Although the atmosphere inside the Bulls team is a little weird, it doesn't seem to affect today's game against the Mavericks for the time being.

In the shouts of the home audience, the big three all performed well today, and the three-point shooting rate was as high as 75%, which can be called the most efficient game since the formation of the "three refusals".

The Bulls' role players also performed very well, and the team's sixth man, Nikola Mirotic, was also extremely hot, and even McCarvey, who was a major shortcoming in three-point shooting, shot two three-pointers with a 100% shooting rate in this game.

This is also the reason why the Bulls can still maintain a few points of lead even after Chen scored 53 points in the half, and of course, the main reason is that the other players of the Mavericks have performed badly enough.

Except for Chen, the Mavericks did not have a player who scored more than 5 points in the first half, of which Barnes went 0-of-8 and did not score a point, and Curry Jr. scored 1 point on free throws.

The Bulls still lead the score, but the atmosphere in the locker room is a little solemn, and coach Hojberg has just been telling Rondo to play the ball quickly and not stick the ball in his hands.

Rondo looked up at the gentlemanly coach of the team, did not refute, just nodded indifferently, and then put the sports drink in his hand aside, and looked away from Hoiberg.

From the Celtics to the Mavericks to the Kings, and finally to the Bulls, Rondo is no longer the lawless young man he was with the protection of the Big Three.

He is still a maverick, but he has begun to learn to control his temper. It looks like he really wants to get back on track with the Bulls.

"The first half was good, but in the second half, we must strengthen the defense against Chen Zhi, we can't let him get what he wants on the field, and we can't let him win a new record in the United Center, as long as you work hard, I believe you can restrain him!"

After Hojberg summed up the performance on the offensive end, he also put forward requirements on the defensive end, Chen Zhi's performance was indeed too prominent, and every time he played, the Mavericks began to narrow the point difference, or it was not easy to win this game if he was not restricted.

Hearing this, Jimmy Butler silently stared at the Bulls logo on the floor of the locker room, and sighed in his heart, if Coach Thibodeau was there, there would definitely be a detailed defensive system deployment, just what's the use of pouring chicken soup into the players, it's strange to be able to prevent that guy!

Although the score was ahead and he played very well, after the end of the half, Butler, who was originally full of fighting spirit, was a little frustrated, because the player he was defending had scored 53 points!

This score is simply humiliating for him, who values defense more than offense.

The most frustrating thing is that the coach in front of him has no other way but to pour chicken soup, he has no attainments at all on the defensive end, and he is completely unable to mobilize the strength of the whole team to provide some help to himself, and I am afraid that in the second half, I can only watch that guy set a new scoring record in front of him!

The second half of the game started quickly.

Sure enough, as Butler expected, Chen Zhi's hand was still hot and hot, and he could do anything!

Since they can't limit their opponents on the defensive end, they can only use a stronger offense to counter it, and Butler, Wade, and Rondo have all exerted their strength on the offensive end after seeing Chen Zhi's still crazy performance.

However, even though the three scored frequently, the Mavericks continued to narrow the difference, and finally overtook the score after Chen hit a three-pointer.

"His grip seems to have dropped a bit." Pippen sighed as he looked at Chen Zhi, who was substituted.

Although Chen Zhi scored 20 points again in this quarter of the game, his performance was enough against the sky, but for fans who were looking forward to witnessing Chen Zhi's record-breaking, Chen Zhi's game in this quarter was obviously not enough to compare with the second quarter of the game with 35 points in a single quarter.

"Well, he missed a few balls, but he didn't break the record in this quarter, mainly because he shot a lot less, and after the score was overtaken, he started to pass the ball to the other players on the court." Jordan said when he heard this, and he suddenly shook his head as he spoke, "That's probably the biggest difference between this guy and me, he's a full team player." ”

Pippen nodded when he heard this, although this guy is a player with super scoring ability like Jordan, but the teamwork is indeed higher than Jordan.

Chen Zhi did not play again in the third quarter, and he had already scored a career-high 73 points!

Fans all over the world are watching to see if Chen Zhi can break the record, but Chen Zhi himself doesn't seem to pay attention to this, just sitting on the bench to rest and watching the performance of the Mavericks players on the court.

