Chapter 514: Leave it to me
In the fourth quarter, Li Feng's most important task is no longer to score, he has many teammates who can score. And the team needs more defense, so Li Feng put more experience into defense.
Li Feng was on the court in the fourth quarter, helping defense on the outside, sticking on the inside, grabbing rebounds, and doing all the dirty work.
With Li Feng defending in the middle, the Knicks are inside, and the offense on the outside is open.
Li Feng mainly helped his teammates score in the fourth quarter and did the basic work himself, while the Spurs tried to give full play to their interior height advantage, and Duncan and Split both made a lot of strong shots under the basket.
The two teams were so deadlocked until the sixth minute of the fourth quarter, when Kirilenko was fouled five times by Duncan.
Tyberdu immediately replaced Kirilenko with Cousins a few minutes later.
The Spurs also replaced Ginobili, who had just brought the bench lineup, back, and the two teams made minor adjustments to the lineup.
The Spurs also tied the Knicks again in the score, 99-99.
Both teams have fought to this point, they are already exhausted, and all their energy is used.
In the next round, the Knicks played again, and the offensive efficiency also dropped significantly. Because the physical exertion at this time is too great, the mental exhaustion is also very serious.
The offensive efficiency of the Knicks' side has declined, and the Spurs are not much better than the Knicks, and the Spurs' players are older and physically exhausted faster, although they are more mentally tough, but sometimes the spirit alone is not enough.
The Knicks made a slight substitution, and the offensive efficiency was greatly reduced when they came back. And mistakes started to occur in the game.
In this state, both teams did not score for 2 minutes, and then both teams made mistakes and went to the free throw line.
By the 9th minute of the fourth quarter, the scores of the two teams were still deadlocked at 103-104, and the Knicks were only leading by 1 point at this time.
In this case, Li Feng naturally saw it, but Li Feng was not in a hurry at this time, his concentration was still focused on defense.
Because Li Feng believes that he has the ability to dominate the game at the last moment, and at this time, Li Feng is also in urgent need of physical strength, when several Spurs generals take turns to shoot. The team can withstand. Li Feng's physical strength will accumulate more abundantly.
Seeing that the time for the end of the game was approaching, Li Feng was about to take over the game.
The Spurs jumped out first to stir up the storm, and the Spurs hit at this time, and Ginobili, who hadn't shot for a long time, suddenly ran a no-ball run.
When Smith went to chase. Ginobili slyly made a small circle. Turn back and step back to take the ball and shoot quickly.
"Brush!"
After such a stalemate. Ginobili's three-pointer shot straight through the Knicks' heart like a cold arrow.
The Spurs suddenly led the Knicks, 106-104, and the two teams have been deadlocked. After the stalemate reached its worst, it was the Spurs who took the lead in launching a counterattack.
The Spurs finally overtook the score, the Knicks came over at this time, Li Feng still didn't move, he wanted to see the state of his teammates at the most rear.
However, at this time, the Knicks' players were almost at their limit, and the team's physical strength and will have gone through a lot of hardships, Livingston and Smith passed the ball to each other, Monroe couldn't get stuck on the inside, and Cousins came out to take the ball and forced a long shot, but was interfered with by Duncan.
The Knicks failed to attack in another round, and Li Feng also knew when he saw this scene, his teammates did not have much strength on the offensive end, and he had to take over the game, and his teammates needed themselves.
And at this time, the Spurs hit the ball and stumbled, after all, the Spurs also consumed a lot.
Duncan was still in the low post at this time, but it was a little difficult to hit Monroe, he turned and shot, and the basketball missed.
At this time, the Spurs immediately participated in the competition for rebounds in the front court, and Li Feng also hit the basket like a whirlwind at this time.
However, Li Feng's luck in grabbing rebounds today was not very good, and the basketball did not jump towards him, but jumped to Split on the other side.
Split took the ball and turned around and passed to Parker, Parker took the ball and didn't shoot from a distance, only a ferocious breakthrough to take a step, Parker further compressed the Knicks' defense, and then passed the basketball to Ginobili outside.
