Of course, the commentator can express his or her own opinions, but the real direction of the game is indeed determined by the athletes' on-the-spot performance.

In the final analysis, no matter how well the coach arranges, it depends on the players to execute it.

The Bulls led the Hawks by double digits in the first quarter of G3, and it came down to their better play on the court than the Atlantans.

The Hawks' laxity is understandable, as the 75-win team has won two consecutive games against the team that was eighth in the East and swept by itself in the regular season.

It's everyone who makes mistakes, otherwise the Hawks wouldn't have left seven teams in the regular season that weren't swept, but would have been 82-0 and swept away all their opponents.

The game started quickly in the second quarter, and although Woodson was angry, he still replaced the bench for rotation as usual, and did not continue to fight the main team.

Larry Drew, on the other side, knows the Hawks well enough to replace most of his main players and use the Bulls bench to maneuver with the Hawks.

For the Bulls, the real test has just begun, as they will only have a chance to win the game if they block the Hawks' offense during rotation time.

On the offensive end of the Hawks, Jamal Crawford holds the ball to welcome Ronald Murray's defense, K6 is 6'5" tall, and Murray is 6'4" tall, but Crawford is obviously a block taller than Murray in size.

Bend the knees, start, step back to pull the ball, dribble under the crotch, take a step with the left hand, and pull back again.

Murray didn't play with Crawford with the Hawks last year, and if you've been on a team, you'll know that at this time, you'd rather be passed by Crawford than change your focus because ......

"Bang!"

Under a series of feints from the gram 6, Ronald Murray, who was shorter and had a lower center of gravity, was shaken to the ground.

Crawford took a step inside the three-point line, obviously shook off the opponent, and forced a difficult backward shot.

"Brush!"

The ball went in, and it was no worse than the picturesque Mamba in the West End.

Coupled with the bonus of shaking to the opponent before shooting, the Hawks bench, who had been suppressed for a quarter, suddenly became emotional, and Patrick Mills, the captain of the towel throwing team, was the first to stand up and quickly waved his towel to cheer for the Gram 6, and then several Hawks players also joined the ranks.

However, in the stands at the United Center arena, Crawford was not booed too much for his humiliating actions.

Interestingly, the G6's career began precisely with the Bulls.

Many old Bulls fans at the scene watched the team's No. 8 pick in the 00 class grow step by step into a first-class scorer in the league, and then, the Bulls traded him to the New York Knicks......

Strictly speaking, it was the Bulls management who abandoned the Grams 6 back then, so the fans at the United Center still have a good impression of Crawford.

Crawford is starting to go berserk, meaning the Bulls' defense is taking a major blow.

After Murray was knocked to the ground by Ke 6, he not only completely lost confidence on the defensive end, but also lost his mind on the offensive end.

Even the sluggish Bibby could spot an opportunity to cut off his pass, and the lead the Bulls had built in the first quarter was rapidly eroding.

Mike Woodson sits firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, and even though the Hawks are still behind, the problem is once again in front of Larry Drew.

Either continue to use the bulls as a substitute to support, or simply replace all the main forces and fight hard!

At this moment, Larry Drudeau hopes that the Bulls' bench player James Johnson can split into two and become James and Johnson, so that any problem can be solved.

The player's full name is James Patrick Johnson.

I have to admit that some people's names do have superstar likeness, but even after a few years, this guy is just a good puzzle player, and he has no chance of being a superstar after all.

Well, dreams can still be done, and you have to wake up sooner or later anyway.

Larry Drew then called a timeout and immediately replaced all the main players on the court.

The purpose of the Bulls is to fight for the next game first, so there is no need to think about it for the time being to retain physical strength to continue the promotion.

Woodson watched his old friend Drew replace the main player of the Bulls, but he still waited unhurriedly until the approximate rotation time arrived, and then replaced the main players in turn.

At this point, the Bulls' lead was back to about 8-10 points, but Woodson didn't mean to rush, he kept Crawford on the court, and let Sadson play directly in the No. 1 position.

