Chapter 468: Penalty Kick That Hurts
Li Feng suddenly hit two dribbleballs, and the Nuggets had no choice, and at the end of the first half, the Knicks really pulled the score closer to within 10 points.
Both teams ended the first half 57-50.
In the first half of the game, the Nuggets started with an absolute lead, and then were slowly tied by the Knicks, and the two waves of counterattacks were driven by Li Feng.
It can be seen that Li Feng has now become an indispensable member of the Knicks! George Karl was also more annoyed by the loss of the opportunity to kill the Knicks in the first half, and this sentiment also grew among the Nuggets players.
The Nuggets players felt that it was a pity at this time that they didn't kill the Knicks all at once.
On the contrary, the Knicks' players, after escaping the catastrophe of the first half, went to the locker room with a higher spirit.
Hitting people and not being able to die, and simple layups and not scoring are very demoralizing.
After the two teams came back in the second half, Tyberdu continued to play with the lineup of the first half, he still used Dragic as the point guard, Kirilenko and Li Feng as swingmen, and put down two blue-collar interior lines.
The Nuggets were also immobile in the lineup, but after returning in the second half, the Nuggets finally played a little more flexible on the offensive end.
With more interspersed and air-cut tactics, the Nuggets' interior mobility will be unearthed.
After opening up the space, Farid surprised the basket and received an easy layup from the basketball to score two points.
The Nuggets are more flexible on the offensive end, and the Knicks are here in the Nuggets' half, but they don't have a special setup.
Tyberdeau's changes are always very slow, and his tactics and thinking are always very rigid. But at this time, fortunately Kirilenko saved him, Kirilenko took the ball this time, and directly retreated half a step to shoot at Gallinari's head.
If Kirilenko has a good hand, he's the same as some of the league's superstars, and no one can stop him. It depends on how he feels. And it just so happened that Kirilenko felt his hand during this period of time, and he shot the basketball.
Although the Nuggets' offense has really improved in this quarter, the Knicks have also chased points in the second quarter, and Kirilenko and Dragic have come up.
In this way, both teams have improved their offense at the same time, and it is impossible to distinguish the winner for the time being.
Once the two teams start to stalemate, the Nuggets are not in a hurry and start to play steadily.
The Nuggets have the capital to be in a hurry, and in the end they are still a few points ahead, but after a few minutes on the Knicks' side. Tyberdu couldn't hold it anymore. Because of this kind of holding, it is the Knicks who suffer.
That's the pain of a team that is behind the scoreline, you always have to find a way to make the first move, at least to close the big hole that was left behind.
Tyberdu couldn't help it, so he called a timeout, and he saw the Nuggets coach's beautiful rotation and defense tactics on the sidelines.
So this time, he asked his team to help defend more and put more pressure on the Nuggets, so as to seize the opportunity to beat the Nuggets.
The beauty that Tyberdu wants. I want to work defense to prevent the Nuggets. But when he changed his trick, he was brutally hit on the court.
When he returned to the court, Li Feng was lucky to take advantage of a mistake by the Nuggets and scored two points under the basket.
But on the defensive end. Not so optimistic, the Knicks did strictly execute Tyberdeau's defensive strategy.
But the Nuggets are not the Knicks, and the Nuggets don't have the shortcoming of the Knicks' poor three-point shooting.
Dragic only had a slight pack of Gallinari at half-time. Tylawson received the ball just half a step from the three-point line.
Lawson didn't hesitate, he shot a three-pointer, and the three-pointer simply fell into the Knicks' basket.
Lawson once scored. Hubbie Brown said from the commentary seat
"If the Knicks let Lawson shoot, they might be in trouble!" ”
Jeff Van Gundy also said:
"Yes! Lawson is short, but he still has a good feel, and it's not a good idea to let him shoot. ”
Both commentators said so, but they just stood and talked without backache, and the Knicks can't afford to drag it out now, so they can only change their moves, and if they want to change their moves, they have to take the risks.