Ginobili just had a three-pointer, Li Feng and Smith pounced together, but Ginobili calmly made a horizontal pass, and the basketball went directly to Leonard's hands.
Leonard was a big step from the three-point line and took the ball to shoot a three-pointer.
"Huh!"
Leonard's three-pointer also hit, 109-104, the Spurs were more than 2 points after the end of the game, overtaking the score, and it was 5 points.
At this time, the ATT arena was suddenly full of cheers, and Joan Barry also shouted excitedly.
"Spurs are so tenacious, as long as the game is not over, Spurs will not give up and will not lose! This is the typical Spurs, and now the Spurs are 5 points ahead of the Knicks, and the advantage is all in the hands of the Spurs. ”
"With two minutes left in the game, it's really hard to get Spurs ahead, it's really hard to get back."
Bill Wharton also agreed with Joan Barry at this time, after all, the Spurs' defense is too sticky and difficult to break.
was broken at the last moment, and the Knicks were indeed hit by a lot of impact, and at this time Tyberdu hurriedly called a timeout.
The Knicks were all back on the bench, and Tyberdu wasn't too nervous at this time, and he said a little casually:
"Now it's the end of the game and Spurs have a five-point lead, but it doesn't matter. The important thing is that for us the game has just begun, Li Feng, and now I will leave the comparison to you to control. ”
When Li Feng heard Taibodu say this, he also immediately said:
"Those old Spurs guys don't have much physical strength, as long as you hold on and attack me, I won't let you down, and I haven't let you down, right!"
Li Feng is at the last moment. One person stood up and said the words, and suddenly the Knicks' mentality was different.
At this time, the Knicks players realized that Li Feng had not been powerful for a long time, and if Li Feng did not exert his power, this game could not be said to be over.
So at this time, the mentality of the Knicks players was suddenly different, when the team's mentality was a little bit reversed.
Tyberdu tweaked tactically and personnel, replacing Smith, who had a poor touch today and was flawed defensively, for Dragic, and Kirilenko for Livingston.
Tyberdu's most rear-back lineup is more defensive, and on the offensive end. Tyberdu gave a key task to Livingston and Kirilenko. He wants Livingston and Kirilenko to hold the ball first, and then Li Feng to find an attacking position without the ball.
In this way, it can avoid Li Feng being caught in advance or not receiving the ball.
The suspension ends. The Spurs, for their part, have not made any changes to the lineup. Because the Spurs are already the strongest team.
The Knicks are back. Kirilenko tees off on the touchline and Livingston makes a gesture to catch the ball, but at this point Li Feng takes advantage of Dragic and Cousins to cover. Ran out of the far end and got a split second vacancy.
Kirilenko's best thing is long passes, and as soon as he saw Li Feng running out, he immediately threw the basketball into Li Feng's hands with a long pass.
When Li Feng got the ball, it was an empty position, and he pulled up and shot a quick three-pointer.
Li Feng wanted a clean three-point to catch up with the score, but as soon as he shot, Li Feng felt that he had defended too much before, and his hand was already a little cold, and the feeling of offense was gone.
The basketball smashed into the hoop, but it didn't hit. , Feng swore that he would take over the attack, but now he didn't score in the first shot.
At this time, when the Knicks players were stunned, Li Feng had already flown over, and when the Spurs had not yet reacted, the basketball point flew out of Split's head.
At this time, Dragic hurriedly went over and grabbed the ball, Dragic took the ball, Li Feng turned around and ran out, and stretched out his hand towards Dragic again.
Dragic saw that Li Feng's energy was so strong and he had such a great fighting spirit, so he immediately passed the ball to Li Feng.
Li Feng took the ball again, he knew that he didn't feel good, so he immediately changed his strategy and faced Leonard who came over on defense.
Li Feng accelerated a forced breakthrough and hit Leonard, Leonard took a dead step here, Li Feng did force Leonard to force Leonard again to the position near the basket, to this position.
Li Feng leaned on Leonard, raised his hand to make a shooting feint, and Li Feng raised his hand and Leonard flew.
