Chapter 846: As Long as We Want
In the first quarter, the Trail Blazers had a good hand, Aldridge hit several unreasonable shots, and Lillard, Matthews and Batum were all accurate from the outside, which is also a feature of the Trail Blazers, whose offensive firepower has always been the league's top deposit.
The Pelicans have been playing a bit chaotically, with Rose seemingly forgetting his role as playmaker and a growing obsession with shooting and singles lately.
Of course, this is within Van Gundy's tolerance and he is giving his players a lot of freedom right now, especially in an easy game like today.
Despite the overall excellent performance of the Trail Blazers, the Pelicans did not differ much in the score, and the Trail Blazers only led by four points at 32-28 after the first quarter, and as long as the Pelicans attacked hard, this advantage would be nothing, and there was no doubt that this was not what Stotts, Aldridge, Paul Allen and countless Trail Blazers fans wanted to see, so in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers bench ambush was revealed.
With Mo Williams on the floor, the Trail Blazers' outside offense was nothing short of a tornado, and the destructive power they possessed was staggering.
When Mo Williams played, Van Gundy also began to change the lineup, Thornton + Li Feng + Butler + Oladipo + Brewer, this strange lineup appeared.
In a sense, this is the strongest defensive lineup that Van Gundy can send, full of spirituality, iron-blooded defense, the only flaw is the lack of organizers, and their attack rhythm may be messed up, which is also the reason why Van Gundy can't be sent out no matter how strong the opponent's attack is, and can only fight with the opponent to attack, because the back four people have no organizational ability.
But now, Li Feng is here.
Oladipo dribbled the ball past half time and gave the ball to Li Feng, who belonged to the penalty area today, and the sweaty Robin Lopez secretly complained, why didn't this monster get off the field, wasn't he tired?
Li Feng grabbed the ball with one hand and glanced back at Robin Lopez. He looked at the other party's left flank with his eyes, and said casually:
"The strongest defensive inside, I'm going to break through from your side......"
Robin Lopez interrupted him irritably and yelled:
"Less nonsense, come on......"
As soon as his voice fell, Li Feng stepped out to attract Aldridge's attraction, Butler seized the opportunity to rush inside, Li Feng turned around and passed the ball to Robin Lopez, Butler stretched his arms lightly and threw the ball to the hoop.
Score!
Robin Lopez serves to Mo Williams. The latter skillfully walked down with the ball after receiving the ball, as if deliberately suppressing the speed of the game. But at the moment when his feet crossed the halfway, his body suddenly shortened, as if he had transformed into a rampaging dragon, his clothes hunting in the wind, and he threw off Brewer and ran forward in two big steps.
Lillard followed suit, and he slashed from the wing to the box, and Mo Williams ran out of the middle and suddenly turned around, taking advantage of Batum's cover to slip to the left wing corner. Throw a shot.
Brewer had a hard time chasing and tried to interfere when he saw Mo Williams make a shot, but the ball still fell into the hoop. Seeing this, Mo Williams smiled on her face, and her arms were stretched out and her mouth made a 'poof' sound. Made a classic bomber pose.
Li Feng asked for the ball in the low post, he hit Robin Lopez with his back, crashed into the basket and threw the ball to Brewer outside the three-point line in the bottom corner.
Brewer finally found a chance for revenge, and without saying a word, raising his hand was a long shot. A blow was returned on the top of Mo Williams' head.
Lillard dribbled the ball to bring up the Trail Blazers' offensive pace again, and when he got to the frontcourt, his calf muscles tightened and accelerated incredibly again. Cut Oladipo and want to break through. The latter knew that he was not as fast as his opponent, so he slammed it outward, and the speeding Lillard was knocked by him, and Oladipo followed, and immediately blocked him again.
Aldridge asked for the ball, and in the face of Li Feng's defense, he slammed it sideways with his shoulder, but Li Feng didn't move, but he himself was knocked back a step, this scene made Aldridge's face unprecedentedly difficult to see, he didn't believe in evil, and after protecting the ball, he hit forward again.
Li Feng took a deep breath and sank into the dantian, but Aldridge suddenly shook his shoulders, and it was just a feint before, he quickly bypassed Li Feng to kill the inside line, and the jump was a mid-shot.
Fooled?! Li Feng was born by Aldridge's cunning one Buddha and two Buddha Nirvana, and when Oladipo dribbled the ball to the three-point line, he immediately raised his hand and shouted:
"Let me come!"
Robin Lopez was full of grief and indignation, Nima, you come to hair, you kid can't stop a little? Oladipo made a gesture to pass the ball to Li Feng, and Aldridge and Batum rushed in the direction of the latter together, and both squeezed into the penalty area. Seeing this, Oladipo smiled proudly, and easily handed the ball to Thornton, who was in the vacant position, and Pi Erye received the ball and aimed at the hoop, shaking his hand and shooting.
