After the game, TNT's reporters immediately chased over to interview Li Feng, this kind of reporter's interview is whoever plays the best will interview that, and the third quarter is obviously Li Feng's best performance.

So the reporter immediately chased after him:

"Mr. Tyrannosaurus Rex, you hit several key shots just now and gave the team several assists. So how do you think you played today? ”

Li Feng was in the noisy stadium, bowing his head and listening carefully to the reporter's questions, and only after listening to Li Feng did he say:

"I think it's amazing! I think I was in a really good shape today, but I still didn't work well with the team. I'll step up that later. ”

Li Feng spoke very truthfully, and the TNT reporter immediately said:

"So what do you think of Harden's play?"

"Harden is good, he's strong! Absolutely, it's exciting and difficult to play against him, he's the first guard in the universe, if Kobe Bryant agrees. ”

Li Feng said another sincere word, but to the reporter's ears, Li Feng's words seemed to be casually sarcastic.

Li Feng finished answering the two questions, turned around and walked away.

As soon as Li Feng returned to the bench, the Pelicans players immediately came over to greet Li Feng.

At this time, on the side of Harden and the Rockets, they are gradually becoming more and more colorful, and Li Feng's appearance, the Pelicans he leads, already have the demeanor of a strong team.

Li Feng was like a chemical agent, and he immediately stimulated the lifeless Pelican team.

Li Feng rejuvenated the Pelicans and made a team that is mainly tough a little more cunning, which made the Rockets feel particularly troublesome. At this point, McHale also said mildly when making arrangements:

"Guys, I'm sure you've all seen what the Pelicans are capable of today. Section 4: If we don't give all our skills, I'm afraid we will lose? So in the fourth quarter, let's play it as if it were a playoffs! ”

The words "refrigerator" are mild, but the content is not gentle. For the Rockets, the battle in the fourth quarter will be a battle to the death.

End of break. In the fourth quarter, the two teams returned to the court, and at this time, Van Gundy put Li Feng on the bench first, and he went on Arenas and Kaloon Butler, and took a dry bench on the court.

Similar to the Pelicans' situation, the Rockets also came off the bench at the beginning of the fourth quarter, leaving the main team for the final minutes to fight.

The Pelicans also follow the path of collecting young players to rebuild, so they have a few good cards at hand, and the Pelicans' environment also gives young players room to practice. None of this is conditional on the side of the rocket, which has already completed a basic reconstruction. Harden is the core, and he's playing with the team. At this time, all the equipment of the Rockets is in the service of Harden, but the level of their Rockets' management is really not good.

The players found are all of average level, and the players on the main lineup who match Harden are average. On the bench lineup, the Rockets can now take shots with players like Cosby and Jeremy Lin. Therefore, the Rockets' bench lineup is not a small problem, and without Harden, the operation of the entire team will be problematic.

And now Arenas is playing with the Pelicans' bench, and Arenas is playing against Cosby, which has curbed the Rockets, the main bench scorer, very well.

Arenas vented his frustration on Cosby. Cosby was contained, and Jeremy Lin was simply ignored, which made it difficult for the Rockets to score off the bench in the fourth quarter.

At this time, the Pelican's firepower is very strong. Among them is the anger of Arenas, and the furious advance of the stimulated Kalombbutler.

As a former All-Star, Caron Butler did not suffer a disastrous blow like Arenas, and naturally still has a lot of immediate combat power.

In the second half, it was met by the Rockets' bench lineup. The intensity of the game was much lower, so it was natural for Caron Butler to smoke.

After hitting several long-range shots in a row, the Pelicans overtook the Rockets in the early part of the fourth quarter.

There was such an unexpected situation on the pitch. The Rockets didn't have to wait, so they could only change the main lineup in turn in advance.

The Rockets began to move seriously, and the Pelicans could only face it, and Van Gundy immediately replaced Li Feng, but Van Gundy replaced Li Feng with Pelican point guard DJ Augustin, so the Pelicans' backcourt lineup became Arenas playing point guard, Arenas playing point guard, and Li Feng playing small forward.

The two teams returned to the court, and the Pelicans led the Rockets by six points at 79-73.

Li Feng returned to the court, but he didn't have a chance to catch the ball, Arenas took the ball and ate Harden but couldn't, and he avoided Li Feng when he passed, and passed back to Caron Butler's hands.

But at that time, the main lineup of the Rockets was much more defensive than the bench lineup, and Beverley blocked his sight.

As a result, Butler missed, the rebound was taken by the Rockets, and the Rockets came back with the ball, and they have entered playoff mode.

At this time, the Rockets played very patiently, passed the ball back and forth, and the running position was also very exquisite, and the operation of the whole team was completely different from the previous three quarters.

In the end, the ball was transmitted, and Harden was fully integrated into the game, helping his teammates block and dismantle, get stuck, and pull and run.

After a series of operations, Greg Smith finally had an empty space on the baseline Harden passed the ball quickly, and Greg Smith forced a layup to score two points.

At this time, the way the Rockets operate is completely different from the first three quarters, and the whole team operates much more finely.

