The "bull horn tactic" allowed the Bulls to directly stop the Grizzlies, and after the timeout came back, the Bulls continued this tactic, and the Grizzlies did not make much changes except for the change of defender against Ruhr Deng.

The Grizzlies' offensive end is still a high-status cooperation on the inside, and as a big killer of the team's interior attack, Randolph is more decisive in his position.

Conley dribbled across half court and handed it to Gasol in the high post. Gasol held the ball with both hands, watching the card battle between Randolph and Boozer on the inside, and his expression was still very calm.

Randolph pouted and squeezed Boozer behind him, and Boozer's two hands were also entangled in Randolph's arms, trying to interfere with him with the ball.

Just as Randolph raised his hand, Gasol himself slipped the ball to him. Randolph dribbled the ball and ****** pushed Boozer hard, and in an instant, Boozer was pushed away. Immediately afterward, Randolph turned forward and made a gesture ready for a layup. Ruer Deng, who was making up for the defense, was deceived all of a sudden, and Randolph took advantage of the situation at this time, and his body resisted Ruer Deng's falling body and scored the ball.

"Toot!"

“2+1！！”

As a representative of floor flow, Randolph does not jump high and does not run fast. But every fat man has his own flexible side, coupled with an excellent basketball IQ, Randolph will be a bitter opponent for anyone he faces.

Coming to his senses, it was the Bulls' turn to attack. According to Thibodeau's instructions, the Bulls still continued the previous strategy, Sun Xiaotian held the ball outside, and Ruhr Deng and Boozer came to block and dismantle for him, after this dismantling, Tony Allen did not chase Sun Xiaotian, but stayed by Ruer Deng's side outside the three-point line. After Sun Xiaotian burst into the inside line, he found that Guy and Gasol had made up for it early, directly blocking the space for Sun Xiaotian's pass.

Sun Xiaotian protected the ball with all his might, and at this time, Hinrich and Noah on the other side waved to him. But Sun Xiaotian is not bad after all, just in the flash of light, Sun Xiaotian passed the ball directly from under Guy's crotch to Noah under the basket. Noah, who received the ball, wanted to go to the basket through Randolph, but with a "snap", the ball was directly placed on the rebound.

Noah hurriedly looked back, it was none other than Gasol!

Randolph, who got the ball, passed directly to Conley, who was almost halfway through, Conley dribbled twice, shook his wrists with both hands, and passed to Guy who followed on both sides. Guy, who has no one to defend against, is a tomahawk split.

With a solid defense, just like that, the Bulls didn't score for 4 consecutive rounds.

The Grizzlies only guarded the Bulls' outside shooters, and when the shooters were killed, Sun Xiaotian had a lot fewer options. At this time, the Grizzlies' interior line was clubbed with these two big fat men, which made the Grizzlies' interior much narrower.

Defended the Bulls' tactics, but the Grizzlies' defensive counterattack played well. Soon, the Grizzlies returned a 15-3 run to the Bulls and overtook the score in one fell swoop.

During this period, the Grizzlies Randolph and Gasol attacked and defended. Randolph's intimidating ability on the offensive end is not to mention, but Gasol's excellent defensive ability has made him not only the core of the team's defensive system, but also the favorite to be the best defensive player of the season.

On top of that, combined with his excellent ability to play high positions, makes it a perfect match for Randolph's high status.

In addition to his excellent defense, Gasol's offensive ability has always been underrated. When his back is up, Gasol tends to make a few sharp turns, go straight past the defender, and make a low-handed layup. At the same time, his mid-range jumper is also very high, and his hand is quite soft.

It was with the cooperation of the black and white bears that the Grizzlies led the Bulls 34-28 at the end of the first quarter, and the black and white bears combined to score 14 points and nine rebounds

No. 1 Sun Xiaotian was interrupted by the Grizzlies' overall defense after less than half a quarter. The depressed Sun Xiaotian sat on the sidelines, very injured.

In the second quarter, until there were 7 minutes left in the game, Sun Xiaoqi returned to the court. I don't know if Thibodeau was slow to react, or if he didn't care about winning or losing this game. As soon as Sun Xiaotian came on the court, the Bulls played the "bull horn tactic" that was not enough to run-in.

As a result of the experience of the first quarter, Collins once again switched to the black and white bears.

The effect was immediate, and due to the lack of a high-quality shooter, this tactic of the Bulls proved to be unsuccessful.

The main reason why the Magic team was able to play this tactic back then was that they had many excellent shooters in the league.

Soon, the gap between the two teams widened. At halftime, 44-56, the Bulls were already trailing by 12 points.

At halftime, the Black and White Bears combined for 22 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks. On the Bulls' side, although Sun Xiaotian scored a game-high 14 points, his shooting percentage was only 4 of 12, with a 33% shooting rate.

Perhaps it was precisely because Sun Xiaotian's crosshairs were not accurate that the Grizzlies defended three points and closed the inside. It is precisely this strategy that the Grizzlies successfully limited Lu Erdeng and Sun Xiaotian-

Everyone who has watched "Kung Fu Panda" is no stranger to Po's skills, and now the Grizzly Bears, the black and white bears, have the momentum to transform into Kung Fu Panda.

In the playoffs of these two years, especially the playoffs of the previous season. In the first round of the Black Eight Spurs, the black and white bears can be inside and out, which makes Deng Du and Popovich feel uncomfortable.

At half-time, Thibodeau explained to the players why he insisted on continuing the "bull horn tactic".

"Memphis doesn't have a good interior line, and if we play inside, we're going to use more energy, and if we play the pick-and-roll that we're good at, their pick-and-roll is one of the best in the league. What we want is to pull Randolph and Gasol out and that will give us a chance to break through, so we have to find our three touches in the second half. ”

For this purpose, the Bulls did like a bubble of in the first half. The team made 2 of 8 three-point shots, and these two three-pointers were all from the hands of Lu Erdeng, and they were all concentrated at the beginning of the game, and Sun Xiaotian missed all 3 shots.

Sun Xiaotian was very dissatisfied with his form, and at halftime, he still buried his head in his jersey. Sun Xiaotian understands that this tactic was specially created for him, and this tactic can make good use of his talents. But in terms of the team's performance in the first half, it was very unsuccessful. Maybe this has something to do with the lack of tactical running-in!

Regarding the expectations of the second half, Sun Xiaotian felt that he should play more decisively!