Pick Westbrook

Chapter 105 This Is Our Superstar
Looking at the Bucks generals on the court, Barkley was shocked again, because the fighting desire shown by these players was chilling.

Artest stared at everyone in the Bulls camp with vicious eyes, while Westbrook only looked at his only opponent tonight.

Rose also looked at Westbrook. He remembered the meeting between the two in the summer league. Westbrook at that time had already impressed him deeply.

It's just that Rose still doesn't accept why the other party can share the best rookie with him, because from middle school to college, he has always been the first in the United States in his grade.

"I'll teach you a lesson, Russell!"

Bucks starters: point guard Westbrook, shooting guard George Hill, small forward Artest, power forward Villanueva and center Yi Jianlian.

Bulls starters: point guard Rose, shooting guard Ben Gordon, small forward John Salmons, power forward Tyrus Thomas and center Joakim Noah.

Game start.

Midfield jump ball, Noah grabbed the first wave of the ball in the sound of the tsunami of Milwaukee fans.

Bulls attack.

Rose held the ball for halftime, and did not immediately launch an attack towards the inside, but prepared to hand the ball to Ben Gordon.

Although Rose is the number one pick of the Bulls, he is also the core of the team they hand-picked to build the team, but now the core tactics of the team are not developed around Rose, but a powerful player who has played in the NBA for five years. - Gordon.

It's just that at the moment Rose was equipped to pass the ball, George Hill instantly stepped up, entangled Ben Gordon with his body, and didn't give him an easy chance to catch the ball.

"This defensive strength is very strong!!"

Kenny Smith was stunned by the defensive initiative of the Bucks in the first round. In his impression, the Bucks were an offensive team that focused on three-pointers and passing and cutting, but who would have thought that it was like this An offensive team actually took the initiative to increase their defensive strength in the playoffs.

Rose hesitated and stopped the ball at the top of the arc.

The experienced Ben Gordon quickly ran back to the baseline. After borrowing two consecutive off-ball screens from Thomas and Noah, he completely got rid of George Hill's personal defense and came to the other side to receive the ball.

At this time, one-third of the time on the court has passed, and the Bulls' offensive formation has been completely broken up.

Noah put on the pick-and-roll again, and Yi Jianlian didn't choose to make a substitution.

Because Noah has no shooting ability at all, his only offensive method is to hit the basket and position under the basket after the pick-and-roll.

So if the switch becomes a small defense, then the Bucks' defense will immediately have problems.

Facing the extremely targeted defense of the Bucks, Ben Gordon frowned slightly, and in the end he could only take advantage of a time delay when George Hill was picked and rolled, and chose a mid-range shot.

Duang!

Even if George Hill couldn't keep up, he jumped up and defended hard. The ball was successfully interfered, and the Bulls' first wave of offense hit the iron.

"Damn!"

"Quick grab the board!"

Ben Gordon cursed angrily.

And at this time, the inside picture is that Yi Jianlian bent over and stuck Noah tightly, Villanueva and Thomas were fighting at the waist, and Westbrook returned to the basket and successfully grabbed the defensive rebound. .

"This defensive strength! This rebound block! Is this still the Bucks team I know!" Kenny Smith was first shocked and speechless.

Kenny Smith would naturally believe that the Bucks would fight against the Bulls as soon as they came up, but they played such an aggressive defense as soon as they came up. This is not the Bucks' style of play at all. .

Tyronn Lue was not surprised at all that the Bucks could play such a strong defense, but at this time he looked at Li Lai's figure and smiled helplessly.

As early as the regular season, Li Lai assigned Artest a task, which was to improve the team's defense and enthusiasm.

Originally, this has already improved a lot in the regular season, and once raised the Bucks' defense to about ten in the league, this is all thanks to Artest.

But looking at it now, it is Li Lai who really made a qualitative change in the Bucks' defense.

He specially arranged for the players to block rebounds, switch pick-and-roll marks, off-ball defense and pass defense, and the tactics of caring for key players had a very big impact on the Bulls at the beginning.

"The Bulls ranked eighth in the league in rebounding this season, they are very good at rebounding and playing second offense, and Noah is the main reason.

But from the current point of view, the Bucks' rebound defense is very good, and it is a bit unrealistic for the Bulls to use this advantage to win the game. "

Barkley was also very surprised by the performance of the Bucks tonight, especially the rebound protection just now, which is completely different from the performance of the Bucks in the regular season, because Yi Jianlian and Villanueva of the Bucks None of them are good at rebounding, and their ability to protect rebounds is also very limited.

But the Bucks did just that, and they did it brilliantly.

"They also use the oldest method of protecting the rim on the basketball court, which is to completely push the core of the opponent's rebounding away from the rim and increase physical confrontation."

Go to the Bucks offense.

Bulls head coach Vinnie DeNagello stood near the halfway line, waving his hands nervously and yelling, "Defense!"

Westbrook held the ball for halftime, and Rose opened his hands to mark it tightly.

Yi Jianlian puts up the three-point line for a pick-and-roll.

This is a Bucks offensive tactic familiar to the entire league.

