Pick Westbrook

Chapter 412
Anthony Davis raised his head in wonder, looking at the coach not knowing what he meant.

hiss~
Anthony suddenly bared his teeth, the egg still hurting.

Li Lai walked to the bench and shook his finger.

DJ Mbenga, who hadn't played the entire playoffs, quickly stood up.

"coach."

Li Lai patted the other party's shoulder, and suddenly said: "I went to sea when I was young, after all, my father is the ship king of Milwaukee, son, let's play."

"I was on a boat with a very experienced local fisherman once and I had a great time out because we had a tank full of tuna."

"But on the return voyage, the fisherman did something that surprised me. He put an unremarkable and even cheap sea catfish into the cabin, and put it together with the precious tuna."

"I was very puzzled. I asked the experienced old man. He said: Tuna must be excited and active throughout the whole process if they want to go ashore safely, otherwise they will die in the cabin ahead of time. Although sea catfish is not precious, it is still alive. But it keeps the tuna excited."

"There is a kind of person who is born to be a precious tuna, and there is a kind of person who is born to be a catfish."

DJ-Mbenga understood what the coach wanted to convey, his eyes were red and he said: "Coach, so, I am a sea catfish that keeps tuna fresh, right?"

Li Lai put down his hands on the opponent's shoulders, and said seriously: "It's not preservation, it's protection, it's guidance."

"The fishing boats in our class need tuna and sea catfish. Both are very important, and they have their own worth of life."

"I want to see Anthony Davis come ashore."

Hearing the DJ Mbenga here paused, he thought of his life like a catfish in the sea.

My name is DJ-Mbenga, I come from the Congolese refugee class. My father was arrested and imprisoned, and my mother has long since disappeared. In the refugee camp center in Belgium, I got a chance to touch basketball. For this reason, I worked hard to train .

In 03, I watched LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, and Carmelo Anthony. I lost the election. Just to tell a joke, I am also the platinum generation of 03.

Fortunately, the Dallas Mavericks gave me a short contract of 10 days. I once thought that my miserable life began to change. On October 10, in the first game played for the Mavericks, the right ligament was torn
He has played 9 seasons in his career, and DJ Mbenga has received a basic salary for 9 seasons. It seems good, but DJ Mbenga has always been clear that he has always been a sea in a team Catfish, optional.

Most of those teams signed them because of his 213cm height and muscular body, he was a good mock opponent for in-team training.

"Coach, I'll bring Anthony Davis ashore."

The game restarts.

The Pelicans made substitutions and adjustments. At this time, the lineup on the court was Paul, Leonard, Jimmy Butler, DJ-Mbenga and Jordan Jr.

"what?!"

"DJ-Mbenga actually played?"

Looking at the picture on the court, Yu Jia was shocked.

Because DJ Mbenga is a player who averaged less than 3 minutes per game in the regular season, and the average data is not even 1 point, 1 rebound and 1 assist per game. Just such a marginalized player, why did the Pelicans send him to play? ?

Still such an anxious game in the playoffs.

Su Qun was also a little puzzled. Frowning, he suddenly thought of something, and said lightly between his brows, "This is the Twin Towers lineup!"

"Two tall players with a height of over 211cm are on the court, how can the Warriors defend with the current short lineup!"

On the court, Cole frowned and also discovered this problem.

The game has reached this time period, and the physical exertion of the Warriors' players is already extremely serious. Now that the Pelicans have suddenly won the center double towers, this will have a great destructive power on the Warriors' inside line.

After all, Draymond Green and David Lee are both short insiders, and David Lee is not good at defense.

"But taking the twin-tower lineup also means that the Pelicans' movement speed on the court has dropped drastically. What do you use to keep up with our offense?"

Cole quickly stood up and blew his whistle, signaling Durant and Curry to step up the next attack, and quickly push the switch.

Pelicans offense.

It was still the lob inside after the weak side was emptied, but this time it was not Anthony Davis who performed the singles, but DJ Mbenga.

Green defends DJ Mbenga.

Looking at Green, who is like a behemoth in front of him, he can only hold his shoulders, and found that DJ-Mbenga is taller and stronger than Anthony Davis.

So at the first moment, Green took the initiative to defend with all his strength and desperately.

Because DJ-Mbenga learned the ball late, his inside singles skills and even his movements are not solid enough, but he has one advantage.

