roccoschili Chapter 242
Chapter 242
After the whole game, the Wizards seemed to be behind the Bulls by a few points after each quarter. Jason, the commentator on the scene, explained that the gap between the Wizards and the Bulls reflected the lineup gap between the Wizards and the Bulls.
The two commentators also agreed that the first half of the fourth quarter will determine the ownership of tonight's victory.
So far, almost none of the starting players of the Wizards led by Li Kaiming has played less than 25 minutes, and Li Kaiming has played all the time except for the first half of the second quarter.
Under the strong defense of the Bulls, Li Kaiming's fatigue level has risen to 36 so far. This is also the first time since the start of the regular season that Li Kaiming's fatigue level exceeded 35 before the fourth quarter. It can be seen that the defense is strong tonight. .
Next to the Bulls' bench, Tom Thibodeau's face was unprecedentedly serious. The opposite team was a little bit more tenacious than he expected. With the Bulls' lineup dominance, Thibodeau started deadly. After three quarters, They actually only lead by 6 points. Such a record makes Thibodeau, who is aiming to break through the playoffs, unsatisfied anyway.
With a marker pen in his hand, he quickly drew on the tactical board, "Don't give the opponent a chance to shoot from outside, force them to go to the basket, Jokin, you keep your position under the basket, and the opponent on the opposite side is driven into the three-point line After that, the next job will be up to you!"
Jojinoah nodded, and the flowing ponytail on the back of his head also jumped twice.
"Derek, after the start of the fourth quarter, let me break through the penalty area on the opposite side. Whether it is to forcefully break through the point guard on the opposite side, or use the cover to kill the basket, reduce the shots from the outside and concentrate all the shots in the penalty area. , The opposite side almost only relies on a center to protect the frame, and has fouled three times so far, beat the center to me!" Thibodeau gave Rose a task.
Rose nodded firmly while wiping his sweat with a towel. He is a relatively taciturn person off the court. Compared with verbal language, he prefers to respond with body language.
"Tai, you have to continue to defend Li Kaiming on the opposite side for me. You have done a good job defending in front. Remember, no matter whether he scores against you or not, as long as you try your best on the defensive end, you have done your best. Well, don't worry about what goals he scored! Understand? Use up his energy for me, we can't double-team him, so this matter can only be done by you!"
Gibson licked his dry lips, and the shadow cast by Li Kaiming in his heart subsided a little.
As long as the coaches and teammates support him, no matter how well that guy plays against him, he shouldn't show negativity!
As soon as Thibodeau's tactical arrangement was over, the technical desk sent someone over to inform the Bulls that the players were on the court. Thibodeau repeated a few tactical keywords loudly, and then let the players walk onto the court.
Not surprisingly, the Wizards are still led by Li Kaiming on the starting lineup. Most people have already expected this. In a game of this intensity, only the Wizards are on the bench. Except for Arenas, the rest of the team probably did not come up. A hand that does not shake.
Among them, Yi Jianlian may have played a few games of this intensity, and the rest are either recruits or poor physical fitness.
The fourth quarter kicked off and the Bulls served. Rose resolutely implemented Thibodeau's arrangement as soon as he came up. In the collision zone, he jumped with both feet on the ground, held the ball in both hands and pulled the bar in the air, avoiding Bratch's blocking hand, and then wiped the ball on the backboard, and the basketball spun and flew into the basket!
91 is better than 83!
"Good shot, just hit it like this!" Thibodeau on the sidelines looked excited, clenched his fists and shouted!
And Saunders, next to the Wizards bench, is a little untenable. Hinrich is not too young. With his waist and explosive power, it is somewhat unrealistic for Hinrich to defend Rose like this.
The Wizards attacked, and Hinrich seemed to have encountered physical problems. After arriving in the frontcourt, the first pick-and-roll failed to get rid of, so he directly threw the ball to Li Kaiming, and then stood outside the 45-degree three-point line. Arms leaning on knees and kicking vigorously.
After Gibson was destroyed by Li Kaiming in the third quarter, he stopped talking trash in the fourth quarter, but his defense was more serious than before. It can be seen that the bowl of chicken soup that Thibodeau poured during the quarter has a very significant effect.
Others have no chance to run off the ball. Only by breaking through and the shooter's off-ball running can the power of off-ball be maximized. Of course, the legendary mobile pick-and-roll can also be used, but this trick is won in the opponent's home court. Come out, it seems a bit courting death, and the referee is Brother Tony, staring at the Wizards and Li Kaiming, how can it be possible for the Wizards to have an advantage in the penalty?
So Li Kaiming had to come up with the ball himself, and it would be best if he could break through to the inside or the penalty area, so as to damage the Bulls' defense.
