At halftime, the Yu family also asked Zhang Weiping:

"Coach Zhang, you see why the Pelicans fell behind in the first half today. In this way, they are more passive! ”

Director Zhang was still very biased at this time and said:

"Today, the Pelicans are behind, as long as Li Feng is still restricted, the Bulls have restricted Li Feng and not let Li Feng lead the Pelicans to play their own rhythm. Then the Bulls themselves had Paul to pull the whole team up, and that's the difference between the two teams. ”

Director Zhang still put Li Feng first, but Bill Wharton, the commentator on the American side, believes:

"In the first half of today, Paul played a completely show-level game. It's a huge boost for the Bulls, but I'm a little worried about Paul's physique, knowing that the level of confrontation will definitely rise in the second half. ”

Bill Walton is really a lot fairer than Coach Zhang, and the Pelicans will definitely prioritize Paul's problem in the second half, falling behind by 10 points in the first half, although the Pelicans lost the lead, but they can't lose the game at the right time.

At the start of the second half, both teams returned to the court, and it was the opening of the Bulls, who played very well in the first half.

The Bulls came up with the ball at this time, and the basketball was still in Paul's hands, and Paul went to the Pelicans halfcourt to take a look. The Pelicans' defense has changed again, this time the Pelicans not only defend, but also do not wrap up, but Luo Teng in front of him and a big man in the back, and there are players on the wings who are ready to help defend at any time.

The Pelicans used the strength of the team to defend Paul, which was not as fierce as the envelope, but there were more follow-up methods, not as targeted as the single defense, but it emphasized the overall strength.

As soon as Paul saw that the Pelicans were putting on a tight team defense against him, he came up and called a cover first.

When Paul called for cover, the Pelicans were very quick to squeeze through to defend Paul, and then there was a delay from the big man.

The Pelicans did a very good job of defending the team, and Paul didn't take advantage of it when he rushed over.

And the Pelicans opened the second half. Not only has the defense become more strategic, but the intensity of the defense has also skyrocketed.

In the end, the Pelicans are the strongest team in the league, and once the defensive intensity is improved, Paul will also lose a layer of skin.

In the face of this kind of defense, Paul's unyielding temper came up again, and he immediately rushed over and wanted to play as if he had played in the first half.

The Pelicans did pay two men to defend him, with Rotten and Al Jefferson going to wrap Paul together.

Paul's side had a chance to pass the ball to Okafor, who was in the open position in the high post, and Okafor took the ball at this time and he wanted to shoot.

Suddenly, I saw Li Feng coming to his side like a whirlwind, Okafor should not be tall. The body is notoriously strong. At this time, as soon as he saw Li Feng coming, he immediately wanted to bully Li Feng with his body.

Li Feng had already made this kind of preparation, and used his body to resist Okafor, but Okafor didn't squeeze Li Feng away this time.

He was a little stunned on his side, Li Feng was a little quicker, and he clicked Okafor's ball down at once.

Li Feng couldn't steal Paul's ball, but he could steal Okafor's ball, cut off the basketball, Li Feng took the ball and turned around and ran towards the Bulls' half.

Li Feng also attacked in the first half. But they are all playing with eighty percent of their strength, and now in the second half, Li Feng is playing with his life and taking out 120 points of strength to play. So at this time, Li Feng took the ball and rushed desperately towards the Bulls.

At this time, Jimmy Butler, who was on the court, wanted to delay Li Feng, but was hit by Li Feng with his shoulder.

Li Feng knocked Jimmy Butler away with his shoulder and rushed to the three-point line in two more steps, and when he reached this position, Li Feng flew up and smashed a tomahawk-style dunk into the Bulls' basket.

"Bang dang!"

Li Feng started the second half with a violent dunk. Finally set the New Orleans Center on fire.

The New Orleans Center cheered the whole audience, and after Li Feng landed, he also stretched out his hands to the audience, signaling all the fans on the court to cheer for him.

And so it goes. The cheers at home in the center of New Orleans were even more frenzied, and in the midst of even more cheers, the Pelicans were demoralized and the team swept away the gloom of the first half.

As soon as the second half began, the Pelicans played the momentum of the home court.

At this time, the Bulls felt the pressure from the Pelicans, and Paul came over with the ball again, facing the Pelicans' airtight team defense.

