Chapter 857: Shame and Courage

After the first big game, the second game between the Pelicans and Grizzlies continued at the New Orleans Arena, and while the Grizzlies were low-key, Pelican fans were anything but low-key......

Pelican fans are not only not very low-key, but also very high-profile, these fans hold up the 1-o placard, and then cheer loudly on the sidelines, and the fans are indulging in beer.

This is their festival, and in this festival, the biggest joy that Pelican fans get is that the Pelicans are moving forward.

The Pelicans' victory was a source of joy for them, with the New Orleans arena partying and the Pelicans players confident they could win.

On their home court, both strength and home court advantage can give the Pelicans a win over the Grizzlies.

Li Feng also thought the same, he didn't think that he would lose to the Grizzlies, he didn't think about such a problem at all.

When he came out of the locker room, Li Feng faced reporters' questions.

Li Feng even praised Haikou:

"The victory must belong to our Pelicans, and the Pelicans will definitely satisfy the fans at home."

The second playoff game between the Pelicans and the Grizzlies began, and the Pelicans still have a lineup here with point guard Rose, scoring guard Arenas, small forward Li Feng, power forward Millsap, and center Al Jefferson.

The Grizzlies' players have also not changed anything, point guard Conley, shooting guard Prince, small forward Tony Allen, power forward Zach Randolph, and center Marc Gasol.

The Grizzlies and Pelicans are very solid, with no changes to either team.

The referee blew a whistle in the middle circle and threw the basketball into the sky, at this time Al Jefferson and Gasol Jr. jumped together to compete for the basketball, Al Jefferson originally had a slight advantage, but today jumped together, Al Jefferson felt a little different.

Gasol Jr. seems to be desperate. This kind of desperateness is not roaring and roaring, but a repressed, suppressed desperate effort that explodes the whole body.

The basketball fell into Conley's hands all of a sudden, and Conley's movements with the ball were very condensed, but it made people feel that Conley's monograph and determination were extremely huge today.

Gasol Jr. and Randolph came up and covered Conley continuously, and after two covers in succession, Conley finally got rid of Li Feng, and then this guy flew directly into the Pelican's paint area.

The Pelicans' paint district is a dangerous place right now, and that's not a lie, with the twin towers of Millsap and Al Jefferson. They are very strong defensively, both of them have a certain amount of defensive ability, they have good footwork, and they have height.

Both of these guys defend with their feet, and the two guys are stacked together, which can almost make the Pelicans' defense on the interior airtight.

But these two people are not without flaws, these two people also have big flaws, Al Jefferson is born without explosiveness in the bounce, and his defense can do the impact. It can be interfered with, but crisp hot pot is rare, but it is a defensive means based on footwork and supplemented by interference.

Millsap's bouncing ability is not good. As long as the defensive method has also become a foot-based and interference-assisted means, such two defenders, although they have a sense of existence at any time on the inside, but the deterrent effect is not very large.

Blocks and jams can both make the opponent's defense fail. But the difference in deterrence is enormous.

That's all the Pelicans can find fault with the inside, and at this time, Conley rushed up like a laughing cannonball and crashed directly into Al Jefferson's arms. Conley is a hard layup, holding his body as a cannonball.

If Al Jefferson had Howard's ability, he would have slapped Conley to death there, but Al Jefferson didn't have this ability, so he could only raise his hands as high as possible, and Conley threw the basketball vigorously towards the heights.

Conley did this, which was a bit unreasonable, but he really sent the basketball to the basket.

Conley actually forced a layup on Al Jefferson's head, which was the first game of the Grizzlies' opening game.

The Grizzlies hit such a ball in the opening game, which immediately alerted Van Gundy, and he felt that the Grizzlies felt different to them today, and the Grizzlies players played an abnormal monograph and were extremely ferocious today.

This kind of ferocity is very palpitating, as long as the Grizzly Bears player recognizes the bad Grizzlies, he will not look back and rush forward to send the basketball to the opponent's basket, just like Conley's layup, which clearly does not make any sense, it is a layup by a center, but even so, Conley still sent the basketball to the opponent's basket.

Van Gundy was alarmed, and he yelled at his players from the sidelines:

"Cheer me up, give me focus."

