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The most terrible thing is that the Menglong team spent so much effort to defend Wang Feng, which resulted in Butler and other Lakers players having good scoring opportunities, but the result was not much better.
At halftime, the scores between the two teams were 59:49, with the Lakers leading by 10 points at home.
The game entered the second half. Under the leadership of Lowry and Siakam, the Menglong team launched a 12:4 attack wave, closing the point difference to within 5 points. However, as the game entered the fourth quarter, especially at the end
Within 2 minutes, Wang Feng began to exert his strength.
Facing Leonard's defense, Wang Feng hit jump shots one after another, as steady as a robot.
At 118:109, the Lakers won the first game of the Finals with a total score of 1:0.
In this game, Wang Feng scored a game-high 34 points, 16 points in the half, and only 2 points in the third quarter. However, he scored 16 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter, including 11 points in the last 2 minutes, and a field goal.
The rate is 44.8%.
With Leonard and the Menglong team helping to defend against double teams anytime and anywhere, they can still contribute points stably and efficiently, which is enough to prove Wang Feng's ability.
In addition to Wang Feng, the Lakers also have Butler, who scored 25 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 10 of 18 shots, with a shooting percentage of 55.6%.
With Wang Feng being heavily guarded, Butler got a lot of scoring opportunities and successfully grasped them.
For the Mongols, the highest scorer was Siakam, who made 14 of 17 shots from the field and scored 32 points and 8 rebounds with a very high shooting percentage.
Full of impact, Siakam, who frequently ran without the ball and cut into the basket throughout the game, successfully tore the Lakers' weak interior defense into pieces. Ingram and Kuzma were unable to match Siakam in terms of strength.
McGee was too slow and couldn't keep up with the opponent's nimble footsteps.
Siakam played well, but Leonard put most of his energy on defending Wang Feng, and his offensive performance was not very good. He made 8 of 17 shots and scored 23 points. Although his shooting rate of 47% was slightly higher than Wang Feng's,
It is higher, but considering that Leonard mostly uses pick-and-roll screens on the offensive end, a higher shooting rate doesn't mean anything.
Two days after the first game, on June 2, the second game of the series was still a G2 game at the Staples Center, the home court of the Lakers. The Menglong team once again lost to the Lakers 107:121, with a total score of 107:121.
0:2 behind.
In this game, the Menglong team lost more completely than in the first game.
In the G2 game, the Lakers made adjustments on the defensive end. Wang Feng did not continue to face off against Leonard, but instead guarded Siakam.
Wang Feng, who starts at power forward, should be facing off against Siakam. It is only because he is the Lakers' strongest perimeter defender that he will face off against Lenner, the strongest player on the Toronto Raptors, in the G1 game.
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However, during the G1 game, Leonard did not directly confront Wang Feng. Instead, he used pick-and-roll screens and running without the ball to avoid encountering Wang Feng's defense on the offensive end.
In this case, Wang Feng simply stopped guarding Leonard. The task of guarding Leonard was given to Butler, and Wang Feng was responsible for guarding Siakam, who performed well in the last game.
Although compared to outside defense, Wang Feng's inside defense is weaker, but after all, he has strengthened his inside defense ability value to 90. Siakam's height is 2.06 meters and weight is 104. There is not much difference in size from Wang Feng.
Under the premise, Siakam is not as good as Wang Feng in terms of strength, speed, jumping and other physical qualities.
Siakam, who is not a traditional back-to-the-basket attacker, faced Wang Feng's defense and successfully made 5 of 18 shots, 12 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 turnovers.
Siakam's poor performance freed up the offensive end. Leonard made 8 of 20 shots and 14 of 16 free throws. He scored 32 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists. Leonard was unable to recover.
In this game, Wang Feng made 10 of 17 shots, 5 of 8 three-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws, and scored 31 points and 10 rebounds. Menglong coach Nurse was shocked to find that Wang Feng had even begun to gradually adapt to their targeted defensive tactics.
It plays more efficiently and stably than G1.
After the two finals, the score was 2:0, and the game was far less intense than imagined.
Facts have proved that although the Menglong achieved 58 wins in the regular season this season, one more win than the Warriors, when it comes to real combat effectiveness, they are obviously far behind the Warriors.
If I have to say it, I'm afraid the Warriors, with Durant absent, can also compete with the Menglong team a little bit.
Indeed, in another space-time finals, the Warriors still won two games without Durant, and had a tough battle with the Dragons. Unfortunately, things are unpredictable, and Durant forced his comeback and tore his ligament.
After the injury, Thompson also tore his cruciate ligament in the G6 finals.
Before Thompson retired due to injury, the Warriors were still in the lead after three quarters. However, as Thompson also retired with a serious injury, the team's morale plummeted. They only scored 22 points in the last quarter and were overtaken by the Menglong who scored 28 points and lost by 4 points.
dropped the game and missed the opportunity to equalize the score to 3:3.
If Thompson had not been injured and just made a few random shots in the fourth quarter, the result would have been completely different. If the Warriors could tie the total score to 3:3, it would really be possible to defeat the Menglong in the final tiebreaker and defeat the entire team.
Win the championship!
It can only be said that luck is not on the Warriors' side.
The strength of the Lakers is obviously higher than that of the Warriors without Durant and the Raptors led by Leonard.
When all members are healthy, it is not surprising that the Menglong team is not an opponent.
On June 5th, in the third game of the Finals, back at home in Toronto, the Menglong team finally won the game with great difficulty.
In this game, Leonard scored 30 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Siakam recovered and scored 18 points on 8 of 16 shots. Lowry also finally made an impact after playing soy sauce in the first two games, with 16
Contributed 23 points and 9 assists on 8 field goals.
In addition, the Menglong team also performed well on the bench, with Jordan VanVleet scoring 17 points, Danny Green 15 points, and Gasol 17 points.
The Menglong team, with 6 players in the team scoring in double figures, won a big victory 123:109.
The Montblanc also changed its defensive strategy in this game, letting Danny Green defend Wang Feng, freeing up Leonard to improve the Montblanc's overall defensive capabilities and strengthen defense against the other four positions of the Lakers.
This tactical adjustment had a remarkable effect. Although Wang Feng beat Green throughout the game and scored 47 points on 17-of-31 shooting, the entire Lakers team except Wang Feng performed abnormally.
Butler made 6 of 14 shots and scored 17 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.
Rondo had 11 points, Ingram had 9 points, and Kuzma had 6 points.
With the victory in this game, the Menglong team struggled to bring the total score to 1:2.