The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 473 [Los Angeles Derby, the Lakers suffer]

Clippers rookie Harrison Barnes has been touted by the media, but he has only played one game. Some people have already predicted that he is a popular candidate for the best rookie.

The media is like this, they like to blow new stars to the sky, wait for them to hit the rookie wall, and then fall to the ground hard, stepping on two feet, such as Jennings back then.

After training on the 2nd, Harrison read the news on the Internet with his mobile phone and enjoyed it.Ye Feng kindly reminded him. "Harrison, don't be complacent just because the media praises you. A good player is a player who plays steadily every game. If you play badly in a few games, their tone will immediately turn around. What you have to do is calm down. , play a level."

Harrison nodded and said with a smile: "I will pay attention, but there are some people who can play steadily no matter what the media say, right? Like you."

Ye Feng smiled and said: "It would be great if you can be at the same level as me in three years. The championship in the next 10 years will be ours."

Ye Feng will grow old one day, and the Clippers will also need a new core at that time.It would be great to be able to train a star to succeed, but if it is introduced from the outside, it will be much worse emotionally.That is something that Ye Feng needs to consider after he is 30 years old.There is not much age gap between Harrison and him. If he succeeds, he will be like the Spurs Parker succeeding Duncan in the future. How many years can he be the leader?
The Clippers are still far away from changing their leaders, but their second opponent, the transfer of the core rights of the Lakers in the same city, is just around the corner.Although Kobe Bryant says he wants to play until he is 40, how old can he stay in shape?This year he still has strong strength, but it may not be so in another two years.

The most depressing thing for the Lakers is that no one can take over Kobe's class. In the 76ers, Andre Iguodala has been identified as not a qualified leader, otherwise he will not be traded out of the team. Ty Lawson , Nene and Hilario are not that material either.Originally, the two stars of the Lakers, Paul and Bynum, both played well in their respective teams and could become the core of a team, but they were traded out. The Lakers can only rely on Kobe now.

As Phil Jackson said, Kobe always wanted to maintain his supremacy. Now that he is single-core, he is still unhappy.

This game was advertised as a contest for the league's scoring champion. Kobe won his third career scoring trophy last season. At the age of 34, it is very rare for him to take the number one shot in the league.Ye Feng's performance in the first game was too brilliant, and it gave people a lot of ideas. If he guarantees the number of shots, he may be able to win the scoring champion.

In an interview before the game, Ye Feng was not at all modest, and said with a smile: "This season's scoring champion must be me. Once Smith and Curry leave, the team needs me to score and attract double-teams. This season we will Play more positional warfare, Paul (Gasol) and Kevin (Love) are players who are good at playing positional warfare."

Ye Feng was the first one who dared to announce the scoring champion right after a game.He wanted the third scoring trophy, and the coaching staff also decided to let him focus on scoring first, and wait for the score to increase before creating opportunities for the rookies.

In an interview, Kobe said that this season he doesn't care about any personal honors, he just wants to lead the team to win, and he is willing to assist his teammates and help them score.Singles has always been Kobe's signature. If these two words were changed, people would be more used to them, but they showed different attitudes.

The game was broadcast live on ESPN, and "Magic" Johnson and Jeff Van Gundy both commented. Before the game started, both "Magic" and Van Gundy expressed that they were not optimistic about the Lakers because the Lakers' insiders were too bad.The only center Nene who looks like a star is still unable to play.The worst deal for the Lakers in these two seasons was sending away the Gasol brothers and Bynum, and the inside line suddenly changed from the strongest in the league to its weakness.

The Clippers' inside line shows no signs of weakening, and there are still too many people.In this game, Robert Thackeray and Perry Jones did not enter the roster. If they were traded to the Lakers, the Lakers would have a better life.

The Lakers selected Onegan Kuzmic in the second round this season, a thin center with a height of 216 cm and a weight of only 105 kg, which did not help the team much.

Today is the home court of the Lakers in name, and the audience is almost full of fans cheering for the Clippers. In the stands, some people played the slogan "Hungry Wolf Defending MVP", while others played the slogan "101 points in a single game", expressing their support for the Clippers. Ye Feng's expectations.

Van Gundy commented: "If Ye Feng is elected as the MVP of the regular season again this season, he will be the real No.1 in the league. In the history of the NBA, no one has been elected as the MVP for 4 consecutive times. Russell, Chamberlain and Bird are all Three times, if he did it, it would be the most horrific feat."

"Magic" Johnson said: "Ye Feng is very likely to do it. As long as the Clippers can still get the first record in the league, it will be difficult for anyone to compete with him. There are also people who are optimistic about James and Durant this season. They The role in the team is also very obvious, and the statistics every season are very beautiful."

Bryant is not among the MVP candidates, he is underestimated by the pundits.Kobe Bryant ranks ninth in ESPN's "50 Greatest Players of the New Season" list.More and more people question his style of play and the role of the team in winning.His efficiency value is outside the top 10 all year round, and the number of missed shots is well-deserved first among active NBA players. He is also the only player in active service who has missed more than 1 shots.

