no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 121

All night, really all night, the Cavaliers suffered from the Bulls' defense.

O'Neal was unable to retreat, James struggled with three-pointers, and the Bulls' 2-1-2 zone defense cost the Cavaliers half their lives.

Then the Bulls' Noah's toughness in the interior and the counterattack speed of the two guns in the backcourt reaped the remaining half of the Cavaliers' lives.

Even Nate Robinson, who hadn't played much before, got a chance because of this tactic and performed a dunk.

It felt like Chicago lit their victory cigar.

At the end of the game, the Bulls once again defeated the Cavaliers 106-91. While winning the home game, they rewritten the big score of the series to 2-1!

数据统计，威廉姆斯16投11中拿下了全队最高的24分，詹姆斯23投6中，得到21分10板5助攻，贾米森16分。

罗斯强势反弹31分4板7助攻，徐永24分7板5助攻，诺阿15分14板5助攻2抢断2盖帽。

After the game, the entire United Center was in an uproar.

If there was still an element of luck in winning the first game, then in this home game, the Bulls have found a way to deal with the Cavaliers, and they really saw the dawn of winning the series, no, black eight!

"The Cavaliers paid the price for their choice." Even Reggie Miller in the commentary box expressed such emotion.

Just like Nate Robinson complained, after the Cavaliers won the second game of the series, all outside voices began to turn in favor of the Cavaliers.

On the one hand, it is indeed because of James. On the other hand, it is also because the situation of the series is still unclear.

But in this game, those who know the ball have already seen a hint of it.

The Bulls may not necessarily be able to complete the black eight, but they have this opportunity because they found the angle.

And when this situation occurs, just as Miller said, the Cavaliers paid the price for their initiative to choose the Bulls.

After the game, James did not return to the player channel this time. After participating in the handshake ceremony, he was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines.

"I think the opponent got away with a lot of moves under the basket." James said, showing his arm, where someone had grabbed it, showing a few obvious bloodstains.

"We are playing a basketball game, not a fighting game. We were not prepared like this tonight. I don't know if it will be like this in the next game, I don't know." James repeated while looking at the camera.

Bulls locker room.

Noah took a long breath after sitting down, his expression a little painful.

He really suffered tonight. He had a lot of holes in both hands. Tonight he fully realized the intensity of the playoffs.

And the key is that his jaw hurts badly at the moment. He took an elbow from James in the game, and he didn't feel anything at the time. Now that the game is over, the pain immediately swept over.

After seeing this, Xu Yong took him directly to the medical room to seek treatment from the team doctor.

"You can't lie down, Qiao Jin." Xu Yong said, patting Noah's shoulder.

Noah used to be the weakest link of the Bulls, but Noah tonight is the mainstay of Chicago.

If he can't play, the Bulls will collapse inside, and they will disappear again after finally seeing the light of day.

Hearing this, Noah, who was about to lie down, straightened his back.

The team doctor was stunned for a moment, but he didn't insist, and just gave the medicine to Noah who was sitting.

Seeing Noah applying medicine, Xu Yong also left the locker room.

He has other things to do tonight.

In a hotel in the United Center, Megan Fox was already waiting there.

By the time Xu Yong finished taking a shower, she had even changed into a new set of clothes.

Black lace, matched with a black dress, the main theme is a black forest theme jpg.

Xu Yong stepped forward with a smile.

The ancient generals, if they won a battle, didn't they all have to come to a woman to reward themselves?
……

Chicago, three o'clock in the morning.

The alarm clock woke up James, who was still asleep.

After a brief brain blank, he remembered what to do today.

After changing into his training uniform and a range of gear, he headed downstairs to his sports car.

After pulling the car onto the road, he checked his watch for the time.

When the time came to 3:33, he took a screenshot and captioned it: Let's.get.it! work.Come on gesture & king crown.jpg.

After doing this and posting the status on social media, he drove the car back to the hotel, then went back to his room and continued to sleep.

The reason why he disrupted his sleep and worked hard to do this is for one purpose. After the game where he was caught weak, the team needs to boost morale.

Chicken soup or something, because he didn't go to college, that's not what he's good at.

