113-96, the Bulls finally defeated the Cavaliers and won the battle of the spotlight.

According to the statistics after the game, Irving scored a team-high 24 points on the Cavaliers' side, James scored 12 points in the final quarter and scored 20 points in the game, Love had 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and Davis had 8 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks.

On the Bulls' side, Xu Yong scored 15 points in the third quarter and 24 points in the game, but the Bulls had five players score double-doubles.

Jokic played the last 6 minutes, scored 2 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 1 turnover and 2 fouls, his current strengths and weaknesses are obvious, the passing is really good, the rebounds are really good, but the defense and foul control are really average, but as a rookie, and it is a debut, this performance is not bad.

After the match, Xu Yong participated in the post-match press conference.

After arriving at the venue, he subconsciously swept around, and sure enough, he didn't see Wenderhorst.

It looks like the Cavaliers haven't changed much from last season, but everything seems to have changed.

Without Windhorst's-stirring stick, the atmosphere of the entire press conference was much more peaceful.

"Is this win important for the Bulls? I mean an easy win for the top spot in the East End. A reporter from ESPN was the first to ask.

"It doesn't mean we don't have an opponent in the east, but it also means we can beat anyone." Xu Yong replied very seriously.

"You scored 24 points tonight, the lowest of the season, but you didn't play in the final quarter." A reporter from TNT asked Xu Yong a question.

Xu Yong glanced at this reporter before answering, his facial features were upright, and he looked like a Zhan Hei.

"I like to sit on the bench all the time in the final quarter so that my teammates can get playing time and they can be complimented for that, and I can sit on the sidelines and relax and enjoy the performance." He replied with a smile.

After the press conference, Xu Yong and Butler walked together in the direction of the locker room.

"Senior, why are they (knights) pulling so much now?" Butler couldn't help but complain.

'There were some problems with their play tonight. Xu Yong doesn't think there's anything wrong with Butler's complaint, the Cavaliers' record this season is obviously better than last season, and theoretically the two sides should be a tough battle, but he didn't underestimate the Cavaliers because of this.

"But ...... at the press conference just now," Butler was surprised by Xu Yong's answer.

"Jimmy, we have a saying that 'strategically despise the enemy, tactically value the enemy,' and I think everything will change the next time we meet." Xu Yong said seriously.

He's not cautious, but the Cavaliers do have a lot of problems tonight, the most important thing is James.

Although it has been more than a month since the start of the season, James has clearly not yet adapted to the change in the penalty scale.

It's not easy, because when a person is used to running and playing on the basketball court all year round, you suddenly tell him that it's not allowed, it's hard.

However, Xu Yong feels that James still has a certain probability of adapting, after all, it has only been a long time since the season has just begun.

Butler nodded when he saw Xu Yong's serious appearance, there was nothing wrong with being cautious.

"I don't know how happy it is, but when you're sitting in a car and you're racing in a carriage in the field, it's really, really cool."

When he returned to the locker room, Xu Yong heard Jokic sharing his happy experience with the team, and he could fully feel Jokic's happy mood.

"Isn't the horse racer on horseback?" Anderson on the side asked curiously.

Xu Yong also turned his head curiously after sitting down at this time, he had heard about Jokic's love for horse racing before he was reborn, but it was indeed the first time he had heard that horse racing was not riding.

"No, in our place it's in a cart, and a man of his size can crush a horse." Jokic immediately shook his head.

Hearing this, Xu Yong somewhat understood, people in the Balkan Peninsula are generally relatively large, and ordinary horses will indeed be unbearable.

After his teammates went back after showering, Jokic walked up to Xu Yong with a smile on his face, and then mysteriously handed him a card.

"It's a new tea that has just been served."

"I've been and drunk it, and the quality is really good." Then he added with a look of intoxication.

With a "I didn't expect you to be such a Jokic" expression, Xu Yong reached out and took it, and then looked at the content of the card, which was a business card from a Chinatown teahouse, a very serious one.

Don't say it, he came to Chicago for so many years and didn't find out, Jokic found it so quickly.

However, although the United States does not produce tea, the amount of tea is not low, and it is not surprising that there are tea houses.

It can only be said that this fat boy really understands life and is willing to pursue the quality of life.

"Thank you, Boss." At the end, Jokic thanked Xu Yong.

Hearing this, Xu Yong accepted the card with a smile, and then patted Jokic on the shoulder.

Although he and Thibodeau didn't say it, someone as smart as Jokic should have guessed that his chance had something to do with him.

