Chapter 1042: Full Bloom
On the Pelicans' bench, these people also looked at their boss, passing such a beautiful ball, and suddenly these people were fascinated, thinking that they would have a future with such a boss.
When everyone was amazed at Li Feng, Li Feng noticed Kelly's finish under the basket just now, Kelly was able to resist Kanter's finishing offense, which shows that Kelly's finishing ability is relatively strong.
This guy, although he was not in the limelight before, but from the physical point of view, he still has some potential.
So after Li Feng scored, he immediately came over and high-fived Kelly, and Kelly was very excited to complete this attack.
After a hard fight, the Thunder did not stop the Pelicans but let the Pelicans play a rather rebellious cooperation, and suddenly the Thunder's spirit fell a little, and the Pelicans began to be more confident.
Although Brooks is still angry, the Thunder are also people, and they also have feelings, and they are about to defend with all their strength when they are about to break through the position, and they are also not very emotional when they get to the Pelicans.
As soon as Kanter dribbled the ball on the baseline, Knight went over to steal, and when Kanter dodged Knight, he smashed the ball into his lap and the basketball went out of bounds, and the well-trained Thunder also had low-level turnovers.
I was beaten up just now, and now I made a mistake again, just when the Thunder didn't come back to it.
The Pelicans kicked off in the backcourt, quickly advanced, and when Li Feng passed by Kelly in the Thunder's frontcourt, he called at him:
"Go low, I'll give you the ball!"
Kelly did as Li Feng said, and suddenly stuck to the low position on the right, Kelly came up to play the low post Adams didn't care about him, because Kelly was too famous, he was a rookie at all, and he Adams had been mixed up for many years.
Just when Adams was ignoring the opponent here, Li Feng sent the basketball to Kelly's hand with a hanging pass.
Kelly had just finished an offense, and he was excited. Immediately after taking the ball, he turned around and hit the baseline hard, leaned on his shoulder, turned over and threw the basketball out with a right-handed throw.
Kelly used to be decent in the game, but now once the excitement is up, Li Feng also gave him a chance, and he immediately played it, this throw was far on the edge of the penalty area, but it fell firmly into the middle of the Thunder's basket.
Li Feng took a look, this power, footsteps. There is also a feel, and I was immediately happy.
Everyone used to say that Henson was very perverted and Granger was very stable, but now look at this Kelly, too!
Li Feng immediately decided that if the inside line had the opportunity to pass him more, this big man would be cultivated.
Brooks looked at it from the side, Kelly played his love for Adams, and suddenly his eyes widened, unexpected! The Pelicans are all stunts. I don't know how the Pelicans were selected this year, how this trade was made, and how there are so many good players! At this time, Brooks was also jealous!
Kelly showed such a hand, which also surprised Van Gundy.
Talent!
Although this time it is an occasional event. But it showed that Kelly had that potential.
The Pelicans are not working for Granger today, but Kelly is coming out, and these young guys can still pop up one after another.
Suddenly everyone's enthusiasm was there, and the Thunder went to the Pelicans' halfcourt to take a look. The Pelicans' defensive intensity was also raised, and everyone rushed up to defend and put the most defensive pressure on the Thunder. Although these young players of the Pelicans are not dirty, they are young, have good physical fitness, and rotate quickly.
The whole team's rapid rotation and rapid pounce actually prevented the Thunder for a round, and Wei Shao forced a three-point arc at the last moment, but he didn't shoot.
Wei Shao missed a three-point shot, Kelly immediately protected the backcourt rebound, and now Kelly is also getting more and more excited.
Knight saw that Kelly was also playing well, and after he got the ball, he also ran desperately towards the Thunder's half.
Knight was really desperate this time, and he actually squeezed Wei Shao away at once, and then went straight to the Thunder's basket.
Lamb hurriedly gave up defending Li Feng to pounce on Knight, and when the two collided, Knight was unsteady on his feet and fell down all of a sudden, but at the moment of falling, Knight, this kid was really desperate, and instead of protecting himself, he suddenly passed the basketball to Kelly, who was more excited and ran behind.
Kelly faced the empty basket in the moment, and he also raised his hands, which was a violent dunk.
"Bang dang!"
Kelly slammed it up! Knight fell, can still pass the ball? This ball has a lot of luck, but you have to admit that the Pelicans are desperate enough, Knight is desperate enough, can fight to the basket, and finally falls down and doesn't forget to pass the ball, Kelly is also so big in weight, he actually ran over so fast, and then dunked, it is enough to run.