At this time, Paul tried to break through again, and the Pelicans immediately used a reversed defense, and Paul's side still had no chance to force a shot.

This is Paul's sadness, other superstars have the kind of ability that no one can stop me if I want to make a move.

But Paul's physique did not support him in doing so, and when Paul encountered absolute defense, he needed to rely more on skill than on force.

So at this time, once Paul is entangled by the Pelicans with team defense, his best option is to pass.

The last time Paul passed the ball to Okafor on the inside, this time, Paul passed the ball to Mike Dunleavy on the outside. Mike Dunleavy played well in the first quarter, shooting a good three-point shooting rate, and at this time, he immediately raised his hand to attack when he received the ball.

But the Pelicans' defensive intensity came up in the second half today, and Granger was all at once on Mike Dunleavy.

Mike Dunleavy forced a shot, the effect was naturally not good, the basketball flew out and smashed into the hoop, and the Bulls missed the shot again.

At this time, Pau Gasolka took charge of the backcourt rebounding ball and immediately passed the ball back to Li Feng, and Li Feng took the ball in the backcourt and pushed up like a storm.

This time, Li Feng relied entirely on his body to bump into him, and Jimmy Butler continued to stumble.

Li Feng pushed forward quickly, completely disrupting the Bulls' retreating rhythm, just as Howard was about to go up and take a step to help defend it.

Li Feng made a ground-and-ground pass to Howard, and Al Jefferson cut right here to get the ball for a nice dunk.

"Bang dang!"

The Pelicans came up with another dunk, and at the beginning of the second half, the Pelicans smashed two slam dunks on the Bulls' head in quick succession.

The Pelicans are not only rapidly closing the score, but their morale is skyrocketing, falling into the opponent's high at home. In the middle of the tide, there is definitely no way to turn the tables.

So when the Bulls opened for more than a point, they immediately called a timeout, and if the Pelicans were allowed to continue to play like this, the Bulls would definitely die. So the Bulls have to adjust as much as they can to get the game into the rhythm they want to see.

For this rhythm, Phil Jackson first adjusted his personnel, and the first step he did was to replace Mirotic.

It was only then that Phil Jackson discovered that his team's best perimeter defender was actually Mirotic, who was in his 30s, which was a very disturbing thing.

Defensively, Phil Jackson used Mirotic, and offensively he saw the Pelicans target Paul again, so he needed to connect Paul with Okafor.

This is Paul's weakness, the absence of a transcendent physique. He needs a partner who can score points and share his pressure.

At the end of the timeout, the Bulls began to stabilize their position, and the basketball went to Okafor under the basket first, and the Bulls wanted to start from the inside.

But Okafor only got the ball here, and the Pelicans' bag arrived all of a sudden, and the Pelicans' strategy at this time hoped to take advantage of the current high morale and disrupt the Bulls' morale. Okafor didn't expect the Pelicans' bag to come so quickly, when he passed the ball out.

The Pelicans' rotational defense came out right away. The first adjustment when the Bulls came back from a timeout didn't work.

Mirotic finally passed the basketball to Paul, who still had to play hard and was forced to this place.

Paul only made a strong charge, taking the ball and rushing towards Roten. Suddenly, a change of direction raised his hand and a feint, Luo Teng jumped slightly, and Paul immediately deceived Luo Teng for a foul.

The Bulls are at a critical moment, and in the end it depends on Paul!

Paul made both free throws from the free throw line. The Pelicans, for their part, also realized that the Bulls were starting to play Paul again.

At this point, the Pelicans once again controlled the ball in the backcourt, and the Bulls had set up their position to defend.

In the face of the position that the Bulls had already set, Luo Teng couldn't take the initiative to attack with the ball. Li Feng is also on the side of the bull, and there are people who are specially guarded.

At this time, Roten has the ball to pass to Al Jefferson, who has the ability to play alone and has average defensive pressure.

Al Jefferson took the ball at this time, and immediately formed a one-on-one with Al Jefferson, Al Jefferson also wanted to use the advantage of his body, but at this time the Bulls were also desperately defending.

It was also difficult for Al Jefferson to shoot, and just when Al Jefferson was embarrassed, Li Feng suddenly made an empty cut, pushed away Mirotic, who was defending himself, and suddenly cut into the penalty area.

