Chapter 475: 24 Winning Streak and Dominating Skill Selection
Hardaway's strength can be said to be very good, he can steadily contribute 20+5+7 data in the second season of his career, O'Neal can lead the Magic team all the way through this season, and even eliminate Jordan's return Bulls to reach the finals, Hardaway has contributed a lot.
What's more, he was only 24 years old at this time, and the future was promising.
But Wang Feng knew that Hardaway's peak was the years of his rookie contract.
In the four-year rookie contract, except for the first season, Hardaway can play an average of about 20+5+6 per game in the remaining three seasons, and the shooting percentage is also stable at about 50%, which is indeed a very good second-in-command role.
However, with O'Neal's transfer to the Lakers and Hardaway's single-core team, the problem immediately became apparent.
First, the shooting percentage dropped from 50% to 44%, and then the high-intensity game led to injuries, and without O'Neal's defense to attract opponents, Hardaway's performance was like Wang Xiaoer's New Year, and it was not as good as a year.
In his second season, Hardaway played only 19 games, averaging 16.4 points per game, and in the next two seasons, although he ensured an attendance rate of about 80%, his personal data still hovered around 16 points.
The Magic, who lost patience with Hardaway, eventually traded Hardaway to the Suns, who disappeared even more after arriving with the Suns, and finally chose to retire after the 07-08 season after the Knicks and Heat.
In terms of strength, Hardaway is indeed quite good, having been selected as an All-Star four times in his career, and has won honors twice and three times in three times. Miller wants to be even better.
But his strength is limited to this, this is not a superstar player who can support a team on his own to be Wang Feng's opponent...... It's also obviously not qualified.
On Feb. 5, the Knicks arrived in Orlando for a fierce battle with the Magic.
The youthful O'Neal taught Ewing a good lesson, shooting 17-of-28 from the field and 7-of-13 from the free-throw line to finish with 41 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists.
In comparison, Ewing's 22 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, which were opposite O'Neal all the way, were slightly inferior.
It's not for nothing that Ewing is at the bottom of the big four, and in the competition with the other three top centers in the league, he usually struggles to gain the upper hand unless he has a particularly good hand.
However, despite losing in the center matchup, the Knicks defeated the Magic 110-103 to win the game.
The reason is very simple, Wang Feng broke Hardaway.
is also a 2.01-meter-tall striker with a weight of nearly 88 kilograms, although Hardaway's speed is very good, his physical confrontation ability is not a little worse than Wang Feng.
Throughout the game, Hardaway was extremely uncomfortable in the face of Wang Feng's defense, with a golden All-Star level death winding badge, and at the same time, Wang Feng, who was no less fast than himself, and showed a crushing trend in terms of strength, Hardaway was completely unilaterally suppressed.
Hardaway scored just 13 points on 4-of-11 shooting from the field, shooting 36 percent from the field.
On the other hand, Wang Feng shot 10 of 18, 4 of 8 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws, and scored 30 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists to put it mildly.
"Even one of Jordan's hand-picked successors, Anfernee is not Wang Feng's opponent? It seems that Wang Feng already has the strength of the top outside player in the league!"
"Is it possible that Wang Feng is the closest player to Jordan's successor?" ….
Since Jordan's retirement, there have been endless discussions about Jordan's successor in the league, and excellent outside players have high hopes. Hill & Anferne. Hardaway.
Hill and Hardaway were both rookies in '94, and during his rookie season, Hill steadily overtook Hardaway, sharing the best rookie with Jason Kidd with 19.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5 assists.
Entering the second year, Hill's average of 20 points, 9.8 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game seems to have an advantage over Hardaway's 21+5+7
It's not so obvious anymore.
In addition, Hardaway's Magic team has a better record than Hill's Pistons, so the two can only be regarded as a barely equal in the selection of Jordan's successor, and who can be better depends on the subsequent performance of both sides.
Who would have thought that Wang Feng's birth seemed to break this pairing situation.
defeated Miller first, then subdued Barkley, and now unilaterally defeated Hardaway, the more Wang Feng's strength is displayed in front of people, the more shocking it is.
