Chapter 680: Scolding them for being a Japanese and Korean team
Today's game between the Pelicans and the Grizzlies fell into a strange circle, originally the team coached by Van Gundy was mainly defensive, but today it became an offense with the Grizzlies, because the Grizzlies are constantly attacking, and basically do not defend.
This style of play is playing, and the Pelicans players are also learning badly.
Gradually, the Pelicans' defensive intensity has also begun to decline, the court is contagious to each other, your defense is tough and our defense is also tough, and we will learn if you play dirty, and now the Grizzlies don't defend, and gradually the Pelicans will slack off and start not to defend.
However, the Grizzlies are not a team that values defense in the first place after the change of coach, and they don't feel like it doesn't matter if they don't defend.
But if the Pelicans don't defend, then the whole team will lose the backbone and the Pelicans' unique style.
As a result, in the second quarter, the Pelicans not only did not control the rhythm of the game as Van Gundy expected, but played with the rhythm of the Grizzlies, and the two sides played against each other.
Playing against the offense, the fans are very happy to watch, you come and go, but the Pelicans can't catch up with the difference at all when they play like this.
For most of the game, both teams scored high scores, with the Grizzlies scoring 61 points and the Pelicans scoring 52 points.
The score is high, but Van Gundy's face is getting darker and darker! The situation on the court now is not at all the usual rhythm of the Pelicans.
At this time, it was Shaq O'Neill who also said:
"Today's game was very interesting! The Grizzlies actually led the Pelicans by almost half time. The Pelicans, as a defensive team, went on offense. If both teams score over 120 points today, then the Pelicans lose in the end. That would be a lot of fun, wouldn't it? β
Fat made several assumptions here, and Rahim laughed silently on the side.
In fact, it is not a strong team, and it has no absolute relationship with how many points you can score per game. How many points you can score and how many points you can control your opponent can score is a relative thing, and if the two are not coordinated, then you may not win with a high score.
Now Van Gundy realizes that what he needs is to control the Grizzlies' scores, not how many points he can score.
He called a timeout to adjust his defense. But it was too late. The Pelicans have been broken, and with the halftime coming soon, he can't adjust.
As a result, by halftime, the scores of the two teams stayed at 68-61, and the Pelicans still trailed by 7 points.
ended the first half with such a high score, the Grizzlies were cheering, and Marc Gasol showed off to Li Feng at halftime:
"Feng, come and see! You are not satisfied with such a game. β
Li Feng laughed and said:
"Of course I'm satisfied, and I'll make you happy in the second half."
Li Feng exchanged pleasantries with his former teammates here, and then walked into the players' tunnel.
Marc Gasol, who was the brightest of the first half today, was interviewed on the sidelines. After walking into the locker room.
Li Feng immediately noticed that Van Gundy had been waiting in the locker room for a long time, and Van Gundy was standing there with a bad face, so all the Pelicans players who walked in behind felt as if they had walked into an ice cellar.
When all the Pelicans entered the locker room, Van Gundy suddenly roared:
"Guys! What the hell are you doing today? β
"Today's match is the ugliest game I've ever seen you play! Yes, it's ugly, and it's ugly to score more points in a game without defense. Your game is so ugly I can't believe it. β
"You're not playing at all, you're playing! What a fucking hell! β
"You're a fucking shame, don't say you're Pelicans players, just say you're South Korean or Japanese!"
Van Gundy actually started cursing in the locker room. Van Gundy isn't Popovich's hair dryer, Phil Jackson's shut-mouth, or Riley's long-sleeved flurry.
But the bald man's power is simply a bolt from the blue, and he dared to be a mop with his figure. Prove that Van Gundy is a tough guy.
He's actually a Pelicans player, a South Korean team or a Japanese team!
This is simply an insult to Hongguoguo!
Who doesn't know that the basketball of the Korean Empire and the Japanese Empire dominates the universe!
Of course, swearing is just to vent and get the players' attention, and Van Gundy is still very strategic.
