The Pelicans are a typical balanced team, the bench and the main force are very balanced, sometimes the main force and the bench are even interchangeable, and more than a dozen people in the team have the ability to play.

It is not just a lineup that can be brought out, although the Pelicans did not have a large lead in front, but when the substitutes appeared on the court, the Pelicans began to take a clear lead.

The main force of the Spurs is very powerful, and the cooperation is very good, but their bench does not have that kind of tacit understanding, the Spurs' bench does not have but the Pelicans' bench has this tacit understanding, the Pelicans' substitute is DJ Augustin, Oladipo, Caron Butler, Brand, Bidrins, although the average height of the lineup is not high, but it is well coordinated, firepower, and excellent athleticism, it is a very good lineup, in the face of such a strong Pelicans, the Spurs' bench players really can't do more, With the strength of a bench like the Pelicans, it is possible to get a ticket to the playoffs if they come out as a single team.

The Spurs' hard-earned score in front of him was eaten away step by step here, and Popovich was ready to hold on for a while, but just as he insisted, the Pelicans' bench players suddenly played a wave of 11-2, completely drowning out the Pelicans' offense.

The Pelicans' bench players are all playing high. The tide came, and it seemed to be getting more and more vigorous, at this time Popovich finally couldn't hold it anymore and began to change his main lineup on the court.

The Spurs quickly replaced the main players here to stabilize the situation, but the Pelicans are not in a hurry, and their bench lineup is not afraid to fight with the Spurs' main lineup, DJ Augustin, Oladipo, Caron Butler, Brand, Biedrins This lineup is really not inferior to the main team of the Spurs. It's a fight between two teams.

The Pelicans used such a lineup to fight with the Spurs until the second quarter was interrupted, and they were 10 points ahead of the Spurs, and the Spurs couldn't catch up, so Van Gundy replaced his first team because of rotation.

The Pelicans' first team came to the court, and they are now 10 points ahead of the Spurs, so they have the confidence to come up, and they play more ferociously, and the aging Spurs can't support it a little.

At this point, the Spurs had to call another timeout, and after Popovich called a timeout, the Spurs returned. Immediately made a move on defense, and they switched to a 32-in-1 defense to defend the Pelicans' arc-top offense.

The Spurs changed such a defense, and the Pelicans did not play well in the first two rounds, because now after the Spurs have transferred the core to Li Feng, the team's offense can be regarded as starting from the line.

The line is limited, and the bottom is also limited, in fact, the Pelicans are not out of the way to deal with such a situation, the best way is to put Brand in the high position, let Brand destroy the Spurs' joint defense.

Li Feng glanced at Van Gundy. Van Gundy didn't give instructions, and Li Feng himself didn't want to do it, and the reason why he didn't want to do it had nothing to do with Brand, but Van Gundy said that today's game strategy had something to do with it.

It's going to be tough with the Spurs today. This is a bit too strategic, before the strategy, Li Feng still wants to attack in an iron-blooded way, after thinking about these. When Li Feng received the ball from the bottom line, he put huge pressure on himself in his heart.

It is necessary to break through the Spurs' outside line, and the Spurs want to cross the river. A line will cut off the Pelican, but Li Feng wants to use brute force to open the Spurs' iron rope across the river.

got the basketball, Li Feng dribbled to the Spurs' three-point line and observed the Spurs' iron cable, the Spurs' iron rope seemed to be very well coordinated by the three people, and there were no loopholes.

But Li Feng knows that this is absolutely impossible, the defense is weak, no matter what kind of defense, it is a back-hand chess, it depends on the change of the opponent, Li Feng pretended to pull the ball to the right, attracting the attention of the Spurs, when the Spurs' defensive formation is more concentrated on the right.

Li Feng suddenly changed direction and rushed to the left, at this time, Ginobili quickly moved closer to Leonard to close the door, Li Feng did so much just to break through this line of defense, how could he let him close the door.

Li Feng simply risked being blown foul, and jumped towards the gap between Ginobili and Leonard, and today Li Feng is drilling the Spurs to die, but this is also a better portrayal of the Spurs' defense, only by drilling a gap can there be a better opportunity.

In addition, Li Feng is still very likely to be blown foul if he does such a large jump, because the league is now relatively strict about jumping steps, and many times he will blow such actions.

