The pre-match media campaign was strong enough to stir up the spotlight of the game.

They completely imagined the race to be a race between Mars and Earth.

The three hot rookies are bound to stage a hot showdown.

The Chicago Bulls currently have a 13-12 record and are eighth in the East, a typical playoff fringe team.

The Bulls led by Vinnie De Nagro are not a powerhouse in the East, and the overall strength of this team is much weaker than the Cavaliers.

On the other hand, the Thunder, since Durant's injury, has won two out of three games, and the Heat and Cavaliers, a strong team in the East.

Durant's absence due to injury inspired Lee Forest's explosion.

It's really not terrible to win, it's embarrassing to be missing.

Some media outlets have already begun to discuss whether Durant is a cancer for the Thunder.

After all, in the few games he missed, the Thunder played better.

The media's provocation did not affect the relationship between Li Forest and Durant, which is also because Li Forest clearly knows the gap between his strength and Durant, and he is a C+ scumbag, and these media are really not ordinary blind.

Durant is very confident in his own strength and doesn't care about the media's evaluation at all.

He's almost healed from his injury and will be back soon, and he can't wait to play.

The team's recent form has been getting better and better, and Durant has a vision for the playoffs.

I have to say that how bold people are, how dare to think.

Linker Cavaliers vs. Heat.

Let Durant also float a little, floating up and down with the thunder.

Now many Thunder players think that the strong team is nothing more than that.

Even if it's as strong as the Cavaliers, won't you lose when you meet us?

We have Lee Forest, we have Westbrook, and none of us are afraid.

There was a positive vibe in the dressing room from top to bottom.

Although everyone is tired, everyone agrees that the Thunder can also take it down against a relatively weak Bulls.

"Lee, are you hurt?"

Durant's observation ability is very strong, and he saw that Li Linlin's footsteps were a little heavy, so he asked Li Linlin,

"No, no, KD, I was a bit physically exhausted last night, and I haven't recovered yet."

Li Linlin frowned and replied, his physical fitness has always been weak, and this cannot be improved through short-term training.

As a sophomore, after experiencing a season of NBA seasons, Durant is also very afraid of this back-to-back game.

"Well, do you need to communicate with the coach to arrange for you to take a turn off?"

Now Durant is still a relatively qualified boss, and for Li Forest, he has not paid attention to it at the beginning, but now he recognizes his strength.

The strength of this rookie in his eyes is still good, and back-to-back is too prone to injuries, and it is necessary to protect him.

"No, I can still hold on."

Li Forest doesn't want to give up easily now, if he comes back at the beginning, he will definitely go down the steps given by Durant, this is the difference between now and before.

He's in hot form right now, and he has a good feeling about adapting to the intensity of the NBA, and he doesn't want to take a break easily.

Just kidding, I'm not one of the old hooligans of the Spurs, who takes turns off every day and plays healthy basketball, where do I get the experience points if I don't play?

"Okay, then you pay attention, don't get hurt."

Durant asked with concern.

If Li Forest is injured, then Durant's unlikely playoffs will be even cooler.

"Thank you."

Li Linlin's impression of KD during this period has also changed a lot, Durant's character is still very good, but he is a little sullen and not good at expressing himself.

At first, Li Linlin thought that Durant was really the same as the future.

Treat all teammates except Wei Shao as garbage players. But after a long period of contact, I found that the current Durant is still very simple, and he doesn't have those ideas, and he has special respect for old players.

At least for now, Durant seems to be full of hope for the future.

It's not the lonely Thor in the future who always delays in his quest for a championship.

As for Durant's joining the Warriors in the future, there must be many unknown factors, and Li Forest is still unclear what the real reason is.

At least for now, it seems that Durant completely regards Russian City as his home, and the Thunder as his team, and no one can say what will happen in the future.

Time flies.

It's time for the evening game again.

