The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 403 [Great wins, many assists]

As soon as Durant received the ball, he immediately dribbled the ball at the top of the arc and broke through from the left. Ye Feng quickly followed up and blocked his breakthrough route. Durant dribbled the ball and retreated. Compressed his dribbling space.Durant covered the basketball with his back, then dribbled the ball and turned to the left.

This year, his back-up technique has improved. As long as he dribbles with his back, he can turn in two directions and confuse the opponent. But Ye Feng jumped up lightly, and once again judged the right direction with one foot. His defensive experience is already very rich. Especially in single defense, what he mainly looks at is not the opponent's shoulder, but the pivot foot. The shoulder can be deceiving, but which leg can start quickly is not deceiving.

Durant still hadn't passed, Ye Feng was always in front of him, at this moment he began to understand that the biggest gap between Ye Feng and him was not offense, but defense.He is absolutely unable to make such a tight defense.

Although he was unwilling, Durant did not choose to make a strong shot. He distributed the ball to Ibaka and started running to the inside. Ibaka passed the ball to the outside. Ye Feng defended behind him.

Durant took the ball and took a step behind his back, turned to the baseline and made a fallback jump shot. Ye Feng's hand sealed his eyes in time, and the ball went wide again.It is more difficult to score in front of Ye Feng than to be targeted by Smith.

Love took the backcourt rebound, and the Thunder quickly returned to defense, fearing that the Clippers would counterattack.Ye Feng unhurriedly walked towards Thunderclap's half court, and the Clippers fell into battle again.

Ye Feng pulled to the outside of the three-point line to cover for Curry, Curry broke through, Durant didn't switch defenses, and handed over the task of defending the pick-and-roll to Ibaka.Love screened Smith off the ball on the other side and helped him get rid of Sefolosha. The Thunder's defense was a bit messy. Rose went to chase Smith. Although the rotation was in place, the height gap was too big. Curry passed The ball, Smith catches the ball in the middle and cuts into the inside, and hits the basketball with a backhand! 13 to 4.

The score was quickly drawn, and the Thunder's defense seemed to be full of holes. Ibaka followed Love, and his ability to block shots could not be fully utilized. Perkins was forced to switch guards again and again.

The Thunder's offense was also restricted. The Clippers strictly guarded the Thunder's two cores, Ross and Durant, and allowed others to shoot. Smith and Ye Feng were not so easy to pass.If you want to cooperate with the pick-and-roll, you have to hit the inside, but the Clippers' two insiders can't get out of the penalty area. They would rather let Perkins and Ibaka easily make mid-range shots than let two stars rush into the penalty area.

The Clippers' offensive Thunder couldn't stop it. As long as Pau Gasol gave Ye Feng a cover, he would have a way to send the ball into the basket under the defense of Perkins. The striker was substituted for his second foul and replaced by Collison, whose defense was not as good as Perkins' substitute insider.

In the first quarter, Ye Feng continued to rely on breakthroughs to create inside kills, hit all 8 free throws, scored 18 points and 3 assists with full firepower, and did not grab a rebound.

杜兰特得到了8分4篮板，依旧不是叶锋的对手。快船32比22领先10分。

Ye Feng used his actions to show who is the scoring champion. He didn't deliberately challenge Durant to a one-on-one match, and used the cover to ravage Perkins.With Perkins off the court, the Thunder's low-post defense is less solid.

In the second quarter, the two sides replaced the substitutes, and the gap was even more obvious. The only offensive strength of the Thunder was James Harden. The Clippers sent Tony Allen to take care of him. Looking for an opportunity to shoot a three-pointer, Marc Gasol hits a low post.

Gasol Jr. became the overlord in the interior, and scored twice in a row in the low post. Mohamed is not his opponent.After Thornton and Wright hit two three-pointers, the score widened to 18 points.Harden was entangled by Tony Allen and couldn't find his rhythm. He could play a role when he caught the ball, but Allen tried his best not to let him catch the ball.

The Thunder sent the main force, but failed to set off the momentum of chasing points. The Clippers have maintained a high-intensity defense.Ye Feng, Smith, and Tony Allen defended extremely well from the outside. They scored inside, and the Gasol brothers were waiting. Gasol was the meat shield, and Gasol was responsible for blocking shots. They cooperated with each other tacitly.

In the second half, the Clippers deliberately broke into the paint and fouled. Ye Feng singled out Perkins many times.Perkins was pissed off, and in the third quarter he pulled Ye Feng down from the air and got a flagrant foul.After Perkins was replaced, Gasol began to score singles in the low post again. As soon as the Clippers played a combination of inside and outside, the Thunder collapsed.

Throughout the game, the Thunder never took a lead. "Magic" Johnson sighed: "It's not that the Thunder are bad, but the Clippers are too strong. I think unless someone can limit Ye Feng's scoring efficiency one-on-one, the Clippers will be invincible."

