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Chapter 196 Pass the ball to Dun!How to lose four on three?
The inter-section break is over and the fourth quarter begins again.

Because the Bulls had the ball at the beginning of the game, the Bulls took the lead in the first attack of the fourth quarter.

Baron Davis dribbled across half court and handed the ball directly to Duane.

Because the Bulls are 4 points ahead, as long as Duan can score this goal, even if he makes 2 of 1 free throws by drawing a foul, the point difference will be 5 points.

With 4 points, there is still the possibility of tying with 3+1, and with more than 5 points, it will take two rounds to catch up.

Therefore, at critical moments, a 5-point difference is often an important boundary, which greatly affects morale.

And often only the team boss is qualified to play this kind of key ball.

Duen took the pass without hesitation, and then faced Prince's defense directly and crossed to the right.

This time the Pistons did not flank Duen at the elbow, but basically shrank in the penalty area, allowing Duen to pass the ball or take mid-range shots.

The mid-range is the most efficient. At the same time, a group of people shrinks the basket and protects the rebound more effectively.

The Pistons' defensive strategy is very obvious. Duan can kill the game from the mid-range, so he accepts it.But he was determined not to give Duen a chance to hit the basket!
The reason why the Pistons were so defensive was that in the third quarter, Duan was already a bit exhausted physically. His 9-for-3 shooting rate was basically a preview of the fourth quarter.

If Duane can only rely on mid-range shots to score in the fourth quarter, he will only lose like Kobe.And this is what the Pistons want to see!
However, at this time, Du En saw that Ben did not defend and did not help defend, so he jumped up and took action without hesitation.

Go ahead to dangers!

"If you let me shoot, I will kill you with a mid-range shot!"

At this time, Du En had no choice but to believe in himself.

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The ball goes in!The score came to 69 to 75, and the Bulls' lead expanded to 6 points.

During the Pistons' offensive round, Billups got the ball and rushed forward directly, seemingly intending to play a fast break.

However, the Bulls' defense was very fast. Billups had no chance to make a fast break unless he shot a cold arrow and shot a three-pointer.

The Pistons want to win tonight, and Billups is naturally not that reckless.

When Billups reached the three-point line, he came out and handed the ball to Prince. Then, like Hamilton, he ran left and right without the ball, tearing apart the Bulls' defense.

And Prince used the roaring Tianzun's pick and roll to get rid of Luol Deng's defense and quickly broke into the inside.

At this time, Hamilton has reached the basket and Billups is also in the bottom corner.

It happened that at this moment, Du En appeared in front of Prince in time and stood still in advance.

Prince knew it was difficult to beat Duan, so he could only choose to pass the ball to Hamilton under the basket.

Josh Smith switched defense in front of Hamilton, and Hamilton was not in a hurry to take action and continued to pass the ball to Billups in the bottom corner.

Although Baron Davis had already defended himself in front of Billups, he was knocked away by Billups with a simple shake.

Immediately afterwards, Billups dribbled and adjusted a step, then took off and shot a three-pointer.

By the time Duane flew out from under the basket, Billups had already made a three-pointer.

Duane's defense failed to effectively interfere with this goal. Billups relied on his personal strength to help the Pistons relieve the pressure of chasing points.

However, the point difference had just narrowed to three points. Josh Smith under the basket did what Tyson Chandler usually does, passing the ball to Luol Deng, who had already run into the frontcourt.

The offensive and defensive goals of the Bulls and Pistons are inconsistent. Luol Deng is guarding Prince, and the person guarding Luol Deng is Hamilton.

In other words, in the transition attack, Luol Deng has a dislocation advantage when playing Hamilton.

Hamilton comes from a track and field family and has good running and jumping abilities, but his physical confrontation is average.

Therefore, even if he has returned to defense and stopped in front of Luol Deng, he still cannot prevent Luol Deng's ball. In the end, he can only destroy Luol Deng's attack by fouling.

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The fourth quarter had just begun, and this free throw was not particularly stressful.

Luol Deng, with the support of the Chicago fans at the scene, made two free throws, once again helping the Bulls push their lead back to 5 points.

However, the Pistons' five tigers have too much experience in the game. They want to win tonight, and no one can discourage them before the end of the game.

Hamilton had just "sent" away 2 points with a foul, and quickly gained 2 points from the mid-range.

This time the Bulls failed to seize the opportunity to play a transition attack and could only engage in a positional battle again. Duan took the ball outside the three-point line and launched a single attack.

Duan continued to try to respond to the Pistons with a mid-range shot, but this time he failed to seize the opportunity and put the ball into the basket.

It can only be said that even someone as strong as Jordan would not be able to hit all the mid-range shots.

Duen's mid-range shooting attributes were not fully developed. In the fourth quarter, he temporarily shot 2 of 1 from mid-range, which cannot be considered bad.

