Chapter 430: The First Round of Battles (Middle)
In the third quarter, the Bulls counterattacked, and the Nets tried their best to not be overtaken, but the 9-point difference created in the halftime was only 3 points, but then Belinelli's three-point shot missed, and the Bulls were counterattacked by the Nets, and Bleche received a pass from Deron to expand the difference to 6 points again.
After entering the fourth quarter, the Bulls' strict defense once again made the Nets' offense difficult, and the Bulls took the opportunity to narrow the difference little by little, and the Nets only watched the Bulls approach point by point, and they could only score with difficulty.
The two teams fought until the last 1 minute. With 2:19 left before the end, Belinelli hit a three-pointer to put the Bulls up 88-90. Lopez missed, but Robinson's layup was also deflected wide and the Bulls missed the chance to equalize. With 1:06 left before the end, Robinson finally hit a shot, but Bletcher also scored before that, and the Bulls still trailed 90-92.
Noah delivered a big hat and the Bulls had another good chance to equalize, and Robinson missed another layup. After Bleche hit one of two free throws, the Nets led 93-90 with 32 seconds left in the game. The Bulls opted for a two-point game, with Noah passing the ball to Muhammad under the basket, who made an easy layup to tie the score at 92-93 with 25.2 seconds left in the game.
Bleche made two free throws at a crucial moment. After Belinelli missed a three-point shot, Noah grabbed an offensive rebound, but he stepped on the line and the ball belonged to the Nets.
Noah made up for it, and when Williams received the ball, Noah pounced on it and held the ball, forming a jump ball. Unfortunately, the Nets won possession and ran out of time.
The Nets won two games in a row and dragged the Bulls into the tiebreaker! In this game, the Nets scored 6 double-doubles, Watson scored 9 points, Humphries scored 7 points, and although the Bulls scored double-doubles in the starters, the bench only scored a total of 7 points, which became the key to their loss in this game!
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In the history of the NBA, there are eight teams that have come back from 1-3 down, and the Nets have the hope of becoming the ninth team after two consecutive games, and the Bulls will play a good hand! The Nets are much better than the Bulls in this regard, and the atmosphere of the Nets is more relaxed when it comes to the equalizer after falling behind two games, and the Bulls are more like the one who is behind and catches up!
In this way, the Bulls, who are in a "desperate situation (after all, it is likely to become the ninth team to be overturned)", launched a desperate attack in the face of the Nets, and the Nets are unhurried and do not act like a real life-and-death battle at all!
The Bulls started the game with a lot of fighting spirit, and the first two points came from secondary offense, first Boozer made a rebound, then Noah grabbed an offensive rebound and scored the ball, and the Bulls started the game 4-0. The Nets played two minutes before Williams hit a shot, and he single-handedly scored the Nets' first seven points to tie the score at 9-9.
The Nets were suppressed by the Bulls in the first quarter, if it weren't for Robinson's last 3+1 being blown free by the referee, the Bulls would probably lead by double digits to end the first quarter, no wonder, Robinson's ball was fouled by Williams, and the shooting action was too disjointed and completely incoherent! There's nothing wrong with the referee blowing it like this!
Two free throws were hit, and the Nets' offense after a timeout failed to work, and the Bulls ended the first quarter with a 9-point lead at 27-18!
The Bulls' bench lineup in the second quarter was younger than in previous games, with Rose still watching from the sidelines in a suit and Lore Deng and Richard Hamilton also unplaying. Coach Hibodeau had no choice but to make a bold second-quarter move on DaQuan Cook and Marquis Teague, both of whom had rarely played in the previous six games.
After they got on the court, they became the wonder soldiers of the Bulls, playing very calmly, not like players who had not played for a long time, the Bulls' bench performed well, and Hiberdu naturally let the main force rest more, so he knew that there were 5 minutes left in the second quarter, and the Bulls were replaced on the court, but at this time the Bulls had led the Nets by nearly 15 points, and Boozer and Robinson came on the court and tore the Nets' defense apart, and the Bulls led by 17 points at 61-44 in the second quarter.
Noah scored 16 points in the first half and grabbed five offensive rebounds, Belinelli and Boozer each scored 10 and Robinson also scored eight. Teague and Cook were the odd men, with three assists each. The Bulls held a 21-13 lead in rebounds and a 9-4 lead in offensive rebounds. Williams scored 11 points for the Nets and Brighter scored nine off the bench.
In the second half, the Nets' counterattack was expected, but the counterattack process was unexpected, Da Lopez hit a shot at the beginning of the third quarter, Williams followed up with a three-pointer, and then Wallace hit two consecutive three-pointers, they completed a 16-6 attack wave, only to fall behind 60-67, this three-point rain offense made the Bulls difficult to parry.
