Chapter 626: It's still up to Li Feng
At this time, Spurs head coach Popovich was furious, and losing two backcourt rebounds in a row was a fatal thing.
Popovich jumped over again to reiterate the importance of backcourt rebounding, and the Spurs were also a little shaken by Li Feng's two consecutive secondary attacks.
In the process, Parker controlled the ball and played it, although he got into the Knicks' box and passed a good ball.
But under the basket, Split was getting the ball, and the Knicks immediately came in the bag, although Split had a size advantage, but under the strong interference, Split missed the shot.
Splitter missed another shot, and the Knicks grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and quickly came towards the Knicks' half again.
Li Feng grabbed the rebound in the front court because of the empty cut before, so at this time, Li Feng ran towards the basket, and the Spurs did not dare to intercept Li Feng's passing route.
Li Feng finally got the ball, but when Li Feng got the ball, the Spurs organized a double bag and came towards Li Feng.
Li Feng held the basketball high here, resisted the opponent's body with his chest, looked at the court with his eyes, and suddenly a long pass reached the hands of Jr Smith at the bottom foot.
Jr Smith was unsuccessful in playing Dio before, but now the team's momentum has risen, and his state has improved.
J.R. Smith has scored here!
In addition to Li Feng's scoring, the other players also succeeded in heads-up, which shows that the state of the Knicks as a whole team has slowly improved.
Seeing that the Knicks' condition is getting better and better, Knicks fans feel hope, but everyone at the Spurs' home court feels a strong sense of oppression, and the Knicks, who have been sluggish for most of the time, are finally waking up.
The Spurs were under intense pressure at this time, and everyone except Parker was a little nervous.
Parker looked at his teammates like this. Immediately, he called a high block and decided to play it himself.
Parker's three-point shot is slow, so Parker's individual singles like to make inside breakouts or pull-up jumpers.
At this time, the cover was called, and Parker also broke through from the flank, suddenly changed speed and direction in the rapid movement, and then drifted towards the flank and threw a mid-range.
Parker's mid-range stops are also characteristic, drifting to one side during shifting.
This kind of drifting shot must be difficult to block, but his own hit is also very difficult, but Parker has mastered this technique, and Li Feng's chase over the block has not affected Parker. Parker's shot went into the Knicks' basket accurately.
Parker stepped up and finally stabilized the situation of the Spurs, Li Feng's side because of the two frontcourt rebounds, the Spurs did not dare to intercept Li Feng's catch too much, Li Feng finally had a chance to catch the ball so that Li Feng could change the situation on the offensive end of the Knicks.
Li Feng took the ball at this time, passed another good ball, and the basketball went directly to Monroe under the basket.
Monroe also came to the state, took the ball and turned around for a tentative step, and raised his hand to score 2 points from a mid-range.
Under Li Feng's adjustment, the Knicks' offense slowly adjusted smoothly. You know, the Knicks are the No. 1 offensive team in the regular season. Once the Knicks find the offensive form, they will definitely continue to score points.
At this time, in order to maintain the point difference, the Spurs can only continue to score. But at this time, the Spurs were not working, and only Parker came up at this time to continue to attack with the ball.
Parker came up this round, and he didn't call a cover when he got the ball, but a one-on-one heads-up with Livingston. Livingston is indeed quite different from Parker in terms of heads-up ability and skill. Parker made two consecutive crotch throws, suddenly switched legs and went inside from the outside, and then stepped back. Taking advantage of this more difficult move, Parker got rid of Livingston and scored another 2 points.
The Knicks picked up their scores, Parker came out to support the overall situation, and the difference between the two teams finally stabilized to about 15 points.
The point difference was stabilized, and the time was shortened, which was beneficial to the Spurs, and during this period of time, the Knicks gradually traded back to Belineri and J.R. Smith in order to strengthen the offense.
Seeing that the third quarter was about to be played, the difference between the two teams remained at about 15 minutes, and the Spurs head coach finally observed a little, and the game was basically stable, and he quickly replaced Parker to rest for a while.
Parker was almost full in the third quarter, and he really needed a break, Parker's side was replaced, but Li Feng was still fierce on the court. Li Feng was whistled for three fouls in the first half, and the disadvantage is that he has less time to play, but the advantage is that when everyone else is tired, Li Feng has just warmed up here.
Once Parker's side went down, the Spurs' offense immediately messed up a lot, and many people didn't understand the difference between good organization and bad organization.
In fact, the difference is very simple, that is, all the offense of a good organization is in the routine, and it is a tactic that is ready to run before, for example, I am a team that has always attached importance to the inside, and the offense has more than 50% of the basketball played on the inside, and the inside line has a 40% shooting rate, which is a good organization.
On the contrary, the offense that the team has been playing is piecemeal, not in the tactical rehearsal, and all kinds of situations that arise by chance, which is a bad organization.
After the Spurs went down in Parker, they were all bad organizations, and the tactics that ran out couldn't take chances. In the end, it can only be Bonner's forced pull-up jump shot on the wing, so that the offensive efficiency is definitely low.