In this quarter of the game, the rest of the Mavericks players finally recovered, but the Bulls still performed strongly, especially Jimmy Butler, who had scored 32 points in the third quarter of the game and played equally well.

After Chen arrived at the end of the break, Butler remained on the court, leading the Bulls to play an offensive wave to gradually narrow the difference.

"Scored, Butler hit the ball with a mid-range jumper!"

"Butler hits another three-pointer!"

Sports commentators around the world who broadcast this game live, in the first two quarters, because of their love for Chen, more or less the Mavericks were the home team commentary, but at the moment they are cheering for Jimmy Butler!

After the end of the third quarter, Butler touched the beads of sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand, and after seeing the score on the scorer, he breathed a sigh of relief, and finally tied the score again, and did not have to carry the burden into the decisive fourth quarter.

"The score is tied! Butler played very well and led the Bulls to tie the score! The commentators shouted loudly.

If you only hear the first half of this sentence, I'm afraid that the fans watching the live broadcast will think that they are Butler fans.

"In the fourth quarter, Chen Zhi will definitely play again! He has scored 73 points in the third quarter, and only needs to score 8 points, and he will tie Kobe's record of 81 points against the Raptors! As long as he scores 9 points in a single quarter, he will surpass Kobe Bryant and set a new NBA single-game scoring record! The commentators used their most passionate voices!

"Referring to Chen's scoring situation in the first few quarters of today's game, it can be said that it has become inevitable to break Kobe's ten-year scoring record, and the only uncertainty is how many points he will improve this record to!"

As soon as the game started in the fourth quarter, Carlisle uncharacteristically sent Chen Zhi on the court, and it was usual to let Chen Zhi come on the court in the middle of the fourth quarter to end the game.

Apparently he wants to make sure Chen can break the NBA scoring record tonight!

In the last game, because the score difference was too great, Chen Zhi missed the opportunity to break the record, and even he supported Chen Zhi's choice not to play to score points, but that doesn't mean that he doesn't want to see Chen Zhi break Kobe's record.

Unexpectedly, Chen Zhi still felt hot in today's game against the Bulls, and once again played an efficient game.

In fact, the game against the Hornets was the best chance to break the record, at that time it was 66 points in the first half alone, 13 points higher than today, but the resilience of the Hornets was obviously not comparable to the Bulls, and it was directly played by Chen Zhi.

Butler, who played almost all of the game in the third quarter, reappeared at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and he is not only the offensive core of the current Bulls, but also the pillar of the outside defense.

Although his restriction on Chen Zhi today seems to have no effect at all, if he is replaced by someone else to defend, I am afraid that Chen Zhi will score higher points today, it is his desperate defense in the third quarter that makes Chen Zhi's efficiency reduced a lot, otherwise it is not impossible to break the record in the third quarter.

The Bulls have been insisting on a single defense against Chen Zhi in the first three quarters, and the overall effect looks very good, and the other players of the Mavericks except Chen Zhi have struggled.

But as soon as the fourth quarter began, the Bulls' defensive style immediately changed, as soon as Chen Zhi got the ball sent by Mejery outside the court, Butler and Rondo surrounded him, and began to implement the package from the backcourt!

Chen Zhi immediately passed the ball in his hand to the front court, Rondo came to wrap him, Matthews had run to the three-point line in the front court, the Bulls saw Chen to pass the ball, and immediately someone made up for Matthews, but Matthews passed the ball out again, and the electric fan received the ball from the other side and shot, but unfortunately the electric fan failed to hit.

Although he didn't make the final hit, he did make the Bulls' defense full of holes, but it seems that the Bulls would rather lose than set a new record on their home court.

It's a pity that it's too late to stop Chen at this time.

Carlisle saw the Bulls' defensive deployment, and immediately called a timeout, replaced Deron on the court, and added a point of possession on the court, and Chen Zhi began to attack without the ball, and the Mavericks' offensive strategy immediately changed, and the players on the court began to set up a lot of cover for Chen Zhi's off-ball run!

A few rounds later, the Bulls canceled the full-court package against Chen Zhi, because they found that Chen Zhi in off-ball attack mode seemed to be even more terrifying, once he received the ball, he would attack, and the attack frequency was higher than when he held the ball!

