Chapter 413: The Beast Goes Crazy
Li Feng returned to the court and broke Brewer's defensive confidence, scoring six points in a row. The 13-point gap between the two teams has now been reduced to seven points in an instant.
The score became 36-29, and at this time the Knicks were not as embarrassed as they seemed in the first quarter, and the Knicks also had the momentum to launch a counterattack against the opposing side.
At this time, Adelman was furious on the sidelines, yelling at the court. At this time, Adelman was angry not because his team members did not stop Li Feng, but because these guys did not have long brains.
They have already warmed up Lefu, they don't foul Li Feng for anything, and if they foul, they can let Lefu play, and they can also let Li Feng go to the free throw line to bet on luck. It's better now, and I have to waste a timeout on my own.
Adelman saw Steensma's baseline kick-off, and he called a timeout and started making substitutions, first bringing in Love and then Rubio, which he had always loved so much.
Adelman's trust in Rubio is sometimes surprising and completely incomprehensible.
Tyberdu was also very thief-eyed, and when he saw that Adelman was replaced, he immediately replaced Monroe, Cousins, and Dragic with quick hands and feet.
Picking up the energy of the main team, Tyberdu is no worse than Adelman. The main forces of both teams are gradually returning.
The Timberwolves tee off on the sideline at this time, and their purpose is first and foremost to stabilize the situation and suppress the fast pace that is now driven by Li Feng.
So at this time, the Timberwolves specially played a tactic for Lefou, through continuous cover and movement. Lefu suddenly dodged Monroe and took the main position in the left waist, and Lefu had a position.
Barria, who got the ball on the Timberwolves' side, immediately threw the basketball into Lefou's hands, and Lefu took the ball and observed it very experienced.
Let Monroe, who wanted to go over and trap him, hesitated for a moment, just when Monroe couldn't advance or retreat. Lefu directly turned around and dribbled to the bottom line, and attacked along the bottom line. Cousins' technique was passed by Lefu in one step.
Lefu got up directly past Cousins, his huge body in the air like a big frog, with its limbs spread and stretched out.
With the ball in his right hand, he was about to score a layup, and at this time, Li Feng suddenly appeared from the weak side.
All of a sudden, he also flew up, and the height of the flight was no less than Lefu, and Li Feng slapped Lefu's arm with an extremely strong palm at this time.
Lefou's ball was thrown crooked! At the same time, the referee gave Li Feng a foul and sent Lefu to the free throw line.
However, even if Li Feng was whistled for a foul, he was expressionless, and his intention was very obvious and very strong. Even if I foul, I won't let you score easily.
After fouling Lefu, Li Feng immediately pinched his waist and stood aside, watching Lefu hit two free throws.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the game suddenly became fierce and confrontational.
Love made a free throw, the Knicks kicked off the baseline, and Dragic took the ball and advanced to the Timberwolves' half.
At this time, Li Feng asked Monroe to help him block Brewer, Monroe was rude but very shrewd. He immediately understood what Li Feng meant. When he came to cover, he made a small movement in his hand and pulled Brewer very covertly, pulling Brewer to the back, and Li Feng just received the basketball.
After receiving the basketball, Li Feng was not in a hurry. Take the ball and turn around to make a triple threat pose. At this time, Monroe ran backwards, and Brewer finally faced Li Feng.
Li Feng already had the idea of defeating Brewer at this time, so seeing that Brewer was coming, Li Feng was not in a hurry to shoot. Instead, he smiled contemptuously and said:
"Boy, I'll shoot you over the head with ease."
Brewer was stunned by Li Feng's words, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover Li Feng's eyes. Li Feng stabbed his body to the right side, and Brewer's feet moved slightly. Li Feng immediately got up and really shot easily.
The basketball flew over Brewer's head, smashed into the basket, and jumped high, but it still landed in the Timberwolves' basket.
Li Feng really shot! It really hit.
At this time, Brewer's mentality has changed, Brewer was suspicious before, but now involuntarily, Brewer's heart is already a little afraid.
