In the direct confrontation between Wang Feng and Antetokounmpo, the gap between the two is undoubtedly revealed.
Antetokounmpo couldn't guard Wang Feng. Wang Feng's first step to break through with the ball was too fast. Although the lateral speed of Antetokounmpo, who is 2.11 meters tall, is not as slow as a traditional inside line, it is still slightly slower than ordinary outside players.
shoot.
Usually when facing other outside players, Antetokounmpo can rely on his long legs and use subsequent sprint speed to make up for his lack of lateral speed.
But facing Wang Feng, who holds the golden first step master, this move is obviously difficult to use because Wang Feng is too fast. After passing him instantly in the first step, the sprint speed brought by the agility of 92 is not that of Antetokounmpo.
You can catch up easily! The result is often that Wang Feng passes him and then goes straight to the basket and then jumps and dunks!
On the other hand, when Antetokounmpo was attacking, he was helpless and unable to perform in the face of Wang Feng's defense.
Compared with Antetokounmpo, Wang Feng has advantages in strength, speed, jumping and other aspects. Antetokounmpo's only advantage is height and wingspan, but he is not good at long shots. Between Wang Feng's purple defensive shock badge and golden death coil badge,
As a result, you can't make a shot at all.
After all, the current Antetokounmpo has not yet fully grown into the future Greek monster. His body and skills have not yet reached their peak. His overall ability rating is in the early 90s, which is no match for Wang Feng, who has an overall rating of 93 and almost all of his abilities are focused on offense and defense.
It's also normal.
After the whole game, Antetokounmpo made 6 of 15 shots, with a shooting percentage of just over 40%, and scored 13 points and 12 rebounds. His opponent Wang Feng made 12 of 19 shots, scoring 33 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals.
As a result, the Lakers defeated the Bucks 98:90, ending their two-game losing streak.
The schedule in the second half of November is relatively friendly to the Lakers. Their opponents are the Phoenix Suns, Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Chicago Bulls, Sacramento Kings, and Los Angeles Clippers.
Among these teams, only the 76ers are playoff-level teams. The other teams are not very strong overall. At least the Lakers are capable of fighting.
And on November 29, the last opponent of the month is the biggest boss in the league, the Golden State Warriors.
In the previous 7 games, the Lakers had a record of 5 wins and 2 losses, losing to the Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets.
The Lakers' game against the Warriors on November 29 might have been a massacre in the eyes of most people.
The difference in strength between the lineups of the two sides is really huge. How can the Lakers be the opponent of the Warriors?
However, no one could have imagined that this game would turn out to be extremely tense. The two sides once reached overtime. In the end, the Warriors relied on Curry's 13 points in overtime to narrowly defeat the Lakers 127:123.
This result was not only unexpected by many fans, but also by the Warriors.
They had already learned about the Lakers in advance before the game, especially Wang Feng, who averaged 35+ points per game in the new season.
Everyone finds Wang Feng's rapid progress in just two seasons extremely incredible. In the new season, Wang Feng has become even more exaggerated. He is the fastest first step in the league, with strong strength and confrontation ability, and he is as good as ever.
Accurate mid- to long-range shots.
Throughout the game, Cole arranged for Green and Thompson to focus on defense against Wang Feng, sometimes double-teaming him, trying to completely restrict Wang Feng.
However they failed.
Wang Feng's first step to break through was so fast that neither Green nor Thompson could keep up. Once Wang Feng succeeded in breaking through and added up his speed, no one on the Warriors could stop Wang Feng!
When Wang Feng fully charged, his impact was no less than that of James. Even Green couldn't bear it. He tried his best to block him, but the result was that he was fouled several times early.
What's even worse is that with the focus on defending Wang Feng, a group of young players on the Lakers also performed extremely well!
Ingram faced off against Durant, his draft model, without any cowardice. He played very confidently and decisively, scoring 24 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 9-of-19 shooting.
Lonzo Ball also performed well against Curry, scoring a double-double of 15 points and 10 assists.
Randle and Clarkson on the bench scored 21 points and 17 points respectively!
As for Wang Feng, under the Warriors' targeted defense throughout the game, he made 12 of 21 shots, 3 of 5 three-pointers, scored 32 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals, and shot 57.1% from the field.
Unfortunately, when the game entered overtime, Wang Feng's physical fitness began to fail. When Curry on the Warriors began to exert his strength and score consecutively, he was limited by excessive physical exertion and was unable to stand up and respond, resulting in
In the end, he fell short and was defeated by the Warriors.
For the Warriors, Durant scored a team-high 29 points. When Wang Feng put more energy into offense, he had no time to defend Durant. There is no way around it. Wang Feng is now
He is not an omnipotent superman and cannot take care of both offense and defense. Even top superstars such as Jordan, Kobe, and James who are both good at offense and defense face the same problem.
Including Kawhi Leonard, who has been recognized as the number one forward defender in recent seasons. After going to the Raptors to become the first offensive core in the future, he performed the best performance of his career on the offensive end this season, but he was only selected for the best defensive end.
Best defensive second unit.
In addition to Durant, the Warriors had Curry with 28 points, Thompson with 20 points, and Green with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists.
Although they won the game, the Warriors had no joy of winning.
Looking at Wang Feng, whose efficiency is astonishing and whose scoring ability is even better than Durant's, every Warriors fan can't help but be immersed in regret.
If they keep Wang Feng, they will not lose last year's championship, and they will have a forward who is younger than Durant and has better defensive ability!
If, this is just a beautiful conjecture, the cruel fact is that there is no if.
This season's Warriors' regular season performance is obviously more difficult than last season.
Obviously, the loss in the finals greatly affected the Warriors. Even if they successfully persuaded Durant to stay in the summer, and renewed the contracts of Iguodala and Livingston, retaining the strongest lineup, the team's
The players obviously have their own thoughts, especially Durant, who came to the Warriors with so much infamy just for the championship, but he didn't win the championship last season. His personal data and salary were affected by this. Who would replace him?
It is impossible to pretend that nothing happened.
In the new season, Durant began to significantly increase the number of shots taken, with the average number of shots per game increasing to about 20. Correspondingly, of course, the number of shots taken by the splash brothers Curry and Thompson decreased.