Chapter 521: Li Feng is garbage
On the Raptors' side, Kreza, Baniani, and Valanciunas are all very good players, and John Lucas III is also a player with a magical experience.
Of course, the Knicks are also on the bench, and on paper, there is not much difference between the two teams.
After the two teams changed their bench lineups, sure enough, the Raptors immediately began to gain the upper hand, and Kreiza beat Smith in a row.
Kirilenko's offense is also a problem, usually he can use his feet and three-pointers to open up space, but today he met Banyani, who is fast and at the same time very hard, this miniature power forward is quite restrained Kirilenko's ability.
Under Banjani's defense, Kirilenko doesn't take advantage of rebounds, and he can't get rid of Banjani in three-point positions.
As a result, the Knicks were frantically chased by the Raptors in the last two minutes of the first quarter, and the difference between the two teams was only 3 points at the end of the first quarter.
At the end of the first quarter, the reporter immediately came over to interview Creza, who played bravely in the last 2 minutes:
"Hey! Looks like you're good today! Can you tell us about the origin of today's state? ”
Kreiza smiled and immediately said:
"The source is Li Feng!"
Kreiza pointed the finger directly at Li Feng, and the reporter was also surprised, and then the reporter asked:
"What do you think of Li Feng!"
Kreza immediately gave the reporter the answer he wanted to hear:
"Li Feng is actually a piece of garbage, he is not as stable as De Mar, or even as stable as Terence, we will beat him!"
Kreiza gave the reporter two nice gimmicks, but as soon as he finished speaking, the fans in the stadium booed him.
Reggie Miller, who was on the sidelines, laughed when he heard Kreza's statement, and he said:
"It looks like Kreiza is confident, Gary, can you tell us about the first quarter today?"
Peyton sorted out his thoughts for a moment before saying:
"The amount of information revealed in today's first session is very high. First of all, both teams are very well prepared, especially the Knicks, who are very well prepared."
"In the first few minutes of the first quarter today, the scores of the two teams were basically the same in the tentative stage, but because the Raptors had an advantage in the lineup, they still forced the Knicks to make adjustments first. And the Knicks' own offense has not stagnated, according to the rhythm of this game, the Knicks must be the last to win! ”
"But when it came to the bench stage, the Knicks suffered a loss of bench depth, allowing the Raptors to get the score back!"
"It's the process of the game. But at this point when we look back at the process of the game, we will find. If the Knicks want to, they can hold back the scoring momentum of the Raptors' main team. It's a very important thing, so don't look at the Knicks being caught up now, but I think it's the Knicks who are in control of today's game! ”
Payton still saw very clearly that the Knicks could control the pace of the game, and the game was controlled by the Knicks, and the Knicks were too cheap. As a point guard, he knows what that means.
On the domestic side, Yu Jia also said after the end of the first quarter:
"Today's game is not easy for the Raptors, don't look at the fact that they are not scoring less now! But it wasn't their rhythm from start to finish today, and almost all of their scoring so far has been based on individual ability. Relying on piecemeal play! This situation is still very troublesome for the Raptors,"
At the end of the game, although the Raptors played a prosperous game in the last two minutes, everyone was not optimistic about the Raptors, but Michelle didn't think so, his team has always been to attack to drive defense, and now Michelle sees that the team's offense is a little lively, which is like seeing the dawn, with the beginning, you can slowly open a bigger gap, so Michel is confident in the team's bench lineup, Michel has always been confident in the players for so many years.
Michelle wants to gradually change the rhythm of the game through offense, and let some individual play on the court change the process of the game, this Tyberdu can't allow it, Popovich wants to firmly control the rhythm in the last game, and Tyberdu wants to control the rhythm this season, so as soon as the second quarter opened, Tyberdu immediately replaced Li Feng and Monroe together, replacing J.R. Smith and Vucevic.
Li Feng is the team's anchor, and Monroe can play the Raptors' least favorite low post, and these two people coming up will definitely change the team's rhythm.
When Peyton saw that Li Feng and Monroe had come up, he also nodded in agreement:
"Now the Knicks still want to control the rhythm, they really need to punch hard, the combination of Li Feng and Monroe is very restrained by the Raptors!"
The opening game was the Raptors' ball, and the Raptors played the bench lineup, basically playing free offense, and their group of players also had good individual offensive ability.
Kresza played well in the last quarter, and now the Raptors still give the basketball to Kreza to deal with first.
Kreza took the ball and hit Kirilenko without suffering, Kreiza took the ball and directly forced a breakthrough through Kirilenko, and Kirilenko was helplessly pushed aside.
In this way, Kreiza had another chance, he raised his hand to force a jump shot, and when he shot, Li Feng flew over and clicked on his basketball from behind.
The basketball was suddenly ordered by Li Feng, and suddenly Kresza glared at Li Feng a little annoyed, and Li Feng didn't suffer and stared at him with wide eyes.
