Chapter 851 850. Leap Forward on Defense

For the Bulls, Hinrich, Duhon, Luol Deng, Antonio Davis, and Eddie Curry started.

After arriving in the center circle, Eddie Curry yelled at Kwame Brown: "Why are you so cool, you parallel importer?"

Eddie Curry was unhappy with Kwame Brown's expression of not taking them seriously.

As expected, this guy asked and talked trash. Kwame Brown is now immune to the word "parallel import number one", especially to these people in the same class, because he is now the best, and these people Think of it as jealousy of not being able to eat grapes.

Kwame Brown remembered what Liu Mang said when he asked him to encounter this situation. He moved closer to Eddy Curry and said, "Ace is very angry, and the consequences will be serious."

"watt?"

"Calm down, you two."

Eddy Curry also wanted to ask what this meant. The referee thought they were arguing. The scene was too noisy. Kwame Brown came closer and said something to Eddy Curry. The referee next to him did not hear the content, but because the two teams Now that the media is hyping up the "fight", the referee subconsciously thought that the two were choking each other, and immediately warned them and separated them.

Eddie Curry saw the expression on Kwame Brown's face, and couldn't help but look at Liu Mang. Liu Mang happened to be looking at him as well. Eddie Curry saw Liu Mang's eyes, as if he was Looks like a dead person.

"These guys..." Eddie Curry had that heart palpitating feeling again.

Liu Mang's goal has been achieved. Giving the other party psychological hints has no effect now. It may make the other party more afraid of him, but if he doesn't win over him even if the other party is afraid of him, then the effect of this kind of psychological hint will be highlighted...

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When the referee saw that the two teams were in good position, he pointed to both sides, blew the whistle to start the game, and threw the ball into the air.

Kwame Brown wins the jump ball over Eddie Curry by a clear margin.

"Quickly retreat!" Very rarely, Eddie Curry shouted to his teammates to retreat, and immediately ran back after landing.

When other members of the Bulls saw Eddie Curry playing such active defense, they felt that Eddie Curry was a different person when he met the Hawks. They secretly lamented that it really took a strong opponent to make Eddie Curry "serious." , which made them feel even more excited - this fat guy can still be saved, but ordinary opponents can't make him "serious". Just like when he beat O'Neal, Eddie Curry never gave up. The two almost always exploded against each other. That's why Eddie Curry got the nickname Little Shark.

The serious Eddie Curry drove the Bulls' enthusiasm and quickly retreated into position.

After Liu Mang received the ball, he immediately passed it to McGrady. Liu Mang rushed directly towards the frontcourt. The Bulls' defense adjusted quickly. Hinrich's defense was in place, waiting for Liu Mang to rush to the frontcourt and block him. Mang quickly made a horizontal pull, Rasheed Wallace came up to block Hinrich, Liu Mang exploded with speed, and Antonio Davis's defense had no effect at all. Luol Deng had already quickly stepped up to defend. But with the speed bonus brought by Liu Mang's pick-and-roll master level 5, Liu Mang's speed directly exceeded 100, and he drove straight to the basket from Luol Deng.

McGrady's pass was delivered to Liu Mang in time.

Liu Mang cut to the free throw line to receive the ball and went straight to the basket. Eddie Curry actively came up to defend. Liu Mang grabbed the ball with his right hand and jumped towards Eddie Curry. He threw his right hand diagonally behind him. , Eddy Curry, who was already very active today and was made even more active by Kwame Brown's words, rushed towards Kwame Brown who rushed in, but he did not see the ball!

Liu Mang took the ball back in the air, switched it to his left hand, raised his left hand from bottom to top, and made an easy layup.

The ability to finish around the basket is getting stronger and stronger. When faced with Eddie Curry, who has no enthusiasm but has never defended well and has no defensive experience, he easily toyed with the opponent.

It is a bad thing for the opponent to become more motivated, but sometimes it can be used for good. What Liu Mang is best at is taking advantage of the opponent's loopholes in this aspect, mainly because their physical fitness is much better than the opponent's.

During the transition between offense and defense, Liu Mang retreated quickly after scoring the goal. The rest of the Eagles had already retreated when Liu Mang threw the ball to the basket, very decisively.

