After the end of this game, the second phase of the league's voting was also released, and the results were cruel to Jordan, Zhang Zhu led the league again with a huge lead of 320,000 votes this time, and the gap with the second-place Jordan was even greater, you must know that Patrick Ewing, who had the most votes in the center position in the East, but his total votes were less than 320,000.

Jordan fans have reason not to be convinced, because the old gang owner finally solved the embarrassment of three-point shooting this season, not only maintaining the average data per game at the level of 30+5+3, but also the shooting rate is still 48%, and the most awesome thing is that the three-point shooting rate has increased to 41%, a stable one!

The Bulls are also firmly in second place, averaging a staggering 115 points per game after the Lakers, so shouldn't Jordan get more votes?

However, the truth is so cruel, the Lakers' undefeated record has everyone looking at them, and Zhang Zhu's personal data is also at a glance, in the first 20 games, he averaged 36.1 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 2.9 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, shooting 54.9% from the field at the inside level, 44.3% from three-point range, and 89.8% from the free throw line.

Such an ungodly statistic coupled with the Lakers' terrifying record is better than Jordan's peak season, and the NBA has not had such a perverted guy since the 70s, and fans can only find this kind of cheating player in ancient times.

But the problem is that even if those ancient beasts are brought over, sober-minded fans know that they can't do whatever they want in modern basketball.

Not to mention others, if Chamberlain encounters the four peak centers, even if he can beat them, at most he will have a slight advantage; Big O has got this product now, and it is difficult to brush the data as much as Peyton wants.

Of course, such a comparison is biased, and usually only a fool would compare it like this.

But there is no doubt that Zhang Wei has played a dominant power in such an era that only existed in ancient times, the key is that his appearance is still so high, and his background is so strong, it is not surprising that Jordan is ignored.

Today's Jordan wants to find an explanation for his votes and status, as long as he can defeat the Lakers head-on in this battle and break the undefeated golden body of these bastards, he can point to Zhang Fu's nose and say: "The future is yours, but the current TM is mine!" ”

But unfortunately, I am afraid that it will not be his turn to talk about such a thing.

"I know they're all warriors, but who isn't?" This is Zhang Zhu's response to the Chicago media's pre-game hype that the Bulls will become a "dragon slayer warrior", "But in the face of the strength of reason, the courage of ignorance is the most useless, but ignorant people always do not believe in reality, they have to need a little help to understand, waiting for them is only a dead end, and the princess may not be unwilling to stay in front of the so-called evil dragon." ”

Zhang Mao's pre-game taunts are of course more than that, although this is the home of the Chicagoans, they are still the challengers, and the Lakers are the owners of the court.

"I came to a ruin today, and they told me that everyone here is not afraid of us, they are all fearless dragon slayers. But I know that this is nothing but cowardice and evasion, because can a person be brave when he is not afraid? Of course not, one can only be brave when one is afraid. And a guy who doesn't even dare to face up to fear, a guy who can only escape from reality, they are not warriors, they just don't clean up. ”

The media in Chicago couldn't express their anger, Zhang Mao's words were so infuriating, how could anyone have such a vicious mouth?

After Zhang Wei said these words, of course, he was attacked by a group of local reporters.

However, in the face of a group of angry media, Zhang Fu leaned back, showed an indifferent attitude, and said in a tone full of disdain: "No matter what you say, the lion never cares what the sheep think. ”

He almost pointed at these reporters and said, "I'm not targeting anyone, I'm saying that everyone here is happy!" ”

Of course, this pre-game press conference is also broadcast live, and the Lakers' big battle will generally start broadcasting from the pre-game press conference, because everyone wants to see how Zhang Zhu fights the crowd and how he uses vicious taunts to greet the enemy, just like now.

Although Zhang Fu's words are vicious, his fans like this taste very much, and what kind of demeanor do they pay attention to when they treat enemies, that is not his style at all.

The Bulls players naturally attacked Zhang Mao's arrogance and arrogance on the other side, but the Lakers' undefeated record is there, if you don't accept it, you will speak with strength, as long as you can smash the Lakers' golden body, then you can return all these ridicules and kick them two more times, and you will be honest with me if you are responsible.

Of course, Zhang Mao was not ridiculed by everyone, and he was more polite to the new coach of the Bulls, Don Nelson, and said a lot of compliments before the game.

There is no need for him to compliment this, the Bulls' current 21-3 record would have been enough to cause a sensation in previous years, but unfortunately they have met the stronger Lakers.