All of a sudden, both sides put their strength together, the Trail Blazers were bent on revenge, and the Pelicans were determined not to let them succeed in revenge and carry the reputation of the soft egg for a while, so the game became hot in the pursuit of victory.
Aldridge took the initiative to get the ball and play Li Feng alone, but when the latter was really one-on-one with him, he passed the ball into the penalty area.
Robin Lopez finally had a chance, he knocked away Butler, who was far inferior to him, jumped up and dunked, and burst into tears: "Ye is the league's No. 1 defensive insider!" β
"Damn, everyone has become cunning these days, there are too many liars, and there are not enough fools."
Li Feng sighed with emotion, lowered his head and ran forward, the game was officially white-hot.
In fact, Li Feng has no other views on the Trail Blazers, and he has been a fan of him before, he is in middle school
Stotts seemed to have guessed the root of Li Feng's fighting spirit, and after eight minutes of play in the second quarter, he replaced Aldridge and replaced him with Nicolas Batum.
Seeing Aldridge leave, Li Feng had some regrets, in his opinion, the whole court was worthy of this stubborn super Ade worthy of his full strength to defend, just when he was a little upset, Van Gundy suddenly replaced him, Brand played, Brewer and Oladipo went off, Arenas and Rose played together.
Li Feng was trying to take advantage of Aldridge's dismissal to come to the penalty area to praise, but the opportunity was spoiled by Van Gundy, especially what made him unhappy was that Rose actually appeared.
Indignant, Li Feng rubbed in front of Van Gundy and vaguely expressed his dissatisfaction:
"Jeff, we still have a lot of time in the second round, and my body is fine."
Van Gundy looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he whispered to Li Feng:
"Give Derek and Gilbert a little more praise, you know?"
Today's game surprised everyone, Li Feng has not appeared since he left the court in the second quarter, but has been sitting on the bench to watch the game.
To their surprise, the Pelicans lost the game, eventually losing by seven points at 94-101. The score actually went to the last minute, and the Pelicans were still close behind the Trail Blazers with two minutes to go until the end of the game. Just two points behind.
However, at the last minute, Aldridge finally stepped up, and he hit a series of games in the penalty area, whether it was Brand, Butler, Thornton or even Biedrins, they were no match for him.
Aldridge became the MVP of the game and was the hero of the Trail Blazers' victory, and the last two minutes became his stage, and he scored eight points in a row with free throws to lead the Trail Blazers to the final victory.
In fact, as long as Van Gundy replaced Li Feng, this qiΔ could be avoided. But instead of doing so, he looked at the pitch with soft eyes, not at all irritable as before.
However, many people are speculating about Van Gundy's mind, and it is 3-0 anyway. Deliberately using defeat to remind the Pelicans not to be careless, is this a playoff game?
Or did you say that it is better to play two more games after resting early and waiting for the second round? So that you can stay in better shape?
Anyway, the Pelicans, who could have swept Porter and led the Trail Blazers, actually lost, and the big score became 3-1. The next game was played in New Orleans.
The Pelicans face each other at home.
After the players from both sides entered, Li Feng, Ross and others walked over to greet each other, and they were not as bright as they imagined. Just exchanged a few words of greetings, but if someone heard their greetings, I am afraid they would shudder:
"You'd better not go into the inside later, or be careful to break your neck!"
"Hehe, you'd better wear knee pads for this game, I'm not sure if you can still stand on the pitch after the game.
Van Gundy didn't know what he was doing, but Al Jefferson and Millsap continued to be sidelined, and he simply looked down on the Trail Blazers.
Li Feng jumped the ball to win Robin Lopez, Rose got the ball and moved forward rhythmically, Li Feng helped Arenas block Matthews, Arenas immediately rushed into the penalty area like a wild horse, and when he ran in, Rose waved the ball and passed the ball accurately through the half.
Arenas made a layup, and there was no one around him, and the Trail Blazers players watched as he threw the ball into the hoop.
Stotts was clearly unhappy with his defense, stood up and yelled a few times, signaling his team to step up their defense.
After Lillard dribbled to the frontcourt, Rose went up and pressed, and this was not the first time the two had played each other, as one of the top point guards in the league, the two sides knew each other well. Lillard has always excelled in weight and strength at the No. 1 position, but Rose is not inferior, so he can't crush each other like he can against Paul and Nash.
Rose limited Lillard's play, who forced a break to no avail and then passed the ball to Batum.
Batum was also quite helpless in the face of Thornton, a defensive maniac, and he lifted up and made a projection feint, but Thornton was not fooled, but took half a step back to completely block his breakthrough route. However, the Trail Blazers have never been a team that expects to score alone, Aldridge came up to block Thornton, and Batum broke through with the ball.
Kaloon Butler switched defenses, blocked successfully, and Batum rushed all the way to the penalty area, only to pass the ball to Aldridge.
