Chapter 858 The showdown of top power forwards(1/2)
The Pelicans players walked into the locker room with their heads down, and they fell into a dullness again. Li Feng felt that he should say something at this time. Now his teammates don’t feel that they are very poor. In fact, it’s only 12 points. The Pelicans definitely have a chance. Li Feng believes that his teammates are much stronger than his enemies.
So Li Feng sat in his seat and said loudly:
"Hey, brothers, I want to say a few words."
Li Feng said this, and the Pelicans players all looked at Li Feng, and Li Feng said:
"The Grizzlies played very hard in the first half. I think they were stimulated by the last game. We stimulated the Grizzlies. Today they came to take revenge. I think everyone should see that they came to seek revenge for us."
"Those guys have already worked hard today, so we must not hide our weaknesses. I think we need to play with them in the second half, otherwise we will probably die."
Li Feng said this and opened a head, Millsap immediately said from behind:
"Those guys from Grizzlies are indeed like crazy today. They are all crazy and feel very good. They played several balloons in front of me. In the past, we used to get the balloons in luck, but now it's the turn of Grizzlies. This feels very bad. If we want to curb the grizzlies, we need to fight head-on. Anyway, we don't feel good today."
After Millsap said this, Li Feng also felt that this was the only way. The Grizzlies were lucky today, but the Pelicans seemed extremely declining. At this time, the only thing that could compare with the Grizzlies was hardness.
In the last game, the Grizzlies competed with the Pelicans in a weak position. In today's game, the Pelicans competed with the Grizzlies in a weak position. Hardness became a means for the weak to threaten the strong.
"Yes, we fought with them."
"I don't believe it, I can't beat those old ghosts."
The Pelicans' locker room was full of such a sound. At this moment, Van Gundy pushed the door and walked in, hearing a little bit of the tail of this argument.
So Van Gundy laughed:
"How are you discussing how to deal with the Grizzlies?"
Van Gundy said this. The Pelicans players immediately laughed.
Ross said quickly:
"Yes, sir, we're going to use our shoulders and muscles to fight against those old grizzlies."
When Van Gundy heard this, he smiled and waved his hand and said:
"I'm very happy to see that everyone wants to use muscles to deal with grizzlies, but I think the most important thing to deal with grizzlies is definitely not muscles, but time and space."
Van Gundy said this, as the head coach, his tactics and overall feelings on the court are more accurate than others. The others of the Pelicans immediately stopped and listened to Van Gundy's analysis carefully.
"The Grizzlies were on high alert in the first half, and from the perspective of playing time, the Grizzlies' players played significantly higher than usual. I believe that they must not stick to this high-intensity defense until the end, so we need time."
"There is another point. Although we can compete with the Grizzlies, the hardness is not the best way to compete. We can use more skillful methods to get the game into our track, such as strengthening fast attacks. For example, strengthening space control in the half and causing trouble for the Grizzlies, so we can't compete hard in the second half or the Grizzlies, but use time and space."
Van Gundy walked in and naturally supported the team's tactical part. With support from Van Gundy and Li Feng's encouragement, there was power and voice in the Pelicans' locker room.
The Pelicans players were all confident about the second half.
The second half began. The Pelicans' ball was the first. Li Feng took the ball to the bottom line and then quickly pressed towards the Grizzlies' half. At this time, Hubi Brown sat in his position. Hubi Brown was a master of basketball. He could see the Pelicans' position at a glance, which was very different from the first half.
This position looks much looser, the position is much wider, and Millsap is also much farther from the basket. At this position, does the Pelicans want to use space to pull the Grizzlies?
Old Huby Brown's head turned slightly and guessed the Pelicans' idea. In terms of tactics, there is nothing that can be hidden from this old thing.
The Pelicans pulled the space open, and Li Feng went to the 45 degrees on the left to fight Conley to a one-on-one battle. Li Feng leaned his body and leaned against Conley with his butt and completely attracted Conley to him.
When the two people's bodies were pressed together, Li Feng resisted twice, allowing Kangli to completely shift the center of gravity to the front. Li Feng suddenly hugged Kangli with his arm, then twisted his whole body, and used Anthony's method to press the opponent with his shoulders and break through behind him.
He pressed it with his shoulders. As long as the opponent's strength is weaker than you, there is no way to deal with you. Li Feng used this trick to break through to the Grizzlies' basket at once, and then opened his palm and made a high throw like Conley.
