In the second game of the away game against the Los Angeles Lakers, the Pelicans actually made 29 turnovers, and in this game, Derrick Rose and Gilbert Arenas both lost their hands, and combined 28 shots and 3, the Pelicans also lost to the weak Los Angeles Lakers.

The Pelicans are on a rollercoaster ride, and after losing to the Lakers, they are beating back-to-back opponents with the Hawks and Pistons, ushering in a wave of five consecutive wins.

After five consecutive wins, the Pelicans lost again against the Charlotte Bobcats, and this state made head coach Jeff Van Gundy have no choice.

With a new lineup, it takes time to get used to it.

However, both the media and fans are optimistic about the Pelicans' form.

Because the Pelicans' moves this summer have hardly failed, although Arenas is a little iron at times, but he perfectly helped Li Feng and Rose attract firepower and disperse the defensive pressure, but now there are self-aware generals who are still actively defending, which has been recognized by Van Gundy, and the Pelicans' starting point guard.

And Jefferson and Millsap on the inside are also outstanding, especially Millsap, who averaged 18.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists on the field, and averaged 2.4 three-pointers per game, shooting 49.2% from three-point range.

Millsap's play opened up more space for Jefferson, who of course would certainly share a few points with each other, with Jefferson also averaging 15.4 points and 10.6 rebounds per game while shooting 60% from the field to 63.8 percent.

Of course, the strongest Pelicans are still Li Feng, Li Feng scored a new career low this year, only averaging 20.5 points per game, rebounds and assists only 8.5 and 7.4, but he averaged 4.5 steals and 4.1 blocks per game, and steal blocks dominated the league. And Li Feng's hit rate is as high as 70%, and the efficiency is super high!

In this way, the media naturally touted Li Feng for a while, and almost praised Li Feng to the sky, because Li Feng no longer needs to prove his scoring ability, and now he shows his dominance again on the defensive end, which is simply like a god.

It's an ordinary thing, but this kind of praise makes one person very dissatisfied, and this person is the head coach of the Nets, Avery Johnson.

And the Pelicans will face next at home. It's Avery Johnson's Brooklyn Nets.

There is no doubt that the Nets are local tyrants, just looking at the eight All-Star players is already speechless, even David Lee and Joe Johnson are now playing on the bench in the Nets, and they have a 7-1 record at the beginning of this year, and are currently in the first or second place in the East with the Chicago Bulls.

Avery Johnson had just arrived from Los Angeles with his proud disciples. The reporters from New Orleans pounced in front of the Nets and began to conduct interviews.

"Mr. Garnett, what do you think about coming to New Orleans today to play the Pelicans!"

"Uh-huh. Well??? ”

Garnett heard the reporter's question, stared at a pair of big eyes and walked over proudly, only to hum a few times, which made the reporter not know what he wanted to express at all.

"Mr. DeLong. What are your thoughts on coming to New Orleans today? ”

The reporter was unwilling to interview Delong, but Delong kept talking on his mobile phone and ignored them at all.

The reporter was deflated twice, and then wanted to look for Anthony. But I didn't see the shadow of the melon man at all.

The giants of the Nets, one by one, are more difficult to interview, just when the reporters are depressed. saw Avery Johnson wearing a black wind suit and walked in from the back.

As soon as they saw Avery Johnson, the reporters rushed to Avery Johnson's side as if they had seen the last straw.

The fastest response was not a local New Orleans reporter, but a reporter from China.

Although Li Feng is no longer in the Knicks, the domestic media still sent many domestic reporters to New Orleans, ready to collect first-hand information at any time.

Now Li Feng is a celebrity in the domestic sports world, once he has his exclusivity, he will definitely get a lot of attention, in this regard, the domestic media is not stingy, and really sent many domestic reporters to the United States.

Now the first to rush to Avery Johnson is the Chinese reporter, the characteristic of the Chinese reporter is that they are not particularly concerned about the Pelican, they are most concerned about Li Feng.

So as soon as the Chinese reporter came over, he asked Avery Johnson in fluent English:

"Mr. Avery Johnson! You're going to play the Pelicans tomorrow, and you're going to play Li Feng lately? Do you have any special arrangements, Carmelo Anthony and Paul Pierce and Andrei Kirilenko and Joe Johnson, can the four of them restrain Li Feng. ”

The domestic media take it for granted that Li Feng has played so well recently, although he has not scored much, but there is no pressure when he wants to score, Avery Johnson, you need to take a little precautions.

