Chapter 697: Tyrannosaurus Rex vs Blue Jesus
Randy Whitman gritted his teeth on the side, and with little chance of winning with the Wizards playing like this, he had to make a decision, or the Wizards had to be tougher on the defensive end.
While Randy Whitman was a little hesitant on the sidelines, the Wizards had already raced to the Pelicans' half. The Wizards played some simple tactics before, and this time they caught up and played a teamwork no-ball cut-out.
"Otto the Great" Otto Potter took advantage of his teammates' cover to run out of 45 degrees and then took the ball and threw it.
It's a pity that Otto Porter misses the shot, and Otto Porter's shooting percentage is good, but once it is changed to a shooting field, that shooting percentage will drop immediately.
The Wizards missed the shot, and the Pelicans immediately went back, hit a 45-degree screen, and then turned back and passed the basketball to Paul Millsap for mid-range.
God bless the wizards! Paul Millsap's mid-range shot finally missed, and the Pelicans' interior finally didn't go on a continuous rampage.
The Wizards wanted to continue to play Ariza when they got the opportunity, but the Pelicans suffered such a loss, and now Ariza is going to play alone, and Li Feng immediately yelled at Caron Butler on the side.
"Wrap him! Go up and wrap him! ”
In Li Feng's roar, Kaloon Butler quickly went up to the bag, and Ariza suddenly lost his advantage, and the pass was immediately stealed by Li Feng. Li Feng rushed over with the ball and caused a foul on the Wizards, when Li Feng walked to the free throw line.
Randy Whitman finally made up his mind, and while he replaced him with a good defensive Marsingotatt, he gave the team a death order, asking the team to go crazy and speed up the pace like crazy, and definitely drag the Pelicans down.
Randy Whitman's tricks are not new, and this style of play is like a gambling steal, with great risks and rewards. However, at this time, the Wizards' lineup was not neat, and in the case of a very poor hand, the team had to gamble wildly if they wanted to win.
Wall and Randy Whitman have a feud though. But he is a very responsible player, and as soon as he listens to the manager, he understands the strictness of the game.
Li Feng hit one of two free throws at the free throw line, so that the score of the two teams became 44-36, and the Pelicans had taken a big lead over the Wizards by 8 points.
And with the Pelicans leading by so many points, Li Feng basically didn't play much, just relying on the strength of his teammates to force the Wizards to this situation.
The Pelicans, for their part, looked like they were winning easily, and there was little room for the Wizards' physical scramble.
This scene is most clearly seen by the commentator on the side, so the two commentators on the commentary table at this time said:
"I've said we're so weak on the inside that even a piece of garbage like Paul Millsap can't resist. If I were Randy, I should consider getting two interior players. Otherwise, it will delay Wall's youth. ”
"Yes! Wall has paid a lot for the Wizards, and now he has so many injuries at a young age. Without a good teammate, Wall's youth would have been in vain. ”
Wall is the absolute leader for Washington, when he joined the Wizards, he brought a new atmosphere to the Wizards, this year Wall is recovering from injury, his own state is not the best, and the new style of play has not yet fully adapted.
When you're not in good shape, the team is not in good shape. Reinforcements were poor, trades were not strong, and in the past two years, the Wizards have been busy swinging and getting salary space. Wait for next year's big contract year to catch big fish from the free market.
In this case, both Wall and the Wizards played very hard, running from the offensive end, and the Wizards still handed over the basketball to Wall first to deal with on the outside.
Wall was in possession at this time and looked at the Pelicans' position. There was emotion in his heart, and he was a little envious of Li Feng.
Envy Li Feng was happier after being traded by the Knicks, Wall sighed in his heart. His heart was bitter, but his eyes were still firm on the court. In this league, everyone who can become a superstar is a person with good physical, technical, ball quotient, and will.
Wall faced a strong opponent, there was emotion in his heart, but there was also a sense of heroism, not to lose to anyone, let Wall take the ball to face the Pelicans' defense, as if it was a ghost as elusive continuous twisting, dodging the outside defense, and then just before Paul Millsap pounced, threw a high throw.
Wall relied on his personal ability to score points for the Wizards, and it also made the Wizards' home court resounded with admiration.
Wall scored, and then when the Pelicans came over, the Pelicans opened up to play low-post tactics. Just looking at the inside line, Seraphim and Masingotat immediately twisted into a ball with each other.
The Pelicans' two interior lines are better than the Wizards' offensive ability, but compared to the ability to play tough battles, the Pelicans are not as good as the Wizards' two old men on the inside. Masingotat and Seraphim are both battle-hardened veterans who can't afford to fight to the death with Kalombutler and Paul Millsap.
