Chapter 853: Contract Scammers
At this time, Millsapur was also a little anxious to fight against such a powerful meat shield, and he also desperately squeezed inward, but the result was of course not good, Millsapur did not squeeze the book a few times, but he was squeezed by Ben's technical action and couldn't get out.
In the end, he barely turned around and made a jumper, and was almost hit by Marc Gasol's hat, of course, the ball did not go in, jumped in the back, and fell, Al Jefferson originally had an absolute advantage in the back against Neuer, but Robert Pera had already calculated this link.
As soon as the rebound appeared, several small men of the Grizzlies rushed up to grab the rebound and surrounded Al Jefferson in the middle, but Al Jefferson, the big man, did not grab the rebound, Mike Miller rushed up and clicked, Prince clicked, and finally fell into the hands of Neuer.
The basketball was in Conley's hands, and once the entire Grizzlies ran up, the addition of Mike Miller and Neuer almost changed the entire rhythm of the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies ran out of the three-line fast break very quickly, and the Pelicans on this side even felt a little unable to keep up.
Conley walked the middle, with Prince and Mike Miller on the left and right, and the Grizzlies' three ways were deliberately powerful, and the Pelicans' three outside lines had to be marked one by one, but in the Pelicans' half, Conley suddenly passed the ball behind his back and stuffed the ball to Neuer behind him.
At this time, Neuer is just an unmarked big vacancy, and although Millsapoor is said to be a big forward, it is difficult for him to compare his mobility with a pure small forward like Neuer.
Neuer received the ball in the open position, shot directly, and it was a fast-break three-pointer, and it was a storm blow, and Neuer hit the Pelicans' famous goal with a light shot this time, and it was another three-point hit.
At this time, Van Gundy felt that his heart was about to be vomited out, and after the pause, instead of having any effect, he was pressed even more by the grizzly bear. And he clearly saw that every step of the grizzly bear was aimed at the changes he was about to make.
It can be said that from his coach, the team lost first in strategy, and now the Grizzlies' thinking is very clear, using the Grizzlies' strongest shield against the Pelicans' strongest spear defensively, and using their many fast players to pull the Pelicans' heavy offensive weapons.
Back in the second round, Millsapor has to fight hard, this time Millsapore learned treacherous, and he didn't have a one-on-one hand-to-hand fight with Marc Gasol on the inside, but pulled away. Waiting for Ben to pounce on the outside.
At this time, Marc Gasol is the only interior support for the Grizzlies, and he can't move lightly, as soon as he moves, the Pelicans player's breakthrough pressure will be immediately reduced, and Gasol Jr. himself is well aware of this, so although Millsaple seduced himself, he was still far away from following, and continued to wait near the three-second zone not to follow.
Instead, Mike Miller came over to help defend Millsapole and shook it in front of Millsapole's eyes. Don't let Millsapor get better, Mike Miller really can't talk about the effectiveness of the defense against Millsapole, at most it's disgusting Millsapole.
So Millsapur didn't pay so much attention to it and shook it off himself. The original dry pull shot was shot, and after taking the shot, it immediately smashed on the front of the hoop with a little "bang".
This goal was not scored by Millsapur again. That's a couple of missed attacks in a row, which was almost impossible in the first half, and after something like that in the second half. It immediately occurred to one that Millsappur's superhuman state was now finally over, and his state was finally gone.
It doesn't matter who you are, what level of player you are, there are definitely ups and downs in form, and Millsapur was a god for the whole first half, and it is understandable that the second half was suddenly inaccurate.
As if to confirm this assertion, although Millsapole still made frequent shots in the next game, the result was absolutely unsatisfactory, and the shooting rate was not high at all, on the one hand, the failure of the offensive weapon that the Pelicans relied on the most, and on the other hand, a group of small players from the Grizzlies chased after them, and the Pelicans' score looked like it was from a 17-point lead, a little bit narrower, and finally even three points behind the Grizzlies.
At this time, it was the last three minutes of Dole's third quarter, Van Gundy looked at Millsapoor as if he was still going to shoot desperately, and hurriedly called a timeout for substitutions, it was time to adjust, if he didn't adjust the team's mentality, it would be messed up.
Now that the team has gone from having a relatively large lead to being chased to the backward step, this is a time when the team is weaker in the heart, Van Gundy hurriedly called his disciples back, and the biggest adjustment that needs to be made at this time is definitely not in tactics but in psychology.
