Basketball Myth: Super Guard

"Beep..."

The Bulls called a timeout.

Coach Thibodeau frowned, keenly aware of the bad news. After several players came down, he solemnly warned: "Play slowly, don't run after the opponent, press down to fight a positional battle. And we must try our best to play our tactics, play more reasonably, not too simple."

Finally, Coach Thibodeau hesitated for a moment, but still said directly: "We must save energy as much as possible, the opponent may find a way to consume your energy. After all, we just finished a tiebreaker with the Heat."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked.

They played well in the past few minutes. Although they were behind by 4 points, it was nothing, one or two goals, and the game had just begun.

After defeating the Heat, the Bulls players were more confident than ever, and they had a heroic spirit in their hearts that they were not afraid of anyone. The morale of the team and the momentum of the players on the court all reached a peak.

However, while morale, momentum, and self-confidence reached their peak, their physical fitness was not at its peak.

This will become their weakness.

"Damn, it's so despicable." One person cursed.

The teammates around him just shook their heads. The court is like a battlefield, and all is fair in war. Besides, this is not a conspiracy, but an open conspiracy.

Why can the 76ers have enough physical strength, but they don't? Because the 76ers played more easily in the second round, eliminating the Pacers 4:1.

But the Bulls fought the Heat for seven games, fighting hard in every game. Why is this so? Because they are not strong enough.

"Okay." Coach Thibodeau waved his hand, "If I were the coach of the 76ers, I would also grasp this point. There is nothing to say about this. When we played against the 76ers in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, didn't the 76ers also play seven games with the Heat?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's last bit of dissatisfaction was extinguished.

Yes, in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, the 76ers first fought the Heat for seven games, how similar is the situation of their Bulls now?

At that time, did the Bulls hold back?

No!

"Last season, the 76ers fought the Heat for seven games, which was also very fierce and exhausting, but they finally won us in the Eastern Conference Finals." Rose suddenly said: "Now the situation has changed, and the situation has reversed. Can't we beat the 76ers?"

"Of course we can."

"That's right, if the 76ers can do it, we can do it too."

Everyone said.

Seeing the real scene, Coach Thibodeau secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In addition to worrying about the players' physical fitness, he was also worried that because of this reason, the players knew that their physical fitness was a disadvantage, and there would be problems in their mentality.

With Rose's words, at least the players' mentality should not be worried.

The 76ers.

Coach Luke said in one sentence: "Give them a confrontation." The meaning is very simple, that is, to continuously consume the physical fitness of the Bulls players.

......

The timeout ended quickly.

Coach Luke made a personnel rotation. He wanted to confront the Bulls and consume their physical energy, but he also had to pay attention to the physical energy of his own players. So he made a substitution early, replacing Kawhi and Nene with Mozkov and Lou Williams.

As soon as the Bulls players returned to the court, they felt the fierce physical confrontation, which immediately verified the coach's guess that the 76ers really wanted to make a fuss about physical energy.

According to the instructions of Coach Thibodeau, the Bulls began to force a slowdown to fight a positional war, and tried to create scoring opportunities through tactics as much as possible, rather than simply playing one-on-one.

This can save physical energy.

In a blink of an eye, a few minutes passed, and the difference between the two sides was 5 points.

Seeing this score, Qin Hao couldn't help frowning. After killing the Heat, the Bulls seemed to have undergone a transformation and indeed became stronger than before.

Whether it is the personal quality of the players, the team's tactical system, cooperation with each other, experience in dealing with problems, etc., they have all risen to a higher level.

"Sure enough, even with the physical problem, the Bulls are still not easy to deal with." Qin Hao thought to himself. In this case, the score difference could not be widened, which shows the strength of the Bulls.

At this time, almost all the main players on the court were replaced with substitutes, and the Bulls were one of the few teams whose bench depth could be compared with the 76ers.

Of course, it was just a comparison. The 76ers also had this All-Star player Xiaoka on the court with the substitute lineup.

This is what the Bulls don't have.

Swish!

With a light sound, Xiaoka hit a three-pointer, and the score difference between the two sides had quietly widened to 8 points.

However, at this time, Robinson broke through and scored a pull-up shot in the siege, narrowing the score difference to 6 points, and did not let the score difference widen to more than ten points...

When the first quarter ended, the score was 33:25, and the 76ers led by 8 points.

......

After that, the 76ers' strategy was still to consume the Bulls, constantly confronting the Bulls players, increasing the intensity of the game, and consuming their physical strength.

By the end of the first half, the 76ers were still leading by 8 points, the same as at the end of the first quarter, but the difference was that the Bulls' players' physical fitness had dropped again.

When the second half began, Qin Hao, Butler, and Kawhi Leonard began to explode on the 76ers side, using their personal abilities to score points one after another.

This forced Rose to stand up and compete with them.

"Ball."

Qin Hao ran back to get the ball, made a fake shot, and then broke through. After rushing into the paint, he first found a confrontation and scored the ball against Noah.

Turning around, Rose returned the favor, using the pick-and-roll to get rid of Qin Hao, and then hit the inside with a one-handed throw.

There was back and forth between the two sides, but Rose was not left behind at all.

But Coach Thibodeau frowned as he watched, because every time Rose hit the basket and every time he scored in a single, it was a drain on him.

Moreover, the Big Three of the 76ers come in turns. Qin Hao plays one, and Butler comes next. After Butler plays, Kawhi comes next, one person plays, and the other two take a break.

As for the Bulls, Rose is the only one who can stand up to Qin Hao and the others.

In order to prevent the score difference from being widened to more than ten points, whenever Qin Hao and the other three relied on their personal abilities to stand up and score, Rose could only stand up and fight back.

Even if he does not need to finish every ball, he must stand up and serve as the starting point of the offense, to break through, to organize, to attract the defense...

This is the difference between a single core and the Big Three.

Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal. After all, Rose is still young and the Bulls' role players are still very good.

But at this time, Rose's physical fitness was not at its peak, and the same was true for his teammates around him, so the situation became a bit worse.

"Uh-huh!"

There was a soft sound, and Qin Hao hit a super long three-pointer.

Ross had already rushed forward, but still couldn't stop Qin Hao. He held his knees and gasped, his expression a little helpless.

Coach Thibodeau shook his head and was helpless, so he had to call a timeout.

When Qin Hao hit a three-pointer, the point difference was widened to 11 points, which was already more than 10 points.