Caron Butler escaped from the inside at this time and wanted to pull out to catch the ball, but Bradley Beal, who had just come on the court, immediately went up to the vicious bag.
At this time, several players of the Wizards seemed to be bloodthirsty and ferocious like piranhas, chasing the Pelicans' two interior lines.
The Pelicans played smoothly before, and the game did not have this intensity, and they were forced to rob by the Wizards so desperately.
The Pelicans suddenly felt uncomfortable, and the basketball was almost forcibly snatched by Wall when it came to Brewer's hands, and Brewer's thin body at this time still suffered a big loss.
The Wizards snatched the Pelicans' basketball, and Wall immediately drove the ball toward the Pelicans' halfcourt.
Li Feng saw this situation, he was rushing out to delay Wall, but at this time, Wall was in the high-speed travel with a very low center of gravity and rapid change of direction, Li Feng made a slight misjudgment in the high-speed, and was given by Wall all of a sudden, after Li Feng, Wall hit the Pelicans' basket and got rid of Caron Butler, and got up with a two-handed dunk.
"Bang!"
Wall's two individual offenses in a row, two beautiful breakaways, and four consecutive points for the team.
As a result, the score of the two teams became 44:-40, and the difference between the two teams was shortened again. Wall has such a wonderful table, and the Wizards' home court is naturally thunderous, and everyone is cheering for Wall and celebrating for Wall.
The two commentators also shouted:
"John Wall, the No. 1 point guard in the league of the future."
In the midst of this enthusiastic shout, Wall was also radiant at this time, jumping over and high-fived his teammates.
Seeing that the Wizards are about to rise again. Van Gundy immediately supervised the battle on the side, and giving the opponent a chance was tantamount to suicide, which Van Gundy understood very well, but at this time the Pelicans still underestimated the Wizards' defensive strength.
Just as the Pelicans advanced again, the extremely ferocious Wizards immediately pounced on the outside line with heavy troops, and the Wizards pounced extremely fiercely. Rose was slightly affected here, the pass was a little slower, and the basketball was passed to Li Feng's hands. The Wizards' rotation defense immediately came in front of Li Feng, and several players pounced on Li Feng together.
In the face of this defensive strength, Li Feng used his body to carry the opponent one step. Then he looked sideways at Paul Millsap at the free throw line.
Li Feng immediately passed the ball vigorously to Paul Millsap, Paul Millsap took the ball at this time, and Wall on one side came over frantically to block it.
Although there is a huge difference in height between him and Paul Millsap, Wall's good bounce and ferocious momentum still affected Paul Millsap, and Paul Millsap missed immediately.
The Wizards gambled successfully for the second time, and after the Wizards won the basketball, Bradley Beal advanced quickly with the ball, and when the Pelicans quickly retreated, Bradley Beal himself suddenly accelerated and plunged towards the Pelicans' basket.
Who would have thought that Bradley Beal would kill at this critical moment, and no one in the Pelicans had such a psychological expectation. All Bradley Beal's breakthrough was unusually easy, and just when the Pelicans had no time to take care of it, Bradley Beal came up with a throw.
The basketball flew out of Bradley Beal's hand and landed cleanly into the Pelicans' basket. This time, the cries of the Wizards' home fans are even greater. The Wizards didn't seem able to stop the Pelicans' interior offense before, but now they suddenly chased 6 points in less than 2 minutes, relying on strong defense and ferocious fast breaks, the Wizards finally got the win back.
Seeing that the Wizards are fighting so hard. Van Gundy glanced at Randy Whitman, who was sitting high in the audience, and he immediately called a timeout, Van Gundy was about to shatter the confidence of the Wizards. He's going to convince the Wizards to lose.
After the timeout, the Pelicans and a bunch of players who were still playing comfortably are now back on the bench. At this time, Van Gundy glanced at the group of players and said:
"Do you think it's going to be easy? Do you think the Wizards can win so easily? No? If we want to win, we have only one way, which is to be more fierce than the enemy on the opposite side, we have to destroy them, completely destroy them, we have to suppress the opponent from the arrogance, and we have to humiliate the opponent physically. Basketball is not synchronized gymnastics, we not only need beautiful movements, but also brave hearts. ”
"You weren't brave enough today! However, I believe that Li Feng will tell some people to be brave. Am you right?"
Van Gundy Hale said this and came to see Li Feng, who bared his teeth and smiled at everyone on the side.
Li Feng smiled brightly, but also coldly, his smile was like the gatekeeper of hell seeing a ghost, ruthless and confident, life and death in his hands.
Caron Butler and Paul Millsap, who had played well before, saw Li Feng's smile like this, and the hearts of the two of them moved for no reason.
