Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

This year's Bulls lineup is obviously stronger than the previous two years. They failed to achieve a record of 73 wins because they attracted too much hatred for their second consecutive championship.

However, under the circumstances of the entire league, being able to achieve the league's first record of 66 wins is enough to prove the excellence of the Bulls.

Speaking of which, the experienced Eastern Conference playoff teams also try their best to avoid the Bulls and ensure a better ranking in the playoffs. They basically spend the second half of the regular season trying their best to climb up. .

For this reason, the fighting between the Eastern Conference teams has become extremely fierce this year.

Most of the established teams in the Eastern Conference have already landed and occupied a good ranking.

Therefore, the first unlucky guy to come to the United Center in Chicago this year is a new face - the Atlanta Hawks.

The Hawks are in a similar situation to the Pistons, they are completely civilian teams.

However, if you really want to talk about it, the starting players are all quite capable, Bibby, single Joe, Josh Childress, Marvin Williams, Horford.

In addition, there are available talents such as Tyronn Lue and Zaza Pachulia in the substitute lineup.

In the regular season, the Hawks are quite strong in the Eastern Conference.

But now it's the playoffs, and they are facing the Bulls, who are number one in the league. Naturally, they have no chance of winning.

In the next round of the series, the Bulls played relatively easily.

First, a wave of three consecutive victories established the victory. In the two home games, the main force played in the third quarter, and the victory was a huge advantage of 20+ in the whole game.

By G4, the Bulls, as usual, reduced the playing time of their main players and played tacitly with the Hawks.

Even so, the Eagles almost didn't win.

Fortunately, Scott Scales has rich coaching experience, so whoever gets hot can leave the game.

But for Zhu Fangyu, who had a good hand in G4 garbage time, it was a bit hard to accept.

"Bad horse, I finally made two three-pointers, why did you replace me?"

The Bulls are a championship team, and they really can't give Zhu Fangyu much playing time or ball rights this season.

During the regular season, Zhu Fangyu scored the most points in a game with 13 points.

If it hadn't been for Du En's words, Zhu Fangyu wouldn't have made the Bulls' playoff roster.

However, Du En also has his own considerations. After this season, he will return to China to prepare for the Olympics.

When the time comes, Zhu Fangyu, who knows the basics and cooperates relatively tacitly, will definitely come in handy.

As a young player, Zhu Fangyu lacks competition experience.

High-intensity games like the NBA playoffs are also a kind of exercise for Zhu Fangyu, which is extremely rare.

It is precisely because of Du En's relationship that Zhu Fangyu got a certain amount of playing time in these four playoff games.

However, in the first three games, the most shots taken in one game was 4.

The Bulls' main force didn't play much tonight, and Zhu Fangyu finally got relatively ample playing time and ball rights.

It is a rare opportunity to play more games in the playoffs. Zhu Fangyu also played more actively and was in good condition.

But just when he was about to score in double figures, he was pushed to the bench by Scott Skiles because he played so well.

"Xiao Zhu, you played well, I'm congratulated.

The coach has his own considerations, don't be angry.

There are still opportunities in the next games. If you can always seize the opportunities, you will definitely be able to play better and better in the NBA in the future. "

Du En also saw that Zhu Fangyu was not convinced, but it was not easy to support Zhu Fangyu in public to vent his dissatisfaction with Scott Skiles.

Moreover, it would be good for everyone to know about the tacit understanding of the ball, but it is not easy to openly make it public.

"Oh, Brother Du, I'm not that angry. I just feel that I finally found the feeling. It's a pity that I was replaced."

After Du En heard this, he continued to comfort Zhu Fangyu and said: "When you are strong enough and you are more important to a team than the coach, then the coach will be your puppet.

And when you are not strong enough, you must learn to obey the coach's orders. This is your way of survival as a player.

Besides, the NBA is not about fighting and killing, and human nature is inevitable. You can figure out the rest by yourself. I will tell you this. "

Du En still revealed to Zhu Fangyu that he was playing tacit basketball tonight, and Zhu Fangyu had also seen it in the CBA, but most of the tacit basketball in CBA was not played in the playoffs.

There is still a big difference between the two sides, so Zhu Fangyu didn't turn around for a while. This time it was considered that the authorities were confused.

"Brother Du, I understand. I will know what to do next time."

"There is no need to understand too much. As a player, playing well is what you should do, and don't worry about anything else."

"Okay, I see."

