Chapter 1077: The Nouveau Riche Clippers
As soon as he arrived in Los Angeles, Li Feng seemed to have returned to New York and returned to the years of the Knicks, and Li Feng once again felt that the profession of journalist could be so powerful.
In the face of the reporters coming from the storefront, Li Feng was really overwhelmed, and these reporters shouted loudly in front of Li Feng.
You must know that Li Feng is a hero in New Orleans, but in the Los Angeles Clippers, Li Feng is an outright villain, Li Feng appeared in the Los Angeles Clippers like a big villain, and it is inevitable that the media of the Los Angeles Clippers is violent.
The Pelicans also miscalculated the negative feelings of the Los Angeles Clippers, and when other teams arrive at the Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Clippers may not be stingy with applause.
&n.[m]bsp; But the Pelicans don't have that kind of treatment when they get here, and after this game, the Los Angeles Clippers' sports program comprehensively replays the various grievances between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Pelicans, historical, present, Li Feng and Griffin's.
The rhetoric of the two men, as well as the particularly difficult matchups between the two men on the court, became the talk of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Such a new hatred and old hatred are taken out together, which suddenly makes the Los Angeles Clippers feel ugly, a little Chinese boy, who dares to insult our Los Angeles Clippers, which is unimaginable for them.
Therefore, the Los Angeles Clippers will definitely not applaud Li Feng. They can give applause to Bird, they can give applause to Jordan, but for a guy like Li Feng, the Pelicans won't give applause, and Li Feng at this time is simply an amplified version of the hated No. 1 devil in the universe.
The Los Angeles Clippers delayed Li Feng, which is an attitude of the entire Los Angeles Clippers.
So Li Feng didn't feel good when he arrived at the Los Angeles Clippers, and these media rushed over to ask Li Feng for his crimes.
Seeing the virtue of the Los Angeles Clippers media, Li Feng simply took out his previous virtues, put on his sunglasses, and without saying a word, he separated the crowd and walked towards the front, ignoring no one.
Li Feng's virtue. The Los Angeles Clippers also have no choice.
After arriving at the Los Angeles Clippers, Li Feng refused an interview with the media, and he was going to play a game with the previous one, firing before the game, completely knocking down the arrogance of the Los Angeles Clippers media, and letting them completely extinguish the fire.
The third game of the series, the Los Angeles Clippers' first playoff game at home, finally began at Staples Arena.
Staples Arena is a place where countless miracles have been born, but unfortunately. Most of them don't belong to the Los Angeles Clippers, and those miracle creators are other teams.
Today, the Staples Arena was filled with fans and fans everywhere. The fans of the Los Angeles Clippers are also very enthusiastic, but when it comes to loyalty, it is not enough.
And there are not many stars on the scene today with the Los Angeles Clippers, and the Los Angeles Clippers may be the place with the most star faces in addition to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The fans gathered and the audience was star-studded, and the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Clippers was much more exciting than that of the Pelicans, and the stars and performance teams invited were even more exciting.
And today's game, TNT was also broadcast recently. At this point, Buckley and Kenny Smith are seated in the commentary box.
"Kenny, the Pelicans have won 2 games so far, and now the Los Angeles Clippers have to win at home, all after letting the Pelicans go 3-0. The Los Angeles Clippers have little chance of turning around. It's their life-and-death battle! The Los Angeles Clippers are going to be desperate today, no matter what. ”
The big-mouthed Barkley looked at the pitch at this time, frowning. Kenny Smith immediately said:
"Yes, today is a do-or-die battle for the Los Angeles Clippers. The Los Angeles Clippers have to win this game to have hope. Today, we will see whether the Pelicans will win or lose, or the Los Angeles Clippers will continue to hope. ”
"So guess what the final result will be!"
Barkley seemed to look mischievously at Kenny Smith.
Kenny Smith smiled slightly, and said very carefully:
"Although this is the home of the Los Angeles Clippers. But I think the ultimate winner of this series is the Pelicans, and now the strength of the two teams is in front of us, and the Pelicans are clearly stronger than the Los Angeles Clippers in terms of strength. If the Los Angeles Clippers want to win the Pelicans, they need more luck, but if the Pelicans want to win the Los Angeles Clippers, it will be almost as good as having no surprises. ”
"And Li Feng's recent appearance is too good, he is a surprising young man. And he's a young man who can dominate the game in crunch time, and with such a player, the Pelicans have a much better win rate than the Los Angeles Clippers. ”
Barkley didn't speak, just smiled, apparently on the same page.
Barkley didn't refute, but the fans and supporters of the Los Angeles Clippers didn't like it, and they booed the commentary booth from the stands.
