In terms of media and strength, it's a normal thing for the Pelicans to win, and they have one game to go.

Therefore, the media generally uses words such as light picking, or easy victory to describe the game. The description of the pelican is also mostly an easy win, a wave of streams, and so on.

But the nature of the game was somewhat sinister, especially in the first half of the Bulls.

Such comments did make the bulls a little breathless, saying that they seemed to be inferior, so Paul made his declaration very solemnly in front of the media.

"Our team is definitely no worse than the Pelicans, and the last loss was just a few details that weren't taken care of. Comparing the real strength, I believe that we can win against the Pelicans, who are not as strong as they imagined. ”

Paul's words, as the boss of the bull, are not wrong. Saying this not only boosts morale, but also highlights the team's sense of survival.

However, Pelican fans feel that the Bulls are really talking nonsense with their eyes open, and the league's commentators also think so, thinking that Paul is purely morale boosting the team.

Compared to the main lineup, the Bulls and Pelicans may be similar, but compared to the bench lineup, the Bulls and Pelicans have no way to compare.

The Bulls' bench is a bunch of scrambles, while the Pelicans' bench is a well-trained regular.

Finding a master is sometimes really powerful, but that's only sometimes, and the master of chaos is far from closing the regular army.

The Pelicans have an absolute advantage in bench players, and the overall strength is also more complete and stronger, which has been unanimously recognized.

So a lot of commentators think Paul is talking big, and a lot of guys are talking about it in a sarcastic tone.

As a result, Paul's fans are bound to be furious, and the Bulls are also at loggerheads with various media outlets.

While the Bulls were fighting with the media, the Pelicans were quite unfazed. The whole team has not changed, the team is very low-key.

But on the training ground. The Pelicans are very prepared, because although they won the Bulls, the Pelicans still attach great importance to each other.

Because the strength of the Bulls is still there, the last game also relied on Li Feng's offense at a critical moment to resolve the Bulls' offense, so at this time the Pelicans were seriously preparing for the game.

The next day, also in the center of New Orleans, the Bulls and Pelicans once again competed for the game.

The match between the two teams has also begun, and the two teams have met before, so the second game is a lot more familiar.

Although Howard's side still clicked on basketball first, the Bulls' tactics were really different from the last game.

In the last game of the Bulls, Paul dominated the offensive end as soon as he came up. But today Paul came with the ball, but he was very unnutritious and took the ball at the top of the arc and waited for the pass.

The Bulls came up on the first round and played a Dunleawick's no-ball run tactic, Dunleavy as the Bulls' first gun on the outside, ran up quickly, ignored Granger's defense and fired the Bulls' first shot as a matter of course.

Dunleavy was in very good shape in the last game, and now he is attacking just after he plays, and his body and state are also very well adjusted, and he still shoots the basketball.

The Bulls opened the game with a three-point lead over the Pelicans. And at this time, the Pelicans got the ball, in the cheers of the fans in the audience.

The Pelicans came up and hit the opponent's interior first, but this time when the Pelicans passed the ball to Al Jefferson, Okafor also defended Al Jefferson in front of him. It's up to Al Jefferson and Okafor to get entangled together.

Perhaps Al Jefferson is better than Okafor in offensive grace, but Okafor still has an advantage over grappling.

Al Jefferson was robbed by Okafor and couldn't get the ball, and Li Feng could only prepare to play towards the Bulls' stop on the outside.

But when Li Feng rose to ass. The Bulls suddenly organized a defense similar to that of the Pelicans defending Paul in the previous game.

Jimmy Butler in front and Howard in the back guarding the box. In the middle Paul was ready to come over for a steal, and the Bulls stole the Pelicans' defense.

Li Feng wanted to kill the opponent's basket at this time, and he had to turn around and pass the ball to Luo Teng outside.

Roten didn't hesitate to take the ball, and it didn't matter if he was facing Paul's defense or throwing it out with a three-pointer.

"Bang!"

Shooting across people is not Luo Teng's strong point, and Luo Teng's projection misses.

At the beginning of today's game, the Bulls were still more accurate, and Howard won the rebound in the backcourt. The Bulls pushed in again, but the Bulls still didn't attack from Paul, but came over and hit a Howard low post offense.

In the last game, Howard's low-post offensive efficiency was not high, but the Bulls deliberately came to play Howard at the beginning of today.

He is now heavier, and he doesn't have much advantage in playing Pau Gasol, so he can only play the ball with dead strength.

He slammed the ball into Pau Gasol with a hard shot, then raised his elbow, resisted the hard turn, turned around, and Howard threw the basketball towards the rebound.

