Chapter 854 Veterans Don't Die, Veterans Live Forever
Brand was already quite angry, hearing this guy insulting himself behind his back, he immediately felt that he had to be looked at by them, Brand, who usually had a good temper, was now like a crater with sparks and smoke all over his body.
The Pelicans players counterattacked very quickly, and Caron Butler took the lead in throwing a mid-range shot, but Caron Butler's luck today was not very good, as soon as he shot out, the ball jumped very high, originally Ed Davis and Zach Randolph protected the position of the backcourt rebound very well, and did not give the Pelicans a gap at all, but today's Brand is really on the verge of madness, even in the back, he desperately jumped forward, and pointed the basketball out, and this time the Grizzlies took nine out of ten backcourt rebounds, and became mysterious.
Seeing that the basketball was about to fly out, and everyone was waiting for the Grizzlies to replay the ball, they saw that Henson, who was big but always inconspicuous in the crowd, suddenly looked like a brave diver.
The whole huge body suddenly pounced on the audience like a collapsed giant tower, and at this time, several spectators behind the Piston rebound didn't even have time to exclaim before the collapsed giant tower smashed towards themselves.
Henson desperately ran to the basketball, and with one hand behind the basketball, it went directly to the feet of Brand who was under the basket.
Henson was desperate at this time to save the ball, and after the ball was fished back, he received the ball in the hands of Brand under the basket, and this old guy is now desperate.
At a very small or even negative angle under the basket, Brand slammed his hands on the ground after receiving the ball, and slammed his butt violently, pushing Ed Davis behind him with a big step.
Ed Davis was immediately stunned by Brand's bravery, he had never seen Brand so brave in the past, in Ed Davis's impression, Brand was soft when he thought about it, and he had never seen Brand's arrogant side.
Brand unexpectedly knocked Ed Davis out of the way, but he himself stood underneath the rebound. It is still very difficult to get to the basket because there is no angle, and at this time Brand is also desperate.
Directly below the rebound, he jumped up hard, squeezed out a little space in the air with the strength of his waist, took the ball with both hands and wiped it on the rebound, the ball went in, Brand struggled to make a layup, and scored the ball, but he couldn't control his own body.
The body fell to the floor with a "bang" sideways, and after hitting the floor, Old Brand covered his waist and snorted several times before standing up. It can be seen that this fall is really not light.
"Oh, I've never seen such a bloody Brand in a few years, and today this kind of ball is simply exciting, and his attack is full of power from top to bottom."
Albert was also a little impressed by the Pelicans' frantic offense.
"The Pelicans' bench center save just now was also very brave, and if it wasn't for that kind of save, there would never be any offense from Brand."
Anderson added to Albert.
"It seems that these Pelicans bench players are death squads, and they have to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Grizzlies, and the danger of this hand-to-hand combat is that the real strength team may not win, and the most desperate team will bring strong psychological pressure to the other side."
Li Feng watched Brand attack so bravely. Hurriedly went over and pulled the old fellow up, and said:
"Old fellow, you can't believe your state today, your current appearance is even better than that half-orc of Farid."
Brand rubbed his waist and got up from the ground and said:
"yes, I can only be heroic once or twice. If I have a few more balls like this, I'm afraid my life will be gone. ”
Li Feng laughed, pulled Branda up, and then went over to high-five Henson:
"Nice big guy on dry land."
Henson just laughed twice. He didn't say anything, Henson wasn't the kind of person who was very willing to fully show his heart, so sometimes he was asked to express himself very passionately unrealistically.
The Pelicans desperately beat the Grizzlies to the ground running. But the Grizzlies didn't react much, the Grizzlies are a very strong team, but such a strong team is not without weaknesses, the weakness of this mechanical army is not in the tactics, but in the emotion, they are too mechanical, too calm, sometimes it makes people feel that they lack a little bit of passion in basketball, and a player should have all kinds of emotions.
As soon as Li Feng attacked James Johnson and was about to harass him, the fierce man evaded responsibility and threw the basketball to Prince, who is now the core of the Grizzlies playmaker, who dribbled and watched the court while leaning on Oladipo with his shoulder.
He hit the ground very steadily, and when he saw that the Grizzlies opened up a little space for himself, Prince changed his posture and dribbled to the Pelicans a little bit with his back.
