The Thunder was suppressed by the Pelicans like this, and it is impossible for the Thunder to say that they are not in a hurry.

The Thunder came to the Pelicans' half again, and it was already a bit out of mind, and Durant got the basketball near the three-point line.

After getting the ball, it was clearly stuck to Li Feng's body, he still forced a three-point shot, Durant's three-point shot was thrown, but he didn't have the right head at all, and he hit the rebound very much.

Both Durant and the Thunder were beaten in a bit of a hurry, and they were beaten out of order, when the Thunder's mentality was messed up.

Gasol grabbed the rebound and turned around and passed the ball to Li Feng, who suddenly accelerated towards the Thunder's half with the ball at this time.

The Pelicans used to play at a slow pace, but now once the pace is pulled up, the first preparation on the Thunder's side is insufficient, and second, when their mentality is chaotic, the Pelicans grabbed the Thunder's gap, and Li Feng rushed to the Thunder's half court with the ball.

When Durant and Reggie came to intercept Li Feng on the Thunder's side, Li Feng turned around and made a small pass, and the basketball went directly to the hands of Corey who followed up, and Corey took the ball up and shot a three-pointer.

"Brush."

Corey's three-point shot was also hit, and this time the Thunder's heart was cold for a while, their offense couldn't be opened, and their defense couldn't be prevented, making people low-post, and fast-break three-point play, and all the sharp Thunder before the start of the game were gone.

The fact that the Thunder didn't score a single point in the first 4 minutes of the game today, and was also scored 11 points by the Pelicans, is simply extremely cruel, and this fact seems to tell the huge gap between the two young teams in the West.

Thunder is now mentally to flesh. Physically, they were all traumatized by Yan zhòng, so they had to call a timeout again.

And when the Pelicans called a timeout at this time, they were greeted by cheers from the audience.

Called a timeout, Scott Brooks mentally understood that today was in trouble. It's very troublesome, both teams will definitely grasp each other's shortcomings and make adjustments, but there are few Pelicans like this today, the first game was adjusted so big, so violent, directly aimed at the lifeblood of the Thunder, the child started, this is the rhythm of the death hand when it comes up, and there is no temptation at all.

It's very difficult to make adjustments on the pitch for this kind of fundamental adjustment. This will take at least a long adjustment period, but now the Thunder must adjust, and if they don't adjust, the Thunder will die, and they will be slaughtered in the first half.

And the Thunder want to adjust from their own offensive fundamentals, the Thunder's offense has always relied on individual offense, which is also the reason why the Pelicans can calmly defend as a team, at this time the Thunder must change this offensive habit to break the Pelicans' defense, but the Thunder have been playing like this for many years, and they have to change it within dozens of seconds. Is this possible?

The power of habit is so strong that although the Thunder side arranges the team's offense, the Thunder's players always unconsciously go out of shape and return to their old ways in the actual implementation process. As a result, the Thunder's scoring efficiency is still extremely low.

Compared with the Thunder, Forest has full psychological and tactical preparation for this kind of hand-to-hand combat, so the Pelicans' offense is still stable, and the defense is still ruthless.

End of the first session. The Pelicans took 21-8 and directly washed the thunder in blood.

At the end of the first quarter, the Thunder's side was completely extinguished. was beaten like this, and the only one who the Thunder could hold up psychologically was Westbrook.

Because in fact, Reggie and Durant are both players who play downwind, and neither of them has a strong ability to go against the wind.

The Thunder was defeated at the beginning, and there was no ability to resist at all, and the psychology of the Thunder side did encounter great difficulties.

At this time, Bayless was also dull:

"The result of the game was quite unexpected, and I think the Thunder are still not ready."

When Bayless said this, Albert said:

"But I think the Pelicans are very well prepared, so far perfect for all aspects of the Thunder, judging from the current situation, as long as the Pelicans themselves do not make big mistakes, the Pelicans will win today."

Unexpectedly, this time Bayless didn't say anything to refute it.

On the domestic side, Yu Jia was also more pleased

"The Pelicans basically won the game today, because now the Pelicans have dominated the rhythm of the game, and most importantly, the Pelicans have seized the main way to subdue the Thunder, as long as the Pelicans' defense is maintained, the Thunder have no chance to win." ”

Yu Jia said this a little too categorically, and the Yu family on the side also expressed doubts:

"The Thunder are a strong team, don't they have a chance in this game?"

Yu Jia pondered for a moment at this time before saying:

"The Thunder is indeed a strong team, but the Thunder is also a very characteristic strong team, when the Thunder is strong, it is when its own offense is opened, when the Thunder's offense cannot be opened, especially if it is not fast for a long time, all aspects of the Thunder will be affected."

