Mike Malone sat on the sidelines in frustration, now he has no power to change what is happening on the court, only waiting, only waiting, in the 9:13 of the first quarter, Mike Malone couldn't wait to replace Ray McCallum, and then 20 seconds later Mike Malone replaced Marcus Thornton.

Since he can't beat his opponent in the main lineup, Mike Malone is ready to get back the lost field on the bench lineup, and he doesn't believe that the Pelicans' bench lineup has such control, and even if they have such control, they don't want to match efficient scorers with this tactic.

A minute later, the Pelicans and Kings all switched to the bench, the Kings' lineup is point guard Ray McCallum, scoring guard Marcus Thornton, small forward Travis Outlaw, power forward still uses Derrick Williams, center is replaced by young Quincy Eschi, and the Kings' two centers are playing for a long time today.

The point guard who played here in the Pelicans is Derrick Rose, scoring guard Arenas, small forward actually used Thornton, power forward Henson, center Biedrins, and the Pelicans' bench lineup is obviously still slightly weaker, and Mike Malone can't see any beauty in the Pelicans' lineup.

Mike Malone originally planned to use this period of time to chase the score back a little bit, giving Derrick Williams more offensive power, and Mike Malone was planning to use the bench lineup to chase the score back a little.

But he didn't expect Van Gundy to do such a desperate job, he didn't leave a little space for himself, the Pelicans were all defensive players, and when they arrived on the court, they protected the Pelicans' three-point line as if it were a federal vault, and no one could get in.

In the end, the Kings could only let Derrick Williams fire from a distance, but Derrick Williams failed to live up to Mike Malone's hopes, and he did not withstand the Pelicans' reinforced concrete defense.

The Pelicans ruined the Kings' offense, and Mike Malone admitted that the Pelicans were doing a good job defensively, and their overall defense was good. But you can't play an effective interior offense with this lineup.

Mike Malone was unfortunate to see that after the team came over, Arenas began to keep stuck, and the shooter behind him, Marcus Thornton, was stuck behind him like a puppet, and then Mike Malone saw that guy scoring easily on his own shooter.

The Pelicans changed their defensive lineup, bringing not one low-post scorer, but two, and these two guys really played on their weaknesses, and the King's bench depth was okay. However, there were not many people available in the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, because Isaiah Thomas and Guy were very good, and Derek Williams could also make a cameo in the No. 3 position, so Mike Malone didn't think much about this position.

But today the Pelicans are looking at this, that is, they are playing in these two positions, Mike Malone is really a little convinced at this time, and Van Gundy and the Pelicans deceived and misled the king, dug a trap for the king, and the king was not convinced. But now this time, Mike Malone knows.

Pelican Fight King is not only digging traps, but also deeply studying himself, and studying every detail of himself thoroughly. Even the flaws of the bench lineup have been studied, and they can make the Kings uncomfortable everywhere.

Now Mike Malone is somewhat convinced of the Pelicans, and the Pelicans play games are completely based on knowing themselves, understanding their opponents. Then use a powerful control to control the game, and the strategy is just one of the points.

Mike Malone sat in the dugout and watched the first quarter fade away. He didn't care about what was happening on the pitch anymore, and he immediately called his assistant coach and the rest of the coaching staff to come up.

Van Gundy and his coaching staff were still arguing about how to change the current situation of the game, but the first quarter was over, and the Pelicans led the Kings by a score of 32-21.

After Van Gundy got the door open, in the battle with Mike Malone, he got the first move, and with the first hand, Van Gundy just needs to wait and see what happens, and Van Gundy believes that his coaching staff has thought of all possibilities.

Li Feng and his teammates laughed, and Barkley, who was in the broadcast seat, looked at the court and said:

"The Pelicans completely suppressed the Kings, which must have been something that those people didn't think of before the game, but now it's happening, and the Pelicans got this result by surprise, they didn't play an open offense, they used the most conservative, conservative way to win the first quarter."

The Pelicans held on to the win with a jaw-droppingly ugly game that surprised all the basketball pundits.

The Pelicans players were grinning and laughing, and Van Gundy was thinking about it, and this was really okay.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the players from both sides came out, and as soon as the Kings' players came out, Barkley was the first to notice the change in the Kings, Isaiah Thomas appeared on the court, and next to him was Rudy Gay, and then Marcus Thornton, leaving Derrick Williams at the power forward position, and Aaron Gray on the top of the center.

The king sent an all-attacking lineup, is the king going to run and run, Barkley really yelled in the broadcast seat:

"The King's bench lineup has completely changed, he has completely changed his bench lineup, is the King really going to bombard, this should have been something the Pelicans should have done."

