Duncan scored, the Pelicans quickly sent the baseline ball, Marshall was really not polite to Parker, and came up and carried Parker with his body to break through to the Spurs' half.

Where did Parker think that Marshall saw that he was so crazy, and was hit by the other party for a few steps and was given by Marshall, Marshall came up and gave Parker two steps, Marshall was furious, and suddenly broke the rhythm of the Spurs, he must be suppressed, and they can't be allowed to run anymore.

For the Spurs, being hit by the opponent's consecutive fast break is the most dangerous thing, and the Spurs would rather let the Pelicans score a few in the half than let the Pelicans play the fast break like this.

This problem Popovich has emphasized many times, can not let the Pelicans play rhythm, but the actual effect is very unsatisfactory, it is difficult for them to control the Pelicans' rapid offense, on the one hand, the Pelicans players are talented, a little careless can play fast, on the other hand, it is also Li Feng's storage, so that the Pelicans' defensive offensive quality has been greatly improved, and this summer's Pelicans' new signings are also enough to give enough.

With so many factors, it is difficult for the Spurs to control the Pelicans to play a fast break.

Parker took the ball over, but he was also a little annoyed by Marshall, and he came over to force a breakthrough through Marshall and hit Marshall desperately.

However, the good thing about Parker is that he can maintain the concept of passing first whenever and wherever he wants, even when he fights with Marshall, he does not forget to pass the ball.

He broke into the Pelicans' box on his own, and suddenly turned around and passed a horizontal pass to Duncan outside.

But he didn't see that Li Feng was also on this route, Li Feng saw that he flew over, he immediately activated his instantaneous speed, pounced on the basketball like a leopard, and then immediately turned around and rushed towards the Spurs' half.

Duncan came over at this time to make a tactical foul on Li Feng, Li Feng saw that Duncan's hand was stretched over, he immediately threw the basketball behind Duncan, and then he himself dodged Duncan's inresolute tactical foul as if he was hiding from a cat.

Then Li Feng caught up with the basketball. went to the Spurs' half again, and at this time Li Feng ran wildly, and no one could catch up with him at all.

There were no pursuers in the back, and there was no one in front, so Li Feng came over and immediately performed a 360-degree dunk.

"Bang dang!"

Li Feng dunked again, and the Pelicans played a fast break again, and Popovich jumped into the court in anger.

The situation of the game and Popovich's thoughts are completely different, he wants to hold down the rhythm and not let the Pelicans play the fast break, but the Pelicans just find various opportunities to play the fast break. And note that this is still when the Pelicans' defense is not mature.

From Popovich's eyes, it is natural to see that the Pelicans' team defense is actually very immature, but even so, the Pelicans still grabbed so many opportunities to counterattack, what is this?

Popovich pondered repeatedly in his stomach, and finally figured out that the classic car he was driving had not yet been lubricated by the starting oil, and there were stumbles everywhere. That's what gave these guys a chance.

But I drove such a classic car, and I couldn't do it to make the team completely lubricated in a short time.

At this point, he can only shout from the sidelines, telling the team to pay attention to the safety of the pass. It was the only thing he could do.

The Spurs are slowly stabilizing behind them, and they have this ability to stabilize and this style of stability.

But it can't fill the big hole dug before, you must know that the Spurs want to score quickly by three-point shots. But the Pelicans are very the outside, and the Spurs didn't have a chance to shoot three-pointers today.

In this way, when the halftime whistle ends. The Pelicans led the Spurs by seven more points at 56-49, two more points than in the first quarter.

This situation is somewhat weird, but the Pelicans fans don't care about this, they are cheering on the sidelines, and the strong team is trampled under their feet today.

At halftime, the Pelicans and Spurs players returned to the locker room.

The Spurs are out of breath, and they are unwilling, they are a strong team, they were all arrogant before the game, and now that the game has started, they have been repaired enough by a group of small characters, which is too different from their psychological expectations.

In the script of the old Spurs, this opener should be the one in which they tricked the guys into going around with cunning moves and slippery tricks, and then they won the game with ease.

But the reality is that their positioning and greetings are slippery enough, but they didn't cheat the Pelicans, and then they didn't win the game, but were beaten by the other side, in fact, there is only one reason, the Spurs were not prepared to fight to the death before the opening game, but the Pelicans have sharpened their knives and are ready to bite anyone.

At this time, when they arrived in the locker room, these old guys had also experienced the rivers and lakes, and they had figured out the way after a little thought.

