Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 785

"beep"

The 76ers' continuous chasing points forced the Bulls to request a timeout.

When the players came down, Coach Thibodeau frowned and made a substitution first: "Bogans, wait for you to come down and rest, cj-Watson, you go."

The reason why the Bulls have fallen into a disadvantage in the past few minutes is that Bogans' defense against Iverson is not in place is an important reason.It is precisely because his defense against Iverson is not in place that Iverson can always find opportunities to tear the Bulls' defense.

Once Iverson gets rid of Bogans, the Bulls must have other players to defend, and the defense against Qin Hao will be difficult to maintain.

So Coach Thibodeau had to replace Bogans with Watson.

Watson is only 188 centimeters tall, much shorter than Bogans, but faster. Coach Thibodeau thinks his defense against Iverson may be better.

"Watson." Coach Thibodeau said: "You have only one task, to guard Iverson."

"Yes." Watson agreed.

As long as Watson can guard Iverson, without the cooperation of Iverson and Qin Hao, Qin Hao alone will be the same as the second quarter, and it will be difficult to achieve much.

But coach Thibodeau underestimated Iverson and Qin Hao.

When the timeout ends, both players return to the field.

The Bulls scored one first, relying on tactical moves, Luol Deng got a singles opportunity, facing Brand's defensive hit, turning the point difference into 10 points.

Then the 76ers counterattacked. Qin Hao asked for a pick-and-roll after coming to the frontcourt, but failed to find a good opportunity, and passed the ball to Iverson again.He and Iverson don't have a clear position, both can score and both can organize offenses.It is precisely because of this variability that the two partners have achieved good results.

"Come on." Watson stepped forward, when in front of Iverson.

Iverson accelerated with a change of direction and tried to break through, but failed. Watson's speed was much faster than Bogans, and he reacted quickly. He got stuck first and blocked Iverson's breakthrough.

But at this moment, Iverson suddenly took a step back, pulled the ball back, and made a step back jumper.

Swish!
With a soft sound, the ball goes in.

Coach Thibodeau frowned at the ball. Watson blocked Iverson's breakthrough, but he failed to prevent Iverson's score. What's the use?
A moment later, Iverson changed directions continuously, turning Watson around.

Despite his age and declining athletic ability, Iverson's speed is not as fast as his peak, but he is still very fast, and in addition to speed, he has experience and technology.

"Whoosh!"

After the continuous change of direction, Iverson suddenly accelerated, passed half of Watson, and quickly rushed to the inside. Noah could only step forward to defend, and Iverson immediately split the ball and passed it to Nene , Nene took the ball and jumped up with a two-handed dunk, and also scored two points.

Coach Thibodeau's face was ugly. Although Qin Hao didn't score, Iverson scored and assisted his teammates. The 76ers scored 4 points in a row, and the point difference could not be widened.

"Be careful," Thibodeau yelled.

Watson secretly became ruthless, strengthened his defense, and became fierce.

At the same time, Qin Hao opened fire.

"ball."

A reverse run, Qin Hao rushed to his teammate for the ball, Iverson passed the ball, Qin Hao took the ball and Ross rushed over, Qin Hao raised the ball, as if to play singles, Boozer immediately stepped forward to help Ross Defend.In a one-on-one situation, Qin Hao can't guard Ross, and Ross can hardly guard Qin Hao.

As soon as Boozer stepped forward, Qin Hao passed the ball to Speights.

"Damn it." Boozer cursed inwardly, and could only back away.

At this moment, Qin Hao moved sideways, Speights took a step forward, handed the ball to Qin Hao, and made a pick-and-roll for Qin Hao to block Rose.

Qin Hao catches the ball and makes a three-pointer.

Swish!
Come in too!

Boozer has already pounced on the ball, and the defense is in place, but he still can't stop Qin Hao.
The difference between the two sides is always within ten points.

In a blink of an eye, halfway through the third quarter, the two sides began to change to a rotation lineup. What made Coach Thibodeau more depressed was that the 76ers' bench lineup also played well.

By the end of the third quarter, the Bulls only led by 6 points.

"Damn it, why are there only 6 points left?"

"Before, we had a lead of more than ten points, but now we only have six points left. What are you doing?"

In the auditorium, the Bulls fans were upset.

Those who had sworn before, saying that the game would be garbage time after three quarters, are very depressed at the moment, they guessed wrong.

The fourth quarter is about to start.

Qin Hao and others surrounded Coach Luke. Coach Luke drew tactics on the tactical board, made some arrangements, and then put away the tactical board, saying: "There are 6 points left, come on, catch up with the score."

"Yes."

The crowd agreed in unison.

At this time, a substitute lineup was sent, and the 76ers had one big and four small, Mozkov, Thaddeus Young, Iguodala, Lu Wei, and Holiday.

Iguodala was placed on the bench as a small forward, and coach Luke did the same in the last few minutes of the third quarter, and the effect was not bad.

Although Iguodala is not in good shape today and his hips are stretched on the offensive end, his defensive skills are still there, which has improved the strength of the 76ers' bench lineup.

"Snapped!"

With a soft sound, Iguodala made a steal, quickly grabbed the basketball and launched a counterattack. After taking two steps forward, he pushed it with both hands and gave it to Lu Wei.

Bang!
Another two points.

"Good job." Harry's assistant grinned, "The point difference has narrowed further. I didn't expect Iguodala to play well on the bench."

"Yes." Coach Luke responded.

He does not mean that.

Hearing Assistant Coach Harry's words, Coach Luke's heart moved, and he put Iguodala on the bench and let Iverson continue to partner with Qin Hao. This is a good idea.

With Iverson's height, Lu Wei and Holiday are really at a disadvantage in terms of height. The three of them can't play the 3rd position, but Iguodala can.

And the partnership between Iverson and Qin Hao works well.

Swapping the two seems to be a way to get the best of both worlds. Both the starting lineup and the substitute lineup have good competitiveness.

It's just that it's not very friendly to Iguodala.

A few minutes passed in a blink of an eye, and the difference between the two sides was still only a few points.

"Request a timeout." Coach Thibodeau called a timeout. He straightened his face and said with a stern tone, "Derek (Derrick Rose), you go. And Noah, Boozer also goes." He looked at Rose. "Derek, there are only a few minutes left. We have to win the game."

"Understood." Rose nodded heavily, with a serious expression and sharper eyes.

(End of this chapter)