Chapter 934: MVP's Voice
The Pelicans, who got the rebound in the backcourt, did not advance steadily in the half court as usual, and at this time Henson got the basketball but made an extremely large pass, sending the basketball directly to the hands of Arenas, who ran at the front.
Arenas got the basketball and immediately launched a fast break, and the Pelicans players rushed towards the Nets' position like a tidal wave.
Bill Wharton was a little surprised to see this scene:
"The Pelicans seem to be playing fast today."
Kidd was also surprised, Van Gundy's tactics should be to destroy the interior first, why did he suddenly come to the fast break now, this is a very strange thing, but the reality does not allow them to think, the Pelicans have already killed the Nets' basket.
Arenas broke through to the basket and glanced behind him, just in time to see that Li Feng had squeezed through Delong and had run behind him.
Arenas simply threw the basketball towards the rebound, and the basketball hit the rebound and quickly rebounded back.
Li Feng, who followed behind, directly caught the basketball on Joe Johnson's head, and Li Feng, who received the basketball, gave people an illusion, he seemed to pause in the air, and then picked up his arm and smashed the basketball directly into the basket of the net.
With the groans of the Nets' baskets, the center of the New Orleans arena cheered like an explosion, and the cheers on both sides of the court hit the court like waves.
Li Feng also did not shy away from stretching out his hands, signaling that the New Orleans Arena could give him a little bigger cheers, and at this time the whole stadium remembered a bigger cheer.
There were even cries of voices
"Li Feng MVP, Li Feng MVP, Li Feng MVP ......"
This cry resounded one after another throughout the center of the New Orleans arena, although the finals have not yet been decided, but in the center of the New Orleans arena, he is the MVP, the MVP of the finals.
Powerful interior attacks. The ferocious fast-break scoring and Pelicans' style of play began to take shape quickly in Kidd's mind, but at this time he always felt like he was missing something.
The Nets' offense is not static, at this time Joe Johnson in order to make up for the mistakes he made in the last round, so this round of offense is more rapid, he quickly cut towards the Pelicans' half, and then when he was about to be surrounded by Henson and Al Jefferson together, he passed the basketball to the hands of David Lee on the side, and David Lee hit a shot not far from the Pelicans basket.
"It looks like the Nets' offense was okay today, much better than the previous two games. In the first two games, their offense was a mess, although it looked like everyone on the court could score, but they couldn't catch a single offensive opportunity, but today was different, and it looked like the Nets could still seize some offensive opportunities today. ”
Albert said from the commentary booth.
But is it really the Nets that have improved? Or rather, this kind of progress was expected by the Pelicans for a long time.
The Pelicans' players are still taking their own determined steps towards the other side of the court, and the Pelicans have their own goals and their own tactical thinking, and the Pelicans are looking for a way to do it once and for all.
Li Feng passed the basketball to Arenas just after halftime, but Arenas was not so good at handling basketball, and he passed the basketball to the hands of Al Jefferson, who was pulled to the high post.
Al Jefferson got the basketball. First of all, I am looking at Li Feng's position, he is standing in the high position for the Nets like a nail standing in the position, Al Jefferson is here, he can attack. You can also see the entire half of the Nets, as long as Al Jefferson is willing to send the basketball to any corner of the court, at this time Al Jefferson happened to see that Li Feng had reached the bottom corner, and he quickly hoisted the basketball over.
It's very dangerous to make a lob pass like that to any other outside pass. But this is Li Feng catching the ball, Li Feng has an absolute advantage over Delong in terms of height, arm span and bounce, and directly receives the basketball in his own hands in the air.
Then Li Feng didn't have any feints in the face of Delong. Simply and neatly following the bottom line is a large breakthrough action, in the face of Li Feng's pure and barbaric breakthrough, Delong has no idea, can only let Li Feng be so arrogant.
Li Feng started from the baseline, and Lopez immediately moved to this side to block Li Feng, but Li Feng was also looking forward to Lopez, Li Feng squeezed past Delong and flew directly to the basket.
This time, Li Feng did not choose a beautiful lever action, but floated towards the upper line of the basket, although the lever is very beautiful and big, but in fact, it is more difficult to glide towards the upper line.
Li Feng stretched out his body directly in the face of Lopez, raised the basketball high with one hand, and glided in front of Lopez.
