Chapter 473: Li Feng is in a hurry
The Bulls played such a good team ball, and the Knicks also wanted to play as a team. The Knicks also realized at this time that they had no hope if they played as a team.
But under the current situation, once Li Feng is cut apart, the Knicks' offense will not be able to play well.
The Knicks came over, a few passes came out, and when it came to J.R. Smith, J.R. Smith gave Cousins a pass to cut into the air, but the pass was too big, and Cousins didn't receive the ball and made a mistake.
When the Knicks made a mistake, the Bulls came up again, and the Bulls still played team offense at this time.
Butler took possession of the ball and immediately stayed on the flank, at which point Okafor and Howard crossed to cover, and Okafor ran to the top of the arc.
As soon as Okafor got the ball, he dribbled and stood high on the right, and at this point Butler went up to cover Iguodala.
Iguodala walked into the box with defensive attention, and Butler slyed into the bottom corner.
Butler relied on experience to mix up an open spot, and Okafor passed the basketball to Butler again. Butler picked up the ball in the open space and threw a second three-pointer straight away.
"Brush!"
Butler shot two three-pointers in a row, which immediately offset the six points that Li Feng desperately fished back.
The score of the two teams became 35-23, and the Bulls still led the Knicks by 12 points, and Li Feng's efforts were in vain.
Forced like this by the other party, the Knicks are really struggling now. By this time, the Knicks were pushing forward again, and the basketball was passed again, and no one had a chance to attack.
The basketball was in the hands of Li Feng in the bottom corner, and Li Feng did not play hard this time, but dribbled and raised his hand to make a feint, deceived the opponent and deceived the opponent of a foul.
Li Feng used the way of deception and fouling. walked to the free throw line and hit both free throws, which was Li Feng's eighth point in the second quarter.
Li Feng scored 8 points in a row and walked forward with the team on his back, and at this point, the Knicks had fallen into the opponent's defensive set.
The Knicks don't look at Li Feng scoring more points when he plays like this, but the Bulls like it.
Li Feng deceived the Bulls for a foul, and the Bulls came to Okafor to cheat Vucevic for a foul.
Okafor hit both free throws from the free throw line, and the Bulls continued to rely on the whole team to score points, and Paul didn't score a point in the second quarter. However, the point difference is still firmly ahead of the Knicks by 12 points.
Although Li Feng scored desperately after that, Li Feng scored 19 points in the second quarter, but the other players of the Knicks did not give it a try.
The more you get to the back, the worse the Knicks' players feel, because they were all played by Li Feng before, and they haven't touched the ball for a long time, and their hands are already cold, so the Knicks are playing extremely hard. Although the score in the first quarter was not bad, he scored 25 points in the first quarter, but every ball was very difficult.
And a young district team like the Knicks can't play fast on the offensive end. They are also devoid of passion on the defensive end.
The Knicks themselves relied on Li Feng to score 28 points, but on the defensive end, the Bulls scored 29 points in one go, so that the Bulls scored 58 points at the end of the first half, and the Knicks scored 43 points themselves. Li Feng scored 28 points in the first half, but the team's score did not catch up with the opponent, but was pulled away by the opponent.
Today's game was played at half-time, and the fans were generally happy. Li Feng's fans were very happy when they saw Li Feng score more than 20 points in the first half, and Bulls fans were also happy to see the team leading.
But on the pitch. Li Feng and Knicks head coach Tyberdeau were very unhappy.
Because the Christmas battle of this game is a crucial focus battle, it doesn't matter how many points Li Feng scores, what matters is whether he can win or not.
As long as he wins, Li Feng is also a hero with 0 points, but if he loses, it doesn't matter how many points Li Feng gets.
The relationship between how many people Li Feng takes and the team's victory and defeat has become inverse, and in this case, Li Feng's high score is even harmful to the team.
So at this time, Li Feng was not happy, and Taberdu was not happy.
The first half was like this, the Zen master was equivalent to tying a dead knot to the Knicks, the more you struggle, the more you have to lose, and the more desperately you struggle, the more miserable your death will be.
In this situation, the Knicks returned to the locker room in a state of sorrow. The whole army is in the midst of a great crisis.
Before meeting the Bulls, the Knicks relied on the hard work of their young people and the tenacity of the newborn calves who were not afraid of tigers, and they could always solve any difficulties they encountered.
But now that he has encountered the Bulls, many of the Knicks' shortcomings that are not shortcomings have been forced out by the Zen master.
The Knicks are very strong inside, there are all kinds of inside lines, and the Knicks lack nothing but some experience on the inside.
The Knicks' lineup is okay against the average team, but it suffers when it meets a lineup like the Bulls where the whole team is full of excellent defensive players!
The Bulls' interior line can be said to be the strongest interior defense in the league, and the outside Iguodala and Jimmy Butler are paired with Paul, and the defense is also at the forefront of the league, and what is even more terrifying is that under Paul's integration, the Bulls' offense is very reasonable, and the other four are not strong in their individual offenses, but they can score just right, coupled with Paul's own scoring ability, such a Bull is indeed terrible.