When Ye Feng is advancing towards the 4th consecutive MVP record, Kobe is also advancing towards the fourth "blacksmith" in the league. He is currently ranked 5th in the history of the NBA's iron list, hitting 12368 irons, only 4 away from the No.12470 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 102, the third Karl Malone 12682, as long as Kobe remains healthy this season, there is no suspense to surpass these two and enter the top three.The second-ranked Elvin Hayes is 13296, and the ultimate "Iron King" Havlicek is 13417. Kobe will have to wait until next season to catch up with them.

The game is about to start, Thibodeau opened the game and arranged for Ye Feng to attack, double pick and roll, Love to the perimeter, Pau Gasol to the high post.

Mike Brown didn't let the Lakers play a triangle offense, but the Clippers were not polite. If the opponent's defense was tight, they still had a round formation. In short, they must resolutely hand it over to Ye Feng for singles.

From the starting lineup, it can be seen how much the Lakers are afraid of Ye Feng. Iguodala sat on the bench, and Metta Shiping, who lost weight a little during the offseason, started. His strength is stronger than Iguodala. Brown thinks he is more Suitable for defending Ye Feng.

When Ci Shiping was still called Artest, the Lakers brought him in to defend against Ye Feng.The other four starters are Bryant, Ty Lawson, Jamison, and Jordan Hill.

The Clippers' starting lineup has also changed, which is very surprising. Isiah Thomas started.The other four are Ye Feng, Harrison Barnes, Love, and Paul Gasol.

Ty Lawson is a small player with speed, and Thomas is not bad if he defends alone.Last season, the two faced each other. As long as they are not facing a tall and strong guard, Thibodeau will let Thomas play. This arrangement also shows the confidence of the Clippers.

The game begins.Jordan Hill wins the jump ball, the Lakers attack first, Harrison catches up with Kobe on the outside, Ye Feng is still defending in the low post, facing Jamison, Love goes to the outside to meet Ci Shiping, now Ci Shiping is no faster than Le Fu Happy fast.Originally, the Clippers' plan was to let Ye Feng guard Kobe, but they changed their mind after seeing the Lakers' lineup.

On the inside, Ye Feng can grab rebounds, but it may not waste a lot of energy.Ty Lawson took the ball to the frontcourt and handed it to Kobe. After receiving the ball, Kobe felt that no one could pass it except Lawson. Hill was a blue-collar player and his offense was too poor. It was too difficult for Jamison to single-play Ye Feng.Giving Metta World Peace is tantamount to letting the ball go out of bounds directly...

Hill came out to cover, and Kobe attacked with the ball. No wonder he didn't pass the ball. On the low side, Kobe passed the ball to Hill, Hill hesitated for a while, and missed the handball in the mid-range shot.

Ye Feng grabbed the backcourt rebound.Hill has outstanding physical fitness and is almost invincible. If his mid-range shot can guarantee a hit rate, he is a good player, but unfortunately he cannot.The Clippers attacked, Ye Feng didn't rely on cover, he ran to catch the basketball, everyone pulled away, Ci Shiping single-handedly defended Ye Feng.

In the first round, Ye Feng used his actions to prove that it was a joke for Ci Shiping to defend him alone.He didn't make any fake moves, just a simple change of direction, lowered his center of gravity and quickly shot the ball to pass Ci Shiping. Collided, Hill pressed Ye Feng's shoulder to pull him down, Ye Feng showed his physical advantage again, shrunk slightly, turned halfway in the air, threw the ball backhand with his right hand, and hit the board.The referee whistled, and he scored 2+1 at the beginning.

Ye Feng made an extra penalty, 3-0.

The Lakers attack, Ty Lawson breaks through, the screener is Jamison, Ye Feng switches defenses, Lawson passes the ball outside, Ci Shiping passes to Jamison, and the latter singles Thomas, which is an obvious misplacement.Jamison dribbled two steps, Thomas tried to carry it with his body, Jamison turned around and missed the jumper, and the rebound was quickly returned to the inside by Love.

Jamison played poorly in the preseason, not to mention star statistics, being a good role player is not qualified, and the speed of decline is close to that of Odom last season. This state makes Kobe very helpless.

In the Clippers' positional battle, Ye Feng received the ball and stood still on the outside, then passed the ball to Thomas and set a screen, Thomas held the ball and broke through.What kind of team is facing, what kind of play is there, Ci Shiping can't keep up with Thomas when switching defenses, Ye Feng rushed into the inside from the middle after the pick-and-roll, Thomas gave the ball to Ye Feng in a small area.

How could Ty Lawson's small physique prevent Ye Feng from taking the ball?Ye Feng took three steps to catch the ball, and went toward Hill. He not only wanted to score the ball, but also wanted to cause Hill to foul and knock him down.Hill also understood his intention, and didn't dare to reach out, Ye Feng smashed the ball with one hand and scored! 5 to 0.

"Magic" Johnson sighed: "The Lakers are going to suffer."

(End of this chapter)