The referee's whistle sounded immediately, Rose slowed down to win a foul, and was also pressed by Cousins, and the shot in the back did not touch the basket at all, but both Van Gundy and Rose were very satisfied with the effect this time.

Dealing with Cousins, the first point is to drag down his body, and the second point is to create trouble for him on fouls, fouls are always a shackle on the heads of interior players, and if you don't pay attention to it, the whole team will be out of evil by this detail.

Rose didn't score, but he made the second foul on the Kings, Cousins' first, and that was enough.

"Oh, another foul? Why did today's game look uglier and uglier? ”

Barkley touched his head in confusion.

Mike Malone also felt a little wrong, but at this time he still didn't think of what the Pelicans' ultimate goal was, such a slow-paced, ugly game was completely beneficial to his team.

The Kings continued to attack inside, Cousins got the basketball, he was a little tired of wrestling with Al Jefferson so endlessly, he wanted to pass the basketball to the hands of the outside players to play one, but what he didn't expect was that the Pelicans would be isolated and not let the players who received him receive the basketball.

What does that mean? Cousins was a little annoyed in an instant, looking down on me, the angry Cousins turned around and attacked violently, El Jefferson stubbornly pressed against Cousins, and Cousins hooked his hand to score two more points.

Cousins looked in good shape, scoring points in a row, but Cousins himself was a little tired of this way of constantly fighting hand-to-hand to get points, Li Feng went to the baseline to get the ball, and whispered in Al Jefferson's ear:

"Mobilize him, we will transfer him in a while, and we must not let the kitten have time to rest."

"Hmm"

Al Jefferson nodded, in terms of strength, explosiveness, Al Jefferson may be very different from Cousins, but in terms of staying power. Al Jefferson won't be too bad.

The Pelicans ran up quickly, and it seemed that they were going to play a quick offense, but when they got here, they seemed to hesitate again, and no one could open it in the half, and even Li Feng didn't seem to dare to make a move.

In the end, Al Jefferson jumped out, Al Jefferson desperately wanted to rely on his body to force the card position on Cousins' body on the inside, Cousins ran over and just wanted to rest for a while, but he didn't think that he would have to force himself on the defensive end, Cousins and Al Jefferson hit twice. I thought to myself.

I'll let you get the ball, what can you do, can you really beat me, Cousins simply gave the position to Al Jefferson, Al Jefferson got the basketball, and squeezed it towards Cousins's body in a good way, that is, he was fighting with Cousins, Cousins was quite depressed.

Just as Cousins was a little distracted, Al Jefferson quickly turned around and threw a hook shot. Cousins was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately laughed, this shot was so unscored, it must have been shot to the other side of the basket.

On the other side? That's where Cousins came to mind. He immediately remembered that it was crossing the bridge, and sure enough, at the moment when Cousins thought of this word, Li Feng slipped over from the bottom line. Use Millsap's cover to shake off the defenders behind him.

Raised high, stunned by his extra-long arms, a little bit of basketball on Jason Thompson's head. Mending the basket, the basketball fell gently into the basket, and this time, Cousins was depressed.

And Mike Malone is still thinking about it, this is the rhythm that is beneficial to us.

Four minutes later, Mike Malone still hadn't figured out what was going on, what was going on, why the Pelicans were hesitant to play today, and why his team looked like it was so easy to take the lead.

But at this time, when Mike Malone was thinking, Cousins was already very tired, you heard it right, it was Cousins, he was already very tired more than 4 minutes after the game started.

When the Pelicans were defending, they deliberately let Cousins receive the basketball, and then desperately pestered Cousins, wasting his body, and under the high-intensity defense, Cousins' shooting percentage was actually not high, and then cut off Cousins' contact with other players.

When attacking, Al Jefferson has repeatedly stuck in positions to forcibly hit Cousins, even if others attack, they are intentionally or unintentionally looking for Cousins to play, so that whether it is offensive or defensive, Cousins can not be quiet.

It was as if he was the only one left in the game, and everything was going on around Cousins.

Cousins is so 4 minutes of speech, comparable to the previous 14 minutes, Cousins could have played 100% for 20 minutes in a game, and now the Pelicans are consuming, Cousins, Cousins is a little unsupportable.

Cousins took the ball on the inside again, and after getting the basketball, he continued to turn around and press behind him, Cousins's footsteps were a little scattered, and he couldn't form an offense at all, and when he finally shot, he felt that his hand shape was completely wrong.

The basketball fell out all of a sudden, and the Pelicans got the basketball smoothly, and when the Pelicans came over, the basketball hit Al Jefferson directly at the point of Al Jefferson, and when Al Jefferson was attacking the Pelicans, although he repeatedly asked for the ball, but after he got the main position, he still started to respond a lot from the inside, and his offense was not much.

