Chapter 894: A Flying Tornado
The Spurs didn't play Parker's running to catch the ball at the beginning, but handed over this task to the aging Danny Green, Danny Green's shooting talent is undoubted, Li Feng came over and saw Danny Green's move, he immediately targeted Danny Green.
At this critical moment, the Spurs' scores are all strategic points, Danny Green shoots three points, if he hits, the score will return to about 10 points, and the Spurs' mentality and Pelicans' mentality will still change at that time.
can let the Spurs get 2 points, but definitely can't let them 3 points, the difference between three points and two points is only one point, but the impact is completely different, realizing that when Danny Green began to run tactically, Li Feng's eyes kept looking at Danny Green.
Although it is still a long time at this time, it is definitely a key goal that can change the fate of both teams, a key defense.
Danny Green is relatively tall and not suitable for drilling around in the crowd like Parker and ordinary running shooters, and players with this kind of drilling effect need to be thinner, he can run through the gaps, but the people chasing behind him can't catch up.
Danny Green can't do it, he's too tall, where he can pass, a horse can get through, this method is not suitable for him, so his running position is relatively simple, just using Duncan and Leonard in the high position to run back and forth.
Danny Green was smart enough and calm enough at this time, and as a shooter, he had the kind of sharp and fast shot, and he also had a cold heart.
He took Arenas back and forth for two laps, and just as Arenas continued to chase Danny Green, Danny Green took advantage of Duncan's cover and suddenly took a big step towards the front, such an ordinary step did not cause any changes in Arenas at all, and Arenas chased after him directly.
But at this moment, Danny Green went to suddenly pull out. Running back again, he used his tactical run to shake Arenas past him, at which point Duncan handed the basketball to Danny Green.
Danny Green received the basketball, raised his hand, shot the basket, this series of actions, so that Popovich was pleased, Danny Green completely played the tactics, and the final shot looked very good.
Just as everyone was watching the basketball flying out, a behemoth suddenly flew from Duncan's side. It was like a heavy object flying out of the way, and it appeared from the side with a huge inertia.
He appeared so suddenly, so fiercely, so unexpectedly, but he just appeared, and a long arm stretched out towards the sky.
It was like a gibbon in the woods "snapped" its long arms, like a whip, and it was whipped on the basketball with one palm, and the basketball slash smashed directly to the outside of the court.
Suddenly, Danny Green's tactical shot came to naught. The fans at the New Orleans Center picked up the basketball in the crowd and held it high, and Li Feng also stood behind Duncan and roared indulgently.
At this time, it is played back on the big screen. Only then did people see clearly that the person who flew out was none other than Li Feng, and it was the moment when Li Feng made Danny Green's last shot. Came up from one side and slapped the basketball away.
The basketball was pumped out, and Popovich's face suddenly turned unpleasant, this was no ordinary round. It's not just an ordinary round, it's a direct one about the change of mentality between the two teams.
Li Feng flew the basketball fan out with one palm, and the pelican's momentum suddenly rose, like a surging tide, and it couldn't be extinguished, and his side hit a 3-pointer in a moment, and it couldn't have the effect of instant freezing.
The Spurs re-sidelined, Duncan hit a two-point shot after a period of silence, but at this time the Pelicans' momentum has been fully up, and the Spurs players on the court feel that their defenders have a feeling of being unable to suppress, and outside the court, the Pelicans fans are about to overturn the New Orleans Center.
It was as if it was no longer the center of New Orleans and had become purgatory, and the Pelicans rushed to the Spurs' half court amid the frenzied cheers of the audience.
At such a peak of momentum, the Pelicans can't play complicated at all, and it can't be steady, Li Feng dribbles and Arenas only makes a cross cover on the outside.
As soon as Li Feng and Arenas exchanged glances slightly, Li Feng put the basketball in Arenas's hands, and Arenas's state at this time was also continuing, receiving a pause in the basketball without half a point, retreating and dribbling, one step and the three-point line opened up a distance of nearly half a step, and then suddenly shot the basket.
Arenas' three-point shot was abrupt and unreasonable, but it was right on the rhythm of the Pelicans' counterattack.
Basketball games are so weird, many games pay attention to rhythm, boxing emphasizes rhythm, diving also needs rhythm, in basketball, the rhythm of the whole team's offense and defense is also extremely important, as long as the rhythm is incomparable, you can control the opponent to play yourself.
