Chapter 747: The Battle Between the Outside and the Inside

The East took the lead in the division finals, the Nets have been waiting for the West fool for more than a week, and the Bulls are similar, the small injuries and illnesses accumulated by the main players of the two teams in the first two rounds, after nearly ten days of recuperation, have almost recovered at this moment, and they are back to full blood.

The New York Times reported before the game: The Nets have beaten their opponents in both series, and tomorrow's game against the Bulls is their first game in nine days, and such a long break is a double-edged sword, and they do get enough rest, but it may also affect their game status, and what kind of performance they will have tomorrow will have to wait for the opening to be answered.

A good start to the Eastern Conference Finals is very important for the Nets, and if Panda is to try to lead the Nets to a good start to the series, he will definitely try to bring more help to the team tomorrow. If the rest of the Nets players are slower to get into the groove tomorrow, then the Pandas will have to take more responsibility from the opening court, and he will need to use his individual performance to drive the team's performance.

On May 14, at the pre-match press conference, the players of both teams expressed full confidence in the victory over each other.

"The Bulls are strong, but we don't have pressure because usually, the side that doesn't have home-court advantage is more pressure. We had a better regular season and a home-court advantage, so the Eastern Conference Finals will be a very interesting encounter, so let's see what happens. ”

Bledsoe's newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and the praise for him has also inflated the rookie a bit, saying that he is not afraid to play against Rose at all. And I'm looking forward to playing each other. "Yes. I'm probably going to play for 20 minutes or so and I should have a chance to play against him, but I don't think I'm going to lose to him, and I'm not nervous, and everybody isn't nervous at all, like we've won. ”

Nets main point guard Steve Brown. Nash isn't as confident as his backup, he's about the same height as Rose, but he's 30 pounds lighter. So relying entirely on him to limit Rose is probably an unlikely task, and Nash himself admitted: "He needs us to defend together, Rose is obviously the fastest player in the league at the moment, he has Allen. Iverson-esque speed, while he also possesses Chauncey. Billups-esque strong. Such a combination is undoubtedly a killer, so you can only think about trying to push him to the outside to project. ”

For now, the Nets may consider a "wheel battle" approach to defend Rose. During the game, it may be seen that a number of Nets players take turns defending Rose, including defensive titan Tony Brown. Allen will probably be the main defender. Bledsoe isn't too much faster and more powerful, and the Nets want to rely on the strength of the team to accomplish this difficult task.

The Zen master faces a reporter's question. "The Bulls have played really well in the first two rounds of the playoffs, we need to be careful, this Bulls is already a completely different team because they have a new great guard," he said. ”

Phil. Jackson's words gave Kobe Bryant enough face, in fact, he was afraid that the Bulls would attack Rose today, and Nash couldn't withstand this opponent who changed direction and did not slow down. So it's very simple to consider, once Kobe Bryant attacks more, it means that Rose will attack less, and the difficult task of defending Rose is only Kobe Bryant is the best candidate at the moment.

But worried that the fire would not be enough, the Zen master added: "Kobe Bryant definitely has a chance to reach the same height as Jordan, because he is still getting better and better, his shooting percentage is still increasing, and when he can shoot the ball from the outside, no one can guard him." ”

The Bulls' Thibodeau is a lot more, the guy who has been an assistant coach for more than ten years praises the tactics, but is not good at psychological warfare, he said frankly: "Joaquin. Noah and Asik can't stop Panda, and of course, for any player in the league, 'Panda' is synonymous with 'headache', and we can only use collective strength to limit his play. ”

Joaquin. Noah even hurts when he sees the two brothers, and he has to be beaten by these two brothers six times in a season, so don't mention the feeling.

But what I didn't expect was that he couldn't escape in the playoffs, maybe he would have to face this face again for six or seven games, and he was abused for more than a dozen games this season, and he didn't let people live?

