Before Christmas, the media was hyping Li Feng's triple-double record, and even some gaming institutions set up Li Feng's triple-double to break the 100 guess, and Li Feng's fame has expanded to all walks of life!

Christmas War is every Christmas, and the NBA schedules only a few heavyweight games, which are known as Christmas Wars.

Since the '40s, the NBA has had a tradition of launching heavyweight games on Christmas Eve, and this business idea was quite ahead of its time at the time. After the popularity of televising, watching the NBA live on Christmas Eve has become a tradition for Americans.

In 1992, 18,676 fans at the United Center in Chicago had the privilege of witnessing a classic showdown on Christmas night, with the league's dominant Bulls taking on the New York Knicks, their seven-game opponent in the Eastern Conference semifinals last year.

Pat. Riley's iron-clad defense has always been a success. Jackson had a big headache, and unlike the dirty style of the "bad boys" in Detroit in the past, the proud New Yorkers never disdained to use unsportsmanlike methods to win, and they almost perverted the emphasis on physical confrontation, and placed great emphasis on position fighting, and the rotation between the five and the help defense were perfect, which could greatly block the flow of the ball that the Bulls' triangle offense emphasized the most, and limit Jordan and Pippen's super-strong individual singles.

In the game, the Knicks relied on defense and rebounding to control the game first. Ewing, Oakley, and Anthony. Mason had a complete monopoly on rebounding, and the Bulls' two interior players, Horace Brown. Grant and Bill. Cartwright lost his ability to protect the rebound, and under the opponent's tough defense, the team shot poorly, trailing by a full 10 points in the first half.

Whenever the overall operation of the Bulls goes wrong, a God in the No. 23 jersey will come to life. Jordan was like a god in the second half, and Starks and Blackman, who were responsible for defending him, were ineffective. The Bulls launched a Jedi counterattack under Jordan's leadership, which, combined with Pippen's five steals and three blocks, completely disrupted the opponent's offensive rhythm. The Bulls conceded a measly 28 points in the second half, and the Bulls came back to win 89-77. Jordan scored 42 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals, leading the team to the bottom of the laugh when the rebounds were at an absolute disadvantage of 35:54.

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This year's Christmas War, like the reincarnation of history, the New York Knicks met the Chicago Bulls again!

This game will attract the attention of fans around the world, because the Chicago Bulls are more star-studded than the Indiana Pacers, and even if the New York Knicks' former Bulls core Derrick Rose is injured, it can't hide how tempting the game can be.

The Chicago Bulls brought in Phil Jackson before the season, and they have been playing catch-up with the Knicks in the East. Even surpassed the Knicks to jump to the first place in the league, and this game has a crucial impact on the pattern of the East and the entire league.

The Chicago Bulls' home arena, Union Center, was packed.

The two teams were scheduled to start the lineup, with the Knicks sending Dragic, Belineri, Li Feng, Vucevic, Cousins, and the Bulls Chris Paul. Jimmy Butler, Andre Iguodala, Emeka Okafor, Dwight Howard.

Cousins came up and fought for the ball with Howard.

"Smack!"

Basketball was first photographed on the side of the Bulls. That's when Paul hit the ball.

After several blocks in a row, Paul faced Li Feng at the beginning!

Paul has now become the Bulls' leading scorer, averaging 24.8 points per game this season, and his scoring prowess has been unleashed by Phil Jackson.

Faced Li Feng. Paul made two feints in a row, used the cover to squeeze inside, and then turned around and threw the basketball to Iguodala in the back. Iguodala took the ball here and shook it, forced a break and suddenly stabbed near the Knicks' restricted area, and here Iguodala forced a layup.

When the basketball was missed, and the Knicks tried their best to protect the backcourt rebound, they didn't expect the Bulls' frontcourt players to suddenly come up and grab the rebounds.

Cousins was a little slower here, and the rebound was actually grabbed by the Bulls.

