Chapter 983: Injuries are coming
Li Feng was not available, and someone did this work for Li Feng.
As soon as the little emperor saw that Li Feng, who was the biggest threat to him, was still tearing up Tristan Thompson, he gave up the mid-shot plan, continued to accelerate the impact on the penalty area, and put away the ball to hold the ball and dunk it directly.
Corey on the flank saw that James was so arrogant, you must know that he had been standing next to him, but the little emperor didn't even look at him, and directly decided to end the attack with a dunk, which angered him.
Aunt can bear it, Uncle can't bear it, Corey saw James put away the ball and wanted to go to the basket, gritted his teeth and was ruthless, he pounced with red eyes, reached out and grabbed James's arms, he knew very well that he couldn't block James's dunk, then he had to foul, anyway, he couldn't make the little emperor feel better.
As a result, he underestimated the kinetic energy and his own strength brought out by the impact of the little emperor, and the two bodies crossed and met in the air, Corey reached out and scratched in James's arms, and the other party staggered in the air, and he himself was even more uncomfortable, and was directly knocked out by the oblique stab.
The little emperor was almost dragged down, and after landing on the ground, he staggered several steps to stand firm, and Corey was even more miserable, flying directly into the press box under the basket.
The referee blew the whistle quickly, and Corey fouled, there was no doubt about it, but Li Feng was very satisfied with his appearance, and said to Turner with a smile:
"In our culture, there is a saying that 'you are willing to take the emperor off the horse', and it is the best way to describe Corey."
The two of them laughed and stepped forward to pull Corey up, but when they got to the basket, they found that something was wrong, Corey shrank on the floor with a painful face, his hands were reversed to protect his waist, and beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks, quickly forming a small puddle on the floor.
Li Feng's face changed suddenly, he was just about to go to Lacory, Turner pulled him, turned around and shouted:
"Team doctor. Call the team doctor, damn it, Stephen might be injured, hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up! ”
Van Gundy saw that Corey had been lying on the floor and couldn't get up, so he decisively called a timeout, and then the team doctor, who had been with the team all the time, finally came to use it and quickly ran over to check Corey's physical condition.
Li Feng and the others were anxiously surrounding them, and James hesitated for a moment and stepped forward to ask:
"What's wrong, is there anything you can help with?"
Granger exclaimed angrily:
"You're helping a bird, huh? You're happy now, Stephen might be hurt! ”
Li Feng glared at Granger sternly. interrupted him and said:
"This matter has little to do with LeBron and them, and we should be hostile to them, but not in this matter."
Corey's injury really has little to do with James, although he is directly responsible, his dunk just now has been completely rushed, Corey was stubborn at this time, and he chose to collide with LeBron.
James knew that the Pelicans players were in a bad mood right now, so he didn't say anything more, shrugged his shoulders and made a gesture of helplessness before returning to his bench.
The team doctor gave Corey a brief diagnosis. Then he found someone to bring a stretcher, fixed Corey's waist, lifted it, and left the court directly.
"Man, is Stephen alright?"
Li Feng asked the team doctor with the psychology of luck.
The team doctor looked solemn. Road:
"Whether there is anything specific or not will have to be tested in detail before we can make a conclusion, but what is certain is that he will not be able to play in this game."
Hearing this, there was a lot of mourning in the Pelicans, and Van Gundy's brow furrowed tightly. Nearly able to catch a fly, injuries to his players are an absolute disaster for him, especially since this man is still the best outside scorer under his hands. But he didn't have time to mourn the incident. Because there was still a mess on the court for him to deal with, there was only ten seconds left for the timeout.
In addition to replacing Corey with Jordan Hamilton, Van Gundy also made changes to the lineup, Al Jefferson and Kelly appeared at the same time, and they will form a forward group for the Pelicans, and the task of the two is to clamp down on the little emperor together, handing over Li Feng on the inside, and Turner and Jordan Hamilton on the outside.
The little emperor made two free throws, and the home team did not have the right to call a timeout during the away team's free throws according to NBA regulations, but today it was an exception to Corey's injury.
Two free throws and two hits, today the little emperor feels hot, from the first quarter to the present, his shot has only missed once, and all the others hit, and the horror of the high hit rate.
Corey's injury gave Li Feng a new understanding of the game, not to retreat, but to move forward!
If he could have quickly shaken off Thompson's entanglement to defend James instead of Corey, then this would not have happened.
However, things have already happened, and regret will not help, Li Feng cheered up and prepared to meet a new round of attacks on the knights.
There is no doubt that the Cavaliers will make the most of their advantage, and Kerry's injury is good news for them, as he is the Pelicans' starting guard, and the absence of his outside is one less musket.
