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Chapter 119 Killing Durant (Part [-])
There is no doubt that Durant's scoring ability is at the top level in history, but he is not invincible. As a player, Durant also has shortcomings, otherwise he would not have no championships before joining the Warriors.

Durant's shortcoming lies in his physical fitness, and his lack of physical strength has always been Durant's shortcoming.

As the top scorer, Durant's career single-game highest scoring record is only 54 points.

54 points is actually not a small amount, but it is not enough for a historical scorer like Durant. With such a strong scoring ability, at least one performance of 60+ points in his career is right. .

The reason why Durant has not scored 60+ points in his career for so many years is that physical limitations are one of the main reasons.

Watching Durant's games, in many cases, he played superbly in the first three quarters, scoring 30+ or ​​even higher points early, but in the fourth quarter, especially at the last critical moment, his performance was always unsatisfactory.

This is precisely because of Durant's physical problems, which led to a decline in offensive ability.

Just like the 73-win Barnes version of the Warriors-Thunder game that was supposed to be staged in the Western Conference Finals, Durant played normally in the fourth quarter of only one game in the last three games, and he played 9 of 4 shots. maintain a stable hit rate.

其余的两场，一场10投3中仅30命中率，另一场更是7投1中。

As a scorer, compared with players such as Kobe and Iverson, the classic scorers of the old era, although he is better in scoring efficiency and shooting percentage, he is not as energetic as Kobe Iverson. They played the whole game with all their might.

This problem has actually troubled Durant all the time, and it was not finally resolved until Durant chose to join the Golden State Warriors in the summer of 16.

Most fans only remember Durant's death in the finals of the 17 and 18 seasons, and he hit consecutive fatal three-pointers in the fourth quarter to seal the victory. contribution made.

……

On May 2016, 5, Game 16 of the Western Conference Finals.

The Warriors' home court is a sea of ​​gold.

Amidst the cheers of the home fans, the players appeared on the stage one after another, the ball was jumped in the middle circle, and the game officially started!
Cole folded his arms around his chest and looked at the players on the field expressionlessly, but he couldn't help but recall what Wang Feng said a few days ago when he took the initiative to find him.

"Coach, for the game against the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals, I hope Durant can be handed over to me to deal with."

"of course."

Cole, who heard Wang Feng's words, couldn't help laughing: "You are the core of the team's perimeter defense, and you must be responsible for marking the Thunder's offensive arrows. You don't need to worry about this."

"No." Wang Feng shook his head: "What I mean is, I will go all out to guard Durant and limit his scoring as much as possible. For this reason, I will not participate too much in the offensive end, just like last year's postseason. It’s like marking James Harden against the Rockets.”

"This..." Cole was taken aback.

Durant and Harden are players with completely different styles. Wang Feng defended Harden very well in the playoffs last year, but this does not mean that he will have the same effect in defending Durant.

However, if Wang Feng can really do it, even if it only limits Durant's performance to a certain extent, the Warriors' game will definitely be much easier.

Durant is the first scoring point of the Thunder, and Wang Feng is only the third scoring point of the Warriors.

The only question is whether Wang Feng can really prevent Durant from dying as he said.

……

With a jump ball in the middle circle, Thunder center Adams won the jump ball. Westbrook dribbled the ball halfway and stood in his position, looking around the field.

The players of the Thunder have settled down one after another, and so has Durant.

Westbrook didn't hesitate and passed the ball to Durant.

Although there has been a saying in the league that only Westbrook can prevent Durant, but at the beginning of the game, Westbrook, who has not yet hit the top, is still happy to pass the ball to Durant, relying on Durant's efficient scoring Opening up the situation is also the style of play that the Thunder are best at.

Durant received the ball at a 45-degree angle on the left side of the three-point line, and then looked at Wang Feng standing in front of him.

For this perimeter defensive expert who just won the honor of the best defensive second team, Durant is quite familiar with it, and he is also very clear that Wang Feng is best at defending perimeter shots.

"Then come and take a look."

Durant slowly dribbled the ball in front of the double and changed direction, pulling the basketball back and forth a lot to adjust the rhythm.

This is one of his signature moves. With his excellent height and exaggerated wingspan, Durant has a wide range of range when making this move. If the defensive player is not fast enough, it will be difficult to defend the next breakthrough or emergency stop jumper. .

Sure enough, after the double-direction movement in front of the body was completed, Durant took off directly on the spot and pulled out his hands.

"So high!"

Wang Feng's heart trembled, he had already followed up immediately in time, he raised his hand high and tried to block the cover, but his outstretched arm couldn't even reach Durant's eyes.

The height gap between the two is too large, and the exaggerated wingspan makes Durant's shooting point much higher than that of ordinary players. This ball did not cause any interference at all.

"brush!"

The basketball hit the net and Durant made a long-range two-pointer, giving the team the lead.

"It's okay, keep going, you can do it!"

Curry stepped forward and patted Wang Feng on the shoulder, and said in a low voice.

The Warriors attacked here, and Curry held the ball against Westbrook, broke through to the basket to attract the Thunder center to help defend, and then passed the ball to assist the center to dunk with both hands.

The offense and defense were switched, the Thunder had the ball, and the basketball was once again handed over to Durant.

This time Durant chose to play Wang Feng with his back and singles. He turned over and made a fallback jumper about 18 feet away from the basket. Wang Feng could only watch the opponent make a shot.

Durant felt very hot today. In the first 5 minutes of the game, he made 5 shots and hit 4 goals. He also successfully caused a foul by Wang Feng and scored 10 points.

Wang Feng tried his best to guard the whole time, but he seemed helpless.

Facing the absolute height advantage, Wang Feng's defensive trick, the defensive deterrent badge, was only activated 5 times in Durant's 2 shots.

There is no way, the top scorer cannot be completely guarded against death.

What Wang Feng can do is to use the bonus effect of the death coil badge to consume Durant's physical energy as much as possible before Durant catches the ball, hoping that the opponent's physical energy will be excessively consumed.

Soon, the first quarter ended.

Durant made 9 of 7 shots in the first quarter and scored 18 points.

As a result, the Thunder entered the second quarter with a 33-point lead at 27:6.

(End of this chapter)