Bonner missed a long-range shot, and the Knicks took the rebound, and immediately hit a fast break.
The main thing about the Spurs' weakness over the Knicks is that the bench players are not strong and the interior height is insufficient.
Now once Parker goes down and the team is loose, the Knicks rush out all of a sudden, and someone comes to intercept Li Feng, but they don't look at JR Smith, this is a defensive problem, how broad Li Feng's vision is, at this time Li Feng immediately passed the ball to JR Smith on the wing.
Jr Smith is extremely fast, and his body is good, although Danny Green's side is in place, but he was hit to the side by a jump step by Jr Smith, and after knocking Danny Green away, J.R. Smith got up and dunked.
"Bang!"
Parker had only been down for a round before he had an accident on the court, and the Knicks immediately gave the Spurs a dunk.
At this time Popovich was depressed. But he couldn't replace Parker, because he still had to rely on Parker in the fourth quarter, and if Parker was out of shape in the fourth quarter, it would be fatal.
You must know that the body is the most important thing in all body elements, no matter how high you fly, good technique, accurate throwing, and strength, if you don't have a body, you can't do any movements, and you can't show the same body elements.
So at this time Popovich was depressed. But there is also a need to keep his body for Parker, and Popovich jumped out to reprimand the player, but the mind was still praying that his player would survive and not lose too many points.
Popovich prayed for no points as the Spurs came over and Danny Green passed to Belineri, who was ambushed on the wing.
Belineri also knew that his goal was to mix time, so he took the ball and passed it unhurriedly to Bonner on the other side.
It's not surprising that Bonner can attack with the ball, but not on the ball. Bonner can hold the ball to get rid of the offense, but he can't control the ball to control the rhythm of the pass, at this time, once he holds the ball, he knows that he wants to delay time or stick two steps under the basket, and then suddenly passes back to Belineri behind him.
The Spurs' offensive routine is clearly seen by amateur fans. J.R. Smith saw it even more clearly, and when Bonner passed, J.R. Smith came up to force Bellenelli.
Belineri played smoothly in the first half, and at this time was forced by J.R. Smith like a mad dog. His feet softened suddenly, and just like that, J.R. Smith immediately clicked on the basketball.
Belineri's physique is still a notch behind JR Smith, and this time JR Smith took the basketball down.
The basketball was spotted. J.R. Smith immediately passed the basketball to Li Feng, and Li Feng didn't hold the ball for too long, and dribbled to Belineri in one step.
Bellineri's position was quite good, he pulled the ball out and immediately passed it to Jones, who was following up.
Jones took the ball and dodged Danny Green, who came from the side, and scored two points again with a light layup.
Parker's side went down, and the Knicks immediately chased 4 points, rewriting the score to 82-70, and the Knicks closed the gap to 12 points.
At this time, Popovich wanted to replace Parker, but the last 50 seconds were left, and Popovich simply came up and let the team play delaying tactics.
Popovich thinks 50 seconds is still very good, just two rounds, maybe only one round.
Popovich thought very well, but the Knicks didn't think so, Belineri just got the ball here, and the Knicks immediately pounced on Belineri.
It's good for Pele to protect the basketball steadily, but he has to learn from Parker and pass the ball quickly to Ginobili in the middle of the pack.
Li Feng saw this kind of ball at once, jumped over and cut off the basketball directly, Li Feng broke the ball again, and the Knicks made another mistake in a blink of an eye.
At this time, Popovich was depressed and wanted to hit the wall, so he wanted to stabilize himself, but the team made another mistake, and it was really unsafe to not have a good point guard!
Li Feng broke the ball again, did not fake others, dribbled up with two steps and a stop-and-go jump shot, and scored two points.
82-72, the difference between the two teams has plummeted to 10 points, at this time Popovich is heartbroken Parker has to replace Parker, and if he doesn't go to Parker at this time, I'm afraid there will be no chance to go to Parker in the future.
The Spurs were forced by the Knicks to replace Parker again, and at this time the Knicks fans were excited, and now the Spurs are in jeopardy.
At this time, Director Zhang was excited, and he was afraid that it would not be a big deal in China and said:
"Li Feng is really amazing, he came back and caught up with 10 points in the first half of the quarter, according to this efficiency, it can be overtaken in the fourth quarter, and now there is a 10-point difference left, I believe the Knicks will be able to overtake."
Director Zhang is still very emotional and unreasonable to support Li Feng unconditionally.
On the American side, Qiong Barry also greatly admired Li Feng's ability:
"The Knicks are finally catching up with the score now, but it's worth noting that Li Feng didn't have many singles with the ball himself."
"Li Feng relied on passing, relying on grabbing the second attack, and relying on fast attack to help the team attack. More importantly, Li Feng gave the team a huge help in defense, Li Feng joined the Knicks' defensive system alone, and the Knicks' co-defense and packing level immediately improved by two notches. ”
"Li Feng has been a huge help to the team on both offensive and defensive ends. But that's not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Li Feng gave confidence to the whole team. ”
Joan Barry also gave Li Feng a high evaluation on the sidelines, and Li Feng changed the situation of the whole game.
