Chapter 852: High IQ and High Confrontation
At the beginning of the two sides, Li Feng sat on the court and waited for the bench time to play, the opening was the Pelicans' ball possession, and Li Feng felt that the Grizzlies did not feel depressed after the second quarter in terms of momentum, but they were very calm, and it was not ordinary calm, it was surprisingly calm.
Seeing this situation, Li Feng instinctively felt bad, the teams with this kind of surprisingly calm are the kind of teams that can make people feel powerful and can't use it, Rose threw the ball to Millsap very casually, Millsap still received the ball at the waist in the three-second zone, and today this is almost his killing point.
As soon as the ball arrived here, Millsap was ready to start attacking, but as soon as Millsap's ball was raised, he saw Randolph sticking himself very hard, and saw his old-timers desperately sticking up, the corners of Millsap's mouth were crooked, he knew that the gap between himself and Old Randolph was there, so he took a step forward and jumped out vertically, Millsap originally planned to throw Randolph away in one step.
But Millsap jumped out of the way, and he immediately found that the Marc Gasol had been waiting for him behind Randolph, and after he jumped out, he had to face the defense of Marc Gasol when all the changes were old.
It turned out that the Grizzlies actually made a double defense against Millsap, at this time Millsap was completely incapable of making a forced offensive posture in the face of Gasol Jr., and Gasol Jr.'s suppression ability in the heyday of defensive ability was very strong, and Millsap had no change in front of Gasol Jr., and he couldn't force the offense to play.
The most correct way to play should be passing, but Millsap is playing too smoothly in front, this extreme good situation, so that he thinks he can do anything, even if he faces great difficulties, he can't stop him from scoring, even in this situation, Millsap still has to face Marc Gasol's head to force the score.
There is only a thin line between recklessness and arbitrariness and miracles. This makes people easily think that as long as they score, it is a good goal, but there is an invisible condition for creating a zào miracle, that is, it is a person who can create a zào miracle.
Millsap is a very good striker, but he is definitely not the kind of person who can create a miracle basketball, in the face of Marc Gasol's defense, the forced offense just made Marc Gasol a huge hot pot to cover, this time Millsap's high morale immediately turned into my disgraced remorse.
And that's not all, the most terrible thing is that the basketball fell into the hands of Billups, and the Grizzlies' counterattack suddenly surged at this moment, which was contrary to the previous slow Grizzly Bears' play.
The grizzly bear's speed accelerates abruptly, contrary to his usual slow style. This time, the pelicans are a little unable to adapt!
There was some distraction in the Pelicans when they desperately retreated, and Conley was the quintessential traditional point guard, slamming Rose all the way to the Pelicans' halfcourt.
At this time, Rose's usually chubby figure couldn't stop Conley's invasion under Conley's muscles, and the retreat that was hit couldn't be stopped at all.
But at this time, he didn't understand Conley's state of mind at all, Conley had now used all his energy, and now the Grizzlies had understood that this game was definitely different from ordinary games. At least for pelicans.
Toppling the Grizzlies is like stepping on a big enemy, some kind of milestone of resurrection.
Conley was running fast and suddenly came to a sharp stop.
Rose took a big step back by inertia, didn't keep up with Conley at all, and could only watch Conley stand a little outside the three-point line. Jumped up slightly.
Conley's shooting is not graceful, and his shooting percentage is not high, but when it comes to key moments in the game, no one can take the defender's shot lightly.
"Huh!"
Conley suddenly stopped shooting from the edge of the three-point line. According to various basketball theories, this kind of fast break has no response in front and no change in the back of the sudden three-point is unreasonable.
But often this unjustified blow is also the most violent. After Conley's three-point shot, the stadium palace finally cheered, and this is the atmosphere that the stadium should have.
In fact, since the beginning of the third quarter, there has been a faint undercurrent surging in the grizzly bear, but now the pelicans still do not show the mystery in it, as if the disease will only be noticed once it explodes.
The Pelicans kicked the ball from the baseline, and Rose wanted to dribble to the frontcourt as if it was the first half and then organize the offense, but as soon as he moved, it became clear that Conley's defensive pressure on himself was completely different, and he pressed himself to death.
