Chapter 113: Ox Horn Tactics

The Bulls got the first wave of offensive possession, and Hinrich followed Thibodeau's instructions and gave the ball to the interior first.

After Boozer received the ball, Sun Xiaotian immediately ran to the weak side to give Boozer plenty of space.

Boozer received the ball on the right side and turned around, facing the defense of the black bear Randolph, Boozer habitually dribbled with his right hand and stuck into the paint.

Randolph, on the other hand, relied on his own pile of meat to carry Boozer firmly. Originally, Boozer also had a lot of strength, but in front of Randolph, he seemed a lot more frivolous.

Boozer found himself more and more pushed away from the hoop by Randolph step by step, and there was no way, Boozer had to pass the ball out.

Sun Xiaotian caught the ball on the left side, but there were only 7 seconds left in the attacking time at this time. Sun Xiaotian settled down, motioned to his teammates to go away, and asked to come alone.

Defending Sun Xiaotian is Tony Allen, as the league's best wing defender, he took the initiative to defend a rookie, which still gave Sun Xiaotian a big face.

Sun Xiaotian crossed the ball left and right, trying to confuse Tony Allen's judgment. Suddenly, Sun Xiaotian held the ball in his right hand and attacked Tony Allen. However, Tony Allen did not lose his position, and Sun Xiaotian saw that when the time came, he had no choice but to jump up and make a hasty move.

"Boom!"

The ball clearly bummered out of the basket.

If you look closely at Tony Allen's defense, you will be very familiar with the fact that he actually made a move to seal his eyes on Sun Xiao, which is Battier's stunt!

Gasol Jr. took the rebound, and the pass was very fast, and he threw it directly to Guy, who was already half-time.

Guy, who is in excellent physical condition, originally wanted to use his speed to beat the Bulls with an unstable foothold.

I saw him change direction, changed past Lu Erdeng, and saw that there was no danger in front of him, and at the moment when Guy made a layup, there was a "snap", and a figure jumped up from behind him, giving him a big hat to chase him, and the ball was nailed to the rebound.

Everyone looked at it, it was none other than Sun Xiaotian, who followed up, and gave Guy a sturdy hat impartially.

Noah took the ball down and handed it back to Sun Xiaotian. Sun Xiaotian held the ball alone and stretched out his hand to direct everyone to take the position.

At this time, Sun Xiaotian made a gesture that looked like a bull's horn, and after seeing Sun Xiaotian's gesture, Lu Erdeng and Bouzer came up from left and right to block and dismantle for Sun Xiaotian.

Sun Xiaotian took advantage of the blocking of two teammates, and he moved to the side of Lu Erdeng. By the time Sun Xiaotian broke into the Grizzlies' interior line, neither Luhr Deng nor Boozer had returned. Since both of them have shooting ability, the Grizzlies who defend them do not dare to rashly leave them to make up for Sun Xiaotian.

Seeing that Sun Xiaotian was about to go to the basket, at this time, Gasol Jr. took a step forward on the inside line to block Sun Xiaotian's shot. In this way, Noah under the basket is empty.

However, after all, the Grizzlies are one of the best defensive teams in the league, and at this time, Conley, on the other side, instantly made up for it, using his small body to entangle Noah.

Unable to pass to the inside line, Sun Xiaotian glanced at his eyes and saw that someone was beckoning to him, it was Xin Liqi.

After Sun Xiaotian jumped, he used his height to make a long pass, and the ball went to the oblique side of Sinrich, who calmly shot after receiving the ball.

"Huh!"

The ball went in.

The Bulls' tactic was specially formulated by Thibodeau for Sun Xiaotian, and the tactic is called "Bull Horn Tactic".

The "bull's horn tactic" is not an original of Thibodeau, and it was with this tactic that the 2010 Orlando Magic team used to make it all the way to the finals.

The Magic team at that time had Howard, Turkoglou, Lewis Iron Triangle, and many shooters.

Although this lineup is quite similar to the Rockets under Olajuwon, the only difference is the starting point of the tactics.

Although the Magic team has the best interior player in the league, the starting point of the game is Tekoglu on the front line.

Although the Turk is in average physical condition, his excellent passing vision and accurate inside and outside shooting made him the commander of that Magic team.

For this reason, the big Van Gundy at that time deliberately set up a set of tactics for him, that is, Turkoglu held the ball, Howard and Lewis stepped forward to double cover, and when Turkoglu broke into the inside, Lewis stayed outside the three-point line, and Howard used his physical condition to impact the inside.

When defenders don't shrink defense, Turkoglu either shoots straight out or leaves Howard empty.

If a defender shrinks the defense, Turkoglu quickly passes back to Lewis on the perimeter. Lewis's height is high, and coupled with his high shooting point, it makes his shot difficult to prevent.

It was with this tactic that in the Eastern Conference Finals that year, the Magic team played the Cleveland Cavaliers, the king of the regular season that year, and was unable to parry.

Due to Sun's excellent passing vision and ability to attract packs, Thibodeau has set up this set of tactics specifically for Sun Xiaotian's personal situation.

Although Sun Xiaotian's ability has been recognized by Xibodeau, Xibodeau has never set up strategies and tactics specifically for him. Thibodeau specially arranged this set of tactics for him this time, which fully illustrates Sun Xiaotian's status in the team.

The Bulls also used this tactic to gradually widen the score gap. Grizzlies head coach Collins saw that the momentum was not right and hurriedly called a timeout.

With 3:48 left in the game, the Bulls led the Grizzlies by 10 points, 14-4.

After the pause, Collins' expression was calm, after all, he was also a coach who had seen the big world.

"The opponent's tactics are very subtle, but the core of the tactics is Sun, who is the initiator of the tactics. What is different from the past is that in this set of tactics, Sun can come on his own and help the opponent. Moreover, the key to this set of tactics is the point outside the three-point line, as long as that point can be shot, and then the inside line that will affect them will be completely liberated, so that this set of tactics can be invincible. Collins told the players about the tactics.

"If we want to successfully contain the Bulls' strategy, we need to strengthen our defense beyond the three-point line, we need to get them to the inside of us, and then it's going to be easy. So, for Ruhr Deng I need you to keep an eye on him, and I need you to lock up his three points. Collins said to Tony Allen.

The reason why Collins sent Tony Allen to keep an eye on Ruhr Deng actually makes a lot of sense. This season, as the Bulls' leading scorer, Ruhr Deng shot 41.9% from three-point range.

After returning from the timeout, the Bulls did not change the lineup, and Thibodeau still hopes to use this lineup and this tactic to play with the Grizzlies. However, by this time, the grizzly bear had begun to show its teeth.