Chapter 386: Who's the Stepping Stone?!
The Bulls' performance at the beginning of the season was impressive enough. Plus he equaled the record for Jordan's first season as a rookie!
Like Guy on the Grizzlies team that Zhou Yang was on last season, he is known as someone who can be compared to Maddie and Kobe Bryant in the future! And Rose already had a considerable number of Bulls fans hailing him as "Jordan's successor" in his first year in the NBA!
In the NBA, the number of players who can compare a player to Jordan is quite limited. What's more lively is that Tracy and Kobe Bryant both have the shadow of Jordan back then. And this season there is another player, and he is still so young!
As the Magic said in some of the work and complaints he did after retiring, it's not that hard to pass the ball and score a point. How come they just can't do it?
Because you're the legendary Johnson! This may also be used as a difference between a superstar and an average player. Some defenses you can't do well, and some points are just very difficult. But for a great player or a player who has already won a championship, it's as easy as picking up something.
The current Windy City Rose does give people such a feeling. Everyone is obviously focused on guarding against him, and sometimes two or three people go to the bag. But even so, you'll still watch Rose get his hands up and down and the basketball go through the net!
If you don't pay attention to him, he will deduct points directly by your side!! The team is ahead of him, he is still high, the team is behind him, he catches up with the score! It's just a first-year student! Isn't this what a future superstar will look like?!
While everyone in the East was debating whether the Celtics or the Cavaliers could win the Eastern Conference finals, the Green Shirts had already been eliminated by the Bulls...... And now they are facing this Heat team, everyone thinks that if they can't get it, the Bulls will sweep them 4-0......
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"Hey, get rid of~ It's the playoffs, there's not much time to relax. Let's go, relax in the evening and prepare for the next game~" Vallejo saw that his teammates had gone out, and he saw James watching the text live there, wearing a pure white hat top.
"The Celtics were eliminated. This is something I didn't expect. I'm going to see the characteristics of the Bulls' play. There you go. We can't still mix here in the East this season. We're going to the finals! LeBron saw the text live broadcast at this time, and Rose scored points with another jumper!
"Then you have to take a break, too" Vallejo was a little puzzled, James, are you a workaholic?
"The season is over, and there is time to rest. Okay bro, there you go. If...... Nothing ifs. I'll find a TV to watch this game!! LeBron didn't look at Vallejo at all and immediately got up and went out to find the TV......
For Valejo, they have to win the championship, but they also have to have some entertainment outside of the game. Maybe James wants to win this championship and it means a lot to him. He's received all sorts of accolades since high school!
All kinds of champions, all kinds of data, on magazines, interviewed by the media. Only in his heart is that he is missing a championship trophy now! He's going to lead the Cavaliers to their first championship!
28:20! Riley watched the end of the first quarter at this point. It looked as if they were the ones who scored 28 points...... Such a performance by the Heat in the first quarter made their fans a little unbearable.
And the Bulls fans saw this scene even more fanatical! It seems that as they thought, the Bulls can't sweep the Heat and win the Cavaliers' championship this year, maybe it's all theirs! The Bull Dynasty is coming back!!
"The opponent has already sent out a lot of great players in the first quarter. They're still like this, so we don't have to worry too much. On the home court of the Heat, we are aiming for two wins! The Heat are durable! So I'm asking you to fight the opposing team until the third quarter, and if you can keep the first quarter like that, basically this win will be fine. Ross ......"
The head coach of the Bulls was quite calm, and after seeing his players come back happily, he pushed the atmosphere down. The Green Shirts fought until Game 7 to win!
There are reasons why they played well, but luck seems to have favored them this season. And the Miami Heat team still has to be careful! The coach of the other side is none other than him! It is the legendary coach God Operator who is leading the team!!
In the regular season, when the Heat faced strong teams, he overtook or killed him several times! This team doesn't know what's going on, it doesn't seem to be as strong as before, and the state is not so fierce. But they seem to have an extra tenacity!
