Chapter 332: Hidden Rank
The Bulls suddenly started a joint defense after the last five minutes of the game, and the position of 212 obviously wanted to rely on Noah's mobility to connect the inside and outside lines, as long as Wu Huang and Xiao Si made a move, the surrounding defenders would immediately surround them, forming an encirclement trend. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"I'm just shooting straight away, can you surround me?" Wu Huang saw that the Bulls players all surrounded him in an instant, and without saying a word, he threw the ball directly in the high position, without thinking about going deeper or passing the ball to his teammates around him.
Xiao Si is also very witty with this ball, he didn't come up to cover and plunged directly into the basket, which is to take the most threatening Noah away first. Don't look at the bull's defensive line, but at the moment when they didn't close the circle, they could only watch Wu Huang make a sharp stop at the top of the arc.
"You can't be so guarded!" Thibodeau didn't wait for the results of the shot to come out, and he knew that he couldn't play like this. He has never dared to play joint defense with the Knicks because he is worried about this. Wu Huang's shooting is too accurate, few teams dare to use joint defense against the Knicks, even in this most inefficient arc top area, Wu Huang has a 52% shooting rate, while Rose and Anthony only 33.3% and 36.6% shooting in this position.
"Huh!" Wu Huang's 20-foot long-range two-point hollow net once again proved that as long as his opponent plays a joint defense, he will continue to cause damage at this distance.
After Wu Huang scored, he didn't forget to show a provocative look at Ross, and said: "You can't defend against me, you can only score more goals than me if you want to win." This is the big truth, when neither side can limit the other, it depends on which star plays better, so he changed his voice and asked, "What is your shooting percentage?" ”
"You're right, I did score more goals than you today!" Fifteen seconds later, Anthony scored two more points from a Gallinari mid-range shot, and then mocked as he passed by Wu Huang.
Wu Huang's face was ugly, although Rose did not break through him with this ball, he threw the ball to Anthony in the air, and these two bastards actually began to connect!
Anthony has the ability to be arrogant, he is also a player who is very good at using turns to break through, the difference is that in the face of opponents who are not as strong as himself, he prefers to rub his shoulders against the opponent, ******at this time, he squeezes and then turns left or right, except for James, a monster of the same level, everyone else has to be squeezed out of him to get shooting space, as long as there is no help defense, it is difficult to prevent him from scoring.
However, Anthony turned his head and was slapped in the face, and Iguodala, who had been silent, passed Anthony who was not very focused in one step this time, and scored the 6th point of the game with a one-arm dunk on the inside, which was also a bit pitiful.
Iguodala has been depressed for as long as he has been defending Anthony in this series, and now that the team has a small lineup that doesn't care about defense anymore, and he has signs of recovery on the offensive end, the Knicks do need his contribution now.
The Bulls' Boozer also played at the end of the game, and the Knicks' small-ball play meant that they had to defend him with either Gallinari or Iguodala, which made it easy for the Bucks to play as well. But when the Knicks are on offense, the Bulls will also be able to play with their nimble and fast play, and Boozer will be equally unlikely to defend Gallinari or Iguodala.
In the 2nd minute and 41 seconds, Wu Huang assisted Gallinari to hit a three-point shot, the score was 102:106, and the Knicks narrowed the gap to 4 points. Switching offense and defense, this time the Knicks players collectively bet on a Bulls three-point shot miss, and Wu Huang and Iguodala both shrank inside to defend.
Anthony was caught by Iguodala and Gallinari as soon as he received the ball on the right flank, Rose moved to the top of the arc and Melon scrambled to split the ball......
At this moment, Wu Huang was still switching to Boozer, he was concentrating on cutting off the receiving route of the anti-bone boy, and Rose had an open opportunity at the top of the arc.
"Bang"! The results came out, Rose's less than 25% three-point shooting rate finally contributed to the Knicks, although even Wu Huang could not have a 100% three-point shooting rate, but missing at this critical moment is the key to affecting the outcome of the game.
"Rebound!" D'Antoni shouted from the sidelines that he had seen Boozer rush forward to grab the rebound.
