Chapter 1081: Oladipo Says No
Al Jefferson threw the basketball into the hands of Li Feng, who had already run to the weak side, and Li Feng was outside the three-point line, and after receiving the basketball, he shot a three-pointer directly.
Li Feng's three-point shooting percentage is average, but it is strange that he hit the first three-point shot today.
The Warriors gave the Pelicans a mid-range shot, and the Pelicans returned him a three-pointer, which was fair.
Li Feng's heart is balanced!
After Li Feng's mind was balanced, the warriors were unbalanced.
The Warriors' players were very unhappy, Cilic, who got the basketball on the baseline, quickly passed the basketball to the hands of Thompson, who ran to the front, which created a fast break to chase down.
It's only been 2 minutes into the game between the Pelicans and the Warriors, and the Warriors can't help but pick up the tempo. All of a sudden, they hit the Pelicans in pursuit, and the chase of its warriors was also retaliating.
Thompson dribbled to the Pelicans' three-point line, and immediately distributed the basketball to the hands of Green at the three-point line, the Argentine did not hesitate, and after getting the basketball, it was a three-point shot, at this time, thanks to Corey running a little faster and blocking it in Green's face, the basketball jumped out without shooting.
Now that the Warriors have picked up the pace, Gran Jay, who grabbed the rebound, sees no reason for his team not to do so, and he also followed Gasol's example and threw the basketball at Li Feng who was running on the sideline from afar.
Granger's consciousness is good, but the long-distance passing is a thousand miles away, the basketball passed by Granger is really a bit high, and Li Feng used all his strength to jump up and catch this basketball.
He's been spending a certain amount of time, such a fast break can't be played, or it's hard to play, the Warriors' position is halfway back, although it's still a little scattered, but Tyson Chandler and Smalls have already entered the basket nearby.
At this time, Li Feng should calm down and regain control of the situation, but Li Feng did not do so, it seems that he is not very calm today, Li Feng withstood Livingston's defense and pierced directly to the Warriors' basket from the sideline.
Li Feng this is a forced layup. It's looking at the opponent's inner line and drilling inside. Li Feng desperately squeezed a bloody way to the Warriors' basket, and at this time, the Warriors' defense immediately concentrated on Li Feng.
Li Feng got under the basket and passed the basketball to Gasol's hand through a gap, Gasol stood in the middle of the paint area under the basket and got the basketball, but he didn't even look behind him, and passed the ball from behind him to the hands of Corey, who was standing at the top of the arc.
Pau Gasol's role in key moments was revealed, and when Van Gundy played the Clippers, he partnered with Li Feng and Al Jefferson, which did not mean that Gasol was abandoned.
Corey three-pointer!
It's becoming clearer and clearer that the Pelicans' basic offensive strategy is to start from the outside.
Pressing towards the Warriors' interior. Then pass the basketball out or do the inside and inside coordination. The Pelicans' offensive strategy is very clear, this strategy is aimed at the Warriors who do not have good outside defenders, and the interior is relatively weak.
The Pelicans are using this to disrupt the opposing defenses before attacking. Defensively, the Pelicans are to contain the Warriors' three-point line, and then leave some space for the Warriors on a 2-point jumper.
In the face of an offensive strategy like the Pelicans, the Warriors can only shoot more from the mid-range to pull the score back. At this time, the Warriors should still be an offensive team, when they are not making achievements on offense. It's just that there is nothing to achieve.
The first quarter of the game was over, and the Pelicans led the Warriors, which should be considered a reflection of the strength of the two teams. In the first quarter, they scored five more points than the Warriors.
In the first quarter of the Pelicans, as everyone expected, Hubie Brown also said on the commentary bench:
"The Pelicans are now leading and the tempo of the game is getting into the Pelicans' rhythm. I don't think the game is here, and the Pelicans have established an advantage! "
"You mean, we can go home and rest now! But what if we've already bought tickets! "
Miller said jokingly.
The Pelicans are firmly in control of the pace of the game at home, and the game is unfolding in the expected direction.
The rest of the story should be unfolded. The princess and the prince lived happily ever after. But there are always some villains or character actors who are unwilling to be lonely in this world and jump out to destroy a qiē, as if the world is calm, just like their own biggest failure.
Pelicans were the rising stars of last year. Now the Warriors' sixth-level Oladipo is gone, Oladipo uses to affect the court is very simple three-pointers, as soon as Oladipo returned to the court in the second quarter, he made 3 three-pointers in a row, which were three three-pointers in a row, all of which were 3-point shots directly after getting the basketball.
