The victory over the Trail Blazers gave the Pelicans a 15-game winning streak.

Although Li Feng has won consecutive games in the Knicks, he didn't expect the Pelicans to be in such good shape after the ups and downs of the opening season, and judging from the Pelicans' current form, there is no problem with 20 consecutive wins.

Before that happens, though, they will have to beat a tough rival – the Oklahoma City Thunder – if they want to win 16 in a row.

The Thunder are currently in third place in the West, and they are in great form!

In this case, the Pelicans went to Oklahoma to train normally before the game began, and also gave limited interviews.

The Pelicans are methodical, the team is unfazed, but the Thunder are excited, they and the Pelicans are not much different, if they can beat the Pelicans, it is equivalent to winning two games.

Local media outlets in Oklahoma also said:

"Win the Pelicans, and then destroy the Spurs, we are the first."

There is no doubt that this game is a life-and-death battle, and before the game, the media also believed that although it would definitely be difficult for the Thunder to win against the Pelicans, the Thunder still had a high chance of winning such a key game.

The local fans in Oklahoma came to cheer for the team collectively, and it was their life-and-death battle, so the fans were also very supportive of their local team.

Oklahoma is preparing for the game in a must-win, fiery atmosphere, and the Pelicans are calm at this time.

At 10 p.m. the next day, the Thunder Pelicans game finally started in Oklahoma.

Because it was Oklahoma's home stadium and another crucial game, Oklahoma fans came to see the game.

The stadium was full, and the fans were also very enthusiastic, making all kinds of small items to cheer and bring them to the stadium.

When the Pelicans entered the court to practice and practice, they saw that there were various slogans and various avatars on the center of the Thunder's tube, and the fans were also dressed up with various "tricks" Always the enthusiasm of the fans is very high.

Oklahoma haven't even made it to the finals in recent seasons. But the fans like to watch them play because they can attack and play beautifully.

There are a lot of fans in Oklahoma, and in this case, the Pelicans are actually not bad, there are still a lot of fans in the Pelicans at the opponent's home court, and Li Feng's recent appearance is too good, so now Li Feng has a lot of fans.

These Li Feng fans are all focused on the back of the Pelicans' bench to cheer for the Pelicans.

Commentating on today's game were ESPN's commentators Doug Collins and Mike Brown, two people sitting together.

Mike Brown asked Collins the question that everyone wanted to ask:

"Doug, do you think the Thunder can win this crucial game today?"

Mike Brown threw such a difficult question at Doug Collins. Collins immediately said:

"Oh! It's a difficult question to answer, in theory any team can beat any team! The Thunder could win, but I would say the Pelicans still have a good chance of winning. ”

Collins said nothing, and Mike Brown said with a smile:

"In the previous encounter, Li Feng and Durant both scored high scores! They are all very strong, do you think the two of them will still score high today? ”

"Durant will! Durant will definitely work hard today, and Durant will definitely get a score of about 30 points. Li Feng is not necessarily, the main reason is that Li Feng does not need to score points to dominate the game many times. He has a strong passing ability and defensive ability, and Li Feng can also complete the domination of the court. This is Li Feng's ability. ”

As soon as Collins replied, Mike Brown said:

"So, do you think Li Feng is stronger than Durant?"

How could Collins say that, he hurriedly shook his head and said:

"I don't think so. I just feel like Durant can only use scoring if he wants to dominate the game. But Li Feng can dominate the game in many ways, they just have different styles, and there is no superiority or inferiority. Equating player classification with racism! ”

Collins elevated the issue to such a high level that Mike Brown had no room to play. So he had almost nothing to say.

When Mike Brown couldn't say it here, Joan Collins himself said:

"Today's game is definitely going to be full of Thunder, and I'm not very interested in the Thunder's offense. The Thunder's offense is already refreshing. Now I'm interested in the Thunder's claim that they want to play defensively. I'm very interested in the Thunder's defense, you know it's like a comedian, and one day he said he was going to act in a literary film, which was very eye-catching! ”

Mike Brown also smiled at this time and said:

"Yes! I also look at the Thunder's defense, and it's certainly an interesting thing. ”

When the two of them were talking and laughing, the game officially began, the fans cheered, and the starting lists of the two teams also reached the broadcast station.

The Pelicans' starters are point guard Rose, scoring guard Caron Butler, small forward Li Feng, power forward Paul Millsap, and center Al Jefferson.

Because Durant is tall, Van Gundy wisely didn't send Arenas to match Rose, so he would be shot if he was out of position.

The Thunder's starters are also solid, point guard Westbrook, scoring guard Sefrosa, small forward Durant, power forward Steven Adams, and center Sergi Ibaka.

