The Pelicans completely dominated the game for the rest of the first half, and at halftime, the Kings without Cousins were pulled away, and the Pelicans led the Kings 57-43, at which point the game went to everyone's surprise.

At this time, Barkley was still laughing at Cousins's fake fall, but Van Gundy walked into the tunnel with his players happy.

Although there are some exceptions, they are all under control, and after Mike Malone stepped into his first trap, he couldn't find a way out at all.

At halftime, the Pelicans' locker room was full of cheers, and the game was the same as they expected, all the same, but the Pelicans planned for them to kill Cousins, but they didn't expect Cousins to take himself off the court, which saved the Pelicans' effort.

In the locker room, the Pelicans were laughing at Cousins, but in the King's locker room, Mike Malone couldn't say anything to Cousins, he knew Cousins' temper, he was a big child.

The Pelicans players and the Kings players returned to the court, and there were no changes to the Pelicans' tactics in the second half, they still had to control the rhythm, still emphasize the efficiency of the half-court offense, or focus on the effect of killing.

But on the other side of the court, the Kings have changed a lot, first of all, as soon as he came back in the third quarter, Cousins was not on the starting list, and now Cousins has strictly restricted his playing time in terms of both his own body and the number of fouls, which seems to have indulged the Pelicans' half-court offense.

The Pelicans' starting lineup for the second half is still point guard DJ Augustin, scoring guard Ronnie Brewer, small forward Al Thornton, power forward Li Feng, and center Al Jefferson, which is the Pelicans' lineup.

Van Gundy is already saving up for the rest of the game.

With the king, the changes they made were still relatively large. Point guard Isaiah Thomas, point guard Marcus Thornton, small forward Rudy Gay, power forward Derrick Williams, Jason Thompson also had more fouls, and in the center position, Mike Malone used Quincy Eschi.

The Pelicans' ball at the beginning, the Pelicans still walked up slowly, and then passed the ball slowly in the final seconds. Only then did he hand over the basketball to Li Feng to deal with, Li Feng used his own strategy as always, and when he met Derek Williams, he directly used his body to force the card position.

Then suddenly hooked his hand, the basketball did not hit, Li Feng's feeling in the second half dropped a little, this is inevitable, no one will remain in a high state unchanged, Li Feng went from high to low in the second half.

This is not a good time, and the Pelicans are accustomed to driving in the third quarter. At this time, as the main attacker, Li Feng can't play here, which will have a great impact on the back.

Li Feng felt a cold reception here, but at the king's place, Isaiah Thomas began to get angry. Cousins was depressed enough in today's game, but Cousins also played a decisive role.

It's just that Isaiah Thomas here, there is no sound from either of them, and his many attacks have no effect. His hand was cold, the opponent's defense was tight, and he did a lot of targeted defense against himself. I can't play it at all.

Isaiah Thomas was depressed, so he decided that he had to go crazy in the third quarter.

Isaiah Thomas's dribbling looked at Ronnie Brewer and the Pelicans' layers of bunkers and trenches behind him, he didn't have the hesitation of the offense in the first half, shook in front of Ronnie Brewer, and suddenly pulled up a jumper, which was a long-distance 2-pointer, only half a step away from the three-point line.

Ronnie Brewer's defensive focus is still on breaking through here, and he is a little far away from Isaiah Thomas, and at this time he can only go to seal Isaiah Thomas's eyes.

But Isaiah Thomas threw a basketball, but it was as fast as a knife on the Pelicans' basket, and the "boom" was extremely crisp, and the king got the score.

Seeing this, Mike Malone's eyes lit up, now is the most difficult period for the king, Cousins and Aaron Gray are not there, Li Feng is bound to show his strength in the interior space, but now, it seems that Li Feng is in a bad state, and Isaiah Thomas's own beloved disciple is actually starting to go crazy.

Van Gundy didn't make a change, he believed in his teammates, Li Feng once again turned around and shot at the King's inside, and the results proved that his hand was really bad in this section, and the shot was deflected, and the basketball jumped out.

At this time, Li Feng sighed, he also felt that if he wanted to dominate the Pelicans' interior, he had to be closer to the basket, and his offense should use more breakthroughs and baskets, and he should use as little as possible when he is not in good shape.

When Li Feng encountered a bad hand, Isaiah Thomas began to play smoothly, the long-distance shooting just now, let Isaiah Thomas find the feel of shooting, for a long time, the league's defense Isaiah Thomas has a popular saying, defend Isaiah Thomas's breakthrough, and then pray that Isaiah Thomas misses.

Now the Pelicans don't have to pray, Isaiah Thomas's hand is very hot, he controls the ball and swings continuously, suddenly breaks through two steps and then suddenly jumps to shoot, Ronnie Brewer is completely unresponsive to Isaiah Thomas's offense.