However, Jokic took his chance tonight, and while that doesn't necessarily guarantee him to be in the rotation in his rookie season, as Hawes is better overall than him right now, it should ensure that he gets on the activation list and gets more opportunities.

……

Time flies, and half a month has passed in a blink of an eye.

As Christmas approaches, so does the anticipation of the Christmas fight.

This expectation comes from both the Bulls and their opponents, the Warriors.

The Warriors were the most shocking team of the season, and even Seo was a little surprised.

So far this season, they have not tasted defeat, and have won the second most consecutive game in history, which is also the best start in NBA history.

Xu Yong remembers that the Warriors only won 24 in a row, and he still remembers that it was ended by the Bucks, who are known as the all-time streak terminators, and the Lakers' 33 consecutive wins were also ended by them.

But if you think about it, Antetokounmpo, the boss of the Bucks team, is in the Raptors, and it's normal that he can't win.

And if you look closely, you will find that the Warriors' record is very watery, because even if they have played until now, they still haven't played against strong teams such as the Thunder, Mavericks, and Cavaliers, and even the Bulls only played in the Christmas game.

So you say that Xiao Hua is not partial to the warriors?

In history, the 1-3 reversal in the finals was that Xiao Hua's arm couldn't beat Nike.

However, after fully understanding what was going on, Xu Yong could better understand why the Warriors fought so badly in the end with 73 wins, because no matter how you arrange the schedule, the opponent who should be played still has to play, and the easy front is all over, and the rest of the rest is difficult?

But if you don't think about it, now the Warriors are facing a historic opportunity, because after playing the Bulls, their opponents in the next five games are not the main opponents of the championship, and they will not face the Mavericks until the sixth game, which means that if they bite the Bulls, then they will break the all-time 33-game winning streak!

It's a record that's been in the dust for 34 years and is considered harder to break than 72 wins.

So this game is not just a battle of focus, if you bring it into the perspective of the Warriors, the Bulls are the last big boss of their impact on the historical record, and as the 72-win championship last season, the first in the Eastern Conference this season, the hard power of the Bulls is also fully deserved.

This is a Mars collision with the Earth-style showdown, and the overwhelming media reports have already filled this game.

The official also posted promotional photos early, in addition to the C-position matchup between Curry and Xu Yong, there are also alignments and analysis of various positions, which is much more important than the previous Cavaliers VS Bulls game.

TNT has already done several episodes in a row.

"The jumpers will never win a championship." Barkley, as the No. 1 Xu Blow, is naturally a staunch Bulls, and he even did not forget to sneer at the Warriors.

The remark also sparked fierce controversy on social media.

Proponents argue that no team has ever won a championship by shooting before this, the most typical example is the Suns, who failed to make it to even a Finals during the run-and-gun period.

Opponents argue that the Warriors are different from the Suns and any other team that relies on shooting in the past, because they have offense and defense, and Kerr has changed the team's offensive rhythm since he took over, no longer confined to positional hand-to-hand combat, but has not lost the defensive system built by Mark Jackson.

Even taking a step back, the Warriors' 67 wins last season and 28 consecutive wins this season are something that no other basketball team has ever done, which means that the Warriors are very different from those teams.

The controversy started out on social media, but as the Christmas game approached, Draymond Green was the expected protagonist when reporters turned the microphone at the Warriors players.

"He doesn't understand modern basketball at all." In response to Barkley's remarks, Green directly chose to fight back.

"Basketball is developing, and he's still holding on to that old and shabby basketball philosophy, and he's now TNT's biggest joke."

Green's response quickly hit the hot search, and then Barkley also unceremoniously began to respond in the new episode of the show.

"Listen, Draymond Green is an idiot, an ignorant idiot who only played in the NBA for a few years and thought he knew everything? The Warriors' record is because of the schedule, and look, the Bulls will crush them! ”

You can completely hear Barkley's anger, after all, Green is a rookie who hasn't finished his rookie season, and in his opinion, it's the Warriors' contract extension that makes this stunned youth swell.

But he didn't expect Green to really be able to fight, after Barkley's response, Green didn't wait for an interview with reporters, and directly responded positively on social media: "This is a battle for the new era basketball to smash the old era basketball, and we will prove it in the Christmas game." ”

After a few simple rounds of verbal battles, the attributes of Green's big mouth are clear at a glance.

And this wave is AOE damage, and it also attacked the Bulls, shaping the Bulls into an old-fashioned basketball team.

