Chapter 286: Bull's Avengers
Robin Lopez, the core of the inside defense, was to blame for this, but he had no choice. For several consecutive rounds, the Pacers' fast attacks made the Bulls not defend at all. As a No. 5 position with a not-fast movement speed, there was no good way to deal with the Pacers' quick counterattacks for several consecutive rounds.
The problem is the same. The Bulls are completely afraid to let him go. The reason is very simple. Once Robin Lopez goes down, Lin Sen is basically invincible in the penalty area and has no height as a barrier. For a player like Lin Sen, it is easy to score.
After this timeout, the Bulls' three-rejection cores were obviously guarded. Rondo, Wade, and Butler all entered the best defensive lineup. As long as they wanted, they would naturally show enough defensive attitude.
The Pacers' fast break is not that easy to push. Their only obvious speed advantage is Linsen's position against Robin Lopez. Linsen once again wanted to start a breakthrough from the outside. The opponent has been replaced by Gibson, and Gibson is used to follow the outside. Robin Lopez defends Turner in the inside and helps defend Linsen's breakthrough. This change has begun to show results.
Gibson's speed is not fast, but Linsen has no way to break through it quickly. He is not tall, and Robin Lopez is relatively faster, especially the speed of turning allows him to follow up on the first step faster when Linsen breaks through. This is his advantage.
If Lin Sen stood in the inside, he would directly squeeze the inside space of the team. At that time, Lopez was used to defend, and others double-teamed. Tonight, Lin Sen tried to play two rounds in the inside, but the effect was very average, and the two consecutive hooks were slipping out of the basket.
Linson's little hook is from Brooke Lopez, who is brothers with Robin Lopez. If anyone is the best player to defend Brooke Lopez, Robin Lopez is definitely one of them. The two of them have been fighting since childhood.
There is no problem with footsteps. Lin Sen's footsteps are already famous throughout the league. It is very easy to help Lin Sen find a phone call inside, but every time he hooks, he is always interfered by Robin Lopez.
I feel that in this game, my ending in the inside was a little bad. In the past, Lin Sen made outstanding steps and the hook after the ending was not good. In fact, recently, Lin Sen ended with hooks in the inside less and less, and the strengthening of his ability to shoot in the mid-range makes him prefer frame attacks.
Tonight, Lin Sen, who was obviously restricting the number of frames on the opposite side, could only attack while carrying the basket, and in order to prevent Lin Sen from directly using his steps to the inside line, they were attacking all of them after they were attacked.
The Bulls' three-rejection refusal began to play their personal abilities, and Rondo once again accelerated his breakthrough. This time the pass was much more rational than before. He was looking for Butler on the outside, who directly hit a three-pointer against the defense.
Although at the beginning of the game, the Pacers' fast attack bulls were a little confused, their ability to adjust quickly, and then Mirotic came on the court, which felt the Italian gun.
Mirotic came up and made a very beautiful ultra-long three-pointer, and this time he also made a shot in with defense.
These things completely disrupted the Pacers' initial defense from the beginning. They didn't think the Bulls' shots from the outside could defeat them, but the Bulls' performance on the outside tonight was quite excellent. This forced Lin Sen to go out to assist in defense and make up for defense, especially the Italian gun must not be released.
Wade accelerated and found an opportunity to break through. Gordon's defense was still different from the other two Pacers. When facing a player like Wade, his speed was a bit too low. Wade completely forgot his injured knee. At this point in time, he had completely exploded what he could do.
The breakthrough layup dodged the block from Turner in the air, and then made a super big trolley on the other side. The basketball lightly hit the board on the other side. This ball was even more exciting than the Pacers' dunk.
"Wow! Return to the peak, my Dwayne, this trolley is really beautiful, it is exactly in line with my first impression of the Heat after I went to the Heat in 2004. Its lightning speed and super finishing ability, this is a goal belonging to Dwayne." O'Neal shouted wildly in the commentary seat for his former teammates, "Hey! The Heat who went fishing in advance, let's see how excellent a player you let go, and he is your team soul."
O'Neal is a very outstanding player, and there is no doubt that his career has not been smooth sailing. Among the top ten players in the league history, he probably has served the most teams. The Magic in his early career, the Lakers at the peak, the Heat at the peak, the Cavaliers at the end of his career, the Suns and the Celtics at the end of his career, he became the owner of the "Colorful Jersey".
But among his super guard teammates Kobe is the Lakers. He thought Wade would be the last one to die with the Heat, but he didn't expect to come to the Bulls this year, which forced O'Neal to complain about the Heat's management, such as Pat Riley.
Rondo also played well. He was bullied enough in the regular season, but at this time he performed very well, and his passes began to drive the entire team. Similarly, this old man was considered the abandoner of the Celtics.
He used to be the point guard who passed the ball for the Big Three. He was the 2010 finals MVP. He won several times for a while, but in front of the cold Anji, these things were not enough. When his condition declined, the three-pointers became an increasingly important thing in the league, and just so happened that Rondo didn't have this thing.
And this season, this guy trained his three-pointers. Although he was not very stable, he was much stronger than before. He actually hit a three-pointer against Hill's defense in this game. This is the Bulls' third three-pointer tonight.
The Bulls' pair of Avengers defenders played in form. The two teamed up to contribute 17 points and 5 assists in the first quarter to lead the Bulls to lead the Pacers by 5 points 32:27.
Chapter completed!