After the Bulls arrived in the frontcourt, they were closely guarded by the Eagles' one-on-one defense. After Hinrich came over, Liu Mang went up to defend and kept making physical contact. Hinrich was beaten hard every time he met Liu Mang. But he protected the ball well and didn't panic.

Originally Hinrich wanted to find a pick-and-roll, but when he saw Eddie Curry actively blocking the inside position at the beginning of the game, blocking Kwame Brown behind him, Hinrich was overjoyed and lobbed the ball to Eddie. -Curry.

Eddie Curry is very confident, very confident. After defeating the Hawks last time, the news he got from his agent is that the Bulls are more active in talking about contract extension with his team. Now Ace Curry wants to We need to speed up the contract renewal negotiations, so when we encounter the Eagles, we play very seriously and actively. When being targeted by Kwame Brown and Liu Mang, we are even more active in blocking positions and asking for the ball.

Kwame Brown tried his best to fight against Eddie Curry, making it more difficult for the opponent to get into position, but he still didn't get stuck, and Eddie Curry got in position to receive the ball.

When Eddie Curry received the ball, Rasheed Wallace let go of Antonio Davis to double-team. Eddie Curry immediately distributed the ball to Antonio Davis in the middle distance on the left. , this guy has a mid-range shot!

As soon as Antonio Davis received the ball, Liu Mang was already in place to defend. Antonio Davis was shocked. The opponent's defensive rotation was too fast today!

Fortunately, Antonio Davis reacted in time, raised the ball and was not hit by Liu Mang's hand, and quickly passed it to the top arc.

As soon as Hinrich received the ball, McGrady blocked him. Hinrich immediately passed it to Duhon, and Rasheed Wallace had already expanded from the inside to defend Duhon!

Everything was as expected. In fact, this was exactly the defensive rotation that the Hawks had expected.

After playing against the Bulls once, the Hawks had an impression of the Bulls' inside and outside passing and receiving. In addition, after playing against the Bulls and Mavericks once each, the Hawks also learned something. The defensive rotation became more organized, unlike before when they slowly explored it themselves. Learning from the team that already had a very mature defensive rotation, the progress was faster!

Being oppressed by the Hawks, the Bulls' offensive time was less than 10 seconds. Luol Deng ran out to ask for the ball, and Hinrich immediately passed it to Luol Deng, the starting outside singles point.

Luol Deng faced Prince and faked twice to no avail. Prince was too calm, so calm that Luol Deng wanted to pass the ball, but he was the strongest singles player in the starting lineup besides Eddy Curry, so he had no chance to shoot directly. Luol Deng forced his way into the inside line.

He actually rushed from the bottom line to a position close to the baseline quite smoothly! Luol Deng himself was surprised. When he reached the mid-range of the baseline, Luol Deng turned over and jumped!

This is what he is best at...

He just jumped up and grabbed the ball to his chest, but before he reached his neck, a hand stretched out from the back pressed on the ball!

Prince deliberately let Luol Deng rush to the bottom line and formed a double team with Liu Mang!

The two have been partners for so long, and Liu Mang and Prince have a good defensive tacit understanding. Without any hint, Liu Mang knew the other party's intention. When Luol Deng rushed to the bottom line with his back to him, Luol Deng turned around, and Liu Mang's evil big hand stretched out and blocked the shot accurately!

Prince grabbed the ball and immediately passed it to McGrady who ran back to the free throw line. Liu Mang was almost down.

The Bulls retreated quickly and chased after Liu Mang.

Liu Mang rushed to the frontcourt and received McGrady's lob. He took three steps after entering the three-point line and grabbed the ball and threw it to the right.

Hinrich and Du Hong who came back to defend were "not fooled" and thought Liu Mang was going to play a fake pass again, but Liu Mang really passed the ball this time and threw the ball to the right rear. Kwame Brown who rushed over received the ball and jumped directly. He glided one step inside the free throw line and dunked with both hands!

Too fast! This is not the point. The point is that he can jump too fast!

Du Hong and Hinrich thought Liu Mang was playing a trick on them by making a fake pass because Kwame Brown had just entered the three-point line. Even if Kwame Brown was fast, he could only enter the free throw line at most. If Liu Mang passed the ball, they could block him and maybe steal the ball from Kwame Brown. Kwame Brown was notoriously bad at dribbling. As long as Kwame Brown caught the ball and patted it, they would have a chance.

But they didn't expect Kwame Brown's physical fitness to be too violent. He almost dunked with his heels on the free throw line!

