Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 151 No. [-] in the West?It's an elite fight!Become Jordan!

As expected by Du En, it is easy to get honors if the data is outstanding.

With an average of 31 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists per game, he still won the first Eastern Conference Player of the Week award in December even though the Bulls only had two wins and one loss.

It is worth mentioning that the player who won the Western Conference Player of the Week during the same period was Tim Duncan.

Now Duncan is leading the team with 15 wins and 3 losses, and the Spurs, the No. [-] team in the Western Conference, are visiting the Eastern Conference. It just so happens that the next game starts at the United Center.

Duane is definitely not afraid of playing against the Spurs, just like Kobe is not afraid of the Spurs.

It doesn't matter whether you are first in the Western Conference or second in the Western Conference, I am playing elite!

As for the Spurs outside line, Duan must have the confidence to say so.

The problem is, other Bulls players may suffer a serious blow.

The Spurs like to play team ball, play reasonable ball, and they are a team that emphasizes defense.

The Bulls youth team has not mastered the basket yet, so it will be more troublesome to play against the Spurs. On the defensive end, it is also easy to be confused by the Spurs' pick-and-roll and pass-cutting.

Fortunately, Duane played for the Lakers last season, and the Lakers coaching staff regarded the Spurs as their biggest imaginary enemy on the road to winning the championship.

Duane has been studying with the Lakers coaching staff for a long time and knows very well how to beat the Spurs!
In order to win and ensure that he can safely enter the playoffs this season, Duan sent several text messages to Scott Skiles in advance.

Let Scott Skiles be the villain and adjust the starting lineup for the next game.

After Scott Skiles received the text message, he quickly responded and then issued a series of instructions to the coaching staff.

Immediately afterwards, other Bulls players also received text messages and tactical analysis videos from the coaching staff.

June 12, Chicago United Center.

With the Spurs' starting five, Parker, Ginobili, Bowen, Duncan, and Rasu Nesterovich all taking the field, the Bulls' five starting players also appeared one after another.

However, unlike in the past, the first player to play was not Luol Deng but Antonio Davis, and then Josh Smith did not play, but Andres Nocioni.

If the Bulls want to defeat the Spurs, the first point that needs to be solved must be Duncan.

Although Antonio Davis can't guard Duncan, as a veteran who started his career as a blue-collar insider, he still has a lot of defensive experience.

Even if he can't successfully defend Duncan, he can at least consume one or two of Duncan. This is at least better than Josh Smith being eaten alive by Duncan.

The reason for playing Andres Nocioni is also very simple. The Spurs mainly play reasonable ball, and their main defense is three-pointers and the basket.

He has a high shooting percentage at the basket and a high three-point scoring efficiency. By controlling these two points, plus enough small moves and even dirty moves, he can prevent more than [-]% of the games.

However, once you encounter someone like Kobe who can shoot from mid-range, but he can't do anything about it, then you can only wait and wait.

Once there is no success, basically you can only watch the opponent's star show off his power, and watch the opponent forcefully kill him.

Duan could guess that Bowen would definitely be defending him in the next game.

So, who's going to guard Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni?

Ginobili can only defend one player. As long as Duan is surrounded by two shooters, there will always be a gun that can fire.

Soon, Tyson Chandler and Ben Gordon also came on the court.

"MVP, MVP, MVP!"

When Du En came on the stage, the fans cheered in unison.

Duan is still the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, and he wants to change the hat on his head and replace it with the regular season MVP.

Naturally, we have to show our real skills to win the regular season MVP and finals MVP like Duncan!

It just so happens that Duen has had the Malone template for some time, and now Duen's mid-range has improved a lot.

The Spurs are undoubtedly the best opponent to test Duan's mid-range shooting results.

Closer to home, Tyson Chandler helped the Bulls get the ball and the game started.

Ben Gordon dribbled the ball past half court, but before Duan got the ball, Bowen came up to defend.

Duan was originally planning to pick and roll to find Parker or Ginobili, but he is not in a hurry now.

It is also a good choice to let Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni start to find their touch.

As a result, Duan took the initiative to pull to the wing and directed Antonio Davis to cover Ben Gordon from the outside.

Ben Gordon didn't have much pressure on Parker in isolation. Duan directed Antonio Davis to pull to the outside. The main purpose was to bring Duncan out from the inside.

In this way, Duan on the wing has the opportunity to cut to the basket and threaten the Spurs' interior defense without the ball.

This will create greater offensive space for Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni on the outside.

Ginobili saw that Ben Gordon was about to take a shot on the screen, so he immediately stepped forward to help defend. Upon seeing this, Ben Gordon immediately passed the ball to Andres Nocioni at the top of the key.

Andres Nocioni immediately picked up the ball after receiving the ball. At the same time, Duan immediately cut to the basket to attract Duncan's defensive attention.