Playing the Pelicans, playing the team with Li Feng, you don't want to work hard, if you want to win easily, that's impossible.

So in the locker room of the Spurs, Duncan, Tony Parker, and Ginobili have all begun to sharpen their knives, and they are ready to work hard, if they don't work hard, if they let the Pelicans win the strong team, the Spurs' face really can't be shown.

At the same moment, in the Pelicans' locker room, it was jubilant, and everyone was happy.

In today's first half of the game, the Pelicans are all happy, everyone has played, whether it is a new recruit or an old player, Henson has two consecutive blocks, as well as a violent dunk, Pau Gasol has a dunk and a frame breakthrough, and he also shot two in the middle distance, Marshall is a hand-bladed enemy, Jefferson is also playing Split in the middle of the game, Li Feng is even more comfortable, in addition to dunking two baskets, the rest only need to pass the ball to be OK.

What do pelicans want today? Everyone played their own characteristics, and the only unhappy person was Turner, who missed all 4 shots today, whether it was mid-range or long-range, and there was no time to shoot.

This kind of background of continuous misses is nothing if it was the previous summer league, but now the whole team is playing well, just one of his three-point inaccurate, and the outside line repeatedly misses, what is the matter?

It felt like the whole team was the worst of itself, so don't look at it for a while, but Turner was already so anxious that his mouth was on fire and hot.

The difference between the two teams is huge. Three minutes before the start of the second half, Kenny Smith said from the broadcast box:

"I'm wondering if the Spurs lose today, will Popovich vomit blood in anger, and whether the veterans of the Spurs, a strong team, will play more than 10 consecutive wins in a fit of rage."

Barkley didn't answer Kenny Smith's question, just laughing on the side, and he didn't actually know what the final outcome would be.

Three minutes later, the two teams were back on the court, and this time the Spurs were at their best, and the combination of GDP + Split and Parker was already their strongest form.

Unlike the solemnity of the Spurs. The Pelicans are still adjusting the lineup, just now Van Gundy found that the combination of Henson and Jefferson is quite good, one is talented and the other is extraordinary, Pau Gasol's run-in with the team does not need to be tested, so he simply let Henson play a starter in the second half, and then arranged for Corey to continue to score, Marshall to play point guard, and Li Feng to play small forward.

The first round of the opening game was the Pelicans' ball, and Li Feng received a pass from Marshall outside the three-point line. There was a bad feeling.

It's like meeting the Spurs in last year's playoffs, and these old guys are all looking at you eerily, and you can read from that look that they're going to stop each other from scoring at any cost.

Li Feng can also be regarded as a player who has experienced a vicious battle. As soon as you look at this scene, you can understand that you can't let your teammates attack lightly at this time.

Because once they fail to attack, it will affect the emotions they have accumulated before, and now they need to stand up for themselves at this moment. In the second half of the game, I couldn't dunk the blue as if I was in the first half, and I could win the game by passing the ball.

After Li Feng straightened his mentality. Immediately bent down and took possession of the ball in a small way, and then looked at his opponent, the truth Leonard.

Leonard's confrontation ability is very strong, and it is not cost-effective to resist him, and it is easy to be deceived by him to foul.

Even if Li Feng opened all his abilities and had a physical advantage, he was unwilling to have a physical entanglement with Leonard.

So Li Feng used his crotch dribble to first pull away half a step from Leonard, then shook his head and shoulders to make a feint, suddenly leaned forward, and then immediately returned, and there was another crotch dribble head and shoulders shake.

Li Feng's continuous shaking and pulling back and forth made the aging Leonard feel a little bored, just when his steps softened, hesitating whether to fight Li Feng to the end.

Li Feng suddenly broke through to the left, and when Leonard wanted to stop Li Feng, Li Feng was already flying.

In the air, Li Feng raised his hands and glided until Duncan's defense arrived, and then he switched hands to a low-handed layup.

Li Feng made a successful layup and scored two points for the Pelicans in the opening game, and Li Feng's offense came simply and fluently.

After scoring, Li Feng immediately yelled at his teammates:

"Defend, defend, do a good job, Spurs are going to fight hard."

Li Feng shouted like this, and retreated to his own half to direct his teammates to block the middle.

The Spurs were ready to fight hard in the second half, but they were still scored 2 points by Li Feng so lightly, and suddenly the Spurs and the group went crazy.

