Chapter 343: Great Victory, Heritage!
The Bulls scored two points first, and the Thunder were naturally not to be outdone.
Wei Shao took the initiative to dribble across the half court and made eye contact with Durant: "Are you coming or am I coming?" ”
Durant took the initiative to pull away to a forty-five-degree angle on the right side to open up space for Wei Shao.
Wei Shao played a block with Perkins at the top of the arc, wanting to take the opportunity to break through.
But Bradley knew that Wei Shao's basket was average and what he was good at was to break through, so he didn't force the cover, but took the initiative to take a step back and defend against Wei Shao's breakthrough path.
Durant noticed that Wei Shao's breakthrough was not good, so he cut to the basket from a 45-degree angle on the right side and wanted to steal the chicken.
Doune noticed this and opted to go around the front and cut off the passing route.
Wei Shao was in no hurry to pass the ball, so Durant continued to run, came to the left side, and wanted to catch the ball in the low post with a back-to-back single.
At this time, Perkins at the top of the arc also went to the basket and did a good job of grabbing rebounds.
Wei rarely saw this situation, first continued to crotch, and stopped suddenly, trying to shake off Bradley.
But Ibaka and Doon were both ready to help defend under the basket, and Wei Shao did not force the basket, but stopped the zombie jump shot when he reached the free throw line.
Bradley also lacks experience in defending Wei Shao, after all, he only plays twice a year, and just studying Wei Shao's offensive video cannot fully understand Wei Shao's offensive level.
Wei Shao's middle distance is only half a bucket of water, but it also depends on the situation.
If there is a physical confrontation, Wei Shao's zombie jump shot is not so stable.
Now take a step and let Wei Shao shoot in the middle of the vacancy, then Wei Shao can still shoot a few.
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Even if the shooting arc was not high and the shooting action was not graceful enough, Wei Shao still threw the ball into the basket.
However, Milicic under the basket immediately took the ball out of the baseline and served quickly.
Evans got the ball and immediately went on a fast break, and Wei Shao chased after him, and Evans passed the ball to Doon.
Doon didn't slow down after receiving the ball and strode into the three-point line.
Durant doesn't sprint fast, and he usually changes direction by relying on huge strides and far more than his size to achieve it.
This time in pursuit of Doon, he could only keep up with the front a few steps, and the back was pulled away by a certain distance because the speed was not as good as Doon.
When Doon hit the basket, only Wei Shao gave up chasing Evans on the Thunder's side and turned to defend Doon.
But also because of the difference in physique and strength, he was slammed by Doon's arm with one hand.
If it is a regular season, Doon may have a penalty for this goal.
That is, in the playoffs, in the finals, after Doon completed the dunk, the referee did not blow the whistle.
In other words, after the Bulls completed the fast attack, Wei Shao immediately slipped out of the bottom line with the ball and made a long pass to Durant in the front court.
However, the Bulls' main front line is king!
Even if Doon doesn't return to the backcourt, there are still Ibaka and Milicic who can limit Durant.
I saw Durant take the ball to the basket and kill it, Ibaka stepped forward, Durantra made a backhand layup, and before the ball touched the rebound, Milicic covered the ball away.
However, the rebound was grabbed by Perkins, who tried to make a layup and Ibaka stepped up again.
Perkins had limited finishing ability, so he chose to protect the ball with his back and passed the ball out again.
After receiving the ball, Jeff Green took advantage of the fact that there was no one around him to defend, and immediately shot from mid-range, but he didn't hit.
By this time, Doon had already returned to the backcourt, just in time to pick up the rebound, and then played the transition offense.
As the saying goes, the Thunder knew that Doon's success rate in switching offense was extremely high, so they hurriedly returned to defense.
But the problem is that Doon can not only attack the basket when he converts the offense, but also shoots to chase three-pointers.
Durant saw Doon take a quick stop outside the three-point line, and immediately flew forward, but before he could cover his hand in front of Doon, Doon had already completed a three-point shot.
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Doon lived up to expectations and hit the first three-pointer of the game, and so far, Doon has scored seven points in a row to help the Bulls build a five-point lead.
As Doon had predicted, the Bulls players were finally able to let go.
Of course, it was also with Doon's initiative to squat in the bottom corner and attract the cooperation of the defense, Evans held the ball and launched an attack at the top of the arc to good effect.
