Chapter 886: Iron Blood
Li Feng asked the referee repeatedly, but the referee didn't pay attention to Li Feng at all, he turned his head and left, Li Feng was a little depressed at this time, he rushed in so desperately, but he didn't do anything, it's really damned.
It seems that the Grizzlies' home court today is really very beneficial to the Grizzlies, although it seems that the Grizzlies have not taken any advantage, but Randolph has not had 2 fouls today, which is the biggest protection for the Grizzlies.
Li Feng didn't quite achieve his goal, but the Grizzlies came up in the third quarter and hit hard, covering in the high post.
Randolph was active in the high post, covering Prince and Conley in a row, giving two people a chance to cover the attack, and after Prince used Randolph's high cover, there was no chance at all.
On the contrary, it was Conley here, Tong Guò and Randolph's cover, took a big stride and rushed directly towards the Pelicans' interior line, Conley's breakthrough was not very fast, but his steps were very big, once the big stride took two steps, he drilled into the Pelicans' interior line, Henson went out to defend but fell into Conley's strategy, as soon as Henson came out to defend Conley, Prince threw the basketball directly and hung it directly into the hands of Randolph behind Henson.
What else could Randolph do when he received the basket under the basket, and turned around with a two-handed dunk that smashed into the Pelicans' basket.
Li Feng rolled his eyes at this time, now that things are good, they didn't create a kill for Randolph, they did kill themselves, and now things look a little troublesome.
Li Feng quickly ran towards the Grizzlies' half with the ball, but at this time the Grizzlies were a little used to the Pelicans' rhythm, Li Feng ran over and found that the Grizzlies' half was already well arranged, and it was difficult for him to rush to the top of the arc and rush inside.
He immediately made a gesture to Arenas, who understood Li Feng's thoughts, and he immediately ran quickly off the ball, ran half a lap along the Grizzlies' baseline, and ran out of Randolph with a cover near the bottom corner on the left.
What Li Feng needs is such an effect. Since the game can't start from the top of the arc, it is necessary to let the game start from the two bottom corners to hit the bottom line, Arenas ran out in half a circle, and Li Feng's basketball immediately passed to Arenas's hands.
Arenas suddenly became a great threat to the Grizzlies' basket, and the Grizzlies' defense immediately pounced on Arenas, who sent the basketball to Millsap, who was blocking Millsap with a ground-and-roll pass.
Millsap got the basketball and immediately slammed the Grizzlies' basket, which was immediate, but the pace was still a little slower than Henson's. Just a little bit.
Randolph turned his head and blocked in front of Millsap, if it was other interior players who were so blocked under the bottom corner basket, there must be no good way, but this person is Millsap, Millsap's passing talent in his mind, at this time played a vital role, he was in front of Randolph, he raised his hands high, but with both hands gently towards Randolph's back a drop ball.
Hanging the basketball into the hands of Arenas, who was running from the bottom corner. At this point, Arenas was once again the most dangerous player, and before Randolph could return to shoot, Arenas sent the basketball into the Grizzlies' basket with a small hook behind Randolph.
This offense of the Pelicans. From the basketball to Arenas, it became the offense of Millsap and Arenas, and the two passes of these two people to each other completely defended the Grizzlies in this area under the basket. All mobilized.
In the end, Arenas scored points with a light shot, and now the Grizzlies are playing faster and faster, but the Pelicans' offense is getting more and more refined today.
Hardaway on the commentary seat. looked at the court very seriously and said:
"Pelicans rookie Henson looks like an average interior blue-collar in Zach Randolph, but often when opponents despise him, he will make the opponent pay, such a defensive and responsive center makes the Pelicans more flexible offense."
"You're not trying to say that if Randolph had a pass like that, the Grizzlies would be completely different."
Bill Wharton looked at Hardaway with a grin.
"No, no, no, I don't think Randolph needs to pass the ball at all, he's better like that, he's just a battering ram, he's an indomitable general, that's the best result, the team's brain still lets others do it, a player has more options, he won't be so brave himself."
What Hardaway said still has some truth, the Grizzlies saw that the Pelicans played so delicately in the half, they immediately rushed towards the Pelicans' half, the Grizzlies' style of play is still relatively clear, they don't have so much action, and their tactics in the third quarter are high block and pick-and-roll.