What he is good at is the psychological aspect. This can not only "lead by example", thus boosting morale, but also strengthen his personal image, killing two birds with one stone. The price is just a wake-up call, which is very worth it.

In fact, it works.

When the time really came to daytime, the Cavaliers' training session, the morale of the Cavaliers' players was obviously very high.

When the "Kings" are working so hard, they have no reason to slack off.

……

Two days later, Game [-] of the first round between the Cavaliers and Bulls continued in Chicago.

The fan attendance at the United Center was still full, even exceeded, and even the aisles were filled with many fans.

If the fans were only out of support for their own team before, then now they are really unbearably excited after seeing hope.

If the home court is also defended, the series will be 3 to 1, and they will get the match point, and they will be just one step away from the real black eight.

So this game is very important, and it is a game about what they can do, how can they not be enthusiastic.

In the opening ceremony of the scene, when the entrance music of "Sirius" sounded, the scene was already plunged into a boiling ocean.

They can't wait to see the Bulls' revival, not later, but now!
After the opening ceremony, the starters of the two teams were released one after another.

The Cavaliers, who were considered to adjust the lineup before the game, still used the previous starting lineup.

This is undoubtedly a positive signal for the Bulls.

With the cheers of the fans at the scene, O'Neal moved the ball back to the Cavaliers half with his long arm, officially kicking off Game [-] of the series.

Affected by James' extra training in the early morning, the Cavaliers also looked high-spirited tonight.

Facing the Bulls' 2-1-2 zone defense, the Cavaliers still chose to hand the ball to O'Neal.

But it was different from the last game. After getting the ball, O'Neal did not wait for the Bulls to attack from a double attack and directly chose to attack quickly towards the basket.

Noah's top defense is still strong, and the two have a physical entanglement.

Soon, the referee's whistle sounded, signaling Noah's defensive foul.

There was booing immediately.

Noah's eyes widened in confusion.

Xu Yong has already smelled a scent.

It seems that tonight is going to be the familiar "5 versus 8" session.

This is not unexpected. When the Magic played the Cavaliers last year, Howard averaged 5 fouls per game. Those who didn't know better thought that the "Warcraft" could only rely on fouls to protect the Magic's penalty area.

If there is any surprise, it was a bit surprising that the referee did not use force in the last game.

So Xu Yong is already prepared for this tonight.

On the Cavaliers' sideline ball, O'Neal continued to play with the ball. After no chance, he distributed the ball to James, who broke through the basket with the ball.

At this time, the impact of the penalty just started to appear.

Generally speaking, the main players will be replaced if they make two fouls in the first quarter, so in the era before Xu Yongzhong's life, in some games, in order to control the field, he quickly called the opponent's core for two fouls at the beginning of the game, and then made three fouls in the second quarter. , Four or even five offenses in the third quarter.

Players' playing time was dismembered and fragmented, and they couldn't play much at all.

But this kind of operation will often lead to a wave of scolding from the fans, because your control of the field is too obvious.

But Stern is much smarter than Silver.

Do you need to blow two offenders?It doesn't even need to!
Players, especially the core players on the inside, shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting the frame. If you call him a foul, he will shoot a mouse when defending.

Noah didn't dare to engage in high-intensity confrontation at this time. James' physique is not good enough for that kind of confrontation, and it is difficult to stop him.

So with the same style of play, what James couldn't score in the last game can be scored in this game.

Although Xu Yong was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but greet the kind-hearted guy who once had dinner with him.

Xiao Hua is trying to see the poor, and Stern is stabbing you so that you can't see the wound.

Crying babies get milk, and of course that kid has to be James.

And the Bulls couldn't play a defensive counterattack, as if their horns had been pulled out, which was fatal.

At this time, it depends on the efficiency of the Bulls' positional warfare.

Rose took the ball to the frontcourt, gave the ball to Xu Yong, and then moved to the weak side to cooperate with Gibson to contain the defense.

To fight knights, positional warfare mainly depends on Xu Yong.

Xu Yong and Noah continued to play the pick-and-roll. After breaking up, they took a step forward to shake off the squeezed Parker, and faced O'Neal's emergency stop and made a free hand.

O'Neill threw the ball with all his strength, and the [-]-jin behemoth would frighten you even if it didn't really jump on you.