Kory Kirilenko took the rebound and quickly went to the Raptors' half! Seeing that Li Feng had an effect on the court, Yu Jia said proudly:
"If the Raptors think that Li Feng's ability only works on the offensive end, they are wrong! Li Feng is also a super obstacle on the defensive end, it is impossible for any team to attack casually when the Knicks have Li Feng, Kreiza is too careless, and the Raptors need to be cautious from now on! ”
Kirilenko had been bullied by Kreza for several minutes, and at this time he got the opportunity, and he ran desperately forward.
Where is Kreza and Li Feng glared, Kresza had to run desperately from behind!
When Kirilenko saw that Kreza was coming, he forced a squeeze under the basket, and without hitting Kreza, he turned around and threw the basketball to Livingston, who followed up.
Livingston raised his hand with the ball at this time. When Lucas arrived, Lucas was no slower than Livingston, so Kirilenko could only pass the basketball to Li Feng, who ran over.
When Li Feng got the ball here, Monroe suddenly went deep into the bottom line and gave Valanciunas to the cardholder, and Li Feng was immediately happy when he saw this counterpoint.
Monroe is not cheap to play Ed Davis, but it is a big bargain to play Valanciunas, Valanciunas does not have the defensive ability of Ed Davis, Li Feng hurriedly passed the basketball to Monroe, Monroe took the ball and really played Valanciunas comfortably, turned around and shook two hooks to score two points comfortably.
Seeing that Monroe is playing so comfortably. Tyberdu is happy, Cousins is not in good shape, but Monroe is getting more and more consistent.
After scoring, Monroe came over and high-fived Li Feng, the Knicks quickly retreated back, and Lucas took the ball in the backcourt and slowly advanced over. The tempo is very well controlled, and Lucas is not a point guard who is very famous and characteristic. But he's a good point guard. Basically not wrong, quite understandable what a point guard should do?
When he got to the court, he saw that Kreiza wanted the ball on the left and Banjani asked for the ball on the right, but he still gave the basketball to Kreza on the right.
Kreiza challenged Li Feng several times in the last quarter, but failed. Now he has also learned not to forcibly challenge Li Feng, but when he gets the ball, he immediately faces Li Feng and puts on a three-threat posture. The spy shook for a moment, attracting Li Feng's attention, and then suddenly raised his hand and flicked his wrist and threw the basketball out of the way.
Kreiza challenged Li Feng with the defense of the spying step jumper, and he also learned to be obedient, the action of the spying step jumper is a very buggy skill in basketball skills, this skill is to ignore the bounce, because no matter how fast you jump, I don't shake my wrist fast, as long as the height difference is not very large, you can seize the opportunity to shoot.
Li Feng was helpless in the face of Kreza's attack, so he could only watch Kreza's shot.
Kreiza finally scored on Li Feng's head, and immediately after scoring on Li Feng's head, he roared with great excitement.
Kreza's special celebration made Reggie Miller laugh when he saw it:
"It seems that Kreiza has gained enough confidence in Li Feng this time, and if he can improve his confidence, this game will be another fight!"
"Huh! Let's expect him to have a convulsive performance! ”
Peyton also smiled and said:
"Watching Kreza's game, it's actually very interesting, everyone is looking forward to it, it's like looking forward to winning the lottery, everyone is looking forward to this guy playing, jerking off, performing, although most of the time is disappointed, but once you win the lottery once, it will make people reminisce for a long time,"
"I don't think the Knicks are looking forward to it today!"
Reggie Miller teased on the side, and both of them laughed,
Seeing that Kreiza on the Raptors' side has the meaning of rising, Li Feng suddenly became interested, if Kreza is a convulsion, then Li Feng is a crazy convulsion.
Kreza can change a game sometimes, but Li Feng can change the fate of a game or even a season once he draws up.
The Knicks pushed back at this time, Li Feng took the ball and looked back, but the player who defended him was not Banjani, but Kreza.
In the face of Kreza Li Feng, you can't be polite, who made Kreza's mouth stink!
Li Feng didn't have to bully Kreiza too much when he got the ball at this time.
He also took the ball in a triple threat pose in front of Kreza, probed with his feet, raised his hand and made a shooting feint.
Kreza thought that Li Feng was going to shoot, and when he moved forward slightly, Li Feng accelerated and passed Kreza.
Although Kreza can be three or four, but that means his offense, in defense, Kreza is the third player who defends slowly, and the fourth player who defends is short, Li Feng is simply too easy to pass him, and he can pass people with an easy acceleration, and after passing people, Li Feng easily kills the Raptors' basket.
The Raptors' bench lineup has a strong scoring ability, but the defensive ability is not good, the team's outside defense is not strong, and the inside line also lacks a gate, Li Feng is easy to kill in, easy to dunk with one hand!
Li Feng's attack was too easy, and Yu Jia immediately sighed on the side:
"Li Feng is too easy to play, if the game is like this! The Raptors need to defend! ”
Yu Jia is a little subjective at this time, just the current defensive level of the Raptors. In fact, Michelle asked it.
Li Feng played so easily, on the one hand, because the Raptors' defense was not good, and on the other hand, Li Feng's offense seemed easy, but in fact, it was extremely fast and fierce, and it was also extremely spicy.
