Chapter 310 Edge Ball

  4:6, Bulls attack.

   "Jordan broke through the penalty area twice, succeeded once and made a mistake, and now Old K has hit all three of the baskets, and the efficiency is so poor." Zhang Lili shouted.

   "Director Zhang, Old K's defense was really good just now, and he completely kept up with Jordan's rhythm." Su Qun laughed.

   Zhang Lili nodded and said: "If you rush in with the ball from the outside, you must be double-teamed, and it is impossible to succeed every time.

   Isn't the league clamoring to play zone defense now? This actually puts a lot of pressure on the outside world. "

  The Bulls attacked and advanced to the frontcourt. Jordan swept all the previous offenses, and this time he didn't ask for the ball.

  Pippen attacked with the ball, and Dan Marley switched to defend him. His ability to hold the ball and attack is average, but the Thunder is still no problem. He has the advantages of height, tonnage and strength. He runs two steps under the back and then rolls over for a jumper.

   "Buzz..."

   Every time the Bulls attack, there will be a loud noise in the West American Arena, especially at the moment of the shot, the boos will reach the highest point, thus affecting the opponent's performance.

"boom!"

   Under this powerful psychological pressure, Pippen missed the ball.

  Wang Tiejun controlled the backcourt rebounds and the Sun attacked.

Quickly get off the outside, advance to the frontcourt first, but did not rush to attack, but stabilized and waited for the inside to settle. When Green pulled into the right block and Wang Tiejun entered the paint area, Kevin Johnson, who was holding the ball, played an offensive tactic. gesture.

   "Whoosh!"

   When he saw Old K approaching the basket, Lightning threw the ball directly into it, regardless of whether the former could get to the position.

   His sudden passing also prevented Jordan from making effective predictions and timely interceptions.

   As soon as he approached the basket, Wang Tiejun saw the ball being thrown in. He turned around and blocked Perdo, his left elbow stuck to the top, and his right hand caught the ball.

   In the next instant, his left foot swung backwards, hit the back Tieshan, and after bumping the defender, he turned around and got up to force the dunk.

   Whether it was the speed of getting up or the height of his jump, Perdo couldn't keep up with the rhythm. At the moment of getting up, he formed a diving posture of above and below towards Perdo.

"boom!"

  Between the roar of the basket, Perdo, who was trying to take off and block the shot, was directly hit and sunk in the air. After landing, he staggered backwards, took two steps back and failed to stand firm, and finally sat on the floor with his buttocks.

"yeah!"

   The audience cheered violently again, and the frenzied momentum reached a new level.

   On the sidelines, Phil Jackson finally couldn't sit still, stood up and played a timeout towards the court. After kick-off, BJ, who received the ball, asked for a timeout.

  Kevin Harlan said: "The timeout should have been called just now. The morale of the Suns is too high. We must use the timeout to suppress it and let it cool down."

Albert said: "Now 4:8, the Bulls are 4 points behind. The Suns were attacked by the old K consecutively to the basket, and all four offenses were scored. This is why the Suns can win two straight away games. He is in the low post. The advantage is simply too great for the Bulls to compete with."

   Kevin Harlan nodded and said, "I said it long ago, this Bull can play anyone, but the Suns can't be touched."

   "Shrink! Shrink defense from now on!"

  Before the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson shouted in a deep voice.

   He couldn't hold on any longer, so he could only play contraction tactics, and then let the old K fight, and the Bulls would be destroyed in the first quarter. Now it is time to spare no effort to encircle and suppress the old K.

Over the past three seasons, he has also used double-team tactics to deal with the behemoth many times. Sometimes, he is successful, but more often he is broken and double-teamed. In fact, he didn't want to double-team, especially he didn't want the perimeter to participate in the double-team against the old K. It would be too easy to get hurt.

   But now, he couldn't find any other way.

   As soon as this sentence came out, even Jordan's face turned bad.

   "Hey, the four of you almost blocked me!"

