Chapter Eighty-Three: We're in the Playoffs (Part II)

In the first quarter, with the help of Zhang Zifeng's tandem, the 76ers beat the Bulls and missed a draw, 32-24, leading by 8 points to end the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Rose advanced to the front court with the ball.

Although Rose has not been as athletic as before since his injury. But it's not something McConaughey can deal with.

When Rose entered the penalty area, Zhang Zifeng turned around to observe whether the opponent had scored, if he didn't score, where would the ball go?

At this moment, Butler slammed into the line.

Zhang Zifeng hurriedly chased after him.

I saw Rose jump into the box and throw the ball into the air into the air.

Just when the 76ers thought the ball was going to be passed to Gasol.

A dark shadow came from behind, leaped high, received the ball in the air, and dunked the basketball into the basket with both hands.

"Roar~"

Butler roared excitedly.

Barkley shouted, "At the beginning of the second quarter, Rose and Butler completed a wonderful aerial relay dunk!" It seems that the bulls are refusing to release the water and want to cause trouble for the 76ers! ”

Zhang Zifeng looked at Butler, who landed under the basket, and stared at him fiercely, "No one can organize Lao Tzu to win today!" ”

"Really? But I'm here to give you a taste of failure today! Butler shot back fiercely.

Zhang Zifeng turned around and ran forward, "Then you open your eyes wide and see who can laugh at the end." ”

Zhang Zifeng is not a vegetarian, and he tore through Butler's defense with a fake move in the front court, and directly broke into the inside jumper to make a jumper.

When Zhang Zifeng wanted to spray trash talk at Butler to counterattack, Butler had already run to the frontcourt.

Zhang Zifeng had no choice but to hurry back to keep an eye on it, and it had just settled.

Butler's big ass was pushed back, and Zhang Zifeng was stuck behind him.

Rose drops the ball and sends it to Butler.

"I can easily score in front of you!"

Butler's voice reached Zhang Zifeng's ears, and Zhang Zifeng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Peng!

The heavy impact landed on Zhang Zifeng's chest.

Damn it, this damn bastard black man!

This vicious impact made Zhang Zifeng feel hard.

Peng!

Another impact, Zhang Zifeng wanted to pit Butler like last time.

Unexpectedly, Butler learned well this time and was not fooled, taking advantage of the space created by Zhang Zifeng's automatic retreat, Butler turned around and shot and scored the ball.

After landing on the ground, Butler shouted at Zhang Zifeng: "Hey, I said a long time ago, you can easily defeat you." Don't expect you to be like last time! ”

Zhang Zifeng glanced at the other party and suddenly strode forward.

He wants to salute the other party in return, and let the actual action shut up the other party!

In the front court, after Zhang Zifeng received the ball, the whole person had already killed Butler like lightning.

When Butler just wanted to think about Zhang Zifeng would break through in that direction, Zhang Zifeng boldly shook his body, but he directly stuffed the ball into Butler's crotch.

Butler was stunned for a moment, and when he reacted, Zhang Zifeng had already flashed Butler.

Seeing Zhang Zifeng playing Butler with his crotch under his crotch, the 76ers fans shouted frantically and cheered for Zhang Zifeng.

"Stop him, stop the 14th!" Butler couldn't help but shout.

If you let the other party say that this goal was scored, then you are destined to become the background of today's top five goals.

It's a pity that Butler didn't expect Zhang Zifeng to wear a crotch at all, and neither did the rest of the Bulls.

When they reacted, Zhang Zifeng had already stepped past Gasol for a layup with a European step.

Seeing Zhang Zifeng's wonderful performance, his teammates all came to high-five him to celebrate.

In the cheers of the audience, Zhang Zifeng ran back to the half court with a smile and prepared to defend.

Butler received a pass in the front court and hit Zhang Zifeng strongly.

76ers fans saw it and discussed it helplessly.

"It's this guy again, he's so strong, Zhang Zifeng can't stop him."

"Damn, it's in again! What the hell is that guy Brown doing, hurry up and find a way to restrain this bastard! ”

"God, I hate that bastard number 21, let that bastard end!"

"Oh, luckily, this guy hit the iron this time!"

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Fans complained one after another, and 76ers coach Brett Brown on the sidelines of the court. Brown looked at the game on the field, his brow furrowed.

In the second section Jimmy. Butler has attacked too many times, basically Butler is attacking, and everyone else is pulling away to create opportunities for him, which is definitely not the Bulls' regular style of play.

Although Jimmy. Butler is now a player pushed by the Bulls, but Butler hasn't fully grown. And although Ross is not as good as before, his residual power is still there, not to mention the existence of Gasol.

Jimmy. Butler has so much the ball that it's as if the Bulls completely let him single Zhang Zifeng.

Completely single Zhang Zifeng!

Brett. Brown suddenly reacted and understood that the Bulls' strategy was to use Butler to consume Zhang Zifeng.

Originally, Zhang Zifeng needed to contribute a lot to the team offensively, and now he is defending Butler, but I am afraid that Zhang Zifeng's physical strength will not be able to keep up in the end.

A way must be found to liberate Zhang Zifeng, otherwise the situation will become uncontrollable by the fourth quarter.

