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Chapter 311 [8 claws, drink too much]

Chapter 311 [Octopus, drink too much]

The Bulls' offensive routine is similar to that of the Raptors.

Miller switched defenses, Carter retracted to the side of the penalty area, and Kirilenko, who was chasing defense, formed a trend of chasing and blocking.

Starting this season, the NBA allows teams to arrange zone defense tactics.With the rise of basketball in the world, NBA players are not used to zone defense and have been impacted by European teams in international competitions. In order to make up for the shortcomings, the NBA must keep pace with the times.

However, the NBA has a three-second defense violation rule, so in fact, it can only fake zone defense, and there is no way to arrange a big player to stand inside and not go out.

McGrady scored the ball to the bottom right corner, Artest caught the ball, avoided Carter's cover, and the ball bounced out of the box.

On the left, O'Neal blocked Brand, and Kirilenko blocked McGrady, helping Miller easily win the backcourt rebound.

In the Raptors positional battle, Billups pulled away after halftime, Miller gave Carter cover again, and the person who switched the defense became Brand.Brand, who is 203cm tall, moves very fast and has a strong body. Carter failed to change his direction and put the ball in the middle.

Miller held the ball frame high, and after observing his teammate's movement, he leaned against McGrady and took a step, and passed the ball to Billups, who was running at 70 degrees. O'Neal Jr.

Little O'Neal took the ball with his back and turned to the bottom line, leaned on Clark to storm the basket, and scored cricket with both hands. 4 to 0.

Clark is too thin, nicknamed "Octopus", O'Neal is the same height as him, 108 kilograms heavier than him, the center strength is not as good as the power forward, this is a tragedy.And he is also thin, and Clark is not as good as the former Raptors veteran Kevin Willis, who is easy to be turned to the basket.

Yang Rui is a targeted arrangement of tactics, he has a deep impression on Clark.In his previous life, Clark was not low in the draft, the 98th pick in the first round in 13, but because of poor defense, he had no ball to play in 2003.

In the 2003-2004 season, he signed a non-guaranteed minimum salary contract and retired after only playing two games on behalf of the Jazz.

The most funny thing is Clark's retirement. He admitted in an interview that from high school until he entered the NBA, he had to drink some alcohol during halftime, and he had never been sober in his 6-year career.

In the eyes of coach Sloan, who attaches great importance to defense, this is an alcoholic and a waste.

Bulls coach Tim Floyd is very clear that Clark is not good enough. He started for the second quarter. Marcus Fetzel defends better and can rely on impact to storm the basket. The Bulls need players to bring backups.

The Bulls attacked, McGrady broke through and was trapped in the zone defense again, and could only score the ball to the periphery.This time Artest didn't dare to shoot at the bottom line, and Carter had time to save to interfere. Even if it was only a slight interference, it was difficult for him to guarantee his hit rate.

Artest's three-pointers have always been good and bad, mainly relying on convulsions, and not many shots.Yang Rui's impression was that his hit rate was less than 35%, but I can't remember exactly how much.In fact, Artest's three-pointer in the playoffs is even worse, only 30.8% of his career.

Mark Jackson received the ball for the second time, and he couldn't squeeze Billups with his body. It was difficult to break through, and he played a pick-and-roll with Brand.

The Raptors players had a plan long before the game. They would switch to guards on the inside, shrink near the penalty area, and focus on preventing breakthroughs. Billups switched to defend Brand.The height difference between the two is only about ten centimeters, which can interfere with shooting.

At this time, Billups couldn't chase the defender. Brand was very skilled at the basket, and he also had a shot in the middle, but he made a few shots, and he still had a certain degree of confidence in the open space.As long as you give Brand space to start and hit the rim, it's hard to guard.

Brand relied on Billups to break through to the inside line, O'Neal Jr. retracted to the area near the restricted area, and Miller retracted on the other side. The restricted area was blocked.

Brand is 203cm tall, and no matter how good his wingspan is, he can't face two big men.

Xu Jicheng commented: "This year, the Raptors have left the deepest impression on people not on offense, but on defense. The progress has been very obvious. The playoffs have reduced the pace and sharpened their positions. The Bucks were frequently defended in the first round. It was a tough fight."

Zhang Lili said with a smile: "The NBA now allows zone defense, and the Raptors took advantage of this right away. They did a great job defending the penalty area. The Raptors have no obvious weaknesses. If it wasn't for players taking turns getting injured during the regular season, they would definitely be 70 wins."

The Bulls also began to shrink their defense, and the zone defense was near the penalty area, double-teaming O'Neal Jr.

O'Neal Jr. got the ball out, and Brand's shrinking is not a good idea.Miller caught the ball near the free throw line, made an open jumper, and made a steady hit, 6-0.

The Bulls attacked, the players pulled away, and McGrady singled out Kirilenko.

This season, the Bulls won the Raptors once, relying on McGrady's one-on-one match. He felt hot and scored 41 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.It was also very difficult for the Bulls to win, because in the face of Kirilenko, McGrady could not directly pull out. The two were about the same height, and the "AK47" had a longer wingspan.

McGrady caught the ball with his back, swayed his right shoulder, turned to the right and made a jumper. Kirilenko took off late after swaying, only slightly interfered, and the ball was scored. 6 to 2.

The Raptors attacked, and Carter played a pick-and-roll with Miller again. After attracting Brand to defend, he passed it to Miller and ran to the bottom corner on the right.

Kirilenko suddenly cut to the basket at 70 degrees on the right side, and Miller passed the ball in from the top of Artest's head.Kirilenko took the ball and took three steps, relying on McGrady to force a layup.

McGrady has not experienced a major injury yet, and his defensive enthusiasm is still there. He struggled to take off and interfered, and the ball missed.

But Brand was led into the bottom corner by Carter, and the rebound was not fast enough to go back, and the ball bounced to the left.

Little O'Neal rushed to grab the offensive rebound, instead of grabbing the rebound, he jumped with all his strength and threw the ball out with one hand.Miller relied on his height advantage to win the offensive rebound in front of the free throw line, organized the second time, and gained 24 seconds of offensive time.

O'Neal Jr. pulled out to cover on the left, and Billups moved to catch the ball and got a chance to single out Clark.He changed direction and made a successful breakthrough, attracting Artest in the middle to make up the defense and give the ball to the bottom corner.

This is a bad defense, how can Carter just let it go short?He made a catch-and-shoot 9-pointer, 2-[-].

McGrady followed Kirilenko at 70 degrees, and this time there was no supplementary defense.

The Bulls attacked, and the ball was passed to McGrady for a one-on-one.

Clark rushed to grab an offensive rebound. The penalty area was full of people. He hurriedly passed the ball out of the perimeter.

The 37-year-old Jackson, who was nearing retirement, slowed down and was two-stepped by Billups.Artest didn't dare to make up defenses, otherwise, if the opponent threw it into the sky, Carter would stage a "flying fairy".

Billups made an easy layup, 11-2.

The Bulls attacked, the middle became Jackson and Clark playing pick-and-rolls, and the veteran breakthrough was also double-teamed. Billups was very active in pursuit and defense this time.

Jackson gave the ball to the middle, and Clark was empty because the mid-range shot was unreliable.

He aimed for a shot, the ball drew a very low arc, and San Buzhi flew out of the baseline.

Floyd stood on the sidelines with his waist pinched, his face a bit ugly, and he seemed to be drunk before he reached the midfield.

(End of this chapter)