Ross was at peace at this time. Just like he did in the regular season, he got a lot of accolades, stats and a lot of attention from the fans. There doesn't seem to be a shadow of a first-year player in him. He looked like he had been in the NBA for many years.
He's always going to try to win on the field. And I don't think I have met many opponents here.
There must be teams with great players. For example, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers and Ray Allen in the Green Shirts are not easy to deal with. But it doesn't prevent them from having more average teammates~
"They just shoot a little bit more accurately than we do. There's nothing strange about this. It seems that today we have a lot more opportunities. Because the other party can't always be so accurate......"
The atmosphere was a bit stuffy when the players came back. After Riley saw this, he talked to the players about tactics and at the same time made his players feel better.
Who would have thought that the Bulls would suddenly rise this season?
"O'Neill continues to watch the inside! In the second quarter of the game, we were able to easily overtake the opponent, and the strength of the opponent was not so scary. The Bulls aren't very strong on the line, but you can't let them shoot there without defense. Zhou Yang and Beasley should pay more attention to this"
Beasley looked at them as he finished speaking. When both of them nodded, they looked back with relief.
"Wade! What to see? You're going to have to do a good job of organizing in the second quarter. Zhou Yang attacked more. And also...... Mario! How about you go up? Come here! ”
At this point, Mario was on the bench with a "can I really do it" expression. He felt a little unbelievable that he was able to play so early!
The current Bulls do play like crazy at times! In the face of such a Bulls, Riley felt that it was a little unrealistic to focus on breakthroughs like in the first quarter.
The other party can always find a way to pull you off! And the referee's decision on the penalty also made people feel a little vague today. So now all the Heat have to do is shoot more from the outside and score!
It has to be said that if the Chicago Bulls are given a few more years, they will not have many players to change or have better reinforcements. If there are no injuries to the main players in the playoffs, they will be very strong in the future!!
In addition to Rose, there was also a thin-looking substitute centre-forward, and the young man named Noah also gave Riley a good impression. It seems only a matter of time before he becomes a regular in the team.
When the game came back in the second quarter, the Heat fans had some bad emotions on their faces. They didn't give it for nothing! The Bulls have been a terrible season, knocking out the Green Shirts in the first round of the playoffs......
But they still believe that the Heat can make it out! Because the adjustments the Heat have made this season are for the championship! Riley has also been with this team for a few seasons.
At the beginning, the Heat team coached by Van Gundy with new and old players was constantly conflicting. It was Riley who came out of the mountain to turn a team that was on the verge of season reimbursement into a traditional powerhouse in the East!
In Riley's opinion, they have all won the championship in recent years! Maybe the reason why I didn't win the championship was because I was a little unlucky.
Mario came up a little excited. This is the first time he's played in the playoffs!
"Everybody's serious! We gritted our teeth against each other and today's game was over. Victory is ours! Wade's attitude became a little colder at this time. Who doesn't want to win the championship?! And when a team still has such qualifications, Wade's inner desire will become even stronger!!
Whoever stops him is the Heat's worst enemy!!
Wade took Mario's pass to the front court, and faced Rose's defense and easily passed the opponent, and the consequences were as Riley expected! The Bulls are now playing with them too! The basketball passed to Zhou Yang was expected by the other party! Just when they were about to guard against Zhou Yang, Mario behind him got the basketball, and after moving the distance slightly, he jumped up and hit a three-point shot!!
The Bulls didn't react for a moment. Why didn't Zhou Yang take the initiative to score?! Shouldn't their main force come forward at this time to close the score difference or overtake?!
Lore Deng got the ball and passed it to Ben Gordon within a few steps. The latter forced his way past Mario and jumped not far from the three-point line! A good stasis is also waiting for a person......
Such a good air stagnation made Ben Gordon not expect that Zhou Yang actually rushed over. He wanted to throw the ball right away, but the opponent's speed seemed to slow down time!
