By this time, a group of Pelicans players, who had not yet recovered the inertia of an easy game, hurried to San Antonio, physically and mentally exhausted.

Even when Li Feng encountered the bag, they contributed very little on the outside. At this time, the shortcomings of the Pelicans who can't shoot three-pointers are magnified all of a sudden.

If the Pelicans had a three-point shot, Li Feng was thrown out of the bag and shot a three-point shot directly outside the three-point line.

But the Pelicans don't have a three-point shot, and they need to dribble one step inside the three-point line to get the ball.

At this point, the Spurs' defense is back, and there is no chance of an empty space at all.

So the current situation is that the Pelicans can concentrate their forces to contain Li Feng while still being able to limit other people's shots.

The Spurs completely suppressed the Pelicans on the court, and at this time, the Spurs were far ahead in terms of score and momentum.

In the constant cheers of San Antonio, the Pelicans became more and more dull as they played, and the Spurs stretched the gap to 47-32, leading the Pelicans by 15 points.

The point difference was stretched to 15 points, and the momentum was getting more and more depressed, which made Van Gundy can't help it.

He knew very well that if he didn't get through it at this time, the Pelicans might be doomed.

First of all, it is much more difficult to chase points on the Spurs than against the Bulls and Nets, and the Spurs' defensive level is incomparable to other teams.

Van Gundy called a timeout and replaced Granger, who had just been playing on the court and looked weak, with Kelly.

Playing against the Celtics in the last game allowed Van Gundy to try to transform Kelly into a small forward, just like Rashad Lewis.

Van Gundy made a substitution while asking his team to speed up the ball so that they could find fleeting opportunities in the Spurs' tight defense.

After the pause, it was the Pelicans' sideline ball, Li Feng desperately ran out to receive the ball, and as soon as he turned around, the two defenders of the Spurs immediately blocked Li Feng at a 45-degree position left and right.

This time. According to Van Gundy's request, Li Feng transferred the ball as fast as possible, jumped up and threw the ball to Pau Gasol, who wanted to cut to the basket.

Pau Gasol had Split in front of him, waiting with a black face like a door god, and he didn't have a chance to attack, so he hurriedly threw the basketball in the middle of the march to the hand of Kelly, who was waiting in the bottom corner.

Kelly received the ball in the bottom corner, there was no one in front of him, and the Spurs had to wrap Li Feng and protect the basket, and his position was completely empty. At this time, Kelly adjusted slightly. A completely unexpected three-point shot.

The ball was shot!

Kelly, who was in the middle of a three-point shot, was surprised, and everyone also went over to high-five Kelly and cheer him on.

Now that the Pelicans are in the trough, what they need most is such a new force.

The Pelicans hit a well-timed three-pointer and turned around with a morale boost, while the Spurs were a little slackened in their long-term lead.

Parker came over and made a mistake in passing, sending the basketball to the Pelicans for nothing.

With the opportunity to attack quickly, Li Feng immediately seized it. Ran over and made a pull-up jump shot to score 2 points again.

The Pelicans have caught up with five points in a row, and the momentum has stabilized a little, and the Pelicans have also found some ways to deal with the Spurs' crazy packing, which is to speed up the pass. Let the team play more integrally, and everyone will shoot whoever has the opportunity, so as to untie the shackles on Li Feng.

The Spurs were also a little shocked when the Pelicans scored such a point. When it fell to the Pelicans' position, it fought more seriously.

The Spurs also stretched the space very wide, and Leonard and Danny Green were ambushed in the corner. Split was left alone near the basket.

Parker came up to play a high block with Duncan, and after blocking for a while, Duncan pulled outside to completely free up space in the restricted area.

In this way, Parker was very resolute in controlling the ball and stuck to the Pelicans' basket.

Parker's short attack on the basket made the Pelicans naturally shrink the defense, but at this time, Parker turned around and passed the basketball to Duncan's hands.

Duncan completely ignored Pau Gasol in front of him, took a step sideways, took a shot from the frame, and the shot was missed.

Pau Gasol's defense is still too weak for Duncan, and although the Spurs' offense is simple, Parker's strength is reflected. Parker was in the crowd just now, very calm passing, passing opportunities were just right, he himself attracted enough firepower, and he could accurately divide the ball, which alone is something that most point guards in the league can't do.

It's easy to say that you break through to attract attention and pass it to your teammates. But between the lightning and the fire of the breakaway, you have to protect the ball, you have to be a threat to the basket, you have to see your teammates, and finally you have to pass. It's a lot of things to deal with in a split second, and it's a lot of skill that the average defender can't do.

