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425. Chapter 425 The core players are just for nothing
425. Chapter 425 The core players are just for fun (please subscribe, please support)
Author: Fan Xian Xiao Xianxian
Chapter 425: Core players are just for fun (please subscribe, please support)
The game continued, Boozer went to the right to cover Crawford and helped him get rid of Curry. The latter made a small hit to get away from Horford, and scored a mid-range jumper.
The strength of the Knicks is the best in the entire league, and it can be regarded as the first team in history. But when it comes to which team can restrain them, the Bulls are really in this category.
There are two ball-holding points on the outside. When Rose suppresses Holiday, Crawford can be allowed to play Curry alone, which can not only ensure a certain efficiency, but also consume Curry's physical energy. Luol Deng on the wing, Luol Deng on the inside
Noah is a relatively good defender against James. It is unrealistic to completely defend James, but it can give the little emperor considerable restrictions.
When the Knicks attacked, James took the initiative to set up a pick-and-roll for Curry. When Rose had already prepared to go around the screen in advance, Curry rotated his ankle, took a step back, and directly shot a three-pointer, catching Rose off guard. (13:
11)
After being "faced" by Curry, Rose felt that he had lost face. In the next offense, the new MVP showed his personal "change direction without slowing down" knee-jerk stunt, forced his way into the basket, and completed a layup against James' help.
Score.
"!!!" The way Rose broke through this ball made Holiday stunned, and he could only sigh, are Rose's joints assembled? This kind of twisting method is simply anti-human.
The big screen came back to defend Rose's extraordinary performance. Madison fans were also amazed. Only Ke Yan shook his head with a complicated expression.
The more violent Rose plays, the more severe his physical injuries are. He dunks without hanging on the frame, changes direction without slowing down, and always lands on one foot. No matter how good his body is, he can't handle this usage.
Compared with Rose's breakthrough, Curry's offensive options are much safer. He still chooses to pick and roll with West, contain the defense and then cleverly distribute the ball, assisting West to hit a mid-range shot.
Signing West is also Ke Yan's proudest achievement this season. Come the playoffs, West is basically the Knicks' third scoring point. As the team's third shooting option, he averages 16.2 points per game and hits from mid-range.
The rate is as high as 54.2%, and its tactical value is not only higher than Boozer, but is not much worse than the two top-paid insiders Stoudemire and Bosh, and his salary is only 6 million.
When the Bulls attacked, Rose continued to beat Holiday in isolation. He turned around and shot a pass while in motion, but missed the basket due to Horford's interference. James moved in to protect the backboard and launched a fast break counterattack immediately. Unfortunately,
Still stuck with Crawford.
The Bulls are very good at limiting the Knicks' fast break counterattacks. Thibodeau has indeed conducted a very detailed study of the Knicks. However, the biggest gap between him and Ke Yan is the ability to build a team. Most of the Knicks have "super value contracts". Horford
He caught the ball at the top of the penalty area and pretended to cooperate with Curry hand-to-hand, but after Curry took away the defender, he directly hit a three-pointer. (18:13)
The good touch of the Knicks players helped the team establish some leads; after the Bulls briefly maintained a 50-50 start in the opening stage, their assistant coaches were at a disadvantage due to player quality issues.
After a few more rounds, the Knicks still had the advantage in the score, and the Bulls returned to their old ways and began to show their "iron-blooded" side.
It seems that every team known for its defense will inevitably go from "tough" to "dirty", and the same is true for this Bulls team. As Thibodeau reminded the players to increase the intensity of the game, the game began in the second half of the first quarter Things started to go bad. The Bulls players took the initiative to create more physical confrontations on the court, and then used more small movements to "torture" the Knicks players; and when James and Curry broke into the basket, they fell on their arms. Fouls are mostly directed at people.
In the 9th minute of the first quarter, James broke into the basket and was slapped in the face by Taye Gibson from behind. He immediately fell to the ground, triggering a conflict between the players on both sides. West stepped forward and grabbed Gibson's collar to ask for help. If you want to explain it, more players will be involved.
On the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals, both sides maintained restraint and the situation was quickly under control. After watching the replay, the referee directly called Gibson a second-level flagrant foul and ejected him from the court. He was not polite to the Bulls at all.
This represents an attitude and a deterrent from the referee to prevent the Bulls from turning the next game into an "all-out show of force." Ke Yan applauded the referee's actions on the sidelines, which aroused dissatisfaction from Thibodeau. Thibodeau believed that Ke Yan was He was provocative and tried to rush over to Ke Yan to argue with him, but he saw Ke Yan spread his hands out in an "innocent" gesture.
The referee didn't like Thibodeau, so he called him a technical foul and warned the opponent again.
After some farce, Curry and James made free throws one after another, making 3 of 4 free throws, widening the point difference to 12 points, and maintaining this advantage until the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, the Knicks sent out a rotating lineup. Since this round of the series was going to hurt Rose, Holiday was relieved of the task of "backup point guard". Jeremy Lin got the chance to play, and he also appeared with him. Including Stephenson, Jamison, Landry, Mozgov.