But the domestic media reporter thought that Avery Johnson squinted at him and said:

"Li Feng? Does he need us to set it up? ”

The Nets are not unconfident when they say this, although Garnett and Pierce are a little old, but their overall lineup is still very strong.

Because the season has only just begun, the Pelicans are not ranked high in the West, and while the current standings are not very convincing, the Nets now believe that the New York Knicks are finished, and they are only targeting teams like the Chicago Bulls.

So as soon as Avery Johnson opened his mouth, he was dismissive of Li Feng at all!

Just now they were preempted by the domestic media, and their American counterparts were still a little unhappy, but now when they see that Avery Johnson is actually not inferior, they immediately realize that this is an extremely good hype gimmick.

Realizing this, the reporters who rushed behind immediately pointed their flashes at Avery Johnson, and a flash of the brush shone through.

Which of the first domestic media reporters to ask Avery Johnson questions looks unassuming, but on the inside, he is an angry young man.

Hearing that Avery Johnson, a mean little man, was disdainful of his fellow countrymen, he immediately retorted:

"Mr. Avery Johnson! Please don't forget it, Li Feng can cut 60 points, 70 or even 80 points at any time if you want to, if you don't make special preparations for Li Feng. I'm afraid you're going to lose on the pitch! ”

Media reporters ridiculed themselves. Avery Johnson glanced at the Chinese, and he did not go forward, but stood in the same place and said.

"I'm sorry, but the current Pelicans' scoring champion seems to be Arenas, not Li Feng! Li Feng can't do it now, and even if he has the form, don't forget about it, he's just a player. My Nets are a whole, a whole whole. No matter how strong he is, he alone can't beat one of my groups. So in my opinion, Li Feng is insignificant at all. Not enough to get me to devote more attention. ”

"I've watched Li Feng's game a little bit recently! Although he looks good, he is not stable, and such a player can't hurt my team at all! I can guarantee that he will never get a high score on us. I have confidence in my team that we came to New Orleans to compete, not to accompany some Chinese. ”

"Therefore, Li Feng asked us to defend specifically, which is not enough."

Avery Johnson is done. Just keep going.

At this time, the domestic reporter who was the first to ask a question just now had a red face, obviously angry.

Avery Johnson's remarks are nakedly saying that Li Feng has no pressure. We, the Nets, are one body. He can't beat us alone, I don't have to care about him at all! He's not good enough.

Avery Johnson's remarks not only made the domestic media very unhappy. Even the reporters in New Orleans are very unhappy! This Avery Johnson's mouth is really mean!

Put it this way. Didn't you say that Li Feng didn't know how to cooperate with the team, and at the same time said that the Pelicans couldn't do it at all!

Hearing Avery Johnson's remarks, local reporters in New Orleans immediately retorted:

"Mr. Avery Johnson. Don't you see the strength of the Pelicans, can you ignore the Pelicans' five All-Stars? ”

"Oh! I have a lot of respect, I have respect for any opponent. But All-Stars, our whole team is All-Stars, haha, the Pelicans' current tactics are actually problematic, Gilbert Arenas as the scoring champion, this is not normal at all, a player who is about to retire actually becomes the team's scoring champion, it's just a joke, is Jeff Van Gundy coached by a pistol? ”

Avery Johnson is a brilliant coach himself, so when he heard someone mention the Pelicans' record, he immediately pointed fingers at Van Gundy's coaching.

As soon as Avery Johnson got off the plane, he disdained Li Feng and pointed fingers at the Pelicans' coaching strategy.

The domestic media and the local media in New Orleans suddenly felt that Avery Johnson was simply hateful.

Avery Johnson said this, and walked away with a straight face.

The domestic and local media in New Orleans immediately wrote an article about this incident from various angles, and naturally, neither the media over there had anything good to say about Avery Johnson, and some media even scandalized Avery Johnson intentionally or unintentionally.

These articles filled the entire online media in less than an hour, and after seeing these news, domestic fans hated Avery Johnson to the core, this old man was so annoying to speak, so it was worthless to wipe out Li Feng's previous achievements.

Local fans in New Orleans are also quite upset when they read these articles, and you, the head coach of the Nets, are simply nosy to point fingers at us.

