Lillard's smile was so ironic in front of Rose's eyes. With this ironic smile, the entire Trail Blazers' movements became weird. Batum, the quietest of the Trail Blazers, suddenly started on one side, made two cross-covers with his teammates, and finally reached 45 degrees on the other side. At this time, the ball also came to Batum's hands.

It was still a three-pointer, and it was still an open three-pointer. This time Batum's shot was very determined and natural. There was no bare force at all. It seemed that this was just a training move. He was so calm.

The movements from the tips of the fingers to the toes are so smooth and stretched! If there is a close-up shot, maybe the New Orleans Arena will see a casual smile.

Batum's expression and the direction of the ball flying were so relaxed, but with the crisp "swish", the fans of the New Orleans Arena, the Pelicans players on the field, the head coaches and substitutes outside the field, all stood up quietly. This was a huge blow, as if they were nailed to everyone's hearts.

At this time, the third quarter was 3 minutes and 48 seconds. The Trail Blazers had completely completed the reversal. The score between the two sides had become 67-63. The Trail Blazers instead stood on the Pelicans and led the Pelicans by four points.

Although the Pelicans players are ready to welcome the Trail Blazers' storm attack, although the Pelicans players also know that they must bear it!

But when the strike came, they still couldn't bear it because the strike came too violently and too fast, completely beyond their expectations, and even the chance to resist was not given to the Pelicans.

The Trail Blazers stepped on the Pelicans and even deprived them of their dignity of resistance. From Batum's hit, the Pelicans' pupils were uncontrollable.

This panic was so easily seen by Stotts and the Trail Blazers, because the emergence of this emotion is often the beginning of their defeat. With this psychological crack, the Trail Blazers' omnipresent attack will defeat the opponent from all angles.

Millsap was at the bottom line. But at this time, because of the shock in his heart, Millsap's unstoppable passing quality became worse when passing the ball. The ball was too far away, and Ross was also affected by some psychological effects. He became a little lazy when receiving the ball and did not rush to catch the ball.

The ball was snatched from behind by Lillard, who rushed from behind. Before Lillard could catch the ball, Rose had a nervous cry. Now the New Orleans Arena was in panic. The Trail Blazers' counterattack was too dangerous. The Pelicans could not stand the blow at this time.

This call not only did not increase Ross' vigilance, but distracted his spirit! At this moment, the ball was snatched by Matthews who rushed up from behind.

"ah"

As the ball was taken away by Matthews, the exclamations from the New Orleans Arena were connected! However, Matthews did not end his move. After taking Rose's ball, Matthews immediately passed the ball to Batum behind him.

Or Batum!

After the ball reached Batum's hand, Li Feng, who was closest to Batum, had his eyes red. He rushed towards Batum like a mad dog. At this time, Batum became the most sensitive nerve of the Pelicans, and he could no longer be allowed to take action. The Trail Blazers' offensive was caused by him, and now he must be curbed.

Li Feng rushed forward, but what he saw was the dull performance on Batum's honest and honest face. Batum's hands pushed the ball into Aldridge's hand in the inside.

At this time, Aldridge was trapped between Millsap and Al Jefferson. Batum passed the ball to Aldridge at this time but threw a bomb to Aldridge. Millsap and Al Jefferson were preparing to attack Aldridge at the same time.

At this time, Aldridge, who had always played more traditionally, suddenly had a flash of inspiration. After receiving the ball, he made a pass backward. Millsap and Al Jefferson saw that Aldridge was about to pass the ball, so their defense was a little relaxed!

But Aldridge took advantage of this little bit of defense and raised his hand and gently pushed the ball towards the Pelicans' basket, and actually deceived Millsap and Al Jefferson to shoot the ball!

This expanded the Trail Blazers' lead again. Bill Walton looked at David Wesley's face and laughed:

"Hey! David Wesley, it's not that you said that the Pelicans are not inferior to the Trail Blazers! Isn't that what you said!"

"But look at how ugly they lose now! Aldridge and Lillard were teased in the applause. There was no room for resistance, and the scores of the two teams were pulled apart! Do you still insist that the Pelicans are not inferior to the Trail Blazers?"

Bill Walton's tone was full of irony, and Van Gundy finally couldn't bear it anymore on the court. He called a long timeout after Aldridge made the ball that played everyone.

At this time, the Pelicans player who walked back to the rest seat was not concerned about his vigor, but his face looked very ugly, like a coward's expression after watching a horror movie, with a gray complexion.

Ross frowned even more. This mistake was all caused by himself. Damn Trail Blazers, Damn Matthews, Ross's eyebrows and eyes were full of resentment. Van Gundy looked at Li Feng again at this time.

What he saw was not a depressed face or a discouraged expression, but an angry but unreasonable eyes full of fighting will.

