Chapter 353: Sweeping Detroit
(Revised later)
Although Iguodala and Howard did not call, there was no contradiction, and the strength of the two was undoubted. "Feng, come to me and let us fight it out?"
Howard yelled with wide eyes.
Li Feng looked at Paul's free throws and said casually:
"Don't look at it, I'm a male, as for you, I don't know what to do."
The second penalty was booed by the fans, Paul did not steady, the ball smashed into the hoop, Li Feng rushed up and fished it into his arms, and threw it to Livingston in the half.
Livingston's calf was fast, and Scala Bryan chased after him, and the two men rushed into the three-point line of the front court almost simultaneously.
Stepping into the three-point line, Livingston turned quickly, slapped his elbow covertly, and suddenly pressed against Paul's waist, and the two staggered apart.
Shaking off Paul, Livingston started the sprint again, took three steps into the penalty area, and won his first two points on the court.
"Look, my teammates are all pure masters, too."
Li Feng stopped and deliberately disgusted Howard.
Howard's anger is relatively low, especially now that he is upset, and D'Antoni no longer explicitly supports him for the throne.
Scala Bryan got the ball and shook it twice, but Harden still followed him firmly in front of him, leaving him in vain.
Seeing this, Howard leaned on Li Feng and shouted:
"Give me the ball, quick!"
For the sake of old Scalabrien, the monster didn't scold directly, otherwise Scala Bryan would have been sprayed with blood.
To get the ball, Howard tried to turn around, and his big foot pointed forward to test Li Feng's defensive point, which made Li Feng cry and laugh:
"I said Dwight, you still want to have a noodle single? You're not Iguodala, you can't do this! ”
As soon as I heard this. Howard was furious. Shoulders sank. Rushing forward like a bull, the ball in his hand re-slapped twice in a row on the floor, grasping the ball with one hand, the overlord stepped forward. Bomb the hoop directly.
Howard's shoulder slammed into Li Feng's chest, Li Feng screamed, flew out of the ground directly, and fell out of the bottom line at once.
Crawford sighed. had to blow the whistle, Howard, who hit someone, was indeed suspected of attacking fouls, especially when Li Feng flew so far shamelessly.
Although Howard's face frame has always been heavy, Li Feng's action seems to be too much.
"This is the man you are talking about?!"
Howard was so angry by Li Feng's performance that he almost vomited blood.
Li Feng stood motionless on the floor as if he had been hit by a tank, with a pained expression on his face
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"The Battle of Eastern Focus, Bulls Lose to Knicks", USA Today reported the game in one sentence.
It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that the fourth quarter turned into garbage time, the Knicks did maintain the lead from the first quarter to the last quarter, and the disagreement between Iguodala and Howard was maximized by the beast army led by Li Feng, not to mention that Li Feng, a player with both strength and speed, was specially used to clean up a strong man like Howard with a big waist and a round ass.
88——109。 When the game was over, Howard didn't even look at the scoreboard. Walked directly into the players' tunnel with his head bowed.
Iguodala and Li Feng hugged politely, and faced 214.The second battle was in full swing without saying a word, and it seemed that they were really in a bad mood.
For Howard and Iguodala, Li Feng really can't understand it, why can't the two get along. First of all, Iguodala, it turns out that Iguodala does not have the strength to lead the team alone, or his personality makes him unsuitable to be the boss of the team.
Speaking of Howard, Warcraft is too unscored, first in the Magic, kicked out Mobley, and then forced away Francis, let his good friend Nelson take the position, and the chance to win the championship was pitted by Nelson's glorious comeback, but the Magic management became a target, and as the league's current No. 1 center, Dwight Howard's offense has not been developed, except for the unique face frame heavy shoulders and unstable jump hook, he seems to only dunk.
…… Li Feng thought about the past, and shook his head in the end, what does this matter to him? It's already rare if Iguodala and Howard don't fall out, after all, Howard is bullish now, fortunately, although Paul has a bit of a big temper, he is very low-key, otherwise the Bulls will be finished, and D'Antoni will not be able to control the Bulls at all.
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After the big battle with the Bulls, the Knicks' next few opponents are not strong, Tyberdeau has begun to plan for the playoffs, Li Feng was hidden for three games, Monroe and Cousins took turns to act as the interior core, and Derrick Rose became the team's temporary first firepower, Livingston and Rose formed a double guard.
