Van Gundy pondered for a moment and sent his substitute lineup. In fact, Van Gundy is also facing a very embarrassing situation, that is, after overuse of the main force, no one is available on the bench. In the end, Van Gundy still pieced together his substitute lineup.

The substitute lineup that was barely pieced together by point guard DJ Augustine, shooting guard Brewer, small forward Elsan Watanabe, power forward Brand, center Al Jefferson, Van Gundy barely pieced together is really shabby in the backcourt, but Van Gundy also made it clear before sending them on the court that he must defend desperately and defend at all costs. He also used the example of Li Feng as a verbal evidence to tell his players that since they are not ruthless, what are we supposed to be?

The Blazers' substitute lineup is point guard Lillard, shooting guard Matthews, small forward Thomas Robinson, power forward Robin Lopez, center Leonard.

This is a very terrifying tall lineup, but his tall lineup is a type of matchmaking with no footsteps in the inside and outside, and his attack power is obviously weak and slow.

In this way, in the last time of the third quarter, the Pelicans and the Trail Blazers played very closely, and everyone was very careful. Only Lillard tried to score high scores a few times, but he was only in the second grade and his shooting was very poor. He had the intention but had no ability, which caused a big storm.

In this way, at the end of the third quarter, the scores of the two teams remained at 10 points, 90-80, and the Trail Blazers relied on Lillard to get back 4 points.

At the end of the third quarter, Wesley in the commentary seat looked at with a vivid expression of provocation and mockery, and Bill Walton said:

"How about it, my friend, now do you want to say how great the Trail Blazers are? No matter what you say, I can describe our Pelicans with the same praise,"

Wesley said a little smugly, but Bill said with his eyes rolling:

"Well, if I say the Trail Blazers' head coach is a tiny guy, would you say the same?"

Speaking of this topic, Wesley glanced at Van Gundy on the court, and said with uncertainty:

"I don't think I'd be angry with me even if I say that,"

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the substitutes of the two teams were still competing for, and the score was stalemate at about 10 points, while the main players of both sides were sitting off the court, resting their strength and waiting for the last 8 minutes of the game. That was the time to decide the outcome of the game.

The stalemate finally turned around. In the second minute and 56, after Lillard beat Brewer continuously, the score gap between the Trail Blazers and the Pelicans finally narrowed to single digits.

99-90, the Trail Blazers' opportunity has come, and the Pelicans are ready. The two teams substitute almost at the same time. On the Pelicans, they are replaced by point guard Ross, shooting guard Arenas, small forward Caron Butler, power forward Li Feng, and center Millsap.

Stotts did not disappoint Van Gundy. His sharp knife was placed on the court, point guard Lillard, shooting guard Jason Lillard, small forward Michael Batum, power forward Dorrell Wright and center Aldridge.

This is the essence of both teams, covering almost all types of scorers in the league. In the Trail Blazers, there are more breakthrough players and singles players with balls, while in the Pelicans, there are more roaming top scorers and low-post offensive players. This difference in lineup dominates the differences in the Trail Blazers' game style.

At the beginning of the game, the Pelicans' ball rights were all full of electricity after the rest. The Trail Blazers' players also had the same effect as the Pelicans players. Their unexpected defense was very sticky and flowed very quickly in the first half. The simple low post and the cooperation between the peripheral shooters was a little sticky.

So Ross quickly passed the ball to Li Feng, hoping that Li Feng would use his strong breakthrough ability and impact to cut through the entire Trail Blazers' defensive system to form opportunities, but Li Feng understood Ross' gesture wrongly, and he thought he wanted to play alone by himself.

So Li Feng, who received the basketball, immediately turned around and stood at a 45-degree position. Dorrell Wright was still in front of him. After a quarter of competition, Dorrell Wright had already realized Li Feng's ability and characteristics. So when he saw Li Feng turn around, he immediately took a step back to defend Li Feng's breakthrough.

When Li Feng saw Dorell Wright retreating, the space in front of him immediately expanded widening. Isn’t this a good time to shoot? When Dorell Wright took a step back, Li Feng calmly raised his arm and smiled and looked at Dorell Wright. His lower body did not move at all, just pointing a basketball with his fingers.

The basketball flew out, with no arc at all, just a straight line, and with a "bang" sound, it hit the Trail Blazers' rebound strongly, and then turned around and drilled into the Trail Blazers' basket vigorously.

Dorrell Wright felt a little bit like this. He saw this kind of shooting in middle school because of his life, and then he saw this kind of thing in Duncan. Now he was actually made a shot from the big guy in front of him.

Dorrell Wright broke his mouth and said, what else can I say? The Trail Blazers replaced Mo Williams, but this was completely different in rhythm. Mo Williams replaced was the point guard, and his pace was faster, and the entire Trail Blazers also became faster.

The two defenders of the Trail Blazers are both two double-athlete guards, and they are both attack-oriented, one is good at breaking through and the other is good at shooting. In the fourth quarter, the rhythm of these two people immediately became very fast.

Lillard and Mo Williams passed two passes, and the Trail Blazers' double defender reached the Pelicans' half, and the double ghosts shot the goal. At this time, Lillard and Lillard didn't wait for the players behind to come up. Xiao Mo pulled and passed the ball immediately, and Lillard broke through.

Lillard's breakthrough is of the kind of purity. There is no stunning first step, nor is there a large and realistic false action. There is only a simple and unpretentious degree. There seems to be no interval when the start is finished. He catches the ball and then breaks through the left side in a seemingly simple step, squeezes around Rose, and the second step has been completely passed, making a layup on the Pelicans' head with a very simple and easy way.

The main players of both sides made their debut in 3 minutes, and the Pelicans were chased by the Trail Blazers for 4 points, leaving only a 5-point advantage, 104-99.

