Chapter 877: The Rhythm of the Fight
Randolph didn't score at this time, but let Millsap pull him down from the air, he immediately became angry, and Randolph, who rarely gets angry, got up from the ground and turned around and pushed Millsap violently.
Millsap took a big step back indifferently, and the referee saw such a hot scene happening in front of his eyes in the back, and he immediately blew the whistle and gave Millsap a technical foul, but at this time, Randolph was too fierce because he was pulled down by Millsap, and his whole body fell to the ground first with his waist.
So after Randolph landed, he still felt that his waist was not very comfortable, he covered his waist and walked to the free throw line, but the result was that he didn't hit the free throw twice, and Randolph missed the free throw twice.
Randolph missed both free throws, and the FedEx Arena fans quit and booed the Pelicans players.
The dissatisfied voices in the FedEx arena were wave after wave, but at this time the Pelicans were not affected in any way, Caron Butler took out his skills as a rookie twelve years ago, and the Grizzlies' guard crowd was interspersed, tearing the Grizzlies back and forth on the outside line, and suddenly, Clung Butler dribbled and used Millsap's cover to intersperse it from behind, and suddenly stabbed into the Grizzlies' three-point line.
Mike Miller hurriedly came up to defend Caron Butler, and Loyle also hit Caron Butler in the back, in the face of the two of them, Caron Butler should have been in danger, but at this time, Caron Butler suddenly made a back pass behind and sent the basketball to Millsap on the outside.
At this time, Millsap had a basketball in his hand, but there was no defender in front of him, and Randolph also knew that Millsap had no three-point ability, so he didn't follow, just waited for Millsap to crash into him.
How could Millsap hit Randolph, this big man who doesn't seem to have any offensive ability at all, suddenly sent the basketball to the Grizzlies' interior line the moment he received the basketball. The basketball brush flew to the inside of the Grizzly Bear Field.
Such a swift transfer often brings complete danger, and this time is no exception, Loyle just went to flank Caron Butler, and Li Feng entered the Grizzlies' interior line with an empty cut.
Millsap saw Li Feng's air cut, so he immediately transferred the basketball and stuffed the basketball directly into the inside.
Li Feng shook off Loyle and cut to the low position of the Grizzlies, and at this time Randolph was still watching Millsap perform above, and he couldn't come back at all, Li Feng was an old opponent. It can also be said that Li Feng's lucky star Ed Davis appeared in front of Li Feng.
Li Feng saw that it was Ed Davis, but he was more confident, and after receiving the basketball, he immediately jumped directly, that is, he made a left and right hook hand with Ed Davis, Ed Davis didn't have time to foul, and Li Feng's light yì got the score.
The Pelicans played a very nice quick pass from the outside, and then went straight inside to the Grizzlies, and the series of passes was swift and fast. The light and agile ones get the score.
After Millsap made a successful pass, he made a murderous move towards Randolph, and when Randolph saw Millsap make this move, he immediately became angry. Because if someone else could make such an action, Randolph could still bear it, but Millsap made such an action, and Randolph felt as if he had been stabbed.
Because Millsap had done nothing less to himself in front of him, and now he had made a wonderful pass in front of him, and now he was making such a gesture in front of him. This is provoking yourself.
The more Randolph thought about it, the more angry he became, and the anger in Randolph's stomach grew like a sapling, and soon grew into a towering tree. Enraged, Randolph yelled at his teammates.
Randolph was yelling and demanding, and his teammates felt the anger in the big man's body.
Randolph quickly drilled into the Pelicans' interior line, and Millsap desperately tried to squeeze Randolph out, but Randolph also began to increase the amplitude of his movements brutally, and he was stunned to get into the position.
At this point, he beckoned for the ball, and Prince easily passed the basketball to Randolph in the back.
Randolph's position was deep enough at this time, and Randolph, who got the basketball, turned around and wanted to make a happy attack, but as soon as he turned around, Brand immediately rushed to the scene.
And Brand and Millsap did the same, they came over and hugged Randolph who was about to jump, this time Randolph was finally completely on fire, the last time Millsap hugged Randolph once, this time the Pelicans did this, and the fire in Randolph's heart came out directly.