In addition to the Knicks' small lineup not being able to guard the interior, there is another major flaw - rebounding.
Boozer smiled, and was about to accept this rebound, when he suddenly found that his legs couldn't move?! I don't know when, Wu Huang was stuck in front of him like an inside lineman, and pressed his legs tightly, Boozer couldn't exert his strength at all, and he couldn't move in the direction of the basketball.
"This position is too professional, are you sure he's a point guard?" Boozer shouted in his heart that it was impossible, even Xiao Si didn't have such a good ability to card slots.
In fact, Wu Huang doesn't know where his ability to get stuck in the position comes from, how can he practice grabbing rebounds, but he just uses these rebounding skills, and he often uses them better than Xiao Si. During team training, he even tried to immobilize O'Nealka, who weighed more than 100 pounds heavier than himself, and it seemed that he was born with the essentials of grabbing rebounds - anticipating direction, lowering his center of gravity, and holding down the opponent's legs, as he had trained countless times, to make it more like an interior line.
Boozer watched Wu Huang get the rebound from the top of his head this time, but he didn't dare to push it hard, as long as he pushed it behind his back, it would definitely be a foul.
This goal also shows that grabbing rebounds is actually a more technical job, and it is by no means that you are born tall to grab rebounds, otherwise Hibbert would not have averaged only six or seven rebounds per game all year round, while Rodman, who is only 201cm tall and weighs only 225 pounds, has won 7 rebounds.
After Wu Huang got the rebound, he directly launched a fast attack, and at this time it was the world of the Knicks' small lineup.
Noah is already a fast insider, but he still can't keep up with the not full state of Xiaos, not to mention Boozer, the Knicks rely on the advantage of the crowd and easily get two points through quick counterattacks.
"It's beautiful!" Gallinari received a pass from Wu Huang and hit the board from close range, and after the goal, the two gave each other a thumbs up while returning to the defense.
"Not good! Not good! Thibodeau felt bad in his heart, and hurried to the sidelines to call a timeout, and then he found the sad news that the Bulls only had one long timeout and one short timeout, and this timeout could not be called yet.
D'Antoni is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai at the moment, although the sun period has ended in tragedy every time, but the experience of failure is also a kind of wealth, especially at this critical moment, D'Antoni is much calmer than Thibodeau, a rookie.
The situation on the court is just the opposite, Wu Huang's experience is not as good as that of Rose and Anthony, who have been playing for a long time, but at this time he is acting like a superstar who has played many Finals, not only staring at Rose in front of him when defending, but also daring to be distracted to see the position of other Bulls players, which is a bit too arrogant.
Rose felt that Wu Huang was looking for death, as long as anyone who has played a ball or played a game knows that when you focus on one point, it is easy to ignore the movement in other directions. On the other hand, if you keep your eyes open, you won't be able to concentrate on defending the person in front of you, and you can verify this phenomenon by just playing a casual game of CS.
"You go to die!" Seeing this, Rose didn't even bother to make a feint, and he was about to break through with an acceleration.
"You've been fooled!" Although Emperor Wu didn't see Rose's movements clearly, he still reacted, and with a single step, he blocked in front of Rose, and immediately fell to the ground after colliding.
The referee's whistle sounded, and it was an unmistakable foul.
Rose knocked down Queen Wu and didn't have time to look at the referee's decision, but still held the ball and went to the basket, but was directly stopped and hugged by Xiao Si.
"How is that possible!?" Rose only saw the referee's decision at this time, and he really couldn't understand it, Wu Huang had obviously looked away just now, and he could still react to his breakthrough, which was unreasonable!
Of course, Wu Huang will not tell others, although he didn't see Rose's movements clearly just now, but experience has already told him which direction he should move, and this defense is completely a manifestation of consciousness, and it is his experience that plays a role.
But don't ask where these experiences come from, Wu Huang himself doesn't know this question, but he can do those abilities that can only be found after playing for ten or eight years.
"You're miserable, you missed the key three-point shot just now, and now you made a mistake and handed over the ball." Wu Huang looked at Rose with a smug expression: "I don't know if you watched the Lakers' last game, that's how they lost!" ”
Wu Huang's defense this time is worth a thousand gold, and of course he has to play tricks when he is happy.
