NBA: James wants to team up with me

Wang Chong's tough attitude towards the Heat started in last season's playoffs, when James made a stumbling block to Garnett, causing the Bulls to be unable to compete with the Lakers in the finals.

Although Wang Chong didn't speak very politely in the past, after all, the Heat are Wade's team. Due to the face of his old teammates, Wang Chong would not speak too harshly.

However, after such a grudge, the two teams have become completely mortal enemies on the court. Even Wade's relationship cannot be reversed. The two can only continue to be friends and brothers off the court, and become kings on the court. Chong also won't hold back at all.

In the 12-13 season, the Heat's strength was indeed at its peak. Even the Spurs were at best on par with the Heat.

Of course, by the next season, Leonard has grown up slightly, and the team's overall teamwork has become more tacit, allowing the Spurs to take their strength to a higher level.

Correspondingly, the Heat's athletic status on Wade's side has further declined. With the two sides ebbing and flowing, they met again in the finals, and the result is self-evident.

Although the Heat can be regarded as the top team and the most likely to threaten the Bulls at this stage, Wang Chong still does not think that they will suffer a loss against the Heat.

The Bulls' lineup can really be considered blood-suppressing against the Heat.

What the Heat fear most is having a tall center with inside offensive skills. Facing Gasol, Bosh really can't defend him at all.

Moreover, the Heat's best defensive counterattack, the fast break offense between offense and defense, also did not work well against the Bulls.

First of all, if nothing else, Wang Chong's mobility is no worse than that of James. As the current core of the Bulls' defense, as long as Wang Chong is not thrown away, the efficiency of the Heat's fast break counterattack will be greatly reduced. After all, even for the Heat, not every fast break will be conducted by James.

In addition, the Heat's defensive end relies most on high-pressure full-court pressing defense, using physical confrontation to put pressure on the opponent and force the opponent to make mistakes, thereby creating an opportunity to convert fast breaks.

Curry, the Bulls' main point guard, seems to be a weak point guard, but this is obviously a misunderstanding.

Curry's strength is definitely one of the stronger ones at the point guard position. After all, ultra-long-distance three-pointers require a lot of arm strength.

When he first entered the league, Curry as a rookie could already do 185 bench presses of 9 pounds. After entering the NBA, Curry has undergone systematic training, and his arm muscle lines have changed significantly, and his strength is obviously better than when he first entered. Stronger when in alliance.

His poor defense is only relatively speaking. It is more reflected in poor defensive awareness and a slight lack of explosive power and speed. But against that kind of strong defender, Curry rarely suffers in confrontations.

When the Heat increased the intensity for Curry, they found that Curry was able to cope with it with ease and could steadily dribble through half the court every time.

Even if the Heat arranged for Wade to personally mark Curry and successfully suppressed Curry in the confrontation, the Bulls could still avoid making mistakes and stealing the ball by handing the ball to Wang Chong.

Even though Wang Chong is a big man of 2 meters, his dribbling ability value is as high as 11. He also has a dribbling veteran badge to improve his dribbling ability, as well as techniques such as Iverson's butterfly step and Odom's left-handed dribbling. Even when James is defending one-on-one, it is difficult to cause Wang Chong's mistakes.

With neither offense nor defense dominant, even the Heat, who had won 27 games in a row, felt extremely uneasy when they faced the Bulls for the third time this season.

When the game started and the two teams officially played against each other, as expected, the feeling of a dog biting a hedgehog and having no choice but to bite it came back again.

At the beginning of the game, the Bulls, like the past two games, frequently passed the ball to Gasol, asking him to penetrate the Heat inside first.

Even though they had faced each other many times, Bosh still had nothing to do against Gasol. The latter took two steps inside with Bosh's back, then directly sank into the bottom step and half-turned for a layup, relying on his weight and strength. The advantage pushed Bosh to the side and scored an easy layup.

Faced with this situation, all members of the Heat could only watch helplessly. Even if they wanted to help, all four Bulls players were pulled to the outside, so that they did not dare to let go easily to help Bosh. The Bulls this season His three-point shot is quite scary. He can really shoot his opponent to death with just three points.

