Chapter 328: Invincible in the Late Stage
"You've only got two points, you don't have many assists, Cameron has nine points, you're going to lose your position as the boss, and even if the Bulls can win the game, the lights won't shine on you. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info "Wu Huang didn't end the second quarter at all, and so did Rose, and Wu Huang used his trash talk skills again.
Wu Huang's psychological tactics are the most suitable to come up at such a time, Ross himself is in an embarrassing situation, his outside projection has not yet been practiced, there must be a complete system for him to play his threat, and he himself must be the center of the system, everyone has to revolve around him, but the current bull obviously can't give him such support.
Anthony has played better in the playoffs, his technique and body are better suited to playing alone, and he can use a lot of offensive opportunities that are not good to play with an average to high scoring efficiency, which is also Anthony's best skill, which Rose does not have.
Rose knew in his heart that Emperor Wu's purpose was to make him lose his cool, but he still couldn't throw out the troubles in his heart, because these words were the dead hole in his heart. He's not as open as an onlooker, he's too young, and the 29-year-old Wade may be unaffected, but the 23-year-old Rose sees things completely differently than older players, and he can't let go of those attachments in his heart.
Wu Huang actually can't let go, and even his obsessions are more serious than Rose's, but the difference is that he can use these obsessions to help himself, instead of being affected by those negative thoughts in turn. It is precisely because he knows how much trouble these things will cause to the players, so he prefers to use these dark psychology that everyone has to influence the opponent, and try it all the time!
Some people may think that this kind of victory is not martial, but "psychological warfare" is an indispensable tactic in any sport, and it is still a very high-end one. Those who call you despicable for this, in fact, don't even think about it, they must be fans of your opponent, Wu Huang will not dress himself up as a virgin for those who already want him to lose the game, the so-called "chivalry" has always been a tool used to fool idealists.
Under the influence of Wu Huang's trash talk, Rose first began to have problems on the defensive end, and he became more and more unable to calmly judge Wu Huang's feints, and after the start of the second quarter, he was shaken off by consecutive feints, and the Knicks quickly widened the difference to double digits again.
Thibodeau knew that this would not work, so he decisively replaced Rose at 9:30 to rest, and then replaced Anthony, who had been resting for a while.
Rose didn't say a word when he came off the court, just lowered his head and high-fived Anthony.
At this time, Rose's head was blank, and in the first two minutes of the second quarter, he actually let Wu Huang score 6 points, but he didn't score a point, and three consecutive shots were missed under the help of Knicks players.
Now it's not just a matter of obsession, Rose also has a problem with confidence, so far he has only shot 1 of 7, still only two points, and only one assist, how can such a performance satisfy him?
After Rose went off the field, Wu Huang was also replaced by D'Antoni to rest, and both teams changed to a small lineup and began to compete on their respective benches.
Bulls lineup: CJ Watson, Kyle Korver, Ronnie Brewer, Cameron Anthony, Joakim Noah.
Knicks lineup: Alston, Tony Allen, Gallinari, Reggie Evans, Stoudemire.
D'Antoni thinks that playing a small lineup must be more powerful for his team, which is his work at the bottom of the box. But he ignored the average state of Stoudemire, but Anthony on the opposite side was in good shape, and the combination of melon and Noah began to spark, he liked Noah's adaptative inside cooperation the most, or the outside stars liked this style of inside partner.
The Bulls fought back with Anthony's individual offense, hitting both free throws before CJ Watson scored on a layup from Alston.
The street ball king's form in the playoffs has been a bit sluggish, especially on the defensive end, D'Antoni began to frown off the court, hesitating whether to replace him?
Smalls followed up with a strong attack on Noah on the inside, the Bulls launched a fast attack, CJ Watson advanced to the front court to distribute the ball to Anthony again, and Melon received the ball and squeezed away Gallinari to get two more free throws.
Rose also began to frown off the court, and even he noticed that CJ Watson and Anthony seemed to be more compatible together, and Noah and Anthony were the same, or that the Bulls were now running more smoothly and effectively with Anthony at the core than with him at the core.
Thibodeau thinks more off the court, and he finds that letting Anthony play the No. 4 position seems to be more able to play his physical advantages, especially his explosiveness and flexibility are almost difficult to find opponents in the No. 4 position, but the confrontation ability is not bad at all, and the Knicks have no way to play the No. 4 position against Anthony at all, and they have been created misplaced opportunities in a row.
D'Antoni was indeed not prepared to play the No. 4 position against Anthony, so he chose the easiest way to deal with it, directly replacing Wu Huang and Iguodala, changing the main lineup first, and continuing to let Iguodala defend Anthony.