The Los Angeles Clippers' gorgeous opening ceremony finally came to an end, with the Pelicans and Los Angeles Clippers players taking to the court.
Pelicans players play first, point guard Stephen Corey, scoring guard Roten, small forward Granger, power forward Li Feng, and center Al Jefferson.
As soon as the Pelicans players walked out of the tunnel from the players' tunnel, the Staples Arena was booed, and one boo came out, especially when Li Feng came out, their boos were even worse.
It can be seen how popular Li Feng is with the Los Angeles Clippers, and how much the fans of the Los Angeles Clippers like Li Feng.
The starting lineup on the Los Angeles Clippers' side is point guard Crawford, scoring guard Redick, small forward Barnes, power forward Griffin, and center Jordan.
As soon as the Los Angeles Clippers players came out of the tunnel, both sides of the court were immediately cheered, and the treatment was very different from the Pelicans' players.
Fans greeted the Los Angeles Clippers with cheers, but the major national commentators were pessimistic about the Los Angeles Clippers.
Jordan and Al Jefferson stood together in the middle circle, Al Jefferson originally had an absolute advantage, but what people didn't expect was that Al Jefferson actually missed in the opening game, and suddenly Jordan clicked the basketball.
This time the Los Angeles Clippers were happy, and Al Jefferson complained a little complaining that Jordan was suspected of fouling, but the referee simply ignored Al Jefferson. There is still this little advantage at home.
The Los Angeles Clippers were supposed to be a fast team, but what was unexpected was that. The Los Angeles Clippers came in the first round and played a very strange tactic. They actually attacked the low post directly, Griffin and Redick made a cover between the high and low posts, and then Griffin actually stuck in the low post all of a sudden to forcibly attack Li Feng.
How could Li Feng be afraid of Griffin's low-post singles, Li Feng simply split his legs, greatly blocking the road, and then harassed Griffin with one hand, slapped his basketball, and then didn't let Griffin make any moves.
Under Li Feng's interference, Griffin almost got out of the basketball. couldn't help it, and turned his head like a breakthrough of the bottom line he was familiar with.
But at this time, the Pelicans are no longer the Pelicans of that time, and the current Pelicans have achieved a very reasonable set of tactics in defense, especially the cooperation between Al Jefferson and Li Feng is becoming more and more tacit, and the Pelicans' interior line is becoming more and more difficult to overcome.
Griffin was just half a step past Li Feng here, and Al Jefferson in the back immediately blocked Griffin, and Li Feng also closed towards the bottom line, and a double ghost slapped the door, immediately killing Griffin in it Griffin forced his shot. It's just a three-no-stick.
The Pelicans grabbed the rebound right away, and the Los Angeles Clippers started with a very strange tactic, so that it did.
Barkley asked in the commentary booth with a puzzled question:
"What are the Los Angeles Clippers doing, they actually want to fight the Pelicans for a low-post offense. Isn't that looking for death? Compare your weakest place with the opponent's strongest place. What was Rivers thinking? ”
What was Rivers thinking? No one knows at this time.
But what the Pelicans want to play is simple and clear, almost the same as the Los Angeles Clippers just now, Al Jefferson came over and desperately stuck to the bottom line, and suddenly turned over and shot. Trying to get points in the low post.
It's a pity that Al Jefferson's luck is obviously not good, and the basketball looks like it is about to fall into the basket, but finally jumps out. Basketball jumping out is okay. The direction of the jump is still so much, and it actually fell into the hands of a group of Los Angeles Clippers players.
The Los Angeles Clippers got the backcourt rebound, turned and ran towards the Pelicans' halfcourt.
At this time, Li Feng hurriedly chased after him, but when he was chasing, Li Feng and Crawford, who controlled the ball, staggered by.
Li Feng felt that he should do something, so Li Feng quietly used camouflage, and at the same time quickly pulled out Crawford's basketball in the back.
Li Feng made a steal behind his back, and after snatching back the rebound, he turned around and rushed towards the Los Angeles Clippers' half.
Li Feng rushed over like this, and the Los Angeles Clippers were really scared, because they all knew that Li Feng was not an ordinary forward, this guy could run a dragon, and even change directions.
So as soon as Li Feng rushed over, the Los Angeles Clippers were a little in a hurry, and everyone gambled towards Li Feng's side, Li Feng paused a little at this time, and suddenly saw Al Jefferson moving towards Ruo. Li Feng did not hesitate to send the basketball in his hand into the air, and there was an air relay.
Al Jefferson, who had already arrived near the basket, saw the basketball coming, and his body paused slightly without hesitation, and then the whole person rose up, grabbed the basketball and smashed it directly towards the basket of the Los Angeles Clippers.