Curry has averaged 25 points per game so far, of which three-pointers alone account for nearly half of his points. His three-point shooting percentage is 44%, ranking third in the league, and his output far exceeds the top two, Jose Calderon and Kyle. Korver.
Wang Chong's three-point shooting rate remains at about 42%, and his output is also high. He can basically make 3 three-pointers per game.

In addition, Bulls starting shooting guard Danny Green also shot 43% from three-point range, which surprised many people. However, his three-point output is much less than that of Wang Chong and Curry, averaging 4.2 shots per game. case, it can hit 1.8 times.

Although it is not much, he can average more than 5 points per game by relying on three-pointers. As a role player who is mainly good at defense, it is enough. His more offensive role is to squat in the bottom corner to help Wang Chong and Curry stretched the defense.

Among the Bulls outside players, the only one who doesn't perform well in three-pointers is Jimmy Butler. Although Wang Chong took precautions and asked Butler to practice three-pointers early, in the final analysis, Butler is not good at three-pointers. points players.

In the early days of his career, Butler was best at scoring without the ball. Later, as he gradually became famous, Butler played in a traditional retro style similar to that of a shooting guard in the 90s. His offense was mostly focused on the basket and mid-range. The characteristics of offense beyond the three-point line in the modern small ball era seem incompatible.

At the beginning of this season, the Heat didn't know Butler's details and didn't dare to leave him open easily. But now that the schedule is coming to an end, all teams in the league have an idea of ​​what kind of player this is.

When Bosh was beaten at will by Gasol in the paint again and again, the Heat finally chose to take a desperate risk. After Gasol received the pass in the paint, James gave up guarding Butler and ran directly to Gasol.

Gasol does have good offensive ability, but he is definitely not a top player among inside players. Especially when encountering double teams, he has no way to handle the ball on his own.

But the problem is that when he is double-teamed, he has another option - passing the ball. Gasol, who was surrounded by Bosh and James one after another, raised the basketball high above his head to protect it. At the same time, he glanced around and immediately had a goal, throwing the basketball directly towards the basket.

Butler, who rushed straight into the penalty area from the outside, received Gasol's pass, ejected from the spot, jumped high, and ended the offense with a powerful dunk.

Gasol's ability to organize and support is no worse than his older brother, Pau Gasol, who once served as an important central axis of the triangle tactics for the Lakers. His career average of 3.4 assists per game is slightly better than that of Pau Gasol. higher.
Gasol's peak season was undoubtedly the 2016-17 season. During the regular season, Gasol averaged 19.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. His average points and assists per game were both the highest in his career, but his rebounds were a little behind. mean.

Rebounding itself has always been Gasol's shortcoming. He has never averaged double figures in rebounds per game in his career. When he retired, he averaged only 7.4 rebounds per game, which was in the same level as James Durant.

There's nothing you can do about it. Gasol is a heavy center with slow steps and almost no bounce. This coupled with a slightly poor sense of rebounding has led to Gasol's poor rebounding, but the Bulls are not Gasol needs to have strong rebound protection ability. Wang Chong can completely make up for his lack in this area.

Although Wang Chong's rebounding ability value is not very high, even after some training and strengthening, it only reaches an ability value of 85. Wang Chong has all the height, arm length, speed, burst and jumping required to grab rebounds. , even among the top ranks in the league.

This is also the main reason why Wang Chong switched to power forward this season and after getting closer to the basket, he averaged double figures in rebounds per game and grabbed 11 rebounds per game.

Of course, even if Wang Chong and Gasol join forces, when encountering a team with Howard such as the Lakers, rebounding will still be at a disadvantage. But when the opponent is the Miami Heat, let alone Wang Chong, Xiao Gasol is also very dominant in the penalty area. With his physical advantage, he can grab several offensive rebounds.

After the whole game, Heat fans had only one feeling. Their team seemed to be leaking everywhere, and various problems emerged one after another. This was in sharp contrast to the opposite Bulls team, which seemed to be monolithic.

