At this time, compared to the attitude of the Bulls, Paul showed himself when he came out, but the Pelicans were not shocked, and the opening strategy of playing the Bulls and Pelicans was still stable.

Luo Teng came over to the top of the arc to hold the ball, Li Feng went down to the left waist position Al Jefferson made a cross cover, Li Feng went out of the three-point line to the wing to get the ball, Al Jefferson turned around and stuck the left waist position.

Li Feng took the ball and gently hung it high, and the basketball was in Al Jefferson's hands.

Al-Jefferson took the ball, glanced sideways, and saw that Okafor was a little shorter than him, which was a huge advantage for Al-Jefferson.

Okafor's lack of body meant he could only top hard underneath, but Jefferson's take-the-ball was a feint to attract Okafor's attention, and then dribbled in one step, and Al Jefferson feintmed again when he got to this position.

When Okafor came up defensively, Al Jefferson received the ball, his body was slightly sideways, and his body and arms and wrists were very soft and threw a hook hand.

"Huh!"

Al Jefferson's hook hand still took advantage of the body, scoring two points on Okafor's head.

It was on the Pelicans' home court, so as soon as Al Jefferson scored, the crowd immediately stood up and cheered.

At the beginning, the Bulls started playing from the outside, and the Pelicans started playing from the inside, and the styles of the two teams were completely different.

The game started, both teams played their intensity, and in the second round, it was Paul who was in possession.

But the Bulls' offensive routine was different, Paul came up and called Howard's cover, and he did a high post block with Howard at the top of the arc, and after the two drew attention in the high post, Mike Dunleavy made a cover with Okafor on the sideline.

Mike Dunleavy ran out and got an empty seat, which was grabbed by Paul again.

Paul hit the ground and passed to Mike Dunleavy on the wing, and the moment Mike Dunleavy got the ball, Granger actually defended it, but Mike Dunleavy was taller than Granger. And he was extremely fast, so Granger's defense was in vain.

Mike Dunleavy took the ball and threw out another three-pointer, "Whew! Mike Dunleavy also hit a three-pointer.

The Bulls started today with two consecutive three-pointers, 6-2.

At this time, Zhang Weiping and Director Zhang in the domestic broadcast studio had something to say:

"From the start, the Bulls had a good hand, and the team's two pitchers, Mike Dunleavy and Jimmy Butler, both fired and hit. In this way, the bull may be able to open today. ”

"Because once the shooter is on target, the space will be opened, and after the space is opened, Paul will have more room to break through and move. Once Paul is active, the whole Bulls will play well. ”

The Yu family also nodded on the side:

"The Bulls have had a lot of ups and downs in three-point shooting because of Mike Dunleavy's injury this season, and today they came with a three-pointer. That's a good thing for them! It's also a good thing for the fans, because it will definitely be more exciting. And I believe that Li Feng can win, and the Pelicans can win. ”

The Yu family is very blindly optimistic here, in fact, after seeing the Bulls' two three-pointers in a row, Li Feng still feels very troublesome, and it is not fun to combine a good guard who can control the ball and disrupt the interior line with an efficient three-point shooter.

This game is no worse than yesterday's game against Spurs. Li Feng was a lot more serious here, and when it came to the Bulls' half, the Pelicans still focused on hitting the opponent's interior.

The Pelicans played Al Jefferson in the last round, and this round came over. The Pelicans started playing Pau Gasol.

Pau Gasol came up and formed a double cover with Al Jefferson in the high post, Pau Gasol suddenly turned towards the air to stop, at this time Roten was passing the ball, Pau Gasol received the ball. As soon as the big hand was raised, it was two points down.

Pau Gasol's model of scoring points on the inside of Europe, and Howard's American center. It's a bit hard to get used to.

"The Pelicans' tactics so far are very clear, that is, to use the technical interior line to hit the Bulls' physical interior, which is indeed a good move to ensure that you don't lose on the whole!"

Bill Wharton also found a way for the Pelicans to play at this time and made it public.

Just as Bill Wharton was speaking, Paul got the ball in the backcourt and suddenly started a fast break.

Paul had been pushing slowly in the first two rounds, but at this time he suddenly accelerated and Roten didn't follow.

Li Feng hurriedly chased over from the side to assist in defense, and at this time, Paul faced Li Feng who caught up, changed direction with one hand, and then immediately took a step in the opposite direction, and took a step to the other side for a layup.

Paul was in the midst of a rapid march, and suddenly came to a European step, and Li Feng couldn't be saved after eating a feint.

Paul made a long-distance layup and the Bulls scored another 2 points, and the Bulls opened with two three-pointers and a fast break, all of which were on the outside, and compared with the Pelicans, the Bulls' tactics were completely different.