Van Gundy knew that Li Feng would do this, and he knew that the most valuable thing about this guy was not those extraordinary physical fitness and calm performance on the court, but the firm heart that would never give up or stop fighting.

Seeing Li Feng like this, Van Gundy knew that the game was not over at all. He said loudly:

"Li Feng, it's time for you to perform. Don't save energy. If you lose, you will be more beautiful."

After saying that, all the players immediately called in front of them and said:

"Caron, you replace Al, I send you to the court. The most important thing is not to get points, but to curb their attack and consume their physical strength! This is what we need to do."

"Isn't the Trail Blazers' defense crazy? Don't they want to put pressure on the ball? Then we have to put more pressure on them now to see who has better defense."

Van Gundy said that there was some meaning of pride here. He might not be able to beat the Trail Blazers than the offense, but Van Gundy never lost anyone to defend.

After the timeout, as soon as the Pelicans players came on the court, Bill Walton looked down with concern and saw five small players of the Pelicans. He immediately smiled:

"Van Gundy is completely crazy! He is really crazy. He actually sent out five small men. What does he want to do? Does he want to play against the Trail Blazers? This is a way to die!"

Bill Walton pointed at the Pelicans and mocked him loudly. If David Wesley was not in the commentary seat today, if he was not in the public place, there would definitely be no good words in his mouth.

Even so, Wesley couldn't stand Wesley anymore. He made a contemptuous expression to Bill and said:

"Do you think it's ridiculous? You know that although the Trail Blazers are ahead now, they are no longer in their hands. I don't know how long the main players of the Trail Blazers can last after they continue to fight like this."

"Stoits's counterattack now is just hoping to make an attack all at once to drown the Pelicans, but this is unrealistic. After changing to a small man, Van Gundy will use his reliable defensive iron clamps to jamm the Blazers' neck tightly. At that time, the victory will belong to the Pelicans."

Before the Trail Blazers and the Pelicans began to fight, Wesley and Bill Walton started to play. The popularity of this game was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

The game started again, and the Pelicans' ball rights. Five Pelicans ran slowly towards the Trail Blazers' half. It was also interesting to see the shapes of the two teams at this time. Li Feng, Millsap, Butler Ross, and Arenas are all strong guys.

As for the Trail Blazers, Lillard Matthews, Batum, Dorrell Wright. These are all very thin and thin players, with different sizes and styles completely different. After the Pelicans' offense comes out, it looks like a set of powerful boxing techniques, layered, one move after another, powerful and continuous.

After the Trail Blazers' half, they played a tactical variant that combines traditional practice tactics with misaligned singles. Karon Butler and Li Feng ran and covered the low post one after another from one side. Li Feng first ran out of the low post through the low post of Millsap and Li Feng to receive the ball, and then dribbled backward and saw that Karon Butler and him ran on the same route. They also ran out from this side.

This method of running position is very simple, but there are many places that need to be controlled in details, such as the quality of the cover, the degree of running position, and the degree of passing the ball. These are all very meticulous work, but once you run out of this kind of cooperation, it looks very beautiful. It depends on the players who run out in a direction like the assembly line, and then scatter, and the ball is not messy. This feeling is not like playing a basketball game, but it seems like a team performance.

Seeing this cooperation, Van Gundy was very happy. This time, the quality of his own players was very high.

Li Feng immediately passed the ball and ran out of Caron Butler, and then immediately ran out of the three-point line to pull out the space. Millsap behind Caron Butler also ran to the high position of the weak side, emptying the space under the basket.

At this time, the two remaining people in the low post were Li Feng and Dorell Wright, and Caron Butler also focused all his attention on himself. Just as everyone was waiting to watch Caron Butler attack, they saw this guy throwing the ball casually to Li Feng, who was in the inside.

As soon as Li Feng received the basketball, Stotts and everyone suddenly realized that Li Feng's position was already very deep, and behind him, Dorrell Wright had been completely pressed behind.

Li Feng caught the basketball, then licked it upwards randomly and struggled to reverse, and simply got two points. The complex tactics cooperated in the end result was that it could make the players get points more easily.

67-65, the Pelicans recovered two points.

Dorrell Wright was at the baseline, but as soon as he pulled the ball out, he showed something wrong because there were two people around Lillard.

After Lillard received the ball, Ross and Li Feng forced him near the sideline. This was a real unexpected blow. This was his trick to deal with Ross!

Now the Pelicans have taken it out and used it on themselves. Due to lack of preparation, Lillard's position is not very good, and he can't break through with just a few strokes.

The same is a tight defense. The Trail Blazers use it to look fierce but not a defensive defense. Now the Pelicans feel completely different when they appear tight defense. The Trail Blazers just grab it and make people feel fierce. But the Pelicans' defense is like a mountain, pressing on your back, making you unable to turn over.