The Pelicans scored two more points by mistake, and at this time Brooks couldn't help it, and immediately called a timeout, called the player back, and scolded first, and then said:
"We have to play our own rhythm, pay attention to cooperation, only with cooperation can we have more and better opportunities, everyone runs together, don't force the shot, all TMD give up those difficult shots! It's all given me the patience to run and shoot when I'm sure. ”
Brooks yelled and scolded on the sidelines, everyone on the Pelicans' side was happy again, Kelly made a surprise move today, caught the Thunder off guard, and the Thunder came up in the third quarter, but the final result was beaten by the Pelicans, which made these young people happy!
Van Gundy also did not give any special command during the timeout, and after the timeout, the two teams returned to the court.
The Thunder kicked off on the sideline this time, Adams passed the ball directly to Kanter, who was stuck in the waist position, Kanter took the ball and Al-Jefferson immediately went up to resist N'Golo Kante, at this time the Pelicans' defense was on the rise, the defense was very hard, and Al-Jefferson was chest-to-chest with N'Golo.
Kante saw that it was too difficult to attack like this, and immediately turned back and passed to Wei Shao without a strong attack.
Wei Shao took the ball at the top of the arc and was not in a hurry to shoot, and only when Kanter came over did he block and break through to the Pelicans' basket.
When everyone was watching Wei Shao, Perry Jones ran in a very cunning position, dodged Thornton along the baseline and ran in front of Kelly under the basket, so Thornton was blocked by Kelly.
Willis passes the ball to Perry Jones, who takes the ball and throws a hook to challenge Kelly.
This time Kelly's shortcomings were exposed, there was no explosive bounce, and the ability to defend alone was okay. But the assistant defense is relatively poor, and the most important thing is that he has not yet cultivated that kind of cunning.
If he hit Perry Jones when he was out of the ball just now, Perry Jones couldn't run, but now Kelly is still too "simple", so he gave Perry Jones such an opportunity, and Perry Jones scored points on the bottom line.
Brooks shouted on the sideline:
"That's right! Play like this, be patient, and be patient when defending! ”
Brooks yelled here, the Pelicans arrived at the Thunder's half, and Li Feng suppressed the rhythm and slowly controlled it. Also learning from the Thunder is not a good opportunity, not light on offense, under the Thunder's high-intensity defense, Li Feng finally saw a passing route at the free throw line and cut to Thornton below.
But Thornton wasn't very good at playing the air cut before, and now that the air cut ball is coming, he is so slow to catch the ball.
With just such a little space, Perry Jones pounced on the whole person, and suddenly cut off the basketball that had already reached Thornton's hand. Hit the basketball off the line at once.
Perry Jones has a lot of experience, and once he goes crazy when he is desperate, his defensive ability should not be underestimated, and after being so disrupted by Perry Jones attack. There were only 3 seconds left for the Pelicans to replay, and Li Feng received the ball and forced a shot, but missed the three-point shot.
Brooks' adjustment still worked. Stifled the Pelicans' offense while scoring his own goals on the offensive end.
The Thunder's backcourt rebounding protection has always been steady, and the Thunder got the ball and pushed it back forward.
This time the Thunder played a simple one. The main reason is that when the Pelicans were defending the block, they forgot to pounce forward, which gave Wei Shao the opportunity to shoot, and Wei Shao naturally jumped and shot a mid-distance shot steadily.
The Thunder scored easily, and when the Pelicans chased it back, Li Feng sent the basketball to Kelly on the inside, counting on another beautiful goal from the Serbian black.
But this time the Thunder didn't give Kelly a chance to play, almost the moment Kelly got the ball, the bag was there, Kelly lacked experience in dealing with the NBA bag, and was actually snatched by the Thunder when he came up.
When Li Feng saw this result, he complained a little about himself psychologically, this ball is not to blame Kelly for taking too much risk by himself, and pinning his hopes on Kelly, a novice, which is abnormal.
Just when Li Feng was self-reflecting, the Thunder's counterattack quickly came back, the Thunder is a traditional half-court team, but this does not mean that the Thunder will not play fast attack, on the contrary, if the traditional team plays fast attack, it will be more terrifying.
When Wei Shao ran towards the Pelicans half-court with the ball, Perry Jones went around in a big circle, penetrated deep into the Pelicans' basket, and then went out all at once, attracting the Pelicans' attention to him, because Perry Jones had already scored points before!
Just as everyone was paying attention to Perry Jones, the Pelicans' position was out of order, and there was a vacuum in the position that Perry Jones had just run.
So Perry Jones turned around and threw the basketball onto the basket, and Kanter just appeared at this point, catching the ball with one hand and relaying it in the air.
"Bang dang!"
The Thunder's aerial relay dunk was successful, and Brooks adjusted the team well after the timeout, defending and getting the offensive rhythm right.
There are no forced shots, no difficult shots, all the offense comes from cooperation, from the running between the teams, the rhythm of the Thunder is coming, and the idea of the Thunder is coming up.