8-4, the Bulls unknowingly led the Pelicans by 4 points. At this time, Li Feng needs to stand up and support the team.

The Pelicans hit again, and Li Feng immediately went to the flank to get into the position.

The Bulls are now responsible for defending Li Feng is Jimmy Butler, and Jimmy Jr. is also a professional defensive player, Jimmy Butler is this kind of defender, although he is very tough and hard to defend, but his skills are not as good as Bathildo, and his bad intentions are not enough to make the opponent want to die, so he is always inferior in terms of defenders.

is just such a step behind, Li Feng seems to be at ease, Li Feng got the basketball, his shoulders shook slightly, and suddenly he turned around and broke through the bottom line.

Li Feng resisted the opponent to the back of his body in one step, and Li Feng passed little Jimmy in one step. Howard on the inside of the Bulls hurriedly pounced to defend, Howard's position was good, but Li Feng was not afraid of him.

Li Feng simply jumped up and confronted Howard in the air, and Howard and Li Feng collided together in the air.

Li Feng resisted hard, Howard's side fell first, Li Feng took advantage of the situation to wipe the board, and Li Feng also broke through the bottom line and scored 2 points.

8-6, Li Feng shot to help the team bite the score.

But Li Feng's side only scored 2 points, the Bulls' side played unhurriedly, and Paul threw the basketball into Okafor's hand.

Okafor used an offensive move that was almost identical to Al Jefferson's, a catch-and-shoot feint, a dribble step feint, and then a sudden hook shot.

Okafor's offensive play is indeed very similar to Jefferson's, with both men being good at mid-range and hook hands under the basket. It's just that one is short but strong, and the other is tall and thin and flexible.

Okafor's side used an almost identical move, but with a different effect.

Jefferson still dodged and played, Okafor came up to fight, and Al Jefferson's defensive action played a little bit.

Okafor not only scored the ball, but was also whistled by the referee for a foul, Okafor scored 2 points, and hit the free throw line when he went to the free throw line.

Li Feng only fought back on his side, and the Bulls came to a 2+1, and the Bulls actually suppressed the Pelicans in playing.

11――6。 The Bulls still have a five-point lead over the Pelicans, who were held down at home, which is a bit incredible.

The Bulls came for another 2+1, and at this time, Van Gundy finally called a timeout.

When Van Gundy called a timeout, Bulls head coach Phil Jackson was very happy, he thought Van Gundy would adjust his offensive strategy, because now in the situation, the Bulls have the advantage.

Zhang Weiping also said in China:

Van Gundy called a timeout. He may have to tweak his tactics. ”

The whole world thought so, but after a 20-second timeout, the Pelicans' first game of the opening game was still to hit the ball into the hands of Al Jefferson in the left midfield.

Al Jefferson played Okafor at this time. Still playing to his physical advantage, he took the ball and turned around for a probing step, opening up the space, and Okafor made a mid-range shot or a shot.

The Bulls followed up with a mid-range play. But turning around, Li Feng came to hit the Bulls' basket with his back again.

It was only at this time that everyone saw it. It turned out that the Pelicans pursued a strategy of standing still no matter how the bulls played.

Today, the Pelicans grabbed the Bulls' interior line to play, which made Phil Jackson a little depressed, because the Pelicans bit him so much, he had no chance to mess up the situation.

In the final three minutes of the first quarter, the Bulls led the Pelicans by two points at 18-16, and the Pelicans were gradually about to catch up.

At this time, both teams gradually replaced the bench players, and the Pelicans naturally still used Turner, Pierce and Kelly and Henson as the core of the bench.

On the Bulls' side, Brooks, Itovan Moore, Tonysnell, Nick Ramirotich, and Tygibson were played.

The Bulls' bench lineup is also a pure small lineup, Brooks and Moore are both short small guards, Peterson can play guard and now play small forward, and Nikolami Rotic plays big forward with the body of a small forward.

The Bulls' bench lineup, although short and not well-known, has a good offensive power, and it has not fallen behind at all in the bench competition with the Pelicans.

At the end of the first quarter, the two teams played a 25-25 tie, and although the Pelicans encountered the Bulls' opening suppression in the first quarter, they slowly caught up.

At the end of the first quarter, Zhang Weiping also changed his words and said to the Yu family in the live broadcast room:

"In the first quarter, the Pelicans were completely unaffected by the Bulls, although the Bulls' offense played well, but I just stuck to my strategy and finally slowly caught up. Now the pelican is indeed mature. ”

"A team that can stick to its own style from start to finish is a sign of maturity!"

Zhang Weiping said that he would adjust before, but now he praises the Pelicans for sticking to the style of the game.

