Chapter 831: Exploding Flames
After the Pelicans defeated the Nets, Li Feng began to play not only for the team's tactics, he began to play while looking for the feeling of being in the game, if he wanted to score very much, Li Feng would not control himself, Li Feng would indulge himself to go crazy.
Since leaving the Nets, he has played a total of 3 games, and Li Feng has scored more than 30 points per game in these four games, all of which are high-scoring games, and the high-scoring Li Feng has made many teams very uncomfortable, but the Pelicans have not lost a game in these three games.
They don't follow the usual rhythm and defend tightly, sometimes the Pelicans will also desperately score once, or play some very free games for a period of time, the Pelicans play like this, and the nerves of the whole team are not so tight.
As a result, the players' form has improved, and the team's results have improved a lot since the continuous tension in the previous period, and it is clear that the Pelicans are really adjusting the state of the whole team.
Three consecutive wins, and then the fifth game at home, Li Feng went crazy again, scoring 52 points in a single game, beating the Houston Rockets by 141-102 and winning by 39 points, and the Pelicans also tied the Spurs for the first place in the league with such a table.
The Pelicans are back at the top of the league, and Van Gundy feels that he should manage the team in a new way, rather than the old way of rigidly controlling the team and not allowing the team to have a trace of freedom.
The regular season is coming to an end, but the Pelicans dare not relax, their previous losing streak has made the playoffs home court advantage hang, and now the Pelicans have to win it, and at this time, the Pelicans won the Utah Jazz game again.
Originally, there was a big gap between the two teams, but the Jazz recently rushed to ninth in the West and still have playoff hopes, so the Pelicans no longer dare to be careless.
"It doesn't matter what the situation is on the pitch. I hope you can show all the Pelicans fans that you are still an iron army that you are not boasting about, that you are a united fist. ”
"Okay, let's clean up those guys on the field, it's up to you."
Van Gundy yelled at his teammates that the Pelicans were still the same starters in this game, and the starting five of the Utah Jazz were point guard Tre Burke, scoring guard Gordon Hayward, and small forward Marvin Williams. Power forward Derek Favors, center Ineskante.
The two sides fought for the ball in the middle circle, Al Jefferson faced Kante, the difference in strength between the two people was not very large, the chance of this scrum was very large, as soon as the whistle sounded, the two big men rushed into the air at the same time, and the last moment was the ball point today.
The ball fell into Rose's hands, and then Rose quickly passed the ball to Li Feng. Today, Li Feng's goal for himself is completely different from usual, and Li Feng's idea is very simple, that is, what the team needs me most now, I will do it, a typical team player. But today is different.
Today, Li Feng's goal has become to prove himself, to prove to others, and to make them recognize their true selves.
Li Feng took the ball and pushed forward, and Hayward was in his playing year at this time.
Possession of the ball. Waiting for his teammates to settle down, this is also the first time Hayward has played against Li Feng, and the first time Hayward has a feeling of being very aggressive towards Li Feng. At the same time, it was very difficult, because Hayward wanted to interfere with Li Feng's dribbling several times, but when he stretched out his hand, he found that he couldn't help Li Feng's long arm at all.
After the Pelicans were in place, Arenas quickly ran to the bottom line, and then went around, the reason why the Jazz can stand out in the West is by defense, Treeback caught Arenas very hard, Arenas got the ball and had no chance, so he quickly passed to Millsap, who was deep in the interior card.
This is a set of zipper tactics that the Pelicans play, and Favors behind Millsap is a typical sapper-type power forward, with excellent scoring and rebounding ability, as well as a relatively accurate mid-range shot.
After Millsap got the ball, he originally wanted to attack by himself, but suddenly saw Li Feng, who was originally responsible for receiving outside, suddenly ran to an unexpected position, and slammed Hayward with his shoulder from the middle, and actually pushed Hayward like this
This guy cut in from the middle, Millsap trusted Li Feng when he was on the court, and the instinctive Millsap stuffed the ball into Li Feng's hands.
Li Feng was calm just now, but now once Hayward, who squeezed away, hit the middle of the Pelicans, he became decisive, dribbling in small steps, and directly killed the Jazz's interior from the middle.
Whether it is a team in the middle and under the basket, it is a must for the soldiers, and the Jazz's twin towers, Kanter and Favors, hurriedly moved to the middle to suppress Li Feng, if it is the usual Li Feng, the ball will attract attention, there will be a lot of passing routes.
But it can't be done today, today Li Feng just came up with a breath, and this is the breath he is fighting for, even in the face of two big men, he can't retreat, don't talk about two big men now, it's just a mountain going forward.
Not for the impact of anything and the game is a level that Li Feng can't reach, and now he has identified a path in the game, that is, he must do it himself, holding the ball in both hands, and shaking it lightly in front of Favors, Li Feng's body has squeezed from the gap to Kante's face.
