This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 419 Tonight, God Wears the No. 35 Jersey

"The Charlotte Bobcats seem to have a lot of energy when they play against a strong team!"

It is possible to lose to underdogs, but in front of this kind of championship opponent, the Charlotte Bobcats are really unambiguous at all. Not only Zhou Lin, but other players are also infected by this emotion.

It would be a big mistake to simply think of the Charlotte Bobcats as a team outside the fringes of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

After Jeremy Lin and McGrady led the Charlotte Bobcats to play rhythm, Thibodeau immediately sent Derrick Rose up.

By the way, Thibodeau is also a well-known coach to Chinese fans. The reason is that Thibodeau was Yao Ming’s shooting coach when he was in the Houston Rockets. In addition, Chuck Hayes in the Bobcats is also being hired by Thibodeau. What was discovered was that he gave the undrafted and short insider a chance to prove himself.

This is also the first time that Thibodeau has served as the head coach of an NBA team this season. The Chicago Bulls quit Negro this summer and recruited Thibodeau from the Boston Celtics. In 2008, Thibodeau helped as an assistant coach Doc Rivers brought the Boston Celtics to the finals together and won the NBA championship.

Previously, he served as an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets and Boston Celtics, and the Chicago Bulls gave him a contract and gave Thibodeau a place to play.

As a rookie head coach, Thibodeau also responded to the management's reuse with his own strength, and Thibodeau won the best coach in November. There is almost no suspense.

Thibodeau's advantage is that he is a coach who is very good at discovering new players and emphasizes defense. This season, the Bulls only conceded 91.7 points, ranking second in the league, second only to the Boston Celtics' 2 points. You must know that the Chicago Bulls' defensive points last season only ranked 91.2th in the league, and compared to the Boston Celtics, the Chicago Bulls' offense is much better, so they came to No. 12 in the league.

Even Thibodeau, who studied under Jeff Van Gundy, has also learned Van Gundy's way of employing people who tend to be conservative, which is commonly known as the main force of death. Yao Ming suffered from many injuries early on. Game time is definitely one of the factors.

And Thibodeau also brought this set to the Chicago Bulls, high-intensity training, and the surge in the playing time of the main players. When the team was in crisis, all Thibodeau could think of was to replace his most trusted main lineup. , instead of giving more trust to the substitute players like Zen Master.

Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah came back quickly. Joakim Noah's return prevented the Charlotte Bobcats' offensive threat from continuing to spread, and in front of Derrick Rose, Jeremy Lin also played very hard.

The Charlotte Bobcats could only replace Zhou Lin and Tony Allen on the court. The headache was that Tony Allen's shot was really the first time.

Zhou Lin was double-teamed, and the referee didn't blow all the balls that were suspected of fouling.

Zhou Lin was also a bit on the top side, attacking the inside line continuously, but the opponent weaved a very high-quality defensive circle inside, and Zhou Lin was called 2 offensive fouls in a row.

If not, if McGrady stopped him, Zhou Lin might get a technical foul.

"Thibodeau really brought about an earth-shaking change for the Chicago Bulls. In fact, last season's Chicago Bulls were just like this, with just one more Boozer, but the problem is that Boozer didn't Not a defensive player, and this change can only be attributed to Thibodeau's training and defensive temperament for this team."

What everyone remembers is that in Zhou Lin’s three games against the Chicago Bulls last year, Nigro’s defensive system was really sprayed by the Chicago Bulls fans. In the first game of his comeback, Zhou Lin scored 17 In that game, Brandon Roy scored a career-high 10 points in the playoffs. In G9 and G0, Zhou Lin scored 42 points and 4 points respectively. Almost gave Ruhr Deng and Tai Gibson military training.

But in today's game, Zhou Lin didn't play so comfortably, and it's just a regular season.

Zhou Lin, who made the third foul, misfired in the second quarter because of a foul, and the Charlotte Bobcats' weak advantage was immediately equalized by the opponent.

"Holiday and David Lee, the absence of the inside and the outside will undoubtedly put more pressure on Zhou Lin to attack."

"While Zhou Lin needs to calm down, he also needs other players to stand up."

The game entered the third quarter.

But at the beginning of the second half, when Zhou Lin was fighting for a rebound, the referee called another foul.

Zhou Lin couldn't bear it anymore, and swears directly.

"Today's whistle is a bit aimed at Zhou Lin this week. Your fourth foul was given to Zhou Lin so early, so how can the Charlotte Bobcats fight?"

