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Chapter 168: Single defense against O'Neal, the son of Jingdezhen!

"Leave Jermaine to me! Roll, leave Stephen to you! I believe you can handle him!"

During the inter-section break, before Scott Skiles could arrange the tactics, Duan arranged the lineup for the second quarter on his behalf.

"No problem! Don't worry, boss, I will take care of him!"

Luo Er Deng waited until Du En finished speaking and immediately agreed excitedly.

Defending without the ball is not Luol Deng's strong point. Luol Deng still prefers to defend strikers like Warrior Jackson who play with the ball.

After Du En finished arranging Luol Deng's work, he turned to Andres Nocioni.

"Andres I hope you can take the No. [-] position!"

Ben Gordon was very uncomfortable playing in the playoffs for the first time. Duan could only find the second shooter in the team to help open up space.

In the second quarter, Duan was going to bite inside and consume O'Neal, so the No. [-] position became vacant.

Doon considered that even Andres Nocioni could shine in the Olympics.

From this point of view, the pressure of the NBA playoffs should be just a piece of cake for Andres Nocioni.

"Leave that old guy Reggie Miller to me, and I promise not to let him score on me easily!"

Andres Nocioni answered confidently.

Duan affirmed: "I'm not worried about your defense, but I need you to be able to score more goals from the outside, and I will create scoring opportunities for you."

"Boss, I promise you, I will definitely throw the ball you pass to me into the basket!"

Andres Nocioni was worried that he would not be reused. When he learned that Du En would rely on him, he immediately issued a military order in front of Du En.

Duan arranged the work of Luol Deng and Andres Nocioni, and then turned to Ben Gordon and Tyson Chandler.

After a few words of encouragement, the Bulls' starting lineup for the second quarter was determined.

Scott Skiles had no objection to this. Instead, he helped Duane and kept beating the Bulls players.

As the inter-section break ends, the game begins again.

In the second quarter, the Pacers attacked first. O'Neal Jr. just ran to the frontcourt and took a position. When he saw that the player guarding him was Du En, he was also confused.

"Duen, did you make the wrong move? You don't want to defend me, do you? Stop dreaming!"

Little O'Neill asked Du En with a puzzled face.

Du En nodded and started to show off: "Although I don't have the best defensive lineup, I can defend from position [-] to position [-]!
I admit, you are the most difficult player to deal with in the Indiana Pacers.

So, it’s up to me to deal with you next!

Jermaine, prepare to lose! "

"Really or not, you really want to defend me alone? Well, it seems to be true!
He truly deserves to be a man with a championship ring!

Your courage is recognized by me.

However, faith alone and toughness alone cannot defend me!
Height is the most direct and important talent in basketball! "

Seeing that Du En really wanted to defend him, O'Neill was immediately overjoyed.

While responding to Du En's defensive attitude, he reached out to his teammates for the ball.

When Duan defended O'Neal, he originally wanted to consume O'Neal, so he did not adopt a forward defense method, but directly stood behind O'Neal.

After O'Neal got the ball, he first leaned against Du En, then quickly turned around to face the frame and made a breakthrough towards the basket.

Du En moved sideways to block O'Neal Jr.'s breakthrough path. However, when O'Neal Jr. dribbled the ball, he immediately turned his back and swayed his shoulders as if he was about to rush to the middle.

Dunn had studied O'Neal's style of play before the game. O'Neal prefers to swing his back and shoot instead of turning around to break through.

Because he was familiar with O'Neal's playing style, Du En was not busy shifting his focus, but put his hand on O'Neal's waist and continued to sense what O'Neal should do next.

Sure enough, O'Neal Jr. did not choose to break through, but immediately turned back and made a fake move to break through to the basket, but suddenly stopped and made a jump hook.

O'Neal Jr. knew that Duen was not slow, so he took advantage of his height and wingspan to shoot at a point where Duen was difficult to block.

The main reason why hook shots are difficult to guard against is because of the high release point.

O'Neal Jr. plays the fourth position, and his height and wingspan advantages are considerable. Compared with Garnett, who can be called a monster, he is actually not much worse.

Therefore, the hook is also a little trick for O'Neal.

