Chapter 905: The small lineup fights
It was inevitable that Danny Green immediately rushed to Li Feng's face, the Pelicans made such a move, which had already disrupted the Spurs' defense, Duncan ran behind Rose's ass, Dio stared at Millsap, and Li Feng faced Danny Green.
Danny Green was in average health, and when he met Li Feng, who was much taller than himself, he was a little overwhelmed, but as long as Li Feng was not overwhelmed, it didn't matter, Li Feng stood in front of Danny Green, didn't even bother to do feints, jumped back directly, and shot easily, Li Feng didn't take Danny Green seriously at all, just watched Li Feng's ball rub lightly on the rebound, and then got into the Spurs' basket.
The Pelicans have scored this goal, and it looks like it was too easy, especially when Li Feng made the last shot, facing Danny Green, as if he was facing the air.
"Ah, this lineup looks really strong with attack power!"
Tyrone Boggs is a bit of a taste at this point, and Van Gundy is trying to break the Spurs' nerves with an inside attack.
But Popovich was stunned, opened his mouth for a long time, and couldn't say anything, he wanted to blame Danny Green, he felt a bit excessive, how did Danny Green defend such a ball, did he let Danny Green bite the other party.
But the Pelicans' current offensive-oriented basketball, the key is not in the offense, but in how well they can do on the defensive end, if they can defend the opponent by one point, the pressure will be one point less when attacking, and the opportunity to get the fast break to play offense will be one more point.
In other words, what is looking at is not the Pelicans' offense, but mainly the defense, at this time the Spurs also began to attack, and the Spurs still have to play Duncan, who is 20 years younger today.
But at this time, it seems that Millsap has put down the shelf of an All-Star player, stuck in front of Duncan, and no matter where Duncan appears, Millsap is cutting off his connection with the ball in front of Duncan.
Danny Green was unprepared to see such a situation. He immediately passed to Leonard, who saw that Duncan had no way to attack inside and that the team did not have a suitable point of attack.
Is it the time to show your power and save the team from fire and water?
With a huge sense of responsibility at this time, Leonard bent over and dribbled and began to prepare to single Thornton, and Thornton immediately turned back to defend the Pelicans in such a defensive team, and his good friend was a defensive strongman.
Thornton himself has also been cultivated to have good defensive skills, and Thornton is not inferior to Leonard in height and speed, Leonard did not get Thornton in two or three strokes, so he simply stuck to Thornton with his body. Then he suddenly stepped back and shot.
Leonard's hand is also sleek, using his strong body.
But the basketball didn't hit the "bang", smashed on the top of the basket, jumped up, and Duncan, the best position under the basket, occupied the space alone, squeezing Li Feng and Millsap outside.
Li Feng pushed twice in the back, and then he was depressed, and the feeling of pushing this stone Buddha seemed to be pushing a wall without any difference.
He didn't move at all, and Millsa had Li Feng's depressed expression. He laughed too.
At this time, Duncan suddenly jumped up and grabbed the rebound in the Pelicans' half, Li Feng and Millsap saw that the backcourt rebound was gone, and they were immediately in a hurry. But there was no way, Duncan was right in front of the two of them.
At this point, Hubbie Brown said:
"The Pelicans' back rebounds are lost, they are too short now, and Li Feng has become accustomed to playing outside in the past two years!"
At this time under the basket of Duncan. There was another second attack, throwing the basketball at the basket, which was an extremely close ball. But Duncan used too much strength and threw the ball out.
Duncan appeared this loophole and hurriedly got up from the side to the side, Li Feng's next point was completely unexpected by Duncan, Li Feng stood a lot shorter next to Duncan, and Duncan didn't pay attention to Li Feng.
But once Li Feng jumped up and stretched out his arms under the basket, it was obvious that Li Feng's bounce and arm span were very good, and Li Feng took advantage of Duncan's mistake in the second offense and pointed the ball into Millsap's hands.
Millsap received the basketball and threw it to Crawn Butler, at this time the Pelicans changed the small lineup, that is, in a hurry, there was no height, so they could only exchange time for space, and a quick reversal was king.
Caron Butler strode with a basketball, and at this time, the Pelicans' height, speed, and strong outside individual combat ability showed their advantages.
The Pelicans quickly advanced to the Spurs' halfcourt, and at this time the Spurs did not come back at all, and Caron Butler made a three-point shot without reason.
