Wang Feng has shown good scoring ability this season, but because of Curry and Thompson, not many people really think that Wang Feng's scoring ability is very strong.
At least in Barnes' view, Wang Feng is just a tactical player who hides behind Curry and Thompson to shoot three-pointers.
Poor dribbling skills, slow breakthrough speed, and low physical intensity.
Wang Feng's ball-holding offense is almost useless except for his slightly accurate mid- and long-range emergency shots.
There is no way around this. Wang Feng's own strength is limited, and the freely allocated points he obtains are only enough to strengthen some of his abilities first. His shortcomings are obvious and this is inevitable.
But Wang Feng like this chose to play alone at the beginning of the playoffs. He simply regarded him as a soft persimmon. How could Barnes tolerate this?
"You can guard against me! Do you think I can't guard against you?"
Barnes has excellent qualities. Although he is a little inferior in terms of confrontation, his defensive ability is definitely above the league average. Many times, the Mavericks ask Barnes to defend other teams' top outside players.
Barnes, who was staring at Wang Feng, suddenly noticed that Wang Feng had moved.
It’s also a breakthrough!
Wang Feng's breakthrough speed was not very fast, and Barnes immediately reacted and got close to him, just like Wang Feng before.
Under his defense, Wang Feng stumbled and was about to lose the ball, so he had to stop the ball in advance.
"Humph! You can't attack in front of my defense!"
Barnes thought.
Just then Wang Feng jumped up.
He barely made a pull-up jump shot.
Barnes reacted very quickly and immediately jumped up, raising his black hands high, completely covering all the space in front of Wang Feng!
Under the defense of Barnes, Wang Feng forced the shot.
"brush!"
The crisp sound of the Internet coming from behind made Barnes' heart instantly freeze.
The ball went in?
Barnes looked back at the basket in disbelief. Wang Feng actually made the shot!
"Why? My defense is obviously very good, how could I make the shot?"
Wang Feng sneered disdainfully.
His mid-range shooting has reached 90%, and with the golden marksman badge, the fault tolerance rate is already quite high.
Barnes is not a strong defensive player to begin with, and his defensive ability on the outside is only a little above the league average. In this case, Wang Feng can still guarantee a certain hit rate even if he forces a shot.
Of course, the possibility of missing the shot is not small, but even if you are lucky, if you hit it, you will hit it!
"hateful……"
Barnes' face was gloomy, and suddenly at a certain moment he seemed to have thought of something, and his face became even more ugly.
He suddenly realized that Wang Feng's attack method just now was almost the same as his previous attack, and it was further away from the basket.
"Did he hit him like this on purpose?"
In the same situation, he shot a three-pointer, but Wang Feng successfully hit it.
Murder and heart-wrenching!
Barnes has always felt that he is better than Wang Feng and has more potential! How could he accept such a result?
The Mavericks have the ball. The ball has just been sent from the bottom corner, and Barnes can't wait to get the ball.
His eyes are a little red!
However, basketball is not a sport that can be played simply by relying on passion.
Standing at the top of the three-point arc, Barnes faked a sheepish breakthrough, then stepped back and shot a jumper from outside the three-point line.
Wang Feng once again followed up with the defense in time. Originally, Barnes' three-point shooting was unstable, but due to the influence of the defensive shock badge, his shooting was once again inconsistent.
Switching to the Warriors' offense, Wang Feng won the ball again, stood outside the three-point line, and made the same breakthrough with a sudden step back to open up space.
Barnes was furious when he saw Wang Feng's actions.
"Asshole! You really want to use my moves against me? Do you think I'm a fool?"
He immediately stepped forward to block Wang Feng's shot.
However, his movements were half a beat too slow.
Gap Hunter!
The level of the copper badge is not high, but the effect is real!
The moment Wang Feng made a step back, Barnes was slow for a moment.
Taking advantage of this gap, Wang Feng rushed to shoot a three-pointer! With the bonus of the silver quick shooter, the basketball was shot instantly, leaped into the air and then - "Swipe!" and hit the net!
"How...how could this happen!!!"
Barnes turned pale.
This guy! He actually used the same moves to win?
…
On the sidelines, Mavericks coach Carlisle frowned.
Wang Feng scored 5 points in a row at the beginning, all of which were scored on the head of Barnes.
He could clearly see that Barnes was a little overwhelmed by Wang Feng's 2 offense and 2 defense. You must know that Curry and Thompson have not exerted their strength yet! If this continues, I am afraid the game will be over before the half is over.
Suspense.
Thinking of this, he immediately stood up and came to the sidelines, shouting to the court: "Steady the rhythm, Harrison, you need to feel it first, and then hand the ball to Dirk!"
Although Nowitzki is about to turn 38, he is still the Mavericks' anchor.
In the regular season, King Nuo still averaged 18.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Although his competitive level has begun to decline as he ages, as a top scorer in history, his explosive scoring power in a short period of time is still there.
The Mavericks' ball was handed over to Nowitzki. He stood in the paint with Green behind him, turned around and made an independent shot with his signature golden rooster, and threw the basketball into the basket, finally scoring the first point for the Mavericks.
5:2.
When the Warriors attacked, seeing Nowitzki exerting his strength, Curry stepped up and faced Deron from the outside. Curry did not have the physical advantage, but his speed was much faster than Deron, who had seriously degraded.
After dribbling a little and making some fake moves to create a gap, Curry immediately seized the opportunity, passed Deron in one step, rushed straight to the basket, and successfully made a layup under Nowitzki's defense.
7:2!
…
In the next few minutes, Barnes did not take a shot, and occasionally got the ball. However, facing Wang Feng's defense, Barnes had no chance and could only pass the ball out.
However, as the Mavericks' first scoring point in the regular season, Barnes was unable to score. With Nowitzki alone struggling to support him, how could he possibly be better than the Warriors with the "Three Musketeers"?
In the first quarter of the game, the Warriors scored 33 points, while the Mavericks only had 18 points. The difference between the two teams was 15 points!
In the second quarter of the game, the substitute lineups of both teams came on stage one after another. The Mavericks, who also did not have an advantage in bench depth, was even worse. The point difference widened to more than 20 points in the blink of an eye.
At halftime, the Mavericks entered the third quarter with a 24-point deficit and were completely unable to fight anymore.
"The three-quarter check-in is complete..."
Five minutes after the start of the third quarter, Wang Feng, who was already sitting on the bench, couldn't help but smile.
"That's it?"
In the next ten minutes, the Warriors' starting players no longer had to play at all.
With a score difference of 34 points, no matter how hard the Mavericks struggled, they could not recover.