The Pelican was killed by the Knights, and in an instant many people had to go to the opticians to repair their glasses.

After two days of rest, the Pelicans' next opponent is the Oklahoma City Thunder, who have won five in a row recently, and Durant is also a little flustered.

Recently, the Thunder have been playing well, and the Thunder also defeated the Pelicans once last season, so Durant has shamelessly sold cuteness in the media.

"The Pelicans have had amazing results this year, but we have a way to deal with them, and the main thing is that the Pelicans can't defend me."

Durant was extremely shameless in selling cuteness, praising himself, looking down on the Pelicans' defense, and his recent results have been relatively smooth, so he began to lose his mouth.

However, the Pelicans were ashamed of losing to the Thunder, and Li Feng even vowed to be ashamed.

In this way, Durant's side made a big fuss, and Li Feng immediately responded.

"It's stupid to think of luck as strength, and the game is not a place where speculators can win."

Li Feng targeted the war with Durant, Durant was naturally extremely unhappy, and immediately confronted Li Feng, you must know that Durant has always been unhappy with Li Feng.

Before the game between the two teams started, the core of the two teams quarreled first, which was very eye-catching, and Li Feng and Durant both had many fans, and once the two quarreled, the influence was huge.

Both teams are All-Stars, and Li Feng has just faced off against James, and now he has doubled the attention he has received again, and before such a game, the two teams have grudges, which is a very good-looking gimmick.

So before the Pelicans and Thunder game, the war of words between the two teams was widely exposed, and the game also received a lot of attention.

In fact, there is no war of words, the Pelicans and Thunder are destined to receive a lot of attention because of their better playing style, because instead of watching a wrestling match. It's better to watch an offensive battle through this.

In the attention and anticipation of the media and fans, the game Thunder came to the Pelicans' home stadium at the New Orleans Center to play.

It was ESPN that commented on the game, but the live commentary became Albert and Scoop Bayless, Baylors has always been known for his sharp words, and Simmons is a die-hard Thunder fan, while the Pelicans have a feud with the Thunder that lasted for several seasons.

In this way, Bayless was extremely bearish on the Pelicans before the game:

"Although the Pelicans used to be the No. 1 team in this season, I would say that the Thunder really restrained the Pelicans in terms of their style of play, especially Russell Westbrook. Westbrook's weight is very restrained by the Pelicans' guard group, and none of the Pelicans' several point guards have a strong weight. ”

Bayless came up and sang about the Pelicans first, and then immediately said:

"Compared with the Pelicans, the Thunder have also made great achievements this year, with Westbrook and Durant as the core, and gradually played their own style, with a relatively balanced offense and defense, this game. The Thunder still have a good chance against the Pelicans. ”

Bayless keeps saying good things for the Thunder, such an obvious tendency, even his own partner can't look at you:

"Hey, man. You're also too subjective, you're very unobjective, really, absolutely not objective. Even told lies. ”

"Oh, you're going too far."

Bayless hurriedly defended himself, I think I'm still very professional. It's fair,"

"You're very professional, but it's very unfair, the two teams played four games in the regular season, the two teams were tied with two losses and two wins, saying that tactical restraint is not reflected, and Westbrook has more physical advantages, but Corey and Marshall don't have more speed advantages? The two teams can only have their own advantages. ”

"The two teams have their own advantages, but I think the Pelicans are more stable, the Pelicans' defense is more systematic, and the offense is more integrated, while the Thunder have great ups and downs in defense, and the offense is more dependent on individual offense, and the winning rate is still greater for the Pelicans."

"No, I still think ......"

The words between Bayless and Albert are free, and fans are willing to listen to this kind of-for-tat commentary, and listening to a fight is as cool as watching a fight.

At this time, the starting lists of the two teams came out, and the Pelicans' fake starters were immovable, point guard Corey, scoring guard Granger, small forward Li Feng, power forward Al Jefferson, and center Pau Gasol.

The Pelicans have a neat lineup, and there are basically no major injuries after the start of the game, which is mainly due to the team's large number of players and fast rotation.

The starting lineup on the Thunder's side is point guard Westbrook, scoring guard Sefrosa, small forward Durant, power forward Serbaka, and center Adams.

The Thunder's lineup can only be regarded as a fake starter, and they will use this lineup to play for a while, but then replacing Reggie Jackson and Jerem Lamb is their strongest offensive table, and the Pelicans and Thunder are the strongest teams in the mixed lineup.

