Chapter 168 Point Guard duel (Part 1) [Second update]

When Derek Ross first entered the league, his three-pointers were not good.《》.com. However, this season, his three-pointers ability has improved significantly.

The three-pointer just now faced Wu Feng's defense and hit a steadily, which is enough to illustrate the problem.

After this timeout, Stan Van Gundy replaced Vince Carter and Gerald Wallace. Carlos Boozer also came up with the Bulls.

Wu Feng would not be scared by Derek Ross' performance. He caught the ball in one step inside the three-point line and aimed at the basket, which made an unreasonable jump shot. The basketball drew a beautiful arc and flew into the box.

Wu Feng was completely in a row with Derek Ross, and the two of them were slamming back and forth.

Derek Ross organized the Bulls' offense, broke through the baseline, and passed the ball behind him to Ronnie Brewer at the top of the arc, who scored a three-pointer with a hand.

With a "swish", the ball entered again.

The Magic's offense, Gerald Wallace received a wonderful pass from Wu Feng, and the bottom corner also made a beautiful three-pointer.

During this period, the hit rates of both sides were quite high.

Derek Ross tangently from the middle to the basket, received a pass from Ty Gibson and made a layup directly, but was disturbed by Wu Feng and failed to make a layup.

Dwight Howard caught his eighth rebound in the game and threw it to Wu Feng.

After halfway through the dribble, Wu Feng used Brandon Bass' cover to penetrate the Bulls' basket and attracted another defensive player to make up for defense.

The result was predictable. Wu Feng directly passed the ball to the free Brandon Bass. After receiving the ball, the latter took a big step and then dunked.

Tom Thibodeau watched the Magic complete another attack and shook his head in disappointment. (""Net 7*)

In the second quarter, the Bulls' defensive intensity dropped a lot.

So Tom Thibodeau also requested a pause.

"I believe everyone understands the purpose of my call for this timeout. Look at your defense, it's like a piece of paper. I don't want to see such a defense again. If anyone still has this attitude, then anyone will end up. There is no shortage of people in our team." Tom Thibodeau yelled at the Bulls players in anger.

After the timeout, Wu Feng of the Magic was replaced by Chris Du Hong.

Since the beginning of the game, Wu Feng has only rested for a while at the end of the first quarter. So for the next game, Stan Van Gundy decided to let Wu Feng rest for a while.

For the Bulls, starting small forward Roll Deng replaced James Johnson.

Perhaps it was Tom Thibodeau's reprimand that worked. The Bulls indeed strengthened the defense in the next game, which made the Magic's offense at a loss.

Derek Ross easily led the ball across the half, and passed the ball quickly bounced into Carlos Boozer's hand, who turned around and made a jump shot.

Gerald Wallace's three-point shot missed, Dwight Howard grabbed the offensive rebound and handed it to Vince Carter. Vince Carter singled Roll Deng, and made a backward jump shot, but he didn't make a hit. After Jockin Noah took the defensive rebound, he quickly stuffed it into Derek Rose's hands.

Derek Ross hit a three-pointer again without anyone to guard it, and Vince Carter only took six seconds to retaliate. He broke through the Bulls' three-point line and directly scored a three-pointer, making a hit.

But in the following time, Derek Ross launched a fierce counterattack.

After halftime, Derek Ross threw the ball high, and Roll Deng jumped high from the wing to the basket and dunked with both hands.

After only one and a half minutes of suspension, Derek Ross scored 3 points and 2 assists. His performance was too exciting, which made all the fans scream. ("".com)

With four minutes left in the first half, Wu Feng made another appearance, but Wu Feng did not take advantage of the showdown with Derek Ross.

Wu Feng quickly led the ball over half, watching the "World of Warcraft" keep getting stuck in the inside and asking for the ball, and a high hanging ball was quickly handed to Dwight Howard.

The ball was very clever, just as Dwight Howard turned around and carried it hard, and his shoulders suddenly exerted force, squeezed Carlos Boozer out, winning a little jump space at the basket.

Dwight Howard was really like a fierce 'warzard', roaring at the basket, his huge body soared into the air. Jokin Noah, who was resting on defense, could not stop his movements at all. On the contrary, the referee called a defensive foul because he had just stepped on one foot in the reasonable collision zone.

In the NBA court, the basket is centered on the center of the basket and a semicircle with 4 feet (1.2 meters) as a radius. This area is called a reasonable collision zone.

Standing within the arc, as long as the defender has physical contact with the offensive player, a defensive foul may be awarded. Outside the online, the defender can stand in advance. If the offensive player touches the defender with his body, the offensive player will be awarded an offensive foul. In the reasonable collision zone, when the opponent attacks, the defensive player will not be called a foul if he jumps up, and if he doesn't jump, he will be called a defensive foul.