The two shoulders shook suddenly, and Brand was thrown aside, Brand's defensive action was big enough, and Randolph's throwing action in it was not small, after Randolph made such a move.
Brand, as an old ball ruffian, naturally stood up straight without fear and looked at Randolph provocatively, and Randolph also looked at Brand provocatively, shouting in his mouth:
"New Orleans bastards, you can't afford to play basketball, don't play, don't always use this method, there is a kind of you coming towards me, there is a kind of you attacking me."
"What kind of skill is it to pull me down, there is a kind of you who come up and fight me in a dignified manner."
Randolph was obviously very excited now, and Brand laughed at Randolph in a low voice:
"Boy, what are you waiting for, it's useless to yell, it's useless at all."
While Randolph and Brand were facing off, the referee came over and gave Brand another foul and sent Randolph to the free throw line again, where Randolph made one of two free throws this time.
After scoring a point, Randolph turned around and ran back to his team, and Kaloon Butler, who was still on the court at this time, ran up quickly and said in Li Feng's ear:
"It's almost now, Li Feng, now you go to break through Randolph, he will definitely go crazy, and then our chance will come."
How to deal with Randolph by Calon Butler's secret plot here, Li Feng looked at him in surprise and said:
"Why do you ask me to do this kind of thing, you must know that it is not easy to break through a big man."
Kaloon Butler blinked in surprise and said:
"What's the matter, isn't breaking through the big man exactly what you often do?"
Li Feng shook his head helplessly. He didn't know why Kalombbutler let himself break through at this time, now Randolph is obviously in a state of madness, he will definitely be torn apart if he goes up like this, and Randolph will definitely destroy himself.
After Li Fengdi thought of these in his mind, he suddenly knew why Kalom Butler wanted to go up by himself, this Kaloon Butler was really the root of his evil, if this was successful, there would also be a trap on Randolph's body that the pelican could definitely take advantage of.
Li Feng guessed that the guy Clauon Butler was not at ease at all, just to make Randolph's mentality completely unbalanced after consecutive malicious fouls and challenges, and then the Pelicans had a lot to do. I continue to create a very tense atmosphere during the game.
After Li Feng learned about Kaloon Butler's plan, he still felt that this might be able to achieve his goal, because now Millsap has three fouls on his back, and Van Gundy also put Millsap on the court, which can be seen that Millsap is important to the Pelicans, if the situation continues like this, it will be absolutely unfavorable for the Pelicans, but if Li Feng can create a turnaround in Randolph now, there will be a glimmer of hope for the Pelicans.
With this in mind, Li Feng slowly dribbled and moved on the outside of the Grizzlies, and then looked for opportunities. When Li Feng moved, he suddenly saw a glimmer of opportunity from the gap in the Grizzlies, stepped out, and inserted it directly into the Grizzlies' inner line.
Li Feng seemed to be a bolt of lightning and stabbed diagonally, directly hitting the grizzly bear's inner line. At this time, in the inner line, it was like a beast in a cage, and Randolph saw Li Feng kill him, he turned around and rushed towards Li Feng.
Just now Randolph was yelling at the Pelicans and yelling for the Pelicans to hit him, and now that the Pelicans are coming, Randolph of course thinks this is the challenge. That's where the challenge comes in.
Randolph turned around and rushed towards Li Feng, who also knew that he would face Randolph's anger, and was about to run into Randolph. Li Feng suddenly raised his knees to protect himself, or to make Randolph understand that I can't defend lightly, but at this time, Randolph couldn't see the reality in front of him clearly, so he jumped up and slapped it towards Li Feng's hand, which was a very fierce cap.
And Li Feng also showed his knees, just like two people with bad intentions.
"Bang" crashed into it, Li Feng was slapped directly on the shoulder by Randolph, and the whole person fell from the air at once, as if a sandbag fell to the ground, Li Feng landed and shouted "Ahhhh
Li Feng was shouting loudly to strengthen the referee's attention, but Randolph also screamed "ah" at this time, and then covered his chest with his hand, because Li Feng's knee was just nailed to Randolph's chest.
