Chapter 506: Wang Feng who scored like crazy
Pippen scored a game-high 25 points on the Bulls' side, Jordan had a mediocre performance, scoring 23 points on 7-of-17 shooting from the field on 41 percent shooting, and Bulls interior player Cookech scored 21 points.
On the Warriors' side, Wang Feng continued to suppress Jordan by scoring, scoring 38 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists, but the rest of the Warriors did nothing under the Bulls' defense.
The sudden wave of consecutive losses caused the Warriors to fall directly from the top of the Western Conference and was overtaken by the SuperSonics to second place with a two-game win difference.
However, in Wang Feng's view, this is not all bad, at least after this wave of consecutive defeats, it also made the Warriors fall from the fluttering mentality caused by the previous smooth sailing.
The Warriors' lineup is really not strong, it can be said that there is no All-Star player except Wang Feng, the starting main team lacks independent offensive ability, and the bench lineup is not deep enough.
The reason why the Warriors have been able to stay in the No. 1 position in the West for so long is simply the reason why the league can't think of any way to deal with Wang Feng, a top star whose personal ability is more exaggerated than Jordan's, for a while.
As Wang Feng plays in this league for longer and longer, the analysis of his technical characteristics and targeted defensive strategies will become more and more by various teams, even if there is no way to completely limit Wang Feng, but at least Wang Feng can not be as exaggerated as 1v5 in every game.
After the losing streak, Warriors head coach Adelman took the blame at a press conference, blaming himself for his team's recent poor record.
"It was my negligence that led to the Warriors' recent series of failures, we are a new team that has just been formed this summer, half of the main players in the team are new to the team in the summer, including me as the head coach, we need to run in and get to know each other for a while, but in this period when the team has been playing a good record, we are really a little impetuous, after these failures, I will learn from it and do everything possible to help the team out of the predicament."
I have to say that Adelman is still a bit level, and at this stage when the team has suffered successive defeats, the players in the team will inevitably be impetuous, and they will be in a situation of a slight collapse of mentality, especially the main partner of the Warriors for only a few months, and it is easy to have a crisis of confidence in this situation.
So he took the blame for the loss and conceded his mistake while emphasizing the fact that the Warriors were just a new team that had just undergone a rebuild.
The implication is that the Warriors have achieved so good results, and among you journalists who want to fall into the ground, who thinks the Warriors can finish in the top eight in the West before the start of the regular season?
But now? Even after a series of defeats, we are still second in the West, one of the best teams in the league, and we haven't played very well in the last few games, but if you want to start a blow, please refer to the premise I just said before speaking.
The results were immediate.
If nothing else, at least the local fans in Golden State are very tolerant and understanding.
It's normal to lose, they haven't even won a few games at home in the last few seasons.
The Warriors can play where they are, and they, the die-hard Warriors fans, are already very satisfied.
What's more, the Warriors' several losses have been lost to the strongest teams in the league at the moment, the SuperSonics, who are first in the West, the Spurs, who are third in the West, and the Bulls, who have only lost 7 games in the East so far.
When Wang Feng leads the army with a single core, what kind of bicycle do you need?
However, after a string of losses and a public self-examination by the head coach, the Warriors immediately stabilized their record.
On March 3, the Warriors took on the New York Knicks on the road.
Wang Feng broke out strongly at Madison Square Garden, the home of his old club, and scored 57 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists in a big triple-double, leading the Warriors to win the game 109-94.
Ewing, the star of the Knicks, scored 21 points and 13 rebounds on 7-of-15 shooting, and his performance in the whole game was not as good as Wang Feng's statistics at halftime.
Madison Square Garden was filled with boos against Ewing in the second half.
The home team booing their own players is not unheard of in the league, but when this scene really happens, it is really a very embarrassing thing for the parties involved.
Ewing had a black face throughout the whole game, and walked to the locker room without looking back as soon as the game was over.
But that's not to blame the Knicks home fans, who were in eighth place in the East with a 30-26 record before losing this game.
How can the team that won the championship last season is now struggling to survive in the playoffs to be accepted by Knicks fans?
Especially when the team is still facing Wang Feng in this game, fans can't help but think of Ewing's damn highest-paying contract in the league again.
If they have Wang Feng, are the Knicks fully qualified to wrestle with the Bulls in terms of record? After all, even if the Warriors led the team alone, Wang Feng had a clear personal advantage in the two regular season games against Jordan, and the game he lost two days ago was only because the Warriors lacked a Pippen.
After losing to the Warriors, the Knicks' record came to 30-27, and the Miami Heat, who ranked ninth in the East, were only two wins away. The Heat led by Riley squeezed down from eighth place in the East.
On the Warriors' side, after defeating the Knicks, they defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets, Denver Nuggets and Saramento Kings in four games from March 5 to March 10, directly winning a wave of five consecutive wins.
Although the opponents in these games are not strong, including the Rockets, because the team's main core player Drexler is absent due to injury, the combat effectiveness of the team led by Olajuwon is also limited.
But this five-game winning streak still reassures Golden State Warriors fans.
When facing a strong team, the Warriors' performance is indeed not stable enough, but as long as they encounter abuse, under the leadership of Wang Feng, a super core who has his own system and plays as stable as an old dog, the Warriors' performance can be described as quite stable.
On March 12, the Warriors played the San Antonio Spurs again at home, losing 106-112 to end their winning streak.
This game once again proved that the current lineup of the Warriors is still very difficult to play a high-end game, relying too much on Wang Feng's combat effectiveness.
A sports media outlet immediately gave an evaluation of the Warriors.
"It's a typical spectator team, and their fast-paced offense and frequent pick-and-roll dunks are wonderful, but one thing we all know is that offense can win fans, and defense can win championships."
