Chapter 818: Foul Crisis
Li Feng became a low-post attacker in a blink of an eye from the breaker, and when the ball was stuffed into Li Feng's hands from Arenas outside, Li Feng felt that the pressure behind him was very small, and he secretly glanced at it, and sure enough, it was not the Pistons' inside player, but Wilburnham.
This time things are easy to do, when Li Feng squeezed inward, he even felt a little embarrassed, but this is also beneficial, Li Feng squeezed a step backwards hard, then relaxed a step, slowed down a little, and squeezed out a step, Li Feng could have done Wilbynum here at once, but he was not in a hurry to attack, but slowly grinded and played, the purpose was to lure the Pistons' inside line to come over, pinch himself, and it was best to be the Pistons' Drummond.
Sure enough, something happened, a change that made Li Feng happy, Li Feng slowly tortured Wilbinham here, and Drummond on the other side really couldn't bear it anymore, and chased after him and came over to attack Li Feng.
Li Feng waited for Drummond to come over, naturally he had already made a good little Jiujiu in his heart, and as soon as Drummond pounced, Li Feng immediately strode in the direction where Drummond came over.
This is the same way as just past Wilburnham, with the time difference, Li Feng flashed next to Drummond who ran over, jumped directly behind Drummond, and then immediately jumped with both feet to shoot.
How can Drummond let Li Feng continue to treat himself as nothing, he also jumped up and blocked back according to his instinct, every collision on the inside line will be the ultimate confrontation of the body, a weak guy can't adapt to the NBA's inside line at all, this time Li Feng and Drummond collided, and it was also the ultimate confrontation of the body.
Drummond has a taller height and no bad jumping, but Li Feng is not without nothing, Li Feng has the flexibility to take the lead. and variability, there can be no sloppiness in dealing with Drummond, Li Feng naturally will not give up the change of the first move in vain, he does not make a simple jump at all.
Instead, he continued his skills of pulling the rod and making difficult layups, under the cover of pretending to be a god, Li Feng still shrank his hands, and then stretched out his hands to shoot, Drummond, who had been deceived twice by Li Feng, could not let Li Feng go this time. Even if the first blow was not caught, the second blow was still pressed downward, Drummond just scared Li Feng this time, but he didn't expect to hit the arm of Li Feng's second shot after pulling the lever, "snapped" a crisp thug, and appeared alive in front of the referee.
Li Feng's shot was naturally beaten, but Li Feng was very satisfied and walked to the free throw line, even if the ball did not score. Li Feng is already very satisfied, and making a Drummond foul is tantamount to giving the Pistons endless trouble.
Because from now on, Drummond and Brand both have three fouls, and Drummond's position on the interior is not an absolute thing.
Just now, Wilbinham directed a fairly successful attack, and all of a sudden, Wilbynum's head became enlightened. It turns out that if you want to make the team better, it is not only a way to break through and shoot accurately, but also to quickly reverse the ball on the outside, and to choose a reasonable passing route to make the team better.
Will Bynum, who had these concepts in his mind. completely got rid of the shadow imposed on him by Li Feng, and even the pace of dribbling became brisk, a brisk and simple way of handling the ball. Maybe it's really more suitable for the current Pistons format.
Will Bynum safely protected the basketball to the Pelicans' half, and immediately passed the ball to Josh Smith, and Will Bynum realized that fast passing is more important than sticking to the ball, Will Bynum also realized that in terms of organization, at least today Josh Smith is more effective than himself, when Josh Smith received the basketball, he encountered the same Brand's semi-winding front defense, but Josh Smith was not in a hurry, and immediately passed back to Will Bynum, almost the same passing route, The basketball is again passed a full circle along the Pelicans' three-point line
However, when the ball arrived, Jerebko's hands did not form a real attacking chance, because after the last round, Millsap also noticed Jerebko's point.
Jerebkoma passed the ball back to Starkey, who was also facing Arenas' defense, and he dribbled two steps to the Pelicans' interior and immediately threw the ball towards the inside.
The ball finally got into Drummond's hands, Drummond received the ball and jumped up exaggeratedly behind Brand, at this time Drummond's movements were ugly, like a big toad, but at this time Drummond's power on the inside line was unparalleled, Brand couldn't hook Drummond's ugly shot at all, the ball smashed on the rebound, and immediately went into the Pelicans' basket.
Li Feng, as a participant in the court at this time, just felt that the Pistons' offense began to recover, and he played very team, because he was also in the game, so he couldn't see what was going on.
But at this time, the big Van Gundy was quiet, and suddenly he saw a prototype of the team's future, is this kind of team cloth what he and the team owner want to see?
A Drummond-based team basketball, a strong interior is admired by people, not only because of their rarity, but also because once you get a strong interior line, you can find a base point, so as to build a basketball kingdom that you like, and the role of this base point is difficult for players in other positions to do.
