Chapter 892 Counterattack(1/2)
Li Feng dribbled from the backcourt, not only barbaric, but also flexible. The Spurs players spent a lot of effort but did not catch Li Feng's shadow. Instead, Li Feng twisted into the Spurs' three-point line.
It was really dangerous when Li Feng arrived at this position. The Spurs' defense suddenly retracted, and Leonard was completely left behind by Li Feng. Now Parker is the only one standing in front of Li Feng.
Facing Parker, who is so much smaller than him, Li Feng did not waste time or opportunity, and jumped directly and shot on Parker's head. Parker could only jump to Li Feng's eyes. This was the only defense he could make.
But this could not stop Li Feng's shot from the board. He hit the basketball on the upper right corner of the small black frame, and then successfully refracted into the Spurs' basket.
Li Feng scored 2 points again. When he arrived here, the Pelicans took less than a minute to chase 7 points in a row. At this scoring speed, the Spurs couldn't help but not nervous.
There was a huge gap just now, and the wine glass almost instantly brought a lot closer. **Vicci stood up suddenly. He hesitated to look at Parker, and sat down quietly behind him.
At this time, the magician Johnson also said in surprise:
"The Pelicans are finally starting to fight back now. It seems that the Spurs' good days are over, and Li Feng has finally demonstrated his amazing strength."
Parker fully saw the Pelicans' counterattack routine at this time, which was to use defense and fast attack to make a combination of punches. The first thing he used was defense. The intensive defense in the half and local pressing made his team make mistakes or intercept the ball.
Then there is a quick counterattack, using Li Feng's weight and speed to directly press up, creating an opportunity to score or pass the ball.
The Pelicans' defensive counterattack is entirely based on their own mentality. If they control the ball by themselves, Parker believes that the Pelicans will definitely not get such a smooth scoring opportunity.
After Parker made such a judgment, he immediately gave up his plan to pass the ball in the Pelicans' half and controlled the ball in the Pelicans' half. Li Feng knew that double-teaming Parker was completely useless, so he walked behind Parker by himself and did not allow Parker to take action.
Parker drove the ball to the Pelicans' inside line and took the basketball out again. Although the basketball was not lost and there were no mistakes, he did not find a good opportunity to pass the ball.
It's not much time to see this round. Parker can only solve the problem by himself at this time. He dribbled the ball and thought of overcoming Li Feng. But Li Feng didn't give him such an opportunity at all, and quickly moved to make up for it.
Parker was blocked on the sideline by Li Feng at once, and the time was about to disappear. Danny Green was about to run over to receive the ball. At this time, Parker could not deal with Li Feng, so he could only pass the basketball to Danny Green's hands.
Danny Green caught the ball at the most dangerous moment of the team, and then took the ball. This is how the shooter is. There are not too many skills, nor too many tricks. Most of the time, he just compares who is faster and more accurate.
Danny Green took the ball when he received the ball, and Arenas came up from behind and blocked it. Danny Green also encountered trouble now. Arenas' theory can restrain him.
The basketball shot a little and his fingers were a little wrong, so the ball hit the ring and flew directly.
Henson, who was waiting for the rebound at the basket, successfully protected the rebound. Split also wanted to interfere with Henson's first pass, but Henson was not the kind of windy man with a simple mind. He quickly pulled forward from Split's armpit with one hand, and a slash of the basketball reached Li Feng's hands.
Li Feng rushed to the Spurs' half with the ball. At this time, the Spurs players were a little scared when they saw Li Feng rushing up again.
How can you stop such a small truck? When Li Feng rushed up, he felt like he couldn't stop it. Sure enough, Li Feng rushed directly into the Spurs' inside and disrupted the defense again. He turned around and passed it to Oladipo, and Oladipo easily hit a two-pointer.
In this way, the Pelicans' momentum of chasing points has become even more fierce.
At this time, **Vic really couldn't stand it. He could score once or twice by a player or a team in the same way, but now his team has lost points for the fourth consecutive time.
At this time, the team must be adjusted. **Vic called a timeout, and the Spurs players arrived at the rest seat with lingering fear.
Li Feng also walked to the Pelicans' rest seat. At this time, the Pelicans finally saw a little light. With this little light, there was hope in their hearts.
The timeout ended and the game between the two teams started again. **Vic added another guard Mills to his lineup and sent a double guard formation to strengthen control and protection of basketball, replacing Leonard, who was not good at controlling basketball.
And as soon as the Spurs returned to the court, they immediately controlled the rhythm. Parker and Oladipo kept passing the ball, while the rest of the players were doing fast running without the ball.
