Chapter 785 Provocation from Westbrook
At this time, Oladipo had already run to a distance of only one step from the three-point line. After receiving the basketball, Oladipo jumped up and shot directly, making a three-pointer, and did not intend to give the Bobcats any chance.
As soon as Oladipo made a move, the whole audience held his breath. If this ball is entered, the Bobcats will be completely finished!
The whole audience was watching the basketball, and suddenly hit the ring, and then jumped up immediately. The ball jumped very high and the basketball didn't hit. The Bobcats felt like they were relieved from the players to the fans.
But at this moment, the competition for rebounds under the basket became fierce, and the only two people who were Li Feng, McKiki, were about to run over.
This is a contest between two people, absolute power, and absolute bounce. The tense time passes by little, and even a second is cherished so much at this time.
Li Feng and McGee were in a fierce confrontation at the basket. They pushed each other and used their greatest strength to squeeze the opponent out of the basket. The two completely twisted together.
Li Feng's hand was stuck in McKeeki's belly. McKeeki stuck his elbow on Li Feng's shoulder and his feet were entangled. The shot just now determined the winner, but now the one who decided the winner became this rebound.
The basketball finally fell down, and Li Feng tried his best to suppress the opponent with his body and try his best to give full play to his advantages.
When the basketball fell, Li Feng's move finally came into effect. McGeeki at the basket could not fly up like he usually did, and his whole body was suppressed by Li Feng.
Neither of them jumped, and neither of them could jump up. Li Feng had a greater advantage than pure ground ability at the basket. Li Feng's hand was obviously one wrist higher than McKeeki.
He immediately pointed the basketball to his side, and then Li Feng seemed to have gotten rid of the ball of thread, and immediately threw away McKiki and caught up with the basketball.
"Li Feng got the rebound at the basket. Li Feng got the rebound!"
Albert's roar made the eardrums around him almost fell, but no one was willing to glar at him at this time.
There are three seconds left, only three seconds left, and Li Feng must take action. McGee has already caught up, and Cordillerze behind him has also arrived at the basket. At this time, Li Feng has no space and no time.
McKiki was behind him, but Li Feng turned around at this time. He turned around beyond McKiki's expectations and twisted McKiki directly behind him with his butt.
He rushed over and then jumped, but Cordillerze was right in front of him, and McKee also forgot when it was now, and actually pulled Li Feng.
Li Feng lost his balance in the air, but the damn home whistle still didn't sound, so Li Feng could only turn around in the air. He just turned his butt to McKiki and face to Cordillerze.
But now Li Feng faced McKeeki with his face and his butt to Cordillerze, on one side of the basketball. Li Feng turned his back to the basket and pushed the basketball in his hand towards the rear.
The basketball was out of Li Feng's hand, and the red light on the rebound was on, and Li Feng could not see anything. He just saw McKee's glaring face, and the fans who had grown mouths on the court he was facing.
Li Feng's move was not a bit of bullshit beauty. But the basketball entered the Bobcats' basket, when the red light was about to fade, when Cordillerze landed, and when Albert was stunned.
Li Feng used a strange way to kill the Bobcat. The Bobcat's blood was burning and became cold. In the fourth quarter, the Jedi counterattack was exchanged for the last-minute kill.
At this time, no matter who you are, you will feel cold in your heart, but at this moment, Li Feng breathed a long sigh. From the second half of the fourth quarter, Li Feng was almost suffocated. The Bobcats' pursuit made Li Feng feel that he could not breathe. Now he has finally overcome all the victory, both mentally and physically relaxed.
When Li Feng saw the scoreboard, he simply lay on the floor. Then the Pelicans fans proved to Li Feng that this was a very unwise choice, because his bastard teammates pressed towards Li Feng next.
The Pelicans were cheering, and Oladipo jumped up and shouted:
"The Pelicans will win!"
This is a slogan, and then all the Pelicans players shouted. No matter what, the Pelicans won and maintained the advantage of being the first in the league!
The Pelicans are having a crazy carnival, at the Bobcats' home court, with the current situation, if the Pelicans can continue to win consecutive victories, it will not be difficult for them to stabilize the league's first place!
Sure enough, in the next game, the Pelicans had a very difficult schedule and still lost only 3 games. The Bulls lacked stamina and lost 6 games. Not only did they lose the competitiveness of being the first in the league, but they were also taken away by the Nets as the No. 1 in the Eastern Conference, and the Spurs also lost 4 games. With 10 games left in the regular season, the Pelicans almost secured the No. 1 position in the regular season.
At this time, they faced a challenge from the Thunder.
