On the 4th, the Knicks and his party flew to Chicago.

The Bulls have had a lot of moves in the summer. In addition to the free market signings, also firing former head coach Del? Negro, sign Tom? Thibodeau became the team's 18th manager.

Thibodeau, a former Rockets and Celtics assistant coach, ended his 18-year career as an assistant coach and became the head coach of a team for the first time. He signed a three-year contract worth $6.5 million, which is very cheap. And what he's good at is building a defensive system.

After the start of the game, the Bulls went 2-1 and performed well, but they mainly relied on offense, and it took some time for the defensive system to work.

This season Derek? Rose has improved, his breakthroughs are still sharp, his shooting is much better than in the past, especially his three-point shooting accuracy has improved, and he has not been idle in the summer.

When he first entered the league, Rose and Westbrook were equally matched, and now Rose's role has surpassed Westbrook, and he is also a leader among point guards in the league. And Zhou Xuan has always been Ross's first target.

Celebrities will always find opponents of their age. In the future, the NBA will definitely be the world of young people, and if they can't win against Kobe Bryant and others, there will be opportunities over time, and the state of veterans will decline. Zhou Xuan entered the NBA at the age of 19, and he is still a floor streamer, like Nash's style, and his golden period is very long.

This game is one of the key matchups in the East, and ESPN broadcasts it live across the United States. Zhou Xuan is very popular, and the Knicks are no less popular than Ewing in terms of attention alone.

This time the partner is commenting on Jeff? Van Gundy and Joan? Barry.

Van Gundy spoke about the Knicks' lineup before the game. "The Knicks' reinforcements have been very successful this season, especially on the inside, and Pekovic has played well since he first joined the NBA. Anderson also fits well into the Knicks' system. ”

"I'm optimistic that the Knicks will make the playoffs this year, and at least until the second round," Barry said. Zhou Xuan and Studamayre's partnership has long been predicted to be strong, as if it is more powerful than the Suns' blocking. ”

Van Gundy said: "The Bulls are not weak, and I am optimistic that these two teams will be dark horses this year. ”

Thibodeau was a good partner for Van Gundy back then, and he knew best what he could do to help, with the Rockets and Celtics' defense being the best examples. And D'Antoni didn't rely on defense, and he also steadily suppressed the Rockets in those years.

Van Gundy hasn't been in the coaching bench for 37 months since ending his coaching career with the Rockets. As an ESPN commentator, Van Gundy clearly enjoys his job, and he didn't show any interest in the olive branch extended by the Nets in the summer, and he enjoyed being a bystander.

D'Antoni's tactics are always very simple, run and bomb, and the positional attack depends on Zhou Xuan, and he has unlimited power. It's no problem to arrange it this way, even if it is said "unlimited shots", Zhou Xuan will not do it, and he will definitely divide his teammates if he has a good chance. But D'Antoni wants him to make a few more shots.

Thibodeau also has a lot of cards in his hand, and he is not afraid at all, and the core is point guard Rose.

The game is about to start, and the Knicks have changed their starting lineup, Zhou Xuan, Matthews, Gallinari, Anderson, and Stoudamire.

Anderson's three-point shooting ability, D'Antoni appreciated it very much, so he didn't need Pekovic. And although Evans can grab rebounds, his scoring ability is too poor, and he also made a substitute.

The Bulls started with five. Rose, Bogans, Lore Deng, Boozer, Noah. Bogans' scoring ability was not as good as Korver's, and he relied on his excellent defensive ability to get into the starting lineup.

As an opponent who entered the NBA at the same time, Rose and Zhou Xuan shook hands. I have to say that the quality of rookies in 2008 was very high, and there were a large number of people who played in the first round, and there were many masters in the second round. This is something that both of them are very proud of.

CCTV5 Su Qun commented: "Ross is the champion of the 2008 class, but the best rookie was won by Zhou Xuan, and Ross said in an interview that Zhou Xuan is his target to catch up." Last season he averaged 20 games per game. With 8 points and 6 assists, Zhou Xuan's statistics are more beautiful, but he missed a lot of games due to injury, and this time the two have to be separated. ”

Yang Jian smiled: "There are star players on both sides, and there are also very good substitutes. The Knicks players are well rested and have the physical advantage. ”

Noah jumped to beat Stoudamire, and the Bulls went first. Rose controlled the ball over half court and faced Zhou Xuan in the first round.

It's been a long time since the two last met, and Rose can't wait to prove himself, speeding inside without cover.

Zhou Xuan followed from the side, holding up the interference with one hand while recalling Rose's offensive methods. If he breaks through on the right side and follows the side defense, Rose will use his height and elasticity to throw close to the basket. If he breaks through the middle, there is room to jump, and he is used to jumping up and pulling the rod to make a layup, which is difficult to defend in either way. If he is not tall, the best thing to do is to limit his starting speed.

Now there is no way to limit Rose's starting speed, Zhou Xuan can only follow with all his strength, Rose got up with the ball in the low position, his left shoulder shook lightly, Zhou Xuan was very close, and he couldn't see the changes in his hips, but he knew that Stoudeyer was not far away, so he didn't consider Rose turning to the middle at all, only guarding the bottom line.

