Chapter 386 Second East(2/3)
Marvin Williams broke through the middle with the ball. After encountering Lamar Odom's block, he quickly handed the ball to Wu Feng.
"The Mavericks' defensive intensity is much stronger now than before. It seems that Coach Carlisle's harsh criticism just now played a role." Ke Fan smiled and commented.
"That's right, while maintaining the team's efficient offense, the Mavericks must put a lot of effort into the team's defense. Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to escape from the Phillips Arena." said.
Wu Feng broke through and passed the ball, and Rodriguebbova was a little helpless. Although Wu Feng's pass was not very beautiful, it was just right and he hung directly into the inside line from his head. Although he was already jumping up desperately and trying to cut the ball in the air, unfortunately his bounce seemed to be a little worse.
After Radmanovic received the ball, he turned around and hooked, but missed, and Lamar Odom took the defensive rebound.
"It seems that after the timeout, the Eagles' offense has become more difficult than before."
"The Mavericks' defensive intensity is stronger than before, so the Eagles are naturally much more difficult to play than they were just now." Yang Yi said.
Transposition of offense and defense.
Jason Terry scored from outside the three-point line, but failed to hit, and Allen Iverson grabbed the defensive rebound.
Wu Feng came back and caught the Mavericks off guard and hit the basket and dunked.
"Wow……"
Seeing Wu Feng succeed in a fast break, the fans at the scene exploded again, and almost all stood up to cheer for him.
Now, Atlanta fans are becoming more and more fond of Wu Feng.
Dirk Nowitzki played Al Horford in the interior, and the back jump shot was "sneaked" by Marvin Williams behind him, and the attack was dropped, but Lamar Odom grabbed the offensive rebound.
Lamar Odom got up again, and was blocked by Al Horford in chaos. The ball fell into Lamar Odom's own hand. He shook it, Al Horford jumped up and blocked, and Lamar Odom took the opportunity to jump up and attack, causing Al Horford's defensive foul.
"Haha, the Hawks have blocked so many times during this period. I counted. Before the first half was over, the team had already blocked eight times. Al Horford three times, Wu Feng two times, Marvin Williams two times, and Smith once." Ke Fan stared at the statistics and said excitedly.
Lamar Odom made one of two free throws, confiscated the second free throw, and the rebound was taken off by Marvin Williams.
The Hawks offense.
Wu Feng still handed the ball to the inside, and Al Horford forced a hit on Dirk Nowitzki, which not only hit a hook, but also caused a foul by Lamar Odom when he made up for defense.
Al Horford added free throws and scored the free throw.
Al Horford, who played two plus one, seemed very excited. He jumped up and bumped into Wu Feng.
For the next period of time, Al Horford's touch seemed to get hotter, and Wu Feng cooperated very well to pass the ball to him.
Al Horford won the Hawks' next 6 points and made all three shots.
Jason Terry scored continuously on the outside and helped the Mavericks to hold on to the score.
Aaron Iverson's defense, who appeared later, could not pose a threat to Jason Terry. At this time, Marvin Williams helped Aaron Iverson and kept helping him defend Jason Terry.
He played in the inside line continuously, and since he played in the second quarter, Al Horford has not had a rest, and he has consumed a lot of energy.
Therefore, after being double-teamed by the opponent, Al Horford no longer played the inside, but attracted double-teamed defense and then distributed the ball to the teammates in the open position.
At this time, other Hawks players were relaxed.
After Al Horford attracted the defense and sent two assists in succession, Rick Carlisle called a timeout helplessly.
After the timeout, the 'active triple-double king' Jason Kidd replaced Rodrigue Bubova, and Brandon Haywood also replaced Lamar Odom.
On the Hawks, Allen Iverson was replaced by Jeff Teague to rest, and Josh Smith also replaced Radmanovich. Zazapachulia replaced Al Horford, giving him a temporary rest.
At this time, the second quarter had already been played for 7 minutes and 22 seconds, and the score on the field became 47:36. Although the Mavericks have been chasing points, they are still 11 points behind the Hawks.
Larry Drew was in a very happy mood, and the players' outstanding performance made him feel very relaxed, especially after seeing the team's current lineup with a good chemistry. He was even more excited.