In the live commentary seat, Albert witnessed the Pelicans go from high morale to now defeated, and his emotions were also somewhat affected:
"From the third quarter, our Pelicans completely lost control of the game, and that's the price they have to pay for being young."
"But they are not young anymore, it is the year of playing, and now the situation is completely caused by the immaturity of Paul and his teammates, and at the same time, I feel that they deliberately let Li Feng rest more, in fact, the Pelicans do not need to have Li Feng and no Li Feng."
Derek Anderson is still in the mood to comment on the psychological immaturity of others, completely forgetting his own psychological immaturity back then.
Van Gundy asked Millsapore to do the rest seat first, and called Li Feng, Van Gundy looked at Li Feng's stern face, and suddenly felt very relieved, this guy always gives people some surprises, and has a court reading ability that does not match his age, and now in this case, Van Gundy suddenly has a lot more expectations for Li Feng.
It's true that the current situation of the team is very bad, this is the first game of the second round, it is very crucial, and the consequences of losing a key battle are devaluing.
Now Van Gundy looked at Li Feng like that and said:
"Li Feng, now I hope that you can stabilize the situation on the court, stabilize the situation, and not let our team be completely defeated by the Grizzlies at this time, and give them some hope."
Van Gundy said and glanced back, several of the main players sitting on the bench, and now it is true that if the substitutes come on the court and let the Grizzlies make a big hole, the psychological pressure on these main players will be much greater.
Li Feng knows this very well, Van Gundy also knows this, and they also know the difficulty of this matter. Now according to Robert Pera's lineup, when it comes to the bench time, the Grizzlies will appear Conley, Randolph, Gasol Jr., and Ed Davis, and the chances of asking themselves to go up to the bench are not very good.
Although it was very difficult, Li Feng nodded and said:
"Don't worry, we'll do our best, we don't have much time, but it will bloom in the most brilliant way."
After Van Gundy and Li Feng finished speaking. Speaking of the importance and all the substitutes, as soon as these substitutes, who were not very taken seriously, heard about this situation, they immediately felt their importance in their hearts, and immediately said that they must go out and fight with the grizzly bears.
In this way, the problem was easily solved, and when Li Feng and his teammates walked onto the court, Robert Pera's bench was greatly strengthened, Zach Randolph filled the position of center, Ed Davis served as power forward, and small forward James Johnson. The shooting guard became Mike Miller, and the point guard Tony Allen.
This lineup is clearly a top-heavy big man lineup, while on the Pelicans' side is point guard Oladipo and shooting guard Caron Butler. Small forward Li Feng, big forward Brand, center Henson.
There is no way to compare the quality or ability of the two decks of cards. But now Li Feng doesn't plan to compete with the Grizzlies with pure strength, playing with a team like the Grizzlies or you seem to be more ruthless than the Grizzlies like the Spurs, and it is more reasonable. Either they are completely unreasonable and beat the master to death.
Now the Pelicans can't reason with the Grizzlies, so the only way left is that I just play unreasonably at all, the Pelicans' ball at the beginning, Brand did not give Oladipo, but passed the basketball from the sideline to Li Feng's hand, Li Feng's hand touched the touch of the basketball.
Li Feng felt a kind of fire burning in his heart, and the touch of the ball rubbing against his skin was very good, but thinking about what he was about to do, Li Feng felt a little funny.
Li Feng, who received the ball, reversed the calmness and restraint of the first half, and quickly moved forward with the dribble, and even the Pelicans' formation was not set.
Conley's body is considered first-class among ordinary guards, but now Li Feng is here to find trouble, he saw that Conley has the meaning of hand-to-hand combat with himself, and he also mustered up his strength to violently is a Conley, Conley Rao is an old man, and he didn't expect this guy to play so savagely, and he didn't come up at the moment, and he almost choked there.
Li Feng is playing savage ball now, seeing that Conley is a little out of breath, Li Feng turned around and rushed into the Grizzlies' interior line along the middle, in fact, Li Feng's choice was wrong.
Although the Grizzlies' inside line Marc Gasol is a little slower, it is also above the level of any team's interior line, Li Feng rushed towards this inside fierce general as soon as he turned around, and that kind of bravery was quite heroic in rushing to the enemy bunker with an explosive bag.
