Chapter 602: Leadership

At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Feng continued to play on the Knicks' side, and Li Feng only hit a ball on the court.

George on the Pacers' side immediately jumped up, and the Pacers' side will definitely not let Li Feng play his form, and after the Pacers no longer have Granger, the best defender on the outside has become George.

George is also a member of the defensive team, his defensive ability is undoubted, George immediately caused a lot of trouble for Li Feng as soon as he came up.

The momentum of the two teams was balanced again, so that the Pacers still led by 6 points, and Li Feng led the team to chase desperately behind.

But today the Pacers did play a big game at home, and George was also in shape, so the Pacers took a big advantage, and the first half was over, and the Pacers led the Knicks by 10 points.

57-47, the Knicks were pressed by 10 points in the first half, and George's state is still hot, in this case, the situation of the Knicks is not good.

In a game like this, the Knicks are 10 points behind, which is a huge pressure, and the Knicks' previous stress resistance table is not good.

At this time, Yang Yi said very worriedly:

"It was the Pacers leading in the first half, which was very unsettling. In this series, the Knicks played well with the tailwind, and the headwind ball was average, and now they are against the wind, and the Pacers have a big tailwind, this time the time to test the Knicks' psychology has come, if the Knicks can overcome their psychological barriers, there is still hope for the game, if not, they can only go here. ”

Yang Yi is completely from the perspective of the Knicks. But Barkley, the veteran commentator of TNT on the American side, said very firmly at this time:

"The Knicks are finished! According to the previous experience of both teams, whoever leads wins, and today the Pacers are ahead of the wild doctors. And the Pacers have a better mentality, and the morale is even higher at home, and today the Pacers won. The Knicks are still young in the end, and the psychological element is not good. ”

When Barkley said this, Kenny Smith agreed:

"It's true that the Knicks played well in the regular season, but they still lack experience in the playoffs, although Li Feng has experience. But his partner didn't. ”

There are also commentators on the broadcast on the American side. It was unanimously agreed that the Knicks were finished, because the Knicks had not been very good at the quality of their will.

At a time when the outside world was in crisis, Li Feng delivered a great speech in the Knicks' locker room. Li Feng knew he had to use this time to say something. He has to let his team go above and beyond. He believes that if it is only one game, his team will be far more explosive than the opponent.

Now that the Pacers are playing well, Li Feng wants to make his team play better than the Pacers.

So Li Feng went to the locker room. After a short rest, he stood up and said loudly:

"Brothers! Let me say a little bit, we played really well in the regular season this season, and we played well in the first two series. But we had trouble with the Pacers, who were one of the strongest opponents we've ever faced. This series, we played hard! I think everyone has experienced the hardships involved. ”

"Now that we've come here, I don't think anyone wants to lose, because if we go one step further, we will be able to create ZĂ o history, only one step, or half a step, we will be able to create the highest glory of ZĂ o, at this time, does anyone want to retreat!"

Li Feng paused a little when he said this, and the Knicks' locker room was naturally "can't"

Speaking of which, Li Feng has made everyone's goals consistent, and under the unified goal, the team can continue.

Li Feng got the answer he wanted, so he continued:

"Since we all want to win. The pace of the second half has to be in our hands and we have to play our own style of basketball. We have to trust each other, share with each other, communicate more and be courageous on the defensive end and on the offensive end, we can win, we will win! Victory belongs to us and must be ours! ”

Li Feng's tone became more and more firm, and there was a glittering light in his eyes, such Li Feng gave his teammates a lot of encouragement, even shock.

So when Li Feng finished speaking, the Knicks players chanted together:

"Victory is ours!"

Li Feng finished boosting morale, stood up again and explained some details to all the players, Li Feng wants to use his hands and mouth, change the team's style in the second half, and also change the team's confidence, but these are just to say that Li Feng still needs to do some things on the court.

The 10 minutes passed quickly, and the second half began, and the second half started with the Knicks' ball.

The Knicks opened under the command of Li Feng, playing a multi-ball run without the ball, as soon as the Knicks came up, Li Feng ran again, J.R. Smith was running, and then Cousins on the inside was also moving in circles.

The entire Knicks' offense came alive all at once, the Pacers played well in the first half, and their lineup was too heavy to fit this brisk style.

The Knicks came up and lightly ripped open the space, Li Feng easily rushed near the low post, and once Li Feng rushed up, Belineri quickly passed the ball to Li Feng's hands.

Li Feng took the ball and paused a little under the basket, and the attention of the Pacers fell to Li Feng.

At this time, Li Feng was in a good position under the basket, and the Pacers were ready to pounce, but at this moment, Li Feng suddenly reached behind George's back, and made a ground pass behind George, and the basketball went to Cousins, who was inserted in the back.

