Chapter 222

But this is also a reasonable thing.

The existence of Duncan and Parker restrained the opponent's defensive attention, so Tang Tian and Dior's defensive pressure was naturally less.

And they all belong to the kind of players who play with their brains, and they will not let it slip away if they seize the opportunity.

At this time, Thibodeau appeared very irritable, even furious.

As Jeff Van Gundy's former assistant coach, he is a defensive coach like his old boss, and he pays special attention to the team's defensive performance.

Coupled with his violent temper, he really couldn't bear it for a moment, and he roared like a lion at the team members.

Rose continued to advance strongly in the frontcourt, and this time the air pull after the breakthrough caused Diao's thug foul.

The Bulls' offensive routine is really simple. When Rose is on the court, Rose plays alone, and the opponent is generally really difficult to defend.

Rose made two free throws, and the Bulls continued to bite the score relying on his personal performance.

The Spurs advanced to the frontcourt again. At this time, the Bulls' defensive strength was obviously improving, and Thibodeau's roar still had an effect.

The tactics couldn't work out, and the ball ended up in Duncan's hands. Duncan hit Boozer with his back in the low post, and after turning around continuously, he hit the board with a hook.

"boom!"

The ball shot diagonally into the net bag after smashing the frame.

Although the "Stone Buddha" is old, it can still eat.

The Spurs lead 8-4!

In the Bulls' offense, Rose broke through the double-team and jumped up in the air to pass the ball. The ball passed to Deng in the bottom corner, and Deng seized the opportunity to score a three-pointer.

7 to 8.

After the opening, the two sides played out their respective characteristics, and the situation on the court was quite anxious.

The Spurs failed to score in the frontcourt, and it was still Rose who reached the inside with a big drawbar and made a difficult counter-basket, which directly helped the Bulls overtake the score!

In less than 3 minutes of the game, he has scored 6 points in a row.

The healthy Rose is really puzzled.

The emotions of the home fans were completely ignited, and the cheers and whistles continued one after another.

Parker's throw after the breakthrough still failed to score, and the Bulls counterattacked after Noah got the rebound.

Rose ran wildly in the front court, and after breaking through, he distributed the ball to Hamilton, who also made a mid-range jumper after receiving the ball.

11 to 8, the Bulls in turn led the Spurs by 3 points.

They scored in all the first five rounds, and their state is amazing!

Popovich also yelled at the players on the sidelines at this time, and he was obviously dissatisfied with the team's defense in this section of the court.

In the Spurs' frontcourt offense, Leonard slid out of the basket after receiving the ball.

The Spurs' lag in this period is more due to their own offensive problems. They have not scored for three consecutive offenses.

"Come on, Chicago!"

The morale of the team was high, and the shouts of the fans on the scene sounded again.

After an opening stalemate, the Spurs are now at a disadvantage.

Rose found Noah's pick-and-roll this time, and continued to accelerate and dash in after breaking the ball.

The simple style of play can no longer be simple, but it is full of destructiveness, like a sharp knife piercing the Spurs' hinterland.

Seeing that it was another 2 points.

At this moment, Tang Tian suddenly let Ruhr Deng come over from the weak side to help defend, and directly chose to double-team!

Rose encountered no chance of double-teaming, and chose to pass the ball after jumping up.

"Snapped!"

The moment he passed the ball, Tang Tian suddenly broke the ball!

The jump pass is Rose's habitual way of passing.

His passing vision is not good, and the purpose of jumping is to increase his vision.

However, the weakness of this passing method is also obvious, because there is an action of stopping the ball in the air to watch people, the intention was completely captured by Tang Tian!

Tang Tian stole the ball to the ground and immediately gave it to Dior beside him.

Dior's role was highlighted again, and a long throw from the backcourt was sent to the frontcourt.

Parker received the ball, and "French Sports Car" made a fast break layup.

10 to 11.

The Spurs temporarily stabilized the situation on the court through successful defense.

"Tony, you can put him a little distance, he is not good for three-pointers."

When Parker retreated back, Tang Tian reminded him.

Parker nodded.

Rose advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and Parker let him go two meters away.

Rose had a completely open chance on the outside, and he jumped up and made a shot.

"boom!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop!

Noah grabbed the offensive rebound, but the shot was interfered by Duncan and failed to score, and the defensive rebound was taken by Diao.

The Spurs completed two successful defenses in a row!

The fans at the scene looked nervous for a while, and it really was a duel between the top of the East and West.

Although the Spurs have just suffered a wave of losing streak, but after all the main players are out, the two sides have played back and forth on the court, and the outcome is hard to tell.

The Spurs attacked in the frontcourt, and Duncan continued to play in the low post. He and Boozer had an advantage in the matchup.

Noah at the basket assisted in the defense, and Duncan made an inside pass to Dior.

