Basketball Dragon

Chapter 237 Waiting For Them To Come Over

The team leading 3:1, in addition to the Knicks, also has the Rockets.

This is the happiest thing for domestic fans to see. Some fans even fantasized about the finals match between the Knicks and the Rockets.

But it’s not easy to get there. Both teams had good luck in this year’s playoffs, especially the Rockets. The Warriors defeated the Mavericks who are the No. [-] in the West, but their true level is the No. , As long as the Rockets don't get dizzy, it is not difficult to enter the Western Conference Finals.

In the other two matchups, the Cavaliers and the Pistons drew 2:2, and the Spurs and the Suns also played very fiercely, which was also a draw.

"Let's end the fight at home today."

On May 5, in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the fifth exchange between the Knicks and the Bulls began.

This time it was the Knicks who took the lead in attacking. Li Hai felt good and hit the first shot.

But the subsequent development was somewhat unexpected for the Knicks. The Bulls actually put their offensive firepower inside. To be honest, the Bulls' inside defense was okay, but their offense was not good at all.

But PJ-Brown felt good about this ball. After the consecutive hits attracted attention, Ben Wallace got the opportunity to hit two consecutive goals.

This abnormal behavior also made the Knicks vigilant, and called a timeout to specifically emphasize the defense of the inside.

But the inside defense was still only so-so, and the head coach was extremely upset and replaced the inside substitute in advance.

The Knicks only need to actively execute tactics on the inside, and they can score explosively in the backcourt.

Although the inside line is the Knicks' weakness, it is not the Bulls' strength. Such abnormal attacks cannot last for a long time.

Still in the first quarter, Li Hai didn't play hard games, but increased off-ball running. The team allowed Marbury or Francis to hold the ball on the outside and pick and roll inside players, and let Li Hai become the end point of the offense.

This is the strength of the Knicks' backcourt. Any of the three of them can initiate an offense or become an end point. Li Hai is also very sharp when he is purely scoring.

His speed is fast, as long as Luol Deng fails to keep up, he will catch the ball and shoot, and his shooting percentage is not low.

When the Bulls made strange moves against them, they responded with dignity.

At the end of the first quarter, although the Bulls broke through and scored 14 points inside, they were still not as efficient as the Knicks' powerful outside line. The Knicks also led by 28 points at 23:5.

Seeing that they are still behind, the Bulls can only resort to the next means.

Luol Deng, Ben Gordon and Hinrich, the core of the Bulls' scoring, went directly to Nocioni and Tyrus Thomas, their strongest offensive lineup, without rest.

The Knicks' rotation has also become cautious, and only Crawford has been replaced on the outside for the time being.

But at this time, the Bulls discovered that their players were a little uncomfortable with breaking through and changing their offensive methods. Under the tight defense of the Knicks, their shooting percentage from the outside line was like a banging sound.

And Nocioni, who came off the bench, is in a worrying state just like this series, and Tyrus Thomas, a rookie, can't be magical.

They could only replace PJ-Brown, who was hot in this game, and the result was that PJ-Brown scored 20 points in the first half, but the Bulls were still behind.

During the intermission, Larry Brown proposed a defensive strategy against PJ Brown, which was not available before, but Larry Brown is very good at defending such methods of jumping inside.

In the second half, Channing Frye stared at PJ Brown according to the head coach's request, not giving him a chance to shoot. Compared with his footsteps, Channing Frye was faster, and PJ Brown was not good at it. Strong inside line.

The big cost of 1600 million can't help the Bulls at all on offense.

The Bulls are probably the only ones who are willing to pay such a big price for an aging short defensive insider, but the Bulls have also entered the second round, but they could have had Chandler who will be active on the court for a long time in the future.

After the inside line failed, the Bulls could only rely on Ben Gordon. Among them, only Ben Gordon can often hit shots regardless of defensive strength, but this depends on fate.

Ben Gordon also lived up to the team's hopes, hitting two consecutive three-pointers.

Then the Knicks attacked more fiercely. Lehi, Marbury, Francis, Crawford and Richardson all hit three-pointers one after another.

At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks had an 11-point lead.

Now the bull has one foot on the outside of the cliff, and if there is no miracle, it will be eliminated.

They simply didn't even want the inside line, and replaced Nocioni and Chris Duhon, betting their hopes on the outside line.

With a completely different strategy from the opening, the Bulls had no choice.

Seeing the opponent's style of play, the Knicks also made adjustments accordingly. They are not afraid of a small lineup. The Knicks did it more thoroughly, letting Li Hai go to the 5th position and Richardson to play the 4th position. A purely small lineup, determined not to let the opponent's shots go crazy.

The Bulls can't adjust anymore, because it doesn't make sense, now they have a high advantage, and if they go inside, the Knicks will also go inside, so let's fight like this.

Except for Luol Deng grabbing rebounds in the interior, the other four Bulls are floating outside trying to solve the problem with three-pointers.

The Knicks are not afraid of the opponent's three-pointer, they can keep up.

And they don't need to compete with each other for three-pointers. Their small lineup can't only shoot from the outside. It should be said that hitting the basket is their strongest backcourt player.

Li Hai played low singles, Marbury and Francis made breakthroughs, and Crawford and Richardson waited outside the three-point line.

Abandoning the inside is giving up the deterrence of the basket. Big Ben's scoring on it is not helpful, but it also reduces a lot of options for the Knicks to hit the basket. Don't worry about this at all now.

On the other hand, Li Hai is fully capable of protecting the basket on the inside. His ability to assist in defense can completely make the outside players who plan to come in cry. He can't deal with the inside players. Isn't there no inside players now?

Ben Gordon hit a three-pointer, Nocioni hit a three-pointer, but the Bulls didn't see hope, because they only hit these two goals in several shots.

At this time, the score gap between the two sides widened again.

After the two sides played a small lineup, Luol Deng fouled three times, Nocioni fouled three times, and the Bulls were rushed to pieces.

At 1 minute and 08 seconds, the gap was still 14 points. The Bulls replaced the substitutes, and they were desperate.

102:85, this is the final score, the Knicks defeated their opponents 4:1 and took the lead in entering the Eastern Conference Finals.

"No matter who the opponent is, we'll wait for them at home." When asked by reporters about the game between the Pistons and the Cavaliers, Li Hai said domineeringly.

(End of this chapter)