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Chapter 262 Taking the Lead
"Isn't this a bit too risky..."

On the sidelines, Walton clenched his fists nervously.

In the first playoff game of his career coaching, Walton originally wanted a more conservative defensive plan, but Wang Feng insisted on reasoning, and strongly urged the Lakers to adopt an attitude of letting go of Westbrook's defense.

"In terms of the lineup, we are at a disadvantage. If we play steadily, the opponent will definitely take advantage of the personal ability of the star and dominate the game! Westbrook is a player who mainly breaks through and hits the basket. His long-range shots are extremely unstable. The three-point shooting percentage is terrible, we should take a gamble!"

"If he has a really good outside touch and can shoot us to death, then we will admit it, but if he can't make an open three-pointer, and because the Lakers' shrinking defense can't break through with the ball, then we will There is a chance to win!"

On the court, Westbrook frowned at Ball and snorted coldly.

At the beginning of the game, neither side scored, there is no reason for him not to dare to shoot three-pointers.

Without any hesitation, Westbrook took off directly on the spot and pulled out his hand. Ball just raised his hand symbolically to interfere, but because the distance between the standing positions was too far, it did not cause any substantial interference at all.

"frame--!"

However, even when shooting with almost zero interference, there is still a crisp sound of iron striking.

As expected of Westbrook, he did not live up to Wang Feng's expectations at all. The first ball in the opening game just missed the frame.

Randall took advantage of the situation to protect the rebound and handed it to Ball.

Offensive and defensive exchanges, the Lakers attack.

Ball, who came to the half court, waited until all his teammates settled down, and then passed the ball to Wang Feng neatly.

Wang Feng stood at a 45-degree angle on the right side of the three-point line, looking at George in front of him.

At this moment, George was already concentrating, his eyes fixed on Wang Feng, and his defensive posture was meticulous.

Compared with most of the defenders Wang Feng encountered in the regular season, George is a more difficult one. He has outstanding defensive awareness, fast speed, flexible movements, and good resistance. This point can be compared with George in the early Pacers period. You can see it when James competes.

George's defensive ability is quite balanced, and he has been selected to the best defensive team three times before.

But such a defensive ability is still not enough for Wang Feng.

Wang Feng's current overall rating has gone a step further after strengthening his low-post defensive ability by 15 points, reaching a total rating of 94 points.

According to Paul George's overall ability rating given by the 2K series at the same time, it should be around 91, which is lower than Wang Feng's. What's more, most of Wang Feng's ability values ​​are concentrated in offensive attributes, which makes the gap between the two sides quite obvious. .

No pick-and-roll calls or fancy dribble moves.

As soon as Wang Feng came up, he still directly used his most commonly used and most effective action, the breakthrough with the ball under the three threats!
In the first step, the master badge was instantly activated, and Wang Feng passed half of George's body in an instant.

"So fast!"

Although he was mentally prepared, George was still half a beat behind and could barely follow Wang Feng sideways, trying to squeeze him out.

But Wang Feng's 88 power made it impossible for him to do it.

"Sure enough, it's another breakthrough with the ball to hit the basket!"

Seeing this scene, Thunder center Adams immediately took the initiative to meet him and took the lead to take his position.

In the game, Wang Feng likes to break through and hit the basket quickly at the beginning of the game, boosting the team's morale with a powerful dunk. His first step is too fast, and most players can't react in time at the beginning of the game.

But the Thunder had done a lot of research and analysis of Wang Feng's game video before the start of the playoffs, and they knew how to deal with this situation.

Wang Feng's breakthrough speed is very fast, but this also caused the disadvantage of being unable to quickly disguise himself in the breakthrough. After all, he is not a short defender with a height of 1 meters, but a forward with a full height of 83 meters. The breakthrough speed that can reach the speed of a defender is already It's quite a tough thing. If you can still have the flexibility of a small guard in the breakthrough, then no one else will play.

As long as Adams stands in a good position ahead of time to block Wang Feng's only way, the opponent's impact on the basket will inevitably hit him, and then he will be called an offensive foul.

Adams is even ready. Once the two of them touch each other, he will immediately fall back to get a foul.

However, Wang Feng also saw through Adams' thoughts, slammed on the brakes and stopped, and then directly changed to a mid-range jumper.

George didn't react, he could only watch Wang Feng make a shot.

"brush!"

Two point hit.

Wang Feng took the lead for the Lakers.

The Thunder's possession of the ball is still Westbrook's offense with the ball.

George obviously wanted the ball and responded to Wang Feng, but Westbrook didn't pass him the ball.

Ball still stood at the free throw line to defend Westbrook.

But this time Westbrook didn't continue to shoot three-pointers from the outside. The first three-pointer made him feel that today's three-pointer feels not very good.

It can make Westbrook, who is not good at three-pointers, feel even worse, which is enough to explain the problem.

But without shooting a three-pointer, Westbrook still chose to play by himself. He directly faced Ball who was standing at the free throw line and launched an attack, holding the ball and accelerating straight to the basket.

Although Ball is just a rookie in front of Westbrook, he is a big guard with a height of 1 meters after all, and he has a lot of preparation space at the free throw line, so he has been following Westbrook to the basket.

Westbrook is not at all cowardly, and directly forces the air against the pull bar for a layup. The movement is extremely difficult, but he is still used to hitting the iron.

Adams overwhelmed Lopez to grab an offensive rebound and make a tip-up, finally stopping the loss for the Thunder in time.

Thunder center Steven Adams is not easy to mess with, and he is a good rebounder.

Don't look at him averaging only 9 rebounds per game in the regular season, but that's because he is always responsible for grabbing rebounds for Westbrook.

Adams has an excellent sense of rebounding. This season, he is the only player in the league who averaged more offensive rebounds than backcourt rebounds per game in the regular season.

He averaged 5 offensive rebounds per game, but only 4 defensive rebounds, which is quite strange, but everyone who knows it understands that this is for Westbrook's triple-double data.

The Lakers currently do not have an inside player who is better at protecting rebounds, and it is a bit difficult to deal with Adams.

Fortunately, on the offensive end, Wang Feng, who took over the ball and offense from the start, can still show high scoring efficiency under George's defense.

George's defensive ability is very strong, and with the assistance of Adams, he successfully limited Wang Feng's scoring methods to mid- and long-range shots.

But even so, facing Wang Feng's shots, it was still difficult for George to completely defend. In many cases, he had already defended in place and completely blocked Wang Feng's sight of shooting, but the opponent could still throw the basketball into the basket.

Of course, this is thanks to the bonus effects of Marksman, Hot Zone Hunter and other badges.

With Wang Feng's efficient scoring, the Lakers successfully took the lead at the beginning.

(End of this chapter)