The Pelicans didn't score for a long time, and finally scored two points on free throws, and when the Bulls hit again, Corey didn't dare to let Paul get the ball, and Corey rushed up to desperately stop Paul from getting the ball.

Paul didn't get the basketball here, but Moore came over and got the basketball, and Moore got the basketball, and he was also ignited by Paul.

Moore came over, faced Pierce with a simple change of direction, and pulled up a two-point shot.

"Huh!"

Moore's mid-range shot was also hit, Paul broke out, and the whole team was mobilized, and at this time the Pelicans wanted to control the situation again, and it was difficult!

Although Li Feng wanted to lead the team to stabilize the situation at this time, Paul was too crazy, Moore was a little crazy at the beginning of the second quarter today, and Mirotic's long-range shooting was also very stable.

And in a short period of time, the Pelicans did not reverse the trend, the Bulls played well in the first quarter, and the second quarter completely convulsed, and the Pelicans couldn't hold back a group of players who were crazy.

At the end of the first half, the Pelicans lost by 11 points to the Bulls, who led the Pelicans 57-46.

In the first half of the first game of the season between the two teams, the Pelicans, who had the home court advantage, did not get anything cheap, and they were facing a huge crisis, which made people fall through the glasses.

At halftime, Yu Jia also asked Zhang for guidance:

"Coach Zhang, you see why the Pelicans fell behind in the first half today. In this way, they are more passive! ”

Director Zhang was still very biased at this time and said:

"Today, as long as Li Feng is behind today, the Bulls have restricted Li Feng and not let Li Feng drive the Pelicans to play their own rhythm, and then the Bulls themselves have Paul to drive the whole team, this is the difference between the two teams."

Director Zhang still put Li Feng first, but Bill Wharton, the commentator on the American side, believes:

"In the first half of today, Paul played a completely show-level game. It's a huge boost for the Bulls, but I'm a little worried about Paul's physique, knowing that the level of confrontation will definitely rise in the second half. ”

Bill Wharton is really a lot fairer than Coach Zhang. And the Pelicans will definitely give priority to solving Paul's problem in the second half, falling behind by 10 points in the first half, although the Pelicans lost the lead, but they can't lose the game.

At the start of the second half, both teams returned to the court, and it was the opening of the Bulls, who played very well in the first half.

The Bulls came up with the ball at this time, and the basketball was still in Paul's hands, and Paul went to the Pelicans halfcourt to take a look. The Pelicans' defense has changed again, this time the Pelicans are not only defending, but also not wrapping, but Corey in front of him and a big man in the back follow. There are also players on the flanks who are ready to help come up.

The Pelicans used the strength of the team to defend Paul, which was not as fierce as the envelope, but there were more follow-up methods, not as targeted as the single defense, but it emphasized the overall strength.

As soon as Paul saw that the Pelicans were putting on a tight team defense against him, he came up and called a cover first.

When Paul called for cover, the Pelicans were very quick to squeeze through to defend Paul, and then there was a delay from the big man.

The Pelicans did a very good job of defending the team, and Paul didn't take advantage of it when he rushed over.

And the Pelicans opened the second half. Not only has the defense become more strategic, but the intensity of the defense has also skyrocketed.

The Pelicans are the No. 1 team in the league in the end, and once the defensive intensity improves, Paul will also lose a layer of skin.

In the face of this defense. Paul's unyielding temper came back again, and he immediately rushed over and wanted to play as if he had done in the first half.

The Pelicans did pay two men to defend him, with Corey and Al Jefferson going to pack Paul together.

Paul's side had a chance to pass the ball to Tygibson, who was open in the high post, and Gibson took the ball open at this time. He just wanted to shoot.

Suddenly, I saw Li Feng coming to his side like a whirlwind, Gibson should not be tall, but his body is notoriously strong. At this time, as soon as he saw Li Feng coming, he immediately wanted to bully Li Feng with his body.

Li Feng had already made this kind of preparation, and used his body to resist Gibson, but Gibson didn't squeeze Li Feng away this time.

He was a little stunned on his side, and Li Feng was a little quicker and clicked Gibson's ball down at once.

Li Feng couldn't steal Paul's ball, but he could steal Gibson's ball, cut off the basketball, Li Feng took the ball and turned around and ran towards the Bulls' half.

Although Li Feng also attacked in the first half, he was playing with eighty percent of his strength, and now in the second half, Li Feng is playing with his life. took out 120 points of strength to play, so at this time, Li Feng took the ball and rushed desperately towards the Bulls.

At this time, Jimmy Butler, who was on the court, wanted to delay Li Feng, but was hit by Li Feng with his shoulder.

Li Feng knocked Jimmy Butler away with his shoulder and rushed to the three-point line in two more steps, and when he reached this position, Li Feng flew up and smashed a tomahawk-style dunk into the Bulls' basket.