James hit two free throws, Turner advanced with the ball, Jordan Hamilton was extremely positive, he was like a jackal out of the gate, every gap was the flesh and bone in his eyes, and after he got to the frontcourt, he ran wildly, rushing left and right, making Mike Miller, who defended him, extremely wolf.
Jordan Hamilton gave the Pelicans the energy they needed, and Turner didn't play singles, and when he saw that Love and Thompson were still wrapping up Li Feng, he passed the ball to Jordan Hamilton, who came up to pick up.
After Jordan Hamilton held the ball, he looked inside, and his calf bent and suddenly activated, like a clockwork electric rabbit, and quickly rushed into the Cavaliers' encirclement.
In the face of Jordan Hamilton's breakthrough purely relying on speed, Mike Miller has a hard time coping, he is a veteran, and he can mix in the strong Cavaliers, relying on experience and calm mentality, and the body and body are just his shortcomings.
In the first two steps after Jordan Hamilton started, Mike Miller could barely cope, or when Jordan Hamilton fully activated the acceleration mode, he could only follow behind and eat fart.
Fortunately, the Cavaliers also have a defensive fierce man on the outside, which is naturally James.
James didn't dwell too much with Kelly, he gave Mike Miller a look and the latter completed the switch, Jordan Hamilton flicked his wrist after facing the little emperor, and the basketball fell into the box through a gap.
In the penalty area, Li Feng was fighting with Thompson for a card position. After the ball hit the ground, he jumped up, grabbed the ball, turned to face the former penalty area defense hegemon, his face was undaunted, and he turned sideways and used his shoulder against Thompson to start to hit inside.
Thompson's face was distorted like a demon, and his muscles were as high as steel, struggling to block Li Feng outside the restricted area.
After four or five consecutive hits, Li Feng was about to turn around as soon as he turned around, and Thompson hurriedly moved sideways, but Li Feng pulled back his body. And jumped up directly, and hit the board before Lefu stepped forward to wrap the clip.
Thompson reacted quickly enough, but he only had time to pull Li Feng's arm before he ate a foul.
Li Feng made free throws, he stood on the free throw line and stared at the basket seriously, his legs bent and his body center of gravity dropped slightly, and then he didn't stand up straight, he pushed the ball out with a flick of his wrist.
The moment the ball was pushed out, Li Feng's bent legs suddenly straightened. It's as if his leg had turned into a spring, and when the ball flew, he flew up, and as soon as the basketball hit the hoop and bounced, he landed right on the ground, and Thompson and Love scrambled to occupy space under the basket. But the basketball bounced out and was just fished out by Li Feng outside.
Self-punishment and self-grabbing!
Li Feng is now very happy with this move, and some people in the NBA have learned from him to play this move, but they have not succeeded. Every time it was a free throw violation, because no one had such a strong insight and such a terrifying body like him, jumping and landing the moment the basketball touched the basket.
grabbed the rebound, and Li Feng stepped to the basket. Holding the basketball arm high in his right hand, his strong body seemed to be a missile ready to fire, and it flew up immediately after ignition, and Lefu and Thompson didn't have time to react, and when they turned around, they saw a snow-white jersey flying in front of them, violently buttoned!
Li Feng's consecutive scoring gave the Pelicans players a shot in the arm, and his self-grabbing rebound and self-dunk seemed to blow the horn of attack, and the Pelicans were greatly boosted.
After James got the ball again, his life was not easy, Al Jefferson himself was close to deal with him, while Kelly was waiting for him from the wing, and as long as James dared to break through, he would have to meet the bag of these two defensive giants.
Seeing that the boss was in trouble, as a guard with a knife in front of the palace, Shambaught hurried up to help the boss share the pressure, James passed the ball, Jordan Hamilton suddenly pounced from behind like a vicious dog, although he failed to steal the ball, but it scared Shambaught and James enough, this kid is too positive, right?
The rhythm of Shambaugh's attack was disrupted, and he made a few feints to not shake off Jordan Hamilton and passed the ball to Love.
Le Fu finally got the opportunity to attack, he took advantage of his height advantage to face Li Feng sideways, arched his body to the basket, arched out the gap, and then grabbed the ball with one hand, stretched out his arm and waved his hand smoothly, and came to a small hook under the basket.
Lefu's shot was safe enough, but it was still not enough, Li Feng soared into the sky, and the basketball was slapped by his big hand before it flew to the highest point, and he was slapped down, and he was directly out of the three-point line.
Turner ran towards the basketball and was about to pick it up, but a figure was more active than him, and Jordan Hamilton pushed him away and grabbed the ball, leaned over and ran to the frontcourt.
