rpbooks Chapter 281 The Rose Blooms
Chapter 281 The Rose Blooms
Chapter 281 The Rose Blooms
The Bulls have only one long timeout left, while the Lakers have two timeouts, one long and one short.Such a status quo makes the Bulls have to try their best to ensure the lead, otherwise it is easy to be reversed in the last few seconds.
Tyson Chandler has been recharging his energy for a long time, and he just used it wisely to replace Josh Smith, who has been guarding the penalty area alone for a long time, and confront Joakim Noah head-on.
Hoiberg's poor rotation made Joakim Noah insufficiently rested and physically unsustainable.But when the critical moment came, he couldn't shirk it.
Players from both sides returned to the field and continued to fight hand-to-hand.
Rose briefly communicated with the team doctor during the timeout period, and confirmed that the inability of the knee to exert force was only caused by fatigue and mental state.
Xu Tian lowered his center of gravity at the top of the arc and single-handedly defended Rose who dribbled over.
Rose is more difficult to deal with Xu Tian than George. After all, he needs to break through with the ball, and there is a high probability that he will be directly interfered.
Jimmy Butler is also the core style of play. He is not used to running without the ball. Standing outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the right side, he watched Rose play Xu Tian in singles.
Such a situation can only be tolerated by a coach who has no right to speak like Hoiberg.
Rose didn't dare to exert force, so he could only choose to pass the ball across and wanted to give it to Jimmy Butler who was standing on the right.
George's position is close to the three-point line. If Rose passes the ball, he can easily steal it.
Rose had no choice but to look for a pass from his teammate on the left or in the penalty area, but the ball in his hand was held down by Xu Tian, and the two fought hard for it.
The referee blows the whistle and the two sides scramble for the ball.
Rose was a bit displeased with Jimmy Butler's stance, calling out, "Jimmy, why aren't you running?"
Not to be outdone, Jimmy Butler, "You pass the ball early and nothing happens. Hold the ball too much, and that's it!"
Rose had nothing to say, so he simply stopped talking. According to the referee's arrangement, he stood face to face with Xu Tian, ready to jump the ball.
Xu Tian has the dual advantages of jumping and height, easily crushing Rose and winning valuable offensive possessions.
Kobe got the ball, slowly held the ball and pushed it across the half court, facing Kirk Hinrich's defensive position at the top of the arc, looking for a breakthrough opportunity.
Xu Tian stood in the right corner and distracted Jimmy Butler, who was more defensive.
George played the pick-and-roll with Kobe at the top of the arc. The offensive threat of the two was enough to disrupt the Bulls' defensive formation.
Rose and Kirk Hinrich took a risk and double-teamed Kobe, but failed to achieve results.
Kobe passed the ball with his left hand to George who was open outside the left three-point line.
With no one half a meter in front of George, he pulled up easily on the spot and shot picturesquely.
Under the watchful eyes of the players on both sides, the basketball entered the net steadily!
102-101, the Lakers overtake!
1 minute and 49 seconds left!
Most of the fans in the United Center stood up, shouting "Beat LA" at the top of their lungs, supporting the home team players with soaring momentum.
Seeing that the Bulls were falling behind, Rose could no longer hold back. He dribbled forward strongly and used an unsolvable breakthrough to enter the penalty area guarded by Tyson Chandler.
Xu Tian quickly pursued and defended behind him, ready to complete the block.
Seeing Xu Tian who was running quickly, Rose didn't choose to go directly, but gave the ball to Kirk Hinrich in the left corner.
Kirk Hinrich has no other skills, relying on his three-point ability to make a living, and he won't waste the opportunity to get a shot.
Facts have proved that no player on the basketball court can be left empty.
102-104, 1 minutes and 30 seconds!
The fans in the United Center arena were encouraged and shouted twelve points to celebrate this key goal.
Xu Tian advanced slowly, facing the frantic boos of the audience, bent over to dribble at the top of the arc, and tried to play a single.
Jimmy Butler's candy-style defense, the movement is unusually large, but the referee did not make any whistles.
Xu Tian often faced this level of defense in team matches. Facing it at this time, he could not panic at all, changed hands and dribbled to avoid Jimmy Butler's steal attempt, and quickly reached the three-point line.
The Bulls fans were already terrified when they saw Xu Tian take the ball, but now seeing him successfully pass Jimmy Butler, they are even more nervous and dare not make a sound.
Xu Tian made an emergency stop in the paint area, and immediately used his trump card.
High throw, unstoppable!
104-104, 1 minutes and 10 seconds!
Rose dribbles the ball quickly across half court, calling Taj Gibson in the paint.
Taj Gibson has a good relationship with Rose. When it comes to the top of the arc, he plays a pick-and-roll with him.
Kirk Hinrich stood in the strong-side corner and opened up space for Rose.
Tai Gibson blocked Xu Tian, and waited until Ross broke through before he began to attack the inside.
Kobe followed Jimmy Butler, and George restricted Kirk Hinrich.
Rose is a natural turn for TJ Warren to switch defenses. TJ Warren's defensive ability is not enough in front of Rose.
Rose Tiyun took off vertically and fought against the middle right hand to pick the basket.
TJ Warren tried too hard, violated Rose's cylinder, and got a blocking foul.
Basketball hit the board, hit!
104-106, 52 seconds!
Rose is punished!
Scott called a short timeout, replaced TJ Warren with Nance Jr., and determined the core order in the final stage. First, Xu Tian hit, and if he was double-teamed, Kobe would take over.
The 20-second period is short, and players from both sides return to the field.
Amidst the shouts of "MVP", Rose made a steady hit and added a penalty!
104-107!
Xu Tian dribbled the ball forward at a slow speed, and the top of the arc moved laterally with Nance Jr.'s cover. Facing Ty Gibson's defense, he switched between fast and slow rhythms with the ball, and forced a breakthrough that seemed slow but unstoppable.
Taj Gibson couldn't keep up and could only be stopped with a foul.
Xu Tian stood at the free throw line, made two free throws, and made all of them!
106-107, 40 seconds!
Rose calculated the time, accelerated to the front court with all his strength, changed directions continuously without slowing down, and directly killed the Lakers penalty area.
Tyson Chandler stretched his arms in place, trying to avoid fouls as much as possible.
Rose's feet suddenly exerted force, and his dream returned to 11, and he picked the basket directly with his left hand.
Tonight belongs to Derrick Rose!
106-109, 28 seconds!
Xu Tian received the serve and was immediately double-teamed by Jimmy Butler and Rose. Not to mention dribbling, it was extremely difficult to even walk around with the ball.
Bryant ran back to the backcourt and answered the pass.
Jimmy Butler didn't relax his defense, his arms almost hugged Xu Tian, and he didn't give any chance to catch the ball.
Kobe bent over at the top of the arc, faced Kirk Hinrich who was in charge of defense, dribbled the ball continuously under his crotch to find the rhythm, and shot a cold arrow from outside the three-point line!
With everyone's expectation, the basketball crosses the air and hits the net with precision!
109-109, 11.2 seconds!
Rose received the serve and went to the frontcourt, waiting for the Lakers to come up for a foul. After waiting for two seconds, no one came.
Xu Tian wanted to defend this round, but didn't want to give Ross two points for nothing.
Seeing that time was running out, Rose took a step forward with the dribble and shot a super long three-pointer directly.
Xu Tian ran with all his strength, straightened his right hand, but still couldn't touch the basketball with a specially raised arc, and thought to himself: "Unexpectedly, I will also be the background board one day!"
The goal light is on, the game is over!
(End of this chapter)