116-100, the Bucks defeated the Bulls to achieve promotion, aside from the external reasons for Ball, LaVine and Caruso's absence for different reasons, only in actual combat, the three key points of the team's victory are as follows: three-tower tactics, letter brother unsolved, frozen DeRozan.
Alphabet brother 33 + 9 + 3, bucks lightly take the bull to advance
First, three tower tactics.
After Middleton was injured, starting from the G3 battle, Budenholzer's targeted adjustments pushed Portis into the starting lineup, thus building the "three towers" lineup of Lopez, Alphabet Brother and Portis (the shortest Portis was the same height as Vucevic at 208 cm), and the boss adjusted it this way:
Bucks three towers shrink, bully bulls three points inaccurate
1. The Bulls averaged 28.8 shots on the three-point court in the regular season, the league bottom; hit 10.6 shots, the penultimate; now the team's first pitcher Ball is still out, they can't punish the Bucks' three-high lineup.
2. Vucevic is the Bulls' only threatening inside fulcrum and the third core of the team, and the Bulls are struggling to attack him.
Most importantly, the three-tower tactic also freezes DeRozan.
Second, freeze DeRozan.
DeRozan is the bull's first core, especially his mid-range has entered no solution mode this season, if it is a one-on-one defense, even Holliday can not be contained, so the three-tower tactic of the coach can play a miracle.
The three towers helped freeze DeRozan
DeRozan is a right-handed player, and the coach makes Matthews resolutely defend his right hand and release his three hands, as shown above, Matthews stands on the right side of DeRozan's entire body, not giving him the slightest opportunity to go to the free throw line and the right side, forcing him to go to the left, at the same time, Portis stepped on the paint area guard basket, Lopez also raised his hands on the left, as long as DeRozan took another step forward, the two were ready to help Matthews defend with a long arm of 220 centimeters, so DeRozan was no longer helpless.
In the whole game, DeRozan was forced to contribute 5 goals in only 10 shots to score 11 points, losing the effect of the first offensive weapon.
Third, the letter brother has no solution.
Of course, the three-tower tactic must also make the Bucks' offense somewhat constipated, after all, the paint district has hoarded too many long people, but the characteristics of the Bucks are as follows:
Portis three-pointers
1. Both Portis and Lopez have three-point sniping capabilities, taking this game as an example, although Da luo did not shoot, Portis did not hit a single three-pointer in the first three times, but when the Bulls chased the score to 55-66 in the third quarter, it was Portis's two consecutive three-pointers in the bottom right corner that pulled the score apart instantly. More importantly, the alphabet brother has no solution.
2. The impact of the letter brother. As long as the ball is received in the paint area, with the bucks' existing lineup, the alphabet brother is basically unstoppable; more terrifying, the alphabet brother is like a tank in the basketball court, once he rushes up, it will be invincible, the most typical two pictures:
Alphabet Brother Inside Attack
Bucks' positional battle, Brown, Williams and Vucevic have been three people, but they let the alphabet brother into the paint, strong body can withstand the three-man defense, and then with a 224 cm long arm thrown, the Bulls three defenders really can't reach ah.
Alphabet Brother forced a counterattack on the layup
What makes the Bulls even more overwhelmed, the alphabet brother is a meat tank, once the bull attack is unsuccessful, or as shown in the picture, even if DeRozan just hit the middle distance, the alphabet brother still speeds up the counterattack after receiving the ball, when he rushes up, the bull five people can only become the background.
In the whole game, alphabet brother 15 shots 11 shots bombed 33 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, no solution, ah, this is the cornerstone of Budenholzer dare to put up a three-tower lineup, even if the paint area is blocked, but alphabet brother has meat protection, can crush the hinterland.
Based on the Bulls' residual external causes, Budenholzer also targeted the "three towers" and frozen DeRozan two clever tricks, and then let the alphabet brother solve the problem on the offensive end, after being pulled 1-1 by the Bulls, the Bucks completed three consecutive cities to complete the gentleman's sweep to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals one of the key factors.