The Bulls really guessed it right. What Wang Feng was preparing for was to activate his dominance skills at the beginning of the fourth quarter and catch up with the score difference in one fell swoop. In the following time, as long as the Warriors can stabilize the score, they will
The score was deadlocked until the last 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Wang Feng was able to use the key shooter to close the game.
This is not difficult for Wang Feng. After all, once the dominance is turned on, the continuous effect can last for a long time. After the dominance effect ends, if you resist for a few minutes, it will be almost the last 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Jordan and others on the Bulls were fully prepared.
The Warriors kicked off, Wang Feng dribbled the ball across half court, and then called Garnett for a pick-and-roll screen.
As Garnett blocked Rodman, Wang Feng once again broke through to the mid-range with the ball, then stopped and took off to shoot.
Pippen, who was assisting on defense, immediately jumped to interfere.
"哐——!"
Wang Feng's shot hit the basket and missed, but at the same time the referee's whistle sounded and Pippen's defensive hitter fouled.
Wang Feng went to the free throw line and made 2 of 2 free throws. The point difference changed from 8 points to 6 points.
Bulls possession.
Wang Feng silently watched Jordan running from the backcourt and said secretly in his heart.
"Turn on the main juggernaut to lock down defenders!"
That's right, Wang Feng is not planning to turn on the secondary dominant marksman, but choose to lock down defenders who can further strengthen his defensive ability. He will completely lock Jordan down in the next few minutes!
At this time, Jordan didn't know anything about it. After running according to the tactics, Jordan successfully received Pippen's pass. But just when he was about to attack with the ball, his pupils suddenly shot up when he looked at Wang Feng in front of him.
Shrink.
At this moment, he was keenly aware of the strong sense of oppression coming from Wang Feng. He had experienced this feeling more than once in the playoffs last season. Whenever he felt this way, no matter how hard he worked,
Any attack will be blocked by the yellow-skinned guy in front of you!
Therefore, when he felt the pressure from the opponent, Jordan hesitated for a moment, should he continue to attack, or would it be better to pass the ball to Pippen and let him take charge temporarily?
As soon as this idea came up, Jordan himself was very angry.
Are you kidding? He is Michael Jordan, the best player in NBA basketball and the shooting guard with the strongest scoring ability in history. He actually retreated under the opponent's defense?
Even just a moment's thought was enough to make Jordan feel humiliated.
"No matter what happened to you! I will definitely beat you up today!"
Thinking of this, Jordan no longer hesitated, took a step forward with a probing step, and then quickly stepped back and shot a jumper.
Wang Feng's reaction was extremely fast. After taking half a step back, he immediately noticed Jordan's intention. He immediately stopped his movements and jumped forward to defend. He successfully caught Jordan's shot and blocked his palm in front of Jordan.
The Defender Dominance Skill and the Death Shock Badge took effect at the same time, reducing Jordan's shooting touch to freezing point in an instant. A two-point long shot went so far that it almost missed the basket.
Just as the basketball bounced off the rim, Rodman, who had already taken his position on the ground, roared to his feet, grabbed the offensive rebound before Garnett, and immediately jumped up to try to tip in the basket.
Garnett immediately interfered with Rodman's second takeoff, causing the latter to miss the tip-in, but the rebound was still Rodman's. Rodman, who got the offensive rebound, then got up again, although this time he still couldn't make the tip-in.
He scored a basketball, but successfully caused a defensive foul on Garnett, who went to the free throw line.
Without the assistance of Wang Feng, it would be very difficult for Garnett to protect defensive rebounds by himself. The Warriors' other inside player Seikali could only form a one-for-one situation with Bulls center Longley, which could not provide Garnett with more opportunities.
Lots of support and help.
Unfortunately, Rodman's free throw shooting was very bad. Among the league's insiders, he was only slightly better than O'Neal. His free throw shooting rate in his entire career was only 58%.
Standing on the free throw line, Rodman made 1 of 2 free throws due to interference from Warriors home fans.
7 points difference.
It was Wang Feng again. After breaking through with the ball to attract a double-team from the Bulls, he passed the ball to Mullin who was open on the outside. The latter made a shot from 18 feet, narrowing the point difference to 5 points.
Seeing Mullin's goal, Wang Feng's mouth twitched, unable to complain.
Why do we have to shoot long two-pointers instead of three-pointers when we are clearly in a wide open situation?
Just now after Mullin caught the ball, he only had to take a half-step back to get outside the three-point line, but he insisted on standing in that position to shoot.
