Li Feng shook his head helplessly, and then dribbled and ran up towards the bull, that Xinrich was really a donkey, no matter how he collided, he didn't give way to Li Feng, he was in front.

Li Feng saw that he was playing fast, but he couldn't get up, so he simply came slowly, leaned on Xinrich with his buttocks, and then walked towards the bull field.

Li Feng gestured to his teammates, and then the Pelicans immediately sank to the bottom line to make a double cover, and then Rose came up to answer in the high post, and watched Caron Butler run quickly along the baseline and go around in a big circle, double cover on the bottom line, shook off the defender, and received Li Feng's pass on the top, and then used Rose's cover to insert it into the free throw line in the middle.

The Pelican's tactics and running position, not difficult, not complicated, but rarely accurate, this is the embodiment of the Pelican's tactical execution ability, at a certain time, they can really play the tactics out, this is not an easy thing, the tactics that have been done in advance before the game can really be executed is not much.

Caron Butler arrived here empty, and Paul, who pounced on him, did not pose a threat to Caron Butler in terms of height at all, and could only watch as Caron Butler simply threw this mid-range shot.

The Bulls are playing desperately, Paul and Nick Young in the team have used all their abilities, and a lot of balls are exciting, but the Pelicans are still desperate here, coldly executing their tactics, and sending the basketball to the basket again and again.

At the most critical time for the Bulls, the Pelicans are like a cold, bloodless executioner, ignoring nothing and just scoring in a planned way, and then defending, the Bulls and the Pelicans fight like this, Phil Jackson's heart is churning, and the Bulls fans are also nervous in front of the TV.

Nick Young dribbled up from one side, stared at Caron Butler's defense, and nearly missed the basketball in one step. Then shoot back and stare at Caron Butler's continued dribbling, at this time Caron Butler's body is entangled, Nick Young can only barely lean back in the high position, although the basketball is over, but Nick Young is really difficult, back to the body, Millsap ran under the basket, after receiving the ball, easily turned around and jumped.

Adding these two points, the Pelicans and Bulls are deadlocked. At this time, Phil Jackson finally couldn't bear it anymore, the Pelicans could stalemate, they could hold the game, but Phil Jackson couldn't drag it out, he must now find a way to find a way to shorten the gap with the Pelicans, otherwise, the game in the fourth quarter will still be empty.

Phil Jackson summoned all of his players back when they sat on the sidelines of the court.

Phil Jackson spoke to them in an anxious and wistful tone:

"Guys. You all know the record of our two teams, and this time we can't afford to lose in any way, and if we do, I'm sure you know how it turned out. ”

Phil Jackson spoke. The Bulls' players were silent, and they all knew what the consequences were, losing not just the first place in the league, but also the possible home-court advantage and psychological advantage of the Finals.

"Now we have no way back. Gentlemen, we have no way back and I have seen that you are doing very well on the pitch. I saw it, but that wasn't enough, I saw that the Pelicans kept scoring, they kept scoring, so we didn't have a chance, we needed a solid defense. ”

Phil Jackson began to focus on the defensive field, and his players also held their breath and listened to Phil Jackson's words, and it was a critical moment.

At the end of the timeout, Li Feng and his Pelicans returned to the court.

At this time, Charles Barkley said very nervously:

"Guess what Phil Jackson said, I didn't see him make a substitution, so I don't know what he can do, and now if I were Phil Jackson, I can only pray that the Pelicans have a problem with their shooting percentage, and I really don't know what else can stop the Pelicans."

"That's not necessarily, the Bulls need to defend more defensively, not offensively, and they've done a good job offensively."

Kenny Smith's ideas began to coincide with Phil Jackson's.

The two teams returned to the court, the Bulls' possession of the ball, but at this time Hinrich was not an absolute point guard, but after he was under pressure from Li Feng after dribbling two steps, he quickly handed over the basketball to Paul or Nick Young, and the two people shared the task of ball control and organization.

After Paul got the basketball, he immediately pulled it back and forth twice, which was his habitual action, and after seeing no chance twice, Paul stuffed the basketball into John Lucas's hand.

At this time, John Lucas stood at the bottom line, and Millsap was half a step away from John Lucas to defend, this distance was suitable for Millsap, who could not only defend John Lucas's shots, but also not be afraid of John Lucas's breakthrough, as for Tygibson behind him, Millsap believed that Brand would be able to take care of Tygibson for the time being.

John Lucas didn't know that this was the most critical moment for the Bulls, although John Lucas was only a jack-of-all-trades for the team at this time, but as an athletic sport, the pursuit of victory is his talent, and to win, at critical moments, an athlete's heart will often win more than a qiē desire.

Now John Lucas looked at Millsap standing in front of him, and he also had fear in his heart, the other party was one of the best interior protection in the league, and he was just a substitute, and the height gap between the two was too big.

