Chapter 700: This is MVP
At the end of the first quarter, the first turnaround between the two teams finally came, and at this time, the two teams began to switch to a mixed lineup of substitutes and starters at the same time.
There are still a lot of good scorers in the Pelicans' mixed lineup, and the Pelicans not only have good scorers, but also cutting-edge rookies, so after being on the mixed lineup, the Pelicans are stronger in scoring ability.
The Trail Blazers replaced Matthews with Mor Williams Posi and guard Mor Williams.
In the previous life, the Trail Blazers were weak on the outside, Batum was undefended, and now Posey, even if he is a little old, he still uses Posey to make up for the weaknesses of the Trail Blazers after he comes, but the Trail Blazers' bench lineup has too many weaknesses.
The guy Mo Williams is purely a backup defender. It's just a bench bandit, the organization basically can't, purely to score as its own responsibility.
The two teams switched to a mixed lineup, and the start was still the ball of the Trail Blazers, and the Trail Blazers came up at this time Aldridge to receive the ball outside the three-point line.
After receiving the basketball, Aldridge quickly passed the basketball to Robin Lopez in the low post, but Robin Lopez was not an offensive player, he took the ball and immediately threw the basketball into his own weak bottom corner, Robin Lopez was high, this kind of ball is handy.
It is Mo Williams who takes the ball on the baseline, and Mo Williams is a player who only has a shooting button, and he takes the ball directly to the baseline to open a three-point shot.
As a result, Mo Williams missed a three-point shot, the basketball flew out, Robin Lopez fouled when grabbing the rebound, and the basketball still fell to the Pelicans' side.
The Pelicans advanced quickly at this time, and the Pelicans' tactical play has always been characterized by overall fastness.
This time, he ran over and played a clean high post tactic.
The Pelicans ran over first, all of them pressed to the baseline, leaving the space above completely for Oladipo who ran behind, and Oladipo ran over and Brand immediately ran up with him to do high-post blocking tactics.
Brand and Oladipo blocked this not bad, but Oladipo passed the ball carelessly during the demolition. All of a sudden, it was in the hands of Posey on the Trailblazers' side.
Posey couldn't run out of the ball with the ball and quickly advanced, so he took the ball and handed the basketball back to Aldridge, who ran over.
Aldridge picked up the ball on the left side of the flank and the rest of the team pulled away to the right, at which point Aldridge came up and squeezed Brand.
Brand is a very hard card owner, and there is Henson behind to help defend it, and he is deeply trapped in the defense of two people, Aldridge finally turned his body around and passed the basketball to Lillard outside, Lillard took the ball very steadily and did not turn in any direction, and once again made a quick ground pass to Aldridge.
Aldridge got the ball a second time and it was much better. Aldridge's one step to attack just now was much closer to the basket, so it was much easier for Aldridge to get the ball at this time than it was to attack just now.
Just as Aldridge was getting the ball here, the Pelicans were also preparing to wrap up.
Mo Williams cut in from the middle, Aldridge passed the ball, and Mo Williams flew up to attack the basket just in time to create a foul for the Pelicans.
When Mo Williams went to the free throw line, Antoine Walker, who served as the host, said:
"Just now everyone said that the Trail Blazers' bench is relatively poor, but I think the Trail Blazers' table today is also very good! In the mixed lineup, the Trail Blazers still have the advantage. The Pelicans don't seem to be playing out today! ”
Antoine Walker was strongly skeptical. In the judgment of many experts before, at this time Hubi Brown said:
"The strength of a team is sometimes not obvious just by looking at the score over a period of time. You'll need some patience! ”
Hubby Brown treats Antoine Walker as a child, even though Hubby Brown has that qualification. But Antoine Walker was still a little depressed.
The Pelicans have changed their mixed lineup, especially after changing Brand, and their style of play is very different from what they were just now.
The space for the Pelicans was still a little hard to open just now, but now it's replaced by Brand. The pelican's space opens up very easily at once.
