The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 444 [War against the three young masters, break the thunder]

Durant's actual height is close to 210CM, which looks about the same height as Duncan.His lateral movement is fast, but once the center of gravity is lowered, the speed of movement will be weakened. Garnett has won the best defensive player, but if he is asked to defend the breakthrough of the defender, it will be a bit difficult.

Ye Feng used the defensive style of play, lowering the center of gravity to the lowest, and Durant followed from the side. Ye Feng also showed another advantage of lowering the center of gravity, which is easier to exert force. He was close to Durant and used his back to After two hits, Durant took half a step back, Ye Feng immediately turned around and opened the distance, and made a 45-degree fallback jumper on the left side, and the ball went in! 2 to 0.

Ye Feng was too familiar with the Staples Arena, he didn't need to look at it, he just knew where he was, the distance between the shooting point and the basket, and how hard he used to get in easily.He stands on the field as if he is part of it.

The Thunder attacked, Ye Feng caught up with Durant on the outside.This season, Ye Feng won the Best Defensive Player consecutively. In the selection of the first team of the best team, he won the highest number of votes and was successfully selected.His individual defensive ability is top-notch, and it is his responsibility to defend the opponent's offensive core.

Durant received the ball, and Ye Feng was close to him immediately. Durant took two steps and couldn't turn around easily, so he passed the ball again.Rose used Ibaka's screen to break through and then split the ball, and Sefolosha once again lobbed Durant into the three-point line.Ye Feng leaned close again.He also tried his best to create physical confrontation in off-ball defense, which had a good effect. Compared with Durant, who is thin and thin, Ye Feng's body has an advantage.

Durant chose the back shot, squeezed twice, turned to the baseline and made a fallback jump shot. Ye Feng judged the direction was right, jumped up to interfere, and the ball went wide.

Love got the rebound from the backcourt, and threw the ball with both hands to Smith, who rushed to the frontcourt. Ye Feng and Tony Allen also rushed down together. The three outside players of the Thunder returned to the defense quickly. Also ahead of Gasol, Smith saw that it was not good, took the ball to the frontcourt, controlled the situation, handed the ball to Tony Allen, and the latter handed it to Ye Feng, Ye Feng waited for Love to come to the frontcourt, and the big plus After Sol settled down, he passed the ball to Love who was outside the three-point line on the right, and ran to the low post on the right. As soon as he reached the low post, Love lobbed the ball in.

The Thunder did not switch defenses, and Durant followed Ye Feng.Ye Feng immediately moved to the inside with his back. Durant has improved in all aspects over the past few years. If there is one point where he has improved the least, it is his ability to fight. He is still very thin.Ye Feng arched to the inside line, turned to the basket in a tough way, Perkins let go of Gasol to defend, Ye Feng jumped out of the baseline, bypassed Perkins and passed the ball to the left.Gasol took a step outside the penalty area and made an open shot. 4 to 0.

Barkley said: "It's beautiful. The Clippers had the upper hand at the beginning. Both offenses played smoothly. Let's see how the Thunder's offense goes."

It was difficult for Durant to get rid of Ye Feng. This time, Rose attacked with the ball, relying on the screen to get rid of Tony Allen, broke into the inside, Smith switched defenses, and Love went to the outside to defend Sefrosa, who had no ability to attack with the ball. A little change will hinder the Thunder's offense.Rose's breakthrough mainly depends on his speed. Smith can keep up with his speed.The rebound was caught by Ye Feng who retreated into the penalty area.

It was handed over to Tony Allen, and the Clippers played in position. This time, Ye Feng went to the low post to ask for the ball. Durant went to defend the outside Love, and Ibaka and Ye Feng faced off.Ibaka was also selected to the best defensive team this season. He is relatively strong and can resist Ye Feng.

But Ye Feng didn't take Ibaka seriously at all, the Clippers had already thoroughly studied his weakness.

Ibaka is a good help defender with amazing physical fitness, but he is afraid of guards breaking through, especially against teams with small lineups. These Clippers scouts have already given information, and they have also studied the Thunder vs. Warriors. , Suns and other small lineups, Ibaka was often passed after being misplaced, and flew away in a flash...

Several of the Thunder's post players have weaknesses. Perkins is very powerful in the paint, can firmly jam the opponent's throat, but moves slowly.As for Collison, he is similar to Reggie Evans, a desperate old football ruffian.As for Ibaka, the young defense-type jumper generally has high expectations in the league, but it is still difficult to reassure people at critical times.DeAndre Jordan of the Mavericks is of the same type as him, and was picked up by Ye Feng in the last round.If you want to be the best defender, keep up with people, raise your hands more and jump less is the right way.

