The conflict between Wang Feng and Barnes during training did not have much impact.
Both Wang Feng and Barnes have some scruples. After all, they are not the core core players of the team, and they are not qualified to act arrogantly in front of the head coach. If the matter gets too big, they may be treated as thorns by the coach.
The leader was killed directly on the bench.
That kind of result is completely unacceptable to both Wang Feng and Barnes!
For Wang Feng, if he can defeat Barnes in training, he has already won. There is no need to be aggressive next time. He just needs to continue to use his advantages in the official arena to surpass Barnes and become the Warriors.
Starting at small forward is only a matter of time!
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Two days passed quickly, and soon the Warriors took a special plane to Boston to face the Celtics.
The Celtics in the 14-15 season are in a period of revival and rise. After the young new coach Brad Stevens experienced a failed season in the last season, he has gradually begun to rely on the current civilian lineup to build a team.
Set up a system that can win.
This has also allowed the Celtics' winning rate this season to remain around 50%, ranking around six or seven in the Eastern Conference.
But the Celtics, who have just begun their revival, are no match for the mighty Warriors.
106:103, the Warriors defeated the Celtics by 3 points in an away game and won.
Curry swept away the sluggish state in the last game against the Cavaliers. He made 14 of 22 shots and efficiently scored 37 points to lead the team to victory!
But among the Warriors, the one who performs more brilliantly than Curry is Wang Feng.
Wang Feng still came on as a substitute in this game. He played 20 minutes, made 5 of 7 three-pointers, and scored 15 points and 6 steals!
The Celtics don't have a particularly strong player on the front line. Apart from shooting three-pointers from the corner, Wang Feng's other experience is all about assisting and making up defense.
Golden All-Star interceptors are outstanding when their speed, agility and interception all reach 90 ability values!
In addition, the Celtics themselves are a team that uses a lot of passing and cutting to find opportunities, so it also gives Wang Feng many opportunities to intercept passing routes and steal!
Compared with the 27 points scored in the previous game, although Wang Feng only scored 15 points in this game, his efficiency was as amazing as ever!
He made 5 of 7 three-pointers, and his shooting percentage has reached more than 70%! The shooting percentage of many inside players at the basket is not even that high!
In contrast, Barnes played 29 minutes, took 16 shots, hit 6 goals, and had a shooting percentage of only 37.5%. He scored 17 points including free throws and three-pointers.
Although his shots were more than twice as high as Wang Feng's, his score was only two points higher than Wang Feng's.
This situation is what Wang Feng is most happy to see. It is obvious that after the training incident, Barnes was really anxious, so much so that he did not hesitate to take a lot of shots on the field, hoping to produce luxurious data to prove himself.
The 16 shots taken were almost the same as the number of shots taken by the team's second-leading player Thompson in this game. For this reason, the Warriors' offensive rhythm was affected, which is why the final score difference between the two teams was only 3 points.
In the locker room after the game, Cole lectured Barnes directly in front of all the players, but because he won the game, his tone was not particularly harsh, just a little beating.
But then on March 2, in the Warriors' back-to-back away games against the Brooklyn Nets, Barnes' playing time was reduced.
He only played 25 minutes in this game. Correspondingly, Wang Feng's playing time was increased to 26 minutes, which was actually longer than Barnes!
Unfortunately, the Warriors lost this game.
In this game, except for Curry and Wang Feng, almost all members of the Warriors turned into actors.
Clay Thompson made 3 of 17 shots and scored 7 points with a 17.6% shooting rate.
Green made 1 of 5 shots, shooting 20%.
Barnes made 2 of 7 shots in only 25 minutes of playing time, with a shooting percentage of 28.6%.
While the main players collectively stretched their hips, the players on the bench performed tolerably.
Yingodala and Livingston both scored in double figures with a shooting rate of over 60%, one scored 14 points and the other scored 12 points.
Wang Feng, who also came off the bench, made 4 of 6 three-pointers and scored 12 points.
As he participates in more games, Wang Feng's opportunities to easily take open shots from outside the corner three-point line begin to become less and less.
After all, the NBA is the world's top professional basketball league. Among the 30 teams here, no matter where a player appears who performs well, other teams will inevitably investigate and analyze the player's technical characteristics in detail before playing against him, and make decisions.
Targeted defensive measures.
Wang Feng's only threat on the offensive end is the corner three-point line. Teams that come to this conclusion will arrange for a player to keep an eye on Wang Feng throughout the game to prevent him from easily catching the ball outside the corner three-point line.
There is another term in the NBA to describe this situation, called the rookie wall.
The so-called rookie wall refers to the fact that the technical characteristics of rookie players are analyzed and analyzed by other teams and then targeted defensive measures are taken, causing the players to perform abnormally and even lose confidence as they play.
Many players fall directly in front of the rookie wall and will never be able to cross it in their lifetime.
Of course, there are also some players with outstanding talents who break through themselves under such circumstances and develop new skills, thus becoming stronger and stronger!
Wang Feng's situation is slightly different.
From the perspective of the Warriors' tactics, Wang Feng does not need to break the status quo at all.
The opponent has to assign a player to hang up in the corner to mark Wang Feng the whole time. This is what the Warriors want.
You know, Wang Feng is not even ranked among the Warriors!
The main scoring points of the Warriors have always been the splash brothers Curry and Thompson! Wang Feng can effectively contain the opponent's defensive players and stretch space, which is beneficial to the Warriors' offense!
Isn’t that what a 3D player does?
On the defensive end, you serve as a vanguard to defend the opponent's player with the strongest scoring ability. On the offensive end, as long as you can hit open three-pointers, it's enough!
The defeat against the Nets was mainly due to the poor feel of the main starters such as Thompson. Although Wang Feng had fewer and fewer shots, he made 4 of 6 three-pointers and scored 12 points with a 66% shooting rate.
Abnormal performance!
On the defensive end, he even defended Joe Johnson, a former All-Star player and the Nets' second scorer this season, who made 1 of 9 shots from the field and only got 3 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
After back-to-back away games, the Warriors finally returned home to face the Milwaukee Bucks.
In this game, the Splash Brothers finally found their touch at the same time, scoring 27 and 25 points respectively.
As for the Splash Brothers, Wang Feng has become a direct beneficiary of the revival!