In fact, throughout Mullin's career, he can definitely be regarded as a qualified three-point shooter. His career three-point shooting percentage is 38.4%. Excluding some individual seasons with extremely low three-point shooting percentage, he has 6 seasons in his career.
The three-point shooting percentage was above 40%, especially in the 1998-99 season, Mullin, who had already moved to the Pacers, hit a career-high three-point shooting average of 46.5% per game.
But despite his very good shooting percentage, Mullin took very few three-pointers. He took 2,120 shots in his career and made 815 of them. This number does not even make it into the top 100 of three-pointers in league history.
In fact, this cannot be entirely blamed on Mullin. In the 1990s, the iron-blooded style was advocated. The closer to the basket, the easier it was to score. This was the consensus of the entire league at that time. If a player was always shooting three-pointers from the outside, coaches and fans would
He was sprayed all over his body, and only a very few cases like Reggie Miller would shoot a large number of three-pointers in this era.
Shooting from that position has almost become Mullin's instinctive reaction. Even if that position is not even a foot's length from the league's shortened three-point line, he will still subconsciously shoot immediately.
Wang Feng is very helpless about this. In previous games, he has reminded Mullin more than once to shoot three-pointers as much as possible. The league has shortened the three-point line. In Wang Feng's view, three-pointers are not as big as two-pointers.
There is a difference, why should you miss this good time to enjoy the bonus of alliance rules?
But there is no way. It is too difficult for people to suddenly change the muscle memory that has been developed.
In contrast, Blaylock, whom the team acquired through the Sprewell trade before the start of the season, has a higher tendency to shoot three-pointers.
As a small guard measuring 1.83 meters tall, Blaylock's survival skill is long-range shots, especially three-point long shots.
Since the league shortened the three-point line, Blaylock's three-point attempts have skyrocketed. Last season, he averaged 6.9 three-point attempts and hit 2.5 goals in the regular season. Although his three-point shooting rate is not high, only 35.9%, it is definitely considered good.
The amount is large and the tube is full.
Coming to the Warriors this season, due to Wang Feng, they started to switch from attacking with the ball to without the ball. In the fast-paced Warriors offense and defense, Blaylock got a lot of open shots from the corners. So far, he has averaged three-point shots per game.
The number is as high as 7.8. The team is second only to Wang Feng who averages 11 shots per game. He can also hit 3.1 goals and the three-point shooting rate is 39.7%.
"If we can find a way to replace Mullin with Ray Allen next season, the team's firepower from beyond the three-point line will be perfect..."
Wang Feng shook his head.
Ray Allen's draft pick is very high. There are far more teams in the league that are optimistic about him than Kobe. He will be selected with the fifth pick in the first round. The Warriors have several first-round picks, whether it is
It is difficult for the Heat or the Hornets to be in the lottery with their draft picks, and there is no way they can catch up with them.
After being slightly distracted for a moment, Wang Feng quickly calmed down and returned his attention to the game.
Again, let’s consider the draft next season after the end of next season. Now we just need to play the current game well.
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Wang Feng, who started to control the defense, showed his prowess on the defensive end and continuously blocked Jordan's attacks.
Jordan's offensive firepower was not smooth, and the Bulls' overall offense also had problems. The Warriors took this opportunity to eat away at the Bulls' point difference bit by bit.
Five minutes later, the 8-point difference at the beginning of the fourth quarter was only 2 points.
But as the dominance skill time arrived, Jordan was keenly aware of the decline in Wang Feng's defensive deterrence.
Of course, he didn't know that Wang Feng's ultimate move was on cooldown. He just thought that the long and high-intensity defense had made Wang Feng tired again. After all, in these 5 minutes, Wang Feng was both a father and a mother, attacking and defending at both ends.
Let the Warriors catch up.
Therefore, Jordan began to frequently attack with the ball, and his scoring efficiency also began to pick up.
On the one hand, Wang Feng no longer has the blessing of the ability to lock down defenders and dominate, and on the other hand, he is indeed a bit tired. He cannot continue to restrict Jordan on the defensive end and can only watch the opponent continue to score.
But he's not sitting back and waiting for death.
On the defensive end, Wang Feng was unable to devote more energy, but on the offensive end, his efficiency was not affected at all.
As long as he is on the court, he can always use his powerful scoring ability to affect the Bulls' defense, whether he scores by himself or passes to his teammates to score. In short, the Warriors' offensive rhythm has not been affected by the expiration of his dominant skill.
The scores of the two teams continued to rise alternately in the next few minutes.