Howard got the rebound in the frontcourt and forced an offensive under the basket, which immediately caused a defensive foul on Cousins.

The Bulls came up today and looked like they started from the outside, but the most offensive came down to the shoulders of the inside.

At this time, Bill Wharton, who was broadcasting the game, saw the Bull's style of play and immediately debunked the Zen master's thoughts today.

"The Bulls carried out targeted tactics for the Knicks before the game, and they actively competed for frontcourt rebounds when they came up, as long as the Bulls grabbed the frontcourt rebounds, the Knicks did not have backcourt rebounds, and without backcourt rebounds, the Knicks' fast break could not play. Or weaken a little, as long as it is difficult for the Knicks to grab rebounds in the backcourt, it will be difficult for the Knicks to play fast. ”

Bill Wharton immediately debunked the idea of the Zen master, and it can be said that the Zen master's trick is not surprising at all.

But the Zen master's move was thunderous from the plain, and as soon as he made this move, he cut off the Knicks' opportunity to play a fast attack from the root, and also gave full play to his advantage of being a big man to avoid his own disadvantage.

As soon as the Bulls made a shot, they cut to the root, Howard hit both free throws, and the Knicks turned around and started to attack.

At this time, the Knicks still wanted to play fast, but the Bulls' outside defense was good, and they defended very quickly.

The Knicks came over at this time, and they still had to gnaw away the Bulls' position first.

The Knicks' half-court tactics have very high requirements for space, requiring the Knicks to be able to open up the opponent's space.

Cousins can cut into the air, and the Knicks can have a chance to shoot from the outside.

In order to deal with the Knicks' offensive means today, the Bulls pounced on the whole team to defend, but the Bulls' pounce defense was not disorderly, but orderly and strategic.

Layer by layer of defense, Okafor and Howard, the two interior defensive giants, are behind, and the other players of the Bulls pounce forward, so that they are not afraid of the opponent's blocking, nor are they afraid of the opponent's sudden empty cut.

This change is not very big, but it is not difficult for the so-called meeting, and everything can be done as long as you grasp the main point. Now that the Bulls have grasped the main point of defense, the Knicks have followed the style of play in the previous game, and Cousins suddenly cut into the air and was blocked by Okafor at once.

After being blocked, Cousins' offense immediately missed. After all, it's much harder to attack the basket when there's a confrontation.

Okafor defended Cousins, picked up the rebound, and gave it back to Paul.

Paul came up with the ball this time, no longer on the slow pace of the last game, but quickly chased after it.

The rhythm of the Bulls has also increased all of a sudden, the Knicks were fast in the last game against the Bulls, and the Bulls are coming fast today, it looks like the class has an axe.

But as long as any team has a superstar, the efficiency of the defensive combination is definitely doubled, and the Bulls have Paul. If you play fast, you can definitely do it.

Sure enough, Paul took the ball and dribbled quickly, then paused a little at the top of the arc, turned his head and passed the ball to Okafor, who followed up.

Okafor was at this time Okafor took the ball to face Vucevic who pounced, took a step towards the ball, and then suddenly made a big turn and passed Vucevic in one step.

Past Vucevic, Okafor scored two points on an easy layup, and the Bulls had the advantage in the opening game today.

The Knicks were relatively uncomfortable at this time, and quickly caught up again. The bull still set up a bucket formation.

At this time, Li Feng was also a little sluggish, he still felt that he should play some teams at the beginning, so at this time he came over and gave the basketball to Vucevic first.

Vucevic took the ball at this time and slightly pressed Okafor a step, and then immediately turned around. Shake from side to side, then turn around and make a feint.

Vucevic's two movements are very solid, and the shaking is also very good. But it didn't have much effect, Okafor is now standing firm and raising his hands and not making big movements. In this case, Okafor's league-leading defensive ability is reflected.