However, the situation is not so good for the Bulls.

The Pistons were eager to chase points, and their offensive at this time was also very fierce.

Relying on Billups and Roaring Gods playing pick-and-rolls, Roaring Gods picked up the ball and made a three-pointer from outside the three-point line. The Pistons actually scored in less than 2 minutes at the beginning of the fourth quarter. It’s almost flattened!

After Roaring Tianzun made a three-pointer, the Bulls once again grabbed the baseline ball and wanted to play a transition attack.

However, the Pistons return to defense very quickly, especially when Roaring Heavenly Lord shoots from the outside and the defense distance is shorter. It is even less difficult for the Bulls to switch offense.

When Scott Scales on the sidelines saw this, he reacted very quickly and immediately called a timeout.

"We need to score some points in the paint, and now you are the only one with the ability!"

Scott Skiles didn't draw any offensive tactics for other Bulls players, but directly aimed at Duan.

After all, in Scott Scales' view, no tactic works by passing the ball to Duane.

However, the Pistons' defensive strategy tonight made it difficult for Duan to score from the outside.

In this case, Scott Skiles can only hope that Dunn can solve the double Wallace in the low post like he did against the Pistons in the playoffs last season.

In order to prevent Duane from being double-teamed and unable to get the ball, and also to connect the team and activate other players, Scott Scales took the risk of replacing Josh Smith with Kukoc.

Now the Pistons are in good offensive shape. Since the Bulls can't defend them, they can only attack first.

Kukoc does have little fuel now, but his brain is still good!
Kukoc is the magician of Europa!Passing is his basic skill!

It is true that Kukoc's body has deteriorated, and basic skills such as dribbling will cause more mistakes due to the physical strength of the opponent.

However, the skill of passing only relies on hand, ball feel and game experience, and will not decline significantly due to physical decline.

In the same way, as long as no one is defending, open shots will not decline significantly due to age.

Just like an old man playing on the court, when no one is defending, he will find that it is either Jordan or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It is simply incredible.

"Leave it to me! Even if I can't get the ball, everyone can get better offensive opportunities!"

After being reminded by Scott Skiles, Duane also woke up and it was time to play low.

Duan played in the low post tonight, but the Pistons' targeted defense previously prevented Duan from getting the ball.

However, now that the points difference has been tied, it can only be treated as a living horse.

Since Du En wants to defeat the Pistons and win, in addition to believing in himself, he must also believe in his teammates!
The timeout is over and the game begins again.

Kukoc served the ball from the sideline, and Duan directly reached out to catch the ball in the bottom corner near Kukoc.

As a result, Roaring Heavenly Lord could only fight behind Du En, while Prince went around to take care of Du En.Although the other three Bulls were surrounded by people, they moved to the other side and ran back and forth between the basket, the bottom corner, the wings and the top arc to divert the Pistons' attention.

On Kukoc's side, because Duen attracted the Roaring God and Prince, there was no one to guard at all, and his serve was not disturbed.

Kukoc has rich game experience and realizes that this is an excellent opportunity to steal the chicken.

However, Prince moved forward to defend Duen and was facing him, which made him unable to release the ball by throwing the ball on Prince's back.

In order to use Duen's offensive threat to complete this chicken steal, Kukoc directed Duen to make a move and run to the basket first to attract Prince's attention.

At the same time, Baron Davis was asked to come forward to respond and pretended to pass the ball to Baron Davis.

It's just that what's true is false, what's false is true.

When it comes to the ever-changing situation on the court, it depends on whether the players can seize the opportunity and whether their teammates can think of it together.

Du En guessed what Kukoc was thinking, and immediately turned around to face the basket, getting rid of the roaring Tianzun and running towards the basket.

Prince felt that there was no one behind him and immediately turned sideways to look at Du En's position.

It was at this time that Kukoc passed the ball to Baron Davis at the top of the arc, and then cut to the basket.

Baron Davis understood and passed the ball back to Kukoc through a ground pass.

Although Kukoc's steps were a little slow, he still stepped into the penalty area as Duen rushed to the basket.

Kukoc made two plans. If there is no one to defend, he will attack directly. If there is someone to help defend, then the second situation will happen.

Prince turned and pounced on Kukoc, and Kukoc jumped and threw the ball into the sky.

Duane, who was under the basket, had been paying attention to Kukoc's movements before. When he saw Kukoc throwing the ball before he even got it to his chest, he naturally realized that this was not an attack, but an assist!

As a result, Du En immediately took off and flew into the air.

Although the alley-oop cooperation was not very tacit this time, Duen still relied on his physical talent to catch the ball in the air.

Immediately afterwards, Duan took the ball with both hands and dunked the basketball hard into the basket, releasing the pressure from the score that had just been tied before the timeout.