This change made the Pelicans' local pressing effect unknown when, and the Spurs' own players could not adapt to this offensive method. Mills made a three-pointer in the corner, which was originally a good opportunity, but his touch was not good and he did not enter the basketball and bounced out of the box.
The Pelicans grabbed a rebound here. As soon as Li Feng got the basketball, he immediately faced the double team of the two men. Although the Spurs did not get any points, they also controlled the Pelicans' momentum.
The two teams began to have a boring stalemate, and this stalemate lasted until the end of the third quarter. The two teams played 74:55. Although the Pelicans were still 19 points behind, they finally caught up with some points.
The players of the two teams returned to the sidelines to rest, but at this time Bill Walton said: "We have 12 minutes left, and the Spurs are still leading the Pelicans by nearly 20 points. I don't know if the Pelicans can recover such a big score difference. It is very difficult even if it is possible. You need to chase 20 points in the first quarter, and your opponent needs to not score. This difficulty is not ordinary."
"Yes, although the Pelicans have achieved a good record, they will not lose without a team. Today, the Pelicans look bad. Losing is normal, but I feel very sorry about it. I originally came to see the performance of the Pelicans."
Magician Johnson also said with some regret at this time.
After returning to the rest seat, Li Feng felt that today's game was really difficult to support. He was at a disadvantage in the whole first half, and no one could curb Duncan's thrust.
When I wanted to chase points in the third quarter, Danny Green began to play, leaving no space for his team. If I want to win, I can only chase nearly 20 points in the last quarter. This is no longer a problem that can be solved by performance and tactics. To win, I need more luck.
At this time, Li Feng was shaking his head depressedly, but there was no way, and he still had to continue to fight hard in the next game.
When Van Gundy saw his players' slump, he quickly walked over and anxiously hurried his players together.
"The situation is terrible now, even though it's not a playoff or a Christmas game, if we want to win, there's still a chance."
Hearing that there was still a chance to win, the Pelicans players immediately focused their attention on Van Gundy's face.
"What is the quickest way for guys to think about scoring?"
"Three points."
Arenas first thought of it, and then Oladipo said:
"penalty."
Van Gundy was very satisfied with his players. He looked at the two and said:
"Yes, we don't have more time now. In such a short time, we still need to take a gamble. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, we implemented a three-pointer tactic. We had to shoot three-pointers as long as we had the opportunity, and tried to create fouls if we didn't have the opportunity, because free throws are not counted. Only in this way can we win, let's give the Spurs a surprise."
Van Gundy's purpose is very clear. In the last time, knowing the difficulty of the game, he simply bet with the Spurs and used a three-point tactic. If his team's shooting percentage is high, he may recover the score and make a comeback, but if his team's shooting percentage is not good, he might simply lose the game.
It's so simple, betting on luck, the Spurs' **Vicci didn't expect this at all. At this moment, he was still setting up his own tactics in the half. Compared to the Pelicans who had already made the last bet, the Spurs' style of playing is much more pragmatic, lowering the rhythm, pursuing hit rate, curbing the opponent's fast break and simple scoring. It can be said that he started from all aspects to control the Pelicans without playing the rhythm of the game and not opening the scores of the two teams.
If everything is done as **Vicci thought and said, the Pelicans really have no chance to recover the score.
However, in the fourth quarter, the two teams returned to the court. When Li Feng controlled the basketball and quickly used a high-level cover to pounce directly, **Vic realized something. If he could not control Li Feng, he would not control the rhythm of the entire game.
Li Feng squeezed into the Spurs' half-court with two questions in his mind as he came in. He was still passing the ball by himself.
But when he saw Arenas's hands waiting quietly, Li Feng knew what to do. He raised his hands high, jumped up and threw the basketball towards Arenas. Li Feng was stiff in the air as if it was a plaster statue.
But when the basketball entered Arenas's hands, the basketball seemed to come alive. In an instant, Arenas felt that the blood vessels in his hands were closely linked to the basketball's breathing.
The performance of the whole game was not smooth and the feeling of loss in the heart was suddenly filled with the arrival of the basketball. Arenas could realize that Danny Green was rushing towards him on the side, and he could even realize the wind direction that was slightly flowing in the court.
Raising his hand, his wrist trembled lightly, like silk, without any trace, the basketball was thrown high, leaping through Danny Green's fingertips, and leaping through the sky in the center of New Orleans.
Because of his excessive leaning back while shooting, Arenas fell into the audience, and he even closed his eyes because he could feel that the basketball was flying towards the trajectory he hoped.
"Swish!"
The sound is light and relaxes the whole body and mind.
After Arenas hit the basketball, he ran to the other side of the court without hesitation.
