Chapter 865: Time is a Pig-Killing Knife
At this point, Kenny Smith said:
"Now Marc Gasol's interior destructive power is fully revealed, and he is on the Pelicans' interior line, like no one, neither Henson nor Brand can stop him."
"Well, that's the case, the Pelicans' bench interior line is too weak, there is no point that can be supported at all, the appearance of Marc Gasol's powerful interior line just hit the Pelicans' dead hole, which is very natural, the Grizzlies' strong point is exactly the Pelicans' weakness."
Reggie Miller also praised Kenny's point, and then Reggie Miller continued:
"But I don't think the Pelicans will lose this period, and now the Pelicans' offensive ability is still strong."
Just when Reggie Miller said this, the Pelicans quickly killed back, in the past, the Pelicans' rapid run would make the Grizzlies very uncomfortable, but now the Grizzlies are not afraid of the Pelicans' offense at all, because the Grizzlies' current lineup is a large and four small.
He has a lot of small players, and once he runs, the speed is also very fast, and the Pelicans are running quickly here, which will not pose any threat to the Grizzlies, and as soon as the Pelicans move, the Grizzlies will only withstand the rhythm of the Pelicans.
At this time, Li Feng quickly ran back, and found that it didn't work at all, after controlling the basketball in front of Tony Allen, Li Feng glanced at the current lineup of the Grizzlies behind him, and he felt a big drum in his heart.
In terms of position, it is inevitable that Mark Gasol will beat Henson, Brand will also suffer against James Johnson, Brand himself has no outside ability, but James Johnson can run fast and have a long range, and then Bayless against Oladipo, Oladipo has an advantage in height and scoring, and DJ Augustin can't hold Conley, and he also has a little advantage here.
Now the Pelicans and Grizzlies are winning and losing each other from the perspective of alignment, and generally speaking, the Grizzlies still have the advantage, and Van Gundy should be replaced at this time, but Van Gundy still didn't do it. Li Feng knew that he hoped that he could delay the Grizzlies, and when it came to the third quarter, the team would make full efforts to play the game.
The Pelicans' side has the advantage of their own Oladipo counterpoint, DJ Augustina
Only people can enter, and Li Feng feels that it should be spontaneous now.
So he made a gesture towards his teammates, and after Li Feng made this gesture, Oladipo tilted his mouth, and Oladipo knew that Li Feng was single.
And after seeing this gesture, Van Gundy also said in his heart:
"Almost, Li Feng's shot should be almost at this time."
Once Li Feng decided to play singles here, the player in the footman immediately pulled to the side and gave the entire left side to Li Feng as a battlefield.
Saw this remarkable change on the pitch. Hardaway cried out in horror:
"Li Feng is going to play singles, and Li Feng is going to play singles."
Recently, Li Feng has played a lot of exciting games, and everyone in the league is familiar with Li Feng, and they also know what kind of offense Li Feng is good at.
It's not just Wei who is nervous, Robert Pera is also nervous, Li Feng can defend Conley, but there is no line defender on this side of the Grizzlies who can really defend Li Feng. That's the gap, that's what Robert Pera has on his mind.
At this time, it is a very big test for the grizzly bears, Li Feng knows the characteristics of Tony Allen In the early days, this guy's characteristics were good physique and strong breakthrough ability, Li Feng looked at Tony Allen, who forced himself to be short and made a lot of shameless decisions. Use your height and weight to bully your opponents.
After Li Feng made up his mind, he immediately slowed down and leaned forward towards Tony Allen, who was extremely depressed at this time. Li Feng's pouting action is tantamount to saying, I'm going to bully you today. I'm just going to bully you the same now.
What an angry thing this is, Tony Allen really has no choice but to wait here for Li Feng to come up, after Li Feng leans on Tony Allen, he really eats as much as he wants, Tony Allen is much shorter than Li Feng.
But Li Feng didn't want to put Tony Allen down in one bite, so he slowly sat in the back and played Tony Allen little by little, Tony Allen was too depressed, not only did he not have the ability to fight back, but he also had to be beaten by Li Feng so little by little, he wanted to break the ball from behind under depression.
