Chapter 66: Knights of Slaughter
The locker room was hot, but everyone seemed to be unaffected. When they heard Atai's complaints, they comforted him.
Everyone knows that James is growing up very fast and is now a top superstar in the league. When such a person breaks out, defensive players can only ask for more blessings, because their offense will always reach a point of indecision, or it can be said that they ignore defense. In simple terms, it is: cheating!
"Ron, I'll defend LeBron." Zhang Weifeng suddenly pushed Atai beside him, and raised his head that had been lowering his head.
When everyone heard this, they were shocked. Go to defend the outside line? If it was one round, it would be okay for two rounds; if it was always on the sideline, it would be a bit nonsense, because this would disrupt the lineup on the field. And it is not certain whether it could be defended!
Artai was also surprised. Zhang Weifeng went to defend James? In that case, God knew what would happen. Artai smiled and thought that it was Zhang Weifeng joking: "You have played the outside line? If you haven't played, you don't want it. You need to guard the inside line."
Miller also interrupted: "The match between inside players and outside players is completely different. If you move to the No. 3 position, it will only cause trouble for the team. Play well and don't always think about challenging James."
Randy Fery did not dissuade him, but said tactfully: "We still hope you can score 20+ rebounds again, so that the team will definitely win."
Seeing that the people in the room didn't agree with defending James at No. 3, Zhang Weifeng stopped talking. After all, the current team is not his team, and he is not as good as a newcomer.
Atae looked at Zhang Weifeng and stopped talking. Instead, he leaned against the corner of the wall and fell asleep. However, his breathing was very calm and light. Zhang Weifeng knew that he was thinking about things, so he stopped talking. He fell aside and closed his eyes and calmed down.
The Cavaliers in the first half completed a counterattack in the second quarter. "Little Emperor" James led a group of teammates to show off his momentum. In the eyes of fans, it was difficult for the Kings to win the game, because the score at the end of the half game was 68:49 and 19 points. Facing the awakened Cavaliers, can the Kings successfully counterattack?
When the players walked out of the locker room again and stepped into the court, the home fans cheered again. They were cheering for the home team, which made the Kings players feel very pleased, and they began to slowly grow a little fighting spirit and blood.
"Counterattack, counterattack, victory is ahead. Come on!!" Atai took the lead and shouted.
Siyus sent Zhang Weifeng, Miller, Arte, Felton, and Somons, while the Cavaliers sent James, Z, Drew Gooden, Devin Brown and Alexander Pavlovich.
There is no point guard on the Cavaliers' field, which is also something Mike Brown intends to do. James has found the feeling of the game, and he doesn't need to send a point guard who is useless. In order to facilitate James' needs, he sent pitcher Alexander Pavlovic.
The game continued, Devin Brown was an accident in the Cavaliers' game. He scored 10 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal in the first half, and was in excellent condition, so he was sent on the court at the beginning of the second half.
Devin Brown is only 198cm. As a forward guard, he has always been a bench player in the NBA. His explosion today is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire for the Kings. The explosion of bench players is the X factor on the court today.
Siyus arranged a new tactic, and he asked Somons to defend Devin Brown. Somons was much better than Brown. With Somons' close follow-up, he immediately became an invisible man on the court.
Now, Zhang Weifeng, who is in the inside, has begun to show that he wants to prove his defensive ability.
During the break, Seyus analyzed the first half and redesigned the tactics based on this.
The Kings scored a high score of 68 points in the first half, which shows how poor the defense is. Among these 68 points, the Cavaliers contributed 28 points in the interior and grabbed 23 rebounds. What’s even more disgusting is that there are 10 frontcourt rebounds here!!
Although Zhang Weifeng did not receive any criticism, he only sent one block in 15 minutes, which also reflects that his defense is a bit weak today. In the second half, Zhang Weifeng seemed to have become a different person and he began to become active.
With fighting spirit in his heart, Zhang Weifeng was like a spring man, bounced up, dropped, bounced up, and fell again. He seemed to have never stopped. In 4 minutes, Zhang Weifeng failed to score a point, but sent two blocks and one steal, and grabbed 4 rebounds. At this time, his total rebound count also reached 13, which was still 7 short of the bet with James.
Under Zhang Weifeng's tenacious defense, the Kings fought a 14:6 offensive, while Mike Brown quickly called for a timeout, with a score of 74:63, and the gap narrowed to 11 points.
Brown arranged for a while below, and then James returned to the court with a serious face. At this time, Arte sat off the court, and then it was Hawys. In this way, the Kings had three inside players, which required one person to stand up and defend James. The only person was Zhang Weifeng.
Before going on stage, Atai patted Zhang Weifeng on the shoulder, with an encouraging look on his face, and opened his mouth, but he didn't say a word.
Zhang Weifeng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought that Artai had communicated with Seyus for a long time while resting. He also understood in his mind that he must have suggested that he defend James.
When the Cavaliers served, Zhang Weifeng stood beside James, which surprised many people. Using big men to defend James? Many teams have tried this, and it doesn't seem to work very much.
James was also stunned. He glanced around and found the difference in the King's field. Three inside and two outside, this young Chinese insider came to defend himself! Although his face was expressionless, James was instantly unhappy. Even though Zhang Weifeng was very popular recently, Siyus used a rookie to defend him. James thought that this was a great disrespect for him. He claimed to be the "son of the choice", how could he bear it?
At this time, James, who was only over 22 years old, was young and frivolous. Even though he was mature, James still had young blood in his bones. At the beginning of the game, he looked very cold and ignored Zhang Weifeng at all. He grabbed the ball and started attacking.
Others can't prevent James, but Zhang Weifeng can do it. How to prevent it? Because Zhang Weifeng knew that James would not be able to fight back at this time, he had to start from this aspect.
Zhang Weifeng also knew that it would be extremely difficult to make James play on his back, especially when he was unwilling to do it. The first thing the defender had to do was to have players who were stronger than James and who were not inferior to his speed and flexibility. Is there anyone like this? At least it has not appeared in the league yet.
James stood at the top of the three-point arc, crossing the ball back and forth, and his eyes occasionally glanced at Zhang Weifeng who was close at hand.
Zhang Weifeng bent slightly, knowing that he was too tall and was not suitable for defending the center of gravity. He stretched out his long arms and danced back and forth, interfering with James' vision.
Atai looked at the two people who were stirring together, his face was not at all different.
Chapter completed!