Super Lord of the Rings

After playing the Nets, the Bulls flew to Detroit that night to challenge the Pistons in back-to-back away games.

This is a difficult back-to-back, and the Bulls are not allowed to give up tactics, because they have lost three games to the Pistons, and if they lose the regular season, they will be swept away.

As a strong team with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference, it would be a shame to be swept by an opponent.

The Pistons don't want to lose either. Their current record is 49 wins and 11 losses. It is not safe to win 4 games more than the Bulls. It is possible to achieve a lead in 22 games.

The advantage of the Pistons is that after three days of rest, they are full of energy, but their condition is not very good.

They lost their last game to the Lakers in Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant scored 40 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and Odom also scored 24 points and 10 rebounds.

The way the Lakers win is not new, that is to short Ben Wallace and double-team Hamilton and Billups.

Except for the two guards, everyone else is not good at attacking with the ball and defending the outside line. It is difficult for the Pistons to attack.

After the Lakers won, Barkley, who broadcast the game live, made a classic comment. "I think the double-teaming of Wang Jun and Kobe is not the tightest in the league. The teammate of Ben Wallace is the most tightly double-teamed in every game."

In order to win the Pistons, Bulls coach Skiles did not arrange a double pick-and-roll for Wang Jun, or even let David Lee play. Instead, he played the striker combination of Luol Deng and Nocioni, with Chandler at the center and Chandler on the outside. Wang Jun, Hinrich.

The Bulls' formation has a "mutant style of painting", mainly defending mid-range and long-range shots, trying to force the Pistons players to go inside to attack.

In the first quarter, the Pistons felt hot from the outside. Billups scored two three-pointers with cold arrows, and the Pistons led by 5 points.

In the second quarter, Wang Jun, uncharacteristically, did not rest. He played with Du Hong, Joan Barry, David Lee, and Hayes, and caught the Pistons by surprise.

The two guards were able to pull apart, and Wang Jun and David Lee had a pick and roll. Double-teaming is easy to get out of space.

Hayes is also critical, under his defense, veteran McDyess made 1 of 4 shots. Only Evans scored a three-pointer in three minutes for the Pistons. The Bulls played a wave of 11 to 3 to overtake the score.

When the Pistons came back from the first round, they immediately lowered their offensive tempo and compared their patience with the Bulls. After the player missed the shot, the four returned to the defense to organize a zone defense, and only Ben Wallace was fighting for offensive rebounds alone.

This is learned from the Nets, they will not sacrifice the overall defense in order to grab offensive rebounds.

Ben's rebounding ability is indeed very strong, and Skiles is well aware of this. This time he asked the players to give up fast breaks and protect the rebounds, and also relied on positional battles and opponents.

The Bulls have many rebounders, and Chandler and David Lee are both outstanding inside rebounders. Wang Jun and Luol Deng are also good at grabbing rebounds. Once two or three of them shrank into the penalty area, Daben couldn't squeeze in at all.

At halftime, the Bulls led 47 to 41.

In the third quarter, the two teams played more intensely, and every ball must be contested.

It was difficult for Wang Jun to make a shot under the key care of Prince and Rashid, and his teammates didn't feel good enough. The Bulls only scored 17 points in this quarter, trailing 64 to 65.

Entering the final quarter, Skiles replaced Chandler and Hayes. The strikers are Luol Deng and David Lee, and the "killer card" is here again.

Skiles can bring the Bulls back to the playoffs without Jordan, Pippen, Kukoc, Rodman, and Hubble. It is impossible without two brushes.

When platooning troops. Not only will he arrange for the players to cooperate, but he will also deliberately expose some flaws, attract opponents to attack, and play psychological warfare, so as to achieve the goal of winning.

Now the Bulls want to attract Rashid to attack the inside with the ball. Big Ben goes out to pick and roll, and can double-team the two guards from the outside to better prevent shots.

Rasheed's pick-and-roll can't be empty at will, at least it will form a misplaced singles opportunity, and his range reaches beyond the three-point line.

Even if Rashid is not fooled. Continue to cover mainly on the periphery, Hayes is short. Switching guards is also better than Chandler.

As for Big Ben storming the basket to play Hayes, Skiles did not consider this possibility at all. Big Ben's offense with the ball is not as good as McDyess.

Next, no matter which side the Pistons attack and play the pick-and-roll, there will be inside players who quickly switch defenses. David Lee's defensive ability has improved a lot in the competitive atmosphere of the Bulls compared to when he was in college.

The coach told him repeatedly that he could not be defended, but he must concentrate on defending.

The defender can't pass David Lee in the first step, and will be double-teamed immediately, and Ben Wallace will be emptied on the outside. If you hit the other side, the Bulls don't double-team, man-to-man. Hayes is a much better defensive back.

The Pistons had studied the situation of the Bulls before the game, and knew that Hayes was a weakened version of the big Ben, who defended very well and prevented Rasheed from attacking the basket.

The Pistons played a few pick-and-rolls but had no chance. Wang Jun switched to defend Rasheed and interfered closely, making it difficult for him to turn around. Hayes and the guard worked very hard. After a few shots, the advantage went to the Bulls.

Daben tried his best to grab offensive rebounds. David Lee is also a good rebounder.

After finally grabbing one, Daben fouled David Lee before he passed the ball and sent him a free throw.

A funny thing happened. Daben asked the referee to reason, trying to explain that he was passing the ball, not shooting, and should serve a foul instead of a free throw. The referee felt ashamed for him when he heard it. Is free throw such a terrible thing?

For many junior high school players, free throws are also a good thing, but for Big Ben it is a kind of mental torture. Daben missed both free throws steadily, and David Lee got a rebound.

The Bulls attack, Wang Jun and David Lee pick and roll, go to Ben Wallace's side, Big Ben defends, Wang Jun passes the ball in the middle, David Lee storms with the ball and fouls Prince.

David Lee made two free throws, and he made 75.7 percent of his free throws.

David Lee was happy when he returned to defense, and sprayed trash talk to Ben in the low post. "Man, your free throws are so scumbag, I'm not scumbag!"

Hearing such words, Da Ben could only remain silent and could not fight back. If he beat David Lee forcefully, he would only behave worse.

The Pistons couldn't attack, but Wang Jun started to show off. He counterattacked and hit Rashid, broke into the basket and scored a layup. The Bulls counterattacked again in the next round. He fouled Rasheed and made two free throws.

Rashid wanted to return one, and relied on his height advantage to make a three-pointer, but it missed under the interference of Wang Jun.

The Bulls counterattacked again, Wang Jun received the ball from the outside, played technique from outside the three-point line, received two dribbles under the crotch, and retreated to make a shot. Rashid didn't dare to jump too far outside, missed the block and scored.

The Bulls had been fighting positionally before, and suddenly counterattacked several times to deceive the opponent, and the point difference finally widened to double digits.

The Pistons are attacking, and if they don't come out of the low position at the big base, there will be a 4v5 embarrassing situation when they go out. The one-on-one Pistons have a low hit rate.

The substitute lost too much, and the Pistons did not dare to make substitutions. Prince has been playing with Wang Jun for more than 40 minutes. Except for Daben, the other three main players also played for a long time.

The Pistons had a rare fast-break opportunity. Hayes also fouled Daben without the ball. The team made four fouls and sent him to free throws.

Sanders reluctantly replaced Big Ben with McDyess, who had no advantage against Hayes or David Lee. With 1 minute left, the Pistons, which was 8 points behind, made a pass error, and Hinrich made a fast break layup alone, sealing the victory.

The Bulls proved their strength and refused to be swept!

ps (to be continued.)

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