But Tony Allen is a player with short arms, everyone should notice when watching the Grizzlies game, Tony Allen's arms look shorter than the average player, and the basketball players look like they have slender arms, but Tony Allen's two arms are like two carrots hanging on both shoulders, short, Li Feng, just the idea, long arm span, Tony Allen can't reach it at all in the back.
In this way, the FedEx Arena staged such a wonderful scene, Li Feng leaned back a little bit unhurriedly, Tony Allen struggled weakly in the back, the ball in the back, and the little arm was still out of reach, this scene was almost the same as when an adult played ball against a child.
Li Feng rubbed a few steps, and when he reached a distance of 45 degrees, Robert Pera seemed to suddenly remember something, and he screamed and struck him.
But at the same time as Robert Pera yelled, Li Feng quickly retreated to the position he was best at 4 degrees, and then suppressed Tony Allen's direct shot, completely bullied Tony Allen, and shot this wiping basket.
After Li Feng scored, the FedEx Center began to boo Li Feng in groups, "woo woo" boo, and there was a boo Li Feng's voice, Li Feng also cared about someone booing himself, and he ran back happily.
But seeing Tony Allen's weakness in front of Li Feng, Robert Pera began to think here, who do he want to use to defend Li Feng, which one to use, Robert Pera first thought of Conley in the guard Conley's body is the best.
But Robert Pera carefully eliminated Conley, because although Conley's physical condition is good, Conley is still a point guard, and this task can only be handed over to Prince, thinking of Prince's gentle appearance, and then thinking about Li Feng's fierce appearance, Robert Pera shook his head again. It didn't work either, Prince's injury just made the guy play with the injury, and in the end, Robert Pera chose James Johnson.
So Robert Pera yelled at James Johnson:
"James, next time you go to defend Li Feng, you go to defend him."
James Johnson was running on the field as usual, but after hearing Robert Pera's words, his face turned even paler.
James Johnson was thinking in his heart, why didn't you think of me for your Robert Pera, salary increase and other things like that, but now you think of me first when you come to dirty work. It's not fair.
James Johnson was unhappy, he knew that defending a fast big man was a thankless and tiring job, but he couldn't support James Johnson, so he could only admit that he was unlucky and nodded.
Li Feng ate Tony Allen on his back, and here the Grizzlies are still strong inside, and now the Grizzlies are on the spot of the Pelicans and desperately start to play the Pelicans' inside.
At this point, Van Gundy rushed to the sideline and began to yell:
"Don't foul, don't foul."
Van Gundy's action didn't seem like much, but if it was looked closely, it was funny, and Van Gundy must have known that Foss couldn't stop Marc Gasol. But why he still didn't let Henson foul him, there is only one explanation for this.
That is, you two don't defend too hard, if Marc Gasol wants to attack, let Marc Gasol fight. You don't have to deal with too many fouls, this Van Gundy has just made up his mind, he wants to attack with the Grizzlies, if you want to fight, you can fight, anyway, I can't prevent you, I'll just turn around.
This theory is definitely not the regular style of play of the Pelicans, who are usually defensive players. It's a bit too abnormal to have to play with the Grizzlies now.
Absolutely abnormal thinking, although Henson and Brand are also veteran players, they did not understand Van Gundy's good intentions for a while.
The Grizzlies and Pelicans began to pull out of formation. It is clear that we are going to play the inside line, Henson desperately relied on Marc Gasol to prevent Marc Gasol from receiving the ball, Henson did not dare to completely go around the front, because the Grizzly Bear was hanging back, and he would definitely not be able to compare with Marc Gasol if he was bouncing, so Henson could only half-circle the front diagonally in front of Marc Gasol.
The power charge also has an advantage when grabbing the position, and Marc Gasol suppressed Henson in a few clicks, as if suppressing the little girl, completely pressing Henson behind him.
Seeing that Marc Gasol's position had been successful, Prince gently hoisted the ball into Marc Gasol's hand, and Marc Gasol took the ball himself, and then he glanced at Henson behind him.
This is a process of measurement, when Marc Gasol completed this process, a plan to deal with Henson has been fully formed, I saw Marc Gasol suddenly sit back, Henson simply couldn't bear Marc Gasol's strength and took a big step back.
If a player with strong skills is here, he can turn around and play, but Marc Gasol's skills are good, but his skills are based on his body, and the best thing he can do is to get infinitely close to the basket, so Marc Gasol took Henson in the seat and took a big stride towards the Pelicans' middle.
