Chapter 1080: The Second Four Pairs
rebounding, Li Feng also protected it, and did not repeat Gasol's tragedy!
When Li Feng returned to the court, he restrained Griffin everywhere, making Griffin angry.
When Li Feng didn't play, Griffin felt that the whole world was his own, but when Li Feng came out of the line, Griffin immediately felt that the whole sky was dark.
This big guy restrains himself everywhere, doesn't let himself run, and doesn't give himself a good position. Even if he threw a mid-range shot, he took off his hat!
The more Griffin thought about it, the more he held his fire, and Griffin, who was in such a mood, was inevitably not so rational on the court.
began to deliberately target Li Feng, whether it was attacking or defending, the action against Li Feng became bigger and bigger.
Griffin's action was even bigger, but the referee at Conseca's home stadium did not stop Griffin, who is now considered a star. And Li Feng is just a small role! This kind of action is still within the tolerance range of the referee.
But even though Griffin's movements became bigger, he still had no way to kill Li Feng.
Seeing that the first half of the game was about to end, Griffin was a little anxious, and at this time, the Clippers were also forced by the Pelicans to catch up. The whole team needs a strong attack, this time.
The Clippers chose Griffin among their two strongest points in the final stretch of the first half.
Griffin also needs to prove at this time that he is not something that a small role like Li Feng can stop.
With this thought, Griffin began to be very active in the inside card position, and Jordan also helped Griffinka Li Feng on the inside.
Li Feng suddenly encountered the coordinated attack of two people, and one was misplaced. Li Feng didn't look at Griffin, who was in the main position on the right side of the waist.
By the time Li Feng came out from behind Jordan, Griffin's position was already very deep, and Li Feng could only lean over and resist Griffin.
At this point, the Clippers' ball was in Griffin's hands, and this time Griffin was deep. So when Griffin got the basketball, he confidently squeezed towards the basket.
Griffin was ready to end the battle with a hook under the basket, but Li Feng's body seemed to be poured with steel in front of him, and no matter how much Griffin hit and squeezed, he couldn't break through Li Feng's defense.
And the worst thing is that he suffers in height, if he can't squeeze Li Feng to the basket as much as possible at this time, he can't even see the basket when he hooks his hand.
Griffin had no choice, and in the end he chose to step back and shoot to end the fight. This is also what Li Feng wants to see, Li Feng stretched out his hands to intercept in front of Griffin, preventing him from making a comfortable move.
Griffin's shot slammed into the hoop, and this time Li Feng successfully defended Griffin again.
Al Jefferson behind Li Feng got the rebound, and the first half of the game was over.
At half-time. The fans went out to eat or buy snacks. At this time, Hart was still sitting in the commentary seat, and he hung Li Feng's watch on Griffin alone.
I didn't notice the details when I watched the game, and at this time Hart saw it all, and throughout the first half of the game, as long as Li Feng was on the court, he formed an absolute control over Griffin.
This kind of defense is something that many first-class forwards in the league can't do, but today Li Feng did not only do it, but also did it very beautifully.
In the second half, Li Feng was even more crazy, with consecutive big caps Jordan Griffin, and this game scored an unprecedented quadruple-double of 38 points, 17 rebounds, 11 assists and 13 blocks. Let the Clippers be swept out.
Li Feng had already scored a quadruple-double against the Portland Trail Blazers, so he became the first player in NBA history to score two quadruple-doubles. Create a personal record.
The Pelicans sent the Los Angeles Clippers to go fishing, sweeping!
In the Western Conference semifinals, the Pelicans swept the Los Angeles Clippers and won neatly.
In this way, the Pelicans are in the second round of the playoffs, and the Pelicans' initial goal is simply to make the playoffs.
Now after reaching the Western Conference Finals. The whole team, regardless of the management. It's still the players, the fans are very excited.
The Pelicans now have bigger ambitions, too. We can have a big game in the playoffs.
Winning at the Los Angeles Clippers, celebrating victory at the Los Angeles Clippers, the Pelicans were partying and holding a small celebration banquet in the hotel.
Li Feng also drank a little wine, Li Feng was also very happy to win this series of games, and before, Li Feng won the regular season MVP this season, this is the fifth consecutive season that Li Feng has won the regular season MVP, tying Michael Jordan's record, if he continues to get another MVP, Li Feng will become the first player in history to win three consecutive years of MVP in two teams, and at the same time tie Abdul-Jabbar's 6 MVP record.
