The best rookie was not given to Sun Xiaotian, and the news exploded in the circle, and fans left messages on the Internet to complain about Sun Xiaotian.

"Look at Sun Xiaotian's performance! He led the Bulls to the Eastern Conference Finals, and he did so as a team leader. Lillard is a good player and a leader, but his team record can't match the Bulls'. ”

His good friend Noah said that the vote of the experts is "a piece of!! ”

For this title, Sun Xiaotian is very open, he feels that Lillard deserves this title, he has the nature of a cold-blooded killer, and he was born for the big scene, although he is also a rookie, he has shown the ability and temperament to be a leading player.

Just like Sun Xiaotian's evaluation of him, "Only when you have played with him can you know how good he is." ”――

Sun Xiaotian doesn't like to let something off the field bother him.

Before the start of the Eastern Finals, he has been soaking in the training hall, and in addition to the team's regular training, he will take the initiative to practice for a long time.

In fact, Sun Xiaotian didn't do any other special training in the training hall, but just tirelessly did three-point shooting, breaking through offense, and playing singles with his back. He believes that learning the tactics of the sea of questions is customary, and repeated exercises in training are also effective.

The reason why he trains so hard is mainly because Sun Xiaotian thinks that he is not comparable with LeBron James, he feels that he is still very immature now, and he does not have his "plug-in" skills, so if he is a little careless, he may be abused-

The Bulls arrived in Miami two days early, and by the time they arrived in Miami, it was already noon, and they began regular tactical training after a brief three-hour break.

'They've always liked to play with a five-man line-up, so when defending we should rotate more quickly and we can't hesitate to attack because they rotate very quickly and if we pause in passing, our rhythm suffers. Thibodeau exclaimed

All the players have been practicing the small lineup, which is also a strategy that Thibodeau developed early on. Against the Hawks and Knicks, Thibodeau has tried. In Thibodeau's view, no matter who enters the Eastern Conference finals, his opponent must be the Heat, so plan early and be prepared.

However, the advantages of the Heat team can be seen by everyone, James, Wade and Bosh, each of them has led the team individually.

In the first two rounds, James averaged 26 points, 8.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, shooting more than 50% from the field, and was extremely efficient. Wade averaged 15.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, which seems to be a bit often, but he is a crunch moment. In the first round against the Bucks, Wade turned the tide in the fourth quarter and led the team out of the quagmire when the team fell behind in the third and fourth games. In the words of the media, "Wade is more trustworthy at critical moments!" ”

Bosh played almost berlawfully on the offensive end of the playoffs, averaging just 11.9 points per game. This may have something to do with Shuai's tactical configuration, the Heat team has no shortage of strong points on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, especially on the interior defensive end, there are not many people who can rely on it, and Bosh puts more energy into the defensive end.

In training, in addition to the regular lineup, Thibodeau practiced the most Noah, Ruhrdeng, Butler, Sun Xiaotian and Hinrich; Gibson, Butler, Sun Xiaotian, Lee and Hinrich; There are even the extreme five lineups that have been used: Radmanovic, Ruhr Deng, Butler, Li and Sun Xiaotian. These three sets of lineups without exception have Sun Xiaotian, according to which it can be seen that Sun Xiaotian plays an important role in Thibodeau's tactical system.

Thibodeau actually knows that fighting a small lineup with the Heat is tantamount to suicide. After all, the Heat's five elementary schools are more mature, and they have won championships and withstood the test by relying on this.

The reason why the Bulls practice small lineups is actually more out of surprise wins in certain stages of the game, and they really want to play the lineup they are good at.

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On the day of the game, night gradually fell on this warm, humid and lively city, and the first game of the Eastern Conference finals was finally about to be played.

However, Sun Xiaotian smelled a trace of tension permeating the whole team in the locker room, and this tension was not timid tension, but a feeling of overexertion. Sun Xiaotian's speech before the war was, all the time, "Relax, relax, deal with it easily!"

Thibodeau didn't seem to care too much, his mind was all about laying out tactics. He gathered his players over and instructed: "I repeat, you all have to take good care of the guy called Little Emperor James for a while, you have to follow our previous strategy to defend in the area, decisively block that guy, and cut off his passing lanes." At the same time, protect the rebounding ball, otherwise we'll be going to make a big mistake, and remember, we taught them that way in the regular season. ”

Thibodeau's words revealed relaxation, hearing Thibodeau's arrangement, Sun Xiaotian felt a little relieved in his heart, if this game could really be as arranged by Thibodeau, the result of the game would be proper.

After laying out the tactics, the Bulls got everything ready and walked straight out of the locker room and into the American Airlines Center Court. At the same time, the Heat team also began to play, and the Big Three walked in front, like big guys, followed by the younger brothers.

Sun Xiaotian kept looking at James and secretly swore in his heart, "We will definitely win this series."

When Sun Xiaotian observed James, James was also observing Sun Xiaotian, their eyes met in the air, James immediately gestured and walked over to Sun Xiaotian.

Sun Xiaotian greeted him, "LeBron, we will defeat you today." ”

"Come on! We're champions, we're going to defend them, and no one can stop me! But you're really strong, and you're definitely a leader! I hope you have no reservations today! ”

The two had a good conversation, but when they got on the field, they swore that they would not communicate with each other.

Then Sun Xiaotian threw himself into the pre-game warm-up training with the mentality of proving himself, and James was not idle, doing shooting exercises, shooting more three-pointers.

After the warm-up, the two sides announced the starting players of both teams, with the Bulls still having the regular lineup and the Heat starting lineup their meritorious lineup: Bosh, Battier, James, Wade and Chalmers.

The referee signaled for the game to begin, with Noah and Bosh jumping the ball, and the two jumped high.

Bosh slapped the ball into James' hands in the air!! (To be continued.) )