This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 365 Advancing to the Eastern Semifinals
Swish!

Zhou Lin's two three-point responses continued to retain the Bobcats' hope of catching up.

At the end of the third quarter, the Charlotte Bobcats trailed 71-84 by 13 points. This point difference is not big, but it is not small.

"Keep on the offensive, we still have a chance!"

Larry Brown shouted loudly: "Don't think that we still have retreats and two match points. Once we return to Chicago, everything will become unknown. Therefore, we must solve our opponents in this game."

"And control the number of fouls."

Now on the Bobcats side, the foul crisis has not been resolved. Among the main players, Brandon Roy, Yi Jianlian, and David Lee are all four offenders. Zhou Lin and Roy Hibbert are all three offenders. .

Unfortunately, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, before Brandon Roy played like this, he received his fifth personal foul while defending Derrick Rose. Today's Derrick Rose, every Each breakthrough was like carrying a pack of explosives. Brandon Roy, who had just slightly lifted the foul crisis, could only return to the field depressed.

Originally, Brandon Roy, the fourth offender, shouldn't be defending Derrick Rose, but in the eyes of Derrick Rose, Stephon Marbury is almost no different from a cash machine.

Luke Mbah a Moute came up to replace Brandon Roy. Luke Mbah a Moute, who is 203cm tall, actually played the [-]th position all the time in college, and in the Charlotte Bobcats, basically He played the role of a swingman in the third and fourth positions, and the status of a defensive vanguard. Now the Bobcats really have no useful players. The big Q side was obviously abandoned by Larry Brown. Jett and Stephon. Marbury double point guard?

If Stephon Marbury's physical condition has returned to three years ago, and Jrue Holiday has been playing in the league for three years, it is really a bit of a challenge to the opponent's double point guard lineup. Unfortunately, at this stage , These two people are old and young.

"Now the Bobcats are in trouble here, and they are already behind."

"Now point at Zhou Lin to fight."

"At this time, it is time to reflect the energy of a superstar. Zhou Lin has scored 28 points in the first three quarters, including 11 of 6 three-pointers. There is still a chance to go back and catch up.”

In the fourth quarter, Zhou Lin wanted to show the high efficiency of the first three quarters. First of all, he needed to show a steady hand. You must know that in the fourth quarter, the opponent will definitely bite Zhou Lin madly to reach the peak.

Unsurprisingly, Zhou Lin held the ball, the Chicago Bulls immediately double-teamed, Hinrich and Luol Deng went directly, and Hakeem Warrick was ready to defend. However, once Zhou Lin attacks the inside, there may be a situation of three people double-teaming.

According to the previous situation, Zhou Lin might pass the ball directly, but today Zhou Lin felt that he was going to hold the team on his shoulders. After a cross step, he still went to the inside to kill. The feeling of leaning towards Tiger Mountain.

The referee gave the whistle.

"Is Zhou Lin fighting so resolutely?"

Even Su Qun didn't expect that Zhou Lin's ball was really so reckless, but when Nagro replaced Luol Deng, he realized it.

In order to block Zhou Lin in this game, Luol Deng also accumulated four fouls in the first three quarters, and he is also the player with the greatest foul risk on the Chicago Bulls side.

Perhaps even the coach had forgotten this point, but Zhou Lin did not forget it. Instead, he forcibly made Luol Deng's fifth foul. Nagro could only replace Luol Deng with James Johnson.

Now for the Chicago Bulls, the combination of Rose + Hinrich + James Johnson + Warrick + Noah has a very serious problem, that is, apart from Rose, there is no particularly stable scoring point.

In this game, Luol Deng's performance was not bad. He also scored 18 points in the first three quarters, which was second only to Derrick Rose's 24 points in three quarters.

Zhou Lin beat Luol Deng down directly, which was equivalent to missing a board from the barrel of the Chicago Bulls.

With the shouts of MVP all over the sky, Zhou Lin made two free throws and his personal score reached 30 points.

73-84, only 11 points behind!

"Defense, don't let Derek catch the ball easily!"

Zhou Lin commanded his teammates. Since the Chicago Bulls were already crazy about their double-teaming, there was no need for the Charlotte Bobcats to make Derrick Rose feel too bad.

Luke Mbah a Moute is pressing Derrick Rose very tightly. Zhou Lin and Roy Hibbert also forged the second and third lines of defense. Once Rose enters the three-point line, the two-man package It's kind of polite.

