Chapter 722: Star Tactics
Li Feng definitely doesn't want to lose, and now Li Feng has seen some hope of winning.
In this way, at the end of a round of the game, Li Feng deliberately ran to Arenas's side and said:
"Gilbert, I'm ready to shoot a three. We're too slow to score like this! ”
"Hell! There is hope for us to be beaten like this, what are you going to do? ”
Arenas was very dissatisfied with Li Feng's rebirth of another moth.
He suddenly shouted dissatisfiedly, and as soon as Li Feng heard Arenas's tone, he understood that Arenas was stubborn by nature when he thought about it. It was impossible to talk to him about this matter, so Li Feng made up his mind and ignored Arenas to defend himself.
When the Rockets arrived at the Pelicans' half, Harden seized the opportunity to break through again strongly, Arenas couldn't get a foul and sent Harden to the free throw line, and Harden hit both free throws.
The Pelicans are attacking again, and Derrick Rose is now in a new rhythm, giving the basketball to Li Feng at halftime, letting Li Feng take control, and he wanders around, waiting for an opportunity to score.
Li Feng got the basketball, and when Arenas saw that Li Feng was looking at the three-point line, he suddenly shouted:
"Don't mess around!"
Arenas yelled at his teammates here, and the Rockets were wondering, but saw Li Feng move sideways.
actually took care of himself outside the three-point line, from a defensive point of view, Li Feng's three points had another chance, and Cosby, who defended him, was still one step away from Li Feng. But from the tactical point of view of the Pelicans, Li Feng didn't pass the ball away and shot rashly, which was really abrupt.
Li Feng suddenly shot three points, but his luck was not on Li Feng's side today, and he missed the three points.
Li Feng made such a mistake, and suddenly Hubi Brown frowned a little and said:
"How can Li Feng play like this! Come over and throw three points, this is different from how he handled the ball before! It shouldn't be. ”
Hubby Brown is a typical academic and a well-known conservative. He doesn't look down on this kind of ball.
But Antoine Walker, the dead fat man, is the kind of person who is typical of playing on the court, and he himself was a guy who could fly a kite to the moon back then, he glanced at Li Feng, and immediately understood, he groaned and said:
"Li Feng is practicing his hand! He honed his three-point shooting touch in the final moments. ”
Hubbie Brown saw it very accurately, and now the two teams are tied in the score, and they are familiar with each other's routines. Li Feng began to practice three points at this time, and he was ready to sharpen his knife.
Li Feng missed a three-point shot, and the Rockets immediately protected the rebound in the backcourt. Pushed towards the Pelicans' basket again, and the Pelicans hit hard. The Rockets are also built on defense, and they play very tenacious.
Although it was hard to play, Cosby still made a foul for the Pelicans, and he also went to the free throw line and hit both free throws.
The Rockets scored two more points, and seeing that the two teams were in a stalemate, the Rockets were going to pull the score apart.
Arenas immediately ran over and said to Li Feng:
"Focus, you organize the ball, don't shoot your threes anymore."
Li Feng glanced at Arenas, and he found that the most difficult thing for people to do at this time was to understand.
Today the Pelicans don't have a three-pointer. It was too difficult to agree to the Rockets, and in order to get the three-point shot, Li Feng felt that it was worth taking the risk to try, but Arenas was obviously scolded by Van Gundy for his previous behavior. Now he does not agree with any risky behavior.
Li Feng glanced at Arenas here and didn't say anything, and continued to run to the Rockets' half court to organize the offense.
Li Feng came over this time, and finally didn't worry Arenas. Li Feng first attacked with his back and attracted enough defense before he passed the ball to Arenas. Arenas took the ball and also forced a breakthrough and Harden fought physically.
Arenas worked hard, and finally pushed Harden to the basket, and also destroyed the Rockets' defense. He just passed the ball back to Li Feng, Li Feng took the ball outside the three-point line, at this time Li Feng came up to shoot in one step, or came up to make a foul The success rate will be very large.