However, what little O'Neal didn't know was that Duan was not only fast in lateral movement, but also had an astonishing bullet speed.

In addition, Duan's jumping height is also far higher than that of most inside players.

As strong as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, if he meets Wilt Chamberlain, a bouncing monster like Moses Malone will be defeated.

Du En had been guarding against O'Neal for a long time, but O'Neal didn't pay much attention to Du En guarding him alone.

If you calculate mentally but not intentionally, how can you beware if you are not prepared?
When Duan suddenly took off to block the shot and his fingers touched the lower body of the basketball, O'Neal, who had underestimated the opponent, suddenly woke up from a dream and suddenly realized.

"Farke, I actually forgot that Duan is the dunk king!"

At the same time, the Bulls fans at the scene couldn't help but chant.

"Oh my gosh! Can this also block shots?"

"Duane is not just Michael tonight, he's Dennis!"

"It's crazy. Duen is an outside player, but he can guard inside players alone!"

"Perfect take-off, perfect stay in the air, perfect block! Du En is completely released! Tonight Du En's offense and defense are integrated, and he is omnipotent!"

"Dunn is so strong, he is like a wall, suddenly appearing there! Dunn deserves to be in the best defensive team!"

"MVP, Duan is our MVP!"

Listening to the "MVP" cheers pouring in from the scene, the Pacers players also noticed Duan's talent again!

Duan is not a floor player!

However, Duen's team play style makes it easy for people to stereotype Duen as a playmaker and shooter.

Especially this season, Duen just won the three-point championship!

This makes it easy for people to compare and talk about Duan with traditional shooters.

However, as early as his rookie season, Duan won the dunk king without any suspense!
Du En, who just debuted, is famous for flying into the sky and escaping from the earth!

Having said that, while O'Neal was stunned, Du En had already taken off again after landing.

Du En completed the block, but O'Neal Jr.'s wingspan is indeed very high. With Du En's bounce, he almost missed the block.

Because of this, the basketball was knocked into the air by Du En's finger. Du En took off a second time and protected the rebound.

As a teammate, Luol Deng knew the ball was there when he saw Duan take off for the second time.

In order to score more points in the playoffs, Luol Deng ran to the frontcourt without saying a word.

When Duen saw Luol Deng taking the lead, there was no need for a fast break. When Luol Deng was about to run to the three-point line, Duen passed the ball.

After receiving the ball, Luol Deng took two steps inside the three-point line, and then dunked hard with two hands!

In this way, Luol Deng scored two points, and Duan also scored an assist.

It can only be said that Du En is somewhat used to getting assists.

Fortunately, Duan blocked O'Neal's shot, which was a bit shocking.

The Pacers players on the field were shocked and did not choose to return to defense immediately.

"How did you do it? Did you predict my attack method?"

Watching his teammates dribbling the ball in the backcourt, O'Neal asked Duan curiously.

In this round just now, O'Neal was indeed guarded by Duen!
For this reason, O'Neal Jr. also began to re-examine Duan as an opponent.

"This is very different from what the coach told me to do! If we want to win, we must deal with Du En head-on!"

At this time, O'Neal already understood what to do next.

Before the game started, the Pacers coaching staff, led by Carlisle, had already formulated a strategy to defeat the Bulls.

Just cut off Du En's teammates bit by bit, leaving Du En in a quagmire of fighting alone but unable to win.

However, Duan has now shown the ability to defend O'Neal alone.

Then, O'Neal Jr. had to have a strong conversation with Duan in advance, a strong conversation between the team bosses.

“Jermaine, I have to admit, you are very fast!

But don’t forget, I am an outside player!My steps are faster than yours.

As long as I'm fast enough, I can keep up with your movements and guard you! "

Du En did not answer O'Neal's question at first. It was not until O'Neal in front of him turned his back to catch the ball again that Du En began to use his mouth to influence O'Neal's offense.

"Haha, I approve of your defense. But in this round just now, I must tell you that I underestimated the enemy too much.

Next, I will get serious. I will show you my true strength. It is impossible for you to guard against me.I advise you to ask your teammates to come over and double-team me! "

O'Neal Jr. has a baby face, but speaks very confident and strong words.

