Chapter 958: It's all old
Li Feng thought that he had already controlled Jack in this way, but he didn't expect that this guy could pass an extremely weird ground-hitting pass in Li Feng's high-intensity defense.
Jack passed the basketball from the inside to Garnett outside, and the old Garnett took the ball on the baseline decisively to shoot.
The elder Garnett is also playing now, and the basket easily fell into the Pelicans' basket.
The elder Garnett made two consecutive balls and immediately overtook the Pelicans, seeing the Nets leading the Pelicans.
At this time, Van Gundy wanted to call a timeout, he knew very well what kind of team the Nets were, and letting the Nets play two consecutive offenses actually showed that the Nets' offense was picking up, or that the Nets were the first to find a way to crack this stalemate situation.
However, Van Gundy was still a little hesitant before calling a timeout, and he was eager to see if Li Feng had any solutions on the court.
At this time, Li Feng was indeed using his brains on the court to open the turtle shell of the Nets, but Li Feng also encountered a lot of difficulties.
It turned out that the Nets adopted a strong containment tactic against Li Feng today, constantly curbing Li Feng's catch from the beginning, and also restricting Li Feng's movement.
Almost no player in the Nets team is delaying Li Feng, teasing Li Feng with small actions, so that Li Feng can't take the ball normally, or even run normally.
This is a tactic designed by the Nets a long time ago, and Hollins has long seen that Li Feng is very capable. If Li Feng is allowed to get the ball comfortably, the Nets will definitely have difficulties, and if Li Feng is allowed to play in shape, the Nets will be even more difficult.
So he neither let Li Feng hold the ball comfortably, nor let Li Feng feel comfortable, and used various small actions to put pressure on Li Feng physically, psychologically, at this time, he tested Li Feng's heart, if Li Feng couldn't hold back the first emotion, the Nets could take advantage of the situation to make something for Li Feng to go down.
It's a bit dirty to say. But the battle on the court is also bound to be a human fight, and it is difficult to become a big weapon if the will quality is not good.
Li Feng is a person who is happy to take revenge, and he hated him so much at this time, but to the expectations of the Nets players and Hollins, Li Feng did not jump like thunder, but his face was like frost. Because Li Feng wants to get all these back on the court!
Li Feng was holding back his strength here and wanted to play with the ball, but at this time, Anthony, who came to defend Li Feng, focused his defensive attention entirely on the defense of intercepting Li Feng's catch, and on the whole, the Nets would rather let others take the ball than let Li Feng take the ball.
In this situation, Corey can only pass the basketball to Gasol, who is a center who likes to attack.
He picked up the ball and immediately singled out Garnett. As a result, although Garnett did not block him, Gasol himself did not fall into the favor. The basketball he threw was smashed directly into the hoop and flew out.
Li Feng, who was on the side, saw that there was an opportunity to rebound the ball in the front court, and he was immediately excited, you must know that Li Feng didn't even touch the basketball for a while.
He rushed in quickly to grab the rebound in the frontcourt, and although the Nets were in a good position at this time, the weakness of the talent and aging was also revealed.
Li Feng flew in to grab the ball, David Li couldn't jump up at all, and the basketball was snatched into his hand by Li Feng.
Then Li Feng immediately turned around and dribbled backwards, and at this time, the Nets saw that Li Feng grabbed the rebound in the front court and wanted to wrap it. Li Feng dribbled a step, turned around and killed a horse pistol, and jumped up to make a jump shot.
David Lee was also a spring-legged when he was younger, but now he can't jump at all. couldn't cope with Li Feng's sudden attack.
Li Feng finally took a breath of relief.
But at this time, the Nets' offense really found the Pelicans' soft underbelly, and Jack rushed over with the ball and immediately used David Lee's cover to cut towards the free throw line.
By the time the Pelicans' defense pounced, Jack passed the basketball to Delon at once.
DeLong played possession before Jack came on the court and is now a scorer on the weak side. This Delong's mission is even clearer.
Take the ball a little bit and see that Corey on the opposite side is not flying, and Deron immediately presses up and does not pass the opponent. As a result, Delong's first offensive opportunity was basically gone, but Delong did not lose his confidence in attacking because of this.
Instead, he turned his ass and began to hit Corey on his back, Delong was not bad at all in terms of physical appearance, but Delong did not use his body to beat Corey on his back, but with dexterous steps.
Just watched Delon come up, his footsteps swayed back and forth, and he didn't give Corey a chance to be close at all, and when Corey made a wrong judgment, Delon immediately turned around and made a layup to score two points.
To say that Delong's footsteps are really unique in the world, his body is not bad or his steps are good, this skill is not ordinary.
