Chapter 540: The battle doesn't stop
(Revised later)
Wade passed to James, giving him the opportunity. This time, James still relied on blocking and dismantling, and chose to rely on Kirilenko to take the ball to the left before Li Feng was trapped.
If Li Feng pursues the defense again, Bosh will be completely empty in the high post, and it is impossible for the Heat to empty Bosh like this, he brought it to the low post, stopped and stepped back to shoot a jumper, Kirilenko successfully interfered, and the ball was deflected.
The crowd was quiet, and James seemed to hear the sighs from the stands. He's got a bad hand, the Knicks are so tight defensively, and he's never felt so hard to score.
In the next game, the Knicks had a fixed offensive routine, Li Feng first asked for the ball on the bottom line, attracted the defense and passed, Livingston and Cousins played blocking and dismantling, forming a dislocation, and Li Feng ran out of the outside to seek blocking and dismantling, misplaced offense.
This set of tactics is not good for the Heat, because Li Feng's height advantage is too great, no matter how he defends, there will be misalignment, and the Heat must have a tall player to protect the inside, otherwise Monroe has a more obvious advantage in the low post.
Li Feng basically used one move to attack, and after blocking and dismantling, he stopped and jumped in one step, his first step was too fast, the shot point was very high, and he couldn't block it at all after being misplaced.
The Heat tried to use fouls to stop Li Feng from shooting, Wade and Mike Miller fouled twice, Li Feng went to the free throw line, and the free throw was also all hit.
The Knicks gradually opened the score, but James still had a hard time getting a shot, Wade also began to play iron, and the rebounds were again and again by Cousins. Towards the end of the third quarter, the Knicks made the last attack, Cousins received a pass from Li Feng and hit a three-point shot from the outside, widening the gap to 21 points.
The hearts of the Heat players are cold, this playoff preview battle, I am afraid that the fourth quarter will become garbage time.
Li Feng scored 19 points in a single quarter, shooting 6 of 11. 4-of-4 from the free-throw line. More fierce than the first quarter.
Li Feng has scored 38 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks. James shot 2 of 12 in the third quarter and was defended as a blacksmith, with only a tragic 6 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, which was completely marginalized.
Barkley Positive Color:
"Li Feng deserves to win three MVPs last year. He can limit superstars such as James, Kobe, and Anthony single-handedly, but no one can prevent him one-on-one. After this game, it should be clear who is the number one man in the league. ”
James really couldn't prevent it, and Li Feng relied on the cover belt to jump in one step. No matter how fast he is, he can't keep up.
This game was a painful torture for James, and no matter what, he was trampled to death by Li Feng. After getting off the court, Li Feng and his teammates high-fived and celebrated one by one, leading so much, the game has been won, the Knicks have never been reversed when they are in a big lead, they can defend it.
Li Feng's number one fan, Dorel. Wright said excitedly: "Ye, you have already scored 38 points, add more energy." Break the finals scoring record! We'll all pass you the ball. ”
Tyberdu rolled his eyes at him and said, "How can you pass the ball to him if you don't play?" Just sit down and watch the game from the sidelines. ”
The Heat did have problems defensively today, and they realized the disadvantage of not having a tall player. Although Haslem is an inside line, he can't stop Li Feng's jump shot when he is blocking and dismantling, and the Knicks only need to use the blocking and dismantling to let Li Feng avoid Bosh and James to ensure that the shot will not be blocked. How to prevent Li Feng from pulling out the jump shot is a problem that the Heat needs to focus on.
The fourth quarter began.
The Heat still have Haslem on the inside, and Bosh, James, Mike Miller, and Wade on the outside.
The Knicks sent Cousins, Monroe, Li Feng, J.R. Smith, and Derrick Rose. Rose is here, and the Knicks have one more offensive point on the outside, and Tyberdu arranges for him to help Li Feng with a pick-and-roll offense.
Heat Wade and Mike Miller resisted the heavy responsibility of offense, Kirilenko, the pressure on the outside of the Heat suddenly decreased a lot, and Mike Miller could easily receive the ball.
