basketball pope

Chapter 372 [A good start at home, perseverance and unity]

Chapter 372 [A good start at home, perseverance and unity]

Thibodeau and Yang Rui have worked together for five years, and they still don't do a good job of rotation.The Bulls rely on the main force to win. Thibodeau's killer is Crawford, McGrady, Artest, and Brand. The players can cooperate and have strong personal abilities. No team can withstand them when they are crazy. attack.

However, in addition to these four, the Bulls have no players who are good at scoring, and they are all blue-collar workers.To put it simply, the Bulls' core players cannot rest, and Crawford, the substitute, averaged 33 minutes per game in the playoffs.

McGrady played 40 minutes in the regular season and 44 minutes per game in the playoffs, which is risking his sports career.On the premise of his physical strength to ensure efficiency, he only played 35 minutes, which was the case with the Raptors. When it comes to the Bulls, Yang Rui believes that there will not be much change.

Unsurprisingly, McGrady can still score on the offensive end in the distal quarter, but his enthusiasm on the defensive end has declined, and he cannot achieve both offense and defense.

Unfortunately, Hamilton, who McGrady was defending, was a marathon runner, and he unfortunately experienced the sadness of Hamilton's pet dog.

isn't it?still running?Are you finished yet?I really want to go home!Run me to pee again, believe it or not? (Maddy: Like me except for the last sentence...)

In the last few minutes, Hamilton didn't need his teammates to cover, and McGrady had a hard time keeping up. As soon as "Scalpel" ran out of space, the other Bulls players had to make up defenses, otherwise he would make a good mid-range shot.

Still unable to catch up with the score, Thibodeau lost his confidence before the start of the game.He couldn't understand why the Bulls star was stronger but couldn't beat the Wizards?

It's really not Thibodeau's fault. The Bulls' management team is not good enough as a substitute. The gap with the starting lineup is too big, and the talent is not enough. The upper limit of players is largely determined by talent.

For example, Ben Wallace, who is also a short insider, can run and jump, and has a great arm display, became the best defensive player and was selected to the All-Star.Hayes, a floor player with a similar defensive style, will never be selected as an All-Star, and a middle-class contract has been questioned as a garbage contract.

In the last minute, McGrady missed three consecutive three-pointers, and the Wizards maintained their advantage until the end.

McGrady's pull-up shots are numerous every game, but the "McGrady moment" is only once in a lifetime.If McGrady doesn't join the Rockets, Yang Rui doesn't know if his glorious record will appear.

In most games, due to lack of physical strength, McGrady's key ball efficiency is very poor.In Yang Rui's previous life, McGrady's average performance in the last 2 minutes of his career was appalling.In the regular season, he averaged 2 points per game in the last 1.12 minutes, shooting 35.6% from the field. In the playoffs, he scored 0.99 points and shooting 29.3% from the field.

108 to 94, the Wizards made a good start at home.Six players in the team scored in double figures, and Marshall had the highest with only 19 points. The players shot more evenly and played perfect team basketball.

公牛四人得分上双，麦迪30分4篮板4助攻，布兰德22分10篮板2助攻2盖帽，阿泰斯特16分7篮板，克劳福德13分。

At the press conference, the reporters mainly interviewed Yang Rui and Jordan.No one expected that Yang Rui would let Jordan play as a substitute in a crucial game, and he won.

Thibodeau certainly didn't expect it, so the Wizards won by surprise and disrupted the Bulls' pregame deployment.

In fact, if the starting small forward doesn't go to Jordan, the Wizards are more likely to break the zone defense, and the Bulls don't dare to shrink all the way to the penalty area.

The elements of breaking the 122 zone defense are the corner three-pointer, the quick empty cut inside, and the running without the ball. The Wizards role players can do it.Yang Rui knew this well before the competition, so he was very confident.

In Yang Rui's previous life, in the 2002-2003 season, Doug Collins also let Jordan play as a substitute because of Jordan's knee injury. During that time, the Wizards' record was not bad. In the end, they won 37 wins and won No.9 in the Eastern Conference and missed the playoffs.

The competition in the East was so weak at the time, and the scoring mainly relied on Jordan and Stackhouse, and the positions of the two still overlapped.The Wizards' roster is much stronger now.

In an interview, Yang Rui certainly wouldn't say that Jordan is a substitute and the team is stronger.There must be some media taking the opportunity to provoke, Jordan will be angry, and this kind of big news is very detrimental to the Wizards.

Yang Rui pretended to be very embarrassed and sighed: "Michael was forced to be a substitute in this game. He played all 82 regular season games. He has an old knee injury and swelling after the last round of the series. The starting confrontation was fierce, I have to control his minutes. What he has to do is to be efficient in the limited minutes and help the team."

The reporter asked: "Does this mean that you will keep Jordan on the bench next?"

Yang Rui shook his head. "I don't want this to happen. The specific situation depends on his recovery. The playoffs are very close, and he can't truce. That means we will definitely be eliminated. The Wizards have taken the initiative in this series. We all Hope to go further.”

The reporter asked: "What do you think is the key to the Wizards' win?"

"It is perseverance and unity. Michael's injury has boosted the morale of the whole team. The 40-year-old veteran is still working hard, and the others have no reason to be lazy. We must use all our strength and leave no regrets. When the season is over, there will be Time to rest."

When the reporter interviewed Jordan, he said: "I follow Jerry's arrangement. He has already proved his strength. If everyone listens to him, we can play well in the playoffs."

A reporter asked: "In the last season of your career, do you regret being a bench in the playoffs?"

Jordan shook his head. "I don't have any regrets, I've won five championships, I've won a lot of individual awards, and now the team is in the second round, we've done a good job. Of course, I don't think the Wizards will lose to the Bulls. "

In the locker room, everyone talked to each other, and they couldn't talk nonsense during the interview.Otherwise, if a reporter asked about Jordan's injury, who would say "Jordan's knee is fine", it would be embarrassing.

The only people on the team who really knew about Jordan's knee were the doctors and the front office, and that was part of the publicity.

The Wizards did not shout out the title slogan to the outside world, they chose to be low-key, and it was useless to say too much.

The reporter also interviewed Bulls coach Thibodeau and asked him to evaluate the game.

Thibodeau said: "Jerry likes to make surprises. Usually we think it's better not to change the starting lineup often, so that the players can cooperate more tacitly, but he especially likes to arrange unexpected tactics to win by surprise. I know him well, and I didn't expect it. He's going to put Jordan on the bench."

The reporter asked: "Do you have the confidence to lead the Bulls to win the game?"

Thibodeau said sternly: "Yes, we have to win. If we return to Chicago with a total score of 0-2, it will be very difficult to eliminate the Wizards, which is something we don't want to see. As long as we get a victory, the situation will change. Very beneficial to us.”

Interviewing the Bulls players, Brand took the reason for the loss to himself. "It's my fault that I lost this game. I didn't keep the penalty area well. We will try to play a tougher defense next time."

McGrady also actively took the responsibility on himself, saying that he would play well in the end and strive for more points.

People will change with the environment. McGrady, who has a ring, doesn't like to make excuses after joining the Bulls. He dares to take responsibility.

PS: The previous chapters have been revised, and the Wizards have home-court advantage in the second round.

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