At this time, Li Feng was flying with the basketball held high, and now it is Lopez's ability to see, if his bounce is really enough, his confrontation is really enough, he can shoot Li Feng down, but if he can't do it, he can only watch Li Feng have no way to watch the basketball in his hands.
Lopez's two old legs kicked hard together and flew up, touching Li Feng's basketball with his hands, but at this time Lopez really felt that he was old, he really couldn't fly, Li Feng's basketball gathered in the air seemed so far away in his opinion, he had jumped desperately but still couldn't touch the basketball.
A moment of desolation erupted from Van Gundy's heart, almost freezing himself into ice.
Li Feng floated in front of Lopez, Li Feng flew directly from the baseline to the angle facing the basket, and then smashed the basketball in his hand into the basket of the net.
Seeing the dunk again, Li Feng once again completed the attack with a dunk attacking the inside, and the fans who had just sat down and drank a sip of beer and ate a little bit immediately stood up again, raising their arms and cheering on the court.
This is their home court, this is their MVP, Li Feng defended the Pelicans' court with his own actions, compared with the Pelicans' successive dunks, the Nets' counterattack Those simple mid-range shots are so ridiculous, as if they were a competition between shotguns and heavy artillery.
However, the Nets now don't even have shotguns, Anthony had a good second shot but was unlucky, his shot missed, and then Henson got the rebound in the backcourt.
At this time, thanks to Li Feng, who was running in front, he was a little out of his hands when he received the ball. This fast break didn't work, and the Pelicans could only change to a half-court offense, and the Pelicans turned into a half-court offense, at which time Kidd finally made up his mind to replace Mason Plumlee immediately, and then his team could win the victory.
The Pelicans' half-court offense was unfolding in an orderly manner at this time, and Al Jefferson gestured slightly towards Li Feng, Li Feng immediately understood Al Jefferson's thoughts, and got the basketball, Li Feng glanced at the interior Al Jefferson carded Lopez.
The grievances between these two men were far from being understood, and Li Feng's pass to Aljefferson was slightly forward. Drove Al Jefferson to a better position.
As soon as Al Jefferson, who arrived in this position, received the basketball, he and Lopez immediately began a physical war.
Lopez elbowed Al Jefferson behind him, and Al Jefferson squeezed his back and ass out of the space, and Al Jefferson, who squeezed out of the space, did a continuous waist twisting motion, looking like a Hawaiian hula dancer.
Lopez wanted to continue to give Al Jefferson a moment in the back, but this Al Jefferson immediately turned into a three-threat attack facing the basket, and at the moment of turning, his body and arms flashed towards the upper line.
Lopez instinctively moved, but he immediately realized that he had been fooled. But it was too late, as Al Jefferson dribbled to the side of the baseline and then jumped straight for a light close-range jumper.
Al Jefferson is almost impossible to miss on such a jumper, and this time it was the same. Al Jefferson's jumper easily landed in the Nets' basket with a crisp thud.
Although Al Jefferson's offense was only a one-step dribble and then a shot in the end, it made Bill Wharton very amazed on the commentary bench:
"Jermaine Ayer's inside attack just now is really beautiful, I haven't seen such a calm pace for a long time. The combination of simple moves to the extreme and continuous feints allowed him to completely fool Lopez's defense. ”
At this time, even Albert said:
"Al's interior offense is not as direct as before, but it is much more beautiful."
Also admiring the benches of Van Gundy and the Pelicans. Al Jefferson's offense, although it doesn't look beautiful without a dunk, suggests that the lethality is also huge.
Only Lopez kept shaking his head, and by this time Lopez had seen it very clearly, the Pelicans were deliberately here to hit their own store at the beginning of today, whether it was Oladipo's drifting layup, or Al Jefferson's low-post offense, or even Li Feng's sliding dunk just now.
These are all coming towards him, Lopez was not afraid of this, he thought he could block all the attacks, but what happened just now was that Lopez himself could not do it.
Lopez's confidence began to crumble in the Pelicans' successive interior attacks, and began to become ethereal, Lopez was sitting on continuous cover, he covered his teammate Deron to shoot a mid-range shot, it seems that the Nets' offensive efficiency is not bad, but the most important thing now is that the Pelicans' offensive efficiency is higher, and every time it is an attack for the interior.