That is the survival skill learned in the fiery refugee camp, which is the skill left by the lessons of life and death.

DJ-Mbenga admits that his singles skills are not as good as most inside players in the league, but in terms of this ability, he is at least among the top players in the league.

boom!
There was a loud smashing sound of the ball, DJ-Mbenga pushed hard behind him, Green held on tightly, but then DJ-Mbenga turned around hard, and at the same time iron!elbow!open!road!

Duang! ! !

The sound of bones colliding with bones sounded, and DJ Mbenga flew Green with an elbow in the process of turning, flying the opponent directly from the court to the audience.

Draymond Green was completely lost in everyone's field of vision.

In the auditorium, fans in New Orleans applauded again and again, and many fans even pointed at Green who was lying on the ground and cursed.

"You have today too!"

"Where did your arrogance of kicking eggs go?"

Immediately, the referee's whistle sounded on the court, and the three hurried to Green in the auditorium, and found that the opponent's mouth and nose were bleeding.

Seeing this scene, the referee was about to blow his whistle again, and then waved his hand vigorously into the player tunnel, calling DJ Mbenga for a malicious foul and directly expelled from the field, but Li Lai suddenly appeared beside him.

"This game has already set the tone of whistleblowing. Those two blatant kicks were ordinary fouls, so this time should be the same."

The referee turned his head, looked at Li Lai with a fierce face, and swallowed.

It was only then that he realized that Li Lai was waiting for him here. After hesitating again and again, he could only sigh, and whistled an ordinary foul, but reminded Li Lai to speak.

"This matter will stop here, and no one should escalate the intensity of the game."

On the bench, Anthony Davis was shocked to see this scene on the court.

He has been a good boy since he was a student, how could he have experienced such a bloody scene.

hiss~
The egg hurts again.

Du Feng reminded: "DJ-Mbenga is standing up for you."

Stevens added: "It's the coach and DJ Mbenga who's standing up for you, thick eyebrows, the stadium is like a battlefield."

"The playoffs are war!"

At this moment, Anthony Davis couldn't help but have a sore nose, and secretly swore in his heart: From now on, he will respect every teammate of his, and from now on he will play tougher on the court.

Green returned to the court after briefly dealing with the injury. Cole did not intend to replace the opponent, because at critical moments, Cole needed Green's defense, which Mike Brown reminded him of.

The Pelicans also did not make substitutions.

It was the same tactic again, DJ-Mbenga singled Green inside, this time Green obviously came with revenge.

The moment DJ-Mbenga caught the ball with his back, Green directly slapped DJ-Mbenga in the face from behind.

The slap hit DJ-Mbenga directly in the eyes, and his eyeballs turned red immediately.

The referee called a timeout again, and he finally couldn't bear the farce of tonight's game. Two technical offenders were given to DJ-Mbenga and Draymond Green.

At this time, Li Lai made a substitution adjustment, replacing DJ-Mbenga, and took the thick eyebrow again.

This time, the thick eyebrows who played again were full of fighting spirit and his eyes were full of fighting spirit.

Stevens couldn't help sighing and said: "The tuna has already landed."

DJ-Mbenga was encouraged by high-fives from Li Lai and all his teammates when he got off the court, and Beverly even shouted: "That elbow was not hard enough, if Malone had an iron elbow, this elbow would have allowed Green to lie down on the spot. "

DJ-Mbenga accepted the respect from his teammates, and he finally understood the coach's saying that catfish and tuna have their own value on this boat.

"My value is to protect Anthony Davis."

Game four.

Green, who has 5 fouls on his back, is restrained everywhere on the defensive end, and the defensive tactics Cole wants to deploy are completely unable to use them.

More importantly, in the last quarter of the game tonight, it was no longer the singles of Paul, Leonard and Jimmy Butler, but Anthony Davis.

Because of Green's foul crisis, Anthony Davis was inexplicably very excited after being replaced again, and he called for playing Green.

10 of 7 shots in a single quarter, Green continued to be blown by Anthony Davis.

The Pelicans won the game again 108:100.

The series leads 2:0.

In the post-match interview, all the reporters were admiring Nongmei’s performance in tonight’s game. He made 25 of 15 shots, 5 of 4 free throws, and scored 34 points, 15 rebounds and 5 blocks.

