Chapter 860: Abnormal
The fans at the New Orleans arena saw the Grizzlies players celebrating at their home court, so the die-hard people who were reluctant to leave the court booed the Grizzlies players on the court, wanting to boo the Grizzlies players, but a few of the Grizzlies guys had already practiced their cheekiness and didn't care about still celebrating on the court at the New Orleans Arena.
At this time, the Pelicans players and coaches couldn't stand the Grizzlies players celebrating on their own courts, and all walked towards the players' tunnel with gloomy faces.
In today's game, the Pelicans lost so humiliatingly, how could there be so many mistakes, how could there be such a situation.
After the game, the Pelicans became the target of media bombardment, among which coach Jeff Van Gundy bore the brunt, and at the last moment, he failed to make effective adjustments to the team, and the Pelicans collapsed, losing at home, losing the advantage of 2-0 over the Grizzlies.
Now the two teams are tied 1-1, and the third game is moved to Memphis for the third leg, which has attracted the attention of the world.
It may be that winning a game on the Pelicans' home court boosted the morale of the Memphis Grizzlies, and they invited the ruffian Eminem to perform in the third stop, when the rap group's performance ended, the Memphis Grizzlies' live DJ finally announced the start of the game, and with his words, the Grizzlies routinely played the Grizzlies' own promotional video, and the Grizzlies' promotional video mainly appeared in the figure of Marc Gasol, On the big screen, Gasol Jr. can be seen appearing again and again, and then slamming the basket one after another, and the content shown in the video is extremely wild and violent.
But the fact is that the Memphis Grizzlies are not a violent team at all, and their style of play can be described as united and fierce at best.
The Pelicans' five Tigers are all playing, Rose, Arenas, Li Feng, Millsap, and Al Jefferson. The lineup has not changed, the style of Robert Pera.
Next is the appearance of the Grizzlies, Prince, Tony Allen, Conley, Randolph, the Grizzlies are the last to come out is Marc Gasol, and now he is all the hope of the Grizzlies, he is the king of the Grizzlies, when the king plays. The atmosphere will definitely be different.
When Marc Gasol walked out with a sudden heavy rhythm, the FedEx Arena immediately set off blue waves, cheers gushed out like the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and resounded throughout the FedEx Arena, and Marc Gasol waved around with a new honest smile from Peugeot.
The cheers at the FedEx Arena saved wave after wave.
At this point, Barkley, who was sitting in the commentary seat, began to speak loudly:
"Kenny, Miller, and Hardaway, this is the second time we've been commentating on the Pelicans-Grizzlies game. How do you feel? β
Today's game was broadcast to TNT, which also made the match a key point of focus, using Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith, in addition to inviting Reggie Miller and Penny Hardaway as guests today. Today's commentary lineup can really be said to be a strong lineup.
The first to speak was Penny Hardaway's:
"The Grizzlies have a very neat lineup, and I'm very happy to see such a lineup."
Miller is never going to back down, despite his relatively thin body. But mentally, he's a giant.
"The Pelicans are also a team that is getting better and better, and they have made great strides from the inside to the outside. In addition to Li Feng, Millsap's current state is worthy of the All-Star, and Al Jefferson has not made much effort, and the Pelicans' roster depth does not need to be said. β
Miller obviously has a much deeper study of the Pelicans than Hardaway does with the Grizzlies, and when Miller speaks loudly, Barkley and Kenny also laugh at each other.
Van Gundy was already on the edge of the rest seat at this time, and his mind was thinking, Robert Pera did give himself a puzzle today, and at this time he didn't use Zach Randolph, nor did he use other inside lines, just used Marc Gasol alone, playing a big belt and four small.
James Johnson appeared in the starting lineup, Zach Randolph, Ed Davis, Kufors, Loyle and others were on the bench, and the Grizzlies brought in the most firepower players on the team at one time, they were going to give their team a surprise blow at the beginning, it must be like this, if the game is controlled by the Grizzlies from the beginning, the game will be difficult.
At this time, Van Gundy's mind almost quickly copied Robert Pera's conspiracy, and then Van Gundy began to think about countermeasures, they were going to play fast and aggressive offensive basketball, which was similar to the offense that Robert Pera advocated recently.
