Chapter 712: Experimenting with the Playoff Lineup?
The Clippers finished all the regular season games in the 2010-2011 season one step ahead of the Nets, and Ji Guoyi also became the scoring champion that season. Although the trophy has not yet arrived, and the official announcement has not been officially announced, there is really no one in the entire league who can compete with him.
Ji Guoyi played a total of 76 regular season games this season, averaging 36.3 points, 12.8 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 3.1 blocks, 1.6 steals and 4.1 turnovers per game, shooting 51.9% from the field, 42.4% from three-point range, and 91.6% from the free throw line.
The Foxes are averaging a staggering 36.3 points per game this season, nearly five points higher than the second-highest scorer in the rankings, and he is also the third player since the time of the NBA to score more than 35 points in a single game, the first two being Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.
Jordan set an average of 37.1 points per game in the regular season in 1987, which was the highest average points per game in the NBA since the Chamberlain era, that is, since the 70s, and Ji Guoyi's 36.3 points was the second highest points per game since the 70s, and the highest scoring average since the 90s.
Ji Guoyi's crazy performance this season made him the strongest scoring player in the NBA after Jordan retired, even if he wants to compare with Jordan back then, the fox brother is not lagging behind.
"So, next season, will he surpass Jordan?" Many media people have raised such questions, but Ji Guosha himself is not pretentious, as early as the All-Star period, he publicly stated that his goal is to break the average points per game set by Jordan in 1987.
This season, although Ji Guoyi failed to complete the ambitious goal he set, the 23-year-old fox brother still has plenty of time to continue to challenge this goal. His peak has just arrived, and there are still a lot of opportunities in the future, and no one thinks he is bragging, after all, his average of 36.3 points per game is infinitely close to Jordan's record.
As for the average points per game set by Chamberlain in antiquity, he often scored more than 40 points per game. Ji Guosha didn't plan to break it, and it was impossible for anyone to copy the various records of that period. In this era, it is already very incredible that a player can score more than 35 points per game, and after Jordan retired, only Kobe Bryant and Ji Guoyi did it.
On April 14, the final game of the NBA's closing day will be played by the New Jersey Nets vs. the Chicago Bulls, with the Nets having a 2-1 record against the Bulls this season. Actually, speaking of which. The Nets have a high win rate against strong teams this season, but they often turn over at the hands of ordinary teams, and they are one of the last teams that other strong teams want to meet.
This phenomenon of the Nets is related to the coaching style of the Zen master, and fans can often see the picture of the Nets not moving like a bell when the Nets can't play on the offensive end. He believes that there are times when a timeout is not needed and that the players should be left to solve it on their own. But sometimes players don't solve the problem on their own, and the Nets lose the game.
Many fans thought that it was because Kobe Bryant couldn't discipline him at that time, so the Zen master would often behave like this.
But now that he's coming to the Nets, he's doing just that. At most, when there is a scoring drought, call a timeout to calm the players themselves, but still don't plan any tactics.
Of course, the opposite is true on the defensive end, and if the team's defense goes wrong, the Zen master will call a timeout in time to make changes.
If you don't meddle at this time, it will become a Haier refrigerator.
Speaking of the Bulls, they were mired in infighting at the beginning of the season, and the protagonists were naturally Kobe Bryant and Rose.
Kobe Bryant, who has an absolute advantage in this area. First, the team's coaching staff turned to themselves; then overtook Rose in commercial contributions, so that the team's top management also chose himself; Finally, after winning the All-Star MVP. The boss managed to keep the Chicago fans neutral, and finally forced Rose to bow his head for a while.
A Bulls insider who knows the inside story told Yahoo reporters that Bryant did not choose to appease Rose and get along with each other after coming to Chicago, but instead gave pressure and challenges, and chose to solve the problem in a tough way.
The insider also revealed. Bryant had a complete showdown with Rose in the locker room after the All-Star breakdown, and he said to Rose at the time: "You have to learn how to win a championship first, and I can teach you." At the same time, Bryant said that he would ask Rose to improve every day, and the Bulls needed Rose. He's the future of this team, and Rose needs himself and the Bulls as well.
"You've got to learn how to win a championship first," the witness repeated Bryant's words at the time. 'I know how to do it, I've learned it from the best players and I've won a couple of titles. You don't have to figure out your way, you just have to listen and learn, you can adjust, and soon you will find your way to adapt to you, and then the team will be completely yours. ”
The media thinks that Kobe's remarks are quite general-like, and they make sense when you think about it, and they feel like the Spurs' David. Robinson is the same as Duncan.
