Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 177 The big score came to 0-2!

The Cavaliers played so smoothly in the first quarter, which surprised Wu Di and Scott.

The tactics of the two sides have basically remained the same, and the Cavaliers' lineup has also been damaged. After the Bulls' defensive team is more familiar with the Cavaliers' style of play, they should defend harder.

However, the reality is that he was caught by the Cavaliers and played a smooth attack.

There is an effect of Love feeling warmer, but it should not be much. After all, Love only scored 5 points in the first quarter, while the Cavaliers led by 10 points.

Could it be said that the last quarter of G1 was overturned, which dealt such a big blow to the Bulls' morale?

But after thinking about it, the two felt that it didn't make sense. After all, it was only G1.

And it's still at the Cavaliers' home court. It is impossible for any team that is attacking towards the championship goal to lose the away game G4 by 1 points in the Eastern Conference semifinals and their morale will be so low, right?
In the second quarter, Wu Di paid more attention.

He began to use trash talk to provoke the Bulls players on the court, but whether it was Noah or Rose, there were 1 dissatisfaction, which showed that it was not the reason for morale at all.

At the same time, the Cavaliers continued to expand their lead. Just after one-third of the second quarter, the Cavaliers pulled the point difference to 15 points, and the score between the two sides came to 22-37.

The Cavaliers took this wave of advantage too easily, and the Cavaliers players were a little confused.

However, the Bulls are more ignorant than them. Thibodeau believes that he has created a team that is getting more and more courageous, but in the series, it is not enough to lose the first game?

Thibodeau's eyes were tearing apart, he racked his brains to think about the situation when the Bulls defended, and quickly made an unexpected reaction.

He replaced Rose with a blue-collar player Ty Gibson, let Bogans play point guard, and acted as the first defender to defend Woody.

Thibodeau actually replaced Rose!
The audience laughed out loud, this is only the second quarter, Thibodeau actually replaced the main star and gave up resistance!
What about the bloodthirsty bull?
However, the more surprising thing is still to come. The Cavaliers, who originally wanted to seize the opportunity to expand the point difference, failed to continue their fiery state. On the contrary, the Bulls' defense suddenly became effective...

So that the point difference between the two teams did not widen further, and was reduced to 12 points at the end of the second quarter, and the score between the two sides came to 36-48.

The Bulls' main star Rose went off the field, but the point difference narrowed...

Wu Di was speechless. He really didn't want to mess with Rose's mentality this time, but the Bulls' defense became much more benign.

During the intermission, Wu Di and Scott thought about the changes on the court, and slowly came back to it!
"During the first quarter, we seemed to have accidentally found a solution to infinite defense changes!"

Scott touched his chin and said:

"Do you still remember the feedback we received when we simulated infinite defense changes during training yesterday?"

Wu Di said in a deep voice:
"We have to cover 3.9 times in an offensive round on average, but because of the continuous high-intensity switching, the lower limbs of the players are particularly worn out, especially after switching defenses. This is essentially another starting step, but the continuous back The consumption of the bull is definitely much greater than ours, and if this goes on, the bull will be unable to hold it as it hits the back..."

Scott nodded, and said with bright eyes:

"Theoretically, it sounds like infinite switching defenses can perfectly restrain our cover system, that is, no matter how we cover to find opportunities for misplacement, their infinite switching defenses are not afraid of misplacement, and they can defend no matter how misplaced they are..."

"But it's only in theory. When you replace Davis on the court, add Parker, Jamison, Love, Jordan, our average height of the lineup is more than 2 meters 03, and their average height is less than 2 meters, the height of our lineup is completely crushed!"

"Unlimited switching of defenses requires everyone to defend against anyone, but the consumption of the small ones against the big ones is still too high. It is no problem to defend once or twice. If they keep defending, their consumption will increase greatly. Not to mention the bulls, even the iron bulls can carry it. Can't stop..."

The two fell into contemplation one after another. They didn't expect Davis to retire from injury, and the Cavaliers had an unexpected gain.

In the discussion between the two just now, only a few assistant coaches were able to keep up with the train of thought, and everyone was in a daze. They could only sigh that there were so many contests in the seemingly smooth game!

"Byron, you seem to have done something good!"

Little Jordan whispered to Davis.

However, Davis has a complicated expression on the sidelines. His MRI test results were released yesterday. The problem is not serious. He has a slight sprain and will recover within a week.

But the bad news is that the team may not need him that much...