With a score of 106:108, the Bulls' lead was only 2 points left in the blink of an eye, and Thibodeau had to call a timeout, so he could only use up the last long timeout.
But when the pause is called, how are they going to solve the problem? To wrap or not to wrap up? The joint defense is definitely not going to work, so should the package start from the back, or wait until he enters the threat area?
Thibodeau has a lot of problems, and each problem leads to more problems, so the best thing to do now is not to think about these problems and treat them as if there were no problems.
When a successful coach encounters this kind of incomprehension, he can no longer think about how to limit others, he must think about himself first, get his own offense first, and then think about how to defend at that time.
The Knicks are the opposite, and they now have to think about how to defend.
"He's not going to be able to do it, I can feel he can't take the pressure anymore, we can't let Anthony get the ball, that guy is going to be more reliable than Rose now." Wu Huang told D'Antoni and his teammates after a timeout that he could feel Rose panicking.
D'Antoni said in his heart, doesn't Lao Tzu know? You're going to steal my dialogue and make me look like an idiot!
The Knicks' defense is easy to set up after having a target, it is nothing more than trying to find a way to make Anthony unable to catch the ball, which is something that Iguodala can do with the main defense, and no matter how much help the others help, they can still do it, and the big deal is to let Rose get a chance to shoot from a distance, which is the result they want.
The mustache replaced Tony Allen, who played well today, and the Knicks lineup became: Wu Huang, Tony Allen, Iguodala, Gallinari, and Small.
"Be sure to protect your rebounds!" D'Antoni asked for rebounding the most during this pause, and the most worrying thing he is now is the backcourt rebound, even if this small lineup prevents the opponent's offense, the rebounding link is still very bad. No matter how good Wu Huang grabs rebounds, he is only an outside lineman, and he can't be expected to protect rebounds like a center every time.
With 1 minute and 25 seconds left in the game, every attack could decide the outcome of the game, but Noah almost couldn't serve the ball, and the Bulls' key offense was supposed to be assigned to Anthony, but Iguodala and Tony Allen wrapped around him left and right, and Noah could only send the ball to Rose in the end.
Wu Huang was a big step away from Rose to defend, and Rose immediately had a three-point shooting opportunity after receiving the ball, which was replaced by Wu Huang's eight successful shots, but Rose no longer had the courage to shoot with 20 seconds left in the offensive time under continuous mistakes, and the Bulls began to run tactics.
The Knicks players all retracted to defend, the focus of defense was still Anthony, and Wu Huang also continued to keep his distance from Rose, with an expression that you can shoot if you have the ability.
Thibodeau stood on the sidelines and wanted to make a decisive shot from Rose, but he didn't even have the confidence to say the words, and his disciple's long-range shooting was really not very reliable.
Rose himself is not confident, and there are a lot of his wonderful shots in the highlights, but in fact he has missed more shots, shooting less than 40% from the field and less than 25% from three-point range in the first round of the playoffs, which is enough to prove that Rose's shooting is more iron than Iverson.
Anthony's side continued to run back to defend and catch the ball, but there was no chance to run out of the baseline twice, except for Iguodala to follow the defense, the Knicks players were also staring at Rose's passing route.
Seeing that the offensive time is getting less and less, Rose finally decided to play this ball himself, but what about a long shot or a breakthrough? Here comes the problem again!
Wu Huang kindly helped Rose make a choice this time, he retreated directly to the top of the arc near the free throw line to defend, and gave Rose a chance to shoot three points.
Rose finally made a shot, but the result of the shot was announced with a "clang", and the ball was missed again, and the basketball bounced out on the back edge of the basket......
"Mine!" Wu Huang watched the basketball fly in his direction, and was about to take another rebound, but Boozer had already pushed Gallinari and rushed over.
Gallinari doesn't have Wu Huang's sense of position, he can block Boozer with his flexibility in this ball, just like Xiao Si blocked Noah, then this ball must be in Wu Huang's bag, and the Knicks can play a counterattack again, but he let Boozer over.
