"You are the pride of Chicago! Look at these newspapers, which are full of expectations from fans and the media. You just go out and play? Can such a team win the Indians? "
Boylan’s anger finally broke out at this moment. When he subconsciously made a fire, he found that the effect was not bad.
Some players, such as Hinrich and Noah, began to get angry, and Boylan was very satisfied with his performance. Then he pulled out the tactical board and began to repeat the tactics he arranged.
His arrangement is exactly the same as that of the Timberwolves. He defends Li Cheng by rough means, and then further restricts his play by cutting off the connection between Li Cheng and the ball.
"This is our home, and tonight our fans will give him great pressure. He should be looser in terms of the scale of the penalty, so you have to master some degrees of shooting at him. " After that, Boylan looked at his watch and said, "The game is about to start. You should finally adjust your emotions. When you go out later, you will directly beat the Indians."
Compared with the dignified atmosphere of the home team’s locker room, the atmosphere of the visiting team’s locker room is much more relaxed. The team has a good record recently, and the atmosphere in the team is also good. Even Deng Liwei Jr., who has left the team, didn’t make a fuss.
Because of the problem of espn broadcast, this game was delayed a little, but it didn’t affect the players’ mood. Li Cheng is full of anger waiting for this vent. The longer he waits, the more violent his outburst will be. The Bulls are also ready to go, and Boylan’s anger and pressure have also driven the players’ emotions.
When the referee threw the ball into the air, the game began. Foster and Noah jumped up, and Noah directly dialed the ball to the backcourt. Hinrich almost got to the bottom line before he got the ball under control. Judging from the strength of Noah’s stroke, his heart was full of anger.
The bulls’ first attack, their first five tigers entered the state very quickly, and this is their home court, which they are familiar with. Hinrich gave the ball to Lor Deng after his personal breakthrough. Lor Deng’s jumper on the left front of the free throw line first scored two points for the Bulls.
Next came the Pacers’ attack. Murphy served at the baseline, and Tinsley controlled the ball steadily across the half-court. Then the bulls began to defend according to their established plan, but he found Li Cheng running out of the three-point line. This time, the Bulls’ players are a little confused. Is there any threat when China people cross the three-point line? However, Lor Deng, who is in charge of defending Li Cheng, followed him out.
Li Cheng stepped out, took the ball from Tinsley’s hand, turned to the face frame, bent down and put the ball on his waist with both hands.
Boylan was a little confused on the sidelines. "What’s that old guy O ‘Brien playing?"
However, Boylan’s assistant said in his ear: "The China man’s ball control level seems to have suddenly improved a lot. He may have to control the ball himself."
Bowilan tilted his head and thought for a moment, saying, "It’s impossible! Last night, he was also very uncomfortable to be guarded. He can understand what ball control means in one night. How is that possible! This must be the smoke bomb of that old guy O ‘Brien. "
Boylan suppressed the doubts in his heart and turned his eyes to the stadium again with a frown.
Li Cheng stared at Lor-Deng, who was a step away from him, with a pose, listening to the huge boos of the fans in his ears and sneering in his heart.
"You are so far away from me, can you prevent me?" Li Cheng said softly, and then he moved.
As soon as Lor-Deng saw Li Cheng approaching the ball, a point that Boylan emphasized instantly appeared in his mind. "Indiana’s No.23, his biggest weakness is the ball control. If he dares to dribble, go up and force him, and he will definitely have a flaw. At this time, he will decisively break the ball. "
Lor Deng stepped forward quickly, and then stretched out his long arm, ready to copy Li Cheng’s ball.
Li Cheng flashed a sneer at the corner of his mouth again, buckled his wrist, easily escaped Lor-Deng’s steal, and conveniently gave him away.
Stepping into the three-point line in one step, there were no defensive players around Li Cheng. He jumped to his feet, and the basketball slowly flew to the basket like fallen leaves floating in the wind.
At this time, Lor-Deng just turned around. He witnessed Li Cheng’s graceful posture landing and basketball slowly falling into the basket.
After Li Cheng scored, his hands made a "pistol" action again, and this time he shot at all the fans of the home team.
The fans of the home team saw Li Cheng’s action, and suddenly they were even more dissatisfied.
"Guys, that China still dares to provoke us."
"He also don’t think our boos are big enough? Guys, shush him! "
Suddenly, bigger boos came from all directions, but Li Cheng opened his hands and seemed to say, "Let the boos come harder!"
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There has never been such a fierce boo. Cleveland fans may hate Li Cheng the most, but even in Cleveland, Li Cheng has never heard such a fierce boo. Perhaps this is the difference between the two teams!
The Bulls, once the god of basketball, are a dynasty team. Even if they are lonely now, their once souls are still there, and their pride is dead. On the other hand, the bull is in Chicago, the third largest city in America. The ball market is also much better than Cleveland.
The United Center Arena is also the famous devil’s home in the nba, but this year’s results of the Bulls are too different from the expected ones, and the fans are a little frustrated. This season, Chicago has lost the title of devil’s home, but now, the fans here have once again taken out the momentum of devil’s home.
