Chapter 816: The Ball Forward
Kenny Smith and Penny Hardaway used to be both guards, so they listened to the question and laughed at the same time, to which Kenny replied:
"If a defender always plays a different tactical call sign than others, then it shows two problems, one is that this person is a cunning guy, and the other is easier to explain, this guy's physical condition is different from ordinary people, and he has his own tactics that can be used?"
Saying this, Barkley immediately suddenly realized:
"So, Li Feng is both, he doesn't play point guard is too condescending, if it weren't for Rose being sent off, I guess we wouldn't really see this!"
Li Feng ran to the right wing about 30 degrees with the ball, and Arenas, who ran low from the bottom line, also happened to arrive here, Li Feng immediately stopped and let Arenas spare him from his side.
Starkey, who was following Arenas, hit Li Feng's shoulder, and this time Li Feng's timing and the quality of the cover were very good, sending Arenas to the back cleanly, and at the same time, Li Feng and Arenas made hand-to-hand passes, and the ball went into Arenas's hands, and Arenas fired at the moment when Jennings was stunned.
Arenas, who had been silent for a long time, finally scored this goal, and Li Feng covered his teammates twice in a row when he had the ball or without the ball, and both won very good scoring opportunities for his teammates!
At this time, Da Van Gundy also saw that Li Feng was now playing the tactics of controlling the ball by himself or moving to cover other players, and whenever Li Feng used this trick, he would expose Jennings to others, which was a double consumption of his own team.
Big Van Gundy wanted to call a timeout, but at this time, there was already more time in the third quarter, and it was better to replace him, so Big Van Gundy temporarily suppressed this thought in his heart.
Jennings was continuously treated as the target of blows, which was completely unthinkable to him, and thinking about Jennings's love in this way began to get out of control again!
Tactically together Drummond last night after the cover. He wanted to kill the Pelicans' interior line alone, which was obviously a difficult task to complete, and Li Feng played a little trick in defending Shanghai, deliberately putting Jennings between Henson and Millsap.
I have seen Jennings although he was not blocked by his extraordinary physique, but the ball did not score at all, if the Pelicans faced the Pistons' strict defense in the third quarter, then after Li Feng came on the court, Li Feng's storage simply made the Pistons like a fish in the throat.
The third time Li Feng came over with the ball, Jennings looked at Li Feng looking at him with that kind of pity, and he felt a fire in his heart!
Actually, he really didn't know. Li Feng's pity comes from the heart, and the current Jennings could never have imagined that the Pistons would sign Thomas Jr. next year, and he would be even more tragic......
The crazy Jennings frequently stretched out his hand to harass Li Feng, Li Feng dealt with Jennings carefully, turned around, turned around, and then turned around to protect the basketball with his butt and body, but there was no way to bully Jennings!
At halftime, Li Feng was planning to cover and help his teammates. But seeing Jennings' increasingly frantic face now, Li Feng immediately thought of a possibility.
So as soon as he stretched out his hand, he made a gesture that he wanted to play singles, so the Pelicans players in the back scattered one after another. Although Li Feng has not been here for a long time, Li Feng feels that the Pelicans players are very reliable, and everyone trusts him.
Seeing that the crowd behind Jennings gradually dispersed, Li Feng immediately mustered up his strength and walked to the left. He had done enough to break through, but after only one breakthrough, Li Feng suddenly raised his hand. It's a feint that any experienced player will tell.
But at this time, Jennings was already very emotional, and as soon as he saw Li Feng raise his hand, he flew up very rookie!
Li Feng was waiting for this, and when he saw Jennings flying, Li Feng also jumped lightly towards Jennings, and hit Jennings head-on and then shot pretendedly.
Li Feng definitely didn't score this goal, but he made Jennings pay the price of the foul, Jennings himself was actually deceived by a striker to foul, he had no reason to yell at Li Feng, this kid in temperament yelled at the referee instead.
The referee intuitively felt that Jennings was the source of so many things in the field today, and now he actually yelled at himself, and the referee immediately raised his hand and gave Jennings a technical foul that he was caught off guard.
Jennings and Big Van Gundy didn't expect that the referee would give Jennings a technical foul so suddenly and so simply, so how would they play in the fourth quarter.
Big Van Gundy finally couldn't help it at this time, he felt that the referee had put too much pressure on his team from the beginning to now, and he had to come out to put pressure on the referee, so Big Van Gundy began to yell desperately behind the referee's ears.
The referee looked at the excited Van Gundy twice and walked away, but the big Van Gundy immediately called a timeout and began to change his substitute lineup, and Van Gundy also hurried to replace at this time.
After the timeout, the Pistons' old and sick lineup came back on the court, point guard Wilbinham, shooting guard Gigida Tomei, small forward Singler, power forward Jerebko, and center Josh Harrellson.
