Chapter 598: Li Feng is superb
The Pacers immediately adjusted their tactical focus to stop Li Feng's breakthrough, and at the same time gave West more offensive tactics.
After a pause, the Pacers immediately played the cooperation of George and West, the two of them blocked at 45 degrees, West went down to the restricted area, George passed the ball, West received the ball and immediately turned over and hooked his hand, and finally scored two points for the Pacers again.
The Pacers' side scored, but the main factor in their scoring was the rational design of the previous tactics, which was a means of using the overall score.
But the Knicks were still on the rise, the Pacers scored, and the Knicks immediately caught up and played.
In the enthusiastic cheers of the fans, it was already very difficult for Belineri to take the ball over and then pass it to Li Feng.
Li Feng is now being targeted by the opponent, and at this moment, Monroe went out and asked for the ball from Belineri.
Since the Pacers' defense focuses on defending Li Feng, there must be gaps on the other side.
Belinelli passed the ball to Monroe, and Monroe was desperate to get the ball at this time, and he desperately carried Hansbru into it with the ball.
Hansblu's defense is still reliable, but he is a non-trivial player, and the defense of the pure number four position is indeed sexual.
Monroe took two steps up and carried it to the basket, and when Hansbrough desperately stuck up, Monroe turned left and right and threw back to the middle.
"Brush!"
The ball is in! This is Monroe's best way of scoring, once the Knicks' morale rises, it will immediately blossom more, and Monroe, who did not have a high success rate before, is now also efficient.
The Pacers saw that the Knicks were getting better and better, and they were naturally eager to turn around and pull the score back.
But at this point, the Knicks played on the offensive end, and the defensive end followed suit.
George Hill took the ball and pushed over, and when he made the first move to find George, Li Feng suddenly pounced in front of George and didn't let George take the ball.
As a result, George Hill could only turn his head and seek to pass the basketball to West in the high post, but at this time, Cousins also pestered West.
Seeing that the two main points did not get the ball, when George Hill was hesitating here, Belineri reacted quickly and clicked the basketball in the opponent's hand.
The Pacers hesitated slightly, the Knicks broke the ball, and after the ball was broken, Belineri took the ball and ran towards the Pacers, when Gerald Green was chasing on the side, Belineri saw him coming, and a feint in the middle of the march seemed to be a back pass, but the basketball was in the hands of Belineri, circled around the body, and still went to Belineri's hands.
Bailineri shook Green, then stepped into the three-point line, made a feint at George, who caught up, and then went straight to the basket from a distance.
Belinelli's long-range pick-up is very distinctive, with the style of an Iceman, fast shots, long distances, and when George and the Pacers' defense did not react at all, Belineri picked the ball.
"Huh!"
The Knicks were another fast break, and the momentum was completely out, and the Pacers were steadily trampled under the feet of the Knicks.
The Pacers also want to struggle at this time, but once the Knicks come up with momentum, it is in full bloom, and this is the home court of the Knicks, this momentum has a bonus, and the Pacers can only want to resist the Knicks in the short term.
At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks led the Pacers by a wide margin of 33-19 by 14 points.
In the face of such a big point difference, Jeff Van Gundy also said:
"The Knicks and Pacers were originally two very stable teams, but in the playoffs, it turned into a life-and-death situation, and the difference between the two teams was always very large, and the imaginary street situation rarely appeared."
Joan Bari also said at this time:
"Yes! It seems that the two teams have never played so crazy in this series, and the winner is decided from the beginning, so let's see if this law can succeed today! ”
The two teams have played so far, and the Pacers are naturally unwilling to lose, and they definitely want to win the match point directly, so as not to have too many dreams at night.
Although they missed a little in the first quarter, Vogel adjusted the team's psychology in the second quarter, and the Pacers immediately came back with enthusiasm and ready to clean up the old mountains and rivers.
The Pacers, on the other hand, started with the bench pains and added more detailed tactics to the bench pains.
The Pacers did a lot of preparation and a lot of mobilization. But in terms of power, they are certainly far inferior to the Knicks.
The Knicks are currently standing on the edge of the cliff, and the players of the team are being ridiculed to go crazy, and now the home court is still so good, they don't play something, it's simply sorry for the whole universe.
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the ball of the Pacers at the beginning, although the Pacers were on the bench at this time, they played very neatly and the tactics were very in place.
Continuous baseline blocking, continuous off-ball running, and finally DJ Augustin got the basketball at the three-point line and shook it, J.R. Smith flew over, and DJ Augustin came in and shot a mid-range.
The Pacers' bench lineup used a strong team play to complete the offense. After the Knicks grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, they went to the opponent's half court in a hurry.
The Knicks were still playing fast at this time, flirting with the ball, and Livingston took the ball and advanced quickly, and Jordan Famar was stiffer than who could run faster.
Both men were fast enough to almost reach the top of the Pacers' arc together, and Livingston wanted to play hard at this point.
But the Pacers' defense was not so easy to break, and Livingston was generally blocked when he went up to break through, and he could only turn around and pass the basketball to Kirilenko in the back.
