Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

On June 6, the finals G4 will continue to be played at Oracle Arena.

In the previous G1, the Bulls relied on double-teaming James, allowing Thompson to play Duan in unlimited singles, and constantly hitting the iron to provide rebounds. In this way, the Bulls won the game. Naturally, they will not change their tactics and switch to other styles of play in G2.

However, after experiencing the G1 defeat, Scott Scales quickly made adjustments.

After the game started, the Warriors first let Ellis hold the ball to attack, but James ran to squat in the bottom corner.

It was precisely because the Bulls did not expect this in advance and lacked arrangements before the game that they were still a bit unable to adapt at the beginning, and were jumped out by Ellis a few times.

Fortunately, Du En reacted first and directly directed other teammates on the court to set up a zone defense.

Ellis doesn't have any baskets. If he can break through, he can still be easily defended.

The Bulls' zone defense enhanced the protection of the penalty area, and coupled with the defensive abilities of Green and Gobert, Ellis was immediately helpless.

The Warriors are back to the last game, where they were forced to step up and play in singles with the ball.

Unfortunately, Thompson's dribbling ability is limited. Facing Duen's strict defense, offense with the ball can only rely on shooting.

As a result, the result was no different from the previous game. Although he kept forcing shots, he was still blocked by Du En and could not score effectively.

The first quarter went 16-12 for most of the quarter, and the Bulls established a 4-point lead.

Thompson had already shot 5-for-0 from the field, but he still went his own way, reaching out to his teammates for the ball.

It is worth mentioning that James, who handed over the ball in this game, could not hold back his anger. He did not make a single shot in the first half of the first quarter.

Perhaps it was Scott Skiles, the championship coach, who firmly controlled the Warriors locker room and suppressed James.

Then, in order to gain the right to speak in the locker room, James started to think again and was ready to take action.

In short, the score difference on the court at this time is not too big, but there is obviously something wrong with the atmosphere on the Warriors' side.

Scott Skiles was in the Bulls before and led the team to the finals for many years, so he is still very experienced.

Seeing the situation on the court at this time, I immediately realized the problem.

Before the score difference widened, Scott Scales on the sidelines couldn't sit still and quickly called a timeout.

When James, Thompson and other main players came to the bench, Scott Scales made a show of force and suddenly threw the tactical board heavily to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Scott Skiles yelled at Thompson: "Klay, are you going to ruin the team?
If you can't put the ball in the basket, find someone else to do it!

The team spent a lot of money to sign you so that you can score, not to make iron.

Klay, do you know that your isolation play is hurting the team?

Wake up, it's not your problem that you can't beat Dune alone!
How to score on Duen is a problem that the entire league has yet to be able to solve perfectly!

Yes, Klay, you are very good, you can score 20 points, 30 points, even 40 points in a night.

But challenging Duane is not what you should do, you should believe in LeBron, he is the most outstanding person on the team! "

During the game, the head coach criticized his players by name. This is actually a very serious matter.

At other times, the star player might even turn against the head coach.

However, in the last two games, Thompson has indeed had a problem playing, and the whole team knows that Thompson has a problem.

Everyone knows that something is wrong with Thompson’s mentality! He is obviously not the boss of the team, but he is more proud than the boss of the team!
As Scott Skiles said, is isolating Doon what you, Thompson, should be doing?

James doesn't even dare to beat Du En, but you, a little Thompson, can challenge Du En indefinitely, right?

Looks capable, right?
If you are really capable, why not help the team score more points and establish a scoring lead?
After listening to Scott Skiles's loud scolding, Thompson blushed and said: "It was Monta and LeBron who passed the ball to me."

"Your teammates are happy to share the ball, but you are not playing as a team at all!
Obviously before, you would continue to look for opportunities to pass the ball to your teammates. Why were you unwilling to cooperate with your teammates in these two games?
Is challenging Doon more important than winning?
Don’t forget, this is not the regular season, this is the finals!
Reached the finals, but couldn't win the championship!
This means that you are destined to be a loser!
A loser, no matter how hard he runs up to Du En, challenges him.

At best, he's just a stronger loser.

There will never be a shortage of losers in the league, and only the big winners who get the rings can be remembered by everyone. "

Scott Scales continued to teach Thompson a lesson, but he also took the opportunity to scare the monkeys, knock the mountain to shock the tiger, and knock James.