Li Feng planted the shadows of fear in Brewer's heart again and again, and these shadows had already affected Brewer's actions a little.
When running towards the Knicks' half, the frustration made Brewer's running movements a little stiff. Unfortunately, the entire Timberwolves didn't notice this.
Because Li Feng scored again, the Knicks' momentum of chasing points did not come down, so now the Timberwolves' strategy is still suppressed.
After pushing through, the Timberwolves still looked for Love's interior offense, and after two simple pick-and-rolls. Lefu got the basketball in a position a little farther away, and Li Feng happened to be on the line at Lefu and was responsible for wrapping Lefou.
At this time, Li Feng did not go directly to the tough bag, but just glanced back.
Li Feng's glance was almost like encouragement for Lefou. As soon as he saw that there was no one to wrap up, he immediately took the ball along the line and hit Monroe.
Although Monroe is a small move, the gap between his strength and Lefu is too huge. As soon as Monroe took Lefu into it, it was just when Lefu got up to attack.
Li Feng, who was on the defensive with his eyes just now, rushed to the inside line desperately at this time, and slammed into Lefu.
Li Feng looked like moths to a fire at the moment when the fans outside the stadium looked like moths to a fire. The moment Li Feng and Lefu collided, it looked painful, but in fact, Li Feng didn't hurt so much.
Li Feng suddenly got stuck up, and he was stuck when Lefu's feet were unstable.
So the impact force was not as great as imagined, and Lefu was stuck by Li Feng, and his feet were a little messy. When he shot, the strength was deviated, and he missed the shot.
Lefu missed, and everyone's first impression at this time was that Lefou's hand felt really bad!
But at this time, only Le Fu knew how much pressure Li Feng had exerted on him at that moment.
The basketball missed, and Li Feng grabbed the rebound. Then he glanced back at Lefu, and Lefu also glanced at Li Feng at this time.
Now both of them understand that the other party is a perverted level existence in the world of ordinary people. If you want to conquer the opponent completely, you need more powerful means.
Li Feng grabbed the rebound. Immediately turned around and ran towards the Timberwolves' half, and ran wildly again, Lefu was originally by Li Feng's side, but his size was too big, and the speed was too far from Li Feng.
At this time, Rubio, who had just come on the court, was fast-paced, and immediately came over to delay Li Feng.
It's a pity that Rubio's confrontation ability is indeed much stronger than Barria's, but against Li Feng. His confrontation ability is not at all insignificant. Li Feng rubbed his shoulder again.
Rubio staggered all of a sudden, and Rubio was furious. Brewer immediately rushed up again.
Although Li Feng destroyed a lot of his confidence before, Brewer is still a professional player, and he understands his mission. Although he was frightened at this time, he still came over.
Li Feng looked at Brewer, who came over, and twisted his shoulders quickly, as if he was about to divide the ball again. When Brewer subconsciously lowered his head, Li Feng pocketed his palm and suddenly pocketed the basketball again.
Li Feng flashed past Brewer again, and everyone in the Timberwolves was left behind by Li Feng.
Li Feng strode up. Facing the Timberwolves' empty basket, he got up, hung 360 degrees in the air, and smashed the basketball into the Timberwolves' basket.
Li Feng dunked again!
The Knicks' defensive counterattack is back in play. At this time, the Timberwolves players running behind Li Feng all had a feeling of vanity in their feet.
Li Feng Carlefour, grabbed the rebound, crashed away from Rubio, and shook Brewer. And then the series of actions of the most rearly layup is simply too smooth.
Li Feng's performance made the fans at Madison Center shout excitedly. The so-called experts everywhere outside also kept their mouths shut.
Li Feng dunked again, and he had already chased back 9 points in a row. Now the difference between the two teams has been reduced to four points very quickly.
This margin is dangerous for the Timberwolves, but it is exciting for the Knicks.
At this time, the Timberwolves really started to work harder, and they still wanted to hand over the basketball to Lefu to play.
