G2 game, DeRozan 16 of 29 two-pointers bombed a career high of 41 points, 4 assists and 2 turnovers, the Bulls won 114-110, followed by the G3 game, only 11 points, 4 assists and 3 turnovers, the Bulls 30 points fiasco; today's G4 game, DeRozan 23 points, 3 assists and 1 turnover slightly warmed up, but only 8 of 20 shots, the Bulls lost by 24 points, so how did the defending champion "freeze" DeRozan? Three details are as follows: double-gate winding, dead-handed pinching, and two traps set.
DeRozan 23+5+3, Bulls lose Bucks
First, double gate winding.
G2 wartime, Budenholzer began with Matthews as the main defense, but more is the infinite change of defense, Holliday, Middleton, Connaughton, Allen, the last moment even used letters to change the defense, using one-on-one containment, as a result, was shot through by the best single hand of the season; and in the last two games, Budenholzer's adjustment, Matthews main defense, during the break, Holliday took over, no longer dare to use anyone else, the reason is very simple, the Bucks outside the real defensive gate, only these two can be competent.
Of course, even with Holliday's one-on-one defense, he still couldn't completely hold DeRozan, and Budenholzer had minor adjustments to follow, the first, dead-handed.
Second, pinch your right hand to death.
DeRozan G2 unsolvable mid-range epitome
This is the epitome of G2 battle DeRozan no solution when the middle distance, the arc top holding the ball, transported to the three-point line within a step, three crotches after the right hand pulled back to the left, creating a step space, even if the alphabet brother probed out the long arm interference, but helpless, as for the reason?
DeRozan is a right-handed player, the league's top middle throwing champion, and once he adjusts to his own rhythm with his habitual right hand, even if it is the long arm of the alphabet brother to his face, his muscle memory can help him complete the difficult mid-range, so the bucks have to do defense, so that he can't find his own rhythm, and the way, pinch his right hand, take today's game as an example:
Matthews defended DeRozan's right hand
DeRozan and Williams arced the top of the block, Matthews stubbornly strangled his right hand route, DeRozan held the ball to the paint area, Matthews slid closely, and did not prevent the right hand position, so DeRozan always dribbled with his left hand without adjusting the customary shooting rhythm and could not be projected.
Holliday defends DeRozan's right hand
The same is true when changing to Holliday's main defense, that is, to squeeze DeRozan's right hand and go to the left hand side, please! As for the reason, the Bucks also have a "back hand" - a trap!
Third, the stag's trap.
With DeRozan's skill, if the Bucks completely let go of his left hand, he can still achieve the end with minor adjustments, and the beauty of the Bucks defense is that they have prepared a "pocket" trap for DeRozan's right hand.
Bucks' defensive traps
DeRozan is to break through the left hand to the free throw line, but Lopez retreats from the border defense, has been reaching out to cover, if directly dry pulling mid-range may be covered, so DeRozan was forced to use the left turn and then turn forward to project the middle distance, although shaking out of space, but the rhythm is not the mode of career habits, the shooting rate is difficult to guarantee.
This is the strongest weapon for the Bucks G3 and G4 to defend DeRozan, pinching his right hand to force him to use his unaccustomed left hand, and then there are long people coming to interfere at any time, rather than G2 is a one-on-one defense, deRozan's unsolvable middle distance is gradually constrained.
Trick DeRozan into shooting three points.
PutRozan shot three points
Donovan has not made minor adjustments, such as simply letting DeRozan sink in the bottom corner of the two sides to play no ball, the Bucks' strategy is shown in the picture, the three-point line outside the ball, Matthews and Holliday are taking a step, after all, this season has set a new career high, but your three-point shooting rate is only 35.2%, and so far in the playoffs, you have not scored three points (0 of 9)!
This is the second trap that the Bucks have set for DeRozan, as long as you haven't hit the three-point line, you can shoot outside the three-point line; it is even conceivable that even if DeRozan hits 1-2 three-pointers, it will basically not shake the Bucks' defensive strategy, because this is not Azan's deadliest weapon.
At this point, it is not difficult to understand how the Bucks froze the season's first quarterback killer DeRozan, the double-gate wheel war, the frozen right hand, and the result of the combined effect of the two traps, of course, there is an objective condition, Ball's absence makes the Bulls three-point threat not enough, the Bucks dare to shrink the defense line, with 1-2 long men to pinch DeRozan, so, from this point of view, the importance of the big ball to the Bulls is self-evident (Ball's regular season three-point shooting rate is 42.3% The league is 5th in the league, averaging 3.1 grains per game 8th in the league).