After all, the Rockets are the champions of the East, and the experience of playing and the complexity of tactics are really incomparable to the Pelicans.

Once the rocket is serious, it really has the demeanor of a strong team. McHale, the coach, although it is said that he is a street away from the great master, is also a very good coach. He helped the Rockets much more than Van Gundy helped the Pelicans.

The Rockets are playing more rigorously, and Van Gundy can see that the Rockets are more threatening, but he is a little helpless, and he doesn't know how to adjust now.

The result of letting the Pelicans play freely was that Caron Butler and Arenas crossed Li Feng again, and after the two passed each other, Caron Butler broke through directly and then ran to shoot.

Under the strong defense of the Rockets, Butler was also unstable, the basketball missed, and the Rockets got the rebound again. This time, the rocket played even more excitingly.

Jeremy Lin, who wasn't replaced, took advantage of Harden's cover and passed the ball and threw a three-pointer into the Pelicans' basket. All of a sudden, the score was chased by one point, and the rocket chased the score steadily.

At this time, Arenas saw that the team was in this situation, and he wanted to follow Li Feng's example, break through the Rockets' defense with his own strength and then lead his teammates.

But Li Feng was able to handle the ball well after playing, and he broke through desperately, but found someone.

When he passed the ball out, he made a mistake and the basketball was broken again. The Rockets immediately turned around and launched a fast break, and Harden dunked.

This time, the Rockets chased the score back, and by this time Van Gundy could no longer see the problem, and he was not worthy of being a coach.

Van Gundy immediately called a timeout and then began to adjust his tactics and lineup, he first replaced Butler, and Arenas gave him one last chance to let Rose play.

At the critical moment, Derrick Rose, who was still old and heavy, arranged a substitution. Then Van Gundy personally instructed the players that the basketball should pass through Li Feng's hands as much as possible, and let Li Feng be the controller of the team's rhythm, and he had already seen Li Feng's ability to control the rhythm before. At this time, he still chose to let Li Feng come.

Two deployments were made. The team returned to the court, and at this time Derrick Rose took the ball too much, and he immediately passed the basketball to Li Feng's hands.

Li Feng took the ball and did not attack directly, but suddenly passed the ball to Al Jefferson who pulled up. He quickly ran towards the other side of the rocket defense.

Li Feng ran around him, and Al Jefferson also understood that Li Feng wanted to change his position to attack. So Al Jefferson raised the basketball and waited until Li Feng ran to the bottom line on the other side. He let go and passed the basketball to Li Feng's hands.

Li Feng's idea of changing positions is very simple, he doesn't want to play against Harden all the time, it's too tiring to play like this.

The opponent doesn't fight if he has a weakness, but he turns to his strongest point, isn't it sick? Li Feng went around to this side, and the men who defended him on the front line became Greg Smith and Jeremy Lin.

Greg Smith's footsteps were slower than Li Feng's, and Jeremy Lin was thin and short, and Li Feng's pressure on this side was greatly reduced.

With a good environment, Li Feng was also relaxed, came up to catch the ball, and then immediately took Greg Smith on his back and hit it inside.

Li Feng started at a very slow pace, which made Jeremy Lin think that he had a chance, he stepped forward to wrap the clip, and Li Feng immediately jumped to the bottom of the basket.

At this time, Asik quickly came up and pressed on Li Feng's head, and Li Feng also entered the Rocket's restricted area, and here Li Feng and Arenas were distinguished.

Arenas was at a loss when he arrived at this position, but Li Feng took the ball and made a feint, and when the Rockets pounced, Li Feng simply sent the basketball towards the middle of Greg Smith's legs.

The ball is gone!

When Greg Smith stared, Millsap received the ball behind Greg Smith, dunked directly with one hand, and scored!

As soon as Li Feng came up, the team's offense was different!

For the combing ability of the whole team, Li Feng and Arenas are not at the same level. A scoring point guard like Derrick Rose also admired Li Feng's organizational ability from the inside at this time.

Li Feng's wisdom for basketball is really innate!

The Pelicans finally scored, and Hubie Brown on the commentary bench also said in a complaining tone:

"The Pelicans' ball should have been played by Li Feng a long time ago! If Li Feng had been given to handle the ball just now, he would not have let the rocket chase so hard. ”

Hubbie Brown's words are still agreed by many New Orleans fans, General Arenas has been very stable in the previous game, but today is too abnormal, and the handling of the two balls just now is too brainless.

The Pelicans have Li Feng, just like a group of wolves finally have an organization, Li Feng is also restricting Harden on the defensive end, while deploying teammates to focus on defending the restricted area and the three-point line. With Li Feng deploying defense like this, the Rockets could only let Asik shoot a two-point shot in the mid-range shooting area.

Under the Rockets' offensive system, they focus on Harden's offense, as well as the three-pointer from the perimeter, which is their main way of scoring. At the offensive level of mid-range, the Rockets are missing.

Asik made a shot under the interference of Al Jefferson, but the shot missed, and Arenas rebounded very fiercely in the backcourt, and hugged the basketball when he came up.

Arenas is now depressed and in a bad mood. When he is in a bad mood, he mostly vents when he plays.