Because the game was played in Chicago, on the day of the game, the Bulls were open for training, and reporters interviewed Xu Yong and Butler.

When the reporter asked Green's words, Butler answered directly and disdained on the spot: "Without Stephen (Curry), he is nothing, maybe he can only dance on the street for a living." [Note 24]

He now has two championships in hand, the Bulls are the second in charge, what is Green's status? What's more, this Warriors team hasn't even reached the finals, so it's not normal to look at it, and he didn't want Xu Yong to speak, because that would make Xu Yong and Green look the same level.

"Be careful at night, that guy is very dark." As he returned to the locker room after the interview, Xu Yong turned his head to Butler and reminded him.

"If he dares to attack me, I will definitely make him regret it." Butler shook his fist.

"Then you're doing what he wants." Xu Yong shook his head, he knew that Butler was an old-school player and did that kind of thing.

There's no doubt that Green is a dirty guy, whether it's the things he knew before he was reborn, or his previous NCAA experience, but Green's dirtiness is not the same as James's, because every move he makes has a strong purpose.

Take Butler's words just now, if Green can trade with Butler, the Warriors will have a much better chance of winning.

"So what do we do?" Butler is a little confused, can't he be dirty and not respond, right?

"Why do you think the team is renewing Ron's contract?" Xu Yong asked with a smile.

Butler instantly understood, no wonder when he played the Cavaliers before, not only Jokic, but even Artest also followed into the activation list.

Speaking of which, the Cavaliers also signed Dundee Jones this season.

This is after suffering losses, they have begun to prepare [functional players].

When they returned to the locker room, Thibodeau arrived, and then announced the inactive rosters for tonight, Hinrich and Ennis.

When Butler heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xu Yong, and sure enough, Xu Yong still understood Thibodeau.

That night, the Christmas battle between the Warriors and Bulls kicked off at the United Center.

The attendance was full, and most of them were dragged with their families, and on a big day like Christmas, the festive atmosphere of this war of the century was also quite strong.

At the opening ceremony, in addition to giving Xu Yong and Curry shots, the photographers on the scene also gave Green a lot of shots.

The pre-game war of words started out just between Barkley and Green, but now it's between Green and the Bulls.

After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were released one after another.

Warriors: Curry, Thompson, Harrison Barnes, Green, Bogut;

Bulls: Rose, Butler, Xu Yong, West, Adams.

The starters of both sides came on, and Xu Yong found that Barnes was defending West, and the person opposite him was Green.

Cole's arrangement makes sense.

Amid the cheers of the fans, Adams turned the ball back into the Bulls half, and the game officially began.

Butler organized an attack in the frontcourt, and Xu Yong ran a pindown tactic, but did not get a direct shot.

Although Green is a big man, he is not slow to move, and Xu Yong found that he had a good anticipation of cover, bypassing early and then pounced on the long arm to compress the space of the shot, compared to the NCAA period, he is obviously much more experienced.

But this is also normal, although Green is only his fourth year of rookie this year, he played four years of college before entering the NBA.

Xu Yong chose the high basket singles.

He dragged sideways, but still didn't get rid of Green, who was selected for the defensive team last season and is still very strong defensively.

Seeing this, Xu Yong took the first explosive step on the left side to break through, and then hit the pivot foot and turned back to make a jumper.

Now Green was completely thrown away, no matter how strong his defensive ability is, he is still an inside line in essence, and he can't keep up with Xu Yong's offensive rate.

But it's a pity that Xu Yong didn't be able to hit this ball.

"I knew it! You can't make it! You can't shoot under my defense! Green was first surprised when he saw Xu Yong striking iron, and then shouted directly at Xu Yong.

Xu Yong frowned, Green spoke trash to him at the beginning, which was obviously trying to mess with his mentality.

Bogut protected the defensive rebound under the basket, then turned and handed it to Green, who was the fast-break engine to push the counterattack.

It's just that the Bulls are obviously prepared, except for Adams who rushed to grab the rebound in the frontcourt, the other four quickly retreated.

The Warriors' fast break didn't get up and turned into positional play.

Green holds the ball at the top of the arc, and Curry and Thompson run off the ball on either side, which is a classic Warriors tactic.

The Warriors' success this season is mainly due to Curry, but not exactly Curry, to be precise, it should be the [Splash Brothers].