This time, Kaloon Butler's three-point shot was also missed, and it rebounded back quickly, at this time Dior and Li Feng, but Millsap had already hit the Spurs' half.
Dio grabbed rebounds in the half of his own house, and he wanted to deal with two of them, and these two people's Su zhì was obviously much stronger than Dior, Li Feng still had the same set of tricks just now, and he came over with one hand first, and then after Millsap received the ball, he stepped up and rode on Dio's face and made a layup.
The Pelicans' fast break was successful, and the play was crisp and clean, while Duncan was still dangling near the halfway line, and this time it looked like the Spurs were in trouble, and Ginobili got up from the bench and looked at the head coach.
But Popovich didn't react, still watching his team continue to play the inside half, just now Duncan was bypassed, robbed of rebounds, and fast-attacked, angry and yelled.
After Parker came back, he also learned a lesson, controlled the rhythm and walked slowly, and when it came to halftime, he first gestured to his teammates and let his teammates run the Spurs very skillfully The kind of interior offensive tactics.
So the Spurs turned into an onion again, peeling off layer by layer from the outside to the inside, and finally it was Walker who helped Duncan provide a cover, and Duncan went to the inside.
Millsap was defending around the front just now, so once Walker successfully covered Duncan, Duncan's interior line with the Pelicans suddenly became empty, and Parker quickly stuffed the basketball into the basket on the outside.
Li Feng was on the side, and when he saw that Duncan was about to face his own empty basket, he immediately strode over, at this time Li Feng was blocking the eye-catching, but even if he knew that he was blocking the eye-catching Teng, he still had to go up.
Duncan picked up the ball and turned. "Bang" hit Li Feng's body, Li Feng was hit by Duncan a little out of position, and found that his hand was just on Duncan's ball.
Li Feng wanted to press the ball, Duncan didn't expect Li Feng to have such an impression, as soon as he raised his arm, the ball didn't get up, and the ball pressed Li Feng's hand, and Li Feng and Duncan immediately twisted together.
The two of them practiced tug-of-war on the inside line, so they dragged the basketball into their hands, and as soon as this situation was formed, Dior immediately became anxious. Helping Duncan pull towards Duncan's side, Li Feng saw that they were two people, and he hurriedly let go.
Li Feng's let go of his hand, Duncan and Dior were desperately pulling back, and suddenly lost their strength and pulled two people holding a basketball, and he took three steps back in a row, and sat on the ground with his ass, the referee didn't see it clearly just now, but he saw it clearly.
"Walk."
At this time, Duncan and Dior, who were sitting on the ground, were angry, and this Li Feng was simply too bad. I've never met such a bad guy who tricked both of us into a big ass squat in front of the entire audience at the ATT arena.
Duncan was unwilling to hold the basketball and the referee's theory, but the referee didn't see the situation under the basket just now, and insisted on giving Duncan a walking violation. Duncan only returned the basketball to Li Feng, and threatened Li Feng when he left:
"Boy, you wait for me, bad people don't end well."
Li Feng was there, watching Duncan and Dior, and there he was laughing desperately. I really didn't mean to, I took the initiative to let the ball and thought that this kind of thing would happen.
Li Feng inexplicably snatched the ball back, and Rose quickly dribbled to the Spurs' half. He wanted to bite the spurs' butt and beat one, but he didn't expect the spurs' group of people to release very quickly, and they had long been guarding against the pelicans.
There was no chance for the Pelicans to play a fast attack, so the Pelicans had to change the fast attack into a position and began to plot an attack on the position.
Dior's first hatred now is Millsap's second hate is Li Feng, he desperately chased behind Li Feng, Li Feng finally learned a hand from Anthony, when running, he suddenly turned back, and suddenly stuck a position of 45 degrees, which was too advantageous for Li Feng.
Li Feng was already in a very accurate mid-range shot, but now the position was also stuck, and Rose quickly sent the basketball to Li Feng's hands.
Li Feng stuck his position at 45 degrees and got the basketball.
Millsap, who came to the inside line, pulled out the inside line in two steps, and Duncan was depressed near the bottom line, whether he would go out or not.
Don't go out Millsap's mid-range shot is very stable, and Li Feng's breakthrough is very fierce when he goes out, and he is embarrassed twice, Duncan finally followed Millsap out for half a step, not completely following out, and not not going out.
Li Feng took the ball, turned around and turned into an attack facing the basket, raising his hand to attract Dio's attention.