Li Feng began to run more desperately in the second half to fight for opportunities!

As soon as Al Jefferson saw Li Feng coming, he hurriedly disposed of the basketball in his hand to Li Feng.

Li Feng instantly took the ball in the opponent's penalty area, and then the moment several people on the other side came up, Li Feng suddenly threw a high throw.

Li Feng cut into the Bull penalty area and threw high, the Bull's inner body was not enough to interfere with Li Feng, and Li Feng shot easily.

The Pelicans played Li Feng at a critical time, and the Bulls played Paul, and the key moments in the playoffs were really the star of the game.

The game reached a critical moment, and the stars of both teams began to exert their strength.

The Bulls came over again, and they still wanted to play from Okafor, and Okafor also paid more attention to quick shots when he got the ball.

Take the ball and turn around, force a step against Al Jefferson, and then step back to shoot, Okafor's shot is difficult enough.

But I'm sorry, the Pelicans' defense today is mad doggy, and Al Jefferson has used such a killer move. But he still didn't get rid of Al Jefferson's defense, today Al Jefferson played well in the first half, and the defense in the second half was also full of electricity.

Once Okafor's offense failed, the Pelicans immediately grabbed the backcourt rebound, and Li Feng took the ball and led the team to advance the fast attack.

The Bulls were beaten twice by Li Feng, and they also suffered enough, and when they saw that Li Feng was running, they quickly came back to defend in the half.

The bull had already established himself at this time and had done a good job of defense, but even so, Li Feng still rushed towards the bull's stop as soon as he lowered his head.

Li Feng rushed again, and Mirotic hurriedly used a trick on the side and gave Li Feng an elbow below.

Under normal circumstances, this time it would work, but Li Feng seemed to be made of tree bark, and he endured this blow alive, but he was unmoved.

Didn't Li Feng notice Mirotic's small movements, of course not, Li Feng felt it. It's also angry.

But Li Feng has to use basketball to counterattack, instead of entangled with Mirotic, if he is entangled with Mirotic, then Mirotic will succeed.

So Li Feng endured it, and he was also angry, and suddenly rushed into the bull's forbidden area. The Bulls defended both inside lines at this time, but Howard was not physically fit, and Okafor was even less physical, and Li Feng directly confronted the two of them in the air.

After both of them landed, Li Feng had not landed. In the air, Li Feng quickly shrank and smashed the basketball towards the rebound.

"Bang!"

Li Feng separated the two players from the other side and smashed the basketball into the basket.

Li Feng is simply overbearing to the extreme, and there is no interior defense of the Bulls in his eyes at all.

Playing this kind of ball, the home fans naturally cheered wildly, and the Pelicans players also jumped over with Li Feng one by one.

In the first half, the Bulls played a rhythm, and now in the second half, the Pelicans have played out the momentum, and this is still the Pelicans' home court, and this wave is naturally incomparable to the offensive set off by the Bulls. Amid the cheers of the audience at New Orleans Center, the Pelicans' players were naturally excited.

The Bulls are facing the Pelicans, and as a visiting team, the Bulls naturally want to stabilize the situation.

So at this critical juncture. It was Paul again who hit with the ball.

Once Paul came over with the ball at this time, he still called a half-court single, but at this time the Pelicans did not match Paul's half-court singles.

Up front, Roten was on top, and Pau Gasol was standing on the edge of the box. There was also Li Feng on one side who was ready to pounce.

In the face of this multiple defense, Paul still took the lead in testing the intensity of the defense and took a step forward. Then it was pressed into the area of the mid-pitch.

Paul pressed to this position, and the Pelicans immediately moved Paul Gasol and Li Feng towards Paul, and Paul had no room to attack.

When he hurriedly turned around to find someone to pass the ball, the rest of the Pelicans were also just blocking Paul's passing route, and the Pelicans' team defense was amazing enough.

The Pelicans are forcing Paul to shoot on the outside, and we will give you a certain opportunity when you shoot on the outside, but if you want to break through the inside, you can't do it, and if you want to go to the restricted area to stir up us, we will accompany you. The Pelicans left Paul with only one way.

Paul now saw that there was not much time left to attack, so he could only make a slight swing from the outside and shoot a mid-range.