But today Li Feng's touch was also very weak. He didn't hit the basketball game, and he suddenly hit the rebound and was outrageous. Li Feng was very depressed that his move was weak. There was no way. Li Feng, who had already rushed to the basket, could only get up and fight for the rebound again.
Because the Pelicans pulled the space very wide, there was only Gasol Jr. at the basket, and Conley followed him in. The basketball did not jump towards Gasol Jr., but to Li Feng's side. Li Feng naturally used his body and long arms to take the basketball back into his hand.
Li Feng, who grabbed the basketball, quickly wiped the basketball towards the basket, and Li Feng wanted to score a quick goal.
But Li Feng was very lucky. Li Feng didn't get the ball to the basket, and the basketball was thrown on the rebound and the basket, and then jumped out quickly again.
Li Feng cursed himself, his luck was really unlucky, and he didn't make a shot at such a close shot, which was extremely depressed.
And this time the basketball jumped towards Gasol Jr. Li Feng was already desperate, but the first ball in the second half was ruined by himself, but what Li Feng didn't expect was.
At the critical moment, Al Jefferson clicked the basketball from behind without a position and immediately hit Li Feng's side. Li Feng received a rebound from the frontcourt for the second time.
At this time, the Grizzlies' inside line had not arrived yet, because they clearly saw Gasol's position in a better position. They thought they had gotten the rebound, but what they didn't expect was that Li Feng got the basketball again here.
This time, they didn't know if they should go back. Li Feng would miss the shot. This is the first idea of the Grizzlies. Not only the Grizzlies players who have this idea, but even Li Feng himself has this idea, so Li Feng simply stopped shooting and dunked.
After getting the basketball, Li Feng dribbled the ball hard and killed Conley. Then he turned around suddenly, twisted Conley away with his shoulders, and smashed the basketball fiercely on the Grizzlies' basket in the way that the big shark O'Neal often used to turn and dunk.
After Li Feng's fierce dunk, his heart finally calmed down. He finally got the ball in. It was too difficult. After scoring the goal, Li Feng wiped his sweat.
Then he quickly ran back to his half. In the second half, the suppressed anger was relieved a little, because the Grizzlies' lead in the first half made the Grizzlies feel from the heart that the insider's tone was more or less. There was no such great resentment in the second half.
The Grizzlies, who had no resentment, played more lively in the half. Prince and Zach Randolph even had a very exciting cooperation. Prince received the ball at the bottom corner and dribbled the ball in two steps along the bottom line. A quick pass passed from Prince's one hand and went directly to Randolph's hand behind.
Randolph made a layup and easily scored 2 points. The Grizzlies became round, which is good news for the Pelicans. The Pelicans are not afraid of the smooth Grizzlies, but are afraid of the Grizzlies who are like white-suppressed wolves.
Rick Smits saw his ball and lost it, and sighed regretfully.
Hubby Brown smiled and asked:
"Smits, what are you sighing, why do you want to sigh? From now on, the Pelicans should launch a counterattack."
Rick Smitz did not have the slightest vision of Hubby Brown, and he sighed and said:
"The Grizzlies' basketball is more clever, so the Pelicans' defense pressure will probably be greater."
Hearing Smits say this, Hubby Brown immediately laughed and said:
"Smits, now is the beginning of the Pelicans' counterattack, what are you afraid of? If you don't believe it, come to the game."
After Huby Brown said this, Smits immediately pointed his head and said:
"real."
Just when Smits said this, the Pelicans quickly launched a chase attack. Li Feng got the basketball and threw the basketball into Ross' hands, because Ross was the person closest to the basket at this time.
Ross got the basketball and ran towards the Grizzlies for several steps. When he reached the free throw line, the guy suddenly stopped suddenly and made a quick shot, but he actually stopped and jumped.
It was too late to pay attention to Ross's Tony Allen's defense today, so the basketball simply got into the Grizzlies' basket.
The first half of the game belonged to the Grizzlies, who completely suppressed the Pelicans with their crazy attacks.
But at the beginning of the second half, the game was not good, and the Pelicans' tactics of holding against the Grizzlies also began to change.
The game is like this, it’s like a 45-minute long-distance race. It doesn’t necessarily start to lead, and being able to lead later may not necessarily be a try to try the Pelicans behind.
There are many variables that affect a game, and every subtle change will have an absolute impact on the game.
The Pelicans retreated quickly, targeting the current Grizzlies' defense, and the Pelicans' players were rotating quickly. The Grizzlies are now playing very rigorously, and in the end the basketball fell into Randolph's hands.
