Chapter 503 The double-digit lead is not stable until the game is over!
In the first two rounds, the Warriors' offense was all about explosive dunks. The exciting scenes caused the fans in the audience to cheer and scream loudly.
This kind of scene is actually not uncommon for this year's Warriors. The pick-and-roll cooperation between Wang Feng and Garnett usually ends with an alley-oop dunk from the inside.
But this time is different. Facing the Chicago Bulls, the league's top defensive team, the Warriors can actually play such a smooth and gorgeous offense. This is definitely something that all Golden State fans should be proud of.
You must know that the Bulls this season are really terrifyingly strong.
So far in the regular season, he has averaged 105 points per game, ranking second in the league, second only to the Warriors led by Wang Feng. At the same time, he has only conceded 93 points per game, ranking third in the league. His defensive efficiency in the league is higher than that of the Bulls.
There are only two better teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Detroit Pistons.
But the average points per game of these two teams are 91.1 and 95.4 respectively, which is completely different from the Bulls.
Let’s look at the Warriors, who have the strongest offensive firepower in the league. Their fast-paced offense and defense allow them to average a very high score of 109 points per game. However, at the same time, their fast-paced offense and defense transitions also cause them to lose a lot of points on the defensive end. Even though
With Wang Feng Blaylock on the outside and Garnett on the inside, the Warriors are averaging 104 points per game, sixth from the bottom in the league.
In this comparison, the Bulls averaged 105 points per game, conceded 93 points per game, and had an average winning margin of 12 points per game. You can see how terrifying this 72-win Bulls team is.
In addition, the 73-win Warriors in the 2015-16 season averaged 114.9 points per game, 104.1 points per game, and a net rating of 10.8. They were also slightly inferior to the Bulls. Only the 74-win Warriors team that Wang Feng traveled through could achieve this.
Better than the 72-win Bulls in this statistic.
Now the Warriors, led by Wang Feng's single core, were able to take the initiative against the Bulls at the beginning of the game and played really well.
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The game continued, and the Bulls finally succeeded in scoring the second offense, but the offense was not scored by Jordan but by Pippen's cut to the basket for a layup.
The score came to 5:2. When the Warriors attacked, Wang Feng still assisted with the ball from the outside. This time Wang Feng used the speed advantage of the master's breakthrough in the first step to pass Rodman who was close to him and did not give him a chance to shoot a three-pointer, and then made a pass in the middle.
He stopped and made a jump shot before Pippen could defend him.
6:2.
The Warriors successfully took the initiative at the beginning and held the lead until the end of the first quarter.
In the first quarter of the game, Wang Feng faced Rodman's defense. He made 7 of 10 shots, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 17 points, which showed the opponent how strong he was.
Although there was not even one three-pointer from the outside in the first quarter, Wang Feng's explosive scoring power was not affected at all, especially his mid-range jump shot after a breakthrough, his full mid-range shooting ability value of 99 and his hot zone hunter.
With the blessing of the badge, the effect is no worse than outside the three-point line.
On the other hand, for the Bulls, Jordan's performance in the first quarter was much inferior. He made 3 of 6 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and only scored 8 points.
Jordan was a little frightened by Wang Feng's performance.
Wang Feng, who has a jumping ability of 99 and the blessing of the Post-Defense Master badge, makes his defensive ability completely different from last season's playoffs. Even if he is better than Jordan, he is a little overwhelmed for a while. Although he made 6 shots
The 50% shooting rate in 3 is not bad, but as the main scorer in the team, it is significantly worse than Wang Feng’s 17 points in a single quarter.…
What's more, Wang Feng is responsible for guarding Jordan in this game, but Jordan does not need to guard Wang Feng on the defensive end. With Rodman helping him share the pressure on the defensive end, he can obviously invest more energy on the offensive end than Wang Feng, and should score better.
It's better to have more advantage.
In the first quarter, the two teams battled to 32:26, with the Warriors leading by 6 points at home.
But this lead did not wait for the Warriors fans to be happy for too long, and they were immediately caught up by the Bulls in the second quarter.
The process of chasing points was very simple. Wang Feng, who played for 12 minutes in the first quarter, found a more suitable time to take a break in the second quarter.
Then the Bulls took advantage of Wang Feng's absence and went on an 8-0 run, catching up to a 6-point deficit and leading by 2 points.
This all happened within 3 minutes.
