"Harrison, your defense should be faster, you see Dwyane is clearly going to play hard, what are you hesitating about? Think about what Draymond did in the first place, understand?! Wharton was a little anxious and yelled directly at Barnes.

Tang Shuai turned his head and glanced at Gasol, and after seeing the latter nodding, he followed and said: "Coach, the impact of the Bulls is very strong, but the three-point shooting rate is not high, if we use the second quarter game lineup, we can limit them very well, and we will play the 76ers in the next game, and we can try a small lineup at that time, I think it will be more effective at that time." ”

Wharton glanced back at Tang Shuai, his anger gradually subsided, shook his head and said, "Tang, I know what you mean, I have to try in the next game, but I also have to try this game." ”

"We need to win ......"

"I see, you don't have to say any more." Without waiting for Tang Shuai to continue, Wharton directly interrupted him.

Tang Shuai was stunned for a moment, but feeling Wharton's firm tone, he didn't speak again.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Stephenson still played like a fish in water, and under his leadership, the Lakers caught up with some scores.

With less than seven minutes left in the game, both sides changed their main line-ups for the final showdown.

At 86-96, the Lakers still trailed the Bulls by 10 points.

Before changing the main team, Hojberg looked at the Lakers' half court a little nervously, and when he saw the changed lineup, he suddenly laughed.

Wharton really didn't know that the heart of the Yellow River was not dead.

In the decisive time between the two sides, the Bulls have the opportunity to attack first.

Wharton made a small adjustment, he replaced the average in-form Clarkson with Stephenson, who had performed well in this game, and pushed Tang Shuai to the No. 1 position again.

In fact, in the new season, Tang Shuai is also slowly adapting to the process of moving from the No. 2 position to the No. 1 position, and his height determines that he will not take too much advantage in the defense of the No. 2 position, which is also a process that he must go through.

In the first game against the Clippers, his performance at the No. 1 position was significantly inferior to the familiar No. 2 position, but as the season progressed, he was slowly changing.

The Bulls' offense, Wade and Mirotic made a beautiful small pick-and-roll, and after Wade switched to Barnes, he stepped on three steps and a beautiful air dodge to send the ball to the basket.

After scoring this goal, Wade has scored 22 points in this game, and his performance is quite eye-catching.

Tang Shuai took a deep breath and dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

He has already made a suggestion for a core player, but Wharton insists on using small-ball tactics, and all he can do now is lead the team to win this game, and the rest can only be said after the game.

When he got to the frontcourt, he raised his hand and motioned for his teammates to open up space.

After playing three quarters of the game, he already has a basic understanding of the Bulls' defensive strategy, Wade, Butler and Rondo are very strong in their awareness and ability to help defend, and it is difficult to succeed in playing running tactics, which is not as effective as simple tactics such as bursting.

When the others had stretched the space large enough, he reached out and motioned for Noll to pull it out and block it.

One block and one dismantle, after Tang Shuai took a step inside, another Maddie pulled out his hand.

"Huh!"

There was a crisp sound, and he still felt the same when he came back in the fourth quarter.

In turn, Wade's pull-up layup after the breakaway tried to add points for the Bulls, but this time Knoll was pressed enough defensively to interfere with his aerial shots, and the basketball flew straight over the basket to cross the bridge.

The rebound was taken by Barnes.

Tang Shuai once again held the ball to the frontcourt, almost the same as in the previous round, and he shot quickly after blocking.

López's defensive moves were a bit out of touch.

"Huh!"

Tang Shuai hit consecutive shots, and the Lakers chased the score to 8 points.

Rondo saw that the signs were wrong, and did not hand over Wade to play alone, but reached out to signal his teammates to run, and after continuous off-ball blocking, the Lakers' defense was a little unable to keep up, he saw the opportunity, and passed to Butler, who cut in the air, and Butler threw a hand-toss layup for the Bulls to continue to score.

Similar to the situation in the first quarter, after the main forces of the two sides came up, they fell into a battle of attacks.

However, unlike the first quarter, the Bulls held a 12-point lead at the beginning, and it was really difficult for the Lakers to catch up.

After Tang Shuai hit another dry pull-out jumper and chased the score to 8 points, Maddie on the comment bench couldn't help but shake his head: "Luke is overdrawing Don's physical strength, even if this game is won, it doesn't make much sense." ”

"Nope." As soon as Maddie's words fell, Kim spoke.

"No?" Maddie turned to look at Kim suspiciously.

"Actually, the Lakers can't win the game." Kim said unhurriedly.

Just then, Butler hit a breakaway layup to stretch the score back to 10 points.

Maddie smiled bitterly, nodded and said, "Yes, the Lakers don't have many chances." ”

Wharton called another timeout, and the main force went up to play for three minutes, but he didn't catch up at all, and his brow was furrowed and he was about to put down his pen.

At the timeout, Wharton still focused on the team's offense, and he hoped that someone else would step up and share the offensive pressure for Don.