After the timeout, the Mavericks' performance did not improve significantly. Wu Feng and Marvin Williams' outstanding performance on the defensive end made the Hawks always take the initiative in the game.
In the second half of the second quarter, Wu Feng and Marvin Williams joined forces to send three blocks, which opened the eyes of all the fans.
The Mavericks never found the rhythm of the game. Not only did they not play their special offense, they always seemed to be one step slower in defense, which ended the first half with 16 points leading by 59:43.
The team's poor offense made Jason Kidd very angry. He had never felt so frustrated. Although Wu Feng tried his best to defend himself, he had at least had so many good goals, but his teammates just couldn't score goals, which made him very depressed.
"It's really helpless. Our hands are so fucking bad." In an interview with reporters, Jason Kidd, who always looks gentlemanly, became uneasy.
"I'm even wondering if the Atlanta rim blocked us. Sorry, I'm not talking annoyed. Their defense is doing so well and we can't find the rhythm of the game. The offense is like this, and the defense is like this." Jason Kidd answered the questions asked by reporters.
"What do you think of the player you are against, Wu?" The reporter asked his own question.
Jason Kidd took a deep breath, then showed a helpless expression on his face and replied, "To be honest, I hate to play against him. He reminded me of Bruce Bowen. Of course, I don't mean that he had as many small moves as Bowen, but that his defense was as good as Bowen, and even better than him. Well, he was much cleaner than Bowen when he defended."
Hearing Jason Kidd's answer, the reporter laughed in understanding.
"Then do you think you will win this game today?"
"Everything is possible," Jason Kidd replied concisely.
"Well, thank you for your cooperation. I wish you excellent performance in the second half and a satisfactory result."
Kidd and the reporter nodded, then left the scene and went to the locker room.
And on the other side, Wu Feng is naturally the favorite of the reporters.
After the interview, Wu Feng couldn't wait to escape from the scene. He only had less than two minutes of rest in the second quarter, so he urgently needed a rest in preparation for the second half of the game.
However, compared with Kidder, Wu Feng was much more relaxed. In the match against Wu Feng, Kidder was in great pain, otherwise he would not have said he would have hated playing against Wu Feng, let alone made him ring Bruce Bowen.
The first half of the game can be regarded as a battle against the attack. Although the shooting percentage of both sides is not very high. To be precise, the Mavericks' shooting percentage is not very high, but there are many exciting goals among them.
Wu Feng and Jason Kidd both performed very well in the first half. Wu Feng scored 15 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks in the first half; while Kidd scored 9 points, 9 assists and 2 steals in the first half.
In general, Wu Feng's performance is slightly better than Jason Kidd. However, under Wu Feng's defense, Kidd's shooting percentage is not very high, only a little over 40%, while Wu Feng's hit is 60%.
The Hawks maintained a high shooting percentage on the outside, with Allen Iverson and Marvin Williams working together to make five of eight shots on the three-point line, making the Mavericks' defense full of loopholes.
Al Horford also scored frequently at the basket. The Hawks' firepower points were almost all open. In contrast, the Mavericks' first quarter game was a little better, but in the second quarter, especially in the last few minutes, the Mavericks' offense was in a dilemma. The successive offenses were mismatched by the Hawks players, which made them very impatient, so that not only did not catch up with the score, but instead made the score gap wider.
"It's so good to have a hat today!" Al Horford roared excitedly with Wu Feng's shoulder.
In the locker room. The Eagles players are resting, trying to restore their physical strength to fullness as much as possible during this period.
"Yes, those guys in the Mavericks were so depressed by our hats. Haha..." Marvin Williams also laughed.
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire locker room became lively.
When the second half was about to begin, the Eagles generals returned to the stadium. When they appeared, the fans at the scene gave them the warmest applause.
Soon, the second half of the game began.
In order to give Wu Feng more time to rest, Wu Feng did not appear on the court as soon as the third quarter started. The lineups of the two teams were the same as those at the beginning of the game, without any change.
The Mavericks' situation is very bad, and the current situation of the Hawks is undoubtedly much better than theirs. Although Wu Feng is not on the court for the time being, Al Horford is still in charge of the Hawks' inside line, and Lamar Odom is also on the court. In this way, the Mavericks' weak inside line will appear even more vulnerable.