At the same time, Jeff Van Gundy was also named the best head coach for the second year in a row, and Li Feng also made the first team of the All-NBA and the first team of defense.
After a few days of rest, another spot in the Western Conference Finals also came out, and the Golden State Warriors actually defeated the San Antonio Spurs to meet the Pelicans in the finals.
The opponent changed from the Spurs to the Warriors, and the Pelicans did not dare to relax, and what were the consequences of the first-round Rockets and the Pelicans.
While the team was preparing for the game, the media was also busy, and before the game, the media was making all kinds of speculations, speculating which team would win in the end, speculating on the win-loss ratio of the two teams.
There aren't really many gimmicks to do about it, and the strength of the Pelicans and Warriors is there. Most of the media, as long as they are not blind, think that the Pelicans will win, and even the Oakland media say that we can't let the Pelicans move forward lightly.
The Warriors themselves were going to be stumbling blocks, and they didn't plan to stop the Pelicans at all. You can see what things will turn out of.
The Pelicans have home-court advantage, and the game is naturally held in the center of New Orleans. On the day of the game, Indiana celebrated the first game of the playoffs with a grand ceremony.
In addition, the New Orleans Center was also completely full today, with more than 20,000 people filling up the entire stadium.
Today's game was big and it looked like the Oscars. But this is just the first game of the playoffs for the Pelicans.
Li Feng changed clothes with his teammates in the locker room, and then tried his best to answer some boring questions from reporters. Walking towards the players' tunnel, Li Feng knew that his words would definitely be misinterpreted by those reporters, but what could he do.
When he arrived in the players' tunnel, Li Feng saw that his teammates had already arrived. He walked up to his teammates.
I mustered up the courage to say loudly to my teammates:
"Guys, today is our first playoff game and it's a new journey. Think about what we've experienced this season! We're all working hard for today, yes! We made a qiē all for today. ”
'We've had injuries and we've had suspensions. Even I had ups and downs, but we got through it. It's good to get through it, and now we're about to enter a crucial phase of the season. Now we can only fight, and in the playoffs, we can only fight to the death, and I think you know this better than me. This season was my first time as a key player and I learned a lot over the year. One of the most important things is to never give up and keep going, and that's what I'm talking about. ”
"Never give up, keep going!"
The teammates around him were also infected by Li Feng, and sports competitions are like this. One of the most touching parts is always the courage on the field, which may be a bad experience in life, but it is a necessary experience to be brave on the field.
The Pelicans finally walked out of the players' tunnel at this point. The DJs at home are shouting their names. At this time, the DJ at home was very excited, and the fans on the pitch were also very excited.
They were all cheering, and when Li Feng ran out, the hand DJ began to shout Li Feng's name. This time, the cheers in the center of New Orleans reached a peak, and Li Feng also raised his hands high to accept the cheers of the center of New Orleans, Li Feng felt that he should accept these cheers, and these cheers would give him a bonus to his strength.
Today's game between the Pelicans and Warriors attracted ABC TV to broadcast today's game.
But ABC broadcast the game, commentating on today's game by Hubbie Brown and Reggie Miller. Li Feng has just appeared. Miller said:
"Li Feng is out! He has now become an iconic figure in the heart of New Orleans. Many fans who like Pelicans now like Li Feng, just like they liked Miller when they liked Pelicans. ”
"Li Feng. It's really grown now, and it's amazing how fast he's growing. Almost overnight. He became a player who could change the league, and the Pelicans became a formidable team in almost a season! Now the Pelicans have even dominated the entire league? It's not quite that happening yet, but I'm bullish on the Pelicans. ”
This is Hubby Brown's speculation, and it obviously carries more weight from Hubby Brown's mouth than the rest of the population.
Now not only the media, but even the commentators here are leaning towards the Pelicans. The big screen showed footage of several classic Pelicans games this season, and the audience on the court watched in a daze, and at this time, the Pelicans players were reminiscing about those games.
It was at this time that the DJ on the pitch announced that the game had begun.
The Pelicans' starting pains are the familiar point guard Corry, scoring guard Granger, small forward Li Feng, power forward Al Jefferson, and center Gasol.
