Chapter 272: Thibodeau's Strategy!
The referee's whistle is the expected result, because Xie Chen, who is one size smaller than Butler, blocked Butler, but there was an undeserved momentum, Butler even fell out of bounds, if Xie Chen did not push Butler, such a situation would not have happened.
However, Xie Chen knew very well that he didn't push him, it was really just simple physical contact!
finally covered Jimmy Butler's big hat, just avenged the previous hat, but was blown into a foul by the referee, how could Xie Chen bear it, hurriedly walked to the referee, and explained angrily: "I didn't push him!" ”
The referee immediately blew another whistle, and Xie Chen made a technical foul!
"You ......" Xie Chen just wanted to argue again, but was hugged by Wade and pulled back: "Take it easy, Xie, it's just an inconsequential attack, it's not a big deal." ”
Coach Spo saw that Xie Chen had a rare loss of control, and it happened that the first quarter was over soon, and he was going to replace him for rest, so he directly replaced Xie Chen to calm down off the court.
Xie Chen sat on the bench with a buttocks, and Coach Spo stepped forward and patted his shoulder, comforting: "Xie, control your own feelings, the outcome of this game is very important to us, we need you!" ”
Xie Chen didn't care about the problem of emotion, anyway, it wouldn't affect the shooting, he was still a little angry, obviously a good hat!
Jimmy Butler...... If you're lucky this time, I'll still cover you again! ”
In order to allow Xie Chen to have enough time to calm down, Coach Spo deliberately let Xie Chen play after a few minutes in the second quarter, during this period of time, the Heat's benches played well, but the Bulls were better, especially surprising was a guy named Nikola Mirotic, two meters and eight meters tall, first actually shot a three-pointer, because of his huge height, basically did not suffer any interference, and then grabbed the rebound and then made a rebound, causing the Bulls to catch up with the score.
When Xie Chen played again, the two teams were tied again! It seems that in this game, no one wants to pull the score away.
As soon as Xie Chen came on the court, he was fouled by Jimmy Butler, and at this time, Jimmy Butler, who had always been a little dull, took the initiative to talk to Xie Chen: "Xie, I know you really want to give me back the hot pot I sent you, but in this series, I promise you can't do it." ”
Jimmy Butler, who has always been unsmiling, actually showed a strange evil smile, full of conspiracy, Butler has always rarely played psychological warfare with opponents, but just now I saw that Xie Chen was so excited because he was fouled for blocking, and realized that Xie Chen wanted revenge, so he came up with the idea of squirting trash talk to stimulate Xie Chen.
But in terms of trash talk and psychological tactics, Xie Chen is definitely more experienced than Butler, so he smiled contemptuously: "You're wrong, Jimmy, I already gave you that hot pot you just now." You know I didn't push you. ”
Jimmy Butler also smiled evilly: "No, you just pushed." ”
Jimmy Butler still has palpitations when he recalls the dunk just now, why is Xie Chen's strength so strong when he blocks? But Butler still thinks that Xie Chen definitely has the action of pushing people.
Xie Chen ignored him, walked to the free throw, and continued to lead the score.
Although it is the second quarter, Xie Chen is already thinking about how to open the score step by step, once he can lead by more than eight points, the Heat will play more smoothly, on the contrary, the Bulls will play more difficult, and the Heat definitely have this ability, even Xie Chen can do it alone, all he needs is more balls in a short period of time.
A good way to do this is to grab the rebound in the frontcourt.
This time, he and Noah grabbed together, the two of them held the ball almost at the same time, Noah has a huge physical advantage, so after getting the ball, he brutally snatched the ball over, and there was a collision with Xie Chen.
This is already Noah's third foul in the game.
Noah was furious because he realized that he might not get another chance to play in this quarter.
"Good performance, kid, but tonight's result will make you cry." Noah Chong Xie Chen said unceremoniously, he is a guy who will find trouble if he has nothing to do, so he will definitely not be polite to an ace like Xie Chen. Moreover, before, because of Chalmers, the two have already clashed.
