NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 380 Win the first victory, take advantage of the victory to pursue

How could Louis Williams miss such an excellent opportunity?He immediately stepped out in two steps, jumped towards the basket, and made a low layup to send the basketball to the basket.

Because he was worried that the layup would be blocked by the defensive player, he deliberately used a pull-up layup.

However, he never imagined that it was his action of pulling the bar, which delayed the layup time by about half a second, which caused him so much trouble.

At the moment of his layup, a figure rushed up from his side, jumped up suddenly, and directly pressed the top plate of Louis Williams' dunk on the backboard.

It's Wang Feng!
The Badge of the Master of Counterfeiting is activated!
"not good!"

The faces of James, Leonard and others changed drastically. They didn't expect that Wang Feng, who was still facing James just now, would be able to catch up with Louis Williams who had already cut to the basket.

This block not only shattered the Clippers' offense, but also allowed the Lakers to directly obtain the ball.

Since the Clippers have been deliberately pressing the time to play, there are only 26 seconds left in the game at this time, and in the gap when they are in a daze, the time has passed by another 2 seconds.

"Get back on defense!"

James had no time to think, and immediately shouted.

After the Lakers' 24-second offense, there will be 2 seconds of offensive time for the Clippers. As long as they can defend the Lakers' offense in this round, they will be behind by 1 point and complete the attack within 2 seconds of offensive time. lore.

This is the tactic that James thought of in the blink of an eye.

The Clippers quickly returned to defense, while Leonard was close to Wang Feng to prevent Wang Feng from directly attacking with the ball.

But at this time, Wang Feng will not choose to fast-break. He will also save the time until the last moment as the Clippers did just now, and do not leave too much time for the Clippers to attack.

Slowly dribbled the ball across the half court and stood still at the top arc. Wang Feng made a gesture to open the singles. All four Lakers players on the court pulled out to the outside line. With the ability, the Clippers had to follow them all out and completely emptied the inside line.

In this way, a heads-up situation between Wang Feng and Leonard was directly formed.

In this game, Leonard has defended Wang Feng many times, but the defensive effect was not very good. Although he successfully reduced Wang Feng's outside shots, his mid-range jump shots and breakthroughs under the basket were not enough. Leonard couldn't help it either.

At this moment, everyone held their breath, and all the fans in the audience stood up and looked at the field nervously. Everyone knew that the next attack might directly determine the outcome of the game.

The time passed by one minute and one second, and soon, the attack time entered the final 6-second countdown.

As if the timing was right, Leonard suddenly approached Wang Feng at the moment of the 6-second countdown, and used his best close-fitting defense.

Facing Leonard's pressure, Wang Feng calmly turned his body sideways, protected the basketball to one side, and at the same time, relying on stronger strength and explosive power than Leonard, rushed towards the Clippers penalty area .

While breaking through with the ball, Wang Feng was also looking at the situation on the field out of the corner of his eye.

The moment he broke through, James on the other side moved. He directly gave up on Ingram, who he was in charge of marking, and rushed towards Wang Feng.

James is betting that at the last moment, Wang Feng will not choose to pass the ball even in the face of double-team defense, but will continue to act recklessly.

At least in all the videos of Wang Feng's games they had watched before, in the last 2 minutes, Wang Feng rarely took the initiative to pass the ball.

James was right. With the blessing of the key shooter badge, Wang Feng would not trust anyone in the last 2 minutes, even his teammates.

Wang Feng, who was rushing towards the basket, suddenly stopped suddenly, and then immediately took off.

"Another pull-up jumper?"

Leonard, who was beside Wang Feng, jumped immediately after Wang Feng, stretching his arms as far as possible, trying to cover Wang Feng.

On the other side, James also rushed over, jumping from the other side of Wang Feng.

The Clippers' dual cores are defending Wang Feng alone at the same time.

But even so, Wang Feng still made a move.