Even if he is as strong as Kobe Bryant, or LeBron James, he can't be the core of a team, and this can be done by Drummond, Yao Ming, and even Gasol, which has nothing to do with ability, and the reason for the position directly leads to their different roles.
The Pistons' current smooth team basketball is exactly what Van Gundy is pursuing, and this wonderful realm even makes Van Gundy temporarily forget about the command and focus on the wonderful characteristics caused by this lineup.
The Pistons are now playing a very beautiful combination of inside and outside, especially the conduction of the outside line is often very surprising, and once Li Feng enters the half of the Pistons with the basketball, the offensive style shown is completely different, and the Pistons have a very clear combination of inside and outside.
The Pelicans' offense is often initiated on one side of the wings, and the running players or zipper tactics from the baseline upwards. Or on one side of the continuous blocking and dismantling of the high and low posts, figuratively speaking, it is the tactics of the Pelicans, which is a continuous and complex series of dislocations and blocking and dismantling processes, especially the low cover, and the cross cover of the two wings should be much special.
Li Feng dribbled at a 45-degree angle on the right side, and the Pelicans players immediately followed Li Feng's gesture to give up the entire right side to provide Li Feng with space to break through, while Brand and Millsap occupied high and low positions on the left, Arenas squeezed past Brand's side in the low post to pull Drummond, and Al Thornton took a big step at the top of the arc to respond, and now the Pelicans applied this tactic. It is a good combination of Li Feng's breakthrough ability and Millsap's shooting ability, and Arenas's pulling is also very successful.
As soon as Drummond left the inside line, Li Feng broke through, so Drummond could only immediately retract back to defend, and now Drummond was also a little dizzy by Li Feng, he scored on his body so continuously, how faceless Drummond was, how can he also pretend to be a god?
This time, Li Feng did not challenge the dignity of the pretending god inside, and attracted enough defense. Immediately threw the ball extremely lightly to Millsap, who received the basketball, an easy jumper, and the Pelicans' team basketball was no inferior to the Pistons' team basketball.
For a time the Pistons took advantage of the perimeter and did an excellent down. and the containment of the inside line, while the Pelicans used Li Feng's breakthrough and Millsap's high-position containment to play the wind and water, and several rounds in a row.
Both sides have gained from each other. Both teams played beautifully, with consecutive goals and high-quality combinations to make Barkley go wild, but such a stalemate is bound to be broken by one side.
Either the chain breaks on the offense of one side. Either it was a sudden outburst on one side, Li Feng and Van Gundy were gritting their teeth and persevering, and Drummond on the other side was also trying to hit every ball.
Halfway through the game, neither side called a timeout, the game has been deadlocked, for which the two teams also rested an official NBA timeout, Li Feng at this time already felt a little bad on the body, as soon as he returned to the rest seat, he sat on the chair with his butt, and wiped the sweat on his body with the towel in his hand.
As soon as Arenas sat down, he exchanged views with his teammates:
"How do I feel, the Pistons' offense is getting stronger and stronger, although it's just a few moves, but with Drummond, we really can't do anything."
"I also think that the Pistons in the fourth quarter are much more difficult to deal with than they used to be."
Millsap also said at this time.
Hearing his teammates discussing the issue, Van Gundy immediately walked over and said:
"Now that everyone has noticed the current problems of the Pistons, then I have to explain, in fact, the Pistons have changed only one point, they don't have a long time on the outside to control the ball, this is the reason why the Pistons are very fluent on the outside, since the Pistons don't have a long dribble, if you want to crack the Pistons' tricks, there is only one way? That's one of the most important points of jamming, the dead card owner doesn't give him a chance to catch the ball. ”
Van Gundy's explanation was simple, but as soon as Van Gundy said this, everyone understood the cause of the incident.
"Oladipo, you replace Al Thornton, and Kalombbutler takes Millsap, we really don't have much time? Alright lads, now the game is ours"
Van Gundy said and waved his hand to let his players walk back onto the court, Li Feng walked in the back, Van Gundy suddenly noticed Li Feng's completely soaked back, and the green tendons behind the faintly jumping ears.
This made Van Gundy feel very bad, so Van Gundy quietly crawled behind Li Feng's ear and said:
"Li Feng, how about it, you better take a break."
Li Feng smiled bitterly, he just wanted to rest, Fan Gundy, who understood Li Feng's eyes, also smiled bitterly, patted Li Feng's ass and let this guy play again.
The opening game was a Pelican player, and the Pelicans played a very retro zipper offense this round.
Brand and Oladipo, who had just come on the field, made a high cover, Li Feng passed the ball to Oladipo who ran out, and today's Oladipo not only feels very good, but also seems to be open.
