Pick Westbrook

Chapter 109 Good luck to you

Game [-] of the first round.

Just when Li Lai and the Bucks were full of joy and wanted to directly sweep the Bulls 4:0, they felt the great strength of the Bulls' desperation.

The Bucks suffered the greatest defensive intensity since the playoffs.

This caused them to lose sight of their shooting touch from outside the three-point line from the beginning of the game.

More importantly, Noah, who had been intercepted outside the penalty area by Li Lai, finally succeeded in breaking through, relying on a dead-or-die momentum to grab offensive rebounds consecutively.

The Bucks' rebounds were blown up, which was also what Li Lai was most worried about.

Li Lai tried his best to readjust the player's state, but it felt like the game was contagious, as long as it was not allowed, everyone would not be allowed, and it was difficult to adjust it back.

In the end, Li Lai made the team's three-pointer Andre Ingram, who has always been the most accurate, played a longer game.

But the price is that Andre Ingram has almost no defense, and Rose and Ben Gordon have exploded again.

The Bucks are still behind.

Helpless, Li Lai completely gave up the team's three-point shooting, allowing Westbrook and Dragic to attack the basket frequently. He intends to use this method to win the game.

But what the Bulls are best at is the inside defense and restricted breakthroughs.

The Bucks lost.

100: 104.

"It's a pity that the Bucks made 26 of 8 three-pointers in this game. If they can be more accurate, then the Bulls will have no chance of winning."

Kenny Smith looked at his old partner on the side and continued: "You really hit the mark. For three consecutive games, the Bulls have narrowed the point difference and now they have achieved a go-ahead to win the game. Is it possible that they really want to win the game?" Stage a 0:3 shocking comeback?"

Barkley grinned and laughed, "How can it be so easy, it's 0:3 after all!"

"The Bulls did show their toughness. Next season I would like to believe that they are a very strong team, but this season they are really not the opponent of the Bucks."

"The Bucks have maintained a very good shooting touch throughout the season. Even if this is the stage of the playoffs, the defensive intensity is stronger. Home of the Milwaukeeians!"

Barkley, who has seen the power of the Bucks at home this season, wants to say that the fans there are even scarier than those in Chicago. Under such an atmosphere and pressure, whether the Bulls can resist is a big question. question.

More importantly, even if you resist, will the Bucks still miss shots on their home court?

This is not realistic.

"The elimination of the Bulls is inevitable."

After two away games, Li Lai led a group of players back to Milwaukee.

Stubborn Westbrook and Artest looked very bad, they still think tonight's game can be won as long as they work harder, after all, only 4 points difference.

Andre Ingram is blaming his defense, while Villanueva, Dragic and others are annoyed why they can't make any three-pointers.

"Don't be discouraged, guys!"

"Even Michael Jordan can't win the entire playoffs. We just lost one game. It's not the end of the world. We should try to make those damn shots in the next game!" Li Lai encouraged Said.

Villanueva applauded: "That's right, we will definitely win the Bulls, and the next game will be our home court."

Westbrook stood up and said: "Back in Milwaukee I'm going straight to the practice field, what else do you want to go with?"

Yi Jianlian raised his hand first, and then George Hill, Crohill and others raised their hands one after another.

Dragic thought about it hesitantly, and finally got up the courage to say: "I have something at home, I have to go back first."

Artest put his arm around the serious Dragic's neck, and said viciously: "If you pretend to be serious to the labor and management, you have a poor family and don't even have a wife. Where did you come from?"

The single dog Yi Jianlian petrified by the side, so I don't have a home either.

George Hill echoed with wide-eyed eyes: "The home that Dragic talks about is the famous bar and club in Milwaukee. What's the girl's name, two little white rabbits?"

Dragic struggled and said: "George, you are a hairy man, your saliva almost flowed down when you listened. Are you betraying me at this time?"

Tyronn Lue watched the players' farce with a silly smile.

Being able to have such an atmosphere in the tense playoffs, the friendship between the players of the Bucks is very good.

Li Lai interrupted the farce and said: "I very much support your spontaneous organization of training, but you have to rest after the game."

"And Reggie Miller is still hot with his wife and children at this point in time. You can't go to his house to pull him up or choose to train without him, right?"

"So just go home and sleep obediently, and train on time tomorrow morning!"

Dragic secretly gave a thumbs up from the side, "As expected of the crotch boy who is sought after by thousands of girls in Milwaukee, he really supports me."

Li Lai pointed to Dragic who was still flattering him, then looked at Artest and said, "I'll leave this kid to you tonight."

Dragic:! ! ! !

