635: Boy, look at that pennant
Link's layup broke all the fantasies of Davis and the Pelicans.
Defeat the Memphis Grizzlies at the Federal Express Arena? It's not an easy task.
The second quarter just started, and the 7-point difference was filled. So what after that? How much will the difference be widened?
"Double-team! We must double-team him as soon as possible! Tony Allen can ignore it on the offensive end, so next we will also adopt the double-team tactic against Link!"
Monty Williams roared loudly off the court. Link avoided the trolley layup that Davis had just completed, which allowed Monty Williams to see the gap between Link and the others.
With a simple one-on-one defense, even if Davis defends, it will be difficult to limit Link.
You don't know what he will do next, and what's even more terrifying is that no matter what he does next, he can score goals.
Therefore, Williams needs double-teams. Only by using double-teams can Link be restricted.
Davis listened to the coach's arrangement, and a sense of frustration instantly filled his whole body. In just three rounds, he was proved unable to defend Link in one-on-one.
At first, Davis thought that he and Link could explode with each other. But it turned out that there was no mutual explosion at all, and he could only let Link slaughter.
But then I thought about it, although I had to rely on double-teams to limit Link now, as long as I could win the game, everything was worth it.
As long as he can win, Davis doesn't mind what method the team uses.
In this way, the break between the festival ended. With the cheers of Grizzlies fans, the defending champion who had just tied the score for the team made another appearance.
In the first quarter, the Grizzlies seemed to be just warming up. After taking the second quarter, the situation turned around instantly!
Davis moved his arms and shoulders, but when he looked up at his opponent, he was stunned.
To be precise, the entire Pelicans were stunned. They didn't expect that the Grizzlies would be replaced so soon!
"The Grizzlies substitution again, Coach Joggel replaced Tony Allen with Nick Young. This substitution was very sudden. It seemed that they wanted to increase their offensive firepower?"
Monty Williams looked confused, Nick Yang came up, wouldn’t the double-team tactic be ruined?
Could it be that the other party guessed his own arrangements!?
Joggle turned his head and looked at the other half, and found Monty Williams was surprised and smiled slightly.
Indeed, he is not an offensive expert. Many of the Grizzlies' offensive routines were designed by his assistant Quinn Snyder. But Jogel is full of confidence in the defense he is good at.
As a defensive coach, he just thought about it carefully. If he encountered the Pelicans, he would be Monty Williams.
So, based on his guess about the Pelicans' defensive arrangement, he made changes in offensive strategies.
Judging from Monty Williams's surprised expression now, he seemed to have guessed it.
Jogel sat back on the bench with peace of mind, his work was completed. Next, look at Link.
Phil Jackson is great because he can create singles space for Kobe and Jordan by relying on triangular offense. The rest depends on Kobe and Jordan himself.
Jogel found that his current mentality was a bit like a "Zen Master". The opportunity was created, so let's watch the stars perform the rest.
After the game started again, the Pelicans still did not score. This time, Davis's jump shot from the outside was actually interfered by Link Zha. If Davis continued to avoid playing like this, his efficiency would definitely plummet.
After the timeout comes back, the first attack is not in progress, which is a very morale-damaging thing.
All the Pelicans are now a little discouraged. They only have the shadow of losing time and time again after the start of the second quarter. They have long forgotten the glory of defeating the Heat in the last game.
Monty Williams saw Conley pushing with the ball, and finally waved to the players, indicating that he would still implement the double-team Link's plan!
Nick Young doesn't have any touch at any time, he is a nerve knife player. So Monty Williams decided to take a gamble.
Link had just received the basketball and was about to confront Davis, and Amino double-teamed up.
Under the interference of the two "gibbons", Link did not panic, but calmly passed the ball to Iguodala.
Iguodala received the ball, and Eric Gordon quickly went to fill the ball. In this way, the one who was missed became Nick Young.
