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Chapter 192 The East and West Finals Without Suspense
The most feared thing about zone defense tactics is players with too long range from the outside line, because if you want to limit the opponent's breakthrough with the ball, you must shrink the defense line and be ready to double-team the defense at any time.

But Wang Feng, who has a golden long-range turret, can stand farther than the three-point line. To limit Wang Feng's shots, the Celtics must send an additional defensive player to mark the whole time.

The Celtics only have 5 players on the court. Excluding the black hole Thomas Jr. on the defensive end, if another person is assigned to mark Wang Feng, there are only 3 players left in the zone defense system. How can this be able to stop it? James, Irving and other players?

The Celtics can only make a choice, whether to stare at Wang Feng, or choose to keep the overall defensive rhythm of the team from being disrupted.

The Celtics ultimately chose the latter.

There is no way, James' performance in the first two rounds of the playoffs was too explosive, with 32.8 points in four games in the first round and 36 points in four games in the second round, which can really kill people alive!

On the other hand, Wang Feng, although the scoring efficiency is very high, but whether it is the regular season or the playoffs, the average score per game is only maintained at around 24 points. After all, the games with higher scores are rare.

What's more, even in zone defense, if Wang Feng wants to get a completely open chance, he has to be one step away from the three-point line. At this distance, even Curry can't guarantee a high shooting rate.

However, it turned out that their bet was lost.

Wang Feng, who scored 12 points in the first quarter, became more serious after entering the second quarter. He took a large number of shots without hesitation, made 10 outside shots, hit 5 goals, and his 50% three-point shooting rate directly made the Celtics Crash across the board.

Wang Feng, who scored 27 points in the half, continued his touch in the second half, and scored another three-pointer as soon as the third quarter came up.

The Celtics were finally scared. Wang Feng's three-pointer can really kill people alive!

The head coach of the Celtics, Stevens, began to arrange players to defend Wang Feng personally, and he couldn't let him continue to shoot three-pointers no matter what!
But in this way, the Celtics' defensive system directly appeared loopholes. James and Irving frequently broke through and hit the basket with the ball, completely destroying the Celtics' defense.

At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two teams had reached 91:64, and the Cavaliers led by 27 points at home.

The game lost its suspense ahead of time.

Wang Feng, who scored 27 points in the first half, still scored 14 points in the second half under strict defense. He scored 41 points and made 12 three-pointers, with a 52% three-point shooting percentage.

12 three-pointers in a single game broke the record for three-pointers made in a single game in the NBA playoffs. Wang Feng shot the Celtics to death with his own three-pointers!

After the game, in the face of the media, Celtics coach Stevens was very helpless.

"We've done everything, but the Cavaliers are significantly better. They have the best players in the league, and they have one of the best three-pointers in history."

"Today we witnessed a new NBA record. I couldn't have imagined before that a player can make so many three-pointers from so far away from the three-point line. It's okay. We will be fine. The series It’s just started, and the next thing we need to consider is how to curb the opponent’s completely unreasonable three-pointers.”

Having said that, there are times when manpower is limited.

The performance of the Celtics this season is indeed remarkable, but the upper limit of strength is limited to this. Even without Wang Feng, the original 17-year-old Cavaliers team can still eliminate them with a big score of 4:1, let alone now The Cavaliers have one more Wang Feng whose overall rating is close to 90?
On May 5, Game 19 of the Eastern Conference Finals was still at the home court of the Cavaliers.

In this game, the Celtics really changed their defensive tactics and began to guard against Wang Feng, but so what?

Wang Feng took fewer shots from outside the three-point line, but a large number of mid-range and long-range shots still allowed him to maintain a relatively stable scoring output.

And because of the change in defensive tactics, the Celtics' ability to assist in defense has deteriorated. James, who could not be restrained by assisting in the defense, jumped into the abyss. He made 18 of 12 shots in the game, with a hit rate of 66.7%. Scored 30 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

On the other hand, on the Celtics side, the defensive end could not successfully limit the Cavaliers, making the opponent bloom more, and the offensive end also had no achievements.

During the regular season, the Celtics mainly relied on Thomas Jr.'s super attacking ability. Thomas Jr., who averaged 29 points and 5.9 assists per game this season, was the Celtics' main scoring point.

However, entering the playoffs, with the improvement of the defensive intensity of the game, the defects and disadvantages of Thomas Jr.'s short height have been fully exposed.

In the first game, Thomas Jr. showed signs of decline. He only hit 19 goals in 7 shots, and his shooting percentage was only 28.6%. He only scored 17 points.

In the second game, the situation was even worse.

Throughout the first half, Thomas Jr. only took 6 shots, missed all of them, and barely scored 2 points by relying on free throws. In the second half, Stevens simply put him on the bench for the entire time.

Thomas Jr., who was originally a defensive black hole, couldn't even help the team on the offensive end, and he was already a complete drag on the court.

It's a pity that even if Thomas Jr. is replaced, the decline cannot be restored.

At 130:97, the Celtics continued to lose, and the 33-point difference was even bigger than the previous game.

……

The Cavaliers led 2:0 in the Eastern Conference Finals, with a score of 60 in the two games, which made the entire league lament the strength of the Cavaliers. At the same time, in the Western Conference Finals, the score also came to 2:0. The Warriors beat the Spurs in two games in a row.

History really hasn't changed.

Kawhi Leonard, the first core player of the Spurs, was still injured in the first game.

Although the process and method are slightly different, it is also Zaza Pachulia, and the Spurs are also in the lead.

Obviously, the other party did it on purpose.

Pachulia, who made a malicious foul, was criticized by all walks of life in the league, and even the entire Warriors team fell into abuse, but so what?Without Leonard, the Spurs completely lost the capital to compete with the Warriors. They lost 36 points in the second game, which was a bigger difference than the Eastern Conference finals.

"Two games are 2:0. It seems that the meeting between the Cavaliers and Warriors in the finals is already a certainty. Now we can start to guess who will win the championship."

"Although the two-strong competition made the first few rounds of the playoffs look a bit boring, but the anticipation of the finals is really full. Mars hit the earth! It is completely predictable that this will be a big battle. An epic battle that will definitely be recorded in the annals of history!"

(End of this chapter)