This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 439 Zhou Lin First, the Bulls equalize!
1-0 regained the home court advantage. For the Charlotte Bobcats, it is already a nearly perfect start. Regardless of whether the second game can be won, it is enough for the Bobcats, but for the Chicago Bobcats As far as the Bulls are concerned, this is a very bad situation. If they cannot win the second game and go to Charlotte with a 0-2 disadvantage, it is almost a situation of no return.

The key point is how to limit Zhou Lin. Zhou Lin still scored 37 points in a situation where the shooting percentage was less than 30%. The key point is to let Zhou Lin play a role on the defensive end and connect his teammates. Both sides want to press down , but that end was not pressed down.

If Zhou Lin was a little more accurate, the result of the game would be almost unimaginable.

Moreover, in the general environment of the NBA, the frequency of zone defense is not high. Many NBA stars do not adapt to the FIBA ​​rules, and this is also the case. Because they are used to the NBA rules, for big and impactful players, the NBA team defends well. Not particularly good.

And as a famous Chicago star Stuart Pippen said: "If I were the decision maker of the Bulls, I might use the 'Jordan Rule', leave the opportunity to other players, and use 2-3 players to deal with Zhou Lin! "

As early as the NBA in the 90s, the Pistons used the "Jordan Rule" to deal with Michael, but now the NBA is much more refined.

On May 5th at the United Center Arena, the Charlotte Bobcats wearing the away team jersey made a comeback again. Compared with the Chicago Bulls, in this game, perhaps the Charlotte Bobcats will play more leeway and more calmly .

At the start of the jump ball, the Charlotte Bobcats got the first wave of the ball, and the ball was handed over to Zhou Lin again. It is clear that the Chicago Bulls' defense against Zhou Lin has changed. The sides are very close, and Bogans is also on the side. As long as Zhou Lin drops the ball down, he will start double-teaming!
The tactic is very clear, it is to oppress Zhou Lin. Naturally, the Chicago Bulls cannot really use the "Jordan Rule" directly like Scott Pippen. At the level of the Pistons Bad Boys in the 90s, a star was worth tens of millions of dollars a year. The league that advocates offense is also very worried about player injuries, so it has been weakening some irrational physical confrontations.

Now, on the Chicago Bulls side, it is very clear that as long as it is not you Zhou Lin, other people are OK to get the ball, even Brandon Roy is allowed. Of course, in the defensive link, he must defend For the one, most of the ball opportunities were given to Zhu Holiday and Tyson Chandler.

An outside shot for Holiday, or an inside ball-handling single for Chandler, are situations the Chicago Bulls are happy to see.

If you want to understand the Chicago Bulls, there is no big problem in terms of execution. You must know that the Chicago Bulls have a good defensive foundation, a good defensive strategy, and the league's first net rating.

Zhou Lin made many passes in the first quarter. Under the oppression of the Chicago Bulls, Zhu Holiday, who was given a chance, missed four outside shots. The last shot from outside the three-point line was directly missed. Don't dare to shoot, and the more you dare not to shoot, the more the Chicago Bulls will double-team your core points.

On the other hand, for the Chicago Bulls, Luol Deng, who didn’t need to take on the heavy responsibility of defending Zhou Lin alone today, was suddenly liberated on the offensive end. The cut and outside three-pointer became the second scoring point after Derrick Rose. This is a very important change, because in the last game, Derrick Rose was the only Chicago Bulls who scored more than 20 points. The players in the team are very isolated and helpless, and their physical reserve has become a problem until the last moment. Now at least Ruhr Deng can come out to stand up, and Rose will have a good rest time.

The current tactical system of the Charlotte Bobcats can't be played anymore. It just gives you outside shots, and you can't make them, so what can you do.

Moreover, the referee's whistle did not take care of Zhou Lin in the previous game. Zhou Lin grabbed a second rebound under the basket several times and was slightly violated. When he was on the verge of blowing or not, the referee did not Whistle.

Facing the very small Chicago Bulls, the Charlotte Bobcats continued to strike iron, making Larry Brown frown continuously. In the Charlotte Bobcats, there are four or five players with a three-point shooting rate of more than 37%. , but now in this kind of competition, there are not many who can really make a shot.