This made Turner cry and laugh, and he shouted as he chased after him:
"I'm your teammate, boy, I'm your teammate!"
James returned to the defense in time, Jordan Hamilton rushed into the three-point line and looked back at Turner who was yelling there, James thought he was going to pass the ball, and immediately changed the focus of the defense and let go of Jordan Hamilton to pounce on Turner, who knew that although Jordan Hamilton glanced at this teammate, he had no intention of passing the ball at all, and dunked in front of James.
To the annoyance of the little emperor, he miscalculated, so his attention was on Turner, and he could only watch Jordan Hamilton slam the dunk arrogantly in front of him.
The Pelicans' defensive counterattack ignited the enthusiasm of the fans at Oracle Arena, and the deafening cheers rang out from all directions, almost tearing down the ceiling of the court.
Li Feng and Jordan Hamilton high-fived in celebration, and James kept his face strained and asked for the ball from Shambaugh as soon as halftime to go it alone.
As soon as James got the ball, Al Jefferson went up to defend closely, he was strong, strength has always been his advantage, James can only use speed and explosiveness to hit him, but there is a faster Kelly waiting on the side.
Cavaliers coach Blatter was in a hurry off the court. yelling 'LeBron, LeBron', Van Gundy is extremely disdainful of him, and doesn't understand how this kind of person can become the head coach of the NBA, this guy will only play the main lineup, and he doesn't pay attention to some potential talents on the bench.
It's not that Van Gundy is biased against him, in Fan Shuai's eyes, there is a big man with full strength on the bench, Vallejo from the South American Pampas.
James wanted to show his toughness, but the little emperor chose the wrong opponent, and his current opponent is a group of pelicans. His determination was to find trouble for himself, and when he started, Al Jefferson and Kelly began to pester him by any means necessary, even harder than Thompson and Lefu wrapped Li Feng.
James was in a hurry, and only then did he remember to pass the ball, but as soon as he put away the ball, a figure pounced, Jordan Hamilton!
James hurriedly took the ball back again, and Jordan Hamilton appeared too abruptly just now, almost scaring the soul of the little emperor. However, he avoided Jordan Hamilton's steal. But he couldn't avoid Al Jefferson's big hand, James took the ball back, and Al Jefferson immediately snatched it out unceremoniously.
Al Jefferson dribbled forward on his own, and the Cavaliers defended quickly. The fast break can't be played, Li Feng followed up in the middle, and Al Jefferson passed the ball to Turner, who feigned a breakthrough and then distributed the ball to Li Feng in the middle. Li Feng charged all the way, and after receiving the ball, his speed did not decrease, and he killed the bottom of the basket fiercely.
Neither Love nor Thompson had time to organize their defenses. Shambaugh happened to be under the basket, watching Li Feng pounce on him with the ball, he wanted to grit his teeth and stop him, but then he remembered the hapless Corey, and after a quick trade-off between losing points and injury, he decisively gave up the position under the basket.
Without hindrance, Li Feng dunked successfully.
was chased by the Pelicans for 8 points in a row, James was anxious, and now their lead is gone, and they are also 4 points ahead by the opponent, but he is anxious, and someone is more anxious than him.
Shambaugh also wanted to complete his revenge on Li Feng, so after dribbling to the frontcourt, he first passed the ball to Thompson, and then the latter passed the ball back and received the ball again, he did not hesitate to shoot from outside the three-point line, ignoring the eyes of the boss James.
Jordan Hamilton was always so aggressive defensively, and although he couldn't block Shambaugh, his interference turned the latter's revenge ball into a tie, and then Li Feng jumped up and turned the tie into their rebound.
Since entering the league, James has always been full of confidence, and he is confident in himself and thinks he can handle any opponent. There are some games that the Cavaliers will lose, and even some important games they will lose, but this does not affect James's confidence, 82 regular season games, it is impossible to win all the time, right? The bulls commanded by Jordan the Great at the peak couldn't do it either.
James in the regular season is not always focused, sometimes he plays like going to work, just a 20-10 rebound or five assists at will, as long as the fans are happy.
Today is different, today he is determined to teach the Pelicans or Li Feng a lesson, he wants this young team that is now in the league to know that he, LeBron James, is the real ruler of the NBA, and he wants Li Feng to understand that if he wants to play famous, he has to come to the Cavaliers to help him.
Seriously, although the little emperor is humble and low-key, he still can't stand the current inside helper, Lefu is indeed tall, but his actions are too slow, his defensive ability is too poor, and sometimes his little emperor has to go to the top cylinder of the inside line as an outside line.
Tristan Thompson is not slow to move and is physically strong, but he is the kind of system player who can help him too little.
