Chapter 476: 24 consecutive victories and master skill selection
Chapter 476 24 consecutive wins and dominance skill selection
Hardaway's strength can be said to be very good. He can steadily contribute 20+5+7 in the second season of his career. O'Neal can lead the Magic all the way this season and even eliminate the Bulls who returned with Jordan and reach the finals.
, Hardaway contributed a lot.
More importantly, he is only 24 years old at this time and has a promising future.
But Wang Feng knew that Hardaway's peak period was during the years of his rookie contract.
In the four-year rookie contract, except for the first season, Hardaway was able to average around 20+5+6 in the remaining three seasons, and his shooting percentage was also stable at around 50%. He is indeed a very good player.
The second-in-command role.
However, with O'Neal's transfer to the Lakers and Hardaway leading the team with a single core, problems immediately emerged.
First, the field goal percentage dropped from 50% to 44%, and then the high-intensity competition led to injuries. Without O'Neal's defense to attract opponents, Hardaway's performance was like Wang Xiaoer's Chinese New Year, each year was worse than the last.
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In the second season of the single-core team, Hardaway only played 19 games, averaging 16.4 points per game. In the following two seasons, although he ensured an attendance rate of about 80%, his personal data still hovered around 16 points.
The Magic, which lost patience with Hardaway, eventually traded Hardaway to the Suns. The latter even disappeared after joining the Suns. After being transferred to the Knicks and Heat, he finally chose to retire at the end of the 2007-08 season.
In terms of strength, Hardaway is indeed quite outstanding. He has been selected to the All-Star four times in his career, and has won two first-team awards and one third-team honors, which is even more outstanding than Reggie Miller.
But his strength is limited to this. He is not a superstar player who can single-handedly support a team. To be Wang Feng's opponent... he is obviously not qualified.
On February 5, the Knicks arrived in Orlando and started a fierce battle with the Magic.
The young and energetic O'Neal taught Ewing a good lesson. He made 17 of 28 shots, 7 of 13 free throws, and scored 41 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists.
In comparison, Ewing, who faced O'Neal throughout the game, had 22 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, which were slightly inferior.
It is not unreasonable for Ewing to be at the bottom among the four major centers. In a competition with the other three top centers in the league, unless he feels particularly good, it is usually difficult for him to gain the upper hand.
Although they lost the center duel, the Knicks defeated the Magic 110:103 and won the game.
The reason is very simple, Wang Feng defeated Hardaway.
Although Hardaway, who is also a forward player with a height of 2.01 meters and weighs nearly 88 kilograms, has very good speed, his physical confrontation ability is not even a little worse than Wang Feng.
Throughout the game, Hardaway was extremely uncomfortable facing Wang Feng's defense. He had a golden All-Star level death coil badge, was as fast as himself, and showed a crushing tendency in terms of strength. Wang Feng, Hardaway was completely one-sided.
suppress.
Hardaway made 4 of 11 shots in the entire game, scoring only 13 points and shooting 36% from the field.
On the other hand, Wang Feng made 10 of 18 shots, 4 of 8 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws. He easily scored 30 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists.
"Even Anfernee, one of Jordan's designated successors, is not Wang Feng's opponent? It seems that Wang Feng already has the strength of the league's top outside player!"
"Is it possible that Wang Feng is the player closest to Jordan's successor?"
Since Jordan retired, there have been endless discussions about Jordan's successor in the league. Every outstanding outside player has high hopes. Since top outside players such as Kobe and Carter have not yet joined the league at this time, it is easy to stand out from the crowd of outside players.
It's Grant Hill and Anfernee Hardaway who are in the spotlight.
Hill and Hardaway were both rookies in 1994. During his rookie season, Hill steadily dominated Hardaway, sharing the Rookie of the Year award with Jason Kidd with 19.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5 assists.
Entering his second year, Hill's average of 20 points, 9.8 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game seems to be less obvious than Hardaway's 21+5+7.
In addition, the record of Hardaway's Magic team completely beat the Pistons led by Hill, so the two can only be barely tied in the selection of Jordan's successor. Who can win depends on the subsequent performance of both parties.
Who would have thought that Cheng Yaojin and Wang Feng would come out of nowhere, seemingly breaking the stalemate.