However, Xu Yong did not panic at all, and his immunity to injuries made him fearless.

O'Neal dodged sideways before jumping on him.

The Sharks like to show their elbows when they play in the low post, but he is not a dirty player in essence.

If it were a player like Green or Laimbeer, the player would be pulled out of the air.

"Shh!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound, Xu Yong pulled out his dry hand and dropped it into the bag.

O'Neill's huge figure became the brightest background board.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene.

This goal is not only handsome, but also hard!

But looking back, James repeated his old tricks, attacked the basket, faked a fax, and finished with a dunk!

After the dunk, James beat his chest hard, showing his arrogance.

The morale of the Cavaliers is like a rainbow.

When returning to the defensive end, the Cavaliers also began to put up a 2-1-2 zone defense, and they also placed Rose and Xu Yong like the Bulls.

The ball was passed to Rose's hands, and Rose attempted a three-pointer...

"when!"

Out of the basket.

Noah and O'Neal were fighting for each other under the basket. Both of them struggled to prevent the other from taking off.

At this moment, a figure passed directly over their heads.

"Oh!"

Xu Yong saw the opportunity and completed the supplementary dunk directly above the two people!
"God!" This tip-in shocked Mike Breen in the commentary box.

"This is the winner of the slam dunk contest." Fortunately, Miller was one of the original commentators and said in a very emotional tone.

The level of the slam dunk contest has declined over the years, and the slam dunk contest champion has no gold content, but the one won by Xu Yong stepping on James is full of gold content.

Looking back, James tried a three-pointer from the corner.

Basketball goes through the net.

After consecutive breakthroughs and goals, his hand became smoother.

After scoring the goal, James pouted and continued to show his arrogance.

And this is very dangerous for the Bulls, because if James cannot let go tonight, the power of the 2-1-2 zone defense will be greatly weakened.

Rose continued to hand the ball to Xu Yong.

Xu Yong did not wait for his teammates to move this time, but directly exploited the weakness of the 2-1-2 zone defense and shot a three-pointer from a 40° angle on the right side.

The choice of this ball was unexpected, and the Cavaliers obviously couldn't make up for it.

The basketball flew through the air and crossed a parabola...

"Shh!"

Shoot straight into the mesh bag.

7 flats!
Xu Yong scored 7 points in a row in the opening game, and directly exchanged with James, helping the Bulls to bite the score!

And Noah also rekindled his fighting spirit at this time.

When he returned to the defensive end, he confronted James again, one or two, but this time James' shot was blocked by him.

The Bulls finally got a chance to defend and counterattack. After receiving a pass from Noah, Rose took the lead and staged a 1v0 dunk.gif!

The consecutive dunks completely brought out the momentum of the Bulls.

But at this moment, the live camera was shown in the backcourt.

James was arguing excitedly with the referee at this time.

He thought Noah had fouled the ball just now.

And what he said made the referee very helpless.

"You called him a foul for his action in the opening game, why don't you call him for the same action now?"

The referee could only turn his head away.

Seeing the referee's reaction, James couldn't hide his disappointment, took off his braces, and spread his hands showing an expression of frustration.

The referee couldn't stand it at this time, and came over to exchange a few words with James, indicating that the game was still going on.

James then returned to the court shaking his head.

The Cavaliers' offense, James held the ball and signaled to pull away, and then rushed directly to the inside regardless of 21 [-].

Noah lowered his focus at this time, James did not rush away, and the ball went out of bounds.

The referee's whistle sounded on the sidelines.

Noah's defensive foul, his second foul.

There were boos at the scene.

This time Xu Yong couldn't stand it anymore and went to the referee to protest.

Looking at Xu Yong, the referee did not give a technical foul. This was also the person who was named and could not be treated differently.

However, he didn't explain, he just kept waving his hands to signal Xu Yong to go back to the field.

Seeing the referee's reaction, Xu Yong's face suddenly darkened.

"RefreeSucks! RefreeSucks!"

At this time, the fans in Chicago had already begun to curse the black whistle.

It's just that the referee's penalty will not be changed, a short whistle sounded from the sidelines, and Kwame Brown stepped in and went into battle.

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