It seems that there is too much firepower in the backlog, Rose is full of bets, cutting 40+ in three consecutive games, including 57 points in the game against the Philadelphia 76ers, announcing to the entire league that the Rose Boy is still full of thorns, and whoever wants to pick this rose will pay the price of blood.
Throughout March, the Knicks' roster was constantly adjusted, almost all of the players sat in the start, and although there was no previous crazy winning streak, the team's tactics were honed.
Entering April, Tyberdu began to stabilize the lineup, the interior is Cousins and Monroe, Li Feng is fixed in the small forward position, scoring guard Harden Ray can't play, point guard Rose is the best, this lineup is also the Knicks' strongest starter.
This lineup is naturally the most run-in for the playoffs, and the Knicks ushered in the adjustment of the Detroit Pistons at this time.
The strength of the Pistons is nothing at all, it's just training. After the opening, Brandon Wright passed the ball to Starkey, and Starkey faced Li Feng's misplaced defense, what is the level of Li Feng's defense, Starkey couldn't be clearer, he protected the basketball on the perimeter, waited for Mark Hill to cover, and Harden changed defenses.
Monroe went to the perimeter to catch up with Mark Hill, while Li Feng bypassed the cover and ran towards Singler.
The Knicks quickly switched from a 23-game defense to a 32-team.
Starkey handed the ball back to Mark Hill, and Harden defended Mark Hill from breaking through while raising his arms high to interfere with the shot.
Mark Hill's biggest disadvantage is that he is only 201cm tall. Harden's defensive shot would have made him uncomfortable, and he passed the ball to Wright.
The Pistons played patiently, several passes were not available, Starkey ran back to catch the ball and turned around for a jumper, and the ball was picked up by Cousins. Yes
As soon as Cousins got the rebound, Li Feng, Harden, and Rose went down quickly.
Cousins handed it to Monroe, who was beside him. The latter passed a long pass to Li Feng.
Singler defends back. Li Feng has an advantage and does not attack. The catch was handed to Harden who burst inside.
Harden takes the ball in the middle, strides into the basket, and goes to the basket.
Starki was quick enough to defend, but he was squeezed out of the way. If you want to defend against Harden, you can only foul.
He couldn't afford to foul so early and chose to back down.
The Pistons attacked, and Li Feng set his sights on Starkey. Mark Hill covered, Li Feng directly bypassed the defense this time and retreated to prepare to block Starkey's breakthrough line on the inside, Starkey made a three-point shot on the periphery, and the ball missed.
Li Feng and Ross are about to go down.
They believe in the ability of their teammates, the Knicks are the first in the league in rebounding, Cousins stuck on the left position, Harden followed Hingele, went to the right side in time to pick up the rebound, and landed a step to the front court.
Starki faced Li Feng, if it was a quick counterattack. The Pistons can only stare at people nearby.
No matter how hard Starkey defends, it is impossible to withstand Li Feng and Harden in the confrontation.
The outside core of the opening pistons became a hole.
After receiving the ball, Li Feng turned around and leaned on Starkey to break through to the basket. Starkey can keep up with the pace. But it didn't work, Li Feng leaned on him into the basket, jumped with all his strength, and dunked the ball into the basket with the ball in his right hand through Starkey!
4——0! The fans applauded, and the Knicks showed an overwhelming advantage.
The Knicks must have two people under the basket to defend the restricted area, Jerebko and Mark Hill don't have enough interior offensive power, the Pistons attack, Starkey and Wright's best breakthrough can't be played, and they also like to counterattack quickly.
Now only positional warfare can be fought.
Li Feng didn't say a word, just followed Starkey.
This time Stucky received the ball, he immediately got close, almost knocked Stucky to a stumble, Jerebko pulled to the perimeter to cover, Li Feng bypassed Jerebko to keep up with Starki, there is no need to change defenses, another advantage of being strong is that don't want to block and dismantle casually.
Starkey passed the ball to Wright, who dribbled sideways on the right and passed to Mark Hill in the low post.
Harden defended the top, as long as he put Mark Hill on the perimeter, Mark Hill dribbled two steps with his back, turned around at 45 degrees and missed the jumper, Cousins won the backcourt rebound again, this time, the Pistons players returned to defense at full speed and did not let the Knicks play a fast break.