The Thunder are currently third in the West, and this game is also very critical. If the Pelicans lose, they will give the chance to be caught up by the Spurs, which is not conducive to locking in the regular season first in advance for the playoffs!
Recently, Russell Westbrook of the Thunder has been very awesome, with 40+ games in three consecutive games, even overshadowing Kevin Durant's limelight.
The Pelicans flew to Oklahoma and rested for one night in Oklahoma. The game began the next day. At the Chesapeake Energy Center in Oklahoma, the Pelicans players finally entered the Thunder's arena.
Because of Li Feng's recent low-keyness, Westbrook's big mouth said:
"I will score 40 points in today's game. No matter what, I will score more than Li Feng!"
As soon as Westbrook's big mouth opened, countless media that could not find anything to do began to mouth Li Feng, asking Li Feng to tell him about his views on Westbrook. The goal of these media was very obvious, which was to provoke the battle between Li Feng and Westbrook.
But Li Feng didn't like such things, so he didn't bother to pay attention to the media and reporters. When the reporter asked Li Feng, Li Feng didn't care about those things at all. He said to the reporters:
"I don't care how many points the team gets, as long as it can win! We just want to win, and how many points I get myself, I don't care at all."
Li Feng and the media played Tai Chi and didn't want to answer this question from the proof.
So Westbrook, who was on the other side, kept talking, no matter what Buck said; "I will still get 40 points from the game. Look at this is Westbrook's style."
Li Feng listened to Van Gundy's increasingly simple game introduction in the locker room, then walked out of the locker room, dealing with the media, and then quickly walked towards the players' passage. This is the familiar way Li Feng is and everything Li Feng is familiar with.
Chesapeake Energy Center is cheering loudly. You should know that Westbrook also has a lot of appeal, and people all over the world are waiting for his performance!
In a short while, the Pelicans players were all here and they were waiting for the time to play.
But the Chesapeake Energy Center is constantly introducing their players. After Westbrook appeared, the entire stadium was cheering, and they shouted Westbrook's name. This guy has now become a label for the city.
After Westbrook's performance, the Pelicans players began to walk onto the court. The Chesapeake Energy Center tried to boo the Pelicans, but they didn't hate the Pelicans enough to make their booing too formal.
Walking onto the stadium, all the main players of the Pelicans played, point guard Ross, shooting guard Arenas, small forward Li Feng, power forward Millsap, center Al Jefferson. This is the main lineup that has been rampant in the league this season. The exquisiteness of this lineup is that they have great flexibility.
The main players in the Thunder are point guard Westbrook, scoring guard Serflosa, small forward Durant, power forward Perry Jones, and center Ibaka. This is the lineup that the Thunder can compete with the Warriors this year. Perry Jones has already played in college, and can not only play singles in the inside and shoot at high positions, but also shoot at a "Jamison"
All players on both sides played. Al Jefferson competed with Ibaka in the middle circle. Al Jefferson lost to Ibaka, and the basketball fell into Westbrook's hands. Westbrook dribbled quickly and ran towards the Pelicans' half.
Westbrook dribbled over, and Li Feng stood in front of Westbrook with a smile. Van Gundy did not ask Li Feng to defend Durant at all, but to defend Westbrook.
Li Feng came up and pressed him on Westbrook without hesitation. Westbrook looked at Li Feng and said:
"Boy, do you sincerely want me to get 40 points? I have already told the reporter about this, and I must do it."
"You'd better stand far and don't get in the way of my performance!"
Westbrook yelled at Li Feng, but Li Feng was closely attached to Westbrook:
"If you can get as many points as you want, how shameless I am, you should get two points less!"
Li Feng and Westbrook were fighting each other, and then pressed against Westbrook tightly. Westbrook had no choice at this time and quickly passed the basketball to Durant on the side of the court.
Durant faced Ross, he made a very concise offensive posture, made a three-threatening posture to strode, and then suddenly jumped out, right in front of Ross, the simpler the method, the harder it was to be defended.
Durant's move easily landed in the Thunder's basket. After scoring the goal, Durant raised his hands and cheered. The entire court also cheered for their own heroes.
Durant came up and exploded Ross, which made Van Gundy very unhappy, but there was no way. The height difference was the same. Van Gundy dared to bet that even if Ross was the same height as Durant, he might not be able to defend the other party.
Li Feng received the ball at the bottom line and then dribbled towards the Thunder quickly. The Thunder's defense was not tight at all, and their playing style was simply too free. This freedom could easily allow young players to grow up and play, but it could not really cultivate a strong team.