The starting lineups of the two teams were lined up, Adams also began to fight with Gasol in the center circle, and the New Orleans Center was also very hot today, the whole stadium was full, and Gasol put the basketball into Corey's hands amid the cheers of the fans.

The Pelicans actually got the ball first at the beginning of today, and after getting the ball, the Pelicans first played a low-post tactic with a left waist, which is a position that Al Jefferson is best at.

In this position, Al-Jefferson immediately beat Ibaka, who is no worse physically than Al-Jefferson, and Ibaka is a professional defensive player.

He came up and resisted Al Jefferson very fiercely, and it was very difficult for Al Jefferson to make any moves.

In this situation, Al Jefferson turned and missed a single shot, and the Thunder came up and defended the Pelicans with the first shot.

Belleston was very excited and said:

"You see, the Thunder's defense has improved a lot, and under this kind of defense, even the Pelicans will have a hard time taking advantage."

Albert immediately said:

"Al Jefferson has always been soft now, and it's normal for one to miss, and the main thing in today's game is to look at the Pelicans' defense, and only after watching the Pelicans' defense can they have the right to speak."

When Albert said this, the Thunder hit the ball just right.

And on the first offense from the Thunder, Westbrook dribbled, and the Pelicans immediately pounced to defend.

The Pelicans not only pounced on defense at this time, but also defended very fiercely. Give the Thunder the strongest physical contact directly.

The game just began, the Pelicans defended like this, and Westbrook didn't have any cushion at all, and he was as skilled as he was, and he almost made a mistake.

When Westbrook barely stabilized the ball, he saw Granger and Li Feng teaming up to help defend Durant, and it was very difficult to pass the ball to Durant.

It is very difficult for Durant to receive the ball here, the Pelicans don't let Durant get the ball at all, and Durant can't receive the ball here.

Westbrook only had a pass to Adams in the low post, and Adams had some skills in the low post. But today's Pelicans' tactics are just one point, which is to prevent you, and the moment Adams gets the ball, the Pelicans' bag is here with a bang.

Adams wasn't the kind of low-post scorer who could be professional, and when that happened, he hurried out the ball.

But now the intensity of the game is too high, and Adams' passing level is really average, and as soon as he shoots the ball, Granger on the Pelicans' side breaks the ball lightly.

Broke off the basketball. Granger turned around and immediately passed the ball to Li Feng, who took the ball and turned around and flew towards the Thunder.

The speed of the Thunder is also very fast, but Li Feng immediately jumped his ass when he arrived at the Thunder's half, and beat Serfrosa with his back.

Sefrosa's defense is known for being tough. When encountering a strong defense, he immediately resisted fiercely, pushing with his hands on the top and stuck between Li Feng's legs with his legs below. In this way, it is difficult for Li Feng to maintain his balance even if he turns around.

Sefrosa's defense has used all the means at his disposal, but at this time, Li Feng is not entangled with him at all.

In the most straightforward way. Suddenly jumped towards the basket and killed, although Li Feng was a little unstable by Sefrosa in this step, but he still threw the basketball firmly into the basket with a high toss.

The Pelicans hit the Thunder on a counterattack, and in the first round, the Pelicans showed an iron-blooded and deadly defense, not letting the Thunder shoot at all, and the main players didn't even let you touch the ball.

As soon as the game began, the Pelicans didn't spare any hands, punched their faces without any temptation, and defended desperately when they came up.

At this time, Albert said happily:

"The Pelicans still have a lot of experience in playing the Thunder, and they will defend desperately when they come up, and they will not give the Thunder a chance to feel up, only in this way can they curb the individual play of the Thunder's players, this strategy is completely correct, as long as the Thunder is stopped in the half, and the Thunder's feel is consumed, the Pelicans will win."

When Albert said this, Bayless immediately said:

"It's only the first round, and Durant and Westbrook will immediately adjust to each other's defense."

Albert shrugged his shoulders and said we'd see.

Yu Jia, the commentator on the domestic side, also said at this time:

"Today's focus on the Pelicans is on defense, and they put all their strength on defense at the beginning, so that the Pelicans' offense seems to be a lot more sloppy."

"Playing a game like this, it will definitely not be good-looking, but it is definitely beneficial to the Pelicans, it can be said that the more ugly today's game is, the more beneficial it is for the Pelicans, because in this kind of entangled bad battle, the Pelicans are stronger in combat."