Tylawson hit a three-point shot, and when it was the Knicks' turn to attack, the good luck of the Knicks, and the time when Li Feng was favored by God was finally gone.
When the Knicks arrived at the Nuggets' half, there was a passing error, and the basketball was suddenly stealed by Farid.
The Knicks are a fast, physically good team, and the same is true for the Nuggets, so mistakes can be extremely fatal for both sides.
Farid broke the ball and then immediately passed it to Lawson, who knew that his speed was not up and received the ball and passed it quickly to Wilson Chandler.
As soon as Chandler saw Li Feng coming, he was a little afraid of making a mistake by Li Feng, and immediately changed hands and passed the ball back to Farid again.
Farid was already under the basket at this time, and Li Feng hurriedly pounced to block Farid with a foul. But Li Feng stretched out his hand, and Farid passed the ball back to Lawson.
Lawson was unguarded from beyond three-point range, and the guy hit another three-pointer and landed in the Knicks' basket.
This time it was too bad, Lawson made two three-pointers in a row, and the difference was more than 10 points.
Tyberdu's clever plan didn't allow the Knicks to catch up with the score, but allowed the Nuggets to pull the gap away again.
This ending was something that Tyberdo didn't expect, and it deviated too much from Tyberdeau's script. The annoyed old man jumped to the sidelines and yelled at his players:
"Defend, defend, pay attention to defend."
Tyberdu's brain burned out a little in an instant, and the current question was not a defensive question at all, but he was still shouting at the players to defend.
The head coach roared, the Knicks played a little frizzy on the offensive end, Li Feng got the basketball through the no-ball run, and the shot was very bad luck in the middle distance, and the basketball was missed. Immediately after that, Vucevic's frontcourt rebounds were clearly pointed, and he still pointed out the bottom line.
A series of small things that are not favorable to the Knicks happen one after another, so the scale of fate falls to the other side.
The Nuggets got the ball and then pushed back again, and now that the margin has widened, the Knicks have to defend like wolves.
However, at this time, the Nuggets also seem to have found some ways to attack, and when they came, Farid first hit the low post to attract the Knicks' defense. He immediately passed the ball to Tylawson on the perimeter.
Lawson had already made two three-pointers, and Li Feng had to leave Wilson Chandler and pounce on Lawson.
Li Feng made such a pounce, and Lawson quickly passed back to Wilson Chandler.
Chandler catches the ball from beyond the three-point line and makes a three-point shot.
The basketball is very briskly "brush and pull!" It fell into the Knicks' basket with a thud, and the Nuggets hit another three-point shot.
After three three-pointers in a row, the difference between the two teams was suddenly stretched to 16 points, and this difference is not the same as Fang Cai.
It's a critical margin of points, and the Knicks aren't a team that excels at scoring.
Encountering this situation, Tyberdu immediately called a timeout, and then on the bench Tyberdu almost roared and shouted:
"What are you doing? How could this be allowed to happen. I said to be on tight defense. For what will leak people! That doesn't work, we need to defend better and be a little more determined on the offensive end. Otherwise we don't have a chance. ”
"On the offensive end, we have to be more aggressive, don't take care of it, we must play resolutely!"
At this time, the Knicks had no way out, so they had to fight to the death.
But at this time, it was just in time for the end of the third quarter, and it was time to replace the substitute, if Tyberdu had to use the main force to fight hard. The result may be that the main players are not physically fit in the final moments of the game.
As a result, Tyberdu was furious, but he could only impose his crazy orders on the substitutes.
The two teams entered the bench period, and the Knicks' bench was indeed desperate and played desperately. This is especially true for J.R. Smith.
Smith played very resolutely, but the bench on the Nuggets' side was even better than the Knicks' bench.
They also have good players like Brewer, Mozgov and Andre Miller on the bench.