Iguodala is a little embarrassed, Anthony has a strong desire to attack today, and has been playing with his nasty ****** in the low post and on the wings, even if he defends himself, the effect is not good, he needs someone to help him now, don't think that his single defense is omnipotent.
Mustache didn't do that, and he still used Iguodala to defend Anthony.
After the game restarted, Melon continued to use his ****** to score in positional battles and fast breaks, and the Knicks' insistence on one-on-one defense obviously couldn't stop Anthony's ass impact, and they began to show signs of being knocked down by their opponents' ass.
I don't know if Anthony played too well in the second quarter, many people didn't notice that Rose sat down for more than six minutes this time, and was not replaced until there were 3 minutes and 16 seconds left in the second quarter. At this time, the score was 47:46, and the Bulls had quietly caught up with the difference.
"Great, you're finally coming up, you may not believe it when you say it, we were almost overtaken by an ass." Wu Huang seems to be determined to target Rose today, and Anthony has a worse relationship with him, but he didn't see him say a word of trash to Melon in this game, and the two barely communicated today, and he seemed to recognize Rose alone to bully.
Even though Rose is introverted, he can't help it at the moment, and finally greeted Emperor Wu cordially, but this can only make him more angry in his own heart.
At this time, the starting lineups of both teams have returned, and Wu Huang is not only continuing to interfere with Rose with trash talk, but also thinking about how to break through the Bulls' defense?
Speaking of which, the Knicks' roster looks strong, but it's not really that strong. For example, Xiao Si's state is sluggish today, and their interior line has become less powerful. O'Neal and Monroe and other interior players generally have to open the situation first before they can keep up and play the icing on the cake, but if Xiao Si can't open the situation, the Knicks' interior line is a little helpless.
Wu Huang found that the defense around him became more in the second quarter, and Xiao Si's sluggish performance could not help him on the inside to involve the defense, and now someone must step up and open the breakthrough. Of course, he can now play hard against a two-man defense on his own, but it's not wise to do so. Gallinari was annoyed by Bogans' close defense in the second quarter, and he was unable to carry the flag for the time being. Iguodala spent all his energy on defending Anthony today, losing too much stamina and already having a weak heart on the offensive end.
"And who else can stand up?" Emperor Wu glanced at O'Neill at this moment, and decided in his heart that it was him. If this fat man can't stand up and carry a flag, then he will only be himself.
O'Neal didn't play much in the first quarter today because he couldn't get the ball.
There was still little performance in the second quarter, as he only played the first two minutes.
Then, he rested all the way to the present, which shows that D'Antoni still doesn't like him very much.
Wu Huang felt that O'Neill still had a certain amount of power, and he was going to fight with O'Neill to block and dismantle this attack, although this thing was too fat, but even if this monster was old, it should have a little residual power.
Noah was a lot less defensively in this quarter, and he had to keep himself on the court as much as possible, which is what Thibodeau asked of him.
O'Neal was slow when he pulled to the outside line, Noah didn't care too much, but he didn't expect O'Neal to suddenly hang up in fifth gear after covering, and as soon as he turned around, he dragged his huge bloated body into the inner line! That's right, in Noah's eyes, O'Neill is like rolling in...... This speed, this agility, really didn't match his bloated body.
Boozer was shocked, O'Neill hadn't seen him charge at this speed for a long time, and in addition to being surprised, he hurriedly stepped forward to fill the position. But he forgot that his footwork was not very good, and when he came over, he was still slow, and O'Neal threw the basketball while knocking Boozer away, successfully causing a foul on the anti-bone boy.
"Damn, if I were five years younger, this ball would have gone in!" After O'Neill's ball was thrown, he felt a little uncomfortable. If this goal had been left five years ago, the picture would have been that he flew straight to Boozer and dunked, and all the fans would have been worried about the sturdy-looking basketball hoop.
But now, he didn't even have the ability to complete a layup after hitting Boozer, and he took a huge risk on this ball, and his current body could be injured if he fell. In other words, it's not that he can't rush now, but he can't control his body after rushing, and he is easy to get injured on the street, so he didn't show this speed at all in the regular season.
Wu Huang hurriedly stepped forward to pull up O'Neill, who couldn't control his center of gravity and fell to the ground, when the goods fell to the ground just now, he heard a loud "poof" sound, and even felt that even the floor was shaken, and he didn't know if O'Neill's old bones would fall apart?
"Damn, I can't pull him up, help!" Wu Huang was a Rao Neill, but he was almost taken down, and this thing was really as heavy as a dead pig.
Iguodala hurriedly came up and took a hand, and the two of them each pulled a hand, and together they pulled O'Neill up.