Van Gundy was scolding. And only then began to speak:
'We didn't defend well for the whole first half today. We are a defensive team and defense is our nature. Only by defending well can we win the game, and we can win what we want. β
'The offense is subordinate, but we put the cart before the horse in today's game, which is completely wrong. It was completely out of the direction of our game, and in the second half I asked of everyone to do a little bit, to defend well and to put it first. Putting pressure on the defensive end, more ferocious, more ferocious, and more ferocious. β
Van Gundy directly raised the defense to the first place at halftime, asking everyone to be more ferocious and aggressive on the defensive end.
There's nothing wrong with that direction, and with that said, Van Gundy laid out a tight defensive style specifically for the Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies are now a projection-oriented team, and joint defense and zone defense don't make sense for the Grizzlies.
You just have to show a point and the Grizzlies will shoot, and they hit a good percentage today.
In this case, Van Gundy's tight defense did curb the Grizzlies' play from the source.
Even if the press will lead to a mistake, as long as they can disrupt a few Grizzlies offense and disrupt the opponent's rhythm, the Pelicans can turn the tide.
There was a lot of turmoil in the Pelicans' locker room, but there was a lot of joy in the Grizzlies' locker room.
Grizzly bears haven't played so happily for a long time.,Some time ago, the grizzly bears were a game of loose sand.,Playing is also a thoughtful.,Brush the number of jΓΉ brushes jΓΉ.,Unintentional games of unintentional games.,Anyway, there are all kinds of situations.γ
No one wants to have a good game! Today, because of Li Feng's stimulation, the grizzly bears played very happily all of a sudden, so the grizzly bears were very excited one by one.
And the team is still ahead, which also makes Prince think about how to satirize Li Feng for a while.
Looking at the laughter in the locker room, only Dave Jogel had a wry smile on the corner of his mouth.
Dave Jogle is the head coach and he sees it clearly. Don't look at the way the Grizzlies are very good right now and scoring everywhere.
In fact, if you want to contain the Grizzlies, you only need to add a little more strength to the defense, and the Grizzlies' seemingly flowery offense will be finished immediately.
Dave Jogel knew in his heart, but he didn't say that defeat might come back soon, but he also wanted his disciples to enjoy the joy of victory first.
Now the Grizzlies are on the verge of collapse, because the team owner is bankrupt and ready to make a move, but the team is not in good shape, no one buys the team, and the players' minds are not after the game. No one can stop this situation? I will be kicked out of the management immediately, and many good players in the dressing room will also be kicked away.
The Grizzlies would be in a mess then, and Dave Jogel sighed again, the Grizzlies could have avoided this.
If the Grizzlies didn't trade Li Feng at the beginning, with Li Feng as the core, not to mention that they could win three consecutive championships like the Knicks, at least the team's market would be very good, and it wouldn't be unsellable.
Dave Jogel believes he can go far with the Grizzlies. Grizzly bears can also walk into a glorious era. It's a pity that it's too late now!
Tonight's game won't decide anything.
At half-time, both teams returned to the pitch.
The commentators Rahim and Shaq O'Neill also returned to the sidelines early, and many fans were also satisfied with food and drink. Back on the sidelines to watch the second half of the show.
Grizzlies fans were satisfied in the first half, not only did the two teams contribute to a scoring battle, but the Grizzlies didn't have a lead for a long time.
Now it's halftime back, it's the Grizzlies' baseline shot. But the Grizzlies' ball just came out, and the Pelicans players immediately swarmed up and forced Prince with the ball into the corner.
The Pelicans came back and started with a tight defense, a defense that surprised Shaq O'Neal. He sat there and shouted in a strange tone:
"The Pelicans' defense changed completely, and he came back with a tight defense."