Woodson's intention with this move is very obvious, which is to maintain offensive firepower while allowing the more physically strong Embarrassment to wear down Derrick Rose.

As long as the Bulls' No. 1 position is abolished, the home team's overall offense is simply out of the Hawks' sights.

The Bulls possessed the ball, Rose held the ball in the frontcourt, Gibson and Noah went up again to block and dismantle, but Embarrassment had a clear physical advantage in the No. 1 position, and a beautiful card position and body contact suddenly slowed down the speed of Rose's first step.

The eclipse was fast, and although he didn't cut off the basketball in Rose's hand at the first time, the two of them still formed a siege of Rose on the flank.

Rose had no choice but to send a cross pass.

"Smack!"

The low Erniu was already ready, went up to block the passing lane, and easily intercepted Rose's horizontal pass.

Switch between offense and defense, and the bull sprints!

None of Noah and Gibson could catch up with the wild bull who ran wildly, and although Rose, who hurried back to defense, could catch up with the speed of the second bull, the gap between the two people's confrontation ability was obvious.

In the end, Ross still didn't have the courage to rush forward against the bull, so he could only watch the unguarded bull leap up and perform.

Rebound rebound + crotch windmill!

Ruan Erniu's right hand bulging biceps gave a close-up of the baseline camera lens, completing a wonderful performance, which should naturally be matched with a wonderful pretend posture, which is called superstar style, which is also a compulsory course for NBA supergiants.

In the second quarter of the game, Rose was completely surrounded by the Hawks, and there was no longer the scenery of the first quarter of the game.

The Bulls know enough about the Hawks, but in the NBA, what team's video analyst hasn't studied other teams' tapes?

Compared to the overall difficulty of defending the Hawks, it is much easier to find weaknesses in the Bulls!

Strangling Derrick Rose, the Bulls were instantly scrapped by half, and Rose's speed was amazing, in front of the muscle strangulation formation formed by the Atlantans, it was not enough to see.

People like to say that the Hawks' offensive talent is the best in the league, and their three-point shooting ability is ahead of its time.

But to put it mildly, the Eagles' stance is fundamentally their overall defense.

If they want to, this team can play the ugliest, but most effective, defense of the ugliest, but most effective, teams in the NBA at any time.

Even Crawford's Hawks can only be used as a substitute, and what Woodson has fundamentally instilled in this team is the iron spirit of the overall defense.

At 53:56, after a busy day, the Chicagoans found that they were reduced to a mere three-point lead at halftime.

Had it not been for Hinrich's late luck-filled buzzer-beating three-pointer, they would have been back on the same page with the Hawks.

Mark Jackson said: "The Hawks have found a way to get Joe Johnson to defend Rose that seems beyond the Bulls' expectations, should I say the Hawks have a luxury roster or is Woodson the right one? ”

Mike Brin concluded: "History is always strikingly similar, with Scott Pippen next to Jordan sacrificing his desire to score and working more on the defensive end, and Joe Johnson next to Kraft Nguyen making the same sacrifice. ”

Jeff Van Gundy on the side said at this time: "But Joe's offensive efficiency has not declined, he hit 2 three-pointers and a throw in the second quarter, and his performance on the defensive end is not flawless, he did delay Rose's first move very well, but the Hawks defended the Roses, relying on the team's joint defense system."

Or how to put it, Woodson sent Misson against Rose, not only to limit the Bulls leader on the offensive end, but more importantly, to keep the Bulls in charge of the offensive and defensive ends. ”

Jeff Van Gundy has really grown, and he does see more clearly in the commentary bench than he did when he was head coach with the Rockets, or in peace, it's easier for people to get to the bottom of the story.

At this time, in the Bulls' locker room, Larry Drew also figured out the old man's conspiracy, his long-time Hawks assistant coach is not for nothing, as Egghead's deputy, Woodson's thoughts, he can always understand in a very short time.

