Capela pulled out to screen for Paul, who then screened and separated Rondo and went straight to the basket, and then threw the basketball into the sky when Lopez stepped forward to help defend.
Capela took off with both feet on the ground, received the pass, and dunked in an alley-oop.
Cutting down to the basket after the pick-and-roll has become one of the Rockets' usual tactics. With Paul and Harden, two masters of ball control and passing, Capela, who has explosive physical fitness but lacks interior offensive skills, has become a famous
The king of cakes, his ability to catch the ball and eat cakes is superb.
Especially this season, Capela's average number of shots per game reached a career-high 11, and he was able to score 16+ points with a 64% shooting rate, almost all of which relied on the pick-and-roll move.
The offense and defense transitioned, and the ball came to the Lakers' side.
After Rondo dribbled the ball past half court, he passed the ball to Wang Feng.
The person responsible for defending Wang Feng for the Rockets is PJ Tucker.
Last season, Ariza was the main defender on Wang Feng, but in the new season, Ariza was poached with an annual salary of US$15 million. The Rockets' defensive ability on the front line was seriously affected, and they could only leave PJ Tucker to fill the gap.
P.J. Tucker can also be regarded as a relatively outstanding forward defender. Although as a forward, his height of 1.98 meters is at a disadvantage against most forwards, but his weight of 118 kilograms and strong strength and explosive power make Tucker not afraid.
While he is very capable of physical confrontation and defensive inside, he can also use entangled defense on the outside to cause headaches for defensive players.
Tucker's most shining performance on the defensive end was his outstanding defensive performance against Kevin Durant who was already with the Nets in the playoffs after going to the Heat in the future.
But against Wang Feng, whose overall rating has reached 97 and has almost no shortcomings on the offensive end, Tucker is not enough.
Wang Feng's strength of 88 is not inferior to Tucker's. At the same time, his speed of 93 and agility of 94 are much faster than Tucker, who is full of tendons.
Standing at a 45-degree angle from the left three-point line, Wang Feng directly forced a breakthrough. The master badge was activated in the first step, and his speed instantly increased to the extreme. He passed Tucker in one step and went straight to the Rockets basket.
As for Wang Feng's breakthrough with the ball, the entire league already knew how powerful it was, so the nimble-footed Capela immediately stepped forward to help defend.
Wang Feng made a sudden stop in front of Capela and shot a jumper. He had been promoted to the golden fast shooter badge and Capela had no time to step forward to defend.
"brush!"
Basketball goes hollow into the net.
Before the season, Wang Feng had enhanced his mid- and long-range shooting to 96 through elite enhancement points. At the same time, his shooting position was still within the effect range of the golden badge hot zone hunter. With super high values and the blessing of the badge, in the field of mid-range shooting, Wang Feng
It has reached a historical level, even compared with the kings in the field of mid-range shooting such as Jordan and Nowitzki.
The Rockets' offense still did not allow Harden to attack. Paul missed a mid-range jumper with the ball, and Capela grabbed the offensive rebound and scored a dunk.
The shortcomings of the Lakers' frame protection will still exist in the new season. Let's not mention Lopez's rebounding ability. Although Wang Feng has strengthened his defensive rebounding to 90, 90 defensive rebounds is definitely not a particularly high value.
After all, ability is one of the core skills of a center. Usually those centers who are strong rebounders will have at least 95 defensive rebounds regardless of their offensive rebound value.
Famous rebounders in the league such as Drummond, Whiteside, and DeAndre Jordan all have defensive rebounding abilities of 99.
Wang Feng's defensive rebounding ability value of 90 only allows him to average double figures in rebounding games without deliberately rebounding, and that's it.
The current Lakers' rebound protection rate will only improve when McGee is on the court. However, McGee without shooting ability means that the space on the offensive end is limited, and sometimes the gain outweighs the loss.
When the Lakers attack, the ball is still given to Wang Feng. Tucker's defense against him, like many teams, focuses on defending three-pointers. Even if you break through with the ball, it doesn't matter. The Rockets have Capela to help defend, even if they can't.
, it can also consume your physical energy to the maximum extent. When you get to the back and you can't make sudden moves, it will be much easier to defend.
Why does Wang Feng care about you?
His physical ability value has currently reached 97. Although it is not yet at the level where he can still walk like flying in the whole game, it is much better than last season. More importantly, even if he consumes too much physical energy, the current Lakers also have
Someone can take his place.
Although Jimmy Butler is not a master in scoring, he is never soft on offense at critical moments. The phrase "the toughest basketball player in the league" is not something I say casually.
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In the next few rounds, Wang Feng kept hitting the basket with the ball and bombarding the Rockets penalty area indiscriminately.
The Rockets' inside line was shattered by Wang Feng's impact. Within 3 minutes, Capela received two fouls and left the game early. Even Tucker received a foul.
But even so, Harden still didn't take much action.
Wang Feng was naturally so happy. He wished that Harden had not taken a single shot in the entire game. Even if he stood in the corner with Harden and hung up, he would definitely make money without losing money.
Even if his performance is abnormal in just one game, Harden's average points per game will be affected to a certain extent. One will wax and wane, and Wang Feng's lead in the scoring list will be even greater.
It's a pity that Wang Feng can afford to wait, but the Rockets can't.
As the Rockets' strongest offensive core and main scoring point, how can the Rockets win if Harden doesn't play? The efficiency is still too low just relying on Paul's connection and Gordon and other players' scoring.
Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni called a timeout and made some tactical adjustments. After the timeout, the ball was finally handed over to Harden.
Wang Feng stared at Harden, who was standing at the top of the arc with the ball, and couldn't help but smile. "How about it? Do you dare to touch me?"
Harden glanced at Wang Feng and said nothing.
Duel with Wang Feng? Are you making it difficult for yourself?
As one of the most recognized defenders on the outside, Wang Feng's outside defensive capabilities have been verified by many stars in the league, including Harden.
From the first season of Wang Feng's career, when the two teams met in the playoffs, Harden realized how annoying Wang Feng's defense really was.
The Death Coil Badge is just a means of interference when it comes to personal defense. The defensive and intimidating Badge, a fantasy defense with eyes, can actually reduce the hit rate. Any player would be confused and speechless.
Obviously he had already used his excellent skills to get rid of Wang Feng's defense, so why did he miss the shot? And it happened more than once or twice.
Over time, the league's stars all had the illusion that as long as they faced Wang Feng, their touch would get worse.