At this time, Li Feng was already unavoidable, and in a moment, he gathered all his anger, depression, panic, and strength on his legs, like a rocket, straight up and down.
Kante felt that the other party was stupid when he bumped into him like this, because he had mental problems, and he was out of touch with reality, and the final outcome was indispensable for him to give him a block.
His contempt gave Li Feng a huge opportunity, Li Feng, who had accumulated enough strength, seemed to be a meteorite flying from the sky, with all the energy of light and heat crashed into Kante's chest, and Kante's face changed all of a sudden, this kind of impact Kante is not a stranger, in the past games and the best inside players, he can often feel this kind of physical confrontation, and Kanter knows that under this kind of human confrontation, as long as one is not careful, he will be successfully deducted by the opponent.
At this time, a chill has enveloped Kante's head, he didn't expect that he would need to face such pressure in the first goal of the opening game, and the worst thing is that he didn't rush out of all his strength when he jumped just now, and now the only means that can block the opponent is very familiar to him. It's just a deliberate foul.
Kante thought of this, instinctively coped with the danger of a one-handed downward foul punch, this hit did not hit Li Feng's arm, but slapped Li Feng in the face, Kante is also an inside giant, this palm is definitely not light, at that time Li Feng looked at his eyes.
This is what it feels like to be hit in the face when you fight someone on the street, a little unconscious, a little painful, but more humiliating. Li Feng's inner grievances and this sudden humiliation mixed into a burning thread, connecting from his face all the way to his heart, to the depths of Li Feng's soul.
Li Feng was hit in the body that looked like he was about to fall, paused in the air, and a loud roar exploded in Kante's ears like thunder, "Ah." ”。
This is Li Feng's recent unwilling roar, this is the roar of all Li Feng's recent grievances, this is the roar of all his grievances.
At this time, Li Feng felt as if he was a flame about to explode, and the power in his body, and even the power in his soul, exploded together. The freed body exploded all at once, and a pair of long arms stretched out vigorously like a bow.
There was a loud bang over Kanter's head, and the whole New Orleans arena heard the crisp sound.
For a while, the New Orleans arena was struggling to react. Because no one expected Li Feng to be so fast, so fast that people almost didn't believe it, so he gave his opponent a blow first.
Reggie Miller, who was in the commentary seat, first shouted frantically: "My God." Then he hugged his bald head in disbelief.
He has always taken a fancy to his backup, and he really didn't expect this guy to explode and be unstoppable. It's unmatched, this energy state is terrifying, even if it's only for a moment. But what Miller saw in Li Feng was infinite strength and ability, as well as his usual spicy and prudent heart, and now Miller was simply crazy with joy.
Even if the next guy has nothing to do, he can shut up most of his critics with this dunk.
After dunking the basket, Li Feng stood under the basket and immediately roared, at this time Li Feng felt that in his heart, the grievances and helplessness that he had been holding back in the past few days were all spewed out, and he was like a fire-breathing dragon, spewing out all the flames that were burning himself, and it seemed that it was not enough to squirt this mouthful.
Like a mad beast, you have to be exhausted to stop your madness, Li Feng and his teammates hit their chests one by one, high-fived one by one, and then he walked to the free throw line, Kanter slapped himself, so he still owes himself a free throw.
Li Feng was furious at this time, and he couldn't stabilize his feelings at all, and his basic shooting skills were not solid, so he lost the free throw, but at this time, after Li Feng opened the game, the entire New Orleans Arena was already looking forward to this game.
Hayward looked at Li Feng in a daze, he clearly knew that this kind of guy wanted to kill him, and the only way to kill him was to beat his arrogance.
He took the basketball in his hand and began to push towards the Pelicans' halfcourt.
Hayward's dribbling center of gravity is notoriously high, Hayward's dribbling is not the kind of dribbling posture that has a very low center of gravity and has been protecting the ball, but an almost upright way of dribbling, this way of dribbling makes Hayward's dribbling center of gravity very high, and the advantages are that the propulsion speed is fast, the vision is wide, and the disadvantages are also obvious, the breakthrough is not strong, and there are few changes.
Li Feng is aware of these characteristics of Hayward, since Hayward's breakthrough ability and change ability are average, Li Feng has set a way to let go, close to him to defend him, thinking of this Li Feng moved quickly, squeezed to Hayward's side, and put pressure on Hayward tightly.
Hayward dribbled over and saw that Li Feng was about to suppress himself, he was quite unwilling, because the other party was afraid that his pass was not very dead, and today this guy came up and began to suppress himself, Hayward is not the kind of outside line that changes a lot, so he quickly turned around to protect the ball, and turned around to fight with his body is exactly the result Li Feng wants.
Seeing Hayward turn around, Li Feng immediately leaned in and squeezed Hayward, although this was just an action, but Hayward immediately felt it in the back, the power and pressure of this stick, and he began to understand why Kanter was dunked by the head and face, this guy's strength is so strong.
