plumnovel Chapter 247 Ginger is still old and spicy, 4 offenses at halftime
Chapter 247 Ginger is still old and spicy, 4 offenses at halftime
Chapter 247
George Karl's timeout did not make any substantial adjustments to the Bucks. After all, the overall strength of the Bucks lies here. Even if they fall into a disadvantage, the Bucks still have many opportunities to turn defeat into victory.
Faced with the current situation, the Bucks need more players to be themselves and focus on the game. To be the original Bucks, they just lack some time!
The pause now fills up exactly the needed time.
After the timeout, the Bucks' offense became smooth again. Because everyone did not take it lightly as before, the score gap between the two teams gradually narrowed, and they even chased each other and overtook each other.
"We need to play more aggressively, we need to make them less players who can actually score."
With less than 2 minutes left in the first quarter, Jordan spoke earnestly to Stackhouse on the bench.
"Next, I will use cover to punish the aliens continuously. If it's your turn, I hope you can cause some trouble for He Li."
Jordan's plan is quite simple, that is, he uses screen dislocation to play Cassel, a small guard, to ensure the Wizards' lower limit of scoring.
And Stackhouse's strongest ability is to break through, and he can get into the inside and make He Li's foul, which is usually based on defense.
This is not the first time Jordan has played in the playoffs. Jordan is an old hooligan in the playoffs. He didn't finish the first quarter. Jordan has already seen the penalty scale of this game.
He Li assisted a lot in defense, and the Wizards scored more by breaking through the basket to complete the finish. With the help of the referee, He Li, who hadn't finished the first quarter, committed 2 fouls.
If it weren't for the fact that the Bucks were still behind, He Li might have been removed by George Karl in advance and put on the bench for protection.
Jordan doesn't know if He Li will continue to appear on the court after the timeout. If he continues to be on the court, then it must be quite a good deal for Stackhouse to make He Li another foul in the rest of the quarter.
If He Li is not on the court, the overall defense of the Bucks will not be so good. Stackhouse broke into the inside to score, and it is not as difficult as before.
"Don't worry, I'll pass the ball to you." After the timeout ended, Jordan found that He Li was left on the court, so he explained to Stackhouse again.
Before the timeout, the Wizards' main ball-holding point was Stackhouse. Now that the timeout came back, Jordan's ball was changed, and the Bucks couldn't adapt for a while.
And Jordan's passing ability is not weak. With his own ability to attract defense, he not only passed the ball to Stackhouse, but also passed a lot of balls to other Wizards players.
Among them is Tyronn Lue... Bass did not disappoint Jordan's pass, after all, it was passed to him by God. A three-pointer from Bass helped the Wizards open the score.
Without He Li, the Bucks fell behind by another 2 points in less than 6 minutes until the end of the first quarter.
29 to 35, it is obvious that the Wizards are in a pretty good state today, no matter how they play, the firepower is extremely fierce.
The Bucks dropped a lot in shooting because of the star's shooting and the Wizards' oppressive defense. The key is that the rebounds were not well protected, and the Wizards played a lot of conversions.
Regarding this situation, He Li, who was destined to lead the second team, emphasized to the players sitting on the bench before going on the court: "Run, let everyone see our true strength!
We are here to conquer Washington, not to embarrass ourselves.
Just use our youth, our vitality, and our athletic ability to kill them!
Next we have only one task, either to kill them with running and bombing, or to be killed by their counterattack! "
The advantage of the Bucks second lineup is that they are all young and can speed up. Although the second lineup is still a big dog that replaced Reid, it will be a little bit worse, but the Bucks can run and bomb, and the main offense is still no problem.
Of course, this does not mean that the Bucks' second team does not defend, but that the Bucks' second team can sacrifice part of their defense to score more effectively when the Bucks' second team is fully fired.
In the end, use speed to drag down the enemy, and use attack to crush the enemy.
"Even though they were behind by 10 points, the second team of the Bucks played very well under the leadership of He Li.
Let's take a look at coach George Karl on the sidelines. He doesn't seem worried at all that the game will continue to deteriorate.
But in our opinion, the second team of the Wizards is obviously better under the leadership of Jordan. "
"Back, turn, fade-back, jump shot, Michael Jordan once again completed the shot between two or three people, and put the ball in the basket with precision!"
"Nobody can stop Michael Jordan from scoring, just like a mortal can't stop God from doing what he wants!"
"Michael Jordan will bring us victory!"
The on-site commentary is quite exciting. Compared with the third round of this round of the series, today’s game is of great significance to the Wizards. If the Wizards unfortunately lose the game, then there is basically no future.
