Chapter 128: Three Sections Check-in?
The Bulls and Warriors were inextricably separated in the first half, Curry went on a rampage in the first quarter, scoring 13 points in a single quarter, and somewhat restrained in the second quarter, scoring only 5 points but dishing out 5 assists.
Sun Xiaotian felt hot in the first half, and he did not fall behind in the confrontation with Curry, and he has scored 20 points. With this play, the Bulls led the Warriors 53-51 into the second half.
At the start of the second half, the Bulls made a change. Boozer, who accidentally sprained his foot late in the second quarter, didn't play again, and Thibodeau put Jimmy Butler in the starting lineup to deal with the Warriors' small lineup.
Butler played well in the first half, not only limiting Thompson and Barnes on the defensive end, but also frequently killing opponents on the offensive end. In the first half, he made eight free throws alone and scored 13 points.
As soon as the third quarter came up, Sun Xiaotian took the lead in going crazy.
Today, Sun Xiaotian's eyes have been full of murderous energy, as if this is the seventh game of the finals, due to Thibodeau's arrangement, Sun Xiaotian has unlimited firing rights in this game.
As soon as the third quarter came up, Sun Xiaotian reduced his active ball holding and changed to running without the ball.
Hinrich made a gesture as soon as he fell into position, and the Bulls players began to run according to the tactics, Sun Xiaotian and Ruhr Deng made a cross run along the baseline, and Noah covered for Sun Xiaotian at the same time.
Coming out of the baseline, Hinrich immediately passed the ball, but Thompson quickly squeezed past Noah and reappeared in front of Sun Xiaotian.
But Sun Xiaotian did not hesitate and hit three points with his open hand.
"What! I didn't have a chance to vote back! Thompson was secretly upset.
Since Sun Xiaotian entered the league, he has been improving himself, and he wants to become the most perfect player, not only able to hold the ball, but also to be a shooter.
Mark Jackson kept reminding his disciples to focus.
Curry is not a fool, he knows that Sun Xiaotian's excellent form today is because he taught him a lesson in the last game.
The Warriors originally wanted to play a high and low post, but Bogut responded with a high post, Green ran back, and Barnes and Thompson roamed from the outside. But Butler saw the Warriors' intentions and pestered Green to death.
Boggart saw that there was no chance, and gave the ball to Curry again, Curry dribbled the ball and slowly walked towards the top arc, Boggart, who was originally in the top arc, had moved to the left free throw line, and when Curry reached the top arc, Green came up at the same time to cover it, and Curry came to the free throw line with the help of the cover, and Barnes and Thompson left and right, have mentioned the high post and are ready to receive the ball.
Curry gave it to Thompson for the first time, and Thompson jumped up after receiving the ball, but he didn't shoot, but gave it to Green who went down. At this time, Butler was like a ghost hand, and the moment Green received the ball, he slapped the ball off.
Sun Xiaotian picked up the ball and went to the backcourt like a wind, but Barnes and Curry retreated in time, and Sun Xiaotian wanted to go directly to the fast layup, which seemed to be a little difficult. Seeing that the opportunity was gone, he didn't get hard, and when he controlled the ball and looked at the form on the field, he found that there seemed to be no good chances, so he slowed down the pace. After everyone settled down, Sun Xiaotian raised his hand and signaled that he wanted to come alone.
Sun Xiaotian looked up at the timer, there were only 12 seconds left, dribbling out of the three-point line, Sun Xiaotian faced Barnes, who was in a defensive posture, his eyes were full of confidence, and he made two tentative steps in a row.
Barnes had to concentrate his spirit highly, he knew Sun Xiaotian's methods, in the face of Sun Xiaotian, who was skillful in dribbling, Barnes did not dare to act rashly, and the continuous crotch connection with a back dribble made Barnes's defensive center of gravity lose somewhat.
Taking advantage of the moment when Barnes lost his defensive center of gravity, Sun Xiaotian swayed from side to side and shook Barnes towards the inside.
Barnes could only look at Sun Xiaotian's back with a little helplessness, but he still turned around to chase the defense, Sun Xiaotian faced Bogut's supplementary defense, rushed forward without fear, leaned on Bogut and exchanged left hand layups to score.
The continuation of the feel has completely let Sun Xiaotian go, he knows that his state and feeling are good today, and he is more confident in attacking.
Then the offense and defense switched, Curry burst into the inside and hit a basket, and caused a foul on Noah.
But Sun Xiaotian didn't seem to have any intention of stopping.
Hinrich controlled the ball, slowly advanced through the half, and raised his right hand to organize the team's attack. After crossing the halfway line, Hinrich gave the ball to Lu Erdeng, who faced Barnes, but Lu Erdeng did not find a chance and passed the ball back to Sun Xiaotian.
Thompson immediately became nervous when he saw Sun Xiaotian catch the ball again, and Sun Xiaotian did not act rashly.
Thompson stared at Sun Xiaotian with a serious face, he was completely blown up tonight, he didn't want to be a background wall again, he hoped that he could prevent Sun Xiaotian this time.
Just when Thompson's nerves were tense, Sun Xiaotian suddenly put his feet on the pad, and the whole person suddenly stood up straight, and at the same time raised the ball with one hand over his head in a standard shooting position.
Thompson jumped up subconsciously, and at this time, a smile appeared at the corner of Sun Xiaotian's mouth, this is what he wanted, Thompson in mid-air also realized that he had been fooled, this shot was just a feint, and it was too late to complain only to see Sun Xiaotian break through past him.
Green, who was standing on the side, immediately appeared in front of Sun Xiaotian when he saw this, and he felt that he should defend this ball. Sun Xiaotian suddenly changed direction and accelerated to a sudden stop, and Green, who was bent on guarding him, also jumped up immediately, and Sun Xiaotian shook his wrist and threw the ball into the sky, and Butler, who slipped the bottom line, took off.
Domineering air !!
The Warriors hurriedly called a timeout, and Mark Jackson understood that Sun Xiaotian began to lead his teammates to score, and the Bulls would go smoothly.
Throughout the third quarter, the Bulls went on a 40-24 offensive surge, and the Bulls led the Warriors to 18 points.
In the third quarter, Sun Xiaotian played a dominant statistic, with 12 points and 6 assists, and 30 of the 40 points the Bulls scored in the third quarter were related to Sun Xiaotian.
At the end of the third quarter, Sun Xiaotian had already scored 32 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds. Looking at Curry again, the stats are also good, with 24 points and 7 assists. However, Thompson and Barnes, as well as the bench Jack, were collectively lost! Thompson was only 1-of-9 from three-point range, and his hand was extremely cold.
The 18-point difference allowed Sun Xiaotian to have plenty of rest time in the fourth quarter, but if the Warriors find their feelings, it can be said that it is easy to chase 18 points, because their scoring ability is too strong, especially Curry and Thompson.
However, Sun Xiaotian had already told himself that this kind of thing would not happen.
However, in the fourth quarter, the Warriors still fought to catch up, shocking the Bulls in a cold sweat, and with 2 minutes left in the game, Curry hit a difficult three-pointer to narrow the score gap to 5 points.
However, Sun Xiaotian then broke through and caused Thompson to foul and win two free throws. Later, he calmly grabbed Curry and assisted Jimmy Butler to shoot the winning three-pointer to recycle the game!!
In the whole game, Sun Xiaotian scored 39 points, 13 assists and 8 rebounds, beating Curry's 31 points and 10 assists.
Bulls Succeed in Avenging Warriors!!