More importantly, before the game began, the Pelicans tried to use the low post advantage to kill the Nets, but the Nets stood still, and now the Nets came back to hit the Pelicans' low post, and the Pelicans couldn't bear it immediately.
The Nets used the tricks that the Pelicans wanted to use before the game, but they caught the Pelicans off guard.
Van Gundy was very angry in his heart when he saw this scene, and compared with the average team, the Pelicans' low-post strength is enough. But compared with the old and spicy Nets, the Pelicans' low-post lineup is still relatively immature, so today's Pelicans' new tactics just hit the hard bones.
The Pelicans' defense couldn't hold it, and the offense immediately had problems.
When the Pelicans arrived at the half of the Nets, Li Feng had difficulty receiving the ball, and Corey, who had the ball, was slightly hesitant to pass the ball, so that Al Jefferson, who was active in the low post, was immediately three seconds.
The Pelicans' offense didn't work, and they paid a three-second price to return the ball to the Nets.
Seeing that the Pelicans' offense is getting worse and worse, and the Nets are unforgiving, Deron Williams once again controlled the ball.
First used Garnett for a high cover, and then immediately used a high cover for David Lee.
Tong Guò's two high post covers, Delon suddenly plunged into the Pelicans' midway, and more importantly, Garnett and David Lee, the two old guys' moves were quite one tear to 4 and sank to the bottom line.
In this way, the Pelicans' defense was completely stretched, Delon stepped in, the Pelicans retracted slightly, and Delon immediately passed the ball to Garnett on the baseline.
Old Garnett took the ball and shot mid-range again, and today Old Garnett didn't know what was wrong, the mid-range shooting was really accurate.
The basketball fell into the Pelicans' basket at once, and the elder Garnett attacked again. I opened up the difference a little more.
The Nets are now Deron, Jack and Garnett's connection is to score points one after another, the Pelicans are difficult to attack, and the low-post offense that is good at it meets the Nets, and Li Feng is blocked on the outside, and the score cannot be continued.
At this time, the Pelicans' lack of excitement and flexibility of the shortcomings of the wing players were exposed, every team is definitely not perfect and has shortcomings, it depends on whether the opponent can seize these weaknesses and then take the opportunity to attack, today the Nets are to seize the shortcomings of the Pelicans, and use their own advantages of low-post defense to offset the opponent's low-post offense. Then to curb Li Feng's strong point, the pelicans felt a little helpless.
In this case, the Nets have an absolute advantage, scoring points again and again on the offensive end, and weakening the Nets' advantage to the greatest extent on the defensive end.
As a result, the Pelicans at home in the center of New Orleans were playing hard, and by the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans only scored 1 basketball but 25 points.
Van Gundy arranged a counterattack, but he was hit with a stick when he opened the door, and the Nets couldn't beat the Pelicans with extremely old tactics.
At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans' group of players were also sullen. Grant Karasev, who was on the sidelines, said:
"In today's game, the Pelicans suffered a heavy blow in the first quarter, lost a good start, lost a good opportunity, and now the Pelicans are in some trouble!"
Joan Barry also said a little proudly at this time:
"I said that it is harder for the Pelicans to turn the tables on the Nets than to climb to the sky!"
Li Feng was depressed in the first quarter, it was difficult to receive the ball, and the Nets kept making small moves after receiving the ball. I don't play well at all. Playing this kind of opponent is not something that can be overcome with physical and ball skills alone, but also a test of IQ and ball quotient.
Li Feng seriously summarized his performance in the first section, in the past ten minutes. I wasn't prepared enough for the Nets' defense. I was not prepared psychologically and in terms of playing style, so I just fought hard when I was fighting, so the effect was not good.
And as the core of the team, he can't help the team achieve its tactical goals. You can't help the team if you can't hold the ball yourself.
Li Feng thought about it at this time, and came over directly, and Van Gundy said:
"Jeff! I can't play some off-ball offense for a while, but at least it will help the team to open up the space and give the other players more chances. ”
"And I'm begging for me to defend the opposing perimeter arrows, I'll defend Jack when Jack is there, and I'll defend Delon when Deron is there!"
Li Feng took care of the two most physically demanding tasks, and Van Gundy also realized Li Feng's determination, he immediately looked at Li Feng and said:
"Do you have faith in your body?"
Li Feng's current body has broken the restrictions of some territories in a certain way, whether it is in strength, speed, or in any aspect, as long as he practices with his heart, he can improve very quickly, Li Feng knows very well that with his current state, he can do a lot of things that ordinary people can't achieve.
So Li Feng immediately nodded and said:
"No problem!"