Pierce, who has always been an overlord, is too good at being overlord. This Oladipo is not tall, but he is bold enough.
Three consecutive three-pointers directly pressed the Pelicans, and the Warriors actually caught up with the score with the help of three three-pointers.
This is really an unexpected blow, Li Feng just sat on the side of the court for a while in the second quarter. Now that Oladipo has given the Pelicans a moment, Van Gundy thinks his team is strong enough to hold on for a while!
But just when he was thinking so, Livingston also soared, this guy rushed to the Pelicans' half and it was also a three-pointer, and this time Livingston took advantage of the momentum played by Oladipo, and he also began to open.
The Warriors saw that this period of time was playing with momentum, and Oladipo and . [,! Livingston became a two-pistrum, taking turns firing at the Pelicans' court, at which point Van Gundy glanced back at Li Feng and them.
Van Gundy finally changed his main players to the court, Li Feng returned to the court, and glanced at Oladipo and Livingston, who let him sit non-stop, there is really nothing in this world that can be easy.
When he got the basketball to the baseline, Li Feng controlled the ball and moved towards the Warriors' halfcourt, which was supposed to be a very normal offense. But at this time, the center of New Orleans suddenly remembered to cheer, Li Feng glanced over there, and there were many spectators in the stands who were raising their huge avatars and waving them back and forth.
At the same time, these guys shouted their names loudly, and Li Feng didn't expect that he would have so many fans.
This is really moving, Li Feng was in control of the ball, and at this time Livingston pulled it towards Li Feng's crotch. Thanks to Li Feng's relatively quick reaction. Pick up the basketball and dodge Livingston slightly.
At the same time, Livingston's defense was out of position, this was a great opportunity, Li Feng took advantage of this opportunity, and his body went directly from Livingston's side, Li Feng passed through Livingston's defense, but did not directly take the ball to hit the inside, but played a lost step dribble in front of Tyson Chandler, deliberately shaking Tyson Chandler's eyes, and then Li Feng dribbled directly towards the gap under the basket.
Tyson Chandler was a little confused by Li Feng when Li Feng came up. He was completely slow, and Li Feng made a layup and easily put the ball in the basket.
Once Li Feng's shot hit, the audience in the audience immediately burst into louder cheers.
Miller also said in the commentary seat:
"Check it out! Li Feng completely overwhelmed Tyson Chandler, and Chandler didn't even know where to defend! "
"Yes! Tyson's form has dropped dramatically this season. It's a really sad thing."
Hubbie Brown said from the sidelines:
"A player with a strong interior defense just fell before our eyes."
"So do you think Tyson is because of the body itself, or because he got a big contract. What kind of decline do you think Tyson leans into?
At this time, Miller looked at Hubi Brown and said.
Hubbie Brown glanced at Chandler, who was obviously much thinner, and said:
"Personally, I think Tyson's decline came from the big contract that the Warriors gave him, and that big contract really didn't give Tyson any more motivation."
"Well, that's why the old players are looking for big contracts!"
Miller laughed.
That's when the Warriors started attacking the Pelicans' half again. The Warriors' consecutive three-point attacks were all outside the three-point line, and this time the Warriors rushed over Oladipo and immediately changed the way of attacking, holding the basketball to shake at the three-point line, and then quickly broke through to the Pelicans' interior line.
Oladipo has this ability. His strong body is not only able to complete the shooting of the confrontation, but even the fast breakthrough this guy can afford. Oladipo thought well and changed the direction of his offense after shooting.
But as soon as he got into the Pelicans' three-point line, he felt like he was in a mess of mud. The Pelicans' defense is everywhere like a moving wall. On the move.
Oladipo got in, and he couldn't get out, and he definitely couldn't get to the Pelicans' basket. He was surrounded by strong arms and strong legs, and Oladipo couldn't get up at all, so he had to turn around and pass the basketball towards Livingston.
Oladipo only saw Livingston, but he didn't see the long-armed guy standing next to Livingston. The basketball flew over, Li Feng stretched out his hand to break the basketball, and then, the body shook slightly to give Livingston on the opposite side an illusion, and Livingston took a wrong step.
Li Feng dribbled past Livingston again, and this time Li Feng just used a physical feint to shake off Livingston and go straight to the Warriors' basket.