Di Olympic didn't make a shot for a while, and waited for Deng to shrink back before throwing the ball to Tang Tian in the bottom corner.

He really fell in love with Tang Tian tonight.

Tang Tian caught the ball and made a quick shot before Deng's help defense came over.

"Shua!"

Tang Tian's open space is three points, and it's still in!

3 of 3 in a single quarter!

13 to 11!

The Spurs overtook the score again!

"Is this a player who hasn't played in three games?"

This performance also surprised the live commentator.

"He may have accumulated energy for more than a week, and released it all at once tonight!"

The guests on the side used a very vivid metaphor.

Popovich gestured on the sidelines at this time, and the Spurs changed to a 3-2 defensive formation.

His reaction was still fast, only one round slower than Tang Tian's.

The Bulls were emptied outside, and Parker was determined to let Rose go at this time, and only care about Hamilton.

With 5 defenses and 4 defenses, the Bulls' continuous pick-and-roll tactics from the free throw line did not give a chance.

Seeing that the attack time was more than half, Rose dribbled the ball or chose a dry three-pointer.

In the first two seasons of his career, his three-point shooting percentage was very low, all below 25%.

Last season, he developed a three-point ability. Although it was unstable, he passed 30% and reached more than 33%.

However, this season he played intermittently due to injuries, and his outside touch is a bit unsure.

"boom!"

The ball hit the front of the basket and popped out again!

Rose failed to make two open three-pointers!

Dior has a very keen sense of rebounding. He flew over and grabbed the long defensive rebound, then turned around and threw a long throw.

Parker appeared on the receiving end, and the sports car restarted after receiving the ball.

Rose's ball retreated quickly, and if he didn't accelerate him, he would.

Parker advances to the frontcourt, and players from both sides have retreated to the half court one after another.

Seeing that this time the defensive counterattack was about to fail, at this moment, he caught sight of Tang Tian who had been late on the right.

A straight throw.

Tang Tian got the ball as soon as he was in position.

This ball conveyed a master-level feeling, and the person arrived and the ball arrived.

Tang Tian caught the ball and shot again.

"Shua!"

Tang Tian's chasing three-pointer made it back!

4 of 4 three-pointers in a single quarter!

The narrator was right, Tang Tian accumulated all the energy from the past week and released it tonight!

And this is concentrated energy, amazing!

Thibodeau said the word beginning with F in his mouth, and stretched out his hand to call a timeout.

The Bulls are known for their defense, and this season's top half of the credit is also defense.

But tonight, the team allowed a role player who hadn't played in three games to make four consecutive three-pointers, which is absolutely intolerable to him.

Back from the timeout, the Bulls traded Ronnie Brewer for Richard Hamilton.

This is an obvious signal to strengthen the defense.

Brewer was the Bulls' defensive leader, and he did a good job defensively, so he didn't give Tang Tian a good shot.

However, his offense is much less sure than Hamilton's. The scoring efficiency of the two teams has declined, and the score has been stalemate.

Popovich made a very subtle rotation adjustment at this time. Green, Tang Tian and Leonard were all replaced 2 to 3 minutes earlier than usual.

No one, including Thibodeau, paid much attention to this detail.

After the first quarter, the Spurs led the Bulls by 5 points 36 to 31.

During the intermission, Thibodeau was interviewed by arena reporters on the sidelines.

"Our team's defense was terrible in the first quarter, and we'll figure it out in the second quarter."

Thibodeau still has a consistent interview style, always talking about defense.

Back in the second quarter, players from both sides appeared again.

Thibodeau habitually reached out and touched his nose, but he was stunned when he turned his head.

The Spurs played another lineup he didn't expect in the second quarter.

Ginobili, Green, Tang Tian, ​​Leonard, Splitter!

This is the three-forward lineup that the Spurs used to play against the Clippers before!

For the Bulls, Deng led four substitutes, CJ Watson and Korver on the outside, Taj Gibson and Asik on the inside.

Bulls offense.

Watson held the ball on the outside, and Korver used Gibson and Asik's consecutive pick-and-rolls to catch three-pointers on the right.

When Rose is not on the floor, the Bulls play more off-ball screen runs.

There are some similar tactics to the Spurs, the difference is that they have no auxiliary tactics on the off-ball side.

Deng basically watched from the left corner, and on the side with the ball, except for Gibson who went down after the pick-and-roll, and Watson who also stood at the top of the circle and did not move after giving the ball.

Not every coaching staff can be as good at tactics as the Spurs. The labels of this Bulls team are iron blood and defense.

Korver ran out with all his strength, but Tang Tian stuck him to death after receiving the ball.

Regardless of the offensive position, the Spurs' three-wing tactics are really strong on the defensive end.