If the Grizzlies want to win with a strong offense, then for the Pelicans to win, the first thing is to pay attention to defense.
Van Gundy suddenly felt a little nervous, this game was very important for him, and now even he was a little unsure about paying attention.
Just when Van Gundy couldn't make up his mind, the game had already begun, Al Jefferson and Marc Gasol began to fight for the ball in the center circle, and with the referee's whistle, Marc Gasol's strong body immediately dominated and suddenly put the practice ball in Conley's hands.
After Conley received the basketball, he was not in a hurry to attack forward, but controlled the basketball alternately under the crotch dribble, teasing Li Feng in front of him, although Li Feng's height was far higher than Conley, but this guy he didn't care, he didn't care at all.
The first shot of the opening game was not ready for the Grizzlies, and even the Grizzlies' formation was not laid out, but at this time Conley was ready, and he couldn't even wait, and the dribble suddenly changed a rhythm in front of Li Fengdi, and he suddenly dribbled up with the ball and shook it a little.
It seemed to be an electric toy that started suddenly, with an abrupt force, Li Feng was also taken aback, he hurriedly moved, but it was just a fake move by Conley, it was such a simple feint.
Then Conley suddenly jumped up and shot and hit not only the Pelicans unprepared, but even the Grizzlies were unprepared. Seeing Conley's shot like this, he was clearly going against Robert Pera's wishes, and the fat man sat there shaking his head quickly.
It seemed like he was going to shout something, but it was too late for anything, and Conley had already decided to do it, so he moved.
When a person's spirit and will reach a peak, he will often do more than he can do, Conley's shot at this time is as soft as silk, and his movements are like a crane stretching, gently spreading his wings. Then a soothing pat.
The basketball fell into the basket behind the Pelicans with a "swoop" on Li Feng's head, which was the first shot of the Grizzlies, and when Forsys scored, the fans didn't care how the coach arranged the ball, they just saw the goal, so what the stands remembered was a round of applause.
"Whoa!"
The FedEx Arena began to shake.
And Penny Hardaway also leaned over and said:
"Conley's desire to attack today is very strong, and it can be seen that his feeling is also very wrong, such a Conley is dangerous, and the Pelicans had better find a way to deal with him."
"Yes. He didn't look like a point guard today, which was weird. Miller watched Conley's offense, but he didn't really care.
Van Gundy glanced at the arena depressedly, and suddenly stood up and stood on the sideline and yelled loudly at his teammates:
"Strengthen the defense. We have to strengthen our defense and increase our defensive intensity, right now. β
The Pelicans are indeed a team that is known for their defense, but when Van Gundy was a little impatient. Now is not the time to increase the defensive intensity, and one option at the start of the game is to surprise the winner. Holding the opponent, the other is to slowly adjust the state and choose a century to win by playing your own ground
Now that the Pelicans have been robbed of the opportunity by the opponent, the choice is to adjust and constantly adjust, so that they can keep up with the pace of the opponent, first not to be crushed, and then to fight back sharply.
Van Gundy's excessive yelling there still made the Pelicans' feelings on this side change a little bit, just now the Pelicans were held in the players' tunnel for too long, they held this breath of anger, and they came up with the first point than Conley, and the anger in their chests was even greater.
But at this time, Van Gundy came over and said that the defense did not let these people let out their anger, but asked them to hold their breath, which had the effect of Lyle's haste and the team's depression.
The Pelicans came over, and adjusted the lineup to let Millsap test on the inside, the Pelicans' tactical discipline is obviously better than that of the Grizzlies, and the route taken is very emotional, after the basketball is close to the inside, Millsap's opponent is Randolph, but today it has become James Johnson, which is really a very easy role for Millsap to deal with, and he only needs to use his own strength to force the opponent.
Millsap has been stuffy for a long time in the back, after he came over, his movements were relatively large, and the fight was more ferocious, James Johnson behind him had no power to resist under Millsap's power, but this Turk was still very smart, and at the moment of Millsap's final shot, he flashed and shook Millsap's center of gravity.
It's like a person who has enough strength to punch into the air, and the fire in Millsap's stomach is not waved out at all, but instead throws the basketball wide, and the Pelicans just lose the first shot inexplicably.
