Chapter 175: Victory over the Bull

The Chicago Bulls are not weak, there is no doubt about this, Li Shihao knows very well in his heart, but Li Shihao also understands that this year's Bulls are far from being strong, at least if the Chicago Bulls are placed in the highly competitive West, they will definitely miss the playoffs.

Derrick Rose has been boasted of being a little overpowered, and Lee Se-ho has been in the sinking position of the Chicago Bulls for too long, and they desperately need a new Bulls leader to lead them out of this predicament.

And coincidentally, Derrick Rose appeared perfectly, and the nearly 19-year-old Derrick Rose led the Memphis Tigers to the NCAA finals, defeating many strong opponents along the way, causing upsets and becoming the biggest dark horse team that season.

This also made Derrick Rose's draft market soar, soaring directly to the top pick, which also made the Chicago Bulls, who are eager to find the next Michael Jordan, excited.

In the post-Jordan era, the Chicago Bulls are not a star and a half away from the championship that was once within reach, without Michael Jordan, without Pippen, without championship coach Phil Jackson, Chicago has completely become a fish belly team in the league, even if it broke into the playoffs two years ago, it could not break through the semifinals limit, and it was thousands of miles away from the much-anticipated finals.

Chicago is a big city, it can rank third in the whole country, and there are many teams that choose to root here, and the Bulls' poor record in recent years has caused fans to lose too much, and the Bulls' team report shows that every season there are Bulls fans who lose confidence in the team, and even finally choose not to support the Chicago Bulls.

The Chicago Bulls need a star, a superstar who can bring the game to victory!

Chicago Bulls management knows very well that without a new star to lead the team to rise and play a hearty victory, the team's box office will only fall step by step.

Look at the Los Angeles Lakers. After they traded away the big shark O'Neal, they also had Kobe Bryant as the core of the team, this scoring kid, although he played alone, he could bring victory to the team and play a pleasing game. That's what attracts the fans the most.

Now the Bulls lineup really lacks a superstar like Kobe, Ben Gordon's scoring ability is okay, he doesn't drop the chain at critical moments, and he has a big heart.

Ben Gordon has an extremely well-rounded offensive approach, and can barely defend when his hands are hot, and once it comes to the critical moment, this guy will become more and more calm, and the projection of the key moment is like a sharp knife. Threatening the opposition team at all times.

But Ben Gordon's defensive ability is too poor, and this is his biggest weakness.

Many of the Chicago Bulls fans are old fans from the Michael Jordan era, and after witnessing Michael Jordan's countless peak nights, Bulls fans recognize Michael Jordan as a perfect scoring guard.

In the eyes of old Bulls fans, Ben Gordon has nothing like Jordan, Gordon often has 20+ data everywhere, but he still can't conquer the hearts of Chicago fans. In the eyes of Chicago fans, guards like Kobe and Wade are the players they prefer. One is known as the player who most resembles Jordan in the step-back jumper, and the other is Jordan, who is known as 193 cm.

Ben Gordon's role on the defensive end is too small, and because of his height limitations, he is easy to be eaten hard by tall guards. He also has poor foot movement and prefers to eat feints, and in general, Gordon is more suitable for the position of "sixth man".

Ben Gordon, while strong, lacks an arm span. Errors in possession were frequent. Usually hit to the right. Athletic ability is average. Poor defense, lack of height on defensive point guards, and lack of speed on defensive point guards.

Last season, after the Bulls management made a desperate move to draft Derrick Rose from the University of Memphis with the No. 1 pick, Ben Gordon was a bit of a chicken.

This season, in order to give Derrick Rose more tactical space, the Bulls did not match the contract that the Detroit Pistons gave Ben Gordon.

It turns out that Ben Gordon and the current Chicago Bulls are interdependent, and after Gordon left the Windy City of Chicago, he was not accustomed to the soil, and the data shrank a lot.

And the Bulls didn't have Ben Gordon's firepower output, and their average offensive points per game also decreased a lot, and they suddenly fell to the bottom of the league.