"Haha, my old dog, and a few teeth!" O'Neill smiled mischievously when he stood up, he wasn't injured just now, but he deliberately didn't get up on his own, and he had to ask his teammates to come and pull him up.
The fans at the scene were amused by his little prank, and the character of this trickster can never be changed.
"You get the ball in first." Wu Huang quickly poured a bucket of cold water on him, and free throws were the biggest challenge for O'Neal's offense, and the possibility of failure was extremely high.
"Bang!" O'Neal unexpectedly missed the first goal, and the smile on the dead fat man's face instantly froze.
Wu Huang stood outside the three-point line and couldn't help sighing, this free throw was too deadly when he was old! When he was younger, he could make countless charges in a game, and he didn't make good free throws but he squandered those opportunities, but now O'Neal is desperately at risk of injury every time he makes a charge, and he can't afford to squander it.
O'Neal's second penalty was aimed at for a long time, but there was still a "bang"!
Noah grabbed the rebound and threw it forward to Rose.
Wu Huang saw that Anthony had already rushed up, hit Rose directly, and took the initiative to apply for a foul.
Anthony has had a lot of fast-break scoring today, and once he gets to the front court to get a one-on-one opportunity, Iguodala can't defend it, which is one of the Bulls' main scoring methods.
D'Antoni still didn't take the countermeasure of containing Anthony, and the Knicks continued to implement their pregame strategy, with their defensive focus on dividing up Ross and Anthony and limiting Noah's high post. If someone on the Bulls team is playing singles all the time, let him go singles. The mustache felt that Anthony would seriously drain his physical strength if he continued to play like this, and he would definitely have no strength until the fourth quarter, who else could the Bulls count on at that time? Rose in this state?
Wu Huang actually has his own thoughts in his heart, but he knows that the core of the team can't disagree with the head coach, otherwise no matter who is right or wrong, the team will definitely lose, and he can only follow the head coach's ideas if he wants to win.
The Knicks had four fouls and Rose made one of two free throws.
However, the Bulls' next offense also ran into trouble, Noah's strategy in the high post was not smooth, the basketball did not work, and in the end, it basically relied on the singles of Anthony and Rose to score points. But Anthony is the only one who is not bad, Rose is very inefficient under Wu Huang's defense, he can't play the rhythm he likes, and the shooting percentage is still continuing in the first quarter.
In this case, the Knicks naturally tilted the defensive line in the direction of Anthony, although the main body is still one-on-one defense, but the focus has shifted to Anthony's direction.
This kind of defense gave Rose a better chance to play alone, but Rose, who had a problem with his mentality, played worse and worse, and Wu Huang's defense was to prevent the shot and break through, deliberately forcing Rose to the basket and then wrapping him with his teammates.
Rose played a mess on the offensive end, and after the first half, he still stayed in the single digits to score, and the shooting percentage was even more unsightly. ā
The Knicks played Wu Huang and O'Neal in the final stage of the first half, and under the desperate impact of O'Neal, the Bulls' interior line quickly couldn't hold on, first Boozer was beaten into three fouls, and then Noah didn't dare to attack so that O'Neal scored 5 points in the last three minutes of the first half, if it weren't for the fact that he only shot 2 of 6 free throws during this time, the Bulls would have been more injured.
Wu Huang liked this chaotic scene the most, O'Neal rushed in front of the Bulls defense on his back, he got a lot of shooting opportunities in the back, cut 11 points in the second quarter, and got a total of 21 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists in the first half.
Many fans were a little puzzled when they saw Wu Huang's data, they didn't seem to see Wu Huang have too many performances on the offensive end, why did he score so many points?
Today, Wu Huang is more of a low-key assassin on the court, he likes to hide and score, and quietly has already scored the second highest score of the game, and only used 9 shots.
Wu Huang didn't have scoring as his first task today, and most of the time he was trying to control the tempo. The Knicks may not have led by too many points today, but the situation has never gotten out of hand. On the contrary, the Bulls' scoring was mostly piecemeal, they didn't hit an attacking wave in the first half, and if it weren't for Anthony's super scorer level today, the Bulls would have been in more trouble.
Anthony was the player with the most shots in the first half, he used 16 shots to score 24 points, while Rose only made 2 of 11 shots, only 7 points and 2 assists, such a performance is obviously not on the same level as Wu Huang and Anthony, and even Gallinari's performance is greatly inferior.
The Bulls only trailed by 6 points at 54:60 at halftime, which may have something to do with the fact that the Knicks also had a star who played inaccurately - Smalls only took 5 shots in the first half, contributing 4 points, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks, and it can be said that he did nothing on the offensive end, but he did a good job of helping Rose defend on the defensive end, and his two blocks were on Rose's head.
