Chapter 931: Conflict Again
Li Feng didn't think about what the consequences would be if he rushed to the inside line of the Nets at this time, Li Feng rushed up directly, this gap can really be used, Li Feng got in one step, and Anthony couldn't stop himself at all.
I could only watch Li Feng rush towards Kevin Garnett, Li Feng also saw Garnett at this time, but he couldn't stop, at this time Li Feng had only one word rush in his mind.
Even if Garnett was in front, Li Feng was going to rush, Li Feng rushed up completely senselessly, Li Feng knew that Garnett was going to play small moves, but he didn't expect Garnett to play a small move at all, but a big move.
This guy directly stretched out his arm, like a stick swept horizontally, and swept Li Feng down from the air at once.
At that time, Li Feng felt that it was pitch black in front of him, and he crawled directly on the floor.
Li Feng was unexpectedly slapped directly on the floor by Garnett, and exclamations immediately came from both sides of the court, although this is the away team, but the fans only know the danger of this action.
This kind of action may even kill a player's life, after seeing this action, Van Gundy, who was sitting on the sidelines, suddenly became excited, if Li Feng's career is over, his playoffs, his Pelicans dynasty will be wiped out together.
Van Gundy, who rushed up, yelled at the referee, but fortunately, the referee didn't have time to pay attention to Van Gundy at this time, because as soon as he saw that the team's boss was released, Henson pushed Garnett to the ground from behind.
A series of clashes, at this time the players of both teams were running towards this corner, Al Jefferson at this time with a fierce glint on his face, he pretended to go to the fight, but stepped on Garnett's thumb.
But Garnett screamed, and this time the court was even more chaotic, the Pelicans players and the Nets players were facing each other, and the referees were desperately running towards it.
He's already shot. He gave Garnett just a technical foul and that's. It was the home court of the Nets, but Garnett, who was overshadowed and stepped on his fingers, stood up and slapped Aljefferson suddenly.
Garnett's instruction was just instinctive, and he didn't think about anything, but at this moment, Al Jefferson's mind was indeed new and old hatred, Li Feng and Garnett were banned just a few days ago.
So Al Jefferson was swept and fell to the ground with a bang. Al Jefferson performed this time, and he performed it very realistically, as soon as Al Jefferson fell to the ground, the scene became even more chaotic.
The Pelicans have been knocked over by two here, and the substitute players on the Pelicans' bench jumped up all of a sudden, and Thornton was about to rush to the court directly, and he was going to have a big fight with Garnett, at this time, thanks to DJ Augustin next to him, he still calmly caught Thornton at the critical moment.
Li Feng fell very hard this time, and his chest was stuffy. I didn't catch my breath for a long time, my eyes were black, and I wanted to vomit, but at this time there was a mess on the court. No one paid attention to Li Feng at all.
Li Feng stood up and saw that Al Jefferson fell to the ground, and suddenly Li Feng's head burst out of Al Jefferson's things, and Li Feng's chest didn't hurt anymore. Jumping up is going to Garnett.
As soon as Li Feng moved, he saw Al Jefferson's two legs suddenly clamped and clamped his feet. At this time, Li Feng immediately understood that Al Jefferson was too bad.
The scene was very chaotic, Garnett made another move, and also knocked Al Jefferson over at once, at this time the referee could not be merciful, and immediately waved his hand and punished Garnett, and then the Pelicans' team doctor came up and put Al Jefferson on a stretcher and left.
Al Jefferson was taken away, Li Feng also stood up, and the team doctor checked Li Feng, but fortunately Li Feng didn't have any problems.
The game continued to start, the Nets lost Garnett, and Kidd had to replace David Lee.
The Pelicans could only replace Brand, and both teams looked like they had lost a big man for the time being, but Li Feng knew that Al-Jefferson was absolutely fine, and this guy might have played such a hand just to get Garnett out, or even completely get out of this Finals.
Li Feng returned to the court, but at this time the atmosphere of the two teams was a little different, both teams were full of gunpowder, and the eyes of each other were already different, especially the Pelicans players who didn't understand the situation.
Young players like Oladipo, Henson, and Brewer are already red-eyed, their team bosses have been put down, and the leaders of the team have been slapped down.
