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Never imagine that you can prevent the super giant, even if it is DPOY to defend it.

As strong as Payton's glove, at most Jordan would be replaced by Kobe.

Now the Raptors are trying to limit Duan's scoring with unlimited defense changes, but naturally they can't do it.

If it were any other team, no matter what, they would still have to send someone to flank them.

To defend Duane one-on-one, I can only say that Raptors head coach Dwayne Casey was too naive!

The first quarter only lasted more than two minutes, and Duan had already made 5 of 4 shots and 3 of 2 three-pointers. He scored 10 points purely relying on outside shooting.

If this continues, after the first quarter, Du En won't be able to score at least 30 or 40 points?

It was also because Durn's offensive state was so hot that Raptors small forward DeMarre Carroll had nothing to do against Durn. Raptors head coach Dwayne Casey had no choice but to call a timeout.

Seeing DeMarre Carroll walking off the court dejectedly, Dwayne Casey could only take the initiative to step forward, pat his back and speak to comfort him.

“Demarais, you’ve done a great job!
There was a problem with my defensive strategy, and I underestimated Duan's current state.

Don't lose confidence, the team needs you to stay active.

Next, please continue to be aggressive and help us limit Duan's scoring. "

Although DeMarre Carroll has no defense, he is still considered a well-known 3D player in the league. No matter which team he is on, he will basically be trusted by the head coach to defend the arrow.

But really speaking, it is normal for Du En to target him.

Defensive arrows not only require wingspan, lateral movement, defensive attitude, but also size and weight.

For example, Bridges is excellent at defending the perimeter, but was called out endlessly by Doncic in the playoffs and became a defensive sloth.

However, although it does not mean that Doncic cannot play against Wiggins, who has a forward size, he will still avoid pick-and-roll battles again and again in order to score more efficiently.

Taken together, Wiggins is not better than Bridges in perimeter defense, but while Bridges can't guard Doncic, Wiggins can guard one.

Now DeMarre Carroll can't guard Duan, and it's because of his overall size, weight, and height that he's at a disadvantage.

When Dunn beats DeMarre Carroll in isolation, he doesn't need to use speed, he uses skills to quickly defeat DeMarre Carroll.

He just needs to fight for a little bit and then look at the specific situation to determine whether he should step back for a three-pointer or shoot from the mid-range where he is more comfortable shooting.

In short, without anyone double-teaming, Duan will have a lot of space to dribble and shoot.

With sufficient physical strength, every singles match is basically a sure shot.

And DeMarre Carroll has been ravaged by Duen for so many rounds, and now he has a deeper understanding of Duen's strength.

"Coach, don't worry. Just leave Du En to me alone. I won't hold the team back."

DeMarre Carroll quickly perked up after hearing encouragement from Dwayne Casey.

Although DeMarre Carroll knew in his heart that he would definitely not be able to guard against Duane by relying on one-on-one defense.

He is the ruler of the league. If he can defend himself, this year's DPOY award should be awarded to him.

However, DeMarre Carroll also believes that Duane's state cannot last for a whole game.

Moreover, as the outside gate, DeMarre Carroll also knows how to reduce the marksman's touch and disrupt the ball holder's dribbling rhythm.

We are already in the Eastern Conference Finals. Is it normal to have more physical contact when defending?
“Demarais, we need you to keep pestering Doon!

However, we won't let you get into trouble alone.

Next, we will play a 32 zone defense. We should always pay attention to Du En's position to see if he really wants to launch an attack.

Once Duen plays in singles with the ball, we will double-team Duen! "

The Raptors are good at switching defenses endlessly, and their teammates cooperate very closely and harmoniously.

Therefore, unlike other teams, regardless of whether Duan has the ball or has the ball, he will always attack in advance.

The Raptors wait for the few seconds when Duen is really going to launch an attack, then flank him, wait for Duen to shoot or pass the ball, and then choose to shrink to the basket to grab rebounds, or expand to cover and block the outside three-pointer.

One thing to say, this idea is certainly good, but it requires a lot of tactical execution and physical strength of the players.

If a team places too much emphasis on defensive discipline and execution, the offensive end will often be affected due to lack of physical strength.

Closer to home, after the timeout, the game started quickly.

Because there is too much emphasis on defense, the timeout is spent on how to adjust the defense, without specifically arranging an ATO tactic.

