Chapter 683: A Shocking Button
Van Gundy looked at Carlisle's lineup on the side, and he was also weak in his heart, Carlisle's team will naturally have extremely lethal power when playing this kind of lineup.
Van Gundy was shouting on the sidelines to defend, the Mavericks came, the Mavericks came in the first wave, and the first to rush forward was Jay Crowje, who was bolder than his body.
Jay Clauje relied on his short body, did not bark on a cover, and came up to break through Ross directly.
Rose really couldn't withstand this kind of mouse-like breakthrough, and as soon as he turned around, Jay Crowger rushed to the Pelicans' interior.
The Pelicans pounced on him with two big men on the inside, and Jay Crowger's head was not completely dizzy at this time, and when he saw that the opponent beat him, he immediately passed the ball to Monta Ellis on the side.
Monta Ellis took the ball outside the three-point line, Li Feng could only rotate over, and as soon as Li Feng left, Monta Ellis's ball immediately went to the hands of Vince Carter, who was supposed to be defended by Li Feng.
Vince Carter took the ball to meet Paul Millsap who saved, and directly pulled out a three-point shot, Paul Millsap's rhythm was too slow to keep up with Vince Scart, and Vince Carter's three-point accuracy seemed to have eyes.
With a bang, the basketball fell into the Pelicans' basket all of a sudden, and Vince Carter pulled the difference back to within 10 points, and the difference returned to 9 points.
At this time, the Mavericks finally played the essence of Carlisle's ball, and the Mavericks fans began to cheer for the home team.
Mavericks fans are very strange, basically no distinction between home and away teams, that team played wonderfully, they cheered for that team, and now the Mavericks are playing well, and suddenly the fans began to cheer for the Mavericks.
And Vince Carter's ball also brought Carlisle's small-ball tactical advantage into full play. The attack is simple and effective, with many attack points, and every opportunity can be turned into a lethal three-point shot.
was beaten by the Mavericks, and suddenly Van Gundy yelled at the team again on the sidelines:
"Strengthen the defense, block them. You have to be aggressive on the defensive end. ”
Van Gundy knew that no matter how good the offense was, it would not be as effective as continuous defensive suppression, so at this time he hurriedly yelled at the defense and asked the Pelicans to strengthen the intensity on the defensive end.
Rose pushed in and passed the ball to Li Feng, who took the ball and found that the Mavericks' defensive enthusiasm had become stronger after consecutive points. The entire Mavericks' defensive rotation is much faster, and it makes sense that they have all switched to small men.
Since Li Feng found out that the opponent was not tall enough, he immediately passed the basketball to Paul Millsap. As soon as Paul Millsap got the ball and wanted to play, he just watched the Mavericks' bag arrive. So Paul Millsap could only pass the ball out to Arenas, but Arenas hesitated a little to take the ball, and the Mavericks' defense arrived again.
After changing the small man lineup, the Mavericks looked like they were lacking in height, but they didn't suffer on the defensive end, as they were a lot faster and more aggressive. In this case, Arenas came up and punched the little AI, although he had a speed advantage. But under the herd's defense, Arenas missed mid-range.
The Pelicans couldn't bite the Mavericks' position, and just when everyone exclaimed, the Mavericks, a small lineup that seemed to be good there, also encountered problems. The rebound flew out and was easily grabbed by John Henson.
John Henson got the rebound and turned back to Li Feng. The small lineup is good, but the rebounding and interior protection are still weak.
Although the Pelicans are a little bulky, the rebounding is still fully guaranteed.
Li Feng got the basketball again and realized that the basket in New York was still flawed. Li Feng immediately called Paul Millsap to come up as cover.
When Paul Millsap ran over quickly, Li Feng accelerated and wanted to hit the calf's basket, but at this time the calf was really ruthless. It took three people to sandwich Li Feng in the middle of the bag in three positions.
In this case, Li Feng made a reasonable choice to pass the ball to Rose outside, and Rose made a three-point shot in an empty position. But this guy had a sparse feel, and he didn't throw the ball in.