After playing with Duen for more than half a year, Zhu Fangyu also knows that the Bulls are Duen's team, and Duen will not be disadvantageous to him in terms of work and the team. He just needs to be obedient.

And Zhu Fangyu is also self-aware. He was originally here to hug Du En's thigh, and getting a championship ring first is better than anything else.

So, just be obedient and obedient.

Closer to home, after the Bulls lost G4, they quickly returned to Chicago.

G5 in the first round of the playoffs started quickly, and the Bulls also won the game again and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 4-1 record.

Before the Bulls advanced, their opponents in the Eastern Conference semifinals were actually one step ahead of the Bulls and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The Magic, fourth in the Eastern Conference, swept the Raptors, fifth in the Eastern Conference, 4-0, becoming the Bulls' opponent in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

As for the other group of Eastern Conference semifinals, the Celtics, second in the Eastern Conference, defeated the Wizards, seventh in the Eastern Conference, 4-2, and the Cavaliers, sixth in the Eastern Conference, defeated the Pistons, third in the Eastern Conference, 4-3.

James is about to lead the Cavaliers to Boston's TD North Shore Garden Arena to experience the power of the Celtics' Big Three.

If James stops at this year's playoffs and joins forces with other stars in the future, he might explain: "Shaq did it too..."

Of course, James only met the Celtics' Big Three, but Howard is about to face the Bulls' four All-Stars.

If you really want to talk about it, Howard was the one who suffered the worst in this year's playoffs.

Although Howard also has some helpers around him, the quality of the stars is still far behind that of the Bulls.

On May 5, G3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Bulls and the Magic began. The Bulls gave the Magic a defensive intensity from the start.

Now the Magic have formed a one-star play style, but as soon as Lewis came up to single out Josh Smith, he was blocked by the latter face to face.

The Bulls took the opportunity to counterattack, and Luol Deng helped the Bulls score 2 points first by switching offense.

The Magic got the ball again, and Nelson used Howard's pick-and-roll to go to the basket.

At this moment, Garnett stepped forward to delay and cooperated with Cassel to attack Nelson.

Although Nelson and Howard's pick-and-roll is a part of the Magic's tactics, Nelson's passing ability is extremely limited. Most of the time, he breaks through the basket and attacks the basket by himself. Even if he feeds Howard, sometimes the pass is very outrageous. This time, Nelson's breakthrough was blocked by Garnett and Cassell. Garnett's defensive range was so large that it could be described as covering the sky.

Nelson was unable to pass the ball to Howard, and because of his limited passing vision, he was forced to stop and jump to pass to Lewis in the bottom corner.

Lewis shook the ball for a moment, then started to rush towards the basket.

However, Josh Smith was not fooled and stayed close to Lewis' defense without giving an inch.

Just when Lewis didn't know whether to continue hitting the basket or look for opportunities to pass to his teammates, Garnett actually appeared in front of Lewis again.

I can only say that if you have never watched Garnett's game, you have no idea how terrifying Garnett's defense is!
A seven-foot giant with long arms and legs, he kept rushing to the outside and cooperated with his teammates to complete the attack.

Facing this kind of sweeping defense, both breakers and pitchers will find it very troublesome.

Because Howard lacks the ability to independently attack, the Magic's scoring method mainly consists of breakthroughs from outside players to attack the basket, and fixed-point shooting from outside unfavorable points.

Nowadays, breakthroughs will be double-teamed and shooting will be interfered with. Naturally, everything will stop and suddenly fall into a scoring drought.

It is said that after Lewis was flanked, he was about to pass the ball out, but was swatted away by Josh Smith.

Garnett, who was close at hand, picked the ball in the air and handed it to Cassel to advance.

The Bulls tried to counterattack, but the Magic were not slow to defend.

Seeing that a positional battle was about to begin, Duen ran directly to the low post to help his teammates attract defense.

Lewis couldn't guard Duen alone, and Howard was guarding the basket. Seeing Duen turning his back to catch the ball, Howard could only come towards Duen. Once Duen caught the ball, he would immediately double attack.

Upon seeing this, Cassel immediately accelerated to break through. Nelson was not easily broken by Cassel, but Cassel had no intention of breaking through to the basket.

After all, after passing Nelson, you will have to face Howard's defense.

Cassel plays very smart and knows who to hit at this time.

Moreover, Cassel is one of the four kings in the field of mid-range shooting. He is second to none in the league in terms of half-shot shots.

Sooner or later, after breaking through to the free throw line, Cassel chose to slow down and turn his back.