The Warriors were called out of a timeout. After the timeout, Wang Feng returned to the field and the situation was finally stabilized.
There is no way, the current Warriors team relies too much on Wang Feng on the offensive end, and the remaining players in the starting lineup lack the ability to attack independently.
Mullin and Blaylock's abilities have deteriorated, Garnett is too young, and his offensive skills are seriously lacking. Even most of the players on the Warriors' bench are players with little independent offensive ability.
Therefore, once Wang Feng goes off the court, the Warriors' scoring efficiency will drop sharply. In the past, they could still score a few points by relying on their personal abilities against weaker teams, but now they face the invincible Bulls in the league.
The Bulls also replaced Jordan and Rodman. With only Pippen leading the team on the court, he could completely defeat the Warriors without Wang Feng.
There is currently no way for the Warriors to make up for the gap in the lineup. They can only wait until the end of this season and use the large number of hoarded 1996 draft picks to change their fate.
Wang Feng hasn't decided yet whether to choose a player like Kobe or Nash to enhance the Warriors' ball-handling offense. The draft picks of Kobe and Nash are not high, and the possibility of winning them is not low.
The only question is whether their presence is suitable for the Warriors, who have him as their ball-carrying core.
Nash cannot show his true strength without the ball, and Kobe will definitely not be satisfied with being the sixth man holding the ball on the bench for a team.
Forget it, let’s wait until the end of the season to worry about this matter. The focus right now is to win this game!
As soon as Wang Feng returned to the court, he immediately scored 5 points with sudden shots, helping the Warriors regain the lead.
On the Bulls side, Jordan and Rodman also appeared one after another, and Jordan also began to gradually exert his strength.
After all, with most of his energy devoted to the offensive end, Wang Feng's defense cannot be comprehensive, especially when he faces Jordan, the strongest scorer in history.
After experiencing the surprise in the first quarter, Jordan understood Wang Feng's improvement in jumping and low-post defense, and began to change his offensive method, frequently firing from the mid-range position.
The scores of the two teams increased alternately, and the second quarter ended.
At halftime, the scores between the Warriors and Bulls were 58:55 respectively. The Warriors' 6-point advantage in the first quarter became 3 points.
Wang Feng played another 9 minutes in the second quarter to maintain the Warriors' lead.…
But as the game entered the third quarter of the second half, even though he knew that the Warriors could not do without Wang Feng, head coach Aldeman still let Wang Feng rest off the court at the beginning of the game.
In previous games, Wang Feng averaged 41 minutes of playing time per game, with an average of less than 2 minutes of rest per quarter. Relying on 99 full physical strength and three fatigue badges, this is not difficult for Wang Feng.
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But the game against the Bulls was different.
The process of Wang Feng's battle with the Bulls was equivalent to being stalked by Rodman all the time on the offensive end. Although Rodman couldn't prevent Wang Feng from scoring, his sticky defense would indeed consume Wang Feng.
A lot of physical strength, even with the powerful Terminator Fatigue Badge to reduce physical consumption.
While the offensive end consumes a lot of physical energy, Wang Feng also needs to strictly defend Jordan on the defensive end.
After all, he is the only one on the team who can defend Jordan. Blaylock is too short and Mullin has insufficient defensive ability. If he wants to limit Jordan's scoring, he can only rely on Wang Feng.
Even in order to prevent Rodman from suppressing the team too much in rebounding, Wang Feng had to block the basket from time to time to protect defensive rebounds. Who makes Garnett too young at this time, even with the advantage of height and wingspan?
, the rebound was also completely blown away by Rodman?
There is still a long way to go before Garnett grows into the future four-time rebounding champion.
To sum up, Wang Feng, who is both a father and a mother on the court and grabs offensive and defensive rebounds with both hands, consumes much more energy than expected. Therefore, he must rest more in the third quarter to ensure fourth place.
There is enough physical strength for the final game.
But the risks of doing so are obviously very high.
As soon as Wang Feng was no longer on the court, the Bulls immediately began to attack with heavy punches and continued to attack.
In 7 minutes, the Bulls completely took the initiative, even though their three main players Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman were also not on the court. Relying on a deeper substitute rotation, the Bulls once again played a wave of 12
:2 attack wave, from being behind by 3 points to leading by 7 points!
During the whole process, Aldean gritted his teeth and held back, not letting Wang Feng come on early. He finally got through the long seven minutes.