(Derek Rose's nickname for Pooh the Pooh, and also Pooh's name, because Rose's friends think he looks like Pooh the Pooh, this vision...... If Joe Johnson switches to you, on the defensive end, you don't play directly with Joe, Kirk, you're in charge of defending Joe. Larry Drew was the first to arrange.

But Drew knows very well in his heart that this is just a headache and a headache, and being led by the nose by the opponent is really the most helpless way, but the overall strength of the Bulls is indeed at the absolute peak, which is also an indisputable fact, at least the current Bulls have no ability to say no.

In the Hawks locker room, Woodson calmly laid out the defensive points of the second half, and in terms of blocking and attrition of Derrick Rose, Egghead still did his best homework.

From individual single defense restrictions, to overall joint defense and encirclement, including some small-scale package clamps, relevant deployments have been made.

The reason why the Hawks dared to do this was partly because of the Bulls' lack of pitchers, and partly because of Rose's own lack of long-range shooting ability.

The game of basketball is like this, one side has a fatal shortcoming, and the other side will definitely attack this point at all costs.

The second half started quickly, and the Hawks reverted to their starting lineup at the start of the second half, but after an offensive round, on the defensive end, Embarrasson was still deployed by Woodson against Derrick Rose.

Rose controlled the ball in the front court, and in the second half of the second quarter, during the period when Rose was led by Embarrassment, Rose shot 0 of 5 and did not score a point, and if the Roses still couldn't break through in the second half, the Bulls still couldn't win a win at home.

CROSSOVER, CUT IN, ROSE SHOOK SHARPLY AND BROKE THROUGH AT FULL SPEED, EMBARRASSMENT FAILED TO COMPLETE THE PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION WITH ROSE THIS TIME, BUT IT DIDN'T MATTER, THE EAGLES STILL HAD A SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE WAITING FOR ROSE.

Near the three-second zone, Ross was greeted by the three-man bag of Ruan Erniu, Lunar Eclipse and Dragic.

Rose flew into the air and either forced a shot or passively passed.

Not too sure, Rose eventually got the ball out of the way, and Ruhr Deng picked it up on the flank and pulled it out 17-foot.

"Bang!"

Strike iron!

Erniu won the backcourt rebound and immediately accelerated with the ball, Noah's delay was not done, and Ruan Erniu rushed up.

3VS3 in the front court, Ruan Erniu held the ball in the middle and killed the Bulls inside.

Gibson made up from the side, Ruan Erniu flew into the air first, Gibson subconsciously pulled it, but did not pull it, Erniu's flight was blocked, but the core strength was still not lost.

"Toot!"

The whistle blows first!

Erniu then raised his arm and shot.

The basketball slammed several times on the hoop and finally landed in the center of the hoop.

Goal in, penalty added!

Ruan Erniu walked to the free throw line, adjusted his breathing slightly, and completed the free throw.

In the third quarter of the game, Ruan Erniu finally began to show his fangs.

However, Larry Drew is also prepared for this, no matter how eye-catching Ruan Erniu's performance is, he also takes turns to replace the single defense with Joakim Noah and Brad Miller.

Jordan's Law II is staged again!

Larry Drew knows too well the explosive power of Nguyen Erniu to connect the entire Hawks team, so he would rather let the Celestial Empire score 60 points in a single game than give the other Hawks a chance.

For the Atlanta Hawks, the Bulls have no way out, they just want to gamble, just bet that Ruan Erniu can't kill the Bull alone.

With both sides putting more effort on the defensive end, the pace of the game never picked up, and regardless of the Bulls' final playoff record, at least they did an excellent job of guarding against the Hawks' offensive and defensive transitions.

Ruan Erniu performed extremely strong in this quarter, shooting 8 of 9 in a single quarter, 5 of 6 free throws, and scoring 21 points in a single quarter, but the performance of his teammates was not strong enough, and the other players of the Hawks did not feel good, and only scored 9 points in a single quarter.

