I'm king in the basket

Chapter 521
At halftime, the Bulls and Raptors were tied.

In addition to Boozer's big explosion in the first quarter, there is also Joakim Noah's organization on the offensive end. His pass effectively guides the offense of others, which can be described as Chicago's first contributor.

In the first half, Noah scored 7 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Points and rebounds are normal for inside players, but the number of assists is not right.

Generally, the insiders would not get so many assists at the end of halftime, unless it was a monster like Li Xing.

Noah passed the ball properly, and the Bulls felt hot on the outside three-pointer. These are the reasons why they were able to tie before halftime.

half time lounge

Snyder didn't get angry. The game was played like this, not because of any negligence on the court, but because the Bulls played well on the offensive end.

If you want to change your situation, you must first make fundamental changes.

Snyder spotted Li Xing's position: "Larch, I need you to release more vitality on the defensive end."

"Yes." Li Xing nodded.

Then, Snyder's eyes came to Bargnani: "Andrea, I hope you have rested."

The Italian would tell him every time: "I'm rested!"

"Get ready to play!"

Snyder trusts Bargnani unconditionally, as long as the guy is out of shape, he can be replaced.

Snyder often does things like killing donkeys, and this guy doesn't care anyway.

Every time Bargnani was replaced halfway, he performed extremely badly. He was used to it, and his teammates were used to it. Even Snyder believed that this was an iron law.

It can also alert others.

If he is sleepwalking on the field, even the team's second attacker like Bargnani will be replaced, and others will naturally not dare to neglect.

"Are you ready?"

"Ready!"

Bargnani said loudly.

Calderon shouted from the side: "Then go out there and beat them up!"

In the second half, the Bulls still handed the ball to their playmaker.

In the history of the NBA, centers who can average no less than 5.4 assists per game in a single season include Chamberlain, Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Li Xing and others. After this season, Noah will also be added.

You know, except for Noah, everyone else is recognized as the greatest inside passer in history, and his data has been ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

At this moment, he is still slowly grasping the ball, trying to find a loophole in Li Xing's defense.

Li Xing's attitude now is completely different from the first half.

Once Li Xing devotes himself to the game, the sense of oppression on the defensive end is another level.

The Frenchman felt a bit depressed. The passing route that could have been seen was now nothingness. Li Xing looked like a demon in front of him, giving people a sense of despair that the road ahead was bleak.

Li Xing quickly forced Noah to pass the ball.

Such an abrupt pass was not seen on Noah in the first half.

The defensive pressure given by Li Xing made him have to do this to keep the global title.

The ball was safely in Hinrich's hands, and he was a little confused.

In Noah's supporting system, he is at best a transition station, and he is not in an excessive position now.

In this case, if Noah passed the ball to him, there is only one possibility. He was completely blocked by Li Xingchen.

"Damn bastard, don't think that you can prevent me to death. Let me tell you, it's impossible. I can't be prevented from death by you, and you can't really prevent me from death!"

Noah growled angrily.

Li Xing had a sarcastic expression on his face. When the Frenchman said that, it proved that his defense was effective.

If his defense really couldn't bring the Frenchman into submission, he wouldn't have such a big reaction.

No matter which angle you look at, his defense makes Noah helpless.

That being the case, he has all the more reasons to keep defending like this.

Snyder's expression off the court was shocked. He had seen Li Xing defending with all his strength, but even he didn't expect Li Xing to exert such pressure on the defensive end.

This is not seen in the regular season.

At this moment, Li Xing was a completely different level of player.

The system headed by Noah suddenly collapsed, and Hinrich had to solve the offense of this round alone. He continued to dribble tentatively and couldn't find the exit, so he could only force a three-pointer on Dragic's head.

His three-pointer flew extremely high, Li Xing looked over, the ball hit the basket quickly, and it was another long rebound.

Everyone has seen Li Xing's rebounding ability.

If it wasn't for the Bulls' hot offensive touch in the first half, it is very likely that they would be destroyed by Li Xing while grabbing backcourt rebounds and passing the ball.

Once Noah is locked up, the system they rely on will no longer exist.

Li Xing once again controlled the long rebounds that should have belonged to outside players.

The moment he landed, he passed the ball to Dragic.

The Slovenian dribbled and galloped, and he was surrounded by multiple Bulls players. They didn't want the Raptors to fight back and wanted to foul on the spot.

"Pass the ball!"

"Pass the ball!"

The fans at the scene were anxious and shouted.

Dragic naturally knows to pass the ball, but now he can't see any passing routes.

