The two teams, in the first game of the opening game, played their best, and when the third quarter ended, the Pelicans actually led the Spurs by five points at 75-70.

This result shocked fans who did not watch the first three quarters of the game.

The reorganized Pelicans forced the mature, gritty, and extraordinary ability of the Spurs into the final 12 minutes, which is a challenge to the dignity of the Spurs, but it is an honor for the reorganized Pelicans, and this experience will be packed in their psychology like a medal, making them full of confidence in the face of any opponent.

At this time, in the Pelicans' bench, there was such a feeling:

"None of us are afraid, our goal is the championship."

This hint changes the character of the defending champion team all the time.

And the Spurs encountered such a tough battle in the opening game, and it was also to let the strong team get back a little bit of the feeling of last season's galloping in advance.

At this time, in the bench of the Spurs, there was a breath that Lao Tzu is a legend, how could Lao Tzu lose to these little rabbit cubs.

A bunch of old men at the Spurs are ready to get into the state ahead of time, and once the Spurs are in the state, it will be terrifyingly stable.

At the beginning of the game, the opening was the Spurs' ball, and the Spurs played a low-post tactic for Duncan at the beginning of the game.

Every time Duncan encounters the Pelicans, it will be abnormal, as if the big aunt came, but this big aunt is a character like Larry Johnson, this time Duncan also played extremely fiercely with the ball, and the whole restored the true color of the stone Buddha, and hit Jefferson two or three steps strongly, and suddenly turned over and threw a master shot.

This time Henson was stuck behind him by Split, and he could only watch Duncan bully Jefferson.

The Spurs scored two points at the beginning of the final quarter with an extremely tough attitude, which also declared that the Spurs' toughness today had reached its peak at this time.

The Pelicans immediately responded with the ball at this time, and the Pelicans had a two-guard combination of Marshall and Turner in the backcourt, and Pierce on the small forward. The inside line is Jefferson and Henson.

During this period, Van Gundy sat Li Feng on the court for a while to prepare for the minutes of the game, but left Jefferson to lead the attack of the substitute lineup.

At this time, there are still so many players on the court, but at this time, it is extremely difficult to let such a few people play the Spurs.

The whole team seems to have no soul, and there is no way to take the Spurs' bench lineup, at this time the Spurs' bench lineup is point guard Mills, scoring guard Joseph, small forward Danny Green, big forward Duncan, and center Split.

The Spurs also used a lineup with the main team with substitutes. But at this time, the Pelicans are taking the Spurs' defense, and there is no way.

Marshall and Turner, two guards, both had empty ball skills, but they couldn't force a break through the Spurs' defense.

Henson also had no talent, but he had no means to play his talent, and in the end, the basketball could only fall into the hands of Jefferson, allowing Jefferson to single out Duncan.

Jefferson doesn't have to be bad at Duncan in terms of skill, but the gap in talent is too great, and skill is often less effective than talent in desperate moments.

So Jefferson couldn't shake Duncan left and right with the ball, and finally could only barely shoot with his right hook. As a result, he barely missed.

The Spurs immediately won the basketball and then safely entered the Pelicans' position.

The Spurs and these old guys are the better they play, the more patient they are, and they are not in a hurry when they get to the Pelicans' position. Take your time, move slowly, Duncan plays the role of the center, hanging and accompanying his teammates to move. In the end, it was finally the opportunity that was seized, Mills showed up in the open space, and Duncan's pass was on the spot. Mills hit a 2-pointer.

The Spurs scored four points in a row in the fourth quarter, and at this time the Pelicans had to score points, otherwise the score would be caught up.

So Van Gundy immediately laid out a three-point strategy on the sidelines and asked Pierce to shoot this three-pointer.

Van Gundy's three-point strategy was still successful, and when the Spurs didn't pay attention to Pierce, Pierce threw a three-pointer at the baseline, but Pierce's open three-point shot didn't score.

After the Pelicans got off Li Feng, they couldn't bear it, and the continuous offense was unfavorable, and at this time the Spurs seized the opportunity.

Danny Green came over and took advantage of Split's cover to throw a three-pointer at the three-point line, and with this three-point shot, the New Orleans arena cooled down at once.

Because the Spurs had chased 4 points in a row before, and now a three-pointer was thrown, and the Spurs actually overtook the score at the opening one and a half minutes of the fourth quarter.

The Spurs overtook the score at this time, and the fans at the New Orleans Arena suddenly felt a chill, a strong team is a strong team, and they can't relax for a moment, the Pelicans just took a nap here, and the Spurs chased the score back.

