At halftime, when Oladipo walked from the players' tunnel to the locker room, this kid said to Li Feng a little proudly:

"Hey, Li Feng, if I continue like this, I may score 30 points, which is a new high for my career."

Li Feng smiled hehehe, the situation may not be as smooth as Oladipo expected, the overall high hit rate in the first half can be regarded as an advantage, but this is also a hidden danger.

When a team that is accustomed to a high shooting percentage will definitely not be able to adapt to it when it encounters a low shooting percentage, Li Feng smiled on his face, but he was already preparing for the second half in his heart.

Sitting in the chairs, the locker room came Rose, Arenas, Millsap, and Calon Butler.

Rose walked happily and felt a little jumpy, and as soon as he walked into him, he sat down in his cupboard, and said in a loud voice:

"It's so fucking fun today, it looks like it's been carefully planned, it's perfect, even my almost out of my hand ball flew into the basket, you should have looked at Jennings' face at the time, I couldn't believe it, hahaha."

Rose was excited when he spoke, which was the main tone of today's game, and when Rose said this, Millsap shook his shoulders twice, and squeezed out a smile with fresh dimples on his face:

"Well, Rose is right, the few shots I just shot were quite difficult, but thankfully, God was on our side today, they all went in, and no one could stop them."

At this point, Arenas could not suppress his excitement, he stretched out his hand and said:

"Yes, my hands are hot today, as long as I still have this feeling in the second half, you can give me all the balls."

"If it's more than the feel, I don't have to be worse than you."

Oladipo raised his hand, which he had raised several times. Said that he also needs to make a number of shots.

"I need it too."

"I need it too."

For a while, there were shouts one after another in the locker room, and everyone was too relaxed and excited today.

Li Feng smiled at this time, he also felt very happy, at this time, Van Gundy walked in, and today Van Gundy's face was still filled with an expression mixed with exaggeration and extreme strictness.

"I think everyone saw in today's game, from the very beginning of the game we were under strict restrictions on the inside, and for quite a long time we were under the control of each other, and Drummond's appearance was terrible. Almost made it impossible for us to fight back. ”

"In the end, it was Li Feng who found a breakthrough from the No. 4 position, and we took the initiative instead, but what I want to say now is that we all know that Li Feng's body is not enough to play a full 30 minutes or more, and how are we going to play without Li Feng?"

Van Gundy's words seemed to be poured on the heads of several people in the locker room, and everyone was silent for a moment, and Millsap clenched his fists tightly and said:

"We can drown it out with offense. The Pistons counterattacked. ”

When Li Feng heard this, he felt that he still needed to say it, so Li Feng said very quietly:

'I didn't mean to discourage anybody, but I think you noticed that we had a very high shooting percentage in the first half. It's a high hit rate that's beyond normal, and that's what our Seiko relies on. 'But what happens to us when we lose that percentage in the second half, that's the most important thing we need to solve.'

Li Feng's words made Van Gundy nod again and again. He glanced at Li Feng approvingly, and then said:

"Now we are ahead, but we must not be too early to be happy. We didn't lead by 40 points, we were just a dozen points ahead, and that wasn't enough to make us happy, and we had only one core of our tactics in the second half, which was to cause problems for or Drummond. ”

The second half of the game has begun, the teammates wearing yellow and white stripes are walking quickly to the court, Li Feng can understand those guys, they are eager to solve the opponent, but things are not always going according to people's wishes, because fate is a child who likes to play pranks!

Li Feng was pressed on the rest bench by Van Gundy, after all, the shape was still advantageous, and Van Gundy felt that if he could keep it, Li Feng would not have to play in the second half.

His five Warriors on the court are center Brand, power forward Millsap, small forward Al Thornton, scoring guard Arenas, and point guard Rose.

After the first two quarters of the game, the Pistons lineup is center Drummond, power forward Villanueva, small forward Josh Smith, scoring guard Starkey, and point guard Jennings.

Big Van Gundy made a little adjustment to the Pistons' interior line, and Villanueva got the chance to continue playing.

The opening was the Pistons' possession, and the Pistons' first offensive tactics were clearly carefully designed by Big Van Gundy, with Villanueva and Drummond forming a double cover in the high post, covering Jennings in the high post to stir up a bloody storm.

