Due to the different emphases of the two teams, at the beginning of the game, both sides focused on their own strongest scoring points.

The Rockets tried their best to pass the ball to Olajuwon on the inside, while on the Knicks' side, as long as the dribble passed half court, the basketball would be handed to Wang Feng.

It must be admitted that Olajuwon during the two-consecutive championship period is really strong, and he can abuse everyone else in the four centers except himself, which is definitely not given for nothing, and he can show strong dominance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of the interior line.

As soon as he receives a pass from a teammate on the inside, Olajuwon can perform his signature dream footwork, turning Ewing Akira's dizziness and scoring a layup.

It can be seen that if the Knicks played against the current Rockets last season, I am afraid that they would not be able to play a record of 3:4 at all, and there is a high probability that they will be swept 4:0 like the Magic.

But now it's different, because the Knicks have one more thigh in addition to Ewing, a very thick thigh.

"Wang Feng held the ball outside the three-point line to accelerate the breakthrough, and as soon as he started, he immediately pulled back and retreated, and he stepped back outside the three-point line to shoot and shoot, and hit a three-point shot!"

"Huh."

The sound of a basketball hollowing into the net sounds.

Drexler, who tried his best to interfere with Wang Feng's shooting, glanced back at the direction of the basket and shook his head helplessly.

"This guy is really good, no wonder Michael and Scottie can't limit his offense......

After just a few rounds of fighting, Drexler realized that he would never be able to defend against Wang Feng on his own.

Known as a glider in his own right, Drexler relied on his strong scoring ability comparable to Jordan's, and his defensive performance was not as good as that of the offense, and in most cases, the defense relied on his excellent physical fitness, relying on speed, power and bounce to suppress the offensive players.

As a result, Drexler has five All-Defensive All-Defensive Team in his career and has not been named to the All-Defensive Team once.

At the age of 33, his physical fitness has also begun to decline gradually, and he is no longer at his peak, and even in his peak, Drexler's physical fitness is slightly inferior to Wang Feng.

In this case, he naturally had no way to effectively curb Wang Feng's scoring.

The Rockets did not use the trap tactics against Wang Feng, because Wang Feng's average quasi-triple-double data in the first two rounds of the playoffs has proved that rashly wrapping this guy will only allow him to send more assists, and cannot effectively curb the Knicks' scoring.

Rockets head coach Rudy. Tomjanovich's defensive tactics are that Drexler can defend Wang Feng as single-handedly as possible, defend three points, and allow Wang Feng to break through the interior line under appropriate circumstances, because the Rockets' interior line is a big dream of averaging 3.4 blocks per game.

Wang Feng also understands that it is not a wise move to rush into the interior and fight against Olajuwon, the monster at the top of the NBA league's block list in the future, after all, Wang Feng does not have the signature badge necessary for small fights like giant killers, most of his badges are shooting badges, and Olajuwon can effectively reduce the success rate of his strong attack under the basket.

Again, in the era of small ball, in the absence of high-quality centers, Wang Feng relied on his super high speed, strength, bounce value, and 92 dunk ability value, plus a matchup terminator badge that can strengthen the success rate of dunk layups in the confrontation, it is enough to cope with everything. ….

But in this era of four centers, it's arrogant to dominate the basket with just one finishing badge.

Moreover, although Wang Feng's total rating has reached 99, whether it is inside shooting, layups, dunks, basket movements and other skills in the restricted area, they are only strengthened to the maximum upper limit of 90 that can be increased by free distribution points.

Therefore, Wang Feng is really not invincible in this era, at least his threat after breaking through the penalty area with the ball is not up to the level of Jordan.

However, the shortcomings are the shortcomings, and there are still many ways for Wang Feng to score.

Harden's signature breakthrough and step-back three-point shot, Curry's signature three-point shot after blocking and picking, and even with the help of teammates blocking and dismantling, running without the ball and catching the ball quickly

Speed three-pointers, these skills in the small-ball era are still very useful in this era, and limited by the difference in times and cognition, players in this era do not have much awareness of guarding against these long-distance three-point shots.

Or in the '90s, no one paid much attention to the three-point shot, not even Reggie. Miller, Ray. Allen, who is known for his three-point shooters, has very few three-point shooting tactics for them, and usually only shoots three-pointers when they are in the open space.

