I don't know what the reason is, Miller and Jordan are not born to deal with each other, and the grievances between Jordan and Miller can be talked about in a basket, so I won't color too much here, and I will have the opportunity to give Jordan a separate chapter in the future.

This Pacers seems to be led by Miller, but they play team basketball, and there are 10 players in the team who average more than 5 points per game, and the result of the game, in the end, Jordan's excellent individual play defeated the so-called team basketball again, averaging 32 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game, Jordan brought his strong individual attack to the extreme! In the finals, facing the Jazz team with Stockton and Karl Malone again, Jordan led the team to the championship for the third time with an average of 33.5 points per game! Jordan was voted the MVP of the Finals for the sixth time!

Standing at the top of the honor, Jordan once again felt the loneliness of the strong, announced his retirement for the second time after the end of the season, and at the same time Pippen left and signed with the Rockets, Rodman signed with the Lakers, head coach Phil Jackson announced that he would step down from the coaching whip and no longer take charge of the Bulls, the illustrious Lakers dynasty collapsed almost instantly, Kukoc became the core of the team, averaging 18 points per game, but this data is a drop in the bucket for the situation of this Bulls. The Bulls, who had been champions the previous season, had just 13 wins in the 1998-1999 season, finishing last in the East, and a dismal record earned the Bulls the 1999 No. 1 pick, which the Bulls used to select Elton Brand from Duke University. Although Brand later played well, playing 20+10 in his first two rookie seasons, the Bulls clearly gave him little confidence as a building block, and two years later Brand moved to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for a roster and Brian Skinner, a player who had changed eight teams and had no more than 5 career points and rebounds.

In the 2001 draft, the Bulls selected a big fat man named Eddie Curry with the fourth pick in the first round, and then took Tyson Chandler with the roster pick traded from the Clippers, these two people have an offensive and a defense, becoming the expectation of the Bulls' revival, in order to cultivate the rapid growth of the two, the Bulls also signed Charles Oakley to two people as mentors, and the newly signed Jalen Rose became the team's scoring champion, averaging 23.8 points per game.

In 2004, the Bulls traded Eddie Curry, who averaged 16 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, to the Knicks, which proved to be an extremely wise decision, and Curry to the Knicks quickly fell after three brilliant seasons, and eventually became a representative of "high salary and low ability", and in this year's draft, the Phoenix Suns selected a thin and thin player named Ruel Deng with the seventh pick in the first round, and traded to the Chicago Bulls according to the pre-agreement. Deng later became the backbone of the Bulls. The Bulls selected a shooting guard named Ben Gordon with the third pick in the first round, and Gordon later became the top 10 scoring master in the league at SG in the Bulls bench.

In 2006, the Bulls traded Tyson Chandler to the Hornets in exchange for PJ Brown and J.R. Smith, which marked the complete end of the Bulls' dream of using the twin towers as the basis for revival, and in the 2007 draft, the Bulls selected an extremely ugly-looking, always bun-headed player with the ninth pick in the first round, who later became the Bulls' interior pillar, he is Joakim Noah.

In the 2008 draft, the Bulls selected Derrick Rose with incredible physical qualities as the No. 1 pick. Rose is a cross-era player, in the long history of the NBA, there has not been a player who can serve as a template for Rose, his speed is extremely fast, the speed here is not only that he is fast in short sprints, but also that his dribble speed is outrageous, he can make three dribble feints in a second, a real ankle finisher, such a perverted speed allows Rose to easily pass any defender on the outside, and then rush to the basket. At the same time, Rose's body is very strong, and he does not fall into the disadvantage against big men in the air, and Rose also has a very soft feel, while being violated by opponents, he can also rely on strong body control to maintain the balance of his upper body and then send the ball to the basket, Rose's killer feature is the throwing after a rapid dribble, the shooting rate is extremely high, except for the long-distance three-point shot and the long-distance mid-range shot is not stable enough, everything is top in the PG position.

With Rose, the Bulls have hope of revival, so the Bulls management began to recruit aggressively, sending Gooden, Nocioni and Simmons to the Kings, trading for the chaos master John Salmons and the all-round interior player Brad Miller, under the leadership of the champion, the Bulls reached the playoffs as the seventh seed, and played seven games against the newly formed Boston Celtics with the Big Three of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen!