At this time, Li Feng took the ball outside the three-point line, shook it for a while, and moved under his feet at the foot of Posey opposite Li Feng.
Li Feng passed Posey in one step from the opposite direction. Posey is still old in the end, and he really can't keep up with the speed.
Li Feng quickly broke through, just when a group of people on the Trailblazers' side were about to trap Li Feng.
Li Feng didn't look at anyone at all, raised his hand and threw the basketball towards the rebound, and then he turned his head and left. Behind Li Feng, Henson Shanlai grabbed the basketball with both hands, and an aerial relay dunked into the Trail Blazers' basket.
"Bang!"
The Pelicans are finally starting to play a little bit of flavor, and at this time, the Trail Blazers use a Robin Lopez to defend Henson, who can only make a simple basket at the moment, which is indeed a bit overkill.
Seeing the Pelicans smash out with a big dunk, Henson was suddenly refreshed, and he got carried away, opening his hands to the sidelines to cheer.
This is the home court of the Pelicans, and the fans at home naturally sent a wave of applause and cheers into the court.
The Pelicans are starting to cheer, which is a bad sign if the Pelicans are allowed to hit two or three more of these balls.
The Pelicans will definitely boost their morale, and once morale is up, the Trail Blazers' basketball will not be easy to play.
At this time, the Trail Blazers immediately handed over the basketball to Lillard to control the team, Lillard is a small guard, his offensive ability is not enough to kill the Pelicans, but his scheduling can make the entire team's offense go up a level.
Lillard came running at a high speed this time, and Aldridge and Robin Lopez immediately put on double cover at 45 degrees on the right to cover Lillard's sideline breakthrough.
Under the protection of double cover, Lillard broke through at a rapid speed, so that the Pelicans immediately leaned towards this side.
Lillard used a very casual and bizarre two-ball position, with his hands on the bottom end, and suddenly moved the basketball from the strong side to the bottom corner of the weak side in the gap of the Pelicans' formation.
At this time, James Posey took the ball, he took the ball a little, and the Pelicans pounced on two people, but he quickly transmitted the ball to the hands of Williams at the top of the arc.
Mo Williams picked up the ball at the top of the arc and threw a quick shot for a three-pointer.
Three-point shot. It simply fell into the Pelicans' basket, and the Pelicans played a decent aerial relay here, and the Trail Blazers immediately responded with three points, but they didn't give up.
The Trail Blazers will definitely not let the Pelicans play comfortably, and the Pelicans came over at this time to give the Trail Blazers a surprise.
Li Feng has been playing for half a quarter, and at this time he is also beginning to exert his power, and a breakthrough just now made Li Feng realize.
It has been 7 years since he successfully defended Kobe Bryant in the finals, and now Posey is not good at all in defense, so Li Feng came over again. Take the ball and take a step forward directly, when Posey retreats. Li Feng is another simple crotch change to clean up Posey.
When Li Feng stepped past Posey and then broke through from the side, Robin Lopez hurriedly came over to help defend, but Li Feng faced Robin Lopez, but suddenly threw the basketball behind him, and the basketball passed from the middle of the Trail Blazers' defensive gap to Henson, who was behind the basket.
Henson faced an empty basket, or a dunk with the ball!
Henson has another big dunk, the Trail Blazers have three points, and the Pelicans have a big dunk! All of a sudden, the competition entered a fierce stage again.
The fans are starting to get excited, too. The Pioneers came over again at this time, and they seemed more cautious.
The whole team is running at a rapid pace, layer upon layer of cover, layer upon layer of cooperation. In the end, the Trail Blazers still found a chance on the spot.
Aldridge leaned very strongly to the position near the penalty area, at this time Lillard made a pass to the penalty area, Aldridge was far away from the basket, and turned and threw a shot.
At such a distance. Aldridge actually sent the basketball to the Pelicans' basket.
The Trail Blazers played really perfectly in the first quarter today! The overall tactics of the team are perfect, the attacking players are perfect. It is with this perfection that the Trail Blazers are still capable of holding down the Pelicans.