The basketball flew over Ronnie Brewer's head, and then landed on the Pelicans' basket, Isaiah Thomas hit two in a row, and Li Feng missed two in a row, at this time even a fool knows, Isaiah Thomas broke out when Li Feng had a bad hand.

Kenny Smith said loudly from the sidelines:

"Oh, now a new situation has happened, Li Feng, who was excellent in the first half, felt cold in the second half, while his opponent Isaiah Thomas felt hot, and now the situation may change."

'It doesn't look like it's going to be a good way to defend against the Kings either. ”

Kenny Smith likes to make the game more exciting, otherwise it would be a torturous thing for the two teams to play slowly like turtles, not only for the fans, but also for Kenny Smith in the commentary seat.

Li Feng missed two consecutive turnaround jumpers, he knew that he had to adjust himself, if he still had to forcibly use an inefficient way when he knew that he didn't feel good, then his intelligence would be a problem.

Li Feng glanced at the Pelicans' Jason Thompson and Aaron Gray were not there, and it would also be an opportunity for him. With the opponent's two interior defenders gone, he can get closer to the basket.

Thinking of this, Li Feng squeezed more desperately towards the king's basket, at this time Derrick Williams's softer style of play allowed Li Feng to take a big advantage when he was stuck in the position, and Li Feng was stuck in a deeper position in the low post.

DJ Augustin's basketball is delivered on time, and as a point guard, being able to deliver the basketball to his teammates when they need it, is not only a skill, but also an art.

After Li Feng got the basketball in the low post. Seeing Marcus Thornton smashing towards him, Li Feng hurriedly and quickly turned in the opposite direction of Marcus Thornton, and then shot with a basketball hook.

This time Li Feng was close to the basket, Derrick Williams' defense was also soft, Li Feng finally got the first two points after the opening, Li Feng still looks like he can score in the King's half, but it will take a lot more effort than just now.

Li Feng was regaining his touch, but Isaiah Thomas was getting it, and in the third quarter, he suddenly transformed into a player who relied on a pull-up jump shot to score. Repeatedly using a pull-up jump shot to score, Ronnie Brewer was at a loss for what to do, not knowing when he would break through and be able to shoot.

Li Feng is trying to find a better position on the inside of the Kings. A better position to easily throw the basketball into the opponent's basket.

The match seemed to return to a balance, with Isaiah Thomas' outburst that would help the Kings through the most difficult of times, and Li Feng was looking for a way to overcome his touch.

But this situation only lasted for two minutes, and Mike Malone didn't want Li Feng to score. No matter what the cost, he also wants to extinguish the stubborn disease that plagues his inner line, and he ordered his players to be fierce and not care about the outside players.

It was supposed to be the best time for outside Thornton and Ronnie Brewer to shoot three-pointers. But damn it, at this time, the two of them also felt cold, and when Li Feng was clamping, the vitality of the outside line couldn't keep up.

This is what I am most afraid of playing inside and outside, which will make the inside line more unscrupulous, and then the game will not be able to go on, at such a critical moment, Isaiah Thomas began to exert his power outside the three-point line, and he hit a three-pointer.

Ronnie Brewer completely collapsed, and once Isaiah Thomas combined three-pointers, pull-up jumpers, and breakaways, his every step was dangerous, and Ronnie Brewer's defense lost its focus and direction.

The Pelicans' dominance is a huge challenge, and ironically, when the Pelicans are in crisis, the Kings' two main centers are not on the court.

It's time for Van Gundy to call a timeout, but what can Van Gundy do to solve the shooting problem from the outside, if he can really solve this problem, he won't have to let his team play this kind of slow basketball.

Van Gundy couldn't solve the shooting problem, so Van Gundy had to change the tempo even more slowly, he replaced Thornton with Henson, moved Li Feng from the No. 4 position to the No. 3 position, strengthened the entire defensive system, and then ordered Henson to take over the responsibility of the interior attack, Li Feng took care of Henson on Henson's side.

Van Gundy couldn't speed up the pace and couldn't enhance his outside firepower, his outside firepower was only so much, so he adopted a rougher inside offensive strategy, putting Henson and Li Feng together, if the two of them did the flower of blocking and dismantling, the king's already weak inside line would be hit by Yan zhòng.

Fortunately, Mike Malone replaced Jason Thompson as if he was an unpredictable prophet, but when Henson appeared in the low post, the young power forward still used a beautiful turn to shake off Jason Thompson, and then scored with a low shot.

Wherever Isaiah Thomas appears, there's always going to be crazy magic, answering the Pelicans' offense with a 3-pointer.

Isaiah Thomas, who scored two three-pointers, really got into the groove, he became crazy, and began to fire continuously from the outside, Ronnie Brewer pressed up a little, he immediately drilled into the Pelicans' interior to make 2+1, and it was not Al Jefferson who fouled.

