Chapter 1134: Courage
At this time, the weakness of the Nets' defense was reflected, and Jack, who followed the baseline to the baseline, turned his head to save Al Jefferson, but no one rotated back to make up for the defense of Li Feng, who he missed.
The Nets now have defensive initiative, but the integrity is still not at all, and Al Jefferson passed the basketball to Li Feng from a long distance in the Nets' pinch crowd.
Li Feng can catch the ball directly in the middle distance, and it is still very sure to wipe the board at such a close distance, but Li Feng did not shoot the plate in the middle distance, but pounced on the basket in one step.
Plumlee, who was Li Feng's lucky star, hurriedly moved over to block Li Feng, but after Li Feng made physical contact with Plumlee, he suddenly changed hands in the air and sent the basketball to the basket with his left hand, and also won a foul.
At this point, Bill Wharton finally saw the doorway:
"Pelicans, and Li Feng took advantage of the Nets' current defense, attracting attention at one point, and then completing the offense at another point, although the Nets' defense is highly motivated, but they are not a defensive team, and they will suffer a big loss if they don't have perfect defense and supplementary defense."
Li Feng hit a free throw and scored a 21
Then the Nets quickly came back and hurried the time to attack, but at this time the whistle blew at the end of the third quarter, and the Pelicans still pulled away from the score, and the Pelicans' desire to end the battle in the last part of the third quarter was not achieved.
The Nets' desire to close the score during this period of time was also unfulfilled.
Both teams returned to their rest seats, both preparing for the final quarter, and the battle at the end of the third quarter was not clear, so it was necessary to complete the battle between the two sides in the final stage of the game, in the fourth quarter.
After Li Feng returned to the rest seat, Van Gundy immediately praised:
"Li Feng, good, the Nets' defense is not tight at all. We have enough power to crush them. ”
The Pelicans still have a dozen points ahead here, and the Nets have a big hole waiting for them, and the Nets have a much heavier task than the Pelicans in the fourth quarter, first they played on the road, and the New Orleans Center turned into the Devil's home court, and then they still trailed by a dozen points, and the clock only left the last quarter.
This is simply every condition is enough to kill the Nets, and after these players of the Nets returned to the bench, they all had sad faces and a face of class hatred. Things are really bad for the Nets right now.
Lopez couldn't see that the Pelicans were better than him on the court, but when he sat down and looked at it for a while, he showed the strength of the Pelicans, the Pelicans are the kind of team with strict tactical discipline and every tactical execution and run.
How to put it, it's that the Pelicans always play what they want to do, and it doesn't matter if they score in the end or not, but they can always achieve a momentum and goal that they want to achieve, which is difficult for the average team to do. Ordinary teams see that this doesn't work, and immediately change and become a different style of play, but the Pelicans are not like this. They are able to faithfully and completely carry out the intent of the tactic.
This is not only on offense, but also on defense, the Pelicans can do what they can do, so that the Pelicans can play more overall than the Nets, and they can exert their collective power more completely.
After seeing the pelican land terrible. Lopez asked Hollins very uncomfortably:
'Coach, what do we do now?'
As soon as Hollins looked up and saw Lopez's sad face, Hollins felt a pain in his heart. The main core players of their own country have asked themselves so, doesn't that mean that the team has lost confidence? So Hollins said to Lopez:
"Lopez, do you know what kind of team and players are the scariest place?"
Lopez couldn't guess what Hollins was doing with what he was talking to him about, so he shook his head quickly.
At this time, Hollins said to Lopez:
"The most terrible team and players are not the best team in sports, not the team with the most big names, not even the team that can faithfully complete the coach's tactics, a team that is the strongest, and never give up."
When Hollins said the words "never give up", Lopez was stunned, and then he knew that he was actually scared just now, he was actually afraid, and now is not the time to be afraid, and when Lopez said the words never give up, Lopez shivered all over his body, and then he was full of strength.