Although sometimes the table is cheap, Noah's hard work and growth in the past few seasons is definitely the reason why the Bulls can maintain their reputation as a strong team, continue to attract veterans who are willing to take a pay cut to come to Windy City, and it is also the key to the Bulls' signature iron-blooded defense.
But after fighting for so many years, Noah's physical condition has declined a lot this year, and it is not even a level compared to the regular season, the Bulls look strong on the books, and the Bulls veterans led by Noah have a somewhat reserved mentality, and Noah mentioned the word "SWITCHON/OFF" many times in an interview in the playoffs, that is, he thinks the Bulls can turn on the switch at any time.
And in the series against the Heat, Noah turned on the switch.
The Heat still continued the strong defense in the first quarter, so that the Bulls did not find any opportunity to shoot until the last moment, and the ball was still held by Noah who was standing at the free throw line, Noah looked at a loss, looked around, and didn't know who to pass to, and the offensive time was about to come, he seemed to suddenly turn on the switch, and he dribbled to break through, seemingly slow, but two steps to fly directly to dunk! Beasley hits Noah's hand and causes a penalty!
"Ahh Noah incarnated as the "Bull Demon King" and roared wildly.
His madness exploded in the second quarter, not only on the offensive end, but also blocked a layup by Rohr Deng, and both of them fell to the ground on their backs.
Noah's desperate efforts directly ignited the fighting spirit of all the players, and Rose also completely exploded, and in the end, the Bulls overtook the score.
Xie Chen felt that the first half was so slow, maybe the defenses of both sides were too hard, and every attack became much more difficult, what originally needed to be used was now two points or even more, even then it was not necessarily a result, because there were many cases of the two sides exceeding the norms, and Xie Chen suffered such a vicious foul.
Korver was directly reimbursed for the season because of his injury, which also caused the Eagles to fall behind 0-3, Xie Chen will never allow himself to have any accidents, so he will be careful to pay attention, Noah's actions are indeed a little bigger, but he will not maliciously make some illegal actions.
Overall, although the Bulls led at halftime, Rose and Jimmy Butler still didn't play as well as Xie Chen and Wade, so in the long run, the Bulls still had a good chance of losing.
Of course, Xie Chen was full of confidence in this victory, and when the Cavaliers led the Hawks 3-0, Xie Chen was determined to win this victory.
"If nothing else, when the Hawks' confidence collapses, James may take advantage of the victory to chase and directly solve the Hawks in the fourth game, and if we want to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, we need at least two games to win this one, and the longer we spend with the Bulls, the more we are at a disadvantage, and there may be injuries, so this one must be won!"
At the beginning of the third quarter, the scene that made Xie Chen almost vomit blood appeared again, it was a little potato again, and it was Brooks again!
"Oh my God, it's endless, why did this kid open three points again?" Xie Chen was depressed when he saw Brooks hit a long-range three-pointer.
Brooks hits three-pointers every game, and it's all some counterintuitive shots. Chalmers, who was on the court, saw Xie Chen's depressed expression, and in the next round, he directly gave Brooks a big hat, which finally made Xie Chen feel happy.
"Well done! Mario! Xie Chen couldn't help but get up and cheer for Chalmers.
Chalmers is really a trustworthy guy and the soul of the Heat's bench, thinking about it, Chalmers was still competing with Xie Chen for the starting position, Xie Chen couldn't help but smile.
Originally, it was thought that Chalmers would become less combative because of being a substitute, and his combat effectiveness or desire to fight would be greatly reduced, and this was indeed the case for a period of time during the regular season. Chalmers often can't find his place and feel, averaging no more than 5 points per game in consecutive games, and his assists are even more unimpressive, but in the playoffs, Chalmers seems to be a different person and more adapted to his current position.
Whether it is scoring by himself, or assisting teammates, whether it is offensive or defensive, he is surprisingly good, and I have to say that with James Wade, they have reached the Finals for four consecutive years, and Chalmers has improved a lot even if he is not a soul.
"Mario has become extremely good in the last four years, and in some ways, Xie is not as good as him." Coach Spo looked at Chalmers with burning eyes.
