After the timeout, the Pelicans began to change their offensive strategy to prevent Nong Mei and Wang Feng from falling into singles, in order to maintain scoring stability and stabilize their lead.
The Pelicans really value winning this game, or every subsequent game, as it determines whether they can enter the top eight in the Western Conference at the end of the season and qualify for the playoffs.
In addition to the thick eyebrows in this game, the Pelicans' two guards also performed very well.
Jrue Holiday scored 24 points in the first three quarters, while Rondo also had 16 points.
After returning from the timeout, the basketball was handed over to Rondo. Facing rookie Ronzo Ball, Rondo taught the junior point guard how to play.
In the next few rounds, Rondo frequently used pick-and-roll screens to get to the basket and score layups. Although Rondo's outside shooting was not stable enough, his offensive efficiency at the basket was very good. Especially in this game, the shooting percentage
Extremely high, he has repeatedly succeeded in scoring big goals with the help of Lopez's defense.
But the score did not reopen the gap or stabilize the score as the Pelicans hoped.
Because the Lakers' scoring efficiency is also not low.
Wang Feng completely took over the Lakers' offense for the rest of the time.
Wang Feng scored 11 points in the first quarter, 5 points in the second quarter, and 9 points in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter before the timeout, Wang Feng hit two 3-pointers and scored 6 points. Currently, he has a total of 31 points, which is no worse than thick eyebrows.
For Wang Feng, who averages 35 points per game, it is obviously not over yet!
Wang Feng stood at the top of the arc with the ball. The player guarding him was the Pelicans' main forward Yintowan Moore. He is not a strong forward. This season, he averaged 12.5 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. The most important thing is that
, Moore's height is only 1.93 meters, which is a bit too short for a striker.
Facing an opponent of this height, Wang Feng directly probed and deceived the opponent's center of gravity and then shot a pull-up jumper. It was basically difficult for the opponent to interfere with his shot.
"brush!"
Wang Feng made a mid-range shot from 20 feet away and scored two more points.
In the next round, Moore was still on guard. Wang Feng directly broke through with the ball and hit the basket. Moore's height of 1.93 meters did not allow Moore to react faster. He also could not keep up with Wang Feng's extremely fast first step!
Seeing Wang Feng taking the lead and rushing to the basket with the ball, his thick eyebrows immediately stepped forward to defend him.
But as soon as he stepped forward, he saw Wang Feng kicking the ground with both feet, and his whole body leaped high into the air with a rainbow-like momentum!
This is the rhythm for dunking!
The thick eyebrows and eyelids twitched slightly, and he wisely stepped aside.
"boom--!"
Wang Feng dunked the basketball into the basket hard, turned his head and glanced at his thick eyebrows after landing.
This guy is smart enough. If he had tried to stop Wang Feng just now, he would have been knocked to the ground by Wang Feng who had already fully charged. There is already a gap in strength, and Wang Feng also has a copper-colored confrontation terminator badge.
With a physique with thick eyebrows, he will definitely not be able to withstand it.
Seeing Wang Feng glance at him, his thick eyebrows suddenly became a little angry.
In the next round, he directly switched defenses with Moore and defended Wang Feng alone!
Seeing the thick eyebrows coming to defend him, Wang Feng was actually happy.
There is no doubt about Big Eyebrow’s defensive ability, especially in the 17-18 season, which was the peak period of Big Eyebrow. Not surprisingly, he will be selected for the best defensive team. His defensive efficiency is second only to the year when he won the championship in 19-20 season.
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On the defensive end, Brother Big Eyebrow's style is somewhat similar to that of Wolf King Kevin Garnett. Rather than strength, he relies more on skills, height and arm length, and flexible movements that are different from ordinary big men.
Therefore, thick eyebrows, like Garnett, can mark outside players at critical moments, and will have good results.
But what he was facing now was Wang Feng.
Now Wang Feng is not afraid of anyone on the offensive end, not even Leonard.
When encountering players who are good at defending outside shots, Wang Feng can use the first step to break through to the basket. When encountering players who are good at defending breakthroughs, he can use probing steps, step-backs and other actions to find shooting space.
If the opponent is both excellent, Wang Feng can also choose to call a pick-and-roll cover.
All in all, with Wang Feng's current offensive ability, it is impossible to completely restrict him as long as there is no double team pressing the whole court.
Of course thick eyebrows won’t work either!
Wang Feng, who was standing on the outside with the ball, just glanced at the thick eyebrow's position, and immediately decided to attack. He started instantly. His super explosive power allowed him to pass most of the thick eyebrow's body in one step. The latter reacted and wanted to chase.
Wang Feng was already too late. Wang Feng, who rushed straight into the basket, took off and hit another powerful dunk.
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Under Wang Feng's efficient offense, even though Rondo continued to score points on the Pelicans' side, the point difference was narrowed little by little until it was tied.
At this time, there was less than 1 minute left in the game.
At the critical moment, the Pelicans still chose to give the ball to Rondo, who had already scored 12 points in the fourth quarter.
But this time Rondo missed. His jump shot after swaying Ball from the mid-range missed the frame. He jumped high with thick eyebrows and tried to grab the offensive rebound, but the rebound was grabbed by Wang Feng first.
Although Wang Feng’s 86 defensive rebounds are not ranked among the league’s post players, and the 10.5 rebounds per game he has averaged so far are somewhat reasonable, but within the Lakers, his 86 defensive rebounds are already the best for the entire team.
The highest, far better than Brook Lopez who is not good at grabbing rebounds.
Of course, Thick Eyebrow's rebounding is better than Wang Feng, but after all, he is grabbing offensive rebounds. In the away game, he failed to get stuck in position in advance, so he failed to grab Wang Feng.
Wang Feng, who grabbed the rebound, rushed directly to the frontcourt and took off to shoot just one step away from the three-point line.
The Pelicans obviously didn't expect Wang Feng to dare to play like this at the last critical moment, and they didn't have time to step forward to interfere.
The golden remote turret badge is activated, coupled with the hit bonus of the hot zone hunter badge, the super long-range three-pointer is successfully hit.
The Lakers took a three-point lead and successfully completed the reversal!
"how so……"
The fans at the Pelicans' home court clapped their hands to their heads, watching this scene in despair.
The game was obviously in good shape before the start of the fourth quarter, so why was the game inexplicably reversed in the fourth quarter?
With tens of seconds left before the end of the game, the Pelicans called the last timeout and arranged their tactics. At the last and most critical moment, they decided to hand the ball to Nong Mei and let him quickly score a goal under the basket, and then
Prevent the Lakers' attack in the next round and kill the opponent in the last round.
The tactics were well laid out, but when Thick Eyebrow came to the inside to catch the ball, it was still Wang Feng who faced him.
"That's right! From the time Wang Feng started guarding Davis alone, the Pelicans' offense began to stagnate!" Finally, some Pelicans fans reacted.
In the fourth quarter of the game, starting from the moment Wang Feng switched to guarding the thick eyebrows, his offensive efficiency began to plummet.