Chapter 605: Punching Paul
Seeing that Paul was constantly scoring and creating shooting opportunities, Li Feng understood that he had to suppress Paul and couldn't let him be so free, so when Li Feng was running to the Bulls halfcourt, he was thinking that he would have to help defend behind Livingston for a while, otherwise neither he nor Livingston would be able to completely block him alone.
Livingston had just been passed by Paul twice, and now he was angry.
Livingston is the kind of person who typically rose to fame at a young age, but injuries made him a role player.
Now he has a starting opportunity with the Knicks, which can be described as a rebirth, but today it was broken by Paul.
In this way, under the huge gap, Livingston's inevitable feelings are somewhat fluctuating, some cannot be calm, and some do not agree with reality.
But who can understand the pain of talent not catching up with dreams? A small body hides a huge personality that is subject to the pain that cannot burst out of its own conditions.
There are three things in this world, no matter how hard you put in, how much brains you rack, and how much liver and brain you can't ask for.
So although Livingston had all his strength and worked hard, he still didn't pass Paul, but was blocked by Paul at the free throw line all of a sudden.
was blocked by Paul so suddenly, and Livingston's heart was also blocked, and it was blocked badly.
The lack of ambition in the NBA for many years suddenly burst out of Livingston's body that was not enough to carry ambitions.
He ignored it, and swept an elbow back to Paul's stomach, rolling Paul all the way to the ground and turning around twice.
Livingston knew that he would be punished for doing so, but at this time, watching Paul, a guy with the talent of his dreams, be to the ground by himself, Livingston suddenly felt an unparalleled joy in his heart.
It's as if he's all the guys who are more talented than himself, as if he's the god who mocks himself.
Livingston's heart was happy, and he couldn't help yelling at Paul, who was rolling on the ground:
"Here you go! Boy, you've fucked me! Stop me! Come on! β
Livingston elbowed someone else. Still yelling there arrogantly, suddenly the rest of the bull couldn't look at it and wanted to come over and reason with Livingston, but at this time Livingston was already a little crazy mentally.
Seeing that a crazy guy in Livingston suppressed the Bulls and a group of guys, the referee immediately came over to administer justice and gave Livingston a collision foul and a technical foul. These two fouls are not very strict.
Based on Livingston's behavior, the referee could have imposed a more stringent sentence.
But today's referee's scale is a little loose, probably because of the home field!
At this point, Livingston knocked Paul over with one elbow, and he was awake at once.
Even if there are countless grass and mud horses to say about reality. But you still have to live in reality.
Cole and Starks, who were in the commentary seat, laughed happily:
"I can't believe we won the first quarter! The Bulls are still winning very well, tell me where we won today. β
Starks also laughed badly somewhere, without worrying about the Knicks in the slightest:
"Win by a few more penalty shots!!
Starks replied seriously, and Cole himself made it clear that the two of them were still mainly joking, not professional.
Americans like to look at big mouths, talk and laugh, but Chinese are different, Chinese generally like to play a little deep.
Watching TV also made a hundred pulpits. An actor who plays a sketch also has to scream and make some connotation, as if he can't live without a little cultural flavor.
This is the case with the Chinese, at this time the Knicks lost by 2 points in the first quarter. Immediately, Su Qun asked Yu Jia on the side.
"Yu Jia, you see that the Knicks are not losing on the scene today! Why did you end up losing by two points? This is a bit strange! β
"Well, what about this!"
Yu Jia pulled a sound, and then said:
"The Knicks are two points behind. First of all, this score is not a big difference! Falling behind by these 2 points does not mean that the Knicks will lose, they are not as good as the Bulls, on the contrary, from the perspective of the court, the Knicks still have an advantage. The main point of dropping more points is that Paul has attracted too much attention from the Knicks. Iguodala and Jimmy Butler's meta long-range shots were up. Especially Iguodala. Originally, he didn't shoot strongly, but once he shot well, he was very accurate, and Iguodala shot more three-pointers in the first half, in terms of scoring explosiveness, he was better than the Knicks, Li Feng mainly broke through today. The Knicks' offensive firepower is also mainly focused on the interior, so the Knicks are not as good as the Bulls, but you see that the Bulls have paid nearly ten fouls in one quarter, and the Knicks have just five fouls. The difference isn't obvious now, but it's noticeable in the second half, when the Knicks have a bigger advantage. β
Yu Jia basically explained the matter clearly, and also gave an explanation to Li Feng's fans in China.
At the start of the game, the Bulls came off the bench, point guard Marquestig, scoring guard Rademanovic, small forward Richard Hamilton, power forward Tygibson, and center Nazar Mohammed.
The Bulls' bench lineup is really not bad! Their lineup is enough for some teams to play the main team, and the training is also in place, and the team's system is also there.
Compared with the Bulls, the Knicks' side is much more tender, point guard J.R. Smith, scoring guard Parsons, small forward Kirilenko, power forward Jones, and center Vucevic.