But what made Arenas angry was that Li Feng didn't cherish an opportunity that he had finally created.
This guy received the basketball outside the three-point line and simply shot it.
Li Feng shot very lightly with three points, took the ball and shot, and did not hesitate. This is also the place that makes Arenas feel the most, and he is desperately trying to compress the space! The guy shot at once.
Li Feng made his first shot just now, and he felt a little awkward, but now he made a second shot, and he specially adjusted the rhythm to make the shooting a little brisker.
This time he felt much better, and the basketball smashed into the hoop all of a sudden, but Li Feng's luck was not very good.
The basketball went around in the hoop and actually brushed it out!
Li Feng looked at this, although the ball did not go in, but Li Feng knew that he had found and felt it.
Finding the feeling proves that there is hope, Li Feng also came prepared just now, he is ready to shoot two or three three-pointers, if he really doesn't feel it, he can only fight hard. Now that he has found his senses, although he was unlucky, Li Feng still waved his fist fiercely.
Li Feng threw two three-pointers himself and found his senses.
But his behavior, in Van Gundy's eyes, is incomprehensible again. Van Gundy didn't want Li Feng to suddenly become a brain-dead shooter, so he immediately called a timeout, and then said when he got to Li Feng's side;
"Li Feng, why do you want to shoot three-pointers? Now that we're in good form, I need you to give me a reason. ”
Li Feng didn't expect Van Gundy to ask this, and he had to explain to Van Gundy seriously at this time:
"Sir, I'm just trying to be the first to change. Now if we can't get ahead of the curve and make changes, then the rocket must make adjustments first. We need to take the initiative and not adjust according to the adjustment of the other party. ”
Li Feng made this explanation, Van Gundy can accept the fight, is Van Gundy still said:
"Li Feng, you can make adjustments, but I need you to make more prudent adjustments."
Van Gundy didn't say it explicitly, but he still didn't want Li Feng to shoot three points. Li Feng could only nod and not talk about such a problem.
The timeout ended and the two teams returned to the court. Back on the court, the Rockets were the first to make changes.
The Rockets suddenly put more emphasis on the style of play, the shooter's off-ball move, and Harden's became a passing hub.
With this twist, Jeremy Lin's no-ball run hit a three-pointer from the corner.
With Jeremy Lin's three-point hit, the Rockets finally pulled away slightly from the Pelicans.
The Rockets led the Pelicans by seven points at 90-83, with 4:42 left to go at the end of the game.
Encountering this kind of change, Arenas immediately turned around and glared at Li Feng fiercely, if it weren't for Li Feng's previous three-point shot. There will be no such change.
Li Feng didn't care at all at this time, and snorted at Arenas. The Pelicans still ran towards the Rockets' halfcourt, and Li Feng still suppressed Cosby himself first, and then passed to Al Jefferson on the baseline.
The Haitian had no offensive ability, so he took the ball and had to transfer it to Rose, who tried to force Jeremy Lin's jumper.
It's a pity that he was interfered by Greg Smith behind Jeremy Lin and missed the basketball. Seeing that the Pelicans were going to be bad again, thanks to Arenas really working hard, he rushed inside and grabbed the rebound back in the frontcourt. Then he turned around and passed the ball to Li Feng.
Arenas is a defensive player, and he is completely handy at playing this kind of ball.
Li Feng received a pass from Arenas, and he also liked Arenas' fighting spirit. But what Li Feng did next, Arenas didn't like it, Li Feng took the ball and dribbled sideways and made a three-point shot, seemingly observing the court. But Li Feng suddenly moved his hand, jumped and threw the basketball out.
Li Feng's three-point shot is very easy and freehand. There is no preparation, and it even looks casual.
So when Arenas saw that the ball he snatched back so desperately was thrown out so casually by Li Feng, he suddenly went crazy with anger.