"What the hell, who else?"

The roaring Tianzun under the basket was also confused when he heard Du En shouting tomatoes. He could only quickly pick up the ball, exit the baseline and serve again.

Seeing this situation, the Bulls immediately returned to defense.

The Pistons were engaged in a positional battle, but finally failed to maintain a good offensive state. Billups was unable to shoot.

Tonight, due to the back-to-back schedule and the Pistons' defense, Doon's offensive status was not very good.

However, why haven't the Pistons players been affected by the back-to-back schedule?

For most outside players, the higher the intensity and the more difficult the game, the worse their shooting percentage is in the fourth quarter.

It is difficult for a team with the point guard as its absolute core to win the championship, largely because of limited physical strength and lack of stable key ball ability.

In an era when big men dominate the league, Jordan's dominance as a defender is absolutely epoch-making.

After all, in the Magic Birds era before Jordan, one had Kareem Abdul-Jabbar by his side, and the other had Kevin McHale and Robert Parish by his side.

Having said that, it was also because the Pistons' offensive state declined and they continued to strike, the Bulls paid more attention to protecting rebounds and made many attempts at defensive counterattacks.

In order to prevent the Bulls from switching offenses, the Pistons often gave up the rebounds generated by Billups and Hamilton's shots.

The Bulls are more offensive than defensive, but the Pistons are more defensive than offensive.

It was also the Pistons' defensive discipline that made the Bulls struggle on the offensive end.

However, in the fourth quarter, Duane returned to the low post, and the Bulls were not so afraid of the Pistons' defense.

After all, as long as Duan posts up for the ball in the low post, he will definitely take away two defensive players, and the Bulls will be facing a four-on-three situation.

It was originally a back-to-back game, so everyone's physical strength was tight.

You must know that serious defense will consume more energy than offense and requires more concentration.

The Bulls were in a partial four-on-three situation and were leading the scoring, so naturally they were not in a hurry to attack.

If they pass the ball just a little bit, the remaining three Pistons might be running out of breath or out of breath.

How to lose four on three?The advantage is mine!

Under the leadership of veteran Kukoc, the Bulls played smart and simple balls, relying on passes and cuts to once again widen the point difference to more than 5 points.

However, Larry Brown soon woke up.

If you hit the outside frequently and your scoring efficiency is low, then switch to playing in the low post.

Isn't this a defensive hole that Kukoc has come to the door?
Larry Brown replaced the Roaring King with Antonio McDyess, and hit a two-plus-one on Kukoc's head as soon as he came up.

Seeing the substitutions on the Pistons' side, Scott Skiles also knew something was wrong, removed Kukoc and replaced him with Josh Smith.

At the same time, because Baron Davis could no longer bear it, Scott Skiles also replaced Ben Gordon, who is capable of playing key balls.

In addition, Andres Nocioni was also used to replace Luol Deng.

With the changes to the Pistons, the Bulls set up a decisive lineup in advance.

Without Kukoc, it will not be so easy for the Pistons to play in the low post.

Josh Smith's single defense is still very good, and Antonio McDyess is old.

The Bulls relied on defense to limit the Pistons' offense. At the same time, Ben Gordon's key three-pointer also gave the Bulls a lot of blood.

With 2 minutes left in the game, the Bulls still maintained a 6-point lead.

In order to turn defeat into victory, Larry Brown even withdrew his fortune from his confidants.

However, the Bulls still stabilized the situation by relying on Duen to hold the ball personally to slow down the pace of the game.

The Pistons relied on foul tactics to get the ball back and recover the score.

The effect was there, but in the last 12 seconds, the Bulls still led by 2 points and controlled the ball at the same time.

Duan was actively fouled by the Pistons while holding the ball. After getting to the free throw line, he made two free throws, which sealed the game.

Of course, Larry Brown still resisted in the end, drawing tactics and trying to score two points quickly with an alley-oop in the frontcourt.

However, the tactics came out, but there was a problem when executing the tactics.

At the last moment of the game, the main players of both sides were exhausted. Roaring Tianzun took off and made an alley-oop, but failed to hold the ball firmly and made a mistake.

This also eliminates the need for the Bulls to actively foul and get the ball back.

91 to 95, this was a game that both the Pistons and Bulls were sure to win. In the end, the Bulls, playing at home, had the last laugh.

It's just that the Bulls are participating in an endurance race called the [-]th consecutive victory, while the Bulls' opponents are competing in relay races one by one.

Two days later, with 12 wins and 4 losses, the Mavericks, third in the Western Conference, will take the stick from the Pistons and come to challenge the Bulls.

After successive battles between the Celtics and Pistons, it will undoubtedly become more difficult for the Bulls to continue their winning streak.

However, this is also the fun of refreshing the team's historical record and making history!
(End of this chapter)