Pau Gasol and Howard fought to the death together, and Pau Gasol was a little unresistant in the last shot and was caught off guard by Howard.

The Bulls started from the corner, first Dunleavy and then Howard, and then they all played.

The offensive point of the Bulls' opening game was indeed unexpected by the Pelicans, and no one thought that the Bulls started from the beginning, which can be regarded as a strategy of the Bulls.

The Bulls opened the game with a small surprise to the Pelicans, and the Pelicans also realized something.

The Bulls have changed their defense, and it is no longer easy to hit the opposition's interior as they did in the last game.

Sure enough, the Pelicans came over again, facing the Bulls' targeted defense, the Bulls are now defending Li Feng with three-dimensional defense, and multiple people form a team defense that echoes before and after, defending Al Jefferson is basically going around the front, and Pau Gasol restricts his high post movement and prevents him from running smoothly.

The Bulls are targeting the Pelicans, every player who can attack in the low post has its own arrangements, and the Bulls make such a meticulous arrangement to prevent the Pelicans from playing the Bulls' interior.

The Pelicans naturally failed to attack this round, and after the Bulls adjusted their tactics, the Pelicans' tactics in the last game were completely ineffective.

When the Pelicans' offense came to a standstill, the Bulls played again, but in an orderly manner, and the Bulls learned from the experience of the previous game, and today the game began to focus on the team. Minimize Paul's consumption, and they also want to save Paul for the second half.

The Bulls played as a team, and Jimmy Butler actually got the basketball on the wing, and the cover shot made a mid-range shot.

As soon as the second game began, the Bulls beat the Pelicans 7-0.

The Bulls opened with a 7-0 Pelicans, although Li Feng could break out at this time, but the timing was not right, if Li Feng began to play wildly at this time, then he couldn't play in the second half.

So at this time, the Pelicans also began to think of a way from the team, and the Pelicans began to play Granger's baseline singles at this time.

The Pelicans also played this Granger, and Dunleavy's defensive ability was too poor. Dunleavy is now old, and after more injuries, it is indeed a defensive shortcoming.

At this time, Granger knew that Dunleavy's mobility was not good, so he used a change of direction shooting method to attack.

Originally, Granger's speed was also on the side, but Dunleavy's speed was too slow, and Granger changed direction and threw Dunleavy away.

After getting rid of Dunleavy, Granger easily raised his hand to make a mid-range shot, the Bulls played role players, and the Pelicans also started to play role players, and from the perspective of roster integrity. The Pelicans are a bit stronger than the other side.

The Pelicans finally began to find some ways to attack, but at this point the Bulls were unrelenting.

Howard got the ball when he came up and forced Paul Gasol with his dead force, and the two of them competed under the basket.

Dunleavy slyly moves out to ask for the ball, and Howard passes the ball to Dunleavy. Dunleavy took the ball and shot straight and quickly, not giving Granger a chance to get close.

Dunleavy is relying on his feel to shoot directly and throw a three-pointer, "Huh!" Dunleavy hit another three-pointer.

10-2, Granger made one, but quickly let Dunleavy shoot a three-pointer, after the Bulls played role players. Dunleavy actually became the main scorer of the Bulls.

The two teams opened with role players, and the main players were hidden first, and in this case, the Pelicans suffered a loss.

For the bull came prepared. There are a lot of role player plays, and the Pelicans don't have that kind of preparation. So after 5 minutes of the first half, the Pelicans fell behind again.

From 15 to 7, the Pelicans trailed by 8 points, and at this time Van Gundy saw that the main lineup's attack power was insufficient.

He started to bring on Turner, who wasn't a perfect player on the defensive end, but was sharp on the offensive end.

At this time, the Bulls don't have too many outside scorers, and the Pelicans won't suffer if they switch to Turner, and Turner has a lot of room to play when the opposing team plays a role player offense.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Pelicans replaced Turner first, and in the first round of Turner's debut, the Pelicans immediately played a Turner's no-ball tactic.

And Turner's no-ball tactics are still played in conjunction with Li Feng's off-ball tactics, Li Feng starts running from the left, and Turner starts running from the right.

The Pelicans run without the ball tactics, and the Bulls must give up one, which is indeed less destructive than Li Feng Turner.

So at this time, as soon as Turner ran out, the opportunity immediately appeared, and when Turner ran to the flank, there was no one on the other side to defend Turner.

Turner's last game was really bad, today the Bulls intentionally or unintentionally relaxed their defense against Turner, and Turner is a shooter who can't be shortened, his essence is actually the same as Dunleavy, so once there is an empty position, Turner is decisive with the ball, a steady three-point shot.