Rose saw that Zhou Xuan had taken a feint, and immediately turned around and threw it in the middle, but as soon as the ball was shot, Stadamire let go of Noah and jumped up, and a volleyball action fanned the ball out, and Gallinari stretched out his long arm and received the basketball.

Zhou Xuan immediately stepped down, received a pass from his teammates, and rushed through the half, Rose chased from behind, Matthews was not slow on the other side, and Bogans followed.

Bogans is a scoring guard who can't score, and he always gets a job with hard defense. When he and Rocket Chuck? Hayes is an alumnus, and the University of Kentucky is rich in this kind of blue-collar talent.

Every day, Bogans will do his best to freeze his opponent's arrowheads. With Bogans' tight marking, the high-intensity physical confrontation was enough to make the opponent lose his shooting rhythm. His offense is more of a three-point shot from the outside.

Knowing the role of Bogans, Zhou Xuan still passed it to Matthews, and he didn't stop rushing to the inside.

Matthews' ball intelligence was on display at this moment, and after receiving the ball, he stepped back and chose to go outside to shoot a three-pointer. This is the essence of the 7-second run, taking advantage of the opponent's inner line not coming back, and throwing when there is a chance. With Bogans' interference, the ball deflected. But after Zhou Xuan passed the ball, he rushed into the inside card position, blocked Rose, and saw the direction of the ball popping up. Rose's bounce is much better than him, but the most important thing to grab rebounds is the card position, Zhou Xuan's regular practice has also yielded results, taking the ball down with both hands, and dangling a shot under the basket.

Joaquin? Noah went back inside and jumped up from behind to block it. Noah is a flexible center forward who can defend five positions, and his only weakness is that he is thinner, and Boozer can make up for this shortcoming.

Zhou Xuan didn't want to score, he just wanted to attract the defense, and he turned around and passed the ball to the middle from close range. Immediately behind Noah and on the inside was Stadamire.

As soon as the "Little Overlord" received the ball, he didn't put Rose in front of him in his eyes at all, jumped up with the ball, pulled his body into a bow, a beautiful stasis, and the signature one-handed smash the ball in. 2 to 0.

Su Qun shouted: "Now the Knicks are playing so beautifully, you can see this kind of violent dunking cooperation between the two in almost every game." ”

Yang Jian said: "But several other insiders can't jump, and the Knicks are interested in bringing in DeAndrew, who is the Clippers, in the summer? Jordan and Zhou Xuan partnered, but unfortunately the Clippers didn't let him go, if he came, both of them could dunk, and the Knicks would definitely play more beautifully. ”

Su Qun said with a smile: "The Clippers almost introduced Zhou Xuan at the beginning, but they missed it because of Little Jordan, and they were afraid that they would suffer a big loss after the change, and now that Little Jordan has increased his playing time in the Clippers, without O'Neal, he can get a lot of opportunities." ”

The Bulls both inside lines pulled outside to cover Rose, Rose dodged Zhou Xuan against Anderson, forced a successful breakthrough, went to the basket to attract Xiaosi to make up the defense, and gave it to Boozer on the left.

Boozer's mid-range shot was very accurate, and he hit the ball with a shot. 2 to 2.

In the Knicks positional battle, Zhou Xuan and Stadamire blocked and dismantled, and broke through on the left side to attract Noah's defense to distribute the ball to the middle. Smalls missed a jumper with Rose's interference, and the rebound was picked up by Boozer.

The Bulls attacked, Matthews let go of Bogans and helped Anderson defend Boozer, Boozer distributed the ball to the outside, and Bogans missed the empty jumper. Bogans would be a good player if he could hit a solid three-pointer while defending well, but he has been on a number of teams and has not averaged more than 10 points per game.

Zhou Xuan changed his strategy, let Stoudamire enter the low post, beckoned Anderson to come out to cover, and the other players pulled away. Boozer didn't follow, Lore Deng changed the defense on the side, and Boozer followed Gallinari on the baseline.

Gallinari didn't stand stupidly in the bottom corner and ran to the perimeter, and Boozer had to follow. Zhou Xuan has already learned Luoer Deng's defense, which can be said to be an all-star pearl with star strength. He didn't rush and shifted his cross as Gallinari circled 70 degrees.

Boozer was a little far away, and Gallinari caught the ball and pulled it out, he was a little taller than Boozer, dodged the block, and the ball arced and fell into the basket. 5 to 2.

After two games, Gallinari's shooting percentage was not satisfactory, and D'Antoni criticized his shooting after training for a lack of confidence, leaving him to focus on shooting. If you don't improve your shooting performance, there's a good chance that your starting spot will be snatched away. Azubuuk and Fields can both shoot three-pointers.

When he first arrived with the Knicks, D'Antoni praised Gallinari as the best shooter he had ever seen, but now he questioned the Italian's form. Gallinari also thought about it after talking to Zhou Xuan, as he said, the team doesn't need him to attack under the basket, that's Pekovic's job.

In recent days, Gallinari has reduced his power training, practising his shots as he used to do in Europe, and he found his feeling in the opening frame.