Simply today is the home of the New Orleans Arena, Li Feng is the owner of the New Orleans Arena, the referee is very face-saving, did not blow Li Feng's foul, Li Feng jumped in one step, and then opened his arms, as if it was a huge windmill.

Li Feng got into the Spurs' basket, and at this time, the two players under the Spurs' basket also struck Li Feng from both sides, and Li Feng only made a very thief pass at this time, and as soon as his feet landed, he passed the basketball to Brand's hands on the edge of the bottom line.

After Brand got the basketball, he hit a shot with an easy midrange.

Li Feng didn't use cover, nor did he use anything to rely on his own ability, he broke the Spurs' defense, and although he didn't score, he still dealt a relatively harsh blow to the Spurs.

What they were hit was defensive confidence, but also defensive belief.

Li Feng drilled through the Spurs' defense once, the Spurs may have been hit, and when attacking, they were more effective, and Leonard came to an easy hook shot to score again.

At this time, Van Gundy made a small substitution, he used his strength to replace Biedrins with Thornton, who was in better physical condition, and asked Thornton to deal with Leonard, and when he was off the field, Van Gundy said to Thornton very irresponsibly:

"You fix him for me, don't be afraid of fouls."

Thornton walked onto the pitch with Van Gundy's instructions.

After Li Feng had the experience of breaking through the Spurs' iron rope once, he wanted to take out one of the Spurs' defense by himself for the second time, which is very difficult for the players, the Spurs' defense is very good, and their defense is very strategic.

Li Feng also wants to take out one of the Spurs' defense line by himself, but it is still more difficult, and Brand has already seen at this time that Li Feng intends to treat the Spurs with violence and body. If you don't beat them, you have to pay a foul.

So Brand came over and first made a cover for Li Feng, and with a cover from Brand, Li Feng had more things to use.

One step from Brand's side to directly reconnect with the Spurs' outside defense, Leonard was hit by Li Feng, but he was still following Li Feng, Li Feng felt Leonard's chase, so his shoulder twisted again, wanting to knock Leonard away.

Li Feng moved, but he didn't expect that Leonard, who was in the high-speed chase, slipped on his feet. Slipped and fell to the ground all of a sudden, leaned forward, and grabbed himself with both hands in front of him.

Li Feng was grabbed by Leonard's clothes, and at this time Li Feng himself was still rushing forward, and suddenly Li Feng himself lost his balance, this ball was definitely Leonard's foul, but at this time, Li Feng did not forget that he should do something.

Facing the basket, the body has lost its center of gravity. Li Feng threw the basketball with one hand at the referee's whistle, and after throwing the basketball, Li Feng himself fell to the ground.

But the New Orleans arena immediately cheered. This let Li Feng know that his goal was scored again, and Li Feng himself couldn't believe it, but his hand felt so good today.

The basketball was shot. The New Orleans arena was cheering, and Li Feng stretched out his hands to ignite the enthusiasm of the fans.

This time. Sean Kemp says:

"Li Feng perfectly killed his defender, and then before he was killed, he threw the basketball into the basket, and he completed the favorite result of all the breakthrough players 2+1, this time Li Feng completed his task."

"The Spurs' joint defense in the second quarter is still very good, but it was broken through by Li Feng one after another, and now their defensive problems are big, if Li Feng can continue to do this, the Spurs' joint defense should not be put out, because he has been proven to be ineffective."

At this time, Joan Barry was also saying.

Li Feng stood at the free throw line, slapped the basketball seriously, and then hit the basketball seriously, this is a 2+1 I don't want to waste it.

Li Feng broke through the Spurs' defense again, the Spurs were a little panicked, and the most restless was Popovich, who felt that his game was getting harder and harder.

But just as Popovich himself was fidgeting, the Spurs hit a good shot, and Duncan occasionally showed off a low-post move, caught Brand off guard, and hit a jumper in the low post.

At this time, Popovich absolutely Duncan definitely gave the Spurs a breather, this score is very important, without this score, the Spurs were penetrated, but with this score, the Spurs still have a chance.

Li Feng penetrated the Spurs' outside defense twice in a row, and if they didn't strengthen their defense against Li Feng at this time, then they would not be qualified to be a strong team in the league.

