Chapter 355 354. The Little Giant Can't Get Up After Sitting Down

Watching Zhang Yang fall out of bounds and listening to the fans' groans, Yao Ming blurted out "Fuck!"

You really dare to vote!

He tried hard to defend the basket, and his teammates defended him on the outside. They had limited Zhang Yang's score in the third quarter to 8 points, the same as in the second quarter. Although his hit rate was higher, 6 of 3, they did not give Zhang Yang the opportunity to shoot three-pointers, which was a good job.

Although the score difference was once narrowed to 3 points and then widened to 7 points, at least we won by 1 point in this quarter.

The Bobcats' third quarter performance is one of the best in the entire league. Without considering the point difference, that is, the net score in the third quarter, and only looking at the points, the Bobcats average 28.1 points per game, ranking first in the league.

Being able to suppress the Bobcats in this quarter, even if the score difference was not narrowed much, Yao Ming felt that he fought hard on both offense and defense, scored 9 points while not allowing the opponent to score too many points in the basket, which was already worth it.

As a result, in the final moments, Zhang Yang, who had no three-point chance in the whole quarter, forced a shot against Luol Deng who was in the position and made it!
In the last few seconds, the Bulls made a long pass and Duhon made a sneak attack, but veteran Hill was prepared and stepped back first. Duhon missed the jump shot from outside the free throw line and the third quarter ended.

Zhang Yang scored 11 points in a single quarter, plus 21 points in the first quarter and 8 points in the second quarter, a total of 40 points in three quarters!
Led the Bobcats to a 101-point lead over the Bulls 91-10 entering the final quarter!
This is not over yet...

During the intermission, Skiles replaced Yao Ming, who played the entire third quarter with 9 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, and sent out a combination of Hinrich, Duhon, Luol Deng, Ben Wallace and Aaron Gray, preparing to play a quick rotation defense to continue to consume the Bobcats.

In fact, the Bulls had been fighting a war of attrition since the beginning of the game, and the effect has always been there. It was not so obvious in the first half, as Zhang Yang scored 21 points in the first quarter and attracted too much defensive attention in the second quarter. But the effect was already good in the third quarter. In the first 11 minutes and 40 seconds, the Bobcats only scored 26 points, far lower than the first two quarters and lower than the season average. It was only because Zhang Yang threw in an unreasonable three-pointer at the end that the score exceeded the season average.

Skiles’ defensive strategy is conservative, but it is the most suitable choice for the Bulls, a team with strong hardware power. They play the kingly basketball, just like the Spurs with Duncan who won three championships.

For a team with Yao Ming at his peak and Duncan at the peak of his personal ability, in most cases, exquisite tactical coordination and fancy on-the-spot responses are not as good as a head-on confrontation and a straightforward approach.

On the other side, Carlisle sent out the entire starting lineup.

After the intermission, the Bobcats attacked.

Felton received the serve and advanced to the front court. Just as he reached the left side of the top arc, he saw Zhang Yang waving and running out from the baseline. He waited for Zhang Yang to slow down and then passed the ball to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang received the ball within one step of the three-point line, took a step outside, came to the right side of the top arc, turned over, and shot another three-pointer facing Luol Deng...

Seeing Zhang Yang's stretched movements and smooth force, Luol Deng knew that the ball was gone again.

After Luol Deng stood firm, he turned around and saw the ball fall into the frame.

Deng Yingqiao: You want to bully me?
Why didn't you dare to shoot like this against Sefolosha? Are you bullying me because I was slow in bursting and diving?

Also, what about the agreement to use tactics after making threats?
Zhang San: I am the tactics!

With his mind blown, Luol Deng got back into the game.

Let Sefrosa defend Zhang Yang... He can defend better without the ball, but the Bulls did not let Sefrosa defend Zhang Yang from the third quarter. In the second half, based on the experience of previous matches, Zhang Yang would increase the proportion of singles, and the sophomore Sefrosa could not withstand Zhang Yang's back-to-the-basket attack at all.

With Luol Deng on defense, at least he can force Zhang Yang to play without the ball. If Zhang Yang wants to dribble to the basket, Luol Deng will be very happy. From the Little Giant to Big Ben, there is always one that suits the bad boy.

When the Bulls attacked, Duhon and Aaron Gray launched a pick-and-roll attack and broke into the paint. Hinrich received the ball on the right sideline and was met with help defense before passing the ball again...

Luol Deng went around from the 45-degree angle on the left to the 45-degree angle on the right, and in the middle, he used Ben Wallace's off-ball screen to get rid of Mike Miller, received a straight pass from Hinrich, and took a three-pointer from the 45-degree angle on the right... It was so powerful!
He tried his best to return the ball to Zhang Yang, but he failed to control his strength and the ball hit the basket on the other side!

Zhang Yang got to the baseline and grabbed the defensive rebound, and launched a counterattack... but it didn't work. The Bulls' lineup was so fast.