James dares to block the corners tonight because the Warriors are stronger on paper than the Bulls.

In particular, once the game becomes too intense and Duane is injured in the series, the situation will be even more unfavorable to the Bulls.

Therefore, in order to taste the last sweet fruit, James must do this.

But now, Scott Skiles also pointed out to James in a subtle way-your career in the previous ten years was a failure.

Now I finally got another chance to challenge Du En, but I still don't cherish it.

When the time comes and you suffer another failure, it will be too late to regret.

If you want to be remembered as a great star, you should win the championship as soon as possible while this year is still at your peak.

Scott Skiles didn't know if James understood or not, but after giving Thompson a lesson, most of the Warriors players calmed down and chose to continue to listen to his orders.

Even Thompson, who was full of dissatisfaction, just looked at him with an aggrieved face and chose to be obedient and listen to his next tactical arrangements.

After returning to the field, James took over the ball immediately, but even if Thompson received a pass from James, he no longer forced to hold the ball in singles.

Originally, Du En didn't pay much attention to this.

So what if James takes control of the ball again? Surrounded by the Bulls' iron barrels, who can James beat?
However, when Thompson kept running without the ball, looking for opportunities, he kept running on the court.

This forced Duan to fall into Thompson's dog-walking rhythm.

Generally, it is more tiring to defend inside players than outside players, and it is more difficult to defend with the ball than without it.

However, defending a master without the ball who keeps his feet on the ground and keeps running will become unreasonably tiring.

Even someone as physically strong as Kobe Bryant could be walked by Hamilton until he vomited.

Although Thompson's physical fitness level is not as good as Hamilton's, he is also a master without the ball and is extremely good at running without the ball.

Since Thompson is also very strong in three-pointers, open three-pointers are often guaranteed. Only strong shots against people are often less effective because of the shooting method and physical confrontation.

However, by running out of space without the ball, you don't have to worry about shooting flaws.

Also in order to avoid being hit by Thompson for an open three-pointer as much as possible, Dunn had to follow Thompson all the time and bite endlessly on the defensive end.

However, by being so defensive all the time, Duen's already tense physical energy was likely to be almost exhausted in the first three quarters.

In order to avoid being betrayed by Thompson, Duen could only let Crowder chase Thompson and guard James himself.

James frowned a little when he saw this, but it was okay.

After all, when James attacks with the ball, he often starts with a pick-and-roll.

Duan directly defended James, but James easily relied on his teammates' pick-and-roll to get rid of Duan's pursuit.

Therefore, when Duan switched to James, James launched a more determined pick-and-roll attack.

As for the Bulls, although they are also adhering to the defensive strategy of double-teaming James, they cannot effectively steal the ball directly from James. James' ball play is indeed okay, and he constantly passes the ball to his teammates.

Although teammates are not open most of the time, other players can also take the ball and make a play to re-mobilize the defense.

At this time, Ellis, Thompson, and Ibaka may all find opportunities to take action.

Thompson, in particular, relied on running without the ball to get rid of Crowder's pursuit and hit an open three-pointer.

Not long after, Thompson's three-pointer finally opened.

In order to limit Thompson's scoring, the Bulls had to shift some of their defensive attention to Thompson.

Correspondingly, James's breakthrough space is also larger.

As we all know, James' breakthrough requires space. Only with room to start can James use his excellent physical fitness to rush forward.

And when he gets to the basket, he also needs to break through the space, so that he can take one step, two steps, one step, two steps, one step at a time, like a minion and a devil...

Finish at the basket or cause damage.

Perhaps some advantages were established in the front, which made the Bulls players slack off and not focused enough on defense.

Coupled with Thompson distracting the Bulls players, James' breakthrough finally worked, and Green and Gobert complained endlessly.

"Walk, walk, referee! Didn't you see this?"

"I thought he was going for a layup, but after taking two steps, he could dribble one more time!"

"Did I commit a foul? Did I make a mistake? It was James who elbowed me away!"

No way, the referees are used to being blind, plus tonight is still the home game of the Warriors, so it is normal to have star whistles and home whistles.

The Bulls could only suffer a little loss, watching helplessly as James sent the ball into the basket again and again.