The starting lineup fielded by the Bulls is: Ben Gordon, Lore Deng, Drew Gooden, Derrick Rose, Aaron Gray

The Thunder fielded the starting lineup: Russell Westbrook, Forest Lee, Jeff Green, Wilcox, Collisson.

The Thunder's starting line was different from when they played the Cavaliers, and this time it allowed Collison to replace Wilkins, pushing Jeff Green to the No. 3 position and playing back to the big man.

Brooks pushed his glasses, worried.

The fitness of the whole team is really worrying, playing three games in four days, all three teams are in the top eight in the East, and tonight's opponent, the Chicago Bulls, is waiting for a while.

Although the Chicago Bulls are the weakest of the three, the Thunder, who have experienced a series of hard battles, are already exhausted.

During the warm-up, the whole team was still alive and kicking up and down.

The other players were mostly dragging their heavy feet and reluctant to move.

These details are not a good sign.

In this game, Brooks was not sure to win it.

Really.

After the game began, the Bulls' top scorer, Ben Gordon, took the lead and hit a three-pointer.

And Li Forest also ran out of the gap in the same position, and missed the three-point shot.

Gordon came over and hit another three-pointer to give the Bulls a six-point lead.

After Westbrook passed, he broke through the emergency stop and hit the iron from mid-distance.

After Derrick Rose dribbled, he broke through and shook off the heavily footed Li Forest and scored a layup.

The opening game was 8-0.

Brooks shouted to stop, his eyes on Lee Forest and Westbrook.

Li Linlin's physical fitness obviously couldn't keep up, and his footsteps couldn't keep up with Ross at all.

Westbrook was alive and kicking, but he played too easy and fell into the defensive trap set by the Bulls.

Brooks knew what the team's problems were, but he didn't have much to do, he had too few cards in his hand, and he could only emphasize some defensive attitude issues with his players.

A timeout didn't reverse the Thunder's decline.

After the timeout, the Thunder's Willis went over and directed the ball to Jeff Green, who cut in the air.

Jeff Green doesn't go blue over the sky.

After Rose grabbed the rebound, it was directly another lightning advance.

Fast break scored 2 points.

The Thunder players don't even have the desire to chase back.

Come on, not only did Westbrook and Lee Forest have problems, but even Green.

The players are not in good shape and are not in good shape.

Then backwardness has become an inevitable result.

In the first quarter of the game, the Thunder, who were playing away, trailed the Bulls with a score of 13-30.

trailed by 17 points in the quarter.

I have to say that the Thunder's game is really full of ups and downs.

Yesterday they also won against the Cavaliers, and in less than 24 hours they came to play the Bulls, and immediately came back, trailing by nearly 20 points in 12 minutes.

The immaturity of the Thunder Youth Army was fully revealed at this moment.

After coming back in the second quarter, the Thunder's rotation was also in terrible shape.

The margin was quickly stretched to 25 points by the Bulls.

By the time the starters came back again, the whole team had lost their spirits.

At halftime, 32-60, the Thunder trailed by 28 points.

In the locker room at halftime, Brooks didn't lose his temper, calmly, as expected.

In the third quarter, the Thunder relied on the outbursts of Forest Lee and Westbrook, and the Thunder recovered 8 points.

60:80.

In the fourth quarter, when the Thunder had 6 minutes left, seeing that the score was still hovering around 20 points, they sent the third lineup and announced their surrender.

At the end of the game, the final score was fixed at 85-103.

It was announced that the Thunder challenged the Bulls away and lost by 18 points....

Lee Forest made 3 of 15 three-pointers from the field, shooting a miserable percentage and only scored 9 points and 3 assists.

Westbrook wasn't much better, finishing with just 16 points and five assists on 6-of-20 shooting from the field.

On the other hand, Derrick Rose scored 24 points and 11 assists in the game, leading the team to a big victory, and his personal performance beat the Thunder double stars.

After this matchup, Rose cemented his spot at the top of the Rookie of the Year list.