Chapter 1510 Fighting Spurs
"This hateful guy, did he feel so much in the last game that he didn't use up his feel?"
Standing beside Li Feng, Leonard thought hatefully. Leonard was definitely not the one who thought this way, but also many Spurs fans. They were all looking forward to the record-setting Li Feng in the last game, which made a cold touch in this game, but judging from the first ball, they were obviously disappointed.
Hill jogged to the half, and immediately handed it to Aldridge. Just like the Pelicans, the Spurs also chose the first ball to be given to the leader of their team.
When Aldridge received the ball, several Spurs players immediately started running non-stop. Among them, Ginobili was undoubtedly the most active in running. In terms of physical fitness, Thornton is not much different than Ginobi, but in terms of experience, he is much different than Ginobi.
After a quick stop and counterattack, Ginobili threw away Thornton and rushed out of the three-point line. Aldridge's ball also came at this moment. When he received the ball, Ginobili did not hesitate at all and shot.
"Swish!"
Ginobili's three-pointer fell directly into the basket.
The Pelicans launched a new attack, and Ross handed it to Li Feng again after the half. Unlike the previous one, he took the initiative to pass the ball just now, but this time, he had to pass the ball under Parker's forced force.
Li Feng broke through the ball. This time, he was already double-teamed just after entering the three-point line. Ross appeared in the open position, and Li Feng immediately threw the ball over.
Ross received the pass, but he did not find a chance to take action. Hill's defense speed was much faster than he imagined. Under Hill's pressure, Ross had to dribble and organize the offense again.
The Spurs' defensive pressure was very strong. The ball came to Thornton's hands when the 24-second ended. Thornton barely missed the shot and the ball fell into Gasol's hands.
When he arrived at the offensive end, the ball appeared again in Aldridge's hands. This time, Ginobili did not choose to pull out of the three-point line, but chose to cut into the basket. After receiving the ball from Aldridge's hand, Ginobili went straight to the basket, attracting Millsap's backup defense, and passed the ball to Gasol. After receiving the ball, Gasol quickly made a jump shot from the middle distance, and also hit.
"Huh? Today's Spurs..."
Today's Spurs does look different from the previous games. The Spurs in the first game were very slow to heat up. In the next few games, although the Spurs did not heat up so slowly, their performance in the first quarter was just average. However, today, the Spurs showed strong attack power from the beginning of the game.
In the Spurs' offense, the ball was no longer controlled by Parker, but was handed over to Parker who was replaced. The dribble came outside the three-point line. Parker paused slightly and immediately started to rush to the basket. Ross' reaction was very timely, and he moved his footsteps to block Parker's breakthrough route.
Change of direction, the ability to change direction during the journey has always been Parker's special ability. Ross's consciousness can keep up, but he suffered a loss of poor physical fitness as good as the other party. When Ross turned sideways and wanted to hold Parker, Parker had already found a breakthrough space to rush to the basket.
The rush into the three-second zone, Parker jumped up, leaned on Al Jefferson and threw the ball out, regardless of whether Al Jefferson had rushed back to the basket.
"Ding!"
The referee's whistle sounded, and then there was a slight riot at the scene. Parker, who fell to the ground, jumped up from the floor excitedly. He scored more and more, 2+1.
"Ding!"
At this time, Van Gundy couldn't help but shouted a timeout. The first quarter was seven minutes, and the score came to 14-20. The Pelicans got 14 in the second half of the quarter. The offense was not too bad, but the Spurs scored 20 points after 7 minutes of the game. This has to be said that their condition is indeed very good.
The situation of advancing after victory stimulated the Pelicans players, but the elimination after failure obviously stimulated the Spurs players even more.
"The guys in Santon Anio are holding their breath. They are afraid of failure and elimination, so what we have to do in the next period is to withstand their attacks. In one quarter, as long as we control the score difference within 5 points in this quarter, the situation will be controlled by us after the second quarter!"
Van Gundy's firm words made the Pelicans players' faces feel confident again. Of course, they have never lacked confidence in their hearts.
Parker hit a free throw, and the score became 21-14, and the Pelicans fell behind to 7 points. After halftime, Li Feng immediately waved to the ball, and the Pelicans were still one successful offensive away from the 5-point gap proposed by the coach.