So in this period of substitution. Instead of catching up with the score, the Knicks were also stretched apart by the Nuggets, and by the fourth quarter, the difference between the two teams had become 20 points.
87-67, the Nuggets played a rare high-scoring game. And the Knicks became his victim.
The Nuggets stretched the margin to 20 points again, and Tyberdu almost despaired.
At this time, even Hubi Brown on the commentary seat also said loudly:
"In the last quarter, the Knicks trailed by 20 points, and it looked like the Knicks were going to lose today. Their scoring ability makes it too difficult for them to catch up with the 20-point margin in a quarter. ”
Tyberdu also knew that things were going to be tough, and the probability of the Knicks losing was more than 80 percent, but he still changed the main force when it was only 2 minutes into the fourth quarter. And the first one to be replaced by Tyberdu was Li Feng.
Perhaps deep down in Taibodeau's heart, he unconsciously began to trust and rely on Li Feng, Li Feng's thoughts were the opposite of Taibodeau's.
Tyberdu was frightened, but when Li Feng saw that the score was 20 points, he let go instead.
Because at this time, no matter when you can only fight with all your strength, a successful fight is a reversal, and if you can't fight, you can only accept your fate.
With this "relaxed" mentality, Li Feng returned to the court and began to be more free. As soon as the game came back, Li Feng ran far away to the three-point line and received the ball two steps, and Li Feng, who got the ball, faced Brewer of the Nuggets.
Brewer is the kind of lanky and tall type of outsider, and is physically opposed to general.
Li Feng's safest way to play at this time should be to bully the opponent's thinness, so Li Feng immediately put on a forced cut posture and stuck it on Brewer's body.
When Brewer went out with all his might, Li Feng made a big turn and flashed Brewer at once.
Li Feng suddenly made a difficult move, and the boos in the Pepsi Center Arena started, but Li Feng then came to dribble under his crotch and dodged the second Gallinari who came to help defend him, and Li Feng got up and threw a relatively long two points.
Li Feng made two difficult moves in a row, and then made a jump shot, and the additional difficulty of this jump shot was high.
Li Feng played such a ball, just because he wanted to play a dozen casually, but as soon as Li Feng made a shot, he felt good.
The basketball made Li Feng fall into the Nuggets' basket with satisfaction, and the basketball went in.
However, Tyberdu's face was even darker, and Li Feng was behind when the team was behind. This guy actually played, and I didn't know that this guy was thinking about something in his head!
Li Feng played a two-pointer, giving people the feeling that the Knicks wanted to play casually. Brewer also wanted to play a little in the Knicks' half, and made two fancy ball control moves in front of Li Feng, and then suddenly jumped and shot.
Li Feng can play by himself, but he can't allow others to be the same as himself, Li Feng immediately got up and gave Brewer a cover.
Suddenly the basketball was covered, and the basketball landed, Li Feng hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the basketball, and rushed towards the Nuggets halfcourt without hesitation.
The Nuggets' rebound was quick. Miller immediately came back to intercept in front of Li Feng, Li Feng just played the rise, and the excitement had not yet passed.
So as soon as he saw Miller coming up, Li Feng sent the basketball towards his crotch when he was about to make physical contact with him.
Then Li Feng took a step back and directly passed Miller.
Li Feng played a complex action shooting, and then played a human ball, and suddenly the Pepsi Center arena was inhaled.
Li Feng's two shots are too rare and too beautiful. All of a sudden, the most ingenious tricks in basketball were showcased.
Dragic, who was sitting on the bench, immediately got up laughing and applauding loudly. Jeff Van Gundy also said:
"Li Feng looks completely relaxed, he actually plays, and the Knicks can't win like this."
Jeff Van Gundy's words landed, and Li Feng had already arrived in the Nuggets' restricted area. But at this time, Brewer and Miller, who had been repaired by Li Feng, also arrived in the penalty area.
The two of them rushed towards Li Feng together, looking like they were about to pull Li Feng down if they were fouled.