At this time, Van Gundy wanted to forget it, Henson had already worked hard, so let Marc Gasol score, but what no one expected was that Pola, who looked the best bully, suddenly jumped up with an arrow and blocked Marc Gasol.
Brand used his chest and body to block Marc Gasol, one was a veteran who didn't have any physical qualities, and the other was a character who was a fighter, such a collision, everyone thought that Brand would fall, but Brand blocked this one, and jumped up with Marc Gasol.
This is definitely Brand's extraordinary performance, maybe the veteran looks indifferent, anyway, the years are gone, but his heart may still be full of passion and still so eager to fight.
Brand jumped up with Marc Gasol, but what kind of character is Marc Gasol, he is good at jumping is the hallmark of Marc Gasol, and once he jumped, Marc Gasol surpassed Brand.
At this point, there was no room to defend, but Brand still reached out and hit Marc Gasol's arm.
Marc Gasol, who encountered a stubborn sniper, did not stop in the inner line, and the first reaction of this guy when he encountered a strong enemy was also a counterattack, just when Brand's palm slapped on Makgasol's arm, Marc Gasol's hand did not stop, but turned his body slightly. Throws the basketball to the basket
The referee's whistle is always slower, and when Marc Gasol has finished shooting, the whistle sounds, and the Pola hitter fouls the basketball thrown by Marc Gasol, but it easily falls into the basket.
2+1, this time the FedEx Arena cheered, Marc Gasol's 2+1 after the aerial confrontation was indeed very drifting, the whole court was calling, FedEx Arena was waiting for such a finisher, such a goal.
Facing the FedEx Arena like a tide, Marc Gasol waved his arms and everyone cheered to his rhythm.
At this point, Kenny Smith said:
"Although Brand has a lot of courage, he really can't stop Marc Gasol. Time is a pig-killing knife, the former Elton Brand entered the league, and the style of play was the trumpet Shaq O'Neal, and now, he can only play his residual heat in the bench time! ”
"Yes, Marc Gasol should be able to surpass Dwight Howard as the No. 1 center in two years."
Barkley looked down as if thinking about something.
Van Gundy finally called Brand and Henson to his side at this time, and under the surprised gaze of the two old players, Van Gundy whispered:
"John, Elton your men don't include defending Marc Gasol, you just have to do what you have to do, and now we're going to compare them to attacking your defense will get you too many fouls. We'll lose later. ”
When Van Gundy said this, Henson and Brand understood, and Brand wiped his chest in a loss.
He fought with Marc Gasol like this, but he didn't expect that Van Gundy didn't think of asking Marc Gasol to fight hard, and he seemed to have jumped for nothing. Brand ran back sadly.
It was seen that Marc Gasol was honored not to shoot the first shot at the Pelicans free throw line.
Now the Pelicans can go back to attack, after Li Feng received Brand's basketball, he turned his head to see that the person defending him had changed, not Tony Allen. It's James Johnson.
James's position in the team is also average, that is, the team has any dirty work, and James Johnson is looking for James Johnson for all the work. Ordinary teams have this kind of person, just do some omnipotent work or something.
At this time, James Johnson played such a role as a jack-of-all-trades in the Grizzlies, Robert Pera saw that Li Feng's side was too light to play Tony Allen, so he pulled James Johnson here, and James Johnson was unwilling, tired of doing the work.
But people and money eliminate disasters for others, and James Johnson can only stare at Li Feng with a hard head, James Johnson's facial expressions are generally more wooden, and this James Johnson now looks like he looks at Li Feng as if he is very wooden.
Li Feng dribbled not fast, now he knows that the team is not fast, the Grizzlies are more small than their side, Li Feng dribbled at first thinking about how he could get rid of James Johnson, but then he thought about it.
That's not right, James Johnson is defending himself now, so what is Tony Allen going to do, this kid is going there, Li Feng thought about it, and he watched Tony Allen chasing DJ Augustin on the field.
Now Li Feng was happy, he had an idea again, why not use DJ Augustine, so Li Feng gave DJ Augustine a space, DJ Augustin is also characteristic, that is, when running, the first step is particularly large, the distance to receive the ball is particularly far, and the ball can still be received in an open place.