After Li Kaiming took the ball, he made a one-handed feint to change direction. With the shaking of his head and shoulders, Gibson was directly shaken away. Li Kaiming took this opportunity to enter the penalty area. The Bulls only defended against Noah. Guard your counterpart.
However, Li Kaiming will not try to challenge Noah. If he scores, it may be a very wonderful goal, but no matter how wonderful it is, it is impossible to give him an extra point, so he chose a simple throw, and Noah defended late. One step, Li Kaiming scored 1 points.
91 to 85.
The Bulls' offense, this time Hinrich followed closely in order to prevent himself from being overstepped. Rose asked Noah to come up and hang up a screen, and then went straight to the three-point line. The overall defensive formation of the Wizards immediately Shrinking, leaving a little space for the Bulls' outside line, Rose broke into the penalty area and distributed the ball to Giesboggs on the outside line. The latter hesitated for a three-pointer, and then shot the iron.
Noah and Blatche fought for the rebound at the basket, but neither of them got it. Li Kaiming saw the opportunity and stretched out his arm, took the rebound in the air, and then directly dribbled the ball and charged from the backcourt!
Gibson saw that his own offense was blocked, and he had been waiting outside the three-point line in the backcourt. He had experienced Li Kaiming's fast break speed before, but he didn't want to experience it twice in the same game.
In addition to Gibson, several outside players of the Bulls were also in position early, and several of them stared at Li Kaiming. As long as the latter stepped into the three-point line, he would be greeted with a brutal siege!
After Li Kaiming saw this situation, he also directly slowed down. Gibson saw that Li Kaiming's fast break was blocked by him, and he was relieved. There is still one step away from the split line, so just jump and pull out!
Those ultra-long three-pointers in Li Kaiming's collection suddenly flashed in Gibson's mind, and while he was shocked, he quickly rushed towards Li Kaiming with both hands and feet!
But Li Kaiming's height of 10 meters and a wingspan [-] centimeters higher than his height, plus his shooting posture is still a standard jump shot, that is, he jumps up first, and shoots with his wrist at the highest point!
Combining several factors, Gibson, who threw himself in front of Li Kaiming, could only look up and watch Li Kaiming's shot, because the height of Li Kaiming's shot was almost as far away as heaven for Gibson, who was 206 tall.
Li Kaiming's three-pointer hit the basket directly from 28 feet away, as accurate as if he had a GPS installed.
After seeing this scene, Adams Vernal, the on-site commentator, said to Gus Jason next to him, "The distance of the ball is too far. It seems that Gibson didn't expect Lee to shoot directly from this position. This guy always It’s about having unparalleled self-confidence!”
"I watched Lee's game. In the first few games, including the preseason, every one or two games, he can hit a three-pointer from the center line. Everyone else is just training. Playing around, but this guy brings that skill to the field!" Gus Jason exclaimed.
"Hahaha, man, maybe he is the only one who dares to do this kind of thing. If I were the coach and someone threw this kind of ball, I would definitely let him roll!" Vernal said to Jason with a smile.
Gus Jason also nodded in agreement. This kind of ball is too risky. No coach will agree to make such a shot in an official game, unless there is not enough time to make a shot.
After Li Kaiming hit a three-pointer, the point difference returned to 3 points again, 91 to 88.
Thibodeau on the sidelines resisted the urge to call a timeout, and kept comforting himself in his heart that this kind of ball was just luck.
The Bulls attacked, and after others moved without the ball to clear the area around the penalty area, the ball was given to Noah, who hit Brac with his back and scored easily.
93:88.
But Noah didn't seem to be satisfied with this, because after Brac got 3 fouls on his back, when Noah got the ball at the basket, Brac had already started not to defend him very much, which made Noah want to put Blatche's plan to continue fell through.
There were more than 9 minutes before the end of the game. The Wizards served from the baseline. After several rounds of rest, Blatche finally saved a little energy to organize the team's offense. Nick Young in the bottom corner, the latter has a good rhythm, but the Bulls' defense came quickly, hitting three-pointers, and the rebound was taken by Noah.
The Bulls' offense wanted to repeat the tactics of the previous round, but Hinrich on the outside line directly interrupted the Bulls' offense with an off-the-ball foul.
No one else had a chance. Rose decided to break through by himself. He changed direction and passed Li Kaiming, who was defending, and then faced Blatche's defensive throw. Although he didn't score, Noah grabbed the offensive rebound. , easily dunked with both hands.
95:88.
Adams and Gus Jason on the sidelines agreed that the Wizards' defeat has gradually emerged. The main players are exhausted. Except for Li Kaiming, no one else can stand up to score or even stand up to defend. The balance of victory gradually tilted towards the Bulls...