This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 355
In the first game, Derrick Rose almost single-handedly broke through all the defense lines of the Charlotte Bobcats, and then caused a near-chain reaction. Almost all of the eight assists he got were breakthrough points. Under the impact of the attack, the Bobcats' defense completely collapsed, but Zhou Lin's appearance has changed a lot. Although Zhou Lin's single defense ability is very average, and his extremely mediocre wingspan is destined to make Zhou Lin miss the absolute defensive strength, but The reaction speed and jumping ability that exceed this height make it easy for Zhou Lin to act as a good supplementary defense and auxiliary defense in the defensive formation. The average of 1.2 blocks per game this season is also the highest in Zhou Lin's career.

Like this kind of block after supplementary defense, there are not a few times this season to qualify.

"Don't forget that Zhou Lin is over six feet ten and looks taller than Gibson."

The commentator at Charlotte's home court shouted loudly: "It's a dream to still want to be in Charlotte's no-fly zone and act recklessly."

"Focus on it, I can't cover every ball."

Zhou Lin shouted loudly.

Although Zhou Lin plays small forward, due to his physical fitness, in the current defensive round of the Charlotte Bobcats, he assumes a role similar to that of a volleyball free agent. He may need to help his teammates defend anytime, anywhere. Of course, if teammates can't find North with a pick-and-roll, then Zhou Lin will also find it difficult to make up defenses and assist defenses with every ball.

Speaking of the court, although Zhou Lingai missed Gibson's shot, leaving the opponent with only three seconds of attack time, Derrick Rose still used a large disguised mid-range to help the Chicago Bulls win their game. The first two points.

Derrick Rose is really fierce. The breakthrough speed of Derrick Rose before the injury is definitely the first in the league. It is probably only slightly comparable to the Flash Wade who entered the league a few years ago.

But back to the Bobcats' offensive round, in the first game back, Zhou Lin couldn't find the touch right away, and the middle distance against Luol Deng also came out of the frame.

Joakim Noah took the rebound and threw it to the frontcourt. Hinrich quickly found Luol Deng, who made a dunk.

With Hinrich at the [-]nd position, the Bulls essentially have a system of two point guards, and Joakim Noah. Very easy to type out.

Moreover, the Bobcats shoot a lot of three-pointers, which means that once the shots are missed and the long rebounds are taken down, it is easy for the opponent to switch offense and defense.

"Both teams are very young teams, so the pace of play is bound to be very fast."

On the Bobcats side, they are still deliberately looking for Zhou Lin's touch. Relying on his keen sense of smell and physical coordination on the defensive end, Zhou Lin can adapt quickly, but after all, he hasn't played a formal game in the past three months. Still need to adapt to the rhythm of the game and the defensive pressure, and Zhou Lin is a player who has extremely high requirements for shooting. Most of Zhou Lin's threats are in shooting, because he is almost always higher than the player defending himself. Big interception, once the shot is opened, it is the most unsolvable.

But Zhou Lin still missed his second shot.

"After all, this is Zhou Lin's first game back on the court. We really don't need to ask Zhou Lin to find the shooting touch as soon as he comes up."

Of course, Zhou Lin is also a very smart player. He felt that his shooting percentage was really average, so in the next link, Zhou Lin took the initiative to go to the low post on the weak side to ask for the ball. The position of the basket, to hit the goal.

Zhou Lin's return has changed the tactics of the Bobcats a lot. After all, they have just experienced three months without Zhou Lin, and the Chicago Bulls have seized the period when Zhou Lin did not adapt to the game immediately.

Hinrich on the perimeter is indeed a very good player. He used to be the Bulls' leader for many years, and now he is willing to be a green leaf beside Derrick Rose. Not only does he tear Brandon Rowe on the defensive end Yi, also made many achievements on the outside. From a ball-handler to a spot-up shooting role without the ball, Hinrich changed very quickly.

In the first quarter of the game, Hinrich made two three-pointers in the right corner and 45° area.