The only regret is that Wang Feng, who is 30 years old, is actually only 2 years younger than Jordan himself, and there is almost no future to talk about.
Who can expect a 30-year-old player to continue to improve and get stronger?
After all, as a professional basketball player, 30 years old is equivalent to a cut-off point, which means that a player's physical, technical, and game experience have all reached their peak, and they will usher in the strongest stage of their career.
But after the glory comes the trough, before the age of 30, the player's competitive level and ability will improve, but after the age of 30, the player is left with only a continuous decline.
With the victory over the Magic, the Knicks' winning streak officially reached 21 games, officially enjoying the honor of the second consecutive winning streak in NBA history.
People are starting to wonder more about how far the Knicks' winning streak can go.
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On Feb. 7, the Knicks won 98-95 at home against the Milwaukee Bucks, snapping a 22-game winning streak.
On February 8, the Knicks played the Pacers again, and Reggie, who had been beaten by Wang Feng for only 10 points in the 100-point system. Miller and the Pacers were aggressive in their attempt to avenge the killing, only to be slaughtered again at 77:96.
Wang Feng made 7-of-10 three-pointers in front of Miller and scored 39 points, while the latter only scored 18 points.
Knicks 23 consecutive wins achieved!
On February 14, the Knicks played away against the Pistons, and Wang Feng and the second Jordan hand-picked successor Grant. Hill counterpoint.
I have to admit that the single-round talent, Hill at his peak is far more outstanding than Hardaway.
Hill, who is 2.03 meters tall, weighs 102 kilograms, and while his confrontation ability far exceeds Hardaway, his speed is not inferior to Hardaway, especially his lightning-like first breakthrough, and his speed is comparable to Wang Feng, who has the blessing of the badge.
Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that Wang Feng's first step master badge is only at the gold all-star level rather than the purple hall of fame level, but this is enough to show that Hill's talent is strong.
It's a pity that such a talented player ended up being ruined by injury and doing nothing.
There are simply too many such geniuses in the league.
Hill, Roy, Rose...... Therefore, what a player can achieve really has a lot to do with his ability to resist. ….
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To get back to the point, Hill's performance in the face of Wang Feng was obviously much stronger than Hardaway, 11 of 21 shots, 3 of 4 free throws, 25 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, although there were 4 turnovers, but the performance was already remarkable.
Of course, Wang Feng once again scored 33 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in the confrontation with Hill, and gained the upper hand in the direct competition against him.
The Knicks beat the Pistons 106-94 to bring their winning streak to 24.
The whole league was a little shocked.
Knicks: This is going to heaven! Before you know it, they have won 24 in a row, and they are only 9 wins away from the Lakers' 33 consecutive wins.
While the entire league was amazed by the strength of the Knicks, Wang Feng was a little dissatisfied with the results of the confrontation with Hill.
Although he is already a numerical monster with a total rating of 99 full value, he is not invincible in the real sense, and it is obvious that his offense is far stronger than his defense.
In the future, too, when facing the league's top players such as James, Brother Alphabet, and Durant, Wang Feng has no way to effectively limit their play, and usually he wins the game by scoring more points than these players.
If Durant scores 40 points, then he will score 50 points
When his mother brother scored 50 points, he scored 60 points, and while scoring higher than the opponent, Wang Feng's assists far exceeded the opponent's, so it naturally became easier to win the game.
Wang Feng's defensive badge was really useful when he first joined the league, the purple defensive shock can greatly interfere with the shooter's shooting rate, the golden death coil, and the interceptor and bag master can also make him do more with less on the defensive end.
But now it seems that the number of badges on his defensive end is still too small, especially the serious shortage of interior defensive badges, such as the elite of the rim, the master of back defense, and the quick reaction of the extremely cost-effective defensive badges have not been activated, resulting in his weakness in the face of the interior offense, and he can only rely on a high defensive ability value to support the defense.
Wang Feng's defensive awareness, interior defense and other ability values are only in the early 90s, and have not been strengthened to the full value of 99.
This is also the reason why in the game with the Pistons, Wang Feng did not have a good way to take Hill.