Moreover, Larry Brown did not dare to let Jrue Holiday down casually. Basically, Derrick Rose played 42 minutes on the court, of which more than 38 minutes were for Holiday to stare at. After all, behind Holiday Standing is the 37-year-old Derek Fisher and Jeremy Lin, the undrafted pick in his rookie season. Basically, if you put Derek Fisher on it, you have to take Luke Mbah a Moute or Tony Allen. Defensive players, otherwise the back line will be smashed.

But Tony Allen's playing time in this round of the series has dropped sharply. The Charlotte Bobcats in this round of the series are different from playing the Big Three in New York. They need to defend more than attack. Now the Charlotte Bobcats are facing It is a defensive team. Once Tony Allen goes up, it is probably the point that is directly emptied, and Mbah a Moute can't grab it there.

At the end of the first quarter, the Charlotte Bobcats only scored 17 points in a single quarter. Zhou Lin made 4 shots, scored 1, scored 4 points and 2 rebounds. The overall shooting percentage of the Charlotte Bobcats was suppressed to less than 30%.

As for the Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose and Luol Deng scored 15 points together, and the two core scoring cores were basically opened.

In the second quarter of the game, the Charlotte Bobcats, McGrady and Derek Fisher played some scoring effects, but the problem still exists, that is, they can't prevent it. The 10-man rotation Chicago Bulls, CJ Watson and Kyle Korver teamed up to make three-point shots from the outside. Taj Gibson also dunked consecutively. The point difference did not narrow but instead widened.

Zhou Lin returned again with 7 and a half minutes left in the second quarter. After returning, his personal touch was opened up. First, he was one step away from the three-point line, made a three-pointer, and then went to the basket to score. .

These are all pure personal abilities, but what Zhou Lin plays in this lineup is a difficult finisher, not a perfect ball handler.

You can score, and as a super giant in a certain period of time, you can definitely increase the score, but you can't score with your teammates at the same time, you are completely isolated from the whole!

Moreover, the house leak happened to be raining all night. Brandon Roy, as the most threatening player with the ball besides Zhou Lin, received his third personal foul early in the second quarter. Garcia, who was replaced, originally expected him The outside three-pointer, but under this pressure, Garcia failed to make a three-pointer!
Now the formation of the Charlotte Bobcats has become dead, and the running and cutting seems to be still. It fell to half court, and then gave the ball to Zhou Lin, watching Zhou Lin relying on his personal ability to play one against two singles.

Although Zhou Lin's state quickly recovered, even in the face of sudden pincer attacks, he could still hit him continuously.

In the second quarter, Zhou Lin's state did pick up. He scored 7 of 5 and scored 11 points, but he had no free throws and no assists!

This is where the problem lies.

It's not difficult to explain why the Charlotte Bobcats trailed by 39 points 57-18 at halftime!
And compared to the New York Knicks, the Chicago Bulls' rotation is much more reasonable. Except for Derrick Rose's offensive strength, other positions can have candidates, with 10 or even 11 rotations.

Derrick Rose, who has a child labor contract, and Joakim Noah, who has not implemented the new contract. In fact, the only player with the real maximum salary is Carlos Boozer. The good rotation is also beginning to be reflected at this moment.

But now the Charlotte Bobcats fans have firmly believed that the Charlotte Bobcats can change the situation in the third quarter.

The third quarter of the Charlotte Bobcats is the strongest third quarter in the league. There is no problem in terms of statistics or psychology.

And not long after the start of the second half, Zhu Holiday, who was 7 for 0 in the front, finally fired from outside the three-point line.

Seeing Holiday make a three-pointer, even Larry Brown couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief!
As long as Zhu Holiday can score, the opponent's tactical strategy will encounter the possibility of disintegration.

It can be said that the best performance of the Charlotte Bobcats today was the third quarter, but someone overlooked that Zhou Lin was almost invisible in the third quarter.

In other words, the Charlotte Bobcats must choose between Zhou Lin and the rest of the players.

Brandon Roy's frequent layups led the team to a wave of climax, and the score approached single digits in the middle of the third quarter.

David Lee also made consecutive hits in the paint. It seems that the familiar Charlotte Bobcats are coming back!

