NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 407 Reversed!

The next day, the NBA All-Star Game began. Obviously, the current All-Star Game has become a complete exhibition game, with little confrontation. In the end, the Western All-Star team defeated the Eastern Conference 163-158.The West scored 163 points, tying the record set last year, and the total score of 321 points by the two teams broke the historical record.

In the West, Russell Westbrook, who came off the bench, scored 41 points, only 1 point behind the All-Star game record.James Harden nearly had a triple-double with 29 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, LaMarcus Aldridge had 8 points and Stephen Curry had 8 points and nine rebounds.

东部这边，勒布朗-詹姆斯拿下30分7次助攻，约翰-沃尔19分7次助攻，替补出场的凯文乐福21分，凯里-欧文11分。东道主卡梅罗-安东尼20投仅6中，得14分。[27]
西部明星队替补控卫拉塞尔-威斯布鲁克以替补身份拿到41分5篮板1助攻3抢断，最终当选MVP。41分是全明星历史的单场第二高分，仅次于威尔特-张伯伦在1962年创下的纪录42分！
"Hey, you've chosen almost half of the above," Anjali said with a smile, leaning on Presti's shoulder.

"Well, more than half!" Presti smiled proudly.

"Then, advise my father again this year?" Anjali said cautiously.

Presti looked at Anjali angrily and amused, "No need to do this, can I come out? But he has to listen to me!"

"Mmm! Mmm! He will definitely listen to you this time," Anjali said happily.

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After the All-Star Game, the regular season continues,
On February 2, the Pelicans ushered in the challenge of the Spurs at home. The two teams did not adapt to the game at the beginning of the season.At the end of the half, the two sides contributed 18 turnovers in one attack!
During the break, Presti criticized the players in the locker room, and this criticism also had an effect. In the second half, the turnovers of the Pelicans players were significantly reduced, and the shooting percentage also improved. On the other hand, the Spurs were still the same as in the first half. This is the gap between stars and ordinary players. Stars can quickly adjust, but ordinary players can't! , In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Spurs 109:98!
On the 20th, the Pelicans easily defeated the Jazz at home. The biggest highlight of this game is Antetokounmpo's performance!

Before the game, Presti rested Paul George, and Antetokounmpo stepped up. Although Antetokounmpo didn't shoot and couldn't do without the ball, it was violent enough!Antetokounmpo took the ball in the low post and punched Hayward hard, and directly pushed Hayward to the basket and turned around for a dunk!The Pelicans fans are frequently amazed!

Apparently tonight belongs to Alphabet Song!Hayward intercepted Curry's pass and wanted to counterattack a dragon, while Antetokounmpo followed in big strides, and directly gave Hayward a big cap after reaching the basket!

Then Hayward hit a letter, and was hated by Antetokounmpo after breaking through the penalty area!

The fans at the scene were completely crazy, who is Hayward?That's the star of the Jazz!He is also a talented young player in the league. Just such a player has been taken by the letter several times!
And not only that, Antetokounmpo has also made a great contribution on the offensive end. After taking the ball, he made a big stride breakthrough. Although the letter will not change direction, the speed and pace are enough to drive Hayward crazy. After reaching the inside, the Jazz can only shrink.

最终，鹈鹕以114:98大胜爵士，这场比赛字母哥拿到了21分8篮板4助攻外加5盖帽！

After the game, the media commented on Antetokounmpo's performance,
Barkley exclaimed: "Antetokounmpo reminds me of that bastard O'Neal. In a few years, I am very optimistic that Antetokounmpo can dominate the basket!"

Kenny Smith was also surprised: "The potential shown by Antetokounmpo makes me very sure that he will become the top player in the league!"

O'Neal said: "Compared to the potential shown by Antetokounmpo, I am more amazed by Presti's vision and training! It seems that he can always find the best of each rookie! He is even more of a BUG!"

And some fans even fanned the flames: "Presti has ruined the NBA. If he is in other teams, he will never have a day in the first place. This makes fans of many teams not interested!"

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On the 22nd, the Pelicans easily defeated the underdog Hornets at home, and defeated the Pacers on the 24th, starting a winning streak again!
But on the 28th, the Pelicans ushered in a challenge from the Thunder!