In the opening game, Wade hit two mid-range shots in a row, but the Knicks' offense was also stronger, Kirilenko and Cousins blocked and dismantled with average power, and the Heat had decided not to change the defense after the block, so that Mike Miller could chase down Kirilenko, but as soon as Smith came on the court, he couldn't change the defense, and Smith's pull-up jump shot was very accurate.
Haslem didn't follow up after the pick-and-roll, and Smith hit a jumper right away.
Changing defenses, Li Feng began to run out of the outside to catch the ball and jump shots, and after Cousins blocked and dismantled, Li Feng always faced one of Mike Miller and Wade, which was a fatal dislocation for the Heat.
The difference between the two sides has always remained around 20 points, and the score has risen alternately, and as the minutes and seconds passed, the Heat players who were eager to chase the score at home became more and more impatient, and James made two more passing errors.
Spoelstra arranged for Bosh, Mike Miller, and Wade to block and attack, and James acted as a point guard at the top of the arc, running and waiting for opportunities to shoot.
Under the strict defense of the Knicks, the Heat gave up James's offensive point, and James did not grab the shot and accepted his fate.
It wasn't until halfway through the fourth quarter that James got his chance to cut inside and draw a foul on Monroe, making both free throws and scoring six points.
Monroe was substituted for four fouls and was replaced by Ibaka.
Even if Monroe is down, the inside line is still maintained by the Knicks, Ibaka's relatively single style of play can complement Cousins, and controlling the rebounding ball can dominate the game, the weaknesses of the Heat's interior line are undoubtedly exposed in this playoff preview, and Li Feng, Ibaka, Monroe, and Rose can all attack in the low post, and the Heat's low-post offense is less pitiful, almost all rely on breakthroughs and jump shots, if you feel good and play like this, you may be able to win, today the Knicks have strengthened their defense on the outside line, and they have not used compression defense, and the Heat will not work, Bosh is known as a giant, and he has no advantage in the low post singles Monroe and Ibaka, and James rarely goes to the low post.
At 3 minutes and 19 seconds, James relied on Bosh's cover to hold the ball and break through to the inside, passed Monroe, scored with one hand, and let out a sigh.
The 32 defense's protection of the interior became weaker, and James finally dunked, but only scored 8 points.
In order to defend Li Feng's jump shot, the Heat also switched to 32 defense, and Bosh and James limited him together, so that there was a lack of protection in the low post.
Li Feng was strictly defended in the fourth quarter, and he did not attack strongly, but instead passed the ball.
He drew the ball into the low post on the perimeter, with Monroe and Cousins both attacking in the low post.
Whether Monroe beats Haslem or Cousins beats Wade, there is a clear height advantage. It's also hard for the Heat to defend against.
Li Feng provided assists on several occasions. The data is already close to a triple-double. Many hot team fans in the stands left the stadium early in frustration, bought high tickets to watch the last home game, who would like to watch the fiasco? The others stopped cheering for the home team, and the stadium became a little deserted.
Two minutes after the last 2 minutes. The Heat were still trailing by 22 points, with no hope of chasing points, and gave up the game early.
The Knicks also replaced the main players with Diop, Belinelli and others. When Li Feng went off the field. The Heat fans applauded him and slapped the Heat in the face, and his performance in this game conquered the visiting fans. Kenny. Smith said:
"The Knicks found a way to deal with the Heat, and the Heat's interior line was dominated by the Knicks' tall lineup! If other teams can't cause problems for the Knicks in the playoffs, the Knicks' title defense is almost a foregone conclusion. ”
Barkley laughed:
"I also continue to be bullish on the Knicks next season, the Bulls Howard and the honest Iguodala have conflicts, and the Heat are weak on the inside, unless the Nets have chemistry, but the Knicks are still the strongest."
Smith sighed:
"If the Knicks try their best to pursue Iguodala and Howard and Paul. You can't get two or three people at the same time, but one of them is easy. But Howard isn't a good baby right now, it's not as good as Cousins Monroe, it's a good idea for Paul and Rose to play double guard, and small forward Andre Iguodala is better than Kirilyenko."
Buckley Road:
"This is pure Kenny's fantasy, and Sir Charles knows that it is impossible."
The bench players played the last two minutes as the Knicks beat their arch-rival Heat 123-104.
