At 7 p.m., half an hour before the game began, there was already a long queue outside the arena, and local Chicago fans poured into the arena.

As the game approached, the 22,000-seat United Center arena was almost full, and the enthusiasm of the fans was very high, because before this game, the Bulls had won three consecutive games of the season, and the team was in excellent form, and the fans were naturally willing to cheer on the game.

The Bulls' three-game winning streak is a slight departure from the same period in their original history, when the Bulls themselves had a 2-1 record, losing back-to-back games to the Fish Belly Hornets, the soon-to-be renamed New Orleans Pelicans.

But because of the existence of Chen An's little butterfly, the pelican failed to get Ryan. Anderson, the team lost a significant firepower point and failed to contain Carlos. Boozer, so, the Bulls won by a narrow last point, winning three in a row, and now after two days of rest, they are sitting at home, and they are bound to win today's game, wanting to win four in a row.

Chen An felt the will of the Bulls from the atmosphere of the scene and the mental outlook of the Bulls, obviously, this game is not easy to play, but Chen An is still full of confidence, after all, the current Magic team is also a two-game winning streak, and the morale of the team is also high, so to speak, this game will be a battle of spear and shield.

After the entrance ceremony, the starters from both sides entered the court, and the Magic side continued the start of the first two games, Harden, Lillard, Harris, Anderson and Vucevic. Such a starter has also been unanimously recognized by the media and fans, and they all think the effect is very good, and the only one who is not satisfied is JJ Hickson.

In the preseason, this guy has been serving as the starting center, but he was taken off at the beginning of the regular season, he always felt that he was in China to contradict Chen An's changes, obviously Chen An's personal vendetta, but he just didn't have a place to reason, especially after seeing Vucevic playing better and better, reflecting a performance that was enough to be a starter, JJ. Hickson really regretted not being at the beginning.

Hickson didn't know that Chen An really wanted him to be the starter, but the actual situation had to make Chen An make adjustments, the defense of this starting lineup was not good enough, if it was matched with Hickson's colander inside, then the defense really didn't know what to do, and Vucevic had quite the ability to protect the frame, plus he was young, his pace was not slow and his height advantage, and the effect of guarding the inside line was indeed much better than Hickson.

Such a change can only be said to be a balance that Chen An seeks between offense and defense, after all, he does not have many good options on the inside, but he hopes that Yudri's protection period will pass as soon as possible, and then see if he can get some surprises.

As for the starting lineup on the Bulls' side, it is not surprising, due to Rose's injury, the Bulls have regained the original team to develop Hinrich, continue to serve as the starting point guard, and the starting point guard is a champion member of the Iron Pistons, Richard. Hamilton.

The guard line composed of these two veterans can be said to be experienced, but they are too old, 31-year-old Hinrich, 34-year-old Hamilton, even if the defense of the two is not inferior, but against the 22-year-old Lillard and the 23-year-old Harden, it is hard to imagine that the old legs of the two can limit the play of these two future All-Star level guards.

As for the front line, the Bulls are quite strong, small forward Rohr Deng is at the peak of his career, and big forward Boozer is also a veteran of the battlefield, although the level of competition has declined in the past two years, it is still the top ten big forward in the league today.

In the final center position, there is the defensive titan Joaquin. Noah.

Noah, who combed the Taoist priest's head, walked near the middle line, looked at Vucevic, and then smiled slightly and bent over to jump the ball, Vucevic was a little baffled, but he was immediately ready to jump the ball.

Honk!

A whistle sounded, the referee threw the ball high, Noah jumped up, with a better bounce speed, the first step to dial the ball to his own backcourt, Hinrich after catching the ball steadily, not in a hurry, only waved his hand to let the other players hurry up to the position, and then followed by the ball to push through the half court.

Obviously, Thibodeau had done a special study of the Magic before the war, and the Bulls had relied on iron-blooded defense and positional warfare to play, but today, Hinrich dragged the team's own pace even more slowly, which made everyone feel like they were stuck in a quagmire.

Hinrich is very sophisticated, after his teammates are in position, he holds the ball and calls out Noah in the high post to block and dismantle, after the block, he does not break inside, but after reading the Magic team's defense, he hands the ball to Noah, who is not down but stands in the high post.

Noah, the center, is non-mainstream, this guy's independent offensive ability is almost 0, but the defense and rebounding are superb, and he has quite a high position and a beautiful pass. It's hard to imagine that an interior player who can't play in the low post and even has almost no shooting ability can be the best center, but Noah did it, not only did this guy get the DPOY, that is, the best defensive player, and was selected to the All-Defensive Team for a while, but at the same time, he was also selected for the All-Star team in the 13-14 season, becoming a veritable No. 1 center of the season.

It can be seen from this that Noah is so good at defense, rebounding and even tackling the ball, and now is the time for Noah to step into the peak, so to speak, Noah is replacing Howard little by little and becoming the best interior gate in the league.

And this guy is not without threat on the offensive end, he has a certain threat by fighting for the rebounds in the front court and cutting inside the air.

It is precisely because of the existence of Noah that Chen An continues to use Vucevic to play the starter, you must know that Noah and Boozer's rebounding ability is quite strong, and Luo Er Deng also has a strong ability to rush the frontcourt board, Chen An does not want the rebound to be blown up, so that the inside line is messed up, in that case, even if the outside line has an advantage, once the hand feels cold, it will become extremely difficult to win.

After holding the ball in the high post, Noah observed the Magic team's defense on the court and did not rush to pass the ball, but protected the ball sideways, and after Hamilton ran over and passed the ball with a hand, he went down to the right side of the inside line to bring away Vucevic who was behind the defense, and Hamilton returned the ball to Hinrich, and ran to the bottom corner on the same side as Noah.

After a series of transmissions, Hinrich finally handed the ball to Rohrdeng on the flank, and he pulled it to the other side, that is, on the wing on the same side as Noah and Hamilton, and the entire left side was handed to Rohrdeng and Boozer.

Boozer has already withstood Anderson's good position on the inside, after Rohr Deng passed the ball over, Boozer was also neat, dribbling twice, and then turning over and making a small backward jumper, the basketball responded to the net, 2:0, the Bulls took the lead, and on the timer, the Bulls' offense in this round took 20 seconds, and Chen An's brows furrowed.