Chapter 612 The Best Way
Chapter 612 The Best Way
Entering the second half, the Bulls were in big trouble.
Facing the five small lineups of the Warriors fighting back and forth, the Bulls were unable to score for multiple rounds in a row.
Cartwright, the insider, didn't take advantage of Rodman, who was lower than him. Most of the time, Rodman could defend Cartwright alone.
I have to say that Cartwright is indeed an excellent player. His versatility is what the Bulls need, but he is not a center suitable for attacking tough situations, and he cannot rely on offense to influence the trend of the entire game.
For the Bulls, Jordan has always been used to attack.
Seeing that Cartwright's singles didn't work, the Bulls gave up decisively and began to attack step by step regardless of the so-called defensive loopholes inside the Warriors, but they were also blocked.
Jordan broke into the penalty area with the ball and was quickly surrounded by almost three people. Both Pippen and Price on the outside were open. In such a situation, Jordan hesitated for a moment and passed the ball to Pippen.
It's just that the Warriors' defensive rotation is so fast that they are all outside players. When Pippen received the ball, Li Weisi, who was closest to him, had already given up on Price and threw himself in front of Pippen.
In this way, Pippen naturally distributed the ball to Price who was open. However, after Price received the ball, Lewis on the other side had already defended in place, so Price passed the ball again to the corner. Grant, but before Grant made a move, Mullin had already arrived.
After a series of ball transfers, the Bulls failed to get an offensive opportunity in the Warriors' rapid rotation defense.
Seeing that the time was running out, Grant decided to single Mullin. However, when he squeezed into the depths of the penalty area and turned around to hook, Rodman on the side had quietly come behind him. It was pulled down in the air and a cover was completed.
Successfully defending the Bulls again, the Warriors quickly counterattacked. During the fast break, the Warriors played 3-for-2 in the frontcourt, and finally Richmond made a layup.
With this goal scored, the Warriors have widened the point difference to 5 points.
The Bulls requested a timeout again. You know, just over a minute ago, the Bulls just called a timeout. That time, it was when the Warriors evened the point difference and tied the Bulls.
At this time, Jackson is also quite a headache. As we all know, Jackson's command ability has been criticized by others. Now this is his second year as a coach, and his ability in this area is even more lacking.
Therefore, facing the Warriors' sudden change of formation, he couldn't find a clue to deal with it at all. The reason why he called this timeout was just to interrupt the Warriors' offensive state.
At this moment, assistant coach Bach Sr. suddenly suggested to Jackson: "Phil, should we also try a small lineup and use the small to fight the small?"
The old Bach's proposal caught Jackson's eyes, but then he immediately shook his head and rejected Bach's proposal.
"We have never played a small lineup, unlike the Warriors who have trained, so we can try it in training later, but for this game, forget it."
It's not that Jackson is conservative, but any lineup in the NBA, even if it seems that the coach's choice is a flash of inspiration, it is the result of repeated training in training.
Any set of tactics that has never been practiced before will never have a good effect on the field. On the contrary, it will confuse the players and let the opponent seize the gap and attack hard.
This is also why, seeing some coaches in the NBA are so hard-headed, it is obvious that they can win the game as long as they change their formations. Why do they stay the same?
The reason is that ideas and execution are always two different things. It is easy to pat your head, but it is not as simple as one plus one to turn ideas into practical operations.
As a result, Jackson adopted the most stupid method to respond to all changes without change, but in the offense, he still made a slight change.
That is to let Jordan take over the game early.
For the Bulls, this is the final ultimate move, the last trump card of the Bulls.
And Jordan lived up to expectations, even in the face of a three-man attack from the Warriors, he could still throw the ball and score.
In this way, although Jordan's offensive efficiency is not very high, it finally allowed the Bulls to score in a meeting.
The Bulls' offensive dilemma lasted for half a quarter, and it was finally relieved. However, this style of play was ultimately palliative, not the root cause. Facing the Warriors' five-small lineup, both offensively and defensively, the Bulls were extremely uncomfortable.
In this way, throughout the third quarter, the Bulls only scored 20 points, 12 of which were scored by Jordan alone.
On the other hand, for the Warriors, they scored 39 points in a single quarter, helping the Warriors lead the Bulls by 94 points 88:6 into the fourth quarter.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Warriors' substitutes played quite well. Whether it was Petrovic or Curry, they both showed very good abilities, which made people feel that even if the Warriors left a group of substitutes, their The strength of the substitute is still no one can shock.
However, the excellent performance of the substitute did not allow the Warriors to further widen the point difference. The reason is that someone from the Bulls' bench also stood up tonight.
As this year's second-round pick, no one expected that Ceballos would play so well in this powerful dialogue tonight!
Ceballos has good physical fitness and his first step is very fast. As a result, Curry, who defended him, could not keep up with Ceballos' footsteps in tonight's game, and was frequently killed by Ceballos.
Fortunately, Ceballos's performance is not stable. At this time, he can help the team not to open the score. It is already a super-level performance. It is basically unrealistic to expect him to recover the score alone.
Therefore, when the two sides returned to the starting lineup, the Warriors still led the Bulls by 8 points.
At the last moment of the last quarter, the Bulls relied on Jordan's outstanding performance to still maintain the suspense of the game. Unfortunately, because they still couldn't solve the Warriors' five small lineups, the Bulls only kept the suspense. As for chasing points, it was almost difficult to achieve.
In the end, relying on the Warriors' transformation in the second half, they completed the reversal, defeated the Bulls in one fell swoop with a score of 124:116, and won a good start to the new season.
Jordan scored a game-high 37 points tonight, plus 7 assists and 5 rebounds, but still couldn't help the team win.
Six Warriors scored in double figures, including Li Weisi with 6 points and 27 assists, Mullin with 11 points, Richmond with 25 points, Lewis with 19 points, Petrovic with 19 points and Curry with 14 points.
After the game, looking at the Warriors players celebrating the victory, Jackson decided in his heart that he must try this small lineup. I have to say that after dealing with the Warriors a lot, Jackson always felt that he could cross the river by touching the Warriors. It is the best way to improve the strength of the team.
(End of this chapter)