Both teams had solid starting lineups, cheering when the home players came on the pitch and the Pelicans booed when they played.

With both teams playing, Jefferson and Ibaka began to scramble for the ball, and Ibaka was very active on his home court, coming up and giving the basketball to Westbrook first.

At this time, the Thunder played in the half-court position, Westbrook took the ball at the top of the arc, and all four players of the Thunder were concentrated on the right side, and then ran in turn in an instant.

Sefrosa went to the bottom corner, Durant came out and moved off the ball, Steven Adams cut to the basket in the air, and Serbaka came up to cover Westbrook.

In this case, Durant is obviously the Thunder's offensive focus, and most of the Pelicans think so.

Then, just when everyone was thinking so, Westbrook suddenly sent the basketball to Steven Adams under the empty basket.

Steven Adams is going to take the first shot today? Millsap also hurriedly stepped forward, but Steven Adams turned around, twisted and forced Millsap to lean onto Millsap, and then forced a hook to attack the basket.

Rookie Steven Adams did have a hard time playing Millsap, but it was still a chance to play hard. Millsap's side was indeed unable to react to the sudden beating, and Steven Adams scored two points with a shot.

Today, Steven Adams started attacking from the inside, and this signal made Doug Collins say right away:

"I didn't see the Thunder's defense today, but I saw the offense!"

After the Thunder offense was completed, the Pelicans quickly advanced up, and at this time Collins and Mike Brown both widened their eyes, ready to see what the Thunder's defense was like.

As a result, as soon as the Pelicans came over, the Thunder's defense was really more content.

The Thunder also have some sense of mutual cooperation, and the Thunder's defense also has some team color, and it is very fierce and aggressive. It put a lot of pressure on the Pelicans' ball-carrier.

Rose was forced by Westbrook and almost missed, so he hurriedly gave the basketball to Li Feng to deal with.

Li Feng took the ball steadily, protected the basketball and directed his teammates to run, and then suddenly passed the ball to the low post for Jefferson and Ibaka to do heads-up.

The Thunder started from the inside, and the Pelicans also started from the inside, and if both teams played inside, the Pelicans had an advantage over the Thunder.

Because Jefferson is at least a serious low-post offensive player, today Jefferson also kept Van Gundy's instructions in mind, took the ball up and controlled the ball steadily, turned and swayed. Suddenly a left-handed hook hand came.

Jefferson's skills are indeed comprehensive and nimble, and Ibaka's side is already dead, but he still let Jefferson come over and score 2 points.

Today, the pelican's side is calm. Not arrogant or impatient, although the Thunder's defense is good and very aggressive, but in the opponent's high-intensity defense, the Pelicans can still play according to the established tactics instead of playing indiscriminately. This mentality is remarkable, and the average old team can play like this. But now the Pelicans clearly have some of the appearance of being teenagers and old age! Seeing that the Pelicans played so steadily at the beginning, Mike Brown also said:

"Now the Pelicans really have some strong team style. From the point of view of temperament, it is not arrogant or impatient, this kind of team's temperament can achieve great things! ”

The two teams scored two points each in the opening game, and when the Thunder's baseline kickoff pushed forward again, it was still the same as the first round, and they attached great importance to cooperation, and only after making sufficient cover at the top of the arc did they start to attack.

The last time it was Steven Adams who cut to the basket, this time it was Durant, and Durant suddenly rushed over and stuck the position under the basket.

At this time, it was Caron Butler who defended Durant, and Durant had a lot of room for maneuver when he hit him, Durant took the ball and turned right and jumped, and the small mid-range shot was accurate and scored 2 points.

In the Thunder's system, Durant is still the most important offensive player, but today, Durant's offensive area has changed a lot.

In the past, Durant was close to the mid-range shooting area, and a lot of mid-range shooting, but today he took the initiative to seek offense under the basket.

This shows that the team has changed the way to use Durant, and Scott Brooks is also trying to make adjustments.

Scott Brooks tries to play his own team with more lethal offense, and it's not just mid-to-long range shooting.

At this time, the Pelicans came over in the backcourt, and the Thunder really pounced fiercely to defend and continue to put pressure on the ball, preventing the Pelicans from adding up their speed.

The Thunder are so desperate to increase their defense, and the first thing that feels difficult is Rose, and Ross is facing Westbrook.

At this time, Westbrook came up to defend Rose with all his might, and compared to the body of the opponent's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rose did suffer a huge loss, and in this case, Rose could only transfer the basketball to Li Feng.