In addition, the Bulls drove the pace of the game from the very beginning of the game.
Although the Thunder's players are also very young, they have been playing at a relatively fast pace, and they will also appear more chaotic, more nervous, and feel out of breath, resulting in extremely unstable shooting.
And because the Bulls have a taller overall lineup and are easier to protect rebounds, the Bulls quickly controlled the pace of the game.
After all, the Thunder lacked Finals experience, and with more than 4 minutes left in the first quarter, the margin on the court stretched to 11 points.
Originally, Brooks still wanted to believe in the players of the Thunder and the individual abilities of Durant and Wei Shao.
However, the situation on the court is becoming more and more unfavorable, so we can only call a timeout first to help the Thunder players adjust.
The Bulls players have been running back and forth on the court, and they are actually very tired, especially the starters, and the consumption on both offensive and defensive ends is not small.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Doon sat on the bench with his ass and did not get back up for a short time.
Fortunately, Doon gave George some exercise opportunities, but it didn't have any bad effects.
Doon cultivated George and Ka, mainly to let them start on defense.
When Doon went off the court, Durant was still on the court. Anyone who knows a little bit about Durant knows that Durant likes to play sticks and singles.
However, when Durant is pinched, the efficiency of singles will drop significantly.
The Bulls also have excellent defensive resources.
Even if the current George and Xiaoka have not yet reached their prime, the two of them flanking Durant together is enough for Durant to drink a pot.
And when Durant was pinched, he didn't have much idea of passing.
With Durant's continuous shots and a performance of 1 of 3 shots, Wei Shao was also anxious!
Immediately afterwards, Wei Shao also came with a wave of 4 shots and 1 hit.
Now it's time to change Brooks in a hurry......
It's just that after Doon went off the court, the Bulls' offensive level suddenly dropped several notches.
In the final four minutes of the first quarter, the Bulls scored just six points.
It is also because both sides are relatively iron and both lack Finals experience, so the Bulls' lead has not expanded much.
Of course, at the beginning of the second quarter, when Doon returned to the court, the Bulls suddenly opened up the difference.
Even if Brooks is the main force, he continued to let Wei Shao lead the team at the beginning of the second quarter.
But the problem is that Wei Shaoguang has fighting spirit, but he can't effectively convert the ball into points.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Doon even called for blocking and dismantling Wei Shao with great interest, and then with the help of the height difference, he continued to throw one three-point shot after another on Wei Shao's head.
And Wei Shao was also very annoyed when he was humiliated by Dune like this, and he quickly went up and took the initiative to take the ball to single Dunne, but the result was naturally disgraced by Dune's defense.
Seeing that the point difference was stretched to 20 points, Brooks could only replace Wei Shao first.
In this way, the player who led the offense with the Thunder became Durant.
The problem is that Durant doesn't organize himself when he gets the ball, but takes the ball on his own.
As a result, the Thunder continued to fall into the trap of not being able to score, and Durant, under the leadership of Doon, shot 2-of-7 in the second quarter, 1-of-2 from the free throw line, and scored only 5 points.
Although after the first half, Durant and Wei Shao's scoring data have both doubled, but they are all piled up.
On the other hand, on the Bulls' side, there are more than two people who scored double-doubles, in addition to Doane, who scored 18 points, Evans, who scored 13 points, and Ibaka, who scored 11 points by eating cakes.
After the third quarter, Curry and George's scoring data also successfully doubled. The Thunder are still trying to help Durant and Westbrook score 20 points.
In fact, it can't be blamed that the Thunder lack players who can score, mainly because Brooks has limited offensive skills.
Brooks' core tactics are three defenses and two offenses, and the main force is dead.
It's right to give the ball to the player in charge and increase the playing time of the player.
The problem is that the ball is in the hands of Wei Shao and Durant, and the other players have played for several seasons, even if they are starters, they only average seven or eight shots per game, so why should other players be required to score high points?
As the saying goes, learning is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat.
Many college players who are still offensive kaleidoscopes, enter the NBA and play blue-collar for a few years, and then they don't attack, mainly because they don't use offensive skills all the time, they don't practice, and then they degenerate.
It is precisely for this reason that the Thunder cannot expect players who have only single-digit shots all year round to be able to score high scores in a high-intensity game such as the finals.
