Chapter 713: Assist Quality
"How good is this, how good is this!" Thibodeau is not unproficient in attack, but the offensive side is naturally a little worse than his defense. Moreover, with Rose and Kobe, the Bulls usually don't need to worry about offense, and the Bulls' offensive routine is relatively simple.
But Rose was pressed under the basket by Ji Guoqiu today, and Kobe Bryant was beaten by Tony. Allen was entangled, and the team's most reassuring offense went wrong.
The Zen master saw that his offense and defense were playing extraordinarily, and soon sat back on the bench, thinking about how to take the opportunity to expand his advantage.
At the end of the first quarter, with the score at 25:18, the Nets limited the Bulls' scoring to less than 20 points, exceeding many pre-game expectations.
The Nets' own offense is not playing well, and the rapid rotation that they usually make meritorious contributions can't be played today, and the positional battle also depends on Ji Guoqiu's personal performance. However, this is what makes the bull's egg hurt, Brother Panda's turnaround and jump shot today is a mess, and the Chicago fans at the United Center Arena are dumb.
Noa's defense today is not too much of a problem, but as soon as Ji Guoqiu's backward action is made, it is impossible to be blocked, just like Nowitzki's Golden Rooster Independence. If you feel good, such a player can decide the outcome of the game by yourself, leaving you with nothing to do.
Ji Guoqiu played 10 minutes in the first quarter, scoring 15 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, and his score alone accounted for most of the team.
Kobe Bryant played the whole first quarter, and his heart was Tony. Allen's defense was very depressed, and he slapped the bench hard after getting off the field. Startled his teammates on the left and right. As everyone knows. The boss was angry. I like to subconsciously elbow something, in case it is not good if it is accidentally injured.
Rose was substituted in the last five minutes of the first quarter and came on at the start of the second quarter, ready to attack the second echelon of the Nets.
ABC's commentator Jeff. When Van Gundy saw his first offense in the second quarter, Rose forced a break and drew a foul on Bledsoe, saying: "Rose is shooting only 32.2 percent from three-point range and 36.8 percent from two points this season, which is about the same throughout his career. The ability to break through and bomb the hoop. is his unique capital. ”
Mark. Jackson immediately added: "Rose still has the second-best assist quality in the league, and the big picture still needs to be improved." ”
The evaluation of these two people was naturally scolded by the Chicago fans, but before the words fell, Rose was a pass to assist Asik, but the latter had Ben by his side. Wallace was on defense and the Turk forced a shot and was blocked.
Mark. Jackson laughed: "Stars like LeBron and the Animal Brothers have a serious problem, they often hold the ball on the perimeter, and then suddenly force a wide range of passes to a teammate, and this teammate is not in a particularly open space and has no good opportunities to attack. If he throws in. This is the passer's assist, if the shot is missed. So it's just this guy who makes the shot. "Mark. Jackson finished popularizing the ball and said: "This is called passing quality, or assist quality, which is a new way to measure a player's passing ability. ”
The fans of the animal brothers are also scolding at the moment, and Mark. Jackson bombarded such a map, didn't he say that the assists of the giant pandas were also from his teammates? It's better to say that these stars are all big brushes, and it's more direct.
However, Mark. Jackson's words may not be unreasonable, Brother Panda's assist quality is still ranked 18th, but Ji Guoyi and James are ranked third from the bottom and the other is the first from the bottom, which is basically the data brushed by the method of pit teammates. (Regular season assists totals more than 200 to qualify for ranking)
ESPN not long ago had a data expert write a report specifically for this, from the study of passing quality, it was found that Ji Guoyi's pass is not a one-hit type, according to the average model of a league player, each assist should be worth 0.67 points, and Ji Guoyi's average assist can only have a return of 0.63 points, that is, it is below average, because the person who receives his pass is mostly a mid-to-long-range shot.
If you look at the whole season, 43.8% of Ji's assists are two-point jumpers away from the basket, which is the third-highest percentage in the league. Only 30% of Ji's assists are due to the final dunk or layup. Among the players who have delivered at least 200 assists in the league, only 3 have such a bad proportion as the Dead Fox, namely James, who is the first from the bottom in terms of assist quality, Rose, who is the second-to-last, and Ji Guoyi, who is the third-to-last.
