The Lakers won three consecutive victories at the beginning of the regular season. This is the first time the Lakers have won three consecutive games at the beginning of the regular season since the 10-11 season!
In these three games, Wang Feng averaged 46 points, 10.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 3.6 steals per game, shooting 55% from the field and 51% from the three-point range, leading the scoring list.
Wang Feng's super scoring ability, especially his super fast first step breakthrough speed and powerful attack and dunk ability, left these three teams helpless.
"We have seen that Wang Feng, who chose to gain 7 kilograms in the summer, has successfully developed new weapons. His first step to a breakthrough is full of explosive power, his ability to fight under the basket has improved, and he can even perform tough dunks. Who knows?
Can you imagine that this is a player who mainly used mid-to-long-range shooting as his main offensive method in the past few seasons?"
"After the first game, Wang Feng said that his goal this season is to compete for the scoring title and lead the team into the playoffs. At first, some people may have laughed at Wang Feng for overestimating his abilities, but after three games, he averaged 10 points per game.
Wang Feng, who scored 46 points and led his team to three consecutive victories, seemed to be officially announcing to the world that he was not kidding!"
Indeed, if getting high scores in one game is a fluke, then scoring 60+, 40+ and 30+ in three consecutive games cannot be described as pure luck. Wang Feng is really outstanding.
A scoring ability that exceeds everyone’s expectations!
On October 25, the Lakers vs. the Washington Wizards at home, Wang Feng made 12 of 23 shots, 3 of 7 three-pointers, and scored 32 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. He led the Lakers to a 112:99 victory over the Wizards and won their fourth consecutive victory.
Wang Feng scored 30+ points for the fourth consecutive game. At the same time, someone started to feel something was wrong.
"Isn't that right? In which game has Wang Feng had double figures in rebounds?"
The answer is 3 games!
In 3 out of 4 games, he had double figures in rebounds. When did Wang Feng become such a strong rebounder?
In the first three seasons, Wang Feng never averaged more than 5 rebounds per game, and often only got three or four rebounds in a game. Compared to the inside, Wang Feng was better at outside skills.
However, since the beginning of the new season, Wang Feng has averaged 11 rebounds per game! It is not an exaggeration to say that this is the number of rebounds for an inside player.
Are the benefits of gaining weight so much? Can Wang Feng even improve his rebounding so much?
Some people are very confused, but they can't imagine the real reason even if they scratch their heads.
On October 27, the Lakers played against the Toronto Raptors at home and lost 92:101, ending their four-game winning streak.
In this game, Wang Feng's performance was as stable and efficient as ever, making 12 of 21 shots and scoring 29 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals.
However, he was the only one on the Lakers who performed normally.
Second pick Lonzo Ball met Raptors All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry and was dealt a severe blow. He made 2 of 7 shots from the field and only scored 5 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and had 4 turnovers.
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Ingram scored 7 points on 3-of-9 shooting.
Jordan Clarkson scored 9 points on 4-of-11 shooting...
The rookies of the Lakers collectively stretched their hips, which made Wang Feng unable to support himself alone and could only watch the team lose the game.
On October 27, the Lakers played against the Utah Jazz away from home.
Wang Feng once again scored 36 points, but with the Jazz's strong defensive system and Gobert guarding the penalty area, no one on the Lakers scored in double figures except him.
The Jazz in the 17-18 season are very strong. If nothing else happens, head player Rudy Gobert will win the best defensive player award in the 17-18 season, and the Jazz will eliminate the Big Three configuration in the first round of the playoffs.
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The Lakers' two consecutive losses have exposed their true colors, exposing the team's weaknesses. That is, most of the team are young players. Their personal abilities have not yet fully matured to reach their peak, and their experience is obviously insufficient. Once on the court,
When there is a headwind situation, it is easy to get impatient and fight randomly.
Although Wang Feng's personal offense and defense are at the top level in the league, as a forward, he obviously does not have the ability to control the field. Team defender Lonzo Ball also does not have such ability.
After this game, the local media in Los Angeles criticized all the rookie players of the Lakers, especially last year's second overall pick Ingram.
Ingram, who had high hopes at the beginning of the new season, struggled very much in these 6 games, averaging only 12 points per game and shooting less than 40% from the field.
In fact, the performance of the other second pick, Lonzo Ball, is not much better than Ingram, but the latter is in the first season of his career after all, and it takes time to adapt to the rhythm of NBA games. Ingram is already playing in the league.
After playing basketball for a year, as the second overall pick, he only scored 9.4 points and 4 rebounds last season. He couldn't even make the Rookie of the Year first team and was forced to settle in the second team. In the new season, his performance was still unsatisfactory.
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"It seems that the Lakers' expectations are wrong. Although the draft template is Kevin Durant, Ingram obviously does not have Durant's offensive talent. His long-range shooting ability is unstable and his confrontation ability is poor.
A strong defense cannot sustain an offense."
"In the new season, Ingram was pushed to the shooting guard position because of Wang Feng. He is 2.06 meters tall and plays shooting guard. At least on the offensive end, there shouldn't be any problems, but when facing the opponent's short defender on the court
, but he couldn’t take advantage of it.”
"If I were the management of the Lakers, I should be able to start thinking now about whether to use Ingram as a bargaining chip to trade for a capable player, preferably a point guard. Anyway, the Lakers already have a strong forward line.
With Wang Feng having such outstanding scoring ability, there is no need for Ingram."
Ingram, who was sitting on the sofa in his living room, looked at the evaluations of him by various media outlets on the TV station with a gloomy face, and his mood was extremely bad.
"Damn..."
After muttering something, Ingram picked up the remote control and changed the channel, wanting to change his mood.
After changing several channels in a row, Wang Feng suddenly appeared on the screen.
Ingram was stunned for a moment and changed the channel without thinking.
Now he is extremely disgusted with Wang Feng.
His current predicament with the Lakers is entirely due to Wang Feng. Wang Feng's arrival not only took away the small forward position that should have belonged to him, but also made Lakers fans' requirements for him become more demanding.
With Wang Feng Yuzhu in front of him, Ingram behaved like a buffoon and was unsightly.
Ingram was about to change the channel when he heard the reporter interviewing Wang Feng asking questions.
"Mr. Wang Feng, the team has suffered two consecutive losses. In these two games, no one on the Lakers can stand up to help you share the pressure. Especially the young players, such as Ingram, performed extremely poorly. What do you think about this?
?Do you have any suggestions for the head coach to readjust the rotation?"