Yu Jia and Albert both saw the essence of the matter at a glance, in fact, the essence of the Pelicans' game is defense, in addition to defense is defense, although the Thunder now claims to be a balance of offense and defense, but the essence of the Thunder is still offense, strangled the Thunder's offense, the Thunder can't win by defense, this is different from the Thunder Spurs, the Thunder Spurs offense can't do it, you can win by defense, and the Thunder can't do this.

And the Thunder's offensive method has not relied on the team to attack until now, but on the individual play of a few people, so using defense to contain the feel of these people, the Pelicans' game is much lighter.

The Thunder suffered a loss in the first round, and when the second round came up, Westbrook immediately stabilized the situation and prepared to attack.

But at this time, the Pelicans are implementing the strategy of pinching Durant, and Westbrook is left to Corey alone.

Westbrook saw that the other party despised him, and he immediately accelerated to break through and wanted to force Corey over, but Corey's side also learned Sefrosa's way, and went up to defend by any means, although Westbrook was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, but he suddenly encountered such a strong defense, and he still couldn't make a move. The pass was given to Ibaka, who responded in the middle, and Ibaka's offensive skills had long since degraded.

The two main scorers on the Thunder's side were both stalked by the Pelicans' defense, and one of the defenders couldn't make a move, and the other couldn't get the ball.

The Pelicans won the basketball, and immediately turned around and hit a Gasol mid-court cut.

Gasol took the ball in and turned around and scored two more points, and the Pelicans opened the game to a 4-0 with the Thunder. And the most important thing is that the Thunder really can't deal with the current situation on the court, and the Thunder fell into a predicament as soon as they started, so although the game was only one point apart, Scott Brooks decisively called a timeout, and then directly replaced Reggie Jackson without saying a word.

Van Gundy prepared his plan early, and when the Thunder replaced Reggie, he immediately replaced Granger and replaced Turner.

Both teams made quick substitutions, came back from a timeout, and the Thunder opened the game with the first offense. As soon as the Thunder's ball came out, it was immediately given to the new Reggie Jackson.

However, just when Reggie got the ball, Turner quickly pasted it, and Turner stuck to Reggie's defense, which meant obviously. I don't let you shoot, but you can break through.

The breakthrough wasn't unacceptable for Reggie either, but crucially, Turner stuck up front. There is also Aljefferson in the back in the penalty area.

At this time, because the Thunder's Ibaka does not have a strong offensive ability, Al Jefferson can let him go far away to take care of Reggie.

As a result, Reggie is not able to shoot easily. There was no way to break through easily, so he could only take a step down the dribble, and then retreat to the flank and shoot backwards with great difficulty.

Reggie dodged Turner and threw a long shot, but Turner still didn't let Reggie stick up and defended with Reggie.

The Pelicans put a lot of pressure on Reggie's defense, and Reggie missed his first shot.

The Pelicans protected the rebound, and the Thunder also retreated very quickly, and they also did a lot of work against the Pelicans.

The Pelicans' fast break didn't come out, but at this time the Pelicans were not in a hurry to play fast-paced, and it was obviously more beneficial for the Pelicans to play a slow pace today.

The Pelicans steadied themselves in the Thunder's half, at which point Albert said:

"The Thunder didn't score points, and the Pelicans were prepared for Reggie's defense, and it was still very difficult for the Thunder to rely on their individual ability to score points."

Reggie didn't score either, which did have a great impact on the Thunder's offense, so that the Thunder didn't shoot except for Durant, and everyone shot.

In the Pelicans' halfcourt with the Thunder, the offensive options are very different, the Thunder start attacking from the outside, but the Pelicans continue to attack from the inside.

Playing to open up space, the basketball still passed to Al Jefferson, who just had a hard top with Ibaka, feeling that he was not sure, so he took the ball and turned around, spying on the step, got up and threw a middle distance.

Al Jefferson's set of offensive moves is still very in place, opening up space, and Ibaka also has no way to take Al Jefferson, Al Jefferson turns and shoots.

"Huh!"

The Pelicans were 6-0 and led the Thunder by six points at the beginning.

The Thunder were beaten like this, and it was completely different from what they thought before the start of the game, there was no fierce attack in today's game, only iron-blooded defense and an inside meat grinder, the game was ugly, and it was not on the rhythm of the Thunder at all.

The Thunder can only play Durant at this time, which is their only hope, so at this time the Thunder immediately called a Durant tactic.

Durant, covered by his teammates, walked around the interior and finally got the basketball on the wing.

But Durant just got the basketball here, Li Feng immediately defended with Durant, and at the same time, Gasol behind him also blocked Durant's breakthrough route, this defensive style is similar to the defense of Reggie.