Paul's mid-range, don't look fast, but the rhythm is very strange, and it is difficult for defenders to catch the real time of his shot.

Paul was indeed in good shape today, scoring two more points against Roteng.

At this time, although Paul still scored, Van Gundy's mentality was stable and the mentality was very good, because Paul scored like this is what he allowed, and no defense can be without loopholes, and every defense must have loopholes.

Now the Pelicans' defensive strategy is to prevent Paul from breaking through to the basket, not letting Paul disrupt the line, but allowing Paul to shoot from mid-to-long range.

Paul, if you're right, you're going to kill me, and if you can't be to kill me alone, you're done with the bull.

The Pelicans made this adjustment after consideration, first Paul played a lot of singles in the first half, and the body must have consumed a lot, and the second half will definitely be affected, so the Pelicans dare to gamble.

Second, although Paul is very strong, Paul is still a point guard in the end, not a scoring guard or a swing man. He can't win by scoring 30 points every night, and today is Paul's hand exploding, and the Pelicans are not afraid of him.

After weighing the pros and cons, the Pelicans laid out such a defensive strategy. When the Bulls scored, the Pelicans got the basketball again.

The Bulls still didn't let Li Feng get the ball, and at this time, Li Feng only used the double cover set up by his teammates on the baseline to run out and get the ball in the bottom corner.

Li Feng took the ball, Mirotic hurriedly chased out to defend, Li Feng, who took the ball, faced Mirotic and stabbed forward tentatively.

Mirotic didn't have any speed, and hurriedly retreated to guard against Li Feng's breakthrough, but at this moment, Li Feng pulled the basketball back with his right hand, and with a relaxed change of direction, he immediately threw off the distance, and jumped up with the ball to be a three-point shot.

Li Feng and Huang Kai Mirotic would have been too easy to shoot another three-pointer, and the ball was a clean shot.

The Bulls don't let Li Feng catch the ball, Li Feng wants to catch the ball, he has to cut and run without the ball, and now Li Feng uses the running to get the basketball country to decisively throw three points directly, which shows that Li Feng has also turned on the scoring mode.

Li Feng began to throw long-range shots, which means that the Pelicans are going to decide the winner at this moment, once Li Feng starts to turn on the scoring mode. The Pelicans were definitely ready to finish the game.

The Bulls were under a lot of offensive pressure, and Paul came over with the ball again, and he tried hard, but he still couldn't break through and couldn't mess up the Pelicans' defense of the restricted area.

At this time, Paul had no choice, pulled out and wanted to pass the ball to Okafor, who formed the offensive core of the Bulls.

But at this time, Okafor was defended by Al Jefferson, Okafor was very difficult to catch the ball, and Paul had no way to shoot again by himself.

This time Paul missed, and the shot was a little shorter. Paul's side didn't hit either. Because Paul has to push, he has to break through, and he has to attack, which is too much physical demand.

Paul isn't iron-clad either, and there's no way he's going to be able to shoot after doing so much.

Pau Gasol grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, and the Pelicans hit another Li Feng's off-ball run, and Li Feng ran quickly around the baseline.

Li Feng ran out without the ball, this time the Bulls learned to be obedient, and the big man on the inside also came out to delay Li Feng.

But just when Howard had just taken a step. Li Feng took the ball and made a pass to the ground and went behind Howard.

Behind Howard, Pau Gasol took the ball and easily made an open cut layup to send the basketball to the Bulls' basket.

The Pelicans are fighting back and forth, and in the end they still have to attack the inside of the Bulls, and Li Feng mainly attacked the inside of the Bulls before. Now once there is a chance for Pau Gasol to also come to hit the Bulls' interior line, the Bulls are not good physically and have been bullied by the Pelicans.

The Bulls do have weaknesses on the inside, and they have to compensate for them defensively with offense. But the Bulls came over at this time, and they also encountered difficulties on offense.

The Bulls have two cores on offense, one Paul and one Okafor, and the Pelicans prevent Okafor from getting the ball. Let Paul go it alone.

Paul didn't play the ball casually, the Pelicans allowed Paul to make a mid-range shot, preventing him from getting close to the basket, and not even letting Paul touch the restricted area.

