"Jemaine handed it over to me! Rohr, Stephen is up to you! I'm sure you'll be able to handle him! ”

During the break, without waiting for Scott Skeyles to lay out his tactics, Doon arranged the lineup for the second quarter.

"No problem! Don't worry, boss, I'll take care of him! ”

Luol Deng waited until Doon finished speaking, and immediately excitedly agreed.

Defending against the ball is not Rohr Deng's forte, and Rohr Deng still prefers a striker like St. Jackson, who plays with the ball.

Doon finished arranging for Roel Deng and turned to Andrés Nocioni.

"Andres, I want you to be the number two!"

Ben Gordon was so uncomfortable playing the playoffs in his first game that Doon had to find a second shot in the team to help open up space.

In the second quarter, Doon was ready to go inside to bite and consume O'Neal Jr., so the No. 2 position was vacant.

Doon considers that Andreas Nocioni can shine at the Olympics.

In this way, the pressure of the NBA playoffs should be a piece of cake for Andres Nocioni.

"I'll leave that old thing to Reggie Miller, and I promise I won't let him score on my head easily!"

Andrés Nocioni replied confidently.

Doon affirmed: "Don't worry about your defense, but I need you to shoot more from the perimeter and I'll give you scoring opportunities." ”

"Boss, I promise you, I will definitely throw the ball you passed to me into the basket!"

Andrés Nocioni was worried that he would not be reused, and when he learned that Doon was going to rely on him, he immediately issued a military order in front of Doon.

Doon arranged the work of Roel Deng and Andrés Nocioni, and turned to Ben Gordon and Tyson Chandler.

After a few words of encouragement, the Bulls' starting lineup for the second quarter was decided.

In this regard, Scott Skels also has no opinion, but instead gives Doane a hand and constantly beats the Bulls players.

With the end of the intermission, the game resumed.

In the second quarter, the Pacers attacked first, and O'Neal Jr. just ran to the frontcourt and settled down, and saw that the player who defended him was Doon, and he was also confused.

"Doon, are you on the wrong track? You're not going to want to defend me, are you? Stop dreaming! ”

Little O'Neill asked Doon with a puzzled face.

Doon nodded and began to pretend: "Although I don't have the best defensive lineup, I can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position!"

I'll admit, you're the hardest player in the Indiana Pacers to handle.

So, I'll settle you next!

Jemmoine, be prepared to lose! ”

"Really, you really want to guard against me? Well, it seems to be true!

What a man with a championship ring!

Your courage has been recognized by me.

However, faith alone, toughness alone, there is no way to defend me!

Height is the most direct and important talent in the sport of basketball! ”

Seeing that Doon really intended to defend him, O'Neal Jr. was overjoyed.

While responding to Doon's defensive attitude, he reached for his teammates to ask for the ball.

Doon defended O'Neal Jr., and originally wanted to consume O'Neal Jr., so he didn't take the way of going around the front defense, but directly behind O'Neal Jr.

After O'Neal Jr. got the ball, he first leaned his back against Doon, and then quickly turned around and made a breakthrough to the basket.

Doon moved sideways in small steps to stop O'Neal Jr.'s breakthrough path, but when he saw O'Neal Jr. dribble the ball, he immediately pulled back and leaned, shaking his shoulders as if he was about to burst into the middle.

Doon had studied O'Neal Jr.'s style of play before the game, and O'Neal Jr. preferred to shake the shot with his back rather than turn around and break through.

It was because he was familiar with O'Neal Jr.'s style of play that Doon was not busy shifting his focus, but reached out on O'Neal Jr.'s waist and continued to sense what O'Neal Jr.'s next step should be.

Sure enough, O'Neal Jr. did not choose to break through, but immediately turned back and made a feint to break through to the basket, but suddenly stopped jumping and hooked.

O'Neal Jr. knew that Doon's speed was not slow, so he took advantage of his height and reach to shoot at Doon's difficult to block shots.

The reason why hook hands are difficult to defend is mainly because of the high shot point.

And O'Neal Jr. plays the fourth position, and his height and arm span advantage are quite large, which is not much worse than Garnett, who can be called a monster.

Therefore, the hook hand is also a small trick for little O'Neill.

However, what O'Neal Jr. doesn't know is that Doon is not only fast in traversing, but also very fast in bullets.