At this time, the atmosphere of the team was completely different, the referee gave the Pelicans free throws, Li Feng stood on the free throw line, and when he got the basketball, he touched his chest first.
This is a free throw that he got directly on the floor, but it must not be wasted, Li Feng thought so, and shot the free throw more seriously, and the trajectory of the basketball fell into the basket very steadily.
Two in a row, at this time Barkley looked at Li Feng's appearance and said:
"Fortunately, Li Feng was not broken, at least two free throws were hit, and if he was killed by a foul by Garnett, then Pelicans fans will hate this guy for the rest of their lives."
"yes, the action just now is too dangerous!"
As a player, Pippen is also very scared.
With both shots on the go, the Nets re-attacked, and at this point Kidd stood next to the sideline, with a cloudy expression on his face, and it looked like Garnett had killed two by himself, but in reality it wasn't like that at all.
As soon as Garnett left, the only pillar of the Nets' interior line disappeared, and the Nets had no pillars on the inside, and the team's ordinary defense became a sieve, so the Nets' losses were great.
But the Pelicans now look like at least Brand there, and there is a big gap between Brand and Brand, and now that he is on the court, the Pelicans still have people to use, but the Nets have reached the point where no one is available, Kidd is losing, and this is when Al Jefferson did not come back, and the Nets players rushed up like a storm, and they lost Garnett, and the offense was a little stronger.
Anthony hit his best shot, and the basketball easily landed in the Pelicans' basket, and the Nets are now a little more angry. The conflict between the two teams is now a bit irreconcilable.
When the Nets scored a city, and the Barclays Center was cheering, a set of shots suddenly played on the big screen, and I saw Al Jefferson striding out of the players' tunnel, with relaxed steps, a natural expression, and no injury at all.
Seeing Al Jefferson appear like this, Li Feng laughed, and the Pelicans players also cheered, Al Jefferson at this time. For the Pelicans is no longer a major player, but a symbolic sign.
But seeing Al Jefferson come back, Kidd had an impulse to smash the tactical board in his hand directly on the floor, and he lost Garnett, but the Pelicans lost nothing, and now that Al Jefferson has returned, his loss is too great.
Barkley saw Al Jefferson come back and immediately said:
"Al Jefferson is back, he's back, and he doesn't have anything thankful for."
Al Jefferson is back on the field. Li Feng and all the players of the Pelicans immediately rushed over and hugged Al Jefferson, the return of Al Jefferson was simply too important for them, but at this time the Nets were famously hit, and it was a huge loss for the Nets in terms of morale.
Al Jefferson is back. But instead of letting Al Jefferson return to the court immediately, Van Gundy let Brand and the Nets continue the game.
Now that the Pelicans have completely let go of what they have in their hearts and started to attack the Nets' half, the return of Al Jefferson has made the Pelicans' offense even more impactful, and Brand on the court has complained that Al Jefferson has stolen his main position.
But now he's running faster. Brand ran out of the line as if he were a small man, Brand had a very flexible foot, and he was relatively short in stature. The agility of his feet makes it difficult for him to be defended on the offensive end.
The basketball was sent to Brand, who dribbled and forced a hit with Lopez, who was defending him, and then got up directly and raised his elbows to hold Lopez down, which was a horse archery.
Brand and Al Jefferson are two completely different types of players, and Lopez didn't expect this kind of offense at all, and he didn't even know how to defend.
Brand mounted an arrow and held down a clean mid-range shot from Lopez.
Although the Nets are also fighting fiercely, but now that the Nets don't have Garnett, it's like there's a sign on the chest for the Pelicans to hit there.
Therefore, although the Nets are brave, they can't keep any points without the core defense of the interior.
The first quarter passed, and Al Jefferson did not return to the court, Al Jefferson was talking and laughing on the sidelines of the court, but at this time the Pelicans had suppressed the Nets by a huge margin.
At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans scored 37 points, and the Nets only scored 21 points under the Pelicans' defense, and there was a 16-point difference in the first quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the two teams were still fighting with bench players, but the Pelicans did not have the slightest intention of backing down or relaxing, they still desperately attacked the opponent's fatal weakness on the offensive end, and defended their positions to the death on the defensive end.