So the Grizzlies ran up and played according to this, there was a Randolph in the high post, Prince, Tony Allen, and Conley could all rush up from the high position, and the last wave was Prince's breakaway, and this round was Tony Allen's turn.
Tony Allen took advantage of Randolph's breakthrough and rushed towards the Pelicans basket as quickly as a little mouse, and his shooting was really inaccurate in the early stage of Tony Allen, only the breakthrough was okay.
Tony Allen forced a breakthrough to hit the Grizzlies' interior defense, but the Pelicans' interior defense was not as easy to overcome as Tony Allen imagined.
Tony Allen was interfered with by Millsap's block when he came over, and the interior deterrence of defending James, Anthony and others Millsap was not enough, but it was more than enough to deal with Tony Allen.
Tony Allen's layup was lost at once, Tony Allen's basket was lost, and Millsap turned around and grabbed the rebound directly into his own hands.
Millsap, who got the basketball, turned his head, and in the hands of Li Feng, who was running in front, the backcourt rebound, this is a necessary thing to launch a quick attack, Li Feng dribbled directly towards the Grizzlies' basket.
At this time, the Grizzlies did not fully arrange the defense, Li Feng's rush out, the Grizzlies' defense was immediately a little scattered, and Li Feng suppressed Prince desperately towards the Grizzlies' basket to break through frantically.
Li Feng was desperately hitting the Grizzlies' basket, and in a hurry, Prince hurriedly came over and stretched out his hand to pull Li Feng's arm, he planned to use a foul to end Li Feng's offense, anyway, the game has only been fouled once so far.
Prince's arm suddenly pulled to Li Feng's arm, and Li Feng's balance was disrupted. Prince was also brought over by Li Feng at once, and Li Feng's body was completely distorted at this time, but at the last moment, he threw the basketball to the basket.
The basketball didn't hit, Li Feng got a chance to make a free throw, standing on the free throw line, Li Feng prepared very seriously, a free throw, Li Feng used a little more force and didn't hit.
This time, Li Feng was also a little hairy. The second shot was more attentive, no idea Oh the free throw is really weird, Li Feng went to the free throw with his heart, but the ball didn't hit, and jumped out all of a sudden.
The basketball jumped out, it was towards Li Feng, this ball was worthy of being thrown by Li Feng himself, and even the direction of the rebound was towards Li Feng himself, Li Feng rushed over. snatched the basketball into his own hands.
After Li Feng dropped to the rebounding ball, he was immediately surrounded by several players from the Grizzlies, and Li Feng, who was surrounded in the middle, couldn't attack by himself, so he could only quickly knock the basketball into the hands of Arenas outside.
After Arenas got the basketball. He needs to face the veteran Prince, Arenas played Prince with a very simple move, and all of Arenas' offensive moves were relatively simple.
Take two quick dribbles and take one step back towards the baseline. And then suddenly he raised his hand and it was a mid-range shot, and Arenas's mid-range shot was so accurate that he hit this mid-range shot.
Li Feng missed the free throw. But he grabbed the rebound in the front court, grabbed the rebound and gave his teammates a chance to attack.
The Pelicans scored two points, and in the dugout, Robert Pera was loudly urging his players to slow down the rhythm and then push towards the Pelicans' half, and the Pelicans and Grizzlies game has been chasing and chasing since the opening.
Both teams are desperately moving forward, because they both know that as long as they stop a little, they will be thrown away by their opponents, and both teams need to bite the opponent and move forward hard to ensure that they do not fall behind.
That's true for the Pelicans at the front, and the same is true for the Grizzlies at the back, and the two teams are in close competition with each other, and it's a long-term battle.
The Grizzlies possessed the ball, and the Grizzlies' tactics have always been very clear, this quarter the Grizzlies played a high-post block, and what they played was a high-position block, and Randolph was active in the high-post, constantly covering.
The Grizzlies' small man is like a stream of water, constantly rushing towards the Pelicans' interior line, and then running out, in the process, Tony Allen suddenly passes to Randolph in the high post, Randolph gets the basketball, and also wants to make a powerful cut.
But Randolph's cut was not successful at all, halfway through the breakthrough, his own basketball fell, Randolph made a mistake by himself, and this long-distance ball cut was still too difficult for him.
Randolph made a mistake, this is the Pelicans' best chance, as mentioned earlier, the Pelicans and the Grizzlies are like two people in a long-distance race, both of them are competing with each other, testing each other, at this time Randolph made a slight mistake, and gave the Pelicans a small chance.