At this time, Hubie Brown said in the commentary seat:
"Li Feng, after receiving the ball, turned around and prepared to attack, but at this time Millsap pulled out, putting Duncan in a dilemma, the Pelicans played the high and low positions of the inside, at this time they used two inside offenses to drive the team's offense, which is indeed a good way."
Li Feng took the basketball and glanced at the inside line at this time, and when he saw Duncan's defensive method of half-going out and not going out, he immediately laughed, if Duncan is the kind of defender who has long hands and feet and moves very quickly, this kind of defense is effective, but unfortunately Duncan is the opposite type.
Or the current Duncan is the opposite type, Li Feng no longer hesitated, and shook his whole body violently, like a cannonball out of the chamber, and rushed out with a "bang".
Dior, who was defending Li Feng, was in a hurry and wanted to intercept Li Feng, but Li Feng's first step was as fierce as a cannonball, and his body full of strength made Dio have no way at all.
Resist Li Feng, this distance is too close, and it is too easy, Li Feng just took a step, just a step, Li Feng directly faced the basket attack, Duncan didn't expect Li Feng to come so quickly.
He hurriedly turned back to defend Li Feng, he wanted to give Li Feng a good look as if he said it, but the fact was the opposite Li Feng's first step just now seemed to be as fierce as a cannonball, but when he arrived in front of Duncan, it seemed to be as flexible as a spirit snake, and the softness almost exceeded everyone's imagination, the whole body was deflected, and then he shot out with one hand and leaned on his shoulder. With the other hand, he tossed the basketball towards the basket.
Li Feng's shot this time was simple and fast, and it was fatal, and the position where Li Feng was stuck was close to the basket, so as soon as Li Feng turned around, he directly formed an attack, and it had become a killing move to come in one step.
Duncan couldn't take care of either side, so at this time, it seemed that he could come back to defend the basket, but in the end it was still a little bit short. I could only watch Li Feng easily shoot this layup.
The moment Li Feng's basketball got into the basket, the ATT arena sighed in annoyance, and Duncan grinned uncomfortably, this time the defense, he did too badly, he didn't defend Li Feng so closely, he didn't protect the basket so close, at this time Dio was also very uncomfortable, he didn't even take a step to defend Li Feng. At what moment did his body not listen to his own words at all, and he flashed to the side irrepressibly.
At this time, Popovich also saw the Pelicans' offensive path clearly, counted the high and low positions of the interior players, and used Li Feng as a big man, that guy can indeed be used as a big man, what to do with himself.
How can you crack the Pelicans' offense. It's me who plays my own rhythm right away, and Popovich is a little hesitant, and this is the period when the Spurs are at their weakest.
Section II. As the last force is still too early, and you can't fall behind the opponent, this is a period when the Spurs need to be controlled. And this is the time when the Spurs are most likely to get out of control, because Popovich is reluctant to commit troops.
The Spurs attacked in the half again, and this time Millsap didn't go around the front defense, but Li Feng and Millsap immediately implemented a trap-style defense on Duncan after Duncan received the ball.
Duncan struggled hard between Li Feng and Millsap and threw the basketball to the basket, but at this time Li Feng and Millsap were both good defensive players, and both of them were more powerful.
Duncan didn't score this goal, only the Pelicans quickly played a counterattack, Li Feng rushed to the Spurs' half of the court at a fast speed, and then broke through to the layup again, at this time Popovich finally couldn't bear it anymore and substitution.
His team seems to have created a big hole for the opponent on the inside, and can put pressure on his interior anytime and anywhere, which makes him very passive, Popovich immediately replaced Dio and put Split on in the hope of curbing the Pelicans' interior high and low post offense.
Popovich put Split up, and the Spurs' interior combination became a twin tower like Duncan and Split, which can also be said to be a double defense, and this time Popovich was more at ease with his defense.
Turning back, the Spurs restarted the game, and at this time the Spurs played a little slower after halftime because they used almost twin towers.
But it also seemed heavier, Li Feng and Millsap tried their best to keep wrapping Duncan, which made Duncan not receive the opportunity to receive the basketball at all, at this time Split leaked out, Parker sent the basketball to Split's hands from the outside, Split shot and hit the ball.
Popovich's twin-tower strategy really increased the pace of the interior offense, but when the Pelicans dribbled back and came back, the weakness of the Spurs' twin-tower was also highlighted.
