Chapter 216: Two Teams
"Huh!"
The sound of a basketball entering the net sounded again on the court. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Spurs used five small in the second half of the second quarter and the second half of the third quarter, which really made it difficult for the Bulls to deal with.
Although the Bulls were barely able to maintain the situation with Sun Xiaotian's talent, this role became weaker and weaker as time progressed.
Seven minutes into the third quarter, with Mills hitting a three-pointer, the Spurs had once again extended the margin to 12 points.
However, Sun Xiaotian has been working hard.
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Sun Xiaotian received a pass from Lu Erdeng at the half-court, and he once again faced the defenders who had changed many waves, and his eyes were sinking like water.
In the face of Ginobili, Sun Xiaotian has long been used to it. His eyes were very bright, and he felt that no matter from what angle, it would be easier for Sun Xiaotian to break through him.
At this time, Boozer came to Sun Xiaotian's side, Sun Xiaotian hurried up, passed by Boozer's side in one step, and successfully entered the three-point line.
Ginobili bypassed Boozer and got in the way of Sun Xiaotian. Facing Ginobili, Sun Xiaotian lifted his right shoulder, then quickly retracted, and then, his body accelerated again.
In the face of this series of actions, although Ginobili himself was not dizzy, he also felt a little powerless, and at the moment, Sun Xiaotian entered the basket directly from his right hand.
"Defense!"
Seeing that he couldn't prevent Sun Xiaotian anymore, Ginobili hurriedly shouted to the insider, and then planned to grab the rebound.
Sun Xiaotian did not continue to pass after getting rid of Ginobili, but faced the Spurs defender and took a step back
"Huh!"
Shot hit.
At present, dribbling, step-back, stop-and-go jump shots, etc., these actions are already easy for Sun Xiaotian.
The Spurs rely on the overall score, although this five-small lineup is seriously in a slight position in the rebounding area, but the smooth coordination in the offense really makes the Bulls a little confused, and the defense is half a beat slow at almost every position.
However, the Bulls are also groping their lineup to contain the impact of the opponent's five. Thibodeau removed Hinrich, Noah, and Gibson for Lee, Boozer and Belineri, who had not been used for a long time, and also played five small games with the Spurs. But literally, the Bulls' five-little set is too much to look at. To be honest, these five people put together to attack, not to mention, defense is a big problem.
Fortunately, with Sun Xiaotian in control, the team is slowly adapting to the rhythm of the opponent and gradually finding a way to deal with the enemy.
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Sun Xiaotian received the ball again, Ginobili immediately pressed up, this time, he also knew that he could no longer indulge Sun Xiaotian into the inside, and strengthened the physical contact and pressing. However, if you want to prevent Sun Xiaotian from entering the inner line, there is no one in the alliance at present.
This immediately caught the attention of the rest of the Spurs! The Spurs' defensive advantage is that they are flexible and versatile, and can quickly shrink in the face of opponents. Once the breakthrough player passes the ball, they can spread out as quickly as if they were playing guerrilla warfare.
Facing the three people, Sun Xiaotian jumped up and made a gesture of passing the ball to the bottom line.
At this point, Mills hurriedly turned around. But in this flash of light, Sun Xiaotian closed his hand and threw it instead, and when everyone else thought he was going to pass the ball and relax his vigilance, he was tricked by him.
"Did you see that feint he made, it's too explosive!"
After Sun Xiaotian hit, he immediately attracted Popovich's attention again, and he shook his head off the court, as if to say, "When is this guy a head!" ”
While sitting on the stool to wipe his sweat, Noah Fu encouraged him with some words in Sun Xiaotian's ear, and Sun Xiaotian drank a drink while wiping his sweat. He had just taken a few sips, then put down his glass and said to his teammates: "We have to open the three points, without which we will have a hard time turning things around." In this way, if we can shoot from a distance, our offensive space will become larger, and they will take care of one or the other......" At the moment, everyone nodded and said that they would try their best to find their position, but the premise was that Sun Xiaotian would strengthen the pass.
"I will!" Sun Xiaotian is extremely confident.
On the Spurs bench, Ginobili said, "Coach, the guy I'm playing against." He's been improving, and that's what surprised me the most, the speed at which he's improved is amazing, and sometimes I even feel like even if it's just on the pitch, it's just a minute or two or a few tens of seconds. He's going to suddenly become stronger, more powerful, and I think he's going to have a big future. ”
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Both sides are back on the field.
Sun Xiaotian did what he said, and he began to deliberately reduce the number of shots.
For the current Sun Xiaotian, his ability to attract bags is so strong that it is different from ordinary people, so the space created for the players is correspondingly large.
With the players hitting three three-pointers in a row, the difference between the two sides was once again reduced to 7 points.
For a period of time, both sides were on the pitch fighting for their lives in defense and attack.
With less than two minutes left in the third quarter, the Bulls had narrowed the deficit to three points.
At this time, Thibodeau removed Sun Xiaotian, very simply, to let him take a breath.
"I can still fight!" Sun Xiaotian shouted at Xibodeo, as if he was reluctant.
But fortunately, the Bulls' benches have played quite tenaciously during this time, and it is precisely because of this that Thibodeau dared to remove Sun Xiaotian.
"It's time to let him take a break, how can he stand it if he is so cruel?"
"But hasn't he been like this for most of the season? If you look at his playing time, not to mention being at the top of the rookie ranks, he is also no more than 40 minutes per game in the playoffs. ”
Although the Bulls bench is very tenacious, basketball is not a game of brute force, after all, Sun Xiaotian is gone, and the Spurs can adjust their offensive strategy and re-send Parker and Duncan.
Popovich is so old and spicy, he doesn't let go of 2 minutes.
On offense, Parker and Duncan are still powerful, and on defense, the Bulls have no outstanding finishers players, and they only rely on Boozer's singles to make up the numbers.
In the final two minutes, the Spurs conceded just two points to the Bulls, while Parker and Duncan combined for six points.
"This is the old Spurs, and their attention to detail is what makes them consistently ranked in the 50-win list. From this aspect, we can also see how fragile the Bulls are and how strong Sun Xiaotian's role is. ”
The Spurs ended the third quarter with a nine-point lead.
At the end of the third quarter, Sun Xiaotian scored 29 points alone, and no one else, except for Butler's 14 points, scored a double. On the other hand, the Spurs scored the most points with Leonard with 23 points, and Parker, Mills, and Green also scored double-doubles. In terms of personnel rotation, the Bulls played 8 players, while the Spurs had 11. (To be continued.) )