This time the Pelicans wasted the opportunity, but God didn't favor the Pelicans anymore, Montaelis protected the rebound under the basket, and then immediately drove the ball towards the Pelicans' halfcourt.
At this time, it was Paul Millsap who was opposite Monta Ellis, and this misplaced Pelican was so uncomfortable, seeing that Paul Millsap couldn't catch up with Monta Ellis in the back. Li Feng could only pounce to defend, but Li Feng only moved here.
But I saw Monta Ellis throw the basketball into Vince Carter's hand again, and after Vince Carter took the ball, he faced Arenas who came up to help defend him, he danced a back dribble, and then rushed forward, and suddenly flashed Arenas, and came up to throw his right hand.
The basketball flew over the heads of several Pelicans and landed easily into the Pelicans' basket.
Only then did Van Gundy set up a desperate defense, but now that the first round has passed, the Pelicans have not defended. It's not that the Pelicans don't work hard defensively, it's that the Mavericks are too misplaced on the offensive end.
In this case, Van Gundy is a head coach who doesn't like to be flexible, and when Van Gundy was a little sluggish, the Pelicans came to the Mavericks' half again, and at this time, seeing that the Mavericks had a lot of space, even Li Feng scratched his head a little, because the Mavericks' position was actually not very easy to break.
Li Feng could only think of a hard rush at this time, and Li Feng took two steps back to two steps outside the three-point line.
This Li Feng called John Henson's cover, and then Li Feng was at full power, full of ability, and an acceleration rushed towards the calf's basket like a train. At this time, there was no way for the previous calf's ruthless three-person bag to be used in such a vast space.
And after pulling away the distance, the advantage of the big man who lacked padding under the Maverick basket was also leaked, Li Feng rushed up and knocked away Monta Ellis, who came up to help the defense, and then the whole person flew directly.
Samuel Delham Potter, who was carrying it hard in the air, saw the moment the two people collided in the air, it was not the smaller Li Feng who retreated, but the larger Samuel Dalham Potter, and the moment Samuel Delham Potter lost the confrontation in the air.
Li Feng was still flying high, flying to Samuel Daimpoter's head, and then Li Feng slammed his hands down, and the whole person seemed to be a big hammer.
"Bang!"
The basketball smashed into the Mavericks' basket and smashed the rebound to the ground. Samuel Daim Potter was even smashed by Li Feng and sat on the floor.
All of a sudden, the fans at the American Airlines Center rebelled again, and the audience began to go crazy for Li Feng and cheered.
Li Feng conquered the American Airlines Center with one buckle!
Carlisle got on the small man lineup, chased the points in a row, and now finally beat the Pelicans to the bottom line, and Li Feng began to break out alone.
Li Feng's solo outburst is now the Pelicans' last bottom line and last resort. Now as soon as Li Feng made a move, it was really easy to use, and when he came up, he smashed the calf and turned over on his back alone.
Samuel Daim Potter was smashed over by Li Feng. When he got up, he complained to the referee that Li Feng was holding him with his arm in the air.
However, the referee ignored Samuel Daimler's appeal, and Li Feng yelled after the dunk, and then turned back to encourage his teammates to work hard to defend.
At this critical moment, both teams are on fire, and if the score is caught up by the Mavericks, the morale of the Pelicans will be discharged, and if the Pelicans hold down the Mavericks at this time, the Mavericks will also be finished.
When it came to the critical moment, both teams were desperate, and the Mavericks rushed over Jay Crowje to challenge Rose for the first time.
Rose was prepared this time. Half a step back to defend, he didn't let Jay Crowje rush up. In this way, the ball of the Mavericks was transferred to Vince Carter's hands.
Vince Carter took the ball and faced Li Feng and did not choose to escape. Instead, he took the ball and swayed in front of Li Feng.
Vince Carter, who can't jump, now has a light and sharp style, can shoot from a distance and can break through, once the distance is opened, it can greatly weaken Li Feng's advantage in confrontation, because Li Feng can't guess what Vince Carter wants to do.
