Yang Rui sat lazily on the sidelines, thinking about whether to arrange the offensive lineup to attack to the end, or to save some face for Thibodeau. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

He doesn't think the Bulls can pose a threat to the Lakers, even if Maddie reaches the Finals, he can still play alive and put on a powerful dunk.

In Yang Rui's previous life, the Clippers Griffin had blocked many people and played beautifully, but he never even made it to the Western Conference Finals. Maddie's performance can only add a little popularity to herself, and it will not affect the victory or defeat.

And, as soon as he got to the defensive end, Maddie started paddling.

Maddie has the physicality and potential to be a top-tier defensive player, but not the physical. He focuses more on the offensive end, keeping an eye on the easiest people to play against and not being active in following up.

Thibodeau thinks the Lakers' best person on the offensive end is Andre Iguodala, but how easy can a guy who wins a perfect dunk on a star weekend dunk win?

Iguodala plays strictly according to Yang Rui's tactics, and his running is active, even if he can't receive a pass, he will actively attack quickly and run with Maddie. In positional battles, he will not stand still in one position, and the right bottom corner suddenly cuts at full speed, goes to the basket along the baseline and gets rid of Maddie.

Maddie wasn't slow, but Iguodala was more brave and slammed Maddie hard, making her center of gravity unsteady and turning slowly.

This is what Iguodala learned from Kobe, the referee generally focuses on the ball-handler, and the off-ball player is fierce, and he is rarely whistled for a foul, especially on the Lakers' home court. Many excellent off-ball players have small movements in their hands when they are running, and they can always avoid the sight of the referee, and the referee only cares if they have movements in their hands when the big man is covering.

Kobe Bryant attracted Artest to defend closely, and suddenly a high throw sent the ball to the basket, and the Bulls' two interior lines were relatively far away, and the interior line was empty. Iguodala catches the ball with both hands and scores with a dunk on his back.

9 to 2, Bryant's third assist.

The Bulls attacked, Maddy no longer looked for blocking, and Rashid was not easy to deal with after the misplacement, and he was not selected for the best defensive team, all because Garnett and Duncan dominated the list all year round, and they were also first-class defenders in the No. 4 position.

As an excellent championship puzzle, Rashid's role is not something that the numbers can fully reflect.

Maddie singled out Kobe Bryant, turned around and made a jumper that missed under the interference, and Yao Ming got the rebound again.

Mo Williams dribbled to the frontcourt, Kobe Bryant relied on Yao Ming to cover the ball without the ball, broke through on the right side, and the person who changed the defense became Brand.

Artest did not chase the defense, went around the front to defend Yao Ming, Yao Ming cut in the air, jumped up and received Kobe's high lob ball, Artest was only 201CM tall, and he couldn't stop the ball.

Purzbilla hurriedly retreated to make up for the defense, Rashid shouted in the back, Yao Ming under the basket attracted the bag, turned around and passed the ball out of the periphery, a big vacancy at 70 degrees on the left side, and Duhong was also led to the bottom line by Xiao Mo.

Rashid took aim and scored a three-pointer. 12 to 2.

When he returned to the defense, Rashid clenched his fists with both hands and roared loudly at the sky. He's not yelling at the referee, so he doesn't have to worry about a technical foul. He hadn't made it to the Finals in years with the Trail Blazers, and now he's finally getting his eyebrows up again.

Rashid's voice wasn't loud enough, as the home fans screamed louder and silenced his voice.

Thibodeau stood on the sidelines with his hands pinched on his waist in a daze, not knowing whether to call a timeout, replace Crawford, and replace Dujon in advance. That way they don't have any hole cards and won't be much of a help to the defense.

The most important thing for the Bulls now is to defend the restricted area and prevent the "drug combination", and Yao Ming also sent two assists.

Maddie organized the forward style of play against Kobe, and Purzbila covered Du Hong on the side, wanting to withdraw Yao Ming, but Yao Ming ignored him at all and let Xiao Mo chase after him.

Du Hong received the ball and made a three-point jumper, the shot was good, the ball popped out of the basket, Rashid was in position, Yao Ming easily won the rebound in the backcourt, and a long throw was directly given to the frontcourt.

