NBA restricted area bulldozer

Chapter 309

Utah Jazz VS Chicago Bulls, the lineups on both sides are not much different from the lineups of last season's finals.

The Bulls are still the same Bulls, there is no big deal, and the natural lineup remains the same, but the Jazz is no longer the original Jazz, because Stockton has not yet played in the rematch, and Bond will still replace him, and this is about to start for the Jazz. Not good for the playoffs.

The significance of Stockton's existence is not as simple as the team's lubricant and crazy assists. After all, Stockton's perimeter defense is also a must.

Last season, the reason why the Jazz were able to overthrow the Bulls was that Li Shengli and Malone teamed up to dominate the inside line, but Stockton's blockade of the Bulls' outside line was also an important reason, and this game... without Stockton, Bond, who replaced him in the game, was embarrassing to reuse, and his roles in offense, defense, and organization were quite embarrassing.

You must know that in the triangle offensive system, the three iron triangles of Jordan, Pippen, and Grant are located far away, and double-teaming will become very difficult. Most of the time, it still depends on the defensive player's single-defense ability.

Crotty was arranged to defend Jordan. I believe this point will not be too explosive, but it is very difficult for Bond to defend Armstrong. It is obviously impossible to support Crotty.

The once unsolvable triangle offense was abruptly solved by Jazz Lee Mars. In the final analysis, it was Jerry Sloan who relied on the blockade of Stockton and Crotty to implement the tactics of driving people, driving everyone to the inside, and using Li Shengli And Malone as the ultimate defensive wall.

However, the perfect tactics can explode with only a small change. Without Stockton, the Jazz playing the Bulls is definitely a tough battle that can only be played offensively but not defensively?

……

The game is on.

For the opening jump ball, Li Shengli naturally took the lead. The Jazz launched the first round of offense, and both sides are old opponents, so they naturally know what they should do.

Li Shengli was positioned on the edge of the penalty area, and Malone wanted the ball from a high position. Although Bond was not as good as Stockton, it was quite easy to give the ball to Malone in a high position.

"What are you doing?" Ma Long got the ball and was immediately confused.

Originally, he wanted to single Grant, but what the hell was that Carter White was hanging behind Grant, and as long as he squeezed inside, he was bound to run into Carter White.

Suicide defense?

It stands to reason that Carterwhite's defensive position is tantamount to suicide, because letting go of Li Shengli's position is even more fatal, but everyone knows that the outcome of this game is not that important, and the competition for the scoring champion is the most critical. Obviously, Carterwhite and Grant is paving the way for Jordan.

Although the two did not form a double team, and Carterwhite wanted to support Grant while also keeping an eye on Li Shengli's position, but for Malone...as long as he is determined to play singles, the scoring efficiency of rushing into the interior will be much lower. The only choice is the CIC who is unstable and feels bad.

"Shit, just play around when you come up? Die with me!" Malone stopped going inside, and turned his back and shot a shot after two pushes.

boom!

Malone hits the iron!

The ball crashed directly to the outside line and was picked up by Pippen. Li Shengli had no choice but to rush to the backcourt and quickly return to defense.

……

In the Bulls' offensive system, Jordan is the all-around guard.

After holding the ball at the top of the arc, Pippen immediately ran up for a pick-and-roll, Crotty was stopped, and Tyrone wanted to make up for a misplaced defense, but Grant also rushed up for a second pick-and-roll. After blocking Tyrone, Jordan shot back a jumper.

Normally, when the Bulls attack, everyone has to run to find open opportunities to shoot, but now it's different. Anyway, they all want to shoot for Jordan, and it doesn't matter whether they look for opportunities or not.

Jordan's iconic fadeaway jumper shot, the Bulls scored the first goal of the game.

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The first quarter of the game.

The Bulls played too big a game. The offensive end was all around Jordan, and the defensive end was all over Ma Long’s defense. He scored 12 points. On the other hand, Malone's several strong beatings against Grant were not ideal. Even Li Shengli's offensive rebounds were not good, and he only scored 8 points for his inefficiency.

Halfway through the second quarter.

Ma Long's face turned blue, and Li Shengli couldn't hold back anymore. After the Bulls attacked and settled in the penalty area, they yelled at Jordan and Pippen, "It's too much for you to fight like this."

Judging from the rhythm of the first quarter, not to mention other people, at least these two points, Carterwhite and Grant, are not going to be fun at all... On the offensive end, Grantela went out to escort Jordan and completely gave up inside shots; on the defensive end , Carterwhite is always hanging behind Grant, ready to fight Malone hard at any time, and half-empty Li Shengli.

"It's nothing too much, if you want, you can also double-team me!" Jordan held the ball behind his back, turned his head and responded to Li Shengli in the penalty area, in this unusual game, there must be something unusual The show operation will do.

