After the timeout, the Bulls made some minor adjustments to their formation.
Noccioni replaced Eddy Curry, and Chandler moved to the fifth position. Both offense and defense had to face Yao Ming, who now seemed to be the biggest threat to the Bulls. Noccioni played four, and Griffin was still three.
, Chen Jie shooting guard, Du Hong point guard.
This should also be the Bulls' fixed formation for the last six minutes of the game.
At this moment that determines the outcome of the game, unless a player is accidentally injured, Skiles should not make any adjustments to the lineup. Even if it is an adjustment, Skiles will only make adjustments in tactics.
Make adjustments.
With this substitution, the game restarted, which was the most intuitive change for the Bulls that fans and reporters could see.
However, immediately, after the Bulls scored two points on Chen Jie's mid-range shot and then defended, the audience discovered that during this timeout, the Bulls' changes turned out to be more than just a substitution.
Tactically, or specifically, defensive tactics, the Bulls have made a big change.
That is, Chen Jie, who was originally playing one-on-one with McGrady, now started to defend Jackson, while Griffin, who originally defended Jackson, switched positions with Chen Jie and guarded McGrady full-time.
This change surprised everyone.[
But immediately, they understood. Houston has Yao Ming, and now it seems that it is very difficult for the Bulls to limit Yao Ming's scoring.
So, how can we reverse the situation when we are still ten points behind? We can only work hard on offense.
The Bulls' best offensive player right now is undoubtedly Chen Jie. Before, Chen Jie and McGrady were one-on-one, and McGrady had absolute strength and talent. It would be great if Chen Jie could offset him. So what?
What about contributing to the Bulls?
So now, Skiles asks Griffin to defend McGrady, trying to free Chen Jie and let him attack with all his strength.
In fact, such a change is more like gambling.
After all, when attacking, it is McGrady who defends Chen Jie.
If Chen Jie can break through Tracy McGrady's defense and maintain efficient scoring, the requirements for efficient scoring are very high. At least, not only must he exceed Yao Ming's kills, but he must also outperform Yao Ming. Otherwise, how can he chase points?
If Chen Jiefa can do it, then Skiles' attempt will be a failure, and this game will only be lost.
And even if Chen Jie does it, the Bulls may not win. Don't forget McGrady and don't let Chen Jie defend McGrady. Of course, Chen Jie can be liberated, but to a certain extent, isn't it also liberating McGrady?
Can Griffin guard Tracy McGrady?
This possibility is very small, and once McGrady breaks out completely and starts scoring strongly, then what will happen even if Chen Jie beats Yao Ming in scoring?
With McGrady's contribution, the Rockets can still maintain their lead until the end of the game, and the Bulls still lose!
From this perspective, Scales' change seems more like a desperate move.
However, he had no choice. This was the only chance he could think of to win.
If nothing changes, unless we expect a miracle, although it seems that the Bulls are still counterattacking, Skiles understands that such a counterattack has no chance at all.[
Now, at least we can hope that Chen Jie will break out and Griffin can restrain Tracy McGrady a little, right?
The Bulls' defense switch worked wonders in their first defense.
McGrady has been facing Chen Jie's unrelenting defense, using his body and talent to prevent his breakthroughs and shooting. Suddenly, he changed into a Griffin who used his experience to defend. McGrady was a little uncomfortable at the beginning.
adapt.
In this offense, the ball was basically in McGrady's hands, but he felt uncomfortable no matter how he played, and his final pull-up mid-range shot missed the basket.
Chandler got the rebound before Yao Ming. In fact, during this period, he was the person under the most pressure on the Bulls.
Not only must he defend the opponent's powerful center, but he must also protect the team's backcourt rebounds. You must know that except for Chandler, no one in the Bulls' current lineup can protect rebounds.
Noccioni?
Although he is a power forward, his playing style tends to be outside.
Although in terms of height, except for Chandler, the Bulls do not suffer much. But in fact, in fact, the current Bulls play more like a lineup with one large and four small, and there is only one Nocchio in the real inside.
Ni.
After grabbing the rebound, Chandler immediately looked towards the frontcourt to see if any of his teammates were on a fast break and directly sent a long pass. This is also the subconscious mind cultivated by the Bulls' fast-playing tactics some time ago. This kind of
It feels like it has been deeply integrated into the bones of main players such as Du Hong, Chen Jie and Chandler.
The Bulls did have someone rushing to the frontcourt. Du Hong and Chen Jie both ran to the frontcourt, but the Rockets seemed to have been prepared. Tracy McGrady and point guard Sura, who missed a hit, returned very quickly, and Howard did not come to rush for the ball.
Rebound, go straight back to defense.
Seeing that there was no chance for a fast break, Chandler sighed and handed the ball to Griffin beside him.
Griffin swatted the ball twice, and Duhon immediately pulled back to respond. Griffin passed the ball to Duhon.
The Bulls began to organize a new round of offense.
Scales' expression was very nervous. It can be said that the effect of this attack depends on the effect of this change in tactics.
Without giving Chen Jie any defensive tasks, can this kid break out?
Is the liberated Chen Jie the key to the Bulls equalizing or even overtaking the score?
Scales wanted to know the answer.
Chen Jie came to the center circle to catch the ball, but McGrady followed closely.
In this game, McGrady showed an unprecedented high level of competition. Of course, this is normal. In the past few games, McGrady has been in good condition. Many people think that he has reached the peak of his career, and his offense is not sharp.
It's strange to throw people away.
What really makes everyone feel that McGrady's competitive level is very high is his defense.
I have never seen Tracy McGrady defend so seriously.
Could this rookie Chen Jie really be able to arouse Tracy McGrady's fighting passion?
Why didn't Tracy McGrady get so excited when he met Kobe or Iverson?
Chen Jie dribbled the ball, moving slowly with his eyes fixed on McGrady's center of gravity, as if he wanted to break through.
At this moment, Chen Jie took a casual glance and discovered that his teammate, Nocchioni, had made an open space on the baseline.
Chen Jie threw the ball over without thinking, and then, Noccioni made a three-pointer!
The basketball hits the net!
Noccioni ran back with a loud roar and made a gesture of thanks to Chen Jie.
He has had enough of being on the bench. What he wants to do most now is to go on the court and express himself! But now, he has got the opportunity, how could he let it go?
During this timeout, it turned out that Skiles' biggest gain was not the liberated Chen Jie, but Nocchioni, who had to be replaced in order to replace Eddy Curry. (To be continued...)