A few minutes later, the Bulls relied on a wave of attacks from Jordan and Pippen to finally expand their lead to 5 points.
But they had no time to breathe a sigh of relief, because at this time, the game time finally came to the last 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
On the badge wall in Wang Feng's consciousness space, the purple Hall of Fame level key shooter badge is activated.
Almost all offensive-related ability values increased significantly at this moment, and Wang Feng's three-point shooting, mid-range and other shooting skills, which had already reached 99, increased from 99 to 100!
Before Rodman realized the seriousness of the matter, he watched Wang Feng dribble past half court, and then saw the opponent stop more than two meters away from the three-point line and shoot a pull-up jumper.
Rodman: "???"
After reacting, he immediately rushed forward to interfere with Wang Feng's shooting, but it was already too late.
After the basketball drew a long and beautiful parabola in the air, it hit the net with a "swish!"
Wang Feng didn't shoot many three-pointers in the whole game due to Rodman's entanglement, but now he is killing people every time he shoots!
The 5-point difference became 2 points.
The Bulls attacked, Jordan cut to the basket, caught the ball, and scored a layup, with a 4-point difference.
Wang Feng is here again.
A lesson learned. This time Rodman did not stand too far back. He immediately came up to Wang Feng as soon as he passed halftime and stuck closely to Wang Feng.
Normally, Wang Feng would be able to get rid of Rodman with an accelerating breakthrough, but now the game is about to end and his physical fitness is already on the verge of reaching its limit. It is difficult and difficult to get rid of Rodman's entanglement if he is not willing to do so.
But it doesn't matter, Wang Feng can still call a pick-and-roll screen.
Garnett ran out from the inside to screen for Wang Feng. Wang Feng changed hands, and then Garnett moved to the other side of the screen. Here was Pippen, who followed Garnett out and was ready to help defend at any time.
But Wang Feng did not pause at all after the pick-and-roll, and directly took off with the ball, which was also nearly one meter away from the three-point line.
Pippen, who was on defense, was half a beat late, and Wang Feng hit another shot.
Another three-pointer!
The difference is 1 point.
The Bulls once again handed the ball to Jordan, who turned his back to Wang Feng in the mid-range and turned over for a jumper.
But this time, the shot was once again interfered with by Wang Feng, who had strengthened his defensive ability in this area, and missed the frame.
Garnett made a bold move this time. He judged the landing point of the rebound in advance, jumped high, defeated Rodman to protect the defensive rebound, and then threw the basketball toward the frontcourt without hesitation.
At this time, Wang Feng was already running towards the front court. After receiving the pass from Garnett, Wang Feng quickly advanced to the three-point line with the ball. At this time, Rodman had not had time to return to defense. The defender who was following Wang Feng quickly
It's Jordan.
Facing Jordan's defense, Wang Feng directly chose to stop and shoot from outside the three-point line.
"Don't even think about shooting another three-pointer!"
When Jordan saw this, he immediately jumped to the defense. Wang Feng had already hit two three-pointers in a row. Jordan knew that Wang Feng would not be able to make another shot with this shot.
But when he jumped high and stretched out his hand to block Wang Feng, he was shocked to find that Wang Feng's shooting movement stopped. Wang Feng did not choose to shoot directly, but held the basketball with both hands and faced Jordan.
"Crack!"
Jordan, who had no time to stop, watched helplessly as his hand slapped Wang Feng's arm with a "snap".
"squeak--!"
The referee's whistle sounded immediately.
Jordan suddenly felt annoyed.
He was really anxious just now, but he didn't expect Wang Feng to seize the opportunity.
A foul outside the three-point line requires three free throws. With Wang Feng's free throw shooting rate, there is a high probability that he will make all three free throws. In this way, the Bulls not only lost the lead, but even fell behind by 2 points.
While he was feeling annoyed, Jordan saw that after being fouled by a thug, Wang Feng actually re-aimed in the direction of the basket in the air and tried to shoot.
"You're not satisfied with getting a foul and you actually want to hit 3-1?"
Jordan snorted coldly, and immediately exerted more force on his waist and abdomen, trying to overthrow Wang Feng.
Anyway, it's a foul. If it's a minor foul, it's still three free throws. If it's a serious foul, it's the same. As long as it's not regarded as a flagrant foul and additional penalties are imposed, it doesn't matter.
But what Jordan didn't expect was that Wang Feng's body was stronger than he thought. The harder push only made Wang Feng's body sway, but it did not prevent Wang Feng from shooting.
The basketball still flew towards the basket, then hit the backboard and entered the basket under everyone's gaze.