Li Feng was slapped directly on the ground, and on the court, Kalom Butler immediately rushed over and pointed at Randolph's nose and scolded, and as soon as Kaloon Butler moved, there were some young people on the Pelican court, Millsap and Oladipo also immediately came over to say that Randolph was surrounded in the middle, and the relationship between Millsap and Oladipo was very good, and now that Li Feng was slapped on the ground, they all came over to help Li Feng.
As a result, the atmosphere of the entire court changed, and the players on the Grizzlies' side were afraid that something would happen, so they all went to Randolph's side to reason with the other party, and saw that the two groups of people were together.
This is the precursor to a clash or even a group fight, and the referee comes up and hurriedly asks for players from both sides.
At this time, the coaches on both sides were also stupid and hurriedly came up to persuade them, and Hardaway first said indignantly in the stands:
"From the beginning of the second quarter, it was the Pelicans' Millsap who was looking for trouble with Randolph, and now it's the way things have got, but it's completely fulfilling their wishes."
Naturally, Prince did not want to hear such words, and he immediately retorted:
"Just because the opponent fouled you, you can maliciously foul the opposing player, this is simply immoral remarks."
If he was off the court, or in a private place, Hardaway could have quibbled with Prince, but now in the commentary seat, in front of the televised cameras, Hardaway opened his mouth twice and didn't say anything. I just kept silent.
The referee gave Randolph a technical foul at this time, Li Feng went to the free throw line, and Li Feng himself felt very uncomfortable when he got to the free throw line, so that anyone who fell on the floor would feel unhappy, and the result was that Li Feng also made two free throws without one hit.
After falling on the ground, Van Gundy didn't dare to put Li Feng on the court, and after replacing Li Feng, he immediately replaced El Jefferson and Rose and Arenas.
The Pelicans reassembled the starting four and continued to play the Grizzlies, after multiple physical contacts between the two teams and fouls. The game became more and more hot, more and more intense, and the physical contact between the two sides increased dramatically.
The physical contact between the two teams gradually increased, and the rhythm of the game became very difficult, with people fouling and people walking to the free throw line.
This kind of physical contact continued until the end of the second quarter, when the score of the two sides became a five-point lead for the Grizzlies and the Pelicans, and each side paid several fouls. The inside was heavily wounded, with Millsap fouled three times, Brand three fouls and Al Jefferson twice. Everybody had a lot of fouls on their backs.
At halftime, Li Feng followed his teammates back to the locker room, and in the locker room, Van Gundy looked at his disciples and said:
"Now I warn everyone. We're re-establishing ourselves as a team right now, and in the process I'm not allowing anyone to stir things up, and anyone can stir things up. Now that our team image is more important than a qiē, even a victory in this series will not offset the loss of the team's image damage. ”
Van Gundy is here to solemnly warn the Pelicans players not to let them stir up trouble, after all, they are here to win the game and not fight and what happened on the court today is obviously not good for the team, so Van Gundy hurriedly came out to warn his players at this time.
When Li Feng heard this, he secretly went to look at Kaloon Butler, only to see that Kaloon Butler was winking at him, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
Li Feng had no choice but to shake his head helplessly and smiled, the Pelicans are reiterating the importance of the team's image, but on the Grizzlies' side, Robert Pera also feels that things are very tricky, the entire first half has passed, although his team has a huge advantage on the inside line in Randolph, but the enemy has been killed by one thousand and eight hundred, and in the case that the Pelicans' interior line has paid such a big price, Randolph on the Grizzlies side has also accumulated two fouls and a technical foul.
Two-time foul Robert Pera is not very worried, he is afraid that Randolph will have another technical foul on impulse, so that today's game will not be played, and then this series can be accounted for.
So Robert Pera, who had these thoughts, sat down beside Randolph in the dressing room, and said to Randolph in earnest words:
"Zach, now you've accumulated a technical foul on you, and no matter what the opponent does in the second half, you absolutely can't afford another technical foul, otherwise it will be a catastrophic loss for the team."
What Robert Pera said was completely reasonable, and Randolph himself knew it, but at this time, Randolph was still very angry and lifted his clothes to let Robert Pera look at his body:
"Look at those pelican pups, they're not playing, they're fighting, and I'm the punching bag with the biggest target."