The Pelicans' Rose picked up the basketball, and then immediately passed the ball to Li Feng, who was running fast in front, Li Feng took the basketball and ran towards the Grizzlies' halfcourt, but at this time the Grizzlies really had immunity to resist the fast break.
Li Feng broke through and had no chance at all, he turned around and passed the basketball to the hands of Arenas behind him, Arenas got the basketball in his hands, but in front of him was Prince, Arenas quickly transferred the basketball to the hands of Rose who followed behind.
Rose started his own bully game again at this time, but this time he didn't bully people with broken excuses, but instead used his own skills to bully people, facing Tony Allen, the guy half of the feint was useless, and when he received the basketball, he raised his hand to make a three-point shot.
The three-pointer flew right over Tony Allen's head and then easily into the Grizzlies' basket.
The Pelicans made another quick three-point shot after a fast break, and the Pelicans made one such goal in the first half, and now they are doing it again, but it is still very customary.
Van Gundy stood on the sideline, looking at Rose's table on the court, and now Van Gundy is more and more fond of Rose, if he is in any other team, even if he is injured a few more times, he will be the number one star. In the Pelicans, he can't even be counted as the second leader, and more importantly, when the team needs him, he seems to be alive again.
Bill Wharton was a little surprised and said:
"Rose reminded the Grizzlies that he was one of the top contenders for the regular season MVP two years ago."
"He's getting smarter and smarter."
Bill Wharton said loudly from the commentary seat.
The Grizzlies started their offense again, the Grizzlies played high blocking and pick-and-roll in the third quarter, but it seems that the outside line is still the core, but if you carefully analyze this team, you will find that the Grizzlies want to play high blocking and pick-and-roll, and the final goal is to let the Blue Fat occupy a position on the inside.
Now the Grizzlies are finally trying in this direction, and the blue fat man is not in the forced slot of the inside line. If you can't get stuck in the position, let the blue fat man move on the outside first, and then find the opportunity to get stuck at the moment when he cuts back.
This is what Robert Pera is going to do, the blue fat man finally found an opportunity after a series of high covers, and he suddenly got the main Millsap at the moment when he came back, and this position was also very good, and he saw that Randolphka was in charge of the position, and did not pass the basketball to Randolph. That's a damnation.
Prince, who was on the outside, quickly passed the basketball to Randolph's hands, and Randolph got the basketball, and immediately rushed to the back with a series of slammed Millsap, knocking Millsap back again and again. As he approached the basket, Randolph suddenly raised his hand, which was a small hook.
Randolph really felt good today, the small hook shot was hit, and after the goal, Randolph quickly ran towards his half, what he was afraid of was Li Feng's sneak attack on his half.
But this time, Li Feng really didn't have the heart to sneak attack the Grizzlies' half. At this time, the Grizzlies are obviously more fluid in the handling of offense, and the transfer of inside and outside is very ideal.
At this point, the Pelicans need to change something, and the Grizzlies are playing well. It was the biggest blow to the Pelicans, Li Feng got the basketball, quickly ran towards the other section of the court, and when he was close to the three-point line, Li Feng quickly passed the basketball to Arenas's hands, and then Li Feng ran towards the side of the baseline himself.
Li Feng ran towards the side of the baseline at this time, and at this time Li Feng planned to attack in a different way, since the Grizzlies have changed the way they attack, they should also make some changes.
Li Feng ran to the bottom line, and suddenly turned around and stuck Conley, who had been following him in today's game, after the card owner Conley, Li Feng turned around, faced Arenas, and received the basketball from Arenas.
After Li Feng received the pass, he immediately changed his posture from facing back to Prince, from his back to facing Conley's offense, facing Conley Li Feng moved his feet a little and put on a probing posture, and immediately shot a shot, a very beautiful action, crisp and neat, Conley just leaned out of front and did not effectively stop Li Feng's shooting at all.
However, Li Feng's shot has been sharply drilled through the Grizzly Bear's basket, and Li Feng has changed from a breakthrough player to a shooter, which is a very obvious change.
Sitting in the coach's box, Van Gundy glanced at his watch, now that the third quarter has passed a third quarter and is only 4 minutes, it is obviously a little late to put pressure on the Grizzlies' interior at this time, and now it depends on the reaction of his players on the court.
"Li Feng, he started shooting, and handed over possession, he started to score the main points, this is an important signal, the Pelicans are starting to shift strategically."