Marc Gasol, who was on the inside, saw that this guy rushed up like this, is this kid too eager to show Xiàn, this is a bit abnormal, he made a little bit of a move to the middle to intercept this guy.
Li Feng came with a chaotic punch to kill the master, but he didn't completely lose his mind, and he hit the grizzly bear in front of Big Ben in the middle of the road, and didn't forget to pick up the basketball in his hand and make a big feint to attract attention.
Then Li Feng gritted his teeth and glared, and a strange cry rushed up from in front of Marc Gasol.
Marc Gasol looked at the facial expression of this kid and knew that this guy was completely desperate, and he also felt that this seemingly reckless blow might have some kind of conspiracy behind it, but it was too late to say anything at this time, and there was one thing left to do, which was to stop him.
Marc Gasol rose into the air, relying on his strong body, standing in front of Li Feng, raising his palms and preparing to invite Li Feng to eat a hot pot.
When Feng rose into the air, he had long expected the difficulty in front of him, and he didn't have to be strict to score against his own, but Li Feng was psychologically prepared, and when he jumped up, he kept the ball with both hands, and it was swaying from side to side, not a dead target for two people.
Li Feng rushed up in this posture and hit Marc Gasol, and at the same time, Marc Gasol's two hands also followed. Two consecutive drops fell on Li Feng's arm. "Papa" two consecutive two palms hit the shaking Li Feng's arm, Li Feng was almost slapped by the giant spirit palm of these two guys, and in the end Li Feng really had no choice, there were two people in front of him blocking his vision, and the feeling in his hands was not good.
can only reluctantly throw the basketball in his hand when he is about to land, no matter from which point of view, Li Feng is throwing nonsense this time, and Li Feng himself has no hope of zài, but that's it, when the referee's whistle sounds.
Li Feng looked up. The basketball that he threw on the rebound, and he actually scored it on the hoop, this time, Li Feng himself felt very funny, and at this time, Mark Gasol, who saw the result, also cursed in a low voice.
At this time, looking at the referee's decision, the thug fouled, this time it was good, Li Feng created a 2+1 offensive opportunity at the beginning.
Li Feng thought to himself as he walked to the free throw line. I really have shit luck today, could it be that after Millsap's luck runs out, it will be his turn Li Feng thought about it, and he laughed himself.
The Grizzlies players cursed Li Feng's shit luck. While dribbling towards the Pelicans halfcourt, after Li Feng replaced Rose to stare at Conley, Conley immediately felt much more difficult.
I usually use brute force to deal with other players, but today I met a guy who is more brute force than myself. Most of his tricks can't be used, so he can only find another way to deal with this guy.
In fact, Conley felt a lot of pressure, and Li Feng also gave him special treatment. Generally, Li Feng doesn't need such a lot of defensive energy, but today's situation is more special, and Li Feng used all his energy to defend desperately.
In the face of Li Feng's ubiquitous harassment, Conley was careful and careful, and finally when he first walked to the Pelican position, he was swept by Li Feng's long arm on the side of his body.
The ball rolled out all of a sudden, Conley and Li Feng went to chase the basketball together, Li Feng originally had an advantage in height and physique, Conley fought for a whole section, and he couldn't keep up with Li Feng at all.
Not only did Li Feng take the lead in seizing a favorable position, but also in the process of scrambling for the ground, he slipped and fell, this time Li Feng had no constraints, after picking up the basketball, he swept the corner of his eyes, and saw that Oladipo in the middle of the lane had come down quickly.
So Li Feng threw it with one hand, and the ball passed directly from Li Fengdi's side to Oladipo's hand in the middle of the road, and Oladipo received the ball with one hand, as if it was a sharp knife and stabbed the grizzly bear's vital point.
At this time, although the Grizzlies team members knew that the ball was powerful, they were also powerless to stop it, because Oladipo and Li Fengdi stole too fast this time, which was too unexpected.
I could only watch Oladipo easily smash one-handed quick and equalize the score again.
Oladipo snapped quickly with one hand, and there was no cheering on the court, but it was surprisingly quiet, and at this time, Li Feng looked back and saw that Conley had been injured a little after falling, and he was standing there in pain.
He knew that everyone was concerned about Conley's injury, and ignored Oladipo's fast-break dunk, although the Grizzlies Five Tigers are all fierce generals, but the soul of these five people is undoubtedly Conley.