As a result, today he planned to play a good game to teach his opponent a lesson, but he was depressed to find that this wish may not be achieved, and the Pelicans imposed a cruel trap on him, especially in the second half, when Granger and Jordan Hamilton played at the same time, the little emperor couldn't stand it.
Granger and Jordan Hamilton have been following James firmly, especially the latter, as long as the little emperor gets the ball, he will not hesitate to entangle at a price, but his physique is still quite strong, at least the little emperor can't deal with him as lightly as he did with Cory.
Shambaught passed the ball to James, and Jordan Hamilton, who was staring at him all the way after the ball left his hand, also changed his target, and immediately pounced on James, eyeing him on the flank.
James was very annoyed when he held the ball, he glared at Jordan Hamilton, and secretly said in his heart, Lao Tzu didn't fuck your mother, why are you so positive in the face of Lao Tzu? However, this kind of thinking was quickly thrown out of the clouds by him. Because Granger was pressing him defensively.
The little emperor elbowed Granger and slowly retreated backwards, he slowly slapped the ball, his eyes swept to the inside line and suddenly started, two steps in a row to shake off Granger, and then Jordan Hamilton pounced and continued to maintain his defense.
Annoyed, James turned sideways and hit Jordan Hamilton with his strong body, and although he managed to knock his opponent away, Granger chased after him, and he fell into the tight encirclement of the two men. Helpless, James could only choose to pass the ball to Shambaugh.
Turner switched defenses in time, and Shambaugh had no other way but to pass the ball to the interior when facing an idol who was taller and stronger than himself.
Now that the Cavaliers' interior line is no longer Love and Thompson, Van Gundy's favored Vallejo has been given a chance to play.
With his back against Li Feng, Vallejo turned around incomparably, he felt that he had completed this action very coherently, and he should have thrown off the opponent behind him, so he jumped and threw a shot.
The biggest benefit of Lefou's old ball oil is better than that of a rookie. It's that they never underestimate their opponents, and they don't take chances to do stupid things when they know that their opponents are strong.
Li Feng responded to Vallejo's jumper with a big hat, and if the latter had used a hook he might have struggled a little, what was this plausible jumper? Looking for a hat?
Offensive and defensive transitions. Turner organized the Pelicans' offense in an orderly manner, except for Jordan Hamilton's vigorous run, and the frontcourt line was well organized under his command.
Li Feng mentioned covering Turner in the high position, and Vallejo was stunned for a moment when facing Turner who broke through in front of him. And with this gap, Turner has already made it all the way to the penalty area.
Thompson, who was originally ordered to contain Li Feng, could only turn around and chase after the former teammate, and he knew Turner's ferocity. If he was the defensive core of the Pistons Five Tigers that year, then the offensive core was definitely Turner.
Turner seemed to guess Thompson's choice, he burst into the penalty area without looking back and threw the ball backwards, Li Feng squeezed away Vallejo and grabbed the ball and cut down, at this time Thompson wanted to return to the defense when it was too late, facing the opponent's open arm Li Feng twisted his shoulders and waist to complete the turn, went around to the basket and shook a shot to trick Vallejo, who was finally catching up, and grabbed the ball with one hand and came to a simple dunk.
The Pelicans resolutely play the inside, which makes James very depressed, he has a good defense and is physically strong, but if he goes to the inside and Li Feng to resist, then he will be directly beaten into meat sauce by the latter.
The Cavaliers relied too much on James as the core, and when Jordan Hamilton and Granger blocked the core at any cost, they panicked, and Shambaugh wanted to solve this dead end, he knew that as long as the outside line was alive and fully bloomed, the opponent would not dare to wrap James so recklessly.
With this goal clear, Shambaugh acted as a brave man, he drilled around the crowd like a loach, and finally held the ball into the restricted area, and saw that he could score with a basket, but when he jumped up, he found that Li Feng suddenly appeared in front of him.
In order to avoid being blocked, Shambaugh could only effortlessly increase the arc of the shot, which meant that the basketball had no crosshairs, and Henson, who came off the bench, easily got the rebound with a happy face.
Turner held the ball and attacked quickly, Jordan Hamilton responded on the flank, James and Shambaught formed the first line of defense, but these two were feints, and Li Feng, who was charging up from behind, was the real point of attack, in the face of Li Feng who was menacing into the penalty area, the Cavaliers had no countermeasures, Thompson was left behind, Vallejo ran fast but his physique was too poor, could he dare to block Li Feng who was charging forward?
The Pelicans' fluid attacks made the fans in the New Orleans Center arena scream, and Li Feng's finishing dunks always hit their G-spot, making their adrenaline rush in an instant. Tide. (To be continued......)