Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 278
Miller froze for a moment, but still passed the ball.Although Ye Feng was blocked by Artest just now, he still believed in Ye Feng's ability.Logically speaking, Miller, as an old ball ruffian who has been in the league for many years, has experience and sense. Perhaps it was Ye Feng's previous performance that conquered him, so he chose to continue to trust Ye Feng Can help the team score, even if Ye Feng's current situation is really not good.

Indeed, Ye Feng is now receiving the ball at a 45-degree angle outside the three-point line on the wing, and Artest is behind him. In other words, he is now with his back to the basket, and it is difficult to turn around.Artest's position is stuck very well, and he is secretly proud: "Now let's see how you turn around! Aren't you very arrogant? Aren't you very powerful? Hit me behind the three-point line and see?" Complacent, he exerted a little more force without hesitation.

For Ye Feng, the best way now is to transfer the ball to his teammates, and then find another chance by himself.But time does not allow the Blazers to continue to run a complete tactic. They only have about 3 seconds left in the offensive time of this round. Ye Feng's pass is to throw the blame, or directly violate the 24-second rule.So at this time he has to attack by himself, even if Artest is stuck in the position, this is his self-confidence as a star and his responsibility to the team.While dribbling the ball, he thought quickly, and occasionally looked up at the time on the timer.

Artest was very tight, but Ye Feng leaned back with enough strength, squeezed out a little space, jumped up, turned around, and threw the ball with an awkward posture, twisting his body like a string in midair. Twist.No matter from which angle you look at it, this is a super-difficult move. In order to avoid Artest's block, Ye Feng even added some backwards. Although the range is not large, it is enough to bring Artest Here comes the trouble.But at this moment, Artest was in a daze. He thought he had defended well, but he didn't expect Ye Feng to be able to use such an unconventional posture to complete the shot.

And more importantly, he still couldn't cover it, which made him a little breathless.Originally, the backward shot was a shooting technique developed to avoid the interference of defensive players to the greatest extent. In addition, Ye Feng deliberately used his body to push out a little space before shooting, and the shot was very sudden. By the time Te reacted, he had already completed the jump.If Artest still insists on blocking shots, with Ye Feng's experience, he can definitely bump into Artest and make a foul when he takes off and stretches out his hand. If he is lucky, he may even score a 3+1 , which is unacceptable to Artest.

So the only thing he can do now is to pray that Ye Feng's shot will hit the iron directly. The Lakers' rebounding ability is not blocked.

But Artest's prayer obviously didn't work. Think about it, too. There are so many Trail Blazers fans on the scene praying for the goal to be scored. His devotion alone cannot stand up to others.Under Artest's gloomy eyes, the basketball plunged into the basket, splashing a circle of pure white nets.Although the Blazers' offense this time is very hard, the three-pointer is real, but the Lakers still don't pay attention to it. Who doesn't eat dumplings at home?
Phil didn't care either, and didn't make targeted arrangements for Ye Feng. He didn't believe that this guy could do anything else.In fact, as the coach who won six championships together with Jordan, Phil was there when Jordan insisted on playing and led the team to win in the case of food poisoning, but he couldn't compare Ye Feng with Jordan back then. Linked together, so what he chooses now is to let it go.

But he soon regretted it, because Ye Feng hit two consecutive three-pointers under Artest's defense, completely turning into a heavy artillery from the outside of the Blazers, which caused the Lakers a headache.Originally, their idea was to quickly widen the point difference in the first quarter, and they were about to succeed. Ye Feng made three three-pointers to extinguish the small flame, and narrowed the point difference to 4 points again. This made the Lakers The players were all suffocated.

From here, we can see the focus of the offensive system of both sides. The Lakers prefer to score in the middle distance and the basket, but the Blazers focus on the outside.It's not that the Blazers don't have scoring ability inside. Aldridge's straight-arm jumper is still a very threatening offensive method, but this can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket for the team.Aldridge is often able to perform at a very high level against teams with average inside strength, but as long as the opponent's inside is relatively strong, he will immediately disappear from the crowd. This is why many people attack him. He is not considered a top inside scorer. The root cause of his hand, even if he averaged almost 20 points per game.

In the first quarter, neither side sent a substitute, so they played the entire quarter with the main players.Originally, McMillan wanted to replace Ye Feng in the middle of the first quarter, but the Blazers were still fighting with the Lakers at that time, and once Ye Feng was replaced, the situation would deteriorate rapidly.And the team doctor thought that Ye Feng sweating a little more on the court would be good for recovering from the flu, and it seemed that his performance on the court was not bad, so he didn't make the decision to substitute.Thanks to Ye Feng's efforts, the Blazers performed well in the first quarter. It can be seen from the score that they were only slightly behind by 28 to 30.

However, in the second quarter, McMillan still gave Ye Feng some rest time. When he replaced the starting player after 4 minutes of playing, he did not let Ye Feng play, but left the backup small forward Cunningham.Cunningham and Ye Feng have two different styles. This rookie with a slender body but lacking in shooting ability is very suitable to be a pure outside gate. However, McMillan still hopes that he can develop three-point shooting ability. 3D players are still very popular in the league. From the perspective of career development planning, it is imperative for Cunningham to improve his three-point ability.

It is precisely because he lacks the necessary offensive means and can only score by attacking the basket with an empty cut, the Lakers shrink their defense without hesitation.Although this gave the Blazers outside players a lot of opportunities, Miller was busy organizing the offense and Batum hit the iron frequently. For a while, the Blazers' offense was greatly hindered, and the Lakers quickly opened the point difference to 10 points.Although it is nothing to lead by 10 points at this time, it still dealt a blow to the morale of the Blazers.

In desperation, McMillan let Ye Feng replace Cunningham, preparing to reopen the situation on the offensive end.

(End of this chapter)