The Spurs used another simple combination to get two points to contain the Pelicans.

When the Pelicans came back to the Spurs halfcourt, Li Feng still had a very hard time receiving the basketball, even after getting the basketball through Rotten's cross-screen. encountered a double bag, and at this time Li Feng knew that he couldn't rely on himself. As soon as he saw Pau Gasol passing the ball to the free-throw line, he saw it.

Pau Gasol took the ball, and Li Feng quickly inserted it to 45 degrees of the Spurs, wanting to attack the position of the owner with his back, but at this time, Leonard defended Li Feng around the front and cut off the passing route.

Li Feng is still difficult to get the ball, just when Li Feng is under control, Pau Gasol passed a reverse hang to Li Feng, Li Feng hurriedly followed the ball and ran backwards, at this time he suddenly saw Duncan catching up from behind him, and Kelly ran to the bottom corner along the bottom line.

The situation is very complicated, and Li Feng has a thought in his mind at this time, he can't let the Spurs grab the ball. So Li Feng flew out sideways, desperately pointed the tips of his fingers at the basketball, and pointed the basketball directly at Kelly on the bottom line.

The basketball flew away, and Li Feng also fell sideways in front of Leonard and Duncan at once, blocking both of them.

Kelly catches the ball and, with a somewhat lewd, non-stretching motion, throws the basketball out again in the same spot.

The three-pointer slid through an arc and fell into the Spurs' basket again with a "boom".

Kelly hit two three-pointers in a row, and this time the Pelicans players who had been holding back on the bench for a long time. All of them jumped up waving towels. The Pelicans finally let out a sigh of relief.

Li Feng waved his fist hard even if he was lying on the ground, the old guys of the Spurs simply made Li Feng tired today, and now Kelly's three points finally made them understand that they can't just wrap it up.

Kelly, who scored the goal, came over and pulled Li Feng up, without Li Feng's desperate scramble, and there was no three-point shot.

After Li Feng stood up, he also gave Kelly a bear hug, without Kelly's three-point shot, Li Feng didn't know how long he would be "bullied" by the Spurs.

Now that the Pelicans are about to come up, the atmosphere of the team has changed a little.

The Spurs quietly played a run-off game from Danny Green. Danny Green staggered past Duncan with a sudden upward run on the baseline, and suddenly there was a split second vacancy.

Parker also seized the opportunity to brush the assist, and the basketball immediately went to Danny Green, who raised his hand to a mid-range.

The ball landed safely in the Pelicans' basket. The Pelican's offense is not as good as the Pelican's, and as soon as it comes, the mountains shake and the wind and rain are fierce.

But the Spurs' offense, like their defense, is continuous, as pervasive as a spring breeze and drizzle. As long as you slack off a little and he hits one, you are a little careless and they hit another.

The Pelicans were a little more up, but Danny Green was as calm as an iceman, and when he saw an opportunity, he immediately shot back with a two.

The Pelicans took a hit on overall morale though. But Ryan Kelly was still immersed in his own fanaticism at this time.

In the Spurs' half, Li Feng had difficulty receiving the ball, and Roten passed the basketball directly to Ryan Kelly.

Kelly played quite aggressively at this time, breaking through with the ball himself and walking towards the Spurs' basket. Duncan's defense walked around the Spurs' court for half a circle, and the Spurs couldn't do anything about him.

The main thing is that the Spurs' attention is focused on Li Feng, and Ryan Kelly is playing like a-stirring stick. The Spurs were completely unprepared and unprepared, and when everyone didn't know how to respond, Ryan Kelly went around to the other end of the court and got up and threw a three-pointer.

Ryan Kelly's current three-point shot is still a little bit sure of the open position, but the shooting is still a little worse in the face of people.

The basketball didn't shoot at once, but at this time, the Spurs were messed up by Ryan Kelly's defense, which suddenly gave Al Jefferson a favorable position under the basket, and the big AL jumped up and scored two points under the basket.

After Ryan Kelly made a move to disrupt the situation, the Pelicans finally stopped being unilaterally suppressed by the Spurs, and began to gradually start a tug-of-war with the Pelicans. The situation for the Pelicans has improved significantly.

Now Van Gundy can also see that in addition to Li Feng and Luo Teng, the other players must play out to surprise the Spurs, so that the team can carry it.

Thinking of this, Van Gundy immediately jumped into the stadium and shouted at his players:

"It's like Kelly fighting, and they're all taking the initiative. You have to take the initiative to play. ”

Van Gundy's roar was an encouragement to Kelly, and it didn't matter to Al Jefferson and Roten, but this remark was obvious for Pau Gasol, who was also inspired, after all, he also had baskets.