"Therefore, the Thunder very much need to use offense to drive the whole team, and now once the Pelicans have a comprehensive defense, the Thunder's grade has been directly reduced, and the Thunder must grasp the key link of defense."

When the Thunder returned to the court in the second quarter, there was actually only one thing they could count on, which was to see if the Pelicans' defense was loose, and once the Pelicans' defense was loose, the Thunder would take the opportunity to play a wave and break the shackles.

But today, the Pelicans came up in the second quarter, obviously not to prevent the Thunder from scoring, the Pelicans are to prevent the Thunder from dying, not to let the Thunder be comfortable as the goal, in the second quarter, the Pelicans' defensive intensity has not decreased, but has become stronger, not giving the Thunder any chance, purely to find awkwardness for the Thunder, not to let the Thunder at any time and place happy.

This kind of bad battle against the wind is definitely not what the Thunder is good at, the Thunder is getting worse and worse in the second quarter, and the Pelicans have the spirit to take defense as fun, and the first half is over, and the Pelicans lead the Thunder by 20 points.

The point difference is getting bigger and bigger, the Pelicans are getting more and more cool, the Thunder is getting more and more depressed, in the second half of the game, the Thunder can only count on the Pelicans to slack off first, but the Pelicans did not make this mistake, so the Thunder was pressed by the Pelicans from the beginning, from the first half to the second half. From the opening to the end, the Thunder were defended by the Pelicans without any temper at all.

At the end of the game, the Pelicans beat the Thunder a 98-74 to win the Thunder by 24 points, and the slaughter of the Thunder.

The Thunder said so many arrogant things before the game, and Durant said so many arrogant things before the game, and in the end, the Thunder was bloodied by the Pelicans.

This made the Thunder, especially Durant, extremely faceless, so as soon as the game ended, the Thunder people hurriedly walked into the players' tunnel and didn't dare to see anyone at all.

The Pelicans won the game. Li Feng is not a forgiving guy, and when he was interviewed by the media, he said very stinkily:

"Today we also won the Thunder by a big score, the main thing is that we grasped the key point of defense, as long as we grasp the key point of defense, we will win easily, and the Thunder are definitely not as difficult to deal with as imagined."

Li Feng said this is simply pouring salt on the wound, and the thunder here was full of indignation when he heard Li Feng say this, saying that he must give the other party a good look in the next game.

Durant said even more angrily;

"They just won one game, and they were so crazy. The next time we meet, we definitely have to give them a good look. ”

……

After defeating the Thunder, the Pelicans regained a lot of confidence and fighting spirit, and constantly defeated the Warriors, Hawks and other powerful players. After another wave of five straight wins, the Pelicans retied the Memphis Grizzlies and tied for first place in the West. Second place in the league.

At this time, the Pelicans encountered another young player, the Washington Wizards led by John Wall.

The Wizards are another dark horse in the league this year. Second only to the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies have a good record in recent years, and the Wizards' record is even more surprising.

However, because the Wizards have not entered the playoffs in recent years, the attention of fans around the world has naturally decreased, and this game has not been broadcast by the three major TV stations in the United States, only local TV stations have broadcast it, and CCTV also broadcast a Grizzlies vs. Warriors game today, so this game is only broadcast live on Sina.

In Sina's live broadcast room, there are three people sitting today, one is Sina's host Ke Fan, one is Ma Jian, and the other is Wu You.

These three people are undoubtedly grassroots, and the style of commentary is relatively casual. At the beginning, Ke Fan said:

"Today's game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards, Ma Jian, Wu You, you two guess how today's game will go."

Ma Jian said a little more professionally:

"Compared to the Pelicans, who have bottomed out recently, the Wizards will definitely make targeted changes in today's game, and will definitely solve the problem of Wall's one-man offense, which is the key to their victory. So today it's mainly up to the Wizards to adjust. ”

Wu You didn't do much on the show here, so he said a little more restrainedly:

"I usually watch the game, too! In normal games, Li Feng is really energetic, and I think the wizards must have a strategy today, and they won't let Li Feng score so lightly. ”

"And there is still a difference between Li Feng and Wall, Li Feng wants to attack directly with his body to simply fight, and Wall also has to use a lot of skills and a lot of space. Wall still suffers some! ”

Wu You himself is a small ball handler, and he may still understand this more deeply.

On the court, the game between the two teams has also begun, and the two teams must have watched the video before, so the game is a lot more familiar.

Although Gortat's side still clicked on basketball first, the Wizards' tactics were really different from normal games.