As soon as Li Feng opened up space here, DJ Augustin felt it, and Li Feng wanted to give himself the ball.
Sure enough, as soon as DJ Augustine had this feeling, he saw that Li Feng's ball was passed very large in advance, and DJ Augustin strode over to catch the ball and left Tony Allen behind.
Tony Allen's speed is not slow at all, and the breakthrough is quite a powerful person, but when DJ Augustin jumps like this, Tony Allen immediately feels that his defense is completely useless, and the ball is completely controlled by the opponent.
DJ Augustin jumped in stride, caught the ball and threw it, and his hand went in.
After DJ Augustin scored, the Pelicans' rest seat immediately jubilated, Oladipo in front of him, now it's DJ Augustin's turn, DJ Augustin is also very accurate, today's Pelicans' double guns are really powerful to the extreme, almost just see blood to seal the throat, whoever comes will kill whom.
After seeing DJ Augustin perform such a jumper, Barkley immediately exclaimed:
"Oh, the moment DJ Augustin catches the ball is really unbelievable, he really can't believe that he can jump out so far, and the shot is so fast, almost bounced on the top and got up."
Barkley shouted, Miller was also very surprised, after seeing DJ Augustine's performance, Miller immediately said:
"Oh, now that the Pelicans have such a pitcher, and with Oladipo, the Pelicans' outside firepower, and that day by day, it's a great thing to have such a team."
At this time, only Van Gundy smiled, his bench lineup can compete with the Grizzlies' main lineup for a while, and they are indeed worthy of pride in terms of attack power.
The Grizzlies seem to be able to take advantage of the Pelicans on the inside every time they come to the Pelicans' court, but the Pelicans are able to downplay the score every time, and the situation is very complicated, because the Pelicans still don't have a game.
Now Robert Pera is a little anxious, the big fat man turned around and looked at the court, after Conley came back, he couldn't help but didn't shoot for a long time, but in Conley's heart today, his hand is still there, his luck is still there, he still believes in himself, this is to give himself a chance.
When Conley thought like this, the opportunity came, Tony Allen's dribble was ahead, and Li Feng used Tony Allen to observe his teammates, and he quickly stretched out to drop Tony Allen's basketball.
Li Feng could have gotten the ball, but when Tony Allen felt that the basketball had fallen, Tony Allen deliberately touched the basketball and let the basketball run away in the other direction, so after Li Feng clicked the ball, he made a pounce ahead of him and pounced on it.
The basketball went to Conley instead, Conley looked at it, this is the opportunity, this is his own opportunity, Conley turned around and ran after seeing the basketball, Tony Allen and Robert Pera saw that the basketball was taken away by Conley, both of them regretted it for a while, you said that it was not good for the basketball to be there at this time, but it was in Conley's hands, and I don't know what Conley will do when the time comes.
Conley really didn't play according to Robert Pera's tactics, after he took the ball, he broke through DJ Augustin continuously, and DJ Augustin was indeed unable to resist Conley in the counterpoint, but Conley's purpose was too obvious DJ Augustin was running towards this side Conley did not pass DJ Augustin.
But he didn't give up and suddenly took a step back and then shot, with Conley's bounce and jump shooting skills, he could have completed the offense, but at this time Conley's hand was at the end.
The basketball that was thrown, smashed the hoop, and jumped to the other side of the basket at once.
Conley's offense was a failure, but the Grizzlies still had a huge advantage, that is, Marc Gasol, as soon as the basketball jumped, Marc Gasol jumped in the back, still a big piece than Henson, and lightly hit the basketball to make a rebound.
Marc Gasol made up the basket here, but the accident appeared again, Marc Gasol's basketball may have been a little lighter, and it was put on the hoop and pulled along the hoop brush for a circle, but it didn't fall down, and fell to the other side.
This was good luck for the Pelicans, but just as Henson was lamenting his luck, Bora found himself next to Marc Gasol, who had gone to the other side to grab the rebound when he didn't shoot.
Brand and Marc Gasol got up together to grab the rebound, but when Marc Gasol fully jumped and received the rebound in his arms, Brand jumped up and just reached Marc Gasol's elbow, and this height was simply immeasurable. (To be continued......)