Irving's injury caused everyone in the Warriors to breathe a sigh of relief.
In their opinion, when the Cavaliers are missing two of the Big Three, the Warriors can basically win the series and win the championship trophy with all certainty!
At least the vast majority of people on the Warriors, including head coach Steve Kerr, core core players such as Curry, Thompson, and Green, think so.
In fact, in another time and space, it was precisely because of this idea that the Warriors were seized by the Cavaliers to win two games in a row, but fell behind 1:2.
The Cavaliers didn't play well in those two games, but the Warriors obviously performed worse! They failed to score more than 100 points in two consecutive games.
Unfortunately, the Warriors' lineup is too deep. Kerr responded to the situation in a timely manner and decisively gave up heavy center Bogut in the fourth game.
La's performance in the subsequent games was indeed remarkable. He won 3 games in a row and defeated the Cavaliers with a total score of 4:2 to win the cup.
Wang Feng, who was well aware of this information, showed no signs of neglecting the second game.
He has also considered whether to hang up for a while so that he can play a few more games in the finals. This will also be good for his data accumulation in the playoffs.
If you average 10 points per game, you will only get about 40 points in four finals games, but if you play 6 or even 7 games, it will be completely different!
However, after much consideration, Wang Feng still did not choose to start.
The risk is still a bit high. Although the trend of this season's events so far is basically the same as Wang Feng's original time and space history, Wang Feng's existence has been like the flickering of butterfly wings, subtly changing many things.
He can't guarantee that James will explode in the next few games, averaging 50+ points per game and take away the Warriors in one wave!
You must know that the Warriors' championship in 2015 was quite thrilling!
With 1:2 behind, if Cole's changes in the fourth game don't have a miraculous effect, the total score will become 1:3! The Cavaliers will definitely gain momentum! By then, it will be really hard to tell the outcome.
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For Wang Feng, a championship ring that is firmly in hand is much more important than being greedy and scoring more than ten points!
Therefore, in the second game, Wang Feng did not relax his vigilance like Cole and Curry, but played more actively than in the first game!
In the first game, Wang Feng had to keep an eye on Irving throughout the game and also take care of the offensive end. He didn't do much on the defensive end to help with defense.
But in the second game, Irving, the Cavaliers' second scoring point, fell. Apart from James, this team no longer had an opponent that Wang Feng could devote enough energy to deal with!
No matter whether it is JR Smith, Yinman Shumpert or Dellavedova who was temporarily replaced in the second game, they are not qualified!
During the game, Wang Feng began to assist his teammates in double-teaming James!
Wang Feng alone cannot compete with James! But if it is to help prevent interference and double-teaming, with the blessing of the golden All-star double-teaming master badge, the effect will be outstanding!
In the first quarter of the game, James was hit hard! He was double-teamed and defended by Wang Feng many times with the ball in singles! He could only choose to be forced to pass the ball.
But J.R. Smith and Shumpert, who received the pass from James, felt worse than the other. They failed to hit many open shots and missed a lot of opportunities!
As for another outside player Dellavedova, Wang Feng knows everything about him. He is a point guard with no outside shooting ability at all! At least in the playoffs of the 2015 season!
In another time and space, Dellavedova played the most games and played the most time in the 14-15 season, but his shooting percentage from beyond the three-point line was only 31.6%. What is even worse is his overall shooting percentage.
Only 34.6%!
As a defender, he is definitely not qualified. The only thing worthy of praise is his targeted defense against Curry!
I have to admit that in the finals, Dellavedova's defense against Curry successfully affected the latter's performance! Especially in this second game, Curry only surrendered a 23-pointer despite being pestered by the opponent throughout the entire process.
The answer sheet was 5 out of 5, and the hit rate was less than 22%!
But this is Curry's problem, not Wang Feng's consideration.
Curry may not perform well in this game, that's no problem, as long as James doesn't perform well either, right?
In fact, in the second finals in another time and space, James' performance really cannot be described as outstanding. Although he scored a super triple-double of 39 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists, he only made 11 of 35 goals.
The rate is 31.4%, which is far lower than his usual average!
This kind of data is definitely a great performance when compared to other players, but judging from the standards for measuring James, it is already considered an abnormal performance.
This is the result of the joint efforts of Green, Yingodala and Thompson without Wang Feng!
Now the Warriors have a more difficult Wang Feng, and the situation is even worse for James!
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"box!"
There was a crisp sound of hitting the iron, and seeing the rebound being snatched away by Green, James could only grit his teeth and retreat!
"Well done! Wang Feng!"
Look at Yingodala who resisted James' attack and expressed his gratitude to Wang Feng.
Yingodala's body was covered in muscles, and his arms were even thicker than many people's thighs! He looked quite strong, but after all, he was just a smaller James. In front of the real James, it was quite difficult for him to resist.
Later, many sports media people attributed James' restriction in 2015 entirely to Ying Guodala. However, in fact, Ying Guodala was not the only one defending James in the entire series. Green, Barnes and even Thompson also faced off against James.
Bit!
It is precisely because of the frequent strong physical confrontations between multiple players that James' physical energy was greatly consumed and his shooting percentage plummeted.
Wang Feng nodded slightly to Yingodala, looked at James who looked not very good, and thought to himself.
"We have to face Yingodala's strong defense from the front, and I have to interfere with my defense from the side. It seems that even James can't do anything!"
To a certain extent, Wang Feng has the strongest defense ability in this league!
On the one hand, it is the effect of the golden double-team master badge, on the other hand, and the most important reason, is the existence of the purple defensive shock badge!
The effect of defensive shock is that it will significantly reduce the opponent's hit rate when causing interference!
Assisting in defensive double-teaming is also a type of interference, which can trigger the badge! It will also seriously affect James' shooting rate!
Poor James not only has to deal with Yingodala's defense head-on, but also has to deal with a purple Hall of Fame level defensive badge... Not to mention James, I'm afraid even the peak Jordan will have the same result!