After the end of the third quarter, Sun Xiaotian had scored 21 points, and in the entire third quarter, to be precise, Sun Xiaotian slashed 17 points every day, not only filling the big hole dug in the first half, but also hitting a three-point whistle at the end of the third quarter to help the team overtake the score.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, Sun Xiaotian was still on the court without rest.

It was his own will, not Thibodeau's will.

Thibodeau told him that there were still 12 minutes left, and he had to take a breath, otherwise his physical fitness would be a constraint, after all, Sun Xiaotian did not rest throughout the third quarter.

Sun Xiaotian said: "Coach! I'm young, 12 minutes is nothing to me, I can stand it, and when I die, I'll have a lot of time to rest."

Thibodeau patted him on the shoulder.

"Go! Get the game done! ”

Sun Xiaotian's sudden outburst made the Eagles panic a little.

Head coach Larry Drew changed a lot of plans in defending Sun Xiaotian, and the best effect was Stevenson's single defense, but at this time, Stevenson's physical strength could not keep up, and second, he had too many fouls, and he had accumulated 5 fouls and had been sitting on the bench.

Later, he asked Korver to defend temporarily, but on the offensive end, Korver was useless and not good.

Dundee Jones and Scott were both too slow again.

The single defense is not good, Larry Drew tried to double the clamp at the right time, and cooperated with tactics such as blocking and dismantling to change defense, which slightly limited Sun Xiaotian's attack, and also made Sun Xiaotian return in vain several times.

But after two rounds, the smart Sun Xiaotian led his teammates through passing, which cultivated the feel of his teammates very well, and Nate, Lee and Butler all hit shots.

In short, the momentum on the court has shifted to the side of the Bulls, coupled with the home game and the cheering of the fans, the right time and place have all arrived, and it is almost a win.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, under the leadership of Sun Xiaotian, the Bulls blossomed more, and in just 3 minutes, they played a 14-3 attack wave of the Hawks, widening the score gap to 12 points in one fell swoop.

Larry Deru had no choice but to replace all the main players on the field in advance.

What's worse is that as soon as he got on the court, Stevenson tripped two Butlers in a chase and left the game with a foul.

The person with the best effect on preventing Sun Xiaotian from leaving the scene makes Sun Xiaotian come and go more freely.

At this time, the temper of the Hawks players gradually became unbalanced, and in the process of fighting for rebounds together, Josh and Gibson had a fierce physical contact, and Josh yelled at the referee.

"You're blind! He fouled! ”

The referee didn't hesitate to give him a technical foul.

Larry Drew was also annoyed and kept yelling at the referee.

Fortunately, he was held back by the assistant coach, and the referee only gave him a warning.

The Hawks' morale has taken a big hit, and the Bulls' side has been extremely restrained in the conflict, everyone puts winning first, and no matter how the other team provokes, they will not fall for it.

"They're out of the cracks and they want to mess us up, we can't be fooled, what we have to do is keep the ball firmly in control and move the ball quickly and get it to the most reasonable point to end the attack." Thibodeau warned his disciples.

The Bulls are playing steadily, and the Hawks are completely tactically tactical. Slowly, the score gap widened.

With two minutes left in the game, the score was 105-86 and the Bulls had a 19-point lead.

The Hawks did not give up, and Korver used cover to hit two three-pointers in succession, which seemed to be superb in setting off a counterattack.

But rookie Sun Xiaotian controls the ball like a veteran who has been on the field for more than ten years, and he is extremely calm!

"Don't panic! I can handle it. ”

Sun Xiaotian told everyone to slow down the pace of the offense according to the established tactics, play positional battles as much as possible, and would rather attack in 24 seconds than let the Eagles play a fast attack because of random shots.

The Bulls made sure they didn't make a mistake, and the Hawks could only rely on three-point shots to try to get the score back, because the two-pointers were useless at this point.

……

With Dundee Jones' long-range shot missed, the game was over.

The full-time score was 112-95, and the Bulls beat the Hawks by 17 points.

Although the first half felt cold, Sun Xiaotian shone throughout the second half. After 1-of-10 in the first half, he went through halftime and hit 10-of-14 from the field in the second half, scoring 25 points and taking over the game directly.

Sun Xiaotian scored 29 points on 11-of-24 shooting, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out six assists.

In addition to Sun Xiaotian's contribution, another factor in the Bulls' victory was the strong play of the bench.

Compared to the bench scores, the Bulls beat the Hawks 49-23.

Gibson and Butler played well off the bench for the Bulls, chipped in 15 points, 14 rebounds and 16 points, respectively.

The Hawks' best starter was Horford with 25 points and 16 rebounds, and the best bench was Williams' 12 points.

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Winning the first game made Sun Xiaotian more confident. After the game, Sun Xiaotian admitted that the iron in the first half once frustrated him, and even almost lost control. Fortunately, the encouragement and trust of my teammates and coaches allowed me to adjust my condition in time.

After the game, the media praised Sun Xiaotian's performance.

Sports Illustrated commented on Sun Xiaotian: "Perfect playoff debut!" And it also compared James and Wade's playoff debuts. Although James recorded 30 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in the first playoff game of his career, he only tasted the playoffs in the third year of his career. As a rookie, Wade led the team to the playoffs in his first year, scoring 21 points, five rebounds and five assists in the first game of the playoffs. The reason why "Sports Illustrated" compares Sun Xiaotian and James Wade is mainly to show how amazing and incredible Sun Xiaotian's performance is.

"A rookie's intimidating ability to adjust to the game, his brilliant mind, his physical condition and NBA-level strength will allow him to continue to do wonders in the games that follow."

Woj was also surprised by Sun's performance after the game, writing only one sentence on his Twitter and Atte Barkley.

"Been slapped in the face all season @ Barkley"

It all started back at the start of the season, when TNT made a prediction on the show about who would be the most disappointing rookie at the end of the season.

Barkley drew a lot of suns on the cardboard, and people asked him what he meant.

He said, "Except for Sun from Yale, everyone else is off my list!" The reason is that he has no trace of basketball, he is like a passerby, and he doesn't understand why the Bulls gave up Keshen for him! ”

At that time, Sun Xiaotian's comment on this was very humorous: "It seems that I am going to buy a donkey!" ”