Chapter 156: Muressan's nemesis
Davidson also noticed the smile of the Zen master, and this smile of winning made Davidson quite unhappy.
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Murraysan and Luke Longley walked to the halfway line to jump the ball, Murraysan's bounce was not very good, but Langley was not much better.
Eventually, Muresan won the jump ball and the Kings began their offensive round.
Little Potato had no problem with possession of the ball, and with Harper's tight defense, he got to the front court and then transferred the ball to Richmond.
Judging from Harper's tight defense in the opening game, the offensive and defensive intensity of this game will definitely be quite high.
After Richmond received the ball, Jordan immediately posted it.
Jordan's first quarterback in the league was matched with the second quarterback.
If Snow is on the floor, Chimond will probably take advantage of Snow's pick-and-roll, and then try to shake off Jordan and get a comfortable shot.
But now his backcourt partner is a small potato, and such a small body board is basically ineffective.
With no choice, Richmond made a strong shot directly in front of Jordan.
Although the ball was not blocked by Jordan, it must have been interfered with, and the ball jumped out of the frame.
Luke Longley has already been stuck with Murraysan under the basket, although he will definitely not be able to block Murraysan, but he should always be able to make some impact on Murraysan.
It was this subtle impact that allowed the flying Rodman to grab the rebound.
Davidson's brow furrowed, he knew he was in trouble.
This inside combination of Rodman and Longley can be said to be Muresan's nemesis.
Longley is also a big-tonnage interior player, and he can jam Muraysan in a position, even if it is only for a moment, it is enough for Rodman to grab the rebound.
Rodman's grabbing has always been fast, accurate, and ruthless.
While others were selected for the game highlights by dunking or blocking, Rodman was selected for the highlights by fighting for rebounds......
Other teams, even with a twin-tower lineup, may not be able to have such an impact on Muresan on the rebounding end.
First of all, there must be a big-tonnage interior player like Luke Longlee, and secondly, there must be a super rebounder like Rodman who grabs the board quickly, and only by meeting these two conditions can the rebounding limit of Murraysan be achieved.
Of course, Davidson is not out of the box to break this limitation.
For example, let Battle also join the card position under the basket, with Battle's strength and tonnage, he can completely squeeze Longley out of the way, and not give Langley the opportunity to card Murraysan, so that Rodman and Murraysang compete head-on for rebounds, and Rodman will definitely not be so easy to get rebounds.
But this arrangement can only be used in the Kings' defensive rounds, and in the offensive rounds, Battle needs to shoot outside the paint area, and if he squeezes under the basket, his ten percent offensive firepower may only be two.
As things stand, the Kings are definitely not going to have any advantage in offensive rebounding.
The only thing Davidson can do now is to protect the defensive rebounds as much as possible!
If both offensive and defensive rebounds are at a disadvantage, then this game will not be playable.
The one who wins the rebound wins the world, this is the wise saying.
Even if the Bulls have an existence like Jordan, they still have to bring in rebounding monsters like Rodman.
The Bulls' offensive round began, and to Davidson's great relief, without Davidson shouting a reminder, Battle automatically landed near the basket and found Luke Longley.
Davidson was a little glad, fortunately Rodman didn't have a basket, otherwise, the Bulls' ghost lineup would definitely be inexplicable.
It was because Rodman didn't have a basket that Battle was able to help out in the defensive round.
Harper had the ball up front and passed it to Pippen.
Although Harper plays point guard, he actually has very little possession, and when the ball reaches the frontcourt, it is all handed over to Jordan or Pippen.
That's why Jordan and Pippen are the most assists among the Bulls, with Harper averaging a measly 2.6 assists per game.
After Pippen received the pass, he looked at the penalty area and felt a little numb, and several big-tonnage inside lines crowded the penalty area, where is there a chance to rush into the basket to score points......
There was no choice but to pass the ball to Jordan, and then Jordan would take charge of the attack.
Richmond fought hard, and Jordan failed to hit the ball.
During the defense stage, Pippen said a few words angrily to Longley, and he didn't know what he was muttering.
The rebound that Jordan missed just now was easily taken by Murraysan, and Battle's power and tonnage are not something that Luke Langley can compete with.
It was the King's turn again, and this time it was still Richmond who did it, and it was again missed......
Davidson's brow furrowed.
Richmond was a little out of his mind today, probably because he wanted to prove himself in front of Jordan, so he beat Jordan twice in a row in the opening game, but he couldn't score.
Neither of these moves was a wise choice.
But it doesn't take Davidson to call a timeout to tell Richmond what to do.
He's a veteran like him and he knows what he's doing on the pitch.
In the next offensive round of the Bulls, I saw that Longley didn't go to the inside line at all, but mentioned the high post, which seemed to be going to help Jordan or Pippen do the high post blocking.
It's not unusual, and Longley has spent most of his time in the Bulls' offensive system.
Pippen muttered to Longley just now, probably talking about this.
Pippen's basket is not good, and the main offensive means is to rush to the basket, but Longley has been squatting under the basket, with Murraysan and Battle, the two big meat shields, blocking under the basket, which makes Pippen helpless.
Later generations of fans know that Pippen has quite high requirements for offensive space under the basket, and later went to the Rockets to team up with Barkley, many quarrels because Barkley was always blocked under the basket, and even fought.
Now that Longley has mentioned blocking and dismantling in the high position, Pippen is also relieved.
When Longley came out, Rodman naturally had to enter the penalty area, but Rodman was small and didn't have that much impact on Pippen.
This Bulls team is not only terrible on the defensive end, but also terrible on the offensive end.
With Longley's big meat shield as a high-post block, Pippen and Jordan can get more comfortable shots, and even if Longley mentions the high, their rebounds will not suffer too much, because there is still Rodman in the restricted area.
If you really want to find a team that can be called perfect, it is undoubtedly this Bulls.
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What makes Pippen a little helpless is that Longley is now pulled out, but Murraysan and Battle are still stationed under the basket, obviously this is completely ignorant of Longley.
Longley has some projection ability, but not much of a threat......
Anyway, it is definitely not as threatening as Pippen to rush to the basket, and now Muba's two big meat shields ranked in the top three in the league continue to be stationed under the basket, and Pippen still can't get a good offensive opportunity.
In desperation, he could only pass the ball to Jordan again, and this time Jordan scored a solid mid-range shot.