Chapter 908: Never Say Never

Li Feng quickly hit the basketball and went straight to Dior, Li Feng's pounce was not fast, he either wanted to completely pass Dior, or he wanted to stick to Dior and squeeze inside.

Dior was not passed by Li Feng and Li Feng formed a situation of squeezing each other, Dior himself is quite happy, you see me, Ginobili, Ayers can't defend people, I defended, which shows that my defense is also level.

But Li Feng withstood Dior, and when he took Dior to both sides of the three-second zone, Dior felt that something was wrong, this guy was attracting firepower, but at this time Ayers had already come back to assist in defense.

His goal has been achieved, Li Feng's goal has indeed been achieved, grabbed the basketball and threw it into the hands of Arenas on the outside, Arenas took the knife and cut the Spurs' lifeline - the basket with a knife.

"Ah, the Pelicans are starting to pull away now."

Tyrone Boggs looked at the offensive model of this round at this time and said:

"Although Millsap is more on the inside than Li Feng, but in offense, Millsap does not have Li Feng's strong breakthrough, Li Feng is in the position of power forward, and the ability to pull apart the Spurs and create dislocation is much stronger than Millsap, and in terms of offense, maybe Li Feng is stronger, or Millsap is stronger."

After the Pelicans hit such a ball, the Spurs began to counterattack, and Duncan had already seen Henson's desperate determination in the last round, so he greeted Parker in advance, let his teammates run tactics, attract attention, and then stuck his position on the inside.

Parker dribbled according to Duncan's words, and played tactical gestures at halftime, allowing everyone to run for Duncan's tactics, which just spent a lot of effort and did not get stuck in the position, Duncan, after the efforts of his teammates. Just stuck in a position in the low post, Duncan, who got the position, seemed to attack the Pelicans' basket like a mountain half, he pouted his big ass, and wanted to fix Henson, but what he didn't expect was that in the second half, Henson's physical strength and mental strength increased by several orders of magnitude.

After he didn't get Henson a few hits, he could only attack at a distance from the basket, but such a long distance was not Duncan's forte at all, and the basketball jumped on the basket and jumped out again.

At this time, Duncan made a slight basket in the back and pointed the ball he didn't score, and the Spurs hit the inside successfully.

But the pelicans came. Li Feng has also learned to be more treacherous, he stands here at the three-point line, and when he reaches this position, Li Feng has more offensive means, he can attack the basket if he can pass people, he can respond to people, and he can also shoot with a stop-and-go jump shot.

Dio didn't know Li Feng's sinister intentions, he saw Li Feng in this position, his eyebrows were furrowed, but he couldn't go around the front defense outside the three-point line. Besides, outside the three-point line, I can't outrun the opponent.

Dio feels that this matter is a bit tricky, and it is true that things are extremely unfavorable for Dior now. Li Feng has too many options.

Li Feng was extremely happy, this was his chance to score, Li Feng made a tooth-baring move towards Dio outside the three-point line, and then suddenly dribbled a step. Attract Dior to stick yourself.

At the same time, a quick pass passed the basketball to the hands of Rose, who cut through the middle, and at this time the inside line was Duncan's brother. He tried to come over and defend, but Henson grabbed him.

Rose cut in and gave the Spurs a light little layup, which was extremely light.

At this time, the Spurs and the Pelicans have played their own things, the Spurs are obviously the iron palm floating on the water above the iron palm mighty, the bottom speed is extremely fast, a Duncan mighty and a Ginobili is fast to play these two tricks, as long as you are in the bag, the outside line will shoot, the Spurs play or use the strength to convince people to press you first, and then the shooters on both sides will move.

And the Pelicans are playing a different set, the Pelicans don't have a convincing player, he uses a blind spot on your defense, in the position of power forward, whether it is Dior or Split, they can't pounce, so Li Feng fights near the three-point line, and the Spurs have a blind spot.

If you can't pounce on me, if you pounce, we'll cut in, just a small man attacking in the low post, if you don't pounce on me, I'm just breaking through and shooting.

Two completely different offensive theories, but on the court, they are evenly matched, the Spurs will not be able to extinguish the fire that has burned on the Pelicans' side for a while and a half, and the Pelicans cannot overturn, the Spurs with absolute power advantage.

