The Spurs attacked. Leonard received a pass from Chen Feng and made a beautiful three-pointer from the corner.
During this period, the shooting rates of both sides were quite high.
Derrick Rose cut to the basket from the center, received a pass from Ty Gibson, and went straight for a layup. However, he was interfered by Chen Feng and failed to make the layup.
Derrick Favors grabbed his eighth rebound of the game and threw it to Chen Feng
Dribbling past half court, Chen Feng used Boris Diaw's screen to penetrate directly into the Bulls' basket, attracting another defensive player to cover up.
The result was predictable. Chen Feng passed the ball directly to the free Boris Diaw. After receiving the ball, the latter took a big step and dunked.
Diaw is very happy, because after Chen Feng became the core, his number of dunks increased greatly!
Tom Thibodeau watched the Spurs complete another wave of offense and shook his head with some disappointment.
In the second quarter, the Bulls' defensive intensity dropped a lot.
So, Tom Thibodeau also requested a timeout
"I believe everyone understands the purpose of calling this timeout. Look at your defense. It's just like paper. I don't want to see this kind of defense again. If anyone still has this attitude, then he will be dismissed. Our team
There's no shortage of people," Tom Thibodeau angrily yelled at the Bulls players.
After the timeout, Chen Feng of the Spurs was replaced
Since the start of the game, Chen Feng has only rested for a while at the end of the first quarter, so for the next game, **Vic decided to let Chen Feng rest for a while.
The Bulls have also made adjustments!
Perhaps Tom Thibodeau's reprimand had an effect. The Bulls really strengthened their defense in the next game, which made the Spurs' offense at a loss.
Derrick Rose easily carried the ball across half court and passed the ball to the ground. The ball quickly bounced into the hands of Carlos Boozer, who turned around and hit a jumper.
Leonard's three-point shot missed. Derrick Favors grabbed the offensive rebound and handed it to McGrady. McGrady singled out Butler and attempted a fadeaway jumper, but missed. Joakim Noah grabbed the defensive rebound.
, quickly slipped into the hands of Derrick Rose.
Derrick Rose hit another three-pointer without anyone marking him, and McGrady only needed six seconds to retaliate. He broke through to the Bulls' three-point line and directly shot a three-pointer.
Also hit.
At this time, McGrady's role came to light. As a former superstar, he would not feel unfamiliar with what he should do at this time.
But in the following time, Derrick Rose launched a fierce counterattack
After halftime, Derrick Rose threw the ball high, and Butler cut from the wing to the basket, leaped high and dunked with both hands.
Only a minute and a half after the timeout, Derrick Rose scored 3 points and 2 assists. His performance was so exciting that the fans in the audience screamed.
With four minutes left in the first half, Chen Feng appeared again, but in the duel with Derrick Rose, Chen Feng did not take advantage.
Chen Fengxun brought the ball across the half court, watching Favors keep getting stuck in the paint for the ball, and a lob ball was quickly handed over to Derrick Favors.
The ball was passed very cleverly. It happened to be in Derrick Favors' hands when he turned around and shouldered it hard. His shoulders suddenly exerted force and squeezed Carlos Boozer out, winning a little bit of ground under the basket.
Jump space
Derrick Favors was really like a ferocious monster. He roared under the basket and his huge body rose into the air. Joakim Noah, who was defending, could not stop his movement at all. Instead, he was called for a defensive call by the referee.
Foul, because he just stepped on one foot within the reasonable collision area
In NBA courts, a semicircle with the center of the basket as the center and a radius of 4 feet and 2 meters is called the reasonable collision zone.
Standing within the arc line, as long as the defensive player has physical contact with the offensive player, a defensive foul may be assessed. Outside the line, the defensive player can stand in advance. If the offensive player physically contacts the defensive player, the offensive player will be assessed a foul.
The offensive foul is within the reasonable collision area. When the opponent is attacking, if the defensive player jumps up, he will not be whistled for a foul. If he does not jump, he will be whistled for a defensive foul.
Derrick Favors made the first free throw, but the second one bounced out of the basket
The extremely ferocious Derrick Favors grabbed the offensive rebound and then passed the ball to Chen Feng from the outside
After Chen Feng received the ball, he quickly broke through, but as soon as he took the first step, the ball disappeared in his hand.
Chen Feng looked up at his watch and saw that the ball was intercepted by Derrick Rose.
"Whoa", Derrick Rose's breakthrough layup completed the fast break counterattack
This was Derrick Rose's 21st point in the first half, and Chen Feng's mistake just now was also his third mistake of the game.
