Chapter 899 Old Man, Old Spurs
When Camp was gambling about the Pelicans' character, the Spurs might have been out of grief and anger. The Spurs used their best mid-range shot to chase the Pelicans at one point.[][].[23][wx].[].[].[].[].[].[].[].[].[].[]
The Spurs are in a stable attack, and the Pelicans' character may have been really used up at this time. They missed the shot. This was Millsap's clear open position, but Millsap did not make the shots. Instead, he made the difficult shots.
Things were a bit weird. It would be fine if the Pelicans were weird, but the Spurs' shooting was also weird. Parker missed a layup and the basketball gently slipped out. There was nothing to say about the Pelicans' backcourt rebound.
Henson, who got the basketball, immediately used his genius long pass, and a pass was sent to Li Feng, who was at the Spurs' half. Li Feng got the basketball, resisted Leonard's defense and quickly rushed towards the Spurs' basket.
At this time, Li Feng really used his body to defeat the Spurs. Leonard had already done his duty in defense, but he still couldn't stand Li Feng. Li Feng flew up at the Spurs' basket.
The angle was almost gone by Leonard in the air. Li Feng swung his arm in the air. When his body was behind the rebound, he imitated Jordan's movement and made a rainbow layup.
Li Feng believes that with his character today, he may not be able to make an ordinary layup, but he will definitely make a layup. Sure enough, after Li Feng's move was done, the basketball really got into the Spurs' basket.
The New Orleans Arena witnessed Li Feng reappearing Mr. Jordan's rainbow layup, and the entire New Orleans Center immediately applauded. Li Feng governmented the New Orleans Arena with a beautiful layup and conquered Joan Barry and Sean Camp on the commentator's seat.
"Hey, this is a replica of Jordan's move."
Joanbarry said:
“It reminded me of those years, when we were champions.”
When Joan Barry said this, Sean Camp said half-jokingly and half-seriously:
"Join, don't mention it, I won't be able to stand it."
The Pelicans took advantage of Li Feng's rainbow layup and launched a wild attack again. They scored points one after another. The poor Spurs were pressed down by the Pelicans.
At this time, the Pelicans replaced the substitute, and the lagging Spurs also replaced the substitute player. However, after the Spurs replaced the substitute lineup this time, Dior and Mills performed very well.
The Pelicans' substitute lineup could not defeat the Spurs' substitute players for a while. At the end of the third quarter, the Pelicans led the Spurs as much as 16 in 88-72. The Spurs were a little decadent today. As the strongest team in the league, they are now being a new strong team. They played in the first three quarters without any power to fight back, which makes people feel a bit sad. Although the team has aging and the reason why Gary Neal and Blair left, the Spurs' bench is also a huge flaw.
The old men of the Spurs were all serious when sitting on the sidelines, but the Pelicans were so excited, which further highlighted the tragic nature of the Spurs, the old men of the Spurs, who were like the protagonists of Eastwood's old cowboys in the film.
It was very tragic and shocking. **Vic sat in his position and looked at this champion. They were veritable champions. Most of them had won championships.
But now, they have left the young team with no power to fight back. At this time, even **Vic himself is not willing to believe this.
These old players sat together with some bitterness. At this time, **Vic, the team's head coach, said:
"Old guys, I hope you still remember when we won the championship 7 years ago, and what we were like at that time."
"No matter how far this game is played, I don't want to see it. Others say we are an old and weak team, and we are a defeated soldier. I just hope that even if we lose, everyone will say they are the Spurs.
What does the Spurs represent? It represents iron blood, it represents tenacity, it represents defense that will never admit defeat, and it represents the most united basketball."
"So, no matter what the final outcome is, please play like the Spurs."
**Vicci said it very emotionally because what he said was his own inner feelings. He felt this and now he said it directly. The team has been around for two years, and the management has long been dissatisfied with him.
**Vic just wanted to say what he wanted to say. At this time, the Spurs players looked at each other. They had worked together for many years. These people were brothers on the court and in life.
The fourth quarter began, and players with absolute personnel advantages were difficult to open the Spurs' defense. At this time, the Spurs' defense returned to the crazy state several years ago.