Kobe Bryant and Rose have a ten-year age difference, they don't need to fight hard for the boss at all, and when Kobe Bryant is old in a few years, the replacement of the team's core will come naturally.
Chicago media believe that if they can continue in this way, the Bulls will be a favorite to win the championship now and in the future.
After Ji Guozhi saw the news, he came directly: "If Kobe Bryant is 38 years old, then Ross will always be the little brother for 6 years?" When the Bulls owner and the team's celebrities heard this, they immediately bombarded the dead fox's stinky mouth. However, Ji Guosha didn't dump these people at all, and just found a few subordinates to hack the official of the Bulls.
The dead fox was secretly proud in his heart, and then he shouted, and sent out the nude photos in your mobile phone, who told you all to use the "cat and fox cloud space" to store data, who in this world can't get the nude photos of the two brothers?
"As long as we play normally, they are no match for us." Thibodeau said this to his players in the locker room before the game, and the Bulls' record in the second half of the season is getting better and better, and the ranking has overtaken the Nets several times, which gives them confidence. "Defense is the top priority, we have to slow down the tempo, solid defense and rebounding, don't think about the fast break today, we don't deliberately create quick counterattacks."
Thibodeau's defensive set-up is predominantly solid, and this team is characterized by a very fast rotation of positions. The defensive formation has a strong sense of hierarchy, the inside line can press out to create pressure on the enemy's outside stars, and the outside line can also shrink in to contain the opponent's inside stars, plus the seamless rotation of Asik, Gibson, Brewer, the Bulls' defensive ability is not inferior to the Nets and Clippers. And on the offensive end, any team with a Kobe + Rose + Boozer combination doesn't need to worry about that. Instead, you have to worry about the problem of attack power overflowing.
After the Nets players came out, they were naturally booed by the fans in the arena of the United Center.
The Zen master's attention was on the other party, and after seeing the starting lineup of the Bulls, his brows furrowed slightly, staring at Thibodeau, who was arranging tactics for the Bulls players not far away.
The most noticeable change for the Bulls in the second half of the season was to increase Gibson's playing time, with Thibodeau often putting Boozer on the bench at the expense of attacking power and replacing Gibson to improve the team's defensive efficiency. If both the Bulls and Nets end up in the Eastern Conference Finals, role players like Gibson and Asik of the Bulls will have to study it carefully.
Bulls starters: Derek. Rose, Kobe. Bryant, Rohr. Deng, Carlos. Boozer, Joaquin. Noah.
Nets starters: Steve. Nash, Tony. Aaron, Paul. George, Ji Guoqiu, Andre. Vallejo.
Zen Master made a change in the starting lineup today. Deng's athleticism is slightly inferior to Paul's. George. The height and arm span are not cheap, and they are just restrained.
After the All-Star Campaign, Paul. George's performances have picked up, and in the games against Granger, Rohr. Deng, Guy, Anthony, he often has eye-catching performances on the defensive end.
The New York media now put Paul Brown. George's template was quietly replaced by Pippen, who also happened to be a disciple of the Zen master, and if the Nets had another iron gate to assist the giant panda for a while, it would really dominate the world.
Noah stands to the middle circle. After seeing Ji Guoqiu at a glance, Bull, the inside general, rubbed his eyes. A trace of weariness rose in my heart.
Noah feels that he has played six games against each other in one season. Worse than that is that he will be abused for the whole game, whether the team wins or loses, this feeling is too hard to describe, anyway, Noah doesn't want to see this Asian face now, as if he has never had happy memories of facing the animal brothers.
Opening jump ball. Ji Guoqiu naturally won easily.
On the first offense, Ji Guoqiu received the ball at the waist position and hit it with his back, waiting for the Bulls players to come over and wrap it.
Rose didn't dare to go, Nash's three-point shot was too accurate. Kobe Bryant didn't have too many scruples, Tony. Allen doesn't have three-point ability. This is a weakness in the Nets' lineup, but the only one who can affect Kobe Bryant is him. Neither can Aaron.