The Wizards usually dominate the offensive end as soon as Wall comes up, but today Wall came over with the ball, but he was very unnutritious and took the ball at the top of the arc and waited for the pass.

The Wizards came up on the first round and played a Matt Webster's off-ball running tactic, Webster, as the Wizards' first gun on the outside, ran up quickly, ignored Granger's defense and fired the Wizards' first shot as a matter of course.

Webster is usually in very good shape, but now he is attacking when he just plays, and his body and condition are also very well adjusted, and he still shoots the basketball.

The Wizards opened the game with a three-point lead over the Pelicans, and at this time the Pelicans got the ball to the cheers of the fans in the audience.

The Pelicans still hit the opponent's interior first, but this time when the Pelicans passed the ball to Al Jefferson, Nene also defended Al Jefferson in front of him, and it was seen that Al Jefferson and Nene were entangled together.

Perhaps Aljefferson is better than Nene in terms of offensive grace, but Nene still has an advantage over grappling.

Al Jefferson was robbed by Nene and couldn't get the ball, and Li Feng could only prepare to play towards the Wizards' stop on the outside.

But when Li Feng was rising to the bottom, the Wizards suddenly organized a defense that was similar to that of Wall in a different defense than usual.

Otto Porter in front of him. Gortat guarded the restricted area in the back, Wall was ready to come over in the middle for a steal, and the Wizards stole the Pelicans' defense.

Li Feng wanted to kill the opponent's basket at this time, and he had to turn around and pass the ball to Corey outside.

Corey didn't hesitate to take the ball, and it didn't matter if he was facing Wall's defense or throwing it out with a three-pointer.

"Bang!"

Shooting through people is Corey's forte, but this time it was out of order, and Corey's shot missed.

At the beginning of the day, the Wizards were still more accurate, and Gortat won the rebound in the backcourt. The Wizards pushed forward again, but the Wizards still didn't attack from Wall. Instead, he came over and played a Gortat low post attack.

In normal games, Gortat's low-post offensive efficiency is not high, but today at the beginning of the game, the Wizards deliberately came to play Gortat, which made Ke Fan a little incomprehensible here.

"Gortat is playing in the low post, and the Wizards are specialized in playing underdogs!"

"Maybe you want to hit the other party by surprise!"

Ma Jian was actually guessing at this time.

Gortat usually plays badly, he is now heavier, and he doesn't have much advantage in playing Gasol, so he can only play the ball with dead strength.

He slammed Gasol with the ball before he raised his elbow and resisted the difficult turn. Turning around, Gortat fired a shot and grazed the basketball towards the rebound.

Gasol and Gortat competed together, and Gasol was a little unprepared for Gortat at the last time.

The Wizards opened the game from the corner, playing Webster first and then Gortat. And then it's all done.

The offensive point of the Wizards' opening game was indeed unexpected by the Pelicans, and no one thought that the Wizards would start playing with role players at the beginning, which can be regarded as a strategy of the Wizards.

The Wizards opened the game with a small surprise to the Pelicans. The Pelicans, on their part, also realized something. The Wizards have changed their defense, and it is no longer easy to hit the opponent's interior as usual.

Sure enough, the Pelicans came over again, facing the Wizards' targeted defense. The Wizards now defend Li Feng with a three-dimensional defense, with multiple people forming a team defense that echoes the front and back, defending Al Jefferson is basically going around the front, and Gasol is restricting his high post movement and preventing him from running smoothly.

The Wizards have their own arrangements for every player who can attack in the low post for the Pelicans, and the Wizards make such a meticulous arrangement to prevent the Pelicans from playing the Wizards' interior.

The Pelicans naturally failed to attack this round, and after the Wizards adjusted their tactics, the Pelicans' usual game tactics were completely ineffective.

When the Pelicans' offense came to a standstill, the Wizards played again, but they played in an orderly manner, and the Wizards learned from the experience of the usual game, and today the game began to focus on the team, minimizing Wall's consumption, and they also wanted to save Wall for the second half.

The Wizards played as a team, and Otto Porter actually got the basketball on the wing, and the screen hit a mid-range shot.

As soon as the second game began, the Wizards beat the Pelicans a 7-0.

The Wizards opened with a 7-0 Pelicans, although Li Feng could break out at this time, but the timing was not right, if Li Feng began to play wildly at this time, then he couldn't play in the second half.

So at this time, the Pelicans also began to think of a way from the team, and the Pelicans began to play Granger's baseline singles at this time.

The Pelicans also played this Granger because Webster's defensive ability was too poor, and Webster was indeed a defensive shortcoming after many injuries.

