Chapter 301 The outcome of the Spurs is on their own feet
The Spurs attacked, and the players spread out according to Popovich's pre-game arrangement. Duncan served as the core to organize the offense. He passed the ball several times at a 45-degree angle, but there was no excellent offensive opportunity. The basketball returned to him.
With his hands, he could only hit the board at a 45-degree angle after two moves.
His rebound avoided Boozer's block, but the shot missed and Brad Miller grabbed the rebound again.
Richardson received the ball and saw that there was no chance for a fast break, so he slowly dribbled the ball past half-court.
Richardson may not be a very good organizer, but he is definitely an excellent timing controller, which is why Cartwright felt comfortable letting him switch to point guard.
Unlike Lu Yu's previous teams where many organizational forwards were the core, those teams' organizational forwards could all be used as point guards, dribbling the ball through the half court and organizing the offense, leaving the team's point guards to only serve as fixed-point shooters.
, the rotation completed the function of shooting guard.
Some teams simply don't need point guards and directly deploy two shooting guards.
But the Bulls are different. Although the core of the Bulls' offense is Lu Yu, Lu Yu's possession of the ball is not high. On the contrary, Richardson also has a certain degree of autonomy.
This allows players to become more confident the more they play.
In Lu Yu's previous life, James was also known as an organizational forward with his own system, but the players around him became more and more useless. After leaving James, they were directly reduced to high-paid and low-performance players.
When a player becomes a purely functional player, purely dependent on other people's systems, it will be difficult to improve.
Miller provided a screen for Richardson from outside the three-point line. Parker was a step too late to pursue the defense. Richardson dribbled the ball into the three-point line and passed the ball to Lu Yu, who was in a back-up position at a 45-degree angle.
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Duncan knew that it would be difficult for Bowen to defend Lu Yu alone in this position, so he tightened his defense. After a dribble, Lu Yu passed the ball to Boozer in the middle, and Boozer made a cannon-like shot.
7 to 0
Sun Yiping said: "Duncan went to help defend Lu Yu, but it was too late to rush out to defend Boozer."
Zhang Weiping said: "The Spurs can win 60 games in the regular season. Their defense is already at the top of the league. They can't guard against the Bulls' offense. I can only say that the Bulls are too powerful."
Sun Yiping smiled: "The Bulls have won 77 games in the regular season and have not lost a game in the playoffs so far. As long as they can win the championship, the Bulls led by Lu Yu will definitely go down in history."
Parker and the Admiral played a pick-and-roll, and Richardson saw the right time to bypass the defense. He had watched Parker's game videos and found that his three-pointers were not accurate. When Parker entered the three-point line, Richardson immediately blocked him.
In the direction of the attack, Miller also let go of Robinson and Richardson to form a pincer attack.
Robinson cut inside, and Miller retreated with no chance.
At this moment, Parker suddenly moved the basketball from his right hand to his left hand. Richardson quickly moved sideways, but Parker suddenly turned around and passed between Richardson and Miller.
It is indeed a gyro sports car.
But when Miller and Richardson formed a double attack, Lu Yu guessed that Parker would use this move and already assisted in defense in time. Parker could only turn around and pass the ball to Bowen in the corner.
Bowen raised the knife and hit a three-pointer.
7 to 3
Lu Yu only felt unlucky. For a two-pointer, he lost three points.
But it doesn't matter if Bowen shoots the ball, as long as Parker, Ginobili and Duncan are not allowed to shoot the ball. Although the current troika has not yet been fully formed, the three of them have begun to take shape. If you are not careful,
It might be overturned by the three of them.
Bowen can only accept it if he makes a three-pointer. If Bowen can score more than 30 points in a game by making three-pointers, then the Bulls deserve to lose.
Lu Yu looked at Richardson who was dribbling the ball across the half court and made a gesture. Richardson understood it and passed the ball to Hamilton on the right.
At this time, Lu Yu had already run to the right corner, and after Richardson passed the ball, he began to slide down the baseline and cut in the air.
Bowen was blocked and Duncan didn't switch defense. Lu Yu caught the ball and shot a three-pointer from the bottom corner. With a simple answerball, the basketball went hollow into the net.
10 to 3, Lu Yu scored eight points in ten minutes alone.
Everyone knows that Lu Yu seems a little different today.
In the past, when Lu Yu started the game, he was more focused on driving his teammates to attack and prioritizing organization. It was rare to start a crazy scoring mode like today's game.
Popovich was a little speechless. His defensive system is actually pretty good. Rotation in all positions is not a problem, but only on Bowen, they rarely arrange defensive rotations.