Kirilenko took the ball to face Hansburu, instinctively raised his hand to make a shooting feint, Hansburu defended it, Kirilenko didn't shoot instead, took the ball and forced a breakthrough to squeeze up a step, and then raised his hand and threw a wiping jump shot with horseback archery.
"Huh!"
Kirilenko has been holding back for so long, and it finally broke out! Kirilenko's board-rubbing jumper also hit.
Kirilenko finally let out a sigh of relief, turned around and roared twice towards the court.
The Knicks' bench players can also play with momentum, and the Knicks are still in their own rhythm at this time.
The Pacers came back at this time, still hoping to solve the problem with a beautiful team battle.
However, at this time, the Knicks' defensive intensity was extremely ferocious, and the Pacers played a beautiful team combination.
In the end, Hibbert was already in a very good position when he got the ball under the basket, but at this time Hibbert was too underestimated by Al Thornton, who was defending him.
In this Eastern Conference semifinals, Hibbert scored a lot of goals on Thornton's head, so at this time he didn't take Thornton seriously, and took the ball and turned around to shoot lightly.
When Thornton was in a state of high morale for the whole team, he was also playing at a super level, and the moment Hibbert made a move, he was a block that slapped Hibbert's face.
"Smack!"
Thornton was also covered, and Madison Square Garden was filled with cheers.
The Pacers' well-planned offensive tactics seem to be really weak, and they want to rely on team strength to counter the convulsive Knicks, and they are indeed missing some mental strength.
Thornton blocked the basketball, J.R. Smith jumped over to catch the basketball, and reflexively ran towards the Pacers' halfcourt.
The Pacers caught up, J.R. Smith immediately passed the ball to Livingston, Livingston took the ball and broke through the center strongly, and the Pacers chased and blocked under the basket.
Livingston threw the basketball towards the rebound, and Thornton, who ran up from behind, took the ball and dunked again.
"Bang!"
The Knicks' performance is here again, and the Knicks' morale has not only not declined but has risen to a higher level during the bench period, reaching the realm of who plays who has it.
Once the Knicks' morale is out, the Pacers are really hard to control, because the Knicks themselves are difficult to flirt with.
The Pacers' counterattack in the second quarter really couldn't be played, so they had to start again on the defensive end.
But the gap has been widened, and the Pacers started back on the defensive end, which did little to shorten the difference, and at the end of the first half, the Knicks still led the Pacers by 13 points at 60-47.
The two teams are in turn in feng shui. The Knicks were beaten by the Pacers on the Pacers' home court. Now the Pacers have arrived at the Knicks' home court and have been beaten by the Knicks, not knowing the southeast, northwest, and northwest.
The game turned out like this, and the Pacers had one last chance left in the second half, and it was to stop the Knicks on the defensive end that they had a chance.
At halftime, Director Zhang on the domestic side sighed and said:
"At the start of today's game, I thought the Knicks were finished. How dangerous the Knicks look today, with themselves 1-3 behind, low team morale, and poor overall fitness. But once the game started, it was completely different, and the Knicks hit all sorts of balls that weren't usually common. ”
"Bellineri actually played hard, Kirilenko actually hit and forced his cut. Monroe actually slammed the other party to death. Cousins was able to get the rebound stuck. A series of unusual moves caught the walkers off guard. Then Li Feng hit two beautiful balls, and the team's morale went up first. Then the Knicks' morale went up and couldn't go down, and it went straight to the half. So far, the Pacers have not caught their breath. ”
Xu Jicheng also nodded again and again:
"The world is impermanent. This sentence is really classic. Today's game is definitely a ready-made example. It looks like the Knicks are at a disadvantage in every way. But once the game starts, it's not like that. ”
The domestic side expressed surprise, and the American side Jeff Van Gundy also said:
"If you tell me before the game, the Knicks have a chance to win against the Pacers, I believe. Because they are standing on the edge of a cliff. There's a lot of motivation and pressure. But if you tell me that the Knicks will win easily, Belineri scored layups without three-pointers, Kirilenko scored from mid-range without three-pointers, Li Feng made shocking breakthroughs, and the Knicks played all kinds of unconventional shots, I would not believe it. ”
"Today's Knicks, very, very, unconventional, like a different team, like a new group of players. This Pacer will definitely struggle to adapt and will affect the next game. ”
The Knicks' unconventional style of play made the Pacers suffer a big loss, and the melody of the playoffs is adjustment. However, the Knicks suddenly jumped out of the Five Elements and Three Realms, which made it impossible for the Pacers to adjust, and the opponent without regularity was even more difficult to deal with.
The Pacers are in a desperate situation at this time, and the unconventional Knicks have no special need to fight this game.
This is also very true in the game, where the Pacers are not under pressure to win.
They're just looking at the situation! If they still have a chance to play in the second half, they will take it, and if they don't, the Pacers may just let it go.
More options for walkers. It's a little more relaxed. The Pacers opened the court in the second half, and the first ball was immediately given to George to deal with.
When the Pacers get to the point of danger, they always have to look at George's.
George was reluctant to give up match point today, but he knew it. Sometimes it's hard to miss an opportunity and find it again.