It was not until Hinrich carried the ball through the half-court that the fans at home stopped booing and turned into cheers.
Hinrich’s dribbling changed direction continuously, and after passing Tinsley, he rushed to the Pacers’ basket. He threw a shot at the position facing the basket one step from the free throw line.
I have to say, tonight’s bull played with great momentum. However, Li Cheng, who is full of anger, and his walkers are equally high in morale tonight, and their morale is slightly different from that of the bulls. They are more confident and confident in their own strength.
And every time Li Cheng pulled the ball outside the three-point line, he either attacked himself or organized an attack, which completely disrupted the deployment of the bulls. Lor-Deng has been unable to form effective cooperation with his teammates except with more fierce defensive actions.
Three minutes later, the Pacers led the Bulls 12-8 at the United Center Arena.
Boylan didn’t want to believe it with a full face, but he also responded in time and called a time-out.
In these three minutes, the Bulls didn’t play badly. It can be said that the best game they played in the last ten games was the three-minute game.
If such bulls still lag behind the Pacers and continue, and the anger in the players’ chests is exhausted, then they will only lose the game in the end.
"Expand the scope of defense and organize Li’s pass. Deng, you should defend him more fiercely and use everything you can. Gordon, always pay attention to his double bag and don’t relax. " Boylan clapped his hands and shouted.
In this game, Li Cheng seems to have become a metronome on the pacers’ field. He has more connections with Tinsley and Granger, and their roles are changing at any time. Anyone can hold the ball and anyone can pass the ball. And the three of them have different means of attack.
Tinsley’s dizzying dribbling changes can always give the opponent a clean pass.
Granger is a player who can shoot suddenly. Perhaps his talent restricts his height, but his diligence and solid basic skills make him always able to do some necessary damage to his opponents on the court.
Li Cheng’s shooting is strange in the eyes of all coaches in the league, and his only shortcoming is the control of the ball. If he doesn’t even have this shortcoming now. Maybe he should really enjoy the treatment of a superstar, and he needs to be double-teamed for the whole game.
Li Cheng’s progress is great good news for the Pacers, but it can’t be worse news for the Bulls.
Lor-Deng has always followed the coach’s arrangement. He followed Li Cheng closely, just as Li Cheng owed him money and didn’t pay it back. At the same time, his mouth kept spouting rubbish.
"You don’t behave like an English gentleman at all." Li Cheng casually replied to him.
"This is the stadium, and winning the game is the most important thing." Lor-Deng said.
As soon as Li Cheng blinked, the frequency of his feet accelerated. With the help of Foster’s figure, he got rid of Lor Deng and turned to the outside line. Ben Gordon immediately stepped forward to attack Li Cheng, and Li Cheng once again ran in a different direction without the ball, throwing away the space, and Granger immediately passed the ball to Li Cheng on the other side.
Li Cheng turned around and faced the basket after catching the ball. Foster, who had been running behind Li Cheng, stopped in front of Li Cheng, and Lor Deng and Ben Gordon, who were going to attack Li Cheng, were destroyed by Foster’s block.
The doors of the two of them didn’t close in time, so Li Cheng adjusted his steps with a buckle of his wrist, pushed the ball forward again, and his body followed the ball between them.
Noah rushed to defend Li Cheng. At this time, Li Cheng’s ball handler swung quickly and continuously, and the basketball jumped quickly between the ground and his hand.
“inandout！” Mark Boyce shouted loudly into the microphone: "At this moment, I can be sure that Li Cheng is a rare talented player, and his progress has been too fast this season."
Li Chengyong swung past Noah with one hand, leaving only the basket in front of him. An easy basket, Li Cheng scored two more points.
The Pacers’ bench is boiling, and all the bench players stand up. They cheered for Li Cheng’s beautiful breakthrough.
At this time, Boylan and O ‘Brien were dumbfounded. But then the mood of the two of them was that one went straight to heaven and the other went straight to hell.
"This time, really picked up a treasure. I really don’t know what else we can dig out in this treasure that excites and surprises us. " O ‘Brien said to Hart.
"This breakthrough is so beautiful, and the cooperation between him and Foster is perfect. In this game, I saw a brand new Li Cheng. "
"I can’t wait to build a team around him now. I’m curious about what we will become next season."
But the fans will not look at the game with O ‘Brien’s professional eyes. From their point of view, Li Cheng’s attack this time is really beautiful!
The moment Li Cheng followed Foster’s pick-and-roll and passed between Lor Deng and Ben Gordon, he was as anxious as lightning, quick and with a hint of domineering and decisive. Then the front one-handed turned to pass Noah, like a breeze, blowing over the hill, inadvertently completed the pass, and then easily hit the layup.
Li Cheng’s passing is not as rapid as Paul’s, nor as beautiful as Iverson’s steps. Fans can see from the slow motion of the replay that the soft touch and change of Li Cheng’s wrist is the key to this breakthrough.