Firstly, it is because in most cases, Bowen's single defense ability basically does not require the assistance of his teammates. Secondly, it is not easy to change Bowen to defend Lu Yu.
Especially when the Bulls were playing cover tactics, Boozer covered Lu Yu very tightly. If Duncan were replaced, Lu Yu was a defender. Even now, Lu Yu's personal skills are still the best in the league.
In the first game, Duncan will definitely not be able to guard against him alone. Even if Lu Yu does not attack Duncan alone, can Bowen guard against the rough-skinned and fleshy Boozer?
Lu Yu played small forward, which made Popovich particularly uncomfortable.
He envied the Bulls for having a player like Lu Yu, whose opponents were mismatched in any position he played.
The Spurs attacked and used the zipper tactic. Jackson, who had gone around in a circle, received the ball and went straight to the basket. On the defensive end, he followed Hamilton in a big circle. Not only did he not even touch the ball, he also tired himself out.
After finally catching the ball on the offensive end, there was no reason for him not to wreak havoc on the basket.
Scored a dunk.
10 to 5
At this time, you can see the fighting skills of the coaches on both sides. The Spurs can't guard Lu Yu, but Popovich will also choose the Bulls' defensive weaknesses.
Your opponent's weaknesses are sometimes not necessarily your own strengths.
For example, the Spurs' strong point is Duncan. If Duncan and Boozer are compared separately, Duncan is definitely the strong point and Boozer is definitely the weak point. But with Lu Yu's help in defense, the ratio of strengths and weaknesses has changed.
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Therefore, Popovich chose another point for the Bulls to try to break through.
That's Hamilton.
Hamilton is much thinner than Jackson. With the help of zipper tactics, as long as he finds a half-body advantage, it will be difficult for Hamilton to withstand Jackson.
Of course, Jackson also has the advantage of size and strength when hitting Hamilton from behind, but when he is sitting down, he is easily defended by his opponent, and the effect is not as good as a surprise attack behind the zipper.
It can be seen from here that Popovich still has a skill.
The Bulls fell into a positional battle. After receiving the ball, Lu Yu finally lobbed the ball to Brad Miller on the right. At this time, Hamilton cut from the left at a 45-degree angle. After receiving the ball from Miller, he made a layup.
Caused Jackson's foul.
In Cartwright's tactics, he will never let his teammates be bullied. As long as the opponent's tactics are to attack your point, then we must find it back at your point.
This is also a kind of psychological pressure and hint for the opponent.
He learned this from Jordan. In the past, Jordan chose to stand up for his teammates. If someone dared to bully his teammates, he would help them beat that guy.
When he arrived with the Bulls, Cartwright made some changes.
Because Lu Yu and Jordan are different, Jordan dominates the game with scoring and defense, while Lu Yu also plays the role of the core organizer.
Therefore, if you are bullied, find your own place.
This has become the culture of the Bulls team. Even if they fail to win, they will not be discouraged. On the contrary, their teammates will give encouragement. When they succeed, their teammates will be as excited as if they have scored.
Hamilton made the extra free throw.
13 to 5
The Spurs attack, Duncan asks for the ball in the low post, but is flanked by Lu Yu again. The most disgusting thing is that Lu Yu moves sideways very quickly. He can't create an offensive opportunity by passing the ball to Bowen. He should pass it to others unless he cuts it out.
Opportunity, no one else on the outside has three-point ability.
Helpless, Duncan could only pass the ball to Robinson in the high position, and through Robinson as a transfer, Robinson handed the ball to Parker, blocking Richardson by the way.
Parker made a sudden stop in the middle and made a jump shot!
13 to 7
After the shot, Parker had lingering fears. If Brad Miller were faster, the ball would be difficult to handle. Miller gained a lot of weight this season. In fact, it was mainly to deal with O'Neal of the Lakers. Lu Yu could not
It was confirmed whether the Lakers would advance to the Finals, so there was no stopping them.
When the Bulls attacked, Richardson passed the ball to Lu Yu, Lu Yu passed it to Hamilton, and Hamilton passed it to Miller.
Miller squeezed Robinson hard. After gaining weight, his strength also increased a lot. Robinson didn't move for a moment, and was directly lifted up by Miller and dunked in with one hand.
15 to 7
The Spurs attacked, and to be honest, Popovich was a little anxious.
In the first four minutes, the Spurs' offensive efficiency was not high, but it was not particularly low. However, the Bulls' offensive efficiency was too high and they almost never conceded the ball. What does this mean?
It shows that the Spurs can't guard the Bulls at all.
As long as the Spurs make one mistake in three rounds, the point difference will be widened step by step. The current point difference has reached 7 points.
