Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 123 It's all trash, especially you!
Thibodeau was flustered. Although the Bulls still led by 8 points, it was far from the 112-67 he had expected:
"The pressure we put on the Cavaliers just now is far from enough!"

"Far from enough!"

Thibodeau roared and emphasized twice. He still can't think of a countermeasure, but he can definitely give enough pressure:

"This is the United Center, not Quicken Loans Arena! None of the more than 2 fans here wants to watch this kind of game!"

"none!"

Thibodeau blushed and had a thick neck, and the Bulls players were also ashamed when they heard it.

They also don't want to stage such a scene. The opponent's core star played with an injury in the second quarter, scored 3 points in a row in 9 minutes and called a timeout...

The key is the Christmas battle with such a high ratings!
But I can't stop it...

Bogans has tried his best, but Wu Di's performance still crushed him, and he has already played the first quarter, and Wu Di is full of energy.

Bulls players can also feel his helplessness, let's not discuss whether Wu Di's offensive thinking is advanced, but it definitely does not belong to their era.

To make up for this generation gap, they need to spend a lot of time studying Wu Di's offensive thinking, as well as a lot of actual combat practice.

But both of these take time.

In the league, the most effective defense against Wu Di is Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.

But who are these two?

Both are first-team members of the league's best defensive team.

Kobe himself is a physical monster with top talent.

James is also known as the Chosen Son because of his extraordinary talent. Although his defensive attitude may be problematic, he has a grudge against Wu Di, and he can't wait to use his strength to face Wu Di.

But for these two, they have to start from preventing Wu Di from catching the ball.

After catching the ball, the effect that can be exerted is very limited. It is better than the effect of "resigning to fate", but not much better.

On the other hand, for the Bulls, although Bogans is a defensive leader, he is far from being able to stop Wu Di from receiving the ball...

"Coach, I can try to switch defenses with Bogans and stop him from receiving the ball like Kobe..."

Rose raised his hand and suggested that he was 5 centimeters shorter than Wu Di, but he had advantages over Wu Di in terms of explosive power and defensive awareness. Maybe he could reproduce Kobe's way of defending Wu Di.

Thibodeau, who was continuing to pressurize, froze when he heard the words.

Although he is not very good at performing on the spot, he still has a clue to the current lineup of the Bulls in his heart.

The Bulls' offense is impossible without Rose, and the degree of dependence on Rose is even more serious than the Cavaliers' dependence on Wu Di.

Letting Ross defend Wu Di may be effective, but this is basically a suicide style of play.

Wu Di can use up Rose's physical energy, so the Bulls' offense will also stagnate, kill a thousand enemies, and lose a thousand...

But... Wu Di is injured!
Thibodeau stared, and immediately looked towards the Cavaliers bench.

The other Cavaliers players were standing and listening to Scott's tactics, but Wu Di slumped on the bench clutching his thighs...

This detail made Thibodeau's eyes shine instantly.

Wu Di is still affected by the injury!
His running when facing Bogans' defense just now has definitely approached his current physical load!
If Wu Di is strong enough to fight against Ross, who is more defensive, his injury will definitely worsen.

If you don't force yourself to give up resistance, wouldn't the Bulls have succeeded in defending this wave?

Without Wu Di, the Cavaliers are nothing to worry about!
Perhaps it would be a good way to spend half a quarter to exhaust Wu Di!

Thibodeau applauded secretly, but he put pressure on his mouth again:

"Derek! You finally realized your problem! You are our trump card, and Wu Di is the knight's trump card. It is your unshakable responsibility to suppress him!"

"Bogans, you are incompetent defensively, and if you can't help the team share the pressure offensively, I'm so disappointed in you!"

……

The timeout ended and the two teams returned to the court again.

Bogans took the initiative to provoke the important task of organizing the offense, but he was a little stretched on the court. He didn't recover until Rose called Ty Gibson to come up for the pick-and-roll.

His first step wasn't quick, and even with Taj Gibson's pick-and-roll, he couldn't escape Sessions' defense.

Just when he was about to make a mistake, Rose came out in time again, ran to catch the ball and passed it to Deng Yingqiao who ran out of the bottom corner.

Deng Yingqiao made a long two-pointer.

27-37!

Ross breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, the Bulls' offense has continued, and he can safely mark Wu Di.

But Wu Di was a little puzzled, why did Rose give up the ball to the second-rate point guard Bogans?
Soon the Bulls' defensive changes cleared up his confusion.

Rose began to spare no effort to press him.

"Very well, the fish are starting to bite the hook."

The corners of Wu Di's mouth rose slightly. Although there were some small twists and turns in the knight's attack in front, things were still developing according to the second step of his plan.

He began to run wildly with Rose all over the court, ran to every corner of the court, and used Cavaliers and even Bulls players to create obstacles for Rose.

In fact, with his current explosive power of 92 and his height advantage of 5 centimeters, he can already break free from Rose.