Robert Pera saw that his love was about to show signs of injury, and hurriedly called a timeout, and he also had to make a substitution.
Derek Anderson saw the situation at the scene and said with concern:
"Hopefully Mike won't have a major injury, it's a pivotal moment in the playoffs and the team is needing him."
When Anderson said this, he saw Mike Conley slowly walk to the players' tunnel with the support of the Grizzlies team doctor, and seeing that Mike Conley's expression was quite calm, Albert said:
"Mike is still able to walk around on his own, and he seems to have a calm expression, so it is estimated that there will be no big incident, and we can rest assured."
Concerned about injuries, it is a human instinctive behavior, although Li Feng does not welcome the return of a strong opponent like Conley, but he is still a little worried about Mike Conley.
Robert Pera sent his bench players, and sure enough, it was similar to what Li Feng had expected, and the Grizzlies' bench lineup was Mike Miller after the ball, Prince, scoring guard, James Johnson, small forward, Ed Davis, and center Zach Randolph.
Robert Pera really put Prince and Zach Randolph, who were interrupted in the third quarter, into the bench lineup, maintaining a smooth transition between the main force and the bench, and also a way to contain the Pelicans' relatively strong bench.
The Grizzlies' bench lineup is strong in the backcourt, while the Pelicans' bench lineup is strong in the frontcourt, which is just the opposite of a strong and weak contrast.
After seeing Robert Pera's new lineup, Albert also laughed and said:
"Robert injected his two main players into the bench lineup, and I'm afraid the Pelicans' bench in the first half gave him a big blow." Yes, from now on, it seems that Robert Pera's adjustment this time is specifically aimed at the bench lineup where they were beaten badly in the first half, and now the game has reached a critical point, in the third quarter to the fourth quarter, if the Pelicans' bench players can withstand the Grizzlies' offense, the Pelicans will have a better chance of winning today, but once the Pelicans' bench can't withstand it, the Pelicans will fall into a complete weakness in terms of momentum, and the consequences may be catastrophic. ”
Anderson's expression was a little solemn right now.
Li Feng knew that his team could only compete with the Grizzlies now, so as soon as he ran out, he immediately blocked James Johnson to death, and was very aggressive around James Johnson's side trying to cut off James Johnson's basketball.
James Johnson passed the ball to Prince, who played a wide role in the Grizzlies, first defender on the perimeter, planner, shooter, and occasionally as a breakaway, and in the task, Prince's most important responsibility was the second core.
The so-called second core is that when Conley is injured or Conley is in difficulty, most of the offense is organized by Prince, and in the third quarter, Robert Pera gave Prince a temporary rest to consider the organizational problem of bringing bench time, and then put Prince in the bench lineup.
Prince dribbled towards the Pelicans halfcourt, and at this point Oladipo didn't have anything particularly good to Prince, because Prince was not inferior to Oladipo in experience or physically, and Oladipo couldn't find any good opportunities.
I can only watch Prince protect the basketball sideways into the position, and then very lightly hang the basketball into the hands of Ed Davis in the low post, Ed Davis used in the Grizzlies in the past The offensive means used mainly are mid-range shots near the three-second zone, and today Robert Pera deliberately arranged himself to come in and play the low post, which is to take a fancy to Brand Old.
caught the basketball, Ed Davis pressed his back hard, as soon as he came into contact with Ed Davis's action, Brand was determined that things were going to be bad, and now Brand, as a substitute, generally no one will play against Brand, but today Ed Davis's first action was made, and Brand obviously saw that this bastard was going to take a knife against himself tonight.
Thinking about it this way, Brand, who is usually very good-tempered, is very angry, after all, he was not a kitten or a puppy, and he pushed Ed Davis hard with his legs behind his back, Brand and Ed Davis are both inside, and everyone is familiar with these tricks of pushing and squeezing in the inside.
Ed Davis was not angry when he was pushed, but laughed, and suddenly turned to the left with the ball, pushing Brand away a little, and then immediately made a very beautiful right-turn and turn-and-turn jumper.
Ed Davis's mid-range shot was accurate, and the action was also beautiful, and he was close to the basket, and he pierced the Pelicans' basket with one shot.
Ed Davis's shot was immediately exchanged, and the Grizzlies players collectively cheered, and Ed Davis yelled in front of Brand:
"Well, dear Mr. Contract Scammer, you're like a in my eyes. It's as fluffy as a mi. (To be continued......)