Vol 3 Chapter 277: Play off the bench

Without a Davis, the situation on the court immediately became different.
The most obvious realization is Westbrook. Sheikh Diallo, who replaced Davis on the field, was far away. But apart from this guy, the Pelicans have no other big men available. Speaking of Sheikh Diallo, Anluo is really familiar. This big man who was studying at the University of Kansas was a man of the world when he was in high school. But his performance at the university was very unsatisfactory. He was selected by the Clippers with the 33rd overall pick in this round and sent to New Orleans. After entering the NBA, there is no improvement.
Facing a player of Westbrook's level, Diallo's outstanding blocking ability is useless. He looks quite immature. It can be seen that Diallo is still working defense. But skill and confrontation limited his defensive effectiveness.
In the last 4 minutes, the Thunder took advantage of Davis not on the court and played a small pace of 13:7 to take the lead.
An Luo felt that he had offended Gentry somewhere, or let his brother know when he was bullying Holiday. Otherwise, why have they been aiming at themselves in these two games! He even went off to rest before Davis. Donovan made some adjustments. Instead of keeping Anro and Holiday entangled, let him lead the bench to score. Gentry can never keep Holiday playing!
This adjustment effect is quite obvious. In the first half of the second quarter, Anlow took the company commander, Grant, Kanter and Felton against the Pelicans led by Milotic and Moore. This period of time, An Luo finally played a game that made him comfortable.
Felton advances with the ball. Although he does not have the explosive power of Westbrook, his breakthrough is not sharp. But after he came to the three-point line, he leaned against Clark on his side and pushed in. The two came to the basket side by side. Clark's defense was average, but it was enough for Felton. Besides, there is another Diallo. After a lap, Felton passed the ball across the left elbow to An Luo outside the right three-point line. After the latter received the ball, his shoulders shook and his right foot moved forward. Darius Miller, who was facing him, moved with An Luo's right leg, but An Luo remained motionless. There is no need to take a step. He directly pulled up on the spot and threw the ball.
Gentry frowned when he saw the ball. He knew that Darius Miller could not be as good as Holiday, but it was too bad to be swayed so easily. But he has no way to deal with it now. Because he has these few people who can use it! You can't let Holiday, who played the first quarter, continue to play!
Looking back, the Pelicans attacked.
Clark held the ball and passed the basketball to Milotic as soon as he crossed the center line. In this rotation of the Pelicans, there is no qualified organizer. Clark at the number one is also a shooting guard. After Milotic got the ball, Grant immediately posted it. He knows that Milotic’s three-pointers are quite accurate. So he didn't dare to relax. Under the influence of Robertson and Paul George, the two defensive defenders, Grant's defense is already quite good. That is, in the Thunder, put it on other teams, and be a steady starter.
Grant stepped back quickly with small steps, while pressing against Milotic, his right hand stretched out to block Milotic's eyes. His left hand was pinched on the opponent's waist without any movement. But Milotic is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He pushed Grant to the basket, then bent his arms and hugged the ball to his chest. After swinging to the left, he turned around and pulled behind Grant. Then he held the ball in his left hand and swiped it hard. The basketball hit the backboard with a whirl, and fell into the net bag.
Rondo stood up on the sidelines and clapped his hands. As a player, he is really too worried. Gentry, the real coach, sat comfortably on the bench, but Rondo was not idle. He has been observing the battle situation on the field and reminded his teammates from time to time.
Kanter served, Felton took the center line and handed it to An Luo. Through the attack just now, Felton can also see that with the current lineup of the Pelicans, Anlo can score easily.
After receiving the ball, Anlo once again faced Darius Miller. This time he stabilized. An Luo tried twice, but couldn't shake the opponent away. However, An Luo really took the third time. After sticking out his right leg, his whole body shot out. He stretched his left hand slightly to block Miller and quickly approached the basket. Diallo was behind Kantka and couldn't make up his defense. Can only watch An Luo make the ball up.
In fact, since entering the playoffs ~EbookFREE.me~ An Luo has rarely played inside. One is because the opponent's defense against him is too tight, and there is no chance; the other is that he himself doesn't want to fight like this and consumes too much energy. After all, the playoffs require him to play longer. However, the feeling of rushing is really good.
Subsequently, Milotic missed a three-pointer. After Kanter grabbed the rebound, he threw it to Anlo outside the three-point line. The latter took the ball quickly to the other end of the court. The people chasing behind were also so fast that he hadn't stopped the car after An Luo stopped abruptly. After passing the defender, An Luo directly pulled up and hit three points again!
Then Gentry put Holiday on the court! He can no longer just sit back and watch An Luo scoring unscrupulously. After Holiday came up, the restrictive effect on An Luo was immediately reflected. However, the overall situation has not changed much. After all, An Luo doesn't score on the Thunder side, and others can still score. Kanter and Brewer are both good scoring players, especially in the bench, easier!
In the 5th minute of the game, Holiday took the opportunity to make a long three-pointer from beyond the three-point line. This is An Luo's negligence! He didn't post it the first time, and gave Holiday a chance.
But then he found it personally. He received the ball two meters away from the three-point line, and then waved to Kanter, who was about to pull out to cover him, indicating that the ball came by himself. He drove a few times in a row, and then suddenly started. Holiday followed, but An Luo stopped abruptly and then stepped out again. Holiday, who passively followed An Luo to make changes, couldn't keep up with the rhythm. But still in a defensive position. Seeing An Luo was about to take a jump shot, he jumped up and stretched out his hands to stop the ball.