The Pelicans are also more cautious the more they fight. At this time, the Pelicans have already sensed the ruthlessness of the Trail Blazers, and once they can't keep up with their own offense, they will be easily defeated by the other party. So at this time, the pelicans came up and fought with crazy energy.
Li Feng even directly and suddenly cut to the bottom line, and here he stuck his back to Posey and reached out for the ball.
Li Feng stuck the bottom line, and Brand, who was in the high position, immediately passed the ball with both hands to Li Feng's hands.
Li Feng sat unreasonably with the ball on the bottom line, and almost overturned Posey.
The Pioneers saw that Posey really couldn't bear Li Feng, and when they came over to wrap up the clip, Li Feng jumped towards the basket and just stuck in the crowd of the Pioneers, and several people from the Pioneers surrounded Li Feng in the middle.
But in this case, Li Feng still flew up and threw a small hook hand, Li Feng's unreasonable little hook hand flew over the heads of the three pioneers and landed cleanly in the basket.
Li Feng's domineering goal immediately won a cheer from the home fans.
Li Feng's teammates also cheered for Li Feng to stand up loudly, and Li Feng really couldn't defeat the Pelicans in the Trailblazers.
After Li Feng scored, he immediately yelled at his teammates:
"Hold on, give them some awesome looks!"
In Li Feng's voice, the Trail Blazers only teed off this time, and the Pelicans pounced at once, and the two players went to kill Lillard together.
The Pelicans used defense to press the Trail Blazers, but under the pressure of the Pelicans, Lillard's center of gravity pressed extremely low, quickly controlled the ball, and controlled the basketball around him. The pelicans pounced on the bag, but they didn't control Lillard.
Lillard's side cracked the Pelicans' defense with extraordinary ball control skills, and at the same time, the Pelicans were exposed because two people came out of the bag, and Lillard immediately passed the basketball to Mo Williams.
Mo Williams took the ball at this time and played a crisp one, taking the ball and dribbling directly laterally, and shot at Oladipo's head.
However, Mo Williams only saw the player in front of him at this time, and did not notice that Li Feng was behind the side of his body. Just as he raised his hand, Li Feng swatted a fly directly behind him.
snapped and pulled Mo Williams' basketball down, Li Feng pulled down the basketball himself, chased after him, and then came directly to the Trail Blazers' halfcourt.
As I said before, the Trail Blazers' flanks are relatively weak, and in the offense just now, the Trail Blazers' wing offense and three-point shooting did not have any problems.
But when it's the turn to defend. As soon as Li Feng rushed out, Posey was too slow, Mo Williams was too thin, and relying on Lillard to defend Li Feng was also completely unreliable.
So it was as if Li Feng had broken into a small forest like a tank, knocking down a small tree, and then Li Feng himself reached out for a layup, not only to score, but also to cause a foul.
Li Feng added 2+1 to the cap, so that the atmosphere in the target center was even hotter. Li Feng brought the plot here to the first small climax.
In the midst of the shouts of the audience, Li Feng raised his arms and walked to the free throw line.
At this time, Antoine Walker was a little dumbfounded, he couldn't imagine that the Trail Blazers seemed to have taken the initiative in the previous game, how the Pelicans fought back all of a sudden in the blink of an eye, and the Trail Blazers were so unbearable.
The process of several Trail Blazers players being overwhelmed by Li Feng Qiqi under the basket just now is still vivid in Antoine Walker's eyes.
At this time, Hubbie Brown said:
"When it comes to attacking the Trail Blazers' bench players, the strength is indeed not bad, but when it comes to the ability to defend them, I dare to compliment. How can a team without defense go far! ”
At the same time, Li Feng's table changed the game. This is the real MVP, and Lillard doesn't know if he will blush at the pre-game remarks! ”
Antoine Walker nodded secretly at this time, still admiring the old handsome's eyes.
Li Feng also hit a free throw at the free throw line, so it goes. The Pelicans pressed the Trail Blazers in one fell swoop.
