rpbooks Chapter 275 Fierce Confrontation
Chapter 275 Fierce Confrontation
Chapter 275 Fierce Confrontation
Xu Tian clenched his fists and gazed at the six championship banners and a series of retired jerseys hanging above the stadium with a calm expression.Among them, No. 23 is particularly eye-catching.
George and Nick Young walked to Xu Tian's side, stretched out their hands and pulled him up.
The Chicago fans were fairly loyal, using high-decibel boos to influence Xu Tian who was standing at the free throw line, trying to make him miss a rare free throw.
Xu Tian was completely unmoved, dribbled with his right hand and adjusted, making steady free throws.
hit!
17-16!
Rose looked up at the score, dribbled the ball to the frontcourt slowly, and played a pick-and-roll with Pau Gasol again.In the past years, he could easily break into the restricted area without relying on the power of outsiders.
Xu Tian didn't chase and defend, so he naturally let Nance face Rose who was dribbling.
Rose bent over the dribble, looked at the timer above the backboard, and pressed time for a single.
The Bulls players pull away.
Nance Jr. lowered his center of gravity, half-stretched his right hand forward, and kept his leg muscles tense, ready to respond at any time.
After all, Rose used to be a guard who was good at breakthroughs, and he changed directions in front of him continuously, shaking off Nance Jr.'s hard-working but slightly clumsy defense.
Nance Jr. often carries Xu Tian, Kobe or George in team matches. His defensive ability is much stronger than when he first entered the league, but he is better at confrontational defense. It is still a bit difficult to deal with small guards like Rose.
Rose dribbles and changes direction, slows down and changes rhythm, becoming an ankle terminator, shaking Nance Jr. who has been staggering all the time.Adjust the middle distance, aim and then shoot.
Swish!
17-18!
Xu Tian ran forward without the ball.
George received the serve, pushed it across half court, and organized an attack at the top of the arc.
Hoiberg formulated a defensive tactic of double-teaming Xu Tian, but Xu Tian decisively chose to attack without the ball, which ruined his tactic.Xu Tian was not stubborn at all, which made it much more difficult to deal with him.
Jimmy Butler is a player who started as a defensive engineer. He undertakes the task of following Xu Tian all the way, exerting physical confrontation as much as possible, and secretly testing the referee's scale.In the beginning, the scale must be relatively large.
The referee whistles and Jimmy Butler fouls without the ball.
Scott walked up to the sideline referee, talked to him in a low voice, questioned him, and asked the referee to pay more attention to Jimmy Butler's actions.
The referee has his own rules and will not be affected by a coach like Scott, and will continue the game.
Jimmy Butler weakened the scale of the confrontation, but the small moves such as secretly pushing and shoving did not stop.Defensive champions, not many are really clean.
Xu Tian was not afraid of confrontation, and admired Jimmy Butler's competitor mentality, and fought with tit for tat.What he used was the long-lost dark elbow.
Jimmy Butler was hit by an elbow and unconsciously stepped back half a step, giving Xu Tian space to catch the ball.However, George has already passed the ball to Nick Young in the bottom corner, and such an open space is also futile.
Nick Young dribbled the ball under his crotch and turned around continuously. After one pass, he didn't shake Tai Gibson in front of him at all.Offensive masters sometimes don't need space.
Taj Gibson struggled to take off, but lost two inches, and his fingertips were far away from the flying basketball.
Dang dang, swish!
19-18!
Rose glanced at the time of the first quarter, dribbled the ball slowly across half court, and continued to play pick-and-roll with Pau Gasol at the top of the arc.
Joakim Noah doesn't have many offensive methods, relatively speaking, he is less threatening, and he is the most loosely defended.Rose seized on this and drove Joakim Noah under the basket.
Tyson Chandler turned quickly and saw that Joakim Noah had grabbed the ball and took off, knowing that he could not complete the block again, he put in a dunk.If this is the playoffs, he will definitely foul and block, and there is not that much need in the regular season.
Joakim Noah violently abused the basket. After landing, he clenched his fists and roared to the sky.
19-20!
Boss Jin, who was watching the game at home, said: "Although the Bulls are not a championship contender, they often terminate certain records. The Heat's 27-game winning streak was terminated by them."
Alice listened to her father and asked, "You mean the Bulls might end the Lakers' winning streak?"
"I don't know." Boss Jin said after taking a sip of Wade brand dry red wine, "But I have this hunch. It depends on whether the Lakers can withstand it."
Although Alice is relatively objective, as the saying goes, she still supports the Lakers more at any time.Hearing that the Lakers might lose tonight, I sweated secretly.
George pushed forward with the ball, and Xu Tian ran out from the left side of the ball.
Jimmy Butler was desperate, tried his best to take off, and made a stern face, trying to stop Xu Tian with a foul.
Xu Tian was just shooting fakes. Seeing Jimmy Butler's expression, he directly chose to shoot.
boom!
The two muscle mountains collided with each other, making a clearly audible sound, which made the viewers feel as if they were in pain.
Xu Tian fell to the ground to buffer his strength, waiting for his teammates to come to him.
The referee calls a foul.
Although Jimmy Butler could see that Xu Tian's muscles were cast like copper and iron, he never thought that they would be so hard. He also fell to the ground and did not recover for a while.
Scott was very dissatisfied with the referee's indulgence of Jimmy Butler's scale, and strongly protested, trying to get a replay opportunity, which might result in a flagrant foul on Jimmy Butler.
Home field advantage worked.The referee didn't watch the replay and only gave Xu Tian two free throws.
Xu Tian wore a sweater under his jersey to slow down the momentum of the collision. After rubbing his right hand twice, he put the pain behind him and stood on the free throw line to execute the free throw.
The fans in the United Center arena enjoyed the feeling of booing Xu Tian, and once again booed neatly and loudly, trying to interfere with Xu Tian.
After this collision, Xu Tian put aside his distracting thoughts and made two free throws!
21-20!
Rose took the ball to the frontcourt, repeated the same trick, and continued to single-handedly defend Nance Jr., who was struggling for him.
Nance Jr. worked harder, but with little success. He still couldn't stop Rose, who had regained the feeling of breaking through.
Rose changed his rhythm and went to the inside, avoiding Tyson Chandler, and picked the basket deftly with his left hand.
Xu Tian had been waiting for a long time, stabbed out, and slapped the ball that had just taken off into George's hand with his left hand.Immediately, he landed with a buffer and took a big step to make a fast break.
George's dribbling speed is not fast, but it is enough to crush the Bulls players at the back and successfully ran out of the empty basket.
George is a practical dunker, grabbing the ball with his right hand in the frontcourt, and dunking with one hand at 360 degrees!
Showtime!
23-20!
The United Center was temporarily confused and cheered for this wonderful dunk.
Xu Tian retreated back to the backcourt to defend slowly, expressionless.
Fans who are familiar with the Lakers immediately realized that Xu Tian had entered the game state, and couldn't help but start to worry about the home team.
Scott wanted to replace Xu Tian, but was rejected.
Seeing that Jimmy Butler could confront Xu Tian, Hoiberg resolutely left him on the court regardless of his two fouls.Just use Aaron Brooks and replace Rose, who played more than seven minutes.
(End of this chapter)