Chapter 887: Going Crazy
Li Feng understands what Van Gundy means, and everyone should be able to understand that Van Gundy's request to everyone is to let everyone play tougher, play harder, and completely increase the intensity of the game, don't let the Grizzlies continue to play so easily, and let them know that playing with the Pelicans will not have an easy result.
At the end of the timeout, the Pelicans players returned to the court, opening with the Pelicans possession.
At this time in the game, the Pelicans' rhythm of the game suddenly slowed down, and the speed suddenly became very slow, which is a strange change, when the Pelicans played fast-paced basketball in front, in fact, the pressure on the Grizzlies was still very high, so they had to pay a little attention, and the Pelicans scored points from themselves, as long as they didn't pay attention to it, they could score points on the Grizzlies.
The grizzly bear is still very afraid of the pelican playing fast-paced, and now that the pelican himself has suddenly lowered the tempo, how can the grizzly bear not rejoice, the pelican is not only slow down, but also seems to have become simpler from the style of play.
Li Feng came over and passed the ball, Rose also understood what Van Gundy said, turned around and hit Tony Allen's body, Rose played like this according to toughness, Tony Allen has not tasted Rose.
Now Rose came over and sat Tony Allen out of the way at once, and Robert Pera, who was watching the game on the sidelines, immediately got up and yelled at the referee, wanting to call a foul, but the referee was not strong Robert Pera at all.
That's all Ross can do, that's all I can do. But I did the best, even when the referee couldn't find the slightest fault, when Tony Allen was sat down and caught up. Rose had come close to cleverly passing the basketball to Millsap on the inside.
Millsap got the basketball and sat back unceremoniously on Randolph's body, aren't you calling for wind and rain on the offensive end, and I'm also consuming your body on the offensive end now.
Millsap is a smart insider, he knows his own pounds, so he's not completely stupid to force an attack, but to attack while keeping an eye on what's going on around him, right now. He saw Li Feng quickly plugging in from the side.
Seeing Li Feng coming, Millsap knew that there was a door, but he threw the basketball towards the back of the basket. This made Randolph under the basket stunned for a moment, and Marc Gasol on the other side of the basket thought that Millsap had thrown it around, and he wanted to go over to grab the rebound at the other end of the basket.
But he had just jumped. It felt like I was colliding with someone in the air. Li Feng grabbed in front of Marc Gasol, received the ball with both hands, and smashed the basketball directly into the Grizzly Bears' basket.
Marc Gasol, who was robbed of the parking space by Li Feng, looked at Li Feng in a daze, he didn't know where Li Feng came from, but the audience at the scene knew that at this time, the big screen in the New Orleans Arena was being replayed, and the footage of Li Feng rushing over to the air relay just now.
I saw Li Feng, starting from outside the three-point line, and ran past Tony Allen's side like a wind. Tony Aaron didn't even notice that a person had gotten in, and Marc Gasol, who had taken the position, didn't even notice who was behind him.
But with the basketball flying. Li Feng also flew up, and when he was in the air, Li Feng even dodged in the air in order to avoid Makgasol, and his body was tilted to the side, and then he caught the ball and dunked it violently.
Li Feng's aerial relay and tough offense marked the beginning of the Pelicans to move in another offensive direction.
Robert Pera was sitting on the sidelines at this time, he also felt that the atmosphere on the court was different, now the whole court was smelling of blood, the pelicans had begun to go crazy, they had begun to go crazy, this is the most dangerous place for the pelicans, the pelicans just played so delicately, the pelicans were not dangerous, and now this kind of crazy pelicans, crazy fighting is the most dangerous part, especially Li Feng, let this guy go crazy, it is not easy to defend at all.
Robert Pera hoped his opponent didn't go berserk, but he quickly realized he was wrong.
The Grizzlies are still covering from the high post, but this time from the high post to the Pelicans inside to get the momentum of Prince, Conley still has a slight advantage over Rose, and he knows it himself, so he came up and prepared to make a forced layup.
Li Feng has begun to enter a state of madness, his eyes shine when he sees Conley, Li Feng chased after him, it was a big cover, and then flew Conley's shot into the audience.
Li Feng himself didn't stop, he was too hard when he blocked it, and the center of gravity had not yet been found, Li Feng stumbled and rushed into the audience, Li Feng smashed into the audience at the New Orleans Arena, Li Feng was like a fish falling into the water, and waved his arms twice in the audience, indicating that he was swimming soon, and then crawled out of the audience.