It's the same at this time. Vince Carter lightly controlled the basketball in his hands, under his crotch, and behind his back. Crossing, Vince Carter's body and basketball swayed together, confusing Li Feng's defensive judgment, Li Feng tried to stand firm at this time, did not make wrong judgments, and waited for Vince Carter to make the first move, Li Feng was confident to complete the defense in the case of the latter action.
While Li Feng was patiently waiting, Samuel Delham Porter suddenly came up to disrupt Li Feng's defense, and he suddenly stuck Li Feng in the back.
For a split second, Vince Carter seized it, and he shifted direction to the other, then pulled up another mid-range jumper.
At this time, John Henson and Li Feng, who was barely squeezing over, came to defend Vince Carter, but saw Vince Carter's very weird hand control zhì shoot a super high arc, under this arc.
Even Li Feng and John Henson, the two bouncing monsters, couldn't keep up with the speed of the ball, and could only watch the basketball fall from the top of the two people's heads into the Pelicans' basket.
Vince Carter proved his scoring ability with two difficult shots in a row, especially in terms of shooting attainments, Vince Carter has been perfecting day by day, but unfortunately he is old.
Seeing that the Mavericks' offense couldn't be suppressed, the Mavericks also shot impossible basketballs in a row.
Van Gundy finally regained some of his killer instincts and immediately called a timeout, after which he began to revamp the Pelicans' lineup, replacing Henson with Oladipo.
Pay attention to opening up space in the halfcourt, and now the Pelicans have changed four players with long-range shots, and the space is much better.
Van Gundy set up, the Pelicans returned to the court, and John Henson threw the basketball into Li Feng's hands in the opening stanza.
As soon as Li Feng got the basketball here, the Mavericks suddenly forced Li Feng to grab the double bag, and Van Gundy asked the team to strengthen the team's defensive aggressiveness, and now it looks like the Mavericks actually have a similar arrangement.
Li Feng immediately protected the basketball and threw the basketball into the hands of Paul Millsap on the side.
Paul Millsap took the ball to face Montaelis at this time, and Montaelis was a head shorter than Paul Millsap, which was too much of a disadvantage.
Paul Millsap took the ball and sat back, then rolled over and squeezed under the basket to make a layup to score points.
The Mavericks strengthened the pressure on the ball and did not suppress the Pelicans' effective organization, which was mainly due to Li Feng's ability to hold the ball. It's too difficult to steal Li Feng.
The Pelicans quickly succeeded in attacking, turned around, the Mavericks got the ball, and the Pelicans immediately launched a frontcourt tackle.
At this time, Oladipo went up and harassed Jaycrauje twice, Jaycrauje was hot-tempered and was harassed twice by Oladipo, and immediately hit him angrily and broke through wildly towards the sideline.
However, Jaykrauj only crossed the halfway line, and Li Feng immediately wrapped Jaykrauj from behind. The outside duo of Li Feng and Oladipo suddenly sandwiched Jaicrauje's bag between the middle line and the sideline.
This position is a position of the bag clipper, you can't pass the ball back, you can only pass the ball forward, if the opponent gets the position stuck, you can't even pass the ball. Now Jay Clauger was caught in the bag all of a sudden.
And Jay Crowje is still short in stature, he took advantage of his short stature when he broke through, and now he is caught in the bag, his arms are short, and he is not tall enough to pass the ball.
Li Feng came up and grabbed his ball. Oladipo was also on the side to help grab the ball, but Jay Crowje couldn't grab two people, and the basketball was snatched down at once.
Jay Crowje was intercepted by Li Feng and Oladipo, seeing that Li Feng snatched the basketball and wanted to go to the fast break, Jay Clauj was also a person with a true temperament, and he couldn't allow himself to fail, so he directly slapped Li Feng from behind, and directly beat Li Feng to stagger.
Jay Crowje directly stopped Li Feng with a foul, which can be regarded as a tactic! Just when Li Feng went to the free throw line. Jaycrauje was still cursing over there. This failure was simply unacceptable for him.
Li Feng made free throws at the free throw line, and Carlisle saw that the Pelicans were also putting pressure on the defensive end, and immediately he yelled at his players:
"Pay attention to protect the ball and move quickly when you protect the ball."