Thornton's body was strong, but that was for the outside, and he was helpless against Aldridge, who pouted his ass a few times in a row and was knocked away, and Aldridge turned and hit a jumper over his head.
Rose ran slowly forward with the ball and said with a smile:
"Hey, Li Feng, wait for me outside later, how about we also have a block?"
Li Feng pursed his lips disdainfully and said: "Do you still use blocking and dismantling to fight this kind of goods?" With that, he suddenly sped up his running speed and rushed towards the basket.
Robin Lopez hurriedly followed up, but when Li Feng ran to the penalty area, he suddenly turned back and turned back, Rose accelerated at the same time, Lillard hurriedly retreated to follow, but he was blocked by Li Feng, and when he turned around from Li Feng, Rose had already arrived in the penalty area.
Robin Lopez couldn't leave, and Rose turned to look at Li Feng. The Trail Blazers were in a hurry and pounced on the latter.
At this time, Rose turned his head and distributed the ball to Thornton outside the three-point line, and Thornton was also empty, he smiled at Batum, who rushed to Li Feng's side, shook his hand and hit a three-point shot!
"I lied to you."
Rose turned to Li Feng and smiled.
Li Feng pretended to be angry and shouted:
"I'm hurt and angry, and the consequences will be severe!"
There are previous lessons. Lillard is no longer obsessed with breaking, he is slowly cruising on the outside with the ball, having the opportunity to run a few steps inside, if he is blocked, then turn around and run out again, his patience has earned him a chance, Li Feng was unconsciously led out by him, Robin Lopez had a chance, Lillard immediately passed the ball in.
Robin Lopez got the ball and turned around to shoot under the basket, and he didn't even dunk. Because Li Feng was too fast, he was worried about being blocked.
But the worry came true, and as soon as his ball was shot, a black shadow like a falcon rose into the air. slapped the ball on the ball, and slapped the ball that was still in the ascending stage mercilessly diagonally.
As soon as Kaloon Butler grabbed the ball, Rose was no longer the slow man he was, and he pulled his leg and rushed forward. After getting the ball, he continued to speed up, and ran down with his head in a hurry.
Li Feng chased after him, and Rose glanced back at him. With a wave of his hand, he threw the ball to Arenas on the flank.
Arenas was quicker, and when Rose first entered the three-point line, he had already rushed into the box, and when he got the ball, he took three steps directly under the pursuit of Matthews, and threw the ball in the air despite his physical instability.
Matthews bent down to grab the rebound, but Li Feng had already followed up, the ball hit the inside of the hoop and bounced out, his legs bent as if stepping on a spring, roaring and flying, his right arm was raised high and straight like the main peak of the Rocky Mountains standing on the ground, his big hand and five fingers were open, and he grabbed the ball, and then his body full of powerful explosive power bent back like an open strong bow, his arm waved, and a thunderous dunk sounded.
7-2, the Pelicans got off to an excellent start.
Lillard dribbled the ball to the front court again, Aldridge came up to help him make a pick-and-roll, and the two separated, Lillard rushed to the wing with Calonebutler, made a resolute jump shot, and made a forced layup with precision.
Rose laughed, he looked at Lillard and said, "
Boy, you seem to be arrogant today? β
Lillard sneered, Rose reached the top of the three-point line at this time, he looked at the guy, shook his finger and said:
"But your breakthrough just now is not good-looking, come on, let the seniors teach you what a breakthrough is......"
As soon as the words were stacked, Rose's right foot took a lightning step forward, and at the same time, his body followed the trend, taking two steps in a row, Lillard strode the third step, his right arm holding the ball suddenly pulled back, and the ball jumped under his crotch and landed on his left hand, so that his leaning body pulled back, and Lillard was still retreating.
The distance between the two sides came out all of a sudden, and Rose adjusted his wrist posture, jumped up gracefully, and slashed two points with a wave of his hand.
Lillard's face was very ugly, but Rose still spoke to stimulate him:
"I'm sorry, young man, I just lied to you, senior, are you willing to forgive me?"
Aldridge gave Robin Lopez a look, who understood what he meant, and asked him to go out to help defend, and when the two met, he whispered:
"No, Li Feng, this kid can't let go, that guy's threat is more than the other four combined."
Aldridge shook his head impatiently and said:
"Can't you see that Rose's chrysanthemum man and that kid don't have a chemical reaction, how many times have the two of them cooperated so far in the game? So there's no need to worry too much about him. β
Robin Lopez thought for a moment and thought it made sense, but when he turned his head to look at Rose, he found that the latter had an unfathomable smile at him, but he felt a vague uneasiness in his heart.