When Prince pressed near the three-second zone, Randolph and Ed Davis, who were behind Prince, suddenly ran to a cross screen, and Ed Davis quickly ran to the free throw line, which was in front of Prince.
Prince waited here for a long time, waiting for this moment, and sent the basketball to Ed Davis's hands with one hand, near the free throw line is an area where Ed Davis is very accurate, Ed Davis just got the basketball, and he saw that Brand, who was desperately fierce just now, rushed to himself from behind Randolph's ass, and it seemed that he had the meaning of curing himself and dying quickly.
Ed Davis smiled bitterly, threw the basketball to Randolph who had just covered with himself, and went to the hands of Randolph in the low post on the left, Randolph took the basketball, and Henson, who was behind him, immediately resisted Randolph.
Randolph pushed back hard, and felt that Henson behind him was still very strong, so Randolph gave up the idea of force taking, and came to a beautiful technical flow, with the right foot of the front foot as the axis, and the left coach and the left body took the ball and probed back, Henson was immediately attracted by Randolph's action.
As soon as the center of gravity shifted to this side, Randolph immediately played a very beautiful turnaround and step-back shot, which disappeared from Henson's face and shot a low-post turnaround jumper in style.
This move was really chic, and Henson, who lost his defense, looked at Randolph with a straight look.
"Both of the Grizzlies' offense started from the inside, one was Ed Davis' offense. One is Randolph's offense, and both offenses were successful, and it is conceivable that the Grizzlies' tactical arrangement is to use their two advantages to bomb the Pelicans' interior in turn. ”
Albert guessed at this point.
"If I were Robert Pera, I wouldn't let go of this opportunity, the Pelicans have been their weakness on the inside for a while, and now my team happens to be strong in this area, so there's no reason not to take advantage of this opportunity."
Derek Anderson saw the gap between the two sides in terms of internal power.
The Grizzlies' double-interior rotation of low-post offense has already shown itself. After Li Feng took over the basketball from Brand's hands, he felt that he had not contained the Grizzlies' outside line at all just now, or that the Grizzlies' outside line rarely participated in the offense except for receiving, and at this time his defense had no chance to swing at all.
There is no chance to wave it on the defensive end, so he can only seek a breakthrough at the offensive end, thinking of this, Li Feng began to bully the fierce James Johnson with great fanfare, shook his butt, and hit James Johnson with his body step by step. How can a guy like James Johnson resist Li Feng's savage collision, and he won't be able to do it after a few clicks.
At this time, Li Feng himself had already killed near the Grizzlies' three-point line, but at this time, Li Feng still had to pay attention to others, and he was desperate to hit James Johnson. James Johnson is a fierce general, but he is definitely not the kind of player who can work hard for the team, seeing Li Feng hit himself like this, fortunately he gave up resistance and did not compete with Li Feng. Quickly retreat and let Li Feng crash in.
Li Feng felt that James Johnson had given up on himself at all, so he naturally compressed it to the Grizzlies' three-second zone in two honest and unceremonious steps, and Li Feng approached the Grizzlies' stronghold. The Grizzlies' two first-class power forwards on the inside line both focused their attention on Li Feng.
But at this time, Li Feng was not enough, and he had to pounce on the Grizzly Bear's basket when he dribbled, in this case, the Grizzlies' pair of inside lines could make Li Feng get his wish, naturally he couldn't, and the two of them came over together to prepare to pinch Li Feng.
Li Feng looked at the footsteps of Rashid and Ed Davis rushing up together, and subconsciously went to find Henson and Brand, Henson didn't see it, but he saw Brand in the cracks, the old boy, and he was very good at finding an opportunity to pull to the side of the bottom line that he was best at, and stood there ready to catch the ball?
Li Feng knocked hard at the feet of Ed Davis and Zach Randolph and passed the ball to Brand, who received the basketball and was about to make a happy mid-range shot, when Prince, who had always been the fastest defensive player in the Grizzlies, immediately rushed in front of him.
Brand could only quickly reverse the ball and stuff the ball into the hands of Oladipo behind Prince, Mike Miller in front of Oladipo was already in place, but Oladipo at this time didn't seem to see Mike Miller, and then rhythmically shot a three-point shot.
