Robinson couldn't prevent Zhou Xuan and wanted to use the score to fight back, but the outside line suddenly pulled out three points, Zhou Xuan tried his best to interfere, and the ball was deflected.

Noah grabbed a frontcourt rebound, Chandler interfered closely, didn't jump or foul, Noah arched his back, turned to the middle and hooked the ball in. 10 to 4.

The Bulls are only better than the Knicks in one thing, and that is rebounding, but they are also limited. After Asik's departure, this advantage became weaker. Even if Rose and Lore Deng are here, this year's Bulls are not as good as last season. With the Rockets, Asik averaged a double-double per game and was great defensively, making him an underrated interior player.

The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan passed to Anderson, who caught the ball and hit a jumper.

After the opening, the Knicks were in control of the situation, playing a slow pace, but they were able to ensure easy shots and make the opponent feel uncomfortable.

"Despite being the best in the league in offensive ability, the Knicks haven't made many free throws this season," Su said. I think there are two main reasons, one is that there are a lot of shots after misplacement, and fouls may not be able to be prevented, and the shooting rate is high. The second is that they are too accurate in their free throws, and few teams use foul tactics against the Knicks. ”

Yang Jian said: "Zhou Xuan is a typical representative, his free throws are too sure, and going to the free throw line is to give away points." The Bulls have defended well and haven't allowed the Knicks to score back-to-back points, but their own offense is too poor. ”

It's not just bad, it's just an offensive drought. The Bulls didn't score in the next four minutes.

In the last round of the series, Noah won 20+, not because the offense was good, but because the opponent ignored him. This Knicks also let him move outside the restricted area, and once he cuts in the air, Chandler will immediately top it. If the Bulls can play fast-break, Noah will play a role, and he can often play fast-break dunks. However, Knicks Anderson and Parsons retreated faster.

And the Knicks will also use fouls to block the opponent's fast break, passing and pulling. The Bulls have always been known as Iron Will, but the Knicks were better today in terms of confrontation and fouls because they have someone who can rotate and is not afraid of fouls. If the Bulls' main force is plagued by fouls now, especially if Noah fouls too much, the defense will be in trouble, and their backup center is Mohammed, a pure meat shield blue-collar worker.

The Knicks led 26-18 in the first quarter.

How to prevent Nick Young in the second quarter has become a big problem for the Bulls.

Their forward line has also weakened, Korver has gone to the Hawks, and DaQuan Cook is only good at shooting three-pointers, and he can't guard Nick Young one-on-one. Bledsoe and Leonard's outside fast-break is also sharp and has a good heads-up ability. Neither Bleche nor Scola are fuel-efficient lamps, and they can't be drained when pulled to the perimeter cover.

The best performance of the Bulls off the bench was Ty-Gibson, and the rest of the players probably won't be able to play with the Knicks, including Hamilton. Hamilton has been injured multiple times and is getting worse and worse, his shooting is not as accurate as in the past, and the defensive end is leaky.

The Knicks quickly extended the margin to 15 points, Thibodeau replaced Noah and Butler, and the overuse of core players was the main cause of star injuries, and now in order to win, the Bulls can only let the remaining starters play more, which has become a vicious circle.

Rose also followed the game on television. Zhou Xuan had 9 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, but he could only sit in front of the TV and watch his teammates dying. Despite the salary, it is undoubtedly painful for a competitive, ambitious man like Rose.

I've got to get back to the top next season, I've got to beat this guy, I'm the top show! Rose clenched his fists to himself.

Even if he returns to the top, he is not Zhou Xuan's opponent, and if he wants to regain the glory that was taken away, he must become stronger.

At this time, Rose was stimulated to make a bad decision, he wanted to return to the court so much that he decided to start practicing in the summer and doing adaptation exercises. He didn't want to wait for a moment, in fact, the most important thing he should do was to abandon his old way of playing.

A few minutes later, Zhou Xuan came on the court to replace Bledsoe, and this alone shows the gap between the two teams, Bredsoe must have started in the Bulls, but he only played 6 minutes in the Knicks and rested, and Matthews and Anderson were still sitting on the sidelines.

Scola and Bleche have the quality to play and won't play for a few minutes before they go off, and several of them will take turns to get plenty of rest.

Zhou Xuan faced Robinson, who had also just come on the court, and continued to dribble around the periphery with his crotch, observing the movement of his teammates.

Robinson is an anxious child, Zhou Xuan's "basketball hip-hop" 5 seconds he can endure, 10 seconds a little hot, 15 seconds rushed forward to reach out, as a result, Zhou Xuan made a big stride and turned a light pass successfully, attracting Tygibson to make up for the defense and then split the ball to Scola on the left side to score.

In the next round, Zhou Xuan changed his normal behavior, pulled up and shot on the periphery, dodging Robinson's block three-point shot. The impatient Robinson burst into the interior frantically, but also scored 6 points, those who don't understand the ball may say that he is tough, but experts can see the shortcomings of his breakthrough, and Zhou Xuan and Noah on the periphery directly formed a dislocation.

As a result, Zhou Xuan's fast break caused Noah to foul, hit both free throws, and a direct fast break attracted the defense and assisted Bleche to score a jumper in the middle.