Li Feng's side is against Sefrosa, although Li Feng has an advantage over him, Sefrosa is a professional defensive engineer player.

Li Feng is also very troublesome to play Sefrosa, Caron Butler vs. Durant, Jefferson vs. Ibaka, Millsap vs. Steven Adams, and the Pelicans don't have much advantage in most positions on the offensive end.

At this time, it was seen that the Thunder had forced the Pelicans to rob enough, Li Feng only got the ball here, and Sefrosa came up to steal and slapped Li Feng directly on the head.

Sefrosa had some fouls on this defensive ruler, but this was the home court, Li Feng could only endure it, and as soon as he saw that Millsap had a chance on the bottom line, he immediately passed the basketball to Millsap.

Millsap singled out Steven Adams under the basket and turned. Turn around again, then turn around and throw a throw.

Millsap's low-post offensive ability is really good, but it's a little worse than Jefferson, who is better at coordinating and Jefferson is better at individual singles.

As soon as he made a move at this time, Steven Adams immediately increased the pressure of the defense below, and Millsap's throw was missed.

At the beginning of the game between the Pelicans and the Thunder, the Thunder was obviously arrogant and ferocious, and the Pelicans were as steady as a rock to try to gain a foothold first, and then plan a counterattack.

Both teams have their own hearts and intentions. But at this time, the Pelicans still have an advantage, because the Pelicans have two points in hand, they can wait, let the opponent make the first move, and then it is not too late to make another move themselves.

But there is no way for the Thunder to wait, they have to make a move first, and the shot must be effective.

In this state, the Thunder immediately bit the Pelicans' ass and slapped them after successfully defending once.

However, at this time, the Thunder are not focused on individual offense. Instead, he uses the individual abilities of Durant and Westbrook to create offensive opportunities for his teammates.

At this point, Westbrook moved over, and Sefrosa took the initiative to use Durant's cover to cut to the Pelicans' basket. The Pelicans definitely didn't make it to Sefrosa and became the opponent's main offensive point.

Li Feng was also careless, and accidentally let Sefrosa run away, and it was too late for him to chase after him from behind! Sefrosa got deep under the Pelicans' basket and drew a foul on Millsap.

The pressure on Millsap suddenly increased in today's game as the opposition focused on attacking the inside. Steven Adams was also particularly active, which gave Millsap a lot of difficulties.

The Thunder quietly scored six points in the opening game today, and the Pelicans only scored two points. The Thunder opened with a four-point lead.

Although the Thunder led by 4 points, they did not dare to be careless, because they were chased by 20 points in the last game, and there is no reason to be careless with a 4-point lead today.

Van Gundy watched from the sidelines for a while and gradually saw that the door was coming, compared to the previous Thunder, today they have also made a lot of success on the defensive end, and there are also adjustments on the offense, making up for the team's shortcomings of relying too much on singles, and also increasing the attack on the inside.

The Thunder have improved their tactics a lot, but Van Gundy is not worried, because he feels that Scott Brooks has changed the style of the team by reinventing the team in this way.

They can play half a game, maybe one or two, but they can't do it.

It's too difficult to do a major surgery on a team in a short period of time! If the Thunder had been playing like this since the beginning of the season and insisted on it for one season, at least half a season, then the Thunder would definitely have adapted to it, but it was only a major operation today. Van Gundy is convinced that by doing so, the Thunder will hurt the Pelicans as well as themselves.

In China, CCA.V's commentator Su Qun commented on today's game, and as soon as he saw this situation, he immediately felt enough to be substituted again, and he said in China.

"Today, Scott Brooks is finally showing another side of himself! Usually we see Scott Brooks showing his offensive and aggressive side. His offense is very sharp, he doesn't hesitate to defend at all, he uses people very boldly, as long as there are players who shoot, he dares to use them. These are our usual impressions of Scott Brooks! ”

"But today Scott Brooks showed us his rigorous side, and today Scott Brooks still uses the ingredients used to make boiled fish, and gives us a meal of fish sauce, which is no longer hot and spicy, and replaced by a refreshing taste. Defensively, Scott Brooks has done a solid job and is no longer so-so, and has begun to pay attention to the attack on the low post offensively, focusing on tradition. This is the adjustment of the Thunder today. ”

After he finished saying this, Yang Yi also said on the side:

"The feeling of the Thunder today is really different than before. In the past, the Thunder made the fans enthusiastic regardless of whether they shot or not, but now although the Thunder is ahead, we think there is still something missing? ”

Yang Yi felt that something was wrong with the Thunder, and the Thunder players on the court at this time also felt that something was wrong.