In the end, until the press conference was almost over, Zhang Wei was still hanging in the river, and no one in the audience could embarrass him.

A Chicago reporter had no choice but to change his approach and asked Zhang Mao: "The Lakers defeated the defending champion last season, have you become the new king of this league now?" ”

This kind of seemingly flattering question is the most difficult to answer, but Zhang Wei didn't care at all, and blurted out: "Anyone who loudly declares 'I am the king', he can't be the real king at all." ”

The reporter immediately kicked his nose in the face and asked, "If you're not, how can you become a king?" ”

Zhang Mao scolded in his heart, I didn't say that I wasn't, but it still didn't make it difficult for him: "Your question is like asking 'how to become a good president', many people think that only by becoming a president can you save the country and the people." Wrong, you only become president if you first save the country and the people. ”

At this moment, the big nose wearing Zhang Qi's jersey is unhappy in the White House, and his heart says why is he still pulling me? I'm an ally! It's your own people!

"Do you think you can be president of the United States?"

As soon as Zhang Qi finished speaking, someone immediately asked a question that made the audience laugh.

"'I'm going to be president of the United States,' I remember saying to my female classmates, and more than half of the people in the world have such ambitious goals."

Zhang Fu's words made everyone laugh again, I wonder if he will have another nickname of "president" from now on?

After the pre-match press conference, the fans started to look forward to the game for a while, and that was the main event.

After Zhang returned to the locker room, he also went to check the data of the Bulls players.

In this regard, the Lakers are actually at a disadvantage, and yesterday he simulated a full-state Bulls game, and lost by more than 20 points, which shows the strength of these guys.

Centre: Luke Longley (81).

Power forwards: Charles Barkley (86), Dennis Rodman (83), Don Yell Marshall (83)

Small forwards: Scottie Pippen (94), Toni Cookac (85).

Shooting guard: Michael Jordan (98).

Point guards: Van Exel (85), Steve Kerr (77), Ron Harper (79).

The Bulls' main reinforcement in the summer was the interior, with Langley only playing 20 minutes a game and Barkley about 35 minutes, and the rest of the time was split between Rodman and Marshall. Jordan, Pippen and Kukoc split their playing time in the second and third positions. Harper has rarely played this season, and the team is basically an eight-man rotation, playing small for most of the time.

The Lakers still have the default lineup, but the one-tall and one-strong interior lineup doesn't seem to fit the current rules very well, and Barkley said that he didn't catch up with the good times, otherwise the No. 4 position like him would definitely be more popular.

What Zhang Wei cares about is the ability value of these guys, Barkley's state is about the same as last season, but this product is more stable, I don't know if it's because of the low pressure, or if he still can't change the problem of laziness by Jordan's side, he can at least complete the basic training, which is enough for him to maintain a normal state, and this season's Ba Sir still has an average of 18+12+4 data per game.

Pippen's ability value has also improved from last season, and it seems that he has really worked hard for a summer, especially since his three-point shooting has stabilized at around 40%, which should be the most accurate season of his career.

"Huh, what does that mean?"

Zhang Qi took a closer look and found that Pippen's name was red and black, what did it mean?

He hurriedly clicked down to take a look, but the word "duang" popped up with four words: "exhausted".

This is interesting, Zhang Wei knows the meaning of the word "exhausted" too well, and every time he flies with wings, even if he has such staying power, he will appear in this state. If you don't use the card to recover, normal training is nothing, and the game of abusing vegetables is normal, but it is easy to get weak in a tough battle, and then you will suffer an injury.

Where does Pippen have a card to recover, it is estimated that he really didn't have much rest in the summer, and now he is obviously in an overdraft state, and he can come to a little hard for him to taste in a while.

"Hey, buddy, do you know you're in a bad shape? I see you like a cow that has been drained, you know what I mean? ”

Zhang Wei saw Pippen after entering the arena, no matter what the reason was for him, he would mock a wave of ridicule first.

Pippen's face immediately turned red, his new girlfriend is indeed in overdemand, and he is not honest outside, in order to spell out the last contract for himself this season, he also does not dare to slack off on the training ground, the three-pronged consequence is now "exhaustion", and his whole person has been seriously overdrawn.

"Hmph, what do you know about this three-inch short guy?"

Pippen's face turned red, but he still retorted with such words.

But then he thought of Zhang Mao's photo, and he really couldn't say anything about it in the future.

In this era, there is no such thing as "PS", and the media is not used to using this method to process images.

"You'd better be careful, I'll be very hard in a while!"

