Due to the outrageous play of the rest of the Wizards in the first quarter, Li Kaiming had to play the whole first quarter and choose to shoot himself in the second half as much as possible.

One thing to say, scoring 11 points in a single quarter is already considered full of intensity, but it doesn't seem to be enough at the moment.

Adams Vernal, a commentator at the United Center, said at the end of the first quarter, "Li Kaiming's offense is still sharp, he did what he said before to score 8 points per quarter, but the support from his teammates is not enough, the Bulls' defense is too strong." ”

Gus Jason on the side nodded, "If nothing else, this game will become a match for Li Kaiming, and in future games, there will be more and more such scenes." ”

It seems that the two commentators, Adams and Jason, admit Li Kaiming's strength, but they are very unoptimistic about the strength of the Wizards.

This kind of thinking is also the cognition of most rational fans, Li Kaiming's current ability is obviously a little beyond the team's level, and the empty cut will only be the most likely outcome of the latter, just like Jordan back then, even if he averages 40 points per game, he will always not be able to get past the hurdle of a round of tours.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Sanders finally let Li Kaiming rest, of course, this break is only temporary, Sanders will stand on the sidelines and observe carefully, always ready to let Li Kaiming go up to put out the fire.

Li Kaiming also took advantage of this hard-won break to drink water and wipe his sweat on the bench, but his eyes never left the court.

He's afraid! He went down, and it was Arenas who was now in charge of the ball on the field, and if the latter played like he did when he came back at the beginning, then today's game could be declared over early.

Playing a team like the Cavaliers that is rotten to the bone, Li Kaiming still has the confidence and physical strength to pull back the backward point difference, but playing a team like the Bulls away, he doesn't dare to play like this with a boldness!

With the starting lineup, he can only play back and forth with the Bulls, if Arenas digs a pit after he goes up, then Li Kaiming wants to die!

But fortunately, Arenas gradually regained some form after a few games, and the top-paid Arenas met the benches of other teams, which was equivalent to a wolf entering the flock, and even shot with a sudden shot, with this outstanding individual ability, leading the Wizards' bench and the Bulls' bench to play inseparably.

Of course, Arenas still deducted the pass button, mainly focusing on his own singles.

After the two teams' semi-bench lineups battled fiercely for half a quarter in the second quarter, Thibodeau called a timeout first, and the score was fixed at 41-40.

Of course, it was a short timeout, Thibodeau switched to the full starting lineup after the timeout, and Sanders did the same, he originally wanted to try the lineup of the five, but the thought of Li Kaiming currently carrying two fouls on his back immediately dispelled this idea.

The combination of Li Kaiming and Yi Jianlian can't be said to have basically no defense, but it can also be said to be nothing.

Such an interior combination is okay in some games with little interior intensity, the main offensive area is on the outside, and the main defense is to protect rebounds, but in the face of the interior combination of Noah and Gibson, Sanders doesn't even need to put this lineup on the court, he can already think of the tragic situation after that.

So this time the Wizards are still all starters.

Thibodeau, on the other side, was obviously dissatisfied with the performance of the team's substitutes, so he took the initiative to take a timeout and take the starter.

The Bulls were still too immature in the first two seasons, but this season's Bulls trade got Boozer, and with the growth of Rose and Noah, the Bulls' goal is definitely not to be satisfied by entering the playoffs like before.

So with a team with the lowest odds to win the championship and a team with 10,000 people stabbing in defense, Thibodeau was very dissatisfied with this, his whole person was already as fat as a ball, his cheeks bulged out when he was angry, and his whole face looked like an inflated pufferfish.

"When I go up and defend seriously, I don't want to see the other side get an open space easily, and whoever gets distracted on the defensive end will get me down! Do you understand? Defend! ”

Thibodeau punched the tactical board, he wasn't really angry, but he did it to emphasize the importance of defense to his players.

In his Thibodeau team, you can only eat cake on offense, but if the defense is distracted or unwilling to help, it will definitely be criticized!

The Bulls players also nodded with serious expressions, and then everyone clenched their fists together to complete the cheering activity before going on the court.

Before the timeout ended, the Wizards hit a ball, so after the timeout came back, it was the Bulls who served, Rose quickly dribbled to the frontcourt, Noah on the inside was already stuck in position, Rose directly transferred the ball in, Noah turned around and hooked his hand, and the basketball hit the basket and missed, but the Tony brothers on the sideline were extremely sharp-eyed and found that Bradge hit Noah's forearm while defending, and immediately made up for a foul.

Bradge got the second foul of the game before he even got hot on the soles of his feet!

In fact, if this wave is based on the scale of the Bulls' defensive wizards, this ball can be blown or not, but the Bulls' home court and the Tony brothers two buffs successfully made Noah stand on the free throw line again.

Noah hit one of two free throws to make it 42-40.

