NBA: There is nothing wrong with bringing a ball in a fight!

Chapter 268 Ao Pang’s free throw shooting percentage is 90.00%!The Bulls are in trouble!
In fact, the Jazz are really afraid of meeting the Lakers. After all, Ye Qingchen is really too strong.

Especially when he led the team with a single core, he actually set a scoring record of 101 points in a single game. This is already a height beyond the reach of all players.

The current Lakers are already a healthy Lakers team. Just from the first two rounds of games, you can see how strong they are.

Especially in the first two rounds of the game, Ye Qingchen easily completed the sweep without exerting his own strength. This shows that the strength of the Lakers has reached an unfathomable level.

Therefore, when the Jazz learned that their opponent in the Western Conference Finals was the Lakers, head coach Jerry Sloan began to study the "Ye Qingchen Law."

This season, Ye Qingchen did not violate this rule, which means that he was not suspended due to the stadium brawl, but this does not mean that Ye Qingchen really does not like to take action.

Having been rivals with the Lakers for so many years, he also knew Ye Qingchen's character very well. This guy was a person who always wanted to take revenge.

If he was provoked during the game, he would definitely find an opportunity for revenge soon, so Jerry Sloan had already thought of a way to target Ye Qingchen.

After gathering the team, Jerry Sloan gave his speech:

"The reason why our team is able to stand on the stage of the Western Conference Finals is because we have put in a lot of sweat!"

"We sacrificed a lot for this championship!"

"This time our opponent is still the Los Angeles Lakers. This is our mortal enemy!"

"Although the opponent is very strong, we cannot be afraid because of this. We should know more clearly what we should do!"

"So, in the first game, what we have to do is to provoke Ye Qingchen as much as possible and let him take the lead against our opponent!"

"This is the task I give you. Use any trash talk or tricks you have for me, but don't be the first to attack him. Do you understand?"

Jerry Sloan's words made all the Jazz players nod heavily.

Although what the head coach asked them to do sounds very ridiculous, it is the most effective way.

You know, Ye Qingchen also likes to provoke his opponents and make them take the lead.

Therefore, what they have to do now is to keep calm and try their best to make Ye Qingchen lose control of his emotions and attack them.

Especially John Stockton and Karl Malone, these two people have suffered many losses from Ye Qingchen.

Both of them dreamed of defeating Ye Qingchen and stepping on his body to reach the finals.

The Jazz used to be very afraid of the Bulls, but now they really hope to compete with the Bulls in the finals, because the Lakers are more terrifying than the Bulls.

After determining the team's defensive strategy and countermeasures, the Jazz began their team training and continued to conduct targeted defensive drills against Ye Qingchen's offense.

Although Ye Qingchen's offensive methods have reached the point of perfection, Jerry Sloan feels that Ye Qingchen still has weaknesses.

As long as they continue to pester Ye Qingchen, they will definitely be able to find his weaknesses and defeat him.

It has to be said that Jerry Sloan is indeed a stubborn head coach. His life creed is: there is no unbeatable opponent, only himself who does not work hard enough.

Therefore, after it was determined that their opponent was the Lakers, Jerry Sloan began to study all the Lakers game videos.

He asked his video analysts to sort out the probability and hit rate of Ye Qingchen's shots at various positions, calculate the shot area where Ye Qingchen had the lowest hit rate, and asked them to calculate Ye Qingchen's preference for attack methods.

After the Jazz's video analysis team compiled day and night, they finally compiled all of Ye Qingchen's data, and then they discovered that Ye Qingchen's shooting percentage from the left and right corners was low.

You must know that Ye Qingchen's true hit rate reached an astonishing 70.00%, and his probability of hitting the left and right corners was only 50.00%.

In other words, these two areas are his weakest points!

This discovery made Jerry Sloan ecstatic. He felt that he had found Ye Qingchen's weakness.

They just need to force Ye Qingchen to come to these two positions to shoot as much as possible, and then they will be halfway successful!

So, before the Western Conference Finals even started, the Jazz were constantly practicing this kind of defensive content, trying to force Ye Qingchen into the bottom corner to shoot!