And in the second half, the Nets reused Evans and strengthened their fight for rebounds, and in less than 10 minutes of this quarter, the Nets surpassed the Bulls in offensive rebounds, and they once narrowed the gap to four points, only trailing 75-82 after three quarters.
At this time, the atmosphere of the game finally had a bit of a tie-breaker, the two teams began to defend at a very high level in the fourth quarter, and even the Nets made a league-level defense, playing 3 minutes in this quarter, both teams failed to shoot.
It wasn't until 8:54 left in the fourth quarter that Boozer broke the game and scored a basket. The Bulls extended their advantage to double digits, while the Nets played five minutes without hitting a shot. With 6:45 left in the quarter, Lopez finally added to the basket. Thirty seconds later, Williams calmly hit a three-pointer to tie the score at 81-86, forcing the Bulls to call a timeout, just one minute before the Nets called a timeout.
The Bulls' timeout had an immediate effect, as Robinson took advantage of the cover and hit a mid-range shot and Belinelli hit a three-pointer to extend the Bulls' advantage to 91-81 with 4:52 left in the game. The Nets had to call a timeout, and it was only 1 minute and 10 seconds before the last timeout.
The five-point gap has become a hurdle that the Nets cannot overcome. With 1:17 left in the game, Lopez grabbed an offensive rebound and scored a layup, and the Nets chased the score to 92-95. After the Bulls missed a shot, Johnson got a chance, but missed a three-point shot, and the Nets had to foul.
With 26.6 seconds left before the end, Williams hit a three-pointer to finally close the gap to less than five points and trail 93-97. After Belinelli hit two free throws, Williams missed a layup, Lopez grabbed an offensive rebound, and Johnson missed a three-point shot. After the Bulls grabbed the rebound, the game was over.
In the next round, the Bulls will play against the Heat who have been waiting for a long time to sweep the Bucks, and the injury plus the tie-break battle, the Bulls' prospects for this year's playoffs are very bleak!
The final ranking of the regular season is the Nets 4 Bulls 5, this group is the most competitive, the Heat ranked first in the East and the Bucks ranked eighth are completely incomparable, and the Bucks were swept out without resistance!
The Heat waited for 82 regular season games, and if they could do it, they would defend the title, and when the Big Three were first formed, they were said to be young and hugged their thighs, and James They were also very uncomfortable, losing to the Mavericks in the first season, they didn't make any excuses, and they made a comeback to win the championship the next year, the team was successful, but is that enough?
No! Defend the title this year, form a dynasty belonging to the Heat next year, and the Big Three of the Heat are full of confidence in this! Even if this year's Clippers are strong, they are not afraid, the Thunder, who was so difficult last year, won themselves, and now a Clippers with 50% luck and 50% strength, the Heat are not careful.
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The Bucks interviewed the leading player Jennings before the matchup with the Heat, and the player who slashed 50+ in his rookie season said that they would solve the Heat in 6 games! However, at the beginning, the Heat's Big Three told the young Bucks star that the future is yours! Of course, if they know that this person has no future, they won't say that!
This rookie has completely proved that it is necessary to become famous as soon as possible, and if you wait for the top position like those rookies in previous years, it is estimated that it will be cold before it is hot!
The Heat started with a 7-0 that directly made the Bucks dizzy, and then took advantage of the Bucks' unstable foothold and directly expanded the score difference to double digits with internal and external flowering! James also took a step inside the free throw line and slid in the air for a one-handed dunk, at which point the Heat led the Bucks by 13 points at 21-8.
Then the Bucks pressed down the rhythm and regained their offensive arrows! And Jennings also began to enter the state, first ran out of the open position to hit a three-point shot, and then the Heat missed the shot, Jennings grabbed the rebound, shook off Bosh's hand on the layup, and scored 5 points in a row, and then in the last 49 seconds of the first quarter, Jennings found an opportunity again, facing James's defense and hitting a three-point shot, the Heat attacked James and made a step-back jumper, Jennings received the ball from the backcourt and suddenly accelerated to impact the Heat inside the half, causing Bosh to foul and hit two free throws! The Bucks, who were beaten at the beginning, trailed the Heat by only two points at 24-26.
The Heat's shooting percentage began to decline in the second quarter, and after eight minutes of the second quarter, they scored only once in the athletic battle, and with 3:40 left in the quarter, James finally hit another three-pointer to give the Heat a 44-36 lead.