When it came to the Pelicans' half, the Spurs and the others also took out all their abilities.

At this time, although their tactics are the same as in the first half, the details are different, whether it is the quality of the blocking, the route of running, and even the timing of the pass are more accurate.

A little improvement in mentality, the changes brought to the team are huge, under the strict running position of the whole team, Ginobili easily threw Li Feng into the strong man pile of the Spurs, and let Li Feng fight hand-to-hand again.

He came out to get the ball and it was a shot.

"Smack."

Ginobili relied on the team's cooperation to come back and score points, and the Spurs' move immediately made the fans, players, and commentators feel the murderous spirit of the Spurs.

In the past, the Spurs played slowly, but now the Spurs are playing seriously, and the two attitudes make the Spurs on the court completely different.

Barkley also said at this time:

"It looks like the old Spurs guys are starting to fight hard now, and I just think these guys won't lose lightly, hehe."

Barkley was on the sidelines, but he was not afraid of big things, and the more intense the two teams played, the happier he became.

Now that the Spurs are getting serious and doing everything, he's worried that the team he's just cobbled together won't be able to withstand it.

The Spurs have shamelessly come up with what they do best, chain defense. And when defending Li Feng, he also showed all his strength, Leonard delayed Li Feng with his body in front alone, and Duncan behind him was ready to pounce at any time.

Under the tough defense of the Spurs, the Pelicans passed smoothly before, but they couldn't be smooth at this time.

Jefferson was guarded by Duncan very much, and he didn't have a good chance to shoot, Li Feng saw that his teammates didn't have a chance, and it was easy to deal with this situation, so he hurriedly asked Marshall for the ball.

Marshall immediately gave the basketball to Li Feng, and Li Feng picked up the ball. Seeing Leonard defending himself in front, plus content to follow up behind Leonard at any time, so that even if he passes Leonard, he will not have a chance to attack.

In the face of this situation, if it was Li Feng before, he would have done it directly regardless of 3721, but now Li Feng's thinking has changed, and Li Feng has taken more into account the overall style of play.

So Li Feng took the ball and immediately stepped forward, spying on the Spurs' defense, when Leonard moved back. When Duncan moved forward, Li Feng immediately jumped back, and he had already tested the Spurs' defense.

At this time, Jefferson quietly pulled half a step outside, and Li Feng changed direction again. Switched directions and rushed into the Spurs' half.

This time, Li Fengchong's ferocity was also simple, and the duo of Leonard and Duncan immediately surrounded Li Feng.

Li Feng jumped up and turned around to pass the ball to Jefferson's hand, jumping and passing in front of Duncan like this, there are definitely few people in the league who can do it. Ordinary people were forced to death all of a sudden, and they couldn't jump out of Duncan's control.

But Li Feng's jump was too high. Like a fish that has escaped from a fishing net, it suddenly threw the basketball into the hands of Jefferson on the bottom line.

Jefferson was not afraid to take the ball and Parker, who was spinning past, raised his hand and hit this mid-range shot.

"Huh!"

The Pelicans' offense was successful, although the Pelicans scored 2 points, but it took 22 seconds, and there were only 2 seconds left for the Spurs to defend for 24 seconds.

From this point of view, it can also be seen that the second half of the game was fierce on both sides.

However, at this time, Kenny Smith was obviously attracted by Li Feng's pass just now, and he said:

"Li Feng no longer has any doubts in terms of scoring, the trend towards the direction of the controller is already obvious, just now this pass is also in place, with Gasol and Corey, the Pelicans' offense will not be worse than last season, Li Feng now only needs to take on the team's organizational responsibility, so Van Gundy can always use Pierce or Granger to replace Marshall to start."

Kenny Smith said that Li Feng's responsibilities have changed significantly this season, and Charles Barkley, who was next to him, immediately said:

"Actually, every guy with excellent physical conditions has the conditions to be a great passer, it depends on whether they want to do it or not."

"When a player is abnormal in his body, they can all make some passes that others can't complete, and these passes will break the fixed rules on the field, a physical superman uses his body to complete the attack, he is a person who challenges the rules of a position, but he uses his own body to pass, it is to let the whole team break through the rules, which is an essential improvement."

When Barkley said this, Popovich frowned when he saw the obviously impossible pass.

While Popovich was still doubting here, the Spurs suddenly increased the intensity of their defense, and instead of being trapped, the Pelicans rose to the occasion and scored six points in a row.