He passed the ball to Felton in the center circle, and after Felton advanced to the left side of the top arc, he passed the ball back to Zhang Yang on the right side of the top arc.

Du Hong saw Zhang Yang take the ball and step back. He rushed directly towards Zhang Yang and double-teamed him with Luol Deng.

Zhang Yang stepped back and jumped...to the left!
Felton cooperated tacitly, moved to the left sideline, received the ball and made a three-pointer...and made it again!
Skiles quickly called a timeout.

Only 43 seconds into the final quarter, the Bobcats stopped their opponent! Seeing the players on the court rushing towards Felton, Carlisle excitedly high-fived his colleagues.

Carlisle: "It was a good idea to give Jack tactical autonomy!"

Vincent: "We have been practicing tactics hard during this period and insisting on implementing tactics in the game, so that the players can remember how to play tactics and how to cooperate with Jack to respond, which is the key."

Carlisle: "You feel uncomfortable if you don't contradict me for a day, right?"

Vincent: "You're welcome. This is what I should do."

Ka Tu: What should I do if he wants to stab my brother in the back again?
The Bobcats coaches and players were very excited, but the situation on the bench was different.

Scales was in a bad state.

Up to now, for most of the game, the Bulls and the Bobcats have been playing back and forth.

The Bobcats led by 7 points in the first half after a back-and-forth period, relying on the information gap in tactical play. The details of their tactical coordination and on-the-spot response within the tactics were all new to the Bulls.

Especially in the first quarter, the Bobcats' performance was perfect and anyone who came would have been beaten.

The Bulls were able to trail by only 7 points in regular time, maintaining a high possibility of a comeback. The players' performance and the coach's on-the-spot response were all very good.

但是，从第三节11分45秒、到末节0分43秒，不到1分钟时间，张杨和费尔顿连进3个三分球，直接把分差拉开到16分！比分107比91！

Scales was really stunned this time.

That bad boy is really unreasonable!
...

Yao Ming sat down to rest, but he couldn't get up.

Yao Ming has encountered such a situation this season.

He scored 20 points in three quarters and led the team to overwhelm the opponent and gain a clear lead. At the beginning of the final quarter, his teammates used a high-speed rotation of pressure defense to break down the opponent. He sat down to rest in the final quarter, and they won after the rest. He was not used to it at first, but now he has gotten used to it. He has clocked out after three quarters at least seven or eight times this season.

But he still couldn't get used to tonight's situation. It was completely different from usual. This time it was their turn to be defeated!

After the Bobcats made three three-pointers in a row across the quarter to extend the lead to 3 points, Skiles did not hastily substitute Yao Ming in early. Yao Ming played the entire third quarter and had to rest in the final quarter. This was just the regular season, and he insisted on this rotation plan even though the opponent was the Bobcats, the strongest rival in the East. There were still three weeks before the playoffs, and Yao Ming could not be injured at this time to eliminate any possibility of accidents.

But when Yao Ming was resting, Hinrich and Luol Deng led the team to fight hard. In the following time, they could only fight back and forth with the Bobcats. By the time Hinrich stole the ball and counterattacked with 2+1 to open the situation and led the team to a 9-3 run to narrow the gap to 8 points, there were only 35 seconds left in the game.

They were unable to regain hope of a comeback and were still 14 points behind with two minutes left. Skiles had basically given up by then. The opponent had already replaced Felton, Zhang Yang, Brad Miller and Okafor, leaving Jarrett Jack, Mike Miller, Hill, Pietrus and Perkins to play in garbage time.

Yes, Hinrich led the team to a 9-3 run in garbage time. He just didn't want to give up.

In fact, even earlier, when the fourth quarter was halfway through, Skiles had already chosen to let Yao Ming, who had 11 points in the first quarter, 6 points in the second quarter, and 9 points in the third quarter, and 26 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks in three quarters, go off the court. Zhang Yang and Felton scored 58 points in 9 seconds, stifling the Bulls' comeback.

In the last 35 seconds, the Bulls didn't score any more points. At this time, they were 8 points behind and there was no hope at all, unless a hot-handed McGrady appeared on their team.

Jarrett Jack made a mid-range shot in the final moments, widening the gap to double digits again.

At 11:21 pm, the final whistle sounded.

首节21分、第二节8分、第三节11分、末节12分，张杨全场打了44分钟，32投19中，其中三分球9中5，外加10中9的罚球，狂砍52分7板3助攻1抢断2盖帽！

费尔顿16投9中，其中三分球6中4，加上4中3的罚球，高效拿到25分5助攻。

Relying on the efficient and powerful offensive firepower of the two guns, the Bobcats beat the Bulls by 131 points with a score of 121 to 10!
Refusing to be a stepping stone for the Bulls to get 60 wins, he improved his record to 53 wins and 19 losses!
(End of this chapter)