Vucevic can only risk hooking at this time, and it is okay for Vucevic to hook in front of Okafor, but this kind of reluctant shot, the hit rate is destined to be not high. As soon as Vucevic missed, the Bulls immediately grabbed the rebound in the backcourt.

The Bulls, who grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, pounced quickly, the Bulls pounced, and Paul immediately took the ball and moved on the wing to block and dismantle with Okafor.

Between the two crossings, Paul suddenly transferred the basketball to Okafor's hands, but Okafor took the ball but did not attack by himself, but suddenly transferred it from the middle to the hands of Butler on the weak side.

Jimmy Butler Jr., a young man, played aggressively, dribbling to the right and suddenly throwing a three-pointer.

Butler's three-point shot is particularly distinctive, and his shooting point is very high!

Butler shot angrily this time, and as soon as the basketball shot, he "brushed and pulled!" It landed in the Knicks' basket with a thud.

Butler also hit a three-pointer, so that the Bulls opened the game with a 7-0 to the Knicks.

Today, the Bulls are obviously prepared, and all the Knicks' regular moves are not good in front of the Bulls, and the Knicks must also adjust at this time.

Tyberdu called a timeout, first replaced Vucevic with a young Jones, he replaced Vucevic not dissatisfied with the opponent's performance, but Jones is a non-trivial forward, more able to open up space, the Knicks' tactical foundation is very dependent on space.

At the same time, Tyberdu also replaced Belineri with the more impactful J.R. Smith.

After replacing the personnel, Tyberdu asked his players to actively shoot three-point shots, as long as they had the opportunity to shoot three-point shots, and even ordered Li Feng to break through fiercely, and Cousins continued to look for opportunities to play inside!

Tyberdu has made arrangements for both the inside and outside lines, because the inside and outside lines are combined, the inside line is opened, the outside line can be opened, and the outside three-point shooting is good, and the inside line will naturally play well.

Tyberdu is on both sides, hoping to get the points back in the next game.

At this time, Yu Jia said in the studio of the ccav:

"Zen Master is really a strong head coach! A strong manager who can keep his players never walking on a curve. He can show the team a shortcut to victory! And the mediocre head coach can only be controlled by the other party. ”

"Today's Zen master shows his strength, and the Zen master broke the Knicks' two offensive paths as soon as he opened today. The Bulls paid attention to the frontcourt rebounding, cut off the Knicks' fast break, and then defended the Knicks' half-court offense in a layered defense at halftime. As a result, the Knicks did not play well on the fast break, and they did not play well in the halfcourt, and they did not score a point for more than a minute in the opening game. ”

"While the defense is effective. The Bulls themselves have had changes on offense. Paul held the ball for a long time, the pace of the offense was faster, and the opening did not force Howard's low post, but instead valued Okafor's response and empty-handed movement ability. Stylistically, the Bulls are faster-paced, but the Bulls adapt to each other with a faster-paced offense! ”

"The Bulls have done a very good job both offensively and defensively, and then we have to see how the Knicks deal with it!"

When Yu Jia said this, the timeout ended, and the Knicks players returned to the court.

As soon as the Knicks returned. Everyone saw that the Knicks had a major operation in the first minute or so, and Jones and J.R. Smith were killed.

Seeing that Tyberdu had two substitutes, one of whom was still a rookie, Yu Jia was stunned for a moment and immediately said:

"Tyberdu is not easy to mess with! adjusted so quickly and so ruthlessly, Tyberdu's courage is really not small. ”

Bill Wharton also nodded again and again when he saw Tyberdeau's substitution:

"Tyberdu adjusts really fast!"

Phil Jackson looked at Tyberdeau's hand, but he smiled and immediately gestured to the court.

As soon as the Bulls' generals saw Phil Jackson's gesture, they immediately understood. The defensive layout has quietly changed again.

After the timeout, the Knicks kicked off, and as soon as Jones drove the basketball out, Li Feng immediately instigated a breakthrough from the wing.