While the Jazz were constantly rehearsing their defensive lineup, the Eastern Conference Finals began first!

Chicago Bulls VS Orlando Magic!

The strength of these two teams has been greatly improved this year, especially the Bulls, whose small ball tactics have become extremely proficient.

As for the Magic, the cooperation between O'Neal and Hardaway has become more tacit. O'Neal is simply a meat grinder in the paint, and no one can stop it.

Therefore, when the Bulls head coach arranged defensive tactics, he had already determined a strategy:
No matter what, you can't let O'Neal easily get the ball inside. Once he gets the ball, foul him as soon as possible!

Because in the past season's regular season, O'Neal's free throw shooting percentage was only 50.00%.

Therefore, it is better to send O'Neal to the free throw line than to let him easily make trouble in his own paint.

The first Eastern Conference Finals game also attracted the attention of many fans.

As soon as the game started, the Magic took the lead!

The pick-and-roll cooperation between Hardaway and O'Neal made the Bulls' defense very passive!

You know, O'Neal, who just entered the league, didn't like to play pick-and-roll cooperation, because he felt that doing so was too girly and not interesting at all.

But after he was educated by the Lakers led by Ye Qingchen for many years, he became honest and learned that the pick-and-roll is actually a good offensive method.

Therefore, at this time, O'Neal has become very proficient in mastering the core points of pick-and-roll tactics.

After the pick-and-roll, O'Neal quickly turned around and easily rolled into the inside!
Barkley was stuck behind O'Neal and couldn't move!

Hardaway lobbed the ball directly into O'Neal's hands!

After O'Neal caught the ball, he hit it high and turned around with a small hook, which was a solid hit!
Barkley has the weight, but the height is indeed too far behind O'Neal to interfere with O'Neal's shooting.

Therefore, O'Neal has the upper hand in this attack!

Barkley was also very upset at the moment. He felt that he should have fouled O'Neal in advance and let him go to the free throw line.

After Danzi saw Barkley's expression, he made a gesture to calm him down, then caught the ball and dribbled it across the court.

The Bulls' offensive rhythm was not fast at the beginning, and it was also a regular position battle.Danzi, who was holding the ball at the top of the key, signaled Barkley to step forward and cover!
After Barkley screened, Danzi quickly dribbled into the inside!
O'Neal returned to defense in time!

Just when everyone thought Danzi was going to force a layup, Danzi chose to split the ball from the outside!
It was Drexler who caught the ball!
The latter's three-pointer was pulled out and hit steadily!
This is the scary thing about the Bulls. They have both players who can break through and players who can shoot. They can't defend at all!

The Magic didn't seem too frustrated with the Bulls' offense this time. They continued to pass the ball inside, allowing O'Neal to attack the Bulls' inside.

The Bulls' defense has also become very tough. Basically, O'Neal will directly foul when he gets the ball, sending him to the free throw line.

Originally, there was nothing wrong with this tactic, because everyone knew that O'Neal's free throw shooting percentage was not good.

But something unexpected happened today!
That is, O'Neal's free throw shooting percentage has increased strangely, and it is still quite terrifying!
In the first quarter of the game, O'Neal went to the free throw line a total of six times, which meant that he had [-] free throw opportunities.

He actually hit eleven free throws!
This result stunned everyone!
Could it be that he just got lucky today?

In fact, the reason why O'Neal's free throw shooting percentage is so high is because he really spent a lot of effort to improve it.

In the offseason of last season, he had already started practicing free throws crazily.

However, in order to hide his own strength and give his opponents an illusion, O'Neal still showed an inability to shoot free throws during the regular season this season, in order to paralyze his opponents.

Sure enough, O'Neal, who played for a season, successfully deceived the Bulls and allowed them to foul him without restraint.

So there was a result like this in the first quarter today. O'Neal made [-] of [-] free throws!
The commentator on the scene also exclaimed at this moment:
"My goodness!"

"Shaq's free throw shooting percentage is so high?"

"Did he get lucky today?"