After thinking about this, Hayward quickly turned around in succession, wanting to get rid of Li Feng, but at this time, Li Feng's defensive ability was revealed. The footsteps moved lightly from side to side, not giving Hayward room to turn, and at the same time maintaining physical contact with Hayward at all times, so as not to let him turn very comfortably.
Hayward's struggle and Li Feng's defense began a fierce battle at this moment, and usually, Hayward's back dribble was enough, because he himself was 2.06 meters tall, and he was strong enough not to be bullied.
But that's the physical condition. Today, he encountered a pervert like Li Feng, so Hayward was embarrassed, and the embarrassment was embarrassed, but as one of the best point forwards in the NBA in this era, Hayward's solution to his own problems was to pass the ball, and when he moved, Hayward's eyes did not leave his teammates, in a moment of dribbling. He spotted Treybackk running a beautiful tactical counterrun from Favors' side, shaking off Arenas.
So Hayward made a seemingly casual pass and sent the ball to Trebbock, who made a quick shot in the middle of the shooting area.
Jazz's first offense. It didn't go well, the ball hit the front of the rebound, but Treeback was lucky because of this kind of ball. It actually bounced back into Treyback's hand, and Treeback, who picked up the ball, immediately turned around to find Hayward.
Because Hayward is the brain in Jazz. It is the regulator of the management and control of the basketball rhythm, the ball must start running from him to run flexibly, Li Feng just looked at Treeburke's shot, he went to grab the rebound, so he didn't look at Hayward at this moment, let Hayward get the ball.
Li Feng hurriedly pounced back, but fortunately Hayward was not the kind of outside player with a strong desire to attack, and missed this three-point opportunity, but instead hung the ball to Marvin Williams with a light hanging.
Marvin Williams, a small forward, is very average in both attack and defense, Marvin Williams leaned back against Rose, pressed slowly, and then suddenly started and turned around and slipped in along the Pelicans' bottom line, Rose couldn't take advantage of the confrontation with Marvin Williams, and could only watch Marvin Williams do whatever he wanted.
At this time, the biggest difference between the Pelicans and the Jazz began to appear, that is, they couldn't have a good paint protector that the Jazz didn't have, and at the moment when Rose missed, Millsapp filled in to this position on the baseline and blocked Marvin Williams' layup, at this time, Marvin Williams was stuck on the baseline here, like a bird in the cage, and there was no offensive angle at all.
This is also a common mistake made by young players, a brute force that does not think about the consequences, at which point Marvin Williams then jumped up and passed the ball back, but fortunately the freed Favors ran out at this time.
Marvin Williams jumped up and passed a small high toss, Favors got the ball on Rose's head lightly, and then dribbled a quick shot, at this time the Jazz was still not very open when attacking in the half, and it was very crowded near the three-second zone, which was also a no-brainer, with a point guard like Hayward who was not good at three-point shooting, and Marvin Williams' three-point ability was also average, it was difficult for the Jazz to open the space.
Li Feng took over the basketball from Millsap, and when the Pelicans arrived at the Jazz's half, they played very tight and shrunk around the three-second zone, because the Pelicans' current lineup is also not very good at three-point shooting, and the only three-point shot is Gilbert Arenas.
Li Feng passed the ball to Arenas at half time, and then Arenas used Al Jefferson's cover to break through two steps and then pass to Millsap who pulled out, although the Pelicans are now playing very small, but the Pelicans have a small capital, that is, the Pelicans' two guards, both have the ability to fight each other in the low post.
After Marvin Williams and Millsap pulled out one after another, there was a momentary vacuum on the Jazz's inside, and Li Feng was calm as water when he controlled the ball just now, but when he saw such an opportunity, he immediately squeezed Hayward like a tiger, and he rushed up like last time.
But this next time, Hayward had learned to be obedient and took precautions against Li Feng, and was squeezed away by Li Feng, but Li Feng began to desperately run towards the inner line of the Jazz's temporary vacuum.
Hayward desperately pulled Li Feng's arm in the back, but did not see a foul from the referee.
But now Li Feng doesn't care about this, although Li Feng deducted one just now, and it was drenched tightly on Kanter's face, but in this way, the fire in Li Feng's stomach did not completely dissipate, but because of the dunk just now, the flame in Li Feng's stomach burned more vigorously, and he spit out a mouthful of flames, and now Li Feng wants to spit out all the flames in his alone.
Although Haywardra pulled his arm, Li Feng still screamed, jumped to the side of the three-second zone, and at this time Millsap saw that Li Feng began to kill again, and this time he did not hesitate to send the basketball to Li Feng's hands.
Because Hayward was behind the back of his hand, Li Feng caught the ball with one hand, snapped it to his waist first, and then pulled that hand back from Hayward. (To be continued......)