In the process of breaking through. Li Feng turned around and passed the basketball to Jones who followed up, Jones took the ball and quickly transferred it to JR Smith outside, JR Smith passed Cousins in the penalty area, Cousins took the ball and passed the ball to Dragic on the bottom line.

Dragic takes the ball and shoots from mid-range. The ball didn't hit though.

But all those who watched the game, from the mouth to the depths of their hearts, shouted: "Good ball!" ”

The Knicks came back for half time and moved too quickly. In an instant, all five of them touched the basketball.

At the same time, no one is greedy for the ball, this kind of offense is close to the perfect state of team attack, but the most difficult thing is to miss the shot.

The Bulls came over at this time, and the first step was to pass the basketball to Okafor, who was in the high position. At the same time, the space was very open, and the penalty area was completely empty, in this case, Paul ran up from the baseline and received Okafor's ball, and then Okafor ran to the basket empty-handed when Paul passed.

Okafor took the ball as he went, came up with a run-and-shot offensive tactic, and threw the basketball towards the basket.

Okafor's play is a bit too delicate, he is not such a style of play, so he misses the shot.

The Bulls finally had a missed shot, and the Knicks also increased their backcourt rebounding protection.

Li Feng rushed over to help defend and grabbed the backcourt rebound, and Li Feng grabbed the backcourt rebound and flew towards the Bulls' half.

Li Feng's holding of the ball is indeed a huge threat, at this moment, Li Feng came up with the ball, broke through Iguodala's defense in two strokes, and saw that the opponent did not go all out to cover the opponent in the opponent's half, Li Feng suddenly jumped up to attack the basket, dodged Okafor in the air and scored 2 points.

Li Feng finally got two points back for the Knicks! So far, the Knicks have finally scored.

The Knicks scored, and Bill Wharton immediately said:

"Li Feng's score is very beautiful, but the key for the Knicks now is the control of the rebound, and the team without rebounds has nothing, and only then did the Knicks get the backcourt rebounds to have a chance to break fast."

When Bill Wharton said this, Yu Jia said in China:

"The Bulls' defense at this time is a bit interesting! I'd rather let Li Feng go to the basket than let Li Feng pass the ball to others. The Bulls' general defensive strategy is to cut him off from the rest of his teammates. ”

The slight change in the strategy on the Bulls' side, Tyberdu also noticed it immediately, and the vague Tyberdu was also a little worried.

At this time, the bull hit, and as soon as the bull hit, it was very interesting. Iguodala and Butler both acted as shooters to open the bottom corner on both sides, Paul and Okafor blocked and passed back to Okafor, who took the ball and passed it to Howard near the basket, who took the ball and threw a throw.

Howard's shot went into the Knicks' basket.

Although the Bulls came up today and played mainly in the half-court position, the pace was a lot faster, and the whole style of play was much simpler and faster.

In this case, the Bulls are also relatively fast!

The Knicks scored, and so did they.

The Bulls frequently play the big man's high position, and the Knicks don't lose to them at this time, and they start with the big man's high position.

J.R. Smith came up to Jones to get the ball first, Jones took the ball and gave it to Dragic, Paul was desperately defending Dragic, Dragic was very uncomfortable here, and passed the basketball to Cousins, Cousins didn't have an advantage after two steps under the basket, and turned around and threw the basketball to Li Feng outside the three-point line.

Li Feng took the ball here, the Bulls' defense put himself half a step, and Iguodala gave himself some space although his defense was solid.

In this way, Li Feng pulled up and shot another 3-pointer!

"Brush!"

Li Feng's three-point shot also came, scoring 5 points in a row. The Knicks opened today with only 5 points thanks to Li Feng.

Although the Knicks have scored points, Tyberdu is a little vigilant, because no one else can score points from the beginning to the present, and only Li Feng can get points.

It's not that the Bulls let Li Feng go, but that the same defense is applied to other players, and other players have no way to attack at all, only Li Feng can still succeed smoothly under this kind of defense. (To be continued......)