The Grizzlies re-served, Prince made a three-point shot near the baseline, but missed, and the basketball was held by Henson under the basket, and it then passed the ball to Li Feng's hand, but at this time Li Feng suppressed the rhythm.
He held back the tempo and went towards the Grizzlies' half, and the Pelicans' tempo was very slow, which meant that the Pelicans had to play more meat. The fight of the body, the pelican really came over and it was the fight of the inside line.
Li Feng first took the initiative to make a layup, but missed, the basketball did not hit, Li Feng grabbed the rebound on the spot under the basket, and the rebound was not grabbed, Li Feng pointed the basketball into the hands of Rose on the outside.
Rose's feeling on the court at this time was completely out, this kind of messy ball, he didn't hurry, but turned around and stuck to Tony Allen in his own good way, and hit the Grizzlies inside twice in a row.
Suddenly, a back broke through and got into the inside line, just when everyone thought his head was short-circuited, Rose made an extremely clever pass into Li Feng's hand, Li Feng was still under the basket at this time, received a reverse dunk, and smashed the basketball to the Grizzly Bear's basket again.
Once again, the Pelicans scored inside in an extremely furious way. Now the Pelicans have changed the way they score, and instead of scoring in clever ways, they use a furious way.
The Pelicans changed their play. The Grizzlies also began to shift from outside offense to interior offense, and toward the end of the game, both teams chose to attack inside at a time when the fate of both teams was decided in the third quarter.
The Grizzlies and Pelicans engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand battle, with both teams being meat. The fight of the body unfolded an ugly game on the court.
The Pelicans and Grizzlies play an ugly game at the same time, and neither can do anything to the other. The two teams wrestled with each other from the beginning of the third quarter until the end of the third quarter, and there was still no way for each other to put their opponents to death.
Twisted a whole section. There was no winner, and in order to store enough body for the main players in the final quarter to decide the winner at the end, both teams began to replace substitutes. The Pelicans' bench player is point guard D.J. Augustin. Scoring guard Oladipo, small forward Caron Butler, power forward Thornton, center Henson.
On the Grizzlies' side, the benches are point guard Nick Caracis, scoring guard Loyle, small forward Mike Miller, power forward Ed Davis, and center Kufors.
The bench line-ups of the two teams are completely disproportionate. The Pelicans had too much of an advantage, so the bench players from both teams showed up. The Pelicans have an absolute advantage.
The Pelicans' players made a series of offensive successes, and the Pelicans were much ahead of the main team, but when it came to the bench, the Pelicans immediately opened up the point difference with the Grizzlies, and the Pelicans led the Grizzlies by almost 10 points.
85-76, the end of the third quarter of the game, at the end of the third quarter of the game, Li Feng happily stood up and high-fived DJ Augustin, and in the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies still had to send substitutes to play, and they had to wait until the end to fight the Pelicans.
In the commentary seat, Hardaway regretfully said:
"The Grizzlies' bench players are too weak, they were completely blown up by the Pelicans' bench supply, and dug a big hole for the Grizzlies at the last minute of the game, which is a big hole of about ten points, so that the Grizzlies are very difficult to chase points in the back."
"Yes, in terms of overall strength, the Grizzlies lack a lot, or the team's management or general manager has a bad brain, look at what kind of helpers they have found for Randolph, such a lineup and bench depth, why should the Grizzlies compete for the championship, those guys are really damned, damned."
Bill Wharton was also very dissatisfied with the Grizzlies' management, which resonated with Hardaway, who said affectionately: "Yes, Grizzlies management, back then, how much they missed." ”
The commentary bench is compassionate, but Robert Pera is angry here, and when he is about to enter the fourth quarter of the final battle, his bench has dug a big hole for his team, isn't it harmful.
How difficult it is to chase 10 points and play against a team like the Pelicans that emphasizes defense, and Robert Pera is now on the sideline, yelling at his bench players, but what's the use of roaring.
At this time, the team was already behind, Robert Pera looked at his rest seat extremely helplessly, at this time he could only send out a stable guy, steady dìng to hold the team's bench, thinking about it, Robert Pera still put his eyes on Conley.
Robert Pera was helpless, he really didn't have any soldiers available.
So Robert Pera glanced at Conley and said:
"Mike, you'll be on the pitch in a moment, the team needs your help."
