Chapter 316: What Does It Feel Like to Be Isolated?
How is Boozer's defense? As long as you see that Bulls coach Thibodeau often replaces him with Ty Gibson at critical moments, you can see what the level of defense of the anti-bones at this time is. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Now Thibodeau has no Gibson to replace, Asik is good but he is a center, but recently Bulls fans have been able to see the team being blown up on the defensive end, Thibodeau had to let Noah change to the No. 4 position, and then send Asik and Noah on the inside combination.
Thibodeau knew that doing so would bring the Bulls' interior offense down to CBA level, but he couldn't help it, who would make the anti-bone boy useless in his defensive system. Of course, this person who is not easy to use also includes Anthony, but the melon wrist is too big to be replaced casually.
Today, Knicks fans saw the interior combination of Asik + Noah at home, and to Boozer's embarrassment, even if the Bulls switched to such a two-center lineup, the team still moved much faster on the interior than when he was on the floor.
Wu Huang didn't dare to go deep into the interior to play for a while, the Bulls' interior lineup does not lack the ability to move, and the height advantage and single defense ability are also excellent, and it can even be said that such an interior combination has a little perfect effect on the defensive end.
But as soon as this lineup comes to the offensive end, Asik, a butter hand, can take a big step and leave him alone. Even if the Bulls pass the ball to Asik who is released at this time, the chance of the goods getting away after receiving the ball will account for 50% first. Of course, if he succeeds in receiving the basketball, then there is no need to be too afraid, because he will not jump and dunk at the first time, but will take close to a second to adjust first, and then take a step before getting to the basket or dunk. By the time that was done, the Knicks players were back on the defensive and watched Asik miss a layup from close range. Yes, it's hard to shoot a shot rate that Thibodeau is happy with when defended, even in the box, because he's a butter hand!
Noah's side is not much better, he still does not have the ability to attack with the ball and play in the low post, although the cutting ability has been good, and last season he also developed a mid-range shot that can make up for it, but he can also be the icing on the cake after other teammates hit the damage, in addition to having a good ability to respond, he really doesn't have much lethality, and Monroe's ceiling is a little higher than him.
In this case, it is more difficult for the Bulls to get comfortable offensive opportunities on the outside, and as soon as they break through, they will definitely have to face the Knicks' inside bag, and it is difficult for their own interior teammates to grasp the pass, so Rose and Anthony began to take turns to play singles as a matter of course, and this team has been in this state since the trade, and the tactics developed before Thibodeau's game cannot be executed at all.
Knicks fans felt stable after the first quarter of the game, and the Bulls' problems on the offensive end can be seen even by many ordinary fans, the most obvious point: if Rose breaks through and falls into a siege, he will definitely not find Anthony when he wants to find someone to answer, because Melon can't keep moving outside the three-point line according to his breakthrough like Rolldeng.
Anthony has never played such an off-ball offense, and even if he wants to cooperate, he will run in the wrong position or run fast or slow, and he has always waited for others to pick him up, where he has tried to move himself to meet others.
Referring to Wu Huang's breakthrough again, when he is under siege, sometimes he knows where his teammates are without looking. Iguodala and Gallinari would always move according to his position, and the tacit understanding they had cultivated over time would let them know how to run to meet Emperor Wu.
At the end of the first half, the Knicks players found themselves playing more and more relaxed, and they could still feel a lot of pressure at the beginning of the game, because Rose and Anthony were really dangerous singles, and they could accidentally leak open space on the outside. But as the game went on for a long time, when they found out that the Bulls only had this single move, the game began to enter the Knicks' orbit, and the players in New York began to dare to let go of their defenders to pinch Rose and Anthony, and dare to make their own judgment - up and pressing, stealing the passing route, pinching the ball, and pressing in the area...... The Knicks are getting better and better as a team, and they are becoming more and more confident as they play, and they even dare to use some defenses that have not been practiced much.
The performance of the Bulls players is diametrically opposite, they feel more and more pressure on both offensive and defensive ends, as if they are always being trapped, it is not safe to pass the ball anywhere, and the anxious mentality quickly spreads from the two aces to the whole team, but the more anxious they are, the easier it is to make mistakes, and then the Bulls can't play a wonderful match for a few minutes.
