basketball myth

(Thank you longyunliu,zhouyu1976)

After the start of the second half of the game, the Rockets seemed to have strengthened their protection for Dayao. At the same time, they gradually shifted the focus of their offense to the outside.

Dayao's personal strength is indeed very strong, but his often unpreventable shortcomings, as well as his slow movement and other shortcomings, still inevitably have a lot of limitations on his power in the paint. Tonight, the Timberwolves happened to specifically target him.

These points made him seem a little troublesome during the game.

Furthermore, in previous games, Li Feng once made Dayao have a very sad experience of being stuck in a quagmire of fouls, so now the Rockets are somewhat wary and have made preparations in advance.

In short, for many reasons, the Rockets gradually chose to shift the offensive focus from Dayao to outside players like Kevin Martin and Kyle Lowry in the second half of the game.

Kyle Lowry, one of the Rockets' outsiders, is a "little steel cannon" who specializes in dealing with the talented Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio from Europe. He definitely has a strong physical advantage. Although his height is almost

, but the victory is that he is very strong and has sufficient power. He can completely squeeze away, break out of Rubio, and kill the threat posed by the Timberwolves' inside line.

In addition, some other Rockets outside players can also use their different characteristics to gradually help the Rockets.

As for Kevin Martin, after returning to the court in the second half, he was constantly making adjustments. He had to work hard to change the offensive state and personal style of play on the court, trying to better express himself in the future. By the way, help

On the Rockets side.

Although the Rockets' actual leading outside scorer did not perform very well in the first half under Li Feng's strong defensive restrictions. Especially his extremely good deception style, Li Feng was very good at it.

Under the mature and rational defensive style, there is almost no room for use.

But despite this, Kevin Martin was still unwilling to admit defeat easily. He was very unwilling.

In the second half of the game, he tried to choose different ways to attack. He began to run back and forth vigorously, or used the strong bodies of Dayao, Scola and others to help him block people. This was obviously better than in the first half.

There needs to be more offensive ambition.

For example, when the ball is transferred to the outside, he will always take the initiative to catch the ball, and then immediately ask Dayao and others to come out to help him with various pick-and-rolls. He no longer tries to beat Li Feng one-on-one.

Although Li Feng's body reacts quickly and his defense is very tight, it is still difficult for him to effectively block Kevin Martin from completing the offense when faced with the physical obstruction of an inside player like Dayao who is as thick as a city wall.

Kevin Martin just used the help of his teammates inside, piecemeal, or accumulated by attacking again and again. His scoring also continued to grow steadily.

However, he is sometimes very easy to get carried away by the victory in front of him, or it is still difficult for him to clearly understand his basic position in a timely manner.

After gradually scoring a lot of points for the Rockets in the second half, Kevin Martin actually seemed to think that he had overcome Li Feng's many restrictions and successfully found a breakthrough point. He became very strong when he returned to normal.

In addition, because Yao didn't get the ball for a while in the second half, he didn't attack much. This caused Martin to immediately consider himself the big brother of the Rockets, and his attitude gradually became less modest.

Not only did he quickly point fingers at the other Rockets players around him, but he also started spewing trash talk at Li Feng, who seemed to be in a tepid state tonight.

"Did you see that you can no longer guard against me now?"

"Haha, I found a way to deal with you."

"My shooting is more accurate than yours!"

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These words gradually emerged from Kevin Martin's mouth, and the target was none other than Li Feng, who had been facing him tonight.

Li Feng suddenly faced such a new and unexpected situation, which was a bit difficult to understand.

However, after he seriously considered and studied what had just happened around Kevin Martin, he finally came up with a reason that should be roughly accurate.

It seems that Kevin Martin was held back too hard by his defense in the first half. In the second half, with the help of his teammates, especially insider Dayao and others, he gradually performed better on the court, which led to personal emotional problems.

It was a bit overcorrected, and he suddenly felt a little abnormal and overly complacent and showing off. At the same time, he did not have a very exciting personal performance tonight, which also gave Kevin Martin the illusion that he

Successfully gained the upper hand in the confrontation with him.

Of course, Li Feng has never been a master who is willing to suffer losses. Faced with Kevin Martin's actions that suddenly took the initiative to declare war, he was still prepared to respond in the next game.

However, before he could officially choose to take action, Timberwolves head coach Rambis suddenly replaced him again. The coach's intention was to let him rest more first so that he could be more energetic in the fourth quarter.

Give it your best effort.

Therefore, Li Feng had no choice but to sigh with regret, leaving some time for Kevin Martin to continue jumping happily on the court.

After Kevin Martin witnessed Li Feng's sudden exit, his momentum quickly rose again. His personal confidence became much stronger, and the number of active attacks on the field also skyrocketed instantly. He seemed to further feel that,

Li Feng finally had his worst game of the season tonight, and this situation had a lot to do with him. He was very excited, and the more excited he got on the court, the more he became careless.