This is fundamentally different from the future small-ball era that specializes in creating space for three-point shooting.

The topic is a bit far away.

All in all, even if Wang Feng does not hold the ball and enters the restricted area, he can still maintain efficient scoring efficiency under Drexler's defense with only mid-to-long-range shooting, and even overwhelm Olajuwon, who is overturned on the inside.

In the first quarter of the game, Olajuwon scored 12 points on the Knicks' inside, made 3 of 4 free throws, and caused Ewing and Oakley to commit one foul each, which was already quite good.

But the Rockets trailed the Knicks by five points at 27:32.

Because Wang Feng shot 6 of 10 in the first quarter, 3 of 5 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 17 points.

In the course of the game, Wang Feng showed a strong ability to predict the ball, repeatedly judged in advance and stole the Rockets' pass and immediately formed a fast attack, with his speed, the speed of the fast attack counterattack was unbeatable, and the Rockets could not form an effective defense at all.

To make matters worse, Wang Feng not only maintained a high scoring efficiency, but also successfully limited Drexler's play on the defensive end.

Since coming to the Rockets through a trade, Drexler has become the Rockets' most consistent second scoring point outside of Olajuwon, especially during the playoffs, he can contribute 20+7+5 per game consistently, shooting 48%.

To put it bluntly, the Rockets were able to go all the way to the Finals with a sixth-place record in the West, and Drexler contributed a lot.

But at this time, the important scoring point of the Rockets team was unilaterally suppressed by Wang Feng, and he didn't even have a chance to shoot under Wang Feng's strong defensive pressure, and finally only hit 1 ball 4 times in the first quarter to score 2 points.

It is also a loss to Kenny, the defender of the Rockets and the famous mouth of the future TNT. Smith had a good game today, firing from outside the three-point line and taking on Drexler's scoring work, otherwise the difference between the two teams would have become even bigger.

However, there is no way to target Wang Feng, and for the Rockets, this is just a slow death. ….

The game entered the second quarter, and Wang Feng continued to show super offensive power on the outside, so that the Rockets had to be forced to use the trap tactics under pressure.

Wang Feng said, if you want to talk to me about this, I won't be sleepy.

The ten-cent badge was activated, the fancy passer badge was activated, and Wang Feng began to calmly show off his passing skills under the Rockets' double bag.

Wang Feng's pass can be accurately passed to the Knicks players in the open position every time, not to mention the chic and elegant movements, and with the blessing of the ten-cent badge, the shooting percentage of teammates is also blessed.

Olajuwon also began to lose his weight on the inside.

Ewing is not given for nothing after all, after all, Ewing is also a strong interior with three Best Defensive Team awards, and Olajuwon still has to put in more energy than usual even if he can suppress Ewing.

The physical exertion also made Olajuwon's scoring efficiency in the second quarter of the game a little lower.

Therefore, the difference in the second quarter was further widened, and at the end of the half, the score of the two teams was 64:49, and the difference had reached 15 points.

By the start of the second half, the Rockets' dilemma had also not been resolved, even if Olajuwon recovered after the break and frequently singled Ewing to score, even if Kenny J. Smith was extremely accurate from the three-point line, shooting 7-of-11 from the field to match Wang Feng, but the Rockets still lost the game.

120:107, this is the final score of the two teams.

The Knicks outscored by 13 points at home.

In the whole game, Wang Feng was the absolute protagonist well-deserved, with 2 in the whole game

He finished with 38 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists and 5 steals on 13-of-5 shooting, 5-of-10 three-pointers and 7-of-8 free throws.

In addition to Wang Feng, Ewing was suppressed by Olajuwon, but he also shot 9-of-18 and made 4-of-6 free throws to score 22 points and 11 rebounds.

Starks, Charles. Smith, Derek. Harper and others also got a lot of opportunities when Wang Feng was caught by the Rockets, and scored double-doubles.

On the Rockets' side, Olajuwon was also full of firepower in this game, shooting 13 of 26, 5 of 7 free throws, cutting 31 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks and 2 steals.

Wang Feng's shots were obviously 1 less than Olajuwon's, but his score was 7 points higher than him.