Van Gundy also knows that players like Li Feng cannot be measured by common sense, and their talent can fully support them to accomplish some things that ordinary people cannot imagine. Van Gundy nodded immediately, and then yelled at the other players:
"Come here! I have something to say! ”
"The Nets are not a bad old team, it's really a hard bone. But we can't admit defeat lightly, I think you are quite clear about what Li Feng said. In the second quarter, we have to start with the no-ball tactics, and from now on we have to fight a tough battle, fight with the Nets to defend one city and one pool, fight every bit, don't they old Nets like to fight! We're going to kill them! Run them to death and see who has more strength and who has more body! ”
Van Gundy was also in a hurry, and directly gave the order for a bloody battle.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Van Gundy was still reluctant to put Li Feng into it so early, and now the Pelicans do have some capital to delay putting Li Feng on the court.
The Pelicans have Gasol or Henson on the inside of the bench this season, and Pierce and Granger on the outside. The Pelicans' bench lineup does not lack scoring ability, but it does not lack core, so Li Feng can sit on the bench for a while longer.
Sure enough, Gasol lived up to expectations on the pitch. When the main squad played very hard. He got on the pitch and played very well.
completely blew up the Nets' backup power forward Telitovic, he encountered a big forward like Gasol, and Telitovic couldn't use his horizontal kung fu at all.
The Nets saw that Telitovic was not good, so they immediately replaced Mason Plumlee to defend Gasol. Mason Plumlee's body is sufficient, but his feet are incomparable to Gasol, and he is still beaten by Gasol when he comes up.
After a while off the bench, the Pelicans instead chased the score, and when the two teams were tied in the third minute of the second quarter, Hollins couldn't hold his breath and took the lead in replacing Gasol Sr. and David Lee with Gasol.
Van Gundy looked at his side and finally came up with a prominent scoring point, how could the Nets be so easy to strangle. Immediately put on Pierce and Li Feng to support the team's firepower.
Li Feng returned to the court, and the substitutions on the Nets' side were also completed, and the Nets started to attack first.
The Nets have Jack, Alan Anderson, and Karasev in the backcourt, and a combination of Telitovic and Plumlee in the frontcourt. As far as the Nets are concerned, the bench lineup is extremely low in terms of name alone, but it is not easy to tear them up on the court.
But now as soon as Jack took the ball from the backcourt, Li Feng immediately pounced in front of Jack like the wind.
Jack also realized it when he saw Li Feng's red eyes. Today, Li Feng is going to work hard, Jack is known as a demon knife, and he plays very evil, but his evil is an appearance. Behind the evil is Jack's extremely high basketball IQ.
Jack is a very brain-playing player, he doesn't do that kind of thankless stupid thing, here he saw that Li Feng was going to fight hard, he immediately called Telitovic's cover. Then when he came in through the gap, he saw Li Feng squeezing Telitovic aside and killing his side.
Li Feng knocked Telitovic out of the way, and Jack's cover was in vain. He could only pass the ball to Karasev on one side. Karasev is a good young player, he gets the ball a little quicker, and then takes a step towards the Pelicans' basket to get on the ball and shoot.
Just when he was about to shoot, Li Feng suddenly pounced, delaying Karasev's shot at once, and Karasev had no way to pass the ball back to Jack, but Li Feng quickly shrank back.
Li Feng's defense was very fierce this time, and his feet were fast enough, and he pounced outward once, and he could immediately block in front of Jack when he turned around.
Li Feng desperately assisted the defense on the defensive end, and the Nets' tactical offense was zeroed, and Jack could only pass the ball to Garnett's low-post attack.
The moment Garnett got the ball, Gasol immediately went up, although Gasol is usually soft, he can fight at critical moments, and he can hold it steadily, although the style of play is not gorgeous, but it is enough to use, in terms of basic style, he and Garnett are both rustic players.
Garnett took the ball up and killed Gasol, and he didn't move much, you must know that Garnett is old at this time, and fighting his body is no longer what he is good at, and he didn't hit the movement, Garnett knew that time was running out, and he immediately turned around and still had a hook hand, but he also missed the shot under Gasol's interference.
The Pelicans finally took down the Nets, and Li Feng and Gasol both showed very tough defense at this critical moment.
It was the Pelicans' turn to attack, and the Nets really still implemented a strong defense against Li Feng, and Li Feng fought to the death at this time, Jack also turned around and fought Li Feng to the death, but the way the two people fought to the death was different, Li Feng pursued physical contact and hand-to-hand combat.
But Jack pursued maximum intervention and did not let Li Feng be happy in any way.
Under this kind of defense, Li Feng really couldn't catch the ball at the first point, but Li Feng immediately shouted at his teammates:
"Cover!"
