The Bulls ended the first half with an eight-point lead over the Spurs at 51-43. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the Spurs fought back violently in the second half of the second quarter to close the deficit to less than 10 points, the Bulls were able to overwhelmingly suppress the Spurs for most of the first half, which was also unexpected by many.

After the Bulls lost Game 6 of their best chance to win the title, ESPN headlined the front page with the headline "The slamout gives Spurs an early championship." Although this approach was slammed by Bulls fans after the game, many experts gave the opinion that the Bulls needed a "miracle" to win Game 7, and it was the Spurs' home court.

But the Spurs' full-court pressing and half-court contraction defensive tactics left the Spurs at a loss on the offensive end. On the offensive side, Thibodeau adjusted the starting lineup, discharged one big and four small, and put Ruhr Deng, who has struggled slightly on the offensive end since the playoffs, into the start, which turned out to be a miracle move.

Lu Deng shot 7-of-10 in the first half, including 3-of-3 from three-point range, and scored 18 points alone, becoming the top scorer for both teams.

Sun Xiaotian barely played in the first quarter, and suddenly went full of fire in the first half of the second quarter, scoring 14 points on a burst shot, grabbing 6 rebounds and dishing out 5 assists.

Butler also scored nine points in the first half, and more importantly, he had four steals, three of which were given to the same person, yes! It's Leonard!

Leonard was in a terrible state in the first half, and he couldn't find a shooting touch at all, scoring only 7 points on 3-of-11 shooting, and gradually how good Butler was to his defense. Of course, Leonardo is still young after all, and he usually only exists as the team's No. 4 person, but he suddenly became the core of the attack, and it is normal for him to be unstable.

The Bulls' outside trident scored 41 points in the first half and should have been the biggest contributor to the team's lead. Thibodeau, however, believes his team can take the lead, mainly thanks to the interior defense.

Whether it is the opponent's blocking, suddenly grabbing the ball carrier, or protecting the basket, Noah, Gibson, including Boozer have done a very good job. In the first half, the Bulls allowed the Spurs to grab just one offensive rebound, while the Bulls grabbed six offensive rebounds.

The ability to shrink inside and protect the basket makes it difficult for Spurs raiders to get to the basket and, in most cases, only shoot from the outside. Although with Duncan's interior singles, the Spurs once found a way to deal with the Bulls' defense, Thibodeau's tactical contempt for Duncan still worked wonders, after all, Duncan is too old, and he can't stand his old arms and legs.

The problem with the Spurs is that the offense is slow to open, and the key to this problem is not Leonard, not that Green has fouled too much, but Parker!

Although Parker scored 11 points alone in the first half, the highest score on the Spurs team, as the commander of the team, Parker seems to be constantly fighting against whom. It's not normal when a playmaker doesn't control the tempo of the game and focuses on scoring. Although there are many point guards in the league who are very good at scoring right now, such as Westbrook and Wall...... But at the end of the day, Parker is not like them. Because the Spurs have no shortage of scorers, the Spurs' housekeeping skill is teamwork, and the Spurs are not allowed to have individual heroics.

What spurred Parker to do this wasn't actually people, but the Bulls' tactics.

Before the game, Thibodeau called Hinrich aside and told him the essentials of defending Parker, "be ruthless in your actions and be more subtle in your means." To put it bluntly, it is to acquiesce to Sinrich's small actions.

As a white man with great physical fitness and a good defensive attitude, Hinrich is recognized as a very good point guard defensively.

For most of the first half, he was the main defense of Parker, except when he went down to rest, when the Bulls put on a non-point guard lineup, and Lee or Sun Xiaotian defended it.

Li or Sun Xiaotian will not say it for the time being.

Synric's defense made Parker extremely uncomfortable, because Synrich made frequent small moves, two of which were the most representative.

The first time is at the end of the first section.

At that time, Sun Xiaotian controlled the ball, and Hinrich covered Sun Xiaotian to take the opportunity to form a situation where Sun Xiaotian singled Parker. When Hinrich firmly leaned on Leonard, Sun Xiaotian pulled the ball to the other end at this time, and Parker could only block Sun Xiaotian. But Hinrich made a small movement at his feet, tripping Parker with his foot, and the movement was so natural that it was not obvious that it was intentional. Parker's body was slightly out of balance, and Sun Xiaotian took the opportunity to accelerate directly past Parker, and then scored with a throw. Parker then challenged the referee, and Popovich shouted from the sidelines, but the referee signaled that he didn't see it at all.

If this time it is still more obvious, then the second time is much more hidden.

The second time came when Parker returned to the court in the second quarter, during the Spurs' scoring frenzy.

When Parker broke into the Bulls' paint area under Duncan's cover, Hinrich firmly stuck to Parker with his body, although his right hand was raised to show that he had not violated Parker, but his left hand was hidden holding Parker's left hand, Parker subconsciously raised his left hand, Hinrich fell directly to the ground, and the referee immediately blew Parker's offensive foul.

Parker, who suffered a dumb loss, saw that the referee had no effect, and turned to chatter at Hinrich, who immediately counterattacked, and the referee gave a technical foul when he saw the situation.

These two times were just a microcosm of the whole game, and perhaps it was the referee's inaction that caused Parker's mood to fluctuate. So he wanted to teach Hinrich a lesson on offense, but Parker was not Parker in previous years after all, although he was more than enough to deal with Hinrich now, but he fell into the trap of the Bulls, one person against a whole team, it is conceivable.

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After halftime between the two sides, the third quarter of the two sides will start. At this point in the game, it's not like one or two climaxes can win the opponent, no one is so sure, although the Bulls are 8 points ahead of the Spurs, but the Spurs' ability to adjust is definitely above the Bulls. The crunch time gets, the more it shows why the Spurs are always the favourites to win the championship.

For Sun Xiaotian, after struggling for the whole season, it will come to an end in the next 24 minutes. In the words of the Thibodeau midfielder, "Honour is made with sweat, we have been sweating and working hard all season, and if we lose our whole season because of the last 24 minutes of relaxation, I guarantee you will have a very bad summer in the coming summer." ”

Although this is Sun Xiaotian's first season, his first season can be called the best first season of rookies in NBA history, no matter how it ends!

"With so much to give, what are we for?"

"Honor and proof!!"

The Bulls hugged each other and chanted, cheering each other on.

Then he ran to the field! (To be continued.) )