Randolph turned around and ate Millsap alone. As a result, Millsap felt very good in the first half, but his touch could never be achieved in the second half. The basketball quickly jumped out and the Pelicans reorganized the offense.
The changes made by the Pelicans in the second half are very obvious, making more use of time and space.
Li Feng dribbled the ball to the Pelicans' half and saw the opponent concentrate heavily on his body to defend. Li Feng immediately passed the basketball to Arenas, and then took the defense away himself, leaving the space for Arenas to use.
Li Feng believes that Arenas will definitely make good use of this space, and he will definitely be able to use such a space to get points.
Sure enough, after reaching the high position, Arenas immediately used Arenas' cover, and then pulled a step toward one side by himself. At this time, Randolph, who was following Millsap's butt, was a little slower.
Arenas shot from the three-point line, and Arenas' shot was very fast. In a blink of an eye, Arenas shot this three-pointer from Randolph. Although Arenas' height and flexibility are not as perverted as Nowitzki, as long as he gives him a step, he can still easily shoot.
The Pelicans' offense began to become clearer, not giving the Grizzlies much opportunity to get in touch, but more of their technical ability to get points.
These rounds have passed. Robert Pera also realized that the Pelicans are going to use their absolute strength to suppress the Grizzlies, which is definitely a huge bad news for the Grizzlies.
But Robert Pera cannot be so willing. He immediately signaled his team to strengthen the attack on the Pelicans' inside line on the sideline. If you don't play with me, then I will use my body to hold you tightly.
This is a very interesting idea, but it just sticks to the style of the Grizzlies competition. What the style of the Grizzlies competition now requires is more physical confrontation and more melee fighting. This kind of fighting can better reflect the experience of the Grizzlies, especially the experience in some small movements.
When Robert Pera gave the instructions, the Grizzlies immediately hung the basketball to Zach Randolph at the basket when the Pelicans were halfway through.
Zach Randolph has been named all-round throughout his career, whether at the low post or anywhere within the three-point line, Zach Randolph can get points. His low post footsteps and he has a variety of scoring defenses.
All of them are praised by Zero. But as he gets older, Zach Randolph leaves more of his jump shots to the fans, and in the second half of his career, he rarely scores at low posts.
It's like many old guys. He will shoot outside the three-point line, but he will never enter a three-second step. The bottom line remaining in the legend is like a break and a dream and turns and step-drawing shot, all disappearing into the legend.
But, occasionally one night, if Mr. Randolph is in a good mood or suddenly becomes emotional, he will review the tricks that made him famous in his youth, such as now.
The moment he received the pass from Conley, Randolph suddenly became emotional. He felt the changes around him. He felt the position of the players behind him, and he could even feel the angle where his feet were separated.
Randolph's basketball talent is unquestionable. Even if he never devotes himself to basketball, he deserves to be the first-class power forward in the league.
Randolph felt that the left shoulder could press the opponent, which was a wonderful beginning, so Randolph quickly twisted his body and pressed Millsap with one shoulder. Then his whole body was as wonderful as a butterfly, and he passed to one side. His shoulders pressed against the opponent and quickly rotated under his feet, which allowed the legendary bottom line breakthrough to be presented to people.
Randolph dribbled with his left hand for two consecutive steps, and reached the Pelicans' basket, and quickly stretched his left hand towards the top. Millsap was already stuck behind and hurriedly jumped gently in front.
But Millsap jumped up and realized that this was a dreamy trick. After the fake move of his left hand, Randolph turned around lightly, then hooked his right hand and gently sent the basketball to the Pelicans' basket.
Turn around and break through, dribble with your left hand, fake action at the basket, and the final move, it was done in one go, so beautiful that it seemed like a dance, but this was a real and real battle at the basket.
Randolph showed his fleeting talent like a shooting star in the dark. Millsap immediately dimmed beside him. Millsap was also an excellent big man, but he did not have the amazing talent of Randolph. This is the difference between the two.
The Grizzlies' bench screamed with great strength, just for Randolph's dreamy steps and goals.
Li Feng was also confused by Randolph. The talent this guy showed at some moments was simply unmeasurable. This is the world. Some people will provide stable scores for the team, some people will provide stable defense, some people will score at critical moments, and some players will produce their extraordinary talents on the front line at irregular times.
Zach Randolph is such a guy.
Li Feng received the ball at the bottom line, and the Pelicans were unconsciously affected a little bit.
To be continued...