The Wizards attacked, and before Li Kaiming reached the three-point line, Gibson posted it, and the trash talk in his mouth was still chattering, "Rookie, I'll let you know what defense is!" You don't get any points in front of me! ”

Li Kaiming was almost amused by this guy, he scored 11 points in the first quarter under this guy's defense, this guy was even ashamed to say that he couldn't score in front of him, this guy's skin is really thick!

However, Li Kaiming knew after thinking carefully that Gibson may not be talking trash for the sake of talking trash talk, the latter is just to disturb his mind, and it is best to make him restless and irritable.

Gibson put one hand on Li Kaiming's waist while tying his horse's steps, while staring at the latter, and his mouth did not stop for a moment.

Looking at Li Kaiming's unhurried movements, Gibson's heart gradually began to mumble, "This kid, why is he so calm?" If it were someone else, he would have been angry and started to prove himself alone! It's weird. ”

Hinrich then covered and broke through to the waist, the rest of the Wizards ran without the ball, Li Kaiming clapped his hands at the free throw line to catch the ball, and then shook it to attract the attention of Rose and Gibson, and then passed the ball from Gibson's feet to Hinrich's hands.

Hinrich received the ball and shot straight into the game, hitting the second goal since the opening kick-off.

42 flat!

Gibson slapped his big bald head with some remorse, and then gestured to Rose with his question.

Li Kaiming retreated backwards to his own backcourt, and at the same time spread his hands at the big bald head Gibson, and made a shrug motion, the meaning is obvious, you seem to have no way to take me.

After seeing this scene, Adams Vernal, the commentator at the scene, shook his head and said, "Gibson shouldn't provoke Li Kaiming, maybe Li doesn't seem to care about this on the surface, but his actions have shown that he will eat Gibson alive tonight!" ”

Gus Jason next to him sighed, "Lee's competitiveness is not weak at all, he just seems to have chosen a more reasonable way to play, some people on the Internet say that he will only play games with low intensity, but obviously the fact is that Li prefers to drive his teammates compared to digesting his own shots, and the evaluation of him on the Internet is embarrassing." Seeing today's Gibson, I believe that in the next game, if someone tries to challenge Li Kaiming, then I can only mourn for that person in my heart! ”

The Bulls attacked, Rose launched from the horns with the ball, and Rohrdeng was running quickly with the help of other people's cover, but the Wizards players were also in hot pursuit, Rohrdeng felt so good tonight, he hit 2 three-pointers in the first half, and the scoring was the highest on the Bulls team.

Rohrd's movement drew the Wizards' defensive center of gravity, and the interior began to get a little empty, but Noah was still heavily guarded, and Rose withdrew to give the ball to Gibson, who was unguarded in the middle distance.

Li Kaiming is currently shrinking in the penalty area, helping Bradch prevent Noah from receiving the ball and slightly letting Gibson go two steps.

Gibson is the kind of player who defends more than he attacks, looks fierce and looks good defensively.

His offensive range is limited to the basket, and he occasionally tries open shots from mid-range, and he doesn't have three-point shooting at all.

So when Gibson got the ball in the middle distance, he was excited, and he imagined that the singles Li Kaiming in the half to prove himself was finally coming!

Looking at Li Kaiming who pounced, Gibson showed a mouthful of white teeth, and then directly faced Li Kaiming for a three-step layup, which was still enough.

Li Kaiming, who ran over, estimated the distance, and under the gaze of Gibson's gradually changing face, he took off directly on the ground!

Gibson's layup is too underestimated for him, although his defense is not enough, but the physical fitness is here, this ball is so casual, he doesn't consider his anti-sky bounce at all.

So, the next scene made the mouths of the fans of the entire United Center gradually open to the maximum, and almost everyone could stuff two hard-boiled eggs.

And Gibson, who was the party concerned, was so frightened that he stood in place, and could only gradually lift his neck along with Li Kaiming's position......

Li Kaiming, who flew into the air, stretched out his hands directly in a groaning sound, stopped Gibson from making a layup in mid-air, and then held the basketball with both hands, confiscating the offensive qualification of the Bulls!

Adams Vernal and Gus Jason, who were on the sidelines, immediately stood up, "Oh roar! Li Kaiming, beautiful defense, he directly finished Tay Gibson's attack in the air! It's a five-goal defense! ”

Thibodeau, who was standing on the sidelines, was also stunned by the ball, and even forgot to criticize Gibson for attacking so casually......

On the big screen of the United Center, time also passed minute by minute......

Thibodeau's defensive strategy in the second quarter did not overwhelm Lee, and after halftime, the two sides continued to play hard, and the Bulls led by two points at 58-56.

Li Kaiming played 18 minutes in the half, scored 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block, scoring a game-high score, the rest of the Wizards Hinrich 6 points and 5 assists, Blatch 3 points and 8 rebounds, Nick Young 11 points and 3 rebounds, Ayersoton 6 points and 2 rebounds, and Arenas on the bench was the best performance of the Wizards other than Li Kaiming, with 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.