Chapter 217: Three Tumors VS Three Refusals

Speaking of Chicago, Roy is also related to this place.

The first time he came to Chicago was to participate in the "McDonald's All-American High School All-Star Game", and the result was an instant hit and shocked the United States; The second time I came to Chicago was to participate in the rookie joint tryout, and once again shocked the NBA with explosive statistics. It can be said that Roy has received all the honor and praise in Chicago, and this is a blessed place for him.

However, Roy's third trip to Chicago may not go so well. Before the game against the Chicago Bulls, probably no fan would have speculated that the Knicks would win on the road, at least not on the basis of neutral sane fans.

The New York Knicks have suffered four straight defeats and are at the bottom of the league. And their team is in turmoil, and for a team that competes as a team, infighting is more terrible than lack of strength.

Their opponents, the Chicago Bulls, had a 3-1 record, beating Eastern giants including the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers, and the difference in overall strength and team atmosphere determined that the Bulls had a better chance of winning.

This season, the Chicago Bulls have made a major makeover to the team, in addition to sending two players to today's opponents, the New York Knicks, in exchange for Robin Lopez, Jose Calderon (who was later traded to the Los Angeles Lakers) and Jerry Grant, as well as Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo.

If you add in the trade of Michael Carter-Williams and this year's No. 14 rookie Denzel Valentine, with the original Jimmy Butler and Doug McDermott, the Bulls' guard line this year is simply strong and a little bloated.

"As long as the Bulls want to, they can put three All-Star guards on the court at the same time, and just to compete for outside strength, the Knicks will be more than lucky today."

"The Knicks don't have a chance, they're on a four-game losing streak, and from the course of the game, they don't have any desire to win at all, and it's going to be too hard for them to get a win at the Union Center."

"I can bet you on my salary next month that the Knicks will definitely lose today, and they will probably lose by double digits."

"Hey, aside from the return of Rose and Noah, I don't think there's going to be anything else to watch tonight."

Pundits, media, fans, no one lined up the Knicks as the favorites to win tonight. They may have forgotten that they were the ones who shouted the Knicks' imminent revival the most before the season began, and they were the same ones who loudly questioned the Bulls' ability to bring in Rondo and Wade's lack of ball control.

The NBA is so magical, everything depends on the results, as long as the results are good, the transaction that loses home can be blown into a "god hand" for you, and the mascot placed on the sidelines can be packaged as a championship coach.

In such an atmosphere of national decay, the Knicks' starting five stepped onto the court, the United Center arena in Chicago.

Derrick Rose was undoubtedly the center of attention today, the former "Windy City Rose", the former youngest MVP of all time, the former Chicago Pride is back again.

Although after the ups and downs, right and wrong, Rose is no longer the proud rose, but for most nostalgic fans, the feeling of seeing Rose stand on the floor of the United Center arena again can't help but gush out.

The crowd stood up in unison to applaud Derrick Rose, who was the first to make his debut on the visitors, like a wanderer who had left home as a teenager and received the love of the fans.

Through the light, Roy seemed to see tears glint in Rose's eyes, and perhaps that's why he didn't want to lose here. Rose never wanted to live up to these fans who loved him, and perhaps now only Chicago fans in the league will pay so much attention to him, which is Rose's last basketball belief.

Rose's appearance moved the audience, but the game was a different story.

The Bulls' new ruthless characters weren't going to play a supporting role in Derrick Rose's homecoming, and they opened the game with a hard attack on the Knicks' fragile defense.

Rajon Rondo is known as the center of the back line, and his unreasonable hard-bridge horse breakthrough makes Derrick Rose extremely uncomfortable; Although Dwayne Wade is old, he is still relaxed and happy to clean up the "brainless" Courtney Lee; Finally, of course, there is the ace duel between Jimmy Butler and Carmelo Anthony, these two can be called the two extremes of NBA players, Butler has ordinary qualifications, but he relies on his own efforts to become the league's top scorer step by step, and Anthony became famous at a young age, with different talents, but he does not seek to improve.

It was really thanks to today's face of their old club, the shameful and courageous Noah and the conscientious Porzingis struggled to support the inside line, and the Knicks bit the score to death.

Roy's playing time for this game was earlier again, and Courtney Lee was now more of a fake starter, having been replaced by Roy after playing four minutes. At this time, the score was tied at 10:10.

Roy's presence on the court meant that there were two magical combinations on the court, the Knicks' "three tumors" versus the Bulls' "three rejections".

Why? There is no need to go into detail about the Knicks' "three tumors", and it is a headache which team of the three players who want to attack with the ball, Rose, Anthony, and Roy.

The Bulls' "three refusals" are more interesting, Rondo, Wade, and Butler are also three attackers who need the ball in their hands. Among them, Rondo can't play without the ball, Wade can't score points without the ball, and Butler loses his temper without the ball.

Moreover, these three people are worse than the Knicks' "three tumors", their range is very short, Rondo's range is under the basket, Wade's range is in the three-second zone, and Butler's range is within the three-point line. But it's really weird, these three people still relied on this messy style of play to get 3 wins.

After the players on both sides were settled, according to the position, Rose was still against Rondo, Roy against Wade, and Anthony against Butler.

Speaking of Wade, Roy must know that this banner figure of the 03 platinum generation is ranked first even in the vast history of the NBA, he is a Hall of Fame player who has won the NBA championship and the MVP of the Finals. When Roy was choosing a star template, Dwyane Wade's name appeared before, which shows his high status in history.

Although Wade is 34 years old this year, he still maintains a high competitive condition, and Roy will never dare to be careless.

Wade was also reluctant to be careless about Roy, he is a highly professional man, he had heard the story of the superstar before this game, and he also deliberately reworked Roy's game video a few days before the game.

After watching the video, Wade couldn't help but be surprised, this young man's potential is even higher than he imagined, if it weren't for the playing time and foul trouble, if it wasn't for Anthony deprived of part of the ball, if it wasn't for Hornacek deliberately retained, then it's unimaginable what he could play.

Wade even called his friend LeBron James the day before the game to ask what he thought about Roy, and the results were equally shocking. James, the league's No. 1 player, has the view that "Roy could be the best star in the league in three years, just like Antetokounmpo who came out last year, and they will change the direction of the league." ”

With James' reminder, Wade was even more careless.

The two were in the opposite position, and Wade posted Roy as soon as possible, and Wade's defensive strategy was very clear and could not let Roy receive the ball easily.

Wade's positivity suddenly made Roy also energetic, and he had long wanted to compare his speed with the scoring guard nicknamed "The Flash", and the two ran violently if they didn't say a word.

Roy ran in front, Wade chased on the side, Roy kept shuttling in and out of the box, and Wade swam back and forth. After a few rounds, Wade did not lose to Roy at all, and now Roy understood that Wade's speed was definitely not in vain, and it would take a little skill to deal with him.

But time waits for no one, Rose saw that Roy and Wade, Anthony and Butler were all entangled with each other, and there was no chance to attack, so he simply chose to break through by himself. Although Rose is a glass attribute, his speed is still alive, and he broke through Rondo's tofu scum defense with an acceleration and made an easy layup, opening the mutual explosion mode of "three tumors" and "three refusals......