Chapter 1105 Containment and organization(1/2)
After being pushed, the Pelicans finally overtook. However, after Kelly scored, Hollins called a timeout and he was going to substitute.
At this time, Hollins knew that he had to substitute people and had to make changes. If his substitute lineup allowed the Pelicans to continue playing at such a fast pace, the team would definitely suffer.
Li Feng also followed his teammates back to the rest seat, and Van Gundy patted Li Feng and Granger on the shoulders and praised:
"You guys did a good job."
The game started again. Hollins changed his main lineup after calling for a while. Hollins left Anthony and then replaced all his main players on the court.
The Nets' players on the field were replaced by point guard Deron, shooting guard Joe Johnson, small forward Anthony, and power forward Bogdanovic center Lopezwa. The Nets restored their main lineup in the first quarter.
However, the Pelicans still use their substitute lineup to play. At least Van Gundy has not yet discovered that his substitute lineup is not enough.
The two teams returned to the court, and the Nets' ball started, but after contact between the two sides, Li Feng immediately saw the difference between the Nets and the Nets just now. If the Nets just now were like a weak old man and could not display their abilities, then the Nets now were like a lively beast, shaking their heads and waving their tails towards the Pelicans.
The Nets played very clearly at the start of the game, which was a simple blow, but the real fatal moves were extremely simple. The Nets set up their formation, opened up the space for Lopez, and then quickly passed the ball to Lopez's hand on the inside.
Lopez's position in the inside is not very good. He is very far from the basket. Lopez has no power at this distance, but at this time the person defending in front of Lopez was Henson. Henson was a circle smaller than Lopez in terms of height and strength, and he could not compete with Lopez at all.
Lopez has endured it for a long time in the first quarter. Because he gave most of the chance to score and tactical space to Anthony. Now that Anthony is no longer able to do it, Lopez has begun to control the ball.
After he got the basketball, he smiled cutely at Henson. Henson was nervous enough to defend Lopez. Seeing Lopez smiling at him like this, he instinctively became dizzy. Lopez would not have any problems.
Lopez was not a problem with himself, so he was just a little happy after starting to play. Lopez held the ball frame and started to force Henson to cut into the frame with a big step and wanted to cut under the basket.
Henson hurriedly moved his footsteps. But he couldn't stand Lopez in terms of footsteps or strength, so he could only watch Lopez cut into his own inside line. At this time, Kelly also came to help defend Lopez.
But Lopez was not afraid of these two people at all. In the gap between Henson and Kelly, Lopez jumped directly. He wanted to score directly on both of them, and if he was a man, he would be angry.
Henson quickly jumped to block the block, but he couldn't touch Lopez, so his movements in the air became irregular and began to force towards Lopez's arm.
There is only one consequence of this situation, which is that Henson hit Lopez's wrist with a palm. Lopez's ball did not score, but the referee gave Henson a foul.
Kenny Smith said:
"Now Lopez's destructive power in the interior is fully revealed. He is in the Pelicans' interior, and neither Henson nor Kelly can stop him."
"Well. That's right. The Pelicans' current substitute inside is too weak, and there is no point to support. Lopez's appearance of the inside just hits the Pelicans' fatal point. This is very natural. The Nets' strong point is exactly the Pelicans' weakness."
Reggie Miller also praised Kenny's point of view, and then Reggie Miller continued:
"But I don't think the Pelicans will lose in this period. The Pelicans' offensive ability is still strong now."
Just when Reggie Miller said this, the Pelicans quickly came back. In the past, the Pelicans' rapid raid would make the Nets very uncomfortable, but now the Nets are not afraid of the Pelicans' attack at all, because the Nets' current lineup is one big and four small.
He has many small players, and once he runs, he is also very fast. The Pelicans are running fast here and will not pose any threat to the Nets. As soon as the Pelicans move, the Nets simply withstand the Pelicans' rhythm.
At this time, Li Feng ran back quickly and found that it was useless at all. He controlled the basketball in front of Delong. Li Feng looked at the Nets' current lineup and felt a little upset in his heart.
In terms of counter-position, Lopez defeated Henson is inevitable. Kelly also suffered a loss against Bogdanovic. Kelly himself did not have the ability to post low, but Bogdanovic ran fast and had a long range. Then Alan Anderson had an advantage in height against Granger, and Knight could not defend Anthony, and he also had a little advantage here.
Now the Pelicans and the Nets have a win or defeat in terms of their counterparts. Overall, the Nets still have an advantage. Van Gundy should be substituted at this time, but Van Gundy still did not do this. Li Feng knew that he hoped he could delay the Nets' pace. When the third quarter, the team would make full efforts to play the game.
Li Feng made a gesture to his teammate. After Li Feng made this gesture, Granger tilted his mouth. Granger knew that Li Feng was playing single.
After seeing this gesture, Van Gundy also said in his heart:
"It's almost done, it should be almost done at this time."