Against Ye Feng, it's not enough to only block shots.After receiving the ball, Ye Feng broke through the box, first dribbled the ball from his crotch to his right hand and walked to the bottom line, attracted Ibaka to move, then dribbled the ball behind his back to his left hand, took a step towards the middle, Ibaka quickly moved to the middle, Ye Feng But it has already pulled the ball up.The left hand circled the ball from the back and handed it to the right hand. With a big stride, he completely passed Ibaka and smashed the ball with one hand! 6 to 0.

The poor Thunder's best defensive player was stunned by this series of fake moves.

The Thunder attacked. Ibaka first gave his teammate a pick-and-roll, and then asked for the ball. After a misplacement, he met Tony Allen. Rose passed the ball to the high post. Ibaka caught the ball and made a shot. When it came to effect, the ball went wide again.The rebound was taken by Gasol.

The Clippers are not eager to attack and control the situation. The Thunder like fast-paced games, and the Clippers will not let them do so.Love went to the perimeter to cover Ye Feng and blocked Durant. Ye Feng got rid of the ball and went 45 degrees to the right before asking for the ball. Ibaka switched defenses and Tony Allen lobbed the ball in.

Ye Feng received the ball and immediately turned to the middle, jumped to the basket and stopped to grab the ball, and Ibaka flew up.He thinks that Ye Feng is very close to the basket, so he won't make any more fake moves, but Ye Feng is swaying. After Ibaka jumped up, he jumped up to meet him. The two collided in the air, and Ye Feng single-handedly The ball was thrown and missed but the referee blew his whistle and got two free throw opportunities for a foul.

Ye Feng easily made two free throws, 8-0.

The Clippers played an offensive climax, Rose chose to attack, pulled the bar in the penalty area for a layup to avoid Smith's block, and finally made the ball! 8 to 2.

The Clippers were attacking, and the Thunder didn't dare to let Ibaka defend Ye Feng. Ye Feng's foul-making ability is very strong, and he averaged 9.6 free throw opportunities per game.Ibaka is very important to the Thunder, and Ye Feng will never let go of the opportunity to draw a foul on him.

Durant defended alone, Ye Feng went to the low post again to ask for the ball, this time Gasol also pulled to the outside, not giving Perkins a chance to defend, Ye Feng received the ball and singled Durant, Durant squeezed back Step back.His left shoulder swayed slightly. Durant was worried that Ye Feng would turn to the baseline, so he hurriedly moved half a step to the baseline. The forward stuck in the air and passed the ball to Love, who got an open three-pointer and made a steady hit! 11 to 2.

Rose broke through with the screen, attracted the defense and passed it to Ibaka. Ibaka faced Tony Allen with a one-step emergency stop jumper, 11 to 4.

In the opening game, the Clippers took the initiative, handed over the offensive position to Ye Feng, and the other two insiders pulled to the outside, creating opportunities for him to play singles.Attracting the double-team, Ye Feng split the ball. This time, in order to defend him, Rose let go of Tony Allen's double-team.Ye Feng immediately protected the ball and took it out. Allen used Gasol to cover and cut from the right side to the baseline. Ye Feng sent the ball in in time. Although Allen missed a layup, the opportunity came out.

The Clippers play very smoothly offensively, while the Thunder rely more on star singles. Perkins and Ibaka can also make mid-range shots, but they are not the main offensive method of the Thunder.

The Clippers led 33-24 in the first quarter.

Durant made 5 of 1 shots and only scored 4 points with free throws.Ye Feng scored 14 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists. This kind of all-round performance is called explosion when it happens to Ye Feng. The fans are used to it. Every time the offensive ball is handed over to him, As long as there is a double-team pass, assists are easy.

In the second quarter, the Thunder sent Collison, Muhammad, Daquan Cook, James Harden and Fisher.

The Clippers replaced Marc Gasol, Barnes, Grant Hill, Thornton, and Curry.Their second team can handle most of the team's starters. Muhammad lacks offensive power and is a pure blue-collar, and his height is only 208cm. Ernes cameo at position 4, with one big leading four small players on the field.Except for Gasol Jr., everyone else also has three-point ability.

After only playing for 3 minutes, the Thunder couldn't stand it anymore. They lacked attackers. Fisher stood up and shot many times, but he didn't play the state he had against the Spurs. He made 3 of 0 shots and became a blacksmith.The Thunder quickly replaced Durant, Ye Feng was not in a hurry to play, and the task of defending Durant was given to Hill.