This time Al Jefferson originally planned to play like this, but he received the basketball and dribbled two steps towards the back, and was about to pass the ball, but after a few dribbles to the back, Al Jefferson felt that the pressure behind him was much lighter, which means that Cousins's body is almost the same.

Al Jefferson sensed this, and he immediately decided to challenge Cousins, challenge Cousins's body, and even if the attack failed, he could understand how much body Cousins still had.

Thinking of these, Al Jefferson stepped up his offense, and sure enough, Cousins, who looked huge, was pushed by Al Jefferson, Al Jefferson clearly felt this, he instantly turned around, squeezed his shoulders between Cousins and the rebound, and then hooked his hands with one hand, in the process, Al Jefferson felt that he had done it very easily.

Al Jefferson felt the moment he made his shot, and the basketball fell very softly into the King's basket.

All of this shows one thing, Cousins is not good. He was in the end, and after Al Jefferson's attack was successful, Mike Malone finally sat up from his seat, and he also saw that Cousins was a little out of his way.

After Al Jefferson successfully attacked, he didn't have any smug expression, as if he hadn't scored at all, but when he turned his head and Li Feng came over to the bottom line to catch the ball, Al Jefferson said to Li Feng in an irrepressible voice:

"That cute cat is gone, my mission is finally complete."

Li Feng nodded and made a gesture. The gesture was for teammates and for Van Gundy in the dugout, marking another phase of the Pelicans' comb sweep.

Taking advantage of your illness and killing you, the Pelicans are now starting to attack the interior in a big way, Rose swam away with the ball, and Li Feng infiltrated near the low post.

Penetrated near the bottom line, Li Feng waited for time, and the time was about 20 seconds. The basketball passed from the top of the arc to his side, and Millsap played a high position from the outside to pass the basketball directly into Li Feng's hands.

Li Feng knew that Cousins under the king's basket had no body, so he turned around and killed directly under the basket, and Guy couldn't defend Li Feng from turning around and attacking. He is like a grain of sand in the middle of the big man on the inside, and Li Feng's target is not Guy, but Cousins. Li Feng ran over Guy and rushed straight towards Cousins.

Cousins tried to come over to defend, but his feet were slow, and Li Feng rushed to the basket and flew up. He tried to cover Li Feng but his legs couldn't jump, Li Feng flashed Cousins a little, and an easy layup under the King's basket was successful.

The last gate of the Kings' defense is loose, so it won't be easy for the Pelicans to score inside.

When the Kings played inside again, Cousins was tired and didn't even catch the ball, and after receiving the ball, he directly moved to the weak side in a wide area, but Cousins' basketball was easily intercepted by Millsap.

The Pelicans found the right time, Ronnie Brewer broke through to the King's interior with all his might, Cousins was thrown away again by a light yì, and Ronnie Brewer scored a layup on the inside.

Van Gundy saw that his team's defense was slack to this extent, he immediately called a timeout, and the players returned to their rest seats, Cousins sat on the chair with sweat all over his body, and now Cousins was soaked all over, panting like a cow, and the tired Cheng dù was like fighting half the court, and the whole body was weak.

Mike Malone glanced at the fat on Cousins' stomach and said:

"Aaron, you replace DeMarcus, our offensive focus has shifted, Isaiah should make a move, don't let those New Orleans have a trace of pride."

When the Kings were substitutions, the Pelicans were also quietly making substitutions, the Pelicans replaced Rose with DJ Augustin, Ronnie Brewer for Arenas, and Al Thornton for Millsap, and in an instant, the Pelicans tore off their offensive basketball coat and pushed Li Feng to the No. 4 position.

As soon as the two sides returned from a timeout, Charles Barkley immediately noticed an anomaly in the Pelicans lineup:

"Van Gundy and the king play small ball, it's really a bit crazy, DJ Augustin is 1.80 meters, the tallest Al Jefferson is 2.08 meters, the last game against the Thunder is such a way of playing, this is really a bit of a look down on the king."

At this time, even Kenny Smith was completely blinded:

"Van Gundy is going crazy."

That's what Kenny Smith thinks, that's what Charles Barkley thinks, so does Mike Malone, so does the crowd, and the New Orleans arena is cheering on the team's frantic offense.

At the beginning of the game, Isaiah Thomas directly controlled the ball, which has not happened in the last few minutes, this kind of scene has appeared, and it is obvious that the king is going to start playing Isaiah Thomas like this.

Isaiah Thomas is synonymous with magic in many, many times, he can shoot and he can play many, many times.

Today's defense of Isaiah Thomas has become Ronnie Brewer, Ronnie Brewer's defense relies on judgment, hard work, and skill, and Ronnie Brewer's defense is also very aggressive, he also likes to press opponents, although it is not as immediate as Li Feng's pressure, but it will also make the opponent very unhappy.