At this time, Granger knew that Webster's mobility was not good, so he used a change of direction shooting method to attack.

Originally, Granger's speed was also on the side, but Webster's speed was too slow, Granger shook Webster away with a change of direction, and after getting rid of Webster, Granger easily raised his hand to be a mid-range shot, the Wizards played role players, and the Pelicans also began to play role players, and in terms of lineup integrity, the Pelicans were stronger than the opponent.

The Pelicans finally began to find some ways to attack, but at this point the Wizards were unrelenting.

Gortat took the ball and came up and forced Gasol to squeeze with his dead strength, and the two men competed under the basket.

Webster slyly moved out to ask for the ball, Gortat passed the ball to Webster, and Webster took the ball and shot directly and quickly without giving Granger a chance to get close.

Webster is relying on his feel to shoot directly and throw a three-pointer "Brush!" Webster's three-pointer hit again.

10-2, Granger made one. But soon Webster shot a three-pointer, and after the Wizards focused on role players, Webster actually became the main scorer of the Wizards.

The two teams opened with role players, and the main players were hidden first, and in this case, the Pelicans suffered a loss.

Because the Wizards came prepared and designed a lot of role player tactics, and the Pelicans didn't have that kind of preparation. So after 5 minutes of the first half, the Pelicans fell behind again.

From 15 to 7, the Pelicans trailed by 8 points, and at this time Van Gundy saw that the main lineup's attack power was insufficient.

He started to switch to Turner. Turner isn't a perfect player on the defensive end, but he is sharp on the offensive end.

At this time, the Wizards don't have too many outside scorers, and the Pelicans won't suffer if they replace Turner, and Turner has a lot of room to play when the opposing team plays a role player offense.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Pelicans replaced Turner first, and in the first round of Turner's debut, the Pelicans immediately played a Turner's no-ball tactic. And Turner's no-ball tactics are still played in conjunction with Li Feng's off-ball tactics, Li Feng starts running from the left, and Turner starts running from the right.

The Pelicans have a two-man no-ball strategy, and the Wizards must give up one. Compared with Li Feng, Turner's destructive power is indeed smaller.

So at this time, as soon as Turner ran out, the opportunity immediately appeared, and when Turner ran to the flank, there was no one on the other side to defend Turner.

Turner's usual shooting is really bad, and today the Wizards intentionally or unintentionally relaxed their defense against Turner. And Turner is a pitcher who can't be let go, and he's essentially the same as Webster, so once there's an open spot. Turner was decisive with the ball and made a steady three-point shot.

"Huh!"

Turner had an open space at the start of the game, so he had a very good opening touch, and once a shooter shoots well on the first shot, then he is very likely to shoot very smoothly in the future.

Van Gundy knows Turner very well as the head coach, and as soon as he saw Turner coming, he knew that today's game was good, at least someone scored in the first half.

Li Feng naturally knew Turner's style, so he gestured to Corey immediately after Turner scored, allowing the team to continue playing Turner's tactics.

The Wizards are playing well as role players right now, so they don't care too much about Turner's projection.

The Wizards came over again and wanted to play Webster's projection, but after half a quarter of the game, Granger had already found Webster's pulse.

Granger now sees that Webster has no ability to move, and when he comes up, he sticks his body to Webster's body, and Granger sticks it wherever Webster goes, no matter where Webster goes, Granger sticks to Webster's body.

In this way, Webster's shooting is greatly affected, and Granger can use this grappling to severely consume Webster's body.

Once Webster's body is not sufficient, the effect of the game will immediately be folded, and at this time Webster got the basketball, which was really a lot softer, and the shot of the basketball missed.

Webster works well for only a few minutes, and after a few minutes, the effect of Webster is gone.

The Wizards missed a long-range shot, and the Pelicans came over again unceremoniously or Li Feng and Turner's flat no-ball run in the opposite direction.

At this point, the Wizards' defense finally got a little better, and Wall came over to defend Turner.

But Wall also has a problem defending Turner, that is, the lack of height, and Turner is a projection-oriented player, he took the ball and saw that it was Wall, and immediately took a step back towards the front.

Quickly retreated, shot a quick three-pointer, Wall was not tall enough, Turner projected too fast, a little bit of small space, Turner took advantage of it.

"Huh!"

Turner hit another shot over Wall's head, and Turner hit two three-pointers in a row to immediately rewrite the score to 13-15.

The Wizards' hard work in the first half of the quarter turned into ashes in an instant, and this is the danger of an explosive scorer, who can change the situation of the game in an instant. (To be continued......)