Chapter 92: "We Won't Lose"
"It's getting more and more interesting!" On the commentary seat, Zhang Weiping couldn't help laughing and said.
Tonight's game is the most enjoyable commentary he has since "Yao Shark's First Showdown".
In that game, Yao Ming and O'Neal came up and gave O'Neal three consecutive hats, almost not letting him get over.
Tonight, Xu Yong is blocking James again, and he is stealing and showing his crotch and changing hands and dunking, just like that!
"That's a world-class small forward." Yang Yi was also happy on the side, and directly said what he had written.
Xu Yong's explosive performance in his debut, let alone tonight, "Basketball Herald" will not worry about selling in the future.
And what excites him even more is that Xu Yong is an outside line, which may have greater market potential than Yao Ming.
It's a lot of money that you can't touch yet, but you can see it.
Don't say it, he deserved Xu Yong's rejection of him at the beginning, he never had such a thing as a cheek, and he will be the first Xu Blow in the future!
"We have to get to know Xu again, he's an incredible guy." On the other side of the commentary seat, Reggie Miller couldn't help but exclaim.
As a former superstar and now a senior commentator, he has read countless people, and Xu Yong's game temperament is absolutely rare even in his eyes.
The rookie directly hardened the first person in the league, and the key is that he succeeded twice, which is by no means what the outside world says.
If this is a parallel import, then he hopes that there will be more such parallel goods in the future.
Xu Yong's steal and dunk not only helped the Bulls overtake the score all of a sudden, but also turned the momentum that the Bulls had always been suppressed turned over.
The Bulls took advantage of the momentum to chase and directly played a wave of 6-0 to stop the Cavaliers.
When the Bulls left the court, the audience resounded with overwhelming cheers.
For the first time since Jordan retired, they felt the Bulls rejuvenated.
It's no exaggeration to say that this Bulls team expects more from them than they did three years ago.
Because the talent of the twin stars of Ross and Xu Yong is much higher than that of Ben Gordon and Luol Deng before.
And in addition to them, Noah and Deng's talent is not low.
There are four such players in a team, so tell us if you expect it!
Of course, there were 48 minutes into the game, and this wave stopped the Cavaliers' offense, and it did not decide the winner of the game, and even the situation remained unclear.
Because after the timeout came back, James changed his style of play.
He still played with the ball, but started to call for pick-and-rolls.
Each player has the personality of each player, and also because they will make very different choices when faced with the same problem.
As far as Xu Yong is also a buckle and a steal, Kobe Bryant has to do a whole game with Xu Yong, and it is face-to-face.
If someone blocks him, he's probably going to say "put away your damn block, I'm going to be one-on-one with this guy" like he did when he sprayed Marlon.
Because Kobe Bryant is paranoid, so paranoid that he will go up many times.
But James is different, he's smart.
After failing to take advantage of Xu Yong in two consecutive attempts, he did not continue to fight hard.
There is no need to block and dismantle, it is not done by the Smart.
And the effect of this block is really good.
Vallejo, in particular, is a player who is grossly underrated.
He has excellent pick-and-roll ability, first-class pick-and-roll ability, excellent rebounding and defense, and is also very good at tackling, but he is not much different from Noah.
Even his arm span is a few centimeters longer than Noah, and his statistics in his peak season are better than Noah's, averaging 14.1 points, 14.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game.
If it weren't for the fact that he was so glassy, he would have had every chance to play a career similar to Noah.
At this time, I have to mention Noah again, the current Noah is still too thin, and James, who is misplaced and uses the blocking space to start up, he is not advantageous as a center and is in a completely unstoppable state.
And unlike many people's impressions, James during this period was not bad at shooting.
In six years, even if it is an elm pimple, it has been practiced.
Of course, although James and Simmons both have Ce in their names, they are not only posing, but also really practiced.
Or it can be said that James' overall shooting level at this time is stronger than that of the Heat period.
