Bulls 133-118 Rocket!
10 days ago, the Bulls triggered the quarantine of nearly 10 people triggering health and safety agreements, and the league had to postpone the Bulls' two games, thus opening the curtain on the increasing epidemic in the league.
For the Bulls, the two-game postponement gave them a week's break, which was a big relief for them.
There are not enough people, and if you continue to fight with your teeth, you may fall into a double vicious circle of epidemics and injuries.
Therefore, in the league where the epidemic is raging, the most unfortunate are those teams that have infected several players, but still can't meet the suspension requirements and can't go up.
You think, if the team is not infected, then the whole team just took advantage of this turbulence to march forward, if it is a large area of infection, even the number of players can not be made up, people directly the whole team nested, missed this period of time when the soft persimmon kneading, but also take the opportunity to rest and recuperate.
Only the middle, such as the Bulls and the Nets before the postponement, there are only eight or nine people left on the team, and they have to insist on continuing to fight. As a result, the Bulls lost both games, and the Nets were led by Durant to play a wave of consecutive wins, but Durant's playing time was also shocking.
Now the Nets are basically completely destroyed, but it is good not to play magic, the whole team with Mills as the core to play, do not know that the Nets are the Australian national team detachment. This suspension is not necessarily a bad thing for the Nets, and the so-called blessing and misfortune are the meaning.
The same applies to players, and the pandemic has given some players some opportunities that may be extremely rare in the league's normal years, such as the Bulls' bench guard Dotson.
It is very normal for the Bulls to win against the Rockets, and the suspense has basically been lost after halftime. In fact, the Rockets, a team that launches offensive resources is not too sufficient, especially afraid of the Bulls, because the Bulls' outside line is too defensive, in addition to the ball brother and Caruso these two big locks, the rest of the people are also positive enough, the coordination is very good, the Bulls limit the opponent's three-point shooting rate the fifth in the league.
So the Bulls used the ball brother to defend Gordon, Caruso to chase Matthews, Vucevic to go to Tate in the fourth position, and Jawant Green to go to Wood.
Because Tate's three-pointer is not good, so when he goes to cover ForGordon, Vucevic can close in the inside line, block Gordon's breakthrough, the ball brother squeezes through the three-pointer that covers CheGorden, the Bulls are willing to let Tate throw some three-pointers, and the problem of Vucevic's defense is solved.
At the same time, Tate's favorite low-post ball holding compression opponent's defense and then passing routine, facing Vucevic is not very good, because Vucevic can single-defense Tate in the low position, naturally it is not possible to talk about compression defense.
So the rocket's two offensive launch points, Gordon and Tate, were defused, and the most accurate Matthews was chased by Caruso, leaving only Wood with the few advantages left.
But Wood is just an end point, never a good starting point, and even though he scored a team-high 23 points, the Rockets' overall offense still didn't improve much.
At this point, all the Rockets can count on is defensive contractions, let the Bulls shoot more three-pointers, pray that they are not allowed, and play more counter-attack balls. But in the hot three-point state of the ball brother and White, the Bulls' outside shooting rate has never dropped by 40%, and it is difficult for the Rockets to have any hope of winning.
Well, speaking of Dotson, the former core University of Kansas defender, played 11 and a half points in the first half — the bench player played the most time except for Kobe Bryant White. On 2-of-2 shooting, he had 5 points, 3 assists and 1 steal, and the plus-minus was the highest +17 at halftime.
Judging from the characteristics of the game, he is a relatively stable and cautious defender who handles the ball, but he can also see the opportunity, such as his pass to Taylor Cook in the middle of the second quarter, which is a wonderful stitch. His ability to handle the ball is even better than White's, and he is more concerned about the overall situation.
But the defender from the University of Kansas was a real nominee, having been signed by the Bulls on a two-way contract after last year's defeat, playing 11 games and averaging 4.5 minutes per game.
This year is still a two-way contract with the Bulls, if it were not for the lack of people due to the epidemic, it would be difficult for him to get the opportunity to play. Prior to Dec. 9, he had only played three times this season, making 6.7, 5.9 and 1.3 minutes, which was basically garbage time.
But after the 9th, the Bulls played three of his four games, playing 19.4, 14.6 and 14.3 minutes, an opportunity he might never have dreamed of.
Of course, it is not that Dorterson played these games, and his diminutive disadvantage could be covered up, but in any case, he was given a chance to show himself, and for some people, all he sought in his life was just an opportunity.
Nor is it limited to Dotson, such as McKinney, who was known in the Warriors and then wandered, he has also been waiting for a chance to return to the league, and if it were not for this epidemic, he might have been difficult to come to the Bulls.
With the new rules introduced by the league because of the epidemic that can sign more people — teams infect N players, they can sign N-1 substitute players — there will be more and more marginal players, giving them the opportunities they once dreamed of.
The vast majority of these people may end up in silence, but as long as one or two are played, they will be passed on as a good story, which is also a positive publicity for the NBA image. This huge hematopoietic force is the most commendable place for the NBA to learn and praise.
And those players who did not stand out in this opportunity may use this experience of standing on the NBA field the next time they go abroad to play, or the next time another team is missing, a general manager remembers watching XXX's game, which may be another chance to change their destiny.
The significance of opportunity lies precisely in this.
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