Chapter 614: Scene 4
The Bulls were in a hurry at this time, and Phil Jackson hurriedly called a timeout, rearranged the defense, and rearranged the offensive tactics.
Seeing that the other party is getting tighter and tighter, there is no way to deal with it on his side, this feeling is really annoying.
Phil Jackson deployed a more team-up offense, and then on the defensive end, he also put more emphasis on Thornton.
In general, once a player is pinned down by the opponent with team defense, he will lose a lot of chances, because you can't play a team alone.
The Bulls reached the most critical moment, and Paul was also desperate, taking the ball over and immediately asking for Okafor's cover, and then suddenly broke through along the realization, and when Li Feng chased after him, Paul turned around all of a sudden.
Okafor also took advantage of the situation to make a second block for Paul, and Li Feng was blocked twice in a row and was completely blocked.
Paul took advantage of the opportunity to step back to the outside of the three-point line and shoot a three-pointer.
It still depends on Paul at the critical moment, and Paul pulled the team back with a three-pointer at the critical moment.
But before the United Center Arena could celebrate, the Knicks immediately kicked off in the backcourt, and Monroe made a strong pass to the middle line at the bottom line, and Li Feng was already here.
Paul and the Bulls' players, when they wanted to turn back, Li Feng took two steps to the three-point line, jumped directly near the free throw line, and smashed a violent dunk into the Bulls' head.
Paul almost only scored three points on the front foot, and then the Knicks immediately broke the dunk, and the rhythm of this offense and defense was amazingly fast.
When the Bulls came over with the ball, the Knicks' defense changed all of a sudden, and the Bulls used two people to put pressure on the ball.
Now the Knicks are also putting pressure on the ball carrier all of a sudden, and Paul noticed it immediately when he got the ball, and suddenly passed the ball to Jimmy Butler.
Jimmy Butler took the ball and only took a step to control the ball, when the Knicks' defense immediately surrounded him and blocked Jimmy Butler near the sideline.
Jimmy Butler doesn't have Paul's alert mind, and he passes a little slowly. Livingston took the basketball away.
Livingston, who got the basketball, rushed out quickly, and the Bulls immediately returned to defense, at which time Li Feng acted as an offensive arrow.
He rushed to the front first, received a pass from Livingston, and had time to brush a 360-degree turn dunk.
Bang!
The Bulls' basket continued to be abused, and the Knicks continued to play fast offense.
Seeing that the pace of the game was completely out of the Bulls' habits and predictions, Phil Jackson yelled from the side.
The Bulls' Paul was also desperate at this time, taking the ball again, desperately using the block to attack the basket, wanting to create a foul. Or just take the points, anyway, now the team has to get the points.
Li Feng stuck to Paul at this moment, and Paul could only repeat his old tricks at this time, using the rhythm to pull, and then finally passed half of Li Feng's position.
But when he was catching the ball, for some reason, Li Feng suddenly clicked on the basketball from the side, and the basketball fell to the ground. Li Feng and Paul went out desperately together to fight. In this case, the referee gave both sides a scrum.
At this time, it is obviously beneficial to Li Feng to scramble for the ball, and Li Feng jumped up and decisively gave the basketball to Monroe.
Monroe takes the ball in the Bulls' half. Once again, the ability to play a long pass was unleashed, and the basketball was lightning into Thornton's hands.
Thornton was so fast, he caught the ball briskly and hit the Bulls' half, and Iguodala, who chased after him from behind, fouled Thornton. As a result, Thornton hit the basketball when his body was out of balance.
Seeing that the Knicks' wave is coming again, and it is a wave of counterattacks that are extremely fast, in this situation. The Bulls almost had any minor situation, that is, they were directly hit to the basket by the opponent with a fast break.
This kind of continuous beating to his own basket is a very demoralizing thing, and the bull at this time is also desperate to come.
Paul fought hard with Li Feng first, and then suddenly turned around and passed the ball to Okafor, who raised his hand to shoot.
Unexpectedly, Li Feng reached out behind Okafor's head and pointed at Okafor's basketball.
Li Feng blocked Okafor from behind, and Okafor was completely blinded, not only him, but even the other players of the Bulls. At this time, Li Feng landed and picked up the basketball and came towards the Bulls' halfcourt.
As a result, although the Bulls stopped Li Feng, Monroe then hit a three-point shot at once, and the Knicks' fast attack tactics were unstoppable.
The Bulls were overtaken by the Knicks, and then the Knicks kept the game dominant until the end.
At the end of the game, the Bulls players looked depressed, mainly because they lost a little unjustly today, before they were leading, but since that perverted Li Feng made a lot of strange offensive moves, the Knicks began to get bigger and better, and then they didn't listen to the half-court pressing, and then played a fast break.
The fact that the Knicks won the game like this is almost unbelievable for a Bull who believes in tradition.
The Bulls are more convinced of half-court offense and defense, but the Knicks simply abandoned the traditional style of play, attacking quickly when they came up, and shooting from a distance when they came up, and there was no intention of stabilizing them at all.