Rose is a street ball ground with superb ball control skills, the more he is pressed by Kang's body, the more he desperately uses his ball control skills to protect the ball well, and when it comes to the Grizzlies' half, Rose also gets interested in dribbling all the way to the Grizzlies' free throw line, intending to use his ball control skills to squeeze the Grizzlies' defense.
But on the side of Rose's body, Conley suddenly stretched out his hand on the side of Rose, and snapped off Rose's Earth, and after Conley clicked on Rose's Earth, he pounced on it and copied the ball in his hand, and then turned around and killed the Pelicans Ground.
As soon as the ball came, Van Gundy didn't feel right! Shout loudly to his teammates:
"Quick! Defense, Hurry, Defense! ”
Van Gundy made a loud voice, and several players in the Pelicans were beaten into a fast break by the Grizzlies just now, and now they are also paying a little attention, so although Conley and the Grizzlies are fast on offense this time, they can only be played from fast attack to positional battle.
The Grizzlies were famously rigorous and reasonable in the half, running out of two baseline screens one after another, and Tony Allen was stuck in the waist position in the three-second zone on the left side, and Arenas behind him obviously lacked defensive experience, and the defense of Tony Allen was not stuck at all.
Conley is definitely not the kind of player with fancy passing ability, but the timing and technique of passing are first-class, Tony Allen is in the main position, and the tactics can be executed, and Tony Allen knocked it into Tony Allen's hands with a knock with his left hand.
Because Arenas' defense is not very good, this time Tony Allen has room to wield, Tony Allen dribbled backwards with the power of receiving the ball and took a step back, and Tony Allen's pace was not to squeeze Arenas but to retreat with his back to the back. This time, Arenas had no place to desperately try, and could only follow Tony Allen backwards.
This Tony Allen is not in a hurry, he dribbles backwards while taking small broken steps, walking slowly, Arenas just used his strength, Tony Allen took a big step back, this time it messed up Arenas's defensive rhythm, and then watched Tony Allen's very chic turn and retreat shot.
With an easy two-point shot on Tony Allen's head, the Grizzlies' chase was definitely not like a bombarded team that chased the score back with a few clicks, but slowly scored two points and two points. While oppressing you with defense, while eating you away with offense, it belongs to the method of killing people with a slow knife.
After the Grizzlies' two points hit, the audience at the scene and Van Gundy on the sidelines already felt it, and the Grizzlies began to fight back, and the Grizzlies' huge basketball machine began to counterattack.
The momentum on the court can be felt, the Grizzlies' counterattack unfolded in an invisible way in people's eyes, and Millsaple also felt the Grizzlies' counterattack. He even felt that this wave of Grizzly Bears' counterattack was more turbulent than before.
Millsapur gritted his teeth, and he was ready to use his strength to put the team on his body and let the team get through this difficulty, so he said to Rose while the ball was on the baseline:
"Give me the ball when you go over. I'll take care of them. ”
Although Rose was put on the spot by Conley just now, he still couldn't refuse when he saw Millsap, who was in good shape today, stretched out his hand to him, and nodded. Doubly careful dribbling towards the Grizzlies' halfcourt.
At this time, the fans in the stadium also felt as if it was a key moment in today's game, and as soon as the Pelicans fans got the ball, they began to boo, trying to put psychological pressure on the Pelicans players. The boos from the fans who came from the away stadium did put a lot of pressure on the Pelicans after the black pressure was up, but at this time Rose was extremely careful to let go and handed the ball to Millsapor at halftime.
Mill Saple received the ball at 45 degrees on the right side, and the other players of the Pelicans completely opened up the space for Mill Sapoor, and now the fate of the entire team seems to be handed over to Mill Sapoor, this feeling of carrying the team one by one is what all players are pursuing, but this is also a dangerous road, success can become a hero admired by thousands of people, once it loses in a key battle in a row, it will become a sinner in the eyes of fans, Mill Sapoor also knows this, When he held the basketball, his heart shook uncontrollably, and today it was all up to him.
It was the desire for glory, the instinctive thirst for victory, and Millsapur finally made a move, cutting in on the right side, and then pulling quickly laterally, swift and accurate and solid, and it looked like it didn't seem to be a basketball court move, but a dance with a strange charm.
