Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 352
The fact that Durant sent the ball to the basket so easily made the Blazers' players look ugly, and Ye Feng, who was facing him, was thinking about it.

Ye Feng firmly believed that his defensive strategy was correct, it was just because the opponent's breakthrough with the ball was too sudden and he couldn't react for a while.But now it's time to get back on the offensive end. Ye Feng's trust in his offensive level far exceeds his defense.

Miller, who has been in the league for many years, saw Ye Feng's eagerness to try, and decisively gave the ball to Ye Feng who was outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left just after halftime. , I hope he can score an Answer Ball for the team.Ye Feng carefully controlled the ball outside the three-point line. While signaling his teammates to move, he was observing Durant's defensive movements, trying to find loopholes that he could exploit.

Strictly speaking, Durant does not belong to the ranks of top defenders, because he does not have his own experience on the defensive end like his previous opponent Tony Allen.But he is indeed an excellent defender, which is due to his strong talent. Although he looks thin, he has long hands and feet, looks like a spider, and he moves quite fast, which is very ideal. It's a pity that he can defend the star embryos of the five positions, but his offensive talent is better.

Durant's one-on-one defense is not without flaws, on the contrary, there are quite a few flaws. Ye Feng can tell that this is not a trap, so he is full of confidence in his attack.Changing hands under the crotch, changing direction in front of the body, and the combination of continuous tentative steps and retreating steps, although not strong enough to shake Durant down, it also shook his center of gravity.Ye Feng saw the opportunity, and at the moment Durant's center of gravity just changed, he directly dribbled the ball and rushed over from the other side.

Just when he was satisfied with his series of breakthrough moves, the right hand that dribbled the ball felt empty in an instant-please lose it!

Ye Feng stopped the car, turned around in a daze, and all he saw was a flying Thunder No. 35 jersey.After Durant completed the steal, he went straight to the fast break alone, and the elegant but violent tomahawk dunk suffocated the entire Rose Garden Arena.

This is a wonderful counterattack, but it is based on the Blazers conceding the ball.Ye Feng's authorities were fans, but the people on the sidelines could see clearly that although Ye Feng's series of actions just now made him lose his defensive position, Durant forcibly relied on his extraordinary wingspan to lead him in front of Ye Feng. The moment the ball rushed in, he stole the ball away, and then he fulfilled his fast-break counterattack dunk.Ye Feng was not careless, but Durant was too clueless.

Ye Feng pursed his lips. He didn't expect Durant to become such a sharp knife after two rounds of the series. Obviously, it is a no-brainer to fight against him now. It is the second consecutive year that Durant has been crowned the league's regular season scoring champion, and judging from his performance in the first two rounds, this guy's firepower in the playoffs is also not inferior to the regular season.Then, I can only use my strengths to avoid weaknesses and rely on the strength of my teammates to defeat Thunder!

But before that, Durant must still be guarded. He is the biggest threat to the Blazers, even Westbrook is not as good as him.

After entanglement for most of the quarter, Ye Feng and Durant raised the importance of each other in their hearts. Durant felt that Ye Feng could fully mobilize the firepower of his teammates instead of fighting alone. Rand's powerful offensive ability was helpless.He did interfere with a certain degree of physical confrontation when Durant was shooting, but he found helplessly that Durant was not affected much, and his shooting percentage remained at a relatively high level.

The only good news for the Blazers is that Westbrook is not playing at his level as the Thunder's No. A player with 3D attributes, he is not easy to mark Matthews, who is not the focus of offense.

The two sides tied at 32 in the first quarter. The reason is very simple. After changing the rotation lineup in the last few minutes, Batum suppressed the Thunder's sixth man, Harden.This was actually within McMillan's expectation. With the height of a small forward, Batum can defend three positions at the same time. Coupled with the interference of Mills on the side, it is very difficult for Harden to score every time. Batum, who couldn't help being a head taller than him, allowed the Blazers to tie the score.

But this also shows the strength of the Thunder's starting lineup, no, it can't be said that it is the starting lineup, but Durant is very strong.Under Ye Feng's desperate defense, Durant still scored 6 points on 3 of 12 shots in the first quarter. His 50% shooting rate made McMillan frown on the court.Letting the opponent's small forward score 12 points in a single quarter is rare this season. Ye Feng is already the strongest perimeter defense for the Blazers. Even he can't help Durant?
Ye Feng is not a face-saving person, he told the coach about his difficulties in every detail.In his opinion, those who are desperate for face are all brains. If you say it, you can ask everyone to give advice together. Maybe you can work together to solve the problem, but if you don’t say it, you will definitely suffer in the end. For the competition What's the use of winning or losing?So after being substituted, Ye Feng immediately communicated with the head coach.

In fact, there are very few small forwards in the league who can match Durant, and it is not surprising to be blown up. What's more, Ye Feng is just hard to limit Durant. He also contributed 7 points in the first quarter and Sending 3 assists, the contribution to their respective teams is not inferior to Durant.McMillan knew this very well, so he didn't blame Ye Feng for not being able to guard Durant, but was actively thinking about the countermeasures for the next three quarters.

McMillan knows that his love will care more about the outcome of the game than his personal data, so his idea is very simple and effective, that is to continue to let Ye Feng interfere with Durant, and the others will do their best to prevent the other four of the Thunder. Players, forcing Durant to continue to play singles with the ball on his own, so that the Blazers' chances of winning the game will be much higher.But there is only one problem with this idea. Durant can completely blow up a team by himself, so it must be guarded against.

Then the best way is to double-team, if Brooks continues to let Sefolosha and Durant play together.McMillan is wary of Harden, the Thunder's de facto strongest shooting guard, but the Swiss is not a player who can decide the outcome of a game.

(End of this chapter)