Van Gundy was also upset when he saw Avery Johnson's comments on the Pelicans, aren't you accusing me of not doing enough? is also the head coach, you are demolishing my stage.

Li Feng was not angry when he saw Avery Johnson's comments about him! Because he thinks what Avery Johnson said still has some truth.

The Pelicans are still running in the lineup now, it is indeed abnormal, Arenas has a lot of shots, but so what, Li Feng doesn't care how many times he counts, as long as the team can win, what if Arenas makes 1,000 shots.

Avery Johnson scolded people at the airport, and when he returned to the hotel, he saw these articles, and he was actually furious.

The reason why he is angry is that these reporters are reading between the lines, intentionally or unintentionally, belittling and scandalizing themselves. Avery Johnson was also very angry, he scolded others, and others expressed faint dissatisfaction, which also made the old man extremely unhappy.

This can be seen from this. Avery Johnson's temper is tough, and how competitive this man is.

Avery Johnson was angry for a while, and immediately thought of it, wanting to silence those people, his team will win tomorrow, not only to win, but also to win beautifully, and they have nothing to say. It's better to slaughter them.

Thinking of this, Avery Johnson immediately jumped into the work and began working on the Pelicans' game footage. Study Li Feng's style of play.

Avery Johnson was angry, and so was Van Gundy, who was also desperately studying the Nets at home.

The next day, both teams did some tactical training in the training hall, and then the game finally started on the seventh day of the evening.

Li Feng came to the New Orleans Arena from home, and as soon as he came to the court, the media immediately surrounded Li Feng.

As one of the protagonists of this turmoil, reporters will not give up on Li Feng. So as soon as Li Feng appeared, he immediately stretched out the microphone in front of Li Feng:

"Li Feng. What do you think of Avery Johnson's remarks yesterday. ”

"When the game is lost, don't say that someone pointed a pistol at him and lost."

Li Feng shot back strongly, he knew that Avery Johnson had some truth, but he still couldn't bear it. When I met a reporter interview, he immediately said so.

As soon as the reporters heard Li Feng say this, they were immediately happy. Li Feng's temper they understand, since he said so today, there must be a dragon fight on the court.

Powerful Nets. Li Feng, who fought to the death, and Pelican, who fought fiercely, made today's game difficult to be boring.

Li Feng gave an interview outside. I also walked into the locker room. Avery Johnson's remarks yesterday are now known to everyone, so the Pelicans' locker room is now full of hatred, and everyone is united to give the Nets a little bit of power.

In the locker room of the Nets, Avery Johnson was yelling at his disciples, demanding that the Nets must not relax lightly, never despise the opponent, and show real skills to let the Pelicans see.

Avery Johnson is encouraging his own players to slaughter the Pelicans!

Generally speaking, the head coach quarrels and then affects the players, and the players are not happy, but Avery Johnson's prestige in the Nets is relatively high, and now Avery Johnson is angry. The Nets and the others trembled involuntarily, so as soon as he roared, the Nets suddenly had murderous thoughts on the Pelicans.

One team wants to prove themselves, one team wants to slaughter the other, one player wants to find a way to fit the whole team.

So the game between the Pelicans and the Nets opened at the New Orleans Arena.

At the beginning of the game, the starting five of the two teams took to the court, and the Pelicans lineup remained unchanged point guard Derrick Rose, scoring guard Gilbert Arenas, small forward Li Feng, power forward Paul Millsap, and center Al Jefferson.

The starters on the Nets' side are point guard Deron Williams, scoring guard Paul Pierce, small forward Carmelo Anthony, power forward Kevin Garnett, and center Brook Lopez.

On one side are the stars of the year of playing, and on the other side are a bunch of old balls, these are the two sides that are about to fight today.

The Nets' lineup is not as strong as it appears on paper.

But if you think the Nets aren't a big deal, you're wrong.

Especially with Garnett this year, the Nets' strength has skyrocketed.

The Wolf King is indeed old, but he can still contribute a lot, and Garnett has almost all the offensive and defensive skills that a big man can have, as well as offensive and defensive awareness.

On the offensive side, the frame is broken, the basket is forced, the mid-range, the air cut, the basket is finished, Garnett is everything to pick up and put down.