"The referee is a hitter!! Umpire! "When Ben Gordon landed, Zhou Yang had already rushed out! Before the referee could react, Zhou Yang had already gone to the front court and jumped up and stepped on the line without defense, and scored 2 points into the net!
"He didn't foul," the referee said to Ben Gordon after glancing at the scorer. But the other party still didn't give up on the past and wanted Zhou Yang to foul once, and was finally pulled back by Thomas and Gooden. In the first quarter of the game, the referees would have given heavy enough penalties to the Heat.
Zhou Yang, who saw it with his eyes or his voice just now, was not suspected of being a thug. And Ben Gordon's brief entanglement just now also made the referees a little unhappy, although they didn't show it. What else do we need from this game? Did the Bulls win at the start of the game?
The inside and outside of each other played a wave of 5:0 small climaxes out! The Bulls coach was also a little nervous. If they want to eliminate the Heat, the best defense is to cut through the mess quickly! If you win one game, I win one game, and it's not good for the Bulls!
Rose dribbled the ball across the half, facing Wade's defense, and was not careful to be copied away by the opponent! In the chase later, Rose insisted on disrupting Wade's jumper!
The basketball smashed out of the basket and was picked up by Wade! But Rose immediately "death stalked" him!! Wade was really happy and angry when he competed with the young man in front of him! The joy is that it is not easy to recruit opponents who are similar to their ability or may catch up with them in the future, and the anger is ...... Are you still finished?!
"Okay, okay, I know you're strong, but the victory won't be given to you in the end~ You're going to hit me like this again?!" Wade was controlling his anger at this point. But Ross didn't give face in the slightest.
In the exclamations of the fans at the scene, Rose finally defended Wade, picked up the basketball himself, ran a step forward, and went directly to the layup, and was remembered by Zhou Yang in the air! !
Wade didn't even have a grateful expression, when the basketball flew in his direction, he just took the ball and ran! Ben Gordon also came over, but Wade got past him in one step! The other party's Thomas is getting closer and closer to him!
In a very risky move, Wade threw the ball far away! But Thomas was clearly not at the same speed as Wade, and Wade followed when he turned around to get the ball......
Thomas watched Wade take the first step over, pick up the basketball, and directly stop the jump shot 2 points into the basket!!
"Is that the rhythm of the playoffs? It's a blast! Mario sighed at this time. Thanks to being a Heat player, if you encounter an opponent like Wade, you can't resist it......
He was about to go back to defend the opponent and asked for a timeout. 28:27! The Bulls haven't scored a single point in the second quarter of the game!
"You were just taken away by the rhythm of the Heat! I think they have some intention of following our path. So, maybe we're going to play the Heat until the fourth quarter today! Now focus on defense, Rose and Ben Gordon go on offense, the other players just guard each other, Wade needs two players......"
After the first round of the playoffs, there are only eight teams left in the game this season. The Bulls, as the dark horse of this season, are still very high-spirited!
The Celtics, we're all eliminated, do you care about the Heat? The Eastern team is now a little jealous of the Cavaliers, and the rest have no opponents in their eyes. The Western teams are certainly strong, but if they can really make it to the finals, it may be who will win in the end.
So in such a situation, the Heat should be swept by them or won 4:1! If you want to do this, you must first suppress the other party in the early stage. But judging from the current situation, it seems that the other party still has the intention of overtaking.
"Mime, you go up. There is one thing to remember in the rest of the second quarter, that is, the defense can be reduced, but the offense must be efficient!! We need to use frequent attacks to suppress the opponent's momentum! ”
O'Neal is a bit older. Although he himself thinks it's nothing. But since the start of today's game, O'Neill has felt a bit of a dip in fitness. And he doesn't have the speed he used to have.
In a confrontation like the game, he can only watch what is happening in front of him. The speed of the Bulls is also fast, and although Mime is not fast, he has a good projection ability to hit him!
"Who's the stepping stone?! We won't know until after the game," Riley thought as he watched his players take on the pitch from the sidelines.
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