It is true that compared with the darling of the sky, Derrick Rose, who entered the Chicago Bulls as the No. [-] pick, his talent is more than one and a half, but Hinrich is the kind of player that any coach will like.

The system of him and Derrick Rose playing two point guards has worked surprisingly well so far.

At the end of the first quarter, the Chicago Bulls led 34-26 away by 8 points. The cameras on the scene seemed to be telling stories, constantly pointing at Michael Jordan and Derek Rose, and Derek Rose is also the first player of the Chicago Bulls to take on the mission of revival of the dynasty since Michael Jordan. This can be said no matter in terms of talent or leadership.

The confrontation between the two old and new team souls in such a way must be a kind of inheritance in the dark.

"I've adapted to the game, I'm fine with it."

Zhou Lin was replaced after playing 7 minutes in the first quarter. He made 7 of 2 shots and 2 of 0 outside three-pointers. He scored 5 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds. For Zhou Lin, this kind of data is a little bit bleak Of course, for Zhou Lin and Larry Brown, the first quarter was a small test. Zhou Lin didn't make any breakthroughs in the first quarter. The effect is not good, because another weapon in Zhou Lin's arsenal has not been brought out, which is the most pleasing breakthrough ability. It is true that both the team doctor and Zhou Lin himself think that his injury has healed, but when it comes to the game, his body will not be able to recover. He will still involuntarily protect the part that was injured. For some large-scale disguises, or sudden stops and quick starts, Zhou Lin always feels a little bit worse.

However, Zhou Lin felt that his body was getting hotter, and after the confrontation and rest in the first quarter, Zhou Lin felt that he should be able to do some large-scale movements.

On the other hand, Larry Brown arranged for Zhou Lin to play for a while with a substitute in the early part of the second quarter.

After all, at this point in time, the opponent's defensive oppression will not be so heavy.

This time, Zhou Lin faced Luol Deng again. The emergency stop after a crossover directly caused Luol Deng to have no time to step on the brakes, and Zhou Lin made a shooting foul.

"Zhou Lin is coming, making fouls is Zhou Lin's forte."

Due to Zhou Lin's physical fitness, once Zhou Lin starts to move and play, the threat factor will increase exponentially, and sending Zhou Lin to the free throw line, although Zhou Lin's free throw percentage this season is higher than last season A little lower, but also reached 87%. Sending Zhou Lin to the free throw line is basically the same as sending points to Zhou Lin.

After making two free throws, Zhou Lin also tried to use free throws to regain the shooting rhythm and feel of the game.

Coach Negro of the Bulls also gave Luo Deng a face-to-face order, because every team entering the playoffs will greatly reduce the rotation lineup, and the Bulls are almost compressed to a 7-8 rotation. Luol Deng's defensive importance to Zhou Lin is self-evident.

And Zhou Lin began to break through and create kills, which is definitely very good news for the Bobcats.

The opponent was short of manpower. At the third position, the Chicago Bulls only had one James Johnson besides Luol Deng, and he was a little bit involved.

Moreover, on the Bobcats' bench, there are Raymond Felton, David Lee, Luke Mbah a Moute, Hayes, Quentin Richardson.

The overall width of the lineup is much stronger than that of the Chicago Bulls. This kind of game rhythm is extremely beneficial to the Bobcats.

Once Zhou Lin can smash Luol Deng, the tactical system of the Chicago Bulls will be completely messed up.

The Bulls also really have the habit of killing their main players, or the coaches' employment habits tend to be conservative, and basically they will not say that they accidentally use a surprise player at certain moments. Of course, such a coach will reduce the number of mistakes, but for those For the main players who need to play many games, it is not so friendly.

Whether it is the current Negro or the future Thibodeau who has crippled Rose, they seem to have this habit. Derek Rose, who was just replaced for less than 2 minutes, came back in the next round.

The system of the Chicago Bulls also has certain problems, that is, it lacks absolute offensive strengths.