But that's not the point, the point is that Jones's table today is perfect, although the Knicks are not as sophisticated as the opposing team.
But rookie Terrence Jones supported the whole team on the offensive end, so that the team did not fall behind in the early part of the first quarter.
By the third minute of the first quarter, the two teams were tied at 35-36, and the Knicks still trailed by one point.
But at this time, Tyberdu sent Li Feng to the court, Li Feng's life has always been more difficult, and there has never been a better substitute who can let him rest for a while.
After a three-minute break, he returned to the court, but at this time Phil Jackson did not bring Paul on.
It can be seen that Phil Jackson is still more cautious about Paul's use, not very bold to use it boldly, but cautiously let go little by little to play.
Li Feng also recalled why he lost in the first quarter off the court just now! In the end, Li Feng's theory was simple. He just didn't stop Paul.
Instead of defending Paul into a dilemma, the team gave Paul too much space, and this was the most lethal. So before Li Feng came on the court, he took the initiative to ask for battle and told Tyberdu that he was going to defend Paul and would be more involved in defense.
What could Tyberdu say, he naturally agreed to Li Feng directly.
Li Feng returned to the court, and when he got the basketball, he was not in a hurry to attack, but pulled and pressed the ball to the horns.
Then seeing that Radmanovic was really not defending himself very much against himself, Li Feng suddenly collected the ball and threw a middle distance.
Shoot from the horn position. For Li Feng, the position is quite good.
The basketball simply fell into the Bulls' basket, Radmanovic defended ineffectively, and as a result, he didn't see the slightest frustration, shaking his head and heading towards the baseline.
The Bulls turned around and attacked, and Marquistig, the backup point guard, also didn't play well.
He came up and singled JR Smith, but he is not the kind of person who can solve problems with the ball alone.
Rushed twice, didn't rush over, but immediately threw the basketball to Richard Hamilton in the corner.
Richard Hamilton took the ball and rushed up to the Knicks' basket.
Li Feng was paying attention to this side just now. Now that he saw Richard Hamilton coming up, Li Feng immediately rushed over to fill the position, and then stood in a position and tensed the muscles in his body.
In this way, Li Feng stood there as if he were an iron tower. Richard Hamilton didn't know what to do, and he was stunned and bumped into Li Feng.
As a result, Richard Hamilton did not knock Li Feng away, but he himself was hit and fell to the ground all of a sudden.
Li Feng saw this situation and hurriedly went over to pick up the floor ball. Came back towards the Knicks' half.
Once the Knicks' fast offense came up, it immediately ran over the court like a violent wind.
Li Feng hit the Bull's basket in two steps with absolute strength, just when the Bulls were all killing Li Feng.
Li Feng threw the basketball into the rebound with a flick of his hand. Vucevic, who followed behind, happened to receive the basketball and dunked violently in the air.
"Bang!"
Vucevic immediately stuffed the basketball into the Bull's basket, and after Vucevic had this kind of expression, he immediately high-fived Li Feng with a smile.
Vucevic's favorite among these players is Li Feng, because as long as he partners with Li Feng, he can have the opportunity to relay in the air.
Li Feng also likes Vucevic very much, his body is not very good, but he doesn't have to talk about his playing attitude, and he is very desperate like Hayes!
Li Feng switched to the court, and the immediate score immediately turned over 39-36 to lead the Bulls by 3 points, and Vucevic dunked up, and the Knicks' morale also rose.
At this time, Phil Jackson glanced at Radmanovich, who was still there and didn't care about playing, and then couldn't bear to look at Paul, and secretly made a decision in his heart, and Paul replaced Radmanovic for a while.
Just when Phil Jackson was very ironclad against Radmanovic, Li Feng took the ball over again, and saw that Radmanovic's defense was still not good.
Suddenly, Li Feng was not hypocritical, came over and stabbed a step, and directly got up and threw another middle distance.
Radmanovic didn't pressure Li Feng at all before, so Li Feng came up with this ball, which was naturally very accurate, and he hit the basketball again.
As soon as Phil Jackson saw the ball on his side, he immediately replaced Radmanovic with Paul.
After the substitution, Phil Jackson also didn't look at Radmanovich, Paul returned to the court, and as soon as he came out of the sidelines, the Chicago fans immediately cheered. It can be seen that Paul's popularity in Chicago is dΓΉ.
As soon as Paul came on the court, Li Feng also immediately came up with fighting spirit, he didn't defend Paul well in the first quarter, and after resting off the court for a while, Li Feng also summed up a little experience. Now when you come back, you have to hold Paul down.
Tygibson threw the ball directly to Paul on the sideline, and Paul took the ball and looked back, and the person who defended himself became Li Feng.
Paul welcomed this change, because Li Feng is now very famous. If he passed it, he would definitely have a big response from the media, and he had passed Li Feng once in the first quarter before, Paul felt that there was no problem with his speed passing Li Feng twice.
So after Paul got the ball, he immediately opened up the posture and prepared to pass Li Feng.