And the most important point is that Liu Mang didn't shoot directly when his teammates followed up and the defenders were two small guards. Liu Mang's playing style has been understood by many people. He has to shoot when he has a little chance, especially when he has a rebound advantage. He doesn't have the chance to force a shot. This is Liu Mang's characteristic. Today, Liu Mang played so "reasonably".

The Bulls were so confident before because their impression of the last game against the Hawks was that they chased the 18-point difference in the second half and dragged the game into overtime. That kind of confidence brought by the first half.

The impression of Liu Mang was also the second half of the last game, when Liu Mang played very independently.

But now, they remembered that there was more than just half a game in that game, and there was also the first half when the Hawks were serious, leading them by 18 points at halftime!

In this game, the Hawks were more serious than the first half of the last match. The last time they played, the Hawks still had a "playful" mentality in it. At the beginning of the game, they tricked the Bulls, making them think that Liu Mang was going to score points and quickly took the lead, and then their mentality relaxed. So during the halftime break, McGrady relaxed and smiled, allowing Liu Mang to play easily in the second half.

Mainly because of this, there was a prerequisite for the Bulls' comeback.

The Hawks' defense was originally good, but because of the new offensive tactics, new defensive strategies were needed, so they were still adjusting. When there were such good defensive "demonstration teams" as the Bulls and Mavericks, Mike Woodson found the feeling. Defense is not only about enthusiasm and defensive awareness, sometimes experience and pre-judgment of the opponent's offensive passing route will also play a big role.

Since the Hawks' starting lineup is full of players with good defensive awareness, they are very suitable for fast rotation defense. With the new things, the defense has been improved a lot.

At the beginning of the game, they tried it out and the effect was very good, and then the players played more firmly.

But the Bulls couldn't stand it!

At the beginning of the game, they were beaten 4 to 0, and then they missed 4 consecutive shots. Eddy Curry was double-teamed when he received the ball, and the Hawks' fast rotation defense pressure passed the ball when he passed it, consuming the Bulls' offensive time.

This was originally the Bulls' best defense, and the Hawks learned it!

Finally, in the new tactical system, the Hawks also incorporated the most important part of the previous tactical system-returning the favor!

This is a qualitative improvement for the Hawks!

The Bulls' defensive strategy is very powerful. Coach Skiles is a very good coach. They don't need to think about how to deal with their own defense. The Hawks are better physically than them, and their defensive rotation is faster. Unlike the Bulls, most of them are first- and second-year players, and at most fourth-year players. They have players with rich experience like McGrady and Rasheed Wallace, who do better than the Bulls' own team defense!

It is true that the Bulls have talent and strong combat effectiveness, but it is a young team after all. In the first half of the last game, the Hawks had an absolute advantage, but they defeated the Hawks unexpectedly because of their own death in the second half and Eddy Curry's outbreak.

In the last game against the Bulls, the reason why the Hawks were overturned in the second half, in addition to Eddy Curry and Ben Gordon's rampage, there was another key reason, that is, the Hawks gave up the good rhythm of the first half in the third quarter. Liu Mang started to play alone in the second half, and the rhythm slowed down all of a sudden, allowing the Bulls, who were good at controlling the rhythm and balanced offense and defense, to take the lead. Taking advantage of Eddy Curry's rampage, Ben Gordon also got to play, dragging the game into overtime and winning dramatically.

But this time, the Hawks were very focused from the beginning, and on the defensive end, Mike Woodson learned the fast rotation defense of the Bulls and Mavericks, which significantly improved the Hawks' fast rotation defense.

This time, the Hawks' defense has been significantly improved. After starting 4-0, the opponent missed four consecutive shots, and the Hawks played a 12-0 start! Forcing the Bulls to call a timeout.

But the timeout didn't play a big role. The Hawks scored 12-0 in three minutes. In the next 9 minutes, the Bulls only scored 12 points. Although after the timeout, the Bulls' defense retreated faster and the defensive pressure became stronger, the Bulls' enthusiasm prevented the Hawks from scoring only 18 points in the next 9 minutes of the first quarter. However, the Hawks led by these 18 points!

The Hawks scored 30-12 in a single quarter!

It's a bit late, so I'll continue writing~ I was halfway through writing in the morning when work came, and I started writing as soon as I finished~ Please recommend~