In this situation, it is difficult for the Bulls to score once in the half, but the Knicks are easy to score here with a fast break.
However, Paul hugged Li Feng twice after the game, because although the game was lost, Paul knew where the Bulls lost and understood the gap with Li Feng.
Paul is very calm, because the Bulls are already 0-3 behind, there is not much suspense about losing this series, the NBA has not yet been 0-3 behind the comeback, at this time, Paul does not think that the Bulls can create a zào miracle.
3――0。
When the Knicks got the match point with such an advantageous score and basically locked a spot in the finals, the entire NBA was shaken, and the media that supported the Bulls before were all silent, because at present, it seems that it is not impossible for the Knicks to sweep the Bulls?
Suddenly, before the start of the fourth game, the media turned the wind, and even Michael Jordan could only say stiffly:
"The NBA is a place where miracles happen, and no one can say what's going to happen until the last minute?"
Of course, more people think. The Knicks can take out the Bulls in one go and sweep their opponents to the Finals!
Game 4 of the Bulls and Knicks continues at the United Center in Chicago.
Now all the points of attention are on this game.
So at the beginning of the game, Charles Barkley said:
"Today's game is an absolute battle of life and death, and too many things have happened in this series before, today is the final battle to settle the revenge, the Bulls want to win at home to maintain the last dignity, and the Knicks want to sweep the promotion."
Kenny Smith also nodded frequently on the side at this time:
"Yes! Today, the two teams will definitely decide the winner and the loser, and the right and wrong before the victory and defeat have been concluded. ”
While Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley were warming up for the game on the side, the starting lineups for both teams came out.
The starters on the Bulls' side are point guard Paul, scoring guard Jimmy Butler, small forward Andre Iguodala, power forward Gibson, and center Howard.
The starting lineup on the Knicks' side is point guard Livingston. Shooting guard Thornton, small forward Li Feng, power forward Monroe, center Cousins.
Both sides made some adjustments, the main lineup came out and walked the court in turn, and when they were at the Bulls' stadium, they were greeted with cheers at the Chicago Union Center Arena, and the Knicks and Li Feng were booed in succession.
However, by this time, the Knicks' players were already like a stone, and they were not so easily affected after experiencing them.
The referee kicked off in the center circle, and Howard still got the ball first, as a matter of course. But this time, Howard gave the basketball to Gibson.
Gibson took a quick run to pick up the basketball before passing it to Paul, who was playing significantly faster than he used to.
Very fast, ran over and made a high cover around Howard, and then a horse around Gibson to make a screen at 45 degrees.
After passing through these two screens, Paul broke through to the Knicks' box in one step, and the Knicks contracted their defense. But just then, Paul turned around and passed the basketball to Gibson.
Gibson shot in the 45-degree position in the ultra-long range, and Gibson's tactics were prepared for a long time today, so the shot was very stable, and Dìng hit this mid-range as soon as he shot.
The Bulls started the game from an unexpected position, and it was the same for the Knicks.
The Knicks played a Cousins offensive tactic, and Li Feng first infiltrated near the baseline to do the appearance of mainly playing low-post tactics, and after attracting the opponent's attention, Li Feng suddenly ran towards the high post. As a cross cover with Cousins, the Bulls' attention was all on Li Feng at this time, and Livingston, who was holding the ball at 45 degrees outside the three-point line, suddenly passed the ball to Cousins.
Cousins took the ball and dribbled hard with both hands and attacked the basket directly, and the Bulls didn't expect the Knicks to hit this point.
Now Cousins is playing very resolutely. Howard's attention was on Li Feng again. So Cousins' sneak attack was actually successful.
At the beginning of today, the two teams did not have an absolute advantage, but each got two points, and there was a feeling of a tie.
The Knicks scored, the Bulls kicked off in the backcourt, and at this time, the Bulls' Paul and Gibson were pushed behind, and Howard Iguodala and Jimmy Butler ran to the Knicks' position first, and stood in a horizontal row at this position in the waist position.
The Bulls fell to such a position, and by the time Paul started to enter the Knicks halfcourt, Gibson ran two quick steps to the free throw line, still basically staying on the same horizontal line as Howard.
As soon as Gibson came over, Iguodalama ran towards the top of the arc and received the ball from Paul.
Iguodala got the basketball, and Pao Roma ran to the bottom corner to find a single opportunity on the baseline, but Sean Livingston's defense was very strict, he didn't give Paul a chance, only passed the ball to Jimmy Butler, who ran out.
Jimmy Butler got the basketball and threw it directly back to Howard, who was in the waist position.
The Bulls actually used a series of dazzling and charming combinations to completely attract the attention of the Knicks, and finally the basketball fell into Howard's hands safely.
The Bulls played really well today, the position was perfectly matched without any differences, and finally the basketball fell into Howard's hands.
The space for the Bulls is also very spread out, and there is no one on Howard's side. The remaining four players are on the other side of the pitch.
