Chapter 37: Warm-up at the United Center Arena

Li Ming couldn't help but shudder, the weather in Chicago is still a little cold, especially at this time of year.

He was no stranger to the city, not because of basketball, but because he had come here to see a concert before, and yes, in Grant Park at the southwest end of the city, he was clearly anxious that two Montreal heavy metal bands had come that day, and he was singing and dancing with the crowd below.

It was all the memories of the city that his current body could remember, and his brain always seemed to be filled with some vague electric sounds, always reminding him of the footprints he had left in the city.

The team bus soon arrived at the hotel. It's a rare occurrence for the hotel to pull up a banner with some slogans welcoming the Memphis Grizzlies, and the hotel's executive director isn't really a basketball fan, at least not the Bulls.

"Hey Lee, do you see? They even welcomed away teams. Guy pressed a large backpack into Li Ming's arms.

The local newspapers weren't so friendly, though, and on the plane to Chicago, the back of his chair was littered with reports from the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Daily News.

The newspapers devoted a lot of space to reporting on the upcoming match.

There was even a smaller magazine that even used words like "this is a very explosive defender" to report on newcomers like Li Ming. The background image is a picture of him hanging a frame for a dunk.

There is no shortage of defenders in this city, from the gods of the past to Ben Gordon a little earlier, to the current number one Derrick Rose, all of whom are physically explosive players.

Newspapers and magazines also need some such gimmicks to earn traffic, and nothing attracts popularity more than a yellow-skinned player.

After a short break, the team bus arrived at the United Center Arena on time at 6 p.m.

The arena is large enough to accommodate 21,000 people, and there is even a sign in the center of the arena that the Blackhawks have not had time to evacuate (the Chicago Blackhawks of the Hockey League and the Chicago Bulls of the NBA share the same arena as their home arena).

Conley was already warming up, and Li Ming didn't get into the center of the field quickly, he just quietly watched Carlos Boozer on the other side.

He wore thick finger sleeves and repeated his long-range shots over and over again.

He couldn't be more familiar with this player, a man who even Yao Ming was helpless in the playoffs that year, and one of the new Utah doubles.

However, what attracted him more than his fame was Boozer's bizarre shooting posture.

"Grass, this shooting posture is also amazing, even Sean Marion can't help but complain when he sees it, the most annoying thing is that he is quite accurate."

Suddenly, a burst of laughter reached the Grizzlies' half, and it turned out to be Nate Robinson on the other side who completed a gliding dunk on Mohammed's head.

He was the man Li Ming was going to face most of the time tonight, and Li Ming couldn't help but glance at him twice.

Of course, it may also be that Hamilton and him will have a little more time on the throne, and it will also depend on Thibodeau's choice.

Since Rose's injury, the Chicago Bulls have been lacking a point guard in the strict sense of the word, especially after sending away Kirksynridge this season.

If you want to say that Thibodeau, in Chinese Taoism or metaphysics, he may really be synonymous with tragedy.

The team has the first record in the league in the regular season for two consecutive seasons, but it didn't even make it to the semifinals of the division, especially when it was blacked out by the dim Philadelphia 76ers the year before last.

The team management's patience with him is also exhausted, you have to say that he can't do it, the record is at the top of the list, you have to say that he can do it, he can't beat anyone.

There may be a bar spirit who says, "Oh, our Rose is hurt, who can beat him if he doesn't get hurt?" It can even be the MVP for a second time.

However, injuries are also a factor, and they are also factors that both coaches and players have to control. In the final moments of the first game of the playoffs, Thibodeau stubbornly kept Rose on the court despite leading by a large score, resulting in a major injury and a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

He is the master who lets the main force fight for forty-two or three minutes at every turn, and it is no wonder that he is not injured.

You can also see from his employment that the rookie is a disaster in his hands, and he hardly gets any chance to play.

It's the main force that is built to the death, and minor injuries can't get off the line of fire, and serious injuries don't get out of the line of fire!!

“Lee!!” Rudy Guy's screams pulled him back to reality.

This was followed by Guy's powerful pass.

"I'm going to die, who can catch it with such a strong effort." Li Ming roared.

Guy pointed his finger and thrust it under the basket at high speed.

Li Ming understood, and with a powerful blow to the ground, the ball would be a little higher than the basket, and Guy roared and smashed the ball into the frame.

For this shot, he flew four meters away, and the foot that jumped was right across the free throw line.

Wow grass, will there be a risk of being beaten up by doing such an action in this arena? Old fans who are a little older should know that the allusion to this goal, I won't repeat it here.

The other side of the court was not far behind, and Nate also came with a flat frame to blow up in the midst of everyone's uproar.

The game hasn't started yet, and the two sides have begun to secretly compete. Strangely, after Nate landed, his finger did not point to Guy, who had just completed the dunk, but stopped in the direction of Li Ming, and made a grimace and baby shake motion.

Li Ming twisted his head to the side and ignored him.

After a while, Hollins clapped his palms and motioned for everyone to sit down, form a circle, and perform some simple leg presses and stretching movements.

Conley is doing sliding practice along the sideline, he barely had any rest in the last game against the Nuggets, and today I don't know if his form will be affected.

At half past seven, the fans had already entered the stadium one after another, and the DJs on the sidelines began to play and interact. The long-legged cheerleaders also began to cooperate with the team's mascot to throw gifts to the crowd.

Some cheerleaders have to take a few steps back and pad their feet to reluctantly throw the gift to the stands a little farther away because of their relatively small strength. After the gift is taken off, the body will stumble uncontrollably a few steps, and the two huge objects on the chest will also sway.

Calling people ...... Calling people ...... Oh, sister, why don't you call your brother if you have little strength, my brother is big, my brother is big, my brother is big, my brother will help you.

Today's guests in the studio are Miller, the King of Forced Kings, and his equal brother, Big Bird Larry Bird.

Before the game began, the two had already faced each other in the studio, and all kinds of jokes were caught by hand, foaming and flying, and even the Bobcats in Charlotte could feel the temperature of the studio.