Chapter 974: We're Not Afraid
The Pelicans won six consecutive victories, but some people disagreed, such as Li Feng's good brother, the current league interior monster DeMarcus Cousins, compared to Anthony Davis Blake Griffin and others who relied on the number of JΓΉ brushes, Cousins's future No. 1 interior line is much more worthy of the name.
Leaving the Knicks, Cousins became the boss of the Kings, and now averaging 25.3 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, the kittens, who have increased to 136kg, have begun to develop into a power interior line.
The Pelicans met the Kings after a two-day break, and Cousins said before the game:
"They're really good, but it's going to be us in the end, because we're not afraid!"
Although the reporters didn't understand Cousins's alien language, the powerful argument "we're not afraid" made the media write that the king meant the Pelicans would lose anyway.
Li Feng could only say speechlessly:
"We're afraid, we're afraid we're going to slaughter them......"
The two teases have made the originally unremarkable game more and more anticipated......
The Kings fielded the starting lineup with center Cousins, power forward Jason Thompson, small forward Rudy Gay, scoring guard Derrick Williams, and point guard Darren Collisson.
The Pelicans' starting lineup is: center Al Jefferson, power forward Li Feng, small forward Granger, scoring guard Turner, and point guard Corey.
Van Gundy unexpectedly pushed Li Feng to the power forward, for this lineup, not to mention the opponent, the Pelicans were greatly surprised, Marshall dared to ask:
"Li Feng plays power forward, so it seems that Cousins has more space, right?"
Van Gundy has his own considerations:
"Cousins is no longer that bulldozer, he is now a big whale, he looks bigger but has much less lethality, Al can deal with him, but the little Thompson guy is more threatening, let him deal with him, it will definitely make him want to cry without tears in the forbidden area? Hehe, Cousins and Al Jefferson will block their outside access to the box. β
At the opening whistle, Li Feng jumped the ball and suppressed Thompson and shot it to Corey, Thompson's bouncing arm span was excellent, but Li Feng was happy when he saw him, and he was more comfortable playing him than playing Griffin, this guy's defense of Li Feng may be one of the worst in the league.
Cousins is very motivated, just like Li Feng is very energetic against Thompson, and he is also very energetic against Li Feng.
As soon as the latter settled in the forbidden area, he stepped up and muttered:
"Feng, it's my turn to teach you how to play inside today."
Li Feng originally thought Cousins was very "cute", but now he found that the kitten was more cats, and couldn't help but respond:
"Kitten, you just have to be honest, otherwise you will be beaten and cried by me, don't say that I won't give you face, although you are not old. But the body is already old......"
Li Feng, who knew Cousins very well, also began to babble......
Corey dribbled the ball up front, and it was Darren Collison who defended him, and Corey could break through him, but instead of doing so, he passed the ball to Li Feng and let the latter deal with Cousins.
Li Feng received the ball and pushed it in, Cousins was ready to grit his teeth against his back, a strong force surging like a tide, the big lazy cat who had recently ridden the wind and waves in the inner line gave birth to a feeling of weakness, and he used his strength to carry Li Feng, which made him can't help but feel that he is really old.
But fortunately, Cousins carried Li Feng, so he opened his mouth and roared:
"That's your trick? That's all you need? Ha, my. The strength of the milk is greater than yours, and you pushed me... Oh, shit!"
After Li Feng hit twice in a row, he took the ball with his right hand and rubbed the sole of his right foot on the floor, his vigorous body flew like a dragon, and he bypassed Cousins and rushed to the basket with a flick of his shoulder, Cousins didn't expect the opponent to break through and turn so fast, he only felt a gust of wind coming to his face, and the opponent had bypassed him.
Cousins hurriedly retreated, Li Feng walked around him, put away the ball, took two big strides in a row, and grabbed the ball with both legs to pick up the block.
The big lazy cat followed, stomping on the ground with a loud shout, and its huge body flew up like a column of rockets.
But Li Feng didn't jump, he just made a feint, and after tricking Cousins, he withdrew his raised arm and then turned around again, jumping high around the block of Cousins' body, and sent the ball out with a soft flick of his wrist.
Seeing that there was no one in front of him, Cousins's heart was cold, but fortunately, there was a crisp sound of basketball hitting the board, he thought that Li Feng was surprised to turn his head and want to grab the rebound, but the scene that made him even more sad happened, the basketball rebounded and fell into the hoop accurately - Li Feng This guy deliberately hit the board.
The Kings attacked, and the Pelicans were worried about their fast break, so when Li Feng hooked his hand, he immediately ran back, but they were all in position for a long time before Darren Collison slowly ran over with the ball: No way, Cousins is slow, he has to wait for the big lazy cat to run to the restricted area.
Li Feng and the others were impatient, and shouted to Cousins:
"Did you come here in wheelchairs? I'm impatient to wait, at your speed, don't call the Kings the Queens."