But the Knicks took care of Lefu very well, and Lefu couldn't catch the basketball, and at this time, Rubio couldn't make a breakthrough and distributed the basketball to the hands of Brewer on the outside. Brewer passed the ball to Amondson, and the Timberwolves had Love on the inside, and the power forward position was almost forever available.
Amunderson raised his hand and threw a three-pointer out of the box, but missed, and Monroe, Love, and Cousins immediately surrounded the rebound and twisted in one place.
Monroe just likes to use a small action to hurt people when he has nothing to do, and now he has encountered a big enemy like Lefou. Naturally, small actions must not be missing, and when competing for rebounds, Monroe gave Lefu an elbow in the face very naturally and covertly.
Lefu doesn't need to use small movements to play on weekdays, his ability is too outstanding, and Lefu has a bit of a big child's temper, generally not ruthless, and he doesn't use yin tricks.
But now Monroe is too poisonous this time, Lefu's face is hot, and Li Feng has been chasing points continuously, and Lefu is in a hurry.
Monroe is also not honest now, and he is also a performance artist on the court, and when he was swept away by Lefou, he immediately screamed and fell to the ground.
At this time, the referee knew that Monroe must also be performing, so he could only come over and give Lefu a rebounding foul.
After Lefu ate such a foul, his face was gloomy, and he glanced at Monroe without hiding the hatred in his eyes.
The ball was transferred to the Knicks' side, and the ball was dead, and both Tyberdu and Adelman hurried up and hurriedly replaced the main players of both teams.
The Knicks replaced Rose first, and now that Li Feng's offense is out, J.R. Smith can rest.
The Timberwolves have replaced Williams and Brewer, and his three-point shot is still quite important for the Timberwolves. Smith is even more responsible for connecting the entire team.
After the main players of the two teams returned, the game entered a relatively flat phase.
The main force of the Timberwolves is back, the overall defense is stronger, and Li Feng can't wreak havoc, but at this time, Brewer can't hold Li Feng back to get the ball. He's in spirit and flesh. Physically has been ravaged by Li Feng.
If Li Feng can get the ball, the Knicks' offense will have a stable guarantee, and the Knicks' offense will be normalized, cracking and adapting to the Timberwolves' defensive style. The Timberwolves, on their part, didn't get down. Lefu was plotted by Monroe, and he played more ferociously and aggressively.
As a result, there were a lot of offensive opportunities brought by Lefou, and Adelman was watching to see who didn't shoot well, and he would replace him with a shooter with a better shooting percentage.
In this state, in the second quarter of the game between the Timberwolves and the Knicks, both teams returned to their normal state. Knicks Li Feng led the breakthrough shot, and the Timberwolves played the core of the Lefu to play the combination of inside and outside.
For a while, the two teams actually played a tie! From the middle of the second section, to the end of the second section. The two teams are at a stalemate. The margin also shifted between 4 and 6 points, and the score between the two teams ended the second quarter at 57-53, and the Timberwolves only led the Knicks by four points.
At half-time, both teams went back to the dressing room.
At this time, Bill Wharton, who was in the commentary box, began to sum up the first half of the game and said:
"Today the Timberwolves and Knicks met for the first time. Both teams have done a lot of work before, so at the beginning of the battle, they largely contained the opponent's core players and core tactics. But as the game continued, both the Knicks and the Timberwolves found ways to deal with it, and both teams dragged the game back on their own tracks. From this, it can be seen that this series, or today's game, has only just started from the second half. ”
"The Timberwolves have always been known for being slow and preemptive. The Knicks also have a habit of reversing in the fourth quarter, so the second half that can be predicted will definitely be much more intense than the first.
When Bill Wharton said this, Peyton immediately said:
"In today's game, we saw that the Timberwolves' Love and the Knicks' Li Feng are actually two types of leaders. Lefu is one of those foundational types of leaders. He is the cornerstone of everything in the team. With him, the team has the core style of play and the core competitiveness, everything in the team is built around him, he is the foundation and foundation of the team. ”
"Li Feng is the kind of arrow-type player. The greatest value of his existence is to score points, to score points to move the team. Use points to drive assists, and use high scores and high lethality to directly eliminate opponents. The two of them are two completely different leaders! This also leads to a very different style of the two teams, but if you can combine Li Feng and Lefou. It's a very perfect state. ”
When Payton said this, Director Zhang was also summarizing the game in the first half in the domestic live broadcast room, and his words were quite similar to Payton.