The Pelicans were through guò's continuous dunks, as well as forced 2+1, and finally stopped the Trail Blazers, who played perfectly at the beginning of the day.
Li Feng went to the free throw line and hit a free throw, and this time was supposed to be a good time for Li Feng. But at this time, Van Gundy actually called for a substitution, and he replaced Li Feng. From the point of view of the art of war, this is a bit unreasonable.
But a little look at the time, at this time, the first quarter was finished with a little more than 2 points, and Van Gundy's substitution at this time was also reasonable.
On the side of the Trail Blazers, Stotts saw that Van Gundy had finally been replaced, and he also hurriedly replaced Lillard, Aldridge and Robin Lopez in one go.
It turned out that the Trailblazers had long wanted to change people, but because Li Feng was on the court, he had no choice! If the Lillard team loses its backbone just now, it doesn't need to replace Robin Lopez and Aldridge Trail Blazers. In the final analysis, the Trailblazers still have a weak bench lineup, and they can't play on the bench if the main force goes down.
When the main players of both teams went down, the lineup on the Trail Blazers' side became, with a lineup of Mor Williams, Dorrell Wright, Will Barton, James Posey and Miles Leonard.
There is no shortage of offensive firepower in this lineup, Mo Williams is a master of messy battles, Wright can shoot, Will Barton can play miscellaneous, and Posey also has a solid three-point shot. But when it comes to the defensive lineup, it can be said that it is completely defenseless.
Although Miles Leonard is tall on the inside, his actual defense is average, and with a small forward Posey playing a big forward, there is no way to talk about the strength of the interior defense.
Wright on the outside is too thin, and Will Barton is not strong, under multiple disasters. The Trail Blazers' bench lineup is a mess defensively, and the offense is okay.
Compared to the Trail Blazers, the Pelicans' defense is quite assured, and with Brand and Henson on the inside, they can completely block most of the offense under the basket.
Oladipo's defense on the outside is very strong, Thornton is simply a defensive player, and Brewer is a disadvantage here although he is thin and weak, but he dares to break the ball and dare to foul, and the defensive level of the Pelicans is obviously two levels higher than that of the Trail Blazers.
As a result, from the end of the first quarter, the time of the game began to belong to the Pelicans, and Brand dominated the court in his bench time.
The game reached the third minute of the second quarter, and the Trail Blazers couldn't hold it because it was just a few minutes away.
The Pelicans led the Trail Blazers by nine points by 40-31, and it seems that this momentum will continue, so the Trail Blazers hurriedly replaced the combination of two main players, Lillard + Aldridge, and hurriedly returned to the court.
Stotts still couldn't bear it, and after trading back for Lillard, the basketball finally didn't have to jump nervously in the hands of Mo Williams.
Seeing this, Hubbie Brown also said:
"Mo Williams was good offensively. But the shooting selection is really a headache, this guy is more destructive to the Trail Blazers' offensive system than the opponent's Arenas! ”
Hubie Brown gave Mo Williams such a high evaluation, and Antoine Walker could only chuckle on the side, he didn't have such a high status as Brown, and no one dared to resist if he said anyone.
Lillard got the basketball, and although the team was stable, the team also lacked the point to launch an offensive from the outside.
At this time, Lillard could only come up by himself to shoulder the heavy burden, take the ball up to face Oladipo's defense, only to see Lillard control the ball as if dancing, poking forward with one hand and stabbing a step, and then immediately changed direction with one hand in succession, and took a step forward.
Oladipo stepped back a little here, and Lillard suddenly controlled the ball back to his crotch, stepped back and threw a backward mid-range.
Lillard's continuous one-handed neuroticism seems to be disorderly, but his very fast pass directly blinds Oladipo. By the time Lillard pulled up to shoot, Oladipo had no time to defend and could only watch Lillard easily send the basketball to the Pelicans' basket.
Lillard used to be playmaker-oriented, but now once he starts to attack individually, he is also very capable. Replaced by Lillard and Aldridge, the Trail Blazers' offense immediately found the backbone. (To be continued......)