As soon as Isaiah Thomas moved and the trend of taking the ball appeared, Ronny Brewer immediately knew that it was time for him to work, and Masan moved quickly. Standing in front of Isaiah Thomas, corresponding to Ronnie Brewer's, Tinsley on one side immediately moved a little bit, partitioning and Isaiah Thomas responded to Guy.

Everyone's eyes were on Isaiah Thomas, only Barkley was watching Li Feng, and he saw that it was not Thornton but Li Feng who appeared on the inside defense Jason Thompson now, and he was about to say such an interesting thing to Kenny Smith.

On the court, Isaiah Thomas suddenly broke through, Isaiah Thomas started suddenly, and he had a few feints in front of him to be deceptive. But he still underestimated Ronnie Brewer, and Ronnie Brewer didn't even think about it and moved towards the middle.

Accurate prediction, why should you predict when defending, it is very simple to give an example, when you know that the opponent is going to break to the left, you go to the left one step ahead of the opponent, and the opponent's first step will deviate from the position he wants to go.

Then you keep going to the left, and the opponent is never comfortable. Ronnie Brewer was like a football goalkeeper in this moment, guessing exactly what Isaiah Thomas was going to do just by virtue of his senses, Isaiah Thomas was a super breakthrough player, and he relied on more than just the first step. After the first step, in the process of breaking through, he will also use rhythm disguise and turning to shake off his opponent, which is also where Isaiah Thomas is great.

Isaiah Thomas did not pass the first step. He paused slightly, and at that moment, Thornton, who was behind Ronnie Brewer, slammed into the bag of Isaiah Thomas. I sandwiched Isaiah Thomas in the bag all at once.

Isaiah Thomas can only do it in an instant, then turn around and dribble to the back, at this moment, Thornton quickly towards Isaiah Thomas's hand, Isaiah Thomas first broke through and was predicted, and then a little relief was trapped, turned around and was immediately harassed.

Isaiah Thomas panicked, the basketball hit his foot at once, rolled out, encountered such a ball, Ronnie Brewer didn't say a word, a fish leap save towards the basketball, the basketball saved.

Mike Malone was still full of confidence just now, as soon as he saw Isaiah Thomas's ball, his brows furrowed together, the Pelicans were prepared, not only prepared, they had already studied a set of methods to deal with Isaiah Thomas, as long as Isaiah Thomas was accused of holding for a moment, then the Pelicans had a set of ways to deal with Isaiah Thomas, even if Isaiah Thomas did not make this mistake, the back would definitely not be good.

Mike Malone was right, the Pelicans need to be efficient offensively, efficient defensively, and the way to deal with Cousins Van Gundy is to drag down the body and try to cause him to foul.

And against Isaiah Thomas, these two tricks are completely useless, and Ronnie Brewer can't defend him alone, so there is only one way, don't let Isaiah Thomas break through, and if he breaks through, he will design a big net on the inside to trap him and interfere with Isaiah Thomas's shooting, but if Isaiah Thomas shoots accurately, then Van Gundy has no choice.

Ronnie Brewer pounced on the basketball, Isaiah Thomas saw that the ball was lost in his hand, he immediately pounced on the basketball, for Isaiah Thomas when he played desperately, his honor and mission when he played desperately, it was even easier for Ronnie Brewer, he did this in the team.

The two of them threw themselves at the basketball together, and all four hands went to catch the basketball, and the two people interfered with each other and pushed each other but did not get the basketball, and the basketball was suddenly turned off the court.

Bavita immediately blew the whistle, the backcourt ball, Isaiah Thomas touched out of bounds, Isaiah Thomas thought he didn't touch, he went to Bavita to theorize, Bavita was unmoved, began to play back the video, and finally it was the back of Isaiah Thomas's hand that swept the basketball.

From the beginning to the present, the Pelicans have been playing full-paced basketball, they are desperately consuming Cousins and attacking Cousins, and now that Cousins is off, they have not fulfilled their promise to play small ball at all, but threw Li Feng to the No. 4 position.

That's what the Pelicans were supposed to play, that's what they're going to play, it's just a pretense that the Pelicans are playing the small ball, there aren't enough scorers, how do the Pelicans play the small ball, do you run over and shoot a miss, run over and shoot a miss, from beginning to end this is a scam, this is a complete scam.

Charles, who had figured it out at this time, smiled, but Mike Malone figured out the atmosphere and wanted to pull out his hair, which made Van Gundy feel humiliated and completely tricked.

The most important thing is that Van Gundy's trick is insidious because once you fall for his scheme, even if you want to turn back, you can't turn back, because without Cousins, the king can't find a way.

But now there is another question in the minds of Charles and Mike Malone, and that is that if the Pelicans are going to slow down the tempo, where is their main attack, and where is the Pelicans going to focus their main attack.

Soon, there was no need to guess about the problem, the Pelicans were in the King's half, quickly interspersed with runs, and this was a tactic that made everyone feel that they were novel, and the Pelicans had never attacked like this before. (To be continued......)