But the Charlotte Bobcats didn't play well in the third quarter. They missed two consecutive outside shots and failed to retreat. The opponent has the fastest player in the league, Derrick Rose.

Within 35 seconds, the Charlotte Bobcats were hit with two fast-break dunks, and most regrettably, Brandon Roy committed an offensive foul at the end of the game.

On the premise of allowing Derrick Rose to score another 2 points, he also allowed his foul crisis to continue.

Originally, the point difference had been stabilized at about 10 points, but at the end, it was directly opened to 16 points.

83-67!

The gap of 16 points, this is facing the Chicago Bulls who are good at defense!
Zhou Lin couldn't rest anymore, because Brandon Roy had to wait a few minutes off the court for the fourth foul. There must be such a player on the court who can break through in singles.

The only good news is that after three quarters, Ruhr Deng still received four fouls, two of which were committed by Zhou Lin.

Without Ruhr Deng, a man of about the same height and wingspan covering him, Zhou Lin's sight was a little wider, but hey, Derek Fisher's three-pointer was shot, but he was blown away. foul!
The three points were blown away!

I feel like the Charlotte Bobcats are going to die someday today!

Zhou Lin was still trying to change his fate against the sky. After two unreasonable middle distances, the point difference reached 13 points.

Thibodeau strictly called a timeout, and there were more than 8 minutes left in the game!
And the Charlotte Bobcats finally made it to the point where Brandon Roy could come back, and of course Ruel Deng, who was on the opposite side, also came back.

After resting off the court for most of the quarter, Brandon Roy's physical fitness has recovered, and he came up and carried CJ Watson for a fight.

But what I never expected was that the role players of the Chicago Bulls suddenly started to exert their strength. Ronnie Brewer hit the board, Taj Gibson and Joakim Noah blocked Zhou Lin and Zhu Huo in the paint. Le Di.

Carlos Boozer, with an annual salary of 2000 million, was put directly off the court. Now the Bulls don't pursue offense, and Gibson is indeed better than Boozer in defense.

It is also fortunate that the Chicago Bulls missed consecutive outside shots, otherwise the point difference would have gone to 20 points, but even so, when neither side scored, the Charlotte Bobcats would undoubtedly still be the one that suffered!

Seeing that the time was running out, Larry Brown kept looking up at the technical statistics. He could only let Garcia and McGrady helplessly. These two points that can shoot from the outside came up.

He didn't even want Zhu Holiday. One Tyson Chandler grabbed inside and four shots outside.

Now we can only rely on three-pointers to chase points!

Thanks to the lead in the game, Derrick Rose did not appear again until 4 minutes and 45 seconds into the fourth quarter. Even if all the rest of the game was played, he only played for about 38 minutes. In Xibo In the case of Du employing people, it is relatively easy!
The Charlotte Bobcats' desperate outside three-pointers did not have a good effect, and for the Chicago Bulls, Rose came up and scored 5 points.

The score difference of the game has opened to more than 20 points!

Larry Brown began to gradually adjust the rotation. Zhou Lin's dismissal also meant that the Charlotte Bobcats gave up in this game.

In the end, the Chicago Bulls beat the Charlotte Bobcats 110-89, 21 points!

芝加哥公牛队七人得分上双，德里克.罗斯23分8助攻，卡洛斯.布泽尔11分5篮板，鲁尔.邓22分9篮板，泰.吉布森12分7篮板，科沃尔10分2助攻，乔金.诺阿11分13篮板5助攻，CJ.沃特森吸10分3助攻。

For the Charlotte Bobcats, although Zhou Lin scored 26 points and shot 18 of 10 from the field, his efficiency seemed to be higher, but the data of 1 assist in the game proved that Zhou Lin was severely restricted in this game Yes, you must know that Zhou Lin averaged 6.7 assists per game in the playoffs, ranking among the top ten in the statistics list, and he is also the only non-guard player with more than 6 assists!
And the team's 17 of 5 three-pointers are also extremely dismal.

In this way, the two teams played 1-1 in the first two games, and G3 and G4 will be moved to the Time Warner Center Arena, home of the Charlotte Bobcats!

(End of this chapter)