Unlike playing the Clippers, Gasol has once again become a starter, Gasol's interior defense, rebounding, position, and passing ability have brought the foundation to the Pelicans.
Al Jefferson not only fills the Pelicans' height, but also gives the Pelicans more tactical space. The Pelicans have an inside pivot and room for turn, and usually the Pelicans always start playing from the outside, or start from the break, but now the Pelicans have a variety of playing styles, and having a shaft and missing this axis are completely different in the sense of a team.
The Warriors' starting lineup is point guard Shaun Livingston, shooting guard Klay Thompson, small forward Draymond Green, and power forward Amar Stadudemire. Center Tyson Chandler.
The Warriors' players in this series are all very good, and the characteristics are relatively distinct. The Warriors are a team that is very good at shooting.
Ben and Gasol stood in the center circle at the same time, and the referee blew the whistle and threw the basketball into the air. Gasol, who was in the center circle, jumped up at the same time as Ben and flicked the basketball to his side.
Chandler actually lost to Gasol at this time, allowing Gasol to point the basketball into the hands of the Pelicans.
This result was a bit of a surprise. Miller was surprised and happy and said:
"Gasol actually won Tyson in the scrum. Haha, that's a good thing, it's a new beginning. ”
Gasol's scrum ability was not strong, but today he won Chandler. Immediately let Hubbie Brown find the conversation box right away:
"Tyson was very ferocious defensively against the Hornets and Mavericks, he was able to defend the entire space of the box by himself, and his defensive ability was amazing in his prime, but now he's starting to decline. The magnitude of this decline is also very staggering. ”
Hubbie Brown was explaining Chandler's failure and why Gasol had succeeded, but the New Orleans Center was cheering. Because by this time the Pelicans had already begun to attack.
Corey took the ball, handed over the frontcourt to Li Feng and began to run, and the Pelicans changed the style of playing the Clippers and handed over Li Feng to control the ball. He swept the pitch and glanced at the skinny white player in front of him, his former teammate and good friend, Shaun Livingston.
Livingston is considered a nirvana success, but it is impossible to defend Li Feng, Li Feng feels that he has a lot to do today, and the outside firepower of the Warriors is very good. But they don't have a proper perimeter defender, and the so-called Green is just a panacea, far worse than Leonard's defense.
You'll be free on the pitch. Li Feng realized this, but he didn't plan to take advantage of it right away. Instead, he dribbled over and threw the basketball inside in a proper manner.
An inside lob and the basketball went to Al Jefferson's hands, and it was Xiao Si who defended Al Jefferson today.
Al Jefferson endured the heart and dribbled a step. Then quietly made a cover for Corey who ran from the bottom line. The basketball was delivered to Corey, who ran over and got it. Shoot with your hands open.
He was the Pelicans' leading scorer, and he was the first offense. It's also normal, even if the opponent is the old club.
The basketball easily went into the Warriors' basket, and the Pelicans' first offense was clean and simple. There's only one effective fit, and then Corey makes a move, and it's simple, but that's Corey's style.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr stood next to the touchline, he scanned the court, this is his own young team! Mark Jackson has trained the team from a ragtag team to its current well-trained team, taking it to the next level when he took it over, and Kerr, unlike those media and reporters, never thought his Warriors would lose to the Pelicans.
Even though the Pelicans are a strong team, Kerr still insists on it. Their team is a very strong team, as long as they use those talented players well, they can still beat the Pelicans, as long as they are good enough to shoot some shots, they can beat anyone.
Livingston got the basketball on the baseline and quickly pushed the ball up towards the Pelicans' halfcourt.
As mentioned earlier, the Warriors are a shooting team, they don't have a pure low-post offense, and they also lack an interior attacker after Xiao Si's injury, let alone a very good interior attacker, and their main means of scoring is shooting.
And the Warriors' passing of the ball in the half court is very reasonable, the basketball often finds opportunities to shoot after a few consecutive reverses in the half, this time Livingston dribbled the basketball to the half court, and immediately sent the basketball to Thompson's hands.
Thompson is a person who can be trusted both in terms of style and personality. Thompson got the basketball on the baseline and shook his body, and Smalls immediately came up from the side to make a cover and blocked Granger.
Thompson didn't break through, but took a step backwards, and then made an easy 2-point shot, which was a simple offensive means, but Thompson also used his steady attack to complete it beautifully.