Dwight Howard made the first free throw, but the second free throw was out of the basket.

The extremely ferocious Dwight Howard grabbed the offensive rebound and then passed the ball to Wu Feng on the outside.

After Wu Feng received the ball, he quickly broke through, but as soon as he took the first step, the ball in his hand disappeared.

Wu Feng looked up at the watch and the ball was cut off by Derek Ross.

"Swish", Derek Ross made a breakthrough layup and completed a fast break counterattack.

This is already the 21st point scored by Derek Ross in the first half, and Wu Feng's mistake just now was also his third mistake in this game.

Tom Thibodeau was very satisfied with the current situation of the Bulls. He sat on the coach's seat with a smile on his face and was discussing something with the assistant coach.

Magic coach Stan Van Gundy is not in the mood to sit at this moment. He is standing on the sidelines, anxiously reminding the players to defend, pass more balls, and cooperate.

The Bulls' outside line was very crazy. The Bulls' outside line led by Derek Ross brought a great impact to the Magic.

Stan Van Gundy quickly called a timeout and prepared to arrange the defense in the last two minutes of the first half to find the right opportunity to narrow the gap to single digits.

Now, the Magic are 13 points behind the Bulls. This is a very big test for the Magic. If they cannot narrow the gap to single digits before the end of the first half, it will be difficult to play in the second half.

Stan Van Gundy also understood that the continuous back-to-back had exhausted the players physically and mentally. So during the timeout, he did not criticize the players' performance with a stern face, but encouraged them earnestly.

"In the last two minutes, we must do the defense well. The Bulls' outside feel is too hot. They can always hit our baskets. We have to strangle them and then use our inside advantage to pose a threat to the opponent's inside. So, next, we have to play two-and-three-defense joint defense." Stan Van Gundy held the tactical board, drawing and placing tactics in detail to the players.

Joint defense, as the name suggests, means joint defense. It is divided into joint defense and counter defense. If combined with man-to-peer, it can also be changed into mixed defense (mixed defense).

The biggest difference between joint defense and man-to-peer is that people-to-peer targeting is the ultimate goal, while joint defense is the ultimate goal of preventing the ball.

The second and third joint defense is transformed from the most basic 2-1-2 joint defense. The advantages are similar to 2-1-2. They are both aimed at consolidating rebounds and protecting the basket, and strengthening the defense of the opponent's bottom line. The blind spot on the outside is similar to 2-1-2. However, if the center at the basket is too slow, the forward who is inserted from 45 degrees may be a tycoon in the free throw line and the blind spot of the small penalty area.

The advantage of the second and third joint defense is that it strengthens the periphery defense, which is conducive to defending the mid-range shots on the front and sides of the periphery, and is also conducive to the periphery intercepting the ball and counterattacking and fast attacking.

Since there are advantages, there are disadvantages in the second and third-tier defense. Its disadvantage is that the defense in the two bottom corners and free throw areas is weak, and the defense is prone to fouls to grab rebounds, which is not conducive to the defense's rebounds.

The second and third-tier defense set up by Stan Van Gundy had an effect in the following time. Not only were the outside shots pinned by the Magic, but the firepower that hit the basket was extinguished by the Magic.

Moreover, the Magic used the second and third joint defense to force the Bulls to make mistakes, and they used these mistakes to make a fast break counterattack.

With the end of the first half, the score between the two sides reached 44:50.

The Magic played a 11:4 climax in the last two minutes, successfully narrowing the gap to 6 points. It can be said that the tactics that Stan Van Gundy arranged at the last moment of the first half were very successful.

However, Stan Van Gundy also understood that the second and third joint defense cannot be used all the time. During the half-time break, the opponent will definitely develop a tactic to crack the second and third joint defense.

Derek Ross walked towards the rest area, and the fans of the United Center Arena were calling his name.

It is understandable that Derek Ross, as the best player in the first half, deserves such enthusiasm from home fans.

In the first half, Derek Ross played for a total of twenty minutes and only had four minutes of rest. In these twenty minutes, he made nine of fifteen shots and frantically slashed 23 points, making him the player with the most points in the first half.

In addition to scoring 23 points, "Son of Wind City" also sent 7 assists, forcing Wu Feng to make three mistakes. Such a performance can be regarded as the most valuable player in the first half.

Wu Feng, in the first half, played about four minutes less than Derek Ross. He played against Derek Ross in this game, so he scored a lot.

16 points is the highest score of the Magic team.
Chapter completed!