In the past, there was Salmons and the like, and going forward, there was Ben Gordon, but Rose has become the absolute core this season. In addition, Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson are weaker than Defensive roles, in essence, are blue-collar, and Hinrich, who was reluctantly sent to the second position, is definitely not the kind of scorer who can average 20+ per game in a season, and the only offensive ability is acceptable. The Englishman Luol Deng is having a bit of a hard time facing Zhou Lin, and he has to get out to attack.

Therefore, once Rose is not on the court, the system will inevitably collapse. To make an inappropriate analogy, after Rose opens and closes and disrupts the situation, others can come to fish in troubled waters.

In the second quarter, Zhou Lin deliberately suppressed his desire to shoot, and almost all went to the basket. This is also extremely confident in his body.

With the referee blowing his whistle again, Luol Deng committed a foul for the third time.

Luol Deng covered his head, and couldn't see too many expressions on his dark face, but it could be seen from his eyes that he felt a little helpless.

Zhou Lin is a monster this week!
Luol Deng is really important to the Chicago Bulls. Although he can't be said to be the top player in the league on both offense and defense, he is definitely one of the few players in the league today who is good at both offense and defense at the third position.

But even for him, it was difficult to stop Zhou Lin's striding meteor breakthrough.

In this quarter, his two fouls were all on Zhou Lin. You must know that the second quarter lasted less than 6 minutes, and there are more than 6 minutes left to play. If there is no guarantee of another foul, Then Luol Deng didn't have to play in the third quarter.

James Johnson is also Zhou Lin's old opponent. He once met in a high school invitational tournament, but James Johnson, although he is the same age as himself, is an older rookie. He entered the league at the age of 22, later than Zhou Lin For more than two years, James Johnson and Zhou Lin were standing at the same starting point, but in the NBA, he was still a rookie.

He was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 09th overall pick in the 15 draft. His performance was average, averaging 3.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. If the Chicago Bulls hadn’t really been able to pick the third position, James Johnson might not have been able to win in the postseason Sai Lao got his debut time, and Zhou Lin of the Bobcats also played at the third position.

If it is the general type of striker who is in the early 2 meters, you can use some kind of striker and guard swingman or the like, you can temporarily top it, but Zhou Lin's official height has reached 2.06 meters. Of course, anyone can see that his The real height is much higher. After all, standing with James Johnson who is also 2.06 meters tall, Zhou Lin is a bit taller.

James Johnson, on the other hand, is an occasional cameo at the [-]th position.

It is more appropriate to use it to challenge Zhou Lin. James Johnson's physique and confrontation are very mature among rookie players. Of course, his offensive ability is relatively average.

It's just that it's not enough for him to stand up to Zhou Lin. Zhou Lin has been training in the NBA for four years, and he has completely transformed from a recruit to a veteran. It is important for him to educate James, a rookie who is one month older than himself. .Johnson is also holding hands.

Zhou Lin's back body, after resisting James Johnson, turned over and made a jumper, which swayed the opponent, creating a confrontation and shooting two points.

"Two plus one!"

Zhou Lin played his own rhythm thoroughly in this quarter.

So far, the only characteristic that Zhou Lin has not played is his super strong outside three-pointer, other breakthroughs, low post, inside second attack, defense, assists, all of which have been played out, of course compared to injuries It was still a little lacking before, but it has gradually improved.

"Raise your hand so the referee can see that you haven't fouled, I'll just say it once."

Coach Negro seemed helpless when James Johnson got into trouble as soon as he went up.

And Zhou Lin walked to the free throw line, and the MVP shouts that hadn't been heard for a long time also sounded in the Time Warner Arena.

And Zhou Lin actually missed the ball amidst the cheers.

But at the moment the Bobcats have tied the score, 41-41.

The picture was shown to Mr. Jordan, who finally frowned slightly.

The bond between him and the Chicago Bulls made Mr. Joe unwilling to see the Bulls lose too badly. Of course, as the owner of the Bobcats, he still hoped that his team could beat the old parent team.

(End of this chapter)