I feel hot in the NBA

Chapter 159 The Furious Thibodeau

The Mavericks scored.

A dunk from Lin Yang!
This uncommon offensive method made the Mavericks players on the bench whose buttocks were not hot yet stand up again and cheer for Lin Yang loudly!
Lin Yang landed and glanced provocatively at the Bulls spectators sitting behind the basket in the front row, but he didn't dare to look for too long, the referee was watching beside him, this time was too long, it must be a T, and a T can cost 25000 yuan!
Who can have trouble with money?
Just express your attitude!

Lin Yang turned around immediately, and the referee in the bottom corner did not call a technical foul. Even though he saw Lin Yang glaring towards the audience, he could tell that Lin Yang was very measured, so he turned a blind eye and let it go.

The referee actually has resentment in his heart tonight. It is a fact that Lin Yang was booed, and it is also a fact that they were called "shit". To them, Lin Yang tonight is a grasshopper tied to the same rope as them. What's wrong with just staring at them?They even thought that Lin Yang's stare could last a little longer!
With Lin Yang's successful dunk, the momentum of the Mavericks suddenly rose.

And with Lin Yang and Chandler's several offensive successes, Rick Carlisle successfully found the offensive focus of the Mavericks in the second half of the second quarter.

The entire Mavericks team changed from the usual slow-paced positional warfare and played a faster counter attack. All attacks were aimed at killing towards the inside.

Noah, who has always been the patron saint of the Bulls inside, was very entangled in this game. When the Mavericks players rushed into the inside, he didn’t know whether to defend him or ignore it. Boozer tried his best on the defensive end, but the effect was minimal. Thibodeau also made some changes. There are certain disadvantages, which make his supplementary defense effect obviously inferior to Noah's.

The quality of an inside player's supplementary defense depends on two points. One is whether the interception route is on the way of the opponent's breakthrough, and the other is the range of the interception.

The former one depends on experience, while the latter requires some hard conditions. Generally speaking, big men like Tyson Chandler and Jordan Jr. who have excellent height and speed have good defensive ability.

This is the benefit of physical talent!

Taj Gibson's height is considered a disadvantage in the fourth position. Although his mobility often makes up for his disadvantages, some disadvantages cannot really disappear. Especially today, when Tajibson met the Mavericks team, his supplementary defense could not form an effective block due to his natural lack of height.

Noah himself is a bit overwhelmed, and his teammates at the fourth position can't give him enough help, which makes him a little bit confused about how to play during this period of time!
From the day Noah learned how to play basketball until now, this is one of the rare moments when he doesn't know how to open the situation.

Fortunately, Hamilton and Ruhr Deng have continued to feel the touch after hitting consecutive shots just now. This has just made the Bulls lose repeatedly on the offensive end, but the overall point difference is not far behind. Before the end of the halftime, they were only behind by 5 points.

"56 to 51, the match between the two teams has temporarily come to an end, and it is time to enter the intermission!"

Kenny Smith and Barkley in the TNT commentary booth finally didn't have to stare at the screen to explain over there. They looked at each other the same way and consciously entered the stage of talking freely.

"The Bulls have played so far in the first half tonight. It's not their usual team style. It's not that they fell behind in the first half tonight. In this season, they didn't fall behind in the first half! But they scored 56 points in the first half. This is not a common phenomenon for the Bulls who are good at defense. I think Tom Thibodeau who returned to the locker room will definitely scold the Bulls guys!"

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"Who can tell me, what did you do in the first half? The Mavericks scored 25 points in the penalty area and 31 points on the perimeter! So, tell me, what did you accomplish with the tasks I assigned before the game?"

Thibodeau did not go beyond Kenny Smith's expectations. When he returned to the locker room, he immediately raged at the Bulls generals, "Guys, I don't know what you are thinking! This is our home court. From the beginning of the game to the end of the halftime, the fans in this arena are shouting. Even I want to take off my suit and play. Tell me, what the hell did you guys do! If you can't defend, ok, take off your Bulls jersey now , and then drive home by myself, take a cold shower and go to bed early, if there is still some blood, I hope you can show your enthusiasm in the second half, I don’t want to see a group of old grandmas shopping on the court, okay?”

Thibodeau was really mad. When he saw the stat sheet handed to him by the assistant coach during the intermission, he almost had an attack in the player channel.

He couldn't stand his team scoring 56 points at halftime!
A full 56 points!

what does this mean?
This means that if it is the entire game, the Mavericks can get a full 112 points!
His team was scored 112 points by other teams... Even if they win this game, Thibodeau will not be happy, this is not something Thibodeau can bear.

What's more, they are still lagging behind!
Thibodeau can't stand it anymore!

Ross sat in his seat, listening to Thibodeau's rage without saying a word. He just sat so quietly, his ears completely filtered out Thibodeau's roaring voice.

All he could think about was his own performance in the first half.

罗斯不是很满意自己在上半场的表现，虽然他在上半场已经拿到了15分6助攻4篮板2抢断的豪华数据，但他的投篮命中率只有40.1%，比他平常的投篮命中率低了4个百分比。

This means that he missed a lot of shots in the first half today!

This is not the normal performance of a regular season MVP. For a tough battle like this, as far as Rose's own expectations are concerned, he believes that his shooting percentage should be at least 47%!

In the second half, I must play a better performance!

Derrick Rose was expressionless, but he made a firm determination in his heart.

***
Intermission is over.

Mavericks players re-enter the field from the away tunnel.

The lead in the first half made the days of the Mavericks players very comfortable in the locker room. Carlisle didn't take too long. It was only at the end that he simply arranged a few tactics. Every player of the Mavericks spent the 10-minute intermission in their usual relaxed way.

The mood was relaxed, and the Mavericks players didn't pay much attention to the voices of the audience when they came out of the away tunnel.

This made the Bulls fans even more upset, and the boos became louder.

But the louder they booed, the more calm the Mavericks played.

"The Bulls fans will be very depressed when they go back tonight. Regardless of whether the Bulls can win tonight, I think these guys will also be very depressed!"

Barkley looked at the angry expressions of the fans on the scene, and felt very refreshed for a while!
He just couldn't stand the Bulls fans booing Lin Yang too much!

Fans who want to come to the Bulls have rarely experienced such a night this season. People they don't like are still screaming in front of their eyes, and it's the kind of screaming that gets louder and louder!
The faces of Thibodeau and Carlisle at this time are also two extremes.

Carlisle, who has always been gentle and courteous in front of the media, now maintains his image of a humble gentleman as always. After assigning the tasks he wanted to assign, he found a seat on the bench and sat down. After the first half of the match, he has a relatively accurate judgment on the strength of the current Bulls.

If the Bulls want to win in the second half, there is only one way, and that is for Rose to explode, and it is not the kind of explosion that takes a few minutes. Rose must be in an explosive state throughout the second half.

Otherwise, the Mavericks should have won this game.

After all, the Bulls' fourth position is lacking in height, which is something the Mavericks can continue to target!

As for the Bulls, they haven't found anything that the Mavericks can target.

Thibodeau is not good at finding the winning key on the offensive end.Especially tonight, Rose struggled offensively in the first half.

Thibodeau is in a mess.

(End of this chapter)