Defensively, the team's co-defense, individual defense, and the will to space under the basket, Garnett is also first-class. He's not going to make a furious block like Howard, but he's going to block all the offenses he should be able to block solidly. Defensively, he's steady!

Plus, you haven't seen Garnett's pass on the top five even now! That doesn't mean Garnett's passing and playmaking aren't top-notch.

When he's on the pitch, you can see Garnett like a bird in a bird's nest, meticulously combing the team in order.

Garnett is not as good as Nowitzki in shooting, not as good as O'Neal in the basket, not as good as Duncan in zone defense, not as good as Webb in passing, and not as good as Ewing in rebounding.

Garnett is not the strongest in any single aspect, but it all comes together. The overall rating, Garnett, is the strongest.

This is where Garnett is strong, he can do all the things that a big man can do, and this person can be said to have no shortcomings at all except that his movements are not chic.

And the Nets in addition to Garnett, Deron and Anthony, Pierce, David Lee, Joe Johnson, and Kirilenko......

More critically. This is the Nets, they are strong in balance, strong in no obvious flaws, but the team's All-Star can perfectly execute the tactics of the little general. strong

Now this Nets team is a team born to win championships, with no shortcomings, no flaws, and can adapt to any style of fighting. And voila! How terrible.

There are no shortcomings in themselves, but they can use any team's shortcomings to defeat opponents, this is the way the Nets fight.

The lineups on both sides come out. Hubbie Brown and Antoine Walker, who commented on today's game, began to make a statement.

Originally, the old Hubi's partner was Jeff Van Gundy, and after coming out of the mountains this year, the dead fat man Walker found a job at ABC.

"The Pelicans are in trouble today! The Nets are a steady, fearsome team. And it was said that there were some arguments between the two sides before the game, and Avery Johnson I think he will definitely give his players a kill order. ”

Antoine Walker had a stir with Avery Johnson the other day. Obviously, I also knew about it, so I talked about it from the beginning.

Hubbie Brown sat on the side at this time and said:

"The form that the Pelicans have to face today is indeed more severe. The Nets are a tough rival, and this kind of game doesn't matter if the two teams have argued before. It's going to be a tough situation on the pitch. ”

Hubie Brown is more pertinent, and the Nets are.

The two commentators chatted on the sidelines, with Garnett and Millsap standing together in the centre circle. Wait for the scrum.

Millsap is also in the middle and upper ranks, and his opponent Garnett, in his youth, was a monster, with superhuman bounces, extremely fast foot movements, strong strength, and a gentle touch.

But now these Garnetts are basically lost, because he is old, indeed old! There is no comparison with when I was younger.

So at the beginning of the game, Millsap actually took the lead in pointing the basketball to the Pelicans' side.

The Pelicans started the offense first, and the Pelicans opened the game with their usual skillful play, with Jefferson standing in the corner position and four players running back and forth around him as cross-screens.

This set of tactics is generally more effective.

But as soon as it came up today, the Nets kept a rotating defense, and the Pelicans were running lively, but the Nets slightly shifted the rotation of defense, and the Pelicans defended it tightly.

The Nets are not fierce defensively, and they don't see fireworks, but they gamble on every big opportunity for the Pelicans.

In the end, the Pelicans had no choice, and they were defending 24 seconds before Rose forced a three-point shot from outside the three-point line.

The result was quite bad, the basketball shot was very biased, and Lopez under the Nets basket easily got the rebound.

The Pelicans played the Nets as if they were going to die, but when they turned back, the Nets played the Pelicans with ease.

Delon controlled the ball, Garnett came up to cover the high post, and Delon burst into the Pelicans box and tore it laterally.

Turning around and passing, the basketball just reached Anthony, who had just come out of the back of Lopez's butt, and Anthony's receiver took the ball up and down, and a mid-range shot was accurate and clean, crisp and crisp to get two points.

In the current style of play of the Nets, Garnett has changed from an arrow figure to a running core, and he is no longer the first point to score by playing low post and facing the frame.

His main job became to respond, organize, and serve DeLong and Anthony.

The Nets scored cleanly, and Deron went over to high-five Anthony in celebration!

In fact, a few years ago, Anthony and Delon were sworn enemies.

Because at that time, Anthony was still playing for the Nuggets, and Delon was the Jazz, both in the Northwest Division, but in this way they are more familiar with each other, and now they are more tacit. (To be continued......)