Although the Magic and the Bulls are both very young teams, the Magic team has been too smooth this season, and there have been earth-shaking changes compared to last season.

On the other hand, the Bulls have no fear in the face of the Magic team, because the Magic team is also very young, and Sun Zhuo has never proven his leadership ability in the playoffs, and at the same time, because they have not been so smooth in the regular season this season, they are relatively healthy in mentality, neither jealous nor impetuous, trying to play every offense and defense safely, while Sun Zhuo wants to solve the Bulls quickly.

"The Bulls shouldn't be tough to deal with, they don't have a superstar, so there's no one to fight against me, and as long as I get into the groove, they're going to be overwhelmed."

Sun Zhuo knows that against a team without a superstar, once he is in the state, no one can stand up and respond, and the best way to deal with the same young team is to crush it as soon as they come up, and their confidence can easily collapse.

Therefore, Sun Zhuo was a little anxious.

Defending Sun Zhuo is the old opponent Nocioni, Nocioni can still limit Sun Zhuo's breakthrough during the Olympic Games, but now, with Sun Zhuo's speed, it is no longer what Nocioni can defend alone, so Sun Zhuo repeatedly broke through and entered the Bulls' interior line, Skyles has long known Sun Zhuo's threat to the inside, and has already made defensive arrangements for the Bulls' players.

Sun Zhuo also guessed that it would not be so easy to attack the basket at close range in the playoffs, he wanted to use his body to make fouls first, neither wanted to hit difficult shots nor wanted to pass, but a European step layup, Sun Zhuo had physical contact with Chandler, but the referee did not react, and finally the ball was capped off by Chandler, and the Bulls directly launched a fast-break counterattack, Ben Gordon was fast, with a height of 1.91 meters, and forcibly picked up the basket in front of Nelson.

"It doesn't seem like it's easy to get a foul in the playoffs." Sun Zhuo sighed, the offense just now, if it was in the regular season, seven or eight out of ten would be able to stand on the free throw line.

It didn't take long for Sun Zhuo to break through the offense again, this time to score points directly under the basket, but he was interfered with by Tyson Chandler, because Sun Zhuo's current layup ability is not strong enough, the ball did not hit.

Seeing that Sun Zhuo was still accurate in this game, except for a few shots that were still accurate, other things like shooting and breaking layups were not good, Yu Jia also frowned and said: "Sun Zhuo doesn't seem to be in shape today, is it because he was a little nervous in the first game of the playoffs?" It feels like usual, with so many shots, the score should have been too double. ”

Su Qun said: "There will definitely be some nervousness, after all, it is the first time to lead the team to play the playoffs, and it is a popular contender for the regular season MVP, and the regular season MVP will generally announce the results in the second round of the playoffs. Nervousness is inevitable, but more importantly, Sun Zhuo's defense is different, and the scale of blowing penalties has changed, the defense of the playoffs is completely different from the regular season, this is the knockout game, the season is over if you lose, there are so many games in the regular season, it doesn't matter if you lose one or two games, Sun Zhuo is used to this kind of personal scoring method in the regular season, relying on high shots and high scores to drive the whole team, but in the playoffs he has to pay attention to the number of shots he makes, once his shots can't get too many points, The Magic's overall offensive efficiency has declined, and although the Bulls are not particularly strong offensive teams, Ben Gordon and Hinrich are very dynamic players, and they are crazy to score points. ”

Su Qun has realized the threat of Ben Gordon and Hinrich, but Sun Zhuo on the court has not, and what gives him a headache at the moment is Chandler's inside gate.

"Chandler is too tall, my current bounce and close shooting values are not the best, and I can't make fouls, so it's a little difficult to beat him."

Like entertainment stars, some NBA stars also like to lie about their height, just to be able to play to their favorite position, Chandler's height is not fake, it is really more than two meters and one five, and his height and arms are long, and he is good at defense, Sun Zhuo suddenly remembered that this guy seemed to have won the NBA's best defensive player after repeated in-line offenses, probably around 2012.

Sun Zhuo's speed is at the level of S+, and it is also the strongest of all his current abilities, even in the playoffs, his speed is unmatched, but the problem is that Sun Zhuo can't convert it into scoring after breaking through, if he can't score on the inside, then the speed of S+ will be wasted.