Li Feng had already tasted Paul's power in the first quarter, so at this time, Li Feng suddenly retreated most of the way and waited behind.
Paul suddenly changed upwards, Li Feng took most of the steps and finally caught up with Paul, and his body turned Paul to the card owner at once.
Paul's body movements are completely deformed, and in this case ordinary people make mistakes, but Paul's body is too good. In this way, he was able to control his body, turned around and passed the basketball to Paul behind him.
Paul took the ball and quickly passed it to Richard Hamilton who was in the empty space on the baseline, and Richard Hamilton raised his hand to a mid-range, but unfortunately missed.
It doesn't matter if he misses the ball, the rebound fell into the hands of Jones but it caused a big disaster, Jones grabbed the ball with both hands and threw it off the half court at once, and Kirilenko, who was light and agile before, played the advantage of speed at this time and had caught up with the basketball. In the past, it was a layup and scored two points.
When Paul came back, it didn't work, and he didn't pass Li Feng!
This scene suddenly made Chicago sigh. At the same time, Paul himself was a little surprised, why couldn't he pass Li Feng?
Paul was not a wise man, but he was not a fool either.
After thinking about it a little later, I realized, "Oh! It turned out that Li Feng took half a step back. Just follow in my footsteps.
With the truth of this fact, Paul didn't panic anymore, and immediately posted over to defend Li Feng.
At this time, Li Feng and Paul are completely opposed. This alignment was a surprise for the fans. The best players from both teams are in the same position, and there are definitely wonderful balls coming together.
Starks, who was in the commentary seat, also exclaimed:
"Ahh Li Feng and Paul are in opposition, with a gap of more than 20 centimeters, and the opposite side is an interesting counterpoint. β
In China, Yu Jia is also happy:
"Li Feng and Paul are in the opposite position, and there is a good show to watch now."
Now everyone is looking forward to the confrontation between Li Feng and Paul, and JR Smith can't disappoint the fans when he arrives in the front court, and passes the basketball to Li Feng after halftime.
Li Feng's first wish to get the ball was also to fight with Paul, let this kid pass him twice, and now he should also let Paul know why the flowers are so red.
Li Feng decided to fight, and at the same time knew in his heart that it was very unlikely that Paul would have to rely on speed, since the speed could not be compared, Li Feng decided to compare strength and bounce with Paul.
With this psychological preparation, Li Feng took the ball over and made an extremely ferocious step with all his strength to forcibly cut into the right side.
Paul fearlessly resisted Li Feng, but was suddenly taken back by Li Feng, and in such a half-step space, Li Feng took advantage of the rebound of the confrontation with Paul, and crushed the Bull's basket with a big turn.
Nazar Muhammad jumped up under the basket and wanted to shoot Li Feng down, but Li Feng flew higher than him, and when he jumped, the hand in front protected himself, so that Nazar Muhammad could not get close.
Li Feng just passed Nazar Mohammed, picked up his arm and smashed it into the Bulls' basket with a violent dunk.
"Bang!"
The basketball fell, right on Nazar Mohammed's head.
Li Feng hadn't scored so arrogantly for a long time, so when Li Feng finished dunking, the Knicks' bench players jumped up and cheered for their boss.
On the domestic side, there are also countless fans who applaud in front of the TV. Li Feng fought with Paul in the first round, and Paul was crushed, but Paul had no way to do anything to Li Feng just now.
This result made the Knicks very happy, everyone was very happy, and the morale of all the staff was greatly increased.
Paul was murderous before, but now Li Feng is here, more fierce than him!
The Bulls kicked off the bottom line and passed the basketball directly to Paul, who was also quite unconvinced by Li Feng just now.
Because Paul felt that Li Feng didn't actually have any technical content this time, he just hit it hard with his body, and then got up and dunked directly by virtue of his height.
Paul felt that Li Feng was unskilled, but he didn't want to think that he himself was just relying on speed to excel others.
After being so forcibly made by Li Feng, Paul was also a little vindictive, and immediately shook quickly in front of Li Feng when he took the ball, pulling back and forth.
At this time, Li Feng is not as stupid as in the previous section, no matter what Paul does, Li Feng will wait for a step in front of Paul, not leaning forward, that is, not leaning forward, and not lightly reaching out to Paul to give Paul the opportunity to pass him instantly.
Paul shook for a long time, but didn't see Li Feng lose his position, this guy was also anxious, learned Li Feng's tricks, suddenly stepped forward, and then turned around to crush the Knicks' basket.
But Li Feng's big turn was different from him, Li Feng was running away from others and he had nothing to do, but Paul bumped into Li Feng this time, Li Feng was fine, and Paul himself was a little out of balance.
In this way, Paul was a little bit slower, just like that, Li Feng seized the opportunity to go up and block in front of Paul, Paul stiffened in the air, twisted his waist, stretched out his right hand, and forcibly threw a hook hand.
Such a hook is too difficult, Paul misses the basketball, and the basketball pops out of the frame. (To be continued......)
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