Van Gundy should be familiar with this kind of madness, because this kind of madness was brought to Detroit by people. This was how he taught his team back then, and now the Spurs are using such defense to curb their team.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Spurs' crazy defense did not allow the Pelicans' substitutes to continue to expand the score. The Spurs first replaced the main player, but did not replace Split, but left the active Dior on the court.
The Spurs are back, and the old Spurs are back, and their fighting spirit is burning in their hearts. The Spurs' game is definitely not just a kind of machinery. In those mechanical tactics, there is also a kind of beauty, a kind of beauty that only the Spurs can discover. That kind of beauty is contained in the size of every cover.
Including every breakthrough layup of the Spurs, the beauty of the Spurs is not the popular dunk, three-pointer and fast break in the league. It is a kind of beauty that only by persistent love for basketball can you understand.
With clean passes and cuts, extremely effective covers, and simple tactics, Leonard cuts in like a ghost, and gets the basketball and passes the ball quietly to Duncan, who is standing at the basket.
When the basketball reaches the Pelicans' basket, everyone will think that Duncan will attack strongly at the basket, but what is unexpected is that Duncan only has no choice but to look at the basket after getting the basketball, and passes the ball beautifully behind the corner of the basket with his backhand.
He sent the basketball directly to Ginobili in the bottom corner. Ginobili made a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and the basketball undoubtedly shot into the basket.
As soon as the main player of the Spurs came back, he played an extremely exciting cooperation. The Spurs completed a three-pointer without attracting attention.
At this time, the Pelicans still didn't realize that the iron-blooded Spurs had returned. Van Gundy replaced the main player bit by bit. The Pelicans' mixed lineup was in the Spurs' half. It was easy to shoot a three-pointer as revenge. But unfortunately, the basketball did not make a shot.
The Pelicans did not shoot the basketball, and the Spurs immediately launched a counterattack. The Spurs' counterattack was not as thriving as the Pelicans, and you can see at a glance. The Spurs' counterattack was restrained. Although their hearts are hotter than steel now, the Spurs players on the surface are not leaking.
They were playing the most passionate basketball with cold expressions, which had appeared on the Celtic faces. They had appeared on the faces of the Bad Boys, on the Spurs' faces, and on their own.
Now the Spurs are still playing in George Gervin's way, and the Spurs are attacking the Pelicans' half-court injury with their mouths. They simply pass the ball, move easily, and open up space.
In an instant, Leonard, who got the basketball, turned into a sharp knife for breakthrough and suddenly inserted into the Pelicans' inside line. Leonard's layup was not very ideal. In order to avoid Ross' defense, his body was completely tilted, and in the end he could only use a flying hook to complete the attack.
But today Leonard completed the mission. As an all-round small forward, he brought scores to his team from the wings, and the Spurs scored again.
At this time, when the Pelicans wanted to attack seriously, they found that the Spurs not only became steel during the bench, but now they are more steel than before. They have tough defense, orderly and active rotation conversion positions, and almost perfect defense pick-and-roll, controlling rhythm, and compressing space.
The Spurs have achieved the highest level that a defensive team can achieve. The Pelicans have no choice but to hold such an old team. Arenas can only try a three-point shooting with only 4 seconds left.
However, the three-pointer that was forced out was definitely a terrible hit. Arenas missed a three-pointer, and the Spurs calmly took off the rebound like a robot, and then calmly advanced.
As mentioned earlier, the Spurs' fighting spirit is restrained and hidden. Below the cold faces are hot hearts. They do not roar, but they do not roar, but they do not roar, but they do not roar.
The Spurs are playing very well now. The meaning of this very good thing is not that they have made many terrible three-pointers, nor are they dominating the opponent's basket, but in a very simple way, it seems to be simple to tear open the opponent's defense line. This is a very difficult thing, but the Spurs do it very simply.
This time the Spurs chose to break through is Duncan. Duncan was miserable by Millsap in the previous game.
As Shi Fotim himself, the honors he received are different from Duncan's own abilities. According to players like Duncan who can play inside and outside, they are diverse in offense and have rich experience in defense, and even Howard alone has no problem.
But his performance is always lukewarm. Here are the reasons for Duncan's personality, but more because Duncan is old and cannot use his physical strength indiscriminately.
