The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 311 Born with a Big Heart

Mirotic, the Raider Cavaliers, has been restrained, but Rose's point of play is completely star style. The Cavaliers can't solve it by defense alone. They have to suppress their opponents on the offensive end.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bulls continued the offensive lineup at the end of the third quarter, with Rose playing with a big shooter.

Naturally, Zhang Xiaotian was the main attacker on the Cavaliers side, and James had a short rest.

To be honest, the Bulls often don't know how to adapt their tactics. They have adjusted before the game, but their ability to adjust during the game is insufficient.

It was not wrong for them to want to expand their lead, but their defense against Zhang Xiaotian was careless.

When Zhang Xiaotian turned the score against two consecutive hits by the defenders, the Bulls could only choose to pause.

At this time, only one and a half minutes into the final quarter, the Bulls replaced Jimmy Butler, but the Cavaliers also replaced James.

With the absolute strength of James, Zhang Xiaotian's offensive power in the last quarter can be fully displayed.

James came up and made a strong shot to Butler, causing the latter to foul, and then Zhang Xiaotian hit a three-pointer.

James and Zhang Xiaotian play together, and Jimmy Butler, the Bulls' strongest single-defense player, can only follow James.

Zhang Xiaotian has strong scoring ability, but James is the core of tactics.

It's just that, the Bulls' proud defense can't hold it anymore.

The Bulls are using veteran Kirk Hinrich to defend Zhang Xiaotian at this time. They think that they can limit Zhang Xiaotian's performance by not giving open opportunities on the outside. If Zhang Xiaotian breaks through, he will enjoy the same treatment as James and immediately attack.

But what they didn't expect was that Zhang Xiaotian's shooting was completely unreasonable, and he also scored against the defense.

No wonder the Bulls were surprised, their judgment on Zhang Xiaotian was outdated, and when the Cavaliers played in the first round, Zhang Xiaotian couldn't be considered to be able to fully play because of the obvious team advantage.

Diligent three-pointers, physical matchup advantage, just not losing position can't prevent him.

The Bulls had no choice but to make a substitution again, or let Mike Dunley defend. At least this guy has height. Zhang Xiaotian often chooses to break through. If he breaks through, their overall defense will come in handy.

Seeing that the Bulls were about to be cornered, Jimmy Butler suddenly broke out and scored 5 points in a row.

These two shots are all dry pulls, and this kid also has a bit of an All-Star taste.

These 5 points made the Bulls slow down, and then the Bulls' offense also started. To be precise, the star's style of play has worked again, not Jimmy Butler. This guy scored two shots and was locked by James. died.

Rose fouled Irving twice and forced Irving into turnovers on the defensive end.

Irving's state is really not good this time. Maybe it's because he didn't sleep well at night or for some other reason. Both the offensive and defensive ends are sleepwalking.

The Bulls took the lead again, but there were actually no better players to use. David Blatt could only shout to remind Irving.

On the other side, James fouled Jimmy Butler again, which was his fifth.

The strengths of both sides were played out, and the score rose alternately.

At the last moment, the Cavaliers chose Tristan Thompson as the small lineup inside.

The Bulls also didn't play two inside lanes, and only put Taj Gibson on the field, which was completely against the Cavaliers.

This is clearly an offense, and the Bulls are going all out.

Rose, like James, kills inside, but he basically ends it by himself.

At 2 minutes and 45 seconds, Tai Gibson grabbed an offensive rebound and fouled James when he made a strong move.

Tai Gibson made two free throws, 92:91, and the Bulls went ahead for the fourth time in the final quarter.

In less than 20 seconds, James scored two points and the Cavaliers took the lead again.

At this time, it is not only about tactics and skills, but also mental quality is very important.

Zhang Xiaotian's fans, whether they are in the United States or across the ocean, are staring at the live broadcast screen.

Speaking of psychological quality, Zhang Xiaotian's fans are the most proud, and they are full of expectations at the last moment.

The Bulls are also strictly guarding against him now, not daring to relax for a moment, and deliberately let go of other points.

Zhang Xiaotian was not particularly reluctant, and his teammates would pass if there was space.

But at this time, he hopes to have more possession of the ball, because the ball is in the hands of James, and he will definitely pass it to the point where the Bulls deliberately emptied, so Zhang Xiaotian will lose a lot of singles opportunities.

In fact, at this time, his singles success rate is the highest, but there is nothing he can do without the ball.

At 1 minute and 16 seconds, Jimmy Butler made another singles hit without any tactics.

During the Cavaliers' offense, James passed the ball to the open JR Smith, but JR Smith missed a three-pointer.

This time, Zhang Xiaotian had already anticipated this possibility. When JR Smith shot, he had already rushed to the opponent's inside line.

It's okay to make a wrong judgment. The Bulls' ability to catch offense and defense transitions is very average.

With the loss of two tall players, the Bulls' inside line was a bit empty. Zhang Xiaotian relied on his familiarity with his teammates to predict the basketball's landing point in advance.

He rushed in and jumped high to catch the ball, then turned around and swiped in the middle, and went to Tristan Thompson. With the help of his teammate's body, Zhang Xiaotian stepped back and pulled up a three-pointer.

Again, 95:93, and the time has entered the last minute.

With James and Taj Gibson hitting separately, only 15 seconds left for the Bulls.

The Bulls replaced several players who could shoot the ball, making it clear that they would use three-point tactics, and it was also a kind of containment, so that Rose could break through with confidence.

At this time, the Cavaliers will definitely not let Irving and Rose again. Shumpert replaced JR Smith to defend Rose.

After receiving the ball, Rose adjusted his rhythm slightly, and then asked for a cover to kill inside.

James immediately came over to help defend. This time Rose did not choose to force, but distributed the ball.

The Cavaliers' defense immediately rotated, and now there is only Tristan Thompson on the court, and the Cavaliers' rotation is still very fast.

When the Bulls didn't get an open spot on the outside, Rose came out from inside again.

In fact, there are still opportunities to shoot, but not everyone has the courage to shoot against the defense at the last moment.

Mike Dunleavy hesitated, then returned the ball to Rose.

Shumpert stuck close to Rose and was not shaken off.

But Rose turned around after receiving the ball and pulled it up. It can only be said that Rose is the kind of player who has no fear in his heart.

Rose didn't hit a three-pointer in front of him, and all his shots in the last few minutes were all iron.

Bang, the basketball hit the backboard loudly, Rose's ball was very powerful.

The power of the shot wasn't great, but the ball bounced off the backboard and into the hoop.

Some players are like this. If they don't go in the front and make the last shot, they can kill people. They are born with a big heart.

95:96, only 3 seconds left.

"God, God..." The fans couldn't help shouting under the big screen outdoors in Cleveland.

(End of this chapter)