Chapter 182: It's Still Too Tender
Force!
D'Antoni called a timeout, his face did not look much frustrated, Li Feng sitting on the bench was the same, Ibaka, who replaced Li Feng one after another, was completely inferior in the confrontation with Garnett, the team was completely following the rhythm of the opponent, such an attack was not efficient at all, and Corey had no sense of touch in the opponent's crowd tactics. **!Book. Bar*
"Li Feng is going to play again!"
The thought arose in almost everyone's minds, and of course the Knicks supporters were excited, but the Celtics supporters were not so happy, watching Li Feng step back onto the court with trepidation.
The Celtics players still looked expressionless on the surface, but their eyes were all on Li Feng one after another, and the seemingly ordinary body seemed to be exuding an invisible sense of oppression outward, which made his teammates feel a kind of trust, but made his opponents feel nervous and uneasy.
"Brothers, the real battle is about to start again, listen to me, there must be no slackening now, we must continue the defense just now, even more intense, until the moment we win the victory!"
Seeing Li Feng come back, Garnett on the Celtics side stood up and clapped his hands to boost the morale of the whole team.
"Li Feng, you have to be careful!"
Corey was temporarily substituted for the break, and the big man was also protected by D'Antoni, and before coming on the field, he gave Li Feng a thumbs up, both to remind Li Feng to pay attention to the opponent's defense, and also to remind Li Feng to pay attention to the opponent's continued onslaught.
Jaric has the ball. After getting to the front court. Watching Li Feng squeeze out of the position on the right wing, immediately hanging the ball over, receiving the ball and leaning back, Li Feng began to really exert his strength, retreated and turned to face the defending Pierce and Garnett, feeling the opponent's close interference, carrying it horizontally with one hand, and dribbling the ball steadily with the other, his eyes were still observing the changes in the entire court.
Sou!
Li Feng made a diagonal pass to the basket with his right hand, and the basketball passed through Garnett and Pierce in a thrilling way. Ibaka, who came on as a substitute, received the ball and forced a one-handed dunk to catch the opponent off guard.
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When Li Feng drew another foul on Pierce, Rivers called a short timeout.
Glen Davis was used to replace Garnett, allowing Garnett to catch his breath. The latter's defense at all costs physical strength, although it consumes Li Feng's energy, his energy consumption is so fast and the three fouls on his back also need to take a temporary break. **!Book. Bar*
D'Antoni replaced Krstic and replaced Harden, and Li Feng became a small forward.
In this way, the two teams deployed troops, both trying to ensure and adjust the state and physical fitness of the players on the court, and Li Feng also found his feeling after this, and his mind constantly adjusted the feeling at the moment of shooting. Then it was constantly imprinted in his body, and he hit two pull-up jump shots after breaking through the block in a row, which pulled up the slightly low morale of the Knicks in one fell swoop.
Combination of inside and outside. Li Feng found contact with Kerstic, and after the blocking, Krstic's mid-range shooting also became a hidden danger that the opponent needed to strengthen, and once Wallace was pulled out, Matthews also had a slight advantage in the battle with Eddie House.
Li Feng dribbled outside, Corey mentioned the high blocking, and Li Feng changed his body to break through and get rid of Daniels' defense.
Accelerate to shake off Wallace and jump with the trend.
The difficult shot that drifted sharply towards the bottom line, the basketball hit the inner edge of the basket and bounced in, which immediately made the scene almost fall into a silent situation.
After fully adapting to the opponent's defensive intensity in the first quarter. Li Feng's shooting became tougher in the second half of the second quarter, and he had no choice, and the fact that the Knicks were poor in front of the Celtics made him have no choice but to do so. …,
Pick-and-roll, change of direction acceleration, pull-up jump shot. And then shooting, that's the only thing Li Feng needs to do. Unless the center has a chance to attack under the basket, or other teammates have an open opportunity to shoot close to the basket, Li Feng will choose to pass.
Kirstic and Ibaka took turns to come up to block and pick up for Li Feng, and then rushed back to the basket to grab rebounds, and Matthews on the outside also strengthened the defense of rushing rebounds, which made the game enter a certain balance again.
By halftime, the Knicks closed the score under the leadership of Li Feng, only three points behind the opponent into the second half, Li Feng's performance reminded everyone of the regular season, and the defeat of that game warned the Celtics and Bostonians that this game is far from over.
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With a snap, Li Feng cut off Rondo's pass, rushed to the front court quickly, and rushed straight through the center circle along the right sideline.