As a defensive Randolph as Mill Sapoor's dance partner was very irresponsible to be completely thrown away and forgotten, today's Mill Sapur from the body to the will of the fighting spirit is incomparable to himself, turned around to shoot, Mill Sapoor easily shot the ball, but the boos on the court did not decrease a single point, even Zach Randolph, who did not defend Mill Sapoor, couldn't help but glance at the corner of his mouth.
Today, this little junior brother of mine has really used all his strength, but even so, can I make them succeed Lalandorf's beard twitched a little at the edge of his mouth.
Conley also saw Mill Saple's wonderful performance just now, and he was also a little shaken, he had completely felt that today's Mill Saple was completely perfect in body, will, and even technology, and today's game was destined to belong to Mill Saple, but does this mean that the Grizzlies are going to be a stepping stone for the Pelicans? Conley's answer was: never.
The Grizzlies ran a bit weirdly this time, not playing a lot of baseline cover and cover on both wings, but put Randolph in the high post for continuous cover, which was definitely a weird move.
The misalignment came in a split second, with Prince leading Millsapore back a step back, while Zach Randolph, who had done the cover, took a step back to the side and stepped out of the three-point line.
Flying a big kite is almost a no-no for some teams, but there are some talented people who are the team's main high gunners, and Millsapur and Randolph can be said to be the same division and very similar in technique. But if there's one essential difference between Randolph and Millsappur, it's talent.
As one of the most talented power forwards in the league, Randolph's talent is beyond the reach of many players, whether it is defensive or offensive, Randolph is not a player who relies entirely on his body, but this person is stunned to stop first-class offensive players, and has perfect firepower.
Millsapur saw Randolph take this step backwards, and he also realized what he was going to give birth to, and when he wanted to chase after him, he was blocked by Marc Gasol, who had been prepared.
I can only watch. Zach Randolph shot three points outside the three-point line, Randolph's shooting is still his unique straight arm method, but he can not be underestimated, the basketball is like a blade into the Pelicans' basket, smack, in the blink of an eye, Millsapole's face is a little pale.
These guys, I'm going to have to resist it.
After the start of the third quarter, the Grizzlies suddenly changed their previous twilight and began to attack and defend. Sure enough, the effect received gave people the feeling that they were already chasing the score a little bit.
Seeing Randolph put a cold arrow outside the three-point line, Millsapole began to really get a little irrational and his blood boiled, and he began to yell at Rose again. Let Rose pass the ball to himself again.
Today's Millsapore is indeed heroic, Rose has no doubt about him, dribbling to the Grizzlies' half and passing the ball to Millsapore again, Millsapore holds the ball from outside the 45-degree mid-range shooting zone and pushes inside.
Millsapole squeezed Zach Randolph backwards step by step. Zach Randolph is a clever game, and his game is more about talent and intelligence and experience.
So the landscape Millsappur is fierce, but Randolph is not suitable for you to fight hard. First of all, he pushed Mill Saple hard, and waited for Mill Sapur to force, Mill Saple is now red-eyed, irrational, irrational handling of the ball will be simple, simple will give others a chance.
When Millsapor was about to turn and attack, Zachrandolph seized the opportunity and stepped back to the side slightly, unloading Millsapole's desire to rely on his own shot.
Losing the expected support, Millsapur used all his strength as if he had punched him in the air, but instead he suffered an internal injury, and his shooting was uncomfortable all of a sudden, and his strength was too great, and he suddenly crossed the basket and shot a three.
As soon as Millsapur threw such a basket, he immediately felt his face burn, how could this be? Looking at Randolph's thief's smile again, recalling that Randolph had just used his own experience to make himself suffer, this Millsappur felt uncomfortable.
flew over the basket Earth, and was slapped by Mark Gasol in the back, although Al Jefferson is an All-Star like Mark Gasol at the center position, but the two are still not the same type of players, and the Pelicans have always actually suffered in this piece.
Marc Gasol rebounded in his arms, and then immediately passed the ball to Conley, and now the rhythm of the Grizzlies is obviously different from the first two quarters, the whole rhythm has been accelerated a lot, and Conley's dribbling is fast forward, driving the rhythm of both teams very fast.
