The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

The game between the league's No. 1 and the league's No. 2 can be regarded as one of the most interesting games besides the battle between the Heat vs. the Lakers.

Many people are also curious about the strength of the alliance's sharpest spear and hardest shield.

The Bulls have averaged 91.3 points per game since the regular season, which is second only to the Celtics' average of 91.1 points per game in the entire league.

The average points allowed by these two teams is almost the same, but the Bulls' offensive efficiency is much better than the Celtics.

The Bulls averaged 99.6 points per game and a net rating of 8.5 points, tied for second with the Miami Heat.

By the way, Wang Xiao's Washington Wizards ranked first in the league in terms of points difference. As of the beginning of February, the Wizards with 40 wins and 7 losses averaged 114 points per game and 100.8 points per game. , The point difference has reached a terrifying 13.2 points, which is twice the point difference of most teams in the league.

Such data surprised many fans who like to study data. After all, the Bulls, which won 72 wins, had an average net difference of only 12.3 points.

But despite this, no one would think that this Wizards team has reached the height of the Bulls with 72 wins and 10 losses.

If you look carefully at the Wizards' detailed scoring in each game, you will find that when the Wizards play against a strong team, the point difference is often not very large, but when they play against a weak team, they can always score more than ten points or even two. A huge difference of ten points.

It can be said that the weaker the overall strength of the team, the stronger the performance of all the players of the Wizards team, and the easier it is to get high scores. High net rating.

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Closer to home, the current Bulls are definitely not considered a weak team in the league, so for this game, Wang Xiao still put in a lot of effort.

Let's ignore the Bulls' defense and just look at the team's offense.

Clearly, this is a single-core driven team.

The only brain, engine or driver in the team is only one person, and that is the 2008 NBA No. 1 pick, Derrick Rose.

The Bulls' current starting five are point guard Derrick Rose, point guard Keith Bogans, small forward Ruhr Deng, power forward Carlos Boozer, and center Joakim Noah.

Among the five, apart from Rose, the only one who has the ability to attack with the ball may be Ruel Deng at the small forward position.

As a face-to-face power forward, Boozer's ability to attack with the ball is not particularly good. This is mainly because he has been playing under the guidance of Jazz coach Jerry Sloan before, and he is more accustomed to playing with the ball. Guard's pick-and-roll tactics.

Basically, with this lineup of the Bulls, as long as Rose is off the court, the offensive firepower will drop two or three levels in an instant.

It is precisely for this reason that Rose averaged 37.4 minutes per game this season.

This time is quite a lot for a point guard. After all, the point guard has to undertake more work such as ball control than other positions on the court.

Wang Xiao has always felt that the reason why Rose, the youngest MVP, suffered a serious injury, so that he has been doing nothing because of the injury, is because of the high frequency of playing time in the 10-11 season and the 11-12 season. due to.

As a coach known for his defense, Tom Thibodeau's defensive ability is impeccable, but the way he uses players on the field is not flattering.

In his hands, there will always be a player who averages close to 40 minutes per game after a season, just like this season, in addition to Rose, who averaged 37 minutes per game, there is also small forward Ruhr, who averaged 39 minutes per game. Deng.

In another time and space, the next season will be shortened due to the lockout, and the schedule will be more compact and varied, but Ruhr Deng is still averaging 39 minutes per game.

It is also thanks to Ruhr Deng Gang's toughness that he can bear it, and he has survived like this for three or four seasons.

After Luol Deng was sent away, the next one Thibodeau used in this way was Jimmy Butler.

After Thibodeau left the Bulls to coach the Timberwolves, he still had such a criticized practice.

Wang Xiao has always felt that excessive fatigue is one of the direct triggers of player injuries, so he pays great attention to the rest time of players on the court. Whether it is Curry, Harden or Jamison Butler, the average The playing time of the game is less than 35 minutes, and each quarter will get a reasonable rest time.

Of course, when Wang Xiao said this, there was a slight suspicion that standing up and talking would not hurt his back. After all, he has a lot of talents under him. There are players such as George, Beverly, and McGee on the bench. Naturally, there is no need to worry about no one available.

Not all teams have the conditions of the Wizards.

Derrick Rose, can be regarded as a player that Wang Xiao always liked and regretted before crossing. He also imagined what his career would be like if Rose was not destroyed by injuries.

So before the start of the game, Wang Xiao went to the Bulls side, shook hands with the Bulls players, and then had a brief chat with Rose.

Wang Xiao's actions surprised many people.

Because Wang Xiao's image in the league has not always been that kind of particularly gentle type, especially the few times he publicly criticized the Heat, which also made Wang Xiao a little notorious.

This is the first time in the past two years that I have taken the initiative to say hello to other teams before a game.

"Hey Derek, what did that guy tell you?"

After Wang Xiao finished talking with Rose and walked away, other Bulls players came up and asked Rose curiously.

Rose was a little confused, he was stunned for a while, and then said: "He told me that he admired me very much and thought I was very capable, and then said some nonsense about learning to protect yourself on the field, every attack must be With reservations, I said that my style of play is very easy to get injured, and it is the kind of serious injury that affects my career, so I must pay more attention..."

"What does that guy mean? Are you trying to scare you?" Boozer looked at Wang Xiao's back and said with some displeasure. "A head coach of an enemy team, what right does he have to tell us what to do? Does it mean that our team's coach and referee are trash? He really is an arrogant guy."

Ross didn't talk to him, but he looked at Wang Xiao with doubts in his eyes.

Although he couldn't understand the meaning of Wang Xiao's words, he could feel that the other party didn't mean to be provocative, but his eyes were full of appreciation and regret.

"How is this going?"

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Wang Xiao didn't know if his nonsensical words were of any use, and he couldn't be sure if he could change Rose's fate by doing so, but that was all he could do.

Everyone has their own life and destiny. Wang Xiao is just an ordinary person. He may have a golden finger like the coaching system, but he is just an ordinary person.

It is impossible for him to directly change other people's minds, otherwise, when he first came, he would not have been directly kicked out of the team for choosing Durant as the No. 1 pick.

He has done what he should say and do. Whether Rose can understand and save his own career can only be seen by himself.

And in the current game, Wang Xiao still wants to win!