Slow, sluggish, like crawling in a swamp, surrounded by mud, people can't move quickly, and the more you try to push harder, the deeper you sink.

That's how the Bulls felt for Chen, who, despite the pre-game preparation, found himself underestimating his opponent and underestimating the toughness of a disciplined defensive team.

The first round of the game was a portrayal of the Bulls' tactics, and they played very simple on the offensive end, which was to reduce the tempo, drag the tempo, and then drop the ground and let Rohrdeng and Carlos. Boozer repeatedly asked on the inside for a back-to-back single.

But such a simple routine is like a jam on the Magic team's life, the reason for this is that Anderson and Harris's single defense has problems, neither of them is the kind of person who is good at defense, Anderson is better, although his defense effect at the beginning is not good, but he works hard enough.

But Harris made Chen An a little disappointed, after this guy was singled out by Luo Erdeng for two consecutive balls, the choice on the defensive end became very poor, and he always hoped for a gambling steal, but in the face of Hinrich's veteran pass, Harris did not succeed in a steal, but instead caused defensive gaps one after another, allowing the Bulls to quickly transmit the ball and find the most comfortable vacant position.

The defensive end struggles, the offensive end is also not ideal, Chen An underestimated Hinrich and Hamilton, especially Hamilton, although the old guys are 34, but after all, he is a champion member of the iron-blooded Pistons, and the defensive experience is very sophisticated, he mainly defends Harden, and Harden fights wits and courage, making Harden quite uncomfortable, and the original high-position blocking and dismantling tactics that Harden is good at, in the face of Hamilton and Noah, the two defensive strongmen, are also blocked again and again.

Both offensive and defensive ends are in trouble, the most intuitive result is that the first quarter just hit the fifth minute, the score of the two sides became 13:4, the Magic team only scored 4 points in the opening five minutes, and now it is already 9 points behind, seeing Harden break into the restricted area but was made an offensive foul by Noah, Chen An couldn't sit still and asked the referee for a timeout.

Chen An first discussed with several assistant coaches, and then made a substitution choice: "Kirilenko, you replace Anderson on the field." ”

After saying this, Chen An looked at Green, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Green, you are also ready to go up and replace Harris." ”

"Me?"

Green was taken aback, he didn't expect Chen An to send him on the court so early, this was not a regular rotation, but he was immediately very excited, and directly pulled off the trousers and clothes on his body and started to warm up.

The current situation is obviously unfavorable to the Magic team, the rhythm of the game is completely controlled by the Bulls, the Magic team seems to be pulled into a quagmire, completely losing their offensive rhythm, and the offensive disadvantage also affects the defense, Harris's successive defensive choices are the most intuitive performance.

In this case, Chen An naturally could not adjust according to the regular rotation, he replaced the old AK and Green, on the one hand, he wanted to strengthen the defense, but the most important thing was to protect the rebound.

Although it was only the first five minutes, there was a lot to say about it, and in terms of rebounds, the Bulls had already grabbed three frontcourt rebounds in those five minutes, resulting in two secondary offenses and five points. On the other hand, on the Magic side, due to Noah's absolute control of the Bulls' restricted area, the Magic team did not have a single frontcourt board, which means that once the offense is unfavorable, there is no chance to play a second offense.

And with Noah guarding the interior, the effect of Harden and Lillard breaking through the interior is quite unsatisfactory, and this situation must change!

So it's not enough to just replace Green and Old AK, Chen An was cross-hearted, and said: "Beverley is also ready to replace Lillard." ”

The dual-core linkage can't be played, and the effect of Harden and Lillard on the court at the same time is sharply reduced, after all, the defense of the two is not good, and Hamilton is famous for running a lot of off-ball to find open positions, Harden really can't keep up with him to defend, the first five minutes of the 13 points scored by the Bulls, Hamilton scored five points alone, Chen An knows that he despised the veteran before, so he needs to make adjustments in time now.

After making adjustments, Chen An gathered the players together and talked about tactics, he held the tactical board and said: "Rebounds, after you return to the court, the first thing is to protect the rebounds, I don't want to see the opponent take off the offensive rebounds again and again above your heads, and then easily play a second offense."

Defensively, the old AK believes that you are familiar with your old teammates, and Boozer will leave it to you to deal with; As for Green, you are mainly defending Rohr Deng, and if the opposite side forms a local two-on-two of Rohr Deng and Boozer, you must change the defense in time, and you must contain these two people on the defensive end. ”

Chen An has seen very clearly that the Bulls are currently using Rohrdeng and Boozer as the tactical initiation point, while Hamilton is one of the endpoints, while Hinrich is sorting out the offensive control tactics, and Noah is the strategy.

So from the defensive end, Chen An's first thing is to strangle the two points of Luo Erdeng and Boozer, fortunately he has Green and Lao AK in his hands, and with their defensive ability, Luo Erdeng and Boozer should have a good limiting effect.

However, this lineup is not without drawbacks, Green and Beverley do not have independent offensive ability, and the basket is not stable enough, as for the tactical initiation, the heavy responsibility of launching the tactics all falls on Harden, Harden's courage is not light, and it is also in consideration of this, in addition to wanting to balance offense and defense, Chen An replaced Beverley.

Beverley's task is simple, which is to bite Hamilton to death, so that he does not have an easy shot, so as to liberate Harden from the defensive end to a certain extent, allowing him to focus more on the control of the offensive end.

"James, what you have to do next is still to block and dismantle in the high position, but the dismantling man is replaced by an old AK, and you have also played this kind of cooperation between you, so you should be very familiar."

Chen An is not ready to change other offensive tactics, he chooses the simplest and most effective method, but he must change, so he set his eyes on Vucevic and said: "On the offensive end, leave the bottom corner of the side where Vucevic stands, once James and Kirilenko cooperate in blocking, Vucevic you must quickly pull to the bottom corner and attract Noah out to empty the inside."

In this case, there is enough space for Kirilenko to cut the inside or Harden to break through the inside and hit the basket.

If Noah chooses not to follow the defense and let you go, Harden will find the vacant Vucevic as soon as possible, Vucevic you don't hesitate, once you get the opportunity to vacate the vacancy, you will shoot in time! ”

Chen An is undoubtedly copying the tactics of the Jazz to play the rockets, and the Jazz also realized Da Yao's ability to protect in the restricted area, so he didn't follow you toughly, used Oku, and used Boozer to pull you out, if you don't come out, then good, I'll shoot you outside.

Anyone who watched the Rockets and Jazz series knows that the Rockets were eaten to death by the Jazz's trick, and in the end, the Rockets fell at the feet of the Jazz in the playoffs for two consecutive years.

However, the only difference is that Vucevic's outside projection ability is definitely not as good as Oku's at the moment, although he often practices three points in private, but it is difficult to say how effective it is on the court, and once there is a help defense or save on the opposite side, Vucevic has to transfer the ball out as soon as possible, which has considerable requirements for his ability to handle the ball.

It's just that Chen An doesn't have any more choices at the moment, he can only watch Vucevic pour chicken soup and say, "Young man, take it easy, I believe you will be able to do it." ”