Both teams have problems, but the Knicks' problems are better solved, and Xiao Si's poor performance is more because he is afraid of his knee injury, and he has some psychological disorders after the injury, which will slowly improve after the body warms up. Rose is different, his problem is not only in the team lineup and his own mentality, but also in Wu Huang, if the latter has been stimulating him, Rose would not have played so badly.
Thibodeau can't solve Rose's problem for the time being, unless he takes a gun and kills Emperor Wu. The more realistic problem is that Anthony performed well in the first half, but it also consumed a lot of energy, which was the price he paid for beating Iguodala.
If Anthony continues to play like this, there will definitely be physical problems in the fourth quarter. Therefore, the third quarter has become particularly important for the Bulls, this quarter is their last strong period, and they must find a way to overtake the score, otherwise the fourth quarter will enter the strong period of the Knicks, and their heroes are not strong in the later stage of this game!
Thibodeau's biggest fear now is naturally Wu Huang, who scored so many points in the first half, but the physical price paid was not much, and it seemed that he was planning to do something in the late game, and the star's physical problems would become the biggest hidden danger for the Bulls.
In the second half, the Bulls tried to fight back, but Wu Huang led the Knicks to hold the lead, and also sent an aerial relay for Smalls during the process.
At the beginning of the first half of the game, Wu Huang didn't dare to pass the air relay for Xiao Si, but now it is different, he needs to take the initiative to help Xiao Si overcome the psychological obstacles, and letting him have an air relay is undoubtedly the best way to improve confidence.
Smalls began to let go after the dunk, and he hit two jumpers in the next three minutes, which allowed the Knicks to stretch the score to double digits again.
The Bulls' crisis came early in the third quarter, and Smalls had begun to recover, but Rose was still not getting better, and it was impossible to expect a well-played Anthony to take down two stars in the same class.
The Knicks' interior core began to exert force, and the outside line was naturally driven, Gallinari and Iguodala each hit three-pointers, and the Knicks played a 16-6 climax shortly after the start of the third quarter, and they took the biggest lead of the game by 16 points at 76-60, which is the rhythm that is about to go to the high ground.
But the high ground is not easy to push, the Knicks ushered in a scoring low ebb after the climax, but unfortunately the Bulls' counterattack was not fierce enough, Anthony led the Bulls to take the opportunity to play back a 10:2 attack wave, this is the first time the Chicagoans played a scoring climax in this game, but it can only narrow the Knicks' lead to 8 points, and the early head disadvantage is too great.
Wu Huang stepped up at this time, he scored five points in a row, and after five kills and Boozer's fifth foul, the Knicks successfully led the Bulls by 12 points at 88-76.
The Bulls launched a frantic comeback in the fourth quarter, Rose finally hit the first three-pointer of the game on the wing, Anthony scored several low-post jumpers, but under the strong score of Xiao Si's back-to-back frame, the Bulls still trailed by 9 points at 90:99 with 5 minutes and 24 seconds before the end, and the high ground finally lost.
D'Antoni was right today, starting with the last five minutes of the fourth quarter, Anthony's physical exhaustion was exhausted, and he didn't score a point after that, and the game completely entered the Knicks' strong period. Although Iguodala also used up his strength, they still had Tony Allen and Green on the bench to replace, and the Knicks took the opportunity to play an 8-0 attack wave to take the Bulls who struggled all game.
The rest of the game was basically a miserable one, with the Knicks leading by 16 points at 108:90 with 1:35 left before the end.
Rose finally broke the team's four-minute scoring drought with a running shot before hitting the GG, but Wu Huang turned his head and immediately responded with 2 points, after which the Bulls missed again and again, and they only scored 2 points in the last five minutes, and had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit of the defeat on the road.
There was also a dramatic scene at the end of the game, when Wu Huang was replaced early in the last minute, Rose subconsciously pushed him, as if he wished that Wu Huang would get off the field quickly.
Rose's action made Wu Huangleng for a moment, and then he showed a playful smile at Rose with bad intentions, which was deliberately filmed by the media on the sidelines. The cunning Emperor Wu knew that these guys would definitely analyze many things from his smile of pretending to be 13 tomorrow that even he couldn't think of.
In this game, Wu Huang scored 39 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals, this kind of super-large double-double data is already a very rare performance in the playoffs, if you compare Rose's 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, he believes that this Bulls core who is two years older than him should have a very bad time in the next few days. Especially Anthony also got 36 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist today, and Wu Huang now really wants to see how tomorrow's newspaper will report this game quickly. (To be continued.) )