Originally, he was still thinking about cleaning up Noah after he recovered, but who would have thought that the team would have a better chance of winning without him...

But soon Wu Di's next words dispelled his doubts:
"Thibodeau used Taj Gibson in the second quarter to make up for the shortcomings of the Bulls' lineup height, reduce Rose's loss, and make up for the loophole of unlimited defense changes, but this can at most maintain the point difference. If you want to chase points, you have to rely on Rose to attack. ..."

"Actually, starting from the height of the lineup, Thibodeau still has a way to solve the current problem of the Bulls, and that is to let Rose defend me regularly, and then let the rest of the positions switch defenses infinitely!"

Scott nodded:

"Yes, we can think of it, and Thibodeau can definitely think of it. Your ability to attract firepower is our strongest. Thibodeau locks Rose with you, and the height of other positions is changed. The difference in misplacement is not so big. They The unlimited defense system is still effective..."

"But in this way, other people will be restricted, and Davis will not be able to play, and our overall firepower will be weaker, so you have to support our defensive end and restrict Rose, so that we can maintain the lead !"

Sure enough, as soon as the third quarter came up, Thibodeau let Rose play again and fixed-marked Wu Di.

This is the playoffs. The rhythm of changing moves is not every game, but calculated by quarter.

Rose, who rested for most of the quarter, was not in a hurry to score, but first sorted out the Bulls' defense.

Both sides wanted to gain a firm foothold on the defensive end, and the score stagnated again. Two minutes before the third quarter, they played a wave of 2-0 without even free throws.

"Basketball is almost like football!"

In front of the TV in a luxurious box, Xiao Hua said with a depressed face.

Yes, in front of the TV, Xiao Hua did not go to the scene.

In order to avoid being pitted by Wu Di again, and to avoid seeing the Cavaliers win again, Xiao Hua did not go to the scene with Stern in this game.

However, he found a suitable reason, which was to meet a potential partner, Klaus Fragoso, a senior commercial representative of MGM, the largest sports betting company in the United States.

Although the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the sports betting ban on May 18, 5, and promoted the legalization of sports betting, before that, four states in the United States had already completed legalization.

The four states are Nevada, Oregon, Delaware and Montana.

Among them, Las Vegas, the world-famous casino city, is located in Nevada, and MGM is the largest sports betting company in Las Vegas.

As a senior executive of the league, Xiao Hua went to meet a sensitive person like Fragoso, so naturally he couldn't appear at the game together.

So Xiao Hua came to the luxury box of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.

"President Adam is exhausted from the journey, Tiffany, Lolita! You must serve the distinguished guests in Las Vegas!"

After Fragoso finished speaking, the blond Tiffany handed Xiao Hua a lighted cigar, and the black beauty Lolita handed a champagne glass with red lip prints.

The pieces of cloth on both of them are not enough for a piece of A4 paper, but Xiao Hua is staring at the TV without squinting:
"When I become president later, I can't let the game play like this. No audience will like to watch this kind of defensive game. The offense is too smooth, and the players are easy to get injured!"

After speaking, Erlang raised his legs and turned on the mode of swallowing clouds and fog.

The smoke in the box obscured Fragoso's face, except for a beige striped suit with a blood-red shirt, the same color as his hair.

"Hahaha! I am looking forward to that day. President Adam is right. This kind of game that only focuses on defense lacks suspense, and the players' enthusiasm for participation is not high!"

Fragoso laughed loudly, but when he changed his voice, he laughed again:
"Adam, it's hard to come here today, let's have a game, if you lose, it's mine, if you win, you take it away!"

Xiao Hua pointed at him with a finger holding a cigar, look, look, what is Shangdao?

If you lose, you count it in the casino, if you win, you take it away. This is not a casino, this is a bank ATM!
But Xiao Hua refused with a smile:
"Don't give me the whole thing, Klaus, I'm not interested in this!"

Although he just lost $100 million in the previous game, the money was nothing to him.

As for the money from the casino, if he does not do anything with it, he will die.

In addition, his refusal at this time will make Klaus even more flattering.

"Oh, don't worry!"

Sure enough, after Xiao Hua refused, Fragoso immediately became anxious, and he ordered to a blond young man who looked like a horse boy beside him:
"What's the odds now? Bet $100 million to Mr. Xiao Hua against the Cavaliers!"

However, Xiao Hua turned pale when he heard the words. He came here because he didn't want to see the Cavaliers win on the spot. If Fragoso, the poisonous insect, didn't deliberately stimulate him, then he really had a brain hole!

