Chapter 776: Never Give Up
After Tejibson saw Millsap get the basketball, he was extremely depressed and complained loudly to the referee, but the referee ignored it at all.
The Bulls immediately turned around and came back to attack, the Bulls' current offensive rhythm is not very fast, too fast rhythm is now beneficial to the Bulls, and not good for the Pelicans, the first is now the Pelicans are taller than the Bulls, the second Pelicans are now leading, the requirement is the shooting rate, one ball by one, and then suppressing the Bulls is equal to victory, no need to risk to score.
Li Feng came back to the Bulls' half, and the Bulls were now chased back by the Pelicans, and they still didn't show their weaknesses.
Li Feng simply stretched out his hand and made a gesture to his teammates, after seeing Li Feng make such a gesture, Millsap was stunned at first, and then he glanced at the current defensive state of the Bulls, and he immediately laughed as soon as he opened his mouth.
After Millsap got Li Feng's gesture, he immediately came up to cover Li Feng and Rose in succession, Li Feng drilled near the baseline under Millsap's cover, and the backhand Li Feng popped out of the three-point line to pull out the space.
At this point, the ball fell into the hands of Millsap, who was a big step closer to the horns, and when Millsap stopped in such a dangerous place, the Bulls' defender immediately pounced on Millsap like a bee seeing honey.
At this time, the weakness of the Bulls' defense was reflected, and Stephenson, who followed the baseline to the baseline, turned his head and went to fight Millsap, but no one rotated back to make up for the defense of Li Feng, who he missed.
The Bulls' defensive initiative is now there, but the integrity is still not at all, and Millsap passed the basketball to Li Feng's hands from a long distance in the Bulls' pinch crowd.
Li Feng can catch the ball directly from the middle distance, but Li Feng did not shoot with a mid-range wipe board, but pounced on the basket in one step.
Tygibson, who was Li Feng's lucky star, hurriedly moved over to block Li Feng, but after Li Feng made physical contact with Tygibson, he suddenly changed hands in the air and sent the basketball to the basket with his left hand. He also drew a foul.
At this time, Charles Barkley finally saw the way out:
"Pelicans, and Li Feng took advantage of the Bulls' current defense, attracting attention at one point, and then completing the offense at another point, although the Bulls' defense is highly motivated, but they are not a defensive team, and they will suffer a big loss if they do not have perfect defense and supplemental defense."
Li Feng hit a free throw and won a 2+1!
Then the Bulls came back quickly and grabbed the time to attack, but at this point the whistle blew at the end of the third quarter. The Pelicans still pulled away from the score, and the Pelicans' desire to end the game in the final part of the third quarter was not fulfilled.
The Bulls' desire to close the score during this period of time was also unfulfilled.
Both teams returned to their rest seats, both preparing for the final quarter, and the battle at the end of the third quarter was not clear, so it was necessary to complete the battle between the two sides in the final stage of the game, in the fourth quarter.
After Li Feng returned to the rest seat, Van Gundy's paralyzed face was quite rare and he immediately praised:
"Hi Tyrannosaurus Rex, good job. The Bulls' defense wasn't tight at all, and we had enough to break them down. ”
The Pelicans still have a dozen points ahead here, and the Bulls have a big hole waiting for them, and the Bulls have a much heavier task than the Pelicans in the fourth quarter. First they played on the road, New Orleans Arena turned into the Devils' home stadium, and then they were still trailing by a dozen points with only one final quarter left.
That's literally every condition that is enough to kill the bull. When the Bulls' players returned to the bench, they all had sad faces and a look of class hatred. Now the situation for the Bulls is really bad.
Howard couldn't see that the Pelicans were better than him on the court, but when he sat down and looked at it for a while, he showed the strength of the Pelicans, and the Pelicans are the kind of team that has strict tactical discipline and can guarantee every tactical execution and run.
How to say it, that is, the Pelicans can always play what they want to do, and it doesn't matter if they score in the end or not, but they can always achieve a situation and goal that they want to achieve, and it is difficult for ordinary teams to do this, and the average team will immediately change and become another style of play, but the Pelicans are not like this, they can faithfully and completely implement the intention of the tactic.
It's not just offensive, but defensively that the Pelicans can do what they can do, so that the Pelicans can play more holly than the Bulls, and they can exert their collective power more completely.
After seeing the pelican's terrible land, Howard asked Phil Jackson very uncomfortably:
"Phil, what should we do now"
As soon as Phil Jackson looked up and saw Howard's sad face, Phil Jackson felt a pain in his heart, and his main core players asked themselves so, doesn't that mean that the team has lost confidence? So Phil Jackson said to Howard:
"You know what kind of teams and players are the scariest places?"
Howard couldn't guess what Phil Jackson was talking to him about at this point, so he shook his head quickly.