As soon as he finished speaking, O'Neal took action, turned his back and went to the basket.

This time, O'Neal Jr. did not use his feet, but directly used his strength and body to fight, trying to crush Du En and hit the basket.

Obviously, Du En's previous mouth escape still had some influence on O'Neal.

O'Neal Jr. is fast, only compared to inside players.

Duan is an outside player and his steps are faster than O'Neal, which is normal.

When O'Neal himself was convinced of this, O'Neal naturally could not use his own shortcomings to attack each other's strengths.

From O'Neal's point of view, he is a seven-foot inside player, and there is no problem playing Duan.

Unexpectedly, Du En's bottom plate was very stable. Even during the movement, it was not that easy for O'Neal to push away Du En.

And Duan's defense was not out of position. O'Neal was blocked from breaking through, so he could only stop and retreat and shoot from the mid-range.

Upon seeing this, Du En immediately flew forward, but O'Neal's wingspan was too long and his shooting point was too high.

Even though Duan could jump very high, he was still two or three centimeters away from blocking O'Neal's shot.

"Fortunately, I only made a cameo inside, this series is just for emergencies.

If you play O'Neal, Nowitzki, and Garnett every day, why would you go crazy?

No, there will be Durant to guard against in the future.

However, if the team's lineup is better, it should be able to turn enemies into friends, right? "

Duan turned around and saw O'Neal Jr. throwing the ball into the basket, and was quite moved.

When you encounter a big man who can shoot, no matter how good your defense is, you really can't defend him.

Fortunately, Duan targeted O'Neal not only defensively, but also offensively.

In the frontcourt, Ben Gordon handed the ball to Duan, ran directly to the bottom corner and gave it to Andres Nocioni at the top of the arc.

Duan first played a pick-and-roll with Andres Nocioni outside the three-point line.

After using Andres Nocioni to switch defense in front of Anthony Johnson, Duan directly opened the way with his elbow, ran over Anthony Johnson and hit the basket.

Du En knew that O'Neal would come to help defend. After noticing that O'Neal came out from the inside, Du En stopped his crotch and performed a fake move of worshiping Buddha.

Anthony Johnson was held up by Duen's ball protector before, and his body failed to follow Duen's steps due to inertia.

Seeing this, O'Neal could only take off early to block the shot, but found that Du En did not join the ball, but instead broke through to him.

When O'Neal saw this, he knew that the situation was not good, but at this time, it was too late to stop and turn sideways.

I saw Du En step forward to join the ball and take off, took the initiative to bump into O'Neal, and then took a mid-range shot.

Compared to Reggie Miller's foul call in the first quarter, Duan's foul call this time was obviously more advanced.

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After Du En took action, the whistle also sounded.

Unfortunately, Duan missed the shot and only had two free throws.

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Duan was not polite and made the free throw steadily.

O'Neal Jr. may have been a little concerned about the round just now, so he continued to hit Duan with the ball on his back.

However, before O'Neal Jr. catches the ball, Dunn's small movements with his hands, coupled with physical confrontation, will inevitably cause some interference to O'Neal Jr.'s offense.

O'Neal Jr. completed the shot, but failed to score the ball over Duan's head.

Tyson Chandler protected the rebound and then passed the ball to Duane.

During the transition attack, Duan saw that O'Neal was chasing after him, so he did not prepare to pass the ball to his teammates to improve the success rate, but continued to cause trouble for O'Neal.

O'Neal Jr. didn't realize this. Seeing Du En get the ball and go to the basket, he wanted to chase the shot from behind Du En.

He didn't want Du En to get to the basket. After three big steps, he was clearly going for a layup, but he suddenly changed to a fadeaway jumper.

As an inside player, O'Neal Jr. is not light in weight. In addition, he did not realize that Du En would cause a rear-end collision. Du En suddenly took off and fell back, and he really couldn't control his body.

When O'Neal Jr. hit Duan's lower body and Duan lost his balance in the air, he threw the ball.

However, although O'Neal's defense is tough, his moves are relatively clean.

Even though Duen caused a foul, O'Neal still knew in his heart that Duen lost his balance in the air because of his impact, and was in a more dangerous situation at this time.