Ji Guoyi's average assists per game this season have increased to 5, but except for some breakthrough points, there is no problem, it is more of a strong pass on the outside, teammates are not in an empty position, there is not much offensive space, this kind of ball is thrown into the credit of the fox brother, and if you can't shoot, you will be scolded by your teammates CBA.
Billups has very few assists precisely because he rarely passes such a ball, including Kidd, DeLong and others. The quality of Rondo and Nash's assists is not particularly high, and they are not at the forefront of star point guards. It would be unfair and unprofessional for a fan gate to measure whether a point guard is good based on the number of assists.
Bledsoe, who had just returned to the game, faced Rose and could barely keep up, but the height disadvantage was too great, and he was inexperienced, so he was easily shaken, so that Humphries, who was on the inside, continued to get fouls on Rose, and the Bulls gradually caught up with the score.
Zen master is not as careless as Thibodeau's core players' physical fitness, and the Nets' main players will not play more than 30 minutes in this game.
Matthews and Korver then hit three-pointers one after another, and the Nets' main lineup is inclined to defense, so the second echelon is naturally inclined to attack. The strength of the Bulls' bench lineup is also good, but the Nets have a good outside hand, and they just can't prevent the long-range shots of the Nets players.
Halfway through the second quarter, the Nets replaced Ji Guoqiu and Nash again, and the Bulls had already replaced Kobe Bryant three minutes ago.
Thibodeau has no idea of conserving strength, winning this game to be the first in the East is more important than preserving physical strength, and the Bulls' goal from the beginning is to be the Finals. Until then, it's important to have home advantage.
The score is 35:32. The Bulls switched to the main team earlier than the Nets. Still failed to catch up with the score.
The Nets' bench team played well today, and even if they couldn't guard Kobe Bryant and Rose, at least their offense wasn't affected.
After Ji Guoqiu came on the court, he still felt the same good, and he turned around and shot all the jumpers in the low post twice, and the score difference immediately returned to more than five points.
"What a peak!"
"How do you feel like every goal can be scored?"
"Don't let him catch the ball!"
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Bulls fans have everything they say, but there is one thing they agree very on, that is, as long as Ji Guoqiu receives the blue ball. They feel like they're going to lose points.
This feeling is not only shared by fans, but also by the Bulls players, and Ji Guoqiu's performance today is also devastating to the morale of the enemy players.
Kobe's peak has finally passed, and today he feels average, and he is facing Tony again. Aaron, so it seems that the grade of hatred with Ji Guoqi has been pulled away a little. In the eyes of fans, an inside line that is close to the basket and can't be blocked and is extremely accurate looks even more terrifying.
Bulls fans quickly discovered how similar the second and first quarters were. Under the double bag, Ji Guoqiu's shooting is still unstoppable.
The Zen master saw that the giant panda felt so hot today. even replaced Novak and Korver's forward partners, the purpose is to have more lethality on the outside when the Bulls are caught in Ji Guo's feud.
Fans who often watch Nets games must know that as long as Ji Guoqiu has a good hand, then Novak and Korver will have more opportunities to play, and it is worth sacrificing defense at this time, both of them have an open three-point shooting rate of more than 50%, and any team will face the most difficult choice.
Ji Guoqiu scored 10 points and 4 assists in 6 minutes in the second quarter, and in a total of 16 minutes of playing time in the first half, he scored a frenzied 25 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks.
The Chicago fans in the United Center arena have completely lost the lively atmosphere they had at the beginning.
The score of the first half was 51:44, although the Bulls did not lag behind much, but the giant panda was really impressive, and they now finally understand why the animal brother became the only two players with an ability value of 99 in this season's 2K game, and even James and Kobe's ability values were lowered to 98 and 95, because the latter two are no longer the benchmark for players in the league, and only the strongest players in the East and West can be set to 99 over the years, and other stars are stronger, But as long as it's not the strongest in the East and West, it can only be set to 98 ability points.
At halftime, Thibodeau didn't have a good way, it's not that they are useless, it's just that the panda is in too good shape, but no one on his side broke out to fight against it.