"Huh!"

Turner had an open space at the start of the game, so he had a very good opening touch, and once a shooter shoots well on the first shot, then he is very likely to shoot very smoothly in the future.

Van Gundy knows Turner very well as the head coach, and as soon as he saw Turner coming, he knew that today's game was good, at least someone scored in the first half.

Li Feng naturally also knew Turner's style, so he gestured to Luo Teng immediately after Turner scored, so that the team could continue to play Turner's tactics.

The Bulls are playing well as role players right now, so they don't care too much about Turner's projection.

The Bulls came over again and wanted to hit Dunleavy's projection, but after half a quarter of the game, Granger had already found Dunleavy's pulse.

Granger now saw that Dunleavy had no ability to move, and came up and stuck it to Dunleavy's body with his body, and Granger stuck it wherever Dunleavy went, no matter where Dunleavy went, Granger stuck it on Dunleavy's body.

In this way, Dunleavy's shooting was greatly affected, and Granger could use this grappling to severely consume Dunleavy's body.

Dunleavy's body lì once insufficient. The effect of the game was immediately folded, and at this time Dunleavy got the basketball, which was really a lot softer, and the shot missed the basketball.

Dunleavy was easy to use for only a few minutes, and after a few minutes, the body was gone, and Dunleavy's effect disappeared.

The Bulls missed a long-range shot, and the Pelicans came over again unceremoniously or Li Feng and Turner ran without the ball in the opposite direction.

At this point, the Bulls' defense finally got a little better, and Paul came sideways to defend Turner.

But Paul also has a problem defending Turner, which is a lack of height, and Turner is an offensive all-round player. He took the ball and saw that it was Paul, and immediately took a step back towards the front of him.

Quickly retreated, shot a quick three-point shot, Paul was not tall enough, Turner shot too fast, a little bit of small space, Turner took advantage of it.

"Huh!"

Turner hit another shot over Paul's head, and Turner hit two three-pointers in a row to immediately rewrite the score to 13-15.

The hard work of the bull in the first half of the season turned into ashes in an instant. That's the danger of an explosive scorer, who can change the game in an instant.

Let Turner shoot two balls in a row, and the Bulls can't be calm, Phil Jackson came up and immediately asked the team to focus on Turner.

The Bulls have been focusing on taking care of Li Feng. Now it's time to focus on Turner, and the defensive pressure is suddenly greater.

While the defensive power increased dramatically, the pressure on the offensive end was also greater, as Turner scored consecutive points. The Bulls have to score at this point, too.

At this time, Howard went deep into the basket and wanted to play Paul Gasol, but at this time Paul Gasol was also used to Howard's offense. Pau Gasol is stubbornly facing Howard, and Howard is also very difficult to attack after being targeted.

This is true for players outside of superstars. are very afraid of targeted defense, and once they get on targeted defense, they are basically shackled. However, superstars are often able to break the shackles of ordinary rules by virtue of their extraordinary physical qualities.

That's the charm of superstars, in short, superstars aren't earthlings and don't play according to the rules that most people follow.

Howard is a superstar, but he can't attack, so once targeted, Howard's side will also struggle to score.

He finally threw the basketball out to Okafor to deal with, Okafor still has the ability to play alone, holding the ball and leaning on Al Jefferson one step, and then taking a neat step back to dodge Al Jefferson's shot from the middle distance.

"Huh!"

Al Jefferson scored his first point in the opening game today, and the weight of those two points was very heavy.

Today, Al Jefferson is also the same as Paul, hiding and playing at the beginning, not taking the initiative to attack, and now he only makes a move when the team is in trouble.

However, just when Okafor made a good shot, the Pelicans simply handed the basketball to Turner in the backcourt.

Turner held the ball personally, and the Bulls' defense suddenly struggled, because Jimmy Butler was defending Li Feng, the height difference between Dunleavy and Turner was too big, and Paul's side was still staring at Rotten, who was also a shooter who shot when he received the ball.

With that, Turner got the ball, easily shook off Dunleavy with a simple change of direction, and raised his hand near the free throw line to shoot a mid-range shot.

Turner scored eight points in a row and rewrote the score to 15-17, and the difference was still two points.

The Bulls' advantage shortened instantly, and Phil Jackson hurriedly called a timeout again.

Phil Jackson saw Turner's scoring explosiveness at this time, and he immediately replaced Mike Dunleavy with Snell.

Snell on the Bulls is obviously aimed at Turner, Snell is fast and ruthless, and it will form a lot of interference when used to defend Turner, and with Snell's character, he will definitely attack Turner, which is also a challenge to Turner's defensive level.