"You said it yourself!" Li Shengli gritted his teeth and roared at his teammates: "Crotty lock him, Bond, you go help, Brother Carl, you go out too, stare at him, don't worry about other people, there are people in the penalty area!" I!"

Tactical arrangement is the head coach's business, but in many cases the on-the-spot response needs to be decided by the players themselves, and Li Shengli's command was not opposed by anyone, even the dark-faced Malone didn't say anything.

For a while, the Jazz's defense was messed up.

Crotty and Bond teamed up to suppress Jordan, and Malone was hanging behind, ready to make up for the Bulls after the pick-and-roll. When the defensive pressure was all on Jordan, Jordan also scolded him because his field of vision was full of people.

There are teammates and opponents. Jordan wanted to make a breakthrough, but was driven beyond the three-point line. When the offensive time was approaching, he barely made a shot. Li Shengli grabbed the rebound after hitting the iron.

……

What kind of weird situation is this?

Jordan has not been deliberately targeted once or twice in previous games, but this one is really different, because the teammates who want to help him pick and roll, and the opponent who defends, have become obstacles for him to move together.

"Stop playing, stop playing like this, play hard!" Jordan shouted loudly, speaking to both his teammates and Li Shengli.

"It's late, you've played for a quarter and a half, it's our turn!" Li Shengli insisted.

You are the first year of the first year, and I will be the fifteenth.

It doesn't make sense to let you play for a quarter and a half without fighting back!

……

Returning to the Jazz's offense again, the generals looked at each other. Li Shengli took the lead, followed by Malone, and Bond held the ball at the end. When the frontcourt was settled, Bond still passed the ball to Malone.

Li Shengli didn't go inside either, and directly set up a pick-and-roll for Malone to stop Grant.

Generally speaking, a misplaced defense will be formed after a pick-and-roll. Whether Malone can have a chance to make a shot depends on whether Carter White's supplementary defense is timely. Obviously Carter White's footsteps are too slow, and the short-distance movement speed in the penalty area cannot reach Malone at all. He was scored A ball.

Jordan won't care too much about scoring a goal, but the rhythm of the second quarter really makes him unable to calm down.

Li Shengli cleared the way physically, and Ma Long and King Qin walked around the pillar!

Li Dazhuo and Ma Dazhuo started from high positions when they came up.

You know, the key to restricting Malone's scoring is the targeted double-teaming of Carter White and Grant, but Li Shengli's pick-and-roll created a short-term one-on-one opportunity for Malone. Opportunity to come back again from a high position.

Although pick-and-rolls are generally coordinated by a large body and a small body, the big body is convenient for blocking, and the small body is quick to fly up and look for opportunities to shoot, but the purpose of Li Shengli's pick-and-roll is too simple. Not too particular.

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On Jordan's side, the Jazz still suppressed him, forcing Jordan to give up some of his shots, and the Bulls' scoring slowly improved; on the other hand, Malone, Li Shengli almost crazily carried him to attack, and let him digest all the offensive rebounds.

In the first half of the quarter, Jordan scored 16 points and Malone scored 10 points. At the end of the second quarter, both scored 20 points, which means... Malone scored 10 points in half a quarter. .

But scoring a tie is useless.

Malone must have more than 10 points more than Jordan to have a chance to catch up with the scoring average, but according to the momentum in the second half of the second quarter, Jordan's scoring champion will also disappear.

"Shit, why does this kid keep getting on with me!" During the halftime break, Jordan's face was extremely ugly.

There is nothing he can do about losing the championship, but he doesn't want to lose the scoring champion, because this is his eighth consecutive win, which is of great significance, but meeting Li Shengli... His mood is really terrible, but there is nothing he can do.

"Don't worry, let him enjoy the last warmth in the Jazz this season, and wait until next season..." Pippen said with a smirk: "Next season, how many people are waiting to teach him, I can't count, At that time, we will also work harder..."

"Why, did you and Ewing get together?" Jordan asked suddenly.

"No, no, that's what I said." Pippen scratched his head, "Anyway, he won't have a good end next season, so many people stepped on him, it's not bad for us. Tsk, think about it this way, this guy Lee It's really pitiful!"

"He's pitiful? Look at him, next season will be the most terrifying time for this guy. Hunger and hardship will not only kill people, but also make people... crazy!" Jordan said with a cold face: "Forget it, I'm too lazy to say That's all, now write down all these accounts, if he steals my scoring title, no matter which team he goes to, I will hang him severely next season."

"What, are we going to stand with Ewing?"

"No, I'm just avenging myself!"

"Oh, I hope this guy won't be starved to death next season, it's better to hold on and wait for us to beat him!"

(End of this chapter)