Li Feng took the basketball like a whistling beast, and went straight to the Warriors' basket, at this time only Oladipo could run over, Oladipo's body looked very strong among ordinary people.
But when he met Li Feng today, his still strong arms and body were immediately not enough, Oladipo was like a boat that had been caught in a whirlpool, and he couldn't help it at all, he couldn't form a defense against Li Feng anymore, unless he would foul.
But Li Feng didn't even give Oladipo a chance to foul, and when he reached the free throw line, Li Feng jumped up directly, Li Feng's body was like a huge bat, flying in the air, and finally Li Feng's heavy body smashed on the basket together with the basket.
Li Feng rushed over with a split buckle that split Huashan, and the atmosphere in the center of New Orleans suddenly exploded.
Fans at the New Orleans Center roared with cheers on both sides of the stadium, and the bench players stood up and waved towels. At this time, only Van Gundy sat quietly in his place, and he watched the court from the coach's bench.
In Van Gundy's heart, he was also extremely excited, although he didn't jump, but his heart began to bloom, from now on. An era of pelicans began, and from now on, this is still just our appearance.
Van Gundy stood up, he didn't cheer, but there was an incomparable frenzy in his eyes.
Come on, come on, the era of the Pelicans, the era of Li Feng, this alliance should have changed a long time ago.
Pelican. [,! It's chasing new heights, but what others don't know is. Van Gundy's ambitions were already surging
Whoever is strong in this troubled world is a hero. It was also in this troubled era that the Pelicans took the opportunity to seize power.
On the court, the Pelicans suddenly went berserk, and the impact and strong physical pressure brought by Li Feng, the Pelicans' main force returned, immediately made the Warriors feel it, as if they were sleeping by the side of the beast.
The Warriors also wanted to continue their outside offense and Thompson ran like a clock, hitting another mid-range shot from the baseline.
Thompson's abilities are amazing, and for a whole year this year, everyone has been talking about Thompson. Because Thompson is really a very unusual small forward.
He's not a defensive three-point small forward, he's not a partisan captain, he's not a low-post attacker, he's not even a physical vitality model, he's created a model of his own. Steady baseline pitcher and intellectual run.
The Warriors hit the Pelicans with a shot, but the Pelicans are proving to the Warriors in a tyrannical way that this is men's basketball, and this is the way men should play basketball.
The Pelicans attacked in the half, and Gasol cleverly pulled the baseline empty. Granger slipped in, turned around and slammed the basketball into the Warriors' basket with a backarm. The Warriors attacked with shots, but the Pelicans answered with a dunk.
At this time, the warrior's arrogant momentum immediately dissipated. Oladipo was still arrogantly scoring consecutive three-pointers, but when the Pelicans showed their fangs, the Warriors stopped their offense.
The overall momentum of the Warriors was beaten by the Pelicans, and the game returned to the Pelicans' control. The Pelicans led the game forward, and once the pace of the game returned to the Pelicans, the Warriors had no chance.
This game feels like a playoff game at all in New Orleans Center, but like a regular season! The Pelicans suppressed the rhythm, the Warriors struggled to survive in the cracks, and the pattern of the game was such that even the Warriors couldn't make waves.
At this time, the game was completely controlled by the Pelicans, and the audience in the New Orleans Center was a little bored, chatting with each other, drinking beer and eating with each other.
In the commentary seat, Hubbie Brown kept shaking his head:
"If the game continues like this, ABC TV is doomed to suffer a big loss in terms of broadcast costs today, and so far, the game has been almost nothing to watch. Except, of course, Oladipo's three-pointers."
Miller also said on the sidelines:
"As a pure fan, I don't like the fact that today's game was unremarkable, but as a Pelicans fan, I love today's game. Because from the pitch it looks like we're going to win."
That's what happens on the court, and that's what the vast majority of New Orleans Center fans think, with Van Gundy sitting motionless on the sidelines, only making substitutions when necessary. His team is advancing like a tank, and everything that stands in his way will be defeated.
At the end of the half, the Pelicans and the Warriors played 49-43, the Pelicans led the Warriors by 6 points, and they did not do very successfully in defense in the second quarter, especially the 4 three-pointers of the Warriors in front of them, which made the Pelicans suffer certain losses.
At halftime, the Pelicans players walked to the locker room with relaxed expressions, and Miller, who was in the commentary box, took a long breath and said:
"I really hope that's the end of the game! Then there will be no trouble."
