Chapter 1554 Revenge! 70 Wins at the End!
After the first quarter, Barkley couldn't stop shaking his head: "Incredible defensive intensity, tonight the Lakers made the Suns, the most aggressive team in the league, feel the pain of blocked offense, 19 in a single quarter This is the first time for the Phoenix, who averaged 110 points per game this season.”
"This is the league's top defensive strength. Everyone on the Lakers almost never lost their defensive position, and the strongest perimeter defensive combination in the history of Ji Feng, Kobe and Artest once again exerted its power."
"Especially Ji Feng!" Smith was full of praise for Ji Feng: "He successfully restricted Nash in the first quarter. At the same time, by helping to defend the pick-and-roll, Ji Feng also kept Stoudemire away from the paint area. He allowed Stoudemire to The big killer inside had to run outside the penalty area to catch the ball, which greatly reduced the threat. He could even radiate to the second position. Richardson made 0 of 4 shots in the first quarter. This must be attributed to Ji Feng. "
Indeed, Ji Feng's performance in the first quarter successfully refreshed people's understanding of his defensive ability. In the past, people evaluated Ji Feng as possibly the best third-position defender in history.
But now, Ji Feng once again proved that his defensive ability is more than that. Not only can he defend the strong player in the third position, he can even swing to the first position and the top back row BATTLE. At the same time, he can also The big man inside plays a certain limiting role.
Ji Feng is undoubtedly a real man who scores from one to five!
"So there really is such a person..." the fans couldn't help but sigh.
The Suns obviously did not expect that the Lakers would play like this. Ji Feng's sudden display of power caught them off guard. Originally, they hoped to use the strength of Nash and Stoudemire to open up the situation, but they did not expect that it only took Ji Feng to crack their tactics. Feng is alone.
This is really bullying!
Gentry said he couldn't complain because players like Mao Jifeng are always on the opposite side of the team, and why is this rare player from the Lakers!
"FUCK! Keep giving me the ball! I don't believe he can have such strong physical fitness!" Stoudemire took a sip of water, then slammed the towel to the floor and said.
He was the most depressing person in the first quarter. Nash was older, so it was nothing to be kept up by the very fast Ji Feng. Moreover, Ji Feng had the absolute advantage of height, wingspan and strength, so it was not a shame to be restricted.
But he is different. His nickname is Stoudemire. He beat Yao Yao to win the Rookie of the Year award in his rookie season. He has always been civilized with physical strength and violent aesthetics. Peak suppression, this is a bit unreasonable.
You don't need to ask him to know that there must be many anti-fans on the Internet laughing out loud, and maybe even commenting, "Shoudemire, that's just the way it is."
How could he bear this?
Not only others couldn't bear it, but Gentry couldn't bear it either. After hearing Stoudemire's words, he couldn't help but said: "Listen, Stoudemire, I know you may be accumulating strength for the playoffs, but This game is equally important, I need you to show your true level and 100% skill, OK?!”
"Okay coach, please continue to trust me!" Stoudemire replied, but in fact he was in trouble and couldn't tell. To say that he looked down on Ji Feng at the beginning, but in the middle of the first quarter, he had already tried his best. .
But Ji Feng's defensive choices are really good. He stands in the position that makes him the most uncomfortable. At the same time, his long arms are not inferior to him, which creates a great deterrent for him. There are several times if it were not He was decisive and the ball was probably lost.
But this was too embarrassing to say to the coach, but Stoudemire also made up his mind not to let Ji Feng be too arrogant, he must make his own momentum!
At 2 and a half minutes into the second quarter, Stoudemire took the field. At this time, Ji Feng happened to be replaced. Both sides were on the court with semi-substitute lineups. The focus was naturally on Stoudemire and Ji Feng.
Stoudemire hammered his chest to encourage himself. Substitute Dragic handed the first ball to his elder brother sensibly. Stoudemire turned around and prepared to hit hard. However, Ji Feng, who returned to the 3rd position, directly chose to attack from a flank!
"MMP!" Stoudemire looked depressed, but he still made up his mind not to pass the ball!
Facing the double attack of Powell and Ji Feng, Stoudemire still chose to go forward, but the basketball was directly cut off by Ji Feng!
Counterattack fast break!
Farmar assists Ji Feng to complete the dunk!
The ambitious Stoudemire was frustrated again...
As a last resort, Gentry replaced Nash, hoping to play their rhythm during Kobe's absence.
This also played some role. Nash and Stoudemire successfully connected for the first time tonight. Stoudemire finally scored two points with his most familiar inside dunk!
After finishing the dunk, Stoudemire almost burst into tears. It was not easy. After so long, he finally succeeded!
However, the Lakers directly traded back Kobe and Artest, and Ji Feng returned to the No. 1 position again. Stoudemire encountered Ji Feng's defense change again in the next attack...
This time Stoudemire once again got the ball on the wing. Ji Feng pushed him to prevent him from easily turning around and getting rid of it. At the same time, he kept forcing him to play with his back.
As we all know, Stoudemire's two major weaknesses are, in addition to his poor defense, that he has almost no back-up skills. Once Stoudemire is able to get into a back-up, his only option is to pass the ball except forcefully turn around and shoot.
Normally when he was awake, the ball would be passed out and reorganized, but tonight he fell into a vicious cycle of proving himself.
Turn around and shoot!
This ball luckily hit the board and went into the frame!
"YES! I knew it!" Xiao Si roared angrily and looked at Ji Feng provocatively.
But Ji Feng was unmoved. This kind of ball is luck. The skill of turning over and jumping is obviously not in Stoudemire's arsenal. In other words, if Stoudemire really has this skill, then he will be infinitely close to Barkley.
However, it turns out that this is just a lucky ball...
"Forge!"
"Forge!"
"Strike again!"
After that, Stoudemire tried to copy this move three times in a row but failed. Ji Feng collected 2 rebounds and sent out a wonderful assist. Before halftime, through Ji Feng's assist, Gasol scored an alley-oop, and the Lakers closed the gap. Increase it to 15 points!
Leading by 15 points at halftime, this is not a big gap, but the Suns only scored 40 points at halftime, which has proved that this is a high-intensity defensive game, so 15 points is already a lot.
Barkley regretfully said that unless the Suns find a feeling in the second half, 15 points will be very difficult to chase.
Sure enough, in the second half, the Lakers continued to maintain a high-intensity defense and never found their offensive feeling. As time passed by, the mood of Lakers fans became more and more excited and became more and more difficult to suppress.
When the buzzer sounded at the end of the fourth quarter and the Lakers defeated the Suns 100-82, Lakers fans around the world jumped to their feet.
"Congratulations to the Lakers, 70 wins to complete the final game!"