In addition, Doon's bounce height is also far higher than that of most interior players.

is as strong as the sky hook Jabbar, and when he meets Chamberlain, Moses Malone will be deflated by a bouncing monster.

Doon had long been on guard against O'Neal Jr., but O'Neal Jr. didn't pay too much attention to Dwan's defense of him alone.

If you have a heart to calculate or not, how to beware if you are not prepared!

When Doon suddenly jumped up and blocked and his fingers touched the lower half of the basketball, O'Neal Jr., who underestimated the enemy, woke up like a dream and suddenly realized.

"Fake, I actually forgot that Doon is the dunk king!"

At the same time, the Bulls fans at the scene couldn't help but chant.

"Oh my God! Can this also be capped? ”

"It's not just Michael tonight's Doon, he's Dennis!"

"It's crazy, Doon is an outside player, but he can defend an inside player alone!"

"Perfect take-off, perfect air, perfect cap! Doon is completely unleashed! Tonight's Doon is both offensive and defensive, and can do anything! ”

"Doon is so strong, he's like a wall, suddenly there! Doon deserves to be on the All-Defensive Team! ”

"MVP, Doon is our MVP!"

Listening to the cheers of the "MVP" rushing from the scene, the Pacers players also re-noticed Doon's talent!

Doon is not a floor flow player!

It's just that Doon's team play style makes it easy for people to stereotype Doon as a playmaker and shooter.

Especially this season, Doon just won the three-point title!

It's easy to compare and talk about Doon with traditional shooters.

However, as early as his rookie season, Doon won the dunk king without any suspense!

Doon, who has just debuted, is known for flying away!

Having said that, while O'Neill Jr. was stunned, Doon had already jumped again after landing.

Doon completed the block, but O'Neal Jr.'s arm span was really high, and with Doon's bounce, he almost didn't block it.

Because of this, the basketball was touched by Doon's fingers and flew into the air, and Doon jumped twice, which protected the rebound.

As a teammate, Deng knew the ball was there when he saw Doon take off twice.

In order to score more points in the playoffs, Luol Deng ran to the front court without saying a word.

Doon saw that Rohr Deng was taking the lead, so naturally there was no need to play a fast break, and when Roel Deng was about to run to the three-point line, Doon passed the ball over.

Luol Deng took two steps inside the three-point line after receiving the ball, and then double-handed windmill dunks!

As a result, Deng scored two points and Doon also had an assist.

It can only be said that Doon is a bit used to brushing assists.

Fortunately, Doon blocked O'Neal Jr.'s ball, which was a bit of a shock.

The Pacers players on the court were shocked and did not choose to defend in the first place.

"How did you do that? Did you anticipate my attack? ”

Watching his teammates regain the dribble in the backcourt, O'Neal Jr. asked Doon with some curiosity.

In this round just now, O'Neal Jr. was indeed guarded by Doon!

For this reason, O'Neill Jr. also began to re-examine Doon as an opponent.

"It's very different from what the coach told me to do! If we want to win, we'll have to tackle Doon head-on! ”

At this point, O'Neill Jr. already understood what to do next.

Before the start of the game, the Pacers coaching staff, led by Carlisle, had already formulated a strategy to beat the Bulls.

It was to cut off Doon's teammates little by little, leaving Doon in the quagmire of fighting alone but unable to win.

However, Doon has now shown that he has the ability to defend O'Neal Jr. alone.

Then, O'Neal Jr. had to have a strong conversation with Doon in advance, the team boss.

"Jermaine, I have to admit that your steps are very fast!

But don't forget, I'm an outside player! I'm walking faster than you.

As long as it's fast enough, I can keep up with your movements, and I can stop you! ”

Doon didn't answer O'Neal Jr.'s question at first, until O'Neal Jr. in front of him received the ball with his back again, and Doon began to use his mouth to affect O'Neal Jr.'s offense.

"Hehe, I approve of your defense. But in this round, I must tell you, I was too underestimated.

Next, I'm going to get serious, I'm going to show you my true strength, you can't stop me.

I advise you, it's better to ask your teammates to come and wrap me up! ”

Little O'Neill has a baby face, but he says very confident, tough words.

As soon as the words fell, little O'Neal took action, turned his back and killed the basket directly.