Derrick Rose didn't try to shoot from the outside, but chose to continue to attack the inside. First, Derrick Rose's three-pointers were not good at it. Second, the Chicago Bulls still have two shots. With a multi-digit lead, what the Bulls need here is stable scoring. Going inside to create kills is far more economical than shooting from outside the three-point line.

However, unlike Zhou Lin, Derrick Rose is a guard with a height of 1.9 after all. It is too difficult for him to face three players who are tens of centimeters taller than him.

The three-layer double-team defense, the attitude of the Bobcats letting go of two defenders, is already extremely respectful to Derrick Rose.

Although Derrick Rose's layup was not blocked, not every difficult goal can be scored.

At this moment, Hibbert's height is like an iron tower guarding the inside line.

For an insider like Hibbert, as long as he raises his hands high and stands still inside, it is a deterrent in itself for defenders, not to mention that Derrick Rose has not rested in this game!God of War is especially weak, let alone second-year Derek Rose.

Going back to the offensive round of the Charlotte Bobcats, Zhou Lin didn't try to be reckless again, but tried to give an outside line. Luke Mbah a Moute received Zhou Lin's ball and made a throw against Hinrich.

After all, Mbah a Moute is at least 10 centimeters taller than Hinrich.

75-84, the Bobcats only scored two goals, but the score was close to within 10 points. Nagro quickly called a timeout.

If this timeout is not called, maybe the Bobcats will take advantage of this wave of momentum and launch a more violent offensive wave.

Nagro puts Hinrich in one hand and Rose in the other.

He whispered something.

Now the tactics of both sides are almost revealed, and the rest are actually some small local adjustments.

Going back to the round of the Chicago Bulls, the Bulls changed their strategy, and Hinrich became the main ball holder. This is also a tactical solution to avoid Derrick Rose being double-teamed.

The pick-and-roll between Hinrich and Noah was actually pretty good. Both of them are relatively smart players, and they can pass the ball to support them. In the first round, Noah caught the ball and dunked one inside, closing the gap. Drive to double digits.

Nagro is also very clear that someone other than Derrick Rose must stand up and score, even if he is not a player who is good at scoring, he must be on top at this moment.

This has resolved the offensive crisis of the Chicago Bulls to a certain extent. Both teams have only one core, and both will be targeted by opponents. Other players may need to stand up and share the responsibility.

The role players of the Bulls are quite competitive, and Hinrich and Noah have stood out, but this still cannot prevent the point difference from being gradually narrowed. Although it is not swallowing, it is still eating away.

Because unlike Derek Rose, Zhou Lin's offense is almost unsolvable. Zhou Lin, who is about 210cm tall in shoes, is to some extent a monster, a monster that cannot be measured by tactics, and at this point After returning to the fourth game, Zhou Lin felt that his game had almost recovered. If the recovery rate in the first game was only about 75%, then Zhou Lin had returned to 100% killing mode in this game.

Time is running out quickly.

接下来的过程里，山猫队这边打出了一波11-5和一波13-4的进攻高潮，其中夹杂了芝加哥公牛队这边的一波14-6的小高潮。

104-107，在比赛时间还剩下1分46秒的时候，山猫队追赶到了只差3分了。

With a gap of one ball, Nagro took the lead in calling a timeout.

Then it's time for the decisive battle.

The important players on both sides, Brandon Roy and Luol Deng, who also committed five fouls, are coming back, and the coaches on both sides are also quite tacit.

You don't have Brandon Roy on your side, and I don't have Rolle Deng on my side.

After the timeout ended, the decisive moment officially began.

The ball belonged to the Chicago Bulls. Luol Deng, who had rested enough and maintained his fitness just now, made a contribution when he came back.

Outside the three-point line, facing Hibbert's defense, although he missed the goal, he caused a three-point foul.

"This ball is really not worth it!"

"Hibert's six offenders!"

Hibbert waited for 23 minutes and 46 seconds, scored 9 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. When the Bobcats were chasing points, he played the role of guarding the inside line very well. It is a pity that Rose's frequent impacts and several useless The foul made him unable to finish the decisive moment, and he was replaced by Yi Jianlian who had committed five fouls.

"If Luol Deng makes all three free throws here, it will be bad!"

With a difference of 6 points and just over 1 minute, it is already very difficult to catch up.

And Luol Deng actually missed the first free throw amidst the boos of the audience. Now every point is extremely important to the Chicago Bulls!
However, the next two free throws were all hit!
104-109，1分26秒，夏洛特山猫队这边落后5分。

In the next round, the Bobcats will score no matter what, because if they miss this round, the opponent will press the world to enter within 1 minute, and there are about two rounds of attack time left. If they hit, it will almost kill the game. , If you can't beat the Bobcats, you will fall into a passive position because of the lack of time.