When all the attention of the pelicans was focused and in the high position, Drummond suddenly dismantled! A surprise attack was formed, Jennings made a quick pass outside, and when the ball reached Drummond's hands, the Pelicans' interior line was not defended at all, and could only watch Drummond's light air-cut layup.

The Pelicans returned and attacked the Pistons' half, but as soon as Rose entered the Pistons' half, he immediately encountered an unprecedented high-intensity defense, and Rose immediately followed Jennings' defense as soon as he came up.

Rose hurriedly passes the ball to Arenas, who is also faced with Starkey's frantic defense! The Pelican's ball is running again, but it is still very solid, and there is no sense of fluidity!

This is all because the defensive intensity of the Pistons suddenly increased by several notches after the start of the third quarter, which put a lot of pressure on the Pelicans, and several people of the Pistons rotated very well, basically no gaps, and the Pelicans did not expect this situation at all.

In the end, when there was no time, the ball reached Millsap's hands, and Millsap made a hasty shot, and the result was predictable, the ball smashed the basket and jumped out, and the basketball was confiscated by Drummond.

"Oh! The Pistons' defense suddenly became very intense and aggressive! It's this kind of defense that makes the Pelicans very uncomfortable. Didn't even finish the attack for 24 seconds? ”

Barkley looked at the court in amazement, and the Pistons' defensive tactics really surprised the fat man.

"Yes! Yes, after halftime, the Pistons' defensive intensity was completely different, and the Pistons played at the level of defense they did in the playoffs, which was really gratifying. Penny Hardaway could not see this defense, and he stretched his back in relief.

Seeing this intensity of defense, Li Feng and Van Gundy, who were sitting below, frowned at the same time, Li Feng was fine! Van Gundy even stood up straight from his chair and put his hands at the sides of his legs. I watched carefully what was happening on the field.

The Pistons turned around and attacked again, again with double cover in the high post, and this time Millsap and Brand stared at Drummond with wide eyes, but Jennings got in from behind and easily got to the basket.

The Pelicans were on fire at the gates one after another, and when they turned back to attack the Pistons in the half, the mercury offense in the first half was completely gone, and the Pistons' sudden change in defensive intensity seemed to be a big sleeve. The pelican was completely frozen.

Under the high-intensity defense of the Pistons, Arenas, who was hot in the first half, also shot a big shot under Starkey's defense this time.

The opening two rounds set the tone for the third quarter. The Pistons' defense gradually strengthened, the Pelicans' offense became more and more difficult, and the game reached 3 minutes and 17 seconds of the third quarter, and the score of the two teams had become 70-65, and the Pistons had chased the Pelicans, who had led by 13 points, to only 5 points. In 3 minutes, the Pistons played a small orgasm of 12-5!

Van Gundy finally couldn't take it anymore and called the first timeout of the third quarter, and the Pelicans, who had been elated when they came on the court three minutes earlier, couldn't lift their heads when they walked off the court.

In those three minutes, they had suffered a huge blow. The opposing defense kept them breathing, and the high shooting percentage in the first half has now become a very low number, Rose did not hit any of his three shots in the second half, Arenas hit one of three, and Millsap's only shot was only completed in two seconds in the final offensive time.

The first half, which looked beautiful, became rainy in the second half, and Li Feng was also suppressed and couldn't breathe, and the taste of being a spectator off the field was too uncomfortable!

After Van Gundy called a timeout, he began to constantly ask his players to harden up, and the Pistons were tough against tough, and the iron-blooded tactics were indeed the Pelicans' forte, after Van Gundy's desperate agitation.

After the Pelicans came on the court again, the intensity really improved, and physical contact began to appear everywhere on the entire court, and the movements of the hands and bodies continued to escalate.

Starki shoved Arenas, only to be knocked down by Arenas, and Brand tripped Villanueva on his feet, and the game was full of gunpowder for a while.

Barkley, in the commentary seat, was excited to watch this kind of game, and he used his famous vicious mouth:

"Today, the Pistons and Pelicans raised the intensity of the game to a very high level in the third quarter! This intensity of the competition is very much like two wild dogs fighting animals, they are biting each other, colliding with each other, very fierce and ferocious! ”

'I love the feeling of both teams at the moment, it's exciting.

Buckley said with a triumphant glance at Kenny Smith.