Fortunately, even if Ellis and James stepped forward one after another, they could not make up for the hole dug in front of Thompson.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was fixed at 28-25, and the Bulls entered the second quarter with a 3-point advantage.

It is worth mentioning that in the first quarter, except for guarding Thompson at the beginning and wasting some energy by running a marathon with Thompson, Durn was doing pretty well.

It is precisely for this reason that at the beginning of the second quarter, Du En chose to travel at a staggered time, taking advantage of the Warriors to send out a substitute lineup with four dishes and one soup to start exerting force.

Now the Warriors' Scott Skiles was the head coach of the Bulls before, so he naturally knows how powerful Dunn's staggered travel is.

It is precisely because of this that before the point difference on the court widened to more than 10 points, Scott Skiles immediately called a timeout and replaced James.

James knew that he couldn't lose this game, so even if he was used as a bully by Scott Skiles, he had no regrets. He was full of firepower as soon as he came on the court and wanted to compete with Du En.

However, Duan's offensive methods are much richer than James.

James can only burst out, but if it doesn't work, he occasionally shoots one or two.

But hitting the basket and facing the Bulls' iron-clad defense requires a lot of physical confrontation and physical exertion.

This has resulted in James, who used to be somewhat useful but used cold arrows, and his hit rate dropped extremely seriously, making him no longer a threat.

On the other hand, Duen also finds mismatch opportunities through pick-and-rolls. Not only can he forget about the inside line, he can also brake in time to make a mid-range pull-up jumper.

Although shooting is not as high as finishing at the basket, it does take less effort.

When James drives to the basket, his shooting percentage is just over 60%, which is not much higher than Duan's mid-range shooting percentage of about 50%.

To illustrate with data, if James shoots 10 balls each, he will only score about 2 points more than Durn's sudden shot combined.

From a game perspective, there really isn’t much difference.

Because the Bulls' overall defense is much better than the Warriors.

When James' physical strength declined and his breakthrough speed was not so fast, James could no longer rush forward, and his shooting percentage at the basket dropped rapidly.

On the other hand, Duan, even in the second half of the third quarter, was still able to make a lot of mid-range shots.

Even if he does not break out from the outside, but should play from the low post, he can also use his footsteps to frequently take mid-range shots.

The overall shooting percentage was similar to the first half.

Of course, Duan's influence on the court goes beyond shooting inside and outside, constantly helping the team score.

Duane's organization and defense were also important factors in the Bulls' lead.

But overall, the performance of the two teams tonight was similar.

Even in the fourth quarter, the point difference was still stable within 10 points.

Most of the time, the two teams did not have a scoring shortage. Basically, it was back and forth, the score increased alternately, and the game was fierce.

However, in the second half of the fourth quarter, the Warriors suddenly changed their formation and began to flank Duen, who was lacking in physical strength, forcing Duen to lose the ball or pass the ball to other players.

Without Curry, the Bulls lack players who can score at critical moments.

Once Duan passes the ball, it basically means that the Bulls lack the means to score stably at critical moments.

It can only be said that Scott Scales does know the Bulls very well.

However, the growth of rookies is a part of a team that can never be calculated, but cannot be ignored.

Scott Skiles also doesn't know what potential the Bulls' rookies have.

In the last 3 minutes and 58 seconds, Mike Brown took the lead in calling timeout to prepare for substitutions.

Not long after, after the timeout, Mike Brown not only replaced Middleton, but also replaced Jokic.

Replacing Jokic means that the interior defense is directly handed over.

If the Bulls want to win tonight's game, they are betting that after the Warriors score, the Bulls can continue to gain firepower in every round.

I never expected that this bet was actually right.

Even on the Warriors' side, Thompson stepped forward and hit a key three-pointer, reducing the score to about 2 points.

But not long after, Middleton also responded with a three-pointer from the corner.

At the same time, Jokic was also under the basket and continued to succeed in singles, making the Warriors lose their temper inside.

Of course, Du En, who pretended to be dead for a while, quickly stepped up and took over the game.

In the last minute, he almost killed the game with two worthless mid-range shots.

104 to 101, the Bulls led by 3 points and won G2 of the finals.

And with the first two away games of the finals completed, the next road to defending the championship will be smooth! (End of chapter)