Curry threw an average of 12 three-pointers in a game, Thompson threw eight a night, and the two combined took 20 shots, more than most teams shoot in one night, and they could throw in close to 10 together.

This makes it very difficult for opponents to defend because you don't know which one to defend against when two people run, especially in the figure 8 position.

However, the Bulls continued to show their response, with Butler following Thompson closely and Rose restricting Curry from beyond the three-point line with Seo's cooperation.

The tactics on both sides of the Splash Brothers didn't have a chance, and Green finally fired his own shot outside the three-point line.

Green is averaging 3.2 three-pointers per game this season and shooting 39.8 percent from the field, which is already excellent as an insider.

The Warriors are on a 28-game winning streak, and they've been playing well enough in addition to their schedule.

Green pounded his chest and roared after the goal, and his every move would make opponents feel very uncomfortable.

That's what he's capable of, and only by forcing the opposition to go up can he play to his ability on the defensive end and create opportunities for the Warriors to defend and counter-attack.

Xu Yong arrived in the front court and continued to make tactical gestures, and then fell to the low post to receive the ball.

Green's excellent matchups, coupled with his reach and speed, are strong defensive in the low post, and can even top the No. 5 position in the five-man lineup, and he is not the best choice in the low post singles.

But the shot that was basically undisturbed just now was off, and Xu Yong could feel that his opening hand was not good, so he had to play more inside, and the closer he got to the basket, the less he felt the attack, and it would be better if he could attract a pinch attack to create opportunities for his teammates.

However, the Warriors did not get on the attack, both because the Warriors are not a five-man lineup that can switch defenses infinitely, and because Kerr trusts Green's low-post defensive ability.

Xu Yong got a chance to go one-on-one in the low post.

He gave Green a hard confrontation, and then turned around and leaned back directly, Green flew up when he saw this, and he didn't dare to let go of this distance.

Xu Yong quickly collected the ball with one hand, turned 360° directly to the sideline to shake Green away, and then scored an easy low-handed layup.

After Green landed on the ground, he clapped his hands in annoyance when he saw Xu Yong's goal, he should have regretted that he had to jump, because Xu Yong would definitely try to avoid shooting if he didn't feel good.

The Warriors continued to attack in the frontcourt, and this time Thompson ran out to catch the ball, but when he shot, Butler came around the pick-and-roll to interfere, and his shot was missed.

The rebound was protected by Adams, who held the ball up and tried to make a long pass, but it didn't pass.

Like the Bulls, the Warriors don't rush to the frontcourt, and they retreat quickly, with both sides focusing on the opposing defensive counterattack on the defensive end tonight.

Xu Yong continued to reach for the ball after holding the position in the low position.

Green was unpleasant, and he wasn't going to get used to it.

Butler gave the ball in, but the Warriors still chose not to pinch Xu Yong.

Seeing this, Xu Yong also continued to single-handedly beat Green, and this time he smashed the weight of his entire body on Green, and the muffled sound of the two muscles fighting against "bang bang" was clearly audible on the sidelines.

Green felt a dull pain in his chest, he didn't expect Xu Yong to suddenly play hand-to-hand combat with him.

He saw the opportunity in the next moment and directly withdrew from the bench.

That's his defensive experience, but he underestimated Seo's body control.

Xu Yong practiced how to sense defense with his feet with Jordan back then, so this time he jumped up with the trend, and then a back-to-back lever wiped the board and went to the basket to send the ball to the basket.

For two rounds in a row, Xu Yong played Green in the low post, and it looked like he was playing with ease.

"Defend! Defend! ”

The emotions of the fans were stirred up and they began to spontaneously cheer in unison for the home team.

The Warriors' offense, Barnes cut beautifully, but was destroyed by Xu Yong's chasing, and Xu Yong also took off the defensive rebound.

Since the opening of the game, the Warriors have played three offenses, but except for Green's first three-pointer, they have failed to score in the next two rounds, which is seriously inconsistent with the Warriors' season performance.

It's not that the Warriors have any problems themselves, it's that the Bulls' defensive intensity is completely different from the opponents the Warriors have played before.

The Bulls didn't let the Warriors get up and dragged the Warriors into a positional battle, and then with defensive sluggers like Butler and Xu Yong, as well as a mature defensive system, it was strange that the Warriors' offense could play smoothly.

Xu Yong dribbled forward this time after winning the rebound, and as soon as the formation of the two sides fell, he had already reached the low post with his back to Green and started to play alone.

The first two times the Warriors chose not to flank him, this time he didn't even give the Warriors time to choose.

