"Everyone must have noticed that the Bulls asked Lu Yu to defend McGrady, and then added Artest and Richardson to form a corner. It seems that McGrady is sure to be defeated."
Xu Jicheng laughed and said: "The Bulls' misplaced defense caught the Magic off guard. They were bullying other members of the Magic team who had no scoring ability. Even Cobra Grant was constantly pushed out by Brad Miller. In this game, the Magic
If a team cannot play its role players, it will be difficult for them to play."
The situation on the court is as analyzed by Xu Jicheng. The Magic are now in a dilemma. Let McGrady play in isolation. He can't beat three defensive heroes.
Let the role players play, but they don't have the absolute ability to score.
Rivers also wants to follow Cartwright's example and use three people to defend Lu Yu, but after mid-season adjustments, the Bulls have good scoring capabilities, both in their role players and on the bench.
This is also the reason why few teams dared to attack Lu Yu in the late regular season - especially after Richardson arrived.
This is the advantage of the Bulls.
Richardson's arrival has made up for the lack of offensive strength of the Bulls' main lineup.
The bench depth is also deep enough, and the main rotation lineup has a balanced offense and defense. Many basketball commentators are optimistic about the Bulls based on these. If you have to find faults, the Bulls' lack of a super inside man may be a shortcoming.
Lu Yu also knows that every team that can win the championship in recent years will have a super insider.
Except for the Bulls led by Jordan.
This is the greatness of Jordan. In an era when only a super insider as the core can win the championship, Jordan, as a defender, can lead the team to win the championship as the core.
Lu Yu is just a first-year rookie.
If you use Jordan's standards to ask him, it is really a bit outrageous.
Halfway through the game, Magic center Cobra Grant was replaced by head coach Doc Rivers because he was poor at guarding the pick-and-roll, and they didn't dare to let him play. Armstrong played the 1 position and was replaced by Richard, who was taller and longer than him.
Dessen's hard work, especially Richardson's three-pointer, gave the Magic a headache.
Cartwright did not expect that in addition to defense and breakthrough, Richardson also had a beautiful three-pointer.
Little did he know that in Lu Yu's previous life, Richardson was actually the three-point champion of the All-Star Game, and like Korver, he was an outstanding player who made 226 three-pointers in a season.
You know, the season when he made so many three-pointers was the 2004-05 season.
What makes Magic head coach Doc Rivers even more desperate is that the shortest player in the Bulls' starting lineup seems to be the 198cm tall Richardson.
The shortest player on the entire team is Jamal Crawford who is 196cm on the bench.
There aren't many teams in the league that are higher than them.
This allows them to switch defenses at will when facing Magic guard Armstrong's pick-and-roll tactics. Whether it is Richardson, Lu Yu, or Artest, they can defend both small point guards and big men.
Muscular man's swingman.
In the first game, the Bulls almost defeated the Magic by 41 points, 118-77, beating the Magic to the point of losing their temper. The core of both teams only played for about thirty minutes, and the final quarter was pure garbage time.
McGrady made 7 of 22 shots, 5 of 6 free throws, and scored 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists. He was so defensive that he didn't even bother to stare, and the game was extremely depressing.
The Bulls had three players with 20, not even including Lu Yu. Artest scored 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 1 steal. Miller scored 27 points, 11 rebounds, and 2 blocks. Richardson was the most abnormal.
He made 7 of 7 three-pointers. There were no basket or mid-range shots in the whole game. He played a Clay-style game, with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. Lu Yu had 14 points and 15 assists, more assists than points.
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Crawford had 12 points, Chandler had 8 points and 17 rebounds, Mercer had 9 points, and Hassell had 6 points.
The whole team blossoms more.
The situation in the second game between the two sides was similar to that in the first game. The Bulls took the lead at the beginning. In the third quarter, they entered garbage time and sent all substitutes to fight. Many Bulls fans felt bored and left the game early.
McGrady likes to take shots from the left and right of the penalty area, which is different from his later playing style in the Rockets. Various strong inside plays make his offense more and more difficult.
Because it is difficult for him to enter the penalty area.
Fortunately, his performance was a little better than in the previous game. He scored 26 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists. His data caught up with the average data per game in the regular season.
It's a pity that except for McGrady, everyone else felt completely cold, especially the bench lineup, which was beaten by the Bulls' bench and only scored 6 points in the end.
The Bulls' bench is dominated by Crawford and Fizer. The Bulls' bench is gangsters, and the Magic's bench is useless. There is no comparison.
Lu Yu's performance was better than in the last game, at least he scored a lot more, 21 points, 14 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals. Compared with Lu Yu, McGrady's data seemed a bit inferior.
Chandler broke out in this game. At least 10 of Lu Yu's 14 assists were given to him.
He was stunned to score 27 points and 12 rebounds, which made Artest envious.
Whether it's Cobra Grant or Gorilla Ewing, they are both old. They can't keep up with Chandler at all. The Magic's inside line has nothing to do with him.
Of all the teams in the playoffs, the Magic's interior line is probably the worst.
