Chapter 374 [Enjoy the Challenge, Fatigue Shows]

There are more people who are optimistic about the Bulls winning, and most of the people who hope that the Wizards will advance to the Eastern Conference finals are people with feelings. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Wizards' style of play doesn't attract many fans, relying on more offensive points and physical strength to win, and entering the playoffs, no one can average 20 points per game.

On the other hand, the Bulls, now even Jordan's son is a Maddie fan, and there are posters of him hanging at home.

After the first game of the regular season, Jordan gave Maddie a sneaker with an autograph that read, "Enjoy the challenge, good luck and be healthy." This is not only a favored appreciation, but also like a sympathy between heroes.

On May 14, the Wizards' home court was full, but the atmosphere was inferior to that of other teams. Even if the Wizards played vigorously on the court and returned to their home court, the fans were neither uniformly dressed nor emotional. It was the influx of some Bulls fans who were very conspicuous.

Yang Rui said in an interview that the Wizards are not the home of the devil, and he is a little dissatisfied with the atmosphere of the home team. It's the second round of the playoffs, and the fan voice is really important for the home team to play. But unless there is a wonderful dunk, the grandfathers at home will not applaud more than three times, and it seems that they only watch the fourth quarter.

In order to change this situation, Yang Rui suggested that Jeff Hornacek sit in the dugout instead of wearing a suit.

When Hornacek arrived at the scene, he asked: "I changed my clothes, so don't sell them." Why would you think I'm the reason why the fans don't shout and cheer? What's the use of changing clothes? ”

"I think it's useful, my buddy Tom came to watch the game that day, and he sat a little far away from him, and he thought you were George W. Bush the whole game, maybe the fans couldn't let go of it because of that."

"......" Hornacek covered his face with one hand.

CCTV5 broadcast the game live, and in order to attract fans before the game, Maddie's wonderful goal highlights were broadcast.

Zhang Li looked at the highlights and sighed: "Maddie jumped too high, others are dunking heads with flat frames, and his jump shots are almost flat frames, who can block them?" ”

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "Now Maddie is more like Jordan's successor than Carter, he can not only score high, but also play very beautifully." ”

Maddie has taken the technique of pull-up jump shooting to the extreme, Bell and Hamilton are useless in close defense, people who are less than two meters tall can't even seal their eyes when they jump, Jordan and Margeti will be passed by him again, and the only one who can put pressure on Maddie is Gerard Wallace.

At this time, the Wizards management was especially glad that Wallace was traded in the summer, he is very well-rounded on the defensive end, with strength, speed, and bounce, and is a player who can defend the No. 1 to No. 5 positions, and has never lacked enthusiasm.

After the warm-up, the players came out. Wizards starters: David Wesley, Hamilton, Margetty, Marshall, Leonard.

Bulls starters: Lynch Hunter, Maddy, Artest, Brand, Lonnie Baxter.

Brand jumps the ball over Leonard and the game begins.

The Bulls attacked, and the ball was in Maddy's hands. The Wizards are in a 122 defensive formation, Wesley and Hunter, and the other four shrink to the restricted area, and the perimeter is single-guarded.

Maddie faced Hamilton on the right and hit a three-pointer on his first shot. 0 to 3.

D'Antoni sat next to Yang Rui and asked with some concern: "If you don't arrange someone to take special care of Maddie, what if he feels hot today?" ”

"Then let him score 50 points to prevent others from dying. What we have to do in the early stage is to consume his physical strength and resist. Yang Rui smiled.

Yang Rui's confidence comes from vision, he firmly believes that Maddie is already strong in the middle, no matter how fierce he is, the staying power is not enough.

While Thibodeau let Maddy kill all sides in the playoffs, he had already buried hidden dangers, Maddie played too much time, averaging 43 minutes per game in the playoffs, usually only taking a break in the second quarter and playing the second half.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Maddie led the Magic against the Pistons, and after leading 3-1, he was bored, and Prince limited him with a single defense, so he became famous. Although he had a back injury at the time, physical strength was also a factor.

Now, Maddie has played one more game than Yang Rui in his previous life, and he is tired when he plays.

