Chapter 263: The Bull's Iron-Blooded Defense (Asking for Recommendation Votes)
In the 2012 playoffs, Derrick Rose was seriously injured and the Bulls were reimbursed, and the Bulls were helpless because of the rain and the Bulls had no choice but to come back until now, and Tom Thibodo had to take the Bulls who lacked Rose to move forward. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although without Rose, the Bulls' record is only a little bit worse, under the leadership of Tom Thibodo, the Bulls are still in the top five in the East, second only to the Heat, Knicks, Pacers and Nets, from the perspective of strength, the Bulls are still a strong team in the league, and from the perspective of tactical attributes, the Bulls should also be a first-class defensive team in the league.
Almost with just Joakim Noah and Ruhr Deng, the Bulls have built an iron-clad defense, and so far this season, the Bulls have been able to limit opponents to 92.9 points per game, which is terrifying!
Against the Bulls, the hardest thing for the Spurs is to play their own offense, so AT& In the home locker room at Arena, Popovich frowned all the time.
The chasing soldiers behind him were ferocious, and the Spurs finally regained the first place in the regular season, and it was obviously impossible for him to give it up, so in every next game, Popovich seemed to attach great importance to it.
"Okay, let's talk about the starting lineup for this game, point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Manuginobili, small forward Kowhi Leonard, power forward Tim Duncan, and center Thiago Split. Popovich first announced the starting lineup for this game, with Parker and Duncan, who were out of action from the previous game, both given starts, and Anxi and Danny Green on the bench.
This set of starting lineups is enough to see that Popovich attaches great importance to the Bulls, and Boris Dior is not used on the inside, because for the Bulls, the Spurs need more interior height, and Manuginobili's starting is naturally to strengthen the offense.
Playing the Bulls, especially the Bulls without Derrick Rose, the most important thing is not defense, but offense, because without Rose, the Bulls will have no real stable scoring points, and the defense is not safe, but the offense is a bit troublesome.
The Spurs are fighting at home, and they are naturally determined to win, and the Bulls will not let go of this game, this regular season, the Spurs' home court is not stable, and the home court has lost a lot of games, including losing to the Suns, since the Suns can also win, the Bulls naturally feel that they can win.
The game started quickly, and on the Spurs' home court, the Bulls put out the strongest lineup they can now come up with, starting point guard Nate Robinson, scoring guard Marco Belinelli, small forward Ruhr Deng, power forward Carlos Boozer and center Joakim Noah.
At the beginning of the game, the Bulls showed their extremely strong defense, and the Bulls' defense is actually a variant of the two-three defense in the NBA, relying on the strong side to pile up and the weak side to control the style of play to prevent the opponent from death.
This kind of defense is especially restrained in cut-in tactics, such as in this game, where several rounds of the Spurs' offense were deeply stifled by the Bulls' team defense.
Joakinoah sat in the middle, Tony Parker broke through, the Bulls' nearest one directly wrapped up, the three of them were surrounded, Parker couldn't even pass the ball, so the Spurs didn't score a point in the first few rounds, and the Bulls gradually occupied the advantage on the court.
"Tony Parker broke through with the ball, the Bulls still wrapped the ball and forced the ball! Missed! The Bulls' fast break, the front court formed a two-on-two, small potato Robinson!
China's Tencent Sports broadcast the game live, Wang Meng and Liu Jiachao commented on the game, the Bulls played well at the beginning, Wang Meng did not favor the Spurs, and the commentary was quite passionate.
Popovich on the sidelines began to shout, and the content of the shouting was actually to make the Spurs change their offensive intentions to attack the inside, and then focus on outside projection, first opening the outside touch.
So on the court, Thiago Split quickly pulled out and made a pick-and-roll cover for Parker, and then Parker dodged Nate Robinson's defense in one step, jumped directly and hit a 3-pointer with a bang.
3 points!AT&S that has been suppressed for a long time There was a burst of cheers at the T Arena.
The Bulls' offense, without Derrick Rose, Tom Thibodu also racked his brains, and finally came up with a set of tactics to respond to the high position.
The defensive core Joakim Noah changed on the offensive end and became the offensive core again, using Noah's passing ability, mentioning the high position, a pass strategy, directly letting Lul Deng who was blocked and covered by Carlos Boozer take the ball, Ruer Deng took the ball and broke through directly, Leonard couldn't make up for it, and could only watch Ruel Deng jump shot, and finally the Bulls scored another 2 points.
By the sixth minute of the first quarter, the Bulls were already 17:10, leading the Spurs by seven points.
"At this time, the Spurs should be replaced, the starting offense can no longer be opened, especially Manu and Parker, the roles of the two overlap a little, at this time, the best thing to do is to change a few pure three-point shooters, such as Danny Green. Wang Meng analyzed the adjustments that the Spurs should make from a technical and tactical point of view.
However, Popovich could not have guessed that the Spurs did call a timeout, but the substitution was not as Wang Meng said.
"Ann, you play, replace Kawai, Danny, you play, replace Manu, next, let's start from the outside, shoot more on the outside, and try to cut into the inside as little as possible. ”
Popovich opted to bring on Anxi and Danny Green, and went straight to the wing.
And the Bulls also took advantage of the timeout to make adjustments.
Tom Thibodo is not a fool, he knows very well that the next adjustment of the Spurs is nothing more than more outside shots on the offensive end, so he will naturally make targeted arrangements.
"Jimmy, you come out, replace Marco, and next, let's expand the defense and target the San Antonio guys' outside shots!"
One big and one small, the two famous coaches started the confrontation on the sidelines.
Anxi was replaced by Popovich, and the two commentators of Tencent Sports finally became interested, and the next commentary also began to favor the Spurs, intentionally or unintentionally.
"Okay, Anxi is out, looking at the Spurs' substitution, his position should be small forward, and it seems that he is going to match up with Lu Erdeng. ”
"Yes, it's going to be against Lu Er Deng, but in fact, Anxi had a fight with Lu Er Deng during the Olympic Games, and in that fight, it was Anxi who prevented Lu Er Deng and suppressed the opponent. ”
The two of them blew Anxi like this, but when they faced Lu Erdeng again, Anxi knew that it was not that simple......
In the Olympics, he was able to prevent Ruer Deng because Lu Er Deng did not have so many good teammates, and Anxi's single defense was against the sky, but now in the Bulls, there are strategies like Joaquin Noah, and a master of blocking and dismantling and covering like Boozer, Lu Er Deng can more easily shake off Anxi's defense and receive basketball to end the offense. (To be continued.) )