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Butler, who was born in 89, is actually 3 years older than Wang Feng.

But due to personality reasons, Wang Feng was on the side to comfort the other party.

Listening to Wang Feng's words, Butler didn't say anything, but just nodded.

From his firm gaze, Wang Feng knew that there was no problem.

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"Welcome everyone to watch the live broadcast of the NBA 2021-22 season finals brought to you by CCTV Sports. I am the guide Yu who is responsible for explaining the game."

"We can see that before the game started, Wang Feng greeted the Lakers players enthusiastically. It seems that he didn't feel too much pressure for today's game."

"Hey, Jimmy and Brandon, I didn't expect to meet each other on the stage of the finals." Wang Feng smiled, although he took the initiative to say hello, but he didn't show mercy at all. "I apologize to you in advance. Don't blame me for not being merciful. After all, I really want this championship."

Butler: "..."

Ingram: "..."

Wang Feng's words were somewhat hateful.

But it is precisely because Wang Feng has a good relationship with the Lakers players that this kind of joke can be made.

Butler and Ingram didn't take it seriously, but they also laughed, "Then it's each other, and we also hope to use this championship to prove that even without you, our Lakers still have it." With the strength to win the championship!"

Indeed, the Lakers this season have a very good lineup and can definitely rank in the top five in the league.

Although Butler is the only top star, and Ingram is not enough, but with his outstanding overall strength, he can completely make up for the shortcomings of the lack of top stars.

But even so, in Wang Feng's view, compared with the opponents in the finals of previous seasons, this Lakers team is already considered a relatively weak team.

The situation of this season is special. Several strong teams in the league have more or less various problems, which has greatly reduced their strength.

John Wall, one of the Big Three of the Bucks, was reimbursed for the season. George sprained his ankle in the last game of the Eastern Conference finals against the Cavaliers. Although no one was injured on the Clippers, Westbrook, one of the Big Three, It is completely negative equity. As for the Warriors, without players such as Poole, Wiggins and Otto Porter Jr., their strength is more affected than the previous teams.

This is one of the reasons why the Lakers can go all the way from the West to the Finals.

Of course, Wang Feng's Cavaliers are not really a strong team. Although Love, Poole, Bain and others performed well in the regular season and playoffs, they can go all the way in the playoffs. The key now is Wang Feng.

Adding and replacing Wang Feng with any All-Star player in the league, I am afraid that it is difficult to say whether the Cavaliers' lineup can successfully enter the playoffs.

Therefore, although the finals matchup between the Cavaliers and the Lakers is the most dramatic finals matchup, it is not the strongest finals matchup in recent years.

Soon, the game began with the warm cheers of the fans.

The Cavaliers' starting lineup has not changed. It is still the starting combination of Poole, Bain, Otto Porter Jr., Wang Feng and Love.

On the Lakers side, there are Sexton, Garland, Butler, Ingram and Dwight Howard.

In the jump ball stage, the old Warcraft "easily" beat Love, and the Lakers attacked.

Garland used his teammate's pick-and-roll to break into the basket for a layup with the ball, but Wang Feng, who was defending against him, interfered and missed in time.

After Wang Feng defended, he took advantage of the situation to protect the defensive rebound, and rushed towards the frontcourt without pausing.

Butler followed up almost immediately, staying close to Wang Feng to prevent him from continuing to accelerate.

Butler has partnered with Wang Feng for three seasons, during which he has participated in a large number of games and countless training games. He knows Wang Feng's offense very well. He knows very well how terrifying it is once Wang Feng increases speed. When the strength is fully up, the lethality is not inferior to James and Antetokounmpo at their peak.

As a striker, Butler himself is a defensive champion who has been selected to the best defensive team many times.

When Wang Feng was still on the Lakers, the perimeter defense formed by him and Butler could be called Iron Lock Hengjiang, enough to make the perimeter of any team in the league terrified.