Even the head coach of the Bulls, Jackson, looked shocked at this moment and muttered in his heart:

"This damn stupid big guy actually silently improved his free throw shooting percentage?"

"Or is he dribbling too well?"

Jackson Jackson didn't believe that O'Neal's free throw shooting percentage was really that high, so he still asked his players to foul O'Neal resolutely in the second quarter.

Jackson Jackson's persistence made the Bulls passive!

Because of constant fouls on O'Neal, the number of fouls committed by Bulls players continued to increase, but O'Neal's free throw shooting rate still did not decrease.

Throughout the second quarter, O'Neal hit ten free throws again!

And Barkley had already received four personal fouls, and he was forced to sit on the bench!

The Bulls' interior defense itself is very limited, and now Barkley is off the court again. This is really the worst news for them!

Although the Bulls had no problems on the offensive end and were basically able to beat the Magic, O'Neal on the Magic's side continued to use free throws to recover the point difference.

Therefore, when the half game ended, the Magic actually led the Bulls by 5 points, 50:55!

This is the home court of the Bulls!

Even though they were playing at home, they were actually 5 points behind the Magic, which made the home fans very depressed.

You must know that in the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Bulls never even fell behind once. The game entered garbage time from the jump ball.

But the situation was different today. The Magic had O'Neal's extraordinary performance, which put the Bulls into foul trouble, resulting in a score deficit!

After halftime, the Bulls players were very depressed in the locker room.

Jackson realized his mistake, adjusted his defensive strategy in time, and did not dare to foul O'Neal too much.

So, as soon as the third quarter started, the Bulls' offense began to speed up!
The Bulls' accelerated attack made the Magic very uncomfortable, so their point difference was evened out again.

It's just that the Bulls' restrictions on O'Neal became even smaller. Because they didn't dare to foul O'Neal casually, they allowed O'Neal to make trouble in the paint. Even in a double-team situation, O'Neal could easily dunk the ball into the basket. frame!
If the Bulls' defense shrinks, O'Neal will decisively pass the ball to the outside and let Hardaway finish.

The Magic's combination of inside and outside made the Bulls' defense very passive, and the score began to go back and forth.

This tug-of-war continued until the last moment of the game. When there was only one minute left in the game, the two sides were still tied!
98: 98!

The Bulls have the offensive ball!
Danzi did not choose to pass the ball this time. He rushed to the end and faced O'Neal's defense to complete a pull-up layup!
100: 98!

There are only 36 seconds left in the game!

Hardaway encountered a crazy double-team from the Bulls players at the top of the key!

The basketball was passed to O'Neal's hands!

After O'Neal caught the ball, he dribbled directly towards the basket!
The Bulls players tried to contain O'Neal, but it had no effect at all!
The insider is on his back!

The referee's whistle sounded!

O'Neal's shot actually hit!
O'Neal still has a chance to add a penalty!

There are still 12 seconds left in the game!
O'Neal's extra free throw hit!
100: 101!

The Bulls have one last chance to attack!
Everyone around the world knows that this attack must be handed over to Danzi!
After the timeout ended, the Bulls fans at the scene were so nervous that they covered their eyes, not daring to watch Danzi's final attack!
The Magic also defended Danzi very tightly. They even pestered him crazily when he didn't catch the ball!

Barkley serves the sideline ball!
Danzi kept running back and forth and finally found an opportunity to catch the ball!
Barkley seizes the opportunity to pass the ball!
Just when he thought he could successfully pass the ball to Danzi, O'Neal flew out from the inside, stretched out his long arm, and directly poked his pass away!
The basketball flew directly over the center line!
Hardaway controlled the ball in time!
The Bulls had to foul him!

The final result was that Hardaway made two free throws and won the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals!
The Bulls lost for the first time after eight consecutive wins in the playoffs!
Although losing a game is not the end of the world, O'Neal's transformation is a problem facing the Bulls.

How to defend O'Neal in the future has become a question that Jackson Jackson needs to think about.

O'Neal was already quite lethal in the paint, but now his free throws have improved. The Bulls are indeed in big trouble this time!

And the first game of the Western Conference Finals has officially begun!

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