Diagonally into the three-point line, the dribble glanced sideways, Rondo was still chasing behind him, and the veteran Eddie House was also speeding in from the left wing to defend, still a beat slower than him.
Bang!
Li Feng jumped to the ground, held the basketball high with one hand, and was as elegant as ever, ready to put the basketball into the basket steadily.
"Be careful!"
The New York fans in the audience couldn't help but exclaim.
Eddie House, a veteran defender who chased back the defense on the left, stepped on the sideline of the three-second zone and leaped up, raised one hand diagonally and waved it to the arm holding the basketball, and his body also followed the inertia and hit Li Feng.
Boom!
Li Feng's corner of his eye noticed the house who rushed diagonally, accelerated the basketball into the basket, and grabbed the iron ring tightly, after a muffled sound in the air, Li Feng hit a little shaky, and the house landed safely with preparation, and Li Feng grabbed the basket and swam around before falling to the ground.
"Oh my god, I'm glad I reacted fast!"
After Li Feng landed, he was about to question the referee, but suddenly stopped.
"What the fuck are you trying to do?"
As the fast break followed up to the frontcourt, Ibaka rushed to Haus, grabbed Haus's shirt and asked viciously, this collision is obviously a reasonable use of the rules, but it is also dangerous.
"It's a malicious foul. Obvious malicious foul, Mr. referee, you should be severely punished for this kind of behavior! ”
D'Antoni on the sidelines was really nervous and a little excessive, fortunately Li Feng protected himself in a timely manner, but D'Antoni still had to protest to the referee, otherwise Li Feng would be injured by a dangerous foul.
The Knicks' losses were severe.
Force!
The referee did not make any decision, only gave a verbal warning to House, and the same treatment was given to the agitated Ibaka.
Force!
Just when the next Celtics attacked, Ibaka fell into the trap first, and seeing House fly to the basket, he may have wanted to teach the old guy a lesson to vent for Li Feng, and the same air rush directly knocked the old guy to the ground, and hit House's arm with a palm to destroy the latter's shot.
Force!
The referee made a timely decision and gave Ibaka a technical foul.
"Mr. Referee. I think I was defending just as well. I just wanted to stop that guy's layup, and it was just a normal foul at best! ”
Ibaka immediately became a little uncool when he saw the referee's decision. shook off the basketball he had just caught, rushed to the referee, and danced loudly to defend himself.
Force!
Add a technical foul!
Ibaka was stunned!
Li Feng, who rushed over a step slowly, was also a little sluggish, damn it, this stupid × referee is simply murdering the Knicks by making this kind of judgment, and what is even more odious is the kid Ibaka, Li Feng yelled at him:
"You should fucking use your brain, it's a game, you're a basketball player, this isn't a wrestling ring, damn it!" …,
"I'm sorry, I ......"
Ibaka also recovered from the excitement under the fierce gaze of Li Feng forcing him to look at the rest of the game, and lowered his head in remorse, now more than two minutes before the end of the third quarter, and the score on the scoreboard also reminded the Knicks that there was still hope - 77-78 only one point behind.
"Okay, forget about all this, hurry back to the locker room, have a good rest, and leave the next task to me and everyone!"
Li Feng pushed Ibaka into the players' tunnel, patted the guy on the shoulder and comforted him loudly. The same foul, but with two completely different effects, may be the role of defensive experience!
"It's still too tender!"
D'Antoni shook his head helplessly, Ibaka still lacks a lot of timing and heat for fouls, but thinking that this is still his rookie season, it can only be used as a lesson.
"It looks like next season we have to get the young people in the team to go through more training, they need to grow faster, they need to perform under this pressure, we still have a long way to go!"
Standing up and walking over to D'Antoni, Atkinson watched as Krstic came on and had little hope for the game, with their bench almost blank compared to the Green Shirts.
"Sergidi's performance is not bad, I hope he can accept this unforgettable lesson, it can be regarded as a harvest!"
D'Antoni shrugged slightly, expecting a lot from Ibaka.
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Ray Allen hit two technical foul free throws, plus House hit both free throws.
The Celtics stretched the deficit to five points all of a sudden, and they still had possession of the ball.
It was House who hit a three-pointer from the outside, and the Celtics' role players are not easy. ……
The Knicks' team defense began to crack slightly, and the Celtics certainly didn't relent, becoming more and more courageous, further isolating Li Feng when defending.
100-115, the Knicks suffered their first loss in the playoffs!
In front of the powerful Green Shirts, the Knicks are still too tender! (To be continued......)