Van Gundy felt something familiar with this smile, a Celtic smile, cold and confident, contemptuous and full of fanaticism.
After the timeout, the Pelicans immediately played a tactic, and after a whistle blew, the four Pelicans players scattered like fireworks, staggered with each other, and even the defense of the Wizards with the pull was scattered.
At the first moment of the whistle, Li Feng almost ran outside the three-point line, and the Wizards' attention was on Li Feng, and when they immediately went to pounce on Li Feng, Caron Butler on the sideline threw the basketball directly to Rose.
The Wizards saw that the ball fell into the hands of Rose, and when they were about to relax, Li Feng moved back and used the continuous cover of his teammates to kill the Wizards' basket at once.
This scene fell into the eyes of Randy Whitman on the sidelines, and he already knew what Li Feng was going to do. But he couldn't cry out, because he knew it was too late.
Rose had already thrown the basketball out, and Li Feng had already taken off like an eagle, in the air Li Feng opened his arms, stretched out, and the moment he caught the basket, Li Feng smashed the basketball into the Wizards' basket.
"Bang!"
The Pelicans came back after a timeout. Actually completed the attack with an empty catch.
With such a slam dunk against the sky, Li Feng immediately brought back the Pelicans' momentum.
The Wizards were originally going to downplay the impact of Li Feng's dunk, and they were about to kick off immediately after Li Feng's dunk.
But the Wizards were just about to kick off, and they saw that the Pelicans' defense seemed to be flooding into the Wizards' half of the court.
The Pelicans actually launched a dense defense all over the court, and the Wizards were a little out of breath by this sudden blow.
Bradley Beal, who is also a second-year rookie, immediately made a passing error, and the basketball was quickly stealed by Arenas, who was forced to come up.
Breaking off the basketball, Arenas jumped straight to the shot, but unfortunately Brewer shot too hard in the hurry.
The basketball flew out directly, and seeing that a beautiful defense of the Pelicans seemed to be buried, at this moment the ghostly Li Feng appeared next to the basket again. Seeing the basketball fly out, Li Feng flew up, grabbed the basketball again with one hand, and then smashed it towards the Wizards' basket.
"Bang!"
Li Feng dunked twice in a row, one in the air and one in the dunk, which completely wiped out the Wizards' already hot home court.
Li Feng's appearance is almost ruinary, and as soon as he appeared, he gave the wizard a fatal blow.
Faced with this challenge, Wall knew he had to play a more beautiful offense. in order to dissolve.
At this time, the Wizards kicked off again, and the Pelicans still didn't give up and defended the whole court, and the Pelicans were unforgiving.
Faced with this defense, Wall was also enraged. took the ball and quickly made a continuous crotch down in front of Rose, who was defending himself, and saw that Li Feng was about to come to wrap Wall, and immediately stepped back, and then suddenly shook off the Pelicans' frontcourt package and came towards the Pelicans' halfcourt.
Wall got out of the Pelicans' frontcourt press and chased after him like a breeze at his feet. Once he was given space to Wall, he was like a tiger with wings, like a fish swimming in the sea. Dribbling the ball and killing it quickly.
Li Feng hurriedly chased from behind and defended Wall on the side, but Li Feng came over and Wall immediately pulled the ball in the direction of Li Feng to make a feint.
Li Feng went up to chase and was too late, and Wall came up from the backcourt and scored two points. In the Pelican's aggressive posture, Wall finally fought his way out.
The Wizards expect the entire team to get out of this bloody way and completely cut down the Pelicans, but the Pelicans naturally will never let them get their wish.
The Pelicans reopened the backcourt, and at this time the Wizards were also desperate, and immediately pounced outside to defend.
The defensive intensity of the Pelicans and Wizards has suddenly increased, and it feels like the temperature on the court is a little higher.
The Pelicans tried to keep this cautious and pass the ball inside and out, but it was difficult to have a chance under the Wizards' desperate defense.
In the end, the Pelicans had no choice but to pass the basketball to Li Feng's hands, and Li Feng took the ball to face the Wizards' crazy counterattack.
In this kind of crazy counterattack, Li Feng immediately asked for Al Jefferson's cover, but Li Feng used Al Jefferson's cover to go around to the side, and the Wizards' inside Marsingotat immediately pounced in front of Li Feng very quickly.
Although he is a European, Masingotat has a tough style and enough footwork, making him a very difficult defender. With him and the outside line cooperating to form a high-low configuration, it is absolutely difficult for attackers to break through.
