dognovel Chapter 188 The choice of the basketball god! The troubled Lin Long! 【Customize】
Chapter 188 The choice of the basketball god! The troubled Lin Long! 【Customize】
In the studio of CBS, Smith gasped and said: "Michael Gascott! This is a level higher than Dennis Rodman's double team! Bulls, it's a gamble!"
"Also, I'm curious if they've used this against any player since they played with Jordan Pippen, aside from welcoming Kukoc at the Olympics? If I remember correctly, this is the first time in the This is what happened in the NBA! Lin Long used his performance to win this exclusive treatment that he has never had before!
Will Marcus stood up on the sidelines and shouted: "Michael, Scott, you two don't have any face at all! How dare you double-team a rookie!
The entire North Shore Garden Stadium, like Will Marcus, was booed overwhelmingly.
But in their hearts, they are very happy!
As Smith said, this is the only one in the NBA and the second treatment in the world!
Another person who has enjoyed double-teaming with Jordan and Pippen is their current teammate Tony Kukoc!
In order to stimulate Pippen and Jordan, Phil Jackson and Jerry Krause kept flirting with Kukoc in their ears since they were drafted. There are few in the sky and nothing on the ground, what a magician with 211 cm, what a European monster with unparalleled talent, what a top wizard surpassing Jordan and so on.
These two guys with high hearts are naturally full of unhappiness, so at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the two teamed up to double-team Kukoc crazy, defending Kukoc so much that he forgot how to play the ball. , The whole game only scored 4 points, and these two people even ridiculed and ridiculed Kukoc after the game.
Because of this incident, the European talent's NBA road almost died halfway.
But if that time was for revenge, it was a personal hatred full of personal grievances, then this time, it was really the Bulls who came up with a trick.
This also proves that in the eyes of the Bulls, whether it is Reggie Miller or Drexler, or Payton and Wilkins, these Uranus superstars that the Bulls have encountered in the playoffs, are all inferior Lin Long!
Therefore, the fans of North Shore Gardens are booing and full of anticipation!
They want to see what kind of performance Lin Long can use to respond to this defense!
On the court, Lin Long also found a significant difference in double-teaming in the fourth quarter. Compared with Rodman, Jordan has better agility and biting ability, and has more perfect restrictions on off-ball movement. It's 120% of his energy to deal with Lin Long, he wants to get back to the game for the failure in the third quarter!
Under such circumstances, Lin Long found it even more difficult for him to hold the ball! Whether it is with the ball or without the ball, facing these two people, even if they just want to touch the basketball, they have to give all their efforts! Not to mention the offense and organization.
In addition to this group of 3 people, Rodman in the basket also took out the strength to suck and fight with Barkley!
Phil Jackson's way of changing his defender made him feel disrespectful. Although he didn't say it, Rodman could clearly feel Jackson's subtext through Jackson's eyes.
"Dennis, even if you ask Scott to help you, you can't stop Lin Long, you're nothing but a fuel bottle, you can only replace Michael 々々! 35
Rodman, who felt insulted, naturally vented all his anger and unhappiness on Barkley, and attacked each other with Barkley's crazy coffee position.
Barkley is now 35 years old, and his style of play is the most physically exhausting and tiring hard chisel style. He was a big kill in the first three quarters. By this time of the game, his strength has already been used seven or seven. Eighty-eight, in the confrontation with Rodman, he was obviously at a disadvantage!
Lin Long was chased and defended by the two, Barkley was suppressed by Rodman, and Big Ben and Bowen had no reliable independent offensive ability, so Billups was surprised to find that he had become the only reliable player on the team. Attack point!
All the offensive burden of the Celtics is on Billups!
It's just that Billups is facing Ron Harper. Although he is no longer the "best guard outside the All-Star" who averaged 20+ per game in the Cavaliers, he still has rich court experience and strong defensive ability. .
In the confrontation with Hubble, it is difficult for Billups to gain any advantage.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Billups first tried to find Bowen who was completely empty twice, but Bowen failed to grasp the 3 points of the big hole, continuing the poor feel in this game.
Instead, the Bulls relied on Bowen's two consecutive misses, grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack. In just one minute of the opening, they overtook the score!
Auerbach on the sidelines thought about making adjustments, but there is no fourth player in the Celtics who can dominate the ball. The two also had a mediocre feel tonight, and they didn't have Bowen's top defense.
If the offense is uncertain and the defense is definitely not, Auerbach would rather let Bowen continue to try out on the court.
After discovering that Bowen really had no touch tonight, Billups finally gave up passing the ball. He continued to look for opportunities for his teammates and began to look at the basket to try his own way to score.
It's a pity that Billups is only a rookie now, far from the fmvp who blew up the Lakers' f lineup in 2004!
This kind of isolated singles after his teammates are locked up is really not what he is good at now, and the scoring efficiency is really impossible to guarantee.
In the first 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Celtics were completely stunned by the Bulls' defense.
They could hardly find any way to score. In these 3 minutes, Lin Long was so embarrassed by Jordan and Pippen that he couldn't find any space to get the ball.
Billups, the main attack, made 1 of 3 shots and had one turnover.
Others, Barkley made 0 of 1 shots, Bowen made 0 of 2 shots, that is, Big Ben grabbed an offensive rebound and made a supplement, which allowed the Celtics to score 4 points in these 3 minutes.
The Bulls are using this time, keep scoring!
After Jordan made two mid-range shots, Lin Long replaced Bowen and went to defend Jordan himself, but the Bulls immediately shifted the main attack point to Pippen. Eyes, showing his all-around skills, relying on his height and weight to crush Bowen, and keep hitting the basket to score.
In these 3 minutes, the Bulls frantically accelerated the rhythm of their offense, constantly looking for opportunities to switch, and not only Pippen and Jordan, but everyone turned into a sharpshooter, with no fuss.
Within 3 minutes, not only was the 3-point advantage saved by the Celtics in the first three quarters gone, but also the Bulls blasted a wave of 17-4 offensive frenzy, which widened the point difference to 10 points in one fell swoop!
Although he still had no idea how to deal with it, Auerbach had no other choice at this time.
It can only be called a timeout first, and first stabilize the chaotic situation.
Auerbach thought about using the same targeted defense against the Bulls, but he didn't have as many hands as Phil Jackson.
Among the Bulls who can achieve excellent defense (so good for Zhao), there are only three people: Lin Long, Bowen and Big Ben. Among them, Big Ben is still a pure insider. Switching to the outside line is almost self-defeating martial arts. Not a purely offensive inside line.
Lin Long and Bowen could of course double-team Jordan, but then Pippen could easily score against anyone left on the court.
Even the Bulls can replace Kukoc. Kukoc may be a little softer when facing tough defenders, but if Barros, Curry or Billups are used to guard him, then Kukoc must be a good player. Transform into a European behemoth in minutes, invincible and unstoppable.
Auerbach boosted the morale of the players, cheered them on, let Lin Long run more to find space, pulled the Bulls' defense, and consumed Jordan and Pippen's physical strength.
Let Billups stabilize his mentality, find opportunities to pass or shoot again, reduce the number of possessions as much as possible, and suppress the rhythm.
Let Barkley be tougher, let Bowen shoot harder, don't worry about rebounding, there is a big money at the basket.
Seeing that the players did not relax in the slightest, the original ambition and self-confidence were gone.