Artest: What do you call handing it over to me?

Game [-] of the playoffs.

Holloway is going to tell Li Lai the good news about the team.

Because of the team's outstanding performance in the playoffs, many fans who did not buy the previous two home games flocked to grab tickets for the fifth home game. Advance to the next round, so the ticket price for the game is set to a relatively high position.

However, when she came to the Bradley Arena ahead of schedule, Holloway discovered that Li Lai and all the Bucks players had come to the arena to warm up in advance.

Reggie Miller directs everyone's shots over and over again.

With a lot of information in his hand, Tyronn Lue kept writing and drawing, and recorded some important information in the team's tactical manual.

Hammond sat in a row of spectators behind the coach's bench, and came to cheer for the team with several team managers.

There are scattered fans in the arena who have already entered the field ahead of time.

The arena originally only allowed fans to enter the arena half an hour before the start of the game, but Li Lai changed this rule before. He stipulated that a small number of fans could enter the arena 3 hours in advance, but the premise is that the fans are not allowed to enter the stadium to interfere with the players , and the number of spectators entering the arena must be within the controllable range of on-site security.

"We're going to the second round!"

"8 years, this is the first time!"

Since the 00-01 season, the Bucks have never reached the second round of the playoffs, and even entered the playoffs are one of the few.

Li Lai listened to the conversation of the fans at the scene. After all, the crowd of fans and the deafening shouts during the game were too noisy, and only at this time could he hear the voices of the fans.

"So, tonight we will definitely win."

Seeing Li Lai concentrating on his work, Holloway subconsciously parted his lips and yelled.

"lecher."

"The Bucks must win."

Game start.

Bucks regular starter.

Bulls regular starter.

Before the start of the game, Bulls head coach Vinnie DeNagello clamored to bring the game back to Chicago.

Li Lai knew that the further the game was dragged, the worse it would be for the Bucks, and less player rotation was a big hidden danger.

Moreover, the playoffs are extremely dangerous. A slight psychological advantage and momentum will change the trend of the entire playoffs, so he gave the players absolute tasks before the start of the game.

"Must win!"

For the first time since the Easy Bond League series, the jump ball was successful.

The morale of the other Bucks players on the court was greatly boosted, and this jump ball inspired everyone.

Westbrook pushed forward with the ball. As the core of the team, he observed the players' positions on the field at any time. While picking and rolling with Yi Jianlian, he suddenly found that Villanueva in the bottom corner was vacant.

A pass that goes wide across the court.

Villanueva received the ball with a bit of strength, but was quickly stabilized.

Swish!
A three-pointer was scored.

"This is the Bucks' first three-point goal of the game!"

"This is not good news for the Bulls. The Bucks' three-pointers have become more accurate, but even the championship team will be afraid."

The Bulls still focused on Rose's breakthrough in the first quarter, and the Bucks used a 3-2 zone defense tonight.

Let the fastest running Westbrook and George Hill strangle the three Bulls players on the outside, while Villanueva, Yi Jianlian and Artest stand on the inside.

"The Bucks' defense has changed!"

Kenny Smith shouted in shock, but he was very worried that after such a defense, it would make the Bulls' offense more difficult to defend.

Barkley quickly gave a negative answer.

With full experience on the court, he shook his head and sighed, "No!"

"Look at the Bulls' three perimeter players, Ben Gordon, John Salmons and Joakim Noah."

"Noah didn't go back at all after giving Rose a pick-and-roll from the outside, so it seems that the Bucks are using two outside players to defend three people. In fact, Noah, who doesn't shoot, doesn't need to defend at all."

"This is a classic 3-2 zone defense tactic, and Coach Li Lai arranged it very cleverly."

Rose reached the penalty area and faced the wall.

The three-person wall restricts his travel route, and even if he chooses to throw or mid-range shots at this time, there is still a bear-like individual defending DPOY Artest in front of him.

Duang!

Ross hit the iron.

The Bucks launched a counterattack.

George Hill made an alley catch, and Westbrook made a gliding tomahawk dunk.

The Bucks returned to their familiar offensive tactics.

After seeing this, Coach Pooh De Nagro's face was covered with cold sweat.

Because the Bulls were able to win the last game from a big score behind in the first game, it was entirely due to Rose's ability to break through and hit the penalty area. Now that this ability has been strangled, the Bulls' offense will become very uncomfortable. .

In the first quarter, the Bucks led 32:24.

In the second quarter, the two sides ditto for substitutes.