John Lucas broke through to the Pelicans' interior line in one step, Millsap followed John Lucas closely, John Lucas may not be faster than Millsap in footsteps, but John Lucas has the full strength to choose the offensive route, when he broke through, he deliberately drilled behind Tygibson, which intercepted Millsap behind him, and only Brand defended John Lucas, but Brand did not have any advantage when defending John Lucas, I could only watch as John Lucas stretched out his arm and shot this layup with ease.

John Lucas scored two points in a seemingly easy but thrilling moment for the team.

After John Lucas scored two points here, when the Pelicans turned back to attack, Li Feng immediately felt that Hinrich's defense was more ferocious than before, and kept pounced on himself.

And once he enters the Bulls' three-point line, he sees the Bulls' defense as if they are piranhas in a waterhole and constantly jumping out to bite the Pelicans.

At this time, the Pelicans' offense in the Bulls' half suddenly became difficult, because the Bulls suddenly increased their defensive intensity, and the Pelicans' usual running position couldn't run, and the entire Bulls half. Players on both sides are entangled.

The Pelicans are not used to the sudden change of rhythm of the Bulls, the basketball from Millsap's hands directly by the Bulls' defense caused a mistake, the basketball fell to the ground, was picked up by the Bulls' Nick Young, and then the Bulls immediately counterattacked with a quick attack.

The Bulls are also very fast at this time, they are also a large and four small lineup, Nick Young dribbled quickly and pounced, Hinrich, Paul, John Lucas four people ran forward. All four of these guys have the ability to shoot and all have the ability to go to the basket, so the fast break of the four little men is very scary.

The Pelicans can't take care of such a private fast break now, after Nick Young quickly advanced over, the basketball went from Nick Young's hands to Paul's hands, Paul had to dribble for a while whenever he got the basketball, and the dribble broke through two steps forward before turning back and passing to Hinrich, and after Hinrich took the basketball, he wanted to shoot. But at this time, Li Feng had already killed.

At the critical moment, he sent the basketball to John Lucas, who has always been a big heart, and at this time he dribbled the ball after receiving the basketball. Outside the three-point line is to shoot three-pointers.

John Lucas's three-pointer got into the Pelicans' basket, and this time John Lucas came up and scored five points in a row, which immediately brought the scores of the two sides closer.

At this time, Phil Jackson was relieved, but Van Gundy hurriedly called a timeout. At this moment, Van Gundy has decided that he must beat the bulls. Be sure to defeat the bulls in the shortest possible time.

The Pelicans players all walked back to the bench, and Kenny Smith immediately shouted loudly.

"The Bulls really started from defense, yes, from the opening to the present, the Bulls have not lost to the Pelicans on offense, and the only thing that has lost is defense, their defense is not as good as the Pelicans, which is the key to the Pelicans' lead over the Bulls, and now the Bulls have begun to grasp the defense at the most critical moment, so how will the game go."

"It's too late to start defending now."

Charles Barkley shook his head and said:

"The Bulls' defense and counterattack just now were good, but I don't think the Pelicans will be helpless against the center defense, it was just an unexpected blow, and now it's the beginning of the game."

While Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith were arguing, Van Gundy was loudly urging his teammates.

"Boys, I know you've trampled your opponent under your feet twice, and now you have the initiative, and now you're still ahead of your opponent, you seem to have infinite possibilities, but, boys, there's definitely not much of a chance for you."

The Pelicans want to finish their way to win the league, and the Bulls want to drag the game out of the game, both teams are determined to win, so as soon as they come back after a timeout, they immediately collide together as if Mars hit Earth.

After the timeout, it was the Pelicans' possession, Li Feng controlled the basketball and walked to the Bulls' halfcourt, this time there was only one minute and six seconds before the end of the third quarter, Li Feng was very tough on the ball and his body, and walked forward against Hinrich step by step.

At this time, Xin Li Qi also had no way to fight against Li Feng's tough physical advancement.

Charles Barkley now said a little bored:

"Kenny, now I'm thinking that at this moment in time, I really have a hunch that something might happen."

Kenny Smith didn't bother to pay attention to Charles Barkley's sudden nerves, his eyes were staring at Li Feng tightly.

Now the Bulls are very intense defensively, putting a lot of pressure on everyone in the Pelicans, and the whole game looks very squeezed, full of confrontation, full of defense.

But at this time, Li Feng felt on the court that the Bulls' defense is based on enthusiasm and subjectivity, but it does not have the right approach to defend in terms of methods, the Bulls' players are one-on-one with active defense, but the defender and the defender lack the necessary connection, there is only one way to face such a defense, and that is to break the Bulls' defensive posture.

After Li Feng made such a judgment, he immediately kicked his feet and rushed out. Killed the inside line of the bull, at this time Li Feng knew that at this time the bull's defense and spirit were at a peak, whoever rushed up, the breath in the bull's stomach would gush out at whom, but at this time Li Feng was still willing to disturb the bull's most ferocious flame.