In the first quarter, the Bulls played really well, but they still didn't overturn the Pelicans and took advantage of the Pelicans, mainly because the Pelicans adhered to the established strategy and played the Bulls' short interior line, which naturally bit the score.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Bulls ball, Itovan Moore took the ball and advanced it. Because the Bulls play small ball, the team's position is very scattered, and all four players are standing outside the three-point line, and only one Tygibson is inside the three-point line to take the ball.

Moore passed the ball to Tygibson, and then Moore himself used Tygibson's cover to run to the bottom line at once, and in this position Mirotic came up to block Moore, and when Moore ran from the baseline to the wing, he easily received the ball, and Moore, who got the basketball, immediately broke through to the penalty area with a ferocious step.

Moore is this kind of aggressive guard, he broke through in one step, and when the Pelicans naturally contracted, Moore passed directly to Mirotic, who pulled to the bottom, and Mirotic took the ball at this time for a three-pointer.

Mirotic misses a three-pointer. The Bulls' shooting percentage finally dropped a bit in the second quarter.

Mirotic missed a three-point shot, the Pelicans grabbed the rebound, and still pushed forward steadily, and the Pelicans played very steadily at the beginning of the game today, and it is the same now.

Once Turner pushed in, the Pelicans quickly opened up space, Pierce and Granger stood in the two corners, Kelly was stuck under the basket, and Henson went up to cover Turner.

The Pelicans' offensive routine is not surprising, but the space is still very good. Shows a very good tactical element.

Turner took advantage of Henson's cover and quickly passed the ball to Kelly, who took the ball near the box and wanted to rise and fall Mirotic's physical insufficiency, but the Bulls had a small lineup and came over very quickly to wrap it up.

Kelly passed the ball out to Pierce, who got the ball on Pierce's side, and the Bulls' defense arrived.

At this time, the benefits of the Bulls' small lineup are reflected, although the Bulls' lineup is small, but the speed is really fast. It's the same with rotation defense.

The Pelicans blocked from the high post and hit the combination of inside and outside, and they have played quite well. But still not out of the Bulls' rotation, Pierce took the ball when he wanted to pass. There was a mistake in the pass. The ball went off the sideline and the ball went to the Bulls.

The Bulls came in the second round, playing a position and play that was almost the same as the first round, and the four of them scattered in the middle of the Tegibson. Brooks penetrates to the bottom line. Then suddenly run out to catch the ball.

In the last round, Moore took the ball and attacked directly, and this round Brooks came up to get the basketball, walked around the high post for half a circle, but turned back and passed the ball to Snell, who received the ball in the low post.

Snell takes the ball and makes a quick turn to shoot. Trying to get the ball on Granger's head, Granger was not so easy to deal with, he got up a block, although he didn't block the ball, but Snell's attack also missed.

As soon as the second quarter began, both teams missed consecutive games, and the rhythm of the game was completely different from the first quarter.

The atmosphere was palpable to all, and the pace of the game changed, and the Pelicans once again played the ball and the player who handled the ball became Pierce.

Pierce took the ball all the way forward, not like Turner in the high post, but took the ball and pulled it to the wing, Pierce attracted the opponent's attention to the wing and then passed the ball to Granger, who followed up behind, and Granger quickly passed the ball to Kelly, who was responding at the top of the arc.

Kelly passed the ball to Turner on the other side, and Turner took the ball and saw that his path was blocked, and immediately turned back to pass the ball.

At this time, Pierce ran from the baseline around the three-point line to the top of the arc, and he wanted to break through the moment he received the ball.

But today Pierce seems to be a bit buttery, and he drops the ball again, and the opportunity to attack is wasted all of a sudden.

Luckily, Turner, who was fast and in good health, was right next to Pierce, and Turner went over to snatch the ball back and pass it back to Pierce.

Pierce made two mistakes in front of him, but at this time he took the ball but passed a good ball, and the moment he got the ball, a ground-hitting pass basketball went directly to Granger, who had just been exposed on the wing.

Granger raised his hand for a three-pointer, "Whew! "In the second quarter, it was the Pelicans who scored first.

The Pelicans' three points finally came, but the Bulls were not afraid at this time, and the Bulls quickly took the ball and pushed it back forward.

The Bulls were very fast, and as soon as the ball came over, Moore immediately took the ball and went head-to-head with Pierce on the wing.

Pierce's side was already very active defensively, but Moore used his body to turn and pass Pierce.

At this point, thanks to Henson's good positional sense of movement, he blocked Moore's way, and Moore could only pass the ball out to Brooks on the outside.

Brooks took the ball and threw a three-pointer directly from beyond the three-point line, but Brooks' luck was not as good as Granger's, and Brooks missed a three-pointer.

But the basketball flew very far, and the ball actually jumped into the hands of the Bulls players, and the Bulls lost the ball and regained it.