The Knicks scored double-doubles for all five players, except for Li Feng, Cousins scored 19 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists; Kirilenko 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists; Monroe had 13 points and nine rebounds, and Rose had 26 points.
On the Heat side, Mike Miller scored 13 points, Wade had 31 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, the Heat had a team-high 14 points and 8 rebounds, and Haslem had 16 points and 9 rebounds.
When the playoffs are coming, the Knicks' complete victory over the Heat is tantamount to adding an insurance to the Knicks' title defense.
The Heat knelt down, and immediately after, the Knicks were on the road again, challenging the Dallas Mavericks, who were no longer a strong team.
The Mavericks sent a lineup of center Brandon Haywood, power forward Dirk Nowitzki, small forward Sean Marion, scoring guard Vince Carter, and point guard Jason remember. There are few changes to the Knicks' lineup: center DeMarcus Cousins, power forward Greg Monroe, small forward Li Feng, scoring guard James Harden, and point guard Derrick Rose. When jumping the ball, Haywood actually jumped to win Cousins, and then Kidd made a quick sneak attack and scored directly. "This old fellow is really cunning."
Rose looked at him in surprise, and when he turned around, Rose hit back at Kidd, and smoothly dribbled the ball into the inside, Kidd followed very closely, but Rose stepped forward and shot back the pistol, and beautifully stuffed the ball into the hands of Li Feng, who had just run out of the empty position outside the three-point line. Li Feng holds the ball, jumps quickly, shoots the ball, and wins three points!
3:2, the opening two sides returned the salute.
The Mavericks' offense was more organized this time, Kidd handed the ball to Nowitzki, and Li Feng reached out from behind to break the ball.
Nowitzki slammed backwards, and Li Feng didn't move at all, but pushed his hips hard, almost knocking Nowitzki down and walking.
Knowing that the strong fight was not good, Nowitzki made a breakthrough feint, turned around and took two steps to turn around and jump shot, and the golden rooster independent posture appeared in the rivers and lakes again.
Li Feng had already taken precautions, he knew that Nowitzki's shot was very arcing, and when he saw him retreating, he immediately followed and jumped high.
Nuo Tianwang shot the ball, and immediately encountered Li Feng's sniping, the big slap mercilessly touched the ball, and before it rose to the highest peak, it was forced down!
As another living fossil after the Mavericks' Kidd, Sean Marion is now immortal, Li Feng blocked Nowitzki, and he immediately stuck Harden to grab the ball.
Sean Marion's speed, angle, and explosiveness are the most suitable people to grab the ball, but unfortunately Harden is facing an explosion today.
There are too many players in the Knicks to play, and Rose has always been very low-key, but recently Rose has risen up, and with the threat of Kirilenko, Smith and others, he has become the most unsafe of the starters.
The ball flies down. Harden howled. Run fast and jump up in two steps. Directly threw the ball in his arms, like a goalkeeper on a football field.
Sean Marion was startled by Harden's howl, and the look of horror on his dark old face was that the kid was hit by a truck? Why is it so poignant? "James. You're so playful, amazing, I thought you were LeBron! ”
Rose exclaimed as he went up to answer it.
Harden got up and scolded:
"Don't beat around the bush and call me an orangutan?" Harden was caught on a breakaway. The ball was given to Cousins in the high post, and Cousins threw it to Li Feng, who received the ball in his lower abdomen and jumped sideways to the hoop.
The right hand grabs the ball and extends it all the way to the top of his head, and with a flick of his wrist, he presses Nowitzki's small hook to score two points.
"It's that easy to score!"
Li Feng smirked at Sean Marion and Nowitzki, who were about to trap him.
Nowitzki smiled elegantly, served to Kidd, and then advanced to the frontcourt, and the high post was to the ball Li Feng to defend.
Sean Marion sprinted up from the bottom corner and Nowitzki split the ball. Li Feng hurriedly made up for the defense.
Sean Marion faced Li Feng's defense and passed the ball back, and Nowitzki and Harden switched defenses.
This time. Nowitzki was not polite, and simply jumped back slightly, ignoring Harden's interference, and steadily sent the ball into the hoop.
After the chaos of the opening period, the Mavericks began to organize their defense.
