Chapter 732 There is no strongest, only stronger
Mark Hill hurriedly ditched Howard to defend Paul, and the interior defense and positioning are the kind of things that are suitable for the role of strong movement, strong bounce ability, and long hands and feet.
Because this kind of player is like a big net, defending back and forth one by one, and he moves fast as if he is a fast moving net.
Mark Hill's movement ability is acceptable, and he can bounce as well, but his height is not enough, and his arm span is also insufficient, so the power of interior defense is much smaller, so the job of interior defense is still suitable for tall and long-arm players like Garnett and Chandler.
When he came back, his defensive range completely couldn't cover Paul, Paul was already under the basket, and with a feint in front of him, he went to the basket and attacked.
Paul's small bomb is attached to Mark Hill's large bomb, but Mark Hill can't cover Paul's shot space at all.
Paul made a dashing low-handed layup and scored two points.
The first round of the third quarter of the Bulls played with great ease, and the Pelicans' defense, which seemed to be solid just now, suddenly softened as if something had happened, and Van Gundy immediately froze.
But Li Feng quickly thought of not breaking away from Phil Jackson's attack routine, Phil Jackson is now playing a triangle offense in the Bulls, but today with the Pelicans, the triangle offense did not show an advantage, Phil Jackson is now playing to seize your shortcomings and concentrate on offense.
Now that the Pelicans are theoretically balanced, the interior looks neat and consistent in terms of lineup. But the Pelicans lost in interior strength and defensive ability. Many combinations of Millsap and Jefferson can be supported by one strong and one fast, but now the Pelicans' interior line is Mark Hill and Jefferson, two strong men, and there will be a lack of defensive ability.
Phil Jackson just saw this weakness of the Pelicans, so he started to fight it and it was really the same old thing!
And at this time, Bill Wharton, who saw this scene, also saw the crux of the problem, and he shouted loudly there:
"The Bulls took advantage of the Pelicans' lack of height to attack the Pelicans' inside, and Phil Jackson deserved to be an old slipper, and he actually cracked the Pelicans' strange formation with such a simple trick!"
"It would have been nice if Van Gundy had emphasized the help of the defense. If you let the outside line help defend a little more, and protect the two guys, maybe they will be able to defend and break through."
Tyrone Boggs lamented the Pelicans' defense.
But at this time, Steve Cole smiled and said:
"Why do you think Phil will replace Mike Dunleavy, he is used to pass the ball when Paul can't break through, so that Dunleavy can continue to break through, if you don't succeed in finding opportunities to shoot outside, Phil's tactics will not be isolated, once Phil finds one of your weaknesses, he is constantly prying open your weaknesses."
Hearing Steve Cole say this, Tyron Boggs reflected on the course of the game, and sure enough, Phil Jackson was such a guy.
Li Feng receives the ball from the backcourt. He was inspired by Phil Jackson to either create misalignments or look for shortcomings.
He glanced at Nick Young, who was defending in front of him, and was a little speechless, replacing Jimmy Butler with Dunleavy, and actually used Nick Young to defend himself.
Li Feng glanced at the Bulls' lineup, where are the shortcomings of the Bulls, Li Feng's eyes are on Nick Young Mike Dunleavy, if it is his own team's interior defense, it is a shortcoming. Then the Bulls are also short on defense at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions.
You can hit me, why can't I hit you? Li Feng thought of this and quickly gestured to his teammates.
Seeing Li Feng make such a gesture, his teammates were stunned one after another, and Caron Butler was a little stunned, this Li Feng really has a set.
Van Gundy laughed. Is there anything more comfortable than having a good team leader and coach who can really save a lot of painstaking effort and adjust his tactics correctly without time-outs or shouting?
The Pelican's five meat bullets ran over and immediately ran to the left side of the bull to give up the right side completely. Once the space was opened, Caron Butler comfortably took a big step outside the Bulls' three-second zone to card Dunleavy.
At this time, Li Feng passed the ball with a blow, and the basketball went to the hands of Kaloon Butler. After Caron Butler received the basketball
Gently leaned against Dunleavy with his back, this feeling was completely different, Dunleavy was still in good shape, and he could even play power forward, but Caron Butler was much stronger, and he leaned on Dunleavy very lightly backwards.
Caron Butler suppressed the joy in his heart, and then did Dunleavy Dunleavy violently pushed outward, but this time it did not put any pressure on Caron Butler, Caron Butler followed this one, and suddenly turned around and shook Dunleavy away.
It only takes a degree to turn around, and the strength and turning degree are enough to completely take the other party.
Caron Butler turned around and wiped the shot, and then with a slight twist of the circle, he dodged Howard's easy layup and scored.
Caron Butler's single meal was so easy and simple, not much more difficult than Paul's breakthrough just now, but Phil Jackson saw this scene and suddenly got up from the rest seat.
Then he looked at Li Feng with surprised eyes, he was not looking at Van Gundy but Li Feng, because he clearly knew that the tactical change of the two teams just now was not led by Van Gundy, but led by Li Feng.