Therefore, after the Raptors players came back from the timeout, they just used regular ATO tactics. In the end, they failed to win against the Bulls' iron-clad defense.

The Bulls protected the rebound, and the basketball quickly fell into Duan's hands.

DeMarre Carroll took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

Then, DeMarre Carroll came to Duan, bent down, lowered his weight, and opened his hands.

Like a cheetah, it bit Du En tightly, and tried to find Du En's flaws during the confrontation and chase.

However, the 100-second long pause did not allow Du En's fiery touch to cool down quickly. Du En returned to the court and was still in a fiery state!
I saw Duan hit DeMarre Carroll with his back, then immediately dribbled from his hip and turned around to break through, easily passed DeMarre Carroll, and reached the three-point line in the blink of an eye.

Before DeRozan and others could double-team him, Duan had already completed his takeoff.

DeMarre Carroll thought he would be able to chase the shot from behind Duan, but he didn't expect Duan to shoot in a hurry this time. Instead of raising the ball above his head, he just raised it to his forehead and shot it.

"If you take action so quickly, can you get in?"

DeMarre Carroll closed his hands in the air, avoiding chasing Duan, and gave Duan three free throws.

However, Duan needed less than three free throws to score three points in this round.

I saw the basketball drawing a beautiful arc in the air.

brush--

The basketball hits the net!

In the first three minutes, Duan has already hit three three-pointers!

This can be said to be Duen's best game in this year's playoffs!
The fans at the scene were also greatly surprised by Du En's fiery touch, and they let out some exclamations one after another.

However, Raptors fans still support the home team. Even though Duane, the best player in the league, performed with amazing skills, they did not defect to the Bulls and cheered for Duane.

Of course, this does not affect Du En's wonderful performance.

The cheers of the audience can certainly make Duan full of passion, more motivation to perform well on the court, and more motivation to win the game.

However, sometimes the pressure from the away fans will give Duen the desire to conquer the away game, leading to a more exciting and explosive game. However, there were some difficulties tonight.

After all, the Raptors are the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference and are extremely good at defense.

As the game progressed, DeMarre Carroll gradually adapted to Duan's dribbling, breakthrough, and shooting rhythm. Coupled with the early arrival of other teammates to attack, DeMarre Carroll's defense also became More effective.

Although Duane was still able to score on DeMarre Carroll, Duane's shooting percentage inevitably continued to show signs of decline as the game progressed.

On the one hand, this is the result of all the Raptors players strengthening their defense and defending against Duan.

On the other hand, the competition was indeed very intense, and Du En's physical exertion was also very high.

After all, Du En is only a body of flesh and blood, not made of iron. In a fierce game, it is obviously not that easy for Du En to score stably just by shooting.

Fortunately, Duen's scoring method is not only outside shooting. Whether it is a low-post single or a breakthrough to the basket to finish, Duen is a good player.

What's more, with the ball in hand, Duane can not only score with the ball himself, but also help his teammates score.

Duan realized that the Raptors players focused more on him. Even if they returned to defense quickly after a double attack, more players would choose to cover up, but the ball moved faster than people. !
Starting from the second half of the first quarter, the Bulls frequently moved the ball in a wide range.

Duen's teammates know how to play with Duen and how to share the offensive pressure with Duen.

With the right shooting space, you still have to take the shot.

The Bulls' starting lineup, Fournier, Duane, Crowder, and Green, except Gobert who can't shoot three-pointers, the rest can shoot.

In the substitute lineup, there are Middleton, Bojan, and Portis who can shoot three-pointers.

As for Jokic, he doesn't have enough possession of the ball, and he hasn't mastered low-post offense yet. Naturally, he is not so stable in three minutes, and he cannot shoot three-pointers at will in the playoffs.

However, these days, no team forces the center to shoot outside the three-point line.

Closer to home, the Bulls moved the ball in a wide range, coupled with the occasional three-pointers from the wings and corners, it was very difficult for the Raptors to continue to defend the zone.

Duan couldn't guard him in isolation, and he couldn't guard the Bulls' three-pointers. Even his rebounds were compromised because of his size and height, so he couldn't protect them well.

As the first quarter lasted for more than 8 minutes, substitute players came on one after another. The advantage of the depth of the Bulls' substitute lineup was reflected, and the game point difference was further widened.