When Arenas was about to get angry, he saw Li Feng's three-point shot, which went smoothly, just like Li Feng's feeling of making a shot, and casually got into the Rocket's basket.
Li Feng hit the third three-pointer!
This result surprised the rocket. Even Van Gundy and Arenas were very surprised, they couldn't imagine that Li Feng still had such a hand.
Antoine Walker, as a kite man, said directly:
"Li Feng has found a feeling! As long as he finds his senses, the rocket will definitely be in trouble after that. ”
Li Feng is a convulsive type in the matter of shooting three-pointers, and it is very inaccurate not to convulsion, once he starts to convulsion, it is accurate.
Antoine Walker knew about Li Feng's characteristic, so as soon as he saw Li Feng shoot a three-pointer so freely, he knew that Li Feng had drawn again.
The Rockets also felt the pressure, the Pelicans were hard enough, and their only drawback was that they couldn't shoot from a distance.
Now once Li Feng starts to convuls, he will make up for the Pelican's last Achilles heel.
In this way, the Pelicans will be more difficult to deal with offensively!
Coach Kevin McHale took two more steps to the sideline and looked at the court with more concern, as if in response to Li Feng's three-pointer. Harden also made one shot at the top of the arc, and the Rockets still led the Pelicans by six points.
Li Feng shot three points just now, and he clearly felt it, and he felt it.
Li Feng is still standing on the left, which is Jeremy Lin's defensive area, and the shooting pressure is less.
Li Feng stopped here, and the Rockets were a little blind, and they didn't know whether to pounce on the defense. Van Gundy's eyes widened, he really couldn't believe that Li Feng had become a shooter so quickly?
Just when the Rockets hesitated, Derrick Rose quietly passed the basketball to Li Feng.
Li Feng received the ball, ignoring Jeremy Lin, who was a large block shorter than him, receiving the ball, bending his knees, flicking his arms and wrists lightly, and throwing the basketball out with a very relaxed rhythm.
The basketball flew through the sky of the New Orleans arena, and it was still so smooth that it landed comfortably in the basket of the Rockets.
Li Feng hit another three-point shot! At this moment, the New Orleans Arena resounded with bursts of cheers.
Van Gundy shouted even more happily, he finally found a player who could shoot threes, and Van Gundy was happy.
Li Feng made two three-pointers in a row, this is not luck, but the ability to really score three.
The Pelicans have a tough defense, a tough style, a lot of young handsome, and now Li Fengyi brings the ability to sort out the team. Brought a certain three-pointer.
This time the Pelicans' strength has greatly increased, and it can be said that when McHale saw Li Feng shoot a three-pointer, he had a premonition that the playoffs would be a more exciting battle in a few months.
The Rocket was shot by Li Feng for the second three-pointer, and the difference was shortened to 3 points, and the Rocket turned around and immediately played a three-point tactic.
Harden broke through and passed back to Cosby, who shot from the three-point line, and Li Feng pounced to affect his vision.
So the Rockets didn't score a three-point shot, Li Feng protected the rebound under the basket, and then when the Pelicans advanced again.
Li Feng still stood at 45 degrees to the left, and at this time Jeremy Lin had to expand a step. stood in front of Li Feng.
Jeremy Lin posted it, but when Li Feng received Rose's pass, he only used a probe step a little, hesitated for a moment, and Li Feng once again relied on his height advantage to make an easy shot.
Once Li Feng finds the feeling, it's really pumping! And it's the kind of pumping that earthlings can't stop.
In this case, Li Feng was put under a lot of pressure to influence Li Feng's shot, but Jeremy Lin was too short to influence Li Feng.
So Li Feng made the third three-pointer. It simply fell into the Rocket's basket.
This time, the Pelicans tied the score, and the clock only had 2 minutes and 19 seconds left.
The Pelicans and Rockets are back on the same page, with two minutes to decide.
Now the game is in the final 2 minutes, and the Pelicans have caught up with the score. And the way to chase points. Or the most unexpected three-point shot.