Thinking of this, he said angrily:

"Fragoso! Enough! Get them all out!"

A group of horsemen and beauties looked at Fragoso, who waved his hand, and they quickly filed out.

"I'm here this time to discuss business with you!"

Xiao Hua straightened his expression, and continued:

"How do you think about the cooperation plan I mentioned to you last time?"

Fragoso picked up the wine glass with a smile, touched him and began to talk in detail.

Xiao Hua's eyes are clear, the legalization of NBA betting is something that can be done to the owner of a big team, not only can he get more votes in next year's president voting, but also earn him more bonuses!

A thousand-year-old great cause with no harm!

Of course, it is a big project to implement, how to distribute benefits, how to arrange publicity, how to lobby for policies, etc. It will not take a few years, and it is uncertain.

But as long as they can come up with a complete business plan, it will be enough to be an insurance in the voting for the new president next year.

……

In the Quicken Loans Center arena, both the Bulls and the Cavaliers were exhausted defensively, but with less than 6 minutes left before the end of the third quarter, the status of the role players of the two teams declined rapidly, and they were about to enter the final stage of superstar competition .

Wu Di took the lead in passing a super-difficult tomahawk buckle, and once again rode Noah on the bull's head and blew the attack horn!

Not to be outdone, Rose responded quickly, went inside and played a wave of 2+1!

The two leading players who have just been selected as the All-Star starters this year are facing each other again!

Although Wu Di's whistle is much less than that of Ross, the Adidas, but Wu Di has a more explosive three-point ability!

However, due to the fact that Rose, who rested for most of the second quarter, was more energetic, the Cavaliers' 12-point lead in the first half was erased by another 5 points.

At the end of the third quarter, the score was tied to 56-63.

Fortunately, the first ball in the fourth quarter belonged to the Cavaliers, and Love seized the opportunity to catch a pass from Wu Di in the bottom corner and hit an open three-pointer, successfully widening the point difference to 10. point.

Except for Wu Di's 2-minute rest in the middle of the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers basically maintained an 8-10 point lead.

During the 2 minutes of Wu Di's rest, the Bulls recovered 4 points, but the minimum difference was 5 points, and there was still a certain distance from a comeback.

And after Wu Di rested and played again, the point difference between the two teams was quickly widened to the range of 8-10 points.

This is the problem with the Bulls, their scoring explosiveness is too weak.

The stable gunner Boozer can't shoot three-pointers, but Luol Deng, who can shoot three-pointers, today's three-point shooting percentage returned to the normal level of 34.5% per game.

Rose is capable of counter-attacking fast breaks, but the Bulls lack a super long passer like Wade. Even with fast breaks, Rose can pass them all by himself, and there are relatively few who can respond.

So once the Bulls lose too many points in the front, it will be difficult to have a chance to come back later.

This is also the reason why the Bulls in this period in the previous life were so sluggish when they encountered the Heat. Even if they could build an advantage through iron and blood defense in the early stage, once the players fell into a period of exhaustion, they would be chased back by the Heat with a strong scoring explosive ability. .

After all, Thibodeau still lacks a reliable offensive assistant.

But those who can sort out the offense well generally become the head coach. After all, "offense wins the audience", the general managers of major teams have always been thirsty for such talents.

Therefore, it is basically inevitable that the team led by Thibodeau will encounter a bottleneck in the playoffs.

In the end, as the final whistle sounded, the Cavaliers won G70 79-2!

The big score in the series came to 0-2!

"Knights don't fight Tianwang Mountain!"

The game ended, but the Cavaliers fans did not retreat for a long time, but instead shouted new slogans in the Quicken Loans Center arena.

Tonight, the Lakers also had a big score of 0-2 in the same series.

It's just that the Lakers are that 0 this time.

The Mavericks closed the game 93-81 and brought the victory back to Dallas.

The Lakers only lost 2 points in the last game, but this time they lost 12 points directly!
The Zijin Dynasty showed signs of overthrow, but the media in Los Angeles still thought indifferently that they had just finished warming up!

"With Nowitzki's old appearance, what if we let him play two rounds first?"

This is the curse of the defending champion, to win consecutive championships, is somewhat paralyzed, thinking that miracles are nothing but commonplace.

Not everyone is as infinitely paranoid about victory as Kobe is. Most Lakers players think they got what they deserved.

Some players even thought that they took what they shouldn't have!
(End of this chapter)