  This trash talk, old K has said several times in front of him, and every time it is like slashing him, he remembers the feeling of being slashed clearly, and he will never forget it for a while.

  It's good to be able to defend, but can't it be defended? I'm afraid that **** won't waste the opportunity to ridicule him and beat him, and he will be slashed again.

   "Or, release AC Green?" Phil Jackson's assistant coach Tex Winter said at this time.

   Winter is a 73-year-old coach who has been exposed to the triangle offense during his time at the University of Southern California. It can be said that he is the founder of the triangle offense.

   Coached the Mosaic team in the 1970s, and came to the Bulls as an assistant in 1985, until today. It was also under the indoctrination of him and Phil Jackson that Jordan accepted the triangle tactics.

   He has a high status in American basketball, is a future Hall of Famer and is well respected in the Bulls.

   "Tex, what is your opinion?" Phil Jackson asked seriously.

   Winter said unhurriedly: "Old K's passing is very good, we must not shrink our defense.

We played side **** with no-ball players in the bag and let Green, his offensive ability is limited, especially when K is at the basket, plus our two insiders, it's three people, he can't have a chance to get in at all , he can only shoot outside. We strengthen the control of backcourt rebounds, and then strengthen the speed of defense on the outside. He is not a cause for concern.

   Now some people want to promote zone defense. When we can double-team off-ball players, we also want to defend against giants like Lao K. We always have to put one person. It’s better to try now. "

   There was not much time left, and Phil Jackson only considered it for three seconds before agreeing to the suggestion.

   At this time, the timeout was over, and he hurriedly warned him, which meant that Jordan and the others should speed up the perimeter defense, pay attention to filling positions, the players began to play, and the game restarted.

"brush!"

  The Bulls attacked, BJ pulled to the left-wing three-point line, and took advantage of Pippen's pick-and-roll three-point shot. He hit the first ball today.

  7:8, Sun attack.

   "Pass it in and fight."

   On the sidelines, Westphal was almost walking to the Bulls' bench, loudly pointing at the frontcourt basket and roaring firmly.

  Although he had already determined his tactics, he was still worried that the outside line would be thrown around, so he kept an eye on it.

   "You bastard, you're too deceiving! Come over again and I'll kick you."

  Phil Jackson looked at Westphal, who was two meters away, who had violated his territory, and the blue veins on his forehead jumped.

  The two are familiar with each other. They were both players. They were rivals throughout the 1970s and played a lot of games.

   "Hey, Kerry emptied Green?" Zhang Lili shouted in surprise.

  Suns frontcourt, low on the right wing, Clifford placed Green three meters away, stepped on the right line of the paint area with one foot, and could go back to the basket at any time, and even directly double-teamed the low post on the left wing.

   At this time, the ball was passed to Dan Marley on the right wing, and BJ switched to guard him. Seeing Green's large space, he did not hesitate to pass the ball.

   With his pass, BJ quickly turned around and pounced on Green in the right block.

  Green caught the ball, glanced at the basket, and Kerry, who let him go, didn't return to the defense, but went directly to the basket. Did he make him shoot?

   He didn't hesitate either, dribbling the ball forward and getting a step closer to the basket before jumping out calmly.

   As for BJ's supplementary defense, he didn't take him seriously at all. How can a point guard whose height and wingspan are nearly thirty centimeters worse than him?

"brush!"

  The water splashed and hit two points.

  7:10, the Bulls attacked.

Zhang Lili immediately analyzed: "Now the Bulls are playing regular edge balls, and they are actually double-teaming the Iron Army in advance without the ball. This requires the person who is emptied to throw the ball in, otherwise the Bulls' strategy of double-teaming in advance will become more and more important. Resolute."

  Suqun said: "BJ is too short, even if the supplementary defense is in place, it may be difficult for him to prevent Green's shot."

   On the sidelines, Phil Jackson immediately made some adjustments based on this defense, and adjusted Pippen to the side of Green. If the ball is given to Green again, Pippen will go down to make up the defense.