In this way, he is more brainless in offense and organization, but because he is venting, he is more tough in defense and rebounding.

grabbed the rebound, Arenas habitually passed to Rose, but Rose immediately handed it over to Li Feng.

This made Arenas, who was running on the side, depressed, desperately grabbed the ball, and had to play Li Feng.

Li Feng suddenly accelerated with the ball, and wanted to hit the rocket with an unstable foothold.

He saw that the Rockets' defense was not falling well, and he immediately accelerated. The timing was just right.

The Rockets were rushed by Li Feng like this, and the position that had not fallen well was even more chaotic, Harden, Greg Smith, and the two of them came together to block Li Feng.

At this time, Li Feng's hand movements were very hidden, and he sent the basketball to the side, which happened to be delivered to Arenas, who ran past Li Feng.

Arenas didn't think that Li Feng would pass the ball to him, and he almost didn't catch the ball well.

But this is not the time for confusion. In the midst of the lightning, Arenas saw that he was facing an empty basket.

Harden went to defend Li Feng, there was no one in front of him, and the opportunity to play this kind of moment is exactly what Arenas is good at.

He hurriedly catches the ball. Then he jumped one step and dunked one-handed to score two points for the Pelicans again.

Arenas plays with the ball on his own, and he is simply brainless. But to let him play empty-handed is simply a tyrant.

After completing the dunk, Arenas also felt that the ball was very comfortable. The fans were cheering loudly.

In the midst of the jubilation, Arenas turned around and ran to Li Feng and said loudly:

"Feng, sure enough, you are the real leader"

Arenas didn't pass the ball to Li Feng just now, he thought that Li Feng would not pass the ball to himself! But he didn't expect that Li Feng would assign basketball to himself so clearly. And he gave it so well, and he dunked so comfortably.

So the first action after Arenas' dunk was not to celebrate, but to thank Li Feng.

Li Feng said as he ran back:

"Because we are brothers, I won't be happy if you're not happy!"

Li Feng's answer was simple.

Li Feng's words were simple, but they suddenly made Arenas change in his heart.

Arenas is now the scoring leader with the Pelicans, a bit back to the rhythm of superstars, and a bit of an ego lately.

But in today's game, he experienced something himself, and now the facts have proved that Li Feng is right, and the media's praise for Li Feng is also well-founded.

This fact was painful for Arenas, but he could only accept it for the time being. And Li Feng has already said, "We are brothers!" ”

Li Feng said so, he still cares about those, isn't that the guy with the golden spoon in LeBron James? Or that hypocrite from Dwyanwade!

Arenas finally let go of his knots, and he figured out in his heart that on the court, isn't the winner king.

Li Feng relies on strength, he tests his strength, you can play well, and I can also play well, the eyes of the coach and the fans are bright, let's put the battle between us on the court!

Arenas was originally holding his breath, but now he is holding his breath even more, but he is not passively holding his breath, but he is working hard to bring out all his subjective initiative.

After Arenas worked hard, he immediately formed a Pelicans duo with Li Feng, Li Feng mainly attacked the organization, and Arenas mainly attacked Harden.

As a result, the Pelican's combat effectiveness immediately soared, and the Pelican showed strong energy both offensively and defensively.

From the beginning of Li Feng's play, the Pelicans and the Rockets were in a stalemate, and the stalemate between the two teams was interrupted in the fourth quarter.

This scene on the court made McHale feel extremely bad all of a sudden. Because he suddenly discovered something even more terrible, the Pelicans had Li Feng join and became a strong team in the West.

The Pelicans are so powerful that they have even shaken the pattern of the entire alliance, which is really fatal.

Originally, the pattern of the West this year was obvious, the strongest was the Spurs, then the Warriors, and then the Thunder, but now that the Pelicans have Li Feng, judging from the table in this half of the section, it is enough to compete for positions with these Western powers.

Although the Pelicans play relatively simple, they win hard enough, and such a team is troublesome both defensively and offensively.

McHale's mind has drifted far away, and he doesn't take the gains and losses of today's game seriously.

Because he felt that today's game ended up with a bigger chance of the Rockets winning. Both teams now have the same good defense, but the Pelicans are significantly struggling to score, and their own team is much better than the Pelicans in terms of scoring channels.

Relying on this, McHale felt that it would be his own team that would win in the end.

McHale felt the Pelicans' difficulty scoring off the court, and Li Feng on the court naturally felt it.

It's not easy to score points with the Pelicans, and you have to go through countless hand-to-hand fights every time to get points.

Li Feng obviously felt that there was no problem with the team's morale, and everyone was playing hard, but the score just couldn't rise, and when there was an advantage, the score couldn't be pulled away, so it didn't work.

Li Feng also observed the Rockets, although the Pelicans and Rockets seem to be in a stalemate now, but this is based on the fact that the Pelicans have not had problems defending.

The Pelicans' defense looks fine right now, but that doesn't mean it's going to be the way it will always be, knowing that when you defend it, there's always a chance to be broken.

If you can't increase the score at this time, it is to give the initiative to the rocket, and when the rocket comes with a wave of attack, I'm afraid the Pelicans will be taken away. (To be continued......)