Conley, of course, knew what the head coach was talking about, and he nodded seemingly indifferently, and then the game restarted, and the fourth quarter, which was the most crucial decision between the two teams, began.
The Pelicans' bench lineup hasn't changed much, but the Grizzlies have added a Conley to their bench players, and the Grizzlies' bench lineup has really started to stabilize after Conley.
Conley is like a small microcontroller, although it does not have the huge capacity of the CPU, it can make the Grizzlies' small bench lineup run effectively.
The Pelicans' bench lineup, although they wanted to take advantage of the chaos to win and expand the score, Conley still firmly controlled the Grizzlies' position here, and the Pelicans' bench lineup did not overturn the Grizzlies' bench lineup.
And Robert Pera, who was more anxious to recover the 10-point gap, was replaced by Randolph when the game was just two minutes into the fourth quarter, and Robert Pera wanted to replace the main player earlier. Chase the score back, but Van Gundy didn't like that either, and saw Robert Pera take on the main team. Players he also began to change the main players.
Robert Pera replaced Millsap, and Van Gundy replaced Millsap, Millsap is simply too important for the Pelicans today, Millsap is very competent today and did not let Randolph play completely, the game from the beginning to the present Randolph's table is just an average level.
This is inseparable from Millsap's defensive table, without which Randolph could have doubled in all numbers.
Conley is actually a good match for Randolph. One of these two people is extremely explosive on the inside, and the other is feminine and calm on the outside, which is definitely a perfect match. The combination of these two on the court is enough to make the Pelicans tremble.
On the first round of Randolph's return, Conley sent the basketball to Randolph's hands, and Randolph got the basketball and quickly attacked the Pelicans' interior. The Pelicans' interior combination at this time is Millsap and Henson. This combination is still inferior to the combination of Millsap and Henson in terms of defensive intensity.
Randolph rushed up and immediately won a foul on Henson, Henson's height disadvantage at this time was completely highlighted, giving Randolph a chance to cheat the foul, at this time Van Gundy waved his hand again and replaced Henson with Henson.
Henson suffered a loss today. Not only is his playing time greatly reduced, but also his role on the pitch has been greatly reduced. He was very comfortable with the rhythm of the team when he was in the main lineup, but today in the bench lineup, Henson was not very adaptable, and the rhythm of the substitute players played.
Henson was also replaced, DJ Augustin controlled the ball and advanced quickly towards the Grizzlies' half, and the Pelicans' bench lineup was relatively fast, and the Pelicans came over and immediately passed the basketball to Oladipo's hands.
After Oladipo got the basketball, he quickly swung the ball in front of Conley with both hands, and then Oladipo rushed directly to the Grizzlies' basket.
Conley and Oladipo's pair of forwards are really two completely opposite sides, Conley is feminine, calm, and slow, but Oladipo, wild, fast, and explosive, these are completely different two outside lines, two different outside lines, have different fates, but now the two people are not very happy, and it is too difficult for players with too distinct personalities and characteristics to find a team that suits them.
Oladipo broke through Conley's defense, but he didn't expect that there was a Randolph under the Grizzlies' basket, facing Randolph who pounced with teeth and claws, Oladipo could only pass the basketball outside, and at this time it happened that Caron Butler was standing outside, and after receiving the basketball, Caron Butler made a three-point shot, which was considered to save Oladipo's advance.
The Pelicans and Grizzlies competed with each other, the Grizzlies still couldn't help but replace all their main forces first, the Grizzlies began to change, and the Pelicans immediately followed, the Pelicans couldn't let the Grizzlies surpass themselves too much, giving the Grizzlies more opportunities, that is, the Pelicans themselves looking for death.
All of the Pelicans and Grizzlies' main players returned to the court to prepare for the final stretch of the battle, when the Pelicans and Grizzlies reached the final stage of the game, and it was time for the Pelicans and Grizzlies to give it their all.
Li Feng returned to the court, the opening was the Grizzlies' possession, Tony Allen re-dribbled and ran over, and the most tragic thing here today is Tony Allen.
In the past, he had this good watch, but when he met Li Feng today, his number was greatly discounted, which was definitely a more depressing night for him, and Tony Allen knew that he didn't have to play those hurricane breakthroughs in front of Li Feng, those would only make Robert Pera yell at him, and nothing else would appear.