All of a sudden, the Rockets gang, including Hubie Brown and Antoine Walker on the commentary bench. Follow some of the people in the industry for today's game. I saw it at once, even if the whole Pelican team was unstable, as long as Li Feng was stable.
This chemical effect of Li Feng. It's just so obvious, it's a bit of a stone-to-gold effect.
Originally, the Pelicans were a tough team that could play in the playoffs, but they lacked an effective core, a strong and arrowy point.
Now that Li Feng is here, he has sorted out the team and achieved the effect of an arrow attacker. This has raised the Pelican's combat power to a higher level as a whole.
McHale immediately called a timeout at this time, and Li Feng made three consecutive three-pointers, indicating that his joint defense was no longer good.
This panacea doesn't work at all now. It's time to change tactics, McHale called a timeout.
immediately gathered his teammates and said to Harden:
"James, now the game is in the final stages. We need you, and I will create conditions for you. ”
As soon as Harden heard McHale's words, he understood that he was going to let himself fight again. When Harden first came to the team, he liked to hear McHale say that.
In this way, it seems that he is very important, and he is the core of a qiē. He is the well-deserved king of the team!
But then, almost every week, McHale said that every few games, it was up to him to decide the winner.
After a long time, Harden's psychology is also a little tired, Nima! The whole team just plays with me alone, and the rest of the people eat idle meals, and when they have nothing to do, they follow me to show their faces on TV and mix up their popularity, and when they have something, they rely on me alone, and they don't play like this.
When McHale was arranging tactics, Van Gundy was also arranging tactics, and at this time, Van Gundy finally began to like Li Feng completely, or to put it another way, Van Gundy wanted a three-point shot, and he wanted a three-point shot and went crazy.
Now seeing Li Feng hit three three-pointers in a row, he feels that he has seen the hope of the world.
When arranging the tactics, Van Gundy deliberately said:
"Sharp, well done. For the rest of the game, you're going to have to make a lot of use of the three-point line, as long as you use it. We have a lot of room to maneuver. ”
"Derek, Gilbert, you two can play more baskets when you have space."
Van Gundy finally had the opportunity to set up Rose and Arenas to play to the basket, and he was very happy.
At the end of the timeout, the two teams returned to the court, and the Rockets passed the basketball to Harden in the opening game.
Antoine Walker, who was watching the game from the sidelines, understood at a glance and immediately said:
"Oh! The Rockets have turned on superstar tactics. Now we're going to see Harden! ”
Hubi Brown frowned deeply at this time and said:
"At the last minute, it's the safest way to go."
Hubie Brown also likes to let the star get the ball at the last minute, but not like the rockets, but designs cumbersome tactics, mixed with odd soldiers, once the odd players are in good shape or the stars are not in good shape, the tactics change instantly!
Harden got the ball, and the Rockets' players immediately piled up in the two bottom corners, opening up all the space for Harden.
Let Harden face Arenas one-on-one, Harden's previous games today were a little boring, and he didn't let go, on the one hand, Harden's responsibility is to organize the whole team to attack when he plays.
On the other hand, Harden did feel a little bad today, and under the Pelicans' tough defense, his offense was often blocked.
But now that everyone is pulled away, there are only two people left, himself and Arenas, and it depends on Harden's skills at this time.
In terms of physical elements, Arenas doesn't have to be much worse than Harden.
Harden was very smart, he started to shake the ball, and constantly made the illusion of a breakthrough, which made Arenas very nervous and kept retreating. With that, Arenas was unwittingly near the free-throw line.
At this position, Harden can shoot. After another breakthrough feint, he suddenly raised his hand and made a shot.
Arenas swooped forward, and Harden taped Arenas and threw the basketball into the basket.
The basketball was shot, and at the same time the referee's whistle blew, and Harden successfully hit Arenas a 2+1!
Harden hit a free throw, and the Rockets took a three-point lead over the Pelicans at 95-92 again. (To be continued......)