In order to avoid being blocked, Wang Feng deliberately raised the height of the shot. The angle of the basketball shot was very high, but even so, when the basketball reached the highest point and began to fall, it was still precisely towards the direction of the basket. Fell and crashed into the net.

"Shh!"

In an instant, the audience cheered thunderously.

"Beautiful quasi-lore! Wang Feng hit the shot forcibly against the defense of James and Leonard, as if telling the other party that even if you play together, you are not my opponent!" In the live broadcast room of CCTV Sports, directed by Yu He raised his voice and shouted passionately.

"With this goal, the Lakers' score has reached 117, leading the Clippers by 3 points! There are only 3 seconds left in the game, and now the Clippers have stepped on the edge of a cliff In the end, they can only fight for a three-pointer to tie the score, and then they can continue to compete with the Lakers in overtime."

The Clippers called a timeout.

Whether it is James or Leonard, the expressions are not very good.

He worked so hard for the whole game, but this is the result now.

But it's not over yet, they still have one last chance!

"The Clippers will definitely shoot three-pointers next. We only defend three-pointers and let them break through the basket. They only have 3 seconds to attack, and there is not much opportunity to adjust their shots!"

Lakers coach Walton also became nervous at this time.

Now that the main point guard of the Nets, Kyrie Irving, is reimbursed for the season, the Clippers are the Lakers' strongest opponent on the way to the championship. As long as they can cross this mountain, no matter which side of the finals opponent is the Nets or the Bucks, the Lakers' winning percentage Both are very high.

No matter what, the opponent's three-point attack in this round must be defended!
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After the timeout, the lineups of the two teams that returned to the field were adjusted. The two teams replaced the center forwards and replaced them with more mobile outside players.

The purpose of the Clippers is naturally to enhance the shooting points where the team can shoot three-pointers, while the Lakers' purpose is to have better mobility for defense.

The Clippers Harrell serves from the sideline.

Both James and Leonard stood inside and ran toward the two three-point arcs at the same time.

Without hesitation, Wang Feng chose to chase after Leonard.

Neither James nor Leonard is an excellent three-point shooter, but their three-point shooting percentages are still slightly different.

James made 34.9% of his three-pointers in the regular season this season, while Leonard made 36.6%. Germany is also more likely to be the candidate for a perfect blow.

Of course, the greater possibility for the Clippers is that whoever Wang Feng defends against, let the other one hit the tie.

But in this case, Wang Feng has nothing to do. He doesn't know how to shadow the clone, so he can only choose the one with a higher shooting percentage, and then bet that James misses the shot.

Taking a step back, even if James made a perfect shot, it doesn't matter, because the key shooter badge will also take effect during overtime, and he still exists in the bug-like way of how to shoot.

In contrast, James' physical fitness is no longer enough to support him to play efficiently in overtime. How can Leonard alone be Wang Feng's opponent?

The Lakers have actually won [-] percent of the time.

Harrell really chose to pass the ball to James. In 3 seconds, James only had time to adjust his posture, then jumped up immediately, and forced a shot against Butler's defense.

The basketball flew to the hoop, and then... "Bang!"

James missed a [-]-pointer, the basketball bounced high, and the game-ending whistle sounded.

At 117:114, the Lakers defended their home court in the first game of the Western Conference Finals and beat the Clippers by 3 points to get off to a good start.

It is worth mentioning that since the beginning of last season, the Lakers have never lost the first opener of the series in the playoffs.

"Our luck is a little bit worse, there is no way."

James, who failed to make a perfect shot, shook his head and sighed helplessly.

In this game, James has actually played very well.

With a large triple-double of 36 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists, James' performance is no different from the Thanos James in the Cavaliers period in previous years, but those who have watched the game will understand that James is indeed old. up.

It is also a luxurious large triple-double data. In the past, James obtained it under the high-intensity defense of many opponents.

But in this game, most of James' scores were "stealed" unconsciously, such as the Lakers' fast break points after a mistake, and the use of teammates' pick-and-roll air cut layups.