For the pride of the Pelicans, these bench players are even more cautious than others.
Thornton is forcibly attacking the Nets' bench again and again, and the Nets' David Lee can't stop Thornton's forced attack at all, and now Brand is still on the court, this guy will not miss any opportunity to get a few jΓΉ, and he keeps tossing David Lee's legs.
The Pelicans' bench lineup also suppressed the Nets' offense until the Pelicans widened the gap between the two teams to 20 points, at which point Kidd stood up.
At this time, Kidd was extremely depressed, he knew very well what the consequences would be if the team lost Garnett, although Garnett's ability has declined greatly, but he is also the best defensive gate for the Nets.
After losing this defensive gate, the Nets' interior line is basically equivalent to no defense, and at this time, when encountering a team like the Pelicans, Garnett is missing one person on the inside, and the rest of the defense is like dominoes, and it falls accordingly.
As of now, the Nets can't talk about defense, and Kidd called a timeout. There was only one last option left in his mind.
Take a gamble, fight with the Pelicans, fight to win is to win, fight not to win, so there is only one choice to lose, rather than waiting for death, it is better to fight with the Pelicans now.
Kidd made the final choice, called a timeout, and then immediately began to make substitutions and lay out the entire team's strategy.
When they returned to the court, the Pelicans' roster set became like this point guard Delon. Scoring guard Alan Anderson, small forward Joe Johnson, power forward Anthony, center Lopez.
Completely small man tactics, Kidd's desire to fight with the Pelicans has been revealed.
But the story takes place at the beginning of the second stanza, when Kidd's behavior has a more or less tragic flavor.
In fact, now Kidd thinks more tragically than these guys present, he doesn't even care much about the game in front of him, and now the game has become a gambling game, and the gambling game is only a matter of luck in the end. This has little to do with him as a head coach, and now Kidd is most concerned about only one thing, which is the league's punishment for Garnett, if Garnett is suspended. It is estimated that this championship itself has no hope of even a little bit.
The Nets are so crazy that Charles Barkley, who was on the commentary bench, also said at this time:
"Now the game needs to be over early, and the Nets started their game, but they made it in the second quarter. It's definitely incredibly dangerous for the Nets, from now on, if the Nets can't score consistently. What awaits them is a catastrophe of defeat. β
Pippen watched the equally crippled team from the sidelines:
"I wonder what the Pelicans will do, and is it possible for them to fight the Nets offensively?"
Pippen actually really wants the Pelicans and the Nets to fight so that the Nets have at least some hope, but if the Pelicans continue to play, the Nets have no hope.
Li Feng saw the Nets walking to the court so miserably on the sidelines, his eyes swept over Al Jefferson beside him, and Al Jefferson immediately smiled bitterly.
The game went on, and after the Nets changed their lineup, the Nets players also knew the form they were facing now, and when it came to the game, they didn't care about the game and started to launch their own offense, and the Nets players came up quickly.
The whole team is running fast, Lopez is now unfettered, in the previous games Lopez still had concerns as an interior player, but now Lopez has no such concerns at all, he is not an interior player now, he is just a tactical player.
This is what Kidd said clearly just now, all freedom, tearing the shackles of the entire Nets offense, free offense, crazy offense, Lopez inserted from the middle.
Directly under the Pelicans' basket, at this time the Pelicans' defender immediately stuck to Lopez's body, but Delon on the outside threw the basketball towards Lopez, and Lopez saw the basketball coming.
He couldn't attack himself, so he had an idea to point the basketball to the side of Joe Johnson, and after Joe Johnson received the basketball, he dribbled to the side, and then immediately shot a three-point jumper.
Joe Johnson's shot was completely unjustified, but it was still a completely unjustified hit, and he gave the Nets a good start to the crazy offense that was about to begin.
The Nets hit the three-pointer, adding a little bit of blood to their tragic atmosphere, and the Barclays Center seemed to see hope.
But at this time, Li Feng received the ball on the baseline, and Li Feng, who received the basketball, made a simple gesture towards his teammates.