Li Feng frowned suddenly when he faced Masingotat at this time, and then suddenly twisted his body weirdly, and his left hand directly threw the basketball from behind and threw it to the right, which was a clean and neat dribble behind him.
This action can be done neatly by others, but no one twists his body into such a weird angle like Li Feng.
In the end, Masingotat is a big insider, Li Feng made a change of direction move, and he suddenly slowed down, and Li Feng just took the ball in his hand, got up and went straight to the Wizards' basket. Li Feng actually survived in a desperate situation, dribbling the ball behind his back and passing Masingotat.
At this point, the Wizards' basket was empty, and then Wall came up, and Wall is a player who is good at ferocious blocking.
At the moment when Li Feng flew up, Wall also flew up from the side, preparing for Li Feng to cover him from the air.
Li Feng felt Wall, and also felt Wall's ferocity and determination, but Li Feng also had an indestructible determination.
In the air, Li Feng's whole body contracted like an ice prince. Dodged Wall's ferocity, then stretched out his arm and picked the basketball into the Wizards' basket with a flick of his wrist.
Wall was only one dragon, and Li Feng immediately turned around and saluted a wonderful breakthrough.
The Pelicans really don't give the Wizards a chance to breathe, as long as the Wizards play well, Li Feng will respond immediately.
At this juncture in the game, the defense has reached the most ferocious moment, and the game has reached the most critical moment. At this time, whoever can seize the commanding heights of morale has more than half of the hope of the game, and if anyone loses the initiative in this wave of attack and defense, he will inevitably be punished greatly.
Strange people know the severity of things. Wall knew it, too, but it was only halftime for the Pelicans.
The Pelicans' defense immediately pounced, the same tight defense, the Wizards' defense was a little more ferocious, but the Pelicans' defense was more dense.
Without the help of his teammates, Wall alone couldn't tear through the Pelicans' dense defense, and he could only take the risk of pulling up a jumper in the end.
In this way, the Pelicans didn't give Wall a good chance to shoot, Li Feng came up to harass, and Wall missed the shot.
Here, Wall missed the shot. Under the basket, Al Jefferson grabbed the rebound and immediately passed the ball vigorously, and the Pelicans' counterattack came much faster than the Wizards thought.
In the hands of all the Wizards in the Pelicans' half, Al Jefferson has passed. Li Feng has already started running, and Wall has also begun to run.
It was a chase race, and it was also a race of pure speed, and one of the two sides of the race was called the Blue Jesus. One is a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Li Feng and Wall seemed to be two fierce horses starting together, and their bodies both burst out with tremendous strength and speed, on the court between square inches. It seems that they can't accommodate the footsteps of two people. As they run, they collide and stretch their bodies wantonly.
But no one could pull anyone, so when the basketball was close in front of him, Wall's shoulder was torn violently, and just like that, he was behind for a moment, Li Feng took the opportunity to pick up the basketball and made a layup easily.
The Pelicans have the upper hand again!
Wall watched Li Feng go to the basket, he watched the opponent attack him but couldn't do anything, because his strength was not as good as Li Feng, and because he didn't have a helper, because although this team was still brave, it didn't have the ability to fight.
Watching Li Feng go to the basket, and then Wall looked at the Pelicans' lineup full of talents, he knew that he was defeated, and the Wizards were also defeated today.
Since Wall had such an idea, the Wizards naturally lost, but the defeat was not miserable. At the end of the game, the Pelicans were only 4 points ahead of the Wizards, and although the Wizards were not neatly staffed, they still had enough fighting spirit.
While the Pelicans celebrated after the game, Wall walked into the locker room with a gloomy expression.
Randy Whitman watched Wall's gloomy back from behind, and he also knew that Wall's time was running out, and if he wanted to achieve something, he would have to make a big profit in this year's transfer market.
Otherwise, I'm afraid the chances are very slim, next year's free market is the place of their own big gambles, LeBron James, Chris Bosh and so on have the potential to change the team, this is the last hope of the Wizards, if not, Wall will leave this team sooner or later, even if he is selected by the Wizards with a first-round pick.
Randy Whitman stood up at this point, his eyes looking far away.
The reporters after the game were not very enthusiastic, after all, the Pelicans won the Wizards was expected, and the team did not have too special numbers. In this way, such a game seems a bit monotonous, but Li Feng is very satisfied with this game, because he didn't make much of a move, and his teammates took care of the other party.
This feeling makes Li Feng very cool!
Li Feng's personal only 25 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists are "average", and a triple-double is as simple as eating for Li Feng, and Millsap and Al Jefferson teamed up to score 65 points, and the Pelicans also scored 138 points in this game.
The two major inside lines are getting better, and the Pelicans are destined to get better and better! (To be continued......)