 2.13 meters, easily beat the center of the Suns, who was only 2.06 meters tall. Green.

Knicks offense.

As soon as Wang Feng took action, he found that Barkley was coming straight towards him.

The commentary at the scene also discovered this scene.

As soon as the game started, Charles immediately found the king! Obviously, he wants to defend Wang Feng in person in this game! ”

What about Barkley's defense?

can only be said to be decent, Barkley's rebounding ability is very strong, especially offensive rebounding, which makes people completely unbelievable that this is an interior player who is only 1.98 meters tall.

However, the restriction of height can never be concealed, Barkley will suffer from height when playing against many interior players, even if he has the strength to not lose to any interior player, he can only be helpless to be scored by the opponent successfully.

Barkley has won the All-Defensive Team 11 times throughout his career, five of which were All-Defensive Team, but he has not won the All-Defensive Team once, which shows that his defense is really not very good.

But even so, when he really got serious, the entire Suns team, there were really few people who were stronger defensively than him.

"Boy, I heard that you are very powerful, let me see it?"

Barkley looked at Wang Feng and said provocatively.

"Wow."

Wang Feng nodded, and then directly reached out and took the initiative to ask for the ball.

This scene was seen by the fans in the stands, and they were all excited.

"Wang Feng wants to take the initiative to beat Barkley alone, I really didn't expect it to be so exciting as soon as I came up!"

Seeing this, Starks, who was in control of the ball, couldn't help but look at Ewing.

Although Wang Feng's score has far surpassed Ewing recently, the Knicks' boss is Ewing is not Wang Feng, and the first shot is usually handed over to Ewing to deal with.

Ewing didn't mind Wang Feng's arrogance, and he also wanted to know what kind of performance Wang Feng would have in the face of a star of Barkley's level, after all, this will directly determine whether the Knicks can win the championship this season.

Starks passed the ball to Wang Feng, then ran to the corner of the three-point line, and looked lively with peace of mind.

Wang Feng stands at a 45-degree angle to the right of the three-point line, which is also the position he is most accustomed to, and is in the effective range of the hot zone hunter badge, whether it is a dry three-point or a breakthrough with the ball, he can maximize his power.

Watching Wang Feng put on a three-threat pose, Barkley also lowered his center of gravity, he knew that Wang Feng's first step to break through with the ball was very fast, so he was fully prepared.

But even so, the moment Wang Feng activated, Barkley was still shocked by his speed.

Wang Feng, whose speed and agility are as high as 94, with the blessing of the First Step Master Badge, the breakthrough speed is too fast.

The moment Wang Feng had already passed by Barkley's side, he finally reacted, and turned sideways to chase Wang Feng, but how could he catch up with his speed?

In the blink of an eye, the two opened a gap in position.

Wang Feng rushed straight to the basket at a very fast speed, still starting with the familiar tomahawk splitting and dunking, instantly detonating the whole court.

The Knicks' home fans stood up one after another and cheered loudly for Wang Feng's crisp slam dunk.

The goal was scored against Ross Barkley, which was even more significant.

"Good Fellow......"

Barkley, who was following behind Wang Feng, couldn't help but smack his lips.

Judging from the video, it was a completely different concept from the actual experience, and now he finally realized how strong Wang Feng's breakthrough speed was.

"It seems to be a little slower than Grant (Hill), but it's almost the same as Michael (Jordan), no wonder he's been so hot lately, and this ability to break through with the ball in his hands alone is enough to make him the league's top scorer."

"It's just that this is not a reason for your kid to be arrogant! Although I don't think Miller's guy is very pleasing to the eye, but you, a newcomer, dare to comment like that on a star player who has made a name for himself in the league, where do we put our faces on the back? ”

Barkley smiled and turned to run in the direction of the Knicks' backcourt.

Suns baseline serve, guard Danny. Angie dribbled past halfcourt and immediately looked for Barkley's position, and Barkley had already gone straight to the Knicks' interior by this time.

It was only at this time that he was stunned to find that Wang Feng was actually standing beside him.

“…… You're going to defend me? ”

Barkley looked at Wang Feng and asked in surprise.

"Of course." Wang Feng replied as a matter of course. "You could have gone to defend me just now, why didn't you allow me to defend against you?"

Barkley: "......"

"Boy, are you serious?"

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