But now, with Butler defending Wang Feng, the powerful pressure from No.1 in the league is truly intuitively displayed in front of him!
Wang Feng's strength is far stronger than Butler's. As a result of the physical contact between the two, Butler was squeezed by Wang Feng and staggered. Wang Feng, taking advantage of the gap between Butler's turbulent footsteps, suddenly accelerated, and with a single step, he was halfway away from the opponent. Going straight towards the basket.

"Boom!!" Passing by... or Wang Feng, who squeezed Butler away, took advantage of the other Lakers players' unsteady footing, jumped up in two steps, and dunked the basketball with a powerful tomahawk in the air, smashing the basketball hard into the basket!
Just ten seconds into the game, Wang Feng blew up the atmosphere with this dunk.

The Cavaliers fans got up excitedly from the seats they had just sat down and cheered loudly.

With this goal alone, they seemed to see the championship trophy beckoning to them.

"hateful……"

Butler was a little helpless.

Wang Feng's speed and strength are far superior to him, and he can play inside and outside. Such a player is a disaster for any defensive player on the field.

It's not that the Lakers haven't developed a defensive strategy against Wang Feng.

But the team coach Walton has deduced several defensive tactics, but he is not satisfied.

In fact, the best way to deal with Wang Feng is double-teaming. If it is a single defense, no one in the entire league can restrict Wang Feng. Leonard can't do it, and Antetokounmpo can't do it either.

But the problem is, if Wang Feng is double-teamed, Wang Feng can choose to pass the ball.

So far, Wang Feng's average assists per game in the playoffs has remained stable at 10.8 times, and he is the league's assist leader in the regular season.

Whenever there is an open space for teammates on the field, Wang Feng can always pass the ball in various ways, but it’s nothing more than passing the ball. The biggest problem is that the five starting players of the Cavaliers all have the ability to shoot three-pointers, and The hit rate is not low!

Numerous teams in the league have personally confirmed with their disastrous defeats, what will happen to the Cavaliers' outside shooters.

This is somewhat depressing.

Whether it is more reliable to bet on Wang Feng not being able to score 70 points every game, or it is better to expect the Cavaliers' outside shooters to collectively feel inaccurate, at least it is difficult for the Lakers to make a choice.

In the first match of G1 of the finals, they plan to try Wang Feng's offensive ability. Assuming that Butler, who is familiar with Wang Feng's playing style, defends Wang Feng, can he slightly curb Wang Feng's scoring momentum and get a chance to win?

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As it turned out, such an attempt failed.

In the first quarter of the game, the Cavaliers followed the tactics of Butler defending Wang Feng alone and other players staring at the Cavaliers' perimeter.

然后王峰就来了一个10投7中，三分球5中3，罚球4中4，单节21分的超高效率值表现。

Relying on Wang Feng's 21 points in a single quarter, the Cavaliers directly led by 34 points 26:8 in the first quarter!
The terrible offensive efficiency scared the Lakers, so they decisively used double-team tactics against Wang Feng in the second quarter. Even if this would make Wang Feng pass the ball to the outside, it is better for the headquarters to let Wang Feng continue to score by himself.

It's a pity that it was raining overnight, and Wang Feng's super performance in the first quarter of the game seemed to have inspired the other players of the Cavaliers, making them not only shoot resolutely from the outside, but also shot very well.

The result of the failure of both defensive strategies was that at the end of the half, the score of the two teams became 64:47.

The point difference was directly expanded from 8 points to 17 points.

The huge point difference turned the second half of the game into garbage time.

Even though the Lakers, under the leadership of Butler and Ingram, tried to launch a counterattack, the momentum they finally achieved was quickly suppressed by Wang Feng.

The huge point difference forced the Lakers to replace all the substitutes and surrender in advance.

In this way, the Cavaliers easily won the G128 game with a score of 109:1 at home and took the lead 1:0.

Throughout the game, the matchup between Wang Feng and Butler was completely one-sided.

Wang Feng scored 44 points, 8 rebounds and 14 assists. Although he did not record a daily triple-double, the exaggerated statistics are still breathtaking.

On the other hand, Butler, who defended Wang Feng all the way, was scored 60 points by the opponent with a shooting rate close to 44%, not to mention his own performance was very bad.

