Chapter 216: Blocking Butler (Asking for Recommendation)
With Wade's super dunk, the difference between the two teams narrowed to 1 point again, and the Bulls took the aftermath of last season's playoffs to eliminate the Celtics, and quickly overtook the score in the opening stage of the first quarter, and Rondo, who was opposite Paul, did not score in the first quarter, but handed out 6 assists, and Wade, who seemed to be rejuvenated in the first game of the new season, scored 12 points in the first quarter, and Jimmy Butler also got rid of the shadow of being stealed at the beginning, and after using a layup to open his scoring situation, He scored four points on two jumpers and hit a 3-pointer under the cover of Taki Gibson, and under the Bulls' outside attack, the Green Shirts, who had a mediocre performance in the first quarter, were firmly suppressed by their opponents on the court. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Al Horford had six points and four rebounds, Rush had five points, Paul hit a three-pointer to have three points and four assists in the first quarter, and Amir Johnson had four points.
The Bulls, sitting at home, entered the second quarter with a six-point lead at 28-22 amid the frantic cheers of the fans.
In the first quarter of the game, Ye Hai played the whole quarter, using two wonderful passes from Paul and Horford to score 4 points, plus an assist to Rush in the opening game, and the performance was tepid.
At the end of the first quarter, the camera in the live broadcast room showed Michael Jordan sitting on the sidelines wearing a hat in a very low-key manner, and the superstar, who had not returned to Chicago for a long time, was greeted with cheers and applause from the fans. Jordan, who had hoped to watch the game in a low-key manner, had to stand up and wave after being warmly welcomed by the fans.
"Michael Jordan? He actually came, too. Ye Hai looked at this so-called "god-like player" in amazement, and couldn't help but be attracted by Jordan's charm.
At the end of the first quarter, Barkley's big mouth was not idle: "It seems that Ye Hai is a little better than I imagined, at least he looks better than those Chinese players after Yao Ming, and got 4 points and 1 assist on 2-of-3 shooting in the first quarter?" As a role player, that's not bad, but I'm sorry for the pick. ”
After saying that, Barkley did not forget the bet with O'Neal, and turned his head triumphantly to O'Neal and said: "Shaq, Jimmy has scored 9 points, and it looks like I have a much better chance of winning." ”
O'Neal is not a vegetarian, and immediately blocked Barkley's mouth with a sentence: "Hey, Charlie, have you forgotten about the donkey's ass?" Yao didn't score 1 point in the first game as the champion, Ye Hai, this little guy is not simple, don't say your words too early! ”
As if remembering the disgraceful past, Barkley immediately shut up, but there was still a smug look on his face.
Van Gundy agreed with Shaq's statement this time, saying: "Ye Hai is only 18 years old, as an international player, especially a player from China, he has attracted the attention of hundreds of millions of fans, and the pressure is very great, but judging from the performance in the first quarter, Ye Hai's adaptability is still very strong, which shows that the player's psychological quality is still very mature." ”
The verbal dispute in ESPN's live broadcast room was extremely hot, and the second quarter of the game between the Celtics and the Bulls continued in full swing on the court.
Since it was the first game of the regular season, the players on the court were very excited, so the head coaches of both teams invariably let their main players play the first quarter and only changed to the second team in the second quarter.
For the Celtics, center Kelly Olynyk, power forward Jonas Jerebko, small forward Jack Crowder, shooting guard Gerard Green, and playmaker Marcus Smart came off the bench. The Bulls sent backup center Bobby Portis, power forward Nikola Mirotic, small forward Doug McDermott, playmaker Michael Carter Williams, and the scoring guard sent the super rookie selected last year - Denzel Valentine, The sophomore swingman scored 12.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists in his rookie season, and acted as a surprise player in Game 7 of the playoffs against the Celtics, relying on his magical 5-of-5 shooting in the fourth quarter to erase the 8-point difference between the two sides, thus laying the foundation for the Bulls to finally eliminate the Celtics.
While the Bulls' bench players have a psychological advantage over the Celtics, Jack Crowder, who played for the team last year, has become the leader of the Green Shirts' second team, which is the role Stevens wants Crowder to play.
Crowder, who was robbed of the main position by Ye Hai, was full of anger, and took the initiative to take over the team's offensive banner as soon as he got on the court, using his impact and explosiveness to constantly eat the Bulls' McDermott in the low post, and using his strong defense to completely block McDermott's shooting crosshair, and in the face of Gerald Green, who has been reused this season, Denzel Valentine's opening game was not very smooth, especially when the other party held back his strength, I want to earn a place in the team through my performance, so as to get a long-term contract to stay in the team. At the age of 31, Green is tired of wandering, and the former slam dunk champion known as "Wheat Dee" is now desperate to become a big piece of the puzzle for a long time with championship potential.
Denzel Valentin was about to break through the layup while using his speed to get through Green's defense, and Green flew out from behind him and pinned the ball to the rebound! Five minutes into the second quarter, Valentin didn't score a point on 0-of-2 shooting, while McDermott, another scoring point, was also entangled by Crowder with 1-of-4 shooting, and his shot was greatly inaccurate.
In this case, the Bulls' offensive burden fell on power forward Mirotic, a player who can shoot with good three-point firepower in the second quarter, shooting 2-of-3 from the field, including 1-of-2 from three-point range, and when the Celtics' bench lineup began to pick up, the score was not easily overtaken by the opponent with his personal offense.
With about six minutes to go in the second quarter, Gerard Green's breakaway resulted in a foul on Valentine, resulting in a dead ball. Stevens waved his hand, Horford, Johnson, Yahi, Paul reappeared, and when Green finished the free throw, Rush also came on the court to bring down Green.
The Bulls also made adjustments immediately, with Taki Gibson, Butler, Wade, and Rondo on the court, leaving Mirotic, who played well in the second quarter, so that Gibson switched to the center position, which was not difficult for Gibson.
When the game restarted, with the excellent performance of Crowder and Green, the main team returned to the court, and the Celtics were only 2 points behind their opponents 39-41.
The Bulls' Rondo dribbled to organize the offense, Wade, who was running, took Rondo's pass, made a shaky feint and immediately broke through to the other side, Rush struggled to defend, and Johnson immediately stepped forward to make up for the defense, Wade, who was only 1.93 meters tall, saw this and made a ground-hitting pass, which was passing to Jimmy Butler, who was running without the ball and cut in the air.
"Ye Hai is too tender." Barkley couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
Butler received a second pass from Wade and made an easy basket pick, and was about to add 2 points to the Bulls, when suddenly there was a burst of tight breathing behind him and a slight wind in his ears and inexplicable pressure behind him, "Smack!" With a crisp sound, Butler's completely shot ball was slapped out of the field by Ye Hai from behind him as if falling from the sky! (To be continued.) )