Seeing such a lineup, I understand it without saying it, grabbing points is grabbing points, even if Mike Malone is not bombarding, he will start a big battle with the Pelicans in the back.

Van Gundy didn't make any expression when he saw this, he still needs to observe, the Pelicans' ball possession in the opening game, Arenas and Henson are in trouble, Arenas is behind Isaiah Thomas, Isaiah Thomas's strong body makes Arenas no longer able to attack so comfortably.

And Henson also met the old spicy Guy, and both of them had a hard time, and in the end it was Arenas who was more ruthless, and he ventured into the King's interior line, only to collide with Aarongray, and the referee gave Arenas a foul.

Arenas didn't express any dissatisfaction with this, he walked back with a tense face, waiting for the King's attack, in fact, he didn't have to wait at all, the King immediately rushed towards the Pelicans' half court after serving from the baseline.

At this time, the king's rhythm changed completely. Instead, they became the quick-attacking side, and Guy dribbled quickly into the attack.

Guy immediately passed the ball diagonally to Isaiah Thomas's hand, Isaiah Thomas got the basketball, faced Arenas, he dodged Arenas with a feint, Isaiah Thomas faced Arenas again, and shook it as easily as he faced a schoolboy.

Directly towards the Pelicans' basket reunion, Rose quickly rushed to the basket, but before Rose could make any moves, Van Gundy, who was outside the court, suddenly shouted:

"Don't foul."

In this way, Ross relented a little. Let Isaiah Thomas easily put the basketball into his own basket with both hands.

Although Isaiah Thomas scored, Van Gundy did not set up a defensive strategy first, but shouted:

"Don't foul, absolutely don't foul."

It doesn't matter if you lose a ball, but now the Pelicans are most nervous not about the score, but about the outside manpower, if Arenas and Rose will be able to play for a long time because of too many fouls, this is the biggest blow to the Pelicans, and the Pelicans will not even have a chance to turn over.

The Pelicans got to the King's half. Or play Rose and Henson, Arenas is obviously not here to be, except for breaking through the basket Arenas can barely shoot, under the defense of Isaiah Thomas. Arenas' offensive prowess hit a barrier.

So the Pelicans could only rely on Henson to fight, but Henson's life was not easy, Guy was a very old and spicy guy, and Henson was a little useless under his hands. In the end, it was the fierce Henson who saved the team.

He didn't have any rules under the basket, but he was very violent, and he had a hard fight with Derrick Williams. As a result, Derrick Williams softened again, Henson shook Derrick Williams away excitedly, and dunked directly under the basket, after scoring, Henson was very excited and roared with his mouth open.

This action made Aaron Gray very dissatisfied, and while he looked at Henson hostilely, he said dissatisfiedly in Derrick Williams' ear:

"Boy, it's your job, please respect the pitch."

Aaron Gray is just not satisfied with Derek Williams' defensive table, Derek Williams knows that Aaron Gray is crazy, and people don't have this kind of argument with Aaron Gray.

"Okay, I'll defend that."

The Kings wanted to sneak attack again, launch a quick attack, it was no longer possible, the Pelicans suffered a loss, and the second return defense was very, very fast, the Kings ran over quickly, but they couldn't find a chance to shoot.

encountered an incurable disease, the team immediately threw the problem to Isaiah Thomas to solve, Isaiah Thomas got the ball, he still remembered how he easily dodged the defender in front of him just now, his defensive ability is not good at all.

Isaiah Thomas took the ball, continuous shaking, sure enough, the footsteps of the guy in front of him were too big to be shaken away by himself, Isaiah Thomas quickly cut into Arenas's side, even if Arenas was one step behind when defending others, he could desperately chase it back, but now in the face of Isaiah Thomas, he took a wrong step, that is, he was half a step wrong, and he couldn't come back.

I saw Isaiah Thomas cut into the Pelican's inside line like lightning, and Henson pounced on Isaiah Thomas as the coach ordered, this time if Thornton came to complete the guarantee to save Isaiah Thomas, but he still had to be slower than Thornton, just a line, Isaiah Thomas was aware.

With a quick turn, he jumped out of the Pelican's small encirclement, Isaiah Thomas slightly to the side, pulling the Pelicans' defense away, and this time Isaiah Thomas finally saw clearly the gap he wanted to break through.

An acceleration directly shook off Henson, Isaiah Thomas rushed towards the Pelicans' basket from the baseline, Isaiah Thomas looked unstoppable, he was about to approach the basket, but Henson killed, his fiery personality simply could not tolerate such a thing, and hit Isaiah Thomas's arm directly.

"Foul."

Henson fouled Isaiah Thomas just as he was about to score, Isaiah Thomas walked to the free throw line, but Van Gundy yelled desperately at Henson:

"Don't foul, don't foul, cherish your fouls, Henson, did you hear me?"