It's not that he won't practice when he arrives at the Heat, but because of weight gain and muscle gain, just like when Xu Yong first entered college, his shooting was unstable.
So when James came up with Vallejo's Cavaliers ace tactic, the Bulls really couldn't restrain him.
As for the pinch shot, this move is the most useless for James, and the other can be black, and James's passing ability is not moving.
But apart from Embiid, which MVP is good to limit?
So under James' leadership, the Cavaliers quickly turned the momentum back into the game.
It's just that they didn't win the game in one go.
Because of the Bulls, it played well tonight as well.
Noah couldn't prevent it, but he worked really hard, as if he wanted to prove something tonight;
Rose is also venting on the offensive end, knowing that he proved in the playoffs last season that he can give what he wants, even in NBA-level games, as he did in the NCAA;
Xu Yong became the soul of the Bulls tonight, and although James' pick-and-roll option made him unable to perform like he did on the defensive end, when the Cavaliers were struggling to deal with Rose's breakaways on the defensive end, he could always come out of the diagonal side and give you that lethal blow.
And when Rose is off the court, he can become a ball-handling swingman like he did in the preseason, sorting out the Bulls' offense.
Of course, even Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown has to lament that as a rookie, Xu Yong seems to be too long-lasting.
Half time is almost over, he doesn't seem to have seen Xu Yong rest?
And this approach is very motivating to teammates.
For example, "Newcomers are fighting so hard, why should we not fight", "Although we can't do what Xu Yong does, at least we can't hold back" and so on.
Of course, most of them won't know about Seo's perverted training methods and how Sandike used him during his two years in the NCAA.
All in all, just like Xu Yong is not afraid of James, the Bulls did not have the slightest timidity in front of the Cavaliers tonight, but played full of competitiveness.
Because it is inevitable to make mistakes when you are young, but also because you are young and fearless.
The game came to the final decisive moment with the two sides taking the lead alternately.
With just 35 seconds left before the end of the game, the score on the court was tied at 96, and the Bulls had the ball in possession and their timeout.
On the Bulls' side, Xu Yong scored a team-high 22 points, Rose scored 20 points, and Deng only scored 9 points today.
De Nagro laid out a tactic for Rose.
After the timeout, the Bulls couldn't run this tactic, because the defensive response of the defense guru Brown was the master of defense.
Except for O'Neal who shrunk under the basket, he chose two people to mark Xu Yong and Rose.
This move is really amazing, because Deng has an average hand today, and there is a Sanguela who has little threat on the offensive end.
So the Bulls' tactics played to the end, directly turning Noah into the future Draymond Green, holding the ball at the free throw line, but there was no chance to pass the ball for half a day.
In the end, there was no way, seeing that there was not much time left to attack, Noah could only choose to shoot from mid-distance.
"Phew!"
Then, as shown throughout the preseason, he smashed the rim from mid-range, the rebound was picked up by O'Neal, and the Cavaliers called a timeout.
There were 16 seconds left until the race.
Originally, the Bulls had a chance to kill the game, but with the failure of this wave of offense, this opportunity is now given to the Cavaliers.
After a pause, Noah looked extremely annoyed, and after sitting down, he suddenly slammed the bench next to him.
He played hard, but the Cavaliers were James and O'Neal, and he had a poor performance tonight.
Not to mention the key shot just now.
At this moment, Xu Yong, who noticed this scene, walked directly to Noah.
At this time, the eyes of all the other teammates looked at Xu Yong, with a nervous expression.
Noah was looking for the stubble of the rookies before, and tonight he played so badly, Xu Yong could have troubled him at this time.
However, Xu Yong's next move made everyone awe-inspired.
Because Xu Yong walked up to Noah, he first reached out and patted Noah's shoulder: "Don't blame yourself, your choice is fine." ”
Then when Noah looked up, he said in a very calm, but very affirmative tone, "Don't worry, we won't lose." ”