Kelly completely stole the limelight from the whole court this period, and this is when the Spurs pushed back in. Parker also wanted to steal the limelight, and he came over and suddenly attacked the Pelicans' basket directly in the offensive and defensive transition stage.

However, the Pelicans' outside line was not so good, Parker only broke through Luo Teng one step, and was blocked by Li Feng in the back.

Parker forced his shot, but the result was missed. Parker has been fairly steady on the court most of the time, but occasionally he still leaks the impatience of young players.

Parker missed, the Pelicans immediately came over, and Rotten habitually passed the ball to Li Feng. Li Feng took the ball but immediately encountered the Spurs' double bag, and Li Feng immediately found Kelly at the first point.

Kelly is playing a little excitedly now, taking the ball and directly changing direction past Leonard and hitting the basket directly.

Under the basket, Duncan saw that this guy was coming up again, and immediately made a small block and swept it to Kelly's ball.

The basketball was fanned down by Duncan, smashed directly into Al Jefferson in the back, and then actually bounced back into Kelly's hands.

Kelly was in the crowd at the Spurs, and this excitement was high. Still haven't passed! took the ball directly under Duncan's armpit, and came to an extremely weird wipe board, and the basketball rubbed twice in a row on the rebound, and finally hit.

All of a sudden, the Pelicans players jumped up, both on the court and on the bench.

With Li Feng locked up in the Pelicans, Kelly completely dominated the court, which the Spurs could never have dreamed of.

Amid the boos at the ATT Center, Popovich stood up with a sad face. A timeout was called to the referee.

Spurs can't let a nobody go wild on their own head like this.

At the same time that the Spurs called a timeout, the big screen in the ATT Center arena immediately showed Pierce being taken down from the previous game with an injury.

At this time, Bill Wharton also said:

"The Pelicans are really tenacious right now. Today, when they lost Corey, Knight, and Pierce, and Li Feng was firmly locked, there were still players who jumped out to save the team. ”

"Yes! If there had been no three-pointer from Ryan Kelly in the last two minutes, the Pelicans would have lost more than half of it. ”

Albert also said at this time:

"Ryan Kelly is really timely rain for the Pelicans."

"For Spurs right now. Ryan Kelly's sudden jump out was an accident. But if the Pelicans want to be a better team, they need to always have role players like Ryan Kelly jump out. In the past, it was impossible for the Pelicans to rely on Li Feng alone to win the world, and a good team must be a whole, echoing and connecting with each other. The previous Pelicans didn't have any of that. Kelly's appearance today is an accident, but it is also inevitable. If the Pelicans want to win, they have to play like this. ”

When Albert said that, the Spurs' timeout ended. The Spurs are back on the court. Just tee off on the touchline and then all of a sudden there's a no-ball play for Danny Green.

At this time, the Pelicans hurriedly focused on killing Danny Green, and Danny Green saw that the Pelicans' defense was on his side.

He didn't attack himself when he received the ball. Instead, he turned around and threw the basketball into the hands of Duncan, who cut inside the air.

Duncan turned back to the basket and made a jumper, and a very rare situation happened.

Duncan actually faced a missed shot from close range!

The Spurs actually encountered this bad luck at this time, but Danny Green's off-ball tactics were successful before.

An off-ball shooter represents not only a three-point threat, but also an offensive system.

When the team lacks offensive means, or is based on opening a stalemate positional situation. The movement of the scorer off the ball is the best weapon to tear apart the opponent's defense.

Just now, the Spurs came back from a timeout and suddenly played the tactic of running without the ball, which had already achieved the purpose of tearing apart the Pelicans' defense.

The Pelicans won the basketball and immediately made a quick move, only to be delayed by the Spurs. By the time it fell to the Spurs' position, the Spurs' defensive formation had been completely laid out.

At this time, Kelly, who was hot-headed, rushed towards the Spurs' basket again, and was suddenly cut off by the Spurs.

Immediately after the break, the Spurs returned and played a fast break, and at this time the leader of the fast break was Parker.

But this time Parker didn't have a hot head, but steadied himself, and seeing that Luo Teng still let go of himself, Parker simply pulled out the distance between his hands. Parker's mid-range shot hit!

After the timeout, the Spurs still took the lead with two points, and now the game has reached a critical juncture.

At this time, if the Pelicans' offensive stops, the Spurs will have the upper hand again, and if the Pelicans can continue the offense, there will be a battle in the second half.

So at this time, the Pelicans came over with the ball and played cautiously.

