"The Bulls lost, losing two games in a row. It seems that the Bulls still can't beat the Lakers..."
"Yeah, it seems Cartwright still couldn't find a solution to the Lakers. On the contrary, the Lakers strangled the Bulls to death."
"You can't say that, at least the G2 Bulls played well."
"Lu Yu started playing without the ball from the beginning of g2 and scored 47 points, but it still couldn't change the team's losing situation."
"It can only be said that this game was Lu Yu's best effort."
"Did his teammates perform poorly?"
"No, it's mainly because the Lakers played so well. Kobe and O'Neal scored 30 points at the same time. How can you let Lu Yu handle it?"
The Bulls lost two games in a row at the Lakers' home court, and the finals score was 2-0.
Although he lost the first two away games, Lu Yu fell to the ground again and again and threw the ball into the basket. He used precise shots and quick changes of direction again and again, making the fans at the scene stand up and encourage him.
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Many Lakers fans saw the shadow of Iverson last year in Lu Yu.
When Lu Yu left Staples Center, many fans gathered around to get Lu Yu's autograph, because in the eyes of most Lakers fans, it will be years before we see each other again...the Bulls will never come back!
4-0, this series will end at the Bulls' United Center.
Lu Yu will not return to Los Angeles, at least there is no chance for the Bulls this season!
In the G2 game, Lu Yu made 16 of 22 shots, 7 of 8 free throws, and scored 47 points, 6 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 steals. Zen Master did not give Lu Yu a chance to make three points. Most of Lu Yu's points came from the long two
point.
Artest scored 16 points and 7 rebounds, Richardson had 18 points and 6 rebounds, and Miller had 12 points and 17 rebounds. Four of the Bulls scored in double figures, and Miller even grabbed 17 rebounds in front of O'Neal.
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The Bulls' rebounds were actually 10 higher than the Lakers'.
But this time, the Bulls, who had mastered rebounding, still couldn't get over the Lakers' mountain. In the end, they were just one step away, losing the game by four points, 117-121.
At the end of regular time, the Bulls were only three points behind.
Cartwright resorted to a shark-cutting tactic, and O'Neal missed two free throws at the free throw line. Lu Yu's shot from a distance of one meter outside the three-point line dragged the game into overtime.
Unfortunately, in the overtime, the Zen Master was more sophisticated and actually replaced O'Neal during a timeout after leading by three points in the overtime.
This made Cartwright want to use the shark-killing tactic again, but when he came on stage, he found that the shark was missing.
Zhang Weiping commented: "From the perspective of coaching competition, Cartwright is obviously worse than Jackson. Of course, this is not Cartwright's fault. After all, he has only been in the coaching position for a few months, while Jackson has been a coach for several years.
Ten years of coaching.”
Sun Yiping also said during the live broadcast: "Lu Yu is really hard to beat with four fists. If the Bulls want to compete with the Lakers next year, they must take action in today's summer free market."
Lu Yu scored 47 points by himself, but O'Neal and Kobe scored 31 and 30 respectively. They really couldn't handle it.
After the game, almost no basketball experts were optimistic about the Bulls, and Lu Hei, who had been silent for a long time, also started to quarrel with Lu Mi.
Lu Hei said: "Lu Yu is just a rookie. He can't be the boss at all. So what if he scored 47 points? It's not just scoring in vain. Basketball is for five people. What's the use of scoring so many points by yourself?"
Lu Mi said: "If Lu Yu hadn't scored so many points, the Bulls wouldn't have been able to survive until overtime, and they would have been defeated like the first game. Only Lu Yu could save the Bulls."
Lu Hei said: "Lu Yu is a cancer. If he was really capable, he would rush into the paint and push O'Neal for a layup. Whatever he shoots near the three-point line, it would still be two points. As long as he shoots a few more three-pointers
If you don't win, there is a problem with his shot selection. You see last year's Iverson, he rushed into the penalty area again and again and fell to the ground again and again. That was the real hero."
Lu Mi: "Are you blind? Did the Lakers give him a three-point chance? The entire court only has some defensive space one step inside the three-point line. If you don't shoot there, you can shoot anywhere. Besides, if you rush into the paint, Iver
Sen did charge last year, did he win?"
Lu Hei: "Can't we create opportunities if we don't give them opportunities?"
Lu Mi: "Didn't Lu Yu miss the two-point shot? A layup is two points, and a shot is also two points. What's wrong with his choice!"
Lu Hei: "The closer you are to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage. You don't understand such a simple truth. You Lu Mi's are just a bunch of ball blinders. You only like Lu Yu's looks."