After Shaq O'Neill called out for himself, he also reacted and turned around before saying:
"It is said that this adjustment is normal for the Pelicans, after all, they are a defensive team, and the offense in the half court is already the limit. It's a little late to adjust! β
"Yes! It stands to reason that the Pelicans played badly in the first half, and now they are right. β
Raheem said eloquently at this time:
"The Pelicans' main characteristics are that they are tough defensively and have a strong offensive offensive ability, which the Pelicans haven't played until now."
Prince was suddenly caught in the middle and couldn't react for a while, so he could only throw the basketball at Mike Conley in the midcourt.
Mike Conley took a step to dribble with the ball, Li Feng immediately stepped forward and pressed Mike Conley with his body to hold Mike Conley down, and then stretched out his hand to break Mike Conley's basketball.
Li Feng broke the ball, and then immediately passed back to Arenas, who had just forced Prince, Arenas took the ball and dribbled to resist Prince, and it was directly a one-handed dunk, smashing the basketball into the Grizzlies' basket at once.
The Pelicans came back in the third quarter and played completely different from the previous two quarters, the first two quarters of the Pelicans were only in place because of their contempt and laxity, and they were not very aggressive.
But now that the third quarter is back, the Pelicans' defense is naked aggressive in terms of strategy and attitude.
The change sent a relieved smile to Van Gundy's face, but Dave Jogel began to shake his head silently on the sidelines.
Dave Jogel knew in his heart that the Grizzlies' good days today were finally coming to an end.
Sure enough, the Grizzlies' second baseline ball came out, and the Pelicans were still pressing defense, and Arenas and Marc Gasol pressed up towards Mike Conley together.
It was very difficult for Mike Conley to deal with any of them, not to mention that now that two people were pressed at once, Mike Conley was furious.
He hurriedly passed the ball to Tony Allen's hands, Li Feng went to chase Tony Allen, I have to say that Tony Allen's body is much stronger than Prince and Mike Conley, Li Feng sticks it up, and he can still protect the basketball.
Tony Allen protected the basketball, and Li Feng kept using his body to put pressure on Tony Allen, squeezing him, and constantly harassing Tony Allen's ball control with his hands.
Li Feng came up and suppressed Tony Allen and harassed him, making it difficult for him to pass the ball. Don't do anything else. He waited until Prince came up from behind before passing the basketball to Prince.
As soon as Prince took the ball slightly, Arenas immediately caught up and still applied a tough physical defense to Prince.
In this way, Prince had no offensive chance, and he only passed the ball to Zach Randolph, who ran inside.
The Pelicans are so desperate to defend, first there are card owners Mike Conley and Prince, and then Li Feng has card owners Tony Allen for half a day, Prince is still hesitant to get the ball, and now the ball is basically out of time when it arrives here at Zach Randolph.
There are only 4 seconds left. The blue fat man is not fast, you now give him 4 seconds to attack.
Suddenly Zach Randolph was a little panicked, and Paul Millsap came up to defend desperately, so Zach Randolph couldn't find anyone and couldn't make a move, and in the end he could only throw a hook throw.
Zach Randolph made a random shot, Paul Millsap immediately turned back and grabbed the rebound, and Millsap was transformed by Van Gundy in the Pelicans this year, and he didn't just develop a solid three-point shot on the offensive end. On the defensive end, the offense is more obvious, the scramble is fierce, the rebounding ability is strong, and he is good at all kinds of performances as long as someone fouls him. He has a strong ability to cheat fouls.
Now Millsap grabbed the rebound, and when he turned around, he didn't forget to give Zach Randolph a kick, and when Zach Randolph didn't understand what was going on, he quickly transmitted the basketball to Li Feng's hands.
Li Feng is holding the ball. But he didn't pull the rhythm very fast, but slowly dribbled up. Now back, the Pelicans are going to play defense. It won't give the Grizzlies a chance to play the whole court at a faster pace and shoot with a small ball.
