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The Raptors attack, Miller catches the ball after a pick-and-roll, attracts the defense in the middle, and then distributes the ball to the left. O'Neal receives the ball with his back, turns around and attacks the basket, but fails to make a throw due to Clark's interference. Carter makes a cut to grab the offensive rebound. The ball hit the ball out of the baseline. ＥNovelＷｗㄟＷ． %1XIAOSHUO. COM

Floyd requested a timeout. He saw that the Raptors' strategy was to attack the penalty area wildly and play from the inside out. Center Miller's style of passing outside the three-point line gave him a huge headache and he couldn't break it.

Miller can definitely pull out an inside man. When Clark goes out to follow Miller, he is poor at guarding the defender in the pick-and-roll. If Brand is asked to defend the pick-and-roll, Clark is also poor in low-post confrontation. As long as Clark is on the court, it seems that the Bulls will end up being taken advantage of by the powerful Raptors star through the back door.

The Raptors' tactics are simple but they always win, because the stars are so good in one-on-one situations that any weakness in any position can be exploited.

Floyd emphasized defensive tactics and replaced Keon Clark with tattooed maniac Marcus Fizer. After the substitution, the Bulls' weakness is also very obvious, and that is height.

Feizer's reported height during the draft was 2o6cm. In fact, he was standing next to Brand. The two were about the same height and had similar body shapes. The Bulls management liked this kind of stocky insider with wingspan.

The game continued, Feizer defended O'Neal Jr., and Brand continued to deal with Miller.

The adjustment had an immediate effect. Feizer singled out Miller and scored a goal as soon as he came on the court. Returning to his own half, he defended O'Neal Jr.'s turnaround jumper.

Brand got the rebound and passed it to McGrady, and the Bulls quickly counterattacked. McGrady passed the half court and suddenly fired a cold arrow from the three-point line. Kirilenko retreated relatively far back and missed the block, so the ball went in. 11 to 7.

When the Raptors attacked, Miller passed the ball to Billups who was running away. The latter forced a breakthrough when facing Fizer. This time the Bulls felt uncomfortable because Mark Jackson was too slow to pursue the defense.

The Bulls have a fatal weakness at the point guard. Veteran Jackson has poor defense and substitute Kevin Ollie has poor organization. Sometimes the Bulls need Jamal Crawford to serve as point guard.

Attracting Feizer to change defense, Billups brought it to the baseline and passed to O'Neal in the corner. The latter caught the ball and faced Jackson for a jumper, avoiding the block and hitting. 13 to 7.

The Bulls attacked, Feizer pulled out to cover, Jackson passed Miller on the right side, attracted O'Neal Jr. to cover the basket and then distributed the ball to the left side. Brand dunked the ball with one hand! 13 to 9.

The Raptors still used the same routine. Billups and O'Neal played off-ball screens, received Miller's pass, and dribbled the ball laterally from the three-point line to get rid of Jackson.

Jackson can't catch up,

Feizer had to change his defense, and Billups found a small gap and passed the ball to Miller in the middle. Miller sent the ball from the high post to the basket from Brand's head without stopping.

O'Neal Jr. caught the ball with his back to the left, turned around to the basket with a long stride, and smashed the ball in with one hand with his right hand. Jackson had no way to do anything. 15 to 9.

Yang Rui sat leisurely on the sidelines and asked Thibodeau and D'Antoni: "What would you do if you were coaching the Bulls?"

Thibodeau immediately replied: "Zone defense, Brand is in the middle, Fizer is on the baseline, McGrady is on one baseline to defend the corner three-pointer, conserving energy to attack, and the other two are also focused on preventing breakthroughs and interfering with shooting."

D'Antoni, still staring at the court, responded casually: "Totally agree."

Yang Rui smiled and said, "Sure enough, Floyd is easier to deal with than you two."

After Floyd called a timeout, the defensive end was still man-to-man. If a zone defense is used, Artest and Tracy McGrady won't actually suffer when facing off against O'Neal or switching guards. The Bulls block the penalty area, and the Raptors will have to rely on mid-to-long-range shots to solve the problem, at least not as high as in the opening period.