Anthony Davis was even compared with the young O'Neal by these reporters after the game.

"The last person who was able to score 30+15+5 in the playoffs with a rookie contract was the legendary second-year Shaquille O'Neal. He is known as the most dominant center in NBA history."

"But you, Anthony Davis, did this in the first year of your rookie season. Your dominance is as obvious as O'Neal."

Anthony knows that the key reason why he can play well is that the Warriors' inside line is too weak.

But when the reporters began to link him to O'Neal, Anthony Davis couldn't help but glance at the coach beside him.

"The coach has long said that in the small ball era, I can play as dominant as Shaquille O'Neal."

But Anthony Davis gained something more important after this game, friendship.

DJ Mbenga, who was blown off by technical offenses, will be fined $2.5. More importantly, Green stabbed DJ Mbenga's eyes red on the court. In the locker room after the game, the opponent couldn't even open his eyes. open.

That guy Green is ruthless enough.

In order to express his gratitude to DJ-Mbenga, Anthony has told the general manager Hammond in advance that he will pay the opponent's fine. At the same time, he will also give DJ-Mbenga a gift after this year's playoffs. Thank you for this.

"And now, I just think about how to deal with the Warriors and Green."

5 month 11 day.

The venue for the Western Conference semifinals finally came to the Bay Area, Oracle Arena.

Kerr still has vivid memories of the Pelicans home vibe, the New Orleans crowd tearing the Warriors apart.

Losing two games in a row still didn't make Kerr lose confidence in winning the game. He believes that the Warriors have every chance to be the Pelicans' opponent.

Oracle Arena.

Warriors fans were beyond excited.

Anthony Davis lowered his head to meditate, and in just a few days he seemed to have become an adult.

Paul stood next to Anthony Davis, also closed his eyes and meditated: "This round of the series, all of us will help you."

"The Warriors are weak inside, and you are our nuclear weapon to defeat them."

"As early as the first game, the coach has the idea of ​​​​reusing you in this series and using you as the core of the offense."

Anthony Davis nodded, opened his eyes and said seriously: "I can accomplish everything the coach entrusts to me."

"I can fix Green, and I'll make him pay."

Game start.

The Warriors still focused on Durant's offense at the beginning.

Durant's touch was still as good as ever, which made Li Lai wonder whether his tactics of consuming the opponent's physical strength were useful.

Beverly entered the court early and started to confront Durant. Curry made all 3 shots before holding the ball.

Li Lai was forced to call a timeout again. This is the second time the Warriors have done this in this series.

With the blessing of the home game and the Warriors fans, Curry's shooting touch is a bit scary.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans trailed 28:32.

In the second quarter of the game, Paul singled and passed for the team to get back the score, and Durant immediately responded with 2 mid-range singles.

But what neither the Warriors nor Cole expected was that the nerve knife JR Smith, who had been silent for 2 games, suddenly broke out, hitting 4 consecutive shots in a single quarter from outside the three-point line, directly helping the Pelicans to open the score.

Li Lai also noticed that when Paul, Diaw and Jimmy Butler, three of the Pelicans' best passers, were on the court, JR Smith's chances of getting assists and getting shots would greatly increase.

"This will be a good lineup for us to chase points in the future."

The third quarter of the game.

Klay Thompson, who has been guarded by Li Lai, also broke out. He and JR Smith are like crouching dragons and phoenixes, singing as you finish singing.

Klay Thompson hit 5 three-pointers in a single quarter, igniting the blood of Oracle Stadium fans.

"Golden State Warriors, for the first time in the series, maintain a 10-point lead over the Pelicans!"

Kenny Smith believes that the Warriors have a good chance of winning tonight's game. After all, it is the three-man explosion of Durant, Curry and Klay Thompson.

The Warriors finally showed their offensive that swept the league for the first time under the strict defense of the Pelicans.

"Their firepower reminds me of the Bucks back then!"

There is a break in the fourth quarter.

All the players of the Pelicans surrounded Li Lai.

Li Lai pointed at the tactics on the tactics board and shouted hoarsely.

"It's unrealistic to want to beat the Warriors blindly on defense and defend their offense every night!"

"After all, the Warriors have the best shooting players in the league. We have to change the winning mode and play offense!"

"Strike the inside line with all your strength."

(End of this chapter)