No matter when you never give up, even if you are at the home of the opponent's devil, even if you are more than a dozen points behind, as long as you still have the fighting spirit in your heart, you may complete a qiē.
Thinking of this, Lopez's eyes began to light up, and he said to Hollins:
"Let me play in the fourth quarter, please trust me."
Hollins didn't believe who else Lopez could trust, so he nodded at Lopez and said:
"We want to win, and for the sake of victory, Lopez asks for your patience."
Lopez knew that Hollins was reminding him not to foul, so he smiled and said:
"I'll make the most of my twelve minutes."
The Nets and Pelicans played to the most critical moment, and at this time they were all tense and couldn't let go, Bill Wharton said to Albert in the commentary seat:
"At the end of the game, no one can relax, and whoever relaxes a little bit may be defeated by them."
Hollins finished adjusting Lopez's mentality, and then his eyes looked to his side, only to see Joe Johnson's eyes looking at the scoreboard very firmly, while Anthony muttered something indignantly, and as for the Croatian, he was looking at the court as if he were dumbfounded.
But Hollins is not worried about the Croatian, that guy will always look at the court like this, the Nets are sharpening their knives here and Hoho is ready to make a final fight with the Pelicans, but the Pelicans are not idle.
Van Gundy also kept telling them in the ears of his teammates that now is the most critical moment in the finals, winning, holding on, it is 3-0, the Nets have a huge score advantage and psychological advantage, and if they lose, they will face countless possibilities, the Nets can't lose, and the Pelicans can definitely give the Nets the slightest chance.
The game restarted in the fourth quarter, and the players of both teams came back one by one. Bill Wharton immediately showed up that Hollins had sent Lopez in, and he shouted through the microphone:
"Hollins sent Lopez back as soon as he started and he can't wait, Lopez is one of the few players who can change the dynamics of both teams, and now Hollins desperately needs to turn the situation back."
Hollins let Lopez out so early, which was obviously a bit unexpected by Van Gundy, so Van Gundy's eyes rolled and suddenly yelled at Li Feng:
"Run, run, attack."
The opening game is the ball of the Nets, and the Nets are now equipped with a point guard Strik. Shooting guard Joe Johnson, small forward Anthony, power forward Bogdanovic, center Lopez.
The firepower of this lineup is quite strong, and the interior line also has guarantee and space, which is the most powerful lineup that the Nets can come up with.
The lineup on the Pelicans' side is point guard Corey, scoring guard Granger, small forward Li Feng, and power forward Kelly. Center Henson, the Pelicans' current lineup is obviously weaker than the Nets, but the Pelicans can still fight for a game or two, after all, there are still more than a dozen points in their hands.
The Nets are back here. There was no direct attack on Lopez's low post, but a complicated pass of the basketball on the outside, and the fairway was Anthony here, before he began to attack from the outside to the inside.
A team that plays from the outside in. It is necessary to have a dominant perimeter player, and Joe Johnson at this time controlled the ball from the baseline to the inside, compressing the Pelicans' defense into one piece at once.
That's when Joe Johnson threw himself into the Pelicans' interior. caused the Pelicans to tighten the defense, at this time he completed most of his mission, from the outside to the inside of the team, this breakthrough is to destroy the opponent's defense to cause misalignment, at this time a good guard standard is to be able to handle the basketball in his hand, give the ball to the best offensive point in the hand, a bad guard is not in place to pass the ball or play their own mess.
Joe Johnson is experienced, and after being caught in the pinch, he handed the basketball to his left hand, and then slammed the basketball to the ground, and the basketball flew out from behind Joe Johnson.
Granger didn't react at all when the ball went out, and when he went to look at the basketball court again, Lopez cut up behind and had caught the basketball, and saw Lopez getting the ball at this distance, one and a half steps away from the basket.
Granger didn't want to defend anymore, so let's run for his life at this time, Granger chose the right one, Lopez, who received the basketball, was like a giant beast that rushed to the sky, picked up his arm and flew to the basket.