But Isaiah Thomas entered his own time, he dominated the game, and Isaiah Thomas once ruled the game. The Pelicans' little lead began to be quickly eroded, the Pelicans' slow-paced basketball, lost their efficient defense, their slow offense would look weak, and every idea would turn into ashes, Li Feng watched Isaiah Thomas score like crazy, and Ronnie Brewer's defense couldn't go up and down.

The Pelicans didn't dare to defend in two ways, and let go of either Guy and Guy, both of whom were good three-point players, Li Feng thought about it and discussed it with Henson. He returned to the No. 4 position, and Li Feng planned to fight for his foul to make an offensive foul, so let Isaiah Thomas rest on the bench for a while.

Li Feng returned to the interior with this thought, he was purely like coming back to contain Isaiah Thomas's breakthrough, Henson couldn't pull away to the outside and attack the King with three-point firepower, but when Li Feng was pinched, Henson could force a breakthrough to win a foul.

That's the Pelicans' strategy, the high-lethal offense, Henson's first free throw. It was easy to get into the King's basket, but as soon as the second free throw was shot, it could be seen that it was short.

The basketball bounced off the hoop as soon as it touched the basket. At this time, Jason Thompson, who was simply in the background today, suddenly fought hard with Li Feng, and with one hand, he pointed the basketball out of the three-second zone, and Guy in the back received the basketball. Horse pass ball Isaiah Thomas.

The ball arrived, the King's fast break was all at once, and Isaiah Thomas was now in form. After receiving the basketball and turning around and charging towards the Pelicans' half court, Isaiah Thomas once he rushed, the rhythm completely changed, and Ronnie Brewer's defense became more difficult at this time, he was always afraid of Isaiah Thomas's pull-up jump shot.

Isaiah Thomas slowed down a little and gave Ronnie Brewer a little time, Isaiah Thomas passed Ronnie Brewer, Li Feng saw Isaiah Thomas start to perform again, how could he tolerate this happening, this is in New Orleans Arena, this is his team, this is his plate.

Li Feng chased desperately behind, and at this time Li Feng instantly became a point guard, surpassing Henson from a few steps behind, and Li Feng ran even faster than DJ Augustin.

From the two piles of people from the king and the pelican, only two people were killed in the end, one was Isaiah Thomas who rushed in front, and the other was Li Feng who was chasing after him, these two people almost reached the Pelican's three-second zone together, Isaiah Thomas flew up in front, and Li Feng also chased and blocked in the back.

In the first half, Li Feng broke Isaiah Thomas's block again, and this time it was the opposite.

Charles Barkley shouted from the commentary seat:

"Isaiah Thomas jumped, he started jumping, but Li Feng also jumped, was it a block, or did Isaiah Thomas score, what when he fell to the ground?"

Barkley was shouting, and Li Feng flew to Isaiah Thomas in an instant, but Li Feng didn't dare to shoot lightly, because at this time Isaiah Thomas's basketball was still in his arms, and Li Feng caught up with both hands to cover Isaiah Thomas as much as possible.

But suddenly, this guy called Flash turned his body 90 degrees in the air, facing the side of the sideline, his body and arms were stretched out to that side, and his arms often threw the basketball with his back to the basket, he didn't look at the basket at all, he didn't have any angle at all, and his shooting posture was also messy, Li Feng firmly believed that his return defense was successful in the air, and he defended the person who should be defended.

But when Li Feng landed, he saw the basketball fall out of the basket, this is really a damn goal, this is really damn it, this is obviously impossible.

Li Feng kept looking back at Isaiah Thomas, Isaiah Thomas was shaking his shoulders there, he was cheering there, but how did the ball go in, the big screen told Li Feng that the ball was a high-friction goal, but it was really a god, he had completely blocked his shooting angle.

This time Li Feng has become someone else's background, when he hit an incredible goal before, he never felt this way, it turns out that this kind of goal is so hurtful, he will make you feel from the bottom of your heart that this person can't be defended, no matter what you do, he will score.

Now Isaiah Thomas gives Li Feng the feeling that this is the case, not to mention Ronnie Brewer, who has been tortured by Isaiah Thomas recently, his confidence in the inside line has also been eroded, right?

In the boos of the New Orleans arena, Isaiah Thomas's goal injected the most strength into his teammates, and the Pelicans encountered a stubborn defense when they returned to attack, and the pass between Li Feng and Henson, because it was too small, was suddenly cut off by Marcus Thornton.

The first choice of the king who broke the ball was naturally the fast break, which was the best way to break the pelican tortoise shell, and the best weapon to act as an accelerator was Isaiah Thomas, and the basketball was once again in the hands of Isaiah Thomas.

Isaiah Thomas ran frantically towards the Pelicans' half, this was the moment for Isaiah Thomas, Isaiah Thomas was going to completely overturn the Pelicans' turtle shell defense in this period of time, and the Pelicans pressed the points on their team. (To be continued......)