Harden took the ball and shook it in front of the three people, tearing it to the side, at this time Josh Smith took the opportunity to cut to the basket, Harden dropped the basketball and Josh Smith attacked the basket, which caused Kelly's foul. ≤ ≤ ≤ little ≤ said,

At this point, the Rockets played the team's basketball completely, and came up and caused the Pelicans to foul, and Josh Smith went to the free throw line and made both free throws.

The Rockets played team basketball in a row, but the Pelicans still didn't react, and Van Gundy didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Feng beating Nick Johnson twice.

When the Pelicans came over again, Van Gundy finally sensed that something was wrong, and the defense on the Rockets' side was obviously letting go of Li Feng.

Ariza interfered with Li Feng alone in front, and there was no response at all in the back, which should not be the defense that the Rockets should play. And then the other players who watched the Rockets all looked at their own people to death.

This time, Van Gundy understood that the rocket was going to release Li Feng, and the rocket was so bold that he dared to release Li Feng.

Van Gundy was also taken aback by his conclusion, but the current situation Rockets are indeed putting Li Feng to attack.

At this time, the focus of the game has reached Li Feng's body, if Li Feng can beat the rocket to death, the rocket's tactics will fail, but if Li Feng's offense is not strong, or the effect is average, it will not shake McHale's determination.

Li Feng came up with the ball at this time, and when he saw that his teammates were blocked, he could only attack by himself again with the ball.

He came up to resist Ariza and walked inside, under normal circumstances, other teams would be trapped, but today the Rockets just didn't wrap up, so Li Feng and Ariza fought to the death.

Although Ariza does not have the qualifications of a star, her physical condition is quite good, although she can't stop Li Feng, but it has also caused a lot of trouble to Li Feng, it depends on where Ariza keeps putting pressure on Li Feng. Harassment of Li Feng.

Li Feng desperately resisted Ariza here, turned around and scored two points with a jumper.

Li Feng scored two more points here, but it was not as easy as before, Li Feng beat Nick Johnson without any effort before, but now it took a lot of effort to play Ariza to score these two points.

Li Feng scored two points on his side, but the Rockets came over and quickly played a high-post block, Pliginho came over to make a quick stop jumper, and the rebound flew out and was actually grabbed by Morty Yunas under the basket, and Morty Yunas, who grabbed the rebound, calmly scored a layup.

than offensive capabilities on land. Henson still can't compare to Morty Yunas, he just flies higher than the opponent.

The Rockets relied on the team's continuous scoring, and the Pelicans came over and changed their tricks.

Li Feng blocked and dismantled with Kelly from a high position, this tactic was very successful before, and it was difficult to defend, but at this time, the Rocket's defense had a focus, that is, a single defense of Li Feng, so that Kelly still had no offensive opportunity to block and dismantle, and the offensive opportunity was still here with Li Feng. Li Feng took the opportunity to jump up and jump here.

As a result, this time Li Feng was unlucky and missed the jump shot.

Li Feng's side succeeded in attacking several times, and finally missed the attack again.

This time, Van Gundy was a little worried. He deeply understands that Li Feng is a convulsive player, and once one jumper misses, there will be several misses in the future.

And now is the most critical period, and Li Feng will be very dangerous if he misses the Pelicans.

Really. Once Li Feng missed the shot, the Rockets immediately came over and played an offensive and defensive combination, and Pliginho took the ball in the bottom corner and threw a three-pointer.

The tactics of the rocket are initially showing success to come. Just let Li Feng alone, no matter how strong Li Feng is, he is still a person. If he wants to do it alone every time he attacks, even Superman will be exhausted.

At this time, Li Feng naturally felt a little, and came over again to pass the basketball to Kelly, and Kelly took the ball here and forcibly hit Josh Smith once.

As a result, Josh Smith was also fast on his feet and defended well, and he missed the shot, and Kelly's side was still poor in singles ability and missed the shot.

The Pelicans' offense missed again, and that's when the Rockets came over and drew another foul on Knight.

All of a sudden, the pelicans were in a predicament. The Rockets are continuous, either attacking well or causing fouls.

The Pelicans, on the other hand, were getting more and more at a loss, and the two teams played for a while, and it was the second half of the second quarter.

The Rockets had already caught up with the score, and the two teams were tied at 53-53.

At this time, everyone could also see the rocket's action, that is, only Li Feng was released, and the rest of the people were desperately defending.

In this case, Li Feng felt a little bad in the second quarter, and the team was immediately in danger.

At this time, Li Feng also realized that his burden was heavy, and he actually took on the vast majority of the team's attacks.