At halftime, the Knicks led by 17 points, 58-41. Zhou Xuan had 14 points, 7 assists and 1 steal in the half, and he was about to 20+10.

The Bulls offense is not good, and the second half has not changed, and the Knicks have played their defensive advantages to the fullest, not only to defend the three-point tightly, but also to rely on strong play to distributes Zell and Tygibson, and once the players are out of position, they will foul and send them free throws, and the Bulls interior players will make free throws.

After another quarter, Zhou Xuan did not rely on blocking and dismantling to attack, so that Noah, who claimed to be able to defend five positions, was useless, and others did not attack the interior line, covering the front and side, helping the pitcher get rid of the running position and catch the ball and shoot. The Knicks also grabbed four frontcourt rebounds in the quarter, two each for Anderson and Kawhi Leonard. As soon as Noah went out, the two relied on mobility to rush to the inside line to pick up the leak.

The two sides have the same covering tactics, and the effect of Noah with Boozer is completely different from that of Bletch with Anderson. The Knicks led by 21 points at 81-60 heading into the final quarter.

The physical strength of the final quarter was on display again, with the Knicks players resting for a week, while the Bulls played seven games. The Knicks' starters except for Zhou Xuan took turns, but the Bulls used only six people, and except for Tygibson, the others played for a few minutes. In the end, Noah, Belinelli, and Butler all played more than 40 minutes, and their efficiency dropped significantly.

With three minutes left, the Knicks led 101-73, and the Bulls gave up the chase and replaced all the main players.

At 110-81, the Knicks scored 29 points.

Zhou Xuan played 35 minutes and scored 23 points, 1 rebound, 13 assists and 1 steal. Robinson scored 25 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, which looked good, but he didn't actually have a key shot.

Thibodeau lamented at the press conference that there was no one available, looking for a fig leaf for the team's big defeat. The two stars are not injured, and they are not necessarily the Knicks' opponents, and they play four games each season in the regular season.

One day off, the second game between the two sides was also a three-quarter win, this time the young Butler fell into foul trouble, the Bulls had no good substitute at the small forward position, Cook let Nick Young play casually, this time he really became the heads-up king, and scored 35 points in the game.

There are many team management regrets it, saying that Nick Young is a cancer, and they believe it. In the summer, Nick Young's asking price is not high but no one cares, and it is absolutely worth it to give a middle class with his strength. Although he doesn't pass the ball, he has excellent shooting ability, and he is not bad offensively and defensively with the ball, and he is very suitable to play as a sixth man in the second quarter.

In the third game at Chicago's home court, the person who stood up was Matthews, who took the ball after running without the ball cover, and shot after hitting the ball after covering the position, making 5 of 9 three-pointers in a single game, and cutting down 19 points and 5 rebounds in the whole game, and Belinelli, who he also defended, only scored 6 points. Zhou Xuan's 17 points and 14 assists beat Robinson's 11 points and 4 assists.

Noah is still a decent defensive rebounder, he is the most critical part of the Bulls' defensive system, and it does reduce the offensive efficiency of the Knicks, but unfortunately the Bulls' offense is even worse, and none of the three games has scored more than 100. Scoring more than 100 points is an easy thing for the Knicks.

In the fourth game, the Bulls fought to the death, and Rose was also on the scene to watch the game and cheer on his teammates. Ross is really a masochistic act, and his face is full of tears after reading it.

The Bulls' starters are two people who are sure of three points, both are guards, running on the outside and other three-pointers, the inside offense is wasted, the guards and Boozer play blocking and dismantling, and the outside line lacks firepower, this weakness is destined to the Bulls not to go far.

Defending Nick Young in the fourth game, Parsons is back on his feet. Misplaced Boozer scored several times. He is a cameo at the No. 4 position, and his style of play is still a small forward, and he is a nemesis for a person like Boozer, who is only 206cm tall and can only fight under the basket and grab rebounds. Boozer didn't follow closely on the periphery, Parsons shot, and he could have been passed out.

Offensively, Boozer still had to face Chandler in the low post, with Parsons in charge of defending Noah. NOAH is not strong, he is 211cm tall and weighs only 105 kg. That size makes him a well-rounded defender like Garnett, but he can't make him a strong opponent in the low post. Parsons was on the edge of the box and it was difficult for Noah to force the score.

In the final quarter, after Zhou Xuan faced Robinson and hit two dry three-pointers, the Knicks led by more than 20 points. At the last minute, the Bulls replaced Hamilton to play small forward and bet on three points, and the result was a continuous iron attack. The Knicks' positional battles dragged out time, staggered offense, and maintained their advantage.

At 104-80, the Knicks won one more game, swept the Bulls with a total score of 4-0, and took the lead in the Eastern Conference Finals.

After Zhou Xuan entered the playoffs, his statistics dropped slightly, averaging only 17 per game. 4 points 12. 6 assists. However, he didn't play much minutes and played more easily than in the regular season, shooting an astonishing 61 from the field. 8% and 44 on three-pointers. 5% ranks third among all players in the playoffs, and the first place is still the Knicks' Tyson Chandler, the "King of Fighters" scores all under the basket, shooting 67 from the field. 9%。

The Nets' series with the Heat was a scorching one, and the Knicks were in a good position to get a lot of days off. Many fans lamented that the Knicks had a very smooth season.