Duncan can't be defended in the first place, and the corner position is the limit of Duncan's defensive area.

Duan is again affecting Duncan's defensive attention. At this time, Duncan can only follow Duan closely, and Bowen switches to the outside.

However, Bowen's initial defensive attention was also on Duane, and he still needed to turn around and fly to the outside to defend Andres Nocioni.

It is precisely because of this that Andres Nocioni took an open three-pointer without being interfered by anyone.

Although Andres Nocioni has not yet fully adapted to the NBA's three-point line, due to Duan's influence, he has been practicing three-pointers in the past few months, and his three-point shooting percentage during normal training is still there. Eighty to ninety percent.

Now this shooting is just like training, there is a lot of space, no one interferes, and I have plenty of energy.

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The ball goes in!The Bulls led the Spurs by three points from the start.

The Spurs are good at positional warfare, so the Bulls don't have to be so anxious about retreating.

However, Duan took the initiative to defend Parker and restrict Parker's dribbling.

Parker immediately passed the ball to Ginobili. Popovich did not put Ginobili on the bench tonight. I am afraid that he expected in advance that Dunn would lead Parker.

It is said that after Ginobili got the ball, he immediately pushed forward into the frontcourt, as if he wanted to break through the whole team.

Upon seeing this, Duen immediately returned to the three-point line, but Ginobili took advantage of Duen not coming back yet and immediately cooperated with Duncan in a pick-and-roll.

The Bulls have actually set up a zone defense to limit it, but Ginobili can pass the ball in the gaps between people and pass the ball to Duncan.

Duncan came to the basket casually like an old man strolling in the park.

Antonio Davis and Tyson Chandler played together and teamed up to limit Duncan.

But Duncan didn't seem to know how to play. He held the ball casually and threw it to the basket. The basketball stumbled into the basket.

The Spurs recovered 2 points, but the Bulls still led by one point.

Moreover, Tyson Chandler seemed to have expected that Duncan would definitely score.

Instead of staying in position to grab rebounds, he waited until Duncan finished his shot, then immediately got under the basket to catch the ball, slipped out of the baseline and passed the ball.

The Spurs are not slow to return to defense, and they are already consciously preventing the Bulls from playing fast breaks. Bowen and Ginobili are closely following Duan.

However, Parker can only chase one of Andres Nocioni and Ben Gordon.

As Andres Nocioni received the ball and sprinted forward, Parker could only defend Andres Nocioni.

When switching offensive rounds, the forward players play small guards. Isn't that accurate?Ginobili knew the strength of veteran player Andres Nocioni, so he also ran to the basket to help defend, but Ben Gordon on the outside was ignored.

Andres Nocioni is a team player. When he saw Ginobili helping to defend the basket, he immediately passed the ball to Ben Gordon.

Ben Gordon also lived up to Andres Nocioni's pass and took off for a three-pointer before Bowen could save it.

Even when Bowen was about to take another step forward, Ben Gordon had already shot a three-pointer and fell to the ground.

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It's similar to Andres Nocioni's previous three-pointer. It was shot from a wide open position and hit the net hollowly.

Just relying on outside shooting, the Bulls quickly widened the point difference.

Looking back, the Spurs are still in a positional battle, because Duan continues to lead the defense against Parker, and the Spurs can only use Ginobili and Duncan to play pick-and-rolls.

Ginobili also knows that if he continues to initiate the offense, he will not have the physical strength to play the entire game.

In order to save energy, Ginobili chose to implement the Spurs' best tactic - passing the ball to Duncan.

Relying on Ginobili's crotch pass, after Duncan got the ball, he took advantage of his height and wingspan to hit it high and hit the ball into the basket against Antonio Davis.

This kind of ball is played very tough, but Tyson Chandler reaches the basket skillfully.

"Run, you guys, just run for me!"

The Bulls continued to launch fast breaks. The Spurs' height, size and physical confrontation on the outside could not match the Bulls' outside, and they suffered greatly in the transition attack.

In other words, Ginobili was more extreme. He immediately committed a foul and limited the Bulls' attack through tactical fouls.

Ginobili usually only averages two fouls per game, so getting one for free is not a problem.

The Bulls served the ball from the sideline to engage in a positional battle. After receiving the ball, Duan faced Bowen's single defense.

Duan's ability is enough to defeat Bowen, who is already in the late stages of his career, but he still chooses to play small guards in pick-and-rolls and play simple balls.

The ball in Duane's hands is completely different from that in Ben Gordon's hands.

Duan's passing ability is so strong!Tonight, both Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni showed good open three-point abilities.

Therefore, when Duen played the pick-and-roll this time, the Spurs did not choose to double-team Duen. After all, double-teaming was of no use. Instead, it would create an open three-pointer opportunity for the Bulls.

