Chapter 1732 Prepare for the Playoffs in Advance

Ji Feng was the only one in the entire league who could choose to call a truce immediately after surpassing the ancient behemoth. It was obvious that he was not particularly interested in completing the surpass and pushing the record to an insurmountable peak. interest.

This is very similar to Isinbayeva, the absolute king of women's pole vault. She obviously has the ability to exceed ten centimeters, but she just keeps jumping up centimeter by centimeter.

But it's different. After the pole vault jump, you can add more on that basis. On the basketball court, interrupting the record means starting from scratch, which is not as difficult as usual.

"Perhaps as Ji Feng said, his career is still very long. Now that it is over, there will be no surprises in the future." After the game between the Lakers and Thunder, Director Zhang said with emotion.

Think about it, Ji Feng had just turned 21 in December 1989, and was still ten months away from his 22nd birthday. Such a player may not have even started his career in normal times, but Ji Feng has already completed many players Things that cannot be accomplished in a lifetime, maybe in his heart, they are indeed a long time coming.

After figuring this out, Director Zhang no longer struggled.

However, Director Zhang never imagined that tonight's game against the Thunder would be just the beginning of a long break for the Lakers...

All games in February ended with a defeat. The Lakers regretted that they did not achieve a complete victory in a single month for the third time this season, but this did not seem to be noticed by them.

On March 2, on the day when Ji Feng continued to win the Western Conference Player of the Month, the Lakers went out again, but the Lakers fans in faraway Minnesota did not wait to see their idols Ji Feng and Kobe.

They once again chose to stay in Los Angeles. The external reason was naturally that the old injury recurred. Kobe's knee injury has lasted for three seasons and reached its peak this season. This is also the reason why Kobe gradually changes his role on the court, and it is also the reason for the peak season. More reasons to take on the scoring duty.

Therefore, it is understandable that Kobe chose to rest with 20 games left to ensure his best condition to prepare for the playoffs.

As for Ji Feng, it's even better to say that the amount of physical strength and energy required to reach 50+ points in 8 consecutive games and 40+ points in 10 consecutive games is too huge. Ji Feng's muscles are all in a state of tightness for a long time. In order to avoid getting more serious Because of his injuries, Ji Feng also took a rest.

The reason was legitimate, the procedure was perfect, and the alliance was speechless.

In fact, the main reason is that the Timberwolves are still the familiar Huskies. Whether it is Love, Beasley or anyone else, they can be infected when they come here. So much so that after so many years of playing with the Timberwolves, Garnett is still the same Husky. The Wolf King that people will never forget.

For a team to do this, it's really enough of a failure...

104-93, without a fight, the Lakers took away their 58th victory of the season, only 2 steps away from winning 60+ or ​​more games for 4 consecutive seasons.

But these two steps have made people wait for a long time.

On March 5th, the Lakers returned to their home court to face the Hornets. In this game, Ji Feng returned to the court. Kobe was still watching from the sidelines, while the opposite Hornets were naturally the main players.

It is said that the Hornets are still struggling this season. They were once out of the playoffs, but after the All-Stars, Paul broke out.

Averaging 25.7 points, 10.7 rebounds and 3.1 steals per game, Paul led the team to five consecutive victories and reached eighth place in the Western Conference.

Sure enough, after the All-Stars is the time to test the quality of a team, and Paul, who hopes to enter the Western Conference Finals, is a Paul who is not easy to mess with.

But Paul almost didn't vomit blood tonight because Ji Feng was back on the line.

Eat, sleep and beat Paul.

Ji Feng is Paul's biggest sufferer. After playing for so long, Paul defeated Ji Feng once in the regular season. His record was desperate. But this time, Ji Feng still did not let Paul take away the victory.

How to restrict Paul has always been the biggest problem faced by teams playing against the Hornets.

As the brains of the team, Paul has a very high football intelligence. In addition to organizing and controlling the field, Paul is also very good at using changes in rhythm to create offensive space.

Especially for Paul, who is only 1.83cm tall, if he wants to find his own position in the NBA where there are many players, his ability is absolutely superb. To put it simply, Paul is well versed in space creation and rhythm changes.

Whether he is playing in a small game or directly facing the defensive elite, Paul can always be at ease on the court, aloof and free, jumping like an elf. And these all rely on Paul's strong space creation ability.

Personally, I think rhythm changes include two aspects, one is speed change, and the other is change of direction. Paul understands the essence of both of them, and is very good at sudden acceleration after changing direction. He is as quiet as a virgin and moves as fast as a rabbit.

Everyone will be familiar with Paul's signature moves. When dribbling to find space, he turns his back to the basket at a slow pace and suddenly accelerates after a half-turn to throw away the defense. This is also using the rhythm changes of speed and direction to get rid of the defense. By.

But why does it not work every time I meet the Lakers?

Naturally, it was Ji Feng’s contribution.

Zen Master placed Ji Feng in the No. 1 position to face Paul. Relying on the eye of truth, Paul's movements were completely invisible to Ji Feng. In addition, Ji Feng's super long wingspan and taller height As well as excellent confrontation, it is almost impossible for Paul to defeat Ji Feng head-on. Instead, Ji Feng will constantly exploit his weaknesses and perform a one-on-one beating.

Paul had to spend a lot of energy on the defensive end, but he could not open up the offensive end. Facing Ji Feng, his breakthrough had almost no effect. This was equivalent to cutting off one of Paul's hands, so when facing the Lakers , Paul always performs abnormally.

It was the same tonight. Ji Feng's crazy defense locked up Paul, and the Hornets' offense collapsed. On the contrary, the Lakers used Ji Feng's ability to beat Paul in isolation. Ji Feng scored 25 points in the half and 37 points in the third quarter. Although it was much better than before. 50 points is a lot less, but paired with 13 assists, it is enough to exaggerate.

109-97, the Lakers defeated the Hornets and won two consecutive games.

Ji Feng scored a triple-double with 40 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds, while Paul was limited to only 16 points, 9 assists and 2 steals.

Ji Feng got a 40+ triple-double as soon as he came back. Ji Feng showed that he is in good condition, but no matter how good the condition is, there are times when things go wrong.

Playing against the Spurs on March 7, Ji Feng only scored 19 points and 10 assists. The Lakers also lost the showdown between the first and second places in the Western Conference 99-105, and the 60-win game had to be postponed again.

However, judging from the bright smiles of Zen Master and Ji Feng after the game, it is difficult to tell whether this game was a performance. After all, Ji Feng only took 10 shots in the game, which was the lowest number in a single game this year.

After the game, Ji Feng denied this. He believed that the Spurs were strong enough and defended him well enough. This was the main reason for the loss.

"I was guarded, it's that simple. The Spurs are definitely the favorites to win the championship." Ji Feng said.