Arenas's three-pointer drilled into the Spurs' basket like a rainbow, and the center of New Orleans exploded in an instant, and the score was close to 5 points, only 5 points.
At this time, Popovich's face turned pale, and if he lost like this, his team would really be extremely humiliated, and he roared wildly on the sideline, like an angry bull.
The Spurs players were clearly motivated by Popovich's roar, and after the Pelicans' half, Parker also scored two points on a jumper at the top of the arc, and it looked like the score was pulled back again, and it was not just the offensive but also the defensive quality that was being compared.
Whoever can restrain the opponent to the greatest extent when playing on their own is also an important part of the victory.
After Parker's goal, Li Feng immediately shouted at Caron Butler:
"Don't stop, pass fast, hold our rhythm, hold our rhythm."
Li Feng's meaning is very clear, now our whole team is in the rhythm, we have a great advantage in this rhythm, at this time we can't pause, we can't slow down the rhythm, but to swallow the opponent in one go.
The consequence of this is either to win a big gamble or to squander a great opportunity in front of you.
Li Feng rushed towards the Spurs' half court with basketball at this time, and the Pelicans were seizing the day at this time, just to compete with your Spurs in rhythm and speed. Aren't you pretending to be a fast team, I'm playing with you right now at the most critical moment of the game.
Li Feng took the ball and killed it bravely, Li Feng's body had a huge inertia, looking at Li Feng's Leonard Bai Li Feng's inertia rushed towards the front together, and the two super tough bodies kept colliding.
It was about to reach the Spurs' three-point line, and at this time Leonard became nervous, and the speed of retreat under his feet accelerated, but with the speed of his feet, Li Feng slowed down suddenly.
It was as if he had stepped on the brakes, and his whole body froze. Leonard saw this situation and knew that it was not good, so he hurriedly rushed forward, but at this time, Li Feng jumped up backwards.
Li Feng's shooting posture was originally a backward shot that jumped backwards, so that he would not use his normal shooting, and at this time he used it, it had an amazing effect, running wildly, and then suddenly stopping backwards, which is a series of difficult actions and beautiful enjoyment.
In the eyes of the audience in the heart of New Orleans. Li Feng also flew Danny Green's three points with a thunderbolt just now, and at this time, Li Feng turned into a falling leaf after running rapidly, and quietly flew out towards the huge space behind him.
floated out of the space that Leonard could cover, and only then lightly struck out. A three-point shot from a stop.
As soon as Li Feng made a move, the eyes of everyone in the center of New Orleans widened, because the arc of this ball was too high and too difficult. In an instant, the 20,000-person court seemed to be quiet, only the basketball was spinning slowly, yes. It's spinning so slowly.
It was like a star in slow motion, with an intoxicating atmosphere, accompanied by the flashing light, the basketball "slammed" on the rebound, and suddenly the exclamation of the New Orleans Center rang out.
But then the basketball reflected into the basket, and it was actually a frontal knock, and suddenly the fans in the center of New Orleans finally couldn't help it, and they jumped up from the bench row and jumped up from the edge of the court.
As long as there is space, they can't help but erupt all their strength, and after falling behind for three quarters, the pelican's sudden eruption is like a volcano, which is shocking and terrifying.
Li Feng's difficult three-point shot made the New Orleans Center excited, but it smashed into the heart of the Spurs like a hammer, what is this feeling, that is, you just got two points, and people will give you a three-point, and if you get two points, they will get another three-pointer, and you can't stop people at all, that's how it feels.
At this moment, Parker is already very uncomfortable in his heart, and the Pelicans' aggressiveness at this moment gives the Spurs the feeling that they are becoming more and more powerless and unable to stop the opponent.
At this time, the Pelicans once again approached the score to 4 points, just 6 points, then 5 points, and now it is 4 points, which catches up with the score, and the Spurs are close at hand, as long as you defend this round, anything will come.
Popovich felt that his nerves were about to collapse, and he hurriedly called a timeout again, and his hands were almost out of time.
Popovich swept around the faces of all his teammates, and finally fixed on Duncan, at this time another weakness of the Spurs came to the fore, the core player is a point guard with no range, a power forward with insufficient interior confrontation, no scorer at critical moments, no player in the Spurs can stand up at critical moments, I can score.