Therefore, little O'Neal subconsciously reached out and hugged Du En to help Du En stabilize his center of gravity.

Just like when Tracy McGrady dunked on Pippen, Pippen responded with kindness, reaching out to lift Tracy McGrady.

"Are you okay? It's fine."

Little O'Neal confirmed the situation and saw that Du En did not step on him and did not fall to the ground, so there was a high probability that there would be no sprained foot or other injuries.

"Thanks, I'm fine."

Du En turned around to thank him and then stood on the free throw line again.

However, Duan's fadeaway jumper failed to hit due to the confrontation from behind.

When Dunn executed the first penalty, O'Neal was also called to the sidelines by Carlisle to give him instructions.

Obviously, Duan fouled O'Neal in two consecutive rounds, which has attracted Carlisle's attention.

There is still more than half of the second quarter, and O'Neal, as the team leader, has already accumulated three fouls.This situation is undoubtedly very detrimental to the Pacers.

In order to prevent Dunn, the son of Jingdezhen, from continuing to affect the trend of the game by drawing fouls, Carlisle had to make some adjustments on the court.

However, Carlisle clearly underestimated Duane's ability to read the game.

The game resumed as Duane made two free throws again.

The Pacers did not choose to continue to let O'Neal Jr. play Duan in isolation. Instead, they used Wusheng Jackson to pick and roll with O'Neal, and used Wusheng Jackson to actively beat Duan to consume Duan's physical strength.

Wusheng Jackson was not in a hurry to finish Duan in singles. After playing with his back, he passed the ball to Reggie Miller who was running in place.

Andres Nocioni's ability to defend off the ball is actually pretty good, but Reggie Miller is too good at running, and his hand movements are not small when running back.

Fortunately, Reggie Miller is old after all!

I saw Reggie Miller receiving the ball and shooting a three-pointer. There was obviously no one in front of him. Duen was too late to save from the inside, but he just shot.

When Luol Deng protected the rebound, the Bulls resumed their attack. The Pacers directly used Anthony Johnson and Warriors Jackson to double-team Duen who was off the ball, restricting Duen from receiving the ball.

Although in this case, the Bulls will be four against three, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have the advantage.

But the problem is, O'Neal doesn't have to worry about Duan, so O'Neal's defense can be fully utilized.

Ben Gordon still didn't get rid of his demons. Even though Anthony Johnson was not in front of him, O'Neal Jr. came out from the inside to help defend, but he still passed the ball to Andres Nocioni to solve the problem.

Andres Nocioni broke through and passed the ball to Tyson Chandler, but the latter's layup was blocked by O'Neal.

"Rohr, your breakthrough has a very strong impact.

Next, I will go to the bottom corner to open up space for you. You should hold the ball and kill the inside!

As long as we can get Jermaine to foul, we will definitely win! "

Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, Duen approached Luol Deng and arranged the next play.

The Bulls do not lack breakthrough players, but they lack shooters with stable shooting ability in the playoffs.

Although Luol Deng's ability to draw fouls is average, as long as he breaks out a few times, he can always get lucky.

The Pacers saw Luol Deng taking the ball and went straight to O'Neal. Warrior Jackson also directly let go of Duan and ran in front of Luol Deng to defend.

Luol Deng did not choose to force the ball, but immediately passed the ball to Duan.

There was only Anthony Johnson, a small guard, in front of Duan, so he naturally caught the ball and shot three-pointers without saying a word.

Since the Pacers' intention to draw a foul was revealed, Duan might as well use other weapons in his arsenal.

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As Duen hit a three-pointer, the Pacers had to call a timeout, adjust their lineup, and continue to strengthen their defense against Duen.

Martial Saint Jackson has no problem protecting O'Neal, but Duen also needs someone to guard him.

Anthony Johnson alone is definitely impossible to guard. Just like when Duan defends O'Neal, it is difficult to limit O'Neal's shooting.

When the timeout ended, the Pacers replaced James Jones, then Reggie Miller was responsible for dribbling, and Wu Sheng Jackson launched the attack.

The Bulls replaced Ben Gordon with Chris Duhon, and there were also new changes.

(End of this chapter)