It was Li Feng, the player, who dominated this tactical change, and this time it hit the Bulls' fatal place, Phil Jackson just finished the tactical arrangement at the other end of the court, and the opponent's core stabbed directly in his most lethal place.
Phil Jackson only has one feeling that is shocked by Li Feng's ability to play, and the ability to use the game seems to be innate, although it is not a strong play, but it can easily defuse the opponent's attack, such a player is a guy that Phil Jackson and even all coaches crave
Bill Wharton was also stunned at this time, he also saw that Li Feng could find the opponent's weaknesses through the game without a coach alone, and it was very difficult to see the game clearly.
At this point, Bill Wharton praised:
"Although the Pelicans' low-post offense just now was simple, it was quite shocking, because although the Bulls made accurate tactical changes, the Pelicans' reflexes on the court were amazing."
"Li Feng is just an instant to find the Bulls' defensive shortcomings, this ability is simply surprising, he is like a dolphin with radar, he can easily find the opponent's weaknesses, we always think that the current Li Feng is the strongest Li Feng. But in the next second, he always told us: There is no strongest, only stronger"
"yes, the bull just took advantage of the pelican's weakness, and now the pelicans are starting to play the bull's weakness, which is a wonderful irony! It's so much fun, hahaha......"
Tyrone Boggs was smiling happily.
"But there is no team that does not have zài weaknesses, and that kind of team does not have zài at all"
Steve Cole said.
"Yes, that's right, but some teams don't care about your weaknesses at all, it's better to say the Lakers in the OK combination era, they almost don't care about anything"
When Bill Wharton said this, Steve Cole was also silent, and it was a good way to hit the opponent's weakness.
But some teams don't care about you at all. They're going to play our own tactics no matter how you react, and we're always centered on me and me, and my strong offensive players will keep all your defenses at bay.
After my defensive system is missing a little, there is still a helper behind me to solve the problem.
This is the king, and it is almost impossible for a team that can completely contain the opponent's players to appear in the finals.
Phil Jackson's eyes were fixed on Li Feng on the court, and although the United Center Arena booed to Caron Butler, it was still that guy who needed the most attention in the Pelicans team
The Bulls came back as a cover for the high post. Then rushed to the Pelicans' inside, and this time Paul really passed the ball to Mike Dunleavy on the outside, Dunleavy is also the kind of all-round player who can even play one to four.
After receiving the basketball, Dunleavy rushed to the Pelicans' basket without hesitation. And the Pelicans also happened to have a careless Mark Hill under the basket, and the two players met together.
Mars burst out all at once, how could Mark Hill let Dunleavy take advantage of himself and see Dunleavy come up. His defensive moves got bigger.
Dunleavy had just been cleanly killed by Caron Butler, and now he came over to find a look, to show his prestige. There was no fancy, and he wanted to score on Mark Hill's head.
How could Mark Hill tolerate Dunleavy scoring on his head, and as soon as the two of them collided together, it was a fierce fight.
"Bang!"
Mark Hill smashed Dunleavy on the shoulder with one palm, and immediately smashed Dunleavy with the ball, and Dunleavy was lying on the ground
The referee's whistle blew, but it couldn't calm Dunleavy's anger, and he jumped up and yelled at Mark Hill:
"What do you want to do?"
Although he is white, little Dunleavy has a fiery temper, and Mark Hill is the same, and he does not let in the slightest:
"What do you want, do you think you can score on my head just by yourself?"
In the blink of an eye, the two guys on the court were about to fight, and Li Feng hurriedly came over. Pulled Mark Hill.
This kind of thing is a forbidden area for Stern, and Mark Hill can't be allowed to make such a mistake at this time, of course, if Dunleavy strikes first, then go to him. Mother. of Stern.
The atmosphere of the stadium was heated up by the two players at once. Mike Dunleavy missed two free throws in a row from the free throw line, and the guy's mentality was also affected.
This scene made Tyrone Boggs laugh as he spoke:
"These two guys have a lot of tempers."
After the Pelicans received the ball, Li Feng suddenly launched a fast attack, and rushed towards the Bulls' half with his players.
However, the Bulls' players were obviously afraid of the Pelicans' fast attack in the last quarter, and the speed of the defense was fast, they did not let Li Feng seize the opportunity to play a fast attack, and Li Feng could only fall to the position if he did not play a fast attack.
Hit the same gesture towards your friends as in the previous round, and since you find a weakness of your opponent, you have to beat this weakness of your opponent to death, unless you make substitutions, or have a help defense and supplementary defense, you can play as many times as you want.
Seeing Li Feng's action, not only Van Gundy, but also Phil Jackson and Bill Wharton in the stands nodded at the same time. Several guys expressed their heartfelt admiration for Li Feng's action.
