Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 145 First win of the playoffs

In the second game, Adelman still had the same starting lineup, but this time Ye Feng was not afraid.What Payton said still echoes in my ears. In many cases, the strongest person on the court is not sure to win. You need to find his weaknesses and use them to defeat him, instead of using your own weaknesses to fight against the opponent. If you often go out to compete, you will definitely die a miserable death.

That's how Ye Feng died in his first playoff game. His youthful nature drove him to fight against Artest without thinking. He definitely couldn't compete with that guy whose muscles were as hard as steel.I can only break through his defense with faster speed and the ability to combine man and ball, and I have one of the biggest advantages, that is, I am young. Artest, who was born in 1979, is already 30 years old this year, but Ye Feng is only 20 years old. The nine-year-old gap is quite obvious in professional games. Although Ye Feng does not have that much experience, he has more physical strength and strength. More vigorous fighting spirit.

And he also learned trash talking from Peyton.

There are many trash talking masters in the history of the NBA. For them, trash talking is also an offensive weapon on the court. "Big Bird" Bird, Reggie Miller, Charles, Barkley, Kevin Garnett, and even Air Jordan is a good player, and Payton is also a famous trash talker.They will chatter and spray at their opponents on the field, and their acrimonious language can easily break the opponent's inner defense line, or directly anger them.Under normal circumstances, a hot-headed player on the court will not have any good results. He will either be sent off for a malicious foul, or his shooting will be out of shape.

Ye Feng didn't know how to talk trash before this, and he didn't want to talk trash. After all, Chinese people pay attention to reserve.But the playoffs are not a place for politeness. Winners and losers are the most suitable standard here. As long as you don’t step outside the rules of the NBA, you can mess up whatever you want in this frame, and trash talk is naturally no problem.And Artest is a player who gets angry very easily. Although his words on the court are also very rude, they are not up to the level of trash talk. As long as you keep calm, it is very easy to irritate him.

Although it was very dangerous, Ye Feng wanted to try it.But he knows that if he wants to use trash talk to fire, he must first prove that he has the ability to defeat the opponent, and the best way to face a strong and persistent defender like Artest is...off the ball!Ye Feng seems to have returned to the days when he partnered with Westbrook at UCLA. He and Roy completely took over the possession of the ball, or Roy alone controlled the ball, but he used the cover of his teammates to go wild in the half court. run away.As for the team's starting point guard, Blake has turned himself into a pure corner three-point shooter, and after dribbling the ball over halftime, he will hand it over to Roy to organize.

In Ye Feng's opinion, the Blazers are a team more suitable for playing double point guards than UCLA, although he is already a swingman.Unlike UCLA and a purely defensive wing like Mbah a Moute, almost everyone in the Blazers can score. Even Oden, who has no range, also has immature but effective footsteps and hooks at the basket.But Ye Feng made up his mind to give Roy the possession of the ball, and he was committed to using his speed to get rid of Artest's defense.That's right, such a strong defense is not impossible to head-to-head. He is not superior in strength, and speed has become the best weapon.

Cover, or cover, Ade and Oden all pulled up to cover Ye Feng. Their thick bodies greatly slowed down Artest's pursuit.But Ye Feng didn't catch the ball directly after coming out, instead he made a cover for Roy himself.Because of the same physique as a small forward, Battier has no advantage in terms of physical fitness. If he was still the all-around small forward of Duke back then, he might still be able to pose a threat to Ye Feng, but now... Ye Feng gave Roy After finishing the pick-and-roll, he directly pressed Battier and rushed into the paint.

This is a very common tactic of the Suns, called the double ghost hit the goal, and it is one of the tactics often used by Nash and Stoudemire in the pick-and-roll.However, Ye Feng and Roy's pick-and-roll coordination was less domineering and more flexible. After the two entered the inside lane, they quickly attracted the Rockets' defense.Roy made a fake pass and threw the ball directly over Ye Feng's head to the unguarded Adelaide.In fact, under normal circumstances, Scola can't prevent Adelaide, but now that Adelaide is given an open space, his iconic straight-arm shot will be sure.

Artest was a little angry. He felt that things were out of his control. Originally, he was not good at speed. Ye Feng's sudden switch to playing without the ball obviously killed him. He kept running, running, and running. Artest is no longer the stunned young man he was back then. Years have given him a wealth of experience, but he has stolen other things from him, such as agility and speed.He likes physical confrontation very much, and he also uses physical confrontation to defend many top small forwards in the league. However, speed is really not what he is good at, especially when Ye Feng seems to be transformed into an off-ball shooter.

As the team's current secondary scorer, Artest consumes a lot of energy when defending Ye Feng, which also greatly reduces his shooting percentage. The Rockets' offensive focus has shifted to the inside, leaving only Brooks convulsions on the outside. shot.Indeed, his firepower is what the Rockets need now, but he is very unstable, like a gun ready to go off at any time, his stability is far inferior to Ye Feng and Roy.At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets trailed the Blazers, and even struggled to catch up in the rest of the time.Artest became the hardest person in the whole team, and at this time Adelman showed his stubborn side. He would rather watch Artest panting behind Ye Feng than give Weaver more More playing time.

107 to 103, the young Blazers finally won their first playoff game, and the big score was tied 1-1.Roy scored a game-high 42 points, Ye Feng and Adelaide each contributed 25 points, and Yao Ming, the biggest insider of the Rockets, was trapped by Oden's tough defense and only scored 11 points and 8 rebounds.Artest spent too much energy on the defensive end. He made only 8 of 1 three-pointers and only 20 of 8 two-pointers. Brooks was still the team's leading scorer, scoring 23 points.For the Blazers, this is already the best result, and they will take this score to Houston to start the third and fourth games.

(End of this chapter)