Van Gundy didn't want to lose at this time, the situation was very good before, and if he lost in the end, he would definitely be responsible, so when he saw that he was caught up, his first reaction was to make a substitution, and quickly replaced Li Feng and Pau Gasol, replaced Henson, and Corey also came on the field immediately.

Van Gundy made a big substitution and sent all the main players to the court, but the Spurs' approach was different from that of the Pelicans, even though they knew that it was a critical moment in front of them, they still replaced Ginobili first in an orderly manner.

Ginobili is now the least conspicuous in the GDP, Duncan is a pillar on the inside that determines the team's floor, and Leonard provides singles in key moments, as well as the usual scoring, which determines the team's ceiling.

Ginobili decided what the Spurs were, Ginobili's storage zài, for the Spurs to provide a set, anytime and anywhere half-court position tactics, Ginobili's storage zài allows the team to have the advantage of having space, Ginobili's storage zài, so that the opponent is in a state of anxiety at any time, and the opponent has to worry about being killed by this killer at any time.

Ginobili, as the third point of a team, helps the team to have a lot of offensive opportunities out of thin air with an offensive style that does not rely on the ball, which no one in the league can do.

So Ginobili is an additional plug-in for the Spurs, with this person, the team's half-court tactics will not be stagnant, and with this person, the team will always have space.

Ginobili has such a big role for the Spurs, Li Feng got on the court, immediately got the ball on the outside, and then called Pau Gasol El Jefferson to cover up.

Al Jefferson came up for cover, though done. But he didn't do it very solidly, and when he came up to block it, Al Jefferson himself cut out and went out of position.

In this way, Al Jefferson not only did not play the role of cover, but also brought the big man Split over.

When Li Feng saw this situation, he immediately secretly scolded Al Jefferson for being unrighteous, and when Li Feng was depressed, Pau Gasol came up and gave Li Feng a cover.

This time, Pau Gasol was not as irresponsible as Al Jefferson, and he helped Li Feng to put Joseph aside.

In this way, Li Feng was able to take the first step to the Spurs' basket. Li Feng came in again, and the Spurs hurriedly closed the door and beat the dog, but Li Feng repeated his old trick and turned around and sent the basketball to Pau Gasol's hands.

Pau Gasol took the ball without hesitation, got up and threw a long shot, and the long shot fell neatly into the Spurs' basket.

Pau Gasol scored two points as soon as he returned to the court.

This made Al Jefferson look at Li Feng with great resentment, and said in his heart, I will block you and you will not pass me on. Pau Gasol will pass the ball when he goes, but this kid doesn't want to think about it, with his quality of blocking, Li Feng can't dismantle the ball for him.

Li Feng is back. The Pelicans' offense really started to work, and Van Gundy put his heart in his stomach here.

Ginobili arrived at the Pelicans' half, and immediately used the no-ball running tactics to throw everyone away from the Pelicans, and then threw a three-pointer after receiving the ball.

"Huh."

Ginobili's three-pointer hit again. At this moment, the Pelicans were a little unable to hold it, because the Pelicans finally scored two points, but he came up and scored three points. This feeling is completely like a pelican being pressed and beaten by others.

Van Gundy walked anxiously around the sidelines, Liu Qiyu was also sweating for the team, and the Spurs took the opportunity to regain the situation.

Now it's up to Li Feng, and in the end, Van Gundy and Liu Qiyu both put their hopes on Li Feng.

The current Pelicans are indeed the only ones who have the experience and ability to play against the wind.

Li Feng also felt it at this time, the Spurs' outside projection was about to awaken, the three-point shot is very evil, generally not hitting is missing, once the shot is continuous, so at this time Li Feng hurriedly shouted:

"Pay attention to the defense of the Spurs' three-point shots, I'd rather put two points than three-pointers, withstand, withstand, we have opportunities, they are too old to have a body."

Li Feng came to his senses, and the other players of the Pelicans also cooperated with Li Feng and sent the basketball to Li Feng's hands.

Li Feng took the ball at 45 degrees on the right, and looked at Joseph on the opposite side face with a fierce face, Tony Ginobili was silent on his face, he was eating this mouthful, no matter who he was facing, he had to rush up against the knife mountain, in this mentality, Li Feng directly charged with all his strength, and then did not talk nonsense with Joseph directly on the left side and forcibly broke through one step and crashed up.

Joseph is among the NBA players, his defensive ability is good, and his physical ability is not said, but now he stepped up, and he actually passed Joseph's shoulder half of a time at once, and in the process of moving, Tony Ginobili's shoulder shook again, and he actually gave Tony Ginobili at once.