Brett. Brown called a timeout, and he said to Zhang Zifeng: "Jack, do you feel it?" The Bulls have been beating you up, they want to drain your stamina, they want to put the win or defeat in the fourth quarter! ”

Hear Brett. Brown reminded that Zhang Zifeng also reacted. "And what do you think you should do, Coach?"

Brett. Brown said: "I'll have Thompson replace McConaughey, Thompson to mark Snell, Grant to mark Butler, release you. Since the Bulls let Butler go all out to attack, then you also go all out and let them know that you don't lose to anyone when it comes to offense! ”

Zhang Zifeng heard the dots and said, "Okay! ”

Breakthrough!

Using a feint, Zhang Zifeng shook Butler.

When Zhang Zifeng just stepped inside, he suddenly stepped back and returned to the three-point line.

Butler just started to catch up, saw and hurriedly braked, continuously adjusting his body, inertia made him unable to control his body for a while.

I could only watch Zhang Zifeng jump up and shoot three points.

Before he turned around, a familiar sound came from behind him and made him understand that this Chinese had hit three points.

When it was the Bulls' turn to attack, Butler ran to the front court and found that it was Grant who was marking himself, and Zhang Zifeng went to defend Rose.

Yes, Ross is great, but that was in the past.

Without the explosive power of Ross in the past, the pressure on Zhang Zifeng is far less than that of Butler.

Under Zhang Zifeng's marking, Rose tried to break through several times without success, and was finally forced to choose to pass.

In front of Grant, regardless of height and weight, Butler does not have an advantage.

In the entanglement, Butler couldn't help but kill the basket, and a turnaround jumper, but it smashed directly out of the basket.

As soon as Knoll jumped up and grabbed the rebound, he immediately passed it to Zhang Zifeng.

Zhang Zifeng played a wonderful three-pointer, the morale of the 76ers was greatly boosted, and the players worked harder and harder on the defensive end, running actively.

The Bulls' offense suffered successive setbacks. Hojberg quickly called a timeout.

After the timeout, the Bulls brought on power forward Nikola Mirotic, and he and Gasol combined to focus on the 76ers' penalty area.

Gasol scored two consecutive attacks on the inside, relying on experience and technical superiority.

The 76ers also made a quick change, taking advantage of their youth and energy, and immediately adopted the tactics of going around and flanking Gasol.

Although the Bulls can still rely on Gasol, Butler and others to score, their shooting percentage has dropped significantly.

The 76ers relied on their active running and often cooperated with the whole team to help Zhang Zifeng create good opportunities.

In the second quarter, Zhang Zifeng hit four three-pointers to pull the score apart in one fell swoop.

At the end of the first half, the 76ers were 51-43, leading the Bulls by eight points.

In the second half, the Bulls were unwilling to fail and launched a counterattack. Rose and Butler combined for seven points, at one point helping the Bulls close the score by just one point.

Zhang Zifeng stood up at this time and used two layups to suppress the morale of the Bulls.

When the third quarter ended, the 76ers, who were playing at home, were 86-75 and had an 11-point lead.

In the fourth quarter, the Bulls continued to pause adjustments, but they still couldn't change the situation.

In the last 4 minutes, seeing that he had fallen behind by 15 points and had no hope of winning, Bulls coach Fred Brown. Hojberg simply replaced the main forces and directly announced his surrender.

Since you can't win, it's better to let the main team rest more and prepare for the playoffs.

Seeing that the Bulls replaced all the main players, the 76ers will soon replace the main players as well.

Seeing that Zhang Zifeng's main forces had been replaced, the Wells Fargo Center Arena suddenly sounded cheers to lift the roof.

Because they know that the Philadelphia 76ers have secured the last playoff ticket in the East.

When the referee blows the whistle for the end of the match.

95-86, the 76ers defeated the Bulls on their home court.

Hearing the whistle, Zhang Zifeng excitedly threw the ball into the sky, and then shouted at his teammates, "We did it, we are in the playoffs!" ”

Seeing Zhang Zifeng's excited appearance, the fans in the audience gave applause to the captain with the best performance this season.

I also thank him for leading the team to the playoffs for the first time in four years, so that he doesn't have to sit at home at the end of April and watch other teams play.

In the other game, news also came that the Pistons won on the road against the mighty Cavaliers.

But these have nothing to do with the 76ers and Zhang Zifeng. Because they have their destiny in their hands.

Seeing the 76ers enter the playoffs again after 4 years, the media across the United States are hyping it up.

"After four years, we're back! β€”The Philadelphia Daily News.

"The Rise of the Chinese, Philadelphia Rekindles the Light of Hope!" - USA Today

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As the regular season comes to an end, all teams that will make the playoffs are decided.

The eight playoff teams in the West are: Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies, and Houston Rockets.

The eight playoff teams in the East are: Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers, and Philadelphia 76ers.

Although they made the playoffs, the 76ers will face the Cleveland Cavaliers led by last season's Eastern Conference champion and Emperor James Jr. in the first round.

Although he knows that with the current lineup of the 76ers, there is little hope of completing the promotion of the Black Eight, but Zhang Zifeng will definitely not surrender.

There are many teams in history who have completed the Black Eight, why can't the 76ers do this.

LeBron. James: If you dare to despise the 76ers, I will definitely make you regret it!