Rockets head coach McHale, who was sitting off the court, saw Kevin Martin's posture and quickly asked Dayao to come off the court and rest more.

In the upcoming fourth quarter of the game, Dayao still has to stay at the critical moment to overcome difficulties. Now he can't continue to waste it on the court. Since Kevin Martin seems to be performing well at the moment, his state is crazy. Then

Just enjoy super autonomy for a little longer.

Since the end of the game, Li Feng has simply sat on the bench with peace of mind. He has been staring at Kevin Martin carefully. He is trying to completely put himself in the perspective of a bystander to study Kevin.

What are Martin's various routines and habits on the court? This kind of analysis, coupled with some direct entanglements between him and Kevin Martin on the court, allowed him to quickly learn a lot about how to deal with Kevin.

.Martin would be very useful information.

Although Li Feng's performance before tonight was not enough, and he was indeed not as sharp as usual, this was mainly because the game had not reached the critical moment and he had not performed yet. In fact, there is no need to worry about his performance. He just needs to come later.

A big-explosion attack is definitely enough. Regarding this point, Li Feng has never been conceited and knows his true abilities very well.

And Kevin Martin, who was a little complacent over there, seemed to have forgotten the terrifying personal ability that Li Feng now possesses tonight, and he was obviously a little too carried away.

However, this is also normal. After all, Kevin Martin moved from the boss level of the Kings to the Rockets. He has still been established as the core of the outside line. Moreover, due to Yao's long truce, he is actually the boss of the Rockets.

.

Therefore, when he fought with Dayao in the same field and was suddenly demoted to second place, he would inevitably be easily unbalanced mentally and be a little too sensitive. He very much hoped to show strong strength to prove himself. When he suddenly made some achievements, he

Want to be recognized and recognized more than anyone else. Have a conceited mentality like inferiority complex.

In addition, more importantly, Li Feng also played his first NBA game in front of him. But now Li Feng's status is rising like a rocket, but he is stagnant, which naturally makes him even more

He was unhappy. Especially in the first half of the previous game, Li Feng made it difficult for him to vent his extremely depressed emotions. In the second half, he borrowed help from Dayao and others. After finding some way and playing well, he will naturally go smoothly.

Suppressed emotions broke out.

Kevin Martin has many reasons to be conceited and proud, as well as unhappy with Li Feng.

Soon, the third quarter contest between the Timberwolves and Rockets on the court was overshadowed by Kevin Martin's good performance, and it slowly came to an end.

It's just that the point difference between the two teams has not been significantly widened. They can still be considered evenly matched, making this game look like it can still be played.

This stalemate-like situation continued until the first half of the fourth quarter, and there were still not many changes. The rotation players on both sides performed similarly, canceling each other out.

Although the basic strength of the Rockets' rotation players is actually not very good, they win because of their strong energy and impactful home games. However, no matter how strong the Timberwolves' rotation players are, they have played almost the whole game without rest.

After three games, my personal condition and physical fitness have actually been greatly affected.

The rotation lineups of both sides did not make any mistakes on the court, which can be regarded as giving their respective main players enough rest time.

Then after a while, the Rockets took the lead in sending the main lineup to the court again.

Dayao, Scola, Parsons, Kevin Martin, and Kyle Lowry all came on the field again and started to attack like crazy.

And during the critical period in the second half of the fourth quarter, McHale of the Rockets insisted on playing Dayao inside to have a decisive battle with the Timberwolves.

Because the game has reached the final moment, Dayao no longer needs to worry too much about many additional problems. He can exert his offensive power as much as possible and concentrate on defeating the Timberwolves in a short period of time.

As for the "one big and four small" tactic that the Timberwolves may continue to use, McHale is also prepared at this time. He is ready to let the Rockets switch to a zone defense first, without using man-to-man tactics. In this way, the Rockets

The team can limit the breakthroughs of the Timberwolves' outside players. Once the breakthroughs are lost, the Timberwolves' pick-and-roll tactics will not be easy to use, and the possibility of the big players to score from the outside will be greatly reduced.

Moreover, McHale also believes that in games that are increasingly at a critical moment, it is more important for both parties to focus on me and play my own style, rather than continue to passively compete with opponents. Since the Rockets are absolutely impossible

If the Timberwolves are completely unable to score, then they might as well use their strongest and best tricks in the last moment and actively use offense to crush the Timberwolves.

In other words, McHale's idea at the moment is actually quite good.

It's a pity that as a coach, he doesn't seem to be convinced by Kevin Martin in tonight's game.

After Kevin Martin returned to the court and regained control of the offensive ball on the court, he completely ignored Yao and the inside's request for the ball, but still went his own way and took the initiative to attack, trying to open up a world on the outside. He

It seems that he wants to take advantage of the fact that most of the main players of the Timberwolves are present, but Li Feng is still resting. He wants to establish his personal performance advantage first and further express himself.