In the past, the thunder seemed to be a wild horse on the prairie, but today it has been a race horse running on the racetrack.

But now the Thunder score is still ahead, so the Thunder players still feel that there is nothing, if they play like this, they can win. Naturally, they are receptive.

The Pelicans suffered consecutive losses, and when they teed off from the baseline, Li Feng immediately went over to protect Rose. As soon as Westbrook bullied Rose, Rose gave the basketball to Li Feng.

Then using Li Feng's cover, he walked in a circle from the other side, and Rose passed Westbrook in this way, but he was immediately intercepted by the Thunder's other good defender, Sefrosa.

The pressure on Rose's side was indeed great today, and Westbrook and Sefrosa formed an iron gate to suppress Rose.

In the end, Rose still gave the basketball back to Li Feng.

Li Feng took the ball here, and Sefrosa immediately took half a step back, and at the same time blocked Li Feng's route to the right.

Li Feng hasn't shot at this time!

Serfrosa made this judgment. This is because the comparison between breaking through and playing the low post still makes Li Feng's shot less harmful to the Thunder, and Li Feng's offensive efficiency on the left-hand side is slightly lower than that on the right-hand side, so the best outcome of Seflosa's defense of Li Feng is to let Li Feng shoot from the left-hand side.

But this is just the hope of the Thunder, Li Feng will not follow the script of the Thunder, at this time Li Feng took the ball and slowly leaned on Sefrosa's body.

Under normal circumstances, if Li Feng attacks like this, the Thunder will immediately go crazy to wrap up, but today Li Feng hit like this. Thunder limited bag clip. Westbrook came over to coordinate with Sefrosa to wrap up Li Feng.

Li Feng saw that the Thunder's defensive strategy was more rigorous at this time, and he didn't have much opportunity to take advantage of it, and the opportunity for opportunism was even smaller. Li Feng could only turn over and break through a step towards the bottom line, driving the Thunder's defense over. Then he raised his hand and made a feint, and finally tricked Sephorosa into flying.

deceived the other party, Li Feng scored two points with a high throw near the basket, and Li Feng scored himself to open the deadlock for the team. It also tore through the good defense that the Thunder had maintained since the opening.

In terms of the situation in today's opening game, the Thunder still had the advantage, scoring more points than the Pelicans. And first forced Li Feng to use a personal attack that broke the deadlock.

From the perspective of adjustment, the Thunder succeeded, at least the opening was successful. But at this time, the cheers of the Thunder's home court were not loud, because the game was not exciting, there were no good shots, and the court seemed a little quiet.

In this case, the Thunder advanced again, and the Thunder played a little slower in the first few rounds, but this round came over.

Steven Adams suddenly came up and made a double screen with Ibaka, and then Steven Adams took advantage of Ibaka's cover and instantly cut towards the Pelicans' basket.

What a sharp guard Westbrook was, when the opportunity came, his basketball was thrown in on time.

At this point, the Pelicans' interior defense was completely hoisted, and even Millsap, who was good at free-handed moves, did not keep up with Steven Adams, so Steven Adams flew up and completed a big dunk on the Pelicans' basket.

"Bang!"

Steven Adams dunked it violently, and suddenly the Thunder's home court finally erupted in bursts of cheers, this is the essence of the Thunder, ferocious and hot, with a superficial and very tense at the same time.

After Steven Adams won the air relay, he also pounded this chest fiercely, expressing his passion and desire.

At this time, the Pelicans' difficulties arose, and Rose at the No. 1 position and Millsap at the No. 5 position became the focus of the Pelicans today.

8-4, the Thunder defeated the Pelicans at home today, and the momentum also played at the beginning. At the same time, the Pelicans are having trouble at both the No. 1 and No. 5 positions today.

This start was favorable to the Thunder, and the Pelicans did encounter difficulties on their side, and Van Gundy was not hypocritical at this time, and immediately called a timeout.

The players were back on the bench and Van Gundy made an immediate arrangement on the side:

"Li Feng, Caron, you two pay attention to protect Derek, Derek you have to actively cooperate with them, don't be rash, it's okay to be a little slow, definitely don't make mistakes."

"Ayr, you also need to help Millsap defensively, Ibaka doesn't have much offensive ability, you can let him go more. Li Feng, you also have to help Millsap appropriately, don't let Steven Adams play too active. ”

Van Gundi's overall adjustment wants to make the team play more holistic and reduce the disadvantage in individual positions.

Van Gundy adjusted this way mainly because neither Rose nor Millsap's problems were fatal, neither of them was completely unpreventable, and these could be completely compensated for by the team. (To be continued......)