Durant saw this situation and immediately adopted the offensive style he does best.

Push Li Feng forward with his shoulder, trying to open up a piece of space, and directly pull out the jump shot, but at this time, Li Feng stuck to Durant's body, and with Durant's strength, he couldn't resist Li Feng at once.

Durant can't push Li Feng and there is no space, and there is no way to shoot without space, Durant was pushed in front of Li Feng, and he could only choose to break through the frame to play.

But Durant's breakthroughs were all forcible breakthroughs, not speed-type breakthroughs, and he forcibly squeezed Li Feng in one step. Li Feng's body is still not lost to Durant, Durant was slightly delayed by Li Feng, and the space under the basket was blocked by Gasol.

Gasol blocked in front, Li Feng interfered on the side, and Durant forced a layup but still missed.

This time the Thunder is in big trouble, Reggie can miss, Westbrook can also miss, but once Durant as the main scorer misses, the damage to the team's confidence is huge, and the Thunder did not hit a single ball in the first 2 minutes.

The thunder side suddenly panicked. Because Durant completely destroyed the Pelicans defense in the regular season before, but now it is so laborious to play one, it is completely suffocating.

Today, the Pelicans' defense and tactics made the Thunder feel suffocated.

The Pelicans grabbed the rebound, and the ball was still an unhurried offense, and the Pelicans were determined to delay the pace today.

In the Thunder's half, the Pelicans continued to hit the Thunder's interior, and Gasol forced Adams under the basket.

Gasol has another bit of a strong ability to play under the basket, but not very strong. Now Adams is also furious when he is defended by the Pelicans, Adams is stuck under the basket, and Gasol misses the basket.

The Thunder finally succeeded in defending once, and such a game turned into a game of defensive intensity.

Seeing that the game is about to turn into hand-to-hand combat. Westbrook immediately realized that he had to do something.

Westbrook came up at this time and immediately commanded his teammates to open up the space, and he once again turned his back to force a single against Corey.

But the Pelicans won't be restrained, once Westbrook's side comes up with their backs. The Pelicans immediately wrapped up Westbrook, and Al Jefferson didn't care about Ibaka behind him and directly clamped Westbrook.

Westbrook has a lot of experience and saw the opportunity coming. Immediately passed the ball to Ibaka, but Li Feng kept watching this passing route, as soon as the basketball came out, Li Feng immediately rushed over, and a fish jumped and pointed the basketball into Gasol's arms.

The Pelicans once again disrupted the Thunder's offense, and the Thunder haven't played a single successful offense since the start of the season.

In this case, once the Thunder's opening offense is not played well, the morale will be greatly reduced.

Today's opening for the Pelicans, so that more than half of the goal was achieved.

Playing well defensively and coming up offensively, the Pelicans continued their slow-paced offense.

It's just that this time it was Li Feng who attacked, Li Feng took the ball on the wing and directly hit Durant with his back.

Durant was very unhappy with Li Feng's defense before, and at this time he was also desperately defending against Li Feng.

Li Feng and Durant have their own strengths and weaknesses in terms of physical elements, but they are different in the basketball realm, once Li Feng is carded by Durant here, seeing that the other party is also wrapped up by himself, Li Feng is Gasol who immediately passed the ball and pulled it out to the bottom line.

Gasol's bottom line small mid-range shot, a simple hit, as soon as the game opened, the Pelicans beat the Thunder an 8-0, the Thunder still did not score, the Pelicans continued to fight with the Thunder, and the Thunder had fallen into a quagmire.

At this time, Bayless had nothing to say, but Albert said happily:

"The Pelicans have adopted the right tactics, and their defense is very team-oriented, the whole team's defense is very well designed, and they also put a lot of physical pressure on the opponent, taking advantage of the weakness of the Thunder's interior offensive ability.

The Thunder have not broken through the Pelicans' defensive routine so far, which proves that the Pelicans' defense and tactics are effective, and in the short term, the Thunder have no way to break this defensive tactic. ”

When Albert said this, Bayless finally couldn't bear it anymore, and he said:

"The Pelicans are just catching the Thunder off guard right now, and I'm sure the Thunder can adjust and they have a great point guard, Westbrook, and that's going to be a problem."

When Bayless and Albert were arguing, Yu Jia on the domestic side was also happy and said:

"The Pelicans got off to a fantastic start, and more importantly, the Pelicans completely controlled the pace of the game, and the Pelicans made the game fast and the game slow, and the game slow, and that's a real domination." (To be continued......)