  The Bulls attacked. The pulled out Clifford Robinson and Jordan did a pick-and-roll. After cutting out, they made a three-pointer on the 45-degree three-point line on the right wing. They missed, the rebound was still protected by Wang Tiejun, and the Suns attacked.

   This time, the Bulls still firmly double-teamed Wang Tiejun ahead of time. Kerry emptied AC Green, stood under the basket, and kept a very close distance from Wang Tiejun, who was low on the left wing, and could complete the double-teaming ahead of time at any time.

  Pippen on the right wing, did not let Dan Marley empty, and defended very tightly, even trying to cut off his passing and receiving line from the top of the arc.

Beyond the top of the arc, Jordan no longer adopts the previous frontal defense against Kevin Johnson who is holding the ball. Now he is standing on the right, mainly blocking the passing line between the ball carrier and Green and Dan Marley, but letting go of the ball. Old K's passing and receiving line.

   In particular, blocked the direct pass line between the Lightning and the Irons, so that if the Lightning was going to pass to Green's big open, it would have to go through Dan Marley's transition first.

   But in this way, he must first pass his block, then pass Pippen's block on Dan Marley, and finally he can form a double-team with Pippen's Dan Marley who is on the ball.

  Kevin Johnson was experienced and saw the Bulls' defensive traps. Instead of being fooled, he first retreated, opened the distance from Jordan, and signaled Dan Marley to come over for the pick-and-roll.

  As Lei Gong approached the top of the arc, the distance between Pippen and Green was increasing, and at this time, Lightning suddenly passed the ball to Green when Jordan came up.

   His calm handling of the ball kept Westphal nodding on the sidelines.

   "Good pass!"

  Albert and other commentators are also praising the pass.

"boom!"

  Unfortunately, Green, who caught the ball, missed a jumper in this big open spot.

It turned out to be the reason for Pippen. Although he was pulled to the top of the arc, the Lightning's pass had a high arc in order to avoid him and Jordan. A certain threat, and finally missed the ball.

   One meter in front of the basket, Wang Tiejun pressed Perdo with his left elbow and Clifford Robinson with his right elbow, squatting slightly, looking up at the basketball flying towards the basket.

"short!"

   At this moment, he made a prediction.

The next moment, he stepped out with his right foot, and immediately took a small step to the right of the basket, pushing Kerry away. At this time, the basketball bounced off the basket, and his right hand bounced up. basketball hold down.

"boom!"

   The next moment, he completed a make-up deduction.

"yeah!"

  The moment the ball was scored, cheers from the audience rose up.

   "Beautiful, the Bulls are two-to-one at the basket, but they still can't beat Old K." Su Qun exclaimed excitedly.

   Zhang Lili smiled and said, "Just now, Kerry and Tie Jun were squeezed out of their positions as soon as they came into contact. They don't have any hard money to carry. The Bulls are at an absolute disadvantage in the basket."

   "Now at 7:12, the Bulls are 5 points behind. Old K made 5 out of 5 shots at the start, and the efficiency is too high!" Su Qun said excitedly.

   Zhang Lili said: "The Bulls missed two shots on the outside, made one turnover, and wasted three possessions. The Suns also made one turnover and missed one ball.

   In contrast, the current advantage is not large, the game has just started, the Bulls are only 5 points behind, and they still have the ball in their hands.

   But overall, the Suns' advantage is stable, and the stability lies in their strong and efficient low-post offense.

   On the other hand, the Bulls have basically no independent attack on the two big inside lines, let alone a low-post attack. This disadvantage cannot be made up in any case.

   Therefore, as long as the Suns base their offense in the low post and strengthen the protection of rebounding, they can push the Bulls steadily and steadily. "

   Next, the Bulls still implement the established tactics and hit the ball.

  Its tactical purpose was indeed achieved. When Perdeau closely followed Wang Tiejun and Clifford Robinson watched from the near side, he received less **** and a lot of **** were passed to the open space.

