No matter who it is, they can't help but think so when they see this scene.
No matter how good Harden is, he is still one of the few stars in the league and has top offensive ability. If you play like this, something will happen!
Wang Feng seemed not to care at all, with a calm expression on his face.
"In that case, don't blame me!"
If someone is not serious about defense, how can he not take advantage?
In the next few rounds, Harden kept playing Wang Feng in isolation, without calling a pick-and-roll screen, and his offensive methods were simple breakthrough jumpers and pull-up shots.
Wang Feng had his hands behind his back from the beginning to the end, with no intention of defending at all. Even if Harden scored frequently, he remained unmoved!
On the sidelines of the game, head coach Cole frowned, his dissatisfaction deepening.
Cole admires Wang Feng's sudden rise in the second half of the regular season, not only because of Wang Feng's excellent outside defense and accurate corner three-pointers, but also because of Wang Feng's hard-working and serious attitude in daily training, and his solid defensive awareness on the court. , are all the reasons why Cole can rest assured to let Wang Feng serve as the team's starting small forward!
But now, on an important stage like the Western Conference Finals, Wang Feng would actually do such a stupid thing. This is undoubtedly challenging Cole's authority as a head coach!
He was even ready at this time. Once the ball died, he would replace Wang Feng as soon as possible! There would be no hesitation...
"Um?"
At this moment, Cole was slightly startled, and the expression on his face gradually became dull.
"How...how could this happen?"
At the same time, Rockets head coach Kevin McHale also widened his eyes and looked incredulous. "What is going on?"
Harden is on the court at this moment, facing a stubborn and arrogant player who always puts his hands behind his back to defend. Obviously his offensive efficiency should be very high!
But after a few minutes of play, the score between the two teams was 15:9! The Rockets only scored 9 points!
"Why is this happening?"
McHale closed his eyes and carefully thought about the situation in the past few minutes, and the expression on his face became even more exaggerated!
Facing Wang Feng, who was defending with his backhand, Harden took a lot of shots, and he had a pretty good shot space every time. The opportunities were very good!
But if you take a closer look, Harden has taken very few of those seemingly good opportunities!
In just a few minutes, Harden has taken 7 shots! But he only made 2 hits! And they were a three-pointer and a two-pointer! A total of 5 points! Even including the first two free throws, It's only 7 points.
Scored 7 points in just a few minutes, even counting 7 shots, the efficiency is not particularly low!
But Harden's large number of shots prevented other players on the team from getting offensive opportunities. The remaining four players only scored two points together! And this was after Harden missed the shot, and Howard grabbed an offensive rebound and scored a dunk. !
Harden's frequent shots have completely disrupted the Rockets' offensive rhythm!
Originally, McHale didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Using one's own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses is something every professional basketball player should understand.
Since Wang Feng is defending with his back, he is the weakest link in the Warriors as a whole. There is no problem in letting Harden attack him. Even if the team's offensive rhythm is affected as a result, it will definitely make a profit!
But now, there is a question that completely puzzles everyone!
Why is Harden's shooting percentage so low? He is facing Wang Feng who doesn't stretch his hand at all when defending!
Who would have thought that James Harden, the league's top star who ranked second in the regular season scoring list, would be like this?
Seeing Harden's expression gradually becoming more and more anxious, Wang Feng couldn't help but laugh.
He bet correctly!
The Purple Hall of Fame level defensive shock badge is worthy of being at the pinnacle of defensive badges!
Once the trigger takes effect, even when facing the league's top stars, the impact on his feel will be significantly visible!
This effect is really exaggerated!
"How could...! How could this happen?"
At this moment, Harden's mentality has changed, he is anxious, restless, embarrassed, and angry!
He never imagined that his performance would be so bad when faced with a player who was defending him with his backhand!
This is the Western Conference finals! It is a large-scale event that is broadcast live across the United States! His every move is watched by countless fans across the United States!
If this continues, he can fully imagine how the media and the public will evaluate him after the game!
When he thought of this, Harden became more and more restless. When he saw Wang Feng's calm expression, as if things should be like this, his anger became even more uncontrollable!
Harden suddenly took the ball and stepped back, and forced a three-pointer one step away from the three-point line!
Wang Feng's steps were extremely fast and he immediately rushed to catch up. The effect of the defensive shock badge was triggered!
With this shot, Harden, whose mentality was completely unbalanced, directly shot a three-pointer!
"This... it seems that Harden needs to adjust his mentality. Wang Feng's tactics were executed very successfully!" Yang Yi was confused. He had no idea what was going on and could only subconsciously explain based on the situation on the court.
With.
"This should be Wang Feng's deliberate psychological tactic. Although it is a bit of a gamble, Wang Feng made the right bet. Harden, who led the team to the Western Conference Finals as a core player for the first time in his career, is indeed inexperienced and a little too impatient. In this case,
The Warriors may be able to seize the opportunity and continue to open up the score..." Yang Jian also said.
Sure enough, Harden made a missed shot, the rebound was picked up by Green, and the Warriors immediately started to counterattack with a fast break!
Although the Rockets' two insiders are extremely mobile, their return to defense is still a little slow during such frequent back and forth runs!
The Warriors easily formed a situation of playing more and less in the frontcourt! After a quick pass and ball transfer, the basketball came to Wang Feng in the left corner!
"not good!"
At this time, Harden, who was responsible for guarding Wang Feng, was half a beat slower, and there was a gap in front of Wang Feng!
How could he let go of such a good opportunity so easily?
Take off and raise your hands to shoot! The whole set of movements is done in one go!
Three projection badges are activated at the same time!
The basketball drew a beautiful parabola in the air and then hit the net!
"brush!"
The crisp sound of brushing the Internet is in sharp contrast to Harden's previous three-no-touch rule!
18:9!
The point difference has almost widened to double digits!
McHale couldn't sit still anymore and immediately stood up and called a timeout.
Looking at Wang Feng, who had a normal expression and walked off the field as if nothing was wrong, Cole's expression was still a bit incredulous.
He didn't understand how Wang Feng did it, but it was obvious! The task he assigned to Wang Feng was completed perfectly... No! It was even overfulfilled!