The Spurs chose Bowen to crowd the screen to prevent Duane from shooting a three-pointer. Duncan helped defend one step inside the free throw line, forcing Duan to shoot the most efficient long two-pointer.

Duan wasn't polite either. He stopped and made a jump shot as soon as he stepped into the three-point line.

Bowen was behind Duan. He was a beat late in blocking the shot and had no chance to step up.Duncan was still in front of the penalty area and before he could save the ball, Duen had already completed the shot.

When the Spurs players turned their attention to the basket, Duane hit the ball steadily.

Pick-and-roll, jump shot, and scoring are so easy!
The Bulls' offense in the first three rounds was basically open shots.

Seeing that something was wrong, Popovich immediately called a timeout less than 2 minutes into the game.

After the timeout, the Spurs removed Rasu Nesterovich and replaced Robert Horry.

As the founder of the Nomad Dynasty, Horry is not only good at shooting, he is also very accomplished on the defensive end.

Popovich's purpose of putting Horry on is very clear. When the Bulls play the pick-and-roll, Duncan can just stay under the basket and then let Horry solve the defensive problem.

Anyway, the Bulls don't have much offensive ability inside, so it won't take much effort for Duncan to play the fifth position.

Duane saw the Spurs make the substitution and basically understood everything.

"Tyson, I will pass the ball to you next. But I need to challenge Duncan hard on the defensive end!"

Duan also knew that Tyson Chandler couldn't guard Duncan, but he had to give him some encouragement so that he could help consume Duncan's energy and affect Duncan's performance in the second half.

Soon, Duncan scored under the basket with the help of Ginobili's pass.

Moreover, because Tyson Chandler really strengthened his defense and provided Duncan with a confrontation, Duncan also got the opportunity to stand on the free throw line.

Duncan made an extra free throw and recovered three points in one round.

Seeing the point difference narrowing, Duen was not impatient and continued to play pick-and-roll in the frontcourt in an orderly manner.

Robert Horry's defensive area is larger than Duncan, but he didn't originally want to take a shot from the mid-range.

After encountering a delay from Robert Horry after the pick-and-roll, Duan just stopped and worshiped, and then shot Robert Horry into the air.

Robert Horry realized something was wrong and stopped immediately because he was worried about being fouled by Duen.

Duen didn't have this idea, but immediately changed his direction to break through and rushed towards the basket.

At this time, Duncan was the only one under the basket. Duen suddenly stopped and jumped in the penalty area, and Duncan could only defend it.

At this time, Duan threw the ball into the sky, and Tyson Chandler easily completed an alley-oop dunk.

In the Spurs' offensive round, Ginobili continued to play pick-and-roll with Duncan, but this time there was an error in the pass and it passed to the legs of Antonio Davis.

Ben Gordon took the lead to pick up the ball and then launched a fast break.

Because Parker was chasing closely, Ben Gordon did not choose to force the ball, but passed the ball to Duan who was following him.

After receiving the ball, Duan took off from the free throw line and dunked with an arm swing.

You can maintain your health on the road, but you still need to perform at home.

"MVP, MVP, MVP!"

Duan's dunk performance also caused violent cheers from the fans at the scene.

The Spurs players on the court continued to play under the pressure of the game.

Perhaps because he was worried about making mistakes while continuing to pass the ball, or when it was time for him to score, Ginobili chose to go to the basket by himself this time.

However, he was fouled by Antonio Davis and the layup was not completed.

In the next two free throws, Ginobili only made one.

As the Bulls regained possession of the ball, it was still Duan who played with the ball.

Perhaps fearing that Duen would repeat his old tricks, Robert Horry positioned himself further back than before, which prevented Duen from breaking through, but gave up the long two-point area.

Seeing this, Du En stopped rushing towards the basket and took a direct shot from mid-range.

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You place your bet, and I'll come in!
As long as you are accurate enough, you can kill the game at mid-range!
However, the Spurs didn't seem to believe in evil, and in the next two rounds, they still forced Duan to shoot from mid-range.

However, Duen didn't feel much defensive pressure. At most, he was interfered by Bowen's small movements when he directly caught the ball in the pick-and-roll.

Du En's body is already at the super giant level, so this little interference will naturally not affect the overall situation.

Since there is a lot of room to shoot, and since no one is double-teaming him, Duen will naturally throw out all the shots he needs to throw.

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Duan made a series of mid-range shots and scored in double figures in the blink of an eye.

At this time, Popovich on the sidelines also looked dumbfounded, frightened by Du En's unparalleled mid-range accuracy.

"Duane became a magician while playing at the Staples Center. How come he transformed into Jordan when he arrived at the United Center?"

Popovich's defensive arrangement before the game was to cut off the connection between Du En and other Bulls teammates. Who knew that Du En could kill the game by himself!
(End of this chapter)