   Kevin Johnson once gave him a pass. As soon as the ball was released, Kerry completed the round, and Perdo was pulled from behind. He failed to catch the ball and the ball was broken by Kerry.

   The rule against double-teaming off-ball players. The judgment of this foul standard is actually very subjective, and it all depends on how the referee decides.

   Generally speaking, when the position of the defender is an arm away, it generally does not blow.

   Playing the edge ball of this rule is like this, but the actual double-teaming effect is similar to that of double-teaming a player without the ball in advance. The double-teaming is formed before the ball is passed.

The Bulls' assistant coach Winter is very clear about the mind of the league and does not want the Bulls to be swept away. President Stern even hopes that the Bulls can complete the defense, so even if this is the home of the Suns, I am afraid that the Suns will not be as obvious as the Bulls. home whistle.

   In such a situation, it is very suitable to play a regular edge ball.

   This is also the case. The first quarter reached the 10th minute, and the three referees did not call a single illegal defense violation.

  24:26, the Bulls were still two points behind, the Suns had the ball and called a timeout after serving.

Albert analyzed: "Old K made five out of five shots in the front, and only passed him three **** in the next few minutes. He made two mistakes in passing and receiving the ball. A total of 6 of 6 shots, a free throw, got 13 points.

  AC Green made 2 of 4 shots, with a 50% hit rate, which is not bad, but he is an open position, which is actually not very high.

   In addition, the Bulls strengthened their perimeter defense. In the past few minutes, the Suns made two mistakes on the perimeter, and the Bulls only had one. This is one of the important reasons why the difference did not widen. "

Kevin Harlan said: "It can be said that the Bulls' tactical purpose has been achieved. Judging from the shots made in the first two games, Old K's shots have decreased, and the Suns' overall hit rate has dropped. Moreover, the Bulls grabbed the score and scored The gap has narrowed."

   "Now let's see how the Suns deal with it. If the old K's offense is reduced, it will be a little troublesome." Albert said.

But when it came to this, he changed the subject and analyzed: "But with the strength of the old K and the Suns, they must be able to solve this problem, and the situation between the two teams should not have a big change. The Bulls may be able to take a little advantage for a while, but they can't change the general trend."

   On the CCTV commentary booth, Zhang Lili analyzed: "The situation in the first quarter was not too bad, the Tiejun in front played well, and it was fortunate that this was the case, otherwise the Bulls would have been defending like this from the beginning, maybe they would have fallen behind.

   Now, the Suns should give the ball to the glider and let him play. In the case of the Bulls switching defense, let Pippen go to guard Dan Marley, BJ anti-skid glider, this is a complete dislocation!

   Of course, if the glider is played, Jordan will definitely come to switch, then let the Lightning play, he also has an advantage in playing BJ.

  The open space on Green's side, I think it should serve the Irons, go in and do the pick-and-roll, entangle Kerry or Perdeau so the Irons can get the ball.

   If you always play Green's vacancy, once Pippen plays a high-quality defense effect, it will not be worth the loss, and the two superstar attack points of the Iron Army and the Glider here are all wasted, which is definitely not acceptable. "

   "Yes, yes, it should be like this." Su Qun continued.

   On the Suns bench, Westphal was setting up offensive tactics.

"The ball must be passed in. Even if the old K is double-teamed in advance, it must be passed in. Don't pass it after seeing one or two mistakes in passing and receiving the ball, do you hear? I will not change the tactics, our ball will definitely be passed in. First pass through the hands of old K."

After repeatedly emphasizing this point on several perimeters, he said to Green: "AC, Pippen's cover defense is very fast, you have to run, do the pick-and-roll for the perimeter teammates who break through, or the position of the shot is close to the basket, When Kerry comes back, give the ball to K."

   explained to the others, and said to Pharaoh: "Old K, you did a good job just now. Use running to get rid of Perdo. He is not as fast as you, and Kerry can't stop you, so just do it."

   "Okay, I'll keep doing it."

   Lao Wang nodded again and again, the ball he received behind him moved like this, and then it was two plus one.

   (end of this chapter)