With a "bang", the ball went in again

The Spurs attacked, Leonard received a wonderful pass from Chen Feng, and the bottom corner was also a beautiful three-pointer

During this time, the hit rate of both sides was quite high

Derrick Rose cut to the basket from the middle, received a pass from Ty Gibson, and went straight to the basket, but was interfered by Chen Feng and missed the layup

Derrick Favors grabbed his eighth rebound of the game and threw it to Chen

Dribbling past half court, Chen Feng took advantage of Boris Dior's cover and went straight to the Bulls' basket, attracting another defender to make up for it

The result was predictable, Chen Feng passed the ball directly to Boris Dior, who received the ball, took a big stride, and then dunked.

Dio is very happy, because after Chen Feng became the core, the number of dunks he dunked greatly increased!

Tom Thibodeau shook his head in disappointment as he watched the Spurs pull off another wave of offense

In the second quarter of the game, the Bulls' defensive intensity dropped a lot

So, Tom Thibodeau also asked for a timeout

"I think everyone understands the purpose of my timeout, look at your defense, it's like paper, I don't want to see this kind of defense again, if anyone still has this attitude, then whoever is off the court, there is no shortage of people on our team" Tom Thibodeau yelled angrily at the Bulls players

After the timeout, the Spurs' Chen Feng was replaced

Since the start of the game, Chen Feng has only rested for a while at the end of the first quarter, so for the rest of the game, Popovich decided to let Chen Feng rest for a while

And the Bulls. Adjustments have been made too!

Perhaps it was Tom Thibodeau's rebuke that worked, and the Bulls did step up their defense in the next game, leaving the Spurs' offense at a loss

Derrick Rose easily dribbled the ball across half court and a hit pass bounced off Carlos Boozer, who turned and hit a jumper

Leonard's three-point shot was missed, and Derrick Favors grabbed the offensive rebound and handed it to Maddie Maddie to single Butler, and he missed a step-back jumper. After Joakim Noah picks up a defensive rebound. Swift into the hands of Derrick Rose

Derrick Rose hit another three-pointer with no one to mark, and it took Maddy just six seconds to return the favor as he broke all the way to beyond the Bulls' three-point line and grabbed a three-pointer. Also hits.

This is where Maddie's role comes in. As a former superstar. At such a time, what should be done, he does not feel strange.

But in the next time. Derrick Rose launched another fierce counterattack

After halftime, Derrick Rose threw the ball high and Butler cut from the wing to the basket and leapt high to dunk with both hands

Only a minute and a half after the timeout, Derrick Rose scored three points and two assists, and his performance was so spectacular that the fans screamed

With four minutes left in the first half, Chen Feng was on the court again, but in the duel with Derrick Rose, Chen Feng did not take advantage

Chen Fengxun took the ball across the half court, watched Favors keep asking for the ball in the inside position, and a high lob ball was quickly handed over to Derrick Favors

The ball was cleverly passed to Derrick Favors just as he turned and carried it hard, and his shoulders slammed into the way to squeeze Carlos Boozer out of the basket and gain a bit of space to jump under the basket

Derek Favors was really like a ferocious monster, roaring under the basket, his huge body soared into the air, and Joakim Noah, who was on the defensive guard, couldn't stop him at all, but was blown a defensive foul by the referee because he had just stepped on one foot in the reasonable collision zone

In the NBA court, the center of the basket is the center of the basket, and the semicircle with a radius of 4 feet 2 meters is called the reasonable collision zone

Standing within the arc, as long as the defender has physical contact with the offensive player, the defensive foul may be awarded and outside the line, the defender can stand in advance position, if the offensive player touches the defender with his body, the offensive foul will be awarded to the offensive player in the reasonable collision zone, when the opponent attacks, the defender will not be whistled for a foul if he jumps, and if he does not jump, he will be whistled for a defensive foul

Derrick Favors hit the first free throw, but the second free throw bounced off the basket

The ferocious Derrick Favors grabbed the offensive rebound and then distributed the ball to Chen Feng on the perimeter

After Chen Feng received the ball, he broke through quickly, but as soon as he took the first step, the ball in his hand disappeared

Chen Feng looked up at his watch, and the ball was actually broken by Derrick Rose

"Uh-huh", Derrick Rose's breakthrough layup scored to complete the fast-break counterattack

This was Derrick Rose's 21st point in the first half, and Chen Feng's mistake was also his third mistake of the game

Tom Thibodeau was very happy with the current situation of the Bulls, sitting in the dugout with a smile on his face, discussing something with the assistant coach

Spurs coach Popovich is not in the mood to sit at the moment, he is standing on the sidelines, angrily reminding the players to do a good job of defense, pass the ball more, and play coordination.