First he defeated Miller, then defeated Barkley, and now he unilaterally defeated Hardaway. The more Wang Feng's strength is displayed in front of people, the more shocking it becomes.
The only regret is that Wang Feng, who is already 30 years old, is actually only 2 years younger than Jordan himself, and has almost no future to talk about.
Who can expect a 30-year-old player to continue to improve and become stronger?
After all, as a professional basketball player, 30 years old is equivalent to a dividing point. This age means that a player's body, skills, and game experience have all reached their peak, and he will usher in the strongest stage of his career.
But after the glory comes the trough. Before the age of 30, the player's competitive level and ability will improve, but after reaching the age of 30, all that is left for the player is continuous decline.
With the victory over the Magic, the Knicks' winning streak officially reached 21 games, and they officially hold the exclusive honor of the second consecutive winning streak in NBA history.
People are becoming more curious about how far the Knicks' winning streak can go.
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On February 7, the Knicks defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 98:95 at home, winning their 22nd consecutive victory.
On February 8, the Knicks played the Pacers again in an away game. Reggie Miller, who had been beaten by Wang Feng for only 10 points, led the Pacers aggressively to seek revenge, but was massacred again at 77:96.
Wang Feng made 7 of 10 three-pointers in front of Miller and scored 39 points, while the latter only scored 18 points.
Knicks reach 23rd consecutive victory!
On February 14, the Knicks played away against the Pistons, and Wang Feng faced off against Grant Hill, the second Jordan-appointed successor.
I have to admit that in terms of single-round talent, Hill at his peak was far more outstanding than Hardaway.
Hill, who is 2.03 meters tall and weighs 102 kilograms, has a fighting ability that far exceeds that of Hardaway. At the same time, his speed is not inferior to Hardaway. Especially his lightning-fast first step breakthrough, his speed is comparable to that of Wang Feng, who has a badge.
Of course, this has something to do with the fact that Wang Feng's First Step Master badge is only at the gold All-Star level and not the purple Hall of Fame level, but it is enough to illustrate Hill's talent.
It's a pity that such a talented player was eventually destroyed by injuries and failed to achieve anything.
There are too many such talents in the league.
Hill, Roy, Rose... So, the achievements a player can achieve really have a lot to do with his own ability to resist adversity.
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Closer to home, Hill's performance was obviously much better than Hardaway's when facing Wang Feng. He made 11 of 21 shots and 3 of 4 free throws. He scored 25 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. Although he made 4 turnovers, his performance was still good.
It’s already remarkable.
Of course, Wang Feng once again scored 33 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in the matchup with Hill, gaining the upper hand in the direct competition.
The Knicks defeated the Pistons 106:94, bringing their winning streak to 24 games.
The entire alliance was a little shocked.
The Knicks are going to heaven! Before they know it, they have won 24 consecutive games and are only 9 games away from the Lakers' 33 consecutive wins.
While the entire league was marveling at the strength of the Knicks, Wang Feng was somewhat dissatisfied with the result of his matchup with Hill.
Although he is already a numerical monster with an overall rating of 99, he is not invincible in the true sense. It is obvious that his offense is far stronger than his defense.
At that time in the future, when facing the league's top players such as James, Antetokounmpo, and Durant, Wang Feng will have no way to effectively restrict their performance. Usually, the way he wins the game is to score more points than these players.
If Durant scores 40 points, he will score 50 points. If Antetokounmpo scores 50 points, he will score 60 points. Moreover, while scoring higher than the opponent, Wang Feng's assists will also far exceed the opponent's. Winning the game will naturally be a success.
It becomes easier.
Wang Feng's defensive badge was really useful when he first joined the league. The purple defensive shock can greatly interfere with the shooter's shooting rate. The golden death coil, interceptor and double-team master can also make him get twice the result with half the effort on the defensive end.
But now it seems that the number of badges he has on the defensive end is still too few, especially the interior defensive badges are seriously insufficient. Highly cost-effective defensive badges such as rim protection elite, post defense master, quick reaction, etc. have not been activated, which has led to his failure in the game.
It is quite weak when facing inside attacks and can only rely on its high defensive ability value to support its defense.