The league just started allowing zone defense, and many coaches were not used to it. What Yang Rui and Thibodeau learned in the Knicks was pseudo-zone defense, and they were easy to catch.

After adjusting, the Bulls can score but cannot defend. At the 7-minute mark of the Raptors, Halprin replaced Kirilenko, who committed two fouls, and continued to pester McGrady. The other four played the entire quarter, leading 35-24.

In the second quarter, the Raptors sent Parker, Reed, Dan Malley, Halprin, and Jerome James, one big and four small.

The tactics are very simple, grab the rebound and then counterattack, the three players will open up the position, and Jerome and Parker will play a high pick-and-roll.

In terms of overall ability, Parker is not as good as Billups. He has poor rhythm control, average breakthrough points, and inaccurate three-point shooting. Therefore, he has been a substitute all season and only averaged 8.4 points per game.

But Parker's role in the Raptors is also very obvious. In three games of the playoff round, his data increased to 12 points and 3 assists. He has special skills. He has the fastest start-up time on the Raptors after the pick-and-roll. His breakthrough is better than Billups. After the pick-and-roll, he can hit the basket for layups or small floaters, which all give opponents headaches.

What Yang Rui has to do is find a big man to help Parker block people and start comfortably.

Many people say that Parker would not have become a star without **Vitch's training. Yang Rui thinks it's the opposite. Without Parker, the Spurs wouldn't be that powerful. His characteristics are too distinct. If he switches to a pick-and-roll team and does not limit playing time, he may score 2o+ in many seasons of his career.

In Yang Rui's previous life, during his rookie season with the Spurs, Parker played 10 games in the playoffs, playing 34.1 minutes, averaging 15.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4 assists per game. Since then, Parker has always been a ready player.

The Bulls' bench was much worse than that of the Raptors, sending out Kevin Ollie, Hoiberg, Crawford, Fizer, and Clark.

Usually they will use the second lineup to support for a while, and as long as they don't fall behind too much, they can come back and finish off the opponent. Against the Raptors, the Bulls bench couldn't stand it at all.

Veteran Hoiberg is an excellent three-point shooter, but he doesn't defend well as the No. 2 position. He is 193cm tall and weighs 92kg. His confrontation ability is acceptable, but he suffers a lot against Reed, and his physical fitness is far behind.

Three and a half minutes later, the score difference widened to 20 points. Reed did not shoot a three-pointer. During the counterattack, he relied on his body to force a layup, beating Hoiberg twice.

Feizer made a defense, Reed distributed the ball, and Halprin scored with a one-handed dunk.

In a positional battle, Parker broke through after a pick-and-roll, passed Clark, drew a foul and made two free throws. During the counterattack, he passed Oli and rushed to the basket, attracting defense to break out of the perimeter, and assisted Dan Marley to hit a three-pointer.

On the defensive end, the Raptors had no obvious loopholes. They still defended in a 122 zone and blocked the penalty area.

In individual defense, the Raptors are not at a disadvantage in any position. Even though Halprin is short, he has no problem guarding Clark. He can keep Clark outside the penalty area. As long as he is far away from the basket, he is not a threat.

After the exchange, Brand and McGrady relied on their personal abilities to score, and the Raptors could not completely restrict them. However, the other Bulls performed generally and could not catch up with the score.

With 4 minutes left in the last quarter, the Raptors led 1o7 to 87 and entered garbage time.

Zhang Lili commented: "Both McGrady and Brand were selected to the All-Stars, with good statistics. They have become well-known partners in the league. They can compete with O'Neal and Carter without falling behind. However, the Bulls and Raptors are still far behind overall. , I don’t think there is any suspense in this series.”

Xu Jicheng agreed. "The Raptors have too many points and the point guard position is obvious. As long as the Bulls are not swept, this year will be considered a success."

Zhang Liji said with a smile: "If the Bulls can recruit a good point guard this summer, they will have a bright future."