The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

In the game against the Bulls, as long as Rose can be restricted, the Bulls' offensive rhythm can be restricted.

Not long ago, Jeremy Lin used his iron-strapped defense to really stage such a scene. When Rose was defended by Jeremy Lin, the Bulls' offense immediately fell into a passive state and was suppressed by the Nets all the way.

In the starting lineup, Wang Xiao directly made adjustments.

Curry and Danny Green switched defenses, with Green defending Rose and Curry defending the Bulls' starting shooting guard Bogans.

Bogans is a player known for his defense, but his offense is not strong. Although he started this season for the Bulls, his average playing time is less than 20 minutes per game, and he can only score about 4 points per game. The playing time of the guard position will be divided between Kyle Korver and Ronnie Brewer.

Although Curry has a disadvantage in height, the pressure to defend Bogans is not particularly great.

Danny Green, on the other hand, is used to defending the top offensive players of other teams. Although Rose is very strong, it is difficult for him to keep up with the speed of the breakthrough, but he uses various techniques to prevent the opponent from doing what he wants. Attacking is also possible.

And in order to increase the deterrence against Rose, Wang Xiao put Paul George in the starting lineup again this time.

Since James' second game, George's playing time has further increased, but in order to balance the strength of the starting lineup and the bench lineup, George, like Harden, is still on the bench, and the starting small forward is still Caron Butler.

George's first start immediately raised the Wizards' perimeter defense and defense capabilities to a new level. On the inside, Jordan was also told by Wang Xiao that once Rose broke through the blockade of the perimeter and rushed into the interior, he would step forward immediately. Block it, even if it means letting Joakim Noah go.

Anyway, just one sentence, lock up Ross!

At the beginning of the game, all members of the Wizards followed this principle and targeted Rose everywhere.

The effect is really quite good.

Green's strategy for defending Rose is to prevent breakthroughs and not prevent shots. The defense is always one step back.

Rose is capable of three-pointers, but he is not stable.

At the beginning, because of Green's defensive attitude, he tried three three-pointers from the outside, but only hit one.

Obviously Rose's outside touch today is not particularly good.

Rose, who also discovered this, no longer shot three-pointers, but began to try to break through.

Under Green's main defensive breakthrough tactics, passing Green often requires a lot of fake moves to shake his center of gravity, which consumes a lot of energy and stamina. However, when he passes Green, he cannot immediately speed up and hit the basket, because Jordan He will always step forward and stand in front of him immediately.

Faced with this situation, Rose can only pass the ball to Joakim Noah, who the Wizards missed.

After several offenses, Noah has scored 6 points in a row in this way, but Rose has not recorded a single point except for the first three points.

Thibodeau keenly discovered the problem and called for a timeout adjustment.

After the timeout, Rose began to frequently play pick-and-roll cooperation with his teammates. For example, Carlos Boozer pulled out the outside line many times to pick and roll for Rose.

But the Wizards still firmly adhere to the tactics of strictly guarding against Rose. Whenever Boozer pulls out the pick-and-roll, Jamison and Green will immediately double-team Rose. Boozer would be completely open at all costs.

With such a resolute defensive attitude, at the end of the half, the Bulls had three players score in double figures.

Boozer, Noah and Luol Deng all scored in double digits and became the biggest beneficiaries, while Rose scored 7 points with only 2 of 9 shots and 2 free throws at the end of the half.

"It seems that in this game, Wang Xiao's attitude is very firm. The Wizards team is strictly guarding against Rose, even leaving other players empty." During the halftime break, the commentator in the commentary was evaluating the first half Shi said: "At present, such a tactic seems to be worthwhile. Although Boozer and other players scored high in the half, but the team's core Rose's inability to score still had an impact on the team's offense. I don't know the second half. What kind of adjustments will Thibodeau make."

At the end of the half, the scores of the two teams were 49:45, and the Wizards led by 4 points.

The 4-point lead is not that big, and it is only two rounds of offensive and defensive transitions that can catch up or even overtake the point difference.

But this still cannot conceal the fact that the Wizards have an advantage at home to the Bulls.

After the start of the second half, everyone could clearly feel that the Bulls had put a lot of effort into opening up Rose's firepower.

Pick-and-roll tactics, off-ball screens, off-ball running.

In order to help Rose attack, Thibodeau also racked his brains.

On Rose's own side, he also began to exert his strength gradually, constantly using his speed and explosive power to forcibly break through the blockade and attack.

It is worthy of being another player in time and space who can win the regular season MVP. Rose is really strong at this stage!

When he started to go all out, even if Wang Xiao made so many arrangements, he still let him tear the defense line to pieces!

In the third quarter of the game, Rose made 2 three-pointers, successfully broke through the inside and hit the basket 5 times, made 3 layups, and caused defensive fouls in the remaining 2 times. He made 3 of 4 free throws and scored in a single quarter. 15 marks! And the audience's individual score has thus increased to 22 points!

"Hehe, this guy really isn't so easy to restrain."

Seeing this situation, Wang Xiao couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile. Although he was still very young, Rose's personal ability was no less than that of James. A top superstar in the league like Wade couldn't be easily contained by targeted defensive tactics. to an extent!

However, although he failed to lock Rose, Wang Xiao was not in a bad mood, because even though Rose scored 15 points violently in a single quarter, the Wizards were still in the lead, and even the 4-point lead at halftime had widened. Arrived at 9 points.

why? Very simple, the ace is not only the Bulls.

"Stephen-Curry! Another three-pointer! This is his fourth three-pointer in the third quarter!"

Along with the shouts of the on-site commentary, the fans booed in bursts.

It's not that Wang Xiao doesn't have any future regular season MVPs, and he even has two on his side.

Two consecutive regular season MVP winners Stephen Curry and 17-18 regular season MVP James Harden.

Rose desperately scored 15 points in the third quarter, but Curry's understated 4 three-pointers almost offset the damage it caused.

And Harden's firepower is completely unmatched by other Bulls players.