The Bulls' problem we have talked about many times before, the problem of this team is definitely not the problem of the star can not shoot (of course, all the shots are naturally no problem, the problem is why it can not be easily shot), but the lack of a really suitable lineup system. They didn't fuse the true talents of DeRozan and Lavin, or had a hard time fusing them. Essentially, the Bulls are a singles team. Could it be the result of the season reimbursement of the ball brother?
After the reimbursement of the ball brother, the Bulls have no real organizational core, Androzan has long controlled the ball on the outside, but his attack tends to be more singles, mid-range shots, similar to Durant. When Durant leads the team alone, he always tends to James's way of playing, asking for the ball at the top of the arc and guiding his teammates to attack, but the composition of the Nets is not the composition of James's system and does not have such a way of playing. And because Durant's single offense is more efficient, it can't balance passing and offense the same way as James.
DeRozan is developing the same problem.
So from this point of view, if the ball brother is there, sharing the ball with DeRozan or Lavin is the right way. It's like the Nets' Simmons comeback, taking control on the court and directing Durant and Irving's offense. So the Bulls' structural problems can't be changed in a moment and a half, so this lineup needs to improve its concentration on offense.
Many of the problems are caused by their lack of concentration and lack of decisiveness in killing.
Lavin's 6-of-19 and DeRozan's 6-of-25 show that their attention has not yet risen to the level of the playoffs.
As All-Star-level ball carriers, Lavin and DeRozan maintained some regular-season play and strong shooting in the first game, not shrewd enough in the selection of mid-range shots and three-pointers, and did not have much tactical protection. This is first of all their responsibility and secondly the responsibility of the head coach.
The Bulls chased points, nothing more than the use of DeRozan's singles and Lavin's strong three-point shooting, there are problems in the route and shooting choices, overall it is too simple, there is no such fierce courage.
Defender Holliday saw through this phenomenon, so when DeRozan and others held the ball, he pressed his upper body, basically limiting DeRozan's comfortable shots. This is clearly unqualified for DeRozan.
First, DeRozan needs to find a better space to break through or shoot when Holliday is defending, and should not rush to pass the ball after a confrontation. Second, DeRozan must find a shot and a hit so that Holliday does not build absolute confidence on both the offensive and defensive ends.
When Holliday defended DeRozan and was able to immediately turn around and hit the shot, the Bulls couldn't accept it! Then they have to fight back against Holliday. How to make a counterattack against Holliday is to be cautious in facing every time he defends. That is to say, the Bulls must improve the efficiency of DeRozan and Lavin in front of Holliday, and must find a way to make Holliday more uncomfortable, preferably so that Holliday receives a foul early.
For this, the Bulls must be promoted, because Caruso has completed the precise defense against the alphabet brother.
It is technically impossible to defend the alphabet brother, then you need to take advantage of the convenience of the rules. That's the work Caruso did, and Caruso did it well, constantly causing fouls on the alphabet brother. Creating an offensive foul is very simple for Caruso, but the Bulls have to be worthy of his efforts. When Caruso caused a foul on Alphabet Brother, the Bulls had to make a difference offensively.
But the Bulls not only left Holliday alone, but also couldn't cope with the operation of the Big Lopez on the inside. Da Luo can stand up to create a "2+1" when the alphabet brother is plagued by fouls, but Vucevic has a situation where he misses the basket twice, which forms a huge contrast.
So a game showed the color of the Bulls' Big Three, and they still have a long way to go.
Historically, Lavin and DeRozan are not in the league's top ten, and even have a long history of failure, and Lavin's injuries cannot be ignored, so the current situation of the Bulls is really a game of chess that is about to fail. Is there a possibility of change?
The essence of the change is to produce a system that uses pitchers and commandos to single, but the Bulls are unlikely to face this problem for a short period of time. Coach Donovan is not good at building systems and usually only uses strong points, so there is still a lot of singles between Lavin and DeRozan, and the Bulls have only one way to go if they want to win.
That is to stabilize, to strive to show the kind of attack mentality in your heart, and to play each game as the last. For the Big Three, it is a quenching process. After passing this level, the willow is dark, and if you can't get over it, you can only stay at this step and continue to struggle.