Although Parker is the current tactical core, he is a small point guard and is not good at shooting, lacking the means to score and the ability to score at critical moments, and Duncan has always been the focus of the Pelicans' defense, but at the most critical and stalemate moment, technology cannot solve the problem, and the most problematic thing is the hard body.
However, at this moment, the Spurs could not solve the problem at hand, and the only way to score was to rely on Popovich's precise tactics, Popovich pulled out the tactical board, began to draw lines on the tactical board, and assigned his player positions.
Compared with the Spurs, who can only rely on tactics to solve problems, Pelicans' head coach Van Gundy is happy, although the score is still behind at the moment, Van Gundy seems to smell victory.
On the other side, the spurs are obviously poor in donkey skills, and there are fewer and fewer tricks, and on their own side, they also have the brave Li Feng, the hot Arenas, and the excited. The high-spirited Victor Oladipo and these people are the main players in this battle to chase points.
Spurs are back on the field. They played a delicate match in the opening game, Duncan easily singled out Caron Butler and chased the score, but at this time there was no sound of frustration or surprise in the New Orleans Center, because they believed that their team would soon chase the score back and quickly kill the opponent.
Li Feng controlled the ball and pressed his feet, and after two three-pointers just now, he suddenly suppressed the rhythm. Because he saw that the Spurs are now clearly adopting the kind of defense that the Warriors usually use, which is to mainly defend three-pointers, put two points, and protect the basket.
At this moment, he deliberately went to play three points, which was a bit desperate, and after adjustment, the rhythm of the Spurs also changed, Li Feng simply gestured and continued to eat the No. 1 position.
The No. 1 position is that. It's still Parker, Parker has seen Li Feng make this gesture twice, and after eating himself alone twice, he immediately became a little annoyed. Shall I let you do what you want?
Li Feng passed the ball diagonally to Victor Oladipo, and as soon as Oladipo got the basketball and put on an offensive stance, Parker stretched out the time to cut off Oladipo's ball. Parker's hand was slightly fouled.
Oladipo immediately screamed and threw the basketball down, and the young man was really witty. came out and played a strange trick, and the referee immediately gave Parker a foul, and the Pelicans didn't have to spend time to score points at the free throw line.
This result made Parker extremely angry, but he didn't have any way at all, who let this be the Pelicans' home court?
Victor Oladipo scored two points at the free throw line, but what people didn't expect was that the enraged Parker seemed to be back in shape, constantly hitting the halfcourt, and kept interspersing.
As mentioned earlier, interspersing this kind of work in the crowd, the lighter the body, the easier it is, Li Feng followed Parker, who was moving empty-handed, in the crowd, and suddenly Parker quickly went out, but he was stuck in the crowd.
Parker was able to create chaos for the Pelicans after he walked out, and then let his teammates score, and for a while, Parker seemed to regain control of the game all of a sudden, with his desperate intersperse, Duncan and Danny Green's hand returned, and the Pelicans couldn't catch up with the score for a few minutes.
Seeing that the time was getting less and less, Van Gundy hurriedly called a timeout, and now the Spurs' last return to the light, resisting to the death, Van Gundy thought about it and could only use some ruthless tricks.
Isn't Parker running around, okay, we'll control you now, Van Gundy decisively gave Li Feng an order, let Li Feng defend Parker, and the nearby players must help defend Parker, try to force Parker to the corner, and there must be players behind to pay attention to Parker's passing, and when assisting in defense, Parker can't pass easily.
At this time, the Pelicans' defensive focus was all on Parker's body, and he returned to the court, Li Feng handed the basketball to Oladipo at halftime, and then Li Feng ran quickly on his own.
When Li Feng first came to the Pelicans, the Pelicans played like this, and Li Feng was very familiar with this model.
passed the ball to Oladipo, and then Li Feng immediately ran along the court for most of the circle, to the low post on the other side of the court, and suddenly turned around and stuck Leonard, Li Feng also had to play the low post, the Pelicans have always been a strong point, the low post of the small man is very strong, and he can also take turns to play singles.
Oladipo instead became a passer, gently hanging the basketball into Li Feng's hands, Leonard was defending Li Feng throughout the game, Li Feng's score in this game was really not much, but at the critical moment, he never relented.