Cousins was overwhelmed with grief and indignation, and he shouted:
"Boss, don't deceive people too much!"
The frustration was about to be vented, Cousins stuck Al Jefferson and reached out to Darren Collison to ask for the ball, Darren Collison wanted to block and dismantle with Thompson, but Li Feng was following Thompson, who shrank back Where is the domineering of the little prince in the penalty area? Yu Crisp changed his name to Little Niang Cannon.
As a result, Darren Collison can only pass the ball to Cousins, who is facing Al Jefferson, who is not good at defending, and the goal should be easy.
Indeed, for the peak Cousins, Al Jefferson's height, strength and agility are not as good as his own role, but now the situation is different, Cousins is too fat, he is no longer the agility of the peak, and can only rely on strength to eat.
And Al Jefferson is different, Al Jefferson deliberately gained weight and practiced strength in the summer, although the whole person is not tall, he is strong and burly, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a devil muscleman.
Cousins didn't knock Al Jefferson away from Al Jefferson with two consecutive hits, but he just found a little gap, and he tried to get through it, but he just took a step and Al Jefferson followed: the big lazy cat was not as fast as before, and he could keep up.
In a fit of rage, Cousins simply stopped keeping his back hand, he stepped under the basket and put away the ball, like a tiger killing a flock of sheep, only to see him frantically turn, back hit, shoulder carrying people, El Jefferson finally couldn't eat it and had to retreat.
Crashing into El Jefferson, Cousins roared and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands, when a louder shout rang out behind him, and he raised his arms to dunk, only to appear on the basketball between his hands, and then his wrist was weak and he could no longer grasp the ball, and the orange ball flew out of his hand like a cannonball.
Li Feng's figure and Cousins complemented each other at this moment, completely covering the domineering figure of the big lazy cat.
Li Feng made a hook and then a block, and the Pelicans took the lead, and the Kings got off to a bad start, dominated by people on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
The Kings players didn't have time to get angry, because Al Jefferson saw the ball and threw it at Turner, and Thompson hurriedly crossed the high post, and he couldn't let the crazy Evan rush.
Thompson intercepted sideways, Turner's speed did not decrease, he carried the ball with his left hand and quickly impacted, and when he was about to hit Thompson, he suddenly made a 360-degree turn, quickly bypassed Thompson to stabilize his figure, and then continued to attack quickly.
Derrick Williams and Darren Collison both rushed to the front court at the same time and then organized the defense, Thompson did not block Turner but blocked him, which bought his teammates time, otherwise let Turner charge unhindered, then no one on the Kings team can stop him now.
Li Feng and the others then rushed out, Turner noticed the teammates who followed up with his peripheral vision, if he had faced two defenders in the past and his teammates followed up in time, he might have to pass the ball, but this time his sweetheart was sitting on the sidelines, could he pass the ball? .
If you can pass the ball in this situation, you can't call it crazy Evan.
After Turner rushed to the free throw area, Darren Collison and Derrick Williams blocked him, seeing this crazy Evan pulled his body back to make a quick stop to pass to his teammates, Derrick Williams sighed and thought that his defense worked, but Darren Collison did not dare to relax, he felt that Turner could not give up the opportunity so lightly.
Darren Collisson's idea was correct, although his defense was as bad as Derrick Williams, but his awareness was much better, Turner's figure stopped and sprinted after randomly accumulating power, only to see his calf muscles suddenly tense like a rock entrenched in his legs, his strong body flew like an arrow, and the figure directly passed Derrick Williams and met Darren Collisson.
Turner pulled his left hand to his side, his shoulder twisted to break through the left wing, and Darren Collison hurriedly stepped back. As a result, Turner's twisted shoulders flicked, his left hand handed the ball to his right hand and he took a step sideways like a drift, and then rushed forward to break through Darren Collisson's defense, rushed into the penalty area and jumped up with a one-handed tomahawk slam.
There was a brief, small-scale commotion in the center of the energy balance.
Darren Collison organized the attack again, the speed was still not in a hurry, he couldn't be fast, otherwise Cousins wouldn't be able to keep up with him, and the latter's body was now declining badly, and he couldn't play long in high-speed games.
Thompson's speed is quite fast, he rushed to the front court and stepped into the penalty area, Darren Collison shook his hand, the ball bounced off the floor through almost half of the basketball court and fell into Thompson's hand, the accurate pass was like a precision-guided missile, Li Feng was envious, Corey couldn't do this.
Thompson didn't dare to go to the basket when he got the ball, he was faster than Li Feng, waiting for him in front of him, Thompson pretended to be a turn and a back hit with the ball, in fact, he was powerful in the face frame attack, and the back singles were terrible.
