Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

There are different types of points disadvantages. As long as they are not behind by double digits, then for most teams, if they have enough offensive opportunities, they can equalize the score.

Well, as long as everything goes well.

Unfortunately, the Bulls do not belong to most teams, and their offense is very unsmooth.

Thibodeau, last year's best coach, is good at coaching defense. Since he came to the Bulls, the Bulls' defense has been at the forefront of the league. Last season, they averaged 92 points per game, ranking third in the league;

Of course, in sharp contrast is the Bulls' offense.

Emphasizing defense first, Thibodeau prefers defensive players. Noah, Boozer and Hamilton are all his favorite candidates, while Korver, who is strong in offense and weak in defense, is relegated to the sidelines.

Therefore, the Bulls' offense can only rely on Rose.

Although Thibodeau proposed the offensive tactic of Noah and Rose picking and rolling, Noah was just a tool to open up space for Rose, and the subsequent changes were only one move to eat the pie.

All the burden was placed on Ross.

This kind of play, which is almost equivalent to a bright card, allows all teams to know that if Rose is given strength at critical moments, the Bulls' offense will be targeted.

However, this does not affect Thibodeau's tactics during timeouts.

He said succinctly:

"Don't give your opponent a chance on defense. Rose is on offense."

Ross knew it was time to show off, so he nodded.

Thibodeau continued:

"The opponent's forwards are very fast, let's not panic and guard the basket,"

He paused,

"Go to zone defense!"

Zone defense refers to joint defense, which is divided into positional zone defense and confrontation zone defense. Different from man-to-man defensive tactics, which focus on man-to-man defense, the ultimate goal of zone defense is to mark the ball.

"Everyone keeps his defensive position, and once the opponent comes in, go up and defend."

Thibodeau arranged the tactics for the next four minutes before letting the players take the field.

There are many shortcomings of zone defense: it requires tacit cooperation between players and the players' personal defensive abilities must be high. Moreover, once zone defense is adopted, the pace of the game will inevitably slow down a lot, making it difficult to create a fast break.

But these shortcomings are acceptable to the Bulls.

"As long as Rose can score."

Thibodeau turned to look at Rose, who was on the stage, and placed his hope on his general.

The Bulls started to attack, and Hamilton easily got rid of Collison, came to the open space, received the ball and shot a jump shot directly.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the basket, but Noah suddenly jumped up under the basket and grabbed the offensive rebound in the air.

He was about to tip-in, but Hibbert stretched out his long arm to interfere.

"clang!"

Noah's tip-in missed.

"rebound!"

Seeing the basketball bounce towards Granger, Hibbert immediately called for his teammates to grab the rebound.

But Boozer took advantage of his height advantage, jumped up to pick up the board, and then scored a tip-in.

"89-84."

"It's okay, just wait and hit."

Collison comforted his teammates and went to the baseline to catch the ball and advance.

Just when he was about to pass the ball to Granger, Rose suddenly jumped out and intercepted the ball into his own hands.

"Oops!"

Qitian Collison, who was standing on the outside, quickly returned to defense.

Fortunately, this time Ross did not directly pass the ball, but passed back to Brewer who followed up.

Qi Tian immediately turned to defend and jumped to interfere with Brewer's basketball shot.

"clang!"

The basketball bounced out of the frame, and Granger was about to protect the rebound when Noah suddenly jumped up behind him to pick up the rebound and score a direct dunk.

"89-86."

In one minute, the Bulls chased for 4 points in a row, which made the Pacers fans on the sidelines a little nervous.

Granger immediately stood up and asked his teammates for the ball from a high position.

"Want a pick-and-roll?"

Collison looked at Granger and asked if he wanted to help him with his defense, but Granger refused.

"It's okay, pull away and let me play alone."

Granger took possession of the ball and waited until the game time entered the last 3 minutes, then changed direction and broke through, stopping for a jump shot.

"clang!"

His shooting is off the charts!

Hamilton judged the right spot, grabbed the basketball, turned around and handed it to Rose.

"Again?"

Collison saw Rose trying to speed up again, and quickly stepped forward to confront him, trying to stop Rose and create opportunities for his teammates.

But Rose easily dribbled behind his back and dodged him.

Fortunately, after such a delay, Qi Tian and George had already reacted and ran back to their own half.

"Humph, you don't think I can only break through, do you?"

Ross did not slow down and rushed straight towards George.

He paused, causing George to misjudge and jump to block the shot. Then Rose changed direction and shook off his opponent, scoring a layup.

"89-88."

Seeing that the Bulls scored 6 points in a row and narrowed the point difference to 1 point, the fans on the sidelines immediately cheered loudly.

"coach!"

Brian Shaw was also a little anxious and turned to look at Vogel.

"Don't rush."

Of course Vogel could see that the Bulls' zone defense made everyone in the Pacers very uncomfortable, but he believed in his players.

"But you still have to use scoring to suppress your opponent, otherwise..."

Collison dribbled forward and found Granger decisively.

Granger has determined that the opponent's defensive position is a standard zone defense.

"If you want to break the zone defense, you have to rely on three-pointers from the outside."

Granger quickly glanced at his teammates. Collison and George's shots were not stable enough, and Qi was a newcomer. It seemed that he could only rely on me.

But why don't you guys come over and block me?!

Granger was thinking about calling his teammates over, but Qi Tian had already come out from the bottom corner and arrived in front of Granger.

"My little brother has a good understanding of tactics!"

Granger secretly praised the situation and quickly used the pick-and-roll to prepare for a breakthrough.

Boozer flashed past Qi Tian and quickly followed Granger.

Qi Tian immediately moved outside and reached the top of the arc.

Granger wanted very much to take action himself, but when he saw Qi Tian running into the open space, he still passed the ball.

"Oops!"

When Boozer saw Qi Tian getting the ball, he had no time to defend and could only look at his teammates.

"I'll do it!"

Brewer immediately pounced on Qi Tian from the right side.

But after Qi Tian received the ball, he looked straight at the basket. After he jumped up, he directly shot a long three-pointer.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball hollow hit.

"92-88."

At this time, there is only one minute left in the game.

"Handsome!"

Everyone on the Pacers bench immediately waved towels and cheered for Qi Tian's critical three-pointer.

"Seven does have a big heart."

Vogel also nodded with satisfaction and praised,

"The tactics at critical moments can be enriched."

The pressure in NBA games is everywhere. The closer to the critical moment, the greater the pressure. However, some people can perform better at the critical moment. Such people are called big-hearted players.

The Bulls called timeout again and prepared to deploy tactics.

However, under the tight defense of the Pacers, Rose had no chance to make a shot. Instead, Hamilton scored 2 points with free throws. However, Hibbert's dunk in the last 13 seconds completely sealed the outcome of the game.

In the end, the Pacers, who were away from home, defeated the Bulls 95-90 and won their 12th victory of the season.