As soon as Li Feng saw where he appeared, the Spurs immediately defended heavily, and it was no longer an opportunity for him to attack, Li Feng immediately passed the ball to Oladipo's hands, Oladipo obviously understood Li Feng's thoughts, this guy obviously had a chance to shoot, and when he got the basketball, he still rushed towards the Spurs' inside, and this guy directly opened an opening for the Spurs' inside.

Fortunately, Spurs' Split and Duncan's defensive experience blocked the position early, allowing Oladipo to pass the basketball to Thornton on the outside, and Thornton knew what his task was.

Thornton, who was on the court, got the basketball and immediately passed it to Li Feng on this side.

Just now, the Spurs were heavily defending Li Feng, but now after such a stirring between Oladipo and Thornton, the Spurs' defense is chaotic, and Li Feng can clearly see that there is a route in front of him.

This route is so clear, only one slash is needed, and he can drill into the inside line of the Spurs, how could Li Feng let go of this good opportunity, after getting the basketball, he dribbled directly and cut into the spurs' basket diagonally,

At this time, Li Feng's step, the breakthrough of the diagonal line, was lighter than any previous time, Li Feng drilled directly in, and what he needed to overcome in his position was the veteran Split's defense under the basket.

Li Feng was going to dunk with one hand, but Split was stuck there like an iron tower under the basket. directly got up and intercepted in front of Li Feng, Li Feng flew in the air, and could only confront Split physically, while pulling his arms back as much as possible.

Li Feng was about to dunk, but after making physical contact with Split, Li Feng seemed to hit the wall, crashed there, and his whole body was suffocated in the air, and at this time Li Feng could only change the dunk to a throw.

threw the basketball in his hand to the basket through Split, and Li Feng's shot was really accurate. Today, Li Feng does still have some fate with throwing, and this basketball was easily transferred into the Spurs' basket.

This time the New Orleans Arena has something to cheer again.

"Oh, it's Li Fengke's breakthrough again, and it's Li Feng's breakthrough again."

At this time, Sean Kemp was shaking his head repeatedly.

It is true that now for the Spurs, the pressure brought to them by the Pelicans' Li Feng is really a bit big, this guy first challenged the Spurs' outside defense, and then challenged the Spurs' interior defense, the Spurs' old defense line, there was a little flaw. This guy jumped out of the old bite spur.

This incident made Popovich very unhappy, absolutely unhappy, so Popovich immediately called another timeout and began to rearrange the defensive tactics. Now even a fool can see it.

The defensive tactics arranged by the Spurs at this time must have something to do with Li Feng, and Van Gundy saw that his players were back, and he didn't say anything. Now he doesn't have much to say about the situation on the pitch because he believes it himself. Your love will help you solve a thing.

Joanbari looked sympathetically at Popovich and the Spurs' bench:

"The Spurs are in a very, very difficult period right now, and the defense that they rely on for survival has a big problem, and it's not that they don't do a good job defending, in fact, the Spurs defense has done a good job, it's just that their defense has had a huge impact, and this impact is a little unbearable for them."

"This is all the sadness of the aging of the team, imagine if it was the Spurs three years ago, they would not have been so lightly impacted by the opponent, the players in the league will be old, and those great performances will be forgotten."

When Joan Barry says this, there is inevitably a lot of regret and sadness.

But on the court, I don't recognize the word sadness, for professional basketball like the NBA, I never look at anyone's past, nor look at a person's past, they only recognize the present, even if you were a god on the court in the past, when you are old, the team will still throw you away like a rag, when you are old, the fans will still forget your greatness, and praise those new rising young people.

The Spurs made defensive changes, specially sent players to help defend Li Feng, did not let Li Feng break through, did not give Li Feng space to break through, the Spurs' defense was in place, and they successfully contained Li Feng.

But Arenas and Rose missed, the two guys sometimes made three-pointers and sometimes rushed to the basket on the outside, and both guys were very ferocious, desperately chasing the number of jù, desperately showing their talents.

By the time the Spurs realized that they had defended a Li Feng and released two ferocious little wolfhounds, they had already paid a heavy price, and at the end of the first half, the Pelicans led the Spurs by as many as 15 points, and the Pelicans led the Pelicans by a wide margin.

At the end of the first half, both teams went back to the dressing room to adjust, and Van Gundy walked into the dressing room at this time and just said:

"You guys did a good job, and we're going to keep doing that in the second half and try to finish the fight in the third quarter."