After receiving the ball, he held the ball with both hands and drooped. Li Feng's waist bent slightly, his eyes swept over Leonard in front of him and then fell into the inside line.
At the start, Li Feng suddenly rushed to the left. The powerful explosive power of the first step made Leonard not have time to move horizontally, and he quickly took a step back. Leonard hoped that such a buffer could allow him to find a chance to defend.
It was not easy for Li Feng to make the first step. Leonard wanted to stop him again. After rushing forward, he suddenly swayed with a fake move. Leonard was still identifying the direction of Li Feng's breakthrough. Li Feng had suddenly accelerated and continued to rush to the left.
He rushed into the free throw line and was about to fall into the Spurs' double-team, Li Feng, who rushed into the rush, suddenly jumped up.
Li Feng's jump shot posture is very standard, and his backward posture is extremely elegant. However, at this time, Li Feng's shooting posture is not as reliable as these two.
His body leaned forward slightly, and Li Feng paused in the air after reaching the highest point, while his hands were in the shooting posture.
Leonard, who was originally slightly behind Li Feng, had no idea, but after seeing Li Feng staying in the air for a long time without taking action, he couldn't help but jump up and pounce on him.
"Hey!"
Li Feng was waiting for Leonard. Just as the opponent rushed towards him, the ball quickly took action, and his hand rubbed towards the opponent.
“SHIT!”
Seeing Li Feng's hand, Leonard wanted to dodge it immediately, but how could he avoid Li Feng who was unintentional? He watched the other party's arm and his hand collided. Then Leonard heard two voices helplessly.
"Ding!" "Swish!"
"Ba!Ba!Ba!"
Applause rang out at the New Orleans Center in A, Li Feng scored and caused Leonard to foul, 2+1!
"Swish!"
With Li Feng's free throw, the score reached 21:17, and the difference between the two teams became 4 points.
The 4-point gap remained at the end of the first quarter. As the referee's whistle sounded, the score was frozen at 32-28, and the Pelicans were 4 points behind the Spurs.
Looking at the players on both sides walking down the court, Van Gundy smiled on his face. So far, everything was in his control.
"Guys, we've given them a quarter ahead of them for more than a quarter. Now is the time to make the cheers from the fans on the scene more intense!" Holding the tactical board, a gleam in Van Gundy's eyes flashed.
Five minutes later in the second quarter, the score reached 43-38. The Pelicans were five points behind. Van Gundy called a timeout and found that the Spurs' offense was not as sharp as the first quarter. Van Gundy decided to sound the horn of the counterattack.
"Yang, we need to play an offensive climax!" Speaking of offense, the Pelicans' first choice is definitely Li Feng.
Nodded, Li Feng swept his eyes over his teammates and said:
"Coach, I think the best way is to hit a quick counterattack."
Van Gundy nodded without comment. What Li Feng said was indeed his favorite offensive method. However, this scene did not think so in the eyes of the rest of the Pelicans players. Li Feng's eyes and what he said made these people understand what he wanted to express.
The Pelicans players understand Li Feng's words very well. Li Feng's meaning is that he hopes that the team will start from defense, control the Spurs' offense, and then wait for an opportunity to strike a defensive counterattack. In Li Feng's view, this is the most direct and effective way for the team to play offensive desire.
"Pelicans! Pelicans!"
Although the Pelicans have been at a disadvantage shortly after the game started, this did not stop the enthusiasm of the fans on the scene. The score difference between the two teams has been small, and the cheers on the scene have almost never stopped.
"Occurrence! Attack!"
Ross rushed from the backcourt to catch the ball, and bursts of shouts immediately sounded at the scene.
In the pick-and-roll, the ball was transported to the half. Rose did not hand the ball to Li Feng, but instead cooperated with Millsap.
Parker was very fast, but there was no room for him to play at this time. Millsap blocked him behind him. When he walked around from behind Millsap, Ross was already carrying the ball and rushing to the basket quickly.
Gasol took the initiative to change defense, followed Ross closely, and his body burst out with strength to squeeze him back and prevented Ross from getting up.
With forced acceleration, Ross still forcibly rushed forward after having physical contact with Gasol, and rushed out half a step from Gasol's side. Ross looked very reluctant, but it was enough for him. The right hand of the dribble was pushed out vigorously, and the ball in Ross hit the floor and then rebounded to the left.