Li Feng scored easily, so the Raptors still couldn't catch up with the score, and the Raptors just shot one from Kreza, and Lucas immediately passed the basketball to Kreza's hands after this round.
But at this time, Li Feng changed his defensive strategy, before he gave Kreza a little space, at this time Li Feng came directly and stuck it in front of Kreza, so that Kreza had no space. I can't lift my hand, so I can't shoot the basketball.
Kresza was stuck by Li Feng, and immediately wanted to pass Li Feng, in the first step, Kresza did pass Li Feng, but just when he was about to make a move. Li Feng's defense arrived immediately, and Kreza was still unable to shoot by Li Feng's defense. He could only pass the basketball out of the box to Lucas.
Lucas had to force the ball to Livingston. However, Livingston can still defend DeRozan, and the Raptors came up to attack and missed a round.
Once the Raptors missed, the Knicks immediately came over, and Li Feng attacked with the ball, but found a very interesting phenomenon, the Raptors actually did not cover themselves. This strategy was unthinkable for the Raptors, but the Raptors did it!
Li Feng saw that the other party didn't cover himself, and he was also a little depressed, okay, you don't cover me. Then you're welcome.
Facing Kreiza again, Li Feng forced a step, and when he got to the basket, he forced himself up and threw a turnaround jumper.
The Raptors are not sandwiched, Li Feng's offense is natural and smooth, in this case, the Raptors are naturally unable to resist, and at the same time, the Raptors' own offense, but after Li Feng came on the court, the efficiency was greatly reduced, and the advantage accumulated in the second half of the first quarter disappeared after a while.
In the third minute of the second quarter, the Raptors finally couldn't stand it, the Knicks turned the score to 48-40, they fell behind by 8 points, and the Raptors began to replace the main players, but at this time, the Raptors made substitutions, but the replacement was interesting DeRozan and Amir Johnson, and the rest of the players did not change.
The main reason for the Raptors to make such a substitution is to use DeRozan and Li Feng to play against each other, and the other is to strengthen the defensive intensity under the basket.
The Raptors' substitution speed is very fast, and the Knicks also replaced Monroe and replaced Cousins, and using Cousins to defend Amir Johnson is the best choice.
The two teams have changed to a mixed lineup, which is also the strongest lineup of the two teams at present, and it is time to compete with the offensive ability of the two teams, and at this time DeRozan and Li Feng are completely opposed.
The Raptors paused and came back, and quickly stuffed the basketball directly into the hands of DeRozan on the wing, DeRozan took the ball with his back, and Li Feng immediately came over to stick to the defense, because Li Feng knew very well that DeRozan's tentative step jumper was one of the most powerful in the league.
Li Feng had already posted it to death, but DeRozan had already seen that Li Feng was unhappy, so he turned around at this time and immediately raised his elbows to open up the space.
When DeRozan was throwing his elbow, if Li Feng stretched out his hand, it would be a foul, and if he didn't flash, he would be hit by DeRozan with an elbow, Li Feng could only tilt his head slightly, and when Li Feng raised his head slightly, DeRozan tentatively stepped forward.
Li Feng's body is not moving to the top of ordinary people, but DeRozan is not an ordinary person, he is a player who can play the No. 4 position, and the strength is very sufficient.
Just when Li Feng was awkward here, DeRozan raised his wrist and shook it very neatly, and the basketball obediently fell into the Knicks' basket. Shoot the fate.
Although Li Feng is strong, he can't block DeRozan's shot.
DeRozan came back and scored with the defense he was best at, and after scoring, DeRozan squinted at Li Feng.
DeRozan is a player with joy and anger on his face, and when he is cool at this time, he shows it.
Li Feng didn't care about him, and in the Raptors' half, Li Feng also appeared on the wing with the ball, and in this position Li Feng was also in a three-threat posture, and he also made a tentative step jumper posture when he took the ball.
As soon as the fans saw Li Feng and DeRozan attacking with a move, they all immediately came to their senses, and DeRozan immediately came up to stick to Li Feng's side, and at the same time opened his arms to prevent Li Feng from breaking through easily.
Li Feng took the ball to DeRozan and wanted to squeeze out space, but DeRozan is absolutely different from the "other" players, this guy not only has the average speed of a small forward, but also has the strength of a big forward than the United States, DeRozan does not belong to the average power forward in terms of explosiveness, Li Feng resisted so hard in the past and only barely squeezed away a little DeRozan.
In this case, it was very difficult for him to shoot the basketball, and he jumped out of the basketball directly.
Li Feng actually failed to beat DeRozan!
This caused a burst of exclamation from the fans at Madison Square Garden, and Tyberdeau also blinked.
Li Feng pondered for a moment when he failed, and he also felt that he was a little arrogant, and he despised DeRozan too much.
DeRozan is also a rising star in the alliance anyway, he has his own characteristics, although DeRozan's speed is average, but his strength and skills are extremely strong, and he wants to attack in a way that the other party is good at, and some of them are too underestimated. (To be continued......)