Toni Allen came with the basketball at half court and quickly pushed it to Prince's hands, when Prince got the basketball, he was ready in front of Arenas, Arenas was bigger than Prince, and the defensive range was larger, but Arenas's defense for the breakthrough was more average.
Prince understands this, but unfortunately the Pelicans' team defense is very good, even if he breaks through the past, in the back, he rarely has a chance to shoot, calling a cover from Randolph.
Prince made a quick break, and before the Pelicans' defense could come up, he passed the basketball to Conley on the side, who was holding the basketball in his hand and looked awkward to take a step towards Rose's side. Then he immediately retracted and threw a beautiful step-back shot.
Conley's three-point shot was indeed anomalous, and it didn't seem to make sense. But the usual hits are unreasonable basketballs, and the basketball easily falls into the Pelicans' basket.
This is a strategy of the Grizzlies, didn't the Pelicans contain Randolph, if they want to liberate Randolph, the Grizzlies' outside line will first make some moves, and if the outside line does not liberate Randolph, Randolph will always be trapped by the Pelicans. That's why the Grizzlies played so mercilessly on the outside.
Conley cleaned up Rose so easily, Van Gundy didn't hesitate at all, and immediately changed Rose to the court. Rose's size and mobility are indeed better suited to hand-to-hand Conley than Rose.
Li Feng ran to the baseline to catch the ball, and when he got to the baseline, Li Feng habitually gave Henson a hint and told his teammates what he was going to do in the next round.
Henson glanced at Li Feng's gesture, and then he immediately said:
"Do you want me to plug in the super inner line desperately?"
Li Feng nodded:
"Paul couldn't do that. It can only be you. ”
Li Feng finished speaking. While turning his head towards the Grizzlies' half, he stretched out his finger and motioned for everyone to come and see him, telling everyone what tactics they would play in the next round.
The Pelicans players looked back and saw Li Feng's gestures, and these guys all understood, Van Gundy stood on the sideline, feeling that Li Feng was a little too early to use such a tactic now, and he didn't need to use such a trick so early to play the Grizzlies.
Li Feng got to the Grizzlies outside the three-point line. There was a slight pause, because Li Feng had made gestures before. So his teammates all knew what Li Feng was going to do, and they quickly ran towards Li Feng.
It's not him, it's them, the Pelicans' two interior Millsap and Henson both ran up and made a cover for Li Feng together, and the posture of this cover was very hot, Millsap and the surrounding body showed the shape of a V, just stuck Conley, who was defending Li Feng, in the V-shaped card slot, and he couldn't get out on either side.
The Grizzlies' interior line is even more embarrassing, Randolph and Marc Gasol both want to come out to defend, but neither of them dares to come out, they are both out of the Grizzlies' basket is empty, and with one out, the basket is not safe.
Just when these two people looked at each other and hesitated, Li Feng dribbled to the free throw line, and with a simple mid-part shot, the basketball easily fell into the Grizzlies' basket.
Pelicans suddenly had a special tactic, Robert Pera was immediately stunned, what kind of tactic is Pelican, what is the core of this tactic, why are they fighting like this at this time, a big push question suddenly appeared in Robert Pera's mind.
A tactic is definitely not a simple phenomenon, and it must contain a lot of the team's tactical intent, especially for a mature team like the Pelicans.
At this time, the two people in the commentary table also looked at each other, and then it was Bill Wharton who spoke first:
"The Pelicans played a strange cover tactic? Weird? ”
"It may seem strange, but it's practical." Hardaway said as he sat on the other side.
The Pelicans' cover tactics are indeed very powerful, as long as this kind of cover comes out, it will generally create opportunities for the ball carrier, but the shortcomings are also obvious, and the rebounds in the front court are basically gone.
When the Pelicans played such an offense, the Grizzlies immediately turned back to organize the offense, and at this time the most critical moment of the game, the Grizzlies still played their most trusted and strongest point, Randolph.
After Randolph made consecutive covers in the high post, suddenly the Grizzlies sent the basketball to Randolph's hands, and Randolph, who got the basketball, turned back to the Grizzlies' half court and cut in very quickly.
Randolph rarely has such a look, he cut very quickly, his hands paused, and then rushed to the Pelicans' basket in one step, at this time the Pelicans players could only stop him with both hands completely open in front of Randolph.
But it was boring to put up a wall for Randolph in the air, and Randolph opened his hand and jumped over the opponent's defense with the basket, and the basketball fell directly into the Pelicans' basket. (To be continued......)