Relatively holding each other, it is you who come and go, at this time Hubi Brown couldn't help but say:

"I really didn't expect that the Pelicans would be able to hold on to the Spurs for so long after losing Millsap, and the Pelicans would be able to play like this with the Spurs when their strength was significantly weaker."

Hubi Brown didn't know if he was praising the Pelicans or making fun of the Pelicans, at this time Popovich was sweating in his head, because of what, because now the Spurs have gone all out, Ginobili and Duncan are fighting desperately, but they can't beat the Pelicans, a small fortress that doesn't look solid.

How can you keep Popovich from getting angry, but at this time Popovich didn't know that Van Gundy was also very anxious, because he felt scared when he looked at his team, and he could obviously feel that his team didn't take a step, and every attack was difficult, but they all persevered.

At this time, the form of the two teams is like a string, both sides are jumping tightly, and once one side is broken, it may be a thousand miles.

The game continued, and at 7 minutes and 11 seconds in the third quarter, the two sides were still tied at 68-65, but at this time, Hubbie Brown suddenly raised his voice, as if to announce something important, and said:

"Oh, the news of Millsap has finally returned, and now Millsap has undergone a full examination in the hospital, it is a fractured ankle, he needs to undergo surgery, and it will take at least eight months to return to the court."

This is sad news, as soon as Hubi Brown said in the commentary seat, when Li Feng received the ball here, his movements paused, which is what he said.

Saying that Millsapp will not only not be able to come back today, but will not be able to come back tomorrow for the series, that is, he may also miss most of it next season, which is fatal for the Pelicans.

Li Feng was stunned slightly, and Dior, who had been bullied by Li Feng for a long time, finally seized the opportunity. The big hand reached forward and slapped the basketball down.

Then immediately passed Ginobili, Ginobili made a successful layup, and as soon as the news came out that Millsap would not come back and it would be difficult to come back in the future, the atmosphere here for the Pelicans was a little wrong.

Every goal of the Spurs before needed a lot of strength to repel the Pelicans' countless waves of entanglement in order to reluctantly send the basketball to the basket, but as soon as the news of Millsap came out, the fighting spirit of the walkers collapsed, and Ginobili's layup was extremely light.

At this point, Van Gundy hurriedly called a timeout. Let everyone return to the bench, Li Feng also returned to the bench a little sadly, although he saw Millsap being carried away, but Li Feng did not think that Millsap would not be able to come back, and Millsap would be so seriously injured.

Some of the Pelicans' players fought hard for seven minutes, but they were a little devastated by the news, and they walked back to the rest bench in despair, when Van Gundy was about to say something.

Karon Butler said suddenly:

"Coach, let me start with a few words."

It was unreasonable for Kaloon Butler to do so. But this is not a normal situation.

Van Gundy did not object, and Caron Butler wiped the sweat from his head vigorously and said:

"Teammates, I think you're going to be sad to know what happened to Millsap, but I don't think we should be sad about what we're doing now. Do you remember what that guy said to us when he left us? ā€

"Now I'm going to ask again in the place of that guy, and now I'm asking you, are we a united team?"

"Of course, the answer is that the mood is different at this time."

"Then I'll ask you again. Are we a never-say-die team? ā€

"Of course."

By the time these guys answered the same question a second time, the Pelicans players had finally figured out what Caron Butler was going to say.

"Yes, we are a united, never-say-die team. That's what we have to do without losing Millsap, but we must not lose our faith and unity, never give up, even if Millsap is lying in the hospital bed right now, I think he's watching us on TV, he's definitely watching us, I believe that, for that guy's sake, let's not give up, it's like just now, fighting with the Spurs to the end. ā€

When Kalombbutler said this, he looked at everyone silently, and then he stretched out one hand like Millsap did, and let everyone's hands rest on it, and then the dozen or so strong men shouted loudly together:

"Never say never."

The Pelicans' sudden roar was heard by the spectators around the bench, and those San Antonio fans, although they cared more about the Spurs, were also admiring them.

"Never say never."

The Pelicans' voice hovered over the bench and the cameras picked it up, and the fans at the ATT arena fell silent for a moment as they projected the real YĆ n on the big screen.

But in thousands of households across the United States, countless families watching this show, there are countless enthusiastic fans who jumped up and waved their arms violently, and the most fanatical of them was Millsap, who was lying on the hospital bed watching the TV and heard the vague voices of his teammates never give up.