Immediately after the Pelicans lost the first place, Rice said:
"Millsap shouldn't have any problem playing James Johnson in the position just now, but how could he miss so much, isn't Millsap in great shape?"
The reality is indeed similar to what Miller said, now Millsap's state is really not very good, there was a fire in his stomach before the game, and he waited for so long when he arrived at the scene, and the first punch on the court was in the air, which was like the internal strength that had been accumulated for a long time was wasted in a boring place.
Millsap's inner anxiety turned into a fire again, and it was obviously not so appropriate to play in this state.
Millsap threw the basketball, as soon as he touched the basket, Al Jefferson under the basket began to fight with Marc Gasol, which was also the first battle between the two of them, when on the ground, Al Jefferson actually did not suffer a loss and occupied a position that was quite good, but once he started to jump, Al Jefferson accumulated a little advantage in front of him immediately disappeared, Marc Gasol almost instantly rushed to Al Jefferson's head and took off the rebound. Then he turned around and passed it to Conley.
After he passed the basketball to Conley, he actually regretted it a little, because Conley didn't seem to play as the head coach asked today.
Conley and Marc Gasol thought completely different things, after he received Marc Gasol's pass, he thought that Marc Gasol had also admitted what he was doing now, Conley immediately turned around and dribbled against the Pelicans.
Conley came over and relied on the cover of his teammates to throw Li Feng behind his ass in two consecutive disguises, and after this guy got rid of Li Feng, he didn't pay any attention to Rose's defense. Resist Ross and rush forward.
Conley is not only fast, but also very strong in his upper limbs, even Conley, who is one size bigger than him, can't resist rushing up at all, just watch Conley pass Li Feng, and then push Rose away.
Single-handedly rushed to the Pelicans' half, at this time there was no one behind the Grizzlies to catch Conley, Tony Allen was a little stupid and couldn't react, so he could only watch Conley kill him, at this time Arenas finally caught up and wanted to stop Conley. But he was deceived by Conley's feint, and he saw that Conley didn't even look at Arenas, so he got up directly to the basket next to Arenas.
Arenas stretched out his hands, but in exchange for the ground was like the referee's whistle, Conley was such a stubborn person. single-handedly, killed the Pelicans one through the heart, killed from the outside all the way to the inside to get two points, not to mention, there is an additional penalty.
Grizzlies fans are even more satisfied with this situation. They cheered, and Conley made the free throw at the free-throw line with great confidence, and Conley was like that if he went crazy. If you want to say that you are a little Pelican, you are the OK combination of the Lakers at their peak, and he can knock them to the ground alone.
The cheers at the FedEx Arena were deafening, and Barkley was very surprised and said:
"If a player does something stupid once, it may be his mistake, but if he does something stupid twice in a row, it's the coach's tactics, is it the Grizzlies' tactics now, let Conley soar like this, this is too extraordinary."
"It can't be."
Li Feng immediately interrupted Barkley's words:
"The Grizzlies aren't a team that relies on a single player to play, and that's not normal."
Hardaway was about to retort, but Kenny Smith said:
"But if this continues, I think Robert Pera will have to adjust his tactics and tilt them in Conley's favor."
Van Gundy desperately emphasized defense here, but he definitely didn't expect that he was so stressed that he was still lightly beaten by the Grizzlies twice and could not score lightly, he was very angry next to the sideline, in fact, today's Van Gundy's love xΓΉ was really a little too nervous out of control, in the past, Carl was rarely angry, but at the beginning of today's game, it was just when he first played, Van Gundy couldn't control it here.
At this time, the Pelicans' situation became even worse, and even Li Feng was agitated, Li Feng rushed to shoot in the Grizzlies' half, and it turned out to be another miss, Al Jefferson saw his players continue to miss, he began to desperately snatch rebounds below, but in the position Al Jefferson was very good at snatching, but at the end of the jump, Al Jefferson was more lightly abused by Marc Gasol.
At this time, Marc Gasol began to find Conley to pass the ball, the first scramble was because of luck, Marc Gasol picked the ball to Conley, and the second time was a mistake that Marc Gasol himself regretted, but this third time was voluntary by Marc Gasol himself, because he saw that Conley was really flying today.