At this time, the inside of the penalty area was empty, and all the Bulls' attention was on Westbrook's inside rush and Yi Jianlian's ultra-long three-pointer.

Artest suddenly got rid of the defense of small forward John Salmons and went directly to the basket.

Westbrook made a one-handed throw, and the basketball was passed into the paint steadily.

"It happened!"

Tyrus Thomas rose to chase and desperately defended.

Artast watched Thomas take off and was about to block the shot, and he steadily gave the ball to Villanueva in the bottom corner.

"Damn it! Pass the ball!"

Ben Gordon turned to defend, and Villanueva immediately gave the ball to George Hill.

Rose tried his best to speed up and move to cover the defense. George Hill also pretended to make a fake shot. After clicking the opponent, he passed it back to Yi Jianlian.

Easy Link has a super long three-point gap!

The Bulls players gave up, dazzled by the series of passing balls, and all stood still.

Hand up and down!
Swish!
Go in!

"This attack"

Barkley let out a bad breath, he was completely shocked by the smooth offense played by the Bucks.

Are the Bulls' defense bad?very good.

Are the players on the field proactive in defense?very positive.

But it just couldn't prevent the Bucks' offense.

Especially the George Hill point at the end.

His last pass of the ball found Yi Jianlian steadily and gave the opponent a very comfortable way to catch the ball. Even if the latter hadn't shot the ball, it was a matter of course for everyone outside the court to hit the basket.

"Unlike the extreme 7-second offense of the Suns, the Bucks offense is extremely flashy, and you can't pick out a single extra step from them.

Gorgeous but not complicated, this is probably the ultimate simplification. "

CCTV prepared a promotional slogan for this year's playoffs - fight for your dreams, and in the middle of the promotional screen are Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian.

Obviously, CCTV intends to broadcast all the playoffs between the Bucks and Rockets, and hopes that the two teams can go further.

This is not only the dream of the Bucks and Rockets, nor the dream of Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming, but also the dream of all Chinese fans.

"Ah Lian really dared to shoot, such a long distance, but he really made it!"

Zhang Weiping has begun to look forward to the future of Yilianlian.

A big man with a super long three-pointer is absolutely unique in the history of basketball. In the future, Yi Jianlian will definitely become a template for countless young basketball players, especially Asian players who are slightly inferior in physical talent them.

Yu Jia asked curiously: "Director Zhang, who do you think has a better chance of passing the first round, the Bucks or the Rockets?"

Zhang Weiping was startled, then analyzed the strength of the two teams, and finally said: "The Rockets, the combination of Yao and Mai can be compared to the OK combination."

on the field.

Rose took the initiative to signal that he wanted to play the ball himself.

The Bucks have almost completely locked Ben Gordon's offense now, which makes the Bulls' scoring leader who averaged 21 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game very uncomfortable.

So Rose intends to take the initiative to attack, attract the Bucks' defense, and at the same time reduce the defensive restrictions on Ben Gordon.

Rose lowered his center of gravity and prepared to break through, but Westbrook chose to take two steps back to defend.

"This defense is too much!"

Barkley said a little speechlessly.

Even if Rose's three-point shooting percentage is only 22% this season, it's enough for you Westbrook to choose to take one step to defend, but isn't it too arrogant to take two steps now?

"Russell didn't do what I asked. What I said was to take two and a half steps. Even if it takes two points, Rose can make a shot."

Li Lai looked at the picture on the court and said softly.

Tyronn Lue made a long face from the side, and he really wanted to say: Dude, that's enough, you should save some face for Rose anyway, what if he hits a three-pointer like in the summer league?
Faced with such a defense, Rose was stunned for a while, but still did not choose to shoot a three-pointer, but rushed to the basket very resolutely.

Even though Westbrook defended in this way, he was still killed by Rose into the penalty area in one step.

This is the breakthrough talent of Wind City Rose!

Yi Jianlian and Villanueva did not participate in the defense, but strangled the Bulls' inside two.

After all, Li Lai made repeated orders before the game, and he must not let the two guards of the Bulls send a cannonball to the inside.

At this time, Artest chose to give up the defender on the outside and shrink the inside to help defend.

The Bucks played another local zone defense from beyond the three-point line.

Rose is still far from the absolute ability to break double-teams and assist defenses in later generations, so at this time he can only forcefully lean on Artest and use a folding layup.

This is Rose's trick.

It's just that Westbrook behind him has quick eyes and quick hands, jumped up, and nailed the basketball to the backboard fiercely.

"Hot Pot Big Hat!"

The Bucks fought back.

Westbrook pushed forward with the ball, took off directly from the free throw line, and rushed to the basket with an extremely exaggerated gliding distance.

boom! ! !
The tortoise battle ax splits the buckle!

After dunking, Westbrook started his routine celebration again, swearing at the Bulls bench.

The Milwaukee fans at the scene went crazy. Everyone stood up from their seats, holding their heads, their faces full of disbelief.

"This is our superstar!"

"Russell, the hero of Milwaukee!"

"The Bucks are going to win! First win in the playoffs!"

(End of this chapter)