In just a few rounds of offense and defense, Chen Zhi has already shot two three-pointers in the Bulls' encirclement and interception, expanding the originally flat score!

And when he is on the court as a point guard, when other players have an open position, he will pass the ball out, and the other players on the Mavericks don't have such a terrifying shooting percentage as him!

After Chen Zhi hit two three-pointers, the commentators shouted, "It's 79 points at the moment!" As long as he scores another two-point shot, Chen Zhi will tie Kobe's scoring record! This time offensive, will Chen Zhi tie the scoring record? ”

Before the commentators' words fell, Chen Zhi, who re-held the ball and organized the offense, jumped directly to shoot three points when he was still two steps away from the three-point line!

"Shot! Pointers! Super long three-point shot! When the commentators saw that Chen Zhi actually chose such a way to shoot at this time, they couldn't help but exclaim.

What was even more surprising was Butler, who was standing near the three-point line and preparing to defend Chen Zhi, from the shouting of the DJ on the sidelines just now, he already knew that Chen Zhi's score was close to the record, and he was preparing to defend Chen Zhi strictly, but he didn't expect Chen Zhi to shoot three points far away at such a critical moment!

The eyes of the spectators on the sidelines were immediately drawn to the basketball spinning in the air, just like Butler!

At the moment when Chen Zhichaoyuan made a three-point shot, many viewers stood up from their seats directly with their fists clenched!

The players sitting on the Mavericks bench also got up suddenly!

Butler looked at the basketball that crossed the air, swallowed his saliva, and prayed that the ball would go out because it was too far away, but in the end, he only saw the basketball hollow fall into the net. He suddenly realized that he had seen the Nets splashed by hollow basketballs countless times, but none of them were more impressive than this one!

With this goal hit, the home fans who didn't stand up couldn't help but stand up, and the home emotions in their hearts that were aroused by Jordan's peak Bulls, after this goal, finally couldn't hold back anymore, even if the record breaker was not a Chicago Bulls player, it didn't prevent him from cheering, Chen Zhi's crazy performance in this game finally completely conquered Chicago fans!

"Hit! 82 points! Chen Zhi did not tie the score, but used a super long three-point shot to directly break the 81-point record cut by Kobe Bryant in the battle of dragon slayers! ”

"The NBA scoring record was officially refreshed at this moment, and history will remember Chen to this ultra-long three-pointer!"

Sports commentators went crazy, and their passionate voices made the fans around the world who watched the live broadcast even more excited.

"Congratulations to Chen Zhi for setting the NBA single-game scoring record!"

"Congratulations to the Dallas Demon Slaughtering Cow and becoming a god!"

"Oh my God! I didn't have a chance to witness Kobe's 81st minute night, but I did witness a night greater than Kobe's dragon slaying! ”

The Internet is full of countless congratulations to Chen Zhi, and there are also many ridicules for Kobe.

"When 81 points are a thing of the past."

"Kobe Bryant has no sleep tonight!"

“Mamba out，81 out！”

Soon, some fans found out that Kobe's social media updated his status as soon as possible, congratulating Chen Zhi for breaking his scoring record.

However, this normal congratulations was quickly deviated by the fans, "It turns out that Kobe Bryant is also concerned about whether his record will be broken!" ”

"This guy is amazing, if I hadn't seen him play with my own eyes, I might have suspected that he was scoring points, but every point he scored, was necessary for the Mavericks." Pippen looked at Chen Dao, who was shaking his fists in celebration on the field, and couldn't help but admire.

"You know, I used to be a little sorry for Klaus, but now the apologies seem to be gone." Hearing this, Jordan said to Pippen, "If it weren't for the powerful guys like you guys by my side, I would definitely have brushed up on a record for the highest single-game score in the NBA that will never be broken!" ”

Pippen raised his eyebrows when he heard this, he knew that Jordan was joking, but there was some truth in this, Kobe Bryant's 81 points and Chen broke this record tonight, all of which were related to the poor strength of his teammates and poor performance.

The game continued, and with Chen hitting a record-breaking three-pointer, the Bulls were already trailing by 12 points, and there was plenty of time for the Bulls to theoretically have a chance to win.

But everyone knows that the Bulls have run out of chances, and Chen has completely lost the confidence to recover the score after they broke the single-game scoring record at home.