Nelson lacked experience in defending Cassel and took the initiative to fight. However, Cassel took advantage of this confrontation, took a step back, and then turned over and shot.

Nelson, who had just finished the confrontation, was standing still. If he wanted to block Cassel's shot, he had to jump high enough and bend his knees to accumulate strength, but Cassel's shot was quick.

It can only be said that players who have been able to play in the NBA for so many years have two skills.

Cassel's back-up half-basketball technique is too skillful! He looked very thin, but no one else could block Cassel's shot, and even if they could cause interference, there were very few.

brush--

The basketball went hollow into the net, and the Bulls once again took a two-point lead.

I don't know if they were rushed to the hospital due to illness. The Magic players realized that attacks launched from the outside could easily be defended by Garnett, so they chose to pass the ball to Howard who was asking for the ball in the low post.

When the Magic played the Raptors in the first round, Howard asked for the ball in the low post and relied on his body to beat Bosh and Bargnani.

The Bulls' insiders are Garnett and Josh Smith. Where does Howard have the confidence to play like this?

"Mother's Day is coming soon, don't forget to say hello to your mother for me!"

Garnett turned on the trash talk mode without saying a word, and at the same time, he didn't stop making small movements with his hands.

Howard tried to dribble toward the basket, but after taking one step, the ball was knocked away by Garnett. Fortunately, Howard reacted quickly and immediately followed up to stabilize the ball.

But then, Howard didn't dare to dribble anymore. He could only hold the ball with both hands, and then kept looking left and right to see when his teammates would step forward to respond.

Soon, Turkoglu came to solve the problem.

After Howard faked a pick-and-roll, he immediately cut to the basket, and Turkoglu fed Howard pie as usual.

Unexpectedly, Garnett took off and intercepted the ball in the air with one hand.

Turkoglu knew that Howard could jump, so the ball he gave him was actually not short.

Unexpectedly, someone could easily hook this kind of ball specially made for Howard, and then complete the steal in the air by anticipating the passing route.

There is no way, I can only say that there is no way at all.

The Magic's regular scoring methods were all blocked by the Bulls.

As for the Bulls, they didn't develop much offensive tactics. They easily established an advantage by relying on defensive counterattacks.

Soon, Van Gundy called a timeout and first tried to let the Magic players shoot three-pointers from the outside to see if he could open up space for other players and create better scoring opportunities.

However, the Bulls are also very capable of single defense on the outside, and the Magic cannot open a breakthrough from Duan and Luol Deng.

And because Howard has no independent offensive ability, if Nelson wants to call Cassel, Garnett can let Howard go and save from the inside to help Cassel interfere with Nelson's shooting.

13 to 27, after the first quarter, the Bulls had a 14-point lead.

Of course, the Bulls have done this before when they beat the Hawks in the first round of the playoffs.

However, relying on defense to limit the Magic's scoring to less than 15 points in a single quarter is still relatively rare.

It can only be said that after Garnett joined the Bulls, the Bulls finally had someone who could help defend in the center and combine the Bulls' excellent individual defense capabilities together to build an excellent overall defense.

Although the Bulls' defense was not weak in the past two years, it is undoubtedly stronger this year.

Also because of their stronger defense, the Bulls won the playoffs more easily than in the previous two years.

75 to 106, in G1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Magic and the Bulls, the Bulls directly gave the Magic a crushing victory with a huge gap of 31 points.

Originally, the Magic came to the Eastern Conference semifinals with the momentum of sweeping the Raptors, thinking that even if they couldn't beat the Bulls, at least they wouldn't lose too ugly.

But now it seems that when the Magic can't break through the Bulls' defense and effectively score inside and outside, maybe the Magic's performance in front of the Bulls is not as good as the Hawks in the last round.

After all, the Eagles rely on everyone's strength, the offensive end is not so stretched, and the average points per game are around 90 points.

After the Magic were restricted from scoring in the penalty area, they could only gamble on long two-point and three-point areas that Garnett could not sweep.

However, it is not that easy to score from the outside. You still need to find open shots.

Judging from G1, the Magic made 29 of 8 three-pointers and only shot 27.5%.

Relying on such three-pointers will definitely not help the Magic win.

On the other hand, the Bulls made 20 of 9 three-pointers, with a shooting percentage of 45%!

Of course, the Bulls won by 31 points, even if they didn't make a three-pointer, they could still win the G1 game.

And this advantage is achieved through defense and defensive counterattacks.

This is what is called, defense wins championships! (End of chapter)