"Bang dang!" As soon as Al Jefferson came back, he did not hesitate to come to the air relay and smashed the basketball into the basket of the Los Angeles Clippers.
This was a good start for the Pelicans, and the Pelicans players all jumped up and waved the towels in their hands. But for Los Angeles Clippers fans, that's bad news.
The fans at Staples Arena treated them with boos, and Al Jefferson, who succeeded in the air relay, came over and slapped Li Feng on the shoulder.
Playing with good teammates is like this, everyone knows what everyone does, just do this, and then you can win, everyone is part of a team, everyone has one thing or even part of the team, and if you do a good job, you can win, this is a good team.
It's also a mature team, and only those teams that are messy will be a mess when attacking and defending, and everyone doesn't know what to do.
And now the Pelicans have begun to have some of this style of teamwork with a clear division of labor, and this change started with Li Feng, Li Feng's appearance gave the Pelicans a core, and a team had a core. This core can still pass the ball, and the tactics are easy to play.
When the second round came over, the Los Angeles Clippers finally recovered their own style of play, Jordan responded with a high post on the right, helped his teammates cover one after another, and after receiving the ball, passed the ball to Barnes, who cut in to attract the Pelicans' defense.
Crawford suddenly passed the ball to the bottom corner, and Crawford took the ball and shot a three-pointer.
The Los Angeles Clippers' outside tactics are so simple that everyone in the entire league will use this trick.
But the Los Angeles Clippers are different. Crawford's three-pointer was a little awkward.
2-3, the Los Angeles Clippers led by one point, and the fans at Staples Arena cheered loudly, as if they wanted to suppress the Pelicans' aerial relay power just now.
But the Los Angeles Clippers just landed on the three-point mark, and Li Feng picked up the basketball and passed it quickly.
Li Feng passed the ball so quickly, Corey immediately understood Li Feng's thoughts, and immediately launched a quick counterattack with the basketball.
The Pelicans used to be a fast team, and it was no bad to start playing fast again, with Corey coming with the ball. His eyes swept to the side of Granger, and with a quick flick, Granger got the basketball and stuck it under the basket of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Granger's breakthrough speed is not very fast, it is all based on height, body and rhythm. But now the Los Angeles Clippers have more people inside, and several Los Angeles Clippers players have run back.
So Granger's shot in a group of people from the Los Angeles Clippers couldn't even be clicked, and the basketball spun around on the hoop and fell.
Granger's fast break failed. It was supposed to be an opportunity for the Los Angeles Clippers, but that's when the Pelicans' horror came to light.
At the moment when Gran was outstanding, Li Feng and Al Jefferson were both under the basket of the Los Angeles Clippers. So although Granger's layup was unsuccessful, Al Jefferson was a little under the basket, and Li Feng easily received the basketball.
Li Feng, who received the basketball, picked up the basketball without any selfishness and went up quickly, and the players under the Clippers basket immediately pounced on Li Feng, and Li Feng, who was surrounded by several Clippers players.
Originally, he wanted to use the basketball to move outside the three-point line, but at the moment of passing, he suddenly saw Griffin's two long hairy legs in front of him, and when he saw these two hairy legs, Li Feng suddenly thought of a yin loss.
So Li Feng's movements changed, Li Feng himself took advantage of an angle in the crowd, and then took the basketball and smashed it Griffin's thigh.
Griffin was smashed by Li Feng and screamed "ah", Li Feng was ruthless enough.
Looking at the basketball again, he actually smashed Griffin's leg and took a sharp angle to the hands of Al Jefferson on the other side of the basket, and Al Jefferson once again performed a Donkey Kong slam dunk. Holding the basketball in both hands, with a ferocious "clang", he smashed the basketball into the basket of the Los Angeles Clippers again.
It's obvious, you Los Angeles Clippers shoot three-pointers, and we're going to destroy your interior.
Kenny Smith shook his head on the sidelines and said:
"The Pelicans have a solid interior right now, and as long as the Pelicans don't make mistakes, using that advantage, it will be difficult for the Los Angeles Clippers to move to the Pelicans. This is the biggest difficulty for the Los Angeles Clippers! ”
The Los Angeles Clippers are really struggling right now, and Rivers is quietly watching the court from the sidelines, knowing what he is facing and how risky his chosen style of play is. But beyond that, Rivers didn't know what else he could do to defeat the Pelicans.
The Los Angeles Clippers came running quickly, and Barnes rushed over and threw a three-pointer that slammed into the Pelicans' basket.