Sure enough, once Li Feng came up, most of the Bull's highly concentrated defensive firepower was concentrated on Li Feng's body, and several hands touched Li Feng's body and face, but the referee did not blow at this time.

At this moment, the referee also became cautious. But Li Feng knew that this was his best opportunity, and the more he was defended here, the more space his teammates would have.

Li Feng jumped up in the middle of several people in the Bulls, and this time he chased and intercepted Li Fengdi Hinrich, Nick Young, and John Lucas all jumped up and blocked in front of Li Fengdi.

But Li Feng was not lazy at all, he immediately twisted his body after jumping up, and transferred the basketball to the hands of Kaloon Butler in the bottom corner, and Caron Butler was empty in front of him at this time.

As mentioned earlier, the Bulls are extremely enthusiastic about defending. It's just that the subjective initiative is still not done well in how to defend the local method, and the defense is fluid. One misses, another follows, one is in danger, and the nearest player understands the defense. Everyone is looking at the overall situation, not only at their own people, but also at the people who will miss the ground.

This is where long-term cooperation and competition practice come out. The Bulls have been average defensively all season, and now one night you make him suddenly a defensive powerhouse, and that's just an aggressive defense, and it's definitely not a good defense.

When Li Fengdi's ball was stuffed into Caron Butler's hands, Caron Butler shot three points, which was a good opportunity, but it was a bit regrettable that the basketball didn't go in and jumped out a long way.

After Caron Butler threw such a simple attack, he swung his arm hard, which was a pity, and Van Gundy also waved his arm, which was definitely an opportunity to frustrate his opponent.

The three-point shooting turned into a fierce battle under the basket, without Howard's basket, the Bulls did not have the slightest advantage, and Brand and Millsap sandwiched Tejbson in the middle.

After the basketball fell, Millsap was a little behind Tygibson, and the ball flew directly out of the small circle under the basket, thinking that Rose on one side flew over.

After Li Feng received the basketball, Paul immediately pounced in front of Rose, but Rose stared at Paul slowly as if he was playing at home, dribbling two steps forward.

Rose's slow dribble made the Bulls' defenders puzzled for a while whether he pounced on it or not, in short, it felt a little incredible.

Rose suddenly pushed Paul with his shoulder, and then leaned back a little to shoot, and the basketball obediently entered the Bulls' basket, Rose used his body to beat Paul inexplicably, and he had no power to resist at all.

The Bulls lost the ball here, Phil Jackson still didn't see it, in fact, on the Pelicans' side, Li Feng has found a way to deal with the Bulls' crazy defense now, and he is still urging his players on the sideline to hurry up and attack.

The difference between the two teams' defense was immediately apparent, and although the Pelicans weren't as active as the Bulls' five, the Pelicans' defense was a chain that could be looped when Paul got the basketball.

Rose immediately took the position, and then Li Feng was by his side ready to help defend at any time.

Paul broke through two steps, and now he has no space, and the space in front of him is occupied, and he immediately passes the ball to Nick Young, who sees that it is Kaloon Butler who is defending himself alone, and he also breaks through in one step, but Millsap next to him immediately makes up for it.

In this way, Nick Young's offense has no route, and Nick Young, who has begun to break through, can only hand over the basketball, John Lucas, if it is another player, this is a chance to score, but the Pelicans' defense seems to be a chain, and when Millsap pounced on Nick Young, Brand pounced on John Lucas, so John Lucas did not get an empty spot.

At this time, John Lucas was outside the three-point line, and now the Pelicans' defense is very resilient, and you can't shake off their defense, he wants to stuff the basketball directly into the hands of the Bulls inside Tygibson, but he only delayed a little, just to see Millsap, who was moving quickly, blocked the front of Tygibson with a quick sliding step, and John Lucas could only pass the basketball to Hinrich.

Hinrich stood outside the three-point line, Li Feng wanted to take a big step back and stood in the three-point line, this is to put Hinrich to shoot three points, not to break through or to shoot two points, Li Feng did this with a basis, Hinrich's three-point shooting rate this year has not exceeded 15 percent, this kind of shooting rate, he doesn't need to stick to the defense at all.

As soon as he saw that Li Feng really didn't defend himself, Xin Li Qi was also a stubborn temper, so he really shot, Xin Li Qi shot directly with a three-point shot, but people are lucky, but most of them have to respect the number of jù.

The three-point "bang" thrown by Hinrich smashed into the rebound, and then bounced back, and Tygibson also wanted to reach out and pick out the basketball with one hand in Brand, but Brand was as shrewd as a ghost, and he had already grabbed Tygibson's arm, Branda grabbed Tygibson, and then Millsap took the opportunity to bully John Lucas to take the basketball back. (To be continued......)