This series is definitely the most exciting series in the NBA since the beginning of the twentieth century! Not one of them! Five of the seven big games between the two sides were within 3 points, seven games, seven overtime! The two sides played sparks, and in the end, the two teams competed not in ball skills and tactics, but in physical strength and willpower, as well as faith!

Before the game, the Bulls got a big piece of good news, Garnett was reimbursed for the season because of a torn right ligament, and he was replaced by a short little fat man, second-year rookie Glenn Davis, the Bulls were immersed in the joy of Garnett's reimbursement, but they forgot to study Davis's technical characteristics, indeed, the guy who shot only 7 points and 4 rebounds in the regular season with a shooting rate of only 44% was indeed not so eye-catching, but soon the Bulls paid the price for their laziness, Davis seven games, With an average of 18.1 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, he became the team's most energetic bomb!

In the last 37 seconds of regulation time in the first game, Pierce's two free throws gave the Celtics a one-point lead at 94-93, and then Rose scored two points under the basket, and Ray Allen missed a three-pointer at 94:95. And 1.5 meters away from the basket tossed and hit, the Bulls fell behind by 1 point again, at the critical moment Rose caused a foul on Rondo, hit both free throws, led the Bulls to overtake the score again, with 9.4 seconds left in the game, at this critical moment Pierce caused Noah's foul, but Pierce hit only 1 goal in two free throws, and the two sides entered overtime 97:97.

In overtime, the No. 4 rookie in the first round in 2006, Terrence Thomas shined, he shot 3 of 4, scored 6 of the team's 8 points, 3.9 seconds left in the game, Bulls 105:103 Celtics, the latter possessed the ball, Pierce rushed into the basket after receiving the ball, but was blocked by John Salmons who rushed out, Ray Allen picked up the ball and shot quickly, "dang" hit the iron, this is a portrayal of Allen's whole night, he only hit 1 goal on 12 shots today, including 0 of 6 three-pointers, After scoring only a pitiful 4 points and becoming the biggest sinner in the team's loss, the Bulls scored their first victory in a thrilling way.

Rose scored 36 points and 11 assists in his first playoff game, tying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's scoring record in his rookie debut, but Rajon Rondo, who was opposite Rose, scored 29 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, two steals and one block on 12 of 21 shots.

In the second game, the team's starting point guard Ben Gordon was like Jordan possessed, hitting 14 of the 24 shots in the game, scoring 42 points in the game, and did not give even a single assist, giving full play to the attributes of a super scorer!

In the last minute of the game, Rondo hit a layup to make the Bulls trail by one point at 111:112, and then Gordon hit a shot to score 2 points to pull the balance of victory back, Rondo missed the shot, and threw the ball to Ray Allen on the outside, who was unprepared and pulled up and shot!

"Huh!" Three-point shot, Bulls 113:115 Celtics, in the last 12.3 seconds of the game, Ben Gordon's shooting attributes soared, and he was one step behind the free throw line at the top of the arc, facing a pull-up jump shot from two players, and forcefully sent the ball into the basket!

115:115！

Is it overtime again!

Ray Allen said—No!

Rondo arcs to control the ball, Glen Davis uses his fat body to block Ray Allen's defender Hinrich, Allen strides outside the right three-point line, Rondo passes, Allen controls his body with a step in the air, and then jumps without hesitation and shoots! Joaquin Noah's palms are all sealed in Aaron's face!

In the first game of this round of the series, Allen shot 1 of 12 from the field and scored only 4 points, he became the biggest sinner of the team's loss, and this time Allen ushered in an explosion, shooting 9 of 18, including 6 three-pointers, and scored 30 points!

Those six three-pointers included Allen's three-pointer against Noaa's defense in the final 2.0 seconds of the game!

The North Shore Garden Arena is boiling!

112:115, the bull drinks hatred. , the big score is 1:1.