"Jay Krauj. Calm down, calm down! ”
Now that Carlisle is using Jaikrauj as a point guard, he has to keep cooling Jaykrauje Jaykrauje.
Li Feng made one of two free throws, and Jaicrauje's foul was not in vain.
Jay Krauger came over with the ball this time. Finally cooled down a little, didn't rampage with the ball, came over and passed the ball to Montaellis, who had a mismatch advantage, and it was still easy for Montaelis to advance with the ball.
However, Montaelis does not have much organizational ability. Monta Ellis' function is offense, and now that he has the basketball, Monta Ellis is also a crazy breakthrough directly to the Pelicans' basket without saying a word.
Monta Ellis came with ferocity, and the Pelicans' defense was also ferocious in the defense, and the Pelicans were also desperate on the defensive end at this time.
Montaelis just came in, and Li Feng, Arenas, and Paul Millsap surrounded Montaelis from three directions.
Montaelis wanted to take advantage of his good health and force a shot on the heads of three people, and there was a thought that Oladipo coming from behind would be a shield to help the defense.
"Smack!"
The basketball was pulled down by the rookie Oladipo, and in the exclamation of the fans at the American Airlines Center, several Pelicans picked up the basketball under the basket.
Picking up the basketball, everyone was the first to find Li Feng and immediately passed the basketball to Li Feng, and Li Feng ran quickly towards the Maverick's half with the ball.
At this time, Jaykrauj came up bravely and pulled out Li Feng's ball below, Li Feng was not polite to Jaykrauje, turned around directly and protected the basketball with his body, and hit Jaykrauje sideways.
Jay Krauger once played as a miniature power forward, and his upper body strength was good, but he couldn't compare with Li Feng, and he was knocked to the side by Li Feng.
Li Feng quickly hit the Maverick's half, but at this time, the Maverick's lineup was a small lineup, and they also retreated quickly, and Li Feng didn't have a good chance to come. I could only shake my hand and give the basketball to Paul Millsap again.
Paul Millsap has a really high advantage against Montaelis! Just when Paul Millsap took the ball and was about to play in the low post, the Mavericks immediately came up.
At this time, Paul Millsap watched the game below, and when he saw the Mavericks' counterattack, he immediately passed the ball to Li Feng outside.
Li Feng took the ball and dribbled forward, attracting the Mavericks to pounce on him, and then he passed the basketball to Oladipo at the top of the arc.
Rookie Oladipo has been practicing hard three-point shooting recently, but the effect is also remarkable, and Oladipo will shoot a three-pointer quickly when he gets the ball.
Oladipo's three-point shot was clean, like a knife, and with a bang, it stabbed into the soft underbelly of the calf at once.
Oladipo also hit a three-pointer, and in the process of the Pelicans and Mavericks launching a fast-paced battle, the Pelicans finally began to gain the upper hand, stealing a ball from Jay Crowger and blocking a ball from Montaellis, and seeing the difference widen again.
Carlisle's glasses were wide on the sidelines, and both sides were using adrenaline-pumping fast-paced frantic offense, crazy defense, and in the process, the Pelicans took advantage of the better defense.
Van Gundy is right, defense, especially team defense, is definitely the quality of a team.
At this time, Bill Wharton also said:
"The real battle between the two teams was played by the Pelicans' better defense. Now the balance of victory has shifted in favor of the Pelicans. ”
Joan Barry agrees:
"In fact, Carlisle's style of play when the Mavericks abandoned the Pacers, this is a helpless move, and it is also a self-destructive move, the Indiana Pacers still insist on defense after he leaves, and now the Pacers have become a strong team in the East, even last year's New York Knicks did not dare to take it lightly, while the Dallas Mavericks are sinking, the Spurs older than them can enter the Finals, Carlisle needs to change, Cuban will not give him too many opportunities!"
"Today's Pelicans are a wake-up call to the Mavericks, a reminder that they must change, the Pelicans don't have Al Jefferson today, and the interior offense is not strong, but just like that, the Mavericks are still blown up, and if they don't change, they will only perish!" (To be continued......)