Sun Xiaotian is injured!!

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In another home game, Sun Xiaotian accepted the league's first-time Rookie of the Month trophy. When Sun Xiaotian received the trophy, the audience stood up and cheered. The last player on the Bulls who won Rookie of the Month was back when he was a rookie. Ross. Now, at least in this respect, he's done it just like Rose.

The Bulls' opponent in this game is the Milwaukee Bucks, which is quite interesting. They vowed to cut off Hu Sun Xiaotian at the draft meeting, and they are probably still gnashing their teeth at the Bulls management to this day! After all, seeing Sun Xiaotian's excellent performance, how could they not regret it? I think they missed Nowitzki at the beginning, and now they are going to be sad about the loss of Sun Xiaotian.

Of course, even if the Bucks management regrets it again, Sun Xiaotian still went to the Bulls. However, for the Bucks this season, the team's management still has high hopes for the team. In terms of their current roster and bench depth, they have the capital to wrestle with teams in the East.

The Bucks are currently ranked ninth in the East, and with the run-in of the roster and the familiarity of the tactics, they are confident that they can make a playoff run this year.

In fact, the reason why the Bucks management is so confident is mainly based on the strength of the team. The team's starting lineup so far is: Brandon. Jennings, Monta. Ellis, Ilyasova, Drew. Gooden and Lally. Sanders.

Among them, the backcourt combination of Jennings and Ellis is needless to say. Ilyasova can be inside and out, and Gooden and Sanders' offense and defense have proved that the Bucks' starters are very competitive. Plus they still have Mike sitting on the bench. Dunleavy, Durham Porter, John. Henson, Tobyles. With veterans like Harris and potential newcomers, their rosters are competitive, at least on paper.

However, compared to the Bulls, the Bucks are stronger than the Bucks in terms of lineup and tactical execution.

Perhaps because of the turmoil in the draft, Sun Xiaotian showed a strong desire to attack in this game. His teammates also seemed to have a heart for him, and they all let him go. And Sun Xiaotian didn't disappoint them, he scored 20 points in the half, and the game went into garbage time before the third quarter was played, and the Bulls already led by 30 points.

Seeing this scene, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Thibodeau replaced all the team's main players to rest. Perhaps because he had already killed his red eyes, Sun Xiaotian actually took the initiative to ask for a fight, hoping that he could play for a while in the fourth quarter.

Thibodeau is not the kind of dull coach, he can still understand Sun Xiaotian's requirements, plus Sun Xiaotian is also a rookie, and it is not a bad thing to give him more time to practice.

However, what Thibodeau never expected was that not long after the start of the fourth quarter of the game, Sun Xiaotian accidentally stepped on his teammate Jimmy with his right foot after a breakthrough layup. Butler's feet. During the slow-motion replay, the moment Sun Xiaotian's right foot stepped on Butler's foot bent nearly 90 degrees.

Sun Xiaotian had major surgery on his right foot, and he had a history of bruising it while he was in college. Therefore, this time Sun Xiaotian looked particularly painful, he fell to the ground and couldn't stand up.

Thibodeau, who was on the sidelines, was pale, and he looked at the situation inside the field with a worried look on his face. Not only that, but the Bulls fans also stood up, they didn't want the Bulls' popular fried chicken to be reimbursed for the season like this, because they couldn't afford such a blow anymore.

Finally, with the support of his teammates, Sun Xiaotian returned to the locker room. After returning to the locker room, under the arrangement of the team doctor, Sun Xiaotian rushed to the hospital for an MRI examination.

After the results came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the MRI showed that Sun Xiaotian's right foot was fine, just a regular sprain, and no old injury was induced. However, one bad thing is that Sun Xiaotian needs to miss the game for a while, and as for how long he will be absent, it needs to be further observed.

Thibodeau seems to have some regret in his heart, regret not being at the beginning! After the game, the media also condemned Thibodeau, saying that he should not have let Sun Xiaotian stay on the field in garbage time.

However, Thibodeau did not take the media criticism to heart, and all he had to consider was who could fill the void without Sun Xiaotian in the next few games.

He knows how important Sun Xiaotian is in the team system, and so far in the game, Sun Xiaotian has become the vane of the Bulls' victory. The data shows that when Sun Xiaotian scores more than 17 points, the Bulls' winning rate is 100%, and when Sun Xiaotian's equal score is less than 17 points, the Bulls' winning rate is 57%.

Although his right foot was fine, Sun Xiaotian still broke out in a cold sweat. When he fell to the ground, Sun Xiaotian's first feeling in his mind was "It's over, it's my right foot again!" ”

When he was helped off the field, Sun Xiaotian realized that he was a little overexcited, and finally became happy and sad!

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Sun Xiaotian's injury stopped the Bulls and the Bulls began to have a headache in personnel adjustment. Originally, Rose's injury had dealt a fatal blow to the Bulls. finally came out with a Sun Xiaotian who could bring victory to the team, and he was injured again!

In the existing lineup, there are many people who can fill Sun Xiaotian's score. However, it can fill Sun Xiaotian's passing and tactical understanding, running through the team, basically not.

The consequences of Sun's injury seemed to be immediately apparent, as the Bulls lost to the Atlanta Hawks and Portland Trail Blazers in the team's next two games.

During the two-game losing streak, the Bulls' offensive fluency was much less than before. Especially against the Trail Blazers, many people originally hoped to see a fierce collision between Sun Xiaotian and Lillard, but in the end, Lillard scored 28 points and 7 assists to lead the Trail Blazers to a 107-90 victory over the Bulls.

The Bulls who lack Sun Xiaotian lack creativity and threat in the offense, although Ruer Deng can also break through and make kills, but without Sun Xiaotian's outside containment, he has no discipline.

In fact, Thibodeau has already thought about the pain that the team will go through without Sun Xiaotian, and the team is not lacking in the capital to win now, because the improvement of the system gives him the confidence to pull the team back on track.

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The team doctor finally came to the conclusion that Sun Xiaotian could be out for about 15 days. What was the Bulls' form like during those 15 days? Thibodeau doesn't seem to be confident. When Sun Xiaotian returns 15 days later, will he be able to play such a good form again? Thibodeau is also not confident because there is a so-called "rookie wall" that may be on the road to Sun Xiaotian's comeback. This wall can't be seen or touched, but many geniuses have fallen silently under his feet, can Sun Xiaotian be an exception?