Kevin Martin's slightly sticky and selfish style of play soon helped him score a certain amount of points, and it barely gave the Rockets some help. However, who knows whether the consequences of this are good or not?

No guarantees can be made.

But no matter what, Kevin Martin's personal fighting spirit is getting more and more exciting. Before Li Feng came on the court, he was once again extremely high-profile.

And with more than four minutes left in the game, Li Fengcai finally came belatedly and became the last main player to appear in the critical moment of the Timberwolves.

But his new official appearance was immediately extraordinary!

As soon as he came on the field, he had just played against Kevin Martin, and Li Feng immediately forced a three-pointer in front of him!

Whoosh!

The basketball fell cleanly into the Rockets' basket. But Li Feng's body was definitely still a long way from the three-point line.

The news of his crazy goal shocked everyone, and they didn't know why he attacked in such a high-profile manner.

Of course, after the unexpected emotion, the Rockets will quickly feel disappointed. The Timberwolves, on the other hand, will be very happy.

After Li Feng returned to the court and successfully scored a three-pointer, he didn't even look at his direct opponent Kevin Martin. He turned around and backed away.

Kevin Martin finally managed to maintain his personal state at a peak level. Suddenly, he found that Li Feng opened his hand and easily and decisively hit him with a three-pointer. It seemed to be more serious than eating and drinking.

Easy. How comfortable and willing does this make him feel?

The next moment, Kevin Martin continued to ignore Yao's request for the ball and once again asked for the ball from Kyle Lowry, preparing to play one-on-one against Li Feng.

However, although he was a little unhappy, he still had not forgotten the losses he suffered under Li Feng's defense in the first half. Therefore, he immediately called for Luis Scola to come up and let Scola come up.

Help him block people and play the good routines he got used to in the second half.

Like Yao, Scola was almost bored and depressed after not having the ball for a long time. But at this time, he still paid attention to the overall situation and was about to come out to help Kevin Martin block Li Feng.

When Kevin Martin saw this situation, he took a breath and felt a lot better. Now he suddenly felt that asking for help from his teammates was also a manifestation of ability. His poor performance in the first half was because he had not performed well.

Come out, and now he will give Li Feng a wonderful response.

But just as he was comforting himself and thinking about something, Li Feng's palm suddenly waved out at an unknown moment, as fast as a beam of light!

Snap!

With a crisp sound, Martin was extremely shocked to find that the basketball in his hand had been successfully swatted away by Li Feng!

Too bad!

Martin was just about to block Li Feng sideways and choose to retreat to get the ball, but he didn't expect that Li Feng reacted much faster than him, ran away first, successfully got the basketball fast break, and then completed a dunk.

Li Feng's powerful behavior made the Rockets fans at the scene only smile bitterly and sigh.

The Rockets immediately continued to attack. After Kyle Lowry chose to hold the ball, he paused for a while and passed it to Kevin Martin.

So, Li Feng once again had a one-on-one meeting with Kevin Martin.

Kevin Martin continued to use dribbling movements this time. It didn't seem like he was continuing to call on his teammates to come forward for help. Instead, he seemed to attract Li Feng's attention and then immediately pass the ball.

Snap!

Before more people could react smoothly, Li Feng once again forced the steal directly from Kevin Martin's hands!

Then, he made another fast break dunk with great ease.

This scene is almost the same as the scene just after the last round, except that Li Feng's dunk action at the last moment was slightly different.

Everyone at the scene became even more surprised. The person involved, Kevin Martin, suddenly seemed to have obvious signs of confusion, and his entire state and mood plummeted in an instant.

The Rockets immediately launched a new attack, and finally successfully handed the basketball into the hands of Dayao inside.

Dayao turned his back and wanted to hit Kevin Love in the back.

Upon seeing this, Li Feng decisively got rid of Kevin Martin, retreated to the inside position, and stretched out his hand to intercept Dayao's ball.

Dayao was so frightened that his body stopped, and he quickly held the ball in his arms and moved closer to Kevin Love. Then, he quickly tested it again, and planned to turn around and force a jump shot or hook shot.

But Kevin Love was also clinging to his back, and at the same time reaching out to grab the basketball in his hand, trying to interfere with his possible shooting movement and prevent it from being completed smoothly.

Seeing this, Dayao had no choice but to pass the ball to the outside and return the ball to Kevin Martin.

Upon discovering that Kevin Martin had got the basketball again, Li Feng also turned around and pounced back decisively.

However, at this time, Kevin Martin was obviously in something wrong. He did not choose to shoot the ball immediately, but hesitated slightly.

His hesitation and delay were enough for Li Feng to step forward and complete the defense.

After seeing Li Feng's timely withdrawal of defense, Kevin Martin subconsciously bent over and turned to seek a breakthrough!

But immediately there was another loud bang, and his basketball was suddenly shot away by Li Feng who accurately found the right position!

Immediately afterwards, a very familiar fast break was staged on the court again, and Li Feng easily completed another dunk against the basket.