With these prerequisites, Howard didn't hesitate to get the ball, rolled over on the dribble, turned to the basket, wiped the board, and scored two points.
Although the way Howard scored was ordinary, the single shot showed the determination of the Bulls as a whole today.
Today, the overall ability of the Bulls is very obvious, and Tyberdu also feels that today is bound to be a tough battle.
So he also cheered loudly on the sidelines for his players.
The Bulls played very well, but the Knicks immediately showed their offensive style when they arrived at the Bulls' half, that is, they played relatively simple, and they came to Livingston very directly and directly relied on Paul with their physical advantages. He leaned Paul near the horns.
Ma then returned the basketball to Li Feng, who took the ball in the high post and asked for Cousins' cover.
When Li Feng was about to attack as soon as he circled the horse from Cousins' side, the referee's whistle suddenly sounded, and he actually blew Cousins for a covering foul, which sounded very abruptly.
Almost when Cousins' movement was a little bigger, the whistle arrived, which shows that the referee is quite strict with the penalty today.
However, Cousins, who was blown mobile cover, was very depressed and muttered to himself as he walked.
The ball was transferred to the Bulls as Paul and Gibson slowly ran towards the Knicks.
The Bulls' positioning was more rigorous than the previous one, many Howard and Jimmy Butler appeared near the bottom corner on the right side at the same time, Iguodala pulled Li Feng to the left corner, and as soon as Paul reached the top of the arc, Gibson Ma went over to give Jimmy Butler a cover for Jimmy Butler to receive the basketball.
At the same time, at this time, Howard was also doing cross cover, trying his best to catch the ball, but at this time, the Knicks' defense was very in place, sticking to Howard to prevent Howard from getting the ball, Iguodala came over to receive the ball, but was squeezed by Li Feng at the free throw line.
The Bulls' offensive tactics played well, and the Knicks also played a very good defensive tactic this round, completely containing the Bulls' offensive tactics, and Iguodala passed the ball under Li Feng's interference and lost the ball.
The Knicks made a steal all at once. With the steal ball, a team like the Knicks, who is good at fast breaking, immediately pushed the basketball towards the Bulls' half.
Livingston took the basketball as a horse, and first came or bullied people with his body to lean on Paul, pushing Paul to the horns, and then Livingston suddenly turned around and projected.
Livingston has an advantage in playing Paul, and the position is stuck and there is full shooting space when he turns around.
The basketball thrown by Livingston brushed around the Bulls' basket and finally rolled out, which shows that Livingston's luck was not very good today.
Both teams didn't score against each other and were caught by Howard, who actually controlled the ball and crossed the halfway line to pass the basketball to Paul.
Today's bulls are very holistic. Even in the fast break, the space between each other is stretched out, very even, which shows that the Bulls are playing very hard today.
When Paul got the ball, Howard held a corner at the top of the arc with Iguodala and Gibson each. Jimmy Butler dragged outside the 45-degree three-point line so that the space was completely open.
After having space, Paul and Howard played a cover in the high post, and the Knicks' defensive attention was unconsciously focused on Howard.
At this time, Paul took a step sideways and threw a mid-range basketball into the net.
The tactics and space of the Bulls in the fast break are still very mature, and today's Bulls are more integral.
The Knicks turned around and attacked, and Livingston went to the right 45 degrees, turned around and passed the basketball to Li Feng at the top of the arc.
Li Feng got the basketball. A little look saw that Thornton was on the other side of the 45-degree card, and Jimmy Butler was asking for the ball for himself.
Li Feng hurriedly and gently hoisted the basketball into Thornton's hand, and Thornton took the ball and beat Jimmy Butler but missed.
The Knicks were penalized for missing a shot on the positional offense, and the Bulls grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and launched a fast break.
However, at this time, the people who launched the Bulls' fast attack were a little sad, and it was actually Iguodala in front of Li Feng's marking. Iguodala grabbed time to make a quick shot, but he also missed.
Today's game is not about either side dominating, but about the stability of both sides.
The Knicks and Bulls played their own games as a team, and by the fifth minute of the first quarter, the Knicks were behind.
The Bulls led the Knicks by three points by 12-9, and the Bulls were still better than the Knicks in overall strength.
At this time, Tyberdu saw that it was really not good to play like this on the sidelines, so he called a timeout.
The Bulls are indeed stronger than the Knicks as a whole, at this time the Knicks can't play warmly with the Bulls, and the Knicks must make the atmosphere hot if they want to win, and the Knicks can only win if they are hot.
If the Knicks can't get hot as a whole team, they can't beat the Bulls by slowly tug-of-war with the Bulls.
When it came to the resting seat, the Tyberduma shouted:
"We have to be aggressive, we have to be more aggressive. We can't play too quietly, we have to be active so we can win. ”
"Treat you as a life-and-death battle, and I want you to remember that! All the time, we are facing life and death, and every minute on the pitch I want you to do your best. ”
Tyberdu encouraged his players to play more ferociously and aggressively. (To be continued......)