Zhang Qian glanced at Pippen's body shape again, this guy should have gained about 240 pounds, but the skeleton is not as strong as him after all, and it looks a little bulky to the naked eye, no wonder he can only play in his early thirty minutes this season, and such a high weight is not something anyone can handle.

However, even if Pippen gained 240 pounds, compared with Zhang Fu's weight of nearly 260 pounds, his body was still half a circle smaller, and Zhang Fu's body did not look bloated, his skeleton could fully support a weight of 260 pounds, and it would look discordant if he gained weight more.

Zhang Wei will not let himself gain weight again, 250 pounds to 260 pounds is the standard weight he will maintain for the next ten years, and if he maintains this range, he will not lose his flexibility and explosiveness, and blindly gaining weight is not a wise choice.

After a brief pre-match greeting between the two teams, the game was about to begin.

Zhang Zhu didn't run to Don Nelson to talk, it would be embarrassing for Harris to do so, and he certainly wouldn't do such a stupid thing.

However, he chatted with Van Exel, the little of the year has long been dissipated with the wind, and distance can produce beauty, Van Exel's departure only felt that Zhang Zhu, the boss, won well.

After this guy turned around, he found that the Lakers were the most comfortable place he had ever been, and after coming to the Bulls, it was not as comfortable as the time he had been with the Lakers, he had no status here at all, and the fans didn't like him very much.

Van Exel's average data per game has dropped to 14+5 this year, his role in the Bulls is very low, and he can't get much possession, Jordan and Pippen still need a lot of balls, and he's a bit like a fixed-point pitcher, in short, it's very uncomfortable to play.

That's the price of playing in the top teams, unless you're the best player, you have to play someone else's hand, that's why so many people would rather be the head of the chicken.

After the start of the game, Lao Mu easily defeated Lang Li on the jump ball.

Zhang Qi received the pass, and Kidd immediately obediently ran to the front and landed in position.

Van Exel was a little congested at this moment, how familiar he was with such a scene, he felt that it was too embarrassing to play like this, but he didn't know that it was also good to play like this, because Zhang Yi would pass the ball back again, and he would still get many opportunities to perform.

But it's different here, the basketball will go to Barkley and Pippen first, and he will have to take the ball in the order of the three.

Pippen's side faced Zhang Fu's breakthrough, and found that he couldn't keep up with his footsteps, and the confrontation was still not an opponent.

Barkley hurriedly came over to help defend, and it could be seen that the Bulls still had some preparations for Zhang Mao's breakthrough, Barkley's footsteps were super-first-class in the interior line, enough to help the outside line assist in time, but it was such a physically demanding job, and he was unwilling to do it now.

Zhang Zhu did not panic at all in the face of Barkley's bag, he was not able to rely on his body to push Barkley in the rookie season, but now one is stronger, and the other is two years older, Zhang Zhu took the ball as soon as he slammed it over, forced Barkley to pass the ball to the follow-up Mason, who scored an easy layup.

Don Nelson's face was calm, he really didn't care how imba this ball was, it was just a two-point shot anyway.

He believes that the Lakers' offense is basically unstoppable at this stage, so to beat them, you must work more on offense, as long as you fight who scores more.

The Bulls turned their heads, Jordan didn't say a word, and showed off a wave of his accurate three-point shots first.

"Bang bang!"

The helper's face was a little ugly, who knows how much he wants to show off his three-point shot in front of the Lakers, especially in front of Zhang Fu!

"Hey, I heard you'd like to go to this year's three-point contest?" Zhang Qi ran over with a mocking face, and made up for it by the way, "I advise you to forget it, then it is self-inflicted." ”

Jordan couldn't fight back against this, it was indeed his shame, and Zhang Mao's words also extinguished a trace of fire in his heart.

Actually, he really revealed this idea to others, otherwise Zhang Yu would not have known.

Don Nelson slapped Jordan's iron instead, and his Bulls team put a lot of emphasis on three-point shooting and fast breaking, and kept the tactical style as simple as possible, so he told his players to forget about the bullshit triangle, there was no need for such a thing.

In this season's Bulls, Don 1 Nelson asked the players to shoot when they have the opportunity, break through when they have space, and don't let go of the opportunity to play their individual abilities...... It doesn't matter if the iron is struck, it doesn't matter if it feels bad, and it's okay to make mistakes...... Because he knows that a team like the Bulls, as long as they come to the touch, they are a ** most of the time, and even if they don't have a hand, they can use defense to hold on without being beaten by others, so they can play to their heart's content on the offensive end and go to the waves.

