God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 541 First promotion
Returning home with a big score of 0 to 2, the Hawks desperately hope to win at least one game and make their situation not look so bad.But in fact, their home record this season is mediocre, and they can only rank eighth in the Eastern Conference. They are not as high as their away record. It is simply difficult for them to beat the Bobcats at home.

Woodson tasted the sweetness of the change. He still set up the starting lineup of Bibby, Johnson, Marvin, Smith and Pachulia in the third game. He hoped that they could play a better role after the last game. Strong combat effectiveness.

Facing the starting lineup of the Hawks, the biggest flaw of the Bobcats is that it is difficult for Roy to limit Johnson's ball-handling singles on the defensive end. If he and Ariza switch defenses, Johnson will give the ball to Marvin and continue. put pressure on him.Roy suffered this kind of treatment almost the whole game in the last game, but he made up for the loopholes in other ways very well.

In the third game, the Eagles intensified their efforts. As long as they faced Roy, both Johnson and Marvin decisively adopted post-up singles. First, this allowed them to give full play to their advantages, and second, it also allowed Roy Physical strength is exhausted more quickly.Jackson seemed very helpless, he could only let the players play another set of tactics, which was originally used as a backup.

The player who organizes the offense has changed from Roy to Gasol Jr.After special weight loss training by Chang Weifei, Gasol's athletic ability has improved significantly compared to before joining, and now he can easily take over the important task of organization.He can even break through with the ball near the free throw line, and after coming to the basket, he can easily score the ball with a throw or hook.

Of course, the main job of Gasol is to send assists to his teammates, including Roy, who is exhausted because of the opponent's deliberate targeting.He is very smart to become a transfer station. Even if he wants to attack, he uses the screen to cut to the basket empty-handed and hit a layup, instead of blindly shooting from the outside, even if his teammates take the initiative under the basket.

Four people, including the big man Milicic, run around Gasol Jr. He just needs to send the ball to the right person at the right time and in the right way.Gasol does not have such a strong desire to score, he is happy to do these things, and in his opinion, the team's victory is much more important than personal statistics.

In the first quarter, Gasol sent out 6 assists, and the indirect assists were countless. Under his series, the Bobcats scored as many as 39 points in this quarter, while the Eagles, who did not feel very good, only scored 27 points. .Jackson was very satisfied with this, but he also warned everyone not to relax during the intermission, and try to expand the point difference in the second quarter if possible.

The Bobcat players who obeyed the coach's instructions strengthened their running in the second quarter. Although the Eagles are also a group of players who are in their prime, the gap between them and the Bobcats in terms of physical strength is undoubtedly quite large.When Roy and the others were still running all over the field, the opponents who had played a few minutes less than them were already panting. This was what Chang Wei had always emphasized.

Chang Wei has always believed that no matter what style of contemporary basketball, physical fitness is always the foundation of everything. Only with sufficient physical fitness can players play longer and still be able to score or hit the basket at the last critical moment Long shot.So he puts a lot of emphasis on physical training on any team, and now is undoubtedly the time to reap the results.

The physical disadvantage makes it difficult for the Eagles to achieve the expected results on both ends of the offense and defense, and the point difference between the two sides is slowly but firmly widening.Jackson simply continued to let Gasol Jr. serve as the organization center, which can be regarded as reducing the pressure on others.

At the end of the first half, the Bobcats had a huge advantage of 60 points 44 to 16. If coupled with the comparison of the morale of the two sides, the commentators on the scene can completely declare that the second half is garbage time.But Woodson did not intend to give up. He kept cheering his players during the intermission, hoping that they could cheer up and confront their opponents.

Sometimes chicken soup for the soul is still useful. Johnson made 2 consecutive three-pointers at the beginning of the second half, leading the team to a wave of 9-0, and instantly narrowed the point difference to single digits.This undoubtedly angered the Bobcats players. Under Jackson's instructions, their defensive strength suddenly increased, and the Eagles' shooting percentage dropped in an avalanche.After Roy received a pass from Gasol and hit a mid-range shot, the difference between the two sides came to 15 points again, which seemed normal.

Until the end of the third quarter, the Bobcats maintained a double-digit lead, and when the Hawks found that they could not narrow the point difference 4 minutes before the fourth quarter, Woodson had no choice but to replace the starting lineup, which also meant that the remaining It's all garbage time.Jackson, however, seemed very cautious. He let the main players stay until they had a lead of more than 20 points before leaving the game, which was considered an insurance policy.

In the end, the Eagles were beaten by the Bobcats 108 to 90 in their first game at home. The 18-point difference made them further realize the huge gap in strength between themselves and the Bobcats, which was heavy on the team's morale. blow.

Such a blow was even brought into the fourth game by them. At the beginning, the Eagles made 8 of 0 shots and were hit by the Bobcats with a perfect start of 15 to 0.Of course, the Hawks then began to break the scoring shortage, but this huge hole could not be filled in a short while. In fact, at the end of the first half, the Bobcats still led by 55 points 42 to 13.

The more the Eagles players played, the more frustrated they were, while the Bobcats players became more and more excited. They even played acrobatics on the court, and they were booed by the fans.But in any case, the outcome of this game has basically been settled. The Eagles who have lost their fighting spirit are no threat to the Bobcats at all. The final score of the two sides is 105 to 94, and the Bobcats still have room.

For the Bobcats, reaching the second round will create a new history. They don't care whether the big score is 4-0 or 4-3. Of course, the former looks more beautiful, but they only care about whether they can advance.For this team that has only been established for less than two years, it is very rare to be able to reach the Eastern Conference semifinals. Although everyone is cheering for them, they basically do not believe that they can go further. In an interview, they all expressed implicitly that the Bobcats' season would come to an end.

Such remarks undoubtedly hit the good mood of the entire Bobcats team. They vowed to cause trouble for their opponents in the semifinals. It would be even better if they could advance.In Chang Wei's view, nothing is impossible if he sticks to his style of play.

(End of this chapter)