Chapter 312: Born with a big heart
Mirotic, the wonder Knights, has been limited, but Rose's point is completely star-like play, and the Cavaliers can't solve it by defense alone, they have to suppress the opponent on the offensive end.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bulls continued their offensive lineup at the end of the third quarter, with Rose leading the big shooter.
On the Cavaliers' side, Zhang Xiaotian was naturally the main attacker, and James had a short rest.
To be honest, the Bulls' tactics are often not flexible, they have adjustments before the game, but the ability to adjust during the game is insufficient.
It was not wrong for them to want to extend the lead, but they were careless about Zhang Xiaotian's defense.
When Zhang Xiaotian turned the score over twice in a row with the defender's hits, the Bulls could only choose to take a timeout.
At this point, the final quarter was only a minute and a half into it, and the Bulls replaced Jimmy Butler, but the Cavaliers also traded back to James.
With James' absolute strength, Zhang Xiaotian's attack power can be completely unleashed.
James came up and forced Butler to foul the latter, and then Zhang Xiaotian hit another three-pointer.
James and Zhang Xiaotian are together, and Jimmy Butler, the strongest single defense of the Bulls, can only follow James.
Zhang Xiaotian has a strong scoring ability, but James is the core of the tactics.
It's just that in this case, the defense that the Bulls are proud of can't bear again.
At this time, the Bulls used veteran Kirk Hinrich to defend Zhang Xiaotian, and they thought that if the outside line did not give the opportunity to vacate the position, they would be able to limit Zhang Xiaotian's play, and if Zhang Xiaotian broke through, he would enjoy the same treatment as James and immediately carry out a pinch attack.
But what they didn't expect was that Zhang Xiaotian's shooting was completely unreasonable, and he also scored against the defense.
It's no wonder that the Bulls were surprised, their judgment of Zhang Xiaotian was outdated, and when the Cavaliers played the first round, Zhang Xiaotian couldn't be considered to be fully exerted because of the obvious advantage of the team.
The three points of diligence and the physical advantage of the position, but not losing the position will not be able to prevent him.
The Bulls can only make another substitution, or let Mike Dunleavy defend, at least this one has height, Zhang Xiaotian will choose to break through many times, and if they break through, their overall defense will be useful.
Seeing that the Bulls were about to be cornered, Jimmy Butler suddenly broke out and scored five points in a row.
Both of these shots were dry, and this kid also has a bit of an All-Star flavor.
These 5 points slowed down the Bulls, and then the Bulls' offense also started, to be precise, the star play worked again, not Jimmy Butler, this guy was locked up by James after scoring two shots.
Rose drew two fouls on Irving and forced Irving to miss on the defensive end.
Irving's form is really not good, maybe it's because he didn't sleep well at night or some other reason, both the offensive and defensive ends are sleepwalking.
The Bulls are leading again, but there is no better player to use, and David Blatter can only shout out to remind Irving.
On the other side, James made another Jimmy Butler foul, which was his fifth foul.
The strong points on both sides were played, and the score was alternately rising.
In the final moments, the Cavaliers chose Tristan Thompson as the small lineup on the inside.
The Bulls didn't play two inside lines either, just putting Ty Gibson on the court, completely against the Cavaliers.
This clearly shows that it is a desperate offense, and the Bulls are also out of the way.
Rose, like James, kills inside, but he basically finishes it himself.
At 2:45, Ty Gibson grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, and James fouled when he was strong.
Ty Gibson hit both free throws to make it 92-91, and the Bulls took the lead for the fourth time in the final quarter.
It didn't take 20 seconds for James to hit a two-pointer and turn it into a Cavaliers lead again.
At this time, it is not only about tactics and skills, but also about mental quality.
Zhang Xiaotian's fans, whether in the United States or across the ocean, are staring at the live broadcast screen.
Speaking of psychological quality, Zhang Xiaotian's fans are the proudest, and they are full of expectations at the last moment.
The bull is also on his guard now, not daring to relax for a moment, and deliberately putting other points down.
Zhang Xiaotian was not particularly reluctant, and his teammates would pass it over when there was a vacancy.
However, whenever this time, he hopes to have more balls, because the ball is in James' hands, and it will definitely be passed to the point where the Bulls deliberately let go, so that Zhang Xiaotian will have a lot of fewer singles opportunities.
In fact, at this time, his singles success rate is the highest, but there is no way to do it without the ball in hand.
At 1 minute and 16 seconds, Jimmy Butler hit another single shot without any tactics.
In the Cavaliers' offense, Smith missed a three-point shot.
This time, Zhang Xiaotian had already anticipated this possibility, and when Smith made a move, he had already rushed to the opponent's inner line.
There is nothing wrong with judgment, and the Bulls' ability to grasp offensive and defensive transitions is very average.
There are two less big and tall, and the Bulls' inner line is also a little empty, Zhang Xiaotian relied on his familiarity with his teammates to predict the landing point of basketball in advance.
He rushed in and jumped high to grab the ball, then turned and swiped it in the middle, past Tristan Thompson, and with the help of his teammate's body, Zhang Xiaotian stepped back and pulled up a three-pointer.
Again, 95:93, and the clock has entered the last minute.
With James and Ty Gibson hitting each of them, the Bulls only had 15 seconds left.
The Bulls replaced several players who could shoot the basketball, making it clear that they would use three-point tactics, and it was also a kind of containment, so that Rose could break through with confidence.
At this time, the Cavaliers will definitely not let Irving and Rose again, and Smith will switch to defend Rose.
Rose picked up the ball and adjusted his tempo a little, then asked for a cover and went inside.
James immediately came over to help defend, and this time Rose did not choose to be strong, but distributed the ball.
The Cavaliers' defense rotated immediately, and now there is only Tristan Thompson on the court, and the Cavaliers' rotation is still very fast.
When the Bulls didn't get an open spot on the outside, Rose came out of it again.
In fact, there are still opportunities to shoot, but not everyone has the courage to shoot at the last moment against the defense.
Mike Dunleavy hesitated for a moment and returned the ball to Rose.
Shampert stuck to Ross and was not shaken off.
But Rose turned around and pulled it up after receiving the ball, and it can only be said that Rose is the kind of player who has no fear in his heart.
Rose didn't hit a single three-pointer in front of him, and his shots in the final few minutes were all iron.
Bang, the basketball smashed on the rebound and it sounded a lot, and Rose had a lot of power on the ball.
It's not great to shoot with power, but the ball smashes on the rebound and bounces into the basket.
Some players are like this, if they don't score the last hit in front, they can kill, and they are born with a big heart.
At 95:96, there are only 3 seconds left.
"Gods, gods......" Under the big screen outside Cleveland, fans couldn't help but shout.