He was also worried about the Bulls playing too aggressively. Ke Yan did not give Korver and Casspi, who had a soft playing style, a chance to play, and arranged a three-high lineup to deal with Rose's breakthrough.
As Ke Yan guessed, for the Bulls, Rose and Gibson continued to play, paired with Bogans, Brewer, and Asik. Perhaps knowing that this series would be difficult to play, Thibodeau made uncharacteristic arrangements. Luo Erdeng and others took a short rest.
Ke Yan's shortcoming is that he focuses on shooting and does not like the offensive black hole that drags down the space; Thibodeau focuses on defense, while Bogans and Brewer are obviously strong in defense and weak in offense. The former relied on hard work and hard work to gain a foothold in the league. Developed a corner three-pointer; the latter entered the league as a lottery pick and had pretty good mid-range shooting and air-cutting abilities during his time with the Jazz. However, he later trained his muscles too hard and his hand skills became increasingly rough.
Facing the Bulls' tough defense, the Knicks' offense was not easy to play. Only Jamison could work piecemeal and contribute some output; but the Bulls' own offense was also in trouble, with Bogans and Brewer's shooting simply unable to open up. In the space, the Knicks' three insiders were blocked in the penalty area, and Rose couldn't get a crack even with his head and six arms.
The back-and-forth between the two sides was lively, but the score did not rise quickly. When the Knicks' starting players returned to the court halfway through the second quarter, the score was 42:35, and the Bulls barely narrowed the 5-point gap.
But after the main players returned, the Knicks quickly stabilized the situation. Curry played a pick-and-roll with James. The latter violently cut through, forced away Noah's defense, and scored a left-handed layup!
Compared with Hibbert's absolute size, Howard's terrifying coverage, and Noah's ability to cover the penalty area, the Frenchman's advantage is that he can move his feet well and can keep up with the frequency when switching defensive fronts; he has a desperate attitude when playing.
Strong. But when the team's outside defense is restrained by Curry, Noah can't withstand James' beast-like impact on the inside.
Looking back, the Bulls' offense still relies on Rose to contain the Knicks' defense, and Crawford launches the offense against Curry. Compared to his ability to coach defense, Thibodeau's offensive guidance is quite average, and he can manipulate Rose to contain the defense.
Crawford's main offense has already brought out what he has learned throughout his life.
And he also ignored a very important point. Although the Knicks attach great importance to "hiding" Curry on the defensive end, this does not mean that Curry's defense is poor. On the contrary, in addition to being restricted by his size, Curry's confrontation is indeed
In addition to being weak, Curry's other defensive ratings are not only passing, but can even score 70 points.
And Crawford has such dazzling offensive skills that he can only play as the sixth man in most teams. The reason for his poor defense is also because he is very poor in confrontation. Even against Curry, his advantage is not obvious.
On the Knicks' side, the stable scoring methods are either Curry's singles with Rose, who is declining in physical strength, or James Ku's pick-and-roll, which allows James to contain the opponent's defense to the greatest extent; while for the Bulls, the offense is completely dominated by Rose and Crawford.
Germany dominated, and Boozer and Luol Deng were completely reduced to blue-collar workers.
At halftime, the Knicks led the Bulls by 9 points 54:45.
During the halftime break, Ke Yan had nothing to say on defense. The team's defensive end generally had no problems and there was no rush to make any adjustments. In itself, the Bulls' offensive resources were just like this. Crawford's performance in the first half
, considering his career playoff performance, it is already considered outstanding;
On the offensive end, Ke Yan allowed Holiday to assume more of the ball. After all, Crawford's defense is relatively weak, and it would be a pity not to take advantage of it.
The most important thing is that the more Holiday suppresses Crawford on the offensive end, the less pressure Curry will have on the defensive end.
Ke Yan's judgment of the situation was very accurate, but when his adjustments were implemented into the game, they did not achieve the results he expected. Holiday launched more attacks, but his success rate in singles against Crawford can only be said to be
generally.
Although Crawford is a defensive weakness, the Bulls have relatively good inside defense capabilities. Holiday is inside to challenge Boozer, but Noah is not sure; and his own passing vision is relatively average.
This is also an old problem.
Compared with West, who can still withstand switching from "secondary offense" to "main offense", Holiday is still a little more mature.
Of course, as a second-year rookie, you can't ask for more from him.
On the Bulls side, the side effects of "dead players" are also slowly being exposed. Even after halftime, Rose's state is still a little quiet. It can be understood that he is gathering strength to compete in the fourth quarter, but the premise is
Teammates must be able to hold on to the score.
Seeing the Knicks "boiling a frog in warm water" and slowly but surely opening up the score, Thibodeau felt some pressure, but was at a loss to do anything.