However, the Wizards' home game is really different today. The Wizards took the lead as soon as they came up in the first quarter. Although the score was stalemate for a while, the Wizards finally took the lead and entered the second quarter.
Up to now, the Wizards blew the offensive horn under the leadership of Jordan in the second quarter, continuously expanding the score of the two teams, and showing the hope of winning the game.
Seeing this, the Wizards fans on the scene also reacted violently, constantly chanting "Flying Man", "Michael", "MVP", and "God of Basketball" in order to help the Wizards players win the game better.
It's just that anything can happen in an NBA game, and the Wizards' temporary lead doesn't mean they will continue to lead in the future.
The Bucks ran and bombed, and further increased their speed in the second quarter. They didn't just play for two or three minutes. They would continue to play for a full quarter, a full 3 minutes.
It is not the first time that the Bucks have played such non-stop running and bombing, and it is not that the Bucks have not encountered such unfavorable situations and the scene of falling behind.
The second team of the Bucks played very patiently under the leadership of He Li, because everyone firmly believed in what He Li said, and everyone firmly believed that under the leadership of He Li, this game will be won as always.
The second quarter lasted for more than 4 minutes, and the point difference between the two teams expanded to 14 points. The Bucks' rapid running and bombing finally paid off.
One advantage of constantly speeding up and running and bombing is that the offensive end takes less time, and the game time is mainly used for turning back and running, rather than for physical confrontation.
As the offensive side, the Bucks have a short offensive time, less physical contact and less confrontation when attacking. When a certain touch is needed to attack, it is naturally easier to grasp.
To a certain extent, the reason why the Bucks fell behind in the first quarter was because the Wizards strengthened their defense, which caused the Bucks' starting players to feel bad, and the three-pointers frequently hit the iron, which was difficult to convert into effective points.
But in the second quarter, although the running and bombing was a little anxious at the beginning, and there were a lot of strikes, but after a while, the Wizards were a little tired from running, but the Bucks' second-team players were getting better and found their feeling.
"The big dog hit a throw while moving, helping the Bucks recover 2 points!"
"Larry Hughes made an emergency stop and missed mid-range, Carlos Boozer took off the rebound and turned around for a long pass, and the Bucks launched a counterattack."
"He Li shot a cold arrow from outside the three-point line, and the Bucks temporarily played a 5-0 spurt, reducing the score to less than 10 points."
The advantage of running and bombing is to quickly narrow/widen the point difference in a short period of time. The Wizards have not established an absolute advantage over the Bucks, so the difference is only a dozen points, and it is easy to be chased back.
"Do the Wizards need a timeout? No, Michael Jordan will bring the Wizards to victory!"
The Wizards didn't feel much about the Bucks' sudden burst of chasing points.
The Wizards also understand the benefits of the Bucks playing like this, and the Bucks have the ability to do this.
The Wizards need to continue to play around Jordan, continue to maintain their advantage under Jordan's leadership, and wait until Stackhouse has a rest to continue to come up and give full play.
But after Alstom also found the touch and hit a three-pointer against Tyronn Lue's defense, the Wizards had to call a timeout to give Jordan and others some rest time.
"Yo Hou, Director Lu should have stolen the teacher at this time, right?" After the timeout, He Li looked at the Wizards bench.
He Li found that Wizards head coach Doug Collins was holding a tactical board to emphasize to the Wizards players which tactics they should play next.
And Tyronn Lu stood in the crowd, pretending to be listening, but actually opened his mouth slightly in a daze.
And Jordan next to Tyronn Lu was also sweating profusely, looking exhausted.
The Bucks are not the only ones who are running and speeding up. The Bucks are attacking and hitting the iron. If the Wizards grab a defensive rebound, they have to speed up the conversion and try to use this quick counterattack to score.
In this way, the Wizards were naturally driven by the Bucks to run for more than 6 minutes.
However, when the Wizards were attacking, the Bucks were not completely defenseless. The physical confrontation that should be physical confrontation, the small movements that should harass and disgust the Wizards, were all used.
Wizards players naturally consume more than Bucks players, so it is not unreasonable for the Bucks to counterattack suddenly in the middle of the second quarter.
At this time, Doug Collins called a timeout, which had to be said to give a veteran like Jordan some breathing room.
Otherwise, Jordan would have played all 4 quarters, and his hands and feet would be cramped, and he would go to the locker room to hang salt water.
Without further ado, the timeout is quickly over.
However, He Li, who was allowed to play again, did not expect that Jordan, who had been scoring in the dessert area before, and Jordan, who was looking for a short man like Cassel to score, suddenly ran in front of He Li.