Robert Pera saw countless traces of greenery on or Randolph's body, one by one, and the traces of the two knees on his chest were even more clearly visible, and Robert Pera saw so many injuries of Randolph, and this guy couldn't help but get angry.
It won't take a few minutes to fight like this, Randolph is not punished by the referee, he himself has to be injured, Robert Pera wanted to yell twice, but suddenly thought that he and Randolph could talk just now, he hurriedly suppressed the words he was going to roar, just told Sù Randolph to be patient, and he must be patient in order to win in the end.
Starting over, both the Pelicans and Grizzlies are fully using the starting five, with the Pelicans on this side of the point guard Rose, scoring guard Arenas, small forward Li Feng, power forward Paul Millsap, and center Al Jefferson.
On this side of the Grizzlies are point guard Conley, shooting guard Tony Allen, small forward Prince, power forward Zach Randolph, and center Mark Gasol.
When Hardaway saw Millsap in the commentary seat, Hardaway said:
"Van Gundy was really confident at this point, and he also put Millsap up so that he was going to use someone to defend or Randolph in the fourth quarter."
Miller deftly replied to Hardaway's words:
"Van Gundy is not confident, but he's only going to use Millsap for three quarters and he's not going to defend Randolph in the fourth quarter because he's going to play a small lineup like the one he did last time."
When Miller said this, Hardaway was awe-inspired, because he suddenly thought that the last game the Pelicans defeated the Grizzlies with such a small lineup, and the fast tactics in that lineup almost inevitably exposed their weaknesses.
Hardaway very much hopes that the Grizzlies can kill the Pelicans in the third quarter and completely let the Pelicans . There is no power to stand on.
After the Grizzlies returned to the court, they began to hit the ground not at this point of Randolph on the inside, but on the outside, Tony Allen and Prince's double sword, Tony Allen was wild and eclectic, Prince was simple and generous, the two worked together on the outside, and suddenly the entire Pelicans outside defense line suffered great pressure.
Because Tony Allen and Prince are both first-class defensive players, and these two are very comprehensive in terms of technology, so once Tony Allen and Prince give up their previous suspicions and start a reasonable outside offense, they are really surging towards the Pelicans' position in waves, and defensive masters like Arenas and Li Feng can't easily subdue their opponents.
When the Grizzlies broke out on the outside, the Pelicans were taking advantage of Al Jefferson's inside advantage and Li Feng's height advantage to play singles again and again, but Li Feng, who scored a lot of points on Tony Allen yesterday, was not so lucky when facing the same person today, and the shooting rate was not high.
Now that's the case, it's a bit reversed, the Grizzlies are focusing on the outside two-star team, while the Pelicans are using their height and interior advantages to keep chasing the Grizzlies' two slightly weaker places.
This situation continued, and in the end, it was the Grizzlies' double star who had the advantage in scoring, and the game reached 9:38 in the third quarter, the score of the two sides became 67-58, and the Pelicans fell behind to 9 points, and at this time Van Gundy called a timeout again, he glanced at his watch on the sideline, and then began to ask Li Feng in a low voice.
"Li Feng, from now on, you have to continue to fight for 15 minutes, can your body hold on?"
Li Feng wiped a handful of sweat lightly and said:
"What if you can't, haven't you already decided?"
Hearing Li Feng say this, Van Gundy was not angry, he waved his hand to replace Rose with Li Feng, Li Feng returned to the game, at this time Li Feng started to play, Kenny Smith on the side immediately said:
"Li Feng is on the court, if Li Feng is on the court, then for the Pelicans, the tactics will reach another stage of pride, and now the Pelicans are still 9 points behind the Grizzlies, 9 points is not much, but it is still a problem for the Pelicans, now let's see how Van Gundy wants to use Li Feng's ability in the entire lineup."
With 15 minutes left in the game, the Pelicans began to give Li Feng a single, Li Feng received the basketball from Rose on the sideline, and then gently slapped the basketball, dribbling forward and walked over to Conley in front of Li Feng, Conley saw that it was Li Feng who dribbled up, and he immediately shrank back.
Conley knows his ability, and when defending Li Feng, he must first control him, and he must not stretch out his hand lightly, as soon as he stretches out his hand, he will be overcome. (To be continued......)