Seriously, it's good to defend well, protect rebounds, and then steal a chicken and eat dumplings once in a while on the offensive end.
In fact, the same is true for the Bulls' players, but the Bulls emphasize magic ball training within the team, except for interior players, everyone has to practice three-point shooting and finishing skills.
In the previous regular season and playoffs, the Bulls players also practiced what they usually practiced again and again.
It is for this reason that the role players of the Bulls tend to be stronger than the role players of other teams when it comes to scoring.
The same was true tonight, where the Bulls relied on the excellent play of their role players to build a 27-point lead by the start of the fourth quarter.
However, the Thunder did not choose to give up the game early, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Durant and Wei Shao appeared on the court together.
The Bulls were also more cautious, and Doon also appeared early in the fourth quarter.
Under the escort of Doon, the Bulls once extended their advantage to more than 30 points.
It wasn't until almost 5 minutes into the fourth quarter that the margin was still hovering between 25 and 30 points, and Brooks pulled Durant down first and left Wei Shao to try again.
As a result, Wei Shao did show his terrifying physical strength and tenacious fighting spirit.
Until the second half of the fourth quarter, Wei Shao could still hold the ball and rush to the basket from time to time, and dunk it to the basket.
It's just that in the face of a score difference of more than 20 points, Wei Shaochong came off the bench Curry, Harden and others spewed trash talk, which seemed a little out of place.
"Come and wrap me up!"
"Let Doon come up! You can't stop me! ”
"Want to limit me? You're still too young! ”
It can only be said that Wei Shao will always be Wei Shao, as long as he is on the field, whether it is playing ball or trash talk, he is so positive.
It wasn't until there were less than 3 minutes left in the game time that Wei Shao, who was tired of trash talking, reluctantly went off to rest, then covered a towel, and looked down at the game.
84 to 109, the moment the time returns to zero, this year's finals G1 has come to an end.
The Bulls beat the Thunder by 25 points at home!
As a second-time MVP, the team's boss Doon also played 35 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks to repay the Chicago fans for their support to him over the years.
"It's a great feeling to be back in the Finals, and it's only here that I can clearly feel that I'm the best player in the league."
"It's not easy to win the game, dude, this is the Finals, our opponent is the Western Conference champions.
KD and Russell are All-Stars and may become regular season MVPs in the future!
They have great talent and a lot of fighting spirit!
Competing with them can inspire a better us.
We will burst out with more energy in the next games. ”
After winning G1, Doon happily participated in the post-match interview.
I have to say that this year's finals are indeed a little easier than in previous years.
The ceiling of the Thunder, which is sitting on Durant and Wei Shao, seems to be very high, but in fact, the two are not compatible, and the ceiling can be seen at a glance.
Most of the duo's offense is from the outside, and at the same time, they need to have the ball in their hands to play.
It's also because the offensive parts of the core duo are too overlapping, and even if they are equipped with enough defensive players, it will be difficult to win the game with their offense.
And if you fight defense, how many defensive players does the Thunder have?
This season's Bulls, Doon and Ibaka are the first defense, and Bradley also has the second defense.
In terms of starting defense alone, the Thunder is a notch behind the Bulls, not to mention that the Bulls' bench lineup has a well-known forward group in the league.
Looking at the offense again, even if Harden, George, Xiaoka, and Butler haven't played yet, the Bulls can outperform the firepower of Durant and Wei Shao just by relying on Doon and Evans.
Not to mention, the Bulls also have a full-fledged Curry on the bench.
Soon, fans all over the world will know that as long as Curry feels it, it can't be stopped when the king comes.
And this is also the essence of the Bulls winning the championship.
As O'Neal said – my grandma could win a championship by playing with Jordan.
Now that Doon is playing with such a group of people, it would be unreasonable not to win the championship.
Of course, it's the same for Curry, Harden and others who haven't won a championship yet - my grandma can win a championship by playing with Doon!
Time flies, and on June 13, the finals G2 will start again.
As most people expected, the Bulls continued to work hard, with a 16-point advantage, defeated the Thunder again, and easily advanced the Finals score to 2-0.
Next, the bull took advantage of the big victory and moved to the Russian village.
If nothing else, the Bulls will win two of their next three road games and lift another championship trophy at the Chesapeake Energy Arena!
(End of chapter)