Xiao Mo saw that Du Hong immediately went down after making a shot, believing that as long as he missed, his teammates could grab the rebound and completely shake off Du Hong. Yao Ming's pass was very accurate, Xiao Mo received the ball on the right side and jumped up with one step, and scored with one hand to dunk the basketball. 14 to 2.

Yao Mingcong made the third assist, and he smiled very happily in the backcourt. Xiao Mo was also happy, it was not easy to see him dunk, and no one had to be around to complete it.

Thibodeau was forced to ask for a timeout, otherwise the game would not have been played.

Zhang Li said with a smile: "There may really be a massacre in the finals, and the Lakers' advantage is too obvious." ”

Yu Jia smiled: "Thibodeau has actually done a good job, since he joined the Bulls, the team has not missed the playoffs, and now he has reached the Finals." But Thibodeau is a step behind in the end, the master and apprentice duel, he is an apprentice. ”

Zhang Li said: "Yao Ming maintains this state, and it is possible to compete with Kobe Bryant for the MVP of the finals." ”

Many Chinese fans are paying attention to Yao Ming's stats, Kobe Bryant is popular in China, but Yao Ming's mass base is not comparable to him. No matter how powerful Kobe Bryant is, he is also black, and Yao Ming represents Chinese.

After the timeout, Jamal Crawford, the Bulls' best sixth man, came out early.

The Lakers also have countermeasures, Rashid went to defend Potzbilla, encountered cover, and switched to Crawford, while Yao Ming defended Brand, followed out, kept a distance, prevented breakouts, and interfered with shots.

Crawford has to keep up, and if his three-point shot is convulsive, it's not as good as the All-Star. Brand is stable at 20+10, rarely scores more than 30 points per game, doesn't shoot much, can only shoot two points, and has limited threat on the offensive end.

At this time, the problem was lost to the Bulls again, and Thibodeau asked Crawford to come up to block and dismantle and fight for Yao Ming, with the advantage of mobility, and Rashid defended him, so he disrupted the deployment.

If Maddy and Brand are allowed to block and dismantle Yao Ming, Crawford will have to be a fixed-point pitcher, and his strength will not be able to fully play, which is a bit wasteful.

Yao Ming also did a good job of defending Maddie, keeping a distance to prevent sudden shots, he could pull out the mid-range shot in one step, and he couldn't score easily if he wanted to break into the basket, Kobe Bryant was very active in chasing defense, and he could also slightly interfere with his dry pull.

In the team's training game, Yao Ming defended Kobe Bryant like this, because he would definitely be passed by if he was close, and if he didn't let people easily get into the basket, his task would be completed. He's close to the box, and when Potzbira cuts into the air, he can get back to the basket in time to defend.

In this way, Maddy can share the ball, and Brand can get a good mid-range opportunity, which is a hole in the Lakers' defense. Yang Rui is not worried, Brand can't die.

In recent years, Brand has deliberately changed his style of play, and the initial dead play inside line and small beast in the restricted area has become an excellent mid-range power forward, which is really forced by the form, not his own personality. HIS 203CM HEIGHT PLAYS AS A POWER FORWARD, AND HE IS OFTEN CALLED A SECOND-CLASS CRIPPLE IN THESE YEARS.

So he has been improving, shooting 37.5% from the field in '03, 38.9% the following year, and 41.8% this year. As a power forward, this shooting percentage is very high, but it is obviously not enough to win against the Lakers, and the efficiency is much worse than the shooting rate of more than 50% on the inside.

The Lakers blocked and dismantled the offense, Yao Ming's air-cut bulls still couldn't defend well, and after the substitution, the score difference continued to widen.

Yao Ming's defense of Brand's mid-shot is just uncomfortable, and Brand can't prevent Yao Ming at all in the penalty area.

In the first quarter, Yao Ming played 15 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, and Kobe Bryant had 8 points, 1 rebound and 7 assists.

Rashid and Williams each scored five points, Iguodala also had four, and Odom, who played four minutes off the bench, scored two.

The Lakers led 39-19, not only attacking well, but also defending the Bulls.