整场比赛，出战43分钟的伦纳德14投5中得到14分，投篮命中利仅有35.7%。

It is not too much to describe Butler being completely suppressed or even beaten by Wang Feng, but not many people blamed him for such a result.

There is a huge gap between Wang Feng and Butler, and no one thinks Butler can match Wang Feng, even if he is not the one who is always underestimated at this time, even wanting a maximum salary contract extension has twists and turns Jimmy Butler.

"The Lakers lost Game [-] of the away game finals. Obviously, if they want to beat the Cavaliers, the Lakers must find a way to contain Wang Feng. Otherwise, the championship will be won by Cleveland even without seven games. Walk!"

After the first game, some Los Angeles media commented like this.

However, the whole league understands this truth.

The core of the Cavaliers is Wang Feng. Once Wang Feng fails to perform, the Cavaliers will not be able to win anyway.

But what the entire league knows, why did the Cavaliers reach the finals in the end?
Because Wang Feng can't be restrained so easily!

On June 6, the second game of the finals began.

The Lakers, like in G1, still tried every means to prevent Wang Feng. This time they did not let Butler mark Wang Feng, but replaced it with the taller Ingram.

Although Ingram's man-to-man defensive ability is not as good as Butler's, his height and wingspan advantage can give him a great advantage in defending outside shots.

As for Wang Feng's super tentative step breakthrough, it will be dealt with by Howard on the inside.

When necessary, Howard will give up Love to help defend Wang Feng. If Wang Feng chooses to pass the ball to Love, other players will rotate as much defense as possible.

Although Love averaged nearly 40% of his three-pointers per game during the regular season, he is currently the only player on the Lakers who can try to give up opportunities.

It's a pity that such a defensive arrangement still has little effect.

It's not about how Love can shoot in today's game if God helps. The main problem lies in Dwight Howard, the inside defensive gate that the Lakers are trying to rely on.

If the opponent was Howard ten years ago, even if Wang Feng is as strong as the current Wang Feng, he must weigh the pros and cons, and choose an offensive method that is as far away from Howard as possible.

After all, Howard at his peak claimed to be able to replace James alone. With his super strength, bounce, and speed and explosion comparable to a guard, Howard has almost terrifying dominance on the defensive end.

But today is not what it used to be. Today's Howard, after experiencing several serious injuries, has lost the explosive power of the year, and Howard is not young anymore. The main reason why he can become the starting center of the Lakers this season is still With Brook Lopez leaving the team, the Lakers lack a high-quality center.

When Wang Feng rushed to the basket with the ball, Howard did not put much pressure on him on the defensive end. Wang Feng could even take the initiative to make physical contact with Howard, and then relying on his advantages in jumping and staying in the air, he successfully scored the ball with the help of time difference. .

Moreover, in the small ball era league at this stage, the intensity of whistle blowing and penalties is also constantly increasing.

After a few rounds, Howard was whistled for two defensive fouls and had to be timid.

In this case, Wang Feng's efficiency of breaking through the offense with the ball was not affected at all.

The defensive tactical adjustments made by the Lakers did not have any effect.

Unable to solve Wang Feng's offense, the Lakers lost again in G2.

114: 110.

The total score came to 2:0.

Another two home victories were successfully won, and the Cavaliers are only one step away from the championship trophy.

June 6, Game 5 of the series.

The game venue came to the home of the Lakers, the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

After trying their best to lock Wang Feng in the first two games and all failed, the Lakers finally realized that it is unrealistic to try to prevent Wang Feng from dying. Struggle with this problem and turn to finding ways to make your offense better.

Therefore, in G3 of the finals, the Lakers completely gave up locking Wang Feng at their home court, and instead focused all their energy on offense, staging an offensive battle with the Cavaliers.

Unexpectedly, this move has immediate results.

The Lakers blossomed more, with 7 players in the team scoring in double figures, including Butler scoring 24 points, Ingram 27 points, Sexton, Garland and Kuzma and others also had high scores.

The Lakers also used this 119:117 to pull back a city, and the score came to 2:1.

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