Chapter Seventy-Six: The Smell of Gunpowder
At the end of the timeout, the players on both sides returned to the court, the Bulls did not make personnel adjustments and were still the starting lineup, Thibodeau did have the capital to take the lead with a 9-point advantage, of course, more importantly, it was just five minutes in the first quarter, and it was not yet the time for the Bulls to rotate normally.
After the Bulls served on the sideline, it was still the same old way, Hinrich unhurriedly held the ball over the half court and waited for his players to settle down, and then blocked and dismantled in the high post, and after a series of combinations, he exported a local two-on-two situation of Rohr Deng and Boozer.
However, the notable change on the Magic's side is that Beverley has been very tight with Hamilton since he came on the court, and it is almost like a shadow, of course, this is not the point, the focus is also on Rohrdon and Boozer. This time, after the two cooperated through an inside and outside line, it was Rohr Deng who held the ball in the low post and faced Green with his back, and Boozer mentioned that the position two steps above the free throw line led away the defender, after all, this distance is also within Boozer's range, and the old AK did not dare to be careless.
And Noah went to the other side of the paint area, Hinrich and Hamilton were on the same side of Noah, one on the wing and one in the bottom corner, but after Boozer mentioned the top of the free throw line, Hamilton moved, and ran directly diagonally to Boozer's side, on the way, Noah obviously used his own preset of a no-ball cover, ready to block Beverley, but Beverley was very smart, directly bypassed, and chased Hamilton closely.
It's just that the Bulls' off-ball cover is obviously not so simple, Boozer also immediately adjusted his body and moved two steps sideways to make a no-ball cover, almost forming two piles on an inclined plane with Noah, Hamilton is very skilled in bypassing the screen, but unfortunately he is older after all, not as agile as when he followed the Pistons to win the championship, and the speed is much slower.
Beverly, like a dogskin ointment, dodged two stakes in a row, just one step behind him.
Hamilton still ran to the established tactical position, that is, the wing of Rohr Deng with the ball alone, I believe that if Harden defends him, presumably Rohr Deng will return the ball to a big vacancy, and the Bulls' tactics are indeed set like this.
Speaking of singles Green on Rohr Deng's side, after Rohr Deng held the ball, he arched back first to test Green's defensive intensity, and Green's response was very tough and did not move. Luo Erdeng hesitated to put down the ball and grind it inward a few times, but unfortunately the effect was not ideal, and what he didn't expect was that Green made a lot of small movements, constantly using his front foot to push his inside knee, and one hand was still piercing out of his waist, looking like he was going to pull the ball.
Luo Erdeng was unprepared for a while, almost hit the move, he could only stop a handful to hold the ball to avoid mistakes, but in this way, he was nailed to the bottom line position by Green, if no one answered, if he didn't want to attack the violation in 24 seconds, he could only barely turn over and jump shot, but there was no rhythm and not enough space, not to mention the chance of hitting the iron, it was more likely to be covered.
In the tactics designed by the Bulls, once the person who executes the low post singles encounters a weak offensive situation, he must hand the ball to the wing, because according to the tactic, Hamilton should appear on the wing at this time, and if the opposing defender does not follow in time, it is a big vacancy.
Rohrdeng has been observing the position of the wing, seeing Hamilton appear, for fear of overtime in the attack, he passed the ball over as soon as possible, he gave a hit to the ground, some advance, but he didn't expect the basketball to just bounce off the ground, a black hand snapped to intercept it, Hamilton just stabilized his body at this time to make a posture of catching the ball.
It's Beverly!
The guy's physical follow-up paid off when he stole a pass from Roldeng.
"Good!"
Chen An on the court watched this scene and couldn't help but wave his fist, this is what he wants, this is the change and effect he wants to see when he makes targeted personnel adjustments, Green and Beverley did not disappoint him.
After Beverley intercepted the ball, he saw Harden running to the front court for the first time, and then passed the ball with his open hand, after Harden caught the ball, he was almost racing with Hinrich, but his speed was better after all, almost hanging Hinrich to make a layup, but the Bulls' iron-blooded defense was by no means in vain, seeing that he couldn't stop Harden from making a layup, Hinrich directly hugged Harden, and Harden in mid-air was unbalanced and fell sideways.
Hinrich may have just wanted to use a vicious foul to sabotage Harden's offense, ready to hug Harden and give him a protective move, but he didn't expect Harden's weight to be too big, he didn't hug it, Harden fell heavily to the ground, and then rolled into the crowd of cameramen.
Wow...
There was an uproar in the arena, and the home fans were also frightened by the vicious foul, especially the front-row fans, who heard Harden's heavy sound on the floor very clearly.
In an instant, there was chaos on the court, the team doctor and physical trainer on the Magic side rushed over and asked about Harden's injury, and Beverley and other players also ran over, Beverley watched Harden fall to the ground and covered his shoulders with a painful face, and he was angry, and directly in front of Hinrich, his head touched his head, and he spitted and said, "What do you want to do?" What the hell do you want to do? Is it playing ball or killing? ”
Chen An was also frightened, although he knew that Harden was the physique of the Bull Demon King Tuoshi, but he was really afraid that Harden would be injured, and that result was unacceptable to him at all, he rushed to the referee and yelled at the referee as soon as possible: "This is a malicious foul!" This is a vicious foul directed at the player's body, and such a dirty player must be expelled! Must be evicted! ”
The referee on duty reacted quickly, and one of them quickly separated Beverley and Hinrich to avoid escalation. The other person comforted the players on both sides, mainly to appease the players on the Magic team's side, after all, the Magic players on the court now are not only Beverley has a hot temper, Green and Old AK are not easy to mess with, and the referee is also strictly ordering the Magic bench players not to enter, Kerr is also calming the emotions of the bench players, after all, the league is very strict in this regard, and after the bench players rush into the stadium and cause unnecessary things, the punishment is extremely strict.
As for the remaining referee communicating with Chen An, it can be regarded as appeasing Chen An, and through the referee's statement, he also believes that this is a malicious foul, and he is not sure whether to directly give a second-degree malicious foul or a first-degree foul, after all, the second-level offender is directly expelled.
Chen An quickly calmed down, he cared more about Harden, and hurriedly called up the health system to check Harden's condition, but this time, his face was a little strange, because the health system showed that Harden had no, his health and physical function were very good, and he was not affected at all.
Chen An glanced at Harden with some uncertainty, this guy stood up with the help of the team doctor, and then moved the joints on his body according to the team doctor's guidance to facilitate the team doctor to check the injury, but this guy still had a painful look on his face.
"This guy isn't pretending, is he? This Nima wants to win the rhythm of the Oscar! ”
Chen An knew it, but on the surface he still looked indignant, and when the other two referees controlled the situation on the field, the three referees got together to discuss, and finally the referee gave a first-class criminal punishment.