Bill Wharton sat there looking at the court, then looked at Li Feng who was running.
Bill Wharton's speculation was completely correct, and at this point in the game, Van Gundy's strategy of killing the interior had completely failed, and the Pelicans had not caused much damage to the Grizzlies' interior so far.
This is related to Li Feng, and it is also related to today's bad style of play, seeing that the sky is not good, it is really too delicate in terms of play, and if it is too delicate, it is not conducive to creating a strict collision.
The Grizzlies are starting to block and pick and roll in the high post again, and this is their strategy, either to unleash Randolph's ability to cover in the high post or to let Randolph get his own opportunities on the inside.
Randolph is now active, and he quickly cuts under the Pelicans' basket, and Randolph's active cut to the basket is a dangerous signal for the Pelicans.
Tony Allen quickly hoisted the basketball inside and passed it to Randolph's hands. Randolph grabbed the basketball, and in the Pelicans' three-second zone, he swung his elbow open and slammed it into the Pelicans' interior.
After the shackles of the entire first half, the blue fat man finally broke out at this time, the pelican put shackles on the blue fat man in the first half, and the shackles of the pelican in the second half were finally loosened by the blue fat man himself.
The shackles had been loosened, and the blue fat man began to come out of the cage, turning over the river and the sea on the pelican's inner line, and crashing into Millsap. He reached out for a high-toss layup, and Randolph was playing a little too excited.
The basketball was thrown out, it was a little small, put on the hoop, and then immediately fell down, at this time Mark Gasol under the Grizzlies basket quickly grabbed the rebound in the front court, grabbed the front court rebound, Mark Gasol passed the basketball to Prince on the outside.
Prince saw this as an opportunity to score points in the chaos, and picked up the basketball like a Pelican inside to rush inside. Prince saw that the Pelican's inner line was messed up, but he didn't see that there were countless reefs and whirlpools in the Pelican's inner line.
Prince flew in with a tense body, he was careful enough. The basketball came out of his hand, and he thought it was a clean shot, but he had just shot it.
found that Li Feng suddenly appeared on his weak side, and Li Feng flew up with a palm. flew the basketball fan out, Li Feng flew Prince's basketball, and then immediately turned his head and roared at Prince twice.
Li Feng is suing Sù Prince. Our inside line is not so easy to come in, Prince looked at Li Feng's roar, he suddenly thought of when he was young, at that time he also had superhuman talent, but unfortunately now everything is different.
He is already old, and the disease has tormented him into another person, but when he is tormented by the disease, the young people around him have all grown up.
Li Feng blocked the basketball, the Grizzlies reorganized the offense, and the Blue Fat Man caused another kill on the Pelicans' interior line, made a foul, and then the Blue Fat Man walked to the free throw line.
During this period of time, the blue fat man suddenly became active, constantly making goals and free throws on the Pelicans' interior line, constantly playing the main position, he single-handedly dominated the Pelicans' paint area, and in just 3 minutes, Millsap paid 2 fouls on Randolph, which is definitely an extremely dangerous signal.
Randolph caused huge problems on the Pelicans' interior, the Pelicans' interior began to become dangerous, and the team's score gap with the Grizzlies was gradually narrowing, which made Van Gundy vigilant, and Li Feng had no way to change the situation on the court.
Van Gundy had to call a timeout himself, and the Pelicans players were back on the bench.
Van Gundy took the tactical board and stood between his players:
"Now that blue fat guy is starting to come alive, it shows that our defensive intensity is decreasing, Millsap, if you feel tired, I'm going to replace Althornton right away, Althornton is definitely not tired enough to make it easy for Randolph to catch the basketball."
At this time, Millsap said in a muffled voice:
"I'm not going to let Randolph get the basketball, I'm not going to let him get the basketball."
Then Van Gundy immediately turned to Li Feng and said:
Li Feng: What do you say is the most striking feature of our pelicans? ”
Li Feng thought about it for a while, team? Discipline? No, these are not the last Li Feng tried to say:
"Iron Will."
Van Gundy nodded:
"Yes, our tradition is iron, our tradition is to play tough basketball, but today we looked good and played a lot of good goals, but that's not our style, we have only one iron will, which is tough."
"But we didn't play tough enough at all, I only have one request for everyone next, play like a Pelican, we are Pelicans, not Lakers, not Warriors, we are Pelicans." (To be continued......)