The basketball came to Duncan's hands, and Millsap was behind him, and his position was still good at the basket. Duncan did not use any of his dazzling arsenals, but leaned against Millsap tightly according to his own feelings, and then looked like he was lying, jumped up to the side, hooked his hand and hooked the basketball towards the basket.
Duncan's move rubbed the rebound and then easily fell into the Pelicans' basket. It was not beautiful, but in the overall style of the Spurs, it was straightforward and neat. The most important thing was that he had two points.
Now Van Gundy has seen it clearly. After three quarters behind, the Spurs have now played their best form, with a steel-like defense and a completely in place offense. The Spurs' offense is not gorgeous, and even lacks characteristics. If you have to use one word to describe it, it can only be in place.
Van Gundy began to panic and then started to substitution. He finally replaced all his substitutes. He finally wanted to concentrate on destroying the Spurs' old guys and his old subordinates. Before sending out his main force, Van Gundy kept asking his players to be careful and be careful.
But his players were still careless. The Pelicans' main players wanted to play the same as in the previous three quarters, but the Spurs were different at this time. Their defensive strength made it impossible for the Pelicans to be able to stand it.
Soon, Ross made a mistake in basketball because of his youth. He was quickly stolen by the Spurs. The Spurs instantly launched a fast attack, but at this time they encountered the Pelicans, who had much better physical talent than themselves, and the fast attack did not come out. The Spurs immediately turned to a cold half-court position attack.
Ginobili ran out without the ball and took action. The Spurs made a rare move. Dior provided a cover for Ginobili to the top of the arc, and Ginobili's breakthrough with the ball was a common move Ginobili used when he was young. Later, it was less and less used.
But at this moment, when Ginobili walked around Dior and rushed to the Pelicans' basket, even Van Gundy was a little dazed, as if it was the tactic he had taught him.
Ginobili rushed in and was not finished yet. He jumped and dodged Henson in the air, then threw the basketball towards the basket with a trembling body in the air, rubbed the rebound, and then entered quietly.
Suddenly, the New Orleans Center felt a bad feeling, which was a very bad feeling. The steel Spurs, the shocking Spurs seemed to be back.
An old Spurs, a group of old men, and a passionate western film seem to be being staged. This is a drama that the audience likes, but the Pelicans don't like it because in this movie, they are villains.
The Pelicans are about to be swallowed by the Spurs. These old Spurs players beat the Pelicans players to nothing.
A group of old guys were playing with these guys in the Pelicans with their hard defense and light attacks.
At this time, Van Gundy could only call a timeout. The Pelicans players all returned to the bench. Van Gundy looked at his players and mocked them:
"Hey, look, our young man actually lost to a group of old men, and they were all old men with fouls on their backs. I really regret you. You are going to lose like this, and you are going to lose to the Spurs that once brought disaster to you. It's really unbelievable that you are going to be finished."
Van Gundy was mocking his players, but he suddenly poked the Pelicans' most vulnerable place,
Li Feng heard the foul numbers on the Spurs' backs. At this time, Li Feng blamed himself a little. If he was braver and he would be more tough, wouldn't it be easy to pass?
Other Pelicans players were also very excited by Van Gundy. It was indeed a bit aggrieved that they lost to the old man. If the Spurs really caught up with them and the Spurs completed a big reversal in the fourth quarter, things would become too interesting, and the Pelicans' face would be completely lost.
Van Gundy did not explain any tactics, but was just constantly stimulating his players with his own language. Van Gundy stabbed the Pelicans in his own language like a needle.
As a result, after the timeout, the Pelicans had no way to use the Spurs' defense just now, but now after the Pelicans come over, even if the Spurs are a piece of iron, the Pelicans have to tear their opponents with their teeth.
Li Feng broke Parker from the Spurs' outside line and finally cut into the Spurs' inside line. After Li Feng cut in, he cut directly into the Spurs' basket from the wing.
Li Feng's idea was very simple. He wanted to kill forcibly and make room for the Spurs in the half. Li Feng rushed in, and the Spurs' collective defense immediately double-teamed Li Feng.
He quickly doubled Li Feng into the small range of the bottom line. At this time, Li Feng was surrounded by people in front and behind him, but he felt that fighting hard was not a good way.