Li Feng suppressed the rhythm, the Pelicans stopped to the Grizzlies' half of the court steadily, and then Li Feng took the ball to the right 45 degrees, called Millsap's cover, took advantage of this cover Li Feng broke through to the bottom line, and then suddenly turned back and passed to Mark Gasol on the three-point line, Mark Gasol had a three-point opportunity, but this guy didn't dare to shoot casually, stepped forward and broke through, compressing the Grizzly Bear's space, and then suddenly passed the ball to Li Feng.
Li Feng took the ball on the baseline and shook the oncoming Zach Randolph for a moment, and then leaned on the opponent and threw a high wipe board towards the rebound, and the basketball fell into the Grizzlies basket cleanly.
At the beginning of the second half, as soon as the Pelicans began to implement tight defense, the Grizzlies immediately withered. So far, the Pelicans have chased 4 points in a row.
The Grizzlies finally came out of the euphoria of the first half at this time, and now they can see what the real Pelicans look like.
The third backcourt kickoff, the Grizzlies were prepared, and they had a strategy in action, and as soon as they kicked off, the Grizzlies made a strong long pass directly to the bottom line.
Passed the basketball to the hands of Zach Randolph, who was big in the front court, and Randolph took the ball and was unguarded, and as soon as he saw that there was no one under the basket, he dribbled and wanted to dunk.
Zach Randolph thought very well, but he didn't notice that Li Feng ran back from the midfield as if it was the wind.
Li Feng ran as fast as the wind, as silent as the wind, and when Zach Randolph jumped out of his hand, Li Feng just rushed over from behind and slapped Zach Randolph's dunk.
Li Feng flew Zach Randolph's dunk this time, and the FedEx Arena was initially startled, and then the audience actually erupted in cheers.
This made Li Feng quite enjoyable, but Zach Randolph felt very uncomfortable, you were blocked at home and the fans cheered, you were not comfortable.
Then Dave Jogle called a timeout to adjust the offense. But now once the Pelicans start to defend seriously, it is useless for Dave Jogel to think about how to adjust.
Because there is no point in the Grizzlies roster that can be attacked, and no one in the Grizzlies can break through the Pelicans' concrete defense on their own. And the Grizzlies have been uneven lately, their training level is not up, and their overall offense is not high.
In the first half, the Grizzlies relied on the team's convulsions, and now the Pelicans put all their energy on the defensive end and suddenly choked the Grizzlies' throat.
The Grizzlies can't resist, you want no people, you want tactics without tactics, there is no way to break through the Pelicans' defense.
The Pelicans' defense is a full-court press, half-court expansion, and a defensive approach to the inside around the front, setting obstacles for you everywhere.
The Grizzlies simply don't have a way to score, Li Feng, Ronnie Brewer, Millsap, these are all defensive titats, and this quite a lot of defensive giants have gathered together and put all their energy on defense.
The Grizzlies were over, the Grizzlies scored more than 60 points in the first two quarters, but in the third quarter, the Grizzlies scored only 13 points under the Pelicans' full defense, and in the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies were completely devoid of the Pelicans' defense, and although the Pelicans' defense was lax in the last quarter, they only scored 15 points.
As a result, the Grizzlies' full-court score was still suppressed by the Pelicans to less than 100 points, and the Pelicans suppressed the Grizzlies, and after suppressing the Grizzlies, the offense had no impact, scoring 116 points in the game, easily defeating the Grizzlies.
At the end of the game, the Grizzlies fans left in a huff, thinking they could win a victory! In the end, it was a failure.
However, there were many reporters who surrounded Li Feng immediately after the game, and today's game, as well as Li Feng's return to the place where he was selected to play, have become a source of news for the media.
When a reporter asked if Li Feng had not left at the beginning, would the Grizzlies have won three consecutive championships, Li Feng replied without hesitation:
"It doesn't make sense to assume, but I can win anywhere, there is no need to doubt this, and I will continue to prove it!"
"I'm very sad that the Grizzlies have become what they are now, in fact, their current configuration is still not bad, but they lack a core, and I hope that after a new boss takes over the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies can be better than in previous years!" (To be continued......)