By the end of the half, many Bulls players had lost their judgment and self-confidence on the court, and they were back to losing streaks these days, and Rose and Anthony felt tired after only half a game.
The score is 58:39, if it weren't for the Bulls' defense that is still a bit empty, they would have been led by the Knicks by 20+, although 19 points and 20+ are not much different.
"What does it feel like to be excluded?" Wu Huang came up in the second half and first found an opportunity to disgust Anthony, the opponent shot 3 of 10 in the first half, although he scored 12 points by free throws, but the overall performance was still bad.
Anthony's face was ugly, but now the situation made it impossible for him to open his mouth to fight back.
Wu Huang was unforgiving, and continued to strike: "The Nuggets are 10-7 after the trade and have returned to the top eight in the West, I know that many Nuggets fans think that Luo Er Deng is better than you in the Nuggets, but you are acting like a piece of in the Bulls, are you really embarrassed to take 20 million?" ”
"You bastard, who is qualified to care how much money I take, if you want to fight, we can make an appointment." Anthony was completely enraged at this time, and Wu Huang's trash talk was indeed a bit excessive, this was already a personal attack and insult, and it was more excessive than greeting each other with swear words.
The players of both teams quickly pulled away the two men who started to fight near the midfield, and the referee also stepped forward to warn each of them, but did not show a technical foul. Although these two people's mouths have been moving, they are quite honest in their hands, Anthony said that he was making an offer, but he was also just talking with his mouth, and no billionaire would make a date with someone.
Anthony's mentality was originally on the verge of collapse, but now that he is being by Emperor Wu like this, the Xuan of reason is completely collapsed.
"Now this bull is really weak enough, no wonder anyone who meets it can eat dumplings." After Wu Huang's successful provocation in the third quarter, it is customary to go on a killing spree, and in the cheers of the home fans, Wu Huang continued to use the positioning of his teammates to cover and hit long-range jumpers.
The Bulls players were helpless in the face of the sudden outbreak of Wu Huang, and Wu Huang in the first half chose to create opportunities for his teammates, and through the charge of his teammates, he was already aware of the Bulls' flaws on the defensive end, and as soon as he shot, he aimed at Boozer, the guy Yao Ming wanted to kill the most.
Boozer now misses Luo Erdeng, who always assists him in defending and making up for leaks, and at this time, in the face of Wu Huang and Xiao Si's blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, his footsteps are too clumsy to keep up with the offensive rhythm of the two core Knicks.
When Wu Huang and Xiao Si teamed up to score 24 points in the third quarter, Rose and Anthony's faces were covered with frost, but their thoughts were different - the former was angry at the team's instrength after the trade, believing that Anthony's arrival affected the team's chemistry and was the culprit for the current record swoop; Anthony thinks differently, he feels that his sacrifice has been great, not only has he been reducing the ball, but he has also increased his off-ball running, and even willing to be the second leader of the team, so it is not his problem for the Bulls to continue to lose now.
But no matter whose problem it is, losing consecutive games is the most affecting team unity and stability, and the Bulls are in such a state right now, and it is still very extreme......
After the third quarter, Wu Huang and Xiao Si had no need to play again, and Rose and Anthony, who didn't cooperate much throughout the game, also sat on the court, and their faces were gloomy and dripping.
The Knicks' top brass should be glad that if they really snatched Anthony over, they would probably be the ones in this embarrassing situation at this moment.
Of course, Wu Huang would not say this in his mouth, but he would definitely agree in his heart, because he has a more unique character than Ross in his bones, and he has not been happy for a long time on the inside line that Xiao Si likes outside players, but it is conceivable that if Anthony comes, the Knicks may have lost more than ten in a row.
The Bulls are more embarrassed by Anthony's contract now, because Melon will be a free agent next season, and the Bulls will probably get nothing at all, and in the end, Rohr Deng and Gibson will not be able to keep Anthony, and there is nothing more embarrassing than this situation.
The final score was 112-90, and the two teams switched to an all-bench lineup in the fourth quarter, and the Bulls would play better, which seemed to confirm the conflict between Anthony and Rose. Of course, no one will think about the question of whether Boozer and the Bulls are compatible at this time, and the difference in the degree of conversation that the two can generate is 108,000 miles, and the media will continue to report on the problems of Anthony and Rose even if they knew.