Phil Jackson said to Howard at this time:
"The most terrible team and players are not the best team in sports, not the team with the most big names, not even the team that can faithfully complete the coach's tactics, a team that is the strongest, and never give up."
When Phil Jackson said the words "never give up", Howard was stunned, and then he knew that he was actually scared just now, he was actually afraid, and now is not the time to be afraid, and when Howard said the words "never give up", Howard shivered all over his body, and then he was full of strength.
No matter when you never give up, even if you are at the home of the opponent's devil, even if you are more than a dozen points behind, as long as you still have the fighting spirit in your heart, you may complete a qiē.
Thinking of this, Howard's eyes began to light up, and he said to Phil Jackson:
"Phil Jackson, let me play in the fourth quarter, please trust me."
Phil Jackson didn't believe who else Howard could trust, so he nodded at Howard and said:
"We're going to win, and for the sake of victory, Howard, please be patient when the time comes."
Howard knew that Phil Jackson was reminding himself not to foul, so he laughed and said:
"I'll make the most of my twelve minutes."
The Bulls and Pelicans have reached the most critical moment. At this time, they were all tense and couldn't let go, and Charles Barkley said to Kenny Smith in the commentary seat:
"The game is now, no one can relax, and whoever relaxes a little bit may be defeated by them!"
Phil Jackson finished adjusting Howard's mentality, and then his eyes looked to his side, only to see Nick Young's eyes looking at the scoreboard very firmly, while Paul muttered something indignantly, and John Lucas was looking at the court as if he were dumbfounded.
But Phil Jackson wasn't worried about John Lucas, that guy was always looking at the court like that. The Bulls are sharpening their knives here and preparing to make a final fight with the Pelicans, but the Pelicans are not idle.
Van Gundy also kept warning them in the ears of his teammates that now is the most critical moment, if they win, they hold on, they are the first in the league, and if they lose, they will face countless possibilities, and the Bulls can't lose. The Pelicans are also absolutely able to give the Bulls the slightest chance.
As soon as the game restarted in the fourth quarter and the players from both teams returned, Charles Barkley immediately showed Phil Jackson to send Howard, and he shouted in the microphone:
"Phil sent Howard back as soon as he opened the scene. He can't wait, Howard is one of the few players who can change the dynamics of both teams, and now Phil Jackson desperately needs to turn the situation around! ”
Phil Jackson let Howard out so early was obviously a bit of a surprise to Van Gundy. So Van Gundy rolled his eyes and suddenly yelled at Li Feng:
"Run, run, attack."
The opening was the Bulls' possession. The Bulls are now paired with point guard Hinrich, scoring guard Paul, small forward Nick Young, power forward Tygibson, and center Howard.
The firepower of this lineup is quite strong, and the interior line also has guarantee and space, which is the most powerful lineup that the Bulls can come up with.
The lineup on the Pelicans' side is point guard Rose, scoring guard Caron Butler, small forward Li Feng, power forward Henson, center Brand, and the Pelicans' current lineup is obviously weaker than the Bulls, but the Pelicans can still fight for one or two rounds, after all, there are still more than a dozen points in their hands.
After the Bulls came back here, they didn't directly attack Howard's low post, but passed the basketball on the outside, and the ball went to Paul here, and then they began to attack from the outside.
A team that plays from the outside to the inside must have a perimeter player who controls the overall situation, and the veteran Nick Young broke through the ball from the baseline to the inside at this time, compressing the Pelicans' defense into one piece at once.
At this time, Nick Young threw himself into the Pelicans' interior line, causing the Pelicans' defense to tighten, at this time he completed most of his mission, from the outside to the inside of the team, this breakthrough is to destroy the opponent's defense to cause misalignment, at this time a good guard standard is to be able to handle the basketball in his hand, give the ball to the best offensive point in the hand, a bad guard is not in place to pass the ball or play his own.
Nick Young is experienced, and after he was caught in the clip, he handed the basketball to his left hand, and then slammed the basketball to the ground, and the basketball went out from behind Nick Young Caron Butler.
When the ball went out, Caron Butler didn't react at all, and when he went to look at the basketball court again, Howard had already caught the basketball on the back cut, and at this time, Howard was seen taking the ball at this distance, one and a half steps away from the basket.
Caron Butler didn't want to defend anymore, so let's run for his life at this time, Carlon Butler's choice was right, Howard, who received the basketball, was like a giant beast that rushed to the sky, picked up his arm and flew to the basket.
At this point, it was too late for any defense, and Howard smashed a heavy dunk into the Pelicans basket, but it was at the New Orleans Arena at this time, so I'm sorry, even though Howard dunked beautifully, the New Orleans Arena still sent a dense boo to Howard.
The New Orleans Arena was booing Howard, but Howard didn't care about these things, but he was very happy in his heart, and he would never give up, even if my team and I were defeated today, it would never let our spirit and will break.