Korver will not attack with the ball and can only return the ball to Watson.

The Bulls had no time to organize the second tactic, Watson called Deng over to pass the ball, this is to use Deng's personal ability to solve the problem.

Deng is omnipotent in offense and defense, and is called "Pippen" beside Rose by Bulls fans.

But in fact, his strong offense is off the ball, and this kind of offense with the ball is a bit difficult for him.

Continuous dribbling, relying on subsequent rebounds and shots, Deng's offensive options are relatively simple.

Leonard stretched out his big hand at this time, completely covering Deng's sight.

"boom!"

Deng missed the shot and Splitter protected the defensive rebound.

Splitter gave the ball to Ginobili, but the Bulls have quickly retreated to the half court, and their defensive awareness is indeed the best in the league.

Ginobili takes the ball to the frontcourt.

"People! Follow people!"

Thibodeau yelled at his players from the sidelines that he, like his old boss Van Gundy, always had boundless energy.

His roar really worked, and the Spurs' hammer tactics were completely destroyed.

More than half of the offensive time, Ginobili called Green's outside pick-and-roll and replaced his defender with Korver.

In this lineup of the Bulls, Korver is a breakthrough.

With the wings wide open, Ginobili singled out Korver with the ball in the middle.

Korver obviously couldn't keep up with the iconic snake-shaped breakthrough after the dribble was started with one step.

Gibson quickly helped defend from the wing, and Ginobili passed the ball to Leonard with a sultry man.

As soon as Leonard got the ball, Deng quickly defended him.

The Bulls' defensive rotation was perfect.

Leonard leaned on Deng to think he had no chance, and it seemed that it was almost 24 seconds.

"here!"

Hearing Tang Tian's voice, he turned his head and hurriedly threw the ball to Tang Tian.

Tang Tian caught the ball and made a quick shot before Deng returned to the defense.

The whistle sounded, a 24-second buzzer.

"boom!"

The shot was a bit hasty, the angle was obviously off, and the ball hit the back edge of the basket.

But after two bounces, it fell into the net bag again.

Three-pointer, go in!

Not only did Tang Tian feel good tonight, but he was also lucky!

"Damn it!" Some fans couldn't help being rude.

There were also obvious emotional changes among the Bulls players on the field.

This round of successfully defending for 23 seconds and being shot in the last second is the most damaging to the morale of the defense.

In the Bulls' offense, Gibson dropped low and was about to hit Leonard with his back, but Watson's lob made a mistake and passed directly to Leonard who was halfway forward.

The Spurs quickly counterattacked. Ginobili even dribbled and showed off. He dribbled past Watson with a behind-the-back dribble, then accelerated to the penalty area against Korver, and then passed a long pass from behind to Tang Tian, ​​​​who was fast down the left.

Tang Tian caught the ball and shot it quickly.

At this time, Deng rushed to the horse and flew to cover Tang Tian.

However, Tang Tian's shot speed was fast enough, and his blocking was obviously a beat slower.

"Snapped!"

Deng's cover slapped Tang Tian's hand.

Tang Tian lost his center of gravity in the air, and when he landed, he made a protective leg-opening movement so that he didn't fall down.

"Shua!"

Just then, the basketball hit the net.

This is a 3+1!

There was an uproar at the scene.

It's Tang Tian again!

The previous three-point kill, this one is 3+1, heartbreaking!

Tang Tian was also a little surprised. For this kind of ball that was seriously disturbed, he was already prepared to make three free throws when he was fouled, but he didn't expect to score it.

It seems that he is really lucky tonight.

Before Tang Tian made a free throw, Thibodeau immediately called a timeout.

Tang Tian scored 4 consecutive three-pointers at the beginning of the first quarter, almost breaking the Bulls, and now he made two consecutive three-pointers, pulling the score to double digits.

The Spurs' bench was boiling, and this newly developed three-wing lineup is really easy to use.

Popovich smiled slyly at this time.

In fact, it is not difficult to crack this three-wing lineup. Find an insider with strong low-post singles ability and pass the ball. Leonard will definitely not be able to withstand it.

Even if Tang Tian and Green double-team fast, as long as the ball is passed out, it is an opportunity.

But the problem lies in the timing of this lineup, which is also where he is the smartest.

As soon as the second quarter came up, the main players rested off the court.

It is rare for a team to put an insider who is capable of singles and can pass the ball on the bench.

That is simply luxury.

Take the Bulls as an example, Boozer is the only one who meets this requirement.

And Boozer is the starter, this point will not appear on the court.

Of course, if Boozer can be forced to play early, it will also be beneficial to the Spurs.

You must know that a game lasts for 48 minutes. In this kind of high-intensity game, if you play an extra minute in the front, the players' physical strength will be reduced by one point when it comes to the final battle.

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