The Pelicans' space opened up, Caron Butler got stuck to get the ball, Caron Butler took the basketball and moved his feet, Dunleavy followed closely behind Caron Butler, and now Dunleavy was very annoyed, and he had to deal with a hateful opponent on the defensive end, and he missed on the offensive end.
At this time, he decided to clean up Caron Butler, but Caron Butler's mentality and state this season have been adjusted to a very good situation, and the shoulder of receiving the ball suddenly turned, Dunleavy thought he was going to break through, and hurriedly moved.
But Kaloon Butler turned around. It became an attack in the face of the basket, this action was very chic, and when Dunleavy came up again, Caron Butler took a step backwards and dribbled back, and directly jumped and shot without even giving Dunleavy a chance to foul, and simply wiped the board with a jumper.
Sure enough, it was a former All-Star player, and the basketball fell cleanly into the Bulls' basket, and at this time Phil Jackson finally saw clearly that he was not facing one head coach, but a team with two head coaches. He had to call another timeout.
Just three minutes into the third quarter. Phil Jackson called another timeout, and the Bulls' team returned to its resting spot.
Li Feng also walked back to his seat, took the towel and wiped the sweat off his body.
While Li Feng was wiping his sweat, Van Gundy walked over. patted Li Feng on the shoulder and said three words simply:
"Dry"
"Thank you!"
Li Feng really didn't notice what he was doing there and drank two sips of water, and then began to wait for the bull's action, and the scene was very strange at this time.
On the Bull's side, everyone gathered to listen to Phil Jackson pointing the way. With the Pelicans, all the players here sat together and chatted easily, and the reactions on both sides were very different.
The Bulls' timeout ended, players re-entered, and Phil Jackson tinkered with his roster. Tygibson came on to replace Mike Dunleavy, and this time at least he didn't have to worry about Caron Butler's back.
At the beginning of the game, the Bulls attacked in the half, and at this time, the Bulls came back and played once, and Howard played a very clever low post offense, he first covered Tygibson in the horn position to run to the line, and then immediately moved to the low post and then covered Nick Young to run, Howard, who did two covers in a row, turned around and stuck Al Jefferson, and then Nick Young, who was good at passing the ball on the outside, seized the opportunity to send the basketball to Howard's hands.
After receiving the basketball, Howard sat back hard and made a big turnaround jumper.
There isn't much skill in this ball at all, it's purely Howard's body, and there's no way out of it if Jefferson gets stuck in position.
"It's a little strange for the Bulls to play a low-post offense in the first round after coming back from the game, which is not something they have implemented throughout the game, and the Bulls may not take advantage of the Pelicans' sticky defense in the pure low-post offense."
Tyrone Boggs asked very strangely, this question Bill Walton also felt a little strange, the Bulls couldn't attack well in the low post in the first half, how did they start playing from the inside now
Li Feng regained the ball and immediately saw that Caron Butler had no advantage compared with Tejbson, which could not be played anymore, and from the perspective of alignment, almost every point of the Pelicans was suppressed.
He has Nick Young in front of him, Oladipo has Paul in front of him, Caron Butler has Ty Gibson in front of him, Jefferson has Howard in front of him and Mark Hill has an Okafor in front of him.
Almost every point was controlled, and the strategy of eating alone kicked the bull's iron plate in one fell swoop.
When Li Feng saw this scene, he immediately stretched out his hand and made a gesture to his teammates, but after seeing this gesture, Van Gundy laughed. It seems that Li Feng is really a very powerful guy, and as soon as Phil Jackson moved here, he followed suit.
Before the Bulls played a half-court one-trick tactic, only the Spurs could do, and now the Pelicans are also playing like this, and the Pelicans' two interior players saw Li Feng's gesture, and then they both came up to cover the two big men and all went outside.
Li Feng ran past the two big men, used a double cover to run into the Bulls' interior, and then quickly passed the basketball back to Jefferson, who is also a fierce man, but is still slightly milder than a local bull like Mark Hill.
At this time, Caron Butler flew over, and he asked for the ball at Jefferson, and Jefferson took the opportunity to deliver the basketball to Caron Butler's hands.
Caron Butler played Dunleavy with ease, but now that he was replaced with Tejbson, the pressure was immediately great.
Two or three times did not hit the ball in, and then suddenly a pass passed the basketball to Mark Hill's hand, Mark Hill held the basketball, waiting for Li Feng to come up in a circle to catch the ball, the basketball was in Li Feng's hands, and he suddenly drilled in from the middle of the two big men and went straight into the inside line of the Bulls from the middle.
Just this time, the Bulls nervous Howard and Okafor ran back together, but how did these two people run past Li Feng, Li Feng pressed Tygibson's head in the middle and forced a dunk directly.
"Beautiful!"
After Li Feng scored, Rose, who was sitting in the rest seat, waved his arms very quickly.
"This kind of game is really a bit of a frustration, the tactics of both teams have changed a lot to the current position, and the scores of the two teams are still stalemate"
Steve Cole is sitting on footnotes for this game. (To be continued......)