Sun's outstanding performance made him the darling of Chicago, and both the players and the manager praised him.

However, Thibodeau, as the head coach, kept a clear head. He understands that the most important reason why Sun Xiaotian was able to perform so well in the early stage of the tournament was that he did not attract the attention of his opponent.

In the last game against the Detroit Pistons, the opponent's No. 1 defender "Little Prince" Prince was mostly responsible for marking Ruhr Deng, and the character of defending Sun Xiaotian was handed over to their two-way guard Starkey. This player, who was originally playing the No. 1 position, had no choice but to play the No. 2 position due to the arrival of Brandon Knight.

When facing Sun Xiaotian, many times he was defending on his back, which also gave Sun Xiaotian a lot of opportunities to score.

Thibodeau's concern is that once the rest of the league starts to pay attention to Sun, it will be difficult for Sun Xiaotian to play well. For example, by Tony. If Allen, James, Sefrosa and other players take special care, will it have an impact on Sun Xiaotian's psychology?

Thibodeau's concerns are not unreasonable, and many rookies are like that. When they don't encounter any attention, they play well and even get triumphant. But when some players in the league give them a head start, their fragile hearts suddenly can't stand it, and they will even fall into a rookie cycle for a long time.

However, these are the stages that must be passed by aspiring to be a star, and if you can bear it, you will have the hard power of a star. can't bear it, it can only be said that there is no fate.

Sun Xiaotian may be in his first NBA test next, when they talk about hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder.

As a team that played in the Finals last season, the strength of the Thunder team should not be underestimated. Although they lost their best sixth man this season, with Du and Wei Ershao, they have reason to believe that they will stand on the stage of the championship final again this season.

The Thunder have also lost three games so far, despite losing to the veteran Spurs in their last game. But averaging 110 points per game, they are still a nightmare for all teams.

After three games, Durant averaged 30.7 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, and Westbrook averaged 24.2 points, 8.7 assists and 3.3 steals.

Just looking at the statistics of these two brothers, everyone must be amazed at their strong scoring ability. But what they didn't expect was that in addition to the two of them, their starting power forward Serge Ibaka also averaged 13.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game in the first three games.

And this season with Harden swapped owners Kevin. Martin, although he is an ethereal presence defensively, but in terms of bench scoring, he is not as bad as the previous Harden. He averaged 18.7 points per game in the first three games, and this was his average of 11.6 shots per game, which is admirable.

So, with these four alone, the Bulls seem to be difficult to handle at home.

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In this game, the Bulls' lineup was not much different from the previous three games. Sinrich, Sun Xiaotian, Ruhr Deng, Boozer and Noah.

The Thunder's starting lineup is no different from last season, with Westbrook, Sefrosa, Durant, Seraka and Perkins.

As the only rookie in the starting line of the two teams, Sun Xiaotian is naturally a little nervous, especially in the face of Durant, who is still his idol, which is why he chose to wear No. 35.

In addition to being nervous, Sun Xiaotian also had a trace of excitement in his heart. He was actually looking forward to a showdown with his idol for a long time, but he didn't expect it to come true today.

With the jump ball, Ibaka won the first wave of possession for the Thunder with his excellent jump.

According to the traditional playing style of the Thunder team, at the beginning, Wei Shao will most likely take the lead, because once Wei Shao finds a rhythm, then through his breakthrough and fast attack, the rest of the Thunder team will naturally open. Didn't last season spread the saying "Wei Shao in good times, Harden in adversity, and Du Shao in desperate times"!

Therefore, Wei Shao is a player who is good at playing tailwind, and he will do it one after another.

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There was really no mistake, after Wei Shao got the ball, Durant ran to the bottom corner in time to ambush. At this time, Ibaka went to the upper line to cover for Wei Shao. With Ibaka's cover, Wei Shao got to the Bulls' interior with one step, and Hinrich, who was defending him, was solidly blocked in Ibaka's chest.

When it came to the inside, Boozer, who was out of position, hurriedly stepped forward and did not give him space to shoot at all. He understands Wei Shao's personal offensive style too well, and he suddenly makes a further pull-up jump shot, and the success rate is very high.

However, for Wei Shao, in addition to this move, he also has a powerful weapon that is his breakthrough. Wei Shao, who was praised by James as the best physical condition in the league, naturally would not waste this condition given to him by God.

Boozer didn't give him room to shoot, but he didn't wait for Boozer to react and gave him a step away. At this time, it was already difficult for Boozer to keep up with him.

I saw Wei Shao facing Noah, who was making up the defense, and suddenly jumped, of course Noah is also a ruthless character, he will make Wei Shao score so easily! However, what Noah didn't expect was that he made a save, and Wei Shao relied on his own air to lower the ball from Noah's waist to Perkins, who was unmarked behind Noah.

Perkins couldn't afford to waste a chance, and he caught the ball with a powerful two-handed dunk. Looking at Wei Shao again, at this time, he had already run back to the backcourt.

After all, the game had only just begun, and the Bulls didn't take it too seriously, with Hinrich dribbling and waving his hand to signal everyone to run aggressively.

At this time, Sun Xiaotian and Lu Erdeng still used cross-running tactics to go around to the right side at 45 degrees to catch the ball, and at this time, Sai Rossa, who was responsible for defending Sun Xiaotian, had already appeared in front of him.

Facing Sefrosa, Sun Xiaotian tried to break through him. However, Severosa gum-like defense made Sun Xiaotian very uncomfortable, and the ball almost couldn't be passed, and the ball took as many as 10 seconds in Sun Xiaotian's hands.

Finally, Hinrich wanted to return the ball, and when he saw that time was running out, he immediately wanted to make a foul on Westbrook.

The idea is very good, but the implementation is not so intentional. Hinrich dribbled twice and started to break through the middle. Westbrook stretched out his arms, relying on his strong body, to stand up to him.

It wasn't until the end of the offensive clock that Hinrich made a hasty shot, and the ball slammed into the front of the basket. At this time, Noah screamed, jumped high, and fanned the ball out of Perkins' head.

The ball happened to fall into Sun Xiaotian's hands, and at this time, Sai Rosa who was defending him had already missed him due to the scramble for rebounds.

And at this time, the road to the basket is a smooth road, Sun Xiaotian thought to himself, it's okay now, it's time for you to see my ability.

The first time Sun Xiaotian received the ball, he hit the opponent's penalty area like an arrow. Two steps past the penalty area, Sun Xiaotian used all his strength, grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand, jumped high, and his jump height was almost the same as the basket.

The tomahawk clasp is about to be staged!

Suddenly, a black shadow appeared in front of Sun Xiaotian's eyes, he couldn't see who it was, he only felt that his falling right hand was blocked in mid-air, and then his body also lost its balance.

"Boom"

Sun Xiaotian fell heavily on the floor, and there was a series of exclamations from the scene.

Sun Xiaotian fell to the ground and glanced back. Westbrook, who found that he got the ball, dribbled the ball alone and was extremely fast, and there was not a single Bulls player around to keep up.

"Boom!"

Wei Shao ended the attack with a powerful tomahawk slash!

It wasn't until this time that Sun Xiaotian realized that there was someone around him clapping, and when he looked back, it was none other than Durant!

"Welcome to the NBA! Rookie! ”

It turned out that the sturdy hat he received just now was given by Durant!

Now I have to pay the tuition!