He almost forgot about his injury and jumped out of bed, but it was the great pain that quieted Millsap.

Millsap was quiet for a moment, looking at the TV screen, at this time he suddenly wanted to be with those guys, and wanted to cheer for his teammates in the ATT arena, at this time Millsap suddenly shouted:

"Team doctor, team doctor, come here."

"Never give up?"

The players on the Spurs' side also saw and heard the Pelicans' oath from the big screen, and although Duncan pouted his mouth at this time, he still wanted to fight with such a group of people very much, and the spirit of the Pelicans at this time made the Spurs waver.

The two teams started the game again, the ball was in the Pelicans, and it was the Pelicans who went down just now, and these people were soft and like sheep like Brother Zeng, but once they came back, they were like real hungry wolves like Zang Tianshuo, and everyone's eyes emitted a kind of light.

One glance at these people will read this message from their eyes:

"We're not going to lose, we're definitely not going to lose."

Pelicans players have this kind of frenzied euphoria in their eyes, and there is this kind of gaze in history, except for Jordan's Bulls who are the Cardinals' Celtics. And these two teams are the division of kings, and the current pelicans exude a kind of such aura.

Despite their lack of major generals, and despite the loss of their most important players, the Pelicans looked at the Spurs players with such eyes at this time.

Rose puffed up his chest but cautiously protected the basketball, delivered it to the Spurs' half, and then immediately passed it to Kaloon Butler.

Kaloon Butler catches the ball, and then he makes a move that surprises everyone, and he shoots, and at this point Caron Butler is half a step away from the three-point line. Ginobili is just one step away from Kalom Butler.

It's not just Ginobili who didn't expect Kaloon Butler to shoot, but everyone else couldn't think of it, this was too groundbreaking, just after the Pelicans never gave up, Caron Butler made such a crazy move.

Although it is unreasonable, basketball is like a sharp blade, and it is extremely sharp to hit the vital point of the Spurs, one move is fatal, and one round. After a pass, the Spurs didn't defend yet, and the Pelicans cut the Spurs first, tying the score at once. What kind of trick is this, that is, when you haven't reacted yet, the hand has already hit you, Ginobili glanced at Kalom Butler in surprise, but in Kalom Butler's eyes, Ginobili saw that it was fanatic. It's the belief that there is such a belief that there is such a goal and a shot. At this time, Ginobili believed that Kalom Butler was definitely not blind, and that it was premeditated.

"Oh my God, Caron Butler is crazy, but he's horribly crazy."

Hubbie Brown didn't know what to say at this point.

The Spurs came back to suppress the offense, Ginobili dribbled in front of Caron Butler to carefully protect the basketball, and then signaled to Duncan to cover, Duncan has been the Spurs' most stable point from the game to the present, and it is also the most reliable point.

Ginobili came out like this, the Spurs immediately ran quickly, pulling back and forth, ready to make the ball for Duncan, this scene, the Pelicans have experienced too many times today, as soon as the Spurs ran like this, Li Feng felt that this group of people was going to attack in the low post, what to do.

If Duncan receives the basketball, it is still troublesome, and at that time the Spurs may play according to their own wishes, Li Feng is thinking about countermeasures, and you pay attention to Duncan's movements.

Sure enough, after the Spurs' repeated covers, Duncan finally stuck in the position as soon as he turned around, and Henson's defensive efforts were wiped out in the Spurs' multiple screens, and it didn't work at all.

At this point, Ginobili saw that Duncan was stuck in position, and the defenders around him were far away, and he hoisted the basketball to the basket with a little hand.

Li Feng, who was paying attention here, saw a situation, he was ruthless, suddenly rushed into the air, and pounced on the basketball with a posture that was not controllable at all, even if Li Feng touched the basketball this time, he couldn't catch it at all, he could just interfere, but because of this, Li Feng threw himself completely unprotected into the sky and threw it at the basketball, he only had to win in his eyes, and there was nothing else.

Li Feng's hand finally touched the ball, and the entire ATT arena let out an exclamation, because Li Feng threw it sideways, although he touched the basketball, he pointed the basketball to the side and flew out towards the degree.

But Li Feng himself was like a sandbag, he fell to the ground hard, Li Feng screamed in pain, watching Li Feng not even want his life in order to break the ball, Ginobili and Duncan glanced at each other, this game can't be played, and now they are playing with a madman.