At this time, although Van Gundy did not call Li Feng, Li Feng knew that it was time for him to come again, he had to come, and he had to stop the Thunder from playing so freely, if he continued to play like this, the Pelicans would be destroyed, as long as the Thunder played like this for 5 minutes, it was easy to suppress his young little brothers.
So when the Pelicans came over again, Li Feng got the basketball after half the court, and Li Feng, who got the basketball, didn't pass the ball anymore, and immediately took control of the ball and called a Kelly cover, Kelly didn't slip this time, and made a cover for Li Feng strictly.
With this cover, Li Feng suddenly exerted his strength, and he was going to the inside line of the Thunder to get points! But Li Feng only exerted his strength here, and Lamb hugged Li Feng very resolutely at once, and hugged him tightly, and Lamb intercepted Li Feng with a foul.
The referee asked Li Feng to go to the free throw line, and at this time, Li Feng hurriedly hurried and said to Knight: "Stabilize the ball!" You have to hold it down, but you have to take advantage of it. Only when you have a stable mentality and a good mentality can you play well. ”
After Li Feng finished talking to Knight, he went over to Al Jefferson and said:
"Man! We should make more kills, we can't win without fighting with these people, from now on let's kill and injure them together! ”
Li Feng talked to Knight, who was holding the ball, and told Al Jefferson that he wanted to fight, and then he hit both free throws at the free throw line.
Li Feng's way of seizing the time to communicate with his teammates stabilized the Pelican's mentality at once, and there was a person like Li Feng who could speak and everyone was willing to listen. The team is basically not messy on the field,
The Thunder have played several teams in a row and have found the feeling,
When it came to the Pelicans' half again, Wei Shao's side pulled to the side, and Li Feng naturally took advantage of the moment when he changed positions with Knight, and suddenly pounced in front of Wei Shao.
Wei Shao is no stranger to Li Feng, and the two have also played against each other this season.
Although Wei Shao expressed his disdain for Li Feng in the media, he was deep down. Wei Shao was a little stunned by Li Feng, and when he saw Li Feng coming, he immediately passed the ball to Kante who came out of the inside line.
Kante ran around the penalty area like a shooter at this time, came up to catch the ball and turned back an anti-aircraft gun.
Li Feng didn't cover it in the past. The main reason is that Kante's anti-aircraft gun's shooting point is not only behind, but also the shooting route is the same as that of others.
Al Jefferson took the ball to the baseline and kicked off quickly, and Knight took the ball and quickly advanced to the Thunder's half.
When it came to the Thunder's half, Knight immediately gave the basketball to Li Feng, who was stuck in the position of receiving the ball with his back at 45 degrees on the left. Li Feng took the ball and sat back, and then watched Knight take advantage of Kelly's move very cunningly at this time and stuck Wei Shao behind. He appeared at the top of the arc.
Li Feng immediately passed the ball diagonally to Knight's hand, although Knight was not very good at three-pointers, but this opportunity was too good, and he was sorry for the crowd if he didn't shoot, so he immediately shot a three-point shot.
A three-pointer is also an instant hit!
Knight shot a three-pointer, which was also unexpected by the Pelicans themselves.
Knight's three-point shooting is average, but I didn't expect that now Knight can also shoot three-pointers, Pelican fans feel very surprised, but in fact, Knight also had a little three-point, but in last season's Pelicans he rarely had an open three-point shot, and the team's tactics were more chaotic.
Now that Li Feng is here, where Li Feng has attracted the defense, Knight has a lot of room to shoot, and he has also calmed down his feelings just now, so that he has a good feeling, and there is space for this ball to go in.
Thunder feels quite strange here, because the current pelican is like a cat, one moment to take out the same thing, the next time to take out the same thing, there is always something new, they have tried their best, but they can't suppress each other, at this time Thunder's tenacity has also come up, and they have come to fight more strictly.
The Thunder advanced to the Pelicans' half court and immediately passed the basketball to Kanter, who was on the inside.
Kante's position at this time was quite good, turning around and throwing one anti-aircraft gun after another, thanks to Li Feng's preparation, he went up to help defend on the side, which affected Kante's shooting, Kante's shot smashed into the hoop and missed.
But at this time, Kelly's top rebound had a problem, and the rebound in the front court was actually clicked by Adams.
Adams immediately put the basketball into the hands of Lamb in the opposite corner, and Lamb took a step forward to dribble and hide behind Nickerson to shoot and shoot for two points.
The Thunder's offense is not only serious, but the most important thing is that the Pelicans themselves also made mistakes, losing to the Celtics in the last game because the position was not stuck at the critical moment, and it is the same today.