When the Pelicans came back, Li Feng was walking on the outside, and at this time the only one who could follow out was Split, and even if Split came out, he could only follow Li Feng to the three-point line, and when he reached the edge of the three-point line, Split couldn't walk.
On the other side, Millsap is still standing at one end of the baseline and not standing inside, which completely empties the Spurs' basket.
Li Feng put Split near the three-point line, and his advantage was already great, reaching out to Kalom Butler for the ball, and Kalom Butler smiled and handed the basketball to Li Feng.
At this time, Li Feng was standing on the three-point line of the bottom line, Split was standing one step away from Li Feng, Split didn't dare to save anymore, and if he didn't come out, he wouldn't be able to go back at all, but at this time Split didn't know that he couldn't go back now.
After Li Feng received a pass from Kalom Butler, he broke through in one step, and suddenly turned around and thought about Split's body, and when Split saw that Li Feng took the initiative to lean up, of course he pounced forward.
When Li Feng pounced forward with Split, Li Feng made a big turn and made a breakthrough along the bottom line, and at the same time Li Feng twisted Split hard with his shoulder, Split didn't expect Li Feng's back muscles to be so strong, and he gave himself away with a twist.
In fact, it is a thankless task for Split to come out to defend Li Feng, how to defend it, it is also difficult for him to defend Li Feng, Li Feng uses breakthroughs and emergency stop jump shots outside, and Split can't defend at all.
Li Feng slipped to the bottom line, Duncan learned the lesson of the last time and quickly pounced, but Li Feng went to reach out of the baseline and quickly threw the basketball to Millsap at the other end of the baseline.
Millsap received a shot from Li Feng at the other end of the baseline, and it was still a hit.
At this time, Popovich realized that he had actually made a mistake, that is, Split was not much smarter than Dior when defending Li Feng, but not as fast as Dior.
But who should he replace at this time, Popovich quickly thought about it in his mind, and finally he actually thought about the most unreliable person.
This person is Jeff Ailes, Jeff Ailes has speed, at least faster than Dior and Split, and a little weight and strength, although it is not absolute, but it should be enough to resist Li Feng a little, and then command others to assist in defense.
When Popovich thought so, he felt like crazy, and letting a famous non-defensive guy like Jeff Ailes defend Li Feng, who looked extremely vicious, was a bit of a sheep's mouth, but now Popovich couldn't care so much, and quickly called a timeout, and then called his players back to the bench.
Popovich's first words said to Jeff Ayers:
"Jeff, you replace Duncan, for a while you mainly defend Li Feng, be careful not to let him shoot, if he plays the low post or breaks through, let everyone help you defend."
Jeff Ailes was already stupid when he heard this, how could it be me, why let me defend that kind of vicious guy, Split said that the old fritters can't deal with it, you let me defend, Jeff Ailes looked at Popovich dumbfounded.
The rest of the Spurs are also stupid, what is the head coach doing, the words have come to this, Jeff Ailes can't say, head coach I can't defend this person, he can only reluctantly nod.
Then Popovich continued to make substitutions on Mills, let Danny Green play small forward, fill the vacancy on this side, and told Danny Green very carefully to help Jeff Ayres defend Li Feng and give Li Feng more pressure from the side.
When Popovich called a timeout and the players came back, Hubbie Brown was stunned and exclaimed:
"Is Popovich crazy, he actually started to play small-ball tactics What does it mean to have one more Mills, do you use Mills' defense to deal with Li Feng."
Li Feng and Millsap glanced at this, Duncan was gone, this time Li Feng and Millsap glanced at each other, looked at each other and smiled, without Duncan, the Pelican's life is really better, to say that the Spurs' Ginobili is a gust of wind that the Pelicans can't find a way to deal with, then Duncan is stuck in a big lock on the Pelican's neck, as long as Duncan stands in the Pelican's inner line, the Pelicans are uncomfortable doing anything, and now that Duncan is gone, the Pelicans immediately have a feeling that they can finally take a breath.
The Spurs came back to rekick off, this time, the fire's offensive space was also opened, Jeff Ayers is a famous three-point enthusiast, Mills is also a fixed-point three-point battery, Danny Green three-point fast, at this time Split high post and Parker did the cover, and immediately turned around and stuck Millsap.
Then the Spurs' three-point shooters battled into four corners in the line, and after Split received the basketball, he waited for the opponent to wrap himself, and then shot, but to Split's embarrassment, the Pelicans didn't plan to wrap Split at all, and one Millsap was enough to deal with Split. (To be continued......)