On the Bulls' side, Rose continued to be inefficient, but Hinrich and Ruel Deng stepped up later in the game to share the scoring pressure for the Bulls leader.

At 30:25, the Hawks took a 5-point lead in a single quarter, and the game ended in three quarters, 83:81, the Hawks only led the opponent by 2 points before the start of the final quarter, which was a situation that G1 and G2 had never encountered, and the Bulls fought tenaciously until the last quarter.

Whether or not the Bulls can defend their home court tonight, they are on the right path, and the eighth place in the East to compete with the defending champions, the Atlanta Hawks with 75 wins, into the final quarter is already a remarkable performance.

At the start of the final quarter, the Hawks continued their usual rotation, while the Bulls continued to be the main force, and Derrick Rose, who did not rest in the third quarter, started in the final quarter.

Woodson made another mistake at this point, he should have switched Salmons with Mike Bibby instead of letting Bibby, who had obviously degraded his speed, play against Derrick Rose.

Rose soared, and even Embarrassment was one step, let alone Bibi.

Assault, assault, assault.

Derrick Rose is like a warrior carrying a bag of explosives, rushing to the Hawks' basket again and again.

The Bulls completed the comeback at the start of the final quarter, and they once again took a five-point lead.

An angry Woodson asked for a timeout again, and the egghead, who wanted to continue to use the bench to consume the Bulls' physical energy, did not dare to bet anymore, Rose was by no means a guy to be underestimated, and if he was not stopped, the Hawks would really lose their first playoff game at the Union Center.

Fortunately, the main players of the Hawks who rotated on the court quickly occupied the top spot in the final quarter of the game, on the one hand, it was indeed because the overall strength of the Hawks was better, under the control of the two bulls, the Hawks' shooter group won the explosion again, on the other hand, the Chicago Bulls, who rushed to play almost the entire game, finally ushered in physical exhaustion in the last six to three minutes of the final quarter.

During the painful time when they were out of breath and did not dare to replace the main team to rest, the Hawks not only completed the overtake of the Bulls, but also gradually widened the score gap.

Derrick Rose fought until the last minute tonight, and even at the risk of being directly fanned by Ruan Erniu, he attacked the basket with the ball more than once.

There is a successful 2+1 and a failed pegboard hat, but his efforts alone are no longer enough to change the direction of the whole game.

At 113:108, the Hawks finally narrowly defeated their opponent by 5 points in G3, which was also the smallest point difference between the two teams in the series.

Ruan Erniu shot 20 of 26 in this game, including 3 of 4 three-pointers, 9 of 12 free throws, and scored 52 points, 24 rebounds, and 12 assists.

Derrick Rose shot 13-of-26 from the field, including 1-of-2 from three-point range and 6-of-8 from the free-throw line, to finish with 33 points, seven assists and two rebounds.

It can be seen from the data that Rose attacked the basket so frequently, but only got 8 free throws in the end, which is by no means unfair to the referee, but because Rose always dodges confrontation in the breakthrough process.

Rose's style of play is indeed crisp, full of speed and passion, but he is really not a traditional confrontational leader, obviously breaking through the style of play but not getting enough free throws, which is also extremely rare in today's NBA.

Losing G3 left the Bulls with no way out, but three days later, on April 25, in the G4 battle, the Bulls were unable to suppress their opponents on the field.

Ruan Erniu, Embarrassment, Lunar Eclipse, and Salmons played 20+ performances at the same time, and Crawford, who came off the bench, also scored 18 points, and the Hawks ended the entire series with a disparity of 133:94 with a super overall performance.

Since the day of G4, that is, April 25, is also the tax day of the United States, a certain media in the United States that got the first-hand information issued such a spoof cartoon on the official website.

In the cartoon, an eagle happily acts as a tax policeman, while a red bull strides into the door of the tax office with tears and suffocation.

Young people often have to pay taxes!

At 4-0, the Hawks became the first playoff team in the first-round series to advance to the second round.