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In the first game of the China competition, although the Bulls lost to the Rockets, Sun Xiaotian's debut became the highlight of the game. Not only did the domestic fans feel gratified, but even when Thibodeau was interviewed by the Chinese media after the game, he praised Sun Xiaotian vigorously, and hoped that Sun Xiaotian could also have such an excellent performance in the regular season that will start soon.

In the first game, he contributed 17 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, Sun Xiaotian's ability to adapt to the game is surprising, although it is only a preseason game that is not very confrontational, but it is rare to be able to play against Jeremy Lin and Harden without stage fright and not retreat.

In the second Shanghai station of the China competition, Sun Xiaotian also played extremely well in front of his father. Thibodeau and McHale didn't let their main players play for too long in this game, so the substitutes became the main players for the whole game.

However, even if the substitutes played, they were more intense than the main players, after all, the main players' attention was not here.

Sun Xiaotian still played off the bench, playing 31 minutes, shooting 8 of 17, including 4 of 9 three-pointers, scoring 25 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals, leading the Bulls to a 97-79 victory over the Rockets, once again becoming the brightest star of the game.

And in this game, Sun Xiaotian staged a wonderful riding slam dunk.

It was near the end of the first half that the Bulls managed to keep off Douglas' breakaway. Gibson grabbed the rebound and handed the ball to Nate for the first time. Robinson. Nate grabbed the ball and went to the frontcourt, and at this time the Rockets were only Morris and Aldridge (the white man who was traded from the Thunder to the Rockets along with Harden).

Nate got to the three-pointer with the ball and wanted to shoot a three-pointer. At this time, Sun Xiaotian quickly stepped in from the middle and opened his hand to ask Nate for the ball. Nate had jumped up by this time, and the Rockets' Morris had already blocked it. Nate gave the ball to Sun Xiaotian in mid-air, and Sun Xiaotian got the ball, only took one step, and then jumped up and prepared to dunk.

At this time, Aldridge was still staring at Mohammed of the Bulls on the other side, and there was no main point until Sun Xiaotian had already plugged in the middle. It wasn't until Sun Xiaotian jumped up that he thought of blocking him.

But something sad happened. Aldridge can still seal Sun Xiaotian, Sun Xiaotian's jump height is very sufficient, and his body is very well controlled.

"Boom!"

I saw Sun Xiaotian riding Aldridge with both legs, and with a wave of his right hand, the ball smashed into the basket. By the time Sun Xiaotian got off the basket, Aldridge had been stumbled against the billboard on the sidelines by Sun Xiaotian.

When the Bulls saw this, they got up from their chairs and danced with their hands. Sun Xiaotian smiled at them when he returned to the defense, and this smile was captured by the cameraman on the sidelines, and that smile fascinated many girls on the scene.

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After the Bulls finished the China game, they played three more preseason games.

The third preseason game was against the Celtics, and after the loss of Ray Allen, Pierce and KG were both a year older and Katsuko was not as tough as in previous seasons. Even if Rondo is on top, Jason. With the addition of Terry and the recovery of "Wade Killer" Bradley, the Celtics have lost the suspense of winning the championship.

But now it's just a preseason game, this preseason, Kaizi's truth and KG did not play, and Rondo only played less than 10 minutes. To be honest, Kaizi has never lacked tacit understanding, all they lack is time.

There was no suspense in this game, and Kaizi lost 90-104 to the young Bulls. However, Sun Xiaotian did not perform well in this game, shooting 2 of 10 from the field and scoring only 5 points. And it was Bradley who had been fighting with him for a long time.

The last two pre-season matches were on their home turf against AEK Athens, a club from Greece. As a powerhouse in the Greek League, AEK Athens successfully won the Greek League in the 2001-2002 season.

That championship is also very symbolic, because except for that one, since 2000 to the present, most of the Greek league titles have been won by a team called Panathinaks.

In the first game with AEK Athens, although Sun Xiaotian only shot 4 of 11 in the whole game, he won 12 free throws, but unfortunately he only hit 6 free throws and scored 14 points in the game.

In the second game, Sun Xiaotian once again showed the bravery of the second game of the Chinese game. In the second game, Sun Xiaotian shot 8-of-12 from the field and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line, scoring 21 points, grabbing seven rebounds and diching out four assists.

In this game, there was a special person sitting on the sidelines of the United Center arena. This person witnessed Sun Xiaotian's performance, and of course Sun Xiaotian's outstanding performance is not unrelated to this person.

This person is none other than the former "Batman" Scott. Pippen, the greatest helper of Joe's old man's time as a player.

Whenever Sun Xiaotian scored a goal on the field, Pippen couldn't help but applaud, which made Sun Xiaotian a little surprised.

What surprised Sun Xiaotian even more was that at the end of the game, Sun Xiaotian had just finished being interviewed by the on-site reporter and rushed to the locker room.

"Hey! Buddy! You've done a great job today! ”

A voice came from opposite Sun Xiaotian, who didn't pay attention to it at the first time, until Pippen greeted him, and he raised his usual low head.

"Wow! I can't believe it! You were able to come and see our game. Sun Xiaotian said excitedly.

"Of course! This was my place too! Pippen and Sun Xiaotian joked.

"As a rookie, I think you're doing a good job, but it's not enough. I think you should be mentally prepared for the upcoming regular season to be a completely different arena. Pippen then said.

"Do you have any suggestions?" Sun Xiaotian listened very carefully.

"The advice is to work hard and stay aggressive. This league is ultimately for hardworking basketball lovers, can you imagine Kobe Bryant getting up at four in the morning to practice? And I'll tell you, Michael did the same back then. So, it's important to train hard, and this league is very competitive and has a high elimination rate, so you have to train hard to survive here. Pippen said.

Hearing Pippen's suggestion, Sun Xiaotian also nodded in agreement. He also knows he has a long way to go before he becomes a star.

Although he averaged 16.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game in the five games of the preseason, this is only a preseason game after all, and if he can play such a report in the regular season, he will have to put in more effort.