"Although the Warriors have the highest points per game in the league, they are also among the best in the league in points per game, and they may not feel anything during the regular season, but once they enter the playoffs, the Warriors will face more fierce confrontation and defense, and it will be difficult for them to maintain their efficient scoring at this stage."
"What's more, this Warriors' offense is too dependent on Wang Feng, although he is very powerful, but it is obviously a fool's dream to beat those experienced and strong top teams with only one person's performance, and now Wang Feng is very much like Michael (Jordan) at the beginning of his career, although he will make a lot of money in terms of personal data and honors, but he can't go too far in the playoffs before meeting his own Pippen."
As soon as this report was published, it immediately received a large number of endorsements and affirmations.
Most of these affirmative voices actually come from people who don't like Wang Feng.
Wang Feng's birth is really eye-catching.
The 38+ triple-doubles per game, as well as the Warriors' top-ranked record, make the rest of the league look incompetent, and no one wants to see their own star dominate in almost no way when it comes to such a popping up guy.
If you can't compare with the data, you can only make a fuss about the style of play and the winning rate against strong teams.
Unfortunately, a few days after the news was sent, on March 18, the Warriors met the Spurs again.
It was still on the home court of the Warriors, but this time, the Warriors won the game 121-109.
David. Robinson, as he had just a few days earlier, continued to dominate the interior, shooting 12-of-24 from the field and 8-of-11 from the free-throw line for a massive double-double of 32 points and 19 rebounds.
All six of the Spurs scored in double figures, and they played even better than they did a few days ago.
But on the side of the Warriors, Wang Feng directly made a big move.
played 45 minutes in the whole game, shot 22 of 39, 10 of 15 three-pointers, 13 of 14 free throws, slashed 67 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists, and scored 24 points in the fourth quarter.
In this game, Wang Feng's strong scoring ability was shown to the extreme, and even because of a large number of shots in the first quarter, Wang Feng opened a marksman domination in the second half of the second quarter, and then opened the second domination of the game in the fourth quarter.
Twice the sharpshooter dominates plus the blessing of the final key scorer, if it weren't for the Spurs who found that they couldn't prevent Wang Feng from behind, they decisively used the full-court double wrapping tactics, even if they let other players defend 3 and 4, they resolutely refused to give Wang Feng a chance to catch the ball, maybe Wang Feng would cut an exaggerated score of 70+ or even 80+ in this game.
You know, this is the league in the 90s, not the small-ball era of more than 110 points per game in the future, and it is really difficult to score more than 70+ points.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Feng's opponent in this game, David of the Spurs. Robinson once competed with O'Neal for the league scoring title in 94, and once scored crazy points in a game, and finally scored 71 points in a single game and successfully entered the 70-point club.
One thing to say, the 70+ club before Kobe Bryant's 81 points basically had no content.
Especially Zhang Dashuai, who is regarded as a miracle by many fans now, has 100 points in a single game, because many fans have never watched the games of that era, so they have no idea how Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game.
In order to brush up on this 100 points in a single game, the Warriors continued to send an all-main lineup with a frenzied lead of nearly 30 points, and whenever the Knicks players served, they went directly to the foul to send the opponent free throws in order to save time.
It is said that there was a very funny scene on the court at that time, and the Knicks players who were a few tens of points behind were running all over the court, desperately avoiding the foul tactics of the players on the Warriors' side.
In the back, the Knicks also broke the jar and fell, and it seemed like someone had a good head...... No, it's like I'm not going to foul?
Because of his physical fitness beyond that era, Chamberlain did have an almost unrivaled crushing advantage under the basket, so that after receiving the ball under the basket, the scoring efficiency was much higher than that of free throws, so the Knicks also used foul tactics against Chamberlain, and the two sides began to keep crossing their waists to watch the opponent's free throws.
It can be regarded as God's help to Chamberlain, he hit 100 points that day, and his career free throw shooting rate was only 51%, but he made an astonishing free throw in that game, making 28 of 32 free throws, helping him successfully score an unprecedented 100-point miracle in a single game.
But think about it from the perspective of the audience at that time, what kind of picture was it? It's definitely not a bloody crowd cheering.
The suspense of the game was already lost, and then under the frenzied foul throws of both teams, the game was shattered and played for hours, and the home fans were almost gone.
It's like many people now look at Westbrook's average triple-double and think it's ridiculous, but decades later, Westbrook will probably become a legend like Chamberlain, after all, the average triple-double per game in 4 seasons is really exaggerated.
In this regard, Kobe Bryant's 81 points in a single game is indeed without any water, full of gold, and it is undeniable that he did take advantage of the right time and place, but at least he did not brush it up like Chamberlain and Robinson in order to get more points.
Wang Feng's 67 points in this game certainly belong to the latter, that is, the high score that he scored continuously for the sake of victory, which was full of gold and shocking.
After all, under the Spurs' captaincy, he can still score 67 points, and this scoring ability is really comparable to Jordan in the whole league.
Even the current Jordan, his scoring ability seems to be significantly inferior to Wang Feng.
After entering March, Wang Feng has scored high scores in many games, including 57 points in a single game against the Knicks and 67 points in this game.
It also pushed his season scoring average to 39.2 points per game, just one step away from averaging 40 points per game.
On the other hand, Jordan consciously wants to chase Wang Feng in terms of scoring, and the average points per game are indeed steadily improving, from the early 30+ at the beginning of the season, to 33 points, 34 points, after the last few games, Jordan's average points per game have also risen to 35 points, compared with Wang Feng's 39.2 points, a gap of more than 4 points, in the case of only a dozen regular season games left in a month, it is too difficult to catch up, unless Jordan also follows David Robinson's example, 70+ in a single game for the whole few times, Otherwise, it would definitely be impossible to catch up with Wang Feng.