But Smith wasn't a good guy either, and his mouth made Penny Hardaway laugh out loud:

"Charles, you know, the first thing that came to mind when I heard your description was not sports at all, but a bed exercise."

"For example, your word is very dynamic, rather, collision, and passion!"

Penny Hardaway gasped with laughter:

"That's it! Kenny, your analogy is very apt and vivid, but Charles is right, the intensity of the game between the two teams has indeed become very high, far more than the level of a regular season game, this level of game can often be seen in the key battles of the playoffs, or between old enemies, but it is not often seen in an ordinary regular season, anyway, the audience in front of the TV is blessed, they are now enjoying a playoff game in advance! ”

Penny Hardaway was right, the hand-to-hand combat between the two teams was now very intense, and with this fierce hand-to-hand combat, the shooting percentage of the Pistons, which had just begun to rise, also began to drop sharply.

The Pistons' shooting percentage dropped, and after the Pelicans got used to the high shooting percentage in the first half, the shooting percentage dropped even more rapidly in the second half. Millsap continued to shoot 5 of 5 from the field, Rose shot 1 of 5, Arenas was slightly better with 2 of 6, and the Pelicans as a whole hovered around 2 percent from the field.

At this time, Van Gundy's heart was anxious as if it was on fire, and the team faced such a large area of low shooting rate that could not be solved, it was like a large-scale outbreak of infectious diseases, and the only thing Van Gundy wanted to do was to replace him as much as possible.

But now that the third quarter is only halfway through, the replacement is still far from time!

Just when Van Gundy was agitated, Drummond received the basketball again on the inside, and at this time Brand began to feel tired. Drummond received the ball and took two steps back in a row, squeezing Brand under the basket.

Drummond suddenly turned around to attack, and in desperation, Brand could only use all his strength to jump and confront Drummond! The veteran was really tired, and when he took off, he made a very obvious pull action with his hand, and it was very unfortunate that Drummond was next to the referee.

This small action was immediately seen by the referee and awarded Brand a second foul, and Brand only committed two fouls in the third quarter, which shows that Brand's foul count in the previous game was maintained quite well. This is also due to the fact that Li Feng played for a long time in the second quarter.

Drummond was sent to the free throw line and made 1 of 2 free throws!

Brand didn't look like he had suffered much from the foul this time, and the Pelicans turned to attack, at which point Rose was a little red-eyed.

in this half. The Pistons' best play was Jennings, who frequently broke through to the interior under the double cover of Drummond and Villanueva, or made a pull-up jumper. He scored 10 points in the first quarter.

In contrast, Ross seems to have only been blown up, can Ross not be red-eyed. The person's eyes began to redden, and his movements began to get bigger, and he kept colliding with Jennings.

In the Pistons' half, he also bowed his head to the Pistons' interior regardless of it, but now the Pistons' defensive level has improved to the highest standard.

Rose also knew that he could not fight alone at this time, and quickly passed the ball to Arenas in the back, and after Arenas received the ball, the Pistons' defense quickly posted it again.

In the Pistons' very tight defense, Rose seemed to be a cunning little fish, and the tactical backrun shook Jennings, and then immediately accelerated to cut in, and Millsap, who had not scored for a long time, made a short hit and sent the basketball to Rose's hands.

The treacherous Rose had already bullied the basket when he received the basketball, and Jennings, who lost people in the back, chased after him impatiently, and Drummond, who was on the inside, also pasted Rose.

It seems that Ross has no possibility of scoring this goal, but when there are monsters in front and creditors in the back, Rose used his wisdom to solve a qiē, grabbed the basketball with one hand, waved it behind him, and made a fake action of passing the ball behind him.

Drummond was distracted by this fake thing, but Jennings in the back was very reckless, hitting Rose on the back, knocking Rose into a stagger, and Rose followed this stumbling, drilled under Drummond's ribs, and pointed the ball into the Pistons' basket.

"Beautiful! Ross is going to play a complete trick! ”

Penny Hardaway couldn't help but shout, this kind of little man broke through into the inside line, one has no body, two has no speed, and it is still very difficult to rely on technology to score the ball.