Brooks jumped out and got the basketball again, but he couldn't hold back, and he still missed a breakthrough throw.

The Bulls are scoreless for three consecutive rounds, and you must know that the Pelicans are also a team that is very good at playing counter-attacks.

Once the Bulls missed a shot, the Pelicans immediately won the backcourt rebound and counterattacked directly.

The Pelicans counterattacked, and Pierce once again made a clever back-of-the-head pass to Kelly, and once Kelly got the ball, he immediately caused Mirotic's foul, Mirotic's body was still too short after all, and it was really reluctant to play the No. 4 position, but at this time the Bulls' five fouls were far from coming.

The Pelicans only have the ball. The basketball was back on fire, and Turner didn't hit the basket.

Two minutes into the second quarter, the Pelicans only scored a three-pointer. It can be seen that the scoring efficiency of the second quarter game is low.

But this is not the real offensive level of the Pelicans and Bulls on the court, the Bulls' Brooks, Moore, and Snell are all scoring masters. On the Pelicans' side, Turner, Pierce, and Kelly are also good scorers, but now the situation is that neither team can score.

In this situation, the bulls are more anxious.

Moore came over again. asked for the ball from his teammates, and in the face of the Pelicans' defense, he directly rushed to the Pelicans' basket with a high post and wanted to make a layup.

Moore was still too anxious here, and he also thought about the Pelicans bench interior defense simply, he only shot here, and Henson immediately moved out of the interior and pasted a big hat to the rebound.

Moore simply handled the offense and gave Henson a big hat for nothing, and the Pelicans grabbed the basketball, still pushing forward unhurriedly.

The Pelicans are not in a hurry to play today, but there is also a bit of a disconnect in the rhythm, you must know that the Pelicans were also very fast in the past. Today, once the offense was a little uncomfortable, Kelly also made a mistake when he came up to catch the ball.

Just now the Bulls gave a big hat for nothing, and now the Pelicans also made a mistake, which gave the Bulls a chance to fight back.

The bulls came again. Moore controlled the ball at the top of the arc, and Brooks suddenly took a step towards the top of the arc on the wing, and at this moment Tygibson was lightly blocked, and Brooks had an instant vacancy.

Brooks took the ball directly and shot a three-point shot, "Phew! "The Bulls are after 2 minutes of no score. Finally a goal was scored.

The offense on the Bulls' side finally started, and the breath of the whole court was relaxed for a while.

But when the Bulls' offense opens, the Pelicans' offense has to kick off as well. The Pelicans, on their part, also picked up speed. Pierce dribbled over quickly.

Suddenly broke through to the vicinity of the penalty area, Pierce rarely attacked with the ball, and when the Bulls' attention was slightly focused on Pierce's side, Pierce suddenly made a ground-to-ground pass to Turner, who cut in the air.

Turner happened to be facing an empty basket when he got the ball, and when such a good opportunity appeared, Turner naturally took the ball and dunked it.

"Bang dang!"

The Bulls scored points, and the Pelicans' offense smoothed out.

Once the Pelicans scored, Itovan Moore rushed over and got the basketball, and he also used the high post cover to step back from beyond the three-point line and throw a three-pointer from the top.

"Huh!"

Moore's three-point shot was actually shot, and the two teams couldn't attack just now, so they couldn't score in a row, and now once the offense starts, they start to score continuously.

The Bulls threw two three-pointers in a row, and the Bulls' morale went up.

The Bulls' package tactics are still relatively successful, the Bulls have two consecutive three-pointers, and now they are still stealing on the momentum, and if the Bulls succeed in playing a wave at this time, the Pelicans will be in trouble.

But just when the Bulls were in good shape, Brooks rushed over with the ball, the Bulls fast-break three-on-two, Brooks actually turned around and passed an extremely nonsensical pass when he broke through, and the basketball passed directly behind Mirotic, so that Mirotic couldn't catch the ball.

Brooks came over and wasted a chance, the ball was picked up by Turner in the back, and Turner turned around and rushed over to cause a foul on the Bulls.

When Turner went to the free throw line, Phil Jackson finally couldn't bear it, he immediately replaced the dizzy Brooks, replaced Paul and then quickly replaced Mirotic, Mirotic's body was too bad, he replaced Okafor.

The Bulls are gradually starting to play a mixed lineup, mainly because Phil Jackson has noticed that several players on the bench are gradually getting better, but they still need the main players to control the rhythm.

As soon as the Pelicans saw that the other party was on Paul, Li Feng was also quickly replaced, and the Pelicans also had the strongest attack mixed pain.

Turner was at the free-throw line, missed the free throw, and Turner has always been a little bad at making free throws. (To be continued......)