Mike Miller, who caught up, didn't even react, he watched the basketball fly over his head, and an arc soared directly into the Grizzlies' basket, and the Pelicans overtook by one point.
Millsap, who was already frustrated in the rest seat, suddenly jumped to his feet, his teammates did a fantastic job, they were simply amazing.
At this time, Millsap has also seen that his teammates are playing basketball with all their courage and body, they are really working hard, it is a little bit of the opportunity to fight, thinking of this, the frustrated Millsap felt hope again, those flames began to burn in his chest again, maybe his worries are still too early, he still has a lot to learn.
The Grizzlies will definitely be able to make the Pelicans lose their armor, and their own interior double-steam Pelicans will definitely be invincible.
When he came off the bench, Robert Pera was not like that at all? The Pelicans' bench not only was not crushed to death by their own army, but they also played vigorously, and slightly outperformed their own team in terms of momentum.
This result was completely unacceptable to Robert Pera, and according to his stubborn temper, Robert Pera began to loudly reprimand his players on the sideline.
Brand just hit an inside line, and then turned his head and came up with another assist, Ed Davis felt a little embarrassed on his face, he actually let an old guy's person stir up trouble in front of him, it was really a bit embarrassing.
Feeling embarrassed, Ed Davis walked towards the Pelicans' interior after halftime. Brand followed closely behind Ed Davis, and Ed Davis saw that the simple method could not be stuck in the position, and immediately very cunning horizontal position, and walked horizontally.
This time, Ed Davis finally stuck in the main position, Ed Davis just stuck in the main position, and he and Prince had a tacit understanding outside to stuff the ball in, and Ed Davis caught the basketball behind him, and paused first without rushing to attack.
The reason is very simple, the old Brand is pushing his thigh in the back again, and Ed Davis is definitely now soaring Brand to let his son, but he doesn't know that he actually caused Brand to start soaring. If he doesn't bully Brand, Brand, who has always been content with the status quo, has no reason to rush for no reason.
Ed Davis controlled the basketball, leaned back hard, and Brand behind him stuck hard on Ed Davis's body, like a bullshit plaster, or a conjoined brother to prevent a gap between the two people.
After Ed Davis was completely pinned by Brand, he also felt very uncomfortable, so he shook off Cobrand like a feint to prevent this guy from sticking to him like this.
Ed Davis' idea is good. After getting the ball, it shook quickly, and Ed Davis tried to shake off Brand, but Brand didn't think so, as soon as he saw Ed Davis's movements, he knew he was going to play tricks. It's like he's putting his head on Ed Davis' arm, so if you just move and I'm going to fall, you're fouling.
When Brand leaned his head against Ed Davis's arm, it was just as Ed Davis threw his arm back. At this moment, Ed Davis's elbow smashed firmly into Brand's eyebrow bone, and a "bang" was heard, and Brand fell to the ground on his back.
This is definitely not a deliberate offensive foul by Brand. But Brand was really hit by Ed Davis, and Ed Davis didn't expect this to end, looking back.
On weekdays, he was so soft that Bora attacked this time, he fell to the ground on his back, and there was blood around his eyebrow bones, and this time Ed Davis admired Brand a little from the bottom of his heart, this old guy is really desperate today.
The referee blew the whistle, and the offensive side committed an offensive foul, and at this time, Brand was like this, and he had to give an offensive foul to comfort him.
The Pelicans, their teammates, and the team doctor hurried to Brand Land, where Oladipo asked his old-timers with concern, "Old fellow, are you okay?" ”
Brand seemed to have been knocked out of his head, and when he heard his teammates calling him, the old guy laughed instead:
"It's okay, I'm feeling good now, really, better than hitting several mid-range shots, it's so fucking awesome!"
Oladipo, the little guy, was moved to cry at that time, Brand this guy was actually beaten out of his head for the sake of the team, and he was beaten to the ground and bled out, which is actually very good.
The team doctor saw that it was not good, so he hurriedly carried Brand away, and went to the sidelines for a brief examination, and saw that there was nothing wrong with him mentally, and there was a hole in his body, that is, on the side of his eyebrow bone, and there was really nothing wrong with him.