At this moment, Li Feng couldn't hold it back, and shouted at Kelly:
"Card slot! Stuck position, be sure to get stuck, this is the first task. ”
Kelly nodded at Li Feng again and again, and he didn't know if he really understood it.
The Thunder is getting better and better, Li Feng is still 45 degrees to the Thunder's half to receive the ball with his back, Li Feng, who got the basketball, took a step back and attracted the opponent's defense, at this time Al Jefferson decisively cut in the middle.
Li Feng sent the basketball to Al Jefferson's hands at once, and Al Jefferson took the ball and directly hugged the basketball with both hands to attack the basket.
Al Jefferson played resolutely and decisively this time, holding the basketball as if he was holding a **bag.
But even so, the Thunder also had someone come up to block the eye, and Adams came up and slapped Al Jefferson down. Al Jefferson was slapped and clung to the basketball and threw the basketball on it with both hands.
The ball went in, and a penalty had to be added, and Al Jefferson played a 2+1!
Li Feng discussed with Al Jefferson just now about killing, Al Jefferson really created the opponent's kill, and Knight also shot a three-point shot with a steady mentality.
Li Feng's communication just now has already played a role, when Al Jefferson went to the free throw line, Li Feng was still communicating with his teammates, focusing on Kelly, who had already shown potential today. So Li Feng very much wants this big man to beat the energy out.
Al Jefferson hit a free throw, and the Pelicans were slowly finding their advantage.
In the third quarter, the game between the Thunder and Pelicans entered a white heat, and both teams played with a lot of energy.
The Thunder played their own discipline maturity and cold-bloodedness, and the Pelicans played their own vigorous, youthful possibilities.
Two completely different teams are performing themselves in different ways, so the game is fierce, and the score difference is difficult to open.
Fans of such games love to watch. Because the excitement is not boring, the ball critics like to say it, because both the Pelicans and the Thunder play their own things and characteristics.
At this time, Reggie Miller was on the sidelines talking about the game:
"Brooks should be satisfied with today's game, and the Thunder's defensive tactics on the defensive end are well executed. The offense is also completely a team routine, and these are what Brooks wants to see, and the core of the Thunder is not so much Willis and Kante as Brooks. ”
"And on the Pelicans' side. I think Li Feng's role is not only the core, but even the coach, you see Van Gundy didn't command the team much. Li Feng has always communicated on the court, I think McHale can give Li Feng's salary as a head coach! ”
This kind of offensive remark Reggie Miller also came out of his mouth, completely ignoring Van Gundy's feelings.
Drexler didn't want to offend anyone, so he laughed dryly.
Al Jefferson played a 2+1 and the Pelicans returned to the defensive position, and they soon waited for a mistake from the Thunder.
When Adams received the ball, Butter Hand, Knight grabbed the basketball like a robber, and turned around and threw it to Li Feng outside the three-point line.
Li Feng took the ball up, this time he also crossed a heart, ran towards the Thunder's half, hit Lamb all the way, rushed to the basket and went directly to the basket against Perry Jones and went straight to the basket, as a result, Li Feng also created a 2+1.
Li Feng went to the free throw line, although the free throw missed.
But the Pelicans began to kill, Li Feng, Al Jefferson, Knight, and Kelly were really hard enough to create Thunder damage.
Although the Thunder's side is also dirty, there is no way to stop this kind of killing, Brooks is also tough, you kill me, I will also kill you, and he also commanded the Thunder and the Pelicans to carry it.
The two teams killed each other and fought each other hard, so the atmosphere became a little tense.
Thunder and a group of old birds who are not old birds bully the rookies of the Pelicans, and Li Feng immediately came forward to scold them.
The game is getting more and more intense, the smell of gunpowder is getting stronger and stronger, and the score is getting more and more incompatible, the Pelicans played the game to this point, and it also made the young people more confident, and by the end of the third quarter, the Pelicans and the Thunder actually tied the game, 69-69.
Today's score is not high, and both teams are more difficult to score, mainly due to the high defensive intensity.
During the break on the sidelines, Li Feng could see Brooks swearing loudly over there, excited, waving his arms again and again, seeing such Brooks, and then looking at the silent Van Gundy Li Feng was even a little envious of the Thunder players.
Li Feng is not cheap, looking for scolding, but feels that the one who is like Brooks for the team and crazy for one or two balls is the head coach, and the one who is tepid like Van Gundy is more like an assistant coach.
With Brooks' kind of coach watching from behind the ass, no one would dare to relax.
The last quarter is about to start, and at this time, it is necessary to decide whether to win or lose, Li Feng naturally does not want to lose, so while communicating with his teammates, he made up his mind in his heart, but he can't have the situation of the last game, and he will almost go up to play by himself. (To be continued......)