This is definitely a heavy burden, in this case, Li Feng is desperate to score, constantly breaking through to the basket, just to create fouls, to pull the score.

Li Feng relied on constantly going to the free throw line, and at the end of the first half, he finally stabilized the score in front of him.

In this way, in the middle of the field, the two teams played 59-59, the score was high, but the game was not good.

On the Pelicans' side, Li Feng kept rushing in alone, and the Rockets were also playing tightly, and it was not yet time to finally close the net.

At halftime, the reporter interviewed Josh Smith, who was very active in the second quarter, Josh Smith usually doesn't score much, but today he unexpectedly scored 15 points, and 15 points in the half is a lot.

So the reporter came to interview him immediately, and Josh Smith was also very excited at this time.

Josh Smith is a player with this style and character, which is still very popular with Rockets fans, and he was interviewed on the sidelines, and the fans have been cheering.

The Pelicans took advantage in the first quarter of today's game, but the Rockets immediately tied the score in the second quarter.

At this time, the quartet was also excitedly commenting, of course, it must be Barkley and Kenny Smith who were excited.

At this point, Barkley said:

"The Pelicans' lineup is still too weak, and once Li Feng encounters a predicament, their scoring efficiency will drop immediately, and the lack of depth in the lineup is the Pelicans' biggest weakness."

Kenny Smith also said at this time:

"The Pelicans really lack offensive firepower, and they are too different from the Rockets in terms of true thickness and thickness."

Just as the two of them said so. Reggie Miller said unconvinced:

"Even if the Rockets have a thicker roster than the Pelicans, they don't see that they are ahead of a team and it is enough to have eight players to play."

Webb also said at this time:

"Li Feng didn't shoot well in the first half, and if there is a slight improvement, it will definitely not be like this."

The four of them didn't say a few words and quarreled together, and the domestic fans on the domestic side saw that the Pelicans were still leading in the first quarter, and now they were tied all of a sudden.

The Yu family said on the side:

"Director Zhang, in the second quarter, you see that the Pelicans' offense doesn't seem to be very good, except for Li Feng, almost no one else has any appearance."

When Director Zhang was asked by the Yu family, he immediately said:

"Of course it's not a table anymore, when you play other teams. It was Li Feng who opened the gap as a breakthrough, and then the other players of the Pelicans made a move. In this way, their efficiency is naturally high, but today the rocket let go of Li Feng and let Li Feng fight alone. If others don't have good opportunities, they naturally don't have good looks, and during this period of time, Li Feng's hand is average, and the team is slowly catching up. ”

However, although Li Feng felt average, he did not score less. Relying on free throws, Li Feng scored 23 points in the first half and 23 points in the first half, Li Feng's score was high enough. ”

"In this situation, the rest of the Pelicans need to work a little harder. Just a little bit is fine, because relying on Li Feng to play like this, both teams have reached a draw, and the Pelicans only need someone to stand up a little bit. That's where the Pelicans lead. ”

Director Zhang is looking forward to the performance of other Pelicans players, and Pelican fans are also looking forward to the team's play at this time, because now it is obvious that the Pelicans need to stand up alone except Li Feng.

At this time. Kelly is more suitable for playing support, Henson can only relay in the air, and Gasol can't play strongly, and at this moment, he can only count on Al Jefferson.

Al Jefferson usually has always been a little out of step with the team's rhythm, and there are many singles and the rhythm is a little slow, but at this time, when the team needs help, they still have to use Al Jefferson.

At this point in the locker room, Van Gundy focused his tactics on Aljefferson.

designed several sets of offensive plans for Al Jefferson in a row, and let Al Jefferson and Li Feng play more together.

The Pelicans are going to play the card of Al Jefferson at this time, but the Rockets are preparing to play the card of Harden.

Although Harden also frenzyed a few times in the half, he was always in a state of fighting, not at all.

But when it came time to decide the outcome in the second half, Harden, the killer, should come out and kill.

At halftime, the two teams returned to the court, and the opening game was the Pelicans' ball. At halftime, the Pelicans' offensive plan had already been set, so as soon as the second half began, the Pelicans came over and immediately played Al Jefferson.

Corey gave the basketball to Li Feng on the wing, and Li Feng gave the basketball to Al Jefferson at 45 degrees on the side.

Li Feng ran away from behind him and took the defender away, so that in a short period of time, Al Jefferson was completely one-on-one with Asik.

Al Jefferson said before the game that he was not inferior to anyone, and this is not nonsense, Al Jefferson really feels that he can compare to any number four, and all he is looking for now is timing and the support of his teammates.

Now that Van Gundy has put this big responsibility on his shoulders, he's still excited.