Van Gundy is yelling, but it's not something he can solve with two words, it's like a lot of things, it's not born in you, you don't know what's going on, at this time the Pelicans haven't realized the horror of today's grizzly bears.

Even Li Feng didn't appreciate this kind of terrible, Li Feng passed the basketball to Arenas at halftime, and Arenas, who was very good in the last game, immediately encountered Prince's crazy defense.

Prince's backhand madness improved significantly, Arenas couldn't shoot himself, but looking back, Conley simply took a step forward to cut off his connection with Li Feng, and he could only pass the basketball to Millsap on the inside.

Millsap has been in great form lately, and when Li Feng is under pressure, he can immediately get the team up and running, and Millsap has got the basketball, and he is feeling the pressure now.

Because the game has just started now, Zach Randolph behind him has frequently imposed black hands on himself, and the pressure on this defense is still very great, Millsap wanted to dribble to a better position under the basket, but as soon as he moved, Wallace, who was behind him, immediately blacked his hand and immediately removed his basketball.

This time Randolph's movement was quite fast, the basketball in Millsap's hand was removed, and the basketball fell into the hands of Prince of the Grizzlies.

An accident made the Pelicans players realize at once that today's game was very different, and they didn't see the difference.

Prince, who got the basketball, ran fast. This rhythm is also different from the grizzly bear before, the grizzly bear before the rhythm was very slow, but today the grizzly bear's rhythm is a little different, at least now the grizzly bear's rhythm is a little fast.

This kind of Pelicans players are a little uncomfortable, to the front court Prince Ma pass Tony Allen, Tony Allen on the left 45 degrees to catch the ball, get the basketball Tony Allen towards the middle fast dribble breakthrough.

Tony Allen completely suppressed Rose and came directly from the middle, two or three steps to the Pelicans' basket, and then Tony Allen flew up and dunked with one hand, and the basketball was tightly buttoned into the Pelicans' basket.

Listen to the loud "clang" of your own basket. At this time, Li Feng's heart began to feel very uncomfortable, it is indeed a very uncomfortable thing, this is being forcibly killed.

At this time, Li Feng received the ball at the bottom line, and then yelled loudly at his teammates:

"Pay attention to everyone, now we are attacking steadily, saying that, Li Feng raised his hand and he gestured to his teammates."

At this moment, Li Feng's roar still played a certain role, and the Pelicans players, who were a little unresponsive, immediately refocused and advanced towards the Grizzlies half.

Li Feng's gesture to his teammates is a low-post offense in the half, and this tactic is not the best for the Pelicans. It's not the one that best reflects the characteristics of the Pelicans now, but it's really the most stable tactic, and the use of such tactics will inevitably slow down the pace of the game. Alleviate the impact that the pelicans are now subjected to.

Millsap naturally got into the Grizzlies' half, and the Grizzlies are a very disciplined team, with Pelicans players covering and helping to get stuck. opened up the space, then pulled the defender away, and finally Li Feng passed the basketball to Millsap on the inside. As soon as Millsap got his hands on the basketball, he immediately dribbled twice in a row against Randolph.

Randolph and Millsap are also old rivals, and both know each other better, and both have some knack for defending each other based on their opponents' technical and physical characteristics.

Randolph felt that the most effective way to defend Millsap was to suppress Millsap, move the center downwards, and prevent Millsap from jumping and not letting Millsap get up, which is the best way to defend Millsap.

It's the same today, Millsap turned around twice, but he was still pressed by the opponent and couldn't jump, since he couldn't jump, Millsap simply didn't jump!

He didn't use a hook hand but used a shot similar to a shot, lifting the basketball with one hand and throwing it hard towards the basket.

Millsap's shot was like a one-handed anti-aircraft shot, the basketball flew out very fast, and the rhythm was a little weird, Randolph couldn't defend it, so he could only take Millsap to make such a move and send the basketball to his own basket.

The pelican really looked a little more stable, and it began to slowly become more stable.

At this time, Van Gundy nodded from the sidelines, and he was very satisfied with Li Feng's choice of low post attack when he was a little out of control.

Commentating on today's game are ABC's Hubie Brown and Rick Smitz, and Rick Smitz said at this time:

"It looks like the Pelicans are a little bit slow to heat up today, their hands and feet aren't fully warm, and if they're fully hot, things will be easier."