Wang Feng's defensive awareness, interior defense and other ability values are only in the early 90s, and have not been enhanced to the full value of 99.
This is also the reason why Wang Feng didn't have a good way to deal with Hill in the game against the Pistons.
The golden death coil was not enough to have a big impact on Hill. The latter was no worse than his first breakthrough. Even Wang Feng had a hard time keeping up.
Although basketball is not a one-man game, it is unrealistic to want to guard all the top stars in the league by yourself.
But the person he will fight next is Jordan! Hill is just the opponent's designated successor.
If Wang Feng cannot even guard against a successor who has not yet fully grown up, how will he fight against Jordan in the future?
Of course he is confident that he can score higher points than Jordan in every game, but if he can't beat Jordan on both offense and defense, it will always feel like it's not that interesting.
"Fortunately, I didn't rush to redeem the dominance skills. Now I finally know how to choose the dominance skills!"
After the system was updated, a new dominance module was added, and its functions are exactly the same as the dominance mode in 2K.
Leading the Cavaliers to the championship and winning the regular season MVP title allowed Wang Feng to obtain two purple badges of his choice, which can be used to directly exchange for dominance skills.
With two purple optional badges, you can choose two master skills and equip them on the main master and the secondary master respectively.
The first dominance skill Wang Feng chose was to lock the defender, which is also called defense: single defense in other 2K series.
The effect of this dominance skill is that when the dominance skill is turned on, it can directly offset the dominance skill of the defensive object, strengthen the defensive effect, further force the opponent to stop the ball or even drop the ball during the ball-holding attack, and the ability to interfere with shooting will also be greatly improved.
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In the 2K game, the effect of this dominance skill is introduced like this. Anyway, when Wang Feng plays, whenever this dominance skill is turned on, no matter who the defending object is, even on the highest game difficulty, it will be difficult for the opponent to score the ball.
Wang Feng also doesn't know how the effect of counteracting the master skill of the defensive target will be converted into reality, but there is no doubt that the effect of this master skill is powerful. Once the master is activated, coupled with his super high defense value, even if it is
I'm afraid Jordan will have to scold him when he comes.
After considering locking on defenders as his main dominance skill, Wang Feng began to select secondary dominance skills.
Regarding the secondary dominance skill, Wang Feng decided to choose the marksman dominance skill.
His strongest point now is shooting, with 99 three-pointers, 99 mid-range shots, and a lot of shooting badges. If the effect of his ability is not maximized, it will be a bit of a waste.
Wang Feng can fully imagine how unreasonably strong his scoring ability will be once the marksman dominance skill is activated, a large number of shooting badges are superimposed, and the purple Hall of Fame level key shooter is activated at the end of the fourth quarter.
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In comparison, no matter whether it is breakthrough, organization, basket attack, or interior defense, the dominant skills are not as real as this one.
In the final analysis, as an outside player, Wang Feng's inside offensive and defensive capabilities are enough as long as he has enough deterrence. There is no need to be omniscient and omnipotent, and the conditions at this stage cannot achieve that.
at this point.
When all of Wang Feng's attributes are increased to full 99 and all badges are enhanced to the purple Hall of Fame level, we might consider it.
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After equipping the two dominance skills to the dominance column, something similar to an experience bar appeared in Wang Feng's consciousness space.
Players who have played the latest series of NBA2K know that this is the dominance bar. Through effective scoring during the game, the defense can continuously increase the accumulated dominance bar progress. When the dominance bar is full, you can actively turn on the dominance bar for a period of time.
Obtain a substantial bonus effect.
To describe it simply, if badges are like passive skills in the game, which can continuously provide players with passive effects, then the dominance skill is an active ultimate move. Once activated, it is powerful and devastating, but it has a duration and a skill cooldown.
restrictions.
Wang Feng no longer has any impression of how long the dominance skill in the game can last after it is activated.
Once the system's dominance skill is activated, it can last for about 5 minutes and is not affected by timeouts, free throws or halftime, which refers to the 5 minutes of pure game time.
Being able to transform into Superman within 5 minutes, Wang Feng is obviously stronger than before! More importantly, locking the binding of the defender's dominant skills has made Wang Feng's ability on the defensive end even further, and he has completely entered the ranks of the top defenders in the history of the league.