But the Bucks had no one to help Jennings except Monta Ellis, and in the middle of the second quarter, he and Ellis scored six points in a row to tie the score at 41-44, but the Heat hit two shots in the last minute of the quarter to lead 52-45 in the first half, and the Bucks didn't score a point in the last two minutes!
James had 15 points, five rebounds and four assists in the first half, Bosh had 10 points, Wade had six points and Ray Allen had eight points. Bucks guard Jennings came out on top, scoring 18 points on his own, and Ellis scored nine.
However, at the beginning of the third quarter, the Heat no longer gave the Bucks a chance, James and Wade began to lead the team to attack the Bucks respectively, Jennings couldn't stand up to the crowd, and the feeling declined, Monta Ellis's 11 points were the most points of the Bucks in this quarter, followed by Jennings's 5 points, and the Bucks trailed by 15 points at the end of the third quarter!
Originally, the Bucks planned to rush in the fourth quarter, but who knew that Ray Allen, who was in a small transparent situation for most of the game, suddenly made a shot, scored a high 9 points in the fourth quarter of the Heat, and handed out 3 assists! The Heat opened up a 21-point deficit at 100-79.
With 3:40 left in the game, the Bucks gave up resistance and pulled out all their main forces, and then James and Wade also went off the court, and the victory in the first game became the Heat's bag.
James finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. Bosh had 15 points and Wade had 16 points, five rebounds and five assists. Ray Allen came off the bench to contribute 20 points and 5 rebounds, and no one expected Ray Allen to quietly get the second highest score in the game for the Heat!
The Bucks also had a good backcourt performance, with Jennings scoring 18 points in the first half and contributing 26 points on 4-of-10 three-pointers, while MontaEllis scored 22 points on 1-of-6 three-pointers. The rest of the Bucks failed to hit a double-double, with Larry Sanders having six points and five rebounds.
It's good to look at Jennings' stats, but the performance in the first half is very different! And Monta Ellis shot 1-of-6 from three-point range with just 16 percent, which wasn't the lowest in the game, and Sean Battier shot 1-of-7 from the field with only 12 percent.
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In the second game between the two sides, the Heat can be said to have played very easily, the Bucks backcourt double-shot state is sluggish, Jennings shot 3 of 15, got 8 points and 5 assists, and Monta Ellis scored 7 points on 2 of 7 shots.
In the last game, I paid more attention to the Bucks' Heat, thinking that Jennings would eliminate him 4-2 before the game, and the game would be very difficult, but in the second game, the Heat clocked out in the third quarter, and it was completely played by the bench and the Bucks in the fourth quarter.
And in the first three quarters of the game, James and Wade's playing time was completely staggered, that is, the most time the Bucks faced the Big Three in the whole game was only the first 5 minutes! The biggest takeaway from the Heat this season is Birdman Anderson, who has held up the Heat's interior line despite Haslem's poor form! Came off the bench for 12 minutes and got 10 points and 6 rebounds!
With 3:04 left in the game, the Heat led by 15 points at 94-79 before Ray Allen hit a three-pointer and then rookie Kerr hit a mid-range shot to give the Heat a 96-79 lead.
The Bucks had to give up and remove the main team, and the Heat also rested the rotation players and replaced them with substitutes such as Joe Anthony, McMiller, Lewis of Salad and James Jones, so that the Bucks narrowed the gap slightly in the final minute.
The Big Three 50-point Heat won the second game of the series at home 98-86!
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Jennings couldn't answer the reporter's question with confidence at this time, and when asked about the poor hit rate in the second game, he could only smile awkwardly!
The two teams played the third game in Milwaukee, and this game also decided the fate of the Bucks, and a 0-3 comeback was impossible! Even the 0-2 Bucks have no record of turning the tables around, so this is a battle that will decide the fate of the Bucks.
The Bucks were determined to win the game before the game, but they backfired on their stubborn resistance after three quarters, and in the fourth quarter, Ray Allen, who was in excellent form in this game, shot the Bucks completely with 2 consecutive three-pointers with 3 minutes left in the game, and his total playoff three-pointers reached 322, surpassing Reggie Miller to become the NBA playoffs all-time total three-point shot.
In the end, the Heat defeated the Bucks 104-91, with a total score of 3-0! The Heat shot 41 of 79 in this game, and 8 of 19 three-pointers!
Ray Allen scored 23 points, 8 of 14 shots, and 5 of 8 three-pointers, but this is not the most terrifying, and the Heat Big Three James scored 22 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds! Shooting 7 of 14, although Wade only scored 4 points in this game, he handed out 11 assists and 9 rebounds! Bosh 16 points and 14 rebounds!
(End of chapter)