Li Feng didn't even want to save the basketball anymore, and Rose, who was standing on the side, simply pounced on the ground, and jumped to the ground with a fish leap and threw the basketball that fell on the ground to Caron Butler, and Parker, who was standing next to Rose, didn't have the courage to throw himself directly on the floor, and Kaloon Butler, who got the ball, went straight to the Spurs' half, but Caron Butler was not so fast, and he was quickly caught up.

But it didn't matter, Arenas, who was running desperately, threw his hand in front of him and threw it into Arenas's hands, and Arenas had no advantage under Ayres' defense.

But now he can be half a step faster than Ayles because he runs desperately, and he runs desperately to get this half a step, Arenas, who received the ball, suddenly thought of Millsap's expression in the locker room, thought of how his good friend Li Feng threw himself to the floor, and thought of Ross's dog-like posture.

Arenas suddenly felt his eye sockets a little wet, and he couldn't see the basket clearly, but it was a blur. Arenas still took advantage of this half-step, and raised his hand to shoot the basket after a slight jump.

Arenas couldn't see anything, he didn't need to see anything, what he saw was his teammates, his vow to never give up echoing over the ATT arena, and it didn't matter if Ayers came and hit his hands.

My heart is forward!

The basketball was as light as a feather in the air, flying and drawing an arc gracefully, not disorienting Arenas by his wet eyes, nor changing distance for Arenas' beaten arm.

It. It seemed to know that its home was there, flying, spinning, and then falling straight down, and it didn't even bother the nets, and the ball went through the basket.

At the same time, the whistle sounded and the hand foul was blown, and at this time, the Pelicans' bench was overturned at once, and no one restrained their urge to scream wildly, and their sanity and reserve were abandoned outside the clouds.

Natalie, who came to the scene, suddenly stood up from her seat and spoke in a high-pitched voice. Shouting loudly, she no longer cared about the Spurs fans around her, those guys had already been stupid.

"Oh my God. Oh my God, Pelican, and the shooter, this scene is simply an irrepressible shock. ā€

Tyrone Boggs had long forgotten that he was at the ATT Arena and that he was here to explain.

He mistakenly thought he was still on the Pelicans' bench. He jumped up beside Hubbie Brown and brought the microphone down, in the rustle of the microphone. Tyrone Boggs shouted:

"Forward Pelican, never say never."

The old man's gruff voice echoed through the ATT arena, and despite the chaotic rustling of the microphone in the background, it was still terrifying.

The shock reverberated in the ATT arena and in countless minds, where Reggie Miller, who was watching TV at home, jumped up from the couch, and the old guy kicked down his chair without even knowing it.

And Ayers looked at the eyes covered with tears, and then at his own hand, he couldn't see at all, and he hit his hand himself, but how did he throw it, how did he throw it?

Ginobili and Duncan, who were running behind, were also very puzzled, Popovich's head was a mess at this time, at this time he felt that his opponent today was not a team at all, but God was playing a series of games, so playing games with God, no one could win.

At this moment, only Van Gundy, who covered his eyes, knew that it was not God, it was his own player, Li Feng was covering his chest, he was in pain, but now he was laughing, and Rose was lying on the ground laughing.

That half-step, Arenas's half-step, was his teammates who smashed their bodies on the floor and fanned them out, so he was so accurate, he was so tough, Arenas, who walked to the free throw line, made a free throw steadily, and the Pelicans overtook him.

72-68, the Pelicans were in an instant tide, and at this time Popovich knew that he couldn't play, so he couldn't play, and he had to take a timeout, so he called a long timeout and began to lay out tactics.

The Pelicans fans ran back to the rest seats, hugged each other hard, their faces were smiling, but there were tears in their eyes, their bodies were in pain, but the inside line was roaring wildly, struggling hard, this is the Pelicans never give up.

At this time, Popovich, although he made adjustments to the team, did not work at all, and the Pelicans players were already crazy at this time.

Duncan on the Spurs' side made a shot, and when he turned around, Caron Butler made a mid-range shot, Parker made a three-pointer, and the Pelicans' Arenas immediately changed the color, and the Spurs' Dior here missed the shot, and the Pelicans' Li Feng scored inside.

In short, the Pelicans are currently blooming more points, playing one offense after another, and the Spurs are a bit dizzying. (To be continued......)