Li Feng received the ball under the cover of his teammates, and took a step with the ball to see the Spurs' bag come up.

He immediately made a quick pass to Pau Gasol, who was plugging in in the middle, and Pau Gasol had just watched Kelly play.

Now it was his turn, and suddenly the young player's blood surged, and he took the ball directly and rammed directly under the Spurs' basket.

The Spurs were concerned about Kelly before, but they didn't notice this big plus suppressed by Duncan.

By the time the Spurs realized that Pau Gasol was desperate, it was already a little late, and Split could only end Pau Gasol's offense with an iron slap.

Pau Gasol was knocked off by Split, went to the free throw line, and hit both free throws.

Pau Gasol has a mid-range game, so he can take free throws.

The Pelicans relied on toughness. Relying on Pau Gasol's free throws, the score was extended.

The Pelicans only took a breath here, and the Spurs turned back to Danny Green's off-ball tactics again, and this time Danny Green ran a little more complicated.

Started running at 45 degrees, first ran around Duncan and suddenly ran to the baseline, and then went around the baseline and then used Duncan's cover to run to 45 degrees.

Danny Green ran exactly one lap and twice in a row took advantage of Duncan's cover to get open spots. Danny Green jumped straight to the basket and scored two points for the team again.

That's what the Spurs' offense is. Always use some small fits that look very simple. When the opponent is a little defenseless, he shoots to score two points.

The Spurs' offense is not strong, but it is like a drizzle, moisturizing things silently, and you can score points quietly.

The Spurs were continuously scored by the Pelicans' role players, and the pressure on Li Feng suddenly lightened a lot. It was Spurs' half again, and although the Spurs still maintained a two-man defense, the intensity was not as strong as before.

At this time, Li Feng took the opportunity to receive the basketball. Suddenly, I went to the bottom line and wanted to hit the other party by surprise.

But Li Feng was entangled too much just now, and he hadn't made a normal shot for too long, and this time he broke through to the basket. Like Duncan, he missed the shot at close range.

Li Feng missed, and the Spurs immediately shot back quickly.

At this time, Yu Jia, the broadcast guest in the domestic broadcast room, said:

Li Feng finally had a chance to emerge. But this shot, only to find that his hands were already cold. This time. The Pelicans' bench players still need to add a little more energy, and the better they play, the less pressure Li Feng will have. ”

"In the end, it is Li Feng who can decide the direction of the game. Now you don't look at how many points the role players take. But if the whole game is like this, Li Feng can't get out in the end, the game still can't be won, and if the Pelicans want to play well, Li Feng must come out. Li Feng wants to come out, and he has to rely on the effective response of these substitutes. ”

When Yu Jia said this, Kelly was still excited on the court and fouled Duncan again.

Duncan went to the free-throw line and hit both free throws, and both teams began to use the free throw as their primary scoring tool.

As Roten controlled the ball and raced towards the Spurs' half, he suddenly noticed a hole in Parker's defense. Such an opportunity Luo Teng would not have missed, he broke through with the ball and rushed towards the Spurs' basket.

At this time, Duncan's role was reflected, Parker missed someone, and Duncan immediately caught up with him in the back, directly destroying Rotten's layup.

That's the role of a good interior defender, a good interior defender can keep his basket from being violated, and even if his teammates make mistakes, he will quickly make up for it. Therefore, a good interior line is hard to find, a good interior line can make his basket stronger, and an interior line that can't defend will turn his basket into a bank for others to score points.

Duncan took out Rowten's layup, but Leonard made a mistake when he came to grab the rebound, he didn't hold his hand firmly and flew the basketball off the three-point line.

The basketball happened to fall into Li Feng's hands, Li Feng took the ball outside the three-point line, and the three people of the Spurs came to pounce on him.

Li Feng just transferred the basketball to Kelly who was 45 degrees outside the three-point line on the other side, and there was no one in front of Kelly to get the ball, so he adjusted it before making a shot.

The action is a little obscene, but the arc of the basketball is very rounded, and the basketball simply falls into the Spurs' basket.

Kelly hit his third three-pointer, and at this moment Kelly happily pointed three fingers deep into the sky. Even if it means three points, it means that I hit three three-pointers.

Kelly's gesture was of course booed by the ATT Center. But even if he was booed, Kelly didn't seem to care much, but looked triumphant.

This expression really makes people feel that this guy is very cheap. At this time, Bill Wharton, who was in the commentary seat, also said with jealousy:

"Without Kelly's three three-pointers, the Pelicans would be really dangerous today."

"But he just hit it!"

Albert was also deliberately angry with Bill Wharton at this time. (To be continued......)