Cousins easily found an opportunity in the Knicks' barrage of runs and scored two points on a layup.

In the second half, there were changes in the Knicks at the beginning, the team's running was more agile, and Li Feng also changed to the role of central passing.

As soon as this change appeared, there was an immediate commotion on the court.

The Knicks' ethos changed, and Barkley on the sidelines immediately said:

"The Knicks changed the pace in the second half. They're going to have to give it their all in the second half, and this is the Knicks' last chance. This wave is sure to be ferocious, so let's see if the walkers can withstand it! ”

The Pacers, on their side, naturally felt the Knicks' ferocious counterattack, and they immediately became nervous.

When the Pacers arrived at the Knicks' half, they really wanted to save the Knicks first, and George took the ball up and directly challenged Li Feng's defense again.

Li Feng's own defensive ability is very strong, but at this moment, the team is more on the safe side.

Still used collective defense, Li Feng stared at Cousins in front and behind, George took decisive means to break through in the face of this defense, and he would rather go to the inside to challenge Cousins. I don't want to fight Li Feng on the outside anymore.

George's idea is good. But if he wants to break through Cousins, he still has to pass Li Feng first, and when George breaks through, Li Feng is chasing after him at the elbow. Even if he was broken through half a step, Li Feng magically touched George's basketball below.

So. George got up and broke through the ball but didn't hold it firm. When you come up and break through, it's immediately crooked.

The Knicks defended it one round at once. Turning around, the Knicks immediately came quickly towards the Pacers' half.

At this time, the Knicks also ran a beautiful cross cover in the fast run, and JR Smith, who came up from behind, cleverly gave Li Feng a cover, and Li Feng took the ball and dribbled into the Pacers' three-point line.

The Pacers' attention was shifted. Li Feng made another ground-hitting pass, and the basketball went to J.R. Smith outside.

J.R. Smith took the ball with a three-pointer and scored 3 points in an instant.

At this point, the Pacers had to call a timeout, because the Knicks caught up with 5 points in one go, and the Pacers' 10-point advantage was gone in an instant.

The Pacers called a timeout at this point and immediately followed the Knicks to a small lineup. After changing this small lineup, the Pacers immediately became much more flexible and could barely keep up with the Knicks' fast movements.

The Pacers finally held the remaining 5-point advantage, but the Knicks came up to chase 5 points in a wave, and the difference was shortened to 5 points, and the psychological pressure on the Knicks was suddenly much smaller. Once the psychological pressure is gone, the Knicks' fighting spirit will come.

In the second half, he fought with the Pacers, and all members played, and Li Feng also passed good balls as the center again and again.

Once the Knicks are free of psychological pressure, their strength will come out, and they will not fall behind in the second half with the Pacers.

At the end of the third quarter, the difference between the two teams was shortened to 4 points, 79-75, leaving only a 4-point advantage, and the two teams were about to enter the fourth quarter.

At this time, the score difference suddenly shortened, and Yang Yi finally relaxed at this time and said:

"The two teams entered the final quarter with a 4-point difference, the Knicks have no problem, and in the end, regardless of whether the game is won or lost, at least the Knicks' mentality will not be messed up!"

On the American side, Barkley also changed his tune and said:

"The Knicks' adjustment in the third quarter worked, and now they're finally catching up with the score, so the Pacers don't have an absolute advantage."

Barkley has changed his tune, which shows that the Knicks put a lot of pressure on the Pacers on the court.

The fourth quarter of the game came back, this was the last quarter, and the two teams knew that it was time to fight hard at this time with a 4-point gap.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Pacers did not let George rest in order to seek stability, but they did not let George attack at the beginning, because George stayed in the last few minutes to exert his strength.

The Pacers opened the game with a high-post play by West, who took the ball and George shook it in front of West, pretending to catch it.

When the eyes of the world were on George's side, West flicked the ball in one hand, and then broke straight from the middle to the Knicks basket.

West's move was really shocking, he was very sudden, and he saw that West left the two big men of the Knicks behind. Everyone thought that West must have succeeded this time.

If West gets this shot, a dunk will immediately boost the morale of the Pacers.

West also thought he had won here, but ignored Li Feng, who was standing near the basket and didn't look tall.

West's contempt doesn't matter, Li Feng suddenly rushed up like a leopard under the basket and gave West a block.

"Smack!"

West was blocked at the beginning, and the basketball was directly slapped into the hands of Belinelli by Li Feng.

Belineri took the ball and immediately ran towards the Pacers' halfcourt. The Pacers are desperately trying to defend at this critical time.

Belineri took the ball and glanced at Li Feng in the midst of the rapid march, and Belineri was stunned when he saw the Pacers' defense.

And at this moment, Belineri was a big step away from the Pacers' three-point line, and his standing up was a long-range three-pointer.