After the game, Rose left the arena with a towel draped, he scored only 10 points on 5-of-11 shooting, while Rondo, who was opposite him, had a triple-double of 19 points, 12 rebounds, 16 assists and 5 steals! Even Glenn Davis scored 26 points and nine rebounds!

In the third game, perhaps affected by the last game, the Bulls players had no fighting spirit, and the scores behind in each of the first three quarters were 11 points, 11 points and 3 points, and the game lost suspense early, Rose's play was even worse than the second game, only hitting 4 of 14 shots, scoring a pitiful 9 points, and there were as many as 7 turnovers! Rondo, on the other hand, posted a double-double of 20 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and five steals. No one in the history of the NBA playoffs has ever been able to put up a "20+10+5+5" statistic in 35 minutes, but Rondo has done it, and he has perfectly linked the words all-around and efficiency.

In Game 4 of the Finals, the two sides went on offense, with a total of six players from both sides scoring more than 20 points, with the Celtics scoring 29 points from Pierce, Ray Allen with 28 points, and Rondo with 25 points, while the Bulls had 23 points from Rose, Ben Gordon with 22 points, and Salmons with 20 points.

In the last minute of the game in regular time, Rose broke through and caused a foul on the Green Army mascot Scala Bryan, Rose made two free throws to lead the score to 93:91 beyond the Celtics, and then Glenn Davis caused Rose's foul, Davis also made two free throws, the game was tied again, and at the critical moment, Ben Gordon's shooting attributes broke out again, using his teammates' blocking to catch the ball and shoot at the free throw line run! The Bulls are 2 points ahead again! Glenn Davis missed a layup, and in turn, Terrence Thomas's strong inside attack caused a foul on Rondo, and Thomas hit just one of his two free throws, giving the Bulls a three-point lead, leaving the Celtics with 16.6 seconds - only one offensive round to spare!

At this time, Allen stood up, and it was almost the same as the second game, and at the critical moment, Ray Allen hit a three-point shot and tied it! Overtime!

Nine seconds before the end of the first overtime, Ray Allen caused a foul on Joaquin Noah and hit both free throws to give the Celtics a three-point lead, and at the critical moment, Ben Gordon saved the team, and 4.5 seconds before the end of the game, received a pass from Salmons and hit a three-pointer to tie the score! The game goes into the second overtime!

In the last 30 seconds of the second overtime, Salmons made two free throws to extend the score to a temporarily safe four-point 119:115, and then Pierce received a pass from Davis and shot a three-pointer 7.6 meters from the basket! Hit! The score was chased to 119:118 with only 1 point left! The last offense was in the hands of Salmons, who performed well all over the court, who lived up to expectations, hit the inside and caused a foul by Ray Allen, and hit both free throws, the Bulls led by 3 points at 121:118, with 0.8 seconds left in the clock, Pierce's desperate three-pointer was touched by Salmons' fingers, and the Bulls got through the danger, and the score was tied 2:2!

Rose had 11 rebounds and nine assists in addition to his 23 points, but he also had seven turnovers, while Rondo scored 25 points and had 11 rebounds and a triple-double of 11 players!

In the crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Celtics' main center Kendrick Perkins made history, he did not rest for even a second, scored 16 points, 19 rebounds and 7 blocks, but did not have a single foul in the whole game, in the history of the NBA playoffs, among the centers, only Chamberlain and Russell have played 48 minutes without fouls.

With 27 seconds left in regulation time, Ben Gordon scored from 5.2 meters from the basket to put the score two points out, and in the last ten seconds, Pierce received a pass from Rondo and returned the color to tie the score again! Enter overtime!

Pierce dominated the court in overtime, first hitting two consecutive mid-range shots to lead the Celtics beyond the score by 3 points, Ben Gordon caused a defensive foul on Tony Allen from beyond the three-point line, and when he hit all three free throws, Pierce shot again! The pull-up jump shot scored 2 points again! The score of 114:116 remained until the end!

Pierce scored 26 points in the whole game, which is not much, but the points are on the cutting edge, Rondo 28 points, 11 assists and 8 rebounds, and his performance once again surpassed Derrick Rose, who had 14 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 turnovers on 7-of-16 shooting from the field.