Facing veteran Hill's defense, Durant quickly found his sense, scored 5 points in a row, and caused a foul by Hill. The Clippers replaced Smith in order to strengthen the defense. Ye Feng continued to sit on the court to rest. The teammates are very confident.

At 6 minutes into the second quarter, the Thunder narrowed the point difference to 5 points, and the Clippers replaced the main force at the beginning of the game. Curry replaced Tony Allen because he had a good touch.Ye Feng and Curry began to play pick-and-roll cooperation on the perimeter. This is a tactic that many teams feel headaches.

Curry lived up to his expectations, hitting three mid-range shots in a row, and the Thunder called a timeout.Brooks changed the zone defense strategy and asked Rose to defend Love, who was pulling to the perimeter. Durant did not switch defenses, and Ibacara went to the perimeter to follow the breakthrough Curry.Such an arrangement will only cause more dislocations.

If you don't do this, the situation of Ye Feng singles against Rose will be even more serious.After the timeout ended, the Clippers also changed their style of play. Gasol pulled out to cover, and Ye Feng broke through after receiving the ball and turned into a singles Perkins.

Love's shots from the outside not only have a height advantage, Smith and Ye Feng also grabbed four offensive rebounds in this quarter, and the second attack was successful.The Clippers scored 10 to 0, once again widening the score.

In the second half, the Thunder did not set off any momentum to chase points. The "Three Young Thunder" played together and received intensive care. The Clippers players relaxed their defense against Ibaka and Perkins.When these two mid-range shots fail, the Clippers players have more opportunities to help defend, and their single defense ability is also very strong.

James Harden played very well this season, but against Tony Allen, he was so marked that it was difficult for him to catch the ball, he failed to make a breakthrough, his shooting was interfered, and he hit the iron many times.The offensive pressure on Durant was even heavier, and he played poorly today. In the second half, he switched to Smith's main defense, and the situation improved slightly. Rose was stared by Ye Feng, and he began to feel depressed again.Without cover, Rose failed to break through once.

The Clippers' offense is still Princeton, with more points, constantly sharing the ball and moving the ball to find open and misplaced opportunities. Gasol and Love got a lot of shooting opportunities.

Ye Feng and Smith rushed inside to grab offensive rebounds. Ye Feng grabbed 4 offensive rebounds in the third quarter and had a wonderful dunk!The Thunder's other two weaknesses emerged, poor rebounding and foul trouble.

Because of Love's presence, rebounding has always been a major advantage of the Clippers, especially the protection of backcourt rebounds is very good, making it difficult for opponents to get 2 offensive opportunities.In the entire league, only the Nets grab more rebounds than the Clippers.

The Thunder's two big insiders are too poor to grab rebounds, and they don't protect the backcourt rebounds well enough.As soon as Ye Feng grabbed the offensive rebound and made a second attack, the Thunder could only use fouls to stop him.Ibaka, Perkins, and Durant all had four fouls early.There are still people who can replace the first two.It will be bad when Durant is off the court, and the Thunder's offense has weakened significantly.

The score between the two sides continued to widen.Barkley said: "The Thunder's interior can't be compared with the Clippers. They lost too many rebounds. Ibaka's performance today is completely unworthy of the honor of the best defensive team. He has nothing to do when he is on Ye Feng. Not to mention Durant, if he defends Ye Feng again, he will be fined."

Kenny Smith sighed: "The Thunder have paid tuition for their young players in the past few seasons, and now they have to pay the price for the lack of bench depth."

Although Durant played again in the fourth quarter, it was a pity that the Thunder had missed the best opportunity to attack at this time, and Durant always had scruples when facing Ye Feng's defense because of the foul crisis in the fourth quarter.If the Thunder want to win, the number of fouls must also be controlled.

Five minutes into the fourth quarter, the Clippers led by 5 points. After that, Ye Feng made a breakthrough and caused Ibaka's fifth foul. The Thunder had to replace the defensive champion with Collison.And let Rose end the rest and put on Fisher.Rose has been on the court almost all the time and needs to rest for a while.

The Clippers immediately replaced Tony Allen with teenager Isiah Thomas.Thomas showed his power as soon as he came on the court. He had a clear advantage in speed against Fisher. He succeeded in several breakthroughs and disrupted the Thunder's defense.Fisher was too old and was always passed by in one step. Rose took less than 3 minutes off the court to rest. The Clippers seized Fisher's weakness and attacked fiercely, widening the point difference to more than 20 points in one fell swoop.

The last 4 minutes turned into garbage time again, and the Thunder lost.

(End of this chapter)