The Bulls don't have many offensive points these days, and Derrick Rose and Rohr Deng carry the team's offensive banner, and the two have teamed up to provide the Bulls with the vast majority of their firepower.

Such a Bulls team is obviously not as strong as last season, and in the face of a defensive powerhouse like the Orlando Magic, the Bulls have greatly reduced their offensive efficiency after the lack of a scorer like Ben Gordon who tears apart the opposing defense, and the two teams have met three times this season, all of which ended in defeat for the Chicago Bulls.

The Chicago Bulls have struggled to maintain their eighth spot in the East this season, and it is unlikely that they will be able to go further in the playoffs unless they can use the trade to trade for some strong stars.

Young, talented, and fighting spirit, these are the most common adjectives used on the Bulls, and they are also the team's biggest strengths. The truth is that the bull is full of energy and hard work.

They have a tenacious will to win, dare to fight and dare to fight, even against the strongest opponents, the bulls can compete with them, and have the courage to show their swords.

Round roster depth, even though the Celtics, Cavaliers, and Magic have completed sensational reinforcements this summer, the Bulls' roster depth is still not inferior to these top opponents, and it can even be said to be more stable and balanced.

The biggest weakness of the Chicago Bulls is their lack of hard-fought experience!

The team's original age structure was skewed towards young, and after trading the game-experienced Ben Gordon, the ability to play tough games has decreased a lot.

They're too young, which isn't a complete disadvantage, but being young can still be a problem for the Bulls at times, such as last season's playoffs, when they could have eliminated the Celtics in one fell swoop, but unfortunately they were a little inexperienced.

Originally, after last year's earth-shattering round of tie-break playoffs, this problem should have been solved. However, the Chicago Bulls chose to let Ben Gordon go away to Motor City, which undoubtedly greatly reduced the strength of the team and slowed down the pace of the team's strength a lot.

All the Chicago Bulls want this season is to have more salary space for the free market in the summer of 2010.

This summer, the contracts of the 03 generation have expired, Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Flash Wade and others. will test the waters of the free market.

This summer's free agency market has been the craziest year, with many stars being able to become free agents at this point, which is rare in the history of the league and has been called the craziest year by many media outlets.

In addition to the 03 platinum generation superstars, Yao Ming, Joakim Noah, Stoudemire, Kirilenko, Kenyon Martin, Pejastojakovic, Jefferson, Richardson, Tony Parker, Chandler, Dampier, Bruce Bowen, Brad Miller, O'Neal, Stojakovic, Mike Miller, Alstom, Stephen Jackson, Marcus Camby, Kenyon Martin, Ben Wallace, Larry Hughes, behind the long list of stars, are countless pairs of eyes hidden under the dark, Countless people have their eyes on this year's free market.

This summer, in all likelihood, will change the landscape of the league. It will even affect the direction of the alliance in the future for three or five years, which makes many people feel both excited and manic.

The Chicago Bulls are likely to be looking for a trade at that point, with both Miller and Jeromy James' expiring contracts extremely valuable. There's a chance they'll put them on the shelf and bring home a superstar in the summer of 2010.

And the Flash Wade is an excellent target, also a Chicago-born superstar, and his popularity in Chicago is also high, every time the Flash leads the Heat to the Chicago United Center. will cause cheers from the fans.

If Dwyane Wade joins the Chicago Bulls in the summer. It will undoubtedly make the Bulls fans cheer and greatly stimulate the team's box office market.

The backcourt combination of Flash Wade and Derrick Rose may be the strongest backcourt combination in the league, right?

Things weren't good for the Bulls tonight, with the Timberwolves facing the same young Timberwolves throughout the first half, and they didn't have any advantage and trailed by 13 points. The double-digit margin has always weighed on the hearts of the young Bulls players like a mountain, and they are so heavy that they can't breathe.

In the first half, the Timberwolves' Kevin Love was on fire, and he was in excellent form today and hit four three-pointers from beyond the three-point line. In the first half alone, he dropped 20 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks.

One man leads the Timberwolves to a strong lead over the Chicago Bulls!