Guy followed up the vacancy, Thompson passed the ball over and found the step down, Cousins finally came to the restricted area with a body of fat, Guy passed the ball to him, Cousins should have received this ball and rushed directly into the basket to dunk, now he has no speed and flexibility that he is proud of, although he also rushed to the basket, but El Jefferson chased in time, and Li Feng carried out a clamp on the wing.
Li Feng's layup in front of him and the subsequent block angered Cousins, the big lazy cat hit under the basket again and again, his huge body was like a king whale shark in the sea, and his impact left and right made the reporters outside the court under the basket look at the face of a big change: this is really a beast.
But today the whale shark encountered a whaling ship, Li Feng and Al Jefferson were fully defensive, and Cousins was like a trapped beast trapped in an iron cage, unable to escape no matter how hard he struggled.
Cousins had a bullish temper, he didn't believe that he had fallen into such a situation now, so he still rushed into Li Feng and Al Jefferson, and finally directly raised his elbow, whoever came up to defend him had to eat his elbow.
Seeing this, Al Jefferson's eyes rolled, and he deliberately roared angrily to carry Cousins, who subconsciously waved his elbow to protect the ball, but Al Jefferson touched his elbow lightly and flew backwards with a scream, as if he was knocked down by Cousins' elbow.
The referee's whistle blew just in time, and Cousins knew that Al Jefferson was faking a fall, because he didn't feel any elbow at all, but he fell as soon as he touched Al Jefferson's chest.
The referee blew for an offensive foul on Cousins, who was furious and pulled the referee and yelled:
"Don't joke man, that guy is a fake fall, a fake fall, a fake fall, a fake fall, you know? I didn't elbow anyone at all just now, even if the pussy touched my elbow, it's fine, that fucking kid is pretending"
Al Jefferson put on the posturing to the end, clutching his chest and struggling on the floor, unaware that he had been shot.
The referee upheld the original verdict, and could only blame Cousins for being unlucky, maybe the opponent did fake a fall, but he did swing his elbow.
Cousins felt that he had been wronged and kept complaining, but the referee had already awarded the ball to Li Feng, who also served to Corey, and the offense and defense were switched, and Cousins could only run down while complaining.
Mike Malone, the Kings coach next to the stadium, yelled angrily:
"Running on the outside, covering on the inside, are you all dead bodies? I didn't know it, so I watched my teammates being surrounded to death? β
Van Gundy sighed as he looked at Cousins' figure, Cousins' development status seems to be a bit on the wrong path, he is too fat.
However, the angry Cousins at least stopped paddling on the defensive end, he stared at Li Feng diligently, defending the box with an attitude he hadn't shown since coming to the Kings, and Turner rushed to the basket and was blocked by him, and finally had to pass to Granger.
Granger used his body to crush Gay, Darren Collison wanted to pull the ball, Corey ran and landed according to the tactics, and after Granger passed the ball, he jumped out of his hand, but unfortunately it was not hot, and the ball bounced out of the frame and was caught by Cousins.
Cousins and Al Jefferson entangled, Thompson went up to muddy the water, Li Feng followed, but Cousins suddenly rushed up to stop him, making him unable to chase Thompson anymore, Darren Collison was waiting for this opportunity, passed to Thompson, who shot in the middle of the shot, and scored the opening two points for the Kings.
Kings fans finally breathed a sigh of relief, but turned their heads, Li Feng suddenly passed the ball to Turner who was vacant on the outside after attacking Cousins on the inside, and Crazy Evan leaned forward to break through, scaring Derrick Williams to hurriedly retreat, but taking advantage of this opportunity, Turner pulled up and hit a three-point shot.
Turner scored six straight points as the Pelicans started the game with the lead.
Darren Collison finally made up his mind to attack the main offense, and he fell behind so much at the beginning, once he couldn't seize the opportunity in the future, it would be easy to lead the score to get bigger and bigger, Cousins as the team boss also understood this truth, he stuck Al Jefferson to ask for the ball, but Darren Collison did not pass the ball, but suddenly started to break through Corey's defense with his attraction of Pelicans firepower, and hit a pull-up jump shot.
The Pelicans mainly play inside, Li Feng turned his back to Cousins and tried it to see if there was no chance, and immediately left the restricted area with the ball, Cousins hesitated whether to go out, but he hesitated, Li Feng jumped up and made a close-range shot, and won two points steadily.
Cousins gritted his teeth, Li Feng, the boss, was too hateful, like a loach, he slipped out and scored if he wasn't careful.
Darren Collison slowly dribbled the ball across the half court, and then suddenly accelerated to start and used Guy's cover to shake off Corey and cut inside, Thompson ran up to continue the second cover, Li Feng also followed, Darren Collison stuck Li Feng and then passed to Thompson who ran back, Thompson dribbled and rushed to the penalty area and jumped to dunk.