Rose dribbled past half court, Li Feng pulled to the top of the perimeter arc to receive the ball, Singler defended alone, and Starkey kept up with Harden, even if he fell to the offensive position, this pair was still a tragedy.
Harden ran to ask for the ball, and Li Feng leaned on the perimeter to carry the ball horizontally to the left side by Singeele, and hoisted the ball to Monroe, who asked for the ball in the low post.
Cousins pulled the inside line, Mark Hill followed, and Monroe got a one-on-one chance with Jerebko.
As soon as the ball was passed into his hand, Doorman Roma dribbled two steps inside with his back, shook his left shoulder lightly, and then turned to the baseline and wiped it into the basket with his right hand to pick up the basket and score easily.
Jerebko is too thin, and McGee has a trait that he can't defend himself against back-to-back attacks. 6——0。
After the goal, Harden quickly returned to the defense and clapped his hands with Li Feng.
The Pistons attacked, Wright took the ball at the top of the arc and broke through with Mark Hill's cover, and Jerebko made a no-ball cover for Starkey on the bottom line to block Li Feng, and after changing defenses, it became Cousins anti-Starky.
Wright's ball was delivered to Starkey, who caught the ball and pulled the lever to make a backhand layup, and as soon as the ball was shot, Monroe was back inside and slapped the ball on the rebound.
His blocking ability is not bad, after the switch, Harden went out to top Mark Hill, Li Feng and Singler, the Knicks switched positions again, and Jerebko is still a target who can be released.
If Jerebko rushes inside, the Knicks interior player can wait for a block under the basket.
Against a team that is good at joint defense and has a very good rotation position, if one person can't shoot, he may be in trouble on the offensive end. The Knicks attacked, Li Feng got the ball on the outside again, and Mark Hill went to the low post to defend Monroe.
Cousins pulled to the outside and covered Li Feng, he burst into the interior with the ball, and after switching defenses, he singled Jerebko, and Harden ran in the low post and went into the middle to ask for the ball.
Li Feng originally wanted to play by himself, but when he saw that Monroe wanted the ball in the middle, he immediately sent the ball in, Monroe did not have any superfluous movements, leaned on Mark Hill to turn around and jump to the right side, and the ball hollowed into the net, and he gave full play to his height advantage and hit it easily.
Both Marc Hill and Jerebko have weaknesses defensively. This is also why the Pistons look like they don't have a bad lineup but always lose. They can only attack. Without a good defender, Dayer defended well and was a little worse offensively.
The Pistons attacked, and Starkey received the ball and dribbled horizontally. A big hat had stimulated him just now, and he had already failed to attack three times in a row.
Li Feng slid to follow, and Starkey couldn't shake off a few feints and passed the ball out to Wright. Rose reached out and touched the basketball in time, Harden came out to pick up the basketball first, Singer had to foul to stop him from breaking fast, and the Pistons made another turnover.
In the first game, Starkey was terrible. The coach is most afraid of him playing like this, and if Starkey breaks through the ball, the Pistons' offense will be much smoother.
The throw-in was issued, Harden received the ball from the outside, passed it to Li Feng, and Li Feng passed the ball to Monroe on the right side.
Monroe singled Mark Hill in the low post. He dribbled two steps to the middle with his back and gave the ball to Harden, who ran to the middle. The latter faced Starkey's pull-up jump shot and scored again with a very easy shot!
10——0。
Monroe has a good ability to play in the low post and can play a strategy offense in the low post, and when he pulls to the upper line, he is also a big man who can shoot and pass, which makes the Knicks' offense flexible and difficult to defend.
After 3 minutes of play, the Pistons finally hit the first shot by Wright. In a fast team like the Pistons, Wright has gradually become a star, but there are more than one or two stars in the Knicks, and not only shadows.
Rose dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, Li Feng and Harden ran to open the defense, Cousins went to the perimeter to cover Rose, Rose broke through from the left side to the inside, and Jerebko changed the defense.
A mismatch was formed on the court, Rose passed the ball to Harden, who handed it to Li Feng who came from the running position, Li Feng took advantage of the situation to find cover and shook off Singler and ran out of the line, and faced Starkey after the misplacement.