It's not that this kind of scoring is not important, it's just that when the game reaches a critical moment, James can no longer stand up and turn the tide as before.

James' dual-core partner Leonard scored 44 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and his performance was not inferior to James. The combined data of the two was 80 points, 23 rebounds and 19 assists, which is very exaggerated, but even so, they failed to win for the Clippers victory.

Because Wang Feng's data performance on the other side is even more exaggerated.

靠着最后的2分钟里连得9分，王峰打了足足44分钟，砍下50分16篮板15助攻。

50+ large triple-doubles are extremely rare in the history of the league playoffs.

In addition to Wang Feng, Butler also played more than 40 minutes for the Lakers. Although he mainly defended Leonard on the field, he still showed his offensive ability at critical moments, scoring 27 points and 6 minutes. Rebounds and 6 assists.

In addition, Ingram scored 18 points for the Lakers. Although Kuzma and Lopez did not score in double figures, they used their range on the offensive end to play a good role in pulling space.

These are all important reasons why the Lakers were able to win the game.

……

The loss in the first game did not cause the Clippers to suffer too much setback. On the contrary, many fans expressed that they could accept such a result.

Although they are all in the Staples Center, it is the home court of the Lakers after all. There are Lakers fans on the court, and they also have a certain home whistle advantage.

But even with these advantages, the scores of the two teams have been stalemate until the last moment. If it weren't for Wang Feng's superb performance and the Clippers missed two opportunities at the last moment, it would be hard to say who would win.

Being able to play like this while playing away games, wouldn't it be more advantageous when the Clippers are playing at home?
Times have changed.

In the past, when the Lakers played against the Clippers, whether it was home or away, the result was no different from the Lakers’ home game. As the most popular team in the league, the Lakers had a terrifying fan base, and fans spread all over the world. Under the circumstances, the background of the Clippers is so bad that even if the derby between the two teams is the home of the Clippers, most of the fans who came to support them are also fans of the Lakers.

But with the arrival of James last season and Leonard joining this season, the situation is different.

As the most appealing top star in the league, James alone can rival several NBA teams in popularity, and Leonard is also a rare top superstar in the league. The two brought a large number of fans to the Clippers , This also allowed the Clippers to slightly support their home court when facing the Lakers.

And for an important game like the Western Conference Finals, it is not difficult to gather more than [-]% of the home fans.

It's just that if the Clippers want to make the Staples Center their home field, they must first survive the next remaining away game.

As it turns out, this isn't very good.

On May 5th, G16 of the Western Conference finals continued. After the two teams in G2 staged a fierce battle, this game was another fierce confrontation. The Lakers defeated the Clippers again with 1:116, and the total score came to 111:2. .

In this game, it was easier for the Lakers to win than the first game. The main reason is that Leonard felt bad in this game. He only made 22 of 8 shots and shot 36%. He scored 24 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

James scored 29 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists and a quasi-triple-double data, which was slightly lower than the data in the previous game, but this can't be helped. With Leonard's bad hand, the Clippers had to rely on James, who was marked by Wang Feng. It is a relatively difficult task in itself to attack the tough ones. To be able to score 29 points with nearly [-]% shooting against Wang Feng without the help of his teammates is actually considered an outstanding performance.

For the Clippers, it wasn't Wang Feng who scored the highest score in the team, but the No. 33 player Jimmy Butler. With [-] points, he was not only the Lakers' highest scoring player on the offensive end, but he also marked the top scorer on the defensive end. Nader is also very effective.

Regardless of Leonard's poor hand feeling or other reasons, at least during this game, it looked like he was suppressed by Butler.

This also made many Butler fans feel elated.

Now speaking of small forwards, the general rankings in the league are Wang Feng, James, Antetokounmpo, Durant, Leonard, George... Butler's ranking should be behind these people, and even newcomers to the league have not played at all. Zion Williams of the game is ranked above Butler in some media magazines.

In this game, Butler matched up and suppressed Leonard, which proved that his strength is definitely not inferior to these top strikers.

(End of this chapter)