As a result, Paul came over, but he still couldn't break the Pelicans' team defense alone, and Paul finally passed the ball to Howard on the inside single.

Howard is a certain interior heads-up ability, but his efficiency in this area is not good, and when facing Pau Gasol, who is taller and more spicy than him, Howard's advantage is not obvious at all, and he barely misses the shot.

After the Pelicans changed their defense in the second half, they greatly limited the Bulls' offensive efficiency, especially the least to reduce Paul's threat.

The Pelicans successfully defended again for a round, and when they came back, Li Feng finally stuck Mirotic on the wing and stuck Mirotic behind him, and Li Feng got the ball in a good position.

is to seize the opportunity to squeeze under the opponent's basket, Li Feng is the main sufferer of the Bulls, so once Li Feng starts to attack.

The bull immediately organized several people to wrap Li Feng, and Li Feng faced the bag and immediately turned around and waved his elbow up and down.

Of course, an old thief like Mirotic is not fooled, but Li Feng is not easy to mess with, and Mirotic is not fooled, and he forcibly lowers his hand to make a layup.

Mirotic slapped Li Feng on the arm, but Li Feng's ball still hit.

"Whoa!"

Li Feng turned over the river and the sea under the opponent's basket, with skill and hardness, and directly pierced the inside line of the bull by himself.

Before Li Feng still had three points, there was still an empty cut, and everything was available, and Li Feng's continuous performance suddenly boosted the Pelican's morale.

When Li Feng walked to the free throw line, Van Gundy felt that he should add a fire, and immediately replaced Al Jefferson with Kelly, who had been fighting with Okafor for several minutes, and really needed to rest physically.

The Pelicans took the opportunity to change to an excellent interior lineman, and Phil Jackson was hot-eyed, and the Pelicans had too many talents, which was indeed a huge happiness for the coach.

Li Feng hit a free throw from the free throw line, and when the Bulls came over and wanted to attack, they found that Kelly's defense was tougher than Al Jefferson.

Paul's side once again took the ball and forcibly singled out Luo Teng, Paul was also helpless, but this time Li Feng quietly ambushed behind Luo Teng.

The middle distance on Paul's side had already flown up, flying relatively high, but he did not escape Li Feng's Wuzhi Mountain.

Li Feng was behind Luo Teng, like a strange bird, and flew high, "Bang!" A slap blocked Paul's ball.

All of a sudden, the New Orleans Center piled up with a high level of enthusiasm and exploded to a high point.

"Boom, boom!"

The entire New Orleans center burst into cheers, and Zhang Weiping also shouted, "Beautiful!" ”

Li Feng scored in a row, and now finally seized the opportunity to block Paul, Li Feng used the visual impact to give the team more courage.

The ball blocked by Li Feng fell into the hands of Luo Teng behind, and Luo Teng took the ball and immediately broke through to the Bull half.

Luo Teng rushed all the way, Mirotic and Jimmy Jr. quickly blocked Luo Teng, but at this time, Luo Teng threw the basketball into the air.

Li Feng flew over from behind, caught the basketball in the air, and took the basketball with a kind of momentum that dominates the world.

"Bang dang!"

An aerial relay smashed into the Bulls' basket once again.

At this moment, the whole court in the New Orleans Center became more vigorous, the fans chanted MVP, and the Pelicans' bench couldn't calm down at all, and the whole audience cheered.

"Ahhhh

The cheers and screams of the audience, Li Feng also beat his chest and roared when he landed, after being suppressed by the Bulls for half of the court, the Pelicans finally pulled this breath back in the second half.

The Pelicans' home momentum, as well as the home court advantage, finally came out, and Li Feng also entered the god-killing mode in the second half.

Once he enters this mode, Li Feng can score unreasonably and unreasonably crazy.

Compared with Li Feng, Paul is not a scoring player, and he consumed too much in the first half, and at this time he gradually couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

And Okafor, after being tormented by Kelly and Al Jefferson in turn, also had no hand at all, and basically did not play in the second half. Howard's condition is also not very good, as a result, the Bulls are tired at the first point, lose their touch at the second point, and the game is like flowing water to the east of the river, and it will never return.

At the end of the game, the Pelicans led the Bulls by eight points at 99-91, ending the battle. (To be continued......)