But he took a little bit of it, just to run with Rose, to consume Rose's physical strength crazily.

As the two ran away, both Scott and Thibodeau began to worry.

Scott has already regretted it a bit. Although Wu Di's plan sounds like a glimmer of hope, in actual implementation, there are still too many challenges and too many risks...

If Wu Di doesn't stop alone and the old injury recurs, then he will encounter the biggest crisis since he became the head coach of the Cavaliers.

Scott is worried that Wu Di will be injured, and Thibodeau is worried that Wu Di will not be injured.

Such a defense consumes too much for Ross!

If Wu Di does not get injured or retires, the pressure on the Bulls in the third quarter will be greater, which is equivalent to entering the fourth quarter ahead of schedule!
And Wu Di played the first quarter less than Rose, and has more physical strength...

A player's injury caused two head coaches on the field to worry about it at the same time, and Wu Di also unlocked a special achievement.

But the one who cares most about Wu Di's physical condition is Rose.

He ran too hard, he was shorter than Wu Di, and if he wanted to stop Wu Di from catching the ball, he had to run more than Wu Di.

The only thing that could comfort him was the painful expression on Wu Di's face.

Judging by this expression, Wu Di definitely won't be able to last much longer... right?

"Nonsense! It's nonsense to fight like this!"

In the CCTV live broadcast room, Zhang Weiping scolded angrily:
"Wu Di obviously exceeded the limit of his body's load. He still has a groin strain. How could Scott let him fight like this?"

The other two commentators were also worried about this:
"Scott quickly stop it! You can't fight like this. If you get hurt again, who can take responsibility?"

"Ross and Bogans switched defenses against Wu Di. Thibodeau made it clear that he was here to damage you and hurt you. How can the enemy succeed?"

On the field, Jordan barely made a shot at the basket, but missed the board.

Just when Noah was ready to pick up another rebound, Wu Di suddenly rushed out and grabbed the offensive rebound on his head.

Running all over the court just gave Wu Di the space to display his legendary rebounding ability.

"Ahhh!"

Noah was so angry that he directly made a gambler's steal on Wu Di, and then made a foul in anger.

At the whistle, Sessions was replaced by Scott for Williams.

Without Wu Di's singles in the Cavaliers' offense, there is no way to tear through the Bulls' defense. Using Williams is also dangerous.

After all, today is the Christmas game, and Williams didn't dare to be an actor anymore. He scored 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist in the first quarter, showing the performance that a player with an annual salary of more than 900 million should have.

Moreover, when Wu Di was on the court, he could still get the ball. This situation also inspired him to hit the Bulls' basket with all his strength.

He wants to prove that he is no worse than Wu Di... how much!
Yes, although Williams didn't deal with Wu Di, but the last time he gave up in public, it already showed that he fully recognized Wu Di's ability.

It is Wu Di's basic operation to beat the enemy until he sings and conquers.

After Williams came on the field, he made money soon. After breaking through to the low position of the elbow area, he faced Taj Gibson's supplementary defense, stepped up and hooked, and completed the score.

29-37!

The PK of the four groups of people on the field reached an evenly matched state at the same time!
The competition between Wu Di and Rose fell into a stalemate, and the competition of other players also fell into a stalemate.

Thibodeau paced back and forth on the sidelines, opening his arms from time to time, making his signature penguin roar.

The point difference between the two teams jumped repeatedly between 8 and 10 points. Time seemed to stand still, and every minute became extremely tormenting for him.

The second quarter is almost over, but Wu Di has been unwilling to get injured, while Rose's physical fitness has declined sharply.

"Xie Te, you should have waited just now!"

Thibodeau was so anxious that he wanted to curse:
"WTF! Isn't Wu Di injured?! Why is Ross almost exhausted, this guy hasn't finished yet???"

Once Rose's physical fitness is exhausted ahead of time, the advantage they have worked so hard to build may not survive the third quarter!
Then it will be difficult to play until the fourth quarter, and even face the fate of overturning...

But there is no medicine for regret in the world, he can only grit his teeth and pray for a miracle to happen.

beep!
With a long whistle at the end of halftime, the score was fixed at 42-50.

Most of the Bulls fans on the scene are not particularly capable of reading the game, and the Bulls' 8-point lead is enough to make them feel at ease.

As for the confrontation between Wu Di and Rose, they didn't take into account Rose's physical problems, and they didn't realize Thibodeau's worries about the second half...

Instead, they felt that Rose's performance was very eye-catching, and they held Wu Di, the knight's arrow figure.

And Wu Di is injured, even if he stays on the court, his condition will get worse and worse, and he won't score without looking at the back!

At this moment, the Bulls fans at the scene enjoyed the happiness of ignorance.

They watched with great interest the Bulls mascot "Niu Niu Bailey" and the cheerleaders carefully prepared a special Christmas performance, bursting into bursts of laughter from time to time.