Once Li Feng decides to play singles here, the players in the Pelicans immediately pulled over to one side and gave the entire left to Li Feng as a battlefield.
Seeing this significant change on the court, Hardaway screamed in horror:
"Li Feng is going to play singles, Li Feng is going to play singles."
No matter whether Li Feng is in good condition or not, no one dares to ignore Li Feng's attack. Now, when he sees Li Feng going to play alone, Hardaway immediately becomes nervous.
Not only Hardaway is nervous, Hollins is also nervous. Li Feng can defend Anthony, but on this side of the Nets, there is no defender with a single line that can truly defend Li Feng. This is the gap. This is what Hollins is most concerned about.
This is a very big test for the Nets. Li Feng knew that Delong's characteristics. In the early stage, this guy's characteristics were good physical fitness and strong breakthrough ability. Li Feng looked at Delong, who had forced himself to get short, and he made a shameless decision to bully his opponent with his height and weight.
After Li Feng made up this decision, he immediately slowed down and leaned forward towards Delong. At this time, Delong was extremely depressed. Li Feng's move of sticking his butt up was equivalent to saying that today I was going to bully you, and now I was going to bully you is the same.
What annoying thing this is. Delong really has no choice but to wait here for Li Feng to lean on. After Li Feng leaned on Delong, he really ate whatever he wanted. Delong was much shorter than Li Feng.
But Li Feng didn't want to pull Delong down in one bite, so he slowly sat down at Delong to hit him little by little. Delong was too depressed. Not only did he not have the ability to counterattack, he was also beaten by Li Feng little by little. He wanted to intercept the ball from behind in depression.
But Delong is a player with short arms. Everyone should notice when watching the Nets' games that Delong's arms look shorter than ordinary players, and basketball players all look slender, but Delong's two arms are hanging on both shoulders like two carrots. Short, Li Feng is just the right idea. With a long wingspan, Delong cannot reach the back.
In this way, the Barclays Center staged such a wonderful scene. Li Feng leaned back little by little slowly and slowly. Delong struggled weakly behind, and the ball was in the back, but his little arm was still unable to reach it. This scene was almost the same as when an adult played against a child.
Li Feng took several steps and reached a square not far from 45 degrees. Hollins seemed to suddenly remember something, and he screamed and attacked him.
But while Hollins yelled, Li Feng quickly retreated to the position he was best at 45 degrees, then suppressed Delong and took action to completely bully Delong and hit the eraser.
After Li Feng scored the goal, Barclays Center began to swear in groups of Li Feng, and the "woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-wo
But seeing Delong's weakness in front of Li Feng, Hollins began to think about who he should use to defend Li Feng and which one should he use? Hollins first thought of Anthony. Among the forwards, Anthony's physical strength is the best.
However, Hollins carefully removed Anthony, because although Anthony has good physical fitness, Anthony sacrificed too much on the defense and offensive end, so this task can only be handed over to Joe Johnson. Thinking of Joe Johnson's gentle appearance, then thought about Li Feng's fierce look, Hollins shook his head again. This was not possible. Joe Johnson's injury happened to cause the guy to get an injury, and in the end, Hollins chose Bogdanovic.
So Hollins yelled at Bogdanovic:
"Boyang, next time you go to defend Li Feng, you go to defend him."
The Serbians were running on the field with a normal face, but after hearing Hollins' words, his face turned paler.
In the Serbians, you are thinking, "Holins, good things, why didn't you think of me? You have never thought of me if you raise your salary and other things. But now you think of me first when you have dirty and tiring work. This is unfair.
Bogdanovic was unhappy and knew that defending a big man with a fast speed was just a tiring job that was not pleasing to him, but he couldn't ask Bogdanovic to withdraw and could only nod.
Li Feng took Delong on his back, and the Nets still played the inside, but now the Nets have set the Pelicans' point and started playing desperately in the inside.
At this time, Van Gundy rushed to the sideline and started yelling at Henson and Kelly:
"Don't foul, don't foul."
Van Gundy's action seemed nothing, but when you were careful, you felt funny. Van Gundy must have known that Henson could not stop Lopez, but why did he still not let Henson foul? There is only one explanation to explain this.
That is, you two should not defend too hard. If Lopez wants to attack, you have to play. Don’t just match too many fouls. Van Gundy has made up his mind and compete with the Nets for offense. If you want to play, you can’t defend yourself anyway, I just want to turn around and score.
This theory is definitely not the Pelicans' regular style of play. The Pelicans usually use defense as the first priority, and now they have to compete with the Nets in offense. This is a bit too abnormal.
Abnormal idea. Although Henson and Kelly have also experienced the playoffs, they did not understand Van Gundy's good intentions for the time being.
The Nets Pelicans began to open the formation, clearly telling you that the Pelicans are just going to play inside. Henson leaned against Lopez desperately to prevent Lopez from receiving the ball. Henson did not dare to go around completely. Because the Nets were backwards, if they were bounced, they would definitely not be able to match Lopez, so Henson could only half-circle and blocked in front of Lopez.