Tom Thibodeau is very satisfied with the current situation of the Bulls. He is sitting on the coaching bench with a smile on his face and discussing something with the assistant coach.
The Spurs coach **Vicci was not in the mood to sit around at the moment. He was standing on the sidelines, angrily reminding the players to defend well, pass the ball more, and cooperate.
The Bulls' outside line is very crazy. The Bulls' outside line, led by Derrick Rose, has brought a great impact to the Spurs.
**Vicci quickly called a timeout, preparing to arrange the defense for the last two minutes of the first half and find the right opportunity to reduce the point difference to single digits.
Now, the Spurs are 13 points behind the Bulls. This is a very big test for the Spurs. If they cannot reduce the point difference to single digits before the end of the first half, then the second half of the game will be
Not easy to fight
**Vicci also understood that the continuous games had exhausted the players physically and mentally, so during the timeout, he did not criticize the players' performance with a straight face, but encouraged them earnestly.
"In the last two minutes, we must defend well. The Bulls are too hot on the outside. They can always hit our basket. We must strangle them, and then use our inside advantage to give
The opponent's inside line poses a threat, so next, we have to play second and third zone defense." **Vicci took the tactical board and drew it while laying out tactics for the players in detail.
Zone defense, as the name suggests, means joint defense. It is divided into position zone defense and counter zone defense. If combined with man-to-man marking, it can also be transformed into a hybrid defense.
The biggest difference between zone defense and man-marking is that the ultimate goal of man-marking is to prevent people, while the ultimate goal of zone defense is to prevent the ball.
The second and third zone defense is a deformation of the most basic 22 zone defense. The advantages are similar to 22. They are all aimed at consolidating rebounds and protecting the basket, and strengthen the prevention of the opponent's baseline slip. The outside blind area is similar to 22, but if the basket
If the center lifts up too slowly, the opponent's forward who inserts from 45 degrees may dominate the free throw line and the blind spot of the small hole.
The advantage of the second and third zone defense is that it strengthens the perimeter defense, which is helpful for defending mid-range shots from the front and both sides of the perimeter, and is also conducive to perimeter interceptions and counterattacks for fast breaks.
Since it has advantages, the second and third zone defense also has disadvantages. Its disadvantage is that the defense in the two bottom corners and the penalty area is weak. The defender is prone to fouls when grabbing rebounds, which is not conducive to the defensive team rushing to grab rebounds.
**The second and third zone defense deployed by Veach had an effect in the following time. Not only were the Bulls' outside shots blocked by the Spurs, but their firepower to attack the basket was also extinguished by the Spurs.
Moreover, the Spurs used the second and third zone defense to force the Bulls to make mistakes, and used these mistakes to form a fast break counterattack.
As the first half ended, the score between the two sides reached 44:50.
In the last two minutes, the Spurs played an 11:4 spurt and successfully narrowed the point difference to 6 points. It can be said that the tactics deployed by **Vic at the last moment of the first half were very
successful
However, **Vic also understands that the second and third defenses cannot always use the opponent during the halftime break, and will definitely develop tactics to break the second and third defenses.
Derrick Rose walks to the dugout as fans at the United Center chant his name
It is also understandable that Derrick Rose, as the best player in the first half, deserves such enthusiasm from the home fans.
In the first half of the game, Derrick Rose played a total of 20 minutes and only rested for four minutes. In these 20 minutes, he made 9 of 15 shots and scored a crazy 23 points, which was the best score in the first half.
The player with the most points in the game
In addition to scoring 23 points, the 'Son of Windy City' also sent out 7 assists and forced Chen Feng to make 3 turnovers. He was called the most valuable player in the first half.
As for Chen Feng, in the first half of the game, his playing time was about four minutes less than Derrick Rose. In this game, he intends to compete with Derrick Rose, so he also scored a lot.
16 points, the highest score of the Spurs team.
"Chen, what do you think of the performance of your opponent today, Derek?" TNT's female reporter handed the microphone to Chen Feng.
Chen Feng wiped the sweat from the corners of his eyes, and then answered bluntly: "Derek is a very good player, he is among the top players in the league at this position. His performance today is very consistent with his status, and I really like playing with him."
Fighting against such opponents.”
"There is no doubt that despite the injury, he is still one of the best players in his position!"
"Then are you sure you can beat them? I mean, can you help your team take away a victory from the United Center?" the female reporter continued to ask.
Chen Feng smiled and shrugged, saying: "Everyone wants to win, and it is very difficult to defeat them. However, we have never been afraid to do such a thing. I believe that as long as we perform normally, we will be able to defeat them."