"Huh!"

Belineri came up and gave the Pacers a chase three-pointer, and at this time, Madison's Knicks fans finally had a chance to fight back, and the cheers were wave after wave, completely making the Pacers fans stunned!

Belineri's ball was a bit of a convulsion, and he was convulsed. The walker can't hold it either. So at this time, Vogel hurriedly got up and shouted for DJ Augustin to follow Belineri.

The Knicks caught the Pacers off guard at the beginning, and the Pacers hurriedly caught up, originally wanting to play a West tactic.

But West was covered by Li Feng in one round, and this round came up with a bit of a void.

Take the ball for a turn-over jumper. Seeing that Li Feng is coming over again. He changed to passing.

This kind of hesitation in a decisive battle is the most taboo in this kind of big war. West changed his mind slightly, and Thornton, who came off the bench, immediately reacted very quickly and stopped the basketball at once. Thornton intercepted the basketball and passed it to Monroe on the side.

The first time Monroe got the ball was a long pass, and the basketball went directly to the hands of Belineri in the Pacers half. Belineri took the ball at this time, DJ Augustin quickly chased up, Belineri was very coquettish and dribbled behind his back, and then passed directly to Li Feng who ran up in the middle.

Li Feng took the ball George had already come up to defend, facing George who was coming up, Li Feng made a simple shooting feint, and then took a step forward to dribble and pressed George to the free throw line.

At this position, Li Feng paused a little and made another shooting move. This time, George didn't hold back, went up and made a small jump, and Li Feng lightly touched George's body, creating a foul.

After making a foul, Li Feng raised his hand and threw the basketball into the Pacers' basket.

2+1, Li Feng created another 2+1 for George, and this time, the Knicks are high.

The Knicks bench was jubilant, and in the last quarter, the Knicks actually played first and overtook the score all of a sudden.

The Pacers, on the other hand, immediately called a timeout, and in the Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 7, and in the fourth quarter, the Pacers were overtaken at the beginning.

The Pacers have to call a timeout at this point, they have to regroup.

80-79, the Knicks overtook the score at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and the Pacers could only be forced to adjust at this time.

The Pacers' adjustment is actually behind the Knicks' adjustment, and the reason why the Knicks can play at the beginning of every round is because the Knicks made effective adjustments during the break. And on the court, the Knicks players also seized certain opportunities.

The Pacers did not adjust the lineup, but put more emphasis on defense, so that the Pacers' offense still did not change after the pause, in fact, the Pacers' offensive tactics have never changed since the start of the season.

They were playing inside and George's strong point, with the triangle offense, and they still play like that.

When the Pacers returned, George and Hibbert immediately took turns to be the team's offensive point, and the two took turns to press the Knicks' defense.

Then suddenly the ball came out to Steve Sun outside, Steve Sun finally opened the spot, and he took the ball for a three-pointer and immediately chased back three points.

The Pacers began to gradually get into the groove in the fourth quarter, but at this time the Knicks were also in full swing.

After a fierce battle in the third quarter, now that the score is overtaken, the psychological pressure on the Knicks is gone, and the Pacers are just like that, and we can also overtake.

Without all that pressure, the Knicks are a more formidable team than the Pacers because the Knicks have more explosive scoring points.

The Knicks chased up, Belineri, Li Feng and Gate Roma concentrated on the strong side together, and the Knicks also played a tactic similar to a triangle offense, although it was not pure, and the Pacers could not take care of it.

In the end, Monroe also seized the opportunity to shoot a three-pointer, the Pacers threw a three-pointer, and the Knicks immediately threw one, and the Knicks still led the opponent by one point. Just this one-point advantage keeps the Knicks motivated.

If the Knicks' morale does not fall, they can play an efficient game! And the Pacers played extremely hard at the final moments, and both teams took out all their skills in the final period of the fourth quarter.

The Pacers are old and spicy, the Knicks are vibrant, both teams have their own advantages, and for a while, the two teams played sparks on the court, evenly matched, and the fans watched with relish and fascination.

On the court, the Pacers make one move at a time, playing calmly on the inside and reasonable on the outside. The Knicks, on the other hand, play with great agility, are quick and good at taking any opportunity.

Both teams played at a high level, even at a very high level, the game was very intense, but the score was also deadlocked.

The two teams played a stalemate, from the beginning of the fourth quarter to the end of the game with 2 minutes left.

This kind of epic battle, dizzying fierce confrontation, makes fans almost feel that time is passing, and their hearts are completely concerned on the court.

It was also at this time that Li Feng looked up and saw that there was only so little time left, and when he saw such a little time, he immediately glanced at the score.

From 90 to 91, the Pacers are slightly ahead of the Knicks by 1 point, and it is time for them to decide the direction of the game. (To be continued......)