Since Li Feng played with others, he was ready to be retaliated against, and he jumped up in one step when he saw Li Feng. In the air, Li Feng's whole person shrank into a ball, ready to be pulled down, and sure enough, Miller was not polite to Li Feng. grabbed Li Feng's body with one claw. was fouled, Li Feng's goal was reached, at least there was a free throw. Only then did he make a blue pick and pick the basketball towards the basket.
The referee's whistle blew, Li Feng's ball shot, Miller fouled too hard, and Li Feng was too close to the basket.
Li Feng scored two points on a fast break and went to the free throw line. When he reached the free throw line, Li Feng raised the basketball when he heard a boo, and there was a big fat white man twisting his ass towards him in the direction of the rebound.
This scene is so rare!
So Li Feng didn't hold back all of a sudden, he was distracted, and the basketball in his hand was short. smashed to the front of the rebound all of a sudden, but it was such a ball that was clearly shot by Li Feng, but it rebounded directly back into Li Feng's hands.
Li Feng subconsciously caught the ball, and then ran out, he laughed himself.
What is this Nima! I lost my head, and the basketball went back into my hands. Li Feng was laughing himself, and the TV broadcast camera also cleverly gave Li Feng a close-up of this weird smile.
On the big screen, Li Feng smiled happily.
Jeff Van Gundy was puzzled and said:
"Li Feng picked up a frontcourt rebound, and he was very happy! What is this guy doing here? ”
Tyberdu also couldn't figure it out, what was ridiculous at this time, and George Carr didn't understand it even more.
After playing for so long, Li Feng got the basketball again, and he didn't want to continue playing.
It's almost time to play by yourself, and it's time for someone else's turn, so Li Feng passed the basketball to J.R. Smith at once.
Then Li Feng ran directly to the basket, because according to Li Feng's understanding of J.R. Smith, this guy must have shot.
But Li Feng only ran two steps, but suddenly swept the basketball and smashed it towards him, and JR Smith, who rarely passed the ball, passed the ball to himself.
Subconsciously received the basketball, and then looked in front of him, there was a gap in the Nuggets' interior line, which turned out to be the reason why J.R. Smith passed the ball to himself.
In this case, Li Feng also cared about charging with the explosives bag, and Li Feng took the basketball and rushed directly towards the basket.
Li Feng came to cut the basket again, and Mozgov looked back and saw that he was late, so he could only foul him.
So Mozgov directly turned around and gave Li Feng an iron sand palm, and Li Feng was slapped out of the air at once.
Li Feng didn't even have a chance to shoot before he was photographed by Mozgov, the referee's whistle sounded, and the Nuggets had a foul.
Li Feng arrived at the free throw line and deliberately glanced at the fat man's side, and sure enough, the fat man was still twisting his ass towards himself?
Li Feng couldn't help but look at the fat man, and made a good free throw, and the first free throw was finally shot.
Li Feng took back the basketball thrown by the referee and was preparing the second penalty.
Suddenly, Li Feng didn't know that the thread in his head was broken.
He thought about it all of a sudden, just now he missed the free throw, but he got one more opportunity to attack, of course, he must do it so as not to be seen by the referee, the league rules do not allow deliberate free throws.
Now that he deliberately threw the basketball to the front, the team didn't have another chance, Li Feng's idea was crazy.
Because people can control where the shot hits, but they can't control which direction the rebound ball bounces in, this variable is too big.
It's not something that people can control at all, and normal people won't do this kind of thing at all, but Li Feng did it.
He aimed at the front of the basket and threw the basketball out of the basket at once, but what made Li Feng's egg hurt happened again.
The basketball didn't bounce back, but bounced high and flew in the direction of the basket.
Seeing this scene, Li Feng almost wanted to scold his mother, he didn't score when he wanted to score a free throw, but now he deliberately didn't want to score, but he went to the basket. (To be continued......)