After Joseph, Duncan really followed up immediately, and he really carried it with Li Feng, just to fight with Li Feng.

Facing Duncan who rushed over, Li Feng didn't pass the ball anymore, came up and took the ball in front of Duncan a little, and then flew up directly, raised his hands in the air, attracting Duncan's big hand, and then Li Feng was about to change hands to make a layup.

But just when Li Feng changed hands, Duncan was very magical, the big hand swept back again, Duncan's arm was very long, and the person who was separated by Li Feng actually threatened the ball in Li Feng's hand, this guy's defensive ability is really perverted.

Li Feng was also in a hurry by Duncan, so he could only throw the ball to the rebound indiscriminately, but Li Feng threw the ball so indiscriminately, and the ball was not hit.

The rebound was picked up by Split, and this result suddenly made Duncan very excited, and roared at Li Feng:

"Boy, are you still young, learn a little?"

Li Feng didn't expect that he didn't pay attention to Duncan, and suddenly he was angry and fought back loudly:

"Next time I look good with you, don't be rampant."

Although Li Feng and Duncan are in different positions here, the two of them are really on the same page.

Duncan actually had to play his own singles in the Pelicans' half, and Pau Gasol's mind at this time was similar to Joseph's. The boss made trouble, but now he wants the younger brother to hold it up, just when Pau Gasol was psychologically wronged, and Duncan got the basketball and wanted to play strongly.

Li Feng rushed to Duncan's side like a whirlwind, and reached out to snatch the basketball in Duncan's hand.

Duncan usually passes the ball, but now he is also on fire, and he grabs the basketball with both hands without passing, trying to twist to complete the offense.

Li Feng's hands were also pressed on the basketball, and the two of them compared their strength at this time, depending on whose strength was greater.

In general, Duncan is a big man. The strength should be greater, but Li Feng's strength is not small, and he still presses it down, so that it is convenient to exert his flesh ability.

Duncan pulled up and didn't pull the ball up, but Li Feng pressed the ball down all of a sudden.

When the basketball landed, Li Feng had a low center of gravity, picked up the basketball all of a sudden, and was about to run fast when he turned around, but Duncan was unwilling to Li Feng snatched his ball like this. turned around and hugged Li Feng resolutely.

Li Feng was interfered with by Duncan just now, and now Li Feng snatched a ball from Duncan, and the two of them were even.

However, Popovich immediately changed as soon as he saw this scene, and he hurriedly replaced Duncan. Dio was replaced to hold the field, and then Leonard was also replaced.

Just now, Popovich used Duncan to resist the substitute lineup, in order to stabilize the team, but not to make Duncan and Li Feng die. And the Spurs are not the kind of team that is suitable for coming up with a player and the opponent, the Spurs play team basketball, once they fall into individual singles. They didn't have much of an advantage anymore and lost their rhythm, so Popovich saw that Duncan's head was a little hot, and quickly pulled him down to calm down.

Duncan went down, Li Feng looked at Duncan depressedly and regretfully in the back, in fact, Li Feng still likes to play with Duncan, this feeling has a taste, there is an opponent who is chasing after him so refreshed, Duncan went down, Li Feng is also a little reluctant here.

Duncan looked back at Li Feng's expression, although he was fighting with Li Feng on the court, but now it's quite enjoyable to think about, he now looks at Li Feng's expression, and immediately realizes that the two are actually the same kind of people, so although Duncan has a black face, he still has some sympathy for Li Feng.

When Li Feng was here to miss Duncan, Leonard came over and gave Corey the fatal blow.

Leonard played Cory with a double cover misposition, and in the face of unequal position defense, he also abandoned any tricks, and when he came up, he took a step directly sideways and shot directly from the middle distance.

Corey clinged to Leonard as close as he could, but when Leonard jumped, his hand rubbed against Leonard's arm, and that's it.

The referee blew the whistle, and Leonard leaned back to put the basketball into the Pelicans' basket.

Leonard singled out 2+1 with his individual ability and immediately scored 3 points for the Spurs.

In this way, the Spurs' lead expanded, and Li Feng was a little unwilling to be so lightly surpassed by the opponent, and when it came to the Pelicans' half, Li Feng asked Marshall for the ball.

Li Feng was also in a hurry to get the ball, and shot a three-point shot in front of Leonard, Leonard didn't come up desperately to defend, just covered Li Feng's eyes a little, but in the face of this kind of light defense, Li Feng actually didn't feel good, and the three-point shot smashed into the hoop at once, and then was rebounded by Split.