At this point, it was too late for any defense, and Lopez smashed a heavy dunk into the Pelicans basket, but it was in the center of New Orleans at this time, so I'm sorry, even though Lopez dunked beautifully, the center of New Orleans still sent a dense boo to Lopez.
The center of New Orleans was booing Lopez, but Lopez didn't care about these things, he was very happy in his heart, and he would never give up, even if my team and I were defeated today, it would definitely not let our spirit and will break.
Lopez roared ferociously, unleashing the anger and longing in Da Luo's heart.
The Nets came up with a dunk, although it was just a ball, but it immediately made the Pelicans players and coaches feel that the Nets were starting to change.
The Nets are playing from the outside to the inside, and the Pelicans have no absolute inside line at this time, so Li Feng can only attack with himself as the pivot point, and the dribble looks at the almost crazy Jack outside the three-point line, this guy is really crazy to defend Li Feng today, and he even pulls and pulls to deal with Li Feng, so now Li Feng is not easy to provoke this guy.
Since it is played from the outside in, the Pelicans also have their own arrangement, Henson on the inside line came up to cover, and Kelly below pulled away to the left, and the whole inside line of the Nets was also pulled away, and then Li Feng used Henson's cover to rush up to the inside line of the Nets.
Li Feng's breakthrough came up, since the problem in the first section of the Nets was still there, Anthony and Joe Johnson, who assisted in the defense after Li Feng came over, attacked Li Feng, but Jack behind him seemed to have nothing to do and did not go to the rotation to help defend Li Feng, with such an opportunity, Li Feng hurriedly turned around and threw the basketball into Li Feng's hands.
Li Feng received the basketball, and Jack remembered to help defend Li Feng, but Li Feng's three points are notoriously domineering and unreasonable, don't say that you missed this person, even if you stand in front of him, he also dares to fire, just look at Li Feng's pounce on Jack, and fire unhurriedly.
"Huh!" A large three-pointer with a slightly higher arc made its way into the Nets' basket.
Now the Nets and Pelicans are really competitive, and that one refuses to let up in the slightest.
Anthony just saw Joe Johnson's breakthrough pass, he received the basketball and rushed towards the Pelicans' half, since this series of games, Li Feng's point was originally a strong defensive point, but he has never solved Anthony's offense, Anthony's speed and physical hardness, as if Li Feng is a dead spot.
Anthony relied on the hardness of his body and rushed past Li Feng's side, but at this time, Granger in the back immediately came up to help defense, the role of small forward is the most important point of defense in the team, up and down, left and right, Anthony pushed Granger and then accelerated, but Granger's footsteps were also very light, and he followed Anthony and did not let this guy succeed.
At this time, Li Feng, who lost Anthony, turned his head and went to help defend Joe Johnson, Granger stared at Anthony, and Kelly behind him assisted in the defense, this process was very fast.
The Pelicans got the defense in place, but at this point the Nets' strategy was also in full swing, Anthony was drawing defensive attention, and Lopez was somewhat liberated.
Anthony quickly said that the basketball was thrown to Lopez, who pulled it out, and Lopez got the basketball again.
At this time, Lopez stood a little below the high position, this distance is relatively far for Lopez, he has no effective offensive means, but it doesn't matter if there is no offensive means, Lopez needs a kind of courage more.
Lopez himself is also desperate, after catching the basketball, he broke through to the Pelicans' interior line, Lopez is famous for being big at the top and small at the bottom, and the strength of the lower limbs is not good, but at this time, the desperate Lopez is still unstoppable by Henson.
Seeing that Lopez invaded the basket, Henson simply repeated the old trick, slashing the beast tactic, and slapped Lopez's arm with a "snap", Lopez's arm was very painful, but he remembered Hollins' words and had to endure for victory.
Instead of being as excited as before, he walked to the free throw line and hit the free throw. (To be continued......)