Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 351
Generally speaking, before each rookie is drafted, the major draft websites will give their best and worst templates, but Durant does not.Searching through the entire history of the NBA, it is very difficult for you to find such a freak, but now Ye Feng wants to defend such an unprecedented guy.

To be honest, Ye Feng is a headache for Durant. He would rather accept the test of Tony Allen on the offensive end than face this opponent who is a head taller than himself on the defensive end.This is not the time to be the center in the seventh game against the Lakers. Durant is tall, but in addition to the necessary post-up singles, breakthroughs with the ball and pull-up jumpers are his preferred weapons. This is not something that inside players can do.

Ye Feng really didn't know how to deal with the height of the inside line, the skill of the outside line, especially the small forward position, so in the few days before the start of the Western Conference finals, he basically spent all his time except for the necessary team training. It was watching tape, especially the Thunder-Grizzlies series.

Throughout the series, Durant did score 30+ three times, but at the same time, he also had the dilemma of scoring only 14 points on 3-for-11 shooting.Obviously, the Grizzlies have ways to restrict Durant, but these methods work well once or twice, but they won't work over and over again. Ye Feng doesn't intend to copy them all, just give him some inspiration. Now he Simply clueless, do not know where to start.

After watching the video many times, Ye Feng roughly summed up two points. One is to cut off other people, especially Westbrook's passing route to Durant, so that Durant can create opportunities after receiving the ball, but Never allow him to receive the ball directly when he is open.

The other is to try to find the body to fight. Durant is really talented. Regardless of his height, wingspan, jumping, and speed, he is at the top of the league, but he is still too thin. This may be why he often uses dry The fundamental reason for the pull-up jumper is that the pull-up is very sudden, and if it is used well, it will not give the defender time to react at all.Disrupting his rhythm with physical confrontation is also a good way with high feasibility.

Ye Feng is very confident in his own judgment, plus his own talent is also good, he is confident that he will not lose to Durant in jumping and so on, so after watching the video and gaining experience, he has the same aura as Durant. The impulse to be superior, by the way, to verify whether my thoughts are correct.

It is true that the Thunder is a youth team, but their rhythm is not as fast as expected. The average of 104.8 points per game in the regular season is an obvious statistic. It can only be said that Durant and Westbrook are too strong and often arrange the team Most of the points, in fact their overall firepower is not strong.

Therefore, McMillan did not send out the small lineup against the Lakers, but returned to the traditional starting lineup. Miller and Camby did not play much time in the last few games of the last round of the series. More rest time also allows these two veterans to have enough physical strength to cope with the next game.Brooks also used the previous starting lineup, still put Harden on the bench, and appeared with the starters at critical moments.

McMillan is not afraid of such an arrangement, the Blazers' rotation is not weak, not to mention that Batum, who is the arrow of the substitute player, has grown up, even the double point guard combination of Mills and Fernandez can provide The team contributed points, and he didn't take Harden to heart.

On May 5, local time, the first game of the Western Conference Finals was held at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland.Before that, all the tickets for this game were sold out, and a ticket with a slightly better position in the hands of scalpers has been sold for hundreds of dollars, but there are still people asking about the price.Obviously, everyone thinks that the Trail Blazers VS Thunder is a battle between dragons and tigers. The two most promising young teams in the West meet in the Western Conference Finals. Such a matchup is rare.

Although the Thunder's starting center Perkins has an age advantage and has won a championship, his bounce is obviously not as good as the old and strong Camby. The first offense of the game was initiated by the Blazers.This time Ye Feng did not take the initiative to ask for the ball. The orthodox point guard Miller was in charge of organizing the offense. He attracted the defense and gave the ball to Aldridge in the right elbow. The latter made a hit before Ibaka returned to defense. A mid-range shot.

Ye Feng didn't mean to throw the blame on Miller, he had been carefully observing Thunder's number 35, Durant, who was also his most difficult opponent in this round of the series.He had to admit that this guy was really tall, and his two long legs allowed him to move very fast, so he was not an easy guy to dismiss.

Sure enough, on the Thunder's first attack, Westbrook took the ball across half court and gave it directly to Durant, so direct passes to him are rare.But in fact, he also wanted to see which of the two good friends was stronger. Originally, he thought that Miller would hand the ball to Ye Feng to handle it in the last round, so that he could experience it, but he didn't expect to help the Blazers score in the end. But it's Aldridge, you don't want to play, I'll play it!
Facing Durant who was half a head taller than himself, Ye Feng went straight up. His strategy was to let go and not to shoot. He resolutely refused to give Durant a chance to shoot. Even if he wanted to shoot, it was not that easy. Be careful not to be directly capped.

Durant lowered his center of gravity, and after continuously changing direction in front of his body, he quickly took a big step to the right, blocking Ye Feng behind him in a blink of an eye.Such a quick first step surprised Ye Feng. It seems that Durant has also been aroused to be competitive. In the regular season, facing Ye Feng's defense, he might directly pass the ball to his teammates. Now Breaking through with the ball undoubtedly wants to prove himself in front of experts and fans.

But Ye Feng really has nothing to do with him. After being broken through, he can only follow closely behind. After all, Durant's legs are too long, and his stride is faster than many players in the league. In two steps, he reached a deep position inside. , Camby, who guarded the basket, had to make up defense.Durant slowed down while deftly controlling the ball, but this did not mean that he was giving up this drive, but starting the prelude to the Eurostep.

Ye Feng was right behind him, watching Durant dodge to Camby's other side in two steps, lightly stretched his arms, and directly picked the ball into the basket in one go, completely ignoring the Blazers' defense.After landing, Durant turned around and ran towards his side without even looking at Ye Feng.

(End of this chapter)