If you go crazy like this, one or two people can't stop it, and if you don't pass it on to him at this time, let the guy who is in good shape fight, it's simply unreasonable.
Marc Gasol shoved the basketball into Conley's hands, and Conley's confidence immediately climbed another level, this time he didn't launch a fast break, but he dribbled towards the Pelicans' half court, and while Conley dribbled, there were fans in the audience who raised a large sign "Conley, our brain." β
Conley is a stubborn and temperamental person, at this time Conley's love began to stir, and suddenly started two steps to the edge of the Pelicans' three-point line, and then Marc Gasol took the initiative to come up at this time to give Conley a protection.
With this cover, Conley was completely integrated mentally and willfully, and as soon as he kicked the ground, he rushed horizontally to the Pelicans' basket, and the Pelicans' defensive level was still very good. Millsap immediately made up for it.
At this time, the Pelicans have no holes on the inside line, but Conley is Conley, and he soared into the air, and Millsapp could only cling to the defense, but Conley demonstrated once again that he was best at folding the layup, folding his body in the air and posing as a monkey stealing a peach, and quietly handed the ball to the top of the basket.
This guy actually made a layup with Millsap, and the layup was successful, and at this time, Marc Gasol, who turned his head, couldn't believe it, and hugged Conley hard.
Conley even entered a state of frenzy and posed as hip-hop. Twisting his ankles a few times in a row, moving sideways, this dancing knight was not beautiful, even a little ugly, but when Conley's dancing was on the big screen.
The crowd at the FedEx arena began to cheer wildly, and Conley defeated the Pelicans' defense, which had no problem in his own way, in an absolutely impossible way.
At this time Miller shouted:
"Oh my God, how could he do this, it doesn't make sense at all. It doesn't make sense at all. β
"Don't forget jì, the truth of basketball is to score, only scoring is the most important truth of basketball, and now Conley has done it, so he is a kind of expression of truth."
Hardaway didn't bother with any reasoning. When you he plays like that, too.
At this time, Robert Pera also stood up from his position, and the fat man laughed in disbelief, which was definitely a surprise for Robert Pera, who had just returned to the home court to give the opponent such a blow. It's definitely Robert Pera happy to see it, and he's not like Van Gundy, who clearly sees his players playing well. He still has to replace his own players.
Conley is dancing, Marc Gasol is laughing, Robert Pera is snickering, Miller and Hardaway are bickering.
Li Feng suddenly felt that today's game was a little out of control, and from the beginning of the game, the direction of the game was in the direction of not being accused at all, and even Van Gundy had a problem, and he was still yelling at Li Feng and them to defend.
Watching all the Pelicans go up, in the end, it was Rose who shot the first shot, stabilizing the situation a little bit, Li Feng ran to the sideline and quickly climbed to Van Gundy's side and said:
"Van Gundy, let's call a timeout, it's a little wrong right now."
"No, we don't have enough defensive intensity."
Van Gundy ignored Li Feng, he seemed to be talking to himself.
But at this time, the FedEx Arena began to revelry, and the real blue FedEx Arena was shouting Conley's name.
"Conley, Conley, Conley."
Such a roar was shocking, and it also inspired Conley's wild dreams, stimulating this taller and powerful defender who could have walked, full of power.
He loved it, he loved to hear the crowd shouting his name, as if he was in Ohio at that time, he liked the feeling, and then he felt that he was the center of gravity of the world, and only when he was at the center of gravity of the world did his heart beat.
At this time, Tony Allen also gave up his usual hobby of impacting the basket and handed over the basketball to Conley, Conley was still full of confidence, Conley continued to dribble under his crotch, he was provoking Li Feng, and he was also provoking the desire of the FedEx Arena.
But it was Conley himself who couldn't help but provoke first, he gritted his teeth and rushed to Li Feng in a daze, Li Feng was only ready to resist hard, but Conley played a flower, and when he almost touched Li Feng, he suddenly turned around and rushed into the Pelicans' three-second zone with a basketball.
At this time, Rose, who was already disgusted with Conley's performance, planned to foul early, but as soon as his hand was stretched out, Conley suddenly threw the basketball into the air, and then when Rose turned around.
What he saw was Marc Gasol jumping between Al Jefferson and Millsap, but he was on top of it. (To be continued......)