Big Van Gundy adjusts the inside line, there is not much room to adjust the inside line here in Little Van Gundy, but there is still some room for adjustment in the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, Van Gundy put Kaloon Butler in the No. 2 position at this time, and let Oladipo, who feels very good today, sit in the No. 3 position, put Biedrins on the No. 4 position, and Henson on the No. 5, and must run for a long time today, because there are no other interior players in the team to use!
The end of the timeout is the Pistons' possession, and the first wave of offense after the Pistons came off the bench was initiated by Gigida Tomei, who came back with a very sufficient body, and took advantage of the fact that Caron Butler had just come on the court, and hit a pull-up jump shot when he came over.
Now, although Gigida Tomei scored a goal in the opening game, Li Feng still feels that the pressure on himself has been much less, because in that regard, the Pelicans bench lineup led by him is much better than that of the Pistons.
Li Feng glanced around, he can have a lot of helpers to use, first of all, the first one that can be used is his little brother Oladipo, Li Feng thought of this, and dribbled to the Pistons' three-point line very steadily. And he raised his hand without messing up at all, directing everyone to take the position.
The Pelicans' tactical literacy is now still not messing around even when it comes to bench time, and it immediately comes to Kenny Smith and Hardaway's praise.
Kenny Smith even sighed a little and said:
"Actually, Li Feng's career is still early, he can try to play guard, especially point guard!"
"Yes!"
Penny Hardaway also said:
"The pelicans now look very steady, as if the Macedonian king's army, set up a formation and advance little by little, without a little chaos!"
And in the face of a solid Pelicans, it is true that the Pistons themselves are at their weakest. It is really difficult for the Pistons' bench lineup to make any powerful tactical moves, and there are no players who can be used as the main firepower at all! ”
"On the contrary, there is still a perverted Li Feng in the Pelicans' lineup, Oladipo, a shooter who feels very hot today, and the scheming Kaloon Butler, I really don't know what will happen next!"
Penny Hardaway's worries were not unwarranted at all, and after Li Feng dribbled the ball to the Pistons' three-point line, he immediately dribbled two steps, took the ball and then stopped, using himself as a cover object. Sent Kaloon Butler to the high post and made hand-to-hand passes with Kaloon Butler.
After covering once, Li Feng immediately moved laterally, and then covered Oladipo, and Oladipo passed Guò Li Feng's cover also reached a high position. Kalombartler can finally pass the ball to Oladipo, who, once in the high post, touches the basketball, immediately turns and shoots without the slightest hesitation.
The so-called heroes out of the teenagers. Oladipo is now like a young man in white, suddenly appearing, and then struck with a sword. And as soon as he shot, the sword was sharp, and a sharp arc passed through, the Piston's basket.
As soon as Oladipo's blade appeared, Big Van Gundy's eyes widened, and Van Gundy could finally catch his breath.
Li Feng walked over and bumped Oladipo's shoulder in surprise:
"Good boy, good job!"
But at this time, Oladipo smiled coolly and said:
"Minor problem! This is what I should do. ”
The Pistons' offense became sticky from the beginning of these bench players, and at this time, the role of Big Van Gundy in replacing Jerebko on the court finally appeared, and Josh Harelson and Singler covered Jerebko one after another.
Finally sent Jerebko to the empty position on the bottom foot, Jerebko received the basketball from this position, and then made a jumper, and the big Van Gundy idea was good, that is, during the period when the bench lineup was on the court, mainly using Jerebko's shooting ability to fill the team's scoring gap.
But Jerebko is at most a vertex battery, and this kind of fast shot after a demanding continuous run is really a bit difficult for Jerebko, and Jerebko feels a little awkward after a quick shot, because this is not a job he often does!
The basketball "bang" smashed to the hoop and jumped out, the inside Henson bullied the elderly when he was very brave, snatched the basketball down, and then immediately passed the ball to Li Feng, Li Feng now does not have to press the rhythm of the game, took over the basketball and quickly killed the Pistons' half, and gently knocked the ball into the hands of Caron Butler in the half, Caron Butler faced the strong Gigida Tomei, turned around twice in a row to kill near the three-second zone, and then turned a left-handed layup, He picked the ball into the Pistons' basket.
From the two teams coming off the bench to the end of the third quarter, the Pelicans' bench completely beat the Pistons' bench to the north, especially Oladipo and Caron Butler, one of the two used their own steps to play the old man, and the other used their own experience to play a very angry young man.
There was even some banter in the atmosphere of the game during the minute or two, which shows that the Pelicans are quite relaxed, and it is this relaxed feeling that makes the Pelicans' offense more fluid.
In the end, the score of the two teams was fixed at 78-74, and the Pelicans were slightly behind by 4 points, but they did not feel that this would become an obstacle for the Pelicans to overtake.