Li Feng shouted, and Al Jefferson and Gasol on the inside line immediately formed a double cover of the bottom line, and then watched Li Feng run back and forth under the complex basket of personnel, and then flattened his body and drilled out of the bottom line but left Jack inside.
Li Feng shook off Jack with a run without the ball, and Marshall, who got the ball, immediately passed the basketball to Li Feng.
At this time, Alan Anderson, who was on the other side, quickly pounced on Li Feng to defend Li Feng, but Li Feng met him with a feint and then took a step to the basket of the Nets, just when Li Feng was preparing to attack the basket.
David Li really didn't want Li Feng to be happy, so he came over and slapped Li Feng down and sent Li Feng directly to the free throw line.
The implementation of the overall strategy of the Nets is really ruthless, and if you don't give Li Feng a chance, you won't give it. Don't let Li Feng catch the ball, Li Feng received it, once he formed an offensive situation, he immediately made a decisive foul, and would rather let Li Feng go to the free throw line than let Li Feng score in the sports battle, that is, not let Li Feng play his hand.
Li Feng also glanced at David Li coldly when he went to the free throw line, the old Nets are hard to bite, and I, Li Feng, am not easy to mess with.
At the free throw line, Li Feng stabilized both free throws, and then immediately approached Jack quickly.
Now the core of the Nets' bench is Jack, and strangling Jack is equivalent to strangling the organizational source of the Nets, so Li Feng is extremely willing to come up and press Jack.
Li Feng's body is outstanding, and he comes up to defend desperately. Jack is also struggling, but Jack is not a person who is willing to admit defeat, seeing Li Feng's defense, he also used his back dribble to tease Li Feng.
Just when Jack provoked Li Feng, Li Feng went up very hard and almost broke Jack's basketball.
Jack lost control a little here, Li Feng immediately defended closely, and then Foye, who had a very tacit understanding with Li Feng, came up and defended with Li Feng and suddenly sandwiched Jack in the middle.
Jack was also a great deal of dealing with the bag, and immediately a long pass from behind followed the baseline to get the basketball into Garnett's hands.
But where did old Garnett have Gasol's fast legs, and Gasol came up and steals the basketball at once. Gasol, who steals the basketball, quickly passes the ball to the front, and immediately passes the ball to Li Feng, who is already running.
This time, when Li Feng paid attention to the ball and ran towards the Nets halfcourt, he saw that Jack, who ran back from the side, was about to attack him, and he immediately passed the ball to Paul Pierce on the other side.
Pierce's shot was very solid. Got the basket, Pierce made it to the three-point line, and it was a three-pointer.
"Brush!"
Pierce's three-pointer went in, and when the two teams played a mixed lineup at the same time, the Pelicans actually overtook the score.
At this point, it was the Nets' turn to have a headache, and Hollins adjusted very quickly and immediately got up and called a timeout.
After Hollins called a timeout. Immediately replaced the main backcourt Delon and Anthony, and the Nets replaced the main team. In this case, Van Gundy did not fall with the wind. Instead, it's still a mixed lineup that works well now.
Van Gundy and the Pelicans and the Nets are completely two styles of team, with the Nets on a step-by-step basis and the Pelicans on the fly.
After the main lineup of the old Nets returned, Delon immediately formed an outside double with Jack.
At this time, Li Feng weighed Jack and Delong for a while, and Li Feng immediately went in the spirit of Delong.
Delon is now in the prime of life, and most of the Nets' offense is initiated by Delon again, so when Li Feng saw these two people appear on the court at the same time, his first choice was to defend Delon immediately.
As soon as DeLong saw Li Feng frantically pounce on him, he immediately turned around and passed the basketball to Jack, and at the same time, Delong himself moved towards the weak side, weakening Li Feng's defensive ability to the greatest extent and preventing Li Feng from participating in the defense.
Delon has plenty of experience, but at this point he underestimated the defensive ability of the Pelicans' other players.
Marshall went up to defend Jack and defended it extremely fiercely, not giving the other party any chance at all, and learning from the Nets was to hit Jack's leg with his leg, Jack was a little afraid to eat hard when he had an old injury and Marshall, so Jack's offense on the outside was not smooth, and he could only pass the ball to David Lee to beat Jefferson.
At this time, it was also difficult for David Lee to beat Jefferson, David Lee is also old now, and the same steps as dancing when he was young are now the same.
David Lee couldn't get in, only passed the ball out to Jack, Jack took the ball and wanted to pass the ball to Delong, but Delong moved a little Li Feng pressed him to death on the sideline. Jack could only force his own shots, and the result was naturally unsatisfactory. (To be continued......)