Howard roared ferociously, unleashing the fury and longing in the beast's heart.
The Bulls came up with a dunk, albeit just a ball. But it immediately made the Pelicans' players and coaches feel that the Bulls are starting to change.
The Bulls are playing from the outside to the inside, and the Pelicans have no absolute inside line at this time, so Li Feng can only attack with himself as the pivot point, and the dribble looks almost crazy outside the three-point line, this guy is really starting to go crazy today in order to defend Li Feng, and he even pulls and pulls to deal with Li Feng, so now Li Feng is not lightly provoking this guy.
Since it is played from the outside in, the Pelicans also have their own arrangement, and Brand on the inside comes up to cover. And Henson below pulled away to the left, and the whole Bulls' inside line was also pulled away, and then Li Feng used Brand's cover to rush up to the Bulls' inside line.
Li Feng's breakthrough came up, and since the Bulls' problems in the last quarter were still there, Paul and Nick Young, who assisted in the defense after Li Feng came over, attacked Li Feng, but Hinrich behind him seemed to have nothing to do and did not go to rotate to help defend Rose, and with such an opportunity, Li Feng hurriedly turned around and threw the basketball into Rose's hands.
Li Feng received the basketball, and Xinliqi remembered to help defend Rose. But Li Feng's three points are notoriously domineering and unreasonable, don't say that you missed this person, even if you stand in front of him, he will dare to fire. Just look at Ross's pounce on Sinrich, and fire unhurriedly.
"Huh!"
A large three-pointer with a slightly higher arc made its way into the Bulls' basket.
Now the Bulls and Pelicans are really competitive, and that one refuses to let up in the slightest.
Paul just saw Nick Young's breakaway pass. After receiving the basketball, he also rushed towards the Pelicans' half, which was originally a defensive strong point since this series of games. But he never solved Paul's offense, and Paul's speed and physical hardness were like a dead spot for Rose.
Paul relied on the hardness of his body and rushed past Rose's side, but at this time, the back of Kaloon Butler immediately came up to help defend, Caron Butler is the most important point of defense in the team, up and down, left and right, Paul pushed Kaloon Butler and then an acceleration, but Kalom Butler's footsteps were also very light, and he followed Paul and did not let this guy succeed.
At this time, Rose, who lost Paul, turned his head and went to help defend Nick Young, Caron Butler stared at Paul, and Henson behind him assisted in the defense, and the process was very fast.
The Pelicans got the defense in place, but at this point the Bulls' strategy also reached a big part, Paul drew the attention of the defense, and Howard got some kind of Cheng Dù relief.
Paul quickly said that the basketball was thrown to Howard who pulled it out, and Howard got the basketball again.
At this time, Howard stood a little below the high position, this distance is relatively far for Howard, he has no effective offensive means, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't have offensive means, Howard needs a kind of courage more.
Howard himself was desperate, after catching the basketball, he broke through to the Pelicans' interior line, Howard is famous for being big at the top and small at the bottom, and the strength of the lower limbs is not good, but at this time, the desperate Howard is still unstoppable by Brand.
Seeing that Howard invaded and fell to the basket, Brand simply repeated the old trick, slashing the beast tactic, and slapped a palm on Howard's arm with a "snap", Howard's arm was very painful, but he remembered Phil Jackson's words, and he had to endure it for victory.
Instead of being as excited as before, he walked to the free throw line and hit the free throw.
Brand was surprised that Howard didn't have emotional fluctuations, and Howard seemed to be too rational today, but Phil Jackson saw this qiē and felt that things were starting to turn in his favor.
Bull here Howard made murderous opportunities again and again, Li Feng also felt the difference of today's bulls, the first two bulls were manic, frivolous, although fierce but not really ruthless to the bones.
But now that the Bulls are under so much pressure, the Bulls are beginning to mature, and the whole team feels cold, straight to scoring and scoring.
The Bulls are so ruthless, the Pelicans players are becoming more and more silent on the court, they are quietly running, tight organization, the offensive core still starts from Li Feng, or from the high post, Brand didn't even go to the low post after he came, so he first covered Rose and Li Feng again and again.
After Brand covered Rose, Li Feng ran over to the low post, where the space had already been opened up by Henson, and Li Feng followed Brand's cover and pulled to the side continuously.
Li Feng's original intention was to go to Li Feng's side and pass the basketball to Li Feng's hands, but for some reason, his feet suddenly slipped, his body stumbled and almost slipped a little, and the basketball was lost.
At this time, Li Feng was frightened into a cold sweat, such a mistake was too low-level, so Li Feng hurriedly staggered and stretched out his arm to catch the ball, Xin Liqi, who defended Li Feng, did not expect Li Feng to make such a mistake, and when he reacted to pick up the ball, Li Feng had already hugged the basketball with both hands. (To be continued......)