The genius of the basketball madman is on the left

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Knicks stopped the Bulls with two consecutive three-pointers, and the point difference was expanded to double digits.

In addition to the point difference, what makes Bulls fans even more desperate is Zuo Lina's three consecutive offensive rebounds. This proves that the Bulls are weak inside. Countless history has proved that it is very difficult for a team that cannot guarantee rebounds to win. Things, if you don’t believe me, opening up the record in the playoffs, it can be said that there are very few teams that lose rebounds and win the game, even the Warriors who will be in the five small leagues in the future. The rebounds of the shorter teams are even more important. Without rebounds, how can the Warriors speed up.

Therefore, the Bulls emphasized the rebounding problem during the timeout, and replaced the team's first height, Along Gray, with Noah to form a double height, allowing Noah to play the power forward position.

The defender on the left side naturally became Along Grey. This guy is still full of ambition. Although he was beaten badly against the left side in the regular season, the Bulls arranged for him this time. Need to resist Zuo Li's first hit, Noah or Luol Deng immediately came back to double-team to help defend.

This time, he can still resist... right?

But who told you that Zuo Li can only play inside.

In the regular season, it was to strengthen his attributes, so Zuo Li would choose to play from the inside if he could play inside in the end. , Not only can play inside, let alone play inside, he has a variety of choices, and there are many things that can be taken out of the arsenal.

The smartest choice is to choose what kind of playing style to face what kind of defender.

It is very difficult for a trick to be eaten all over the world in the NBA. Even Curry has a breakthrough. The combination of sudden shots is his most powerful weapon. James, who only relies on his strong body to rampage, will need to develop more scoring methods sooner or later, otherwise he will There was a day when I met Waterloo, such as 8 points in the finals...

So Along Grei was taken to the top of the arc by Zuo Li with a confused face, and then called a pick-and-roll directly.

"Hey, look, Zuo Li went up to play the pick-and-roll, hey, hey, Dragic, a guard, made him a wall, and this league is the only one that Zuo Li can do, go down! Hey, hey! Aaron Gray couldn't keep up, almost fell! It's not enough to defend Zuo Li, good shot, Zuo Li made a pick-and-roll and went down three steps, the ball passed beautifully! Noah came to defend! Hey! Really slow! Left Stand up! Strike ~ 2+1!"

Accompanied by Zhang Reasonable's blowing, Zuo Li caught the ball at the free throw line, directly attacked the frame, and made a simple tentative step directly past Along Gray and then broke into the inside line. Noah's defense was not vicious enough, and Zuo Li hit him If you advance, you will have to pay a fine.

The free throws are stable... and no free throws were made. Zuo Li's free throw spell still exists. Even the ESPN guest commentator Pippen said that it is possible to try foul tactics. Zuo Li's free throws are unstable.

But Ewing immediately said that the Bulls didn't dare, and Zuo Li had a free throw percentage of about 70%, which was 78% lower than James' 8% this season, and James' rookie season was only 75.4%.

This data is enough to surprise the fans. Because of the flow of impressions, James’ free throws have always felt very good. However, throughout Lao Zhan’s career, his free throw percentage was only 73.3%, and the lowest season was only about 67%. There is still a long way to go to be great.

So how dare Zuo Li casually "cut" it, and it's not O'Neal, the 52% shooting rate is worth cutting.

Sure enough, Along Gray, who was passed clean in the next round, could only use a pull foul to stop Zuo Li's attack, but was caught by Zuo Li who had been prepared for a shooting foul.

Standing at the free throw line, he made two free throws.

Pippen, who was slapped in the face in an instant, was very angry. Apart from Zuo Li, the Bulls were falling behind more and more. After a hard comeback last season, Zuo Li's free throws can at least be seen.

But he naturally couldn't admit defeat, so he said directly: "I admit, this may not be a good idea, but the Bulls can get back the field from the offense, Rose and Ben Gordon need to stand up."

And they did.

In the next round, Rose went in and drifted the lever to score a goal, and then Ben Gordon hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc.

But that's it.

Because Zuo Li also scored a response goal, a strong attack dunk with the ball, and a low post hook, so the Bulls worked hard for a long time before recovering the 1-point gap.

Then Ben Gordon made a breakthrough and hit the iron in an emergency stop, but was caught by Zuo Li and went straight to the frontcourt. Ben Gordon wanted to redeem himself, but even if he could keep up, he could only stop it by pulling people , the final result was once again scored 2+1 by Zuo Li!

When Zuo Li walked to the free throw line again, the Knicks fans at the scene shouted like a tsunami: "MVP! MVP! MVP!"

After the penalty was added, Zuo Li had already scored 11 points in this quarter, and this was not the final score of Zuo Li's half. In the next few minutes, Zuo Li continued to perform efficiently and scored consecutive points in the paint. In the minute, Zuo Li hit another three-pointer with two shots, which was also the first three-pointer in the playoffs of Zuo Li's career.

而这球也让左立单节得分来到了20分，半场左立砍下28分11篮板6前场篮板，2封盖2助攻，这也奠定了今晚尼克斯取胜的基调。

60-45, the Knicks led by 15 points at halftime and entered the second half.

During the halftime break, Rose boosted the morale of the team in the locker room and took the lead.

But Rose's style of play doesn't quench his thirst. David Lee just takes the ball with a long swing, and Chandler has already made a fast play, and he responds easily with one hit.

Over there, Ben Gordon hit the ball again, Zuo Li got the rebound and rushed straight away!

Allongre was helpless.

Brother!

I don't take you to play like this!

Isn't this deliberately bullying people?

My body can follow you!

Helpless, he had no choice but to pull people and use his fourth foul to prevent Zuo Li from going down quickly, but this also meant that he needed to rest.

Without the high point of Along Gray, the Bulls have fallen again inside.

At the end of the three quarters, the point difference still widened to 20 points. Rose crossed his waist and could only lament the strength of the Knicks.

In the end, the Knicks easily clocked in the fourth quarter and defeated the Bulls by 112-97 with 15 points to win the first playoffs of the season, taking a 1-0 lead.

And Zuo Li, who played 38 and a half points, had brutal statistics tonight. He made 22 shots, made 17 goals, made 5 of 2 three-pointers, and made 11 of 7 free throws. He contributed a total of 43 points and 20 rebounds, including 10 offensive rebounds. , There are also comprehensive data of 6 assists, 5 blocks and 2 steals!

Taking the data of Zuo Li, Smith sighed: "In this game, Zuo Li broke a lot of records!"