It is not for nothing that Thomas, who has almost no offensive skills, can be the starting point of the Bulls, and when he is gone, the Bulls' original defensive lineup immediately has a hole, which is not something that a Joe Smith can make up, nor can head coach Jim Boylan change it with a timeout.

The Bucks caught up with the score and never got pulled away again, and even overtook a few times at one point, but fortunately, Hinrich and Ruhr Deng continued to play steadily, allowing the Bulls to barely lead by one point at 28-27 at the end of the first quarter.

"Yi played a key role in the first quarter!"

But in Kenny Smith's view, it was not Hinrich and Ruhr Deng who played best in the first quarter, but Yi Jianlian, a newcomer to the Bucks.

There are really two brushes that can attract so much attention.

Whoever comes to the Bucks and Bulls in the first quarter, it must be admitted that Yi Jianlian's two fouls were the turning point of the whole game.

During his most difficult period with the Bucks, he gave more than just four points, but also a breath of dying and throeping!

It was also with his breath that he finally broke free from a big hole in the Bulls' net, and then turned the corner.

Therefore, even if Yi Jianlian only scored eight points in the first quarter, made five shots in the back, and only scored two goals, it is also related to the transformation of his defenders, from Thomas who is strong and weak in defense to Joe Smith who is strong in defense and weak in defense, and it is normal for any player to have some struggles.

Besides, even so, scoring 8 points on five shots is not a bad efficiency.

"What do you think? Charles? ”

"Uh...... I think after Thomas comes back in the second quarter, the Bucks should be in trouble again! "Barkley basically hasn't spoken much since Yi Jianlian's second successful foul, after all, today's slap in the face was extraordinarily ferocious, and he had better keep his mouth shut.

Now, Kenny asked me about it! God, you can't let that big forward hit me in the face again! Barkley, who has always been known for all sorts of greasy teasing, feels like he's in the middle of a match.

This time he felt like he was right!

About five minutes into the second quarter, Thomas received another foul, or a breakthrough foul from Yi Jianlian.

"This kid is completely out of shape today, he shouldn't be in the starting spot with the Bulls, this guy is so impulsive! OMG! ”

Once again, the crow's beak worked, and Barkley turned all his troubles towards Thomas. People all over the world know that Yi Jianlian wants to make you foul, and you still hit it up, on purpose!

"Tonight, Thomas made Yi Jianlian look like a breakthrough killer on the offensive end!" In desperation, Barkley could only praise Yi Jianlian, of course, the premise is still very clear, it is Thomas who is too stupid to make this Chinese big forward play so threatening.

"If I had played against Thomas every night, I think I would have had more than two more regular season MVPs!"

Mouth hi is addictive! Barkley is back! It's just that the object of the mouth is not the same as what he originally wanted to target.

***

Getting Thomas off the court again, the Bucks finally started to take the lead, going from a one-point lead to a five-point lead, and then the gap never narrowed again.

Hinrich has seen a lot of ups and downs in form during this time.

The main attackers are like this, and the Bulls are naturally not better, except for Ruhr Deng, who is still struggling to support, the other players have no response at all.

The Bulls' starters were originally strong in defense and weak in offense, and the quality of the offense depends on those guys, which is the reason for the Bulls' final failure this season.

But now, before it was time to give up, around 8 minutes into the second quarter, Ben Gordon, who had just been put off the court for 4 minutes, returned to the court.

At the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter, the reason why the Bulls were still deadlocked, in addition to Hinrich and Ruhrdeng, this guy also played a very key role on the offensive end, he has only played 7 minutes so far, but he has already scored 10 points, a complete scoring maniac.

At this time, Ben Gordon still showed no signs of cold hands, received a pass from Hinrich, and hit a jumper directly against Michael Reed.

Turning around and shrugging at the Bucks' audience, the Bulls' guards like to shrug their shoulders, presumably because of the legacy of one of the greatest players.

Fortunately, Michael Reid was not to be outdone and responded with one, which was also a positive strong shot, or a three-point shot.

"Whew!" At the same time as the ball hit, Michael Reid once again made a move of blowing smoke and closing the gun, and the entire Bradley Arena audience immediately exploded!

"That's it, that's it, Michael, teach this guy a lesson with your best shot!"

"Haha, that's why I like Michael, the other side!"

"Wow, art, absolute art!"

The two teams, which were already at a stalemate, were instantly strong because of the sudden confrontation between Ben Gordon and Michael Reed, and from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, all of them were in a never-ending posture.

These last 3 minutes went straight to the taste of the playoffs.

However, without Thomas, the Bulls' interior defense is only supported by Big Ben, who is no longer at his peak, and it is still a little difficult.

To make matters worse, Big Ben was tired, and Jim had to bring Noah up.

Noah came up at the beginning of the second quarter, but the effect was not very good, as a rookie in the same year as Yi Jianlian, and also ranked behind Yi Jianlian, it can be seen that he wants to play to prove himself, but it is a pity that his direct counterpart is Bogut, with his current strength to grab the position with the Australian big white bear, a little loss, can not grab a good position at all, come up for 5 minutes, not to mention a point, but also pay 2 fouls.

Jim brought him up at this time, and it can be seen that Big Ben really can't bear it!

Take advantage of your illness to kill you! Xiao K understands this truth, the center of gravity of the offensive end in the last minute shifted to Yi Jianlian again, and it was time for the ball to be given to Yi Jianlian at the last moment of the game.

This is what Yi Jianlian won with his own performance in the first two games!

Now no one else can snatch it!

Two singles in a row is to bully Joe Smith on the defensive end as fast as him!

The audience at the scene was full of blood one by one, one by two, as if they were on fire under their buttocks, and they couldn't control themselves and stood up and shouted to Yi Jianlian.

The shouts of Who am i are about to overturn the entire arena!

With these four points, Yi Jianlian's score in the first half came to 16 points, which was the highest score in the first half since the beginning of the season.

With Yi Jianlian's two goals, the Bucks led by 10 points at the end of the first half.