"In the first half of the day, both teams didn't play well! Because none of them touched the other party's situation, and they were all dragged down by the tactics designed by the other party. However, the Timberwolves' strength is somewhat dragged down on average, and they can also play half of their strength. The Knicks relied too much on Li Feng and suffered a loss in the first quarter. However, at the beginning of the second quarter, Li Feng came out early to chase the score back. In this way, the two teams are back on the same starting line! ”
"In the second half, Lefu relied on his influence to help the team, and Li Feng helped the team by scoring. So the win or loss in the second half was on two people, and if the Knicks wanted to win, Li Feng must score more than 30 points. If the Timberwolves want to win, Love will inevitably be lethal to the Knicks. ”
At half-time, Adelman was in the dressing room and regretted it badly. If the second quarter had just started and I had adjusted earlier, the score would not have been caught up so much. It's all because I'm too careless! Let the Knicks catch up with so many scores, and the second half will definitely not be good.
Adelman is regretting! In the Knicks' locker room, Tyberdu looked at Li Feng with a little more emotion in his eyes.
Judging from the situation of the game in the second quarter, Li Feng's opinion at the end of the first quarter was correct.
After 20 minutes of trimming, the second half of the game resumed. The first round back from the opening game was the Timberwolves' ball.
The Timberwolves came back at this time, playing very precisely and patiently, passing the ball a lot of times, and Lefu went up to the high post twice in a row, and then came back to the position again, and then ran and moved. With the Timberwolves playing so patiently, they finally gave Love a chance.
When Lefu ran back for the second time, he just shook off the close-fitting Monroe card and got to the basket.
Rubio passed the ball steadily outside, and Love took the ball, slapped it hard with his left hand, and then suddenly turned around, and jumped up and hooked his hand while his body turned.
Cousins had no power to resist in front of Lefou's move, so he could only reluctantly go up and stretch out his hand to harass him. But just like that, he was very unlucky to touch Lefou's elbow.
Love's ball went into the Knicks' basket, and Cousins drew a foul for no reason.
After the opening, the Timberwolves played more patiently and meticulously, and shot more calmly, the Timberwolves have always been slow to heat up, and now their game feels slowly found, while the Knicks are a little innocent and a little back, and Cousins' foul is a bit wronged.
Love walked to the free throw line and hit a free throw.
The Timberwolves came back at the beginning and played a 2+1, which was quite a bad signal.
The Knicks came over, and Li Feng could only continue to shoulder the heavy responsibility of attacking. After the fight in the second quarter, Li Feng had already figured out Brewer's defensive style, so he came to the Timberwolves' halfcourt.
Li Feng played a trick, and when he was cross-covering with Dragic, he ran around Dragic.
Bruer was blinded all of a sudden, and Li Feng now found out that Brewer's turning speed was a little slow, so what he was most afraid of was turning in circles in a small area. Li Feng turned around a little twice, and Brewer was going to have a foggy head.
Brewer's head was blindfolded, Li Feng just received the basketball, broke forward and shook off Brewer, and faced Brewer who pounced.
Brewer was a little afraid to pounce too forward in the face of Li Feng, he was afraid that Li Feng would pass him, so he gave up half a step of space. When Li Feng encountered this situation, he immediately dribbled under his crotch and stabbed a step, Brewer retreated slightly, and Li Feng immediately retracted his front foot and jumped back for a distance to directly collect the ball.
In this way, Li Feng's shooting space was quite sufficient, and the distance was not far, and the basketball simply fell into the Timberwolves' basket.
Lefu played 2+1, and Li Feng's jumper was also colored. This opening situation still seems to be deadlocked. (To be continued......)