Pooh Denagro, who was put to death, took the team's ace Rose and Ben Gordon at this stage at the same time. He hoped that the two of them could completely kill the Bucks, which is almost a fake defensive lineup, otherwise The Bulls will have absolutely no chance of winning after waiting until the Bucks get back into the starting lineup.

After seeing this scene, Li Lai finally showed a triumphant smile off the court.

If changing the defensive strategy to completely limit Rose's offense is the key to his victory in this game, then this time is the last straw for him to kill the Bulls.

Artest comes on.

The players on the Bulls field murmured in their hearts.

Although Artest's offensive performance in this round of the series was not eye-catching, his role on the defensive end caused the Bulls to suffer a lot.

Rose, Ben Gordon, John Salmons, whoever the Bulls can attack has not been rubbed on the ground by his individual defense.

As long as this guy stands in front of you, you won't have any urge to single him out.

There was only one task Li Lai assigned to Artest, and that was to choke Rose to death!As for Ben Gordon, his offense alone cannot kill the Bucks.

Tyronn Lue also objected and said: "Coach, Artest's playing time in this round of the series is the highest among all players. Even Rose of the Bulls played 4 minutes less than him in 3 games. If you continue to play like this Even Iron Man can't stand it."

Lee looked at the court and at the same time at Artest.

He said: "I believe in Artest, he has the ability to take it all, because he has always been our leader."

on the field.

Rose dribbles and Artest leads the defense!
The Bulls wanted to play a pick-and-roll for Rose to force away Artest, a fool who only knew defense.

As a result, Artest made a horizontal push and Noah, who was stepping up to the pick-and-roll, staggered and knocked back a step, and then immediately returned to defending Rose.

His intentions are very clear, want to play pick and roll?Don't even think about it!Either let Ross step over me, or let me step on Rose's dead body.

Rose broke through with difficulty, Artest pulled out his long arm and made a steal!

Tyronn Lue said confidently: "In the regular season, Artest averaged 2.3 steals per game. Although he unfortunately ranked third in the DPOY competition, he entered the league's best defensive team this season.

In this round of the series, his average steals per game has even reached 3. If Rose wants to single him, I'm afraid it's still too young. "

Artest, who was stealing, drove to the basket and made an ugly one-handed layup.

Artest looked around and found that none of the Milwaukee fans at the scene were ready to criticize his ugly posture, but when he looked around the commentary stand, Kenny Smith moved his mouth and wanted to say something.

Artest sprayed first: "Ugly, you old fool."

The restricted Rose could no longer carry the Bulls to win the game, and the game only lasted for the third quarter before it was completely garbage time.

In the end, the Bucks won the game again with 110:98.

"The Bucks are in the second round!"

The Milwaukee fans at the scene were going crazy.

In their eyes, this is definitely the most fantastic season.

After losing the starters and core players one after another, the team actually entered the playoffs with a brand new lineup, and reached the second round of the playoffs for the first time in eight years.

They feel very satisfied.

Looking at the team owner Li Lai who was sprayed to death by them at the beginning of the season, it seems that it is not so bad now.

"The coaching ability is so-so in our eyes, but my brother, your team's trading level still needs to be practiced."

Ribbons flew in the sky over Bradley Arena.

Westbrook and a group of teammates embraced each other excitedly. They encountered many problems in this round of the series and discovered many shortcomings of themselves, but the good thing is that they have overcome them one by one.

Rose looked at the celebrating Bucks players and Westbrook, his nose was sour, and the circles of his eyes suddenly turned red.

He remembered the summer league, he beat Westbrook, and now, the opponent sent him home.

这场比赛，罗斯30投12中，三分球3投0中，砍下了28分4篮板4助攻。

Rose has tried his best, and he can still get such data under the 3-2 zone defense tactics of Artest and Li Lai. He is indeed very talented.

Li Lai took the initiative to walk to Ross, and patted him encouragingly.

"This is your first trip to the playoffs, the future is yours."

"You didn't hit any three-pointers in this round of the series. Listen to my advice and practice three-pointers well. This will be very useful to you in the future."

Rose glanced at Li Lai, and tears finally couldn't help falling down.

Immediately afterwards, Li Lai and coach Pooh De Nagro shook hands on the technical stage.

Vinnie DeNagello patted Li Lai on the shoulder, completely convinced, and said, "Congratulations to the Bucks, you have won beautifully."

"It's a pity that Luol Deng in our team is injured. If we don't let us play more excitingly."

"Of course, the opponents in the next round will not be easy to mess with. I wish you good luck."

Li Lai thought of his next opponent, and the joy in his heart was quickly swept away. He said with a serious face, "They are indeed not easy to mess with."

(End of this chapter)