"Bang dang!"

Li Feng started the second half with a violent dunk, and finally ignited the New Orleans Center.

The New Orleans Center cheered the whole audience, and after Li Feng landed, he also stretched out his hands to the audience, signaling all the fans on the court to cheer for him.

As a result, the home cheers at New Orleans Center became even more frenzied, and in the midst of even greater cheers, the Pelicans' morale was boosted, and the team swept away the gloom of the first half.

As soon as the second half began, the Pelicans played the momentum of the home court.

At this time, the Bulls felt the pressure from the Pelicans, and Paul came over with the ball again, facing the Pelicans' airtight team defense.

At this time, Paul tried to break through again, and the Pelicans immediately used a reversed defense, and Paul's side still had no chance to force a shot.

This is Paul's sadness, other superstars have the kind of ability that no one can stop me if I want to make a move.

But Paul's physique did not support him in doing so, and when Paul encountered absolute defense, he needed to rely more on skill than on force.

So at this time, once Paul is entangled by the Pelicans with team defense, his best option is to pass.

The last time Paul passed the ball to Gibson on the inside, this time, Paul passed the ball to Mike Dunleavy on the outside. Mike Dunleavy played well in the first quarter and shot a good three-point percentage. At this time, when you receive the ball, you will immediately raise your hand to attack.

But the Pelicans' defensive intensity came up in the second half today, and Granger was all at once on Mike Dunleavy.

Mike Dunleavy forced a shot, the effect was naturally not good, the basketball flew out and smashed into the hoop, and the Bulls missed the shot again.

At this time, Pau Gasolka took charge of the backcourt rebounding ball and immediately passed the ball back to Li Feng, and Li Feng took the ball in the backcourt and pushed up like a storm.

This time, Li Feng relied entirely on his body to bump into him, and Jimmy Butler continued to stumble.

Li Feng pushed forward quickly, completely disrupting the Bulls' retreating rhythm, just as Howard was about to go up and take a step to help defend it.

Li Feng made a ground-hitting pass behind Howard, where Al Jefferson cut right in. Take the ball for a nice dunk.

"Bang dang!"

The Pelicans came up with another dunk, and at the beginning of the second half, the Pelicans smashed two slam dunks on the Bulls' head in quick succession.

The Pelicans are not only rapidly closing the score, but their morale is skyrocketing, and they will definitely not be able to turn the tables when they fall into the opponent's ** at home.

So when the Bulls opened for more than a minute, they immediately called a timeout, and if the Pelicans continued to play like this, the Bulls would definitely die, so the Bulls had to do their best to adjust. Get the game into the rhythm they want to see.

For this kind of rhythm, Phil Jackson first adjusted in terms of personnel, and the first step he did was to replace the old Mirotic.

It was only at this time that Phil Jackson found out. His team's best perimeter defender is Mirotic in his 30s, which is a very annoying thing.

Defensively, Phil Jackson used Mirotic, and offensively he saw the Pelicans target Paul again, so he needed to connect Paul with Gibson.

This is Paul's weakness. Without a transcendent physique, he needs a partner who can score points and share his pressure.

The suspension ends. The Bulls began to stabilize their position, and the basketball went to Gibson under the basket first, and the Bulls wanted to start from the inside.

But Gibson only got the ball here, and the Pelicans' bag arrived all of a sudden, and the Pelicans' strategy at this time was more likely to take advantage of the current high morale and disrupt the Bulls' morale. Gibson didn't expect the Pelicans' bag to come so quickly, when he passed the ball outside.

The Pelicans' rotational defense came back to the rescue, and the first adjustment when the Bulls came back from a timeout didn't work.

Mirotic finally passed the basketball to Paul, who still had to play hard and was forced to this place.

Paul only rushed strongly, took the ball and rushed towards Corey in one step, suddenly a change of direction raised his hand and a feint, Corey jumped slightly, and Paul immediately deceived Corey of a foul.

The Bulls are at a critical moment, and in the end it depends on Paul!

Paul hit both free throws from the free throw line, and the Pelicans realized that the Bulls were starting to play Paul again.

At this point, the Pelicans once again controlled the ball in the backcourt, and the Bulls had set up their position to defend.

In the face of the position that the Bulls have set up, Corey can't take the initiative to attack with the ball, and Li Feng is also specially marked by the Bulls.

At this time, Corey only has to pass the ball to Al Jefferson, who has the ability to play alone and has average defensive pressure.

Al Jefferson took the ball at this time, and immediately formed a one-on-one with Al Jefferson, Al Jefferson also wanted to take advantage of his height, but at this time the Bulls were also desperately defending.