At this time, Conley finally began to wave his key Mr. true colors and began to release, he held the ball and pushed forward quickly along the middle, at this time, although Rose was desperately defending, he couldn't withstand Conley, seeing that his teammates were a little unbearable, Li Feng could only come over to help and go to the middle to pinch Conley.
Conley doesn't care if it's two or three people, it's just to kill inward along the middle, it stands to reason that this kind of brute ball is definitely not Conley's style, in fact, it is true, once Conley attracts a double pinch, he tilts his body to find an angle in the middle, and quickly passes the basketball out of the middle.
Straight to the bottom corner of Prince, Prince received the ball outside the three-point line, originally shooting three-point shots is not what Prince is good at, Prince is good at mid-range shooting, but now in this position Prince also shot a three-pointer.
This project, which Prince was not very good at, showed Prince's divine accuracy today, and gave the Pelican this fatal blow with an arrow through the heart.
Because after Prince's three-point shot, the huge difference between the two teams at the beginning of 17 points suddenly shortened to single digits, and the Pelicans can be said to have little advantage at all.
Van Gundy also urgently called off the game, and now the game must be rearranged, and the Pelicans players who came back from the court had completely different faces from halftime, and now Millsapore was indignant, Rose was dejected by Conley's play, and Li Feng's face was gloomy.
Everyone returned to the bench Van Gundy's words:
"We underestimated our opponents, and it was a fatal mistake."
And in the commentary seat at the scene, Albert said:
"The Grizzlies' counterattack began, and I didn't expect the aging Grizzlies to fight back so quickly, and the firepower of the whole team was amazing."
Derrick Anderson also felt that the Grizzlies' counterattack just now was very exciting, in which Conley's quiet defense and needle threading were the essence of it, Anderson said:
"The Grizzlies fought back really well, and I think the best of them was Mike Conley."
'He's the kind of guy who can make a lot of great decisions without just a moment, and you can only see his great leadership when you're on the field, not the fancy passing moves you see in the footage of the game, and if I had to pick my team-mates, I'd definitely pick this guy.'
Derek Anderson said as he raised his left hand triumphantly.
On the other side, Van Gundy aimed at the Grizzlies' faster-paced play, set a plan for his players, asked his players to return to defense faster, and handed over the task of organization to Li Feng and Rose to share, although they were teammates, but Van Gundy's instructions still made Rose a little dissatisfied.
Rose felt that he used his ability to organize the game well and also had the ability to share more opportunities in the team, and the Pelicans developed a new strategy on their side, but as soon as the players on both sides came on the court, Van Gundy immediately realized that he was actually behind Robert Pera again, and on the Grizzlies side, Robert Pera also had a new arrangement.
Larry Brown actually sent a relatively small lineup, point guard Conley, scoring guard Prince, small forward Mike Miller, power forward Neuer, and center Mark Gasol.
A typical lineup with one big belt and four small basically has no concept of big forward, Li Feng glanced at the lineup sent by Robert Pera, and he first thought of the situation when he came on the bench.
At that time, the Grizzlies will have three very strong players in the bench lineup, Tony Allen, Zach Randolph, and Ed Davis, this time their own batch of bench players is also not good to play, these three people appear in the bench lineup, the Grizzlies will be more balanced, and they will not lose the balance between the main force and the bench.
After reappearing on the court, it was the Pelicans' possession, although Rose was a little reluctant in his heart, but after crossing the halfway line, he really passed the ball to Li Feng, and Li Feng organized to relieve pressure on himself, Li Feng and Prince did not suffer a loss against him, he did not have much pressure to organize, but he did not have Rose's skillful ball handling skills to press the Grizzlies' defense.
Can only be more conservative on the outside of the organization and passing, now this Pelicans is playing Millsapole this banner, the Pelicans' first offense on the court was also personally directed by Van Gundy, and in the half, the Pelicans used a series of pulls and covers, sending Millsapore to the low post on the right.
Now the Grizzlies are big and small, and only Makgasol is left at the top of the low post, and in terms of defense alone, the pressure that this Makgasol puts on Millsapole is completely much greater than that of Zachrandorf.
Van Gundy designed the attack for Randolph when he just designed, and now he has met Marc Gasol, and Millsapour's excellent explosive power for Randolph is not enough to say, under Marc Gasol's strong force, Millsapore can't squeeze it at all. (To be continued......)