Li Feng took advantage of this opportunity to get up and threw a shot under the basket, but Duncan came up to harass him when Li Feng made a shot, and Li Feng's shot missed again.
Li Feng missed three points, and the basket was not hit, at this time, when the fans' psychology was too late to be annoyed, Li Feng actually jumped up and took off the basketball between Duncan and Leonard.
The second time he grabbed the rebound in the front court, Li Feng quickly shot a left-handed hook hand, and this time Li Feng was finally able to hit the basketball.
Li Feng said to score, and sure enough, he got points, although the process was thrilling, but Li Feng is like this, once he can't conquer you with his feel, he can conquer you with his ass.
106-109, there are only 2 minutes left in the game, and the difference is 3 points.
Li Feng forced the score, ignored the Spurs' defense, and won the frontcourt rebound many times, which was a blow to the Spurs.
The basketball landed, and Duncan roared immediately when he reached the bottom line:
"Hell! We've lost our position, and that's not going to work. Call me back! ”
Although Leonard is the main player of the Spurs, Duncan is the spirit and banner of the Spurs.
With Duncan here, the fighting spirit of the Spurs will not be extinguished!
So at this time, the Spurs are not finished, and the Spurs are advancing again. Leonard took the lead on the flank, Leonard took the ball, and Li Feng defended it in one step.
Li Feng's body was completely tense at this time, and he was looking at Leonard with full attention, like a leopard staring at its prey.
Li Feng reached a peak physically, and in this way, Li Feng's spiritual will was also highlighted at once.
At this time, although Li Feng lowered his center of gravity and squatted in front of Leonard, in Leonard's feelings, Li Feng was like a hill, unshakable.
In the face of such a Li Feng, Leonard has nothing to do. took a hard step in front of Li Feng.
Then he retreated back, Leonard didn't have much to do with Li Feng, but he still had to attack at this time, so Leonard could only gamble on his feelings.
Retreated outside the three-point line and raised his hand to throw a three-point shot, Li Feng saw Leonard sneak attack and throw three points, Li Feng flew up and harassed Leonard like lightning.
Li Feng's harassment came too fast and too ruthlessly, full of momentum and oppressive force, under this oppressive force. Leonard misses a three-pointer.
At this time, Loew and Cousins under the Knicks' basket were also desperately stuck in the rebounding position. Cousins took the rebound into his arms.
Cousins held the ball tightly, and when there was no one else, he handed the basketball to Dragic.
Dragic came up with the ball, and Li Feng immediately signaled Dragic to play his low-post tactics. Li Feng had already tried it once. He knew that he didn't feel good today. Therefore, they avoided playing tactics that required projection, and chose the low-level tactics with the most lethality.
The Knicks came running, and Dragic and Kirilenko immediately played high pick-and-rolls. Dragic broke through and turned back to dismantle the basketball to Kirilenko, who took the ball and withdrew to 45 degrees, and in this position, Li Feng directly turned around and stuck Leonard behind him.
Leonard was behind Li Feng, although he wanted to destroy the ball, but at this time, Li Feng's body seemed to be a mountain and stuck Leonard behind him.
Leonard had some difficulty defending Li Feng here, and Duncan on one side wanted to help, at this time Li Feng took the ball and dribbled towards the line, causing the entire defensive center of gravity of the Spurs to move towards the line.
Duncan also moved a little step towards the bottom line, and with such a step, Li Feng suddenly turned around.
Twisting hard with his shoulder, he knocked Leonard to the side, twisted Leonard away, and Li Feng came towards the bottom line.
At this time, Duncan hurriedly came over to block the bottom line, Li Feng had no place to put his feet on the bottom line, but there was no place on the ground, and there was still in the air.
Li Feng jumped suddenly on the sideline, and suddenly jumped outside the sideline, Li Feng flew to the outside of the sideline, behind the rebound, and Duncan had no way to do it this time.
But Li Feng flew out of the gang like this, but there was no angle, just when Duncan thought that Li Feng had no way out.