Iguodala's passing vision is also very wide. When Gordon ran to him, Iguodala immediately sent the ball to the open position.
Nick Young did not pass the ball, but shot directly! He was the only player who entered the main rotation lineup last season but never gave Link an assist. It is impossible to pass the ball, and it will never be possible in his life.
Monty Williams' heart was in his throat. Whether the double-teaming tactic can be successful depends on this goal!
The basketball finally hit the front of the basket and bounced high. Just as Monty Williams was about to slim his fist to celebrate, the basketball fell again in the direction of the basket.
“No…No…”
"brush!"
When basketball entered the net, Monty Williams' face turned pale, as if he had just taken a roller coaster.
Nick Young made a three-pointer, and he felt hot today! If you don’t want him to score 9 points in one minute, then don’t go to double-teams!
"When Link faces double-teams, he can always handle the ball in the most correct way, which is really valuable. Although this ball is not an assist that Link directly completed, his first pass was very timely. The Grizzlies overtook three points, and the Pelicans seemed to be unable to withstand it."
"It's weird that they can resist it. It has annoyed the top 50 superstars in the new season. The Pelicans are just waiting to cry." O'Neal's mentality of watching the game has completely changed. At the beginning, he wanted to see the confrontation between Link and Davis.
But now, O'Neal is only looking forward to Link's performance. Davis is indeed very talented. If nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely grow into a superstar. But when confronting Link? He is still far from it.
The Pelicans are a little panicked now. They can't find an effective scoring method, so they can only try it for everyone.
This time, the test-handed one turned into Holiday. His beautiful breakthrough made him pull Conley's defense away, and his smart high throw layup also allowed the basketball to successfully cross the "European Fortress" of Gasol.
But unfortunately, the basketball missed the goal after getting the ball through the board, and it was ultimately missed.
If you are playing the NBA2k game now, the blue mark that represents a cold touch should appear under the feet of the five Pelicans. From the beginning of the second quarter to now, the Pelicans have not scored a single point!
"It's too difficult, Holiday's attack just now is too difficult. The Pelicans must be careful now, they can't let the Grizzlies score again. Once the Grizzlies play an offensive climax, they will be out of control. No, the Grizzlies have now played a 10-0 climax... The Pelicans are asking for good luck."
Davis is very nervous now. He doesn't know what Link will do next. Unconsciously, Davis is completely dominated by Link and completely falls into Link's rhythm.
Link was cruising outside the three-point line, and Davis kept up nervously. This time, the Pelicans did not dare to double-team again.
"ad, have you seen the dome of the Federal Express Arena?" Link spoke to Davis while running.
Davis ignored it, he just wanted to concentrate on defense.
"Did you see that championship banner? It was stolen from LeBron. All you defeated was my defeated player, so you can't beat me too! I'm the fucking champion!"
Link didn't care whether Davis responded or not, and he didn't need Davis to respond to him anyway. He just wanted to be sure that Davis could hear what he said.
As a No. 1 pick, Davis naturally heard a lot of trash talk last season. But no sentence would make him breathless like he did just now.
"I'm the fucking champion."
After Link yelled this, Davis felt that Link was a high-ranking "god". There was no possibility of defeating him.
After Link squirting trash, he quickly cut in. In a daze, Davis followed up half a beat slower.
Mike Conley, who was moving, saw Link's gesture and threw the ball into the air.
Everyone's eyes moved with the basketball. They looked up and found that the lights were a little dazzling.
Soon, a strong figure blocked the dazzling light. He held the basketball with one hand, and the basketball looked like a sun under the light.
Under the "sun", there is Anthony Davis, who is hopeless and has no choice but to do anything that happens to him.
"boom!"
Everyone stood up, including the .t trio.
Davis saw the scene waving, and saw Conley yelling at Link excitedly and touching his chest.
But Davis found himself unable to hear anything, and the dunk just now completely closed all his fantasies about victory.
Chapter completed!