Hinrich, Hamilton, and Luol Deng completely blocked his way forward.

It was also at this time that Li Xing, who was behind him, suddenly stepped forward and took the ball away from his hand.

This change was unexpected, and Hamilton let out a low cry, wanting to step forward and foul Li Xing.

As a result, Li Xing pulled the ball behind his back, directly took the ball to the other side, and threw him behind him.

"Larch~~!"

The audience was boiling.

Li Xing's absolute speed is not as fast as the Bulls' guards, but his stride is relatively large. When counterattacking, the stride is comparable. They have to defend and cannot retreat at full speed. Therefore, when Hamilton fails to steal, The defensive opportunity has been lost.

Li Xing shot the ball alone and scored inside the three-point line. He was as fast as an ape running fast in the jungle, pulling the ball with his long arms and blasting it into the basket.

"Oh~~~!"

Angus and Stoudemire didn't know how to describe the ball, they could only shout like a poor vocabulary illiterate.

The witch group on the sidelines stood up and screamed.

Li Xing ran past them, reaching out and clapping one by one.

This scene is eye-catching.

"Larch, don't be too complacent, jealousy can make people ugly." Bargnani said to Li Xing.

Li Xing asked: "Are you trying to say that you are jealous of me? Do you mind if I convey this to Matilda?"

"I'm just joking. Of course I won't be jealous of you, but others will. I care about you." Bargnani said quickly.

"is it?"

Li Xing looked at him in disbelief.

"Why don't you believe me?"

Bargnani was heartbroken: "Isn't my sincerity enough to convince you?"

To be honest, it was hard for Li Xing to believe the sincerity of this Italian.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, defend well!"

Dragic yelled, and the bulls attacked.

Hinrich did not choose to attack, they still want to find Noah.

In the last round, Nu was afraid that Li Xing would prevent him from attacking, so after hesitating, he passed the ball.

This round, Li Xing didn't give him a chance to connect with the ball, and he went around and locked it directly.

Noah wanted to catch the ball from behind Li Xing, but his body was completely covered and it was difficult to lift the ball up.

Even if he raised his hand, Li Xing was taller than him.

This is unsolvable, Hinrich had to accept this fact.

They couldn't pass the ball to Noah.

"Give it to me, let me teach these bastards a lesson!"

Boozer's teammates will not forget how he taught Bargnani a lesson in the first quarter, and now they are facing each other. If they can't pass the ball to Noah, passing him is also very good.

"It's ridiculous, you have to know that the first half and the second half are different!"

"What's the difference?"

Boozer asked coldly after getting the ball.

Bargnani said stiffly: "I will defend better in the second half than in the first half!"

Boozer sneered, maybe he really defended better, like a 1-point test paper, he scored 2 point in the first half and [-] points in the second half, it is indeed better.

But what's the use?Still a mess.

Li Xing seemed to be able to see that Bargnani's defense was rapidly collapsing. If he couldn't help him block Boozer's attack, he might not be able to find his touch tonight.

The reason why tonight's game has been deadlocked is one of the reasons why the Bulls' offensive feel is hot, and the Raptors' shooters led by Bargnani feel cold is also the main reason.

If it weren't for these two factors colliding at the same time, the two teams would not have tied at halftime.

To let the team's shooters find the touch, first of all, let the heads of this group of shooters find the touch, then Bargnani must cheer up.

That's why Li Xing is so nervous about the situation here.

Boozer didn't take Bargnani's defense to heart at all, and made a beautiful back-up step, shaking the Italian's body in the air, ready to show off a low-handed layup.

He forgot the existence of Li Xing, which would make him regret it.

Suddenly, Li Xing was pulled out like a dagger hidden in a mural, and Boozer was killed before he could react.

His ball was caught on the spot by Li Xing, who flew out from the weak side, without any chance to escape.

"nice shot!"

"I knew Laqi would come to defend, otherwise you thought I would let you get through so easily?"

Italians must be indispensable for such things as hindsight.

Li Xing blocked Boozer's hot pot, and Middleton, who passed by the penalty area, picked up the rebound, and then the Raptors counterattacked.

As long as the success rate of defense is improved like this, and more counterattacks and transitions are played, the Bulls will hardly have a chance.

Middleton, DeRozan, Dragic, they run faster one by one.

This season, the trio averaged 22 points per game through counterattacks, known as the counterattack team.

Among them, DeRozan averaged 8 points in counterattacks per game, overwhelming James, and once again won the regular season counterattack king.

There was no accident with this ball. After the three made a pass, Dragic scored an alley-oop dunk with both hands.

(End of this chapter)