Even the commentary in the TNT broadcast room began to be unfair to Zhou Lin.

The referee gave Zhou Lin a T, and Zhou Lin smiled speechlessly.

Once Zhou Lin went down, the Bobcats almost became a big team, and the combined salary of the five players just exceeded 1000 million.

Faced with Larry Brown's adjustment, Zhou Lin shook his head and said, "Coach, I'll stay on the court, I will control the number of fouls!"

Seeing Zhou Lin's emotions and requests, Larry Brown couldn't stop him. Larry Brown was also constantly communicating with the on-duty referee Crawford.

Zhou Lin is determined today to win this match.

Moreover, the desire to score was very high, and he sat in the low post several times. Facing Luol Deng's defense, Zhou Lin crazily grabbed three offensive rebounds and scored the ball!
"This is what Zhou Lin wants to say to the referee, what he wants to say to the opponent, you can't beat me!"

In the TNT live broadcast room, the commentators were explaining Zhou Lin's mentality.

The Chicago Bulls once again tried to suppress Zhou Lin with a double-team, but before the double-team was formed, Zhou Lin was one step away from the three-point line and shot directly!

Joakim Noah's attack was called a foul by the referee!
"It was 3+1, and looking at it again, it was a very solid shot."

How determined Zhou Lin is, how desperate the Chicago Bulls are.

The more Zhou Lin shoots outside, the bigger the offensive space will be. After Tony Allen got the ball, he didn't shoot at all. He just went inside to kill, forming a partial three-on-two In this situation, Yi Jian and Hibbert are also beneficiaries.

"It was the referee and the Bulls who angered Zhou Lin. They wanted to crush Zhou Lin, but Zhou Lin was like a spring. The harder you pressed, the higher Zhou Lin played. The game Zhou Lin showed today Desire, probably because of the importance of this game, not just an ordinary regular season."

After scoring 12 points in the first quarter, Zhou Lin only took three shots in the second quarter, scoring 3 points with 1 of 4 shots.

In the third quarter, Zhou Lin, who had committed four fouls at the beginning, made 14 wild shots. Almost the whole team's offensive burden was placed on Zhou Lin.

Although Zhou Lin's shooting rate is only 14 of 6, which is not efficient, but there are 3 three-pointers, including a 3+1. You must know that Zhou Lin needs to face two defenders almost every round s efficiency.

In the third quarter, Zhou Lin scored 16 points. At the end of the three quarters, the Charlotte Bobcats trailed by 72 points 76-4. Zhou Lin scored 32 points. According to today's scoring rhythm, Zhou Lin is very likely to Get a score of 40+.

"Our goal is very simple, just hold Zhou Lin down and stop him from getting any more points!"

This is also not allowed by Thibodeau. He has repeatedly emphasized that Zhou Lin's defense, from receiving the ball to finishing the defense at the end, will create a series of difficulties for Zhou Lin.

The camera shot was given to Zhou Lin, and everyone knew that as long as Zhou Lin was held down tonight, the Charlotte Bobcats would be finished.

Larry Brown is also constantly communicating with his disciples. In the fourth quarter, Roy Hibbert was taken down, and Zhou Lin was moved to the fourth position, with McGrady, Derek . Fisher, Yi Jianlian.

This is a lineup that can open up space, and apart from Tony Allen, who is sticking to Derrick Rose, they all have very good shooting ability.

The Chicago Bulls naturally took various actions to grab the front and prevent the ball from being caught, but the Charlotte Bobcats also continued to screen without the ball, covering Zhou Lin one by one. After the screens were over, they all squatted Go beyond the three-point line and wait.

Yi Jianlian's long two-point hit was a good implementation of Larry Brown's offensive tactics. See if you can't get out of Noah. Once you go out, Zhou Lin breaks through to the basket at such a height, whether it is The height of Boozer or Luol Deng is not enough to prevent Zhou Lin from putting the basketball into the basket.

In addition, the fight on Tony Allen's side also disturbed Derek Rose's emotions. If the Charlotte Bobcats can make Tony Allen and Derek Rose swap sons, then it will be perfect.

However, Carlos Boozer, who has been heavily recruited this summer, has also started to play.

After all, Zhou Lin was fouled four times. Although he is the height of the fourth position, Zhou Lin cannot be allowed to defend Boozer. After all, McGrady is one size smaller than Boozer. Boozer Having to eat and drink inside allowed the Chicago Bulls to continue their firepower again in a short period of time.