"I have a training card now, my close shooting level is S, do I want to move it up to S+?" Sun Zhuo began to be a little distracted on the court and hesitated.

The close shooting value affects the ability to go to the basket, if Sun Zhuo's close shooting value can reach the level of S+, the ability to go to the basket will definitely be greatly enhanced, this special training card will definitely be used in this year's playoffs, but on the one hand, Sun Zhuo wants to wait for whether he can still get a special training card, if there are two, then he can directly use the ability of level A to directly use two to upgrade to S.

The change from S to S+ is certainly not as big as the change from A to S.

On the other hand, Sun Zhuo also felt that just beating a small bull wouldn't make him upgrade, right?

Soon, in the second quarter, the Magic still did not play the momentum of the second-best team in the East, but the Bulls slowly adjusted from the continuous mistakes at the beginning, and the more they played, the better they played, and the score began to lead by five to eight points.

Sun Zhuo didn't want to play the first game of the playoffs, at his home court, and let the opponent take the lead to end the half, so he quickly turned on his personal scoring mode, and scored three points and relied on playing, Sun Zhuo's A+ long-range shooting value was still very reliable, and soon Sun Zhuo caught up with the difference.

"Three-point shot...... Why does Sun love to shoot three-pointers so much? Except for his bottom corner three-pointer, the other positions are obviously not much better than others, no matter what, I will focus on Nocioni later. Bulls coach Skels put a focus on Sun Zhuo's offensive style, if it weren't for Sun Zhuo's goal, the Bulls would have been able to take the lead to end the first half, in his opinion, Sun Zhuo is such a sudden small forward is also keen to shoot three-point is very strange, like Dwyan, Wade and LeBron James don't like or be good at shooting three-pointers.

But just when Sun Zhuo and Skels both thought the first half would be almost tied, the Bulls' Ben Gordon surprised everyone.

He first changed the direction of a one-on-one dribble past Nelson, hit the inside second pass to Chandler, and then hit another three-pointer to quickly help the team lead by five points.

Ben Gordon is in a hot state, and on the offensive end, he basically controls the ball to organize the offense, seeing Ben Gordon's posture of dribbling on the outside, Sun Zhuo knows that this attack, Ben Gordon will still play by himself.

Scorers know scorers better, and Sun Zhuo has been a crazy scorer this season, so he fully understands what kind of state a player is like when he wants to score on his own, and Sun Zhuo can feel it by looking at the rhythm of Ben Gordon's dribbling.

Sure enough, Ben Gordon passed a cover from his teammates and wanted to shoot another three-pointer on the outside, but Sun Zhuo was already alert and hurriedly rushed over and reached out to block it.

"Oops!"

"Oops!"

At the moment when Ben Gordon made a move, Sun Zhuo, who was defending, and Ben Gordon, who was attacking, both screamed in their hearts.

Ben Gordon secretly shouted that it was bad because he didn't expect that the shot after covering would be interfered with by the opponent, and Sun Zhuo's defense was predicted in advance this time.

And the reason why Sun Zhuo also secretly screamed bad was because he didn't expect Ben Gordon's shot point to be so high, he underestimated Ben Gordon's shooting height, and his hand touched Ben Gordon's wrist.

Backbite!

As soon as there was physical contact, Ben Gordon reacted, and his right leg hanging in the air moved sharply, and the referee immediately blew the whistle.

The ball has already been thrown, and it went straight into the net!

3+1！

Gordon scored another three-pointer, and it also caused Sun Zhuo's foul!

"Yo, Ben Gordon feels really good, he also scored 18 points in the half, I really didn't expect it, he is taller than Sun Zhuo." Yu Jia was surprised.

Su Qun smiled: "I have paid attention to this Ben Gordon, although Gordon is relatively young and has no playoff experience, but he dares to think and play, there is nothing to be afraid of, like these two three-pointers are very resolute, and they are all scored." This is the point that the Magic team suffers, compared with the Bulls, the target is too obvious, the Magic relies on Sun Zhuo to play, and the Bulls only need to defend Sun Zhuo, but the Bulls' scores and chances are very average, maybe any player will play at the superstar level all of a sudden, you don't know how to prevent it. ”

This is Sun Zhuo's third foul in the half, and because there is not much time left in the second quarter, Sun Zhuo was replaced, and until the end of the half, the Bulls still led by 9 points.