But Hubbie Brown said at this time:

"I think the pelican is still very dangerous today, the grizzly bear has been very determined and murderous so far, and the pelican does not have this murderous aura."

"Do you remember how the Pelicans lost to the Bulls, it was because of pride and lack of determination to kill each other with a knife, I didn't see these two things in the Pelicans today."

Hubby Brown said this, Rick Schmitts was naturally unhappy, but there was no way, Hubby Brown's status in the American basketball world is very high, and it takes courage to contradict Hubby Brown, and Rick Smith does not have this courage.

But in his heart, Rick Smitz feels that the Pelicans will not lose, absolutely will not lose, because this is the Pelicans, and the Pelicans not only have excellent players, but also excellent head coaches.

Rick Smitz has that confidence, and so do all the fans at the New Orleans Arena.

The Grizzlies arrived at the Pelicans' half, and Prince took advantage of his teammates' cover. Dribbling to the side and back, the defender scored two points with ease, and the Grizzlies were so resolute that even Prince was able to fully unleash his team's will to fight.

Now in the game, Li Feng can also see that the Grizzlies are absolutely different from usual today, and they are absolutely different from the first game, if the first game Grizzlies are 100% desperate.

So the Grizzlies are in a situation where they are 120 percent playing desperately, and everybody, every second, every ball is playing desperately. out of their own ability to attack.

What is needed at this time is the pelican's ability to withstand the pressure, if the pelican can't withstand the pressure, then the final outcome will be very miserable, Li Feng believes in this, victory is won by slaughtering the opponent, not by waiting.

Li Feng received the basketball when he reached the bottom line, and then stretched out his finger to his players, Li Feng's code to his teammates was very simple, this was Li Feng's own special tactic to open the back door.

What is used is Li Feng's physical superiority against the small players of other teams. Attacking under the basket, Li Feng wants to open the back door by himself at this time, in fact, his idea is very simple.

The Grizzlies played so crazy today, the average score can't be suppressed. If you want to score, you have to come to a fierce one, what kind of score is the most fierce, Li Feng thinks that the air relay is.

And whether you can complete the air relay depends on yourself, because the Pelicans have to drive behind. So in the Grizzlies' half, Millsap and Al Jefferson were very high up, and the rest of the Pelicans' players were also concentrated in the high post and the top of the arc, which looked a little weird.

It's all on top and it's standing like a flying saucer. This position is actually very commonly used by the Cavaliers, in order to allow LeBron to swing his wing breakthrough ability, or simply the ability to complete the offense under the basket.

The position has been stood, Li Feng turned around and ran towards the basket, Li Feng's degree is average, but Conley still can't keep Li Feng, Li Feng got to the Grizzlies' basket, Millsap immediately threw the basketball in on the outside.

Li Feng jumped up under the basket, flew up and received the basketball, this aerial relay was still a little far away from the basket, and he couldn't complete the aerial relay, so Li Feng received the basketball and threw it lightly behind him, throwing the basketball to the basket.

Li Feng's play was very simple, and his movements were very gentle, Conley could only watch Li Feng play like this under the basket, and sent the basketball into his own basket.

The basketball fell into the Grizzlies' hoop, and the New Orleans arena immediately erupted in cheers, and the Pelicans finally began to fight back.

Li Feng just had an air relay here, and he immediately attacked on the side of the Grizzlies, and today's Grizzlies are like the Iron Army, without any fear at all, and these players have a suppressed anger in their bodies.

The Grizzlies immediately arrived at the Pelicans' position, and then began to methodically conduct the basketball in the Pelicans' half, allowing the basketball to pass around the three-point line non-stop, non-stop.

Basketball is in the hands of the Grizzlies players, but now the basketball is also in the Pelicans' halfcourt.

After continuous ball guidance and running, the Grizzlies finally tore apart the Pelicans' defense, and the basketball passed to the hands of Tony Allen in the bottom corner, and Li Feng, who had already rotated to defend himself, carelessly pounced forward.

Li Feng pounced directly, Tony Allen dodged sideways over his shoulder, dodged Li Feng over, and then Tony Allen came directly to a three-point shot on the bottom line, and this three-point shot gave people a feeling of being extremely resolute.