This time, O'Neal Jr. didn't use his feet, but directly used his strength and used his body to fight, wanting to crush Doon and hit the basket.

Obviously, Doon's previous mouth retreat still had some influence on O'Neill Jr.

O'Neal Jr. is quick on his feet, just relative to the interior player.

And Doon is an outside player, and his pace is faster than O'Neal Jr., which is normal.

When O'Neill Jr. himself was convinced of this, O'Neill Jr. naturally couldn't attack the strengths of the other with his own shortcomings.

In O'Neal Jr.'s view, he's a seven-foot interior player, and it's still no problem to play a Doon.

Unexpectedly, Doon's lower game is very stable, even in the process of sports, O'Neal Jr. wants to push away Doon, it is not so easy.

And Doon's defense was not out of position, and O'Neal Jr. was blocked from breaking through, so he could only make a quick stop and retreat and shoot from mid-range.

Seeing this, Doon immediately flew forward, but O'Neal Jr.'s arm span was too long, and the shot was too high.

Even if Doon can jump very high, he is still two or three centimeters away from blocking O'Neal's shot.

"Fortunately, Lao Tzu only made a cameo appearance, and this round of the series is just an emergency.

If you hit O'Neal Jr., Nowitzki, and Garnett every day, why don't you go crazy?

No, there will be a Durant to guard against in the future.

However, if the team has a better lineup, it should be able to turn enemies into friends, right? ”

Doon turned around and saw O'Neal Jr. shoot the ball into the basket, and he was quite emotional.

When you meet a big man who can shoot, no matter how good the defense is, you really can't defend it.

Fortunately, Doon aimed at O'Neal Jr., not only defensively, but also offensively.

Up front, Ben Gordon handed the ball to Doon and ran straight to the bottom corner to crouch and the top of the arc to Andres Nocioni.

Doon first played Andres Nocioni from beyond the three-point line.

After switching to Anthony Johnson with the help of Andres Nocioni, Doon directly elbowed the way and ran Anthony Johnson to the basket.

Doon knew that O'Neal Jr. would come over to help defend, and after noticing that O'Neal Jr. came out of the inside line, Doon stopped his crotch to connect with the feint of worshipping Buddha.

Anthony Johnson was previously held by Doon's ball protectors, and his body did not follow Doane's footsteps because of inertia.

Seeing this, O'Neal Jr. could only jump early to block, only to find that Doon did not close the ball, but turned to break through towards him.

Little O'Neill knew that the situation was not good, but at this time, it was too late to stop and turn sideways.

I saw Doon step forward and jump with the ball, take the initiative to bump into O'Neal Jr., and then shoot in the middle.

Compared with Reggie Miller's foul in the first quarter, Doon made a better level this time.

Beep –

After Doon's shot, the whistle blew.

Unfortunately, Doon missed the shot, and there were only two free throws to follow.

Brush Brush –

Doon was not polite either, and hit the free throw steadily.

O'Neal Jr. may have been a little worried about the round just now, so he continued to hit Doon with the ball on his back.

It's just that before Doon received the ball in O'Neal Jr., the small movements in his hands, coupled with the physical confrontation, will inevitably interfere with O'Neal Jr.'s offense.

O'Neal Jr. made a shot, but couldn't get the ball in front of Doon.

Tyson Chandler protected the rebound and then passed it to Doon.

In the transition attack, Doon saw O'Neal Jr. chasing after him, so he was not ready to pass the ball to his teammates to play the success rate, but continued to find trouble with O'Neal Jr.

O'Neal Jr. didn't realize this, and saw that Doon took the ball and burst into the basket, and wanted to complete the hat from behind Doon.

I didn't want Doon to hit the basket, and I was obviously going to go to the basket after three steps, but I suddenly changed to a step-back jumper.

O'Neal Jr., as an inside player, is not lightweight, and he didn't realize in advance that Doon would cause a rear-end accident, Doon suddenly jumped back, and he really couldn't control his body.

It was only when O'Neal Jr. hit Doon's lower body, Dwan, who was out of balance in the air, that he threw the ball.

However, although O'Neal Jr.'s defense is tough, his movements are relatively clean.

Even though Doon was fouled, O'Neal Jr. still knew in his heart that Doon was out of balance in the air because of his impact, and he was in a more dangerous situation at this time.