37 to 21, after the first quarter, the Bulls established a 16-point lead!

Is the gap between the Raptors and Bulls so big?
Before the Eastern Conference Finals started, although the vast majority of fans predicted that the Bulls would win the series, no one could have imagined that the Raptors' proud defense would have no effect on the Bulls.

Of course, Duane played well, as everyone can think of.

But the question is, shouldn't this be because the Raptors cut off Duan's connection with other Bulls players. Duan can only score in singles. Doesn't this make the data very good-looking?
Judging from the content of tonight's game, this is not the case at all.

The Raptors' preparations for the Bulls don't seem to be as prepared as they were during the regular season!
Perhaps the reason for defeating the Bulls to win first place in the Eastern Conference, coupled with the Bulls' own tendency to ruin and rebuild, made the Raptors slack off.

In short, the Raptors did not take Duane and the Bulls seriously before the game.

During the game, Duane and the Bulls players didn't take the Raptors seriously.

Just like the shooting training, the Bulls made 8 three-pointers in the first quarter. The three-pointers alone scored more than the entire Raptors team.

The Bulls also played too hard and shot too accurately, and the Raptors' morale suffered a heavy blow.

Even at the beginning of the second quarter, the three referees on the scene tried their best to help the Raptors, but they still could not reduce the score.

During the second quarter, the Bulls once widened the point difference to 20 points, but ultimately failed to consolidate this advantage.

65 to 48, after the first half, the Bulls had a 17-point lead.

During the halftime break, the atmosphere in the home locker room was very solemn, and the morale within the Raptors had almost dropped to freezing point.

To a certain extent, the game has not been lost in terms of content, but in essence it has been completely lost.

Ever since the Bulls scored 37 points in the first quarter, and there was nothing they could do to defeat the Bulls, the Raptors understood that there was no way they could defeat the Bulls led by Duane.

Even if this is just a Bulls team that took the initiative to trade away last season's championship achievements and lost its second leader this season, the Bulls are remnant.

Of course, the Raptors didn't realize that the playoffs are particularly good at training players.

This year's playoffs, the Bulls are able to reach this point, naturally not entirely because Du En led the team to carry.

The growth of Green, Middleton, Crowder, Gobert and others, as well as their stable performance in the playoffs, are also crucial.

Most people think that Green, Crowder, and Gobert should start with Duen, and their data should increase. The main reason is that Duen is playing ball for them.

Of course, such factors do exist.

However, the intensity of the playoffs is much greater than usual.

The vast majority of players, including a large number of stars, perform much better in the regular season than in the playoffs.

This is like forgetting about role players!

This season, the Bulls' role players performed even better in the playoffs than in the regular season.

At the same time, Duane's performance is much better than in the regular season.

What happened to Du En can be explained by his super giant nature, but what about people like Green and Claude?

Naturally, it's because they seized the opportunity of the playoffs, constantly learned lessons, accumulated playoff experience, and grew rapidly.

Having said that, the game is not over yet, so naturally the game will continue.

The third quarter of G1 of the Eastern Conference Finals started quickly.

With the referee's tacit approval, the Raptors tried to use more physical confrontation to affect the Bulls' outside shooting feel.

Duen was already prepared for this, and handed the shooting to other teammates. Duen was responsible for attacking the basket and driving the offense of his teammates under the basket!
It didn't take long for Duan to rely on pick-and-rolls to disrupt part of the Raptors' defense.

Then with the threat of shooting and fake moves, he easily reached the Raptors penalty area.

Finally, with the help of unpredictable offensive methods and passes under the basket, the Raptors broke the defense and assist defense in the penalty area.

Obviously Duen's speed is not fast, but he is always just right to ignore the opponent's obstruction.

Obviously, Duen's offense was not as hot as in the first quarter, but he went to the basket again and again, struggling to find scoring opportunities in the gaps.

However, every time the Raptors players tried their best to prevent Duan from scoring, Duan was always able to find a gap and send the ball into the basket or into the hands of his teammates.

In this regard, the Raptors players and the Toronto fans at the scene had to marvel at Duan's ability to move on the court with ease and get everything he asked for.

"We have to admit that we can't stop Doon tonight, and we can't beat the Bulls who have Doon!"

After the Eastern Conference Finals G1 game, Raptors head coach Dwayne Casey expressed this emotion. (End of chapter)