Li Feng shrank slightly in the air, and then his body expanded again, actually drawing a small arc, using this small arc, Li Feng shot behind the rebound, his arm stretched out from behind the rebound a little bit, and his hand rotated hard, the basketball wiped the board, and then it actually entered the Spurs' basket.
Li Feng also scored points on the rebound after a layup, copying Moses Malone's signature moves, which immediately made all the Knicks players extremely excited.
The Knicks' bench players all jumped out, desperately waving towels and yelling at Li Feng.
The Knicks players on the court also pounced one by one to celebrate passionately with Li Feng, and Li Feng celebrated with his teammates one by one after he landed. While celebrating, Li Feng also shouted:
"See! Leave it to me, we're going to win, trust me, people have to believe me. ”
Li Feng was still cheering up his teammates at this time, and at this time, the Knicks' teammates were really convinced of Li Feng.
Li Feng grabbed two points again, and the scores of the two teams were rewritten to 108-109, and the Spurs still had an endless advantage in the previous moment, but in the blink of an eye, Li Feng successfully beat two consecutive rounds, and the difference was instantly shortened to 1 point.
This result made the Spurs fans and players calm down suddenly, and even Joan Barry was also surprised when he was on the side:
"Li Feng's two attacks are too rebellious, and they both scored under impossible circumstances. Li Feng is really a Chinese miracle! ”
Li Feng made a super tough hit, a shocking rebound and a layup, and both offenses showed a super momentum, which is the feeling that if I want to score, I will definitely get points.
In this case, the Spurs turned around and played again, and they played more cautiously.
At this time, the Spurs were at the very end of the game, and at the most critical stage, they also activated the star mode. Because this model is the safest, but also the simplest and most reliable.
The basketball went directly into the hands of Leonard on the wing, and Leonard came up to do one-on-one singles with Li Feng.
It was not easy for Leonard to play Li Feng today, but now in this must-have situation, Leonard still took the ball and turned his eyes firmly, play!
Leonard and Li Feng struggled, and they also figured out one thing, there is no hope of beating Li Feng hard, and if you want to beat Li Feng, you can only use the rhythm, or use the cheat foul, and the cheat foul must read the referee's scale. At this time, the Spurs could not afford to gamble, so Leonard had to use the rhythm to play.
Leonard's first step in getting the ball was to step back, retreating half a step backwards to prevent Li Feng from giving full play to his physical advantages, and then Leonard changed direction under his crotch, then stabbed forward again, and then stepped back again.
Leonard's retreat steps of two consecutive amplitudes and different speeds made Li Feng fall into a rhythm that could not be tightened or loosened.
Leonard paralyzed Li Feng with rhythm, and then when Li Feng's steps were a little messy, Leonard made a half-turned feint, and Li Feng leaned forward.
Leonard suddenly turned around and passed Li Feng half of his body, if Leonard was fast at this moment, he would have passed Li Feng.
But Li Feng's speed is the top in the league, he didn't completely pass Li Feng this time, Li Feng was behind Leonard, and seized the opportunity of the moment and clicked on Leonard's basketball at once.
Li Feng's ball was indeed destroyed, but the basketball jumped out of the penalty area, but Duncan was a ferocious hiter, knocking Kirilenko to the side, and Duncan bent down to pick up the basketball.
Duncan picked up the basketball with a hidden move, Kirilenko was also anxious when he was bullied, and went over to defend Duncan, Li Feng saw that his defensive results were swallowed, and he also flew over to defend Duncan closely.
Duncan was sandwiched between Kirilenko and Li Feng like a hamburger, so that he had no way to attack, but he hoisted the basketball high and hoisted it into the hands of Split on the other side.
Split got the basketball at this time, and he also understood that there was no way back, and this guy slammed into Cousins fiercely.
Split's collision was not only ferocious, but also full of malice, and Split was going to eat people.
Cousins is more ruthless than evil, he can't compare to Split, so he softened a little at this critical moment, and just like that, Split squeezed the space out of the basket, and Split, who won the space, wiped the board and scored two points. (To be continued......)