"It seems that some punishment is necessary for you!"
Jordan tried to attract He Li's attention with trash talk, but He Li was not fooled at all.
He Li clearly knows that Jordan's defense is very good, even the old Jordan, strength, physical confrontation, is still a superstar level.
Not to mention his nearly 20-year career has made Jordan's defense more intelligent.
Although He Li can hold high against Jordan, He Li doesn't need to single Jordan to score.
In fact, as long as He Liluo and Jordan are singled out one-on-one, the Bucks' speed-up run and bombardment will be self-defeating.
Even if He Li keeps scoring on Jordan, it will have an uncontrollable and unpredictable impact on the Bucks' overall offensive system.
In this game, He Li needs to help the Bucks win steadily.
Therefore, He Li still ran and bombarded his teammates step by step.
The Wizards second-team players took advantage of the timeout to rest for a while, and there was no problem just coming up.
However, after running for 2 minutes, it was exposed that some players' defensive aggression decreased and their defensive inattention was lacking, which gave the Bucks a lot of loopholes and scored a lot of points.
With 2 minutes and 24 seconds left in the second quarter, the Bucks finally completed the overtake under the leadership of He Li.
Although the main players on both sides have returned to the court, the Wizards don't think they can play as smoothly as they did in the first quarter, and they can maintain their advantage and beat the Bucks all the way.
At this time, Jordan shot again, oh no, actually said: "It's time to show you my unique skills!"
Jordan passed the ball after pretending to be aggressive in front of He Li, but Stackhouse was not in a hurry to make a shot, and was still looking for opportunities at the top arc.
Jordan immediately ran without the ball. Jordan ran so hard that he would naturally attract He Li's attention.
He Li doesn't think that Jordan will only pretend to be forceful, so there is a high probability that Jordan will complete the end of this attack.
He Li stared at Jordan from the corner of his eye, but when he realized that the Wizards passed the ball to Jordan, he was still a little slow.
Jordan received the ball at a 45-degree angle on the left, stepped into the free throw line step by step with three threats, and then changed direction and passed the big dog.
He Li wanted to defend the big dog, but as soon as his body moved across, Jordan had already stepped back and made a two-point shot.
When He Li saw Jordan's three-threat change to pass the big dog, his first reaction was to defend against Jordan's breakthrough. He didn't expect Jordan to make a jump shot this time.
But the man in front of him is the Wizards Jordan after all, not the Bulls Jordan. Jordan missed the two-pointer that he was usually more confident in. Instead, he was like Kobe.
However, the next second the ball returned to Jordan inconceivably.
It's not that Jordan grabbed the offensive rebound, but Kristen Laettner grabbed the rebound and passed it back to Jordan for another shot.
It was too late to say it, but He Li realized that Jordan's previous shot was a jumper, and finally reacted subconsciously by taking off and blocking the shot.
When he looked back at Mochizuki to see where the ball was, ready to grab a rebound, or run straight down, the ball had already been passed back to Jordan.
He Li turned around and looked at Jordan again. Jordan reacted quickly and did not take advantage of this open shot to continue to take off and shoot, but turned to He Li to initiate a breakthrough.
However, before the breakthrough, Jordan made a gesture of worshiping Buddha, and it happened that He Li just turned around and had no time to think about everything that happened in front of him.
He Li subconsciously took off again, but he didn't want Jordan to dribble the ball directly into it, and then took off to fight in the air and then shot.
"Duang, Duang!"
This wave of Jordan took the opportunity to make He Li a foul.
Fortunately, Jordan didn't feel as good in the first quarter because of his physical decline. In the end, the ball hit two irons, but it didn't bump into the basket, but bounced out of the frame.
Therefore, Jordan's foul this time did not cause 2+1, only two free throws.
But that doesn't mean it's okay.
The two quarters were not over, and He Li had already committed four fouls. Although the first half was coming to an end, He Li had to take advantage of Jordan's free throw which was dead, and take a rest early.
It is worth mentioning that He Li had two fouls in the first quarter and two fouls in the second quarter, two of which were given by Jordan.
This also made He Li truly realize the strength of the historical super giants. Even if they are old and their peak is no longer, they can still use their rich game experience to teach young people like He Li.
It has to be said that He Li still had an element of luck in winning the championship last season.
No one actually fouled He Li and cut He Li off.
The Bucks have many stars, but He Li is definitely the most indispensable one.
But He Li, who was famous last season, was still the one who was ignored in the playoffs.
But this season, maybe it won't be so easy.
(End of this chapter)