After Chalmers blocked Brooks, he was also very calm, and said secretly in his heart: "Walker and James Ennis in the bench lineup are also very talented, I need to be the boss of this bench lineup, just like Xie did in the main lineup, to connect them." ”
One person's table will drive the whole team, just like the Bull Demon King Noah who suddenly went crazy in the second quarter, once Chalmers is good, Kerr, who is competing in the finals with him, is naturally not far behind, and plays very actively, and the Heat's bench lineup directly abused the Bull to the end, and in a short period of time, he surpassed the Bulls by 8 points! It also forced Thibodeau to call a timeout!
Xie Chen and Wade were so excited, they kept standing up and sitting down in the player bench, everyone is no stranger to these two substitute guards on the court, Chalmers and Kerr were the main point guards in the past Heat Finals, but with Xie Chen, they have become substitutes with little playing time, they are both experienced and powerful veterans!
On the other hand, the Bulls did not have such a player with Finals experience, and Hinrich's appearance was overshadowed by Chalmers and Kerr.
With a wave of highs driven by the Heat bench. After the duo of Wade and Xie Chen came on the court, they once again beat Rose and Butler, and completed the reversal again in the third quarter, ending the third quarter with a 10-point lead.
The fans at the scene also became quiet, because looking at today's shape, the victory is obviously tending to the heat!
"What the hell, the Heat benches are playing so well! There are only a few bulls that can fight! I'm going to lose tonight! The Heat are so terrifying by relying on Xie and Wade, and the whole is powerful, can there still be suspense in the game? On the top floor of the auditorium, a rough mine sweater took a sip of beer and shouted.
"Yes, although I also hope that the bull can win, this shape is obviously not good for the bull!" Another fan also said negatively.
Xie Chen wiped his sweat and glanced up at the big screen: "One more section, I can win this victory!" ”
On the court again in the fourth quarter, the Heat still led the score, and as soon as Hassan Whiteside came up, he gave the opponent a big hat, and Hassan's watch made the fans restless again.
"Oh, what a horrible insider! This guy built 4 of them tonight! And snatched most of the rebounds, and the Bulls really hung in the air tonight! ”
Just when Xie Chen got the ball and was about to steal two points when the opponent's defensive formation did not fall well, Xie Chen found that it was not Rose who was defending him, but Jimmy Butler.
Was it Ross who didn't follow? Obviously not, Rose was on the left, and he was back at the same time as Butler.
Did Butler take the initiative to defend Xie Chen? It didn't seem to be, Rose was not a little surprised, and there was no trace of attack on Xie Chen in his eyes.
"Is Thibodeau trying to defend me with Jimmy Butler in the fourth quarter?" Xie Chen thought of this possibility, but he still quickly changed direction to break through, wanting to steal two points in the chaos.
It's a pity that although Jimmy Butler looks tall, he is very agile and blocked Xie Chen's way at the first time. Xie Chen tried again, but it was still unsuccessful.
So, with a quick shot outside the three-point line, Jimmy Butler's height advantage was shown, although he failed to block Xie Chen, but he gave the opponent a lot of interference, and this shot was also missed.
"Damn! Lowry's breakthrough skills can't break through him, and he is too tall, Curry's three-point shooting posture is easy to be disturbed, and now the breakthrough and long-range shooting are all restricted, is this Thibodeau's strategy? Xie Chen glanced back at Xibodu, the dead fat man was still holding his waist with both hands, frowning.
Just one encounter didn't show anything, but Thibodeau was sure in his heart that this was an opportunity: "If this section, with Jimmy Butler, really limited Chris Shet, then this series, I know how to win them!" ”
Xie Chen was unwilling to let Thibodeau's conspiracy succeed, the second attack, an accelerated breakthrough and a direct backward jumper, which was extremely difficult, Rao is Jimmy Butler's height, did not interfere with Xie Chen, Xie Chen hit two points.
But even so, Thibodeau still insisted on the strategy of sticking to Xie Chen with Butler.
Although Xie Chen occasionally scored, his most lethal weapons were gone, breakthrough layups and three-pointers!
A few drops of sweat unconsciously flowed from Xie Chen's face, this game seemed to be in trouble! R1152