Next, Mo Williams also relied on a pick-and-roll breakthrough to score.

At this time, Van Gundy hurriedly called a timeout, replaced Ross and replaced Thornton, pushing Li Feng back from the position of the fake power forward to the position of the small forward.

Although Ross was a little dissatisfied at this time, he really couldn't defend. In Mo Williams' footsteps, Van Gundy quickly urged Li Feng while replacing Ross:

"Li Feng, be careful of Mo Williams' footsteps. You can give him space appropriately, but you must not let him enter our inside line."

Li Feng nodded hard and ran to the field. When Li Feng started dribbling again, he began to observe the entire field and played the Pelicans' tactic of misaligning singles that many times in this game.

When running, the Pelicans pays great attention to the screening at low positions and cross-covering with high positions in combination with cutting action. Running players often suddenly turn around and can get a low position, and then the others pull it away, instead of the usual opening, and one player obviously plays at low positions.

After Li Feng ran out of the low post cover, he quickly curled inward and cut in. Then he turned around and stuck a position. When Li Feng made the move, he only considered the tactical possibility, but what he didn't expect was that as soon as he turned around, Butler's one-handed pass with the ball was like a meteor. He immediately reached Li Feng's front. Li Feng hurriedly reached out to receive the ball.

At this time, the Pelicans players around the ball immediately dispersed and left all the space to Li Feng. In the first three quarters of the game, Li Feng's performance was average and there were not many good opportunities in offense. It was mainly because of the low-post tactics performed by the Pelicans. He had to face Batum and did not take advantage of it at all.

Now Lillard has suddenly become behind him. Now Li Feng has taken advantage of it. He dribbled the ball and then turned to the basket directly. Lillard was ately terrified on his body. Lillard was so angry that he had no choice but to stare at him.

The Trail Blazers attacked. Mo Williams had just turned a blind eye to Ross' breakthrough. He was used to coming up and destroying the opponent in front of him first. After half the game, he was like breaking through Li Feng.

But Li Feng was prepared here, with the distance back and the position between his feet. As soon as Mo Williams broke through, he fell into his trap. After running out in two steps, Mo Williams did not pass Li Feng, but was squeezed by Li Feng with his body and completely pressed towards the left side line.

When it comes to this defensive situation, Li Feng is completely active, because after physical contact, his strength and figure advantages are all exerted, and it is not entirely possible for Mo Williams to advance and retreat.

Mo Williams, who was still fighting hard, walked forward. Karon Butler, who was at the baseline, suddenly came up to attack Mo Williams in a double attack. At this moment, Mo Williams finished. On one side was the sideline, and on the other side were the two defensive players who had no room at all.

Just when Mo Williams understood that he was in prison and wanted to pass the ball, Li Feng attacked Mo Williams at the time of his most desperate moment, and took it down with one palm, forcibly pulling Mo Williams' ball into his arms.

Then he turned around and passed it to Li Feng. It was this time that Stotts slapped his thighs continuously, because at the moment when Mo Williams was cut off, Stotts felt that the momentum of the Pelicans that his team had accumulated to be overthrown, which had always been cut off by Li Feng's steal.

You can not shoot or break through, but you are intercepted or blocked. This is the most harmful thing. Once the morale moves, the morale will become unstable.

Although Li Feng faced Lillard's begging in a low post, he was immediately restricted by Lillard as soon as he ran all over the game. He could only control the ball and play the half-court attack on the Trail Blazers' position.

As soon as the whole team ran over, Li Feng also extended his hand, but he still played in a misplaced low position single.

But now Li Feng seemed to be playing with the Eagles to catch the chicken, and he bypassed Millsap and Ross from the bottom line, then cut out to cover Karon Butler, and inserted himself into the Trail Blazers inside.

When he arrived at the basket, he suddenly turned around and Li Feng's ball arrived. The series of cooperation was almost the same as Li just now. In fact, the tactics were run by this time. The Pelicans had already made a series of changes. Li Feng could pass the ball to Millsap's jump shot at the high position, Rose and Caron Butler's three-pointers on both sides, and Thornton's 45-degree response.

But at this time, Mo Williams, who was behind Li Feng, putting his body on Li Feng, was really weak. He squatted hard on the ground, and Mo Williams disappeared without a trace as if he was a steel ball that was shaken away.

Li Feng can perform this time, jumped up directly, completed the pull rod and turned 90 degrees in the air, and smashed the basketball wheel arm into the Trail Blazers' basket sideways, "Boom"

At this moment, Liu Qiyu smiled in his private room, and the stands were even more jubilant.

The Trail Blazers made an attack after halftime, Aldridge and Mo Williams took the high pick-and-roll, but after the pick-and-roll, Aldridge did not match the small player as he wished but instead faced Li Feng.

Just shoot, he sticks to his body like a dog skin plaster, break through, there is no advantage in footsteps or confrontation with him. Just when Aldridge was a little hesitant, Li Feng's long hand moved again, even though Aldridge put the ball behind his head.

However, Li Feng's hand was still as silent as the ghost and as secret as the snake. He passed through Aldridge's back, and then pulled off Aldridge's basketball, and rushed to the Trail Blazers' half again, and then passed the ball, Karon Butler's three-pointer.

Continuous steals and strong defense immediately made the Trail Blazers' offensive master again, which was like a person who was always stuck in the upcoming high. He was impotence after a few rounds and turns. Now the Trail Blazers are like this. In the following time, the Trail Blazers became weaker and weaker, while the Pelicans steadily cooperated again and again. At the New Orleans Arena, the Pelicans defeated the Trail Blazers who were always crazy in the past like a myth.

David Wesley made a sharp summary of the game:
Chapter completed!