George wanted to fight. The desire to kill the Knicks at once is still very strong.
That's when George came up with the ball. Li Feng personally pounced to defend, and today the Knicks were on the edge of the cliff, and Li Feng did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. Losing every opportunity is fatal for the Knicks right now.
George and Li Feng have played many times, knowing that it is time to fight hard, in the face of Li Feng, George took the ball and took a step back.
Then he suddenly rushed up and dribbled one step in stride, one step in small steps, and the rhythm of the two steps was not consistent, when Li Feng was chasing after him, George made a sharp stop and leaned back to shoot.
George took advantage of the rhythm, took advantage of the variable speed, and finally leaned back to shoot, and when Li Feng caught up, he really couldn't block it.
George scored 2 points at the start of the third quarter, and it was immediately announced that George was back, and George would focus more on offense in the second half.
Since George is like this, Li Feng must also show an attitude, and the Knicks can't fall behind a little bit.
Once the Knicks fall to the bottom of the game, they will be doomed, so Li Feng is also very active in getting basketball in the Pacers' half.
In the first half, Li Feng attacked too fiercely, so once Li Feng made a move at this time, the Pacers immediately organized a double defense to squeeze Li Feng to the sideline.
This was already a very good defense, being squeezed to the sideline, Li Feng had little room to dribble.
At this time, Li Feng was also forced to be in a hurry, so he could only play the action of street ball, and the player probed behind Steve Sun, who came up from the bag, and slapped the ball from Steve Sun's back through Steve Sun's crotch.
Li Feng suddenly played this kind of street ball action, when the Pacers were in a daze, Li Feng received the ball and passed the basketball through Steve Sun's crotch from the front, and then Li Feng shared the ball alone, and finally shook off the Pacers' double defense in one step.
Li Feng took Steve Sun's crotch as his own, dribbled the ball over, and then dribbled it over, Steve Sun was ruthlessly tricked by Li Feng.
Suddenly Madison Square Garden is high. The tide is coming again, and the audience is "boom, boom! A piece of exclamation.
Jeff Van Gundy was also dumbfounded and said:
"Li Feng, is this playing a streetball game in Queens! He's playing like this, he's going to be able to do this. ”
"Yes, indeed, he did, and there was no foul! There are no violations! ”
Joan Barry also shook his head helplessly at this time.
Li Feng is playing too high this time, playing too high. It's tidal. All at once it was destroyed, and the Pacers managed to manage the atmosphere of slaughter.
It's a supernatural thing!
The frenzied atmosphere of Madison Square Garden was once again aroused, and in the midst of the frenzied cries at home, the Pacers came calling, and George and all the Pacers players realized that if the game was still at this pace, the Pacers might have knelt early.
They hurriedly regrouped and came up to slowly wear down the Knicks' height. Tide rhythm, constantly attracting attention in the inside card position, Hibbert suddenly passed the ball to George when he got the ball.
Li Feng was a little slower when he made another save, and George took the ball and shot back for a three-pointer from the Knicks.
In the second half, George's offensive awareness was very strong, and George's three-point shooting really made the atmosphere of the Knicks slightly lowered.
The Knicks arrived at the Pacers' half, Li Feng couldn't catch the ball this time, Li Feng had played the ball super well today, and the Pacers didn't even dare to let Li Feng touch the ball.
When the Pacers' attention was on Li Feng, Belineri had a lot easier to get the ball, and he also got inspiration from Li Feng's streetball moves.
Take the ball in front of George Hill three consecutive crotch dribbles, suddenly a backfoot kick back step, pulled to the side, George Hill barely caught up, Bellener behind the left shook a step, right shook a step, the continuous difficult action was completely stunned by George Hill, at this time Belineri took the ball on the three-point up and quickly shot a three-pointer.
"Huh!"
Although George's three points are good, they are far less entertaining than this one, and after Belineri's three points, Knicks fans and players are no longer excited, but high. Tide and can't be on their own.
Belineri also swung his fist violently after he hit it, and he finally found the feeling of the game.
The Pacers are quite helpless in the face of the Knicks who are starting to entertain, you must know that this is the Eastern Conference Finals!
On this kind of court, the Knicks can also play this kind of ball, which makes the Pacers cry and laugh.
The Pacers turned around and started to play positional battles very seriously, with West and Hibbert taking turns invading the restricted area.
West managed to get a spot, and George Hill hoisted the ball in from the outside, just as West caught the ball under the basket.
Li Feng suddenly jumped behind West, and single-handedly clicked the basketball that West was about to reach.
The Knicks broke the ball again, and Li Feng broke the ball and flew towards the Pacers' halfcourt and made a crazy raid.
George hurriedly chased after him from behind, Li Feng and George were-for-tat, and Li Feng seized this opportunity to kill.
George could only make a tactical foul at this time to break the ball, but when George stretched out his hand, Li Feng made a ground pass under his crotch, and the basketball went directly to Cousins, who followed up in the middle.
Cousins' follow-up cut was a must, as he took three big steps to catch the ball and got up and went straight to the Pacers' basket.
"Bang!"
Cousins' big civet dunked! (To be continued......)