Why did they originally want to build a team with two perimeter players, McGrady and Grant Hill, as the core? Lu Yu once said that team management in the league who use two perimeter players to build a team all have their own plans in mind.
Lu Yu also said, except for those who play basketball with brothers.
On April 28, the third game between the two sides was held at the home court of the Magic in Orlando. The scene was still one-sided, and the strength gap could not be made up by the home whistle.
This time, head coach Rivers asked Grant to return to the starting position to defend Miller. As a result, Miller pulled out to pick and roll with Lu Yu, freeing up space for Lu Yu to break through, or for Richardson to attack with an air cut from the flank.
Lu Yu was very easy to shoot a three-pointer from the outside or hit Grant out of position. Richardson was also very efficient in hitting Armstrong with his back. After all, Armstrong's height difference is too big.
Rivers once asked Tracy McGrady to defend Richardson, but it seemed easier for Lu Yu to beat Armstrong, which made Armstrong the backdrop today.
However, Lu Yu was beaten hard by McGrady in the penalty area several times. This is McGrady's main scoring method now. He is tall and has long arms, so most defenders can only be beaten by him in the penalty area, and inside players who want to help defend are
Far less flexible than him.
His official height is 201cm, but his actual height is almost 204cm. Others reported his height as taller, but he reported his height as shorter, just to be able to play as a swingman to bully the opponent's back line.
Unexpectedly, when I met Lu Yu this time, not only was he similar in height, but his playing style was also similar.
Fortunately, in the second quarter, he found two opportunities to beat Lu Yu near the penalty area.
McGrady's strong attack was closer to the basket, which was somewhat similar to a center's style of play, but it was different from Jordan's back-up play where he received the ball at a 45-degree angle. In short, it was very strange, and Lu Yu was a little uncomfortable playing.
However, in the second half, Lu Yu felt hot and could not break through. He dominated the game with 21 points in a single quarter. McGrady couldn't guard him, and the other players of the Magic team couldn't guard him. Lu Yu attracted double teams and was able to score the ball. Richard on the outside
Sen and Artest are still making progress.
In this quarter of the game, the Bulls scored 39 points, and the difference between the two sides widened to 27 points and entered garbage time.
All the main staff are off work.
It's better to save some face at someone else's home court. In the fourth quarter, under Cartwright's instruction, the Bulls' bench was able to recover a lot of points from the Magic, and finally won the game 116-99.
3 to 0
Bulls sweep Magic.
The first round of the competition system in this era is a best-of-five game. The Magic players are very grateful for this. They don't want to play the fourth game at all.
Especially McGrady, he was very dissatisfied with his performance in the playoffs this year. He felt that his teammates were dragging him down. If his teammates hadn't been so useless, he would never have lost to Lu Yu.
In McGrady's heart, he no longer regards Lu Yu as a rookie.
After all, Lu Yu, who can make even Kobe Bryant admire him, is definitely not something that any rookie player can measure up to.
The Bulls await their second-round opponent.
Lu Yu, on the other hand, came to Loyola University Chicago, where Yao Ming will start his first NBA trial.
Lu Yu asked his assistant and learned that 28 of the 29 NBA teams were present, with the exception of the defending champion Lakers, who had Shaquille O'Neal. After all, the Lakers had O'Neal and did not really need a center.
The emergence of Lu Yu and the rise of the Bulls led many teams to see the Chinese market and the potential of Chinese players.
Even Wang Zhizhi is an important rotation player for the Mavericks.
This year, Wang Zhizhi's contract has not expired yet, and he has already received an early extension from the Mavericks, signing a three-year, $18 million contract.
He became the fourth highest paid player on the team.
This year's Mavericks' Mike Finley has 10.63 million, Fan Fan has 10.16 million, Nash has 5.75 million, followed by Wang Zhizhi's 5 million, and even Bradley only has 4.5 million.
Nowitzki, sorry, this is the last year of his rookie contract, only 2.16 million.
Another person who has established a firm foothold in the NBA is Battle of the Nuggets. Lu Yu is really not familiar with Battle. Battle only joined the Nuggets after the All-Star Game and only played 28 games for the Nuggets. In fact, there was no Bulls team yet.
But Lu Yu will meet him soon. After all, there are still World Championships to play this summer.
The Chinese men's basketball team will also start training in the United States first, and there will be no need to go back then.
Although Battle's performance in the Nuggets was average, he was pretty good in a weak team like the Nuggets and had plenty of playing time. I just don't know if he will be traded to the Spurs next season.
There are now three Chinese players in the NBA. Comparing the data of Wang Zhizhi and Battelle in the CBA, and looking at Yao Ming's data, we know that Yao Ming definitely has the ability to play in the NBA.
If you still have questions, you can go and watch Chandler of the Bulls.
This guy was beaten to death by Yao Ming three years ago.
On the last day of April, on the same day that Lu Yu came, Yao Ming also came to Loyola University Chicago.
The sun is shining brightly today, and the trial training has begun.