With both teams opening in the first round and relying on their own team's excellent pitchers to score, the Pelicans' choice was a bit odd. But the choice of warriors is quite normal.
Kerr was pleased with his team's performance so far, so he looked over to the Pelicans' coach's box. Carlisle was in a daze as if he didn't care at all.
At this time, Carlisle's appearance was indeed a bit deceitful, and this made the head coach of the Warriors feel that this guy looked down on him a little.
But at this time, the Pelicans' offense is coming soon, and the Pelicans are not as slow as people are influencing this round. Li Feng ran over and immediately passed the basketball to the hands of Al Jefferson at the top of the arc, and then Li Feng himself went straight to the basket, Al Jefferson turned around and passed the basketball to Corey's hands, and Corey passed the basketball to Gasol on the bottom line.
Under normal circumstances, Gasol is considered harmless, but now after Gasol got the basketball, he quietly passed the ball from behind and sent the basketball to Li Feng, who was moving under the basket.
After Li Feng got the basketball, he took advantage of the situation to turn around and shoot. Livingston's head sent the basketball to the Warriors' basket.
Li Feng is a bit of a bully playing like this, Livingston rolled his eyes helplessly, and Li Feng opened his palm indifferently.
Miller said from the commentary bench:
"Livingston is going to suffer a big loss when he comes to defend Li Feng, Cole had better find a suitable person to defend Li Feng quickly, otherwise I am afraid that the problem will soon be strict."
"Who do you ask Kerr to find to defend Li Feng? It's Green or Thompson, neither of these guys can do this. Now that's all Kerr can do, and his only hope of winning today is to maintain a constant offensive rhythm and curb the Pelicans' desire to attack inside on the defensive end. Hope! ”
Hubie Brown quickly threw out the Warriors' defenseless argument.
It was really difficult for the Warriors to win today, they didn't have an advantage in terms of outside and interior configurations, and they didn't have a strong lineup like the Pelicans on the bench, and the Warriors were still a shooting team. There's a lot you need to do to win.
The Warriors attacked, and Li Feng obviously felt that the Warriors' offense was a little abnormal. Only Livingston kept dribbling in front of him, and Livingston deliberately dragged back. Give your teammates time to create a zào position.
Li Feng guessed this, and when he looked back, he was a little angry.
Because now the Warriors actually played the zipper tactic that the Pelicans are best at, Green ran from the inside of the Pelicans' belly to the outside, inserted it from both sides, and used cover to run from the middle to the outside.
Green ran out like this, and Livingston immediately delivered the basketball to Green's hands. Green, who got the basketball, continued to circle around the left half of the court as if he were going in circles. A break on the left that attracted the Pelicans' defense. Then he suddenly turned around and passed the basketball to Xiao Si who covered him in a row, Xiao Si is now vacant, and the defenders around him have long been surrounded by Green.
Xiao Si made a mid-range shot, but the Warriors still used the mid-range shot to score 2 points again.
"The opening momentum of the warriors is not weak! actually got points in a row, I don't know if this situation can last long. ”
Miller said with a clear sense of discrimination.
But at this time, Li Feng had already reached the baseline to get the ball, and when he got the basketball, he immediately gestured to his teammates. Li Feng's gesture is also a zipper attack.
The Warriors have clearly played a zipper attack just now, and now the Pelicans are about to play again, this is obvious revenge, and Li Feng's revenge is now obvious.
Li Feng dragged himself behind like Livingston, let his teammates run over first, and hung Livingston slowly control the ball, Li Feng kept moving Livingston with his long arms, letting Livingston come over and attack him, but when Livingston was about to start, he hid the basketball again, and Li Feng was teasing Livingston like this.
Leaning on Livingston with his body and sitting with his other hand for simple ball control. Watch as your teammates get in their positions.
Livingston also sensed something at this time, and when he turned around and found that the Pelicans were also playing zipper tactics, he was also surprised.
But just when he was surprised, Li Feng sent the basketball to the hands of Corey, who ran out of the same trick, and Corey got the basketball and shook Green, then cut in like lightning, and finally passed the basketball to Al Jefferson's hands.
By this time, the Pelicans had almost copied the Warriors' tactics, the same tactics, and even the actual running was very similar, but at this time, Al Jefferson got the basketball and he made a different choice. (To be continued)