At the beginning, the two sides adopted targeted defensive strategies based on the characteristics of each other's lineups: the Pelicans defensively focused on unlimited rotations at positions 1-5, and tried to use Green and Davis to play against Jordan alone!
The only thing is to hold Jordan's left shoulder and restrict his forward turn; once Jordan dislocates and chases the small Pelicans guard with his back, the Pelicans will let go of Ibaka outside the three-point line and pinch Jordan along the bottom line!
And this also worked. In the first half, Jordan only scored 5 points on 2 of 4 shots in the half!
The Thunder's defensive end focuses on "taking care" of Curry: this year's 13-year rookie Robertson defends Harden alone; usually, the 1-4 positions have unlimited defenses during pick-and-rolls.
Of course, the price is that Green and Thompson scored 14 of the 12 points in the opening pot. Although the Thunder locked Harden Curry in the start, the Pelicans' strong finishers and shooters benefited from this.

首个暂停之际，鹈鹕14-10领先雷霆4分。杜兰特3中3独得8分，格林、汤普森合砍12分。雷霆失误4次，鹈鹕失误1次。

During the rotation period, the Pelicans' second team mainly played Barea and Thompson + Gobert instigated a high pick-and-roll.

首节战罢，鹈鹕28-25领先雷霆3分。鹈鹕命中率44.0%，三分球9中5；雷霆命中率45.5%，三分球6中2。雷霆失误7次，鹈鹕失误2次。

At the beginning of the second quarter, Presti put on a lineup of Bradley + Antetokounmpo Green + Thompson + Barea, while the Thunder was led by Durant and Harden!

The Thunder mainly use Durant and Harden to take turns holding the ball and single-handedly attacking the basket. Under the Pelicans' defensive system with unlimited defenses, the Thunder can only rely on Durant and Harden to solve the problem.

The Pelicans used Barea + Gobert to launch a positional pick-and-roll attack. Barea used a single-block mid-range shot or Gobert went down to attack the basket, supplemented by Bradley and Antetokounmpo.

After Westbrook came on the court, the ball began to lean towards Westbrook, using Westbrook's breakthrough ability, but Durant only took 6 shots by the end of halftime;
And the Pelicans Curry and Paul George started the heads-up mode: Curry held the ball outside the three-point line and continued to single-handedly beat Westbrook and Robertson, and Paul George used the pick-and-roll dislocation to chase Jordan!

And this tactic directly hit the Thunder for a long time, especially when Jordan was trained by Curry in the military, he almost hit every shot!
半场结束，鹈鹕70-48领先雷霆22分！鹈鹕命中率FG47.1%，三分球27中12；雷霆命中率40.9%，三分球12中3。雷霆失误11次，鹈鹕失误2次。库里半场25分，杜兰特半场17分。

Many people thought the game was stable again, even Presti thought so, but the second half changed suddenly.

In the first half of the third quarter, Curry dominated the pick-and-roll attack, which not only fed the cake to Davis, but also forced Ibaka's misplaced heads-up!
In the second half of the third quarter, the Pelicans entered heads-up mode!Davis hit Ibaka in the low post, Paul George made a three-pointer from the outside, Thompson caught and threw it, and Curry played a halftime three-pointer!

The Oklahoma City Thunder began to expand defensively, and Jordan rushed to the three-point line to switch defenses. The head coach of the Thunder encouraged the Pelicans to play heads-up, and did not dare to let the Pelicans play the whole team.
On the offensive end, the Thunder led the counterattack with Westbrook's comprehensive speed-up and long pass. Durant scored three three-pointers in a row.
The Pelicans made 9 of 1 three-pointers in the third quarter, Curry missed a long-range three-pointer, Davis missed a three-pointer at the top of the arc, and Paul George missed Durant. .

In the fourth quarter, Presti knew that the Thunder was already in its state, and decisively used the safest offensive method to use Curry + Davis high pick-and-roll VS Westbrook + Harden double guards to stab back and forth!
Curry revitalizes the team with the vision of positional warfare: assists Thompson to hit a three-pointer, enters the penalty area to feed Davis, and Curry leads the team to chase to 101-101!