It was also difficult for Al Jefferson to shoot, and just when Al Jefferson was embarrassed, Li Feng suddenly made an empty cut, pushed away Mirotic, who was defending himself, and suddenly cut into the penalty area.

Li Feng began to run more desperately in the second half to fight for opportunities!

As soon as Al Jefferson saw Li Feng coming, he hurriedly disposed of the basketball in his hand to Li Feng.

Li Feng instantly took the ball in the opponent's penalty area, and then the moment several people on the other side came up, Li Feng suddenly threw a high throw.

Li Feng cut into the Bulls penalty area and threw high, the Bulls were not tall enough to interfere with Li Feng, and Li Feng made an easy shot.

The Pelicans played Li Feng at a critical time, and the Bulls played Paul, and the key moments of the game were really the star of the game.

The game reached a critical moment, and the stars of both teams began to exert their strength.

The Bulls played again, and they still wanted to play from Gibson, and Gibson also paid more attention to quick shots when he got the ball.

Take the ball and turn around and force a step towards Al Jefferson. Then he stepped back and made a move, which was difficult enough for Tygibson.

But I'm sorry, the Pelicans' defense today is mad doggy, and Al Jefferson has used such a killer move. But he still didn't get rid of Al Jefferson's defense, today Al Jefferson played well in the first half, and the defense in the second half was also full of electricity.

Once Gibson's offense failed, the Pelicans immediately grabbed the backcourt rebound, and Li Feng took the ball and led the team to advance the fast break.

The bull was beaten twice by Li Feng, and they also suffered enough, and they saw that Li Feng was running. They came back at speed and defended in the half.

The bull had already established himself at this time and had done a good job of defense, but even so, Li Feng still rushed towards the bull's stop as soon as he lowered his head.

Li Feng rushed again, and Mirotic hurriedly used a trick on the side and gave Li Feng an elbow below.

Under normal circumstances, this one would have worked, but Li Feng seemed to be made of tree bark and endured this blow alive. But he was unmoved.

Didn't Li Feng notice Mirotic's small movements, of course not, Li Feng felt it, and he was also angry.

But Li Feng has to use basketball to fight back. Instead of entanglement with Mirotic, if entanglement with Mirotic, then Mirotic will succeed.

So Li Feng endured it and got angry. Suddenly, a force rushed into the Bull's forbidden area. The Bulls defended both interior lines at this time, but Howard was not tall enough, and Gibson was even less tall. Li Feng confronted the two of them directly in the air.

After both of them landed, Li Feng had not yet landed, and Li Feng quickly shrank in the air and smashed the basketball towards the rebound.

"Bang!"

Li Feng separated the two players from the other side and smashed the basketball into the basket.

Li Feng is simply overbearing to the extreme, and there is no interior defense of the Bulls in his eyes at all.

Playing this kind of ball, the home fans naturally cheered wildly, and the Pelicans players also jumped over with Li Feng one by one.

In the first half, the Bulls played a rhythm, and now in the second half, the Pelicans played out the momentum, and this is still the Pelicans' home court, this wave is naturally incomparable to the offensive set off by the Bulls, and in the cheers of the whole court at New Orleans Center, the Pelicans players are naturally excited.

The Bulls are facing the Pelicans, and as a visiting team, the Bulls naturally want to stabilize the situation.

So at this critical moment, it was Paul who hit with the ball.

Once Paul came over with the ball at this time, he still called a half-court single, but at this time the Pelicans did not match Paul's half-court singles.

Corey was on top in front, Pau Gasol was standing on the edge of the penalty area in the back, and Li Feng was ready to pounce on one side.

In the face of this multiple defense, Paul still took the lead in testing the intensity of the defense, poked forward, and then pressed into the area of the mid-range shot.

Paul pressed to this position, and the Pelicans immediately moved Paul Gasol and Li Feng towards Paul, and Paul had no room to attack. When he turned around to find someone to pass the ball, the rest of the Pelicans were just blocking Paul's passing route, and the Pelicans' team did a good job of defending it.

The Pelicans are forcing Paul to shoot on the outside, and we will give you a certain opportunity when you shoot on the outside, but if you want to break through the inside, you can't do it, and if you want to go to the restricted area to stir up us, we will accompany you. The Pelicans left Paul with only one way.

Paul now saw that there was not much time left to attack, so he could only make a slight swing from the outside and shoot a mid-range.

Paul's mid-range, don't look fast, but the rhythm is very strange, and it is difficult for defenders to catch the real time of his shot.

Paul was really in good shape today, scoring two more points against Corey.

At this time, Paul still scored, but Van Gundy's mentality was stable and good, because Paul scored like this, which he allowed. No defense can be without holes, and every defense is bound to have holes.

Now the Pelicans' defensive strategy is to prevent Paul from breaking through to the basket, not letting Paul disrupt the line, but allowing Paul to shoot from mid-to-long range. Paul, if you're right, you're going to kill me, and if you can't be to kill me alone, you're done with the bull.