There was a gap when he saw Brand go down, and he immediately passed the ball to Brand, who took a step inside and prepared for a layup, which would have been a great ball. But when Brand turned around, he collided with Drummond, and this kind of physical contact was not strict at all, and it could only be regarded as rubbing one side.
But it was at this time that the referee's whistle sounded unfortunately, and immediately awarded Brand an offensive foul, this time Van Gundy almost jumped from the board to the ceiling of Auburn Hills Arena, such a critical moment, gave such a nonsensical penalty, how could Van Gundy not break his liver.
Brand was an honest man on the Pelicans, but the referee awarded Brand a foul. This honest man's face immediately turned red, although he didn't yell loudly at the plate, but you can imagine the grievance in his heart, Drummond has no problem making a move, and if he makes a move, it will be an offensive foul?
As the captain and the referee, Li Feng hurriedly walked over to communicate with the referee, but the referee had already determined that Brand had committed a foul and could only put a little pressure on the referee.
Brand unexpectedly fouled, and the good offensive power had to be handed over to the Pistons, at which time the Pistons suddenly made a new killer move at halftime, and the Pistons' shooters scattered and opened. Josh Smith suddenly played a high pick-and-roll with Drummond.
Seeing this kind of cooperation, Li Feng was stunned, this is also a common routine of the Pistons in the finals, and today Da Van Gundy actually used it here. Li Feng is well aware of the power of this combination.
Josh Smith doesn't have a lot of feet, but he has a lot of pace and a rhythm when he dribbles, transitioning between pauses and movements. Very good, easy to make, pull-up jumper. The step-back jumper came out of the opportunity, and the breakaway went in to threaten and great, and Josh Smith had the feel to make a layup and a little bit of low-post ability.
The most terrible thing is that Josh Smith has a wide vision and a clear passing route, although the current Josh Smith is not in the heyday of two years, but Li Feng believes that as long as the Eagle King is given a chance, he will still be surprised, sure enough, after Josh Smith and Drummond covered high, they broke through a big step, stopped the ball slightly, and stopped Oladipo's footsteps, and then when Josh Smith broke through again, he used the rhythm to leave Oladipo behind.
So Brand could only come over to fill the position, Josh Smith looked clumsy and threw the ball behind Brand, and the ball was in Drummond's hands, realizing that Brand had been deceived could only turn back to defend, but at this time, Drummond, who had always been straight, also learned to control the rhythm.
A little forward to the basket, Brand flew, missing the rhythm Drummond stared at Brand and jumped again, slamming the basketball into the basket, and at the same time, Brand's fifth foul finally came.
Brand has five fouls and Brand has five fouls, which is definitely bad news for the Pelicans.
At the end of the game, the most critical moment, there were about 6 minutes left before the game was completely over, and the score of the two sides was in the stalemate stage 94-95, at this time Brand five fouls, giving the Pistons a very good chance.
The pressure on the Pelicans, who was already under great pressure, suddenly became even greater, and when the referee's whistle blew, Van Gundy really jumped up excitedly.
As if he were a child, he cried out:
"No, no, it can't be like this, it's not fair."
Li Feng and all the Pelican players were stunned, it goes without saying that this kind of blow is absolutely ruinous for the Pelicans, Brand is the Pelicans' inner optimus pillar, after losing this inner optimus pillar, isn't the Pelicans' interior line left to be left to Drummond's entry and exit?
Barkley even stood up in the commentary seat and said:
"This is absolutely unjust, Brand's actions just now can be completely ignored, and now this time the Pelicans are really on the edge of the cliff."
Van Gundy followed behind the referee and complained loudly:
"You can't do that, Mr. Referee, you can't just rush our team into the abyss, Mr. Referee."
The referee turned his head and glanced at Van Gundy questioningly, the referee saw the poor guy, his facial features gathered together and almost cried, so he waved his hand to signal Van Gundy to leave, Van Gundy pleaded with the referee with an almost pleading expression, but the referee gave himself almost a merciless indifference, which finally angered Van Gundy, who had always had a good temper.
Van Gundy, after pleading to no avail, shouted behind the referee in almost the most rude tone:
"It's really enough to be raised, it's really a mongrel, and there is such a verdict."
Van Gundy's rudeness immediately angered the referee, and the referee immediately turned around and skillfully and angrily sent a technical foul to the thunderous Van Gundy, and this time the Pelicans really lost a lot.
Brand didn't just have five fouls, Van Gundy was going to give away two free throws.
Starkey walked to the free-throw line, and Big Van Gundy took the opportunity to hurriedly call out Josh Smith, Wilburnham and Drummond to his side, and it was clear that Big Van Gundy had a plan against Brand to teach them face-to-face.
At this time, Van Gundy, who looked as disgruntled as a young man, also hurriedly called Li Feng, Oladipo and Al Thornton to his side:
"You guys can help Brand when you get the chance, he needs help right now, otherwise our team will be finished." (To be continued......)