The Bulls' lineup changed by two people, with Taki Gibson replacing Boozer, and Jimmy. Butler replaced Hamilton.

Now, that is, Butler is just a sophomore rookie, and his path to growth and pickled pepper, that is, Paul. George is very similar, both of them start on the defensive end, practice outside defense and then outside shooting, wait until they grow into a good 3-and-D player, then practice their offensive ability with the ball, and eventually grow into an All-Star caliber player.

However, at the moment, he is not a qualified 3-and-D player, his offensive ability is poor, and the basket needs to be improved further, but he has done a good job on the defensive end. Seeing Butler on the court, Chen An had a hunch that Thibodeau was going to target Harden.

Sure enough, after the Magic team attacked, Butler directly targeted Harden all over the court, and the defensive intensity was no less than Beverley's, and Harden needed to use some strength even for half the court.

And Thibodeau obviously learned from the previous Nuggets' defense of Harden, and specifically explained to Butler, sticking to Harden, not giving Harden easy projection space, and blocking Harden's left hand, so that Harden can only break through to the right.

That's not all, if it's cover, Butler and the people who come up to help the defense must resolutely contain Harden.

Because Vucevic came on the court, the old AK went to implement the tactics of bounce to the outside, and JJ. Hickson's defender was Taki Gibson, this guy was also a defensive giant, and Butler's package was very resolute, and Butler was very smart, and in the process of sticking the defense, he completely cut off Harden's direct long pass to the old AK's passing route, and Noah on the inside directly let go of the old AK and shrank on the inside line to not give Hickson a chance to cut in the air.

It can be said that after this rotation, the Bulls did not reduce the intensity of the defense but increased, so that Harden was forced hard, and after being directly caught by Butler and causing a turnover, he could only let Lillard lift one side as a response.

After Harden passes the ball to Lillard, Noah will make a position adjustment, ready to save the old AK in the bottom corner, and Gibson quickly retracts inside to resist Hickson.

The Bulls' rotation was fast, not giving the Magic an easy shot at all, Lillard tried to transfer the ball twice to no avail, and after seeing Harden bite Butler to death, he chose to go it alone.

No way, who called Nate who defended him. Robinson was a head shorter than him, and it was time for him to eat dumplings.

In the last two minutes of the first quarter, after the Magic lost two consecutive offenses, the remaining two rounds became Lillard's singles performance.

With these five points, the Magic finally equalized the score at the end of the first quarter, and the two sides were tied at 25:25.

During the break, Chen An discussed with the coaching staff and decided to make another lineup adjustment, Harden must come down to rest, and in the first half of the second quarter, Lillard could only play with him, but Lillard's ability to control the offense was far inferior to Harden, so Turner also had to go up to help Lillard sort out the offense.

And Zhu Fangyu was ready to be replaced, originally he was thinking that the pulling tactics would still work, Zhu Fangyu could get an empty three-point opportunity on the offensive end, but the Bulls' defense was more intense, the tactics were broken, Chen An had to adjust, and more importantly, Zhu Fangyu's performance on the defensive end was still a little struggling, and the 4 points scored by the Bulls at the end of the first quarter were all scored by Luo Erde.

One was to eat Zhu Fangyu alone, and the other was to cause Zhu Fangyu to foul, and he hit both free throws.

Chen An can also see that Zhu Fangyu is still lacking in defending players of Luo Er Deng's level, after all, Luo Er Deng is still at his peak, his strength is very strong, and he has proven himself in the playoffs, he can only hope that Zhu Fangyu's health will be further improved, and he can perform better on the defensive end.

But fortunately, Luo Erdeng must have rested at the beginning of the second quarter, and if the defensive pressure is not so great, Harris's re-entry is the proper meaning, but the old AK played most of the first quarter and must also rest, Chen An hesitated, or chose to let Green come up, and continued to let Hickson play in the No. 5 position.

With such a rotating lineup, the attack is not sharp, and the defense is not tough enough, but there is no way, Chen An can only take a balance between offense and defense.

By the end of the intermission, the Bulls' rotation lineup also appeared, Nate Robinson still stayed on the court, and Jimmy Butler also retained, but Rohr Deng went down and replaced him with a shooter Belinelli, and it seemed that Butler was going to be pushed to the forward position.

On the inside, Boozer replaced Noah, but he still played power forward, and Gibson was promoted to the No. 5 position.

The height of both sides on the court has dropped, but the Bulls still dragged the tempo, letting Gibson and Boozer take turns to ask for a back-to-back single, which is really not good, and then go back to Nate Robinson to deal with it.

Fortunately, Chen An replaced Green, and his restriction effect on Boozer was still good, but Hickson's single defense Gibson was not effective, and he was eaten two in a row, Chen An looked quite dissatisfied, in his eyes, the Bulls' lineup in this section is obviously a shortcoming, and it is an opportunity to open the score.

The fact is also the same, the Magic team plays very smoothly on the offensive end, no matter who you Nate Robinson defends, Lillard is to play you small potatoes by covering and changing defenses, and if you don't change defenses to give Lillard space, Lillard will also shoot three-point shots without hesitation.

Lillard was very hot, and in the second quarter, he scored three of the four offensive rounds and scored seven points in a row, but the defensive end couldn't bear it, and the difference couldn't be opened.

Seeing that Gibson singled Hickson again and caused a foul, Chen An decisively asked for a substitution, removed Hickson, and replaced him with Anderson.

Anderson's defense is also not good, but he spares no effort, Chen An has simple requirements for him, tries his best to defend, desperately goes around the front position, does not let Gibson easily catch the ball, and disrupts the rhythm of his singles.

Anderson did it one by one, and after coming on the court, he was very active on the defensive end, constantly going around the front position, and constantly making small movements in his hands, and he also received a foul for this, but the effect was immediate, and Gibson was effectively restrained. As a result, the Bulls' offense almost came to a standstill, Boozer was defended by Green, Butler had not yet developed the ability to attack with the ball, and Belinelli was a pure shooter, relying on Nate Robinson to attack.

It's just that Lillard is in a good mood today, not only on the offensive end wants to explode the little potato, but also on the defensive end wants to lock the little potato, just in the process of the two continuous competition, the difference between the two teams finally gradually widened as Chen An wanted.

Seeing that the score on the court became 43:35 and the difference widened to 8 points, Lillard's situation of eating dumplings became more and more intense, Thibodeau stood up and asked the referee for a timeout.