The tactics arranged by Yang Rui were even more prepared for Maddie. Margeti is strong, Thibodeau let Artest go to the main defense, and Maddie has to follow Hamilton.

Margeti's appearance can also limit Artest's air cuts and counterattacks, and the Wizards have suffered losses in this regard before, and it is appropriate for a strong man to defend a strong man.

The Wizards attacked, Hamilton kept running, no one covered him, Wesley and Leonard played blocking and dismantling in the middle, attacking with the ball, attracting Brand to change the defense and passing the ball to the middle, Leonard didn't shoot, and he should find his teammates.

Marshall also took Baxter to start running and did not cover the cooperation.

It's hard to create a gap in this kind of running, and it's not a misalignment, and it's rarely arranged by a coach like this, draining the players' physical strength in vain. Yang Rui beat the bull so arranged, but it was a killer feature.

Hamilton runs directly, Maddie has to follow when no one changes the guard, a person with spondylitis and a person with unlimited physical strength compare a marathon, how long can the physical strength last?

Baxter is a heavy-duty interior lineman weighing 117 kilograms, looking at his body size, he is a fat man and has poor running ability. Marshall is still at his prime, having practiced for two years with the Jazz and has an iron and bloody style of play.

With just 24 seconds to go, Leonard passed the ball to Marshall, who had stunned Baxter and made a jumper from beyond the three-point line on the right side to return a three-pointer. 3 to 3.

The Bulls attacked, Maddy received the ball and dribbled two steps, did not get rid of Hamilton, and gave the drop ball to Brand on the left side.

The Wizards players blocked the penalty area, Brand singled Leonard in the low post and turned to the bottom line and failed to shake it off, after all, he is only 203CM tall, Leonard is 213CM, and it is not easy to shoot without passing people, and the ball is distributed to the periphery.

Hunter relied on Baxter to cover to get rid of Wesley to catch the ball, Marshall stood in front of him one step and a half away, Hunter didn't shoot, didn't dare to break through with the ball, and passed to Baxter.

Wesley chased the guard, Marshall dropped back, and didn't give the Bulls a chance to play a single mismatch.

Baxter passed the ball to Brand, Leitner also defended it, interfered near the penalty area, Brand turned and missed the board, Leonard grabbed the rebound.

In the Wizards' positional battle, Wesley slowly led through the half, controlled the tempo, no one came up to wrap up, he didn't pass the ball, and his back was protected to observe his teammates' running.

Hamilton and Marshall followed their usual line, running non-stop, without looking for cover. Wesley passed to Marshall, who passed to Hamilton, but there was still no chance to make a move, and Hamilton crossed the ball into the middle.

Before running out of 24 seconds, Leonard cut to catch the ball in the air, relying on his height advantage to face Brand and throw, the ball bounced out of the frame, and Artest grabbed the rebound.

Although it was defended, Yang Rui's tactics gave the Bulls a headache, and Thibodeau saw his intentions clearly, but this was a conspiracy and it was not easy to deal with.

The Raptors, who were rebuilt in '99, eliminated the defending champion Knicks with their running position and physical advantage. In 2000 and 2002, the Lakers were killed alive, and now the Wizards want to run the Bulls.

Thibodeau discussed countermeasures with the assistant coach, joint defense is a lazy method, but in the first game, the Wizards broke the joint defense, Jordan did not play, and the Wizards did not lack pitchers!

The Bulls attacked, Maddy broke through with the ball and was close to Hamilton and passed to Artest in the bottom corner on the right side, who broke through after a dummy and used his power to force Margeti to make it not so good, and the ball was distributed again.

After a few passes, Hunter's perimeter jumper was deflected and his hand was sparse, and Marshall grabbed the rebound, held it in his arms, and the rhythm slowed down again.

PS: Some changes in the last chapter, and Kidd went on for a while. It's normal for Carter not to make three teams, eighth in the East, and the team barely makes the playoffs, and the numbers are not as good as Pierce.

Next, Jerry will use tactics to make up for the lack of experience of the players, ask for monthly passes, and ask for support!