He had sufficient strength and had an advantage when grabbing the position. Lopez suppressed Henson in a few strokes, just like suppressing the little girl, and completely pressed Henson behind him.
At this time, he saw that Lopez had already succeeded in playing the ball. Joe Johnson gently hanged the ball into Lopez's hand. Lopez received the ball himself, and then he glanced at Henson behind him.
This is a process of measurement. When Lopez completed this process, a plan to deal with Henson had been completely formed. Lopez suddenly sat backwards, and Henson couldn't bear to take Lopez's power and took a big step backwards.
If his skills are good, he can play here by turning around, but Lopez does not have that strong skill. The best thing he can do is to get infinitely close to the basket. So after Lopez was here, he took a big step towards the Pelicans' middle lane.
At this time, Van Gundy wanted to forget it. Henson had already worked very hard. Let Lopez score, but no one expected that Kelly, who seemed to be the best bullying, suddenly rushed up and blocked Lopez.
Kai used his chest and body to block Lopez. One was a white man who had no physical fitness, and the other was an incomprehensible inside genius and a very perverted physical fitness. When he bumped into this, everyone thought Kelly would fall, but Kelly blocked this and jumped up with Lopez.
This is definitely Kelly's performance. Maybe the veteran doesn't care. Anyway, his years have passed, but his heart may still be full of passion and desire to fight.
Kelly jumped up with Lopez, but what kind of character is Lopez? He is good at bounce, which is Lopez's logo. Once he jumps, he will surpass Kelly.
At this time, there was no defense, but Kelly still stretched out his palm and hit Lopez's arm. When he encountered a tenacious sniper, Lopez did not stop in the inside line. When he encountered a powerful enemy, the guy's first reaction was also to counterattack. Just when Kelly slapped Lopez's arm, Lopez's hand did not stop, but turned his body slightly and threw the basketball into the basket.
The referee's whistle always slowed down. When Lopez had finished shooting, the whistle rang out. Bora's foul, but the basketball thrown by Lopez easily fell into the basket.
2+1, the water house heart cheered. Lopez's 2+1 after the air confrontation was indeed very beautiful. The audience was shouting. Barclays Center was waiting for such a king and such a goal.
Facing the Barclays Center, which was as jubilant as the tide, Lopez waved his arms and made everyone cheer at his rhythm.
Kenny Smith said at this time:
"Although Kelly's courage is commendable, he really can't stop Lopez, and he really can't do that.
"Yes, maybe after Al Jefferson he will become another inside single player in the league."
Barkley lowered his head as if thinking about something.
Van Gundy will finally call Kelly and Henson to his side again. Under the surprised gaze of the two old players Van Gundy whispered:
"Henson, Kelly, your people do not include defense Lopez. You just need to do what you should do. Now we have to compare against them to attack your defense and will make you fouls too much, and we will suffer in the future."
Van Gundy said this and Henson and Kelly understood. Kelly suffered a loss and wiped his chest.
He fought with Lopez like this, but he didn't expect Van Gundy to have to fight to the death. It seemed that he had been jumping for nothing. After Kelly ran back sadly.
I saw Lopez at the Pelicans free throw line with great honor to not hit the first shot.
Now the Pelicans can go back to attack. After Li Feng received Kelly's basketball, he turned to see that the person who defended him had changed. It was not Deron, but the Serbian Bogdanovic.
At this time, Bogdanovic played such a universal role in the Nets. Hollins saw that Li Feng was playing Deron too easily, so he pulled Bogdanovic. Bogdanovic was unwilling to do it. He was tired of doing work, but people and money were used to eliminate disasters. Bogdanovic could only stare at Li Feng with his teeth and the Serbian facial expressions. They were generally more muted, and Bogdanovic looked like he was looking at Li Feng very muted now.
Li Feng was not fast at dribbling. Now he knew that the team couldn't get fast. The Nets had more small people than his side. Li Feng was dribbling at first and thought about how to get rid of Bogdanovic, but later he thought about it.
No, Bogdanovic is defending himself now, so what is Delon doing? This kid has gone there. When Li Feng thought about it, he saw Delon running after Knight on the field.
Li Feng was happy now. He had an idea, why didn't he use Knight, so Li Feng kept Knight's space, Knight's speed was faster than Delong. Moreover, the first step was very large, the distance to catch the ball was particularly far, and he could still catch the ball in an open place.
As soon as Li Feng opened up the space here, Knight felt that Li Feng wanted to give him a ball.
As expected, Knight had just felt this way, and when Li Feng's ball was sent to a very large scale in advance, he passed it over. Knight took a big step and caught the ball and left Delong behind.
Delong's speed is not slow at all, and he is a very powerful figure in breakthrough, but when Knight jumped like this, Delongli felt that his defense was completely useless and the ball was completely controlled by the opponent.
To be continued...