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Chapter 176 Is it Green's Turn?
Throughout the first quarter, the scores between the Cavaliers and the Warriors were 35:27, and the Cavaliers led by 8 points at home.

The highest scorer for the Warriors was Curry, who scored 6 points on 4 of 12 shots.

As for the Cavaliers, the highest scorer was actually Wang Feng. In the first quarter, he took 7 shots and hit 6 goals.

In addition to Wang Feng, James also scored 10 points for the Cavaliers. On the other hand, for the Warriors, Durant did not perform very well under the defense of Wang Feng in the first quarter. He made 6 of 2 shots and only scored 5 points.

This led to the emergence of the gap in scoring between the two teams.

Such a situation is obviously something that most Warriors fans did not expect.

Wang Feng actually successfully restricted Durant in one-on-one defense, and showed more efficient scoring than Durant on the offensive end?
Are you kidding me?

This scene of directly taking advantage of one-on-one is extremely shocking.

You must know that even in the face of James, Durant has never performed so badly.

Of course, James is indeed inferior to Wang Feng, who has a purple defensive deterrence badge, in terms of pure perimeter defense. Wang Feng's defensive deterrence can be called the nemesis of players like Durant and Curry who mainly focus on shooting offense!
Previously, Durant was able to avoid Wang Feng's defense by relying on his height and arm length. With the improvement of Wang Feng's jumping ability, Durant finally enjoyed the feeling of defensive shock reaching the highest level of the Purple Hall of Fame.

"14 points to 5 points, and the shooting percentage is 85.7% to 33.3%! Charles."

O'Neill smiled gloatingly.

Barkley rolled his eyes and didn't answer. "Don't worry, the game is only in the first quarter, it's still very early."

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At the beginning of the second quarter, the two teams did not carry out a large-scale substitute rotation. Both sides understood the importance of this game, and it was very passive to lose the opportunity rashly.

The Cavaliers replaced Love and let backup center McGee come on to share the pressure, while Thompson went off and Livingston came on top.

These two role players came on the court, basically in a state of running back and forth on the court to exercise their bodies, basically unable to catch the ball, and the main players who attacked with the ball were still a few players in the first quarter.

Durant began to increase the number of shots. Although his shooting rate was affected by Wang Feng's defense, he was a top superstar in the league after all. After experiencing the defensive shock and not adapting to the stage, he began to gradually find his state and hit a few shots.

However, Durant's feeling of recovery did not allow the Warriors to regain the initiative, and even the point difference continued to widen.

The reason is simple. The Warriors' small-ball tactics' fast-break counterattacks have always been contained by Wang Feng, and they can't play the tactical effect they should.

Wang Feng took fewer shots in the second quarter, and focused most of his energy on Durant, who took more defensive shots. He only made 4 shots from outside the three-point line and hit 2 goals, scoring 6 points.

After Durant increased the number of shots, his scoring gradually stabilized. Throughout the second quarter, he took 11 shots alone, hit 5 goals, scored 13 points and 2 rebounds.

The score of the two teams in the second quarter was 32:28, and the Cavaliers had a margin of 4 points, further expanding the point difference to 12 points, more than double digits.

Throughout the first half, Wang Feng and Durant in the focus battle were evenly matched in scoring. Wang Feng scored 20 points and Durant scored 18 points.

But the difference in efficiency between the two is quite obvious. In the first half, Wang Feng took 11 shots, hit 8 goals, and his hit rate was as high as 72%. In contrast, Durant took 17 shots, hit 7 goals, and his hit rate was only 41%.

"I didn't expect it. I thought it was James VS Durant today, but Wang Feng and Durant got into a fight, and they still had the upper hand in the first half. The two MVPs, James and Curry, were supporting roles. Feel."

"It's still fun to watch this game, sparks hit the earth, I like it!"

"Come on! Wang Feng, fuck Durant to death! We support you!"

Inside the Warriors locker room.

"We have to limit Wang Feng's scoring."

Cole said with a serious expression.

When he said this, he couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Originally, all the teams had a headache for the Warriors, but they didn't expect that one day they would also cause the Warriors themselves a headache.

Whether it's last season or this season, when all teams face the Warriors, they will worry about a question, whether to defend Curry, Thompson or Durant/Wang Feng.

The three perimeter players of the Warriors all have explosive scoring ability. As long as you dare to relax your defense, you can shoot you alive, unless you have three top perimeter defenders, one-on-one defense all the way, and even if you really have The team can do this level, and the Warriors can also use a lot of pick-and-roll screens to open the situation.

But now, the Cavaliers have the same configuration as the Warriors.

James, Irving, Wang Feng, they are here for you, you choose which one to guard against.

The Warriors have only Green, Thompson and Iguodala with relatively strong perimeter defensive ability. Now it has been proved that Iguodala cannot guard Wang Feng. Should Green be used to guard Wang Feng?
Cole hesitated.

At least in the Olympic finals, Green was not able to defend Wang Feng, and Paul George took turns defending, and was scored 39 points by the opponent!
More importantly, if Green, the most defensive player in the team, is allowed to mark Wang Feng, what should James do?Put Durant or Iguodala on defense?
Cole is worried about Wang Feng's performance, but he is more worried about James. After all, even though the latter has fallen in the finals for three consecutive years, he is still No. 1 in the league.

"Just give it a try."

Gritting his teeth, Cole couldn't help it.

There are only so many cards in his hand, so what can he do?If Wang Feng was still in the team, he would not need to worry about this problem at all. Durant is indeed impeccable on the offensive end, but he is definitely not outstanding on the defensive end. Long advantage, often wonderful block defense like this.

……

Second half, third quarter.

Seeing Green standing in front of him as soon as he appeared on the stage, Wang Feng couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

"From Durant to Iguodala, now it's Green's turn?"

Wang Feng can see that Cole really wants to limit his scoring, but he already has multiple high-level shooting badges and his offensive attribute average has exceeded 90. In fact, Wang Feng's scoring ability is not inferior to the league's first-line scorers. If it weren't for the Cavaliers and James and Irving to divide the ball, Wang Feng's scoring average this season is fully capable of directly soaring to 30+. Even Green, it is impossible to prevent him!
Naturally, Green can't do the same!
(End of this chapter)