"It's good that the two of them are not in the same partition." In the face of the interview, Noah said a puzzling sentence, in fact, he was afraid that the two brothers were in the same division, but not on the same team, that would be the worst-case scenario, which meant that he would have to be ravaged twice more times in the regular season by this face this season, and if he encountered them separately in the playoffs, that picture was unimaginable!

Kobe Bryant repeated his ambition before the game: "We're here to win the championship, and anything else is a failure!" ”

In this round of the series, the predictions of the outside media are generally 4:3, and eighty percent of the series with similar strength will play the seventh game, of which about 40% of the media predict the victory of the Nets, and about 60% of the media predict the victory of the Bulls.

The American media still thinks that the overall strength of the Bulls is superior, their outside line is too strong, and at the same time, the inside line is not bad.

The prediction of the Asian media is just the opposite, they feel that the Nets' interior line is too strong, and the outside line is not bad, so whoever wins the inside line will win the world, and the Nets will definitely win in the end.

Today's game, Kristen and Colo. Moretz teamed up again to watch the game.

Ji Guoqiu has been resting for almost ten days, in fact, there are no less bad things, if Christine hadn't stopped him a few days ago, the dead panda almost ate the super killer girl.

"If you're not careful, you almost become stronger-rape-criminal!" Ji Guoqiu glanced at Kobe Bryant, and was so scared that he died, because as long as he has a relationship with a woman under the age of 16 in the United States, he is regarded as strong, regardless of whether he is a man or a woman, which is a felony that will take decades.

The Nets' starting lineup for today is: Steve. Nash, Wesley. Matthews, Kyle. Korver, Ji Guoqiu, Anderson. Vallejo.

Bulls starting lineup: Derek. Rose, Kobe. Bryant, Rohr. Deng, Carlos. Boozer, Joaquin. Noah.

New York's lascivious panda scored a layup after the opening, and his energy was really high, although Bryant immediately responded with a shot. But then Brother Panda made another foul under the double bag. Boozer also forced Vallejo to score. The two teams opened to a 4-4 draw.

The Nets then stopped attacking the Panda brother, Nash saw that Ji Guoqiu had been surrounded by the Bulls, and began to build a line for his partner Vallejo to pass the ball, and the Brazilian actor unexpectedly became the main offensive point in the opening game, scoring under the basket in a row, and he also continued to receive mid-range shots, and Vallejo scored 12 points alone in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Nets started the game with a wave of 12:4. First of all, overwhelm the opponent in momentum.

The Bulls then scored 4 points in a row under the leadership of Kobe Bryant, and Ji Guoqiu beat the hapless Noah into two fouls, and the Bulls replaced the backup center Asik in less than half of the first quarter, or chose to continue to wrap up the Panda brother.

Bryant found that the Bulls had trailed by 5 points after the half-quarter, and finally began to score for Rose.

Rose got the ball and continued to force Nash to score, helping the team hit a 9-3 attack wave to equalize the score.

Nash's face can't get over either, and he is also powerful on the offensive end, leading the team to an 8-2 offensive performance. The Nets took another six-point lead.

The two teams then entered a big melee, with Boozer, Rohr Deng, Ji Guoqiu, Korver, and Matthews all scoring. Rose hit the buzzerer with 2 seconds left in the quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, the Nets led the Bulls by 5 points at 34:29, and today was another scoring battle.

In the second quarter, Bledsoe scored first, which was the only two points he scored today, and he didn't hit a shot again, and he couldn't stop Rose at all, and the Zen master only let him play for 8 minutes today.

Kobe Bryant's shot in the color also to the color, Paul. George and Humphries also scored as the Nets went on a 6-2 run to take a nine-point lead.

The Bulls then went without scoring for three minutes in a row, and the Nets managed to extend the margin to 11 points.

Kobe Bryant got the ball back and turned on his scoring mode, and after a wave of 8:0, the Bulls narrowed the gap to 3 points. Allen may not have detached himself from the state of defending Wade, and today he was completely unable to defend Peter Pan, and the defense was useless.