This is simply a bit embarrassing for the Nets, but at this time, Li Feng is brewing another inside attack, and in the first game, he told Li Feng that his mercy for the enemy can achieve the enemy's arrogance, and now he must correct this qiē.
Li Feng dribbled quickly, hit Delon with his ass when he came over, and just when the Nets' position was slightly stable, Li Feng turned around and pressed Delon with his shoulder, and went straight to the Nets' basket.
Li Feng turned around and wiped Delong and made a layup directly, and the two points went to Li Feng's hands.
The Pelicans' back-to-back interior offense looks like it's a hit, and the Nets have no way to fight back.
The Nets' offense began to get choppy, and the Nets reorganized their offense to the Pelicans' position and lost the opportunity to shoot, but this time it was their own mistake.
This has nothing to do with the Pelicans, it was purely a mistake by Joe Johnson himself, who sent the basketball to Oladipo's hands, how could Oladipo let go of this opportunity when he got this kind of opportunity, and immediately rushed towards the half court of the Nets with the basketball.
The Pelicans started to break fast again, and that's when Kidd started to feel bad, really bad, and his team didn't seem to be able to achieve anything in every way. And there are also mistakes, which is a typical sign of inattention.
Oladipo got a quick breakthrough in basketball at this time, as for why Van Gundy replaced himself Oladipo himself is very clear, Van Gundy values his own impact, he needs to break through the Nets' defense and give the opponent a strong blow.
Oladipo's serious executor at this time, Van Gundy's idea, even after he broke through to the half court of the Nets, found that the defender under the basket was Lopez, and he did not hesitate to give it directly.
Oladipo's impact is dynamic, but it certainly won't be easy to take on Lopez alone, even if his form is now declining.
Oladipo rushed in front of Lopez and was stopped by Lopez, and the bodies of the two collided violently. But in the end, it was Oladipo who took advantage because the referee gave Lopez a foul directly.
It was just a foul, and Kidd immediately jumped onto the court from the sideline and yelled at the referee.
Kidd insisted that Lopez's action was not fouled, but it was a blow-free move, and the line between the two was very blurred, and the referee had a lot of freedom.
The referee can actually not blow it, but Lopez has already had several similar actions before and has not blown it, and this must be blown.
The Pelicans are so engaged in the frequency of attacking the inside line. Sooner or later, Lopez will be whistled for a foul, and that's only a matter of time, but it's a fatal thing for the Nets.
Lopez, the Nets' interior liner, supported half the sky alone, and there was no game without Lopez. The Pelicans have easily defeated the Nets, and Lopez can be said to be the lifeblood of the Nets, which is why Kidd is so absolutely nervous.
But the referee will not change his decision, and there is nothing to be found in the decision. Kidd could only bury his hands deep in his two arms, and his first season with the Nets did not look easy, but on the contrary, it was extremely difficult.
A foul was played. The Pelicans and Nets fell into a relatively calm phase, with the Nets still looking for food on the Pelicans' perimeter as if they were a night, while the Pelicans were firmly moving towards the Nets' interior with almost every ball.
This is a very dangerous signal, Kidd is a bit of a year, and now if something happens to Lopez here, he will be in danger, so he replaced Mason Plumlee, and before he played, Kidd gave Mason Plumlee only one instruction, that is, to protect Lopez, and the rest can be secondary.
In order to protect Lopez, Kidd lost an all-around offensive point, but at this time, Mason Plumlee was fully withstanding the Pelicans' offense, and Li Feng broke through to the interior of the Nets, and it seemed that Lopez could only come over to defend.
But Mason Plumlee - didn't move and pulled Li Feng's arm, this action did not hurt Li Feng, but it could definitely end Li Feng's layup, and sure enough, Li Feng was pulled by Mason Plumlee and won two free throws.
At this time, Mason Plumlee, who was standing next to the paint area, felt that he wouldn't die a good guy if he did it, this kind of thing, he needed a lot of physical fitness, but he only had 6 foul opportunities, and the rest of him was not able to grasp it.
Li Feng stood on the free throw line and easily sent two free throws to the basket of the Nets, Li Feng's free throw action was very standard, and at this time Li Feng was as ruthless as a machine, just knowing to complete his task.