Robin Lopez took a step, the ball in Rose's hand was immediately like a cannonball, flying out of his hand at high speed, shooting straight to the hoop, Li Feng's legs flicked, the whole person soared like a cloud, flew up to catch the ball with both hands, and smashed it downward, only to hear the muffled sound of the hoop, and a beautiful aerial relay was born.
Ross gave Li Feng a thumbs up, and the latter rushed up to give him a chest-bumping salute and shouted:
"Good pass!"
Rose's pass to Li Feng was regarded as an accident by Aldridge and others, and when he attacked again, Rose faced Lillard's pressing, and he deceived Lillard with two large changes of direction in a row, and rushed inside with the ball.
Seeing Rose without looking, he rushed into his own territory. Robin Lopez and Aldridge came up at the same time with a fierce look in their eyes, looking at it like that, if Rose entered their encirclement, let alone break through, it was a matter of whether he could leave alive.
Stotts, who was sitting on the bench, stood up at once, and he shouted anxiously:
"Go back and see the beast die...... Shit! β
As soon as Robin Lopez and Aldridge pulled out the inside line, Rose raised his hand to pass the ball without saying a word, Li Feng received the ball, jumped up on the spot, grabbed the ball with one arm and pulled it straight to the back of his head. Like a spinning windmill, I saw his arm turn forward with a powerful bang, and dunk the ball into the hoop with a bang.
The second general of the Trailblazer glared, Stotts didn't dare to underestimate the two new combinations of Ross and Li Feng, so he hurriedly called a timeout, summoned the disciples to his side, and he patted the tactical board and shouted:
"Nicholas, you go and keep an eye on Rose, Robin, and Aldridge. Look out for that damn O, be sure to watch him! As long as he's restrained, we'll win half of the game. β
Van Gundy is also filming the tactical board:
"The Takah will definitely not give Li Feng another chance later, so you know what to do. Right?
Rose wiped his sweat with a towel and said succinctly:
"The ball will be in the right hands."
Van Gundy nodded with satisfaction, patted the new disciple and shouted:
"Go ahead, boys. Sue sΓΉ pioneers, we can fish whenever you want, as long as we want! β
Start again. Robin Lopez was really inseparable from Li Feng, Ross tentatively passed the ball in, Li Feng turned around and hit his back, he hit Robin Lopez vigorously, and the steel-like shoulder hit Robin Lopez with a bleak face. Aldridge saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly came up to wrap the clamp, Li Feng put away the ball and feigned a layup, but the feint was seen through by Aldridge, and he had to pass the ball back to Rose.
The defender of Rose was replaced by Batum, who is really good defensively, he can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 4 position, and he is an excellent master of perimeter defense.
In the face of this familiar old opponent, Rose did not continue to attack, and after finding that the Trail Blazers focused on taking care of Li Feng, he passed the ball to Kaloon Butler.
The Trail Blazers launched a 2-3 joint defense, Aldridge and Robin Lopez sat on the inside to block Li Feng, and the outside line was rotated by three people.
After Caron Butler got the ball, he attracted Matthews and passed the ball to Arenas again, and Arenas did not hesitate to get the ball and immediately jumped and shot.
Basketball hits iron, Aldridge jams Li Feng, and Robin Lopez grabs the rebound.
Lillard gave Aldridge a look after dribbling the ball to the frontcourt, Rose took a step to scare Lillard, Lillard immediately took a step back but passed the ball at the same time, Aldridge did not attack after receiving the ball, but took a step, and Lillard killed him like a whirlwind
Aldridge passed the ball to Lillard, who took two quick steps to get the ball and threw his arm past Li Feng.
Lillard's offensive ability is still quite strong, the ball goes into the frame, and Li Feng's block has no effect.
Rose signaled to Caron Butler to serve quickly, and when he got the ball, he advanced at an unprecedented speed, Li Feng followed him, and when he arrived in the front court, Rose immediately passed the ball to Li Feng, who hit the periphery of the penalty area at this time, and after receiving the ball, he took three steps, and his strong and slender body rushed into the penalty area with an unrivaled momentum, and dunked violently.
Robin Lopez's defense was ineffective, and he kept following Li Feng and could only watch him fly up and dunk.
Li Feng came up and high-fived Rose, who pulled him and said in a low voice:
"I'll let Lillard go in the next round, and you can see how he and Aldridge work together, and then we'll do that for the rest of the game, isn't Porter going to lock you up? Hmph, they underestimate me so much! β
Li Feng responded, and after the switch of offense and defense, he was not busy competing for position with Robin Lopez, but looked at Lillard carefully.
Rose said that he let Lillard go, but in fact it was a tactical release, and he went up to press the latter, but Lillard was not afraid of pressing, and the blocking and pick-and-roll tactics were specifically designed to break the press.
Lillard protected the ball and pushed Rose forward as much as he could, forcing Rose to retreat near the three-point line, which he did so that Aldridge, who was floating in the free throw area, could quickly come and block. (To be continued......)