Wu Huang scored 26 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists in the third quarter, and Xiao Si had 21 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist. Comparing Rose's 16 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists with Anthony's 19 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, the Bulls' duo is clearly pulling each other's back, and they don't play the most basic premise of "mutual benefit".
The two cores of the Knicks, one of whom scores high and the other who has high assists, Wu Huang has at least managed to help Xiao Si also score high when his own scoring and assists are high; The Bulls are now scoring more than one player and the other scoring is relatively decreasing, or neither of them can score high points, and there are almost no cases where the two of them get excellent statistics together, which is not surprising.
Although NBA players and coaches have been emphasizing in front of the camera - "data is not important", "no brothers no basketball", "we have to share the ball", "we play team basketball"...... This kind of word seems to be positive, but in fact, team basketball is played by teams that don't have real stars on the team, and those who say that the stats are not important either their own stats are not good, or their stats are good enough.
Wu Huang belongs to the latter, he always shouts "team basketball" now, and emphasizes that he wants to "share basketball" with his teammates in front of the media, but he is not firmly in control of the ball on the court, and he is not willing to let go until he has to, and he has always been very good at this kind of behavior in front of the camera.
"They're playing well, but they still need to be put in the run." Wu Huang's words after the game were obviously mockery in disguise, the Bulls are running out of time, and are they playing well?
"I don't want to comment on him at all!" When Anthony heard the word Wu Huang after the game, his face became even worse, and he said very uncooperatively.
The New York media, which is as hateful as Wu Huang, naturally mentioned the problem with him and Ross again, and Anthony, who was on fire, then simply left the field early, he didn't care that he might be fined by the league the next day, and at this moment Melon just wanted to go home and sleep a lot, even if the "home" was a little far away now, but it was good to go back to the hotel and sleep.
The Knicks players are also going home to sleep soon, and it is not a surprise to beat the Bulls at home today, but tomorrow they have another back-to-back against the Hornets who came to New York, I wonder if they can beat this opponent as easily as last time?
The answer, of course, is no, Paul happened to have some conflicts with the team's top management at the time, so he couldn't help. At this time, the Hornets no longer wanted to keep Paul, and they promised to find a way to make a deal that Paul was happy with this summer, and if they couldn't, the team would rebuild by January, in other words, trade him out by January.
Now that the contradiction has been resolved, the Hornets have also played their own level on the road this time, and Paul has once again tried his best to play against Wu Huang.
At this time, the queen bee can no longer rely on some means to defeat Emperor Wu, even if the means are exhausted, it is unknown whether he can beat Emperor Wu now, the outcome of the two has come to five or five, Emperor Wu is not at a disadvantage, then the strength of the team has become the key to determining the outcome of the game.
The Knicks are a little stronger overall, but they just finished playing the Bulls yesterday, and even if the battle ended in the third quarter, their physical strength is still somewhat lacking. However, the Hornets are even more tragic than the Knicks at this time, they only narrowly beat the Bucks in overtime yesterday, and today is a back-to-back away game, and the players are much less physical and in shape than the Knicks.
In the first half, the two teams still played back and forth, and the Hornets players still stubbornly played 46:46 with the Knicks on the road in a back-to-back unfavorable situation. But as soon as the Hornets entered the locker room and sat down after halftime, the main players didn't want to get up again.
The Hornets players only have enough physical strength to hold on to one first half, and if they can take a big lead in the first half, maybe they can rely on their morale to maneuver with the Knicks a little more, but now this stalemate is painful, and they don't have the strength to continue wrestling with the Knicks in the second half.
The Knicks faced a tired team in the third quarter that didn't even bother to break through, and even Paul began to refuse to break through easily out of self-protection, and it was difficult for the Knicks not to win in this situation.
It's normal for Hornets players to give up early, but in fact, they really have to fight hard, and Hornets players can grit their teeth and fight for another section. But there is no reason to do so, and they will still collapse in the final quarter, and the hope of beating the league's top-ranked team in back-to-back away games is so slim that only a fool would gamble on an inconsequential regular season at the risk of injury.
The New Orleans opted for a strategic abandonment, and the Knicks got another win, and it looks like they can fight for a 67-win season. (To be continued.) )