But you must know that the Heat have won 27 consecutive victories before, and their strong combat effectiveness is obvious to all. Why do they become discouraged as soon as they encounter the Bulls?
Heat fans were greatly disappointed. In this game, the Heat finally lost to the Bulls 97:105. The winning streak came to an abrupt end and ended at 27 consecutive victories.

This defeat is not a slight blow to the Heat. The end of the winning streak is secondary. The key is that so far this season, the two teams have met three times, and the Heat have not won even once, even with a 27-game winning streak. Despite his fierce momentum, he was still suppressed by the Bulls during the game and couldn't hold his head up.

Almost everyone can see that the main reason for this situation is the Heat's weak inside line.

Gasol scored 24 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists in this game, once again defeating Bosh, one of the Big Three.

Although in terms of status, Bosh is obviously much better than Gasol, who has just emerged, but Gasol can still only be manipulated by Gasol in various ways during the game. In the final analysis, the position that is most suitable for Chris Bosh should be He is a power forward. His main offensive method is to attack with the ball facing the basket. When defending, he can only defend underweight inside players like Garnett, and even players like Wang Chong and Durant. It's easier for Bosh than guarding Gasol.

So there is no suspense, Bosh once again became the scapegoat for the team's losses, and was accused of cheating his teammates and holding the team back.

The problem now is that there is still a regular season matchup in April. If the Heat still can't get past the Bulls, what will they do in the playoffs? Is it possible that the Heat's Big Three really have no hope of winning the championship and will be forcibly broken up by Wang Chong?
The Bulls, who easily stopped the Heat's winning streak, will continue with their regular season schedule.

3月30日客场110：98击败达拉斯小牛，3月31日主场125：94大胜底特律活塞。

The March schedule is all over, and there are only 3 games left in April. The opponents are the Washington Wizards, Brooklyn Nets, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks, and Miami Heat.

Among them, the Magic, Wizards and Raptors all have two games with the Bulls, so there are exactly 10 games.

To be honest, the quality of this opponent is really not very good. The Heat, Knicks and Nets are playoff teams, and the rest are bad teams outside the playoffs and even at the bottom of the league.

As usual, the Bulls will arrange for players to rest when they encounter weak teams. The closer the regular season is to the end, Wang Chong becomes more and more cautious, fearing that carelessness will cause accidental injuries to players. Avoidable injuries must be avoided as much as possible. As long as the Bulls are healthy, they are the strongest team in the league.

In the case of multiple rotations, the Bulls finally achieved a record of 10 wins and 8 losses in the last 2 games. The two losses were to the Brooklyn Nets and the Toronto Raptors.

In the fourth regular season game against the Miami Heat away from home on April 4, the Bulls still won the game as always.

Heat fans who watched the entire game at home only felt a deep sense of despair.

It's not that the score of this game was too disparate, on the contrary, the Heat started very well at home, completely suppressing the somewhat out-of-state Bulls, leading by 7 points in the first quarter, and the lead expanded to 15 points at halftime.

With a 15-point lead, the Heat fans at home breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that after a season, the Heat could finally avenge their humiliation at home and win a victory.

But the slap in the face came soon.

In the third quarter of the game, the situation suddenly changed. The Bulls' defensive intensity suddenly increased, and the Heat's offense suffered consecutive defeats. At the same time, Wang Chong and Curry took turns firing from the outside on the offensive end. In just 3 minutes, the Heat's 15-point lead was gone. , when the third quarter ended, the Bulls had already led by 1 point.

The score difference of 16 points in a single quarter directly caused the Heat's mentality to explode.

Although the Heat's offensive end regained its firepower after timely adjustments in the fourth quarter, they were still unable to solve the Bulls' offense. As Wang Chong scored 5 points in a row in the last 7 minutes, the Heat missed the opportunity to comeback.

With the final score of 105:108, the Heat lost to the Bulls by 3 points and lost the game, allowing the Bulls to complete their regular season sweep of the Heat. (End of chapter)