This is the biggest difference between the Timberwolves and the Chicago Bulls, today's Timberwolves have no shortage of scoring points, as long as Li Shihao attracts the bag, he can share the ball with his teammates, as long as his teammates run out of a good position, the offensive opportunities will not be bad, as long as the Timberwolves' players feel not too bad, their offense will not lose to any team!

Lee had 12 points, five rebounds and seven assists, Marc Jogin Noah had 11 points and Cory Brewer had 14 points, three assists and three rebounds.

On the Chicago Bulls' side, Noah had five points and eight rebounds, Dryk Rose had 18 points, six assists and four rebounds, and Rohr Deng had 12 points and three assists.

It's fair to say that the Chicago Bulls' offense is too concentrated, they don't have many reliable scoring points they can grasp, and once the game reaches a stalemate, they lack someone who can lead the team out of the predicament!

Joaquin Noah returned to the starting line-up and the two sides played hard in the first quarter, and the score lasted for the entire quarter, but the stalemate was broken halfway through the second quarter.

Marc Gasol got Li Shihao's ammunition delivery, and he was in a brave state, making continuous efforts on the inside, two dunks, and one rebound, and he scored 6 points in a row in the restricted area alone, leading the team's offensive rhythm and playing an 8-0 small climax.

"Damn, how on earth should we defend this kid's pass?" Derek. Rose thought to himself with some anxiety.

Derek, who has begun to get impatient. Rose made a mistake on the dribble, and Lee Shihao came to the Chicago Bulls' three-second zone and threw the ball high into the air. Demar. DeRozan received the ball and scored a dunk in the air relay, and the Indiana Pacers were already three points ahead of the Chicago Bulls.

"Damn!" Derek. Rose slapped the ball in his hand hard, and Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Brown. Coach Tyberdu got up and asked for a long timeout.

When the Chicago Bulls attacked again, the players followed the rules of head coach Tom Brown. Coach Tyberdu's arrangement continued to slowly grind the positional battle with the Timberwolves.

Derek. Rose handed the ball to Joaquin Noah on the inside, Joaquin Noah began to hold the ball and his back to single Gasol Jr., Joaquin Noah faced Gasol Jr., threw his hand directly, the basketball hit the rebound, fell, rolled around the edge of the basket, and finally fell into the net.

The Timberwolves were not hit by this blow, and under the leadership of Li Shihao, they attacked frequently, and their offense was not weaker than that of the Chicago Bulls.

The Timberwolves led the Bulls with a better form, and Derrick Rose didn't give up, teaming up with Rohr Deng to recover four points in three minutes, while assisting Joakim Noah on a quick dunk.

It's a pity that the state of the Timberwolves is not weak, and they are not intimidated by the momentum of the Chicago Bulls, but they are getting braver, and the two sides maintain the score until halftime.

The Timberwolves led by six points at 56-50 to the Chicago Bulls.

The game was not over, the Chicago Bulls' offense suddenly broke out in the third quarter, Derrick Rose rushed wildly in the Timberwolves' restricted area, and scored 7 points alone, driven by him, the Bulls' offensive firepower suddenly rose, and Rohrdeng also scored 6 points, and they led the team to a 15-5 offensive climax.

The Chicago Bulls used this offensive rhythm to successfully take a four-point lead.

After that, the two teams went back and forth, the score increased alternately, Li Shihao scored 4 points in a row, and the two teams were tied at 96 with 5 minutes and 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Lee Se-ho hit a three-pointer from the outside, and Joakim Noah scored two inside singles, and the Bulls led again.

However, at the critical moment of the game, the Bulls were dumb offensively, and Li Shihao scored four points in a row to lead the team to an 8-0 mini-climax, and the Timberwolves regained the lead at 108-105 with 48.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

The Chicago Bulls had to call a timeout, and when they returned, Rose missed back-to-back three-pointers and missed a chance to overtake the score.

On the Timberwolves' side, Li Shihao hit a jumper, and finally the Timberwolves won 112-105 and won the Chicago Bulls at home. (To be continued.) )