Chapter 167 The duel of willpower! The collision of muscles! [Customize]
Chapter 167 The duel of willpower! The collision of muscles! [Customize]
Barkley, who came back from the ban, became the biggest hero in the first half. He overturned the river by himself and scored 19 points and 7 rebounds in the half. Lin Long gave a lot of opportunities to his teammates and only shot in the first half. 9 times, 6 hits, 15 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.
In addition to the team's twin stars shining on the court, the Celtics' role players are also in good shape. The three brothers Curry, Bowen and Barros made an appointment and scored 5 points each, and Billups also scored 7 points. Although Big Ben and Owens did not score points, these two completely defended the penalty area. Throughout the first half, the Bulls did not get a single offensive rebound!
You know, the Bulls are the team with the most offensive rebounds in the league this year, and Dennis Rodman is the number one offensive rebounder in league history, with 0 offensive rebounds for the Bulls at halftime. It takes all the time to focus on the backboard and completely block the Bulls' players away from the rim.
Being able to do this greatly proves that the focus and state of the Celtics team are now perfect, everyone can focus on the team's defense and rebounding, and this can make the Bulls' best secondary offense completely complete. Can't work out.
With a 9-point lead, Auerbach still made adjustments in the second half.
He thought that the Bulls would increase the intensity and slow down the pace of the game, so he also put 31 on the toughest lineup on hand!
Big Ben, Barkley, Lin Long, Bowen and Billups.
Phil Jackson was also fine-tuned, replacing Hubble with Kerr.
This is also helpless.
After all, Kukoc's game state is disappointing. Bill Wennington played a good performance after coming on the court, but he is still not as reliable as Longley.
In this case, Kerr, the hardest shot in the first half, became Phil Jackson's most useful card.
Although Kerr will be targeted on the defensive end because of his size and strength, it is also the only way, and seems to be the least poisonous cup of poison.
Phil Jackson only felt that his hair was about to go bald. He clearly had the top iron triangle in the league. The Bulls were known for their well-balanced lineup, rich experience and tacit understanding. There are loopholes everywhere. No matter who you put it on, there will be irreparable shortcomings.
Phil Jackson wants Kukoc to have Rodman's character, or Longley to have Kukoc's offense!
Unfortunately, this cannot happen.
What makes Phil even more crazy is that Auerbach is clearly an old, small, new army that has just been formed this season, and the depth of the lineup is very problematic.
But taking five people up at random can change the situation, grabbing the Bulls' weakness and beating them.
Actually Phil Jackson knew the answer, he knew why.
That's Lin Long.
The Celtics have Lin Long, a monster who can play from the 1st position to the 5th position, and can defend from the 5th position to the 1st position. The accessories of the lineup are easy to deploy.
Coupled with Lin Long's unresolved single-play ability that can be dislocated by anyone, isn't it just chasing the Bulls' weakness and giving him a beating.
After thinking about it for a long time, Phil Jackson found helplessly that he didn't seem to have any other way except expecting Jordan and Kerr, the two most courageous players in the first half, to continue to be amazing in the second half.
Thinking of this, Phil Jackson couldn't help looking at the stadium.
Jordan, who took a 15-minute break, didn't look very tired, chewing gum leisurely, not seeing the 35-year-old at all, playing the full 24 minutes of the first half.
"Michael, this time, it's really up to you!"
Phil Jackson calmly clenched his fists and looked nervously at the stadium.
In the third quarter of the game, the scores of the two sides were still constantly pulling, and no one was willing to fall, and no one could pull away.
The strong confrontation and slow pace of the first game returned to the court again, and it was difficult for anyone to score easily on the court.
Even if Lin Long wants to punish the Bulls with a pick-and-roll, whether it is to switch to Longley or Kerr, the defensive aggression of these two is greatly increased, and they all have the style of today but not tomorrow, especially Kerr, He even really put his head on Lin Long's elbow, and took the initiative to meet him, and was knocked to the ground by Lin Long, and the referee immediately blew Lin Long's offensive foul.
Kerr, who was lying on the ground, did not roll with his head in a pretentious manner, but lay directly on the ground, clenching his fists with both hands, and roaring frantically: "Lin! I'm not afraid of you! Come on! I'm not afraid of you.
Kerr's attitude is almost the attitude of the entire Bulls team. Everyone put forth 120 points of strength to fight and want to regain their home-court advantage.
And Kukoc, who couldn't adapt to this rhythm and couldn't show a tough performance on the court, was firmly pressed on the bench by Phil Jackson, the absolute main force in the regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs, The team's third scorer, completely lost the trust of Phil Jackson.
Fortunately, although the Bulls are crazy, the Celtics also have their own gang of lunatics.
Barkley, Big Ben, Bowen, Billups, Lin Long.
These five people also did not have a scoop, and all of them were villains and bastards.
Especially Big Ben and Bowen, these two have studied with Laimbeer for half a season, no matter how much defensive skills and bad moves he has learned, Lambir's temperament is that he is not afraid of anything, and he dares to die to anyone who comes. I have learned ten percent from these two.
The two sides fought hard with toughness and toughness against toughness.
The game in the third quarter turned into a life-threatening fight between two scarred beasts in the quagmire.
Many mentally weak fans even covered their heads with their hands and tore their hair. When the ten players from both sides collided with each other and had a muscle showdown on the court, some even closed their eyes and listened only to the "bang bang". The banging sound of the muscles was enough to make the timid child stop crying obediently.
Throughout the third quarter, the rhythm of the two sides was so slow that it couldn't be slower. Almost every round would be played for more than 20 seconds. It was not that the two sides wanted to press the rhythm, but that there was really no good chance to shoot. Had to choose a not-so-reasonable way to shoot the ball in order to avoid 22,874 seconds.
And the hit rate of both sides is also so low that it is outrageous. If you only look at the data and not the game, you will even suspect that this is a basketball showdown between junior high school girls.
The Celtics made 18 shots in the third quarter and only hit 5 goals, including 1 of 5 3-pointers and 3 of 6 free throws. Only got 14 points in the whole quarter.
The Bulls didn't get much better either. In this quarter, they hit 5 of 17 shots, missed a 3-pointer, but made 4 of 4 free throws and only scored 14 points.
This section, the two sides played a tie, but only got a total of 28 points.
What surprised all the fans and commentators was that at the beginning of the fourth quarter, neither side made any rotations or substitutions! It was still the same lineup in the third quarter.
You know, this lineup of both sides can all play the third quarter, and the first half also did not take much rest!
Jordan played the full 36 minutes. The other major players of the Bulls rotated Longley for 33 minutes, Pippen for 34 minutes, Rodman for 31 minutes, and Kerr for 30 minutes. He wasn't ready to make a rotation either, and it was still the five players who played for the rest of the time.
On the Celtics side, Lin Long played 32 minutes, Barkley 30 minutes, Big Ben 30 minutes, Billups 32 minutes, Bowen and Jordan played the same 36 minutes!
See what Auerbach means, as long as the Bulls don't change, then he won't change either!
The match between the two sides is destined to enter the final competition of willpower and physical strength!
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