And when the opponent was a little more relaxed, Zhou Lin's cold arrow three-pointer from the outside started again.

Zhou Lin started to be unreasonable when he directly made a three-pointer without waiting for his own players to get in position, and he made two consecutive three-pointers.

Zhou Lin, who scored another 9 points in this quarter, also created the highest score of visiting team players in the United Center Arena this season, 41 points, and there are more than 4 minutes left in the game.

At the end of the two three-pointers, the Charlotte Bobcats overtook the score, and Thibodeau immediately called a timeout.

After the timeout ended, the Chicago Bulls also stepped up their support for Derrick Rose. As long as Joakim Noah has given Derrick Rose a pick-and-roll and given him a little room to attack, then Derrick Rose can Going to the basket, and Roy Hibbert is not on the court at the moment.

This is a question of trade-offs. Hibbert is defense, and Yi Jianlian is offense and space.

Larry Brown didn't choose the former. Today is all about hardening the offense of the Chicago Bulls. With Zhou Lin in a hot state, he must have a good match with his opponent's offense.

It is a little regretful that Zhou Lin received his fifth personal foul with 3 minutes and 23 seconds left in the game. Larry Brown can't let Zhou Lin be willful, he can only tear Zhou Lin off first up.

One and a half minutes after Zhou Lin came down, Joakim Noah and Derek Rose scored 1 points, one inside and one outside, and moved the score back. With 5-101, they held a 97-point lead Advantage.

The Bobcats must continue to fire first, otherwise the point difference will widen again, and it will be useless for Zhou Lin to come back.

At the critical moment, everyone was a bit afraid to make a shot, but the old fisher Fisher stood up. Derek Fisher, who had only made a three-pointer before, tricked Derrick Rose and actually made a breakthrough. Basket, and made Boozer's foul, hit 1+2, this is a bit of a surprise.

"Old arms and old legs, this is really hard work!"

Although Derek Fisher's extra penalty was missed, Luke Mbah a Moute picked up the floor ball and called a timeout!

The Charlotte Bobcats replaced Zhou Lin again with 1 minute and 12 seconds left.

Zhou Lin received the ball after borrowing several screens, and after receiving the ball, Zhou Lin directly made a three-pointer. Boozer almost blocked Zhou Lin's face, but this ball Zhou Lin Lin still sent it to the basket!
101-102, the Charlotte Bobcats completed a go-ahead with 1:04 left at the end of the game.

"Zhou Lin's three-pointers today are simply crazy. They are all difficult. Currently, he is 11 of 6 three-pointers."

Now the pressure is on the Chicago Bulls again. The Bulls are very smart and want to find Zhou Lin. After a few rotations, it was Joakim Noah's turn to face Zhou Lin. A must be big.

But this time Zhou Lin stopped completely. Facing Noah, he knocked over and fell to the ground. Zhou Lin heard the whistle and looked at Crawford. This goal almost decided the final result of the game.

"Offensive foul!"

The referee's jewelry is clear.

Joakim Noah clutched his head, very depressed.

The ball belongs to the Charlotte Bobcats.

"Zhou Lin, do you want a three-pointer?"

Zhou Lin was slowly holding the ball outside, and now Luer Deng was almost defending against Zhou Lin. He was really afraid that Zhou Lin would make another three-pointer, and the game would be declared over.

Zhou Lin wisely chose a breakthrough this time, cutting in from the gap, turning around from the left corner, shaking Boozer, and putting the ball into the basket with his left hand!
"It's still Zhou Lin, it's useless for you to double-team!"

At this moment, Zhou Lin pointed to the fans at the Chicago United Center and bowed.

"Tonight, God is playing in jersey No. 35!"

Although Derrick Rose did not give up the game and broke through to the basket with his speed and scored two points, Zhou Lin's steady two free throws at the critical moment made Chicago's comeback in vain.

In the end, Bogans missed a three-pointer, and the Charlotte Bobcats completed the 'Giant Killer' achievement once.

Lectra ranked first in the league.

106-103!

夏洛特山猫队这边，周林32中14，其中三分球11中6，砍下48分11篮板5助攻，易建联10分7篮板，特雷西.麦克格雷迪12分5助攻3篮板，林书豪7分2助攻3篮板。

For the Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose scored 35 points and Carlos Boozer scored a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds!
(End of this chapter)