To put it bluntly, Durant doesn't want to compete directly with Wang Feng.
He couldn't figure out what was going on. Every time he faced Wang Feng, his touch would be affected to a certain extent. Wang Feng's defense put even more pressure on him than Leonard! It was obvious from various comprehensive defensive abilities.
Looking at it, Leonard is obviously better.
Of course, Durant doesn't know about the existence of the defensive shock badge, nor does he understand the mysterious and mysterious functions brought by this system.
The highest level of defensive deterrence in purple, when effective interference is formed, the interference effect on players' mid- and long-range shots is quite exaggerated, unless there is a badge of the same level to offset it, such as a purple sharpshooter.
In the 2K game, Durant definitely has the marksman badge. Even if he doesn't reach the purple level, he at least starts at the gold level, which can somewhat resist the interference effect of some defensive shock badges.
But in reality, there is no such thing as a badge? Therefore, whenever facing Wang Feng, Durant's touch will be worse than usual.
This is true on the offensive end, and even more so on the defensive end.
Now Durant has no way to deal with Wang Feng's attack.
With the blessing of the First Step Master Badge, Wang Feng's first step of breakthrough speed has reached the top level in the league. Durant simply cannot keep up. Even if he can barely keep up, Wang Feng's strength of 88 can easily carry him by force.
A layup or even a dunk.
In the Warriors, Durant has become accustomed to leaving the most difficult players on the defensive end to Green, which makes it easier for him to devote more energy to the offensive end.
But today, both Curry and Green were absent. Durant felt like he was missing a right-hand man, and the ball was directly handed over to him at the beginning.
Now that he has the ball, Durant can't pass the ball no matter what he does.
Facing Wang Feng's defense, we can only force ourselves to attack.
After all, Durant is the league's top star, so he cannot be cowardly in this situation. Moreover, his abilities are still there. Even Wang Feng's defensive shock badge can only interfere with it, but cannot completely limit his scoring.
After a slight hesitation, Durant did not choose to call for a pick-and-roll screen, but went directly to the screen himself.
Standing at the top of the three-point arc, Durant took a tentative step and then pulled up and took a quick shot.
In a complete positional battle, it is difficult for Durant to pass Wang Feng through breakthroughs. The best way is to use his height advantage to shoot a pull-up jumper.
But Wang Feng's defense was very good, and he immediately jumped up and stretched out his hand to interfere.
The Defensive Stun Badge activates instantly!
The basketball flew through the sky, then hit the rim hard and bounced up. Kuzma protected the rebound.
"..."
Durant said nothing and turned back to defend.
The Lakers' ball rights and basketball were also handed over to Wang Feng.
Standing in front of Wang Feng, Durant bent down, carefully watching Wang Feng's movements. Wang Feng's first step with the ball was too fast, and he had to work hard to deal with it!
But even so, it is still difficult to guard against Wang Feng.
Holding the ball to make a triple threat action, Wang Feng raised his hand to make a shooting action. When Durant's center of gravity moved slightly forward, he immediately started to launch. His whole body ejected like a cheetah, directly passing most of Durant's body in one step.
! Two steps quickly rushed to the basket, took off and scored with a tomahawk dunk!
The offense and defense in the first round of the game is like a true portrayal of the entire game.
In the direct confrontation between Wang Feng and Durant, Wang Feng obviously takes the initiative.
Durant, whose main scoring method is mid-to-long-range shooting, finds it very difficult to score under Wang Feng's defense. In other words, compared to Wang Feng's ease and ease when attacking, it seems much more difficult.
His shooting percentage is limited. If he wants to get to the basket and hit the target successfully, his strength cannot match Wang Feng.
On the other hand, Wang Feng often only needs a breakthrough to easily get a chance to score when facing Durant.
Throughout the first half, Durant took 11 shots and only hit 3 goals, relying on free throws to score 12 points in the half.
On the other hand, Wang Feng also took 11 shots, hit 7 goals, and scored 21 points efficiently.
The gap in efficiency between the core players of both sides directly led to the Lakers leading the Warriors by 11 points at halftime.
In the second half, the situation still did not improve. Durant made 3 of 14 shots from the field, and his shooting percentage was still extremely bad. However, in the second half of the game, he gradually began to call pick-and-roll screens to attack the basket. Although his shooting rate was average, he successfully caused fouls many times.
Free throws resulted in some solid points.
It's a pity that this score is destined to not help the Warriors win.
116:107, the Lakers won the game at home.
Throughout the game, Wang Feng and Durant faced each other almost the entire time.
Durant scored 31 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.
Wang Feng had 36 points, 14 rebounds and 6 steals.
From the data point of view, there is not much difference between the two. However, anyone who has watched the game knows clearly that Durant lost this game.
Durant, who made only 10 of 29 shots in the game and shot less than 35% from the field, was able to score 31 points entirely by making 12 of 13 free throws.
On the other hand, Wang Feng only took 22 shots to score 36 points.
Made 14 of 22 shots, 63.6%, including 5 three-pointers.
The Lakers defeated the Warriors at home, and Wang Feng and Durant had the upper hand in the direct confrontation.
After the game, when being interviewed by reporters, Durant said with a dark face and said unhappily: "Everyone knows that our lineup today is not complete. There is no Stephen or Drummond. Losing the game is a mistake."
There's nothing we can do about it, especially since neither Clay nor I have a good handle."
"What? You said Wang Feng restricted me? No, no, no, there is no player in the league who can guard me. Not Wang Feng, not Kawhi Leonard, not LeBron. The only one who can limit me is myself.
The feel of..."
Durant always talks hard, but the fact that his shooting percentage drops every time he encounters Wang Feng cannot be changed.
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Lakers fans have been really happy these past two days.
"We no longer need to pursue top superstars! Because we have Wang Feng!"
In two consecutive games, Wang Feng faced off against the recognized kings in the league, James and Durant.
Regardless of the outcome of the game, in terms of personal data, Wang Feng has completed the suppression of the two top strikers in the league.
He scored 41 points against James and 36 points against Durant, which fully demonstrated Wang Feng’s scoring ability!
But it’s not over yet!
On December 18, the Lakers played away against the Houston Rockets, who had the league's best record. Facing the Rockets, who had an extremely strong record, the two teams started a fierce competition.
In this game, Harden of the Rockets was extremely hot. He took 27 shots and hit 15 goals, with a shooting percentage of 55.6%. Not only that, JDZ Porcelain King was at full strength throughout the game, making 17 of 21 free throws and scoring all the shots.
51 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists!
But Wang Feng did not show any weakness, making 16 of 21 shots, scoring 44 points with terrifying efficiency, and grabbing 16 rebounds.
Under Wang Feng's super efficient performance, the Lakers defeated the Rockets 122:116, leaving Harden, who scored 51 points, in defeat.