Mason Plumlee is trying his best to protect Lopez, Mason Plumlee has worked hard enough, but Mason Plumlee's own ability is not very strong, and gradually he feels that he can't help Lopez a little.
Many of the Pelicans' inside entrants are very strong, and they are not able to block them alone.
In the six minutes of the first quarter, things finally changed, and the evil Li Feng took the main position in the attachment of the baseline again, and then O'Neal Jr. smoothly sent the basketball to Li Feng's hands.
Li Feng got the basketball, and he had already chosen to use his body to use one shoulder comfortably to card Delong, and then Li Feng turned around and pressed Delong with his body, and then went straight to the basket and rushed up.
Mason Plumlee already knew the danger of Li Feng, and he couldn't care about so many preparations to rush up and pay his third foul, but Mason Plumlee just ran over and found that his foul was useless, because Li Feng had already passed the basketball diagonal behind him.
Oladipo in the back received the basketball. pounced directly at Lopez, Oladipo made a series of actions from receiving the ball to making a layup resolutely and decisively, and pounced directly on Lopez under the basket.
He knew that this was his goal tonight, Oladipo was very focused on what he did well, Lopez could only jump up and catch hard in the face of this resolute impact, if it was him before, he would have beaten Oladipo this pesky fly cleanly, but now Lopez knows that he can't do this, he really can't do this.
He could only do his best and do his best. But Oladipo bumps around you like an annoying bug, and then Lopez finally can't help but reach out and slap Oladipo.
But just for a moment, he was immediately caught by the referee and gave Lopez a foul.
This was Lopez's second foul in the first quarter, which meant that Lopez would miss all the next first quarter, and that was the aftermath.
With Lopez being whistled for this foul, Kidd, who was sitting on the sideline, roared like a beast again, which meant that his team could only leak under the Pelicans' firepower for two minutes, and the situation would not improve until the bench players re-played. This is the consequence in Kidd's eyes.
The ultimate consequence of this consequence is no stranger, but this is the last game of the finals, and this is the one that wins or loses.
This situation Kidd can even be said to be disgusted with familiarity, and in this case Kidd is both disgusted and hated familiarity. I really don't know what's going to happen next.
Lopez walked towards the sidelines, he didn't look as excited as his manager, and at this time Lopez was thinking about another thing, what he should do was to throw away his former self. I'm not the same person I used to be.
I should know this, I am an inside player now, in fact, Lopez is a little glad that he left the court. So when the Pelicans scored 40 points inside after the game, they could say they left the court.
Otherwise, watch the Pelicans guys go to the layups one after another from their own faces, and then shout at the post-game press conference:
"Let's see, how many points we've scored on Lopez's head, 30, 40."
At that time, he was extremely uncomfortable, and Lopez returned to the sidelines at this time, holding a water bottle in a daze.
Kidd, who was sitting on the sidelines, was also in a daze at this time, and Bill Wharton sat in the commentary seat and said:
"I'm a little disappointed with the situation right now, didn't Lopez keep saying before the game that he would make the Pelicans look good, so he can't do anything sitting on the sidelines now, so he can't make the Pelicans look good at all."
"He can yell loudly and interfere with Li Feng's layups in turn, which may have a better effect than when he is on the court." Albert is also mocking Lopez.
As for the Nets, without Lopez's protection, they really fell into the Pelicans' dense firepower, and when Lopez was there, at least Lopez could delay the Pelicans' offense, although they couldn't fully protect it, but he could delay.
But now the Nets can't even do the most basic delays, and their team is completely under the Pelicans' firepower, and at this time the Pelicans have not relaxed their offense on the Nets' interior.
Compared with the Nets losing Lopez, Van Gundy immediately adjusted his tactics, replaced Henson with Thornton, strengthened the firepower on the inside, and attacked the Nets with the defense on the inside.
At this time, Li Feng also tried his best to send the basketball to the hands of the inside, and Al Jefferson and Thornton took turns to exert their power, and after a while, the inside line of the Nets became a puddle of mud.
Then there's bench time, and the Pelicans' bench players don't have as many offensive interior resources at this time, because their resources are used up when the main offense is running.
But even so, the Pelicans have a firm dominant position and have been pressing the Nets to play. (To be continued......)