Lu Mi: "Please don't forget, Lu Yu's shooting percentage today is 70%. You know the ball so well, don't you know what this shooting percentage means?"
This is a record. No player in the NBA can score 45 points and still maintain a shooting percentage of more than 70%.
There has been a lot of noise on the Internet, but Snoopy's magazines and websites have become the main force in bragging about Lu Yu, and it also made Lu Hei breathless for a while.
At this time, the benefits of Lu Yu's control of the media emerged.
Others want to discredit Lu Yu or quarrel with Lu Yu, but they can't do it.
Lu Yu was too lazy to worry about this kind of thing, but he still said a few words from his heart in the news interview after returning to Chicago.
"Everyone thinks that if we lose two games, it will be the end of the world. Some people think that we should lose because our strength is not as good as the Lakers."
"I wonder if anyone has ever thought about it. This is Los Angeles, the home of the Lakers. Isn't it right for them to win? If we can win a game, we will make money."
"Of course, I don't mean to blame the loss on the home and away game."
"I mean, they can defend their home court, we can defend our home court, come on, Lakers, you're not going to take away a win in Chicago."
The most exciting thing about the finals is winning the game away from home.
The most difficult part of the finals is winning the game away from home.
Otherwise, no team would fight tooth and nail for home field advantage!
It's always easier to win at home.
It's just that everyone is used to sweeping the finals or 4-1, sometimes ending 4-2, and rarely playing seven games. In the NBA's nearly 60-year history, so far this season, there have only been 12 finals.
Tie-break.
Why so few?
Because the strength of the east and west is unbalanced, there will always be a one-sided situation. In the early years, the east was stronger, and later the west was stronger. This is also related to the economic development policy of the United States.
Only when the team has money can they recruit players.
So when the Bulls lose, fans and the media will directly believe that the Lakers must have won. In NBA history, a team with a 2-0 lead has a 78% chance of winning the championship.
Until Lu Yu stood up and said that the Bulls would also defend their home court.
Everyone was awakened one after another. The Bulls' home winning percentage this year is not low, and it is even the team with the highest home winning percentage in the league.
I don’t know who will win.
Lu Yu got up from Charlize Theron's bed in the morning, came to the arena, and started a day of training.
Cartwright walked in.
While Lu Yu was resting, he asked: "Lu, would you be depressed if you lost the first two games?"
"meeting!"
Lu Yu answered honestly: "If we can win the next game, the pressure will be much less now. Especially for a young team like ours, sometimes pressure may not turn into motivation, but it is obvious that we still underestimated
Opponent, this is the biggest reason for our failure."
Cartwright didn't expect Lu Yu to think so far. Looking carefully at Lu Yu's expression, it didn't look like he was telling lies: "Then what do you think we should do in the G3 game?"
"Restrict O'Neal!"
Lu Yu sighed: "Although I know it is difficult, if we limit O'Neal, we will win half the battle. The key lies in the method of limiting O'Neal."
"But the problem is that we can't restrain O'Neal!" Cartwright sighed.
Cartwright is worried that his hair is almost falling out these days.
Lu Yu rarely interfered with the head coach's coaching tactics in the past, because he was just a player, and the players, coaches, and management were three dimensions that did not involve each other. Too much interference would only make others dislike him.
But now it's the finals, and it's the most critical moment after a season.
And Cartwright really had no choice.
Lu Yu decided to give it a try. He had no idea now, but he remembered that in his previous life, the peak OK team lost to the Spurs and Pistons for two consecutive years in the 2002-2003 season and the 2003-2004 season.
These two series have certain reference significance.
After the Spurs won the championship in 1999, they fell to the Lakers in 2001 and 2002.
And they were all swept out, but the Spurs defeated their nemesis Lakers in 2003. Why didn't the Spurs defeat the Lakers until 2003?
Because the Spurs increased their depth that season.
The Spurs have always been the poorest team in the league, and the owner's assets are less than the players' worth.
This makes it difficult for the Spurs to strengthen. Similarly, although the Spurs won the championship in the 1999 season, most of the players were very old. Of course, except for Duncan, the players in the 2001 and 2002 seasons were older than in 1999. It can be said that
The Spurs are just Duncan dragging a group of "old, weak, sick and disabled" by himself to compete with OK at the top.
But the Spurs were different in the 2003 season. The summer of 2002 was the beginning of the Spurs' formation of the GDP combination. Since then, the depth of the Spurs' lineup has increased. With the addition of "bandits" such as captain Stephen Jackson and Bruce Bowen, the Spurs finally passed the Lakers.