In the third quarter, the Mavericks' offense still did not improve much. Jason Terry's several consecutive misses made his mood a little out of control. After Allen Iverson used a foul to directly destroy his dunk score, he turned around and pushed Allen Iverson. Such a retaliatory move would definitely not be easily let go of, not to mention that this is home court, and a technical foul made Jason Terry sit directly on the bench.
Rick Carlisle shook his head helplessly, Jason Terry's temper was still too impulsive.
Seeing Jason Terry being replaced, Larry Drew smiled slightly. With Jason Terry's fate, the Hawks have taken the absolute initiative. Jason Kidd is a very outstanding organizational defender who can make his teammates better, but he believes that Wu Feng will stop Kidd to a great extent.
"Jason, that technical foul is completely unnecessary." Jason Kidd looked depressed.
Taking advantage of Allen Iverson's technical foul free throw, Mike D'Anthony replaced Wu Feng.
Wu Feng's main task is to curb Jason Kidd. As for the offense, he can give this important task to Al Horford, Marvin Williams and Allen Iverson.
Allen Iverson kicked off at the baseline, Wu Feng quickly led the ball through the half, slowing down the pace near the midfield, and the Hawks players penetrated into the Mavericks' defense like a tide.
It can be said that the Eagles are one of the few teams in the league that can play both run and bomb and positional battles.
Wu Feng easily lifted the ball into the inside line, and then quickly ran from the outside line, trying to mobilize the Mavericks' defense so that they could not easily double-team Al Horford.
Holding the ball in one hand, bowed slightly on his back, and tentatively slapped Earl Clark behind him. With his strong body, he squeezed Earl Clark into the basket step by step. Although the opponent's defense was very hard, he could only watch his position lose step by step.
Al Horford suddenly turned around and squeezed Earl Clark out. He hit his hands with a bang.
Jason Kidd was undoubtedly the most annoying at this time. Jason Terry sat on the bench, and Lamar Odom had almost no effect on the court. It would be better to replace Rodrigue Bubova. In this way, the pressure on his own organization of the offense can be reduced.
"Clang", Lamar Odom forced his move in the face of Wu Feng's backup defense and was directly blocked by Wu Feng.
"Beautiful blocks, Wu Feng's blocks have now reached 4, the highest in the game, more than Al Horford." Ke Fan was so excited that he was a little incoherent.
"Wu...feng, Wu...feng. Wu...feng..." The fans at the scene also expressed their most sincere enthusiasm.
The basketball that was fanned out was snatched by Marvin Williams, and he quickly handed it to Wu Feng. Wu Feng launched a fast attack, and Old Kidd chased after him, but he couldn't catch up. Wu Feng rushed to the Mavericks' penalty area like a lightning bolt.
Earl Clark, who retreated to defend, blocked Wu Feng. Wu Feng was not afraid at all, but threw the ball to the right side of the basket. Earl Clark jumped up like a conditioned reflex, trying to cut the ball off.
But Wu Feng's pass was very beautiful, which made his efforts was wasted.
"Bang". Marvin Williams, who rushed into the Mavericks' basket from the right wing, fully demonstrated his dunk talent.
Marvin Williams and Wu Feng jumped up and bumped excitedly, and then they trotted back to their half.
Kid looked at Wu Feng solemnly, took a deep breath, and then exhaled. He slowly adjusted his rhythm. For a while just now, Kid was basically following Wu Feng's rhythm and did not make his own rhythm at all.
It is precisely because of this that he has not performed well in the third quarter since he played against Wu Feng.
Passing the ball, passing the ball, and passing the ball again, the ball returned to Kidd's hand. Kidd took one foot and tapped a few times, but did not deceive Wu Feng. Suddenly, Kidd broke through with the ball. Wu Feng wanted to chase after him as before, but just turned around, he was blocked by Brandon Haywood's flesh wall again.
"Damn pick-and-roll!" Wu Feng cursed in his heart, then got rid of Brandon Haywood and chased Kid.
However, when he was half a meter away from Kidd, Kidd had already thrown the ball in his hand.
The basketball was spinning in the air, and Wu Feng frowned nervously because according to the trajectory of the ball, it seemed that he was about to enter.
To be continued...