The Bulls' outside line is very crazy, and the Bulls' outside line, led by Derrick Rose, has brought a big impact to the Spurs

Popovich called a timeout to set up his defense for the last two minutes of the first half, looking for an opportunity to close the margin to single digits

Now, the Spurs are 13 points behind the Bulls, which is a big test for the Spurs, and if they can't close the gap to single digits before the end of the first half, then the second half will not be a good game

Popovich also understood that the players were exhausted physically and mentally by the back-to-back games, so during the timeout, he did not criticize the players' performance with a straight face, but encouraged them earnestly

"In the last two minutes, we have to defend well The Bulls' outside feel is too hot, they can always hit our basket, we have to strangle them, and then use our side of the interior advantage to pose a threat to the opponent's interior So, next, we have to play two or three defenses" Popovich held the tactical board, while drawing, and laid out the tactics for the players in detail

Joint defense, as the name suggests, is the meaning of joint defense, which is divided into standing joint defense and counterpoint joint defense, if combined with marking, it can also be changed into mixed defense

The biggest difference between joint defense and man-marking is that marking people to defend people is the ultimate goal, while joint defense is to defend the ball as the ultimate goal

The second and third joint defense is deformed from the most basic 22 joint defense, and the advantages are similar to 22, all for the purpose of consolidating rebounds and protecting the basket, and strengthening the prevention of the opponent's bottom line, the outside blind spot is similar to 22, but if the basket center is too slow, it is possible that the opponent inserts the forward from 45 degrees in the free throw line and the blind spot of the small penalty area

The advantage of the two-three joint defense is that it strengthens the perimeter defense, which is conducive to defending the mid-range shooting on the front and sides of the periphery, and is also conducive to the periphery interception counterattack and fast attack

Since there are advantages, then the second and third defense also has disadvantages, its disadvantage is that the defense in the two bottom corners and the free throw area is weak, and the defender is easy to foul when grabbing rebounds, which is not conducive to the defenders rushing to grab rebounds

Popovich's two-to-three defense worked in the following time, and the Bulls' outside shots were not only choked by the Spurs, but even the firepower that hit the basket was extinguished by the Spurs

Moreover, the Spurs used the two-to-three defense to force the Bulls to make mistakes, and they used those mistakes to play a fast-break counterattack

With the end of the first half, the score of the two sides came to 44:50

The Spurs went on an 11-4 run in the last two minutes. It can be said that Popovich's tactics at the last moment of the first half of the game were very successful

However, Popovich also understands that the two-three defense cannot always use the opponent at halftime, and will definitely work out a strategy to break the two-three defense

Derrick Rose walked to the lounge as fans at the United Center Arena chanted his name

Understandably, Derrick Rose, as the best player in the first half, deserved such enthusiasm from the home fans

In the first half of the game, Derrick Rose played a total of 20 minutes and only rested for four minutes, during which he shot 9-of-15 and scored 23 points in a frenzied manner, which was the most scorer in the first half

In addition to scoring 23 points, the 'Sons of the Windy City' also handed out seven assists, forcing Chen Feng to make three turnovers, and he was arguably the most valuable player of the first half

And Chen Feng, in the first half of the game, he played about four minutes less than Derrick Rose, and he had the meaning of competing with Derrick Rose in this game, so he scored a lot

16 points, the highest score for the Spurs team,

"Chen, what do you think of your opponent today, that is, Derek, how he performed?" The female reporter from TNT handed the microphone to Chen Feng.

Chen Feng wiped the sweat from the corners of his eyes, and then replied bluntly: "Derek is a very good player, and he belongs to the top of the league in this position. His performance today was very much in line with who he is and I love playing against opponents like that. ”

"There's no doubt that he's still one of the best players in this position despite the injury!"

"Are you sure you can beat them, then? I mean, can you help your team walk away with a win from the United Center arena? The female reporter continued.

Chen Feng shrugged his shoulders with a smile and said, "Everyone wants to win, and it is very difficult to beat them. However, we are never afraid to do such things, and I believe that as long as we play normally, we can beat them. (To be continued......)