At this time, Li Feng quickly passed the basketball in an extremely narrow space, passing the basketball from Duncan's crotch. In the hands of Henson behind him, Li Feng completed the assist in the narrow space.
Henson, who got the basketball, gently hooked his left hand behind Duncan. The guy's movements were very light and fast, just like a cat stealing something.
The basketball quickly drilled into the Spurs' basket from one side. After the Pelicans came back, they not only played tough, but also had the kind of cunning in toughness, which was very difficult to deal with.
The Spurs expected that there would be a change after the Pelicans were suspended, so they also carefully arranged their tactics. The Spurs' tactics were still so well-matched, and one run and the other pull were so appropriate.
The Spurs scored again in their own way, whether it was a mid-range shot or a mid-range shot. The Spurs continued to score calmly and threw the pressure back to the Pelicans.
Li Feng got the ball at the bottom line and succeeded through the attack just now. Li Feng concluded that to play the Spurs, you must be strong, but if you are just strong, it will not help solve the problem. He needs not only to be strong, but also to have cunning tricks.
Otherwise, there would be nothing useless. After Li Feng experienced this, he made up his mind to start with a fierce attack. When the Spurs were halftime, he still asked Millsap to help cover him.
Then Li Feng resisted Parker's defense and Leonard's assisted defense and rushed towards the Spurs' basket. Li Feng rushed in at this time and brought in a lot of defense.
The Spurs concentrated on the vitality medicine to eliminate it, but Li Feng was using the idea of how to make a small trick. Among the Spurs' crowd, the only trick Li Feng could think of was to bypass people and pass the ball very often on the street.
Thinking of this, Li Feng simply jumped out and faced Duncan, stretching his hand out of Duncan's chest as if he was a low hand, but he walked around Duncan's chest with one hand, and instead sent the basketball to Henson behind Duncan again.
Henson was almost copying the last goal, and a brisk little hook shot the basketball easily.
Li Feng played Duncan for the second time. The first time Li Feng played Li Feng, he used a more easily accepted way, dribbling over quickly to hit the ground and pass the ball. However, this time Li Feng made a premeditation from the first move, playing Duncan.
Joanbari sat in his own position and said with a smile:
"Li Feng, he's playing Duncan again. He might as well play streetball. They played dunks in the first half, and started playing wonderful passes in the second half. This guy, Li Feng, really doesn't know when he's going to play."
The Pelicans had two extremely exciting assists in a row, but in the last quarter, they really felt like a stone and were unmoved at all. They came over and played like a machine, as if they were on time as a clock.
The scoring method is also a simple mid-range shot like a Spurs-like mid-range shot, but this time the mid-range shot is a bit special. Dior's mid-range shot simply got two simple matches from the Pelicans.
The Pelicans can play basketball very hard and agile, but the Spurs only play basketball very well, as if they are as accurate as machines.
The Spurs got the points, and Henson served quickly at the basket very smartly. He quickly passed the basketball to Li Feng's hand. Li Feng saw the basketball flying over and looked forward. Someone was running desperately towards the Spurs' half, and it seemed that he was running very fast.
Li Feng simply used one hand to quickly shoot the basketball. Li Feng just clicked the basketball with his hand, and then immediately flew out in front.
The basketball ran straight to Rose in the front. When the Spurs were defending their defensively, the Pelicans still used a fast baseline ball. One was not a passer at all. They clicked and hit the Spurs and attacked the attack.
When Ross caught up, only one Ginobili came to the Spurs' half, which led to a one-on-one situation.
Ross dribbled the ball and cut in, blocking Ginobili behind him, and then slightly staggered the rhythm, blocking Ginobili behind him, stretching out his arm to make an exquisite layup.
Ross made a craftsmanship layup. At this time, the Pelicans' momentum that had just been suppressed by the Spurs suddenly turned back. The Pelicans scored three consecutive goals to increase morale, and the Pelicans' momentum that was suppressed began to rise.
At this time, the Pelicans and the Spurs reached the sharpest point. Both teams reached one of their morale and state, and the rest was to fight each other. Whoever could hold on and kill the opponent would be the winner. Those who were killed would be the loser and suffer great losses in morale and scores. Moreover, this was the last wave of battle in the fourth quarter. This wave of battle determines the final victory and loss of the two teams. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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