In this game, the Thunder used many people to defend Ye Feng. The inside players couldn't keep up with the speed. The outside players Durant couldn't fight against him. If the playing time is long, the Thunder will have one less offensive point.

The Clippers scored 125 points in a 101-24 victory, scoring more than 120 for the third consecutive game.

Ye Feng played 38 minutes and scored 41 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks.He didn't take many shots in the first two games, but today he exerted his strength. Durant made him want to compete.Other Clippers players also played well, with 6 scoring in double figures.

Durant had 23 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists. The offense was not smooth, and he used his strength to grab rebounds.It seems that it has become Durant's habit to lose his mind when he sees Ye Feng. Things like "Ji Sheng Yu He Sheng Liang" often happen in various fields.

The home team lost, but the Thunder fans did not show too much disappointment. They enjoyed a wonderful game. It is not so easy to beat the Clippers. The Thunder fans have long been used to the Thunder lose.

The Clippers rushed back to Los Angeles overnight to meet the Bulls' challenges back to back.In this game, Barnes rested, and Isiah Thomas entered the 12-man squad again.

This is Kidd's first return to Los Angeles after his transfer, and the home fans gave him warm applause.The fans feel that Kidd's departure is a win-win situation, and the Clippers traded for the Gasol brothers, completing an important reinforcement for the defending champion.

Kidd replaced DJ Augustin in the starting position in this game. He defended well and had a better passing awareness. It was only the first time that the coach decided to use him as the starter.After the end of this season, the Bulls do not intend to renew Augustin's contract. They will strive to introduce guards in the free market.

The Bulls have Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer, two good insiders, and Luol Deng, a second-rate star small forward. Richard Hamilton, who just joined, is also good. He won 2 wins in the new season 1 negative record.But against the Clippers, it was also a game without suspense.The Clippers won 122 to 90.

Last season, Boozer's state has declined seriously, with only 17.5 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists. In the first three games of this season, his state was ups and downs. Points, 18 rebounds and 7 assists.

And the Clippers that Luol Deng hates the most, Ye Feng and Smith are the most uncomfortable defensive players in the league.

In the opening game, the Bulls quickly discovered that Hamilton's defense was a tragedy.Luol Deng defended Ye Feng, Love and Pau Gasol pulled outside, leaving Smith in the low post, and Hamilton couldn't stand it.

Noah's defense is very good. Whether it is a single defense or an auxiliary defense, he is the most important inside barrier for the Bulls. It is also a bit difficult for Gasol to play him.But the Clippers have plenty of scorers, and they will not let Gasol and Noah fight hard inside. Kidd and Hamilton are regarded as offensive breakthroughs.

Thibodeau is well aware of Kidd's weakness, and Curry's main attack was arranged at the beginning of the game.And there is no need to cover. Kidd is afraid of speed guards. Curry's speed is not fast among guards, but it is more than enough to beat Kidd.

After playing 5 minutes in the first quarter, the Bulls were tortured a lot. Curry finally played a beautiful game this season. He still faced his old teammates and got it from half of his master.This season, his playing time was short, he had no chance to attack, and he took very few shots. He averaged only 12 points per game. In this game, he scored 12 points in one quarter.

After evacuating the inside line, Smith played Hamilton very easily in the low post. Korver, who came off the bench, also declined year after year and had no advantage against Grant Hill.

Boozer's defense is still sloppy and doesn't work very hard. When Noah goes out to defend the pick-and-roll, the Clippers will hang the ball to the low post and let Gasol single-play Boozer.

The Clippers players are blooming more. The Bulls can make the playoffs in the East with this lineup, but they can't resist the Clippers' offensive.

In the first two games, experts analyzed that the Clippers' main tactics were Eagles offense, triangle offense, and pick-and-roll offense.In this game, the Clippers showed more of another tactic-Princeton!
Princeton always delivers the ball to the weakest or even undefended player to complete the shot through running and passing without the ball. In many cases, the center pulls to the high position to organize and support, thereby opening up the inside line and giving other players more space tactics.

There are two situations in this game. One is that Gasol pulls to the high position to support, and Ye Feng and Curry continue to cut the basket and score.

The second is that after Curry took the ball at a 45-degree angle outside the three-point line, Love pulled it outside the three-point line to pick and roll, and other players ran to the outside, causing the opponent's defense to be dislocated.

Shang Thornton, Yi Jianlian and others also used the same tactics. Whether they were starting or coming off the bench, the Clippers beat the Bulls with no power to fight back.

Ye Feng played 34 minutes and scored a triple-double of 18 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists. His scoring decreased but his assists increased.The Clippers won four consecutive victories, and Ye Feng's assists temporarily ranked third in the league. Only Steve Nash of the Suns and Rajon Rondo of the Celtics had more assists than him.

This season, Ye Feng might really want to compete for the assists title.

(End of this chapter)