The Pelicans broke the game with a mixed lineup, and the Bulls also played against each other with a mixed lineup.

After the timeout, the Bulls really started playing with Snell, who is a typical chaotic guard, and what he is best at is taking the fire and playing alone with the ball.

Now in the face of a player like Turner, who is a little weaker in defense, he immediately plays quite freely, and comes up with a quick shake. Raised his head and made a feint, then immediately pulled up a pull-up jump shot.

"Huh!"

Snell's attack was still good, and he came up and scored 2 points.

The Bulls' role players continued to score, and the Pelicans seemed to recognize Turner, pushing back or playing Turner's off-ball tactics.

The Pelicans' players know and recognize Turner, and they all know that Turner's scoring explosiveness and sharpness are far superior to Paul's.

Turner ran out in half a circle this time, and when he received the ball again, the Bulls' side really strengthened, and Howard and Okafor both pounced to chase Turner.

Turner wasn't caught between the two men on the sidelines. Just when the Bulls thought they had finally finished a defense, Turner made a behind-the-back pass and the ball went straight into the hands of Roten in the bottom corner.

Luo Teng had a vacancy at this time, and he took the ball and immediately shot "Huh!" ”

The Pelicans threw in another three-pointer, 18-19, and the Pelicans chased the difference to only one point.

Turner can score and pass the ball, and at this time the effect of the Bulls on Snell is negated.

And Snell is a convulsive scorer, his scoring is not very stable, and he is not as explosive as Turner. The pass was not as good as Turner's, so the Bulls didn't succeed in this personnel matchup.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans finally chased the score back, 23-23. The two teams ended in a draw.

It's not about who won, and the Pelicans certainly caught up with the score, but the Bulls also survived the first quarter.

Looking at the current Bulls' tactics, Paul will definitely have to save it for the second half. Okafor must be in the middle, you must know that these two men basically did not play in the first quarter.

Both teams achieved their goals, and the Bulls were in the driver's seat. The Pelicans are still stronger in personnel.

In the first quarter, the two teams did not distinguish the winner, and at the beginning of the second quarter, the substitutes of both teams came on, and the two teams were still dead.

In the second quarter, the substitutes of the two teams played for about 3 minutes, and the score was still 30-30, and the two teams were evenly matched.

In this case, it was the Bulls who made the adjustment first, and Phil Jackson replaced Okafor first at this time.

Okafor, as the Bulls' No. 1 scorer, usually scores more than Paul, and once he returned to the court, he immediately participated in the offense.

In the last game, the Pelicans defended Okafor, mainly by going around the front defense to prevent Okafor from receiving the ball, and today's game is still this set of tricks.

But the Pelicans' defensive tactics, the Bulls have adapted, and Okafor himself has adjusted.

When Kelly came up to defend Okafor, Okafor desperately pulled out, and Okafor pulled directly near the three-point line.

At this point, Kelly didn't dare to go around too much, he just used a half-way forward in hopes of cutting off Okafor's path to get the ball.

But at this time, Okafor pushed Kelly hard behind him, and then cut towards the block.

Snell, who was in possession of the ball, was also prepared, and immediately made a ground-hitting pass to Okafor's hands.

Okafor took the ball and stepped up and threw a throw directly, Okafor had a good throw, and now once he caught the opportunity, it was naturally easy to score two points.

Okafor got rid of Kelly's bypass when he came up, which made the Pelicans realize that the trick of going around the front may not have any deterrent to Okafor.

The Pelicans saw that the opponent Okafor came up, it was indeed very fierce, and the Pelicans' Pierce launched an attack from the outside at this time, but unfortunately he got to the basket and made a layup, because it was too affected and failed to score points.

The Pelicans missed, the Bulls took the rebound, and they pushed forward to find Okafor.

This time, when Kelly made up his mind to awaken and not let Okafor cut into the air, Okafor changed his tricks again and made a cover with Howard in the penalty area.

Okafor suddenly pulled out to the free throw line, Okafor used the cover to run out, and Kelly was blocked again and didn't catch up.

When Okafor got the ball, Granger could only make up for it, but Okafor was much stronger than Glanger, and in the face of Granger's defense, Okafor took the ball and forced an attack to the basket.

Not only did Granger fail to defend here, but he also fouled, the referee's whistle blew and Okafor's ball was shot.

Okafor was much more efficient today than in the previous game, coming up with a throw, turning his head and immediately 2+1, which was quite eye-catching on the offensive end. (To be continued......)