Wu Huang scolded secretly in his heart, at this time, his card position awareness and bullet speed advantage were useless, Boozer had an equal chance with him, even if he jumped high and fast, as long as the two of them fought in the air, he would definitely fly out.
"What should I do?" Wu Huang was in a hurry and didn't have time to think about it, when the two touched, one of his feet subconsciously stepped on Boozer's foot, although he couldn't exert his strength and didn't jump high, but at least it was stronger than Boozer couldn't even jump.
"it!" Boozer was stunned again, how could he jump up when he was stepped on? He once again planted a heel on Wu Huang, watching Wu Huang take a rebound on his head.
The referee actually saw Wu Huang stepping on Boozer's foot, but in this case, he generally does not award a foul, and even if Wu Huang gains benefits from this, the referee will not blow a penalty for this most of the time. The first reason is because NBA players are bigfoot, and it is all too common to step on your foot when grabbing rebounds. The second is to step on other people's feet and still exert force without injury, this is also a technical job, you have the ability to step on it, see if you can't kill you!
There are always some players on the NBA court who have some unique secrets for grabbing rebounds, although not all of them are in line with the rules, but rebounding itself is a science, and it cannot be killed with a stick. For example, when Howard grabs a rebound, he likes to pat the player next to him with his hand to distract him, and he will sneak into a better position at this opportunity, which is of course a foul action, but the referee will not blow the penalty easily. There are also players who like to step on the opponent's foot or pull the opponent's athletic shorts, such as Rodman, and the referee generally does not give a penalty.
Boozer himself did not complain to the referee because of this, everyone will use this kind of small action, but why can people successfully use it on you? The player should think about this question instead of complaining to the referee that "I was yin".
Wu Huang was so beautiful after grabbing this rebound, he found that he really had the ability to grab the board of a center, those who always scolded him for his three pairs of brushes, why didn't he speak at this time? Do you have the ability to have another point guard grab two rebounds in a row on Boozer's head?
The Knicks launched a fast break again, and the Bulls players never imagined that Boozer would lose this kind of evenly chance rebound, and there was no idea of returning to the defense at all, and Rose even went to the basket to insert it, at this time they could only watch Wu Huang ride into the dust and kill towards his basket.
Wu Huang dribbled to the frontcourt, and when he looked back, the Bulls players had already given up chasing defense.
"Good chance!" Wu Huang immediately started from his heart, slowed down outside the three-point line and threw the basketball forward, followed up and jumped high, a 180-degree turn + pull rod back buckle made the entire Madison Garden into a boil, and the thunderous shouts instantly rushed to the roof of the arena.
"Haha, the top five balls of the week must be mine!" Wu Huang was even more proud after the dunk, although the completion of the dunk was relatively average, but this was a key goal in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and the dunk was still a point guard, how did Griffin's old-fashioned leaping car compare with him?
"Awesome!"
"So handsome!"
"I thought Francis was dunking!"
The Knicks' players rushed up in a swarm at the moment, after Wu Huang's ball was dunked, the whole momentum had been transferred to their side, plus the cheers of the fans at the scene, the Bulls' side was already full of black gas, the whole team was disheartened, and the players looked dead.
"Awesome!" Yao Ming stood up and applauded with the New York fans, and at this time, except for the fans sitting in the first row, there was almost no one sitting in the back to watch the game, which would be blocked from view.
Now even ordinary fans know that if Wu Huang's goal is not dunked, although the Bulls are still very passive, they can at least leave a breath. But after that dunk was completed, the Bulls were all but sentenced to death. Although the Knicks had just equalized the score, the momentum had completely fallen to the Knicks' side, and the script for the last minute had been determined when this deduction was completed.
The Bulls didn't ask for a timeout, and the final short timeout was used by Thibodeau to set up the killout, but unfortunately he didn't have that opportunity.
Anthony finally got on the ball, but under intense pressure, he also missed.
Xiao Si got the rebound, and Wu Huang launched a fast break again after receiving the ball.