Lillard was besieged and had no choice but to throw the ball towards Lillard in despair. At this time, the Pelicans' defense characteristics appeared. Good defensive characteristics are controllability and forced to make you do the actions they want.

Lillard's pass seemed to be successful, but he stepped into the Pelicans' trap. What they were looking for was to make Lillard pass with a high throw. As soon as his ball came out, Caron Butler flew up from behind and flew a little in front of Lillard.

The ball that went out was pushed away by Li Feng who was eager to return. Dorell Wright snatched it into his hand, and then passed the ball to Ross. The Pelicans used his way and stole the Trail Blazers' ball and started attacking.

If Batum's goal just now is crucial to the confidence and morale of the Trail Blazers, then the Pelicans' counterattack this time is absolutely crucial. If this goal is successful, the two teams will immediately become a draw, and then it may be a tug-of-war! If it fails, it will still be behind.

Ross also understood the importance of this ball. After receiving the ball, he grabbed the ball steadily. Waiting for Millsap to enter the position, Ross's mentality was stable, but Lillard's mentality was a bit bad.

He rushed over and used a gambling defense against Ross. He saw guys who were used to losing in Rock Park and did this. At this time, Ross naturally knew how to deal with such a scene.

The best sedative for them was to humiliate them. Ross dodged his hand and twisted his body, immediately dodged Lillard's dangerous snatch, and then broke into the Trail Blazers' three-second zone in one step.

The small lineup executed by the Trail Blazers is weak in defense in the interior, and the only big man, Aldridge, is not a qualified penalty area protection. As soon as Ross breaks through, it depends on the Trail Blazers' defensive level breaking down! Dorrell Wright and Aldridge, who are assisting in defense, rushed in this direction.

This move may be effective against many passionate players, but Rose is just a slippery head, a groundhog on the streets of New York. As soon as he saw a group of people rushing up, he threw the ball to Millsap behind Aldridge.

After Millsap received the ball, he gently rubbed the rebound and the ball entered! The score between the two sides was equalized.

Stotts finally couldn't bear it anymore. He was already shouting, but the New Orleans Arena couldn't hear his roar. In the hearts of Conse's fans, a Pelican became indestructible.

Millsap's last goal was not even a dunk, but an embroidered board without emotions! That embroidered board was so difficult, without any emotional factors, but such an embroidered board was even more powerful than a dunk in terms of connotation.

Interpret the meaning of a smile:

"You are very likely to interpret such sentences! Hehe! We succeeded again."

In the face of the stormy attack of the Trail Blazers, the Pelicans suddenly turned into iron, steel, and unmovable positions! But at this time, the Trail Blazers' crazy adrenaline still did not subside.

Lillard received the ball again, and he was facing a double-handed attack. This was the last time he nailed it to the shame and put it on the ground. However, Lillard was ready at this time. The moment he received the ball, he immediately turned around and took a big step and went out.

Lillard's first step was still such a huge amplitude and light style! He only took one step to drill out of the crack that Ross and Li Feng had not had time to close, smashing the Pelicans' defense to pieces.

Lillard, who came out of this step, not only liberated himself, but also liberated the entire team. You should know that the moment Lillard took this step, the Trail Blazers formed 5-for-3 against the Pelicans.

Lillard did not miss this opportunity and passed the ball quickly to Batum in the frontcourt. When the Pelicans barely wanted to defend Batum, he passed the ball to Aldridge who pulled it out. This was a good opportunity to counterattack. Aldridge easily made a mid-range shot near the baseline.

Again, the score was reversed, 69-67. The Trail Blazers were not scared by the Pelicans' defense. They dyed their sharp swords red with blood.

The Pelicans, who had experienced various blows, began to get nervous and didn't care about the strikes of the Trail Blazers at all. After getting the ball, they turned around and attacked the Trail Blazers.

After halftime, the Pelicans once again demonstrated their tactical qualities. After using the training tactics to form a misalignment, this time the Pelicans used a Princeton variant of the play. After Millsap and Li Feng arrived at halftime, they did not fall into the low position, but instead stood at two corners in the bull horn area at the high position.

The overall defense of the Trail Blazers was raised! After raising the Trail Blazers' defense, the Pelicans once again reproduced the classic cross cover along the screen, and Li Feng sent it to the low post.

Li Feng, who entered the low post, was entangled with Batum again. In the past few competitions between the two, Li Feng had not completed his mission, but this time Li Feng's luck came.

After turning continuously, Batum was unexpectedly shaken by Li Feng and lost his center of gravity when he was fighting against Li Feng, and was easily beaten to a small low post by Li Feng. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!