At this time, the situation of the two teams has come to a crossroads, and if the Knicks go one step further at this crossroads, the Spurs' confidence will collapse, and the Spurs' further Knicks' counterattack will fail.
Both teams have reached a critical moment, and Parker didn't dare to take it lightly, and Parker immediately showed his strongest wing single when he got the ball.
On the wing, Parker faced JR Smith, still dribbled with the frame, and then suddenly turned around and hit JR Smith with his back.
J.R. Smith at the time of the hard fight in front. Li Feng quietly touched Parker's elbow, Parker took the ball here and turned around, and then when he shot a backward jumper, Li Feng jumped from Parker's side and suddenly hit Parker's basketball.
Parker also missed the single shot this time, and Li Feng knocked out Parker's low-post attack.
Parker's miss surprised the whole court, as Parker looked a little too light.
Li Feng blocked a little too easily this time, to say that Parker is a cautious defender, but he also makes mistakes. The score of the team was forced to be close, and he wanted to recover the score too much, so he played simply and took risks. wanted to withstand the defense and shoot, but Li Feng gave Parker a cap at this time.
Parker was blocked, and Jones jumped outside the sideline to save the basketball.
When Jones took the risk to save the ball, the Spurs hurriedly ran back. Finally, the retreat was successful.
At this time, there were only 18 seconds left before the end of the third quarter, which was just enough time to play a round, and Jones passed the basketball to Li Feng as a matter of course.
Li Feng took the ball and looked up. The Spurs were still gambling at this time, and they defended a tight defense, all five of them were inside, and they let go of Li Feng's distance of half a step, but they saw that Li Feng's long-range shot was inaccurate, and Li Feng did not open any three-point shots today.
However, at this time, Li Feng is no longer the Li Feng of the first half, and Li Feng's mentality has stabilized at this time, and his state is also there.
So Li Feng was not in a hurry, just dribbling outside, looking at the last 5 seconds of time, Li Feng took a step forward and shot a three-pointer on the three-point line.
"Huh!"
Li Feng's three-point shot was a steady shot.
Just when Li Feng shot this three-pointer, the Knicks bench all jumped up at once.
Because Li Feng is so important this time, this three-point shot is Li Feng's first three-pointer, breaking the curse of Li Feng's long-range miss, and then narrowing the score of the two teams, shortening the difference between the two teams to less than 10 points.
Such a ball instantly gave the Knicks great confidence, and Spurs fans were half cold when they saw Li Feng shoot this three-pointer.
Also when Li Feng shot a three-pointer, Director Zhang and Xu Jicheng shouted together in the domestic broadcast studio.
"Beautiful! It's so beautiful! ”
"Three points, Li Feng finally hit three points."
When shouting on the domestic side, the commentator on the American side, Joan Barry, also said:
"Li Feng only hit such a three-pointer in the whole game, but this three-pointer changed the situation of the game, this three-pointer is invaluable, he changed a game, even a series."
Bill Wharton also said:
With this three-pointer, the difference between the two teams has entered single digits, and the Spurs have not had that big advantage! In the last minute of the third quarter of the game, the Knicks chased 9 points in a row, which was a miraculous outburst, and of course, it is undeniable that the Spurs' mistakes helped the Knicks a lot.
The Knicks approached the score, and during the break, the Knicks were naturally greatly encouraged, and the players celebrated with joy.
The Spurs are feeling the pressure, and Popovich is cheering up the players, but at this time, the Spurs players will inevitably feel a little more anxious.
Spurs are very delicate at this time, they know to work hard, but at the same time they are very alert and stressed. This is the disadvantage of the leader, you have to suppress the latecomer, the latecomer reacts, you must respond, and if you don't respond, you are not far from being overturned.
When the two teams came back in the fourth quarter, the Spurs didn't dare not go to Parker, and the Spurs not only went to Parker, but Duncan also went up. The Knicks still play a mixed lineup, Li Feng, Belineri, Jr Smith, Jones, Monroe, and the Knicks are not solid enough inside, but they are super mobile.
As soon as the fourth quarter came back, the first thing was the ball from the Spurs, Parker didn't dare to be cautious with the ball in the backcourt at this time, and he didn't dare to be very serious, Parker took the ball over and controlled the ball very carefully, and then passed the ball to Duncan on the side.
Duncan is also nervous now, he doesn't dare to attack lightly, he also wants to stabilize the ball, he just presses the ball, and passes the ball to Leonard outside, Leonard has the ability to take the ball, he takes the ball and quickly gets rid of it, so he directly passes it back to Parker with a clear purpose.
The Spurs are under a lot of pressure here, several people are too conservative, and Leonard's passing is too targeted, which gives the Knicks and Li Feng a huge opportunity.
At the moment when Leonard made a move, Li Feng suddenly jumped out and stole the Spurs' pass again.
Li Feng broke Leonard's ball, turned around and rushed towards the Spurs' half, Li Feng's position was too good at this time, his speed was fast, and once it started, there was no one behind him to catch up.
"Bang!"
Li Feng galloped in, and a violent dunk ended the attack. (To be continued......)