However, Li Feng asked for the ball in the low post, and Haywood roared up and asked Nowitzki to defend Cousins, this roar was more like he gave himself courage, since the start of the game, no one has been able to defend Li Feng.
At this time, Haywood misplaced to defend Li Feng, Nowitzki defended Cousins, and Monroe became Marion's defense.
Li Feng pretended to attack himself and distributed the ball to Monroe. Monroe jumped in front of Marion, but unfortunately the basketball didn't go in, Carter showed a handful, he grabbed the rebound, got the ball and swung his shoulders irregularly, the basketball bounced on the floor and his hands like an elf, Harden unconsciously took half a step forward, wanting to better see the direction of the basketball.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Carter quickly moved half a step to the right with a forward change of body, took the fastest step with his left foot, followed the footsteps with his body, put away the ball and rushed into the three-second zone and successfully jumped.
Heywood tried his best to jam Li Feng and prevent him from blocking, and in his opinion, as long as he held Li Feng, his teammate's ball would be nine out of ten.
Carter thought the same thing, but just as he was about to make a move, a large hand came out from behind, slammed it on the ball, and slammed it down from the air.
Carter, the former flyer, discovered that it was Harden who blocked the hat. Rose wanted to get the ball and quickly counterattacked, and Kidd and Sean Marion rushed down the front court in two ways, moving their feet in the three-second zone to judge Rose's layup route.
Harden ran forward as hard as he could after the block landed, and Rose rushed to the basket without a head and plunged headlong into Kidd's arms.
Kidd hurriedly prepared to fall, and no need to ask, the offensive foul didn't have to run.
Rose collected the ball and flicked it into the air behind him before colliding with Kidd. A black figure rose into the air like a demon god, and when he received the ball, he seemed to have got a giant axe that unfolded the heavens and the earth, and smashed it with a roar.
"Bang!"
A loud bang was heard around the court through the megaphone behind the rebound, and Harden's muscular body hung on the hoop, and the basketball sliced through the net and fell to the ground.
Li Feng gave a thumbs up to the two and shouted:
"Well done, LeBron's brother, just defend like this, attack like this, push it fucking fast!"
Harden didn't care about Li Feng's ridicule, and after dunking, he bent his arm excitedly to show his muscles, and Rose slapped him and said:
"Don't be cool."
Kidd swooped to the front court with the ball, waved his hand and threw it at the hoop.
Heywood's center of gravity was short, and he wanted to do an aerial relay.
Also because Marion and Heywood blocked and dismantled Li Feng, who was dislocated and defended, had no time to destroy the ball, and he was in a hurry, and suddenly stuck Heywood, who was like being dragged by a dinosaur, and immediately turned into a floor stream, jumped a little and didn't jump high, didn't even catch a ball hair, and watched the air relay turn into an air mistake, and the ball fell into Li Feng's arms.
Li Feng dribbled the ball himself across half court and then winked at Harden.
The latter immediately made a gesture to pick him up, Li Feng picked up speed, attracting the bag of Fenli and Carter, Harden was empty, and Li Feng quickly transferred the ball to his hand.
Harden has been roaring in the small universe today, Li Feng's pass has become the lead to detonate it, Harden did not hesitate to get the ball, three points were pulled up and shot, the three-point ball spun and flew in the air and spun and fell into the hoop, and the Knicks added another three points.
Scoring consecutive points and sending wonderful performances in a row, Harden was excited, and his hand was also warm.
Carter couldn't find a break through in the face of his defence and could only pass the ball to Nowitzki.
Nowitzki was annoyed by Li Feng's iron-clad defense and passed the ball to Kidd to signal him to reorganize.
The ball flew out of Nowitzki's hand, Harden drilled out all of a sudden, stopped the ball in advance, Kidd watched his beloved basketball being snatched away by others, and when he reacted and was ready to chase, he had already run to the halfcourt with the ball.
Unguarded small windmill dunk, Harden confirmed that he can also participate in the dunk contest, this dunk is majestic and domineering, full of power, and leads the Knicks' morale to a new peak.
Carlisle had no choice but to call a timeout. Harden received a succession of praise from the Knicks, and Tyberdu patted him on the shoulder with encouragement and said:
"James, you're doing a good job." (To be continued.) )