"Bang!" With a muffled sound, the ball in Thompson's hand flew down like a comet, and after he landed, the wolf ran two or three steps to stabilize his figure, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Li Feng's block - Darren Collison was too thin, Li Feng squeezed him away with a flick of his ass, and caught up with Thompson and gave him a big hat.
Seeing that Thompson, who is usually invincible, was also blocked, Cousins actually had a feeling of relief in his heart, it seems that it is not that Lao Tzu's strength is too weak, but that the opponent's defensive ability is too strong, he comforted himself in his heart, but forgot that last year he never felt that the opponent's defensive ability was too strong, even if he was strong, he could break through the opponent's defense.
Guy quietly followed up from behind, he picked up the ball blocked by Li Feng, attacked the basket and turned to make a layup, and easily scored two points, because at this time there was only one El Jefferson in the box and was blocked by Cousins.
After scoring, Guy immediately stepped back to defend, his face was flat, his eyes were pure, and his pampered demeanor was incompatible with this god-and-demon arena.
The Pelicans' offense was playing at a fast pace, as the Kings had been taking care of Cousins' physical slowdown, Corey launched a fast break, and Li Feng came up to cover him and then ran to the basket, and Cousins, Gay and Darren Collison were all attracted to him.
The vacant Corey did not break through, but passed the ball to Granger, Guy was taken away by Li Feng, so Granger was even more vacant, he got the ball and shot a three-pointer, and Yu Crisp Liso slashed a three-pointer.
Mike Malone kept shaking his head off the court, his two mustaches shaking urgently, and he laughed at Van Gundy: Do you think you are the only one in the league who knows fast break and fast break? I just didn't want to......
Darren Collison once again led the offense himself, but although he broke through Corey, he was entangled by Turner when he shot, and he actually made a three-pointer.
Li Feng received the ball under the basket and threw it to the front court, Corey turned around and picked up the ball to launch a fast attack, Darren Collison was very clever to block Turner, but Li Feng followed, the consequences were even worse, Corey passed the ball to an air relay, and Li Feng could wreak havoc on the king's basket.
Derrick Williams finally flashed once, and he hit a three-point shot when Turner went to trap Darren Collison again, and finally pulled one back for the Kings.
But looking back, Li Feng singled Cousins under the basket, and he kept making feints with flexible basket footsteps, deceived Cousins and then turned around and hit a layup.
Halfway through the game, the Kings trailed by 8 points at 14-22, and Mike Malone had no choice but to call a timeout to rearrange the lineup, and he still arranged for Cousins to be on the court, and replaced Guy with Nick Staskes, who was more accurate in three points and tougher defensively, and replaced Thompson with Ryan Hollins.
Cousins finally lived up to Mike Malone's expectations, and after his return, he received a pass from Darren Collison under the basket and played a fast break, Corey passed the wrong ball and the ball fell directly into the hands of Stasks, Darren Collison personally countered and scored a fast-break layup, and the Kings had a 6-0 mini-climax after a timeout.
Kings fans were in high spirits, and they saw the dawn of the team's counterattack, but then Li Feng hit back at Cousins a 2+1, and then Darren Collison ran to the basket and was blocked by Li Feng, Corey planned a positional battle, Li Feng hit Cousins with his back and hit Cousins again, and the boss lazy cat had no temper.
Later, Van Gundy called a timeout, Turner made a layup, causing Hollins to foul and hit both free throws, and Derrick Williams scored on a layup.
Then Corey hit a mid-range shot, causing Hollins to foul and hit both free throws, and the game entered the final minute, Turner hit two three-pointers in a row to completely stun the Kings.
At the end of the first quarter, the Kings trailed by LL points 25-36, Li Feng scored 12 points in the first quarter, and Turner also scored 10 points.
Li Feng wiped the sweat from his chin, and as the referee blew a whistle, the second quarter of the game began.
Turner chewed his braces and stood on the halfway line with his hands on his knees, and when he saw Li Feng coming over, he reached out to give him a high-five, Li Feng pulled his jersey and pulled him up, and said with a smile:
"Don't lie on your stomach, your knees are under too much pressure and it's not good for your body."
Turner smiled and stood up, Henson and Turner were talking about something, Corey kept pointing fingers, the other two listened and nodded, Li Feng couldn't help but want to laugh when he saw this scene, this is Li Feng's main combat assistant in the future.
Ray McCallum served to Darren Collisson, and this time the Kings sent a lineup of one big and four small, with Thompson as the center and the other four being Hollins, Staskes, McCallum, and Darren Collisson.
Li Feng ran past the Kings' bench, and when he saw Cousins sitting on the bench with a sad face, he smiled and said:
"Little DeMarcus, aren't you trying to teach me a lesson? Come up and teach me a lesson, come on, what are you doing sitting down there, aren't you afraid? (To be continued......)