Just bandaged it briefly next to Brand's eyebrow bone, and put Brand back again, and after coming back, Brand had to fulfill the obligation of free throws, two free throws and one hit, probably because of the bandaging next to the eyebrow bone, so that Brand was a little out of order.
The Pelicans regained control of the ball, Li Feng saw that Brand was beaten like this by the other party, and his team should give the Grizzlies a little bit of power, so he doubled down on bullying James Johnson, James Johnson still really didn't compare this with Li Feng, and when he saw that Wang was in pain, he shrunk and played.
In this way, Li Feng turned around and passed James Johnson, and went straight to the grizzly paint area to kill him.
At this time, Robert Pera was very anxious outside the sideline, this James Johnson's defense against Li Feng was completely useless, and he couldn't stop this big man at all, so he could only watch him kill the team again and again.
Seeing that this guy came up again, this time Ed Davis and Rashid Randolph had a clear division of labor, Ed Davis stepped forward to block Li Feng, and Randolph followed behind and waited to block and influence Li Feng to shoot.
Li Feng seemed to be a senseless warrior, and rushed towards these two people, Ed Davis now felt that the creature clinging to his body was not a human at all, but a beast from Africa or a primeval forest, with a savage power that he could not resist at all.
Ed Davis and Randolph were both facing the surging Li Feng, but at the moment when Li Feng faced the basket with the most ferocious attack, he gently put the ball down again, and gently leaned forward with his right hand around Ed Davis and Randolph who jumped up.
The ball arrived behind Randolph, and Love moved forward, and after receiving the basketball, he cut forward and made a layup, and the ball hit.
After scoring this goal, the Pelicans led the Grizzlies by 4 points, which made Van Gundy feel very surprised, he didn't expect his bench to be so brave, and the Grizzlies' generals who forced them had no way at all.
The Pelicans' two interior lines desperately defended Ed Davis and Randolph, while Li Feng formed an absolute advantage over James Johnson, whether it was a breakthrough or a back-to-back single, it would kill the Grizzlies.
And Li Feng's killing is not simply a hard breakthrough, but he has a lot of changes after he reaches the danger zone of the grizzly bear, and he can show the weaknesses caused by himself within the grizzly bear, so as to strike.
So by the end of the third quarter, instead of falling behind, the Pelicans maintained a four-point lead.
This result was absolutely unexpected, and everyone expected that as soon as the whistle blew at the end of the third quarter, the Pelicans' main players came over one after another and enthusiastically embraced their benches.
Now they feel that these substitutes have saved themselves, helped them not to be overwhelmed by the firepower of the other side, and brought hope back to their side.
Van Gundy also hugged his substitutes one by one, and everyone sat around the rest seat, Van Gundy really moved the passion in his heart, shook his hand and said:
"I want to thank everyone in my heart for the contribution you have made to the team, without you we would have been a failure."
Li Feng also said at this time:
"I'm sure everyone has seen that our players are playing with their bodies and lives and blood, and this kind of bloodiness allows us to maintain our current slight advantage, and I, as the captain of the team, was still full of frustration and disappointment in my heart a few minutes ago, without the slightest fighting spirit and determination to fight to the death, this is simply a shame, fortunately I still have such teammates, and now we still have a chance, and a chance to move to a mountain that oppresses our hearts, and that huge stone has oppressed us long enough."
"In the next ten minutes, no matter what, I will not retreat, no matter what, I will not tremble the slightest bit of frustration, to win only with indomitable courage and the will to fight without turning back, I vow here that I will not retreat in the upcoming competition."
Li Feng said as he stretched out a hand and placed it in the center of everyone.
"Never back down."
Ross also put his hand on the back of Li Feng's hand.
"Never retreat, never retreat."
With one oath after another, all the arms of the Pelicans were put together, and from now on, never retreating has been deeply imprinted in the hearts of every member of the Pelicans.
The whistle of the game was remembered again, and it also stirred the hearts of the warriors, and Li Feng's feelings at this time were also deeply infected by Brand and them, and he could even feel that his skin was burning, his blood was rushing, there was a kind of choking in his throat, and his mind was full of the excitement of forging ahead.
The Grizzlies' ball at the beginning, James Johnson dribbled very carefully, this game has made James Johnson clearly see the evil nature of Li Feng, this guy is simply a demon, an absolute outlier in the forward. (To be continued......)