All of a sudden, the Pelicans' players also have an extra taste of bravery, hard to hard, which can indeed add pride and pride to the team.

With the support of this pride, their defensive enthusiasm is also rushing like a flame, and the guy desperately pounces on the veterans and seniors with his young body, not retreating, nor timid, there is only one thought, which is to fight.

In the face of this kind of defense, in the face of five passionate guys, the veterans of the Spurs finally felt that they had nowhere to speak.

Intense physical contact, stubborn faces, and flowing sweat turned the stadium into a gladiatorial arena, and the fierce game also stimulated the fans, and the New Orleans Arena resounded with a neat cry at this time.

The cries rose higher and higher, and the emotions on the court were completely driven, and it seemed that 24 seconds were about to arrive.

This time. Parker took the ball, suddenly forced a breakthrough, pressed Marshall, suddenly half-turned and made an Olajuwon-style one-handed feint, took the ball and shook it upward, under the fierce defense and nervous nerves, Marshall suddenly flew, Parker seized this line of life, turned around and threw a high toss.

Watching the high toss fly out and fall into the hoop's hand. Henson flew out of the crowd like a monster out of nowhere, and blocked Parker's ball with one palm.

Henson blocked it again at this time, and suddenly the enthusiasm of the New Orleans arena was "whoa! All at once there was a surge.

Henson himself was pounding his chest frantically and roaring, and he felt his eyes heat up, almost as if he wanted to cry.

Seeing this pelican with such a look, the fans of New Orleans also collectively rose up, shouting in revelry, and the enthusiasm and excitement made them want to cry too.

The basketball unfortunately fell into the hands of Ginobili on the outside. He didn't rush to attack, and the rush was not Spurs' style.

Ginobili, who had the ball, immediately shouted:

"Steady, steady, don't be affected. The ball is with me. ”

Ginoby used his roar to calm the court, and then the Spurs started from the beginning, and after a block just now, the Pelicans' defense became more enthusiastic. At this time, the pelicans were as hot as red steel, from the heart to the skin, and the heat almost melted the entire New Orleans arena.

In the arena of New Orleans. The shouts, the shouts, the screams, had become a mess, and the frenzy was running through every corner of the stadium.

The Pelicans in the first half were wild rangers, and in the second half the Pelicans were fanatical believers, holding their ground.

encountered such a defense, and at the same time, most of the Pelicans' players came from the Spurs, and they were familiar enough with the Spurs' players, and rarely ate their feints and cheat fouls, and the Spurs' players, this strong team actually had no way to take the Pelicans, and Leonard forced a shot after 20 seconds of consumption.

The Pelicans successfully defended two consecutive rounds, and suddenly the cries of the New Orleans arena rolled like a tidal wave, and they couldn't stop.

The morale of the Pelicans is extremely strong at this time, and the whole team is also full of passion, and it is also at this time that the young players of the Pelicans are too passionate.

In the Spurs' half, Marshall threw an aerial relay to Henson, but the timing was problematic.

Henson didn't receive the ball, the ball flew straight out of the baseline, and the Pelicans played two good shots, only to come back and make a mistake themselves.

This seems a bit nonsensical, but this is a young team, which can be extremely good or extremely nonsensical, and the word stable dìng is destined to have no chance with the guy, and the guy doesn't need to be stable, and they can solve the opponent with their passion and toughness.

The Spurs played orderly basketball, and the Pelicans played passionate basketball.

The first half was a fast break performance for the Pelicans, and the second half was a fierce confrontation between the two teams.

Barkley, who was watching the game from the commentary bench, was also happy at this time:

"I really didn't expect that the Pelicans forced the old Spurs guys to this point, and now they almost took out the ruthlessness of the Finals, but they still can't win against the Pelicans, and this year's West looks better."

Kenny Smith was also a little dizzy looking at the court:

"yes, the Pelicans are really excited today, and there is hope for the defending champion."

The Pelicans, who made both Barkley and Kenny Smith feel crazy, continued to play with the Spurs in the third quarter, from the first minute to the last second, and never gave up for a moment, although they made mistakes, but also had enthusiasm.

The Spurs seem to be using the Pelicans to gradually regain the feeling of a strong team, gradually becoming more and more tenacious, more and more orderly, as if they are as precise as a machine, and every action is following the rules of basketball.

Such a fighter machine will not have too high and extraordinary performance, but it will not have too many mistakes, just like the stone Buddha Duncan they stand, hard and tall! (To be continued......)