That's what Van Gundy left behind, and the Pelicans players rested in the locker room for a while, and the third quarter of the game began immediately, and the Pelicans players still thought they could continue to dominate the court.

But after returning to the court, they immediately noticed the change in the Spurs, and the feeling that the Spurs felt after returning to the court in the third quarter was very smart, and these old guys began to play with the Pelicans with their own command.

This is definitely not good news for the Pelicans players, after the Spurs returned to the court, the first offense, the Spurs' Parker performed a very beautiful three-point shot.

Parker's dribble shook in front of Li Feng, Li Feng stared at Parker while paying attention to the changes around him, at this time, Parker made a very simple change in advance, changed hands left and right to dribble, and his body was withdrawn at once, Li Feng had a moment to take care of other directions, and Parker shot.

Parker's shot is the same. It always feels very reasonable, but when it is unreasonable, it has a strong shooting rate, and this time Li Feng seems to be the same, without seeing a little bit, Parker's basketball is thrown.

Parker threw a three-pointer on Li Feng's head, and this three-pointer easily drilled into the Pelicans' basket, Li Feng turned around, this old guy, he was still careless.

It's not just that, Henson's inside attack missed. Looking at the aggrieved look on Henson's face, Li Feng knew that he must have been messed with by his opponent, but he didn't know what Duncan had done behind Thornton.

The Spurs attacked again, and at the beginning, Li Feng also regarded Parker's shot on his head as an isolated incident, but after that, Li Feng immediately discovered that the Spurs were not like that at all, and that their group of people had a conspiracy.

Parker had just played a three-pointer, and now after that. Leonard also began to perform.

Leonard dribbled in front of Rose and pulled continuously, as if he was a street player, in front of Rose made a continuous pull movement, dribbling to the left one step ahead. Then immediately retracted, shaking to the left again, Leonard repeated this action twice, and then on the third shake. Rose was already a little paralyzed, but at this time, Leonard suddenly made a disguise, and then stepped back to make a three-point jumper.

It was an extremely beautiful individual attack. The only pity is that this is the Spurs' offense.

Leonard used his personal ability to tease Rose, just like Parker teased Li Feng just now, very simple.

was made two three-pointers by the Spurs in a row, at this time, Li Feng saw that the Spurs were going to use personal ability and personal experience to form a local single, and then wanted to use this way to score that score, the Spurs wanted experience and technology to exchange scores, but they were destined to play slowly.

Li Feng was relatively depressed, he also began to attack in the half of the Spurs, at this time the Spurs gave Li Feng a gap, blocked the inside for Li Feng to jump, and the two-point jump shot was in front of him, Li Feng thought that he would easily get this two-point opportunity, but what he didn't expect was that he didn't shoot.

didn't shoot the basketball, the Spurs immediately got the rebound, Li Feng strengthened his defense of his defenders, and watched Parker not let Parker move freely, but at this time, the Spurs also changed.

They played a continuous cover in the high post, Duncan took advantage of the Pelicans' defensive gap, and suddenly withdrew to the Pelicans' three-point line, and it was actually another three-pointer, the Spurs made three three-pointers in a row, and at a little over a minute, the Spurs chased three three-pointers in a row at this time, and the Pelicans had a 15-point lead just now, and now there were 6 points left in an instant.

With only six points remaining, the New Orleans Center fans were a little anxious at this time, and they shouted on both sides of the court, loudly reminding their team, and the Pelicans loudly reminding their team.

Popovich was beaming, but Van Gundy was still cocking his legs and smashing his feet, as if he was not worried about the situation on the court at all, he was completely indifferent to the situation on the court.

As if the Pelicans weren't his team, Van Gundy was indifferent here.

Joanbari in the commentary table had a lot to say:

"The Spurs' counterattack in the third quarter was very violent, and they opened with three three-pointers in succession, and these three three-pointers hit the Pelicans directly."

"Yes, I think the Spurs chose to exert their strength in this quarter, this kind of old team has the habit of exerting strength in the second half, and the Spurs will not be preparing to defeat the Pelicans in a wave in the third quarter."

Sean Kemp also said at this time.

"The Spurs may not have that kind of strength, the Pelicans' will quality is also very strong, it is very difficult to destroy the Pelicans, and the Spurs still have a level that they have not passed, and the Pelicans' bench lineup will be difficult for the Spurs to escape."

Joan Barry dismissed Sean Kemp's claims. (To be continued......)