“It’s coming just right!”
Li Feng, who used his speed to get rid of Leonard, secretly praised him in his heart, while the man rushed forward quickly after grabbing the basketball.
"coax!"
Cheers and awesomeness burst out at this moment, and Jim Barnett also shouted:
"Beautiful turn!"
With his left foot forward, Li Feng's body suddenly turned. Aldridge, who had originally forced a step forward to make up for defense, immediately found that the figure in front of him had disappeared, and he turned around and jumped up quickly, but how could he stop Li Feng's goal at this time?
After taking off and changing hands in the air, Li Feng gently picked up his left hand and the ball had already fallen towards the basket, with a score difference of 43-40 and 3 points.
"Defense!"
The fans at the scene did not shout, but Li Feng was already shouting on the court. After completing a beautiful empty cut layup, Li Feng did not have much celebration, but quickly retreated to the half.
Influenced by Li Feng, the other Pelicans players retreated very quickly. As soon as they reached halftime, Li Feng had already started to growl.
Parker dribbled outside the three-point line, Aldridge got into the position in the interior, and Ginobili was running constantly. The three Spurs' carriages were each in their positions, making a fake move to break through. Parker did not really break, but pushed the ball to the side and sent it to Ginobili.
Corey followed closely, almost as soon as Ginobili received the ball, he had already arrived in front of the opponent. However, at this time, he was deceived by Ginobili's fake shooting move. Seizing the opportunity, Ginobili immediately broke through to the inside.
Corey reacted very quickly, and turned sideways and quickly pressed against Ginobili. He leaned half on the opponent and moved towards the basket.
Ginobili's body seemed thin, but he was never afraid of physical confrontation. Corey's tight fit did not stop him from rushing forward. He rushed to outside the three-second zone, and Ginobili jumped up directly.
"Al, cover him, cover that guy to death!"
The fans around the court were very excited, and on the court, Al Jefferson, who rushed back to the basket, had already jumped up with Corey, sandwiching Ginobili in the air in the middle.
Ginobili, who was in the air, did not forcibly attack at this time, and looked to the left, but his hands holding the ball were already pushing towards the right. In Ginobili's impression, Aldridge should be in this position, and his counterpart Al Jefferson was still beside him.
"The Argentine's hidden pass, Li Feng rushed over..."
"Um?"
When he found someone approaching this side, Aldridge quickly grabbed the basketball one step forward, but just as the basketball was about to fall into his hand, a slender palm suddenly appeared in front of him, and the ball also fell into it.
"Li Feng stole it!" Jim Barnett's voice suddenly rose.
"Li Feng steals it, fast attack!"
"Li Feng, rush up!" "Beautiful job!"
Pelicans fans stood up from their seats excitedly. Each of them had almost watched Li Feng stealing performances less than ten times, and they knew that this meant that the Pelicans had another very good counterattack opportunity.
Li Feng, who held the ball in his hand, did not choose to throw the ball towards the frontcourt. At this time, he and Cory, the two most impactful players in the Pelicans, were still behind.
Although he was behind, when Li Feng rushed up, he immediately approached quickly towards the half. Kawhi Leonard kept moving backwards, staring at Li Feng who was rushing towards him tightly, and was constantly wondering how to stop Li Feng.
Li Feng's sudden start from outside the three-point line was already difficult to defend, not to mention that at this time, he was attacking with all his might from the backcourt.
Li Feng did not give Leonard too much time to think. After a few breaths, Li Feng had already appeared in front of him. Then, without any warning, Li Feng suddenly started and took action!
"Oh no, forget this guy's fast attack three-pointer!"
Leonard, who had stepped back, suddenly realized his major mistake and rushed towards Li Feng with a panic look on his face.
"Li Feng's three-pointer..."
Pelicans fans stared at the field in a flash. This was a scene they were extremely familiar with, but they were looking forward to a more familiar voice.
"Swish!"
Without disappointing them, Li Feng's three-pointer shot fell steadily into the basket.
"Li Feng made a shot! Three-pointer, Li Feng made a three-pointer in the fast break, tied! The Pelicans tied the score!"
Jim Barnett was shouting, and his body leaned forward, causing the fans in front of the screen to suddenly increase the volume.
Chapter completed!