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The Spurs fell to the Lakers because of insufficient lineup depth, and they also won because of lineup depth.
It is definitely too late to replenish the depth of the lineup, but there is one thing the Spurs can learn from the Bulls. The Spurs that year strangled everything except O'Neal and Kobe.
A bit like the Bulls' tactics against the Nets.
The Bulls locked up the scoring of all role players except Kidd, causing the role players' shooting percentage to drop. Even if Kidd scored 30 points, the team lost the series.
There are similarities between the Spurs and Lakers series.
For the Lakers that year, the shooting percentage of role players was ridiculously low. Don't say it was because of poor shooting skills. Could it be that they were not good in a series?
To put it bluntly, the Spurs' targeted defense worked.
This cuts off the linkage between role players and OK combinations.
Throughout the series, Kobe averaged 3.7 assists per game.
At first glance, this data may bring to mind words such as "not passing the ball" and "alone". However, this time I really wronged Kobe. 3.7 assists are already the highest in the Lakers team, tied with O'Neal.
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The Lakers only had 16.4 assists, 4.2 fewer than the Spurs.
Therefore, the entire series was almost all about ok playing in isolation with the ball. Duncan, Robinson, Jackson, Bowen and other defensive heroes cut off the connection between "ok" and others. Therefore, although Kobe averaged 32.3 points per game in the series and O'Neal 25.3 points,
After that came Fisher's 10 points, and then no one on the team reached double figures.
Let’s talk about Kobe’s scoring. Although he averaged 32.3 points per game, his shooting percentage was only 43.4%. On the other hand, the Spurs, Ginobili, Parker, Bowen and Clayton were in full bloom, and the five Spurs’ three-point shooting percentage exceeded 50%.
In other words, those who guard Kobe Bryant alone must have the ability to limit Kobe Bryant.
Let’s talk about the Pistons. The reason why the Pistons beat the Lakers is largely due to luck.
First, the Lakers took a hit as a team, and they could have won if Karl Malone hadn't been injured.
Secondly, O'Neal is competing with the Lakers management.
Third, Kobe was troubled by the Eagle County lawsuit.
The young man thought he was going to spend the rest of his life in prison, and at that time he was unable to devote himself to the game of basketball.
Can't blame him for that.
If Lu Yu were him, he would do the same thing.
Every day he had to go to Denver. He felt like he had no hope. The media and everyone were talking about him losing the lawsuit.
He has lost his wife's trust and needs to regain control of his life.
But people don't understand that his focus is not on basketball.
The Lakers have too many problems.
People forget that when they first started working together, they had a record of 19 wins and 2 losses. Malone averaged 19 points per game, I averaged 20 points per game, Kobe averaged 17 points per game, and O'Neal averaged 18 points.
But as Malone fell, everyone could no longer concentrate on playing basketball.
But they still made it to the finals.
In the finals, the only thing worth learning from the Pistons was their defensive tactics against O'Neal.
The first is to go around and defend to prevent the ball. The goal of this defensive strategy is to limit O'Neal's catching. When O'Neal wants the ball in the low post, he puts pressure on O'Neal and goes around to defend. At the same time, he restricts the passer and makes him unable to catch the ball.
Pass the ball with ease, even causing turnovers.
The second is to double-team in the low post. To defend O'Neal, use Ben Wallace to withstand O'Neal in the low post. Ben is also one of the few players in the league who can withstand O'Neal, and then Rasheed Wallace continues to defend O'Neal.
With help on defense and harassment from Prince on the line, the Pistons reduced O'Neal's numbers to 26.6 points and 10.8 rebounds in the 2004 Finals.
It can be considered a successful defense.
Although Cartwright used both of these tactics, he did not emphasize them.
The difficulty lies in how to lock down role players after a double attack. This is a very contradictory issue.
The third is to play fast breaks to consume O'Neal, which is also a good way. This style of play is suitable for run-and-gun tactics and has many offensive and defensive rounds. Using this style of play can greatly consume O'Neal's physical strength. Over time, O'Neal will definitely have to
Take more breaks.
But in an era when the inside is king, run-and-gun tactics are definitely not popular.
Especially for this tactic, the Bulls have never used it before. Is it too late to improvise?
Back then, Mutombo once said that to deal with O'Neal, you must do two things. First, you must ensure that you do not get hit. Second, you must be careful not to be hit in the head by a dunked basketball. Although there are many defensive tactics, there are still many defensive tactics.
Partly for O'Neal, victory can only be won when O'Neal is exhausted.
However, you can give it a try by increasing the speed appropriately.
