Five Hundred and Fourteen. Rose with Thorns? Go to Little Overlord!

The head coaches of both teams felt that the progress of the game was out of control.

The players from both teams were too active and wanted to defend each other.

On the one hand, he is working hard to win nine consecutive victories, but on the other hand, he does not want to be in the background.

Relatively speaking, Bulls head coach Thibodeau is much better. After all, he does not have any good offensive tactics. To put it bluntly, his offensive system is a dead core.

Rose is not particularly physically strong, so he would get tired after playing at full strength for thirty-three or four minutes like this, but Thibodeau insists on him playing for thirty-six or seven minutes, until he is exhausted in every game.

Luol Deng is the unluckiest. In the first few years of his career, he averaged between 27 and 34 minutes per game. This season, he currently averages 42 minutes per game, ranking first in the league.

For the Grizzlies, coach Hollins felt like he was about to have a mental disorder.

Before the first game of the new season, he hopes the team's defense can be as good as it gets.

But after the full-time score of 70-70 with the Magic, he has been trying to find a way to find a middle point where he can maintain high-intensity defense and maintain offensive efficiency.

Because when their defense is too good, it will also affect their offense. As a former top star who has retired his jersey, he knows that in a playoff series, defense alone cannot defeat a real superstar.

The Pistons' top five defense back then were so powerful. They also had Hamilton, a pitcher who could outrun opponents, and Billups, the explosive point guard. They were not just defensive.

Hamilton and Billups are both types who can maintain their offensive success rate even after both sides' defenses are improved.

And currently they lack that kind of player in this area.

But this situation is irreversible after it occurs in the game. If you don't continue to defend the opponent, there is a high probability that you will continue to defend in that way.

There is no solution for the time being, so we can only stay on the defensive.

Sun Ce was replaced to rest, and coach Hollins sent out a lineup of Conley, Tony Allen, Gay, Yi Jianlian, and Gasol.

At the same time, Paul George, Battier, and DeAndre Jordan are always ready to replace those who are tired of guarding.

There are people under his control, so he can't be beaten in any way.

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Pause and come back,

The Bulls also strengthened their defense, with a lineup of Rose, Ronnie Brewer, Luol Deng, Ty Gibson, and Noah.

This lineup is incredibly defensive. Taj Gibson had the highest defensive efficiency in his rookie season among the players in the 2009 class. He had a defensive contribution of 3.8 in his rookie season. That is to say, every 100 possessions he was on the court, his opponent had to He scored 3.8 points lower than his position average, which is quite impressive.

And maybe because he learned from good people, Ty Gibson contracted the iron-blooded problem in just one year.

Ronnie Brewer is one of Tony Allen's rivals. The two of them don't match up very much. The matchup between the two is beautiful. They are just top wing defenders and both are role players. The two often play against each other. being compared.

Tony Allen doesn't have any masterpieces yet, but Ronnie Brewer once guarded Tracy McGrady with a 39% shooting percentage in the second-year playoffs, and formed a team with Kirilenko that made opponents feel scalped. Awesome forward defensive combination.

In the season when his defensive performance was at its peak in his sophomore year, it took six games to resolve a certain blacksmith's game against the Jazz, just because of his mid- and long-range single defense capabilities.

In the third grade, in the first round of the 2008-09 season playoffs, it was thanks to Ronnie Brewer that he defended a blacksmith to 5 of 24 in a single game. The Jazz won one game in the first round and avoided being swept. Awkward.

Of course, the next few games were severely retaliated. A certain player wearing No. 24 averaged 30+7+7 in the remaining games...

However, Ronnie Brewer was unlucky to suffer a knee fracture last season and was reimbursed for the season. As a result, no one in the Jazz could restrict a blacksmith in the playoffs, and they were swept by the Lakers.

After being signed back by the Bulls for 9.5 million in two years with Boozer, his athletic ability has plummeted. His speed is not bad, and his explosive power, jumping, explosive acceleration, etc. are no longer the top forward defensive player who can greatly limit Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant. .

But not as the main defensive player, but as a substitute, Ronnie Brewer is still enough.

This is the defensive lineup that the Bulls are proud of, beating the Celtics in the new season.

But seeing the Grizzlies over there…

Players from both teams felt numb when they saw each other's lineup!

This is going to be a fight!

After the official timeout came back, the defenses of the two teams worked harder.

Dare you imagine that Yi Jianlian became the main offensive point of the Grizzlies in the second half of the first quarter?

Dare you imagine that Ronnie Brewer was already the Bulls' most efficient offensive team by performing tricks like rushing to the basket and making 40% hit rate floaters?

But this became a reality!

For the Grizzlies, Yi Jianlian, who is good at everything, has both athletic ability and a certain shooting range, became very important in these few minutes. He made 2 of 4 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block.

For the Bulls, Ronnie Brewer stood up when Rose was blocked by Tony Allen. He broke through and scored 4 points on 2 of 5 shots, marked by his fancy ball control and speed.

During this period, the rest of the two teams only scored 3 points each!