The Thunder have never been a strong team, they are just a team that attracts attention. When Li Feng saw this kind of defense, he immediately pointed his finger in front of him, and then Millsap quickly came up and provided a cover for Li Feng.
Li Feng used a cover from Millsap to rush into the Thunder's inside line. The Thunder's defense did not have so many rounds of conversion positions, nor did he have such high-intensity transfers.
Li Feng hit Perry Jones with a breakthrough. Perry Jones appeared as a relatively soft power forward. His characteristics were shooting but no longer defending.
Li Feng rushed towards Perry Jones' body frantically, and Perry Jones could only retreat one after another. At this time, Li Feng pushed the basketball hard toward his crotch while Perry Jones was retreating.
A beautiful crotch passed without watching the pass. Millsap, who had just covered the ball, followed up from behind, received the basketball and rushed up directly to the basket, picked up the basket with one hand, Millsap got two points after coming up.
The Pelicans' offense is very smooth, so it's up to the Thunder's poor defense to give the Pelicans such a lot of room for performance.
The Pelicans played smoothly from the way up, and Van Gundy was relieved to sit on the sidelines. In fact, what he was most worried about today is that even if Li Feng was excited, he was really divided with Westbrook.
Although Li Feng may not lose, if he plays like this for a long time, the team will lose its integrity.
Millsap made a layup, and then the Thunder immediately counterattacked. Li Feng came over and still managed to control Westbrook's way. He could only pass the ball to Durant. Durant had just tried it on Ross, and he saw that Ross had no good idea for his physical style of playing, and he was in good condition. His shot was not very stable, but today he made the first shot.
After Durant felt that his touch was very good, he had a strong desire to take action. He got the basketball at 45 degrees, but Durant did not use any fake moves. After receiving the basketball, he dribbled the ball and rushed towards the Pelicans' basket.
Ross tried hard to defend, and he clearly blocked Durant's offense. Ross used his body to succeed halfway, and he made Durant's layup deviate from the direction. But he did not expect that Durant's touch today was so good.
Durant, who was squeezed to the point of the direction, suddenly stopped and jumped up. In the air, Durant curled up and shot the basketball in his hand towards the basket. This was originally a stop-to-point shooting.
And when Durant made a move, he also missed the ball, but the ball still hit the rebound and then bounced into the Pelicans' basket. This was a balloon of luck, but luck made the Pelicans have nothing to say.
Oklahoma commented on the game that was Gary Payton. After seeing the ball, Payton laughed:
"Durant's condition looks very good today. If Durant is opened, the effect will not be worse than Westbrook."
"Yes, if it's a round talent, the Thunder players are not worse than the Pelicans. We have Westbrook, Durant, Perry Jones and Ibaka in the interior. Such a lineup can achieve better results."
Another one sat in the Thunder's commentator seat was Sean Camp.
What Kamp said is right. The Thunder now has so many talented players, and the inside is relatively stable, so they should be able to get better results, but their performance is not very satisfactory.
Payton smiled: "Everyone's destiny is destined by their character. Perhaps for Westbrook, playing freely is much more interesting than fighting for that trophy. This is his basketball, this is free basketball. I think some people are destined not to compete for the championship. Their role is just to create legends."
"Are you talking about you?"
Sean Kemp said with a smile.
Then Payton said:
"You're not bad either."
Speaking of this, Sean Kamp calmed down. Every NBA player has his own career. Everyone has his own story. The number of players there used to be and now has as many touching stories as the NBA players. This is not nonsense.
The Pelicans ran over quickly. At this time, they did not play hard, but quickly turned the basketball around. Finally, Li Feng discovered that Al Jefferson had a good position under the basket.
He quickly knocked the basketball from the bottom line to Al Jefferson's hand. Al Jefferson got the basketball under the basket. As soon as he got the basketball under the basket, he pretended to dribble hard at the basket. At this time, Ibaka and Perry Jones attacked Li Feng together.
Al Jefferson took this opportunity to pass the basketball directly from Ibaka and Perry Jones with one hand, and directly sent it to Arenas, who was standing at the top of the arc. Arenas received the basketball and easily made a 2-point jump shot, and the basketball shot was hit like this.
The Pelicans' offense this time was simply beautiful, so beautiful that it makes people feel dazzling.
After the opening, the Pelicans' offense not only did not show Li Feng's score alone, but instead made an extremely smooth team attack.
When Van Gundy told his players about his tactical intentions, he no longer made very rigid settings, but left a certain amount of space for his players and relied on their mutual understanding to play, so a smoother offense appeared, which was smoother than he designed.
The Pelicans' offense has been successful, but don't forget that there is another player who feels very good after the opening game, and this person is Durant.
Chapter completed!