So, little O'Neal subconsciously reached out to hug Doon and help Doon stabilize his center of gravity.

Just like Maddie's death scarf Pippen, Pippen repaid his grievances with virtue and reached out to hold Maddie.

"Are you alright? It's okay. ”

O'Neal Jr. confirmed the situation and saw that Doon did not step on him, nor did he fall to the ground, so there was a high probability that there would be no broken foot or other injuries.

"Thanks, I'm fine."

Doon looked back and thanked him, and then he got back to the free throw line.

However, Doon's step-back jumper this time also missed because of the confrontation from behind.

And when Doon executed the first free throw, O'Neal Jr. was also called to the sideline by Carlisle and put his face on the sidelines.

It's clear that Doon has been fouling O'Neal Jr. for two consecutive rounds, which has caught Carlisle's attention.

With most of the second quarter to go, O'Neal Jr., the team's boss, has accumulated three fouls. Such a situation is undoubtedly very unfavorable for the Pacers.

In order to prevent Doon, the son of King Dezhen, from continuing to affect the trend of the game by making fouls, Carlisle had to make some adjustments on the court.

Carlisle clearly underestimated Doon's ability to read the game, though.

With Doon hitting both free throws again, the game resumed.

The Pacers did not choose to continue to let O'Neal Jr. play Doon alone, but used Martial Saint Jackson to block and dismantle O'Neal Jr., and used Martial Saint Jackson to take the initiative to hit Doon, so as to consume Doon's physical strength.

Martial Saint Jackson was not in a hurry to finish himself with Doon, and after a back-hit, he passed the ball to Reggie Miller, who ran in place.

Andres Nocioni's ability to defend off the ball is actually okay, but Reggie Miller is too good to run, and he has a lot of hand movements when he runs back.

Fortunately, Reggie Miller is old after all!

I saw Reggie Miller receive the ball and shoot a three-point shot, obviously there was no one in front of him, and Doon was a step late when he came out of the inside, but he just shot iron.

Waiting for Roel Deng to protect the rebound and the Bulls to re-attack, the Pacers directly used Anthony Johnson and Martial Jackson to wrap the off-ball Doon and restrict Doon from receiving the ball.

Although in this way, the Bulls are four to three, and I am not an exaggeration to say that there is an advantage.

But the problem is that O'Neal Jr. doesn't have to care about Doon, so O'Neal Jr.'s defense can be fully played.

Ben Gordon still didn't break the demons, even if Anthony Johnson was not in front of him, but O'Neal Jr. came out from the inside to help defend, but still passed the ball to Andres Nocioni to solve it.

Andres Nocioni broke through to Tyson Chandler, but the latter was blocked by O'Neal Jr. on a layup.

"Rohr, your breakthrough has a very strong impact.

I'm going to go to the bottom corner and open up space for you, and you should be holding the ball to kill the inside!

As long as we can get a Jermaine foul, we'll win! ”

Taking advantage of the deadball, Doon approached Rohr Deng and arranged his next move.

The Bulls don't lack breakouts, what they lack is shooters with consistent shooting ability in the playoffs.

Although Rohr Deng's foul ability is average, as long as he makes a few more breakthroughs, he can always hit his luck.

The Pacers saw Roel Deng burst with the ball, and went directly to O'Neal Jr., and Martial Saint Jackson also directly let go of Doon and ran to Roel Deng to defend.

Deng didn't choose to play hard, but immediately passed the ball to Doon.

There was only Anthony Johnson, a small guard in front of Doon, who naturally didn't say a word and made a three-point shot.

Since the intention to make a foul was penetrated by the Pacers, Doon might as well pull out the other weapons in his arsenal.

Brush –

With Doon hitting a three-pointer, the Pacers had to call a timeout to adjust their lineup and continue to strengthen their defense against Doane.

Martial Saint Jackson has no problem protecting O'Neal Jr., but Doon also needs someone to defend him.

Anthony Johnson alone is definitely not able to defend against it, just like it is difficult for Doon to guard O'Neal Jr. to limit O'Neal Jr.'s shooting.

When the timeout was over, the Pacers replaced James Jones, followed by Reggie Miller on the dribble and Jackson on the offense.

The Bulls replaced Ben Gordon with Chris Dujon, and there was also a new twist.

(End of chapter)