rpbooks Chapter 211 The situation is not good
Chapter 211 The situation is not good
Chapter 211 The situation is not good
When referee Derek Stamford blew his whistle, the second half of the Indiana Pacers' away game against the Chicago Bulls finally began.
At the beginning of the second half, coach Larry Brown made a small adjustment to the team's starting lineup.In the 5 minutes of playing time in the first quarter, OJ Mayo showed that he was obviously not in the state tonight, so OJ Mayo was taken down from the starting lineup in the second half of the game by coach Larry Brown.Although Darren Collison, the team's starting point guard in the past, is not as bad as OJ Mayo, Darren Collison is in a very bad mood at this time. Starting point guard is obviously not a suitable choice.
And now Xu Nuo has been positioned by coach Larry Brown as the team's sixth man to play, so that Xu Nuo can play a greater role, so Xu Nuo did not appear in the starting lineup in the second half of the game.Serving as the Indiana Pacers' starting point guard in the second half of the game is George Hill, traded from the San Antonio Spurs last summer!
When George Hill played for the San Antonio Spurs, George Hill had served as the San Antonio Spurs' starting point guard or starting shooting guard, so when George Hill appeared in the Indiana Pacers' starting lineup in the second half of the game At that time, everyone did not have any surprised expressions.
In the last four seconds of the first half, Xu Nuo threw a stunning three-pointer at the buzzer that spanned the entire court.With this super long three-pointer like God's help, the Indiana Pacers in the away game led the Chicago Bulls at home by four points at 41:37 at the end of the first half.Therefore, after the start of the second half of the game, the players of the Chicago Bulls began to attack aggressively, as if only in this way could they even the promised ultra-long three-pointer.
Although Derrick Rose's opponent is not a promise at this time, George Hill himself is a point guard who is good at defense, so it is also very difficult for Derrick Rose to score.However, because the Indiana Pacers did not have the promised exquisite pass, the offense seemed to stagnate because of this, missing two consecutive offenses.
"Could it be that the team is now suffering from a pass-promising disorder?" Coach Larry Brown, who was standing on the sidelines of the court, thought in his heart.
The Chicago Bulls relied on the Indiana Pacers' two offensive misses and launched two quick defensive counterattacks in a row.In these two fast counterattacks, Derrick Rose scored a dunk and assisted teammate "Masque Man" Richard Hamilton for a layup.Now Derrick Rose has scored [-] points and [-] assists, the team's highest in both points and assists.
However, Xu Nuo already scored [-] points and [-] assists in the first half of the game. Compared with Derrick Rose, his performance may only be worse than that of Derrick Rose.
With Derrick Rose assisting "Masked Man" Richard Hamilton for a layup during the fast break, the Chicago Bulls finally tied the score at 41:41.Seeing that his beloved hometown team finally tied the score after falling behind for more than a quarter, the President of the United States, Mr. Barack ***, who came to watch the game at the United Center in Chicago, nodded slightly, as if in Said: "This is the way to fight!"
"It doesn't matter if the score is tied, we have to continue to work hard and get the lead again!" Team captain Danny Granger said loudly on the court.
"Having said that, the most important thing to consider now is how to break through the solid defense of the Chicago Bulls." Xu Nuo, sitting on the bench of the Indiana Pacers, said to himself.
From the beginning of this game until now, whenever Danny Granger has the ball, there will be two Chicago Bulls guarding him, even when he promises to be on the court.After promising to rest, Derrick Rose can participate in the double-team defense against Danny Granger more brazenly.This time, when Danny Granger faced another double-team defense by two Chicago Bulls, Danny Granger passed the ball to George Hill outside the three-point line.
At this time, Derrick Rose suddenly realized that as a point guard, George Hill has a precise outside three-point long shot!Derrick Rose yelled badly in his heart, and immediately turned around and rushed to George Hill outside the three-point line.
Facing Derrick Rose who was rushing over, George Hill had no fear on his face, and directly faced Derrick Rose's defense and shot from outside the three-point line!The ball passed over Derrick Rose's raised fingertips, rolled in the air, drew a high arc, and "swiped" into the net!