Leonard's defensive ability is not fully reflected, and now the two teams are-for-tat, only at this time Li Feng is really defended, it can be regarded as containing Leonard, Leonard thought of this, and stuck to Li Feng's body more closely.
Li Feng felt that Leonard was sticking himself to the defense very hard, but at this time at the most critical moment of the team, he must not be soft, not at all, and he must not let the opponent realize him, you are afraid of him, even if you are just afraid of physical confrontation with him, this is also the difference between the style of American players and European players.
American players think that at this time, it is not only a basketball battle, but also a psychological battle, but for European players, it is normal to not have zài, as long as they can score a qiē method.
Li Feng surprised everyone not to use any technique, but directly hit hard, violent impact, physical confrontation, Li Feng and Leonard suddenly strangled under the basket, and the two of them were screwed together like a meat grinder.
After Li Feng ate Leonard's half-step, he immediately turned around and hooked his hand, Li Feng's hook hand, which Li Feng had deliberately practiced for a while, played a role at this time, and easily sent the basketball into the basket.
This time the Pelicans came back, and the message was very simple, that is, I want to be tough, I want to play hard, and get the victory, the Spurs reached the Pelicans' half, Li Feng understood and ran with Parker, at this time Li Feng guò and Leonard's physical confrontation, he realized that if you want to win, you have to use the toughest way just now, I defend you, it is difficult for you to move your steps if you want to, and it is not good to move your fingers if you want to.
Li Feng held this absolutely strong idea, directly attached to Parker's body, from the time when there was no ball, Li Feng's defensive actions at this time are not like the previous without any place to point, he has become extremely arrogant and domineering, close to Parker, where he goes, he will go, and control Parker not to let you move comfortably.
Parker didn't expect that when he was empty-handed without the ball, Li Feng would implement such a defense against himself! He hurriedly called Duncan's cover in a hurry, wanting Duncan to help him get out.
But as soon as Duncan came, Parker's heart immediately cooled, because Caron Butler, who came with him, was extremely clever enough to grab half of his body in front of Duncan, and at this time Parker couldn't go past Duncan's side.
Now the basketball is obviously in Joseph's hands, but everyone is looking at Li Feng in the corner, Parker and Duncan and Caron Butler here, although there is no ball here, but the silent defensive battle is full of gunsmoke.
Parker couldn't get rid of it at all, he was stuck in the corner, and the Spurs had no rules without Parker.
Joseph made a random shot, Henson grabbed the rebound, and at this moment the Pelicans defended the Spurs with a ball, and then immediately passed the ball to Victor Oladipo on the line, Oladipo took two steps with the ball and gave the ball to Li Feng.
When Li Feng got the basketball, he immediately reapplied his old skills to the Spurs' half, and the effect of Li Feng's fast attack with the basketball was very obvious, he had a great destructive effect, and acceleration effect, and was not afraid of any high-speed confrontation in Middle-earth.
At this time at the most critical moment of the game, Li Feng thought of taking two words to be tough, killing Leonard with toughness, defending Parker's toughness, and now the fast break can only get a greater chance by being tough, so that the opponent is cowardly and let the opponent show his flaws.
There are a lot of people with good skills, and there are many people with good physical qualities, but there are very few people who can be really tough inside, and the toughness of the heart can sometimes make up for a lot of things, maybe you are not as good as others, but as long as you have a strong heart, you dare to try anything.
Li Feng took the ball from the backcourt, like an earthy tornado, and brought an arc across the court, crushing Leonard, Joseph, and inserting into the Spurs' inner line, and then directly provoked, facing the basket, facing the spotlight, and flying towards his decisive heart at the moment.
Split couldn't bear to hit Li Feng's arm, but he didn't expect that Li Feng still didn't let go, but changed the dunk to throw, threw the basketball towards the rebound, the ball went in, the referee's whistle sounded, Li Feng hit the free throw line, and looking at the score, the Pelicans had already surpassed by one point.
It's just one point, only one point, but the Spurs feel like a point, and it crushes them, if they used to have 30 points, but now they don't have them, the momentum is gone, it's like a river.
The Spurs are like a girl who has lost a bloody membrane, completely indulged, and the next game can't be concentrated at all.
The Pelicans ate the score step by step, leading the Spurs by eight points at 109-101 at the end of the game. (To be continued......)