Throughout the season, Boozer's run-in with the Bulls was very unsmooth. After leaving Sloan's pick-and-roll system and turning to assist Rose, Boozer exposed the fact that he was a "system all-star"; plus the Bulls' desire to
To ensure Rose's MVP, he did not adjust his tactics and find an entry point to run in with Boozer, which made the cooperation between the two parties enter a "flat" stage. Boozer himself "has nothing to fear if he gets money", and the Bulls
Let him play the role of a mid-range space point, and occasionally let him show off two singles.
Luol Deng, the team's true second-in-command, has to face James again in this series. Luol Deng is also a first-class secondary attacker. He has a stable mid-range in mismatched offense and accurate shooting without the ball.
, but when facing James, his size and strength are not advantageous, and he cannot provide much help on the offensive end.
It can only be said that in terms of lineup construction, the Bulls are already very targeted at the Knicks. But Ke Yan’s Knicks team has really outstanding lineup thickness and ball formation! Curry has grown into an all-rounder with the right training.
At the star starting level, players like Horford, West, and Holiday would have been All-Stars or fringe All-Stars in their original time and space.
Tai Chi can "conquer strength with softness", but if you ask a Tai Chi master to compete with Tyson in the ring, no matter how hard the wild horse parts its mane, grabs the bird's tail, and blocks and beats him, there is a high probability that he will not be able to withstand it.
After three quarters, the Knicks entered the fourth quarter with a 14-point lead at 80:66.
For the Bulls, the point difference has widened to 14 points, which is already a relatively dangerous situation. If Thibodeau doesn't have some good skills, it will not be easy to come back.
During the break, Thibodeau asked Rose: "Derek, are you tired? Can you still hold on?"
Rose's breathing was a little rapid, and the surface of his skin was covered with dense beads of sweat. He looked up at the head coach and said, "Boss, I'm not tired. I feel like I can persist."
Rose was a bit harsh, but his body's reaction couldn't deceive anyone. Thibodeau hesitated for a moment, but decided to buy Rose some time: "Hurry up and rest. You may have to play early later, so be prepared!"
Without Rose on the court, the Bulls' bench lineup is not very good at beating the Knicks. If they really rotate normally, they may not wait until Rose comes on the court. The point difference will be 20+, and then there will be no need to play.
Ross nodded: "No problem, boss!"
Thibodeau had some beautiful ideas, but Keyan didn't give him a chance at all. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he put Curry on the court and used his best blitzkrieg when he was still the "Lightning Earl" to attack the Bulls' bench.
line-up.
In one and a half minutes, Curry scored 5 points in a row, and the score difference reached 17 points.
Thibodeau hurriedly brought in Rose to stabilize the situation.
But compared to Curry, who has been rotating normally and has better physical reserves, Rose's situation is much worse. In this game, he rested for a total of 3 minutes. On the offensive end, he had to face Holiday and the Knicks inside.
To cover up the defense, the defensive end still has to follow Curry, and it is obviously a bit inadequate until now.
On the contrary, it was Curry who became more courageous as he fought. Even without James, he still had the upper hand with Rose solo, hitting consecutive shots and widening the point difference to 22 points. The game almost lost its suspense.
Entering "garbage time", Thibodeau's "axis power" came up again. The main players did not leave the game and continued to chase desperately.
"This thing is poisonous~"
Ke Yan also knows about Thibodeau's problem. After all, he is the one who has wiped out the Bulls. Moreover, Thibodeau's operations will only make the Bulls' physical disadvantage in the series worse and worse.
The Knicks sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and don't have to sacrifice their core with the Bulls. With 4 minutes left in the game, Ke Yan replaced Curry and James, leaving only Holiday to "serve" Rose and "Brother Holiday".
The task in this series is to choke Rose and prevent him from scoring easily.
The final score was fixed at 108:92. Not surprisingly, the Knicks won at home and won the first game of the series.
With his 13-point performance in the final quarter, Curry scored 31 points and 6 assists, becoming the best player of the game.
At the press conference after the game, Ke Yan praised the Bulls' "tenacious struggle": "Compared to the first two rounds of the series, the game against the Bulls really made us feel the higher intensity of the game. Tom is an outstanding player.
Coach, if we hadn't tied the best record in history with 72 wins and 10 losses, I would have voted for him as the best coach."
Ke Yan got the advantage and behaved well, but Thibodeau did not accept this trick: "We have found a way to restrain the Knicks during the game, and it has been effective in personal testing. I hope we can improve our performance in the next games of the series. Knicks
He is not an invincible being."
In G1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks steadily defeated the Bulls, in line with the expectations of the media and fans. On the stage of the Western Conference Finals, the "old" Mavericks relied on their experienced experience and more reasonable ball handling to counterattack their youth.
The young Thunder team exceeded many people's expectations.
Westbrook's lack of brains, Durant's weak ability to control movement, Ibaka's inability to withstand people, Lopez's poor defense, every weakness of the Thunder team was amplified by Carlisle, and losing was inevitable.
(End of chapter)
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