"Beautiful!" All the Indiana Pacers players sitting on the bench jumped up excitedly, "This three-pointer is crucial!" Xu Nuo said loudly.
"In this way, Derrick Rose will not dare to double-team Danny so unscrupulously?" Paul George said, Xu Nuo nodded.
Seeing George Hill hit an outside three-pointer under his own defense, although Derrick Rose did not change his expression, his heart was already on fire.Derrick Rose takes the ball off Joakim Noah and dribbles fast.
"Derek, don't be so eager to attack, this is very likely to get bad results!" Chicago Bulls coach Tom Tebodeau stood on the sidelines of the court and shouted at Derrick Rose.
Hearing what the head coach said, Derrick Rose had no choice but to suppress the rhythm of the game and wait for his teammates to fall into positional battles.Even so, the Chicago Bulls' offense still failed to complete. David West scored a defensive rebound and the Indiana Pacers immediately launched a quick counterattack.However, the Chicago Bulls retreated quite quickly, and the Indiana Pacers had no chance to continue the fast break, so they had to fall into a positional battle, and the ball came to Danny Granger again.
"Damn it, should we continue to double-team Danny Granger at this time?" Derek Rose thought in his heart.
However, just as Derrick Rose was hesitating, Danny Granger had already made a mid-range shot under Luol Deng's defense, and the ball "swiped" into the net again!
"Why was the opponent opened the score again." Mr. Barack ***, who was sitting in the first row of audience seats beside the court, shook his head gently and said, but the person sitting next to him should be a staff member of the White House The man in black continued to stare motionlessly at a certain point of nothingness directly in front of his eyes, and still did not answer Mr. President Barack ***.
When the Chicago Bulls attacked again, the players continued to slowly grind out the ground battle with the Indiana Pacers according to the arrangement of head coach Tom Tebodeau.Derrick Rose handed the ball to power forward Carlos Boozer inside, and Carlos Boozer began to print Indiana Pacers power forward David West with the ball behind him.
Carlos Boozer's ball-holding singles are difficult to defend even the old-timer Yao Ming promised back then. Although David West is much more flexible than Yao Ming, it is also difficult to defend Carlos Boozer's back singles.After a few dribbles, Carlos Boozer suddenly turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper.When Carlos Boozer made a fadeaway jumper, the shooting arc was quite high. This is how Carlos Boozer dealt with Yao Ming's defense in the playoffs against the Houston Rockets. Use it against David West.David West also failed to prevent Carlos Boozer's fadeaway jumper and could only watch the ball "swipe" into the net hollowly.
"Compared to the first half of the game, the Chicago Bulls seemed to be doing better offensively in the second half," Xu said, sitting on the bench for the Indiana Pacers.
"Yeah!" Paul George also nodded and said, "At least the success rate has remained good."
In fact, the experienced coach Larry Brown had already realized this after the Chicago Bulls scored four points in a row, but immediately after his team scored five points in a row, Coach Larry Brown did not call a timeout.However, after Carlos Boozer succeeded in singles against David West this time, coach Larry Brown began to consider calling a timeout to rearrange his tactics.
Next, David West also tried to single Carlos Boozer on the offensive end, but David West was fouled by Carlos Boozer while shooting.David West, who walked to the free throw line, only made one of two free throws. After David West missed his second free throw, Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah immediately jumped up and grabbed Backcourt rebounds.
"Now Coach Tebodeau won't stop our fast counterattacks anymore." Derrick Rose was thinking like this, while starting to rush towards the Indiana Pacers' basket.Joakim Noah's pass was well-timed and Derrick Rose scored an easy layup from the floor.
"It seems that the situation is not good, the momentum of the Chicago Bulls has picked up." Coach Larry Brown thought in his heart.
So, after Derrick Rose scored a layup to make it 45:47 and the two teams were within two points, Coach Larry Brown got up and called for a timeout.
"It seems that we must find a way to curb the offensive momentum of the Chicago Bulls, otherwise, the efforts made in the first half of the game may be in vain in the second half!" Coach Larry Brown thought and looked at himself The disciples walked towards the Indiana Pacers bench.Xu Nuo, who had been sitting on the team's bench, stood up and greeted their teammates.
(End of this chapter)