The main players of both teams have returned to the court at this time, and the two sides have once again engaged in fierce battles, and the score has alternated leads several times in the second quarter.

At the end of the second quarter, Kobe Bryant and Ji Guoqiu were both strictly defended, Nash and Rose began to take over the game again, and the two sides once again entered the offensive battle in the first quarter, this time Nash and Rose exploded each other!

Nash's breakthrough also looks unstoppable, which is somewhat beyond the expectations of Nets fans, everyone originally thought that Lao Qu was going to be completely blown up today, but Nash and Rose's "even if you know where he is going to break through" is different, the former is "you don't know when he will break through".

The Canadian's breakthrough is without warning, often just a shake of the shoulder, you don't expect him to break through, but he has accelerated to pass you, let alone judge the direction of the breakthrough in advance, and Ross always waits until Nash passes by him to react.

In the last 2 minutes of the second quarter, Ji Guoqiu and Kobe Bryant began to score again, and the Nets led the Bulls by 3 points at 67:64 in the first half.

In the second half, the competition between the two teams was more intense, the Bulls were in a hurry, the Nets continued to set up obstacles, and Kobe Bryant made several unreasonable shots so that the Bulls could not overtake the score. But Rohr. Deng and Boozer were very efficient in this quarter, with the two shooting 2-of-3 in the third quarter and 3-of-3 shooting in the other, and the Nets were unable to take advantage of the opportunity to extend the score, and the largest gap between the two sides in the third quarter was only 6 points.

The Nets were hit twice by Kobe Bryant with two minutes left in the third quarter, and the Bulls were able to take the lead. But then Ji Guoqiu dunked on the inside, hit a three-point success, and after Korver hit a key three-pointer, the Nets ended the third quarter 97-93.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the main players of both teams did not rest for long, Ji Guoqiu took the lead in scoring, but Kobe Bryant immediately returned a three-pointer. Deng then hit three mid-range shots, and the two combined to play a 9-2 offensive run to overtake the score.

Ji Guoqiu assisted Korver to hit a three-pointer at a critical moment, and the two teams then fell into a five-minute scoring drought until Ross scored seven points in a row, and the Bulls directly hit a 7-0 offense to take an eight-point lead in the final quarter.

Although Ji Guoqiu scored two consecutive goals at the end of the quarter, Kobe Bryant used his personal ability to stand on the free throw line four times in a row and successfully beat the Panda into 5 fouls.

With 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the game, Ji Guoqiu was forced to run outside the three-point line and hit a shot, the score was 112:116, and the Nets trailed by 4 points.

Kobe Bryant then missed a three-point shot, and Nash broke through with the help of Ji Guoqiu, but unfortunately the final layup was blocked by Noah.

Bledsoe had a terrible performance today, the Canadian played nearly 40 minutes today, and the opponent was Derrick. Rose, the physical exertion is serious, and the physical strength is exhausted at the last minute of the game.

Ji Guoqiu forced a turn with 50 seconds left in the game, knocked down Noah and was whistled for an offensive foul, and got the sixth foul of the game and was ejected, which was also the first time that Brother Panda left the game in the playoffs this year.

Korver then hit a three-pointer, but Rose broke through again and made both free throws, and the Bulls defeated the Nets 122-116 to claim their first victory in the Eastern Conference Finals and offset the Nets' home-court advantage.

Ji Guoqiu scored 38 points, 18 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 blocks, Nash 24 points and 10 assists, Korver 16 points, Vallejo 16 points, Paul. George had 10 points and Bledsoe had 2 points, 1 assist and 2 turnovers.

Bryant had 34 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Rose had 28 points and 5 assists, and Rohr. Deng had 18 points and Boozer had 14 points and 12 rebounds.

In this game, in the end, it was really said by the American media, and the Bulls, who were not bad on the inside, won the victory with a better outside line. (To be continued......)