The Los Angeles Clippers' three-point shot was a bit nonsensical, and it didn't make any sense at all, the basketball didn't hit under Rotten's defense, Li Feng put away the basketball and immediately launched a quick attack.
According to the pre-game analysis, although the Los Angeles Clippers are a fast team, the Los Angeles Clippers themselves are not strong in the ability to defend fast breaks.
The Los Angeles Clippers don't have a lot of tactical discipline or a strong forward group, so they have a fast break defense. The Los Angeles Clippers really aren't doing very well!
The Pelicans' players pushed in quickly, pausing slightly outside the Los Angeles Clippers' three-point line, and Rotten got the basketball to hit the Los Angeles Clippers' defense in the first round. With a basketball pulled slightly from the side of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Then he suddenly turned around and passed the ball to Li Feng, Li Feng received the basketball, stepped past Griffin with an explosive layup, and rushed to the basket of the Los Angeles Clippers from the front, at this time the Los Angeles Clippers had Jordan under the basket, but Li Feng just lightly threw a high layup on Jordan's head and put the basketball into the basket of the Los Angeles Clippers.
The game has been played so far, the Pelicans have a solid advantage, and it seems that the Los Angeles Clippers still have no way to take the Pelicans. At this time, the fans of the Los Angeles Clippers were also much quieter, and the situation on the court. Obviously not good for the Los Angeles Clippers. At this time, they also seem to be starting to worry.
But just then, Rivers stood up from the sideline and gestured to his point guard.
The Los Angeles Clippers immediately felt a little bit of change in the run, and Li Feng could feel a little bit of this change, but he couldn't tell it clearly.
The state of the Los Angeles Clippers running is different, and the state of Griffin's running is also different, when Li Feng followed Griffin to run near the bottom line, he saw Griffin suddenly turn in front of him, turn his head and run to the side.
Li Feng woke up suddenly. Running without the ball, Griffin playing a run without the ball? Li Feng's head was a little overwhelmed in an instant, but just when Li Feng couldn't react, he was suddenly blocked by Jordan's bottom line cover. watched Griffin run near the baseline and get the basketball directly into a small jump shot.
The basketball simply got into the basket, the Clippers actually played such an offense, and the Clippers actually used the off-ball run to attack.
Li Feng was a little surprised. Although this is just a ball, but with one, there will inevitably be a second one, and Li Feng feels a little troublesome.
Soon, Li Feng felt that something more troublesome came out. When the Pelicans attacked, they found that the Los Angeles Clippers' defensive formation had changed instantly.
Joint defense, 32 joint defense, the last time the Los Angeles Clippers gambled with this trick in the last quarter, they lost in the hands of Li Feng's forced breakthrough, and today they once again took out this trick to beat the Pelicans, because the Los Angeles Clippers know that Li Feng can play by himself in one quarter that day and dominate the game by himself, but in a few days Li Feng is absolutely not capable of playing four quarters and dominating a game by himself.
In that way, the Los Angeles Clippers really laid a killing formation for the Pelicans at home, but the Los Angeles Clippers' killing formation is not absolutely perfect, in order to break through the joint defense they adopted from above, but the two bottom corners are leaking out, this is a good place for the Pelicans to open the knife, and Li Feng can also become a low-post attacker.
The Los Angeles Clippers seem to have forgotten about it, and Li Feng also has a lot of offensive power in the low post.
Li Feng saw this scene, and when he ran over again, he was obviously a little more cautious.
got the basketball and made a slight breakthrough, sure enough, the Los Angeles Clippers focused on defending themselves, and immediately someone came up to him, Li Feng hurriedly passed the ball quickly and passed the basketball to Granger in the bottom corner.
Granger was really unambiguous when he got the basketball, and simply hit the three-pointer from the baseline.
Looking at this situation, the ambush posed by the Los Angeles Clippers is in vain, the Pelicans' three points should not be too accurate, maintain the average level, and the Los Angeles Clippers' ironclad formation today will be wasted.
The game between the Pelicans and the Los Angeles Clippers has gradually entered the rhythm, and the Los Angeles Clippers are on the offensive end today, mainly to strengthen the shooting of running without the ball, this is not only Griffin, but also other players of the Los Angeles Clippers, who are running in a wide range, covering each other, and looking for space to shoot.
On the defensive end, the Los Angeles Clippers are joint defense, regardless of the three points in the two bottom corners, and the main defense above Li Feng cuts in, preventing the Pelicans from getting to the basket.
As a result, the Los Angeles Clippers have really stabilized the situation.
The Pelicans had an absolute advantage in the game, and by the end of the first quarter, the Los Angeles Clippers gradually stabilized the situation. (To be continued......)