The Pelicans made this adjustment after consideration, and the first Paul played a lot of singles in the first half, and the body must have consumed a lot. The second half was bound to be affected, so the Pelicans dared to take a gamble.

Second, although Paul is very strong, Paul is still a point guard in the end, not a scoring guard or a swingman, he can't win by scoring 30 points every night, today is Paul's hand exploded, and the Pelicans are not afraid of him.

After weighing the pros and cons, the Pelicans laid out such a defensive strategy.

When the Bulls scored, the Pelicans got the basketball again.

The Bulls still didn't let Li Feng get the ball, and at this time, Li Feng only used the double cover set up by his teammates on the baseline to run out and get the ball in the bottom corner.

Li Feng takes the ball. Mirotic hurriedly chased out to defend, and Li Feng, who had the ball, faced Mirotic and stabbed forward with a tentative step.

Mirotic didn't have any speed, and hurriedly retreated to guard against Li Feng's breakthrough, but at this moment, Li Feng pulled the basketball back with his right hand, and with a relaxed change of direction, he immediately threw off the distance, and jumped up with the ball to be a three-point shot.

Li Feng shook off Mirotic and made it too easy to shoot another three points. The ball was a clean shot.

The Bulls didn't let Li Feng catch the ball, Li Feng wanted to catch the ball, he had to cut and run without the ball, and now Li Feng used the running to get the basketball country to decisively throw three points directly. This shows that Li Feng has also turned on the scoring mode.

Li Feng began to throw long-range shots, which means that the Pelicans are going to decide the winner at this moment, and once Li Feng starts to turn on the scoring mode, the Pelicans are definitely ready to end the game.

There is a lot of offensive pressure on the Bulls' side. At this point, Paul came over with the ball again, and he tried hard, but he couldn't break through. Can't mess up the Pelicans' penalty zone defense.

At this time, Paul had no choice but to pull out and want to pass the ball to Gibson, who formed the offensive core of the Bulls.

But at this time, Gibson was defended by Al Jefferson, Gibson was very difficult to receive the ball, and Paul had no way to shoot again by himself.

This time Paul missed, the shot was a little shorter, and Paul's side didn't hit either. Because Paul has to push, he has to break through, and he has to attack, which is too much physical demand.

Paul isn't iron-clad either, and there's no way he's going to be able to shoot after doing so much.

Pau Gasol grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, and the Pelicans hit another Li Feng's off-ball run, and Li Feng ran quickly around the baseline.

Li Feng ran out without the ball, this time the Bulls learned to be obedient, and the big man on the inside also came out to delay Li Feng.

But just when Howard took a step, Li Feng took the ball and passed the ball to the ground behind Howard.

Behind Howard, Pau Gasol took the ball and easily made an open cut layup to send the basketball to the Bulls' basket.

The Pelicans are playing back and forth, and in the end they still have to attack the inside of the Bulls, Li Feng used to focus on the inside of the Bulls, and now once there is an opportunity for Pau Gasol to hit the inside of the Bulls, the Bulls are not good in height, and they have been bullied by the Pelicans.

The Bulls do have weaknesses on the inside, and they must use offense to make up for their defensive shortcomings, but the Bulls are playing at this time and are also having trouble offensively.

The Pelicans prevented Gibson from getting the ball and left Paul alone. Paul didn't play the ball casually, the Pelicans allowed Paul to make a mid-range shot, preventing him from getting close to the basket, and not even letting Paul touch the restricted area.

As a result, Paul came over, but he still couldn't break the Pelicans' team defense alone, and Paul finally passed the ball to Howard on the inside single.

Howard is capable of heads-up with a certain inside, but he is not very efficient in this regard. In the face of Pau Gasol, who is taller and stronger than him, Howard's advantage is not obvious at all, and he misses the shot even if he barely shoots.

After the Pelicans changed their defense in the second half, they greatly limited the Bulls' offensive efficiency, especially the least to reduce Paul's threat.

The Pelicans successfully defended again for a round, and when they came back, Li Feng finally stuck Mirotic on the wing and stuck Mirotic behind him, and Li Feng got the ball in a good position.

is to seize the opportunity to squeeze under the opponent's basket, Li Feng is the main sufferer of the Bulls, so once Li Feng starts to attack.

The bull immediately organized several people to wrap Li Feng, and Li Feng faced the bag and immediately turned around and waved his elbow up and down.

Of course, a European player like Mirotic is not fooled, but Li Feng is not easy to mess with, and Mirotic is not fooled, and he forcibly lowers his hand to make a layup.

Mirotic slapped Li Feng on the arm, but Li Feng's ball still hit.

"Whoa!" (To be continued......)