The Bulls' defense began to get chaotic this round, Wu Huang and Xiao Si threw the basketball after blocking and dismantling, and it was Tony Allen who came out from one side to catch the basketball, and Bogans didn't watch the Knicks wonder man today.
Although Tony Allen does not have many means on the offensive end, he has a strong psychological quality and dares to shoot, this ball is facing Noah's defense, Tony Allen still chose to dunk without hesitation!
Noah thought to himself, Tony Allen's physical fitness is not top-notch, but this ball Wu Huang passed too well, Tony Allen also dunked too firmly, the basket made a huge sound, Noah still failed to stop the attack, and the Knicks played another extremely morale-boosting dunk!
With 44 seconds left in the game and a score of 110-108, the Bulls' morale dropped again, and now they only have a theoretical chance to win.
Thibodeau called a timeout just in time, but who was he going to pick to execute the next shot at such a critical time? Again, this is a very difficult question.
The 20-second timeout was over quickly, and Thibodeau only had time to tell the team what tactics to play this time, but he didn't have time to carefully arrange it, and he could only see how the usual training results were.
"Boy, do you know what this ball means?" Wu Huang stuck to Ross this time and continued to use trash talk to interfere with the opponent: "This ball is your last chance, if you can't shoot, you will lose!" And once you lose, it is 0:2 behind and out of the game, so this goal will decide your life and death, do you dare to be a savior? ”
Ross said in his heart that of course Lao Tzu dared, and this ball was originally arranged for him to attack.
However, after finally receiving the basketball, Wu Huang actually gave him a chance to break through this time?
"There must be a conspiracy, he deliberately provoked me just now, he must have tried to lure me to break through, but what kind of conspiracy is it?" Rose secretly thought in his heart that the Bulls' offense was supposed to hit him, because Thibodeau found that Anthony's physical strength was still wrong, and it might not be effective to let him play hard, so it was better to give the ball to Rose to solve it.
But Rose is now suffering from some gains and losses, he feels that Wu Huang is luring him to attack, and the idea of attacking with the ball suddenly becomes less resolute, and when most of the offensive time has passed, the Bulls still do not create shooting opportunities.
"Bastard!" Thibodeau was sweating on the sidelines, and when he saw Rose suddenly pass the ball to Anthony, he knew that today's game was over!
"it!" Anthony was stupid, he was completely unprepared for this ball, and he almost got out of his hands in a hurry, and by the time he finally controlled the ball, he had already crossed the three-point line, and even worse, Tony Allen and Iguodala surrounded him left and right.
Anthony didn't know what to do in this situation, the timeout ran out, he couldn't pass the ball, he couldn't see the basket, and finally he could only force himself to jump up and try to hit the ball casually. But Tony Allen had a hand problem, and he didn't even give him a chance to hit the big luck, and slapped the ball directly.
Iguodala got the floor ball and immediately threw it forward, the Knicks counterattacked again, Wu Huang had already rushed out, and there was only one Rose by his side at the moment.
One-on-one in the frontcourt, Wu Huang's mind is very clear, although he knows that he has an advantage in this situation, but a strong play is not enough insurance. And the Knicks, who use a small lineup, will definitely have more people to follow up when they are fast-breaking, and he doesn't need to rush to play this ball, or even need to rush to play fast-break, and they are leading now.
After Wu Huang dribbled to the free throw line, he suddenly stopped suddenly, and Rose couldn't hold back and rushed out.
Iguodala and Xiao Si followed from the left and right sides at the moment, Wu Huang stopped and sent the ball to Xiao Si's direction in a hidden way, and the Bulls players behind him didn't know if he passed the ball or not, or in which direction he passed the ball?
After receiving the ball, Stoudemire took two steps and jumped directly to dunk, Rose could only helplessly watch Xiao Si dunk the ball into his basket under the basket, with his stature, even if he stepped forward to block, it would only give the opponent a chance to add two plus one, and the heavy hand would give the Knicks two free throws and one opportunity, and he had no way to defend this ball.
"Win!" Wu Huang glanced at the timer, there were only 21 seconds left in the game, they were 4 points ahead, and if he didn't win, he could go buy a lottery ticket. (To be continued.) )