However, it seems that Oladipo and Kaloon Butler are playing very well.
Li Feng took advantage of this time to sit back in his chair and found that he didn't know when Rose had returned to the bench. When Li Feng saw this old friend, he began to cry out about the suffering:
"Hey! Derek, you shouldn't be so impulsive! You know, you've completely hurt me, and I'm going to have to play a lot more time than usual, and it's a pretty hard thing for me. ”
Li Feng said and sat next to Rose, Rose's eyes were a little lonely now, completely lost his usual flying, shook his head, and then said very annoyed:
"Damn it. It was a weird thing today, and I didn't understand why the referees kept staring at me and not the Pistons guys. ”
Typical complaint, but Li Feng knew very well that he would never say to Rose: "No, your actions are too obvious!" If he said that, Rose would definitely be with him endlessly.
So Li Feng smiled and said:
"That's because our team uniform is a more dazzling color, and if we change it to black, it will be easier to hide our movements!"
At the start of the game, the Pelicans continued to chase points. Although it can be seen that Van Gundy has put a lot of emphasis on defense on his players, he still can't stop the cunning of Kalombutler and the sharpness of Oladipo.
At 2:13 of the fourth quarter, the Pelicans finally reversed the score to 85-83, and the Pelicans came off the bench. not only plugged the big hole owed by the main players, but also overtook the Pistons by two points.
At this time, Big Van Gundy glanced at the scoreboard above the rebound, 2 minutes and 13 seconds. That is, there are 9 minutes and 43 seconds left before the end of the game, and in 9 minutes, your team must crush the opponent. And the defeat of the opponent can only start from one place.
When Big Van Gundy thought of this, he looked at Brand sitting on the Pelican resting bench, and at this time Big Van Gundy stretched out his hand and called a timeout that was bound to occur, and then he was ready to make a substitution.
Li Feng also followed everyone back to the Pelicans' rest seat at this time, Van Gundy quickly called everyone to his side, Van Gundy's eyes rolled and said:
"If I were Stan Van Gundy, I would have put all my main players up and make the last push of the game! Now that the game is over, both sides have returned to the starting point, and whoever masters the final nine minutes will win the final victory! ”
"Now Arenas for Caron Butler, Al Thornton for Oladipo, Millsap for Biedrins, Brand for Henson! Now let's do the final blow and try to win the opponent! ”
The Pelicans' current situation is that the personnel are very tight, especially at point guard! As long as Li Feng still has a body, Van Gundy will definitely put him on the court.
The two teams are back on the court, and the Pistons have changed their main lineup, but like the Pelicans, their main point guard Jennings is out.
The Pistons' current lineup is point guard Will Bynum, scoring guard Starkey, small forward Josh Smith, power forward Jerebko, and center Drummond!
This lineup can also be counted as a kind of lineup with a big belt and four small, he doesn't have a real power forward, but he emphasizes giving Drummond more space.
After the timeout, it was the Pistons Earth right, Wilbinham was a little cautious when he came with the ball, and after understanding the bench time in the middle of the game, Wilbynum already knew very well the defensive power of Li Feng.
This rude-looking big man has a very simple way to contain his offense, and he puts a lot of pressure on himself when he defends, always giving the impression that he can't use it.
Wilburnham's quick pass to Josh Smith allowed the Turks to handle the half-court organization, and from the beginning of the game to now, as long as Josh Smith and Al Thornton are both on the field, Josh Smith has a big advantage over Al Thornton.
Josh Smith took the ball from Wilbynum, protected the ball with his body on one side, and after taking a step to the left, he immediately raised his hand to say that the basketball was passed to Drummond, who suddenly moved sideways on the inside.
Drummond has had a long break since the third quarter, and this is when he is fully fit, receives the basketball from the outside, and immediately turns around to face the basket.
In the early days of Drummond's offense, he still used more to face the basket, so that he could easily play Drummond's two talents, one is the first step to cut in, and the other is the ability to bounce, compared with Drummond, Brand is actually more fully rested, but at this time Brand's mentality has changed, and the referee's decision in front of him made him subconsciously afraid of making physical contact with Drummond, as long as he contacts Drummond, he will be punished for a foul.
With such a subconscious, Brand's defense naturally began to shrink back, the defense was not very open, and the pressure was not very dead, but what kind of person is Drummond, as long as you give him a little chance, he will bite you The inside big man.
Brand's weak defense naturally indulged Drummond, who cut up with the ball, then simply stretched out his left hand and hooked the ball to the Pelicans' basket.
In the past, this kind of ball Drummond would not necessarily score even if he had a chance, so now Brand's defensive strength has a trace of luck, where did I think that Brand was just so lucky, and Drummond's attack this time actually scored. (To be continued......)