Then, with 5 minutes left in the third quarter, Wang Feng finally appeared again.
On the Bulls side, Jordan and others had already appeared on the scene a few minutes early.
The real contest between the two sides began in the third round.
In the last 5 minutes, the Warriors led by Wang Feng fought evenly with the Bulls. In the end, the Bulls ended the third quarter with an 8-point lead.
"That guy is really capable, but that's all."
After the third quarter, Rodman, who was sitting on the bench to rest, muttered unhappily.
The game lasted three quarters. Rodman kept an eye on Wang Feng throughout the entire game, and successfully defended Wang Feng, scoring "only" 32 points in the three quarters, shooting 55% from the field.
Obviously, Rodman's entangled defense did not succeed. He did successfully limit Wang Feng's three-point long shots in this game. After three quarters, Wang Feng only made 5 shots from outside the three-point line.
2 goals.
The east is dark and the west is bright.
Wang Feng's three-pointers are of little use, but his ball-handling breakthroughs and mid-range pull-up jumpers are surprisingly efficient. Rodman has nothing to do about this. After all, his speed is much slower than Pippen, and he can't keep up with him at all.
The speed and agility are double 94, and Wang Feng is blessed with the first step master badge...
Wang Feng scored so many points in front of him, and Rodman was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, the Bulls were in the lead at this time, so he could still be a little tougher.
But after he finished saying this, he saw the same serious expressions on Jordan, Pippen and head coach Phil Jackson.
"The next fourth quarter of the game is the most critical." Jackson said solemnly: "Wang Feng's scoring explosive power in the fourth quarter of the game was extremely fierce, especially at the last moment, when he did not have a double-digit lead in hand.
, we can’t play as if we have an advantage!”
"Michael, you continue to attack in the fourth quarter. Your hands should be hot after the first three quarters. You must ensure the team's offensive rhythm in the fourth quarter and don't give the opponent a chance to shorten the point difference!"
"Understood!" Jordan nodded.
Rodman looked a little confused when he saw this scene.
What the hell is this? Those who don’t know think the Bulls are now 8 points behind.
But unlike him, Jordan, Pippen and Jackson were all old opponents who played against Wang Feng more than once last season. They knew Wang Feng very well and even watched Wang Feng's game videos from last season many times during the offseason to study and analyze.
Therefore, they all know when Wang Feng is most frightened.
Under normal circumstances, Wang Feng will have two explosive points in the game. The first is during the third quarter or at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and the second explosive point is about the last 2 minutes of the game.
At these two points in time, Wang Feng's scoring ability will become extremely exaggerated, almost reaching the level of perfect shots. The only way to stop him is to do everything possible to prevent him from getting the ball.
Although they don't know exactly what makes Wang Feng explode and why he does this in every game, they think that Wang Feng will definitely not be an exception in the game against the Bulls.
I have to admit that the Bulls are indeed professional.
The two hot spots of Wang Feng they studied and analyzed were exactly his two abilities from the system.
The first explosion point comes when the dominance bar is fully accumulated and turned on, and the second one is the last two and a half minutes of the game when the key shooter badge takes effect.
Wang Feng has a total of two dominating skills. The primary dominating skill is to lock down defenders, which is a dominating skill that specifically strengthens defensive capabilities, while the secondary dominating skill is a sharpshooter, which is used to enhance shooting offensive capabilities.
Normally, after Wang Feng accumulates full dominance value in the third quarter, he will choose to activate the sharpshooter dominance to further strengthen his offensive ability. After all, Wang Feng's defense is already strong enough. Unless he is against Jordan, he rarely needs to activate the lock defender.
to defend others.
The Bulls' analysis shows that Wang Feng usually breaks out at the end of the third quarter or the beginning of the fourth quarter, mainly due to the time when Wang Feng chooses to dominate.
Since he currently does not have a badge that can quickly accumulate dominance value, such as the rim-protecting elite badge that can increase dominance value after blocking shots, the dominance value accumulation speed is not fast. In addition to playing particularly explosive games, in most cases a game is not enough.
You can only activate the dominance skill once.
In this case, Wang Feng usually chooses to activate the dominance skill at the end of the third quarter or the beginning of the fourth quarter to help the team establish an advantage. On the one hand, it is almost time to accumulate the dominance value, and on the other hand, it is almost time to accumulate the dominance value.
It is during these two periods that the opponent is prone to slackness and laziness, making it easier for him to chase points.