In the locker room, the Pelicans players are very relaxed, today's game seems to have been arranged a little earlier, all of them are in the Pelicans' plan, the Pelicans only need to follow their own ideas, the game will be over.
The Pelicans' idea was so simple, they thought the game would go the same way, but as soon as the Pelicans returned to the court in the third quarter, they suffered a blow that opened just seven seconds.
Oladipo got the basketball at 45 degrees on the left, and Oladipo, who got the basketball, did not look for an outside shot as patiently but fruitlessly as he did in the first half, but after getting the basket, he directly cut in a diagonal line and rushed up to the Pelicans' basket.
The Pelicans had just returned to the court, and these guys were still talking and laughing in the locker room. Didn't expect the warrior's blow to come to the shade quickly. Oladipo had already made a turnaround layup when Al Jefferson on the inside pounced.
The basketball went around Al Jefferson's hand and landed directly into the Pelicans' basket.
Oladipo made such a breakthrough in the opening game, as if he had handed the Pelicans a basin of cold water. Suddenly the pelicans were a little confused, Oladipo came too fast and too fierce!
At this time, Hubbie Brown smiled and said:
"Look at the current table of the Warriors, I think that the head coach of the Warriors who was in the locker room must be a big thunderbolt, he must be angry at his team!"
"So they're fighting hard now and want to win this game. I think the Pelicans will fight back soon." Reggie Miller said.
Li Feng was ready to give the Warriors a counterattack immediately, but what Li Feng didn't expect was that he made a mistake and crashed directly into Tyson Chandler's body when he rushed up. Then his layup was not completely in the state, the basketball fell on the hoop and was directly snatched into his hand by Xiao Si behind him.
Backcourt rebounding, for many teams this is a kind of protection, but for some teams it is a fast-break opportunity, and Smalls immediately passed the basketball to Livingston's hands.
Livingston was unrelenting after this, and after getting the basketball, Livingston made a quick break. [,! ] and rushed up to the Pelican's basket.
Li Feng hurriedly turned around to catch up, and Li Feng's Du Shangke finally caught up with Livingston outside his own three-point line. When it came to the three-point line, Livingston paused a little, Li Feng thought he was going to make a fast-break three-pointer, and hurriedly pounced forward, but at this time, Livingston dribbled with one hand and made an exaggerated feint.
Dumped Li Feng all at once. Li Feng also realized that his defensive judgment was wrong at this time, but it was useless, and he could only watch Livingston drill past him and make a quick layup.
At this time, Li Feng himself was summarizing his failures. He is too anxious to chase back the defense, and Livingston has his own fearful three-point breakthrough ability, at least in the fast break he has this ability.
Li Feng began to feel the threat of the Warriors. The Warriors at this time are no longer the Warriors of the first half. In the first half, the Warriors played decently, but now the Warriors are really angry Warriors.
They played basketball to the death, and the Warriors have now reached this point, Li Feng took the ball from the baseline, and he went to see Van Gundy, but he saw that Van Gundy was also looking at himself with blazing eyes.
Van Gundy is waiting for his own change!
Li Feng sighed, he was really tired! Li Feng immediately at this time, let his teammates ease down and start playing from the inside, the Pelicans began to attack from the inside according to Li Feng's idea, the basketball went to Al Jefferson's hands, Al Jefferson organized, and then passed the basketball out.
This qiē is normal, but the pass came out of El Jefferson to Granger, and when Granger transferred, he passed the basketball too low all of a sudden, and Corey who received the ball was a meal, just such a simple meal.
The basketball was immediately pulled out by Oladipo, who was still watching, and Oladipo, who took out the basketball, quickly dribbled towards the Pelicans' half. For the Warriors to beat the Pelicans, they have few chances on the battlefield, and can only find opportunities from the fast break, and the opportunities for the fast break are rebounds, breaks, and opponents' turnovers.
Oladipo is now halfway there, and he has a break that is a great start.
Corey pursued closely on Oladipo's side, and it was difficult for Oladipo to shoot at this time, but don't forget that the current Warriors are angry Warriors, and the Oladipo of that kind of basketball is already desperate.
He would never have used such a difficult move in a normal game, but now he didn't hesitate to take it out, because he didn't want to leave New Orleans, just like Francis did at the beginning.
Compared to James Harden and other former teammates of Li Feng, the difference with Oladipo is that he doesn't want to leave himself, Oladipo now wants to make the Pelicans regret it, the Pelicans want to defend the title, and Oladipo wants to say no. (To be continued).