And today, the Knicks are missing another significant firepower, Rose, in this case. The outside line of the Knicks is basically that as long as Li Feng is strangled, no one else has too strong ability.
But it is almost impossible to strangle Li Feng without scoring, so the bull did the opposite, using a single defense of wheel warfare against Li Feng, limiting Li Feng as much as possible, and then severing the connection between Li Feng and others.
In this way, the shortcomings of the Knicks' weak outside ability are shown, and the Knicks' strongest interior line is not absolutely strong here in the Bulls, plus the lack of Monroe, the Bulls offset the Knicks' advantages with their own advantages, and then opened the Knicks' shortcomings.
This kind of strong dialogue is a shorter game than whose shortcomings are, in this kind of game, it is no problem for the Knicks to show a little bit of shortcomings in the game with others, but the Bulls are too strong, just a little bit of shortcomings are fatal injuries.
And now this injury, the Knicks have no way to make up for it.
At half-time, Tyberdeau's side began to encourage Vucevic and Jones, who are capable of playing alone, hoping that these two can open the gap in the opponent's defense. At the same time, on Li Feng's side. Tyberdu asked Li Feng to cause damage and find opportunities to pass the ball to his teammates.
Tyberdu has a lot of requirements, and they are also very high, let Vucevic go to the inside line of the Bulls alone, if Vucevic does not break out, it is extremely difficult!
Jones is not the main offensive player at all, his style is to play support, so that Li Feng has to cause damage and pass the ball well, which is also a bit high. Li Feng himself couldn't find a way to accomplish this kind of task.
In this situation, the Knicks are still very embarrassed.
Yu Jia and Bill Wharton. Including a lot of ball commentary, at this time they all commented that the Bulls took the absolute initiative in the game.
In this case, the second half of the game finally began, and the Bulls still cut Li Feng at the beginning of the second half.
In this case, the Knicks did not hit Li Feng first this time, but let Vucevic play the low post first.
Vucevic also wants to replicate the miracle of the last game when he gets the ball, and Vucevic also plays very, very hard.
But there is indeed a big gap between him and Okafor, Vucevic can't bear Okafor, and the height and weight of the two people are there. Vučević also has no advantage on footsteps.
Vucevic is really desperate at this time, but he can't beat Okafor, this reality is cruel.
Vucevic's successive attacks failed, and Vucevic even ate two caps under Okafor's iron palm.
As a result, the Knicks' offense still doesn't work. The Bulls' offense wasn't very sharp, but it was solid.
The Bulls continued to widen the difference, and at this time Tyberdu replaced Jones, and Jones was not a strong material to play.
Met the average team. Jones's low-post skills can still solve some problems, but when he encounters the Bulls' twin towers, Jones's low-post ability is not enough, and it is not accurate to rely on outside three-pointers.
The Knicks came up in the third quarter. Hoping to find a breakthrough from somewhere else, the result is failure.
Seeing that the score difference is getting bigger and bigger, Li Feng is psychology is getting more and more anxious, this game is too critical, losing to the Bulls is equivalent to losing two games to others, losing one can never chase back, and you can't lose a game.
So at this time, Li Feng finally couldn't help it, he has never been the kind of player who can endure.
At this time, the Knicks played another low post, but Jones couldn't carry Howard a little, turned around and passed the basketball to Li Feng, and then Jones pulled out of the ball to shoot a three-pointer, but at this time Okafor immediately helped defend the ball and left Vucevic to Howard.
Jones's side is completely locked up, and the Bulls' defensive intensity will not lose to the Celtics' chain defense once it comes up.
Li Feng was holding the ball outside the three-point line at this time, and he was unhappy in his heart, very unhappy! He was now standing on the court like a beast standing inside a cage, all his movements restrained.
From the body to the heart, there is a desire to break free. Hope, this desire. Hope made Li Feng's blood surge, wanting to smash everything in this world, and wanting to smash the entire United Center Arena.
Under this emotion, Li Feng was also really angry! The defender who didn't even look in front of him suddenly pulled up and threw a three-pointer.
Li Feng's three-point shot was not aimed at the basket, but towards the rebound, and Li Feng's three-point shot "Bang!" It hit the rebound with a bang, and then slammed into the basket.
Li Feng threw a three-pointer, a very unreasonable three-point shot!
As soon as this three-point shot was shot, Li Feng's fans were happy, and they finally saw Li Feng's wonderful performance again.
But at the same time, Phil Jackson was also happy, Li Feng's forced shot was what he wanted to see the most.
The more Li Feng made such a forced shot, the happier he became. Phil Jackson is not Jerry Sloan, and Sloan Sr. is everything built on reason.
The Zen master's triangular attack is based on the unreasonable foundation of the superstar, and the triangular attack can only be established if there is that unstoppable offensive tip, otherwise it will not be able to be beaten. Therefore, the Zen master's tactical concept cannot be measured by reason, he really saw that it is better to let Li Feng play alone than to let Li Feng play with the whole Knicks team, and the Zen master made a multiple-choice question.
Li Feng threw a three-pointer, and on the defensive end, he desperately fought with Paul, trying to defend Paul.