The Spurs were suddenly hit by the Pelicans, and the players of **Vic were trying hard to control the rhythm and had to use 20 seconds to complete an attack. Duncan cunnedly provided cover for his teammates at the waist of the three-second zone. Then he suddenly turned around and took the lead in the waist position of the three-second zone.
Behind him is Caron Butler. Caron Butler is worse than Millsap in tonnage, which is really an important point to break. In **Vic's tactics, letting Duncan, who is hot today, take down Caron Butler is also a key point of tactics.
Duncan watched the court with a basketball. Few people played the ball directly in the inside. Generally, they first observed to see if the opponent was attacking him or not, whether there were players in the middle and weak sides, and whether the players were responsible for opening the position. Whether the space was opened.
This is all a matter of attention. After reading the game, the team's tactics will be implemented to what extent, then they will start to choose. Duncan saw the online player attacking him and the space was completely opened.
He started dribbling backwards and was preparing to eat Caron Butler alone, but when he dribbled the first time, Li Feng rushed back directly from the line. The double-player attack formed by Li Feng and Caron Butler suddenly doubled Duncan.
In desperation, Duncan was not panicked and hurriedly passed the basketball to the top, but the quality of his pass was not very good. When the pass reached Parker's hand, Parker grabbed a step before he caught the basketball.
With such a short moment, Li Feng had already run back and stood in front of Parker.
Duncan's inside singles could not be played anytime soon, and the Spurs could only change their strategy and reorganize the offense.
Parker was suppressed and passed the ball quickly to Mills. Mills was also a scoring madman with a nerve knife. At his peak, he was really a sharp defender player.
After getting the basketball, he dribbled two steps and then fell back and shot, singled Oladipo, but this made him unable to make a complete and personal touch without any tactical cover.
The basketball hit the ring and jumped out. Duncan wanted to rush to the rebound in the frontcourt, but he found that his arm was pulled by Caron Butler and the basketball fell into Henson's hand.
Li Feng got the basketball and turned around and saw Parker standing in front of him. He began to be surprised, thinking that **Vic had let him go, but unexpectedly, he was in the Spurs' half and immediately met Danny Green who was assisting in defense on one side.
It turned out that **Vic did not want to let him go. Li Feng glanced at the defense or two formed by Parker and Danny Green.
To be fair, neither Danny Green nor Parker are good defensive players, nor are they players who pay attention to defense. The defense line composed of these two people still has great shortcomings.
Li Feng saw this and immediately called out a cover from Henson. Henson came up and stood at a high position quickly. Buck used Henson's cover to accelerate and broke through the past.
Usually, when I use the cover to break through, I will break through to the left, and I will break through to the right, but Li Feng's move is just the cover, and he will break through to the left.
He did not walk along with Parker's defense at all, but found a gap between Henson and Parker and went straight to it.
Parker was not prepared for Li Feng's weight and strength, so he directly let Li Feng come from the middle and crushed Parker behind him. Danny Green, who was also on the other side, saw Li Feng coming in from this position and hurriedly assisting in defense!
However, Danny Green was not doing such a subtle task of assisting defense, which made Li Feng fight from the middle again. Li Feng suddenly became the Spurs' flesh thorn again, and he couldn't help but stabilize it.
The defense line suddenly became chaotic. During the chaos, Li Feng saw Arenas standing at the bottom corner again. Arenas's hands were opened on his chest, waiting for his basketball.
Li Feng was very fast, and Arenas was very far away. He shouldn't have seen Arenas so clearly, but now his face was so clear, as if there was endless confidence on that face.
The basketball flew over, and the Spurs players were still in panic. In the panic crowd, Arenas received the ball and then jumped. The details of each movement were so calm, without a trace of panic.
He was calm and elegant, as if he was the only one in this court, no one could stop him, and there was no noise of everything.
The body trembled gently in the air like a bowstring, turning from a tight arc to a reverse fold. The basketball passed through the sky like a red arrow.
"brush"
The sound was still so quiet. The Pelicans almost instantly rewritten the score to 61-74, not more than a minute before and after.
The difference between the Pelicans and the Spurs became 13 points, and it seemed that it became easier to catch up with these thirteen points in the remaining 11 minutes.
Suddenly, the entire New Orleans Center cheered, and Arenas, who shot the basketball, just coldly acted as a Gunner. The explosive power of a three-point shooter in scoring is always the strongest. They can instantly widen the score and shorten the gap with their opponents in an instant.
Bill Walton exclaimed in the commentary seat:
"Alinas scored two three-pointers in a row. He scored two three-pointers in one breath. Now the gap between the Pelicans and the Spurs is no longer out of reach. Now the Pelicans finally see hope, but I think there should be a sense of urgency in Vicky's eyes."
To be continued...