After half-time, in the locker room, Coach Hill tried to calm the emotions of the young players, saying: "Don't be impatient, guys, this is only the first game, we only played half the game, and I didn't expect them to play like this on the road, but we still have two quarters to beat them." ”

Sun Zhuo himself was a little depressed, but as the leader of the team, he also had to take on the responsibility of encouraging the whole team, so Sun Zhuo also said: "The coach is right, we still have the advantage, Tyson Chandler has committed three fouls, I will let him leave the game in the second half, once Chandler is not there, no one can stop me from cooperating with Dwight." ”

"Sun, we know that Tyson Chandler is the breakthrough, but you don't focus too much on playing inside, you also committed three fouls, although today is the home field, but the referee doesn't seem to be afraid to hear more boos from the home fans." Coach Hill put his arm on Sun Zhuo's shoulder and said.

Sun Zhuo nodded, "I know, coach, I'll pay attention." Nelson, how's it going, can Ben Gordon still be able to watch? Maybe Monta Ellis can help you. ”

Jamil Nelson glanced at Montaellis, who was thinner than him, with a slight disdain, and said, "I can, he's okay with the ball, I'm not going to play for him." ”

Sun Zhuo reminded: "His shot point is very high, but his shot is very slow, you have to be careful that he tricks you into shooting fouls." ”

"Hmm." Nelson nodded.

Although they are behind, the atmosphere of the Magic team is still good, because they still don't take the Bulls very seriously, and if the opponent is not a strong team, then falling behind is not a lot of suffering.

In the second half, Sun Zhuo really led the team to tie the score again, and the confidence of the Magic players returned, but Ben Gordon stepped up again at this time.

This time it was no longer an outside shot, nor a breakaway point, but a forced layup that broke through directly, he first scored a few balls with a few Rose-style layups, and then repeatedly caused Howard to foul, causing Howard, who had been fouled four times, to be off the court for a while.

Ben Gordon continued to score, and has reached a personal high score of nearly 35 points, Sun Zhuo himself is only 30 points, his madness makes Sun Zhuo very unhappy, plus Gordon and Rose's actions are a bit similar, and he and Rose both wear Bull jerseys, Sun Zhuo thought in a trance that he was playing against that MVP Mr. Rose, and glanced at Gordon even higher, and when Gordon broke through to the basket again, Sun Zhuo reached out to block and was also whistled for a foul.

"Damn, the A+ can't get a cap." Sun Zhuo was very depressed.

However, what is even more difficult to accept than the hat is that Sun Zhuo also fouled four times.

Yu Jia was surprised: "Sun Zhuo and Howard have both fouled four times, will Sun Zhuo also be replaced?" Ben Gordon is really amazing today, one person beat Howard and Sun Zhuo like this. ”

Su Qun said: "I remember that Ben Gordon didn't score so many points in the regular season, he only averaged 17 points per game, and he scored almost 40 points in the first game of the playoffs, Nelson should really review himself, he and Ben Gordon are both rookies in the 04 class, but they were also selected in the first round, but the gap between the two in this game is not the dozen, and the Magic's defense is bad enough, Ben Gordon can't break through the ball, and he can't prevent his personal offense, and he has repeatedly taken fouls, I feel that this time the Magic want to do their best to defeat the Bulls with offense, in fact, the Magic should work harder on defense, because the Bulls don't have super scorers, you defend them and don't let them play out of momentum, and it's easier to win. ”

As the game drew to an end, the Magic team finally realized the crisis of this game, and the Bulls, who originally thought it could be easily solved, actually played the Magic like this, and Sun Zhuo didn't want to lose the game in the first game.

As a result, Sun Zhuo, who was fouled four times, once again showed the momentum of the regular season scoring champion to keep catching up with the score, and the score quickly rose from 30 points to 36 points, one point more than Ben Gordon.

However, at this time, Sun Zhuo found that he had run out of the number of times he could use up a single game by playing bugs.