This style of play is very athletic and individual, but the Bulls do not lack both, especially in terms of individual ability, they are better than the Lakers.

Needless to say, Jordan and Pippen's personal ability, Barkley was the only supergiant who could fight with Jordan on the All-Star ballot at his peak, both strength and status were above Pippen, such a team can really crush people with talent.

Jordan got the first shot at will, and the next Bulls' offense was also not cumbersome, basically a small cooperation between two or three people, as long as the player with the ball felt that he had a chance to shoot or pass, it was all up to his personal judgment, scoring everyone shouted 666 together, and no one said who was the dish if they missed, anyway, everyone was about the same level.

It's a way of playing that the players and fans like it, and it also makes the pace very fast, and the commentator basically can't say a few words, and the basketball flies out of the hands of the players, not giving them a chance to talk nonsense at all.

However, the Lakers are also a team that is good at small-ball play, and they are not afraid of this at all, you run and I run, you rush and I run, you shoot blindly, I TM won't?

Only Zhang Mao's side is a bit different, he has to show off his dribble first every time he faces Pippen, whether it is passing or attacking, he has to make two breakthroughs first, and then say, the slowest rhythm on the court is actually here with him, everyone doesn't know what he is doing this for? Isn't he usually like that?

But even so, the pace of the two teams is still staggering, fans only need to go to the toilet, a minute is sure to pass, the first quarter of the game almost non-stop, really no breathing work.

But fans must like to watch such a game, the stars can frequently show their individual ability, the score will be ridiculously high, and even the defense will have a lot of wonderful shots, because it is easy to make mistakes when the speed is fast, there will be many breaks and interceptions on the field, it looks very intense from the field, both offensive and defensive!

In fact, to put it bluntly, this is fighting for talent.

But here is not only about individual ability, "cooperation" is also a kind of talent, and the Lakers are half a season ahead of the Bulls in this regard.

In this case, you can think of Brazil and Argentina as playing, but one side has been training for half a year and the other has only been training for a month, so the final result is that the former will win, which is no suspense.

It's not that Don Nelson doesn't know that he has little chance of fighting hard with the Lakers, but how can he fight if he doesn't fight like this?

He, the new head coach, is also very helpless, the Bulls have been a team for seven or eight years as the main framework last season, and the Zen master has also coached the Lakers for six seasons, and the result is not a loss?

So what does he, the newly appointed head coach, do against the Lakers, who have been running in for three seasons?

The Bulls don't put much pressure on him, and there is no way to win against the Lakers this year, so Don Nelson simply plays a little more unrestrained, at least loses decently, and the game will become extremely exciting and intense, and the fans and the league must be the happiest.

The Lakers are actually quite happy, and who says offense doesn't need to cooperate? Even if it is a small cooperation between two or three people, it requires a high tacit understanding, and the faster the pace, the higher the tacit understanding required.

In the first quarter, fans may not be able to see any gap between the two sides, but after this quarter, the Bulls still had 3 more turnovers than the Lakers, even if the efficiency of the two sides is the same, the gap is not small.

After the first quarter, Zhang Qi looked at the scoreboard at 39:35, although the score gap was not big, but he knew in his heart that the probability of overturning today was not large, because this Bull was completely different from the one he met last night.

At this time, the camera shows Rodman sitting on the bench, and the big worm looks like he doesn't care about anything, but if you want to ask Don Nelson who is most disappointed after taking office, the answer must be this guy dressed in fancy clothes.

Rodman's playing time plummeted to 18 minutes this season, and Don Nelson clearly prefers to use the young and impactful Don Yell Marshall, who is far inferior to Rodman in rebounding, but has more firepower on the offensive end and is more suitable for the current Bulls team. Besides, what about grabbing rebounds and Barkley, the big ass is really no worse than Rodman in this regard, so the big bug is already a commodity on the shelf for the current Bulls.

Thinking about it this way, it is not unlikely that the Bulls will trade Pippen + Rodman for Hill, because they can no longer put all their hopes on Jordan.

Although this year's Bulls are very strong, it still looks difficult to fight the Lakers, who have been running in for three years and are now in good shape.

But will Jordan continue to perform at a high level next year?

It's hard to guess the answer to this question, but it's certain that Zhang and the Lakers will be better next year, and it's too Hollywood to expect the declining Jordan to complete his revenge, and the reality is that the Bulls should really have a plan B.

Grant Hill is Plan B, and he may not be perfect right now, but he's young and can carry the Bulls when Jordan gets old, so this deal is a very worthwhile deal if you consider investing in the future.