The Thunder immediately paused at this time!After returning from the timeout, the Thunder went to the lineup of Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Ibaka, and Jordan!
At the decisive moment, the offensive end of the Pelicans was handed over to Curry, and Ibaka/Durant/Westbrook continued outside the three-point line; the Thunder countered with Durant and Westbrook holding the ball to kill the Pelicans penalty area!
Obviously, the Thunder is in better condition tonight, with consecutive counterattacks, and the Pelicans are still 23 points behind Pu in the last 3 seconds!
At this time, Curry took the court quickly, replaced Ibaka in the pick-and-roll, changed direction and pulled up, and threw a retreating three-pointer!Three points hit!

Thunder pause!After returning from the timeout, Durant played a single from the outside and directly made a three-pointer at the top of the arc!Hollow into the net, and 4.9 seconds before the end, Curry missed a 27-foot retreat three-pointer; but Green scrambled to the frontcourt board, Paul George in the bottom corner, but Durant's long arm interfered and the shot missed!Missed the perfect opportunity.

In the end, the Thunder defeated the Pelicans by 3 points, and the Thunder completed a 22-point comeback!

This game made the fans hooked, and they all said that it is up to the Thunder to sanction the Pelicans. Once the Thunder pushes out the counterattack, they will not be afraid of any team, even the Pelicans!
In an interview after the game, Presti said with a smile: "I have already said that the players I selected should not be underestimated, especially the guys from the Thunder. In fact, we are not stable. You can see the performance of the Thunder tonight! Congratulations to them!"

The reporter continued to ask: "What do you think of the team's performance at the last moment tonight!"

Presti sighed and said: "In fact, they are under too much pressure. At the moment when the score catches up, they are already very nervous. It is normal to fail to make a shot in that situation. Players will always encounter such things in their careers, and they will get better soon!"

In the locker room, the players lowered their heads and felt a little sad. They have always reversed others, or directly destroyed others, but now being reversed by others, this feeling is too uncomfortable!

Presti did not blame them, but encouraged: "We still have a chance to play against the Thunder in the regular season, and we will also play against them in the playoffs at the end. Then it will be good to get revenge. Tomorrow we will be back to back, no problem?"

"No problem!" the players shouted suddenly, they won't lose streak! .

On the 29th, the Pelicans played against the Los Angeles Clippers at home!Most people think that even if the Pelicans win this game, it will not be too easy. After all, yesterday's game was too intense, but they were shocked at the beginning of the game!

On the offensive end, Curry and Davis' pick-and-roll made the Clippers completely unable to defend. Davis retreated outside the three-point line. The Clippers started their defensive tactics to defend against Davis' three-pointers.
But after the center forward, Davis made a decisive breakthrough with the ball. After Griffin came to help defend, Green missed the basket, and then split the air-cut Green. Green took off and dunked directly after the request! !

Paul and Griffin's pick-and-roll, the Pelicans resolutely switched defenses, Green switched to Paul, and gave Paul a certain distance. This distance is not easy for Paul to rush, and Green's jumping can also interfere when he is born!
Paul was born at the free throw line and missed under the interference of Green. After Davis got the rebound, he dribbled the ball and accelerated!Although Davis's speed is not as fast as that of a guard, his deterrent power is much stronger than that of a guard. After rushing up, the Clippers had no one in front of them, and dunked directly at the basket!
Soon Presti changed his tactics on the defensive end. Davis came out to delay Paul, forcing him to play, and encouraged other Clippers players to play!At the beginning of the period, Paul wanted to score the basket, but Green immediately defended him. The Clippers center Hawes was very difficult to play against Green!This is why Presti dared to let Davis go out to delay. Green's current defensive ability is close to the peak level of his previous life!
The ball was given to other Clippers players, and the ball was basically lost. Matt Barnes singled out Paul George, and Paul George directly scooped it out and stole it!After getting the ball, chase the body for a three-pointer!
Griffin played Green in the low post. This time he turned around and slipped the baseline suddenly, and was about to make a layup. Davis came back to defend again, and the big cap slapped, forcing Griffin to play outside again!Played a dry pull CIC!In the end, he made a mid-range shot of 10 out of 2!

(End of this chapter)