Suddenly, Van Gundy's heart calmed down, Li Feng's gestures and obviously, firmly defending the offensive inside, no matter what the opponent is, when he sees the opponent's weakness, he points directly to the opponent's weakness and attacks.
It may seem like you can't beat your opponent for a while, but if you stick to it for time, you will definitely be an opponent.
Li Feng dribbled the ball and passed the basketball to Arenas's hands immediately after half the court, and then Li Feng himself quietly touched the bottom line of the court like a cat, Li Feng's movements were very fast, but when Li Feng appeared near the bottom line, it still attracted the attention of the Nets, who made Li Feng's goal too big, and the threat of this guy is really too big.
Li Feng twisted his big ass and stuck Anthony, and then Arenas on the outside immediately sent the basketball over, and as soon as the basketball entered the inside line, the players of the Nets immediately surrounded Li Feng like a pack of wolves.
Kidd gave his players a clear instruction, as long as the opponent plays the inside and gives me a hard catch, let them shoot on the outside, we bet luck with them, and the Nets can only gamble on luck at this time, if they have the shooting percentage in the last quarter of the last game today, they will win, but if not, they will lose.
At this time, they are stuck in the Pelicans' interior offense, and as for the outside, it is no longer in their range of thinking.
The three players of the Nets came together to pinch Li Feng, and at this time, Li Feng himself did not expect that the Nets had made such a big determination to strangle the inside line, and they didn't care about the life or death of the outside line at all.
Originally, Li Feng wanted to pass the ball, but now there are too many people and hands around Li Feng, Li Feng does not have any chance to send the basketball out, but at this time Li Feng defended Anthony, who let go, have a little mistake in the defensive position.
He actually left himself half a shoulder, this half of the shoulder is enough to make a move by himself, Li Feng leaned hard towards Anthony's side, squeezed half of his shoulder, and then the balance of his body was gone, he fell towards this gap, and pushed the basketball to the basket, and the basketball immediately fell into the basket on the rebound, and Li Feng lifted the basketball into the basket among the three players of the Nets.
The three players of the Nets did not play a role in Li Feng, at this time Kidd sighed, it was really unlucky, it seems that the Pelicans do not have the slightest intention of changing their strategy, although they don't know how to pinch the attack, but the Pelicans' attack focus will still be on their own inside.
Li Feng attacked successfully and immediately ran towards his own half, because at this time the Nets had already served quickly from the bottom line, and now the Nets are playing a small lineup, how can they not be fast, how can they not pursue the fastest speed.
The players of the Nets ran fast, because the five players of the Nets did not enter the Pelicans' three-point line, so this defense, people were floating outside, it seemed that there was a lot of space in space, and the whole lineup was like a big bagel, and the Nets players were all moving around this big bagel, Anthony and Joe Johnson, a pair of crosses at 45 degrees, did two cross-covers, and finally gave Joe Johnson a position, and Deron sent the basketball to the hands of the Eagles.
The Eagle, who got the basketball, made an infrequent move and rushed directly into the Pelicans' interior line, which didn't seem to have anyone just now, but now Al Jefferson used his beautiful sideways steps to move over.
In terms of help defense, Al Jefferson's interior footwork is really beautiful, and Joe Johnson hit the Pelicans' defender this time, and this time he hit Joe Johnson's body and stumbled, but at this time he sent the basketball to Lopez's hands.
The most important point for the Nets to fight over the Pelicans today is Lopez, if Lopez fights, he can destroy the Pelicans' entire defense, but if he can't play well, Kidd's blood will be shed in vain.
Lopez catches the ball and shoots, a long-range shot from beyond three-point range, Brewer used to harass Lopez for a while, but it didn't play a decisive role, and the basketball still flew into the Pelicans' basket beautifully.
Lopez also made a three-pointer, so that the Nets made two three-pointers in a row, which gave the Barclays Center hope, and the entire Barclays Center erupted in cheers, hoping that their team would stab the Pelicans to death as if they were in the last game.
Even a center like Lopez can shoot three-pointers, so what's impossible?
The Nets' morale was at its highest point, and the gloom of Garnett's departure was suddenly thrown aside. (To be continued......)