Even Rose was very excited after scoring this goal himself, and immediately after the goal, he yelled at Jennings, who was pushing him in the back:

"Does it work? Boy, does it work? ”

Rose's yelling made Jennings' face turn pale, and Jennings, who was also hot-tempered, glared at Rose angrily, as if he was ready to tear Rose in front of him at any time.

Jennings also fought back without showing weakness:

"It's just a goal, it's just a goal! I'm going to want you to look good right away, you won't have to wait too long. ”

The back-to-back trash talk between the point guards of the two teams immediately caught the attention of the referees, who glanced at the two men, but the exchange between Rose and Jennings did not stop.

Rose immediately replied:

"Yes! If you have so much energy, why are you still being traded here! ”

This is Jennings's fatal injury, being abandoned by the team that once regarded him as the pride of the sky is a thorn in Jennings's heart, and Jennings, who was poked by this thorn, immediately roared as if he had guessed the cat's tail:

"You bastard. There's a kind of you say again! ”

Rose, who was completely sprayed with dirty words, how could he bear this kind of thing happening to him, and the angry Rose shouted regardless of it:

"Son of a bitch, what are you talking about!"

The referee happened to hear the exchange of foul words between the two people in the process of coming quickly, and the referee immediately took it out without saying a word, raised his hand and gave Rose and Jennings a technical foul respectively.

The unpleasant exchange between Rose and Jennings on the field also affected the feelings of the other players of the two teams, and the exchange of fire between the two teams was even more full of gunpowder for a while.

Jennings tried to punch Rose after the Pelicans' halftime, but his over-the-team approach was immediately stopped by Big Van Gundy on the sidelines. The big fat man pointed at Jennings on the sidelines and shouted:

"Jennings, pass! I want you to pass the ball!"

With the roar of Big Van Gundy, Jennings quickly passed the ball from the gap to Drummond in the process of continuous dribbling, Drummond took the ball that was passed in with great difficulty, turned around in a very realistic way in the gap, deceived Brand, turned around and flew to the Pelicans' basket in one step, and at this moment it was almost impossible for people to guess that they were about to dunk again.

If it's usual. Brand may not pay attention to him at all, but now that the two teams are in a fierce confrontation, when the anger is at its highest, Brand and Ben can't sit idly by. Brand jumped up from behind and crashed into Drummond.

This kind of ball that collided from behind the side was quite dangerous, but at this time, the hormones of both sides had reached the most powerful state, and Brand didn't pay attention to the consequences of the ball at all, and slammed Drummond out of the air a little offset.

After some deflection of Drummond fell in the air. It was a series of stumbling, barely struggling several times before he could barely stand firm, and this intense physical contact was immediately triggered. The confrontation between the players of the two teams.

Seeing this fiery confrontation between the players on both sides, Barkley immediately whistled:

"Look! Look! It's time to come, and the fierce hand-to-hand combat between the two teams finally turns into a hostile confrontation! It's a very easy thing to do. ”

"The game has been played so far, and the tables of both sides are very good! I don't want to see another brawl at Auburn Hills, it's very bad for the game, no matter which side it is! ”

Penny Hardaway clearly didn't want to see a brawl in Detroit.

But on the court, seeing that his loyal guard was being bullied, Villanueva rushed over and pushed Brand with both hands, and the Pelicans players immediately ran up and surrounded Villanueva.

The situation on the court turned from sparks to extreme tension, and although he didn't award Brand a technical foul, a push foul was enough to send Brand to the rest and push the Pelicans into the abyss.

Because now Brand's cumulative foul count has reached 3, and the game still has a full quarter to play, Van Gundy can only reluctantly replace Brand with Henson.

The combination of Henson and Millsap, which the Pelicans never used in an official game, was formed.

"Now the Pelicans' situation has become very bad, Brand's three fouls are a very big blow to them, because the Pelicans' frontcourt depth is very shallow, there are very few players who can be used, Brand is their interior pillar, and after losing Brand, I don't know how the Pelicans' interior line will turn over!"

Kenny Smith is not optimistic about the Pelicans' situation, but his lack of optimism is fully valid.

Brand was swapped, but the friction between the Pelicans and the Pistons didn't end, Jennings was dribbling towards the Pelicans' half, and Rose next to him was always making all sorts of shady gestures to Jennings, and he was also inappropriately greeting each other's relatives and slandering each other's personalities. (To be continued......)