Fortunately, there was Luol Deng over there, and Brandon Roy was here. Roy, who went inside, not only hit, but also caused 2+1.

And if Noah hadn't raised his hand quickly in this round, the ball could have been called a foul by Luol Deng.

However, with the same problem, Roy didn't hit a free throw either!

106-109, still a three-point gap.

1 minutes 09 seconds.

Coach Nagro called a timeout, and the coaches on both sides were about to arrange offense and defense.

This round is extremely important.

Taking the lead, the Chicago Bulls will definitely have to press time, almost 24 seconds will be spent.

Hinrich took the ball to press the rhythm, and did not start dribbling until 10 seconds into the round. In this round, the end was not given to Rose. After Hinrich made a breakthrough, Rose responded with a second breakthrough and gave it to Luo on one side. El Deng, Luol Dundo dribbled the ball once, and the time was up in 24 seconds.

The Bobcats defended for 24 seconds.

In 45 seconds, the Bobcats trailed by 3 points.

Larry Brown called a timeout. In the next round, he had to score no matter what. It was best to score 3 points, and quick 2 points were also acceptable.

David Lee was replaced, allowing Mbah a Moute to hit four, and Zhou Lin fell to the low post. This is a low post tactic arranged by Larry Brown. After Zhou Lin attracted the double-team, the opponent rushed wildly. He handed it to Yi Jianlian who was on the side.

Noah reached out and pulled Yi Jianlian down.

"It's time to test the UAE's free throws!"

There is the first penalty!
It was only during the second free throw that Ah Lian's hand shook slightly.

"Off!"

Yi Jianlian called out to himself.

This free throw miss is too terrible!

Noah took the rebound, did not give Hinrich immediately, but dribbled two steps himself, and it was these two steps that were caught by a veteran Bobcats.

Stephon Marbury was in Noah's line of attack.

The two fell to the ground after contact.

The referee whistled that Noah fouled.

"Noah, you've committed six crimes!"

Noah left the game holding his head in frustration. In this game, he had 17 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks, but in the last round, he didn't go to the defender at the moment he took the ball, which made him pay the price.

"The Bulls are really giving opportunities here! And just now, because of the lot of physical contact between the two sides, both sides have reached the number of fouls. As long as they commit fouls, they will go to the free throw line."

"Once the old horse makes two free throws, it will be a tie!"

The final round became a test of free throws, but Stephen Marbury withstood the pressure and made two free throws.

Stephon Marbury, as the firefighter in this game, has made great contributions!
109-109!

For 35 seconds, the Chicago Bulls took control of the ball. This time Derrick Rose stepped forward, and he wanted to single out Brandon Roy.

But this time Brandon Roy completed a very good defense, so that Derrick Rose did not have a good shot position, and the difficult layup also missed.

Derrick Rose, who played the whole game, was a little tired after all.

With 19 seconds left, the Bobcats must be pressing time.

The camera locked on Zhou Lin and Brandon Roy.

But there was an accident. Because of the problem of defensive communication, Brad Miller directly missed Yi Jianlian at the basket.

The UAE got an absolute vacancy at the basket, but he dunked successfully, leaving the Chicago Bulls with 2.9 seconds.

The commentators were confused, the Bulls made consecutive mistakes at the last minute!

Even if the ball is served from the backcourt, the opponent has a chance of a fatal blow.

This opportunity fell to James Johnson. James Johnson failed to become the savior of the Bulls, and the ball bounced out of the frame.

The red light came on, and the Charlotte Bobcats scrambled through here.

111-109, the Charlotte Bobcats will face the Orlando Magic in the playoffs for the third consecutive year.

In this campaign, Zhou Lin undoubtedly became the absolute MVP, scoring 42 points, 6 assists and 7 rebounds. In addition, Yi Jianlian had 11 points and 7 rebounds, and contributed the key quasi lore!

For the Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose played the entire game and scored 35 points and 8 assists. It can be said that the Bulls lost, but he did not lose either.

In addition, Joakim Noah had 17 points and Luol Deng had 20 points, almost overturning the Charlotte Bobcats.

After the game, Derrick Rose left the court in a very lonely way covered with a towel.

With the rise of Derrick Rose, this team will also be called the East in the future, and the Bobcats will be a strong opponent on the road to the championship!
(End of this chapter)