Tang Shuai looked back at the time on the timer, there were still more than 4 minutes, the difference was 10 points, and if he wanted to chase the score, it was almost impossible to attack like this.

"Toot ~"

The whistle blew on the sidelines, and the time for a timeout had arrived.

The Lakers players walked to the sidelines, Tang Shuai suddenly made a decision, and after calling his teammates over, he directly said: "Hey, guys, we need to do some risky attempts." ”

The head coach of the team has absolute control of the team, but on the court, many times it is the point guard who decides what tactics should be played.

'We need to shrink the defense, defend them from breaking, put their shots, especially three-point shots, and we're going to take a gamble and it's the last chance." Tang Shuai swept around his teammates and said.

The teammates hesitated for a while, and what Tang Shuai said was a little different from what Wharton said.

Just then, the referee on the sidelines walked towards them, and the time for a timeout had arrived.

"Trust me, I'll lead you to the game, trust me." Tang Shuai said repeatedly.

"We're going to shrink our defense, and the Bulls don't shoot very well from three-point shots." Batum spoke at this point.

"Yes, we're going to shrink the defense." Stephenson followed suit.

"Yes, we will." Barnes hesitated, then nodded.

"OK, let's win this game, Lakers." Tang Shuai said and stretched out his hand.

The other four people folded their hands on it and shouted in unison: "Come on!" ”

The referee had just walked up to them at this time, and he wanted to blow the whistle to warn, but when he saw that they were just doing a cheering gesture, he spit out the whistle and reminded them twice.

Timeout back, Lakers offense.

The Bulls have significantly strengthened their marking, and as Webb, the guest commentator in the last Lakers and Kings game, said, it is the best way to defend by having a man who haunts Tang Shuai, who is very pressured with the ball.

Tang Shuai's breakthrough and dry pull didn't seem to have much chance, but fortunately, he didn't know more than these two techniques, he didn't hesitate much, and directly pouted his ass and pressed Rondo behind him.

Rondo's defensive oppression and defensive awareness are first-class, but his physical fitness is not so good in comparison, in fact, in terms of strength, he still can't bear Tang Shuai who has a bus power pack, even if it is a weakened version, it is also a purple top power pack.

Tang Shuai pressed Rondo, glanced back at the Bulls' defense, saw that no one was wrapping up, and after hitting it twice, he turned around on the left with a false left, and after feeling that Rondo's center of gravity was deflected to the left, he followed and turned sharply to the right, and then jumped up.

Rondo's rhythm was half a beat slower, and he started a little later than Tang Shuai, so he couldn't interfere.

"Huh!"

Tang Shuai's backs hit again, and in the face of a general-strength defense, the purple skill pack guaranteed his hit rate.

The Bulls' offense, Rondo carried the ball to the frontcourt, trying to let Wade go to the low post to play alone, but he soon realized that something was wrong, and the Lakers shrunk their defense!

Wharton was also stunned on the sidelines at this time, which seemed to be different from what he deployed?

Rondo reacted quickly, and he immediately called his teammates to run tactics in an attempt to disrupt the Lakers' defensive formation.

But he soon found out that the Lakers' players were unexpectedly straightforward, that is, they shrank inside, and no matter how the Bulls players run, they just won't come out.

It's a defensive formation similar to a 3-2 defense, but not exactly a 3-2 defense, with the players shrinking to the basket, but apart from Barnes and Miticic, the others don't even have the intention of making a save from the outside.

Spooky defense!

There was only one way left for the Bulls players, the three-point shot.

Rondo hesitated and didn't pass to Wade or Butler, who shot more three-pointers than the two guys.

He saw that the Lakers didn't pounce and raised his hand to shoot a three-pointer.

After the ball is thrown, he maintains the shooting posture and looks straight in the direction of the basketball backspin, these standard postures can improve the shooting percentage.

"Bang!"

Rondo's three-pointer was too small and bounced off the front of the basket.

The rebound was grabbed by Noll.

The Lakers' fast break, Tang Shuai passed Rondo's defense and scored 2 points for the Lakers with a pick-up.

The fans at the scene were in an uproar.

The Bulls' offense, the Lakers defended exactly the same defense as before.

"Haha, that's so much fun." Maddie couldn't help but laugh when he looked at the Lakers' defensive style that was almost a "big move".

When Rondo saw the Lakers' defense, he had a wave of helplessness in his eyes, hesitated, and still chose to shoot three-pointers.

"Bang!"

His shot popped out of the frame again!

Rondo only has a green three-pack, three-point shot, which is not his forte!

The Bulls' retreat this time was more timely, and the Lakers did not form a fast break opportunity, but after Tang Shuai advanced to the frontcourt, a false feint tricked Rondo shrank back, and he raised his hand and threw a three-pointer.

Unlike Rondo's shot just now, his three-point shot went straight into the net.

With a crisp sound, this three-point shot hit steadily, and the difference between the two sides was only 5 points in an instant!

Hojberg hurriedly called a timeout, and the Lakers' big move was a bit ruthless. (To be continued.) )