On January 6, 1998, the Celtics traveled to Chicago to take on the Bulls. Chasing the reckless wasteland, you have to be quick.

The Celtics have played two games against the Bulls this season, but the first two games were on the Celtics' home court, and against the Bulls, the Celtics are 1-1. The third game of the season between the two sides is different from the previous two games.

After Scott Pippen returned from injury, the Bulls also experienced a run-in period, but now the Bulls are in his peak condition, and it can be said that the state in which the Bulls created a record in league history in the first two seasons was regained by the Bulls, but they lost too many games in the previous two months, which will be behind the Celtics.

For the Bulls, this game with the Celtics is a game for them to regain the first place in the East, and it is very important for the Bulls.

Of course, the Celtics won't give in to the horrors of the Bulls, and for the Celtics, this game is also a game in which they have established themselves for the first place in the East. The first is the Bulls, and if the Celtics beat the Bulls, the Celtics could open up a two-game gap with the Bulls. Among the other Celtics' pursuers, the Pacers will face the challenge of the Suns; The Heat will challenge the Lakers away; As for the Hornets, this team is the worst team in the top five in the East, and they will also face the challenge of the Western powerhouse SuperSonics in this game.

For the Celtics, if this game can be won, and several of his chasers lose the game, the Celtics can temporarily stabilize the first place in the East. Of course, if you want to win against the Bulls, the difficulty is not ordinary.

Because this game is the first game in the East, the major broadcasters of the NBA chose to temporarily change the game to a national broadcast broadcast, and the emerging ESPN even sent their ace commentator Mike Brin and Mav Albert to explain the game.

Before the start of the game, Jonny put on his training uniform and was ready to warm up, when he was stopped by reporters waiting in the players' tunnel.

"Jonny, this game is the game that decides the first place in the East, the Celtics are the first place in the East now, but if the Bulls win this game, they will be the new first place in the East. Are you confident of winning this match? "USA Today's reporter first threw out the most relevant questions about the game.

Jonny thought for a moment, "There's always someone going to win, why not me?" This answer is the answer that Jonny finally came up with after thinking about it. This kind of question is generally difficult to answer, and once the answer is slightly rushed, it will be relayed to the opponent by this group of reporters, and then it will be considered a provocation. However, in this game, Jonny is not too afraid of this kind of provocation.

There's always someone to win. Why not me? This was originally a sentence from Kobe Bryant in the later generations, but now it was said by mistake by Jonny, this sentence obviously made this group of reporters unable to find fault, there must be a winner in a game, why not me? This is a rhetorical question, and at the same time, it also leaves a way out for himself, for this group of reporters, Jonny's answer is obviously the meaning of some famous quotes.

However, they didn't dwell on this sentence much, and the ESPN reporter quickly asked a second question: "In recent games, Derek Coleman has performed very well. What do you think of this new teammate? ”

Jonny glanced at Derrick Coleman, who was warming up on the pitch, and replied: "Derrick played very well, he helped me take a lot of the pressure off my shoulders. ”

Jonny is telling the truth, after Derrick Coleman reformed, he did help Jonny share a lot of pressure, the most significant is the offensive end, now Jonny no longer needs to think like before to score 30 points and 40 points per game, with the presence of Derek Coleman, Jonny can play on the offensive end, and then put more energy into the defensive end and organize teammates.

Answer these questions. Jonny got rid of the group of reporters on the grounds that he wanted to warm up.

This is the first time Jonny has played on the Bulls' home court this season, and in recent seasons, Michael Jordan's comeback has brought the Bulls back to the top. Even more crazy than the first three crowns, Chicago's ball market has become very hot because of this, Jonny's eyes are full of red, you must know that this is just a regular season game, the Bulls fans are so enthusiastic. That's pretty surprising.

The only teams in the league that can do this kind of grand occasion are the Jazz and Celtics, but the Celtics have been a little sluggish because of the decline in the past few years.

"The game is about to start, the Union Center is already full of Bulls fans in red jerseys, and the Celtics players in green away jerseys have been surrounded by Bulls fans, as if surrounded by red fire, and the starters of both sides are already lined up in the center of the court."

The starting lineup for this game for the Bulls is point guard Ron Harper, scoring guard Michael Jordan, small forward Scott Pippen, power forward Dennis Rodman, and center Luke Longley. On the Celtics side, the starting point guard is this year's Tanhua Chancey Billups, the scoring guard is Jonny Lee, the small forward is Bruce Bowen, the power forward is Derrick Coleman, and the center is Ben Wallace. ”

The two sides jumped the ball, Luke Langli beat Ben Wallace to grab the basketball, and the Bulls were on offense.

Ron Harper dribbled to the front court and immediately handed the ball to Scott Pippen, and Scott Pippen also began to seek to match Derrick Coleman, maybe the Bulls thought that Derrick Coleman was the same Derrick Coleman in the last matchup between the two sides, or wanted to focus on Derrick Coleman to play tactics.

After a pick-and-roll, Scott Pippen shook off Bruce Bowen and switched to play against Derrick Coleman.

Scott Pippen began to force Derek Coleman, but it has been a month since the last game between the two sides, and Derek Coleman is no longer the same Derek Coleman, and Jonny's tuning has made Derek Coleman defend seriously all the time.

In the face of Scott Pippen's strong beating, Derek Coleman also pushed back strongly, and finally Scott Pippen chose to turn around and shoot a jumper, but was covered by Derek Coleman's slap!

The Bulls fans in the Union Center let out an exclamation, just like Scott Pippen is in the mood right now, surprised!

He was actually covered by Derek Coleman! (To be continued.) )xh118