After Li Feng didn't shoot himself, he immediately regretted it, because his decision just now was too hasty.

Gambling on the feeling of three points, this is the simplest and rash means of attack, their own rash shot is a little too irresponsible, as the core boss of the team, did not let the team run first, but he shot three points, this is an opportunistic gambling means.

Just when Li Feng was depressed, the Spurs immediately seized the opportunity to push up, Leonard held the ball outside the three-point line to command the team, pressed the basketball into the restricted area first, and Split took the ball to resist, and then immediately passed it out.

Spurs played a small inside and outside combination, and Dior immediately took the ball near the baseline and shot from distance.

Dior has the ability to shoot from a distance, but it is not stable, and at this time Dior did not shoot the basketball.

But when the rebound fell, the Pelicans' two interior lines, Al Jefferson and Pau Gasol, made a mistake and the two did not close the door. The position was completely stuck, so Parker, who ran up from behind, actually came in through the gap and made up the basketball into the Pelicans' basket with a patch.

The Pelicans made such a detailed mistake and gave the Spurs two points for nothing, so that the Spurs suddenly led the Pelicans by 7 points.

This is not a small point difference, you must know that this is the last quarter, and they are still playing against the Spurs with strong defense.

So at this time, Van Gundy immediately called a timeout excitedly, and then called all the players over and said:

"We have to hold on, and everyone will make fewer mistakes. Jefferson, you replace Al Jefferson, and for the next period of time, we have to focus on the offense, and we have to improve on the offense, and it's better to get the rhythm back up. ”

Van Gundy called a timeout, but the tactics were not very detailed, and the details were not well arranged.

This made Li Feng realize that this is the difference between Van Gundy and the good coach he has worked with, Van Gundy just knows what to do at this time? But it can't be arranged. How can you get your team to achieve this kind of goal?

The Pelicans took advantage of the morale accumulated in front of them to return to the court, but they could not pull the score back in a short period of time.

Because they're not playing against a bad team with cats and dogs, but against a strong team, and you've given that team a chance. You still want to get the score back, it's hard, it's too hard.

The two teams were desperately defending in the final quarter. While racing against time to score, it is very difficult for both teams to score easily and easily, and they must cooperate effectively to score.

Under the home advantage. The Pelicans can score on both insides, and the speed of scoring is not slow, but at this critical moment, the Pelicans' young team is prone to mistakes, and at the last moment, there were two mistakes in a row, and there were two positions that were not stuck well, so that the Pelicans' achievements on the offensive end were turned into ashes.

When the game came to the final three minutes, the Pelicans and Spurs still had a six-point difference, and the Spurs led the Pelicans by six points at 89-83.

At this time, both teams began to be cautious, 6 points is not too much, but a lot less, Spurs have seen Li Feng reverse Dream Eight, so they are cautious and refuse to relax.

The Pelicans have finally fought until now, and they are also unwilling to give up, chasing behind the Spurs' ass little by little.

The two teams have played to this point, they have stripped off their arms and gone up to fight to the death, and the Spurs have fought to this point, and the Pelicans fans are generally satisfied, the Spurs are a strong team, needless to say that the combination of many years is tacit, and the Pelicans are just a new combination of teams.

Now the Pelicans have played the game like this, and what are they asking them to do, the days to come are still long, and there are so many kinds of players in order, except for this Spurs, which is the Pistons in previous years.

At this point, the Spurs came running, and Leonard immediately combined Ginobili's off-ball movement to help Parker open the space.

Parker's basketball IQ is much higher than Marshall's, and when he saw the gap, he drilled in, Leonard made a simple pass, and Parker came up and threw up to score two points.

The Pelicans have two points, and the Spurs also have two points, so don't want to catch up with the opponent when you beat the Pelicans like this, at this time, Li Feng yelled with experience on the side:

"Strengthen the defense, give me the defense to the death, and if you can't do it, you will foul."

Under Li Feng's reminder, the Pelicans' players recalled that although they defended more ruthlessly before, they still had a lot of fouls in the air, and it was also a good note to use fouls to hit the opponent's morale when they couldn't defend.

Time is decreasing little by little, but the Pelicans can't catch up with the opponent's score, and it is false for the Pelicans to say that they are not in a hurry at this time.

Marshall also passed the basketball to Li Feng after half time at this time, and Li Feng immediately took the ball away at this time and passed the basketball to the hands of Jefferson, who was in the high position.

When Jefferson got the ball, Li Feng quickly jumped from the middle to the Spurs' basket, and then stuck sideways to Duncan, who came to help the defense. (To be continued......)