At the end of the warm-up, the starters of both sides stood in the middle of the court.

The Celtics continued their start from the previous game, and the Bulls' starting five were point guard Rajon Rondo, scoring guard Wade, small forward Butler, power forward Gibson and center Robin Lopez.

The Bulls' lineup is one big and four small, and the offensive focus is on the outside.

Only Gibson has offensive ability on the inside, and as for Robin Lopez, his offensive ability is worlds different from his brother, but he is still a little better than Noah. As a blue-collar player, he averaged 10.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, which is a relatively good blue-collar player.

Robin Lopez is on the court, and his main task is defense, averaging 1.57 blocks per game, barely qualified.

If Gasol doesn't leave, the Bulls' lineup will definitely be called the strongest in the East.

Under the construction of Thibodeau, the Bulls' tradition of iron-blooded defense has been preserved, and even now that Thibodeau has left, the Bulls' defense is still extremely good. The individual defensive ability of this set of starters is extremely good.

It's just that in this game, they are facing Celtic, and their defense may not be useful.

The Bulls focus on the outside, the Celtics focus on the inside, and Horford singles out Robin Lopez, which is still an obvious advantage, not to mention Shangguan Yu, who can also attack in the low post, against Gibson, Shangguan Yu is also unsolvable.

However, the first attack in the opening game was initiated by the Bulls.

Lopez relied on his height to win the jump ball. Rondo held the ball and observed from the outside, the Celtics' defense line was shrunk within the three-point line, and the three people who defended Rondo, Wade and Butler were all one step away from them, preventing breakouts and not shooting.

The Bulls' outside configuration looks luxurious, but there is a fatal shortcoming, and that is the lack of three-point shooting.

In the first few seasons of Rondo's career, the three-point shooting rate did not exceed 30%. Although the three-point shooting rate has increased in recent seasons, he has averaged no more than two shots per game, which is not to be feared at all. Rondo's shooting has always been criticized, which is one of the important reasons why he is difficult to achieve.

Wade's three-point shooting in his career was similarly bad, and last season he reached an outrageous level of only a pitiful 16 percent, and averaged just over a little more shots per game for several seasons in a row.

Butler is also not a player who is good at three-point shooting, and even though he has developed three-point shooting skills in recent seasons, he has more offensive options such as mid-range jumpers or hitting the basket.

This is also the reason why this combination is nicknamed the "three rejections".

But even so, don't underestimate the offensive ability of the three. Rondo is good at screening, and his passes can create great opportunities for his teammates.

However, this ball, Butler wanted to come by himself, stuck Claude behind him in the high position, and reached out to Rondo for the ball.

handed the ball to Butler, the others pulled away, Butler dribbled to observe the situation on the court, his shoulders sank, accelerated the dribble, Crowder thought he was going to break through, retreated a little, Butler quickly pulled the ball and stopped, pulled up and hit.

The Celtics' offense, Thomas holds the ball on the outside and hands it to Horford on the inside.

Singles Lopez, Horford is not tall, Lopez moves slowly, but the defense is not bad. Horford held the ball to his chest and didn't rush to attack, leaning on Lopez with his back to watch his teammates' runs.

Shangguan Yu borrowed the cover to get rid of it, and Horford passed the ball out.

Butler chased after him quickly, and after Shangguan Yu received the ball, there was no good chance. Barely stopping the ball, Shangguan Yu handed the ball to Horford again. Turning and running backwards, he made an empty cut to the basket, and Butler followed closely.

But Shangguan Yu's sudden change in rhythm caught him off guard, a beautiful reverse run, and came to Horford, who handed over the ball again, picked up the ball and pulled up a jump shot, Butler chased after him and wanted to block, but even if he jumped with all his strength, he still couldn't touch the ball, Shangguan Yu's shot was too high, and the ball fell into the net steadily, 2 to 2.

The Bulls launched an offense, Rondo and Gibson completed the blocking, broke through to meet Shangguan Yu, and quickly handed the ball to Wade, who faced Bradley's defense and quickly changed to the basket. Horford came over in time for Wade to pass the ball to Lopez on the other side, and Lopez couldn't put the ball in the basket in the face of Crowder, who was a head shorter.

Wade was very helpless, if the ball was a big white edge, it would have been pulled out and dunked angrily.

Lopez is now moving slower on his feet, his outbursts are not as good as before, he is not a sporty center in the first place, and his offensive ability is really terrible.

Horford Kaman, Shangguan Yu took the rebound and handed it to Thomas to advance.

The offense was still handled by Horford, and Shangguan Yu was on the same side as Horford and handed the ball to Horford on the inside. This ball Horford landed very deeply, and Shangguan Yu took Gibson to press it in a little. Horford turned around and was about to shake off Lopez for a layup. Gibson quickly wrapped it up and Horford quickly passed the ball out.

Receiving the ball on the left side of the free throw line, Shangguan Yu pulled out his hand again and hit the jump shot again, 4-2.

After the opening, Shangguan Yu had a strong desire to attack, and his cooperation with Horford was simple and effective.

The Bulls' offense was just as simple, pulling away from the singles and breaking through the ball.

The Celtics defense is mainly focused on the inside, the Bulls players can't rush in, after continuously passing the ball, Wade has a chance to go out at the three-point line, and he sees Bradley a little bit of putting himself in the sense, Wade shoots three-point, Bradley blocks slowly, Wade feels good three-point today, this ball is hollow into the net, 4-5.

The Bulls' defensive focus is on Thomas and Horford, who are the starting point of the Celtics' offense. This time, the Bulls didn't let the Celtics and put the ball in Horford's hands. Thomas holds the ball on the outside, and Shangguan Yu puts up cover.

Thomas sped up to the basket, met his opponent's pocket, and hurriedly handed over the ball.

Crowder had a chance and didn't make a shot, mainly because he saw Butler pounce, and out of the corner of his eye, he aimed at Shangguan Yu, who had a chance, and passed the ball out in time.

Shangguan Yu received the ball and threw it, ignoring Rondo, who was coming over. Rondo is nicknamed a guard who plays center because he grabs a lot of rebounds, but his height is a hard injury, 185CM tall, even if he gives Nate Robinson a bounce, he can't touch Shangguan Yu's ball.

Shangguan Yu's shot from the three-point line.

And also!

7 to 5, Shangguan Yu scored 7 points in a row at the beginning, and there was almost no solution to the scoring mode.

In the NBA, a pitcher who doesn't let a good hand explode has never been solved.

To deal with a player like Shangguan Yu, you must strengthen your defense, if you can't do it alone, then you will be trapped, anyway, you won't be able to shoot easily.

In the next few rounds, the Bulls really strengthened their defense in response to the falling dust.

Don't give Shangguan Yu a chance to catch the ball easily, but today's Celtics, it's not just Shangguan Yu who can score, your defensive focus is on Shangguan Yu, and Thomas will stand up in time.