At this time, he came up with the ball, his footsteps were very solid, and he was very skillful in controlling the ball and pressing it inside, and at this time, Harden who was on the line came to harass, and he also paused flexibly, and did not let Harden harass successfully.

Just as Harden was retracting, Al Jefferson slammed down the middle, and when Asik's center of gravity shifted, he suddenly rolled over and threw the basketball into the Rockets' basket.

Al Jefferson came back from the opening and actually ate Asik, which surprised everyone.

McHale saw that he had lost the ball, he was first very dissatisfied, his idea was to block the Pelicans and others, let Li Feng play alone, and play Li Feng to death, but now Al Jefferson has pierced a hole in his tactical idea once he played, and this tactical idea is not valid.

Al Jefferson scored two points and immediately yelled, he was excited. The feeling of attack is completely found.

The Rockets lost points and immediately pushed them over, and the half-court tactics of the Rockets were indeed exquisite.

Once the offense was launched, the team began to run layer by layer, and in the middle of the layer of running, the Rockets came over and passed the basketball to Harden.

Harden holds the ball on the wing, shakes it up a little, dribbles a step to the left, and then pulls it up and throws a mid-range.

Harden's offense was very concise, and Li Feng tried desperately to pounce. But the opponent's rhythm and the arc control of the shooting are all first-class.

When Li Feng pounced, Harden had already completed the offense, and the basketball "Wow!" It landed in the Pelican's basket with a bang.

In the first half, Harden was all closed, and once he let go of the firepower in the second half, it was really unstoppable.

Li Feng has an advantage over Harden in many places, but he is not as delicate as Harden's mastery of technology, he obviously watches the opponent's attack, but there is no way to complete the defense.

The Rockets started Harden and scored two points, and the Pelicans immediately chased their butts and beat them back.

Corey came up with the ball at this time. I also wanted to force a breakthrough, but I was almost robbed by Cory Breuer, and his body was indeed much worse.

He couldn't play, so he could only pass the basketball to Li Feng. Li Feng took the ball here, and as soon as he saw the rocket, he still used Ariza to defend himself alone.

Just when Li Feng wanted to play here, he saw Al Jefferson suddenly running out under the basket and reaching out to Li Feng for the ball.

Li Feng saw that Al Jefferson seemed to be particularly positive today, and he quickly gave the basketball to this big man.

Al Jefferson was indeed a little excited today. It's a playoff game, and if he plays well, he's definitely going to have to improve his status and play this series well. He could even be one of the top interior players in the West.

So at this time, he really wanted to spell Asik, he received the ball and turned to face Asik, shook his hands, and then immediately forced a step towards the bottom line, taking Asik over, and then he suddenly turned around with a small hook in his left hand.

Al Jefferson's hands and feet were neat, and his shots were extremely soft, and he hit Asik again in a row.

Asik is also a famous insider, and he was beaten twice in a row by Al Jefferson. Suddenly a little depressed, McHale shook his head over there.

Al Jefferson played really hard today, and his play was simply too good, and he played Asik, who was also good at footwork, with his foot.

Al Jefferson succeeded in his singles again, and he was shouting with excitement when he looked back. In this way, Van Gundy also smiled with relief.

As far as Al Jefferson played, Reggie Miller in the foursome also said:

"Someone from the Pelicans finally stepped up, as if Al Jefferson played like this, he played a section, Li Feng played a section, and the Rockets would definitely not be able to hold it first. As long as Li Feng has such a teammate to pull him, this game can go on. ”

Weber, who was on the side, also said:

"Al Jefferson was so good on the sideline today, and that kind of low footwork is really rare now."

Al Jefferson opened with two consecutive low shots, a situation that overwhelmed the Rockets.

At this time, as long as McHale let other players go to the bag, he will definitely not be able to tie up Li Feng, and when the time comes, Li Feng will definitely find an opportunity. At this time, for the sake of the overall situation, Al Jefferson can only let Asik continue to defend Al Jefferson alone, and logically speaking, Asik should be able to defend Al Jefferson.

The Rockets came over again in the second half, and Harden still had to play alone at the top of the arc with the ball, and Li Feng desperately pounced at this time to exert physical pressure on Harden. Harden's twisting left and right is also difficult to get rid of Li Feng's defense.

Although Harden has the ability to play Li Feng, it is also a little laborious for him to beat Li Feng, and at this time, Asik came over and gave the card owner to the card owner at the bottom line.

As soon as Harden saw such an opportunity, he immediately passed the basketball to Asik on the baseline, and Asik played Al Jefferson with the advantage of size and height.