The golden death entanglement was not enough to have much effect on Hill, who was in no way inferior to his first breakthrough, and even Wang Feng had a hard time trying to keep up.
While basketball isn't a one-man game, it's not realistic to single-handedly defend against all the top stars in the league.
But it's Jordan who he's going to fight after that! Hill is just the chosen successor.
If Wang Feng can't even prevent a successor who has not yet fully grown up, how will he fight Jordan in the future?
Of course, he is confident that he can score more points than Jordan in every game, but if he can't beat Jordan on both offensive and defensive ends, it always feels like it's a bit of a loss.
"Thankfully, I didn't rush to redeem the Juggernaut skill, and now I finally know how to choose the Juggernaut skill!"
After the system update, the Juggernaut module has been added, and the functions are the same as the Juggernaut mode in 2K.
Leading the Cavaliers to the championship and winning the regular season MVP allowed Wang Feng to earn two purple self-selected badges, which can be directly exchanged for the Juggernaut skill.
Two purple badges of your choice, which allow you to choose two Juggernaut abilities, one for the primary and one for the secondary juggernaut. ….
The first dominant skill Wang Feng chose was to lock the defender, which is also known as the defense in other 2K series: single defense.
The effect of this domination skill is that when the domination skill is activated, it can directly cancel out the dominance skill of the defensive object, strengthen the defensive effect, and further force the opponent to stop or even drop the ball in the ball-holding attack, and the ability to interfere with shooting will also be greatly improved.
In 2K games, the effect of this juggernaut skill is introduced like this, anyway, when Wang Feng plays, whenever he turns on this juggernaut skill, no matter who the object of defense is, even if it is the highest game difficulty, it is difficult for the opponent to score the ball.
Wang Feng also doesn't know what the effect of this mastery skill will be transformed into in reality, but the effect of this mastery skill is undoubtedly powerful, once the juggernaut is activated, coupled with his super high defensive value, even if Jordan comes, I am afraid he will have to scold his mother.
After locking the defender as his primary mastery skill, Wang Feng began to select the secondary mastery skill.
Regarding the secondary domination skill, Wang Feng still decided to choose the marksman domination skill.
His strongest now is still shooting, 99 three-pointers, 99 mid-range shots, and a large number of shooting badges, if you don't maximize the effect of ability, it's really a bit of a waste.
Wang Feng can fully imagine how unreasonable his scoring ability will be once the marksman's domination skill is activated, stacked with a large number of shooting badges, and the purple Hall of Fame-level key shooter activated at the end of the fourth quarter of the game.
In contrast, whether it is the dominant skills of breaking, organization, offense under the basket, and interior defense, none of them are more realistic.
In the final analysis, as an outside player, Wang Feng's offensive and defensive ability on the inside line is completely fine as long as he has enough deterrence, and there is no need to really do everything and everything is perfect, and the conditions at this stage cannot do this.
When Wang Feng's all attributes are increased to the full value of 99, and all badges are strengthened to the Purple Hall of Fame level, you can consider it.
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After equipping the two Juggernaut skills to the Juggernaut column, something similar to an experience bar appeared in Wang Feng's consciousness space.
Players who have played the latest series of NBA2K know that this is the Juggernaut bar, and through effective scoring in the game, the defense can continue to increase the progress of the accumulated Juggernaut bar, and when the Juggernaut bar is full, you can take the initiative to turn on the Juggernaut bar and get a large bonus effect for a period of time.
To put it simply, if the badge is like a passive skill in the game, which can continue to provide the player with a passive effect, then the dominant skill is an active ultimate, once the power is turned on, it destroys the world, but there are limitations on the duration and skill cooldown.
As for how long the juggernaut skill in the game can last after it is activated, Wang Feng has no impression of it.
Once activated, the system's Domination skill can last for about 5 minutes and is not affected by timeouts, free throws or halftime, referring to 5 minutes of pure play time.
can incarnate into a superman in 5 minutes, Wang Feng is obviously stronger than before! More importantly, locking the binding of the defender's domination skill has made Wang Feng's ability on the defensive end go further, and he has completely entered the ranks of the top defenders in the history of the league.
Sheng Bo