Chapter 807 Inside Advantage
Chapter 807 Inside Advantage
Compared with the match in the regular season, the current Bulls have significantly improved in terms of coordination and player status.
Especially after the tempering of the playoffs, their fighting spirit has reached the peak after defeating powerful enemies one after another under tremendous pressure.
Pippen has been very uncomfortable as the boss for the past two years. Even though he led the team to achieve a very good record, he was still compared with Jordan, which made him physically and mentally exhausted.
Therefore, when Jordan returned, without further ado, he took the initiative to hand over power and returned to his familiar second-in-command position, and he felt more comfortable here.
Therefore, as the boss of the team, Jordan is very critical, and his success or failure will directly determine the victory or defeat of the Bulls.
Fortunately, so far, he's doing pretty well.
Of course, compared with the Bulls, the Warriors are not bad, or even better.
After experiencing the tiebreaker of the Western Conference Finals, every member of the Warriors, as if reborn, removed all the shackles on their bodies.
Therefore, in this case, the two teams have been completely confrontational from the very beginning of the game, not giving in to each other.
Facing Hubble, Li Weisi used the simplest cross step to change direction and successfully passed Hubble. Although Hubble's defensive ability is much stronger than Price, but at 198cm tall, he is undoubtedly at a disadvantage in lateral movement , Therefore, when defending Li Weisi, he was repeatedly broken by Li Weisi.
However, despite this, the Bulls still have to use Hubble to defend Li Weisi. The reason is very simple. Because defending Li Weisi, the Bulls are more concerned about defending Li Weisi's shooting and passing. In comparison, it is not impossible for Li Weisi to break through. accept things.
Breaking into the inside, Li Weisi quickly found that the Bulls' defense line began to shrink, and his offensive space began to be compressed.
These are all normal, Li Weisi is not afraid, neither shoots nor passes, but dribbles two more steps with the ball.
The Bulls' defense suddenly shrank to Li Weisi's surroundings. Seeing that the encirclement could be completed in the next second, Li Weisi found a gap between the crowd, and found Rhodes who was unguarded under the basket with a ground pass. Man.
Although Rodman's offense is almost zero, and his ability to eat cakes under the basket is really average, but for this kind of situation that is almost facing an empty basket, Rodman will not be soft, and he turns around and puts the ball into the basket , And no more offensive rebounds.
With this goal scored, at 18:12, the Warriors led the Bulls by 6 points, but soon, the Bulls also responded.
It was the Bulls' turn to attack, and after Harper dribbled the ball for half court, he handed the ball to Pippen immediately.
In the starting lineup of the Bulls, Pippen is undoubtedly the first organization point, and his ball control priority is even higher than that of Jordan. Of course, if Jordan is in the heads-up mode, he is not in the middle of this order. After all, at this time, Even Jackson's words may not work, let alone the order.
Pippen got the ball and observed the situation on the court. Almost at the same time as Pippen received the ball, the Bulls' triangle tactics had already started running.
As the other two most important points in the triangle offense, Jordan and Grant ran particularly hard, without any appearance of fishing.
As rookies, Hubble and Longley also integrated into this set of tactics very well, and did not hold back the team.
In this case, the Bulls quickly ran out of opportunities.
It was not Jordan who got the opportunity to attack, but Grant.
There is no way, Jordan's offensive threat is too great, especially near the penalty area, the offensive threat is even higher than that of Li Weisi.
Pippen passed the ball to Grant at the right time. After receiving the pass, Grant did not stop and directly chose a mid-range jumper. Because Rodman had just been attracted by Jordan, he was a step slower when blocking Grant, causing Grant Hit steadily.
This is the role of Grant in this Bulls team. Perhaps his level is not enough to be compared with Barkley and Karl Malone, followed by the impact of Kemp and Vin Baker. It can be said that Grant can only be regarded as an ordinary All-Star at best Power Forward.
But whether he defends, supports, shoots or screens, he knows a little bit, not good but enough. This comprehensiveness is a huge supplement to the Bulls' system.
This is why it is said that in the original time and space, Grant is the most powerful forward that Jordan has ever worked with, because he is more comprehensive than Oakley and Rodman.
Following Grant's shot, the Bulls continued to trail the Warriors by 14 points at 18:4.
It was the Warriors' turn to attack again, and Li Weisi was in the frontcourt led by Hubble, and passed the ball intact to the inside Divac.
To be honest, in the current starting lineups of the two teams, with Pippen reaching the peak and Mullin seriously injured and declining, the Warriors have only two points that are superior to their opponents. One is Li Weisi and the other is Divac. up.
Therefore, Li Weisi's attention is to hope that Divac can play a threat inside, attract defense, and strive to reduce the pressure on the outside by passing the inside.
No way, the defense of this Bulls team is too strong. From position [-] to position [-], there is no one with poor defense. The worst defense is Longley, who also has a good top defense in the interior.
In addition, the defensive mobility of the entire outside line is also very good. It can be said that if you cannot gain an advantage in a certain position, the Warriors' tactics such as passing and cutting are very difficult to develop.
Divac is also well aware of this. Before that, he singled Longley twice and scored one, but the effect was not very obvious.
Langley is tall and has long arms, and his strength is quite good. It is a thankless task to get a hard top, so if you want to score from Langley, Divac must outsmart him, and he cannot match him.
With his back to the basket and Longley, Divac dribbled hard to the left, colliding violently with Longley's chest.
But then, Divac turned around suddenly, used his footsteps to successfully deceive Longley, and then relying on his innate handwork, after avoiding Longley's block at the basket, he scored a backhand layup. .
This turn was extremely beautiful, making Longley look like a clumsy big pyrene, but it was just the beginning. When it was the Warriors' turn to attack again, Divac and Li Weisi picked and rolled, and then received a pass from Li Weisi and made another mid-range shot.
It can be said that Divac lived up to expectations and completed his task very well.
In fact, it is also conceivable that after experiencing the hellish torture of the last round of the series, Divac has also undergone a transformation. After seeing Olajuwon's impenetrable defense, although Longley's defensive strength is not bad, But Divac, who has been tempered, is completely fearless and full of confidence. This is why the team can stand up decisively when the team needs him to stand up.
As Li Weisi imagined, with Divac's performance in the interior, the Bulls' defense, except for Li Weisi, inevitably shrunk, and this created new opportunities for the Warriors on the offensive end.
(End of this chapter)