But at this time, when Paul saw that Li Feng was in a hurry, he was not in a hurry. Paul was paranoid, but he also knew what to do. didn't compete with Li Feng with the ball, and came up and passed the ball to Howard.
At this time, the Knicks played the inside combination of Vucevic and Jones, this combination is strong enough to play the average team, but it is weaker against the Bulls, Howard takes the ball here to play Vucevic, holds it high, turns and shoots an easy shot.
Li Feng glanced at the team's inner line, and felt even more hated and unhappy. Just let the bull pinch to death silently, this is not Li Feng's style.
In the fifth minute of the third quarter, the Bulls led the Knicks by 14 points, 64-50, and the Knicks spent five minutes trying to attack from other offensive ends, but all failed.
At this moment, Li Feng's anger came up, and this feeling of being shackled made Li Feng anxious and angry, after being silent for a while. Li Feng finally couldn't help but break out.
On the Bulls' side, Howard played again, and then the Bulls interfered with the Knicks' tee shot a little.
was slightly interfered with by the Bulls, and the Knicks' fast break couldn't be played. The Knicks only sent the basketball to Li Feng's hands with a high lob.
Li Feng took the ball and quickly advanced, and in front of Li Feng, Iguodala was still trying his best to defend Li Feng.
The Bulls' defense is not a laissez-faire defense. Instead, he used a single man to give him the most defensive pressure, while cutting off Li Feng's connection with other players.
In this case, Li Feng's personal offensive ability has been weakened to a certain extent, and more importantly, the connection between Li Feng and the team as a whole has been weakened.
Li Feng took the ball and pushed over at this time. Iguodala retreated step by step, staring at Li Feng step by step, and Li Feng was quite unhappy that Iguodala was so defended.
It's also in a situation where I'm in a bad mood. Li Feng was still half a step away from the three-point line, and a crotch dribble was pulled up and it was an unreasonable three-point shot.
Iguodala stepped back a little to defend Li Feng, Li Feng was so unreasonable to pull up and shoot a three-pointer, he had no way to defend.
And when Yu Jia saw Li Feng's obviously vindictive shot, he also sighed on the side:
"Oops! Li Feng: This is too anxious."
When Bill Wharton was also criticizing Li Feng in words, the basketball hit the rebound with a "bang", and then immediately rebounded into the Bulls' basket.
Li Feng came up and actually made another three-point shot! There is no reason at all, and I will give you a moment when I come up.
This boosted the morale of the Knicks' fans, Li Feng hit two unreasonable three-pointers in a row, and he was full of anger, which was a very unreasonable ball, but it was hit like this.
Li Feng hit two in a row, and Yu Jia also changed his words:
"Li Feng is really anxious, but his ability is too strong, so he shoots like this, I really can't imagine that he can't shoot anything."
Bill Wharton also shook his head and said:
"Li Feng is obviously impatient, he has already made a big mistake, but he can still shoot when everything is wrong. All I can say is the charm of basketball! ”
Li Feng is unreasonable and single-handedly pumping and shooting three-point shots, and it is false for the Bulls to say that they are not afraid in this state.
Li Feng has done a lot of crazy things, and this one is not bad, for the sake of insurance, Phil Jackson still pulled Gibson up at this time.
At this critical moment, Phil Jackson made another multiple-choice question, and he used Gibson to defend Li Feng even if he let Li Feng break through, he would not let Li Feng shoot three points.
Li Feng hit two three-pointers in a row to chase the score to 66-56, and the difference between the two teams was 10 points.
The bull came over again at this point. But it was still very open, Butler took the ball and pushed it over, passed the ball to Okafor on the baseline, Okafor pressed a little, and passed the basketball from the baseline to Paul in the opposite corner.
Paul took the ball and raised his hand to a mid-range, and the Bulls immediately chased back 2 points, compared with the Knicks' offense, the offense on the Bulls' side is much more reasonable, and the inside and outside gatherings and large-scale transfers have been done.
As a team, the Bulls are still very stable, and the points are also extremely stable, and the Bulls retreat immediately after scoring points.
With these 2 points, Phil Jackson is also very relieved of his team, because the team is in good shape now!
The Knicks are indeed playing a little difficult now, Dragic controlled the ball to the Bulls' half, and he didn't know how to handle the basketball, and passed the ball to Vucevic, who was really difficult to play Howard, and he could only pass the basketball to Li Feng.
At this time, Li Feng's heart is clear, he has already gotten out of his mind, I don't care about anything, I just want to do it myself.
At the first moment when Li Feng received the ball, his body leaned slightly towards the front, and when Iguodala moved under his feet, Li Feng pulled it up and said, "Brush!" "Another three-pointer.
"Brush!"
Li Feng's three points hit again! All of a sudden, countless fans in China cheered in front of the TV.
The Knicks' bench players also jumped up, and Li Feng's performance in the first half was very good, but it didn't seem to be like this. Nima! There is no reason, it is just an infinite dry pull.
Three-point shots are still there!
Such destructive power and unreasonableness have reached the extreme.
So all of a sudden, the Knicks cheered excitedly, it was too uncomfortable to be suppressed by the Bulls, and the Knicks were very excited once they found an opportunity to fight back. (To be continued......)