However, the locker rooms of the two teams are full of ice and fire.

On the Bulls' side, Thibodeau was furious again. Wu Di was not injured, and he even blamed Rose for not chasing him hard enough.

The point difference failed to widen, and he even used all the vicious words he could think of to scold all the remaining players.

"A bunch of sons of bitches! You can't keep up with the ninth-ranked garbage, are you even more garbage than garbage!?"

"Is there anything more outrageous than this? With so much training, even training a dog is better than you now!!"

"A lot of family members came to watch the game live, this time you are really ashamed and ashamed!"

"It's Christmas not Halloween! I don't want to be frightened by your disgusting skills anymore!"

……

On the knight's side, it was still full of chicken soup.

"The Bulls play tough, but you guys know what to do!"

Scott continued to smile:

"Even though they were number one and we were number nine, we obviously let them suffer!"

"I think today's game is the best game we have played in the past five games!"

"Although there were some twists and turns at the beginning, you all adjusted in time!"

"I am very confident in the third quarter! Because the third quarter will be a contest of will. If they fight for strength, they may be stronger than us, but for will, I believe in each of you!"

……

Returning to the court again in the third quarter, both teams were full of energy.

It's just that the momentum is a bit reversed.

The Bulls players' eyes were full of hatred, while the Cavaliers looked calm, with a taste of death.

"Obviously, Thibodeau is putting pressure on the Bulls players again!"

In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Yu Jia sighed:
"One person drove the whole team crazy, I don't know how much I sweated in this second quarter!"

Zhang Weiping took over the conversation:
"In fact, he has such an excellent lineup in his hands, but he is desperate in every game, which also shows some problems!"

"The head coach can't just force the players, but also has to come up with subtle tactics. Judging from the situation in the first half of the game, Thibodeau relied too much on Rose, and his adaptability is really limited!"

Su Qun nodded in approval, and then said in surprise:

"The first offense of the Bulls, Ross! Ross once again took up the banner of the Bulls' offense! Oops, I didn't make a breakthrough! I can't keep up with my physical strength!"

"Give it to Lol... shot! The posture is a bit stiff! No more, Jordan grabbed the rebound!"

On the court, Rose wanted to get stuck in front of Wu Di to prevent him from receiving the ball, but Wu Di suddenly accelerated!
"Squeak!"

With the ear-piercing sound of the sneakers rubbing against the floor, Wu Di jumped into the air!

Amid the exclamations of the fans, he caught Jordan's pass as if he was choking a bull by the throat!
Then, taking advantage of the trend, he changed direction forward and slammed away Rose, who had shifted his center of gravity!

"So fast!"

Su Qun was surprised again, "But think about it, Wu Di only played in the second quarter, and he played one quarter less than Ross, so he must be physically stronger!"

"However...Wu Di is injured. Is such a large movement really okay?"

Wu Di dribbled the ball and rushed towards the frontcourt at full speed. Amidst Thibodeau's scolding, Bogans ran up to it.

He suddenly turned his head and pulled out, but after being deflected by Wu Di with a change of direction, he raised his elbow maliciously, resisting Wu Di's advancing route.

Wu Di was in pain, and his speed slowed down all of a sudden, and the Bulls quickly took advantage of this gap to set up a defensive line.

"Foul! This is definitely a foul!"

Scott yelled with a Cavaliers bench player on the sidelines, but the referee was blind!
Obviously because of the Bulls' home whistle!
Ross also double-teamed, and the two bulls instantly locked the air in front of Wu Di!

In desperation, Wu Di suddenly had a glimmer of understanding:
"Where there are people, there are gaps!"

Since finishing the last wave of money, his agility talent has reached the super giant level of 90!

This makes him more sensitive to gap recognition!
Although the pincer attack between Bogans and Ross seems impenetrable, his strength is definitely stronger!More impact!

Rush and you're done!
boom!
Inspired by this sudden comprehension, Wu Di abruptly rushed out from between the two!
In an instant, the sea and the sky are bright!
He came to the top of the arc, and the nearest Taj Gibson came to defend, but it was too late, the swords and lights intersected, and Wu Di made an open jumper!

【Ding! ! !It was detected that the host scored +3 in the game against the Bulls, and the wealth value was credited, +60000 US dollars! 】

Basketball hollow into the net!

45-50!

Only 5 points away!

"Damn it, are you all useless? Who is injured? How can he break through the double-team!"

On the sidelines, Thibodeau stamped his feet and roared loudly!
He couldn't figure it out, even the referee was on their side, how could Wu Di make a three-point fast break!
"You're right, Coach Tom!"

Wu Di answered with a smile when passing by:
"It's all trash, especially you!"

Thibodeau blushed instantly from choking, he covered his chest, and pointed at Wu Di tremblingly, obviously very angry.

(End of this chapter)