The basketball easily fell into the Pelicans' basket, at this time Li Feng knew that there was trouble, judging from the ball just now, the Grizzly Bear not only has combat effectiveness, but also has full confidence and patience.

In his own half, he patiently passed the basketball, waited for the opportunity, and after the opportunity appeared, he paused and shot a three-pointer.

The Grizzly Bear is absolutely different today but the first two days, this is definitely different, it is a word that shocked Li Feng himself, today's Grizzly Bear is resolute, brave, and when they do some actions and tactics, nothing can stop them from continuing.

At this time, Li Feng knew that after the Grizzlies lost the first game, the entire Grizzlies team was holding back in the hotel and training ground, and the anger they held back was intense anger.

Because the Grizzlies players feel like they're losing. The pelicans came up with no tricks, which made them feel extremely ashamed, and it was precisely because of this shame that the grizzly bear came today to shade the ferocity.

With an extremely ferocious posture, he launched a crazy attack towards the Pelicans, and the Grizzlies' attack was not to ignore a qiē, but to suppress the anger, and then attack calmly, and when the time came to attack, he would never be soft.

Li Feng wants to reorganize the team and start a low-post attack again. But soon there was chaos, Millsap was trapped, and then Rose's three-point shot from the outside failed.

The grizzly bear became more ferocious, but the pelicans were still attacking the way they were, so it looked like the pelicans were powerless.

It couldn't be fully swinged, the basketball hit the basket and bounced back, and then the Grizzlies got the basketball again.

The Grizzlies, who got the basketball, began to attack the Pelicans' half court with that oppressive wildness.

By this time, Van Gundy had noticed that his team was in a very bad state. This state is called numbness, and they should have felt the ferocity of the grizzly bear today.

Now the grizzly bear is like a wolf, like a depressed wolf, suppressing its own blood. Suppressing their desires, as soon as the slightest opportunity arises, these wolves will rush forward and tear all their opponents apart.

Conley was on the sidelines. Non-stop movement, non-stop looking for opportunities, after doing a few covers in a row. Li Feng barely kept up with Conley's footsteps, but at this time, Conley suddenly broke through.

Conley who added a breakthrough was very fierce, but his defender was Li Feng, and almost when he got to the basket, Conley realized that the route he broke through was not to reach the basket at all, but to get farther and farther away from the basket.

A drifting shot is already a difficult goal, and such a drifting shot is even more difficult, Conley himself is drifting, and the basketball thrown out is also drifting.

Such a fluctuating basketball passed over Li Feng's hand a little weirdly, and then easily landed in the Pelican's basket.

Conley's shot was very floating, and the goal was a little weird, but after all, the goal was scored.

Now, the Grizzlies are not just crazy, but they have become a little magical, and Li Feng is no stranger to this situation, whenever a team is in very good shape, and the fighting spirit of the whole team is very sufficient, they often play this kind of basketball that seems to be a dribbling balloon.

Li Feng is very familiar with this, which is a sign that the morale and skills of the whole team have climbed to each other.

But the problem now is that my opponent is playing this kind of basketball, and my team is still a little numb, and this numbness will make the team unlucky.

In the commentary seat, Hubby Brown also began to say:

"The Grizzlies played very well today, they simply played very well, and so far the Grizzlies have held down the Pelicans in terms of momentum and technique."

Rick Smitz was eager to find some argument to overturn Hubbie Brown's claims, but he couldn't find them.

When the Pelicans stepped up their defense, the Grizzlies played several dribbles that hurt the Pelicans' morale in a row, and in this way, the Grizzlies gradually took the lead.

Pelican fans, who arrived at the Concela Center and waited to see the victory, gradually fell silent.

The current situation is not very good, they have also seen this, the Pelicans want to change the situation on the court, want to bring the momentum back, but the Grizzlies are like wolves to protect their victory, and they don't want to let a step, and the Pelicans compete again and again.

As a result, at the end of the first half, the Grizzlies led the Pelicans by 12 points, 51-39.

The Pelicans were beaten miserably by the Grizzlies today, scoring 39 points at halftime, which is not the usual level of the Pelicans at all, but today's Grizzlies' defense seems to be like an iron bucket formation, leaving no chance for the Pelicans' players at all. (To be continued......)

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