He took the ball over and turned around twice in a row, and finally turned out of an angle, and turned back to shoot a high throw.

This opportunity has already been dangled, but Asik actually missed the hook at this time. As soon as Asik's hook was missed, Gasol immediately received the rebound in the backcourt.

Asik singled out Al Jefferson and actually lost, which shocked the whole stadium, and the whole stadium in New Orleans Center exclaimed.

Asik actually failed, and this situation seems to be very bad for the rockets.

Just when the rocket side as a whole was a little surprised. At this time, the Pelicans saw that Al Jefferson felt good, and quickly chased after him, first giving the basketball to Al Jefferson, who was in a high position.

Al Jefferson took the ball and pouted his ass and dribbled two steps, and passed the basketball to Li Feng horizontally.

Li Feng took the ball up at this time, dribbled to the free throw line in one step, got up and made a quick stop jump shot Ariza did not follow behind, Li Feng hit the shot.

With Al Jefferson in front of him to support him a little, Li Feng can take a breath and have a chance to take a breath, and then the offensive efficiency will be high.

Seeing Al Jefferson played. drove Li Feng as well, and at this time, McHale really couldn't bear it anymore, and yelled at Asik, telling Asik to suppress Al Jefferson.

The Rockets ran up quickly under McHale's roar, and Cory Brewer ran over and passed the basketball to Harden first.

When Harden received the ball, he made a one-handed pass feint, and Li Feng went up to steal it, but was given by Harden all at once.

After Harden passed Li Feng, he took two steps to the Pelicans' basket. Getting to this position, he suddenly threw the ball high.

The Rocket's Morty Yunas flew up under the basket and grabbed the basketball and came to an aerial relay.

"Bang dang!"

Morty Yunas dunked.

The Rockets' two consecutive offenses in the second half were related to Harden, and at this time it was Barkley who also said:

"The Rockets still look like they're going to rely on Harden. Without Harden, their offense is still shaky. ”

"Of course. Harden is the best offensive player right now. There is a gap between any player's offensive stability and him. ”

Kenny Smith also agreed with Barkley's statement at this time.

While the two of them were talking, the Pelicans on the court were on the court with a quick kick-off, and threw the basketball out when they got the ball.

The Pelicans chased the Rocket's ass and killed it, and Li Feng took the ball at this time. turned back to Luo Teng, who followed behind.

Luo Teng followed behind Li Feng, shot a little slowly, and could only pass the basketball to Al Jefferson on the baseline again.

The first two times Al Jefferson played Asik, and there were relatively sufficient confrontations. Once at the moment of getting the ball, he turned around and made a step-back jumper.

"Huh!"

Al Jefferson also scored this goal, and Al Jefferson scored three in a row, and it was enough for Al Jefferson to hit this kind of journey.

He hit three points in a row is 6 points, and with these 6 points, Li Feng has no problem working hard to play about ten points, and it is also very easy for other players to take the opportunity to play two or three. In this way, the Pelicans will have plenty of money in the third quarter, and they don't need Li Feng to fight to the death every ball.

Al Jefferson's three consecutive goals don't seem to have many points, but they are really powerful, and Li Feng is not so hard all of a sudden.

Just when Al Jefferson hit the third ball, McHale yelled at him, and then immediately called a timeout angrily, and when he called a timeout, Al Jefferson was excited to come over and high-five his teammates and hit his chest.

Li Feng also gave this big guy a punch, and today Al Jefferson is really powerful.

Director Zhang looked at it in China and said very interestingly:

"Al Jefferson played his true colors, the Pelicans always need someone to step up, this time Li Feng can say, I don't have to be so tired every time."

Yu Jia also said:

"Especially the last catch, the turnaround jumper does have a bit of Yao Ming's flavor. Now it's up to the Rockets to defend him. ”

After the Rockets called a timeout, McHale angrily scolded Asik, who was secretly determined to defend Al Jefferson to the death.

The Rockets called a timeout, but they didn't use tactics, they didn't let people support Asik, they just let Asik fight to the death with the other party alone, and he believed that Asik had a way to stop Al Jefferson.

After the pause, the Rockets kicked off on the sideline, and the Rockets' offensive tactics did not change after the kickoff.

Harden got the ball at the top of the arc, and when he got the ball, Morty Yunas immediately went up to a screen, and using this screen, Harden stepped up with a well-paced dribble and threw a one-handed high throw outside the reasonable impact zone.

Harden's speed and bounce are top-notch, and he has to throw high, and there is basically no way to defend.

The basketball fell steadily into the Pelicans' basket with a "boom", and as long as the Rockets started Harden, the offense must be guaranteed. (To be continued......)