If this continues, the farther behind you get, the harder it will be to catch up.
Sure enough, just as he thought of this, Jackson's layup was blocked by Miller.
Boozer threw himself directly on the ground, grabbed the basketball, and then threw the ball to Lu Yu.
If this goal is scored again by the Bulls, the point difference will reach double digits. It is not a matter of point difference, but a matter of knowing the autumn leaves. From this situation, let alone this game, even the entire game
After the series, the Spurs had no chance of winning.
Maybe, for example, in the third game, you suddenly find that the entire Bulls have physical problems.
Just like in long-distance running, some people try their best first, but run out of energy at the end. This situation is not unheard of, but it doesn't look like this for the Bulls.
Popovich looked at Bowen and made a secret gesture like Bowen.
Bowen nodded slightly.
He understood that what the coach asked him to do, this kind of thing must not be done at the life and death moment of the game, whether it is the life and death moment of this game or the life and death moment of the entire series.
If you want to do it, do it early.
Just like Pachulia of the Warriors in Lu Yu's previous life, Leonard was directly eliminated in G1 of the Western Conference Finals, and the Warriors directly swept the Spurs that year.
If you hit Tianwang Mountain and then try to step in, others will say that the Warriors can't beat the Spurs if they don't step in.
But after G1 was swept away, who would question the strength of the Warriors?
Even if you doubt it, a sweep is a sweep, and the persuasiveness of a sweep is much greater than that of 4 to 3.
When the Bulls attacked, Hamilton ran from the right corner to the left corner, and then from the left corner to the top arc, which exhausted Jackson. Lu Yu originally wanted to single Bowen on the left, but when he saw Hamilton running out of the space, he
Passed it on.
Hamilton made a three-pointer, 18-7
Popovich could only apply for a timeout. He was 11 points behind in the first five minutes. If there was no timeout, the game would be decided. The key was that he had to tell Bowen that he must take action when it is time to take action. Ah, no,
It's a kick.
But Bowen was also helpless because Lu Yu didn't take action at all!
After a season of 77 wins and sweeping their opponents in the first three rounds of the playoffs, the Bulls not only have Lu Yu, but also other players are full of confidence.
On the offensive end, the biggest difference between the Bulls and the Spurs is stability. After Lu Yu sorted out the offense, the Bulls scored surprisingly efficiently. If there was really no good opportunity, Lu Yu would also score by himself. The opening scoring wave was Lu Yu.
Started by one person, when a teammate has a chance, Lu Yu's ball will be delivered in time to ensure that his teammate can easily score.
Looking at the Spurs again, Duncan was trapped in a double-team dilemma and could only rely on the performance of other players. However, other players lacked the ability to shoot from outside the three-point line. Mid-range shots compressed the space, making the Bulls' defense more efficient.
Threat, the result is that the Spurs' shooting percentage plummets.
If it were another team, the Spurs might not be able to take advantage of this kind of offense and defense. After all, other teams don't have the offensive efficiency of the Bulls.
Zhang Weiping said: "The Bulls are playing very relaxed now, and they are playing more reasonably, so reasonable that every ball is an easy ball, which is scary."
Sun Yiping agreed with his view: "With Lu Yu's offensive firepower at full blast, it will be very difficult for the Spurs to contain the Bulls' offense."
The Bulls' play style is varied, including inside, outside, cuts, singles, different attack distances, and different attack methods, which makes everyone feel that they can do anything.
Without Hamilton and Richardson, the Spurs would be able to double-team Lu Yu like last season, but now the Spurs don't dare to double-check Lu Yu because once they do, the Bulls have too many players who can stand up.
In Lu Yu's previous life, the Nets played against the Spurs in the Finals, but the Spurs blocked their offensive points. Although the Spurs didn't score high, they could always win the game.
But now the Spurs can't contain the Bulls' offense. Although they are also scoring, their scoring efficiency is much lower than that of the Bulls.
Five minutes have passed since the game started, and they have only scored 7 points. They have already seen defeat waving at them.
After calling a timeout, Popovich adjusted the personnel and replaced Ginobili with Stephen Jackson. It was impossible without a substitution. Jackson was slipped by Hamilton for several long laps. Before the first quarter was halfway through, he
Started to breathe.
Lu Yu lamented Popovich's accurate use of troops, because if Ginobili really waited until the second quarter's regular rotation time to play, there would be no need to play.
Before Popovich came on the court, he said to Bowen: "I believe you can 'guard' Lu Yu of the Bulls. Don't worry, I will take care of everything!"
Bowen nodded and swallowed unconsciously.
He knows that the Spurs' victory or defeat lies in his feet...ah, it's in his hands.