What's more, Drexler, the Rockets' second scoring point, only made 7 of 19 shots under Wang Feng's defense, shooting 36.8% from the field, and only scored 17 points, even if Smith's three-point shooting was 7 of 11 and scored 23 points in the game, it still failed to make up for the scoring gap.

……

The victory in the first game boosted the morale of the entire Knicks team, and the fans in New York began to revel, as if the championship was close to them.

Two days later, in the second game of the finals on June 9, the Knicks took advantage of the victory to chase after it, 117:109 and the next game, rewriting the finals score to 2:0.

This game belongs to Ewing's heroic start, facing Olajuwon, who suppressed himself throughout the last game, Ewing was like a god, and cut 33 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists in the whole game, which was on par with Olajuwon, who scored 34 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

Originally, the Rockets couldn't win when Big Dream suppressed Ewing, and it was naturally impossible for the two to win when they exchanged one for one.

Wang Feng scored 32 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in this game, and scored 65 points with Ewing. ….

On the Rockets' side, Drexler's form has picked up slightly, but he still only has 21 points and a shooting percentage that is barely in the early 40%.

After two consecutive losses, the Rockets returned to their home court, Houston, and finally regrouped and stubbornly pulled back a game 106-104 in Game 3 of the Finals on June 11.

Ewing, who was forced to exchange one for one with the big dream in the last game, seemed to be in a cooling down after the big move, sleepwalking throughout the game, only 4 of 12 shots, and got 11 points and 7 rebounds.

On the other hand, Olajuwon scored 31 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists with a 52% shooting rate.

The reason for the loss in this game is not entirely Ewing alone.

The Rockets continued to use the tactics of trapping Wang Feng in the game, and Wang Feng also chose to use the pass to break the bag as before.

But the other players of the Knicks seem to have been infected by Ewing, and their condition is not particularly good, even with the blessing of ten cents, the efficiency is very low, which leads to Wang Feng's pass assist conversion rate has not been high.

But even so, the Rockets were still shocked by Wang Feng in a cold sweat, because in the last two minutes of the game, Wang Feng activated the key shooter and the secondary master marksman skills at the same time, raising the firepower to the limit, shooting 5 consecutive shots outside the three-point line, and scoring 15 points in just 2 minutes.

Originally, the Rockets led by a double-digit score in the fourth quarter, but they were almost reversed under Wang Feng's wave of consecutive scores.

It's a pity that Wang Feng can score, and the Rockets can do the same, at the most critical moment, the Rockets chose to pass the ball to Olajuwon, and the latter scored steadily on the inside, although it was 2 points for 3 points, but in the little game time left, such a change was still acceptable.

Olajuwon is not O'Neal, and he can't use the shark slashing tactic to further chase points, so even if Wang Feng turns on the double buff incarnation Super Saiyan, he can't reverse the game.

His whole play really scared the whole team of Team Rockets.

Scored 15 points in 2 minutes, chasing the double-digit difference to only 2 points, who doesn't sweat?

Wang Feng also relied on the last 15 points to score 44 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

Team Rocket, who escaped the catastrophe, did not celebrate

Fortunately, on June 14, still at Houston's home court, the Rockets lost again, losing the game 113-110.

3:1, the Knicks have already got the match point, and it is a full three match points.

In this game, Olajuwon scored 30+10 for the fourth consecutive game, shooting 15 of 30 from the field, scoring 35 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists.

This four centers in their peak are really very strong, and their dominance on the inside line will definitely not be inferior to the future peak sharks.

But such a strong play still can't save the Rockets.

Ewing was equally good in the game, finishing with 27 points and 12 rebounds on 11-of-19 shooting, 5-of-8 from the free-throw line.

Wang Feng, like Olajuwon, scored 30+ points in four consecutive games, 9 of 21 shots, 3 of 7 three-pointers, and although the shooting percentage was slightly lower, he scored 13 free throws and hit 11 in the whole game, and finally got a triple-double of 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.

At the end of this game, the championship has basically been announced in advance, and the Rockets, who are in a state of 1:3 behind, have been unable to find a way to limit Wang Feng for a long time, and they are already powerless.

Sheng Bo