Well, that's not right, Kobe Bryant also got 18 points and 3 assists in the first half, but unfortunately Peter Pan's performance is not explosive, he used 15 shots in exchange for these points, and the efficiency is not as good as the panda brother who shot 8 out of 10 over there.
The Nets players slapped the panda brother's ass in the visiting locker room, which should be replaced by a dead fox, and the tail should be cocked to the sky. Although the giant panda is secretly refreshed, he will not get carried away, he is also very excited about such a good state today, he does not feel tired at all, but feels that he has too little playing time in the first half.
The Zen master discussed it with Ji Guoqiu during the intermission, and decided to let Brother Panda play a little longer in the second half.
The Nets have a dedicated strength and conditioning team consisting of several trainers who are good at physical training and strength training, and are responsible for tracking the physical reserves and fatigue of the Nets players over time, and the Zen masters will arrange rotations based on the feedback of these people.
Ji Guoqiu, as the core of the team and the boss behind the scenes, his physical fitness is naturally the focus of observation of the entire group, and Brother Panda's physical fitness has been in very good condition during this time, and there is no problem at all to play more in this game.
In the third quarter, the game restarted, and the Nets attacked first.
After Ji Guoqiu blocked and dismantled in the high post, he rushed outside the three-point line in two steps, received Nash's return pass and raised his hand to hit a three-point shot, which was the first three-point shot Ji Guoqiu hit in this game.
Bryant immediately returned the color from beyond the three-point line, and Ji Guoqiu then assisted George to cut to the basket and dunk to get his sixth assist. Kobe Bryant turned around and put on a wonderful breakthrough performance, connecting the two to make two and one, so that Tony. Allen got his third foul.
Tony. Although Allen's defense is good, he still got into too much trouble with fouls when he singled out Kobe, and he didn't make the opponent so embarrassed, Kobe Bryant still scored 20 points now, and the third quarter has just begun. Many Nets fans are interested in Tony at the moment. Allen complained, but don't forget, Kobe has never had a full-scale outbreak like Ji Guoqiu, and there is really no Tony in it. Is Aaron's credit?
In the third quarter, Kobe Bryant continued to serve as the arrowhead of the Bulls, and he was the one on the offensive end, Kobe Bryant didn't think he would be inferior to anyone on offense, since you scored more, then I had to be more than you......
Tony. Allen gradually couldn't stand it, and the Zen master immediately ordered the team to wrap up and never let Kobe Bryant play in a state.
Phil. Jackson knows best that Kobe Bryant is crazy, and he is in no way inferior to the giant panda who is in madness.
Ji Guoqiu didn't have any extra energy to pay attention to Kobe, 7 minutes and 30 seconds in the third quarter, he broke through in the high front frame, used his strong body to knock away Noah, and staged a violent one-handed split, making it 2+1 At the same time, the latter also committed three fouls.
Kobe Bryant wanted to play back on the offensive end, Vallejo came up this time to wrap up, Boozer had a chance under the basket, and Kobe's pass was in place, but the Bulls finally got a block.
Ji Guoqiu made up for the basket in time and gave Boozer, who was too slow, a big hat to split his head and cover his face.
Thibodeau was very dissatisfied on the sidelines, Boozer's speed was too slow, this ball was replaced by Noah or even Asik, and the basketball had been dunked into the basket, but Boozer was impersonated by Ji Guoqiu under the basket, it can only be said that he was too slow.
Boozer has definitely been an overrated star this season, and his role for the Bulls has not been as big as expected, even on the offensive end.
The block hit the Bulls hard, and the Nets turned their heads and hit another three-pointer.
Nash received a pass from Ji Guoqiu and hit a three-pointer, and the Nets instantly led the Bulls by as many as 12 points, and the game was already on the verge of collapse.
Thibodeau hurriedly called a timeout to stabilize his position, but after the game resumed, Rose's breakthrough layup was blocked by Humphries, who had just been substituted.
Thibodeau pounded his chest on the sidelines, and his luck was so bad today.
The Bulls received two big hats in a minute, and their morale instantly dropped to the bottom, and the Nets took the opportunity to launch a wave of 9:0 attacks, and the score gap was directly widened to 18 points, and the situation of the Bulls was very bad. (To be continued......)