In 5 minutes, the two teams scored 9 to 7. After the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Bulls by 3 points, 22 to 19!

It is difficult for Rose to score soaringly. So far in his career, he has scored 30+ points very rarely, which is very different from the "explosion of scoring ability" that many people think of. He is a very stable player. In the first two years of his career, In total, he has only scored 30+ points eight times, and he has not had 40+ points once in his career.

He averaged 21 points per game in his sophomore season last season. Not having many high scores means that he cannot have too many low scores, otherwise he will not be able to recover. This stability is his strongest point.

Therefore, facing this kind of defense, when the inside line is blocked and the pass is blocked, the problem can only be solved by Ronnie Brewer, the point where the opponent intentionally leaves open.

When this happens between the two teams, it is enough to prove how tragic the situation on the field is!

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The harder it gets, the harder it gets, and the harder it gets, the harder it becomes, entering a vicious cycle.

Sun Ce could easily judge the current situation of the two teams, and the situation was very troublesome.

Sun Ce took a look at the prop space... Sun Ce took a look at the star experience cards of the single-game block champions of the 30 teams. The one that suits him best may be Kirilenko, who is a rare small forward blocking shots among the 30 NBA teams. king.

But most of the time it's a center, and most likely it's a center like Howard who affects shooting.

The star experience cards of players with 20+ rebounds in a single game of their own team are Gasol and Randolph. Randolph himself was so criticized in this game that he probably won’t become a poor version of himself. So that...

Rely on yourself first!

For the time being, the team still maintains a weak lead. Rose scored 2 points, 4 assists and 1 steal in the first quarter, but his performance was not as good as his 8 points and 3 rebounds.

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After returning from the break, the Grizzlies continued to rotate. Sun Ce was not replaced immediately, but Conley was still in charge. Tony Allen took a rest. His defense was so terrible that his own team was suddenly scared and had no concept of physical strength. Go all out when you go up, without any thought of slowing down, and can only be controlled by rotation, otherwise the defense will last for one period at most.

The forwards and defenders sent out a combination of Paul George and Battier. Randolph came up as the main attack point, and DeAndre Jordan was replaced.

Rookie Paul George was entrusted with the important task of guarding Rose.

This liberated Rose. In the second quarter, Rose broke through 4 times in a row, scored twice, and sent an assist. The success rate was as high as 75%, and his MVP style was undoubtedly displayed!

Against the rookie Pickle, Rose played much easier than in the first quarter. When playing against Tony Allen, Rose did not score a point in 5 minutes and only got 1 assist and 1 steal.

When playing against Gay, Gay could not be defended even if he was on his own. With Boozer's active pick-and-roll cooperation, Rose could not defend him when he broke through.

But at any rate, Gay relied on his experience to guide Rose into the inside and relied on the cooperation between Sun Ce and the inside to block Rose's passing route in most cases.

But Paul George... really can't do anything!

At the beginning of the second quarter, Rose showed his true ability. It’s not that he is not strong, but he first encountered the trio of Guy + Sun Ce + Gasol in the first quarter, and then encountered the defense of Tony Allen. No wonder he made 0 of 5 shots.

Beating Paul George, who was regarded as a poor man's version of Gay, Rose was just playing around, teaching the rookie how to behave!

In more than two minutes, Rose led the team to a 6-2, 25-24, and the Bulls took the lead by one point!

Coach Hollins immediately called a timeout!

In these rounds, Rose has shown his overwhelming personal advantage over Sun Ce. Sun Ce, with a lineup of Bogans, Korver, Kurt Thomas, and Asik, will definitely not be able to match Rose's performance just now. .

Just like other coaches who saw Rose play for the first time in the new season, looking at the data of 26+4+7 per game, it is not obvious that he is particularly powerful. After all, in the ten years since Jordan retired with six championships, there have been too many talented top players. For forwards and guards, this kind of data doesn’t look very impressive. Pierce, a star who can’t even beat a group of eight poles, had more than this in his peak period. Ray Allen’s peak year data was also similar to Rose’s performance at the beginning of this year. Needless to say, Garnett's statistics in any of his peak years looked better than Rose's.

But seeing Rose's performance on the court is really eye-catching! Coach Hollins felt that the talent of the other party's third-year students was no worse than his second-year students!

In terms of data, Rose is no better than Sun Ce, or Sun Ce is better than Rose. This can be seen from the MVP ranking.

Moreover, Coach Hollins can also see that Sun Ce's normal personal ability is not as good as Rose's, but Sun Ce uses his teammates more efficiently!

In that case, let’s go to the second grade!

Use genius against genius!

"Noah, go up and deal with him!" Coach Hollins said arrogantly. The opponent has the Eastern Conference Player of the Week, and he has the Western Conference Player of the Week!

Sun Ce was suddenly cueed, and his whole body was in bad shape!

"Damn it! Coach, there is something wrong with you! You didn't let me go up when Teacher Tony was here. When Teacher Tony went down, the opponent started to explode. You want me to go up?"