Super Role Player

In the 2012 season playoffs, Derrick Rose was reimbursed for the season due to a serious injury, and the Bulls suffered a black eight because of this. However, the rain gradually stopped and the rain gradually stopped. The Bulls were helpless. Until now, Rose has not been able to come back. The Bulls struggled without Rose.

Although there is no Rose, the Bulls' record is only a little bit worse. Under the leadership of Tom Thibodeau, the Bulls still rank among the top five in the Eastern Conference, second only to the Heat, Knicks, Pacers and Nets. , The Bulls are still a strong team in the league, and from the perspective of tactical attributes, the Bulls should also be a top-notch defensive team in the league.

Almost only relying on Joakim Noah and Ruhr Deng, the Bulls have created an iron-blooded defense. So far this season, the Bulls can limit the opponent's scoring average to 92.9 points per game, which is terrifying! The Bulls have also won most of their games by virtue of this grindstone-like defense.

Against the Bulls, the most difficult thing for the Spurs is to play their own offense, so Popovich kept frowning in the locker room of the home team at the AT\u0026amp;t Arena.

With fierce pursuit behind them, the Spurs finally regained the first place in the regular season. It is obviously impossible for him to give up. Therefore, Popovich seems to attach great importance to every next game.

"Okay, for this game, let's talk about the starting lineup first, point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Manu Ginobili, small forward Kawhi Leonard, power forward Tim Duncan and center Thiago Spur Lite.” Popovich first announced the starting lineup for this game. Parker and Duncan, who were truce in the previous game, both got the chance to start, while Anxi and Danny Green served as substitutes.

This starting lineup is enough to show that Popovich attaches great importance to the Bulls. Boris Diao is useless inside. Attacked.

Playing against the Bulls, especially without Derrick Rose, the most important thing is not defense, but offense, because without Rose, the Bulls have no real stable scoring points. The defense is not safe, but the offense is a bit troublesome.

The Spurs are naturally determined to win at home, and the Bulls will not let go of this game. In this regular season, the Spurs' home court is not stable. They have lost many games at home, including the loss to the Suns. Since the Suns If they can win, the Bulls naturally feel that they can win.

The game started quickly. On the home court of the Spurs, the Bulls put out the strongest lineup they can come up with now, starting point guard Nate Robinson, shooting guard Marco Belinelli, small forward Luol Deng, power forward Ka Los Boozer and center Joakim Noah.

At the beginning of the game, the Bulls showed their extremely strong defense. The Bulls' defense is actually a variant of the two-three defense in the NBA. It relies on the accumulation of strong sides and the control of the weak side to defend against opponents.

This kind of defense is especially restrained from cutting tactics. For example, in this game, the Spurs' offense in several rounds was deeply strangled by the Bulls' team defense.

Joakim Noah sits in the middle, Tony Parker breaks through and cuts in. The Bulls' nearest man directly double-teams, and the three surround them. Parker can't even pass the ball. As a result, the Spurs have not scored a point in the first few rounds, and the Bulls gradually occupy the field. advantage.

"Tony Parker broke through with the ball, the Bulls still double-teamed and forced a pass! A mistake! The Bulls' fast break, two-on-two in the frontcourt, Little Potato Robinson! A layup! Beautiful! Beautiful defense and beautiful counterattack! "

Tencent Sports in China broadcast the game live. Wang Meng and Liu Jiachao commented on the game. The Bulls started off well, and Wang Meng did not favor the Spurs. The commentary was quite passionate.

Popovich on the sidelines started yelling. The content of the shouting was actually to let the Spurs change their offensive intentions to attack the inside.

So on the field, Thiago Splitter quickly pulled out and made a pick-and-roll cover for Parker, and then Parker evaded Nate Robinson's defense in one step,

He shot a jumper directly and hit a 3-pointer with a bang.

3 points! There was a burst of cheers from the AT\u0026amp;amp;t Arena, which had been suppressed for a long time.

For the Bulls' offense, without Derrick Rose, Tom Thibodeau also racked his brains, and finally came up with a set of high-position support tactics.

The defensive core, Joakim Noah, transformed himself on the offensive end and became the offensive core again. Using Noah's pass support ability, he raised the high position, and a pass support directly allowed Luol Duna, who passed Carlos Boozer's pick-and-roll screen, to pass. With the ball, Luer Deng took the ball and broke through directly. Leonard couldn't make up the defense, so he could only watch Luer Deng succeed in the jumper. In the end, the Bulls scored 2 more points.

In the sixth minute of the first quarter of the game, the Bulls were already 17:10, leading the Spurs by 7 points.

"At this time, the Spurs should change. The starting offense can no longer be launched, especially Manu and Parker. The roles of the two are somewhat overlapping. At this time, the best way is to change hands. A few pure three-point shooters, For example, Danny Green." Wang Meng analyzed the adjustments that the Spurs should make from a technical and tactical perspective.

But how could Popovich have guessed that the Spurs did call a timeout, but the substitution was not as Wang Meng said.

"Ann, you go out and replace Kawhi. Danny, you go out and replace Manu. Next, we will start from the outside, shoot more from the outside, and try to cut inside as little as possible."

Popovich chose to replace Anxi and Danny Green, and directly replaced the entire wing.

The Bulls also took advantage of the timeout to make adjustments.

Tom Thibodeau is not an idiot either. He knows very well that the next adjustment for the Spurs is nothing more than taking more outside shots on the offensive end, so he will naturally make targeted arrangements.

"Jimmy, you come out and replace Marco. Next, let's expand the defense and stare at the San Antonio's outside shots!"

One big and one small, the two famous marshals just started the confrontation on the sidelines.

Anxi was replaced by Popovich, and the two commentators from Tencent Sports finally became interested. The next commentary also began to favor the Spurs intentionally or unintentionally.

"Okay, Anxi is on the field. Looking at the Spurs' substitutions, his position should be small forward. It looks like he's going to match up with Luer Deng."

"Yeah, we're going to face Luer Deng, but in fact, Anxi fought Luer Deng in the Olympic Games. In that match, Anxi defended Luer Deng and suppressed his opponent."

The two started blowing up Anxi just like that, but when they met Luer Deng again, Anxi knew that it was not that simple...

In the Olympics, he was able to defend Luer Deng to death because Luer Deng didn't have so many good teammates, and Anxi's single defense was against the sky, but now in the Bulls, there are supporters like Joakim Noah and Boozer Such a master of pick-and-roll screens, Luer Deng can more easily get rid of Anxi's defense and receive the basketball to end the offense. (To be continued.)