Tony. Allen is expected to be in the defensive second team this season, and he has started a total of 33 games with the Nets this season, and in those 33 games, the Nets have played against teams with excellent guards. Tony. Allen is the Nets' magic weapon for defending the opposing backcourt, and on the defensive end, he can take it all at the first and second positions, and sometimes even the third position. The most important thing is that few of the stars who are entangled by him can play normally, which is the great thing.
Kobe Bryant this season and Tony. Allen has averaged 23 points per game in three meetings, while Bryant has averaged 24.5 points per game this season. Look at it this way, Tony. Allen's role on the defensive end appears to be limited. But looking at Kobe's turnovers, Peter Pan averaged 6 turnovers per game in these three games, and this is Tony. Aaron's true contribution. He allowed Bryant to increase turnovers and shoot less from the field, while often playing a decisive role in key offense and defense.
Tony. Another thing Allen values to his Zen master and teammates is that he rarely needs teammates to help him defend against Kobe Bryant or other star guards. Ji Guoqiu doesn't need to pay attention to Tony from time to time on the inside. Allen defends the target, which greatly reduces the pressure on the Nets' interior defense. Matthews is far superior to Tony in scoring ability. Allen, but he couldn't defend like that.
Ji Guoqiu saw Kobe Bryant's bag, turned around in the opposite direction and jumped directly, leaned back slightly, and made a beautiful turn and jump shot, and the basketball drew an equally beautiful arc hollow through the basket.
The Bulls fans were originally booing Ji Guoqiu, and when they saw this goal scored so elegantly, they were immediately embarrassed to be empty, and it was about to be the turn of the Bulls to attack, and the United Center turned to a uniform cheer!
Rose dribbled in, this guy was so fast that people felt panicked when they looked at it.
But if it's just fast, Nash isn't afraid.
However, Rose's most lethal is the cross-step, especially the breakthrough and emergency stop of the left-handed dribble to the right, known as "breaking people's ankles" is no joke, it is impossible for Lao Wei to prevent such a violent breakthrough maniac, so every time he meets Wei Shao and Rose, he will have a feeling of empathy with Noah.
Tony. Allen doesn't need to help defend inside, and now it seems too important, because Ji Guoqiu can't take care of Kobe Bryant and Rose, he can only choose one of them to focus on follow-up, and the rest of the work will be handed over to his Brazilian partner.
Rose just shifted direction, stopped, and accelerated again, and Nash lost his defensive position. The old man didn't dare to force him to follow, and the only result would be to sit on the floor with his ass, and it would be a small shame, and he would even fall to his ankle.
Nash will be suddenly plugged by Ross today, Ji Guoqiu had already expected it, predicted the direction in advance, and quickly moved sideways to block the path that Ross must pass.
Boozer took the opportunity to break down the weak side, and Vallejo's role was also highlighted at the moment, and the Brazilian quickly made up for the change of guard in front of the anti-bone. The entire Nets team started a rapid rotation the moment Nash was broken through, and Lao Gon was even more witty at this time, he ignored Rose after being passed, and went straight to fight Noah as soon as he turned around. If the blue ball comes this way, there is a chance that he will steal it.
The Zen master couldn't help but stand up on the sidelines, staring at his team's defense.
Such a perfect rotation, the Nets can't often use it, as long as there is a problem in one link, it will lose the whole game, so this kind of rotation can be said to be the highest level of defense, and no matter how high it is, it is "slam dunk in the air", which is a movie.
Rose faced his panda brother head-on, did not rush to pass the ball outward, and jumped up and threw the board directly. But in order to avoid the block, the shooting height of this ball was temporarily adjusted, and the basketball smashed on the basket and popped high, just when Ji Guoqiu reached out and took it, and his rebounding ball was brushed out like this.
In the first quarter, the Bulls' offense was in big trouble, and the Nets clearly made a lot of effort against Rose's breakaway, who found that once he broke through to the inside, he would definitely bump into the panda brother who helped the defense. At this time, in the face of an opponent who does not eat feints, is tall and has long arms and strong arms, it is difficult for his strong attack to bargain in front of Ji Guoqiu, and the outward distribution will fall into the interference of the whole Nets team, and it is very easy to be stealed, and there is a dilemma.
The purpose of the Zen master is obvious, the Nets did not adopt the trap tactic, the two interior lines just helped the outside line to help defend it, and what they really defended was actually the Bulls' breakthrough point.
If Rose and Kobe Bryant had the ability, they could shoot by themselves, but they couldn't pass the ball. (To be continued......)