He could use his height advantage to pull up a jumper but didn't shoot it, and it was handed to Cousins at the top of the arc.
Cousins vs. Wright is the most obvious misalignment on the court, a kick-and-shoot mid-range!
12——2。
The Pistons attacked, and Starkey was entangled by Li Feng again, and he couldn't break through after receiving the ball.
Starkey can beat opponents with speed when he encounters most defenders in the league, but when he encounters someone who can keep up with his speed and is strong, such as Wade, he will only be blown up.
Starkey's shot wasn't as sharp as the breakout, otherwise it wouldn't have fallen that low back then.
"What is this bastard doing when he doesn't hit the striker to defend me?"
Starkey cursed inwardly.
When Li Feng is fixed in the small forward, he will not go deep into the inside singles, and at this time, the outside confrontation does not consume too much physical strength, and he starts the main defense.
His defense really makes defenders uncomfortable, and there can be more misalignment on the offensive end.
Starkey couldn't break through and had to pass the ball again, and after a few passes, the ball was handed to Marc Hill in the low post to single Monroe.
Mark Hill has become a double-double machine this season, when the outside line can't be opened. The Pistons player will put the ball in his hands.
He relied on Monroe to take the ball with his back and dribble two steps, the strength was slightly superior, and he went deep into the basket a little, he took the ball with his left foot as the axis, his right shoulder shook lightly, quickly turned to the baseline, and took a big step with his right foot to prepare for a one-handed shot.
Monroe was more adept at footwork than Mark Hill and saw through his feints. One step blocked the baseline breakthrough route, and the arms were raised to seal the shooting angle.
Monroe's low-post defense was still relatively tight, and seeing that there was no angle to shoot, Mark Hill hurriedly passed the ball out of the perimeter. Li Feng was quick-eyed, blocking the ball on the passing route, seeing that the ball was about to go out of the bottom line, he took a big step out of the bottom line and saved the ball, Harden responded in time, took the ball in his arms, and made a successful steal.
The fans applauded Li Feng together. He's starting to get his way, but the Pistons players aren't in game yet.
The Knicks attacked, Cousins pulled to the perimeter, Li Feng got rid of Singler to catch the ball by covering the no-ball run, and Monroe pulled the high post to make a second block for him, leaving the low post for Harden.
Jerebko and Mark Hill both defended the game, and the Knicks pulled out of the interior and formed a misalignment again.
Monroe to the low post, or with the perimeter players in a triangle.
The Knicks' offense played a tacit understanding, Li Feng broke through from the left side with cover, dribbled back under the crotch and pulled away from Mark Hill, jumped up but didn't shoot, passed the ball into the low post with both hands, Harden received the ball and leaned on Starkey to turn around in the middle, throwing the ball in with one hand, very easily.
Pistons coach Morris Cheeks called a timeout, and the Pistons simply couldn't prevent the Knicks' offense and had to make adjustments.
Pistons coach Morris Cheeks now feels very embarrassed, and he previously spoke to reporters and bluntly said that the team can beat the Knicks. After the timeout, Cheeks replaced Wright, moved Starkey to the No. 1 position, replaced the captain, and Princeton Jr., who had been reduced to a substitute, increased the height of the perimeter.
On the Knicks' side, Tyberdu didn't plan to make a substitution, he didn't even use the tactical board, saying:
"You are the main attacker, the others pull away to create opportunities for him, Greg and DeMarcus go to the low post to grab the rebound, I believe the Pistons can be broken in one quarter."
Li Feng said loudly:
"It's showtime, brethren, get ready, attract the defense, I'll pass you the ball."
Li Feng saw an unfamiliar face being replaced, Wright got down, and said loudly:
"Derek, pack up that monkey, Starkey will continue to hand it to me."
"No problem."
Ross followed Prince.
The Pistons offense still relies on blocking and dismantling, Morris Cheeks just took over as coach, arranged a lot of anti-run air cuts but it is difficult to pass the gaps, the Knicks defense is a combination of joint defense and man-marking, the change of position is very fast, Starkey takes the ball to the front court and singles out Li Feng, Mark Hill covers Singel, Monroe changes defense and follows out, Starkey passes to Singler, who breaks through with the ball, Monroe follows from the side, there is no loss of position, and Singler passes the ball to Prince. (To be continued.) )