Isaiah Thomas hit a free throw, and the King's fast pace seemed to take its toll. Van Gundy decisively replaced Arenas with Ronnie Brewer immediately.

Ronnie Brewer is back on the pitch and looks like he has weakened his attack, but Arenas is unreliable in attack and defense, so it is better to seize the defensive point.

Van Gundy moved the Pelicans' defense, but he didn't change the entire team offensively.

After the Pelicans came back here, it was still very difficult to play offense, and when Henson was a passer, he had other players feeding him cannonballs, and he was very efficient, but there were no other players to give him cannonballs. Henson was a little overwhelmed when he let him fight on his own.

He is a rookie, and he is still more demanding of this kind of thing when handling the ball, Rose finally relied on his physical strength and pressed the opponent on the outside to score two points, and the Pelicans' scoring is still relatively difficult, but they still feel very good in this section.

The Pelicans hit the ball again, but Mike Malone didn't have any expression on his face, he looked at the court with a cold expression. Now his team has to attack to save.

He put all his hopes in Isaiah Thomas. He's counting on Isaiah Thomas to help him change things on the pitch right now.

Isaiah Thomas did his best, and he picked up the basketball and desperately tried to get rid of Ronnie Brewer. Defending is something that can be done, but it may not be effective.

Ronnie Brewer can judge accurately, but he doesn't have mind reading. He can't know what other people think every time.

In the face of Isaiah Thomas's continuous shaking, Ronnie Brewer also missed. Isaiah Thomas got into the Pelicans' three-point line at once.

At this time, thanks to Ronnie Brewer's explanation to his teammates, Henson in the back immediately put on his shoes to make up for the defense, and Henson's defensive experience is still a little tender. He gave Isaiah Thomas too much space.

If you give a guy like Isaiah Thomas a little space, he will kill you, let alone such a large space. Isaiah Thomas tricked Henson with a fake thing, and his whole body twisted, jumping under the Pelicans' basket like a twisted piece of steel.

Biedrins suffered at this point, his lack of strength, and Isaiah Thomas took advantage of him and threw the basketball over Biedlins' head into the Pelicans' basket with a quick high throw.

Isaiah Thomas finally got the point, and it was a start. Isaiah Thomas's state is coming, and even the Pelicans players understand that Isaiah Thomas is going to score sooner or later, it's just a matter of time.

Li Feng sat on the sidelines and whispered to Kalombbutler:

"Ronnie looks like he's going to be overwhelmed, and that little Isaiah Thomas guy is shaking crazy again."

Kaloon Butler agrees with Li Feng's statement:

"yes, Ronnie Brewer has done a good job defending, but I can't defend like that. But he still couldn't control the game. ”

Van Gundy survived for three minutes in the second quarter, putting his main man under the court and watching the Kings chase the score to within 10 points before he began to make an orderly substitution of interior players.

The first thing he put on was Al Jefferson, adding thickness to his team, so that Isaiah Thomas would also be very disrupted once he got inside.

Van Gundy gradually discovered that although the number is not good-looking, Al Jefferson is actually a very smart defender, and he does not have the physical talent to become a finisher on the defensive end, so that opponents can't get close to the basket at all. But Al Jefferson will use his feet appropriately, appear where he should be, and then give the opponent the biggest interference in the proper defense, he will not foul, Al Jefferson will not finish the defense, but he will do what he should do.

When Li Feng and Ronnie Brewer coexist in the team, there are two gates on the outside, which can ensure that most of the offense can't get in, and once it comes in, Al Jefferson can also ensure that the basket he guards does not let the opponent score comfortably, this is the Pelicans' defensive system, and the most important thing is on the outside.

While the Pelicans were gradually completing the substitution, the Kings simply replaced Jason Thompson for Derrick Williams, and it looked like Mike Malone was determined to play offensive basketball.

After the Pelicans changed to the main lineup, the style of play and lineup gradually became complete. Point guard DJ Augustin is enough to control the direction and timing of the offense with the rhythm and offense of the entire team. Ronnie Brewer here first took the first step to control Isaiah Thomas and did a relatively successful job, so that Isaiah Thomas could not act recklessly, the happiest small forward here is Thornton, usually he is a big forward, when it comes to the small forward, he is relaxed, and in many confrontations with Guy, Thornton, who is still young, has the upper hand.

Li Feng plays the position of power forward, and now it is also recognized by Van Gundy, whether it is facing Jason Thompson or Derrick Williams, Li Feng seems to be at ease, without Cousins, the King's interior line is the area where Li Feng moves freely.

In fact, even with Cousins, Li Feng is only a little careful, and kittens can't guard against Tyrannosaurus Rex! (To be continued......)