And his offensive style changed again, when Green sank his weight and was ready to fight him, he just fought a little bit, directly dribbled to the basket, and then jumped up through Bogut, who was not fully assisted in defense, and pulled the ball high with his right hand.

"Bang!"

is directly a one-handed one-handed violent buckle after a confrontation.

"Hello, Yellow Miracle." And after completing the buckle, Xu Yong greeted Bogut.

Bogut's face turned red instantly, he shouldn't have come over to make up for it!

And he didn't dare to do anything to Xu Yong, a yellow miracle had already made him wear a mask of pain.

After seeing Bogut's cowardice, Xu Yong felt unhappy, and in response to Green's opening trash talk, he asked the Warriors bench in the defense, "Hey, did you send someone to defend me just now?" Why don't you send someone to defend me? ”

What is the difference in the level of trash talk, just these two sentences, a group of people on the Warriors have been so angry that they can't do it.

Cole directly reached out and called a timeout.

This scene was projected onto the big LED screen by the photographer, and the scene was instantly filled with cheers from fans.

Green just sprayed Xu Yong at the beginning, and then was beaten by Xu Yong for three rounds, and the key point is that in the end, the whole Warriors team was broken.

When Xu Yong got off the field, he directly waved his hand to signal that the cheers of the fans at the scene were louder.

It can be seen from his previous conversations with Butler that he also attaches great importance to this game, and naturally studies the Warriors' footage.

This Warriors team is not easy to defend, especially when they get up and Curry starts throwing logos in the midfield, which is really going to be devastating, so the key to the game is to avoid that and to suppress them in momentum.

After the timeout, the Warriors lineup was adjusted, Iguodala went directly to replace Bogut, and Kerr went directly to the fifth small!

Five small is the bottom-of-the-box tactic developed by the Warriors this season, and it is also the key factor for the Warriors to achieve consecutive wins, which is generally used to open the score in the third quarter, but it is also used when chasing points, which is also the origin of the famous meme "10 points is not a point difference, 20 points is not enough for them to chase".

Cole sacrificed five small early, I don't know if he was stimulated by Xu Yong's trash talk just now, or if he felt that he couldn't fall into passivity too early in this battle of focus.

However, the adjustment was immediate, and after the timeout came back, the Warriors played one of their most classic [elevator door tactics], Curry received a pass from Thompson at the top of the arc and hit his first three-pointer of the night.

6 draws.

Three points are a weapon whether it is chasing points or opening up the score.

And when Xu Yong received the ball in the low post, the Warriors began to pinch him, Xu Yong threw the ball directly to West in the diagonal elbow area, the Warriors directly changed the defense infinitely, and West's mid-range shot was interfered with and missed the basket.

That's the rhythm of the Warriors, forcing the opponent to play iron by pinching the ball-handler and changing defenses, and then playing defensive counterattacks to speed up the tempo.

This is very similar to the Heat's Big Three playing style back then, the difference is that they are pure five, the rotation rate is higher, and the interference of defense is naturally stronger.

Everything was expected by Cole, except for ...... The Warriors didn't get a defensive rebound.

The five small naturally have weaknesses, and the biggest weakness is rebounding, which basically depends on Green's position under the basket and other people's rush for defensive rebounds.

But on the contrary, the Bulls now have a frontcourt rebounding master on the court, although Adams was stuck by Green, but he was tall and long-armed, and he directly grabbed the rebound that popped up, and he knew that it was not easy to play Green, so he went back to West directly after taking it.

At this time, the whole Warriors team had contracted to rush to grab rebounds, and West was already unmarked when he received the ball again, and he hit a solid mid-range shot.

The on-site photographer shot Kerr, who was on the Warriors' bench, and Kerr's expression was a little constipated at this time, and the Warriors' five small seemed to work, but it didn't seem to work completely.

The Warriors continued to cooperate in the frontcourt, and this time Thompson received a pass from Green and cut into a layup to score.

The five-small style of play, especially Green, is now the No. 5 position with stable projection on the court, the space is too open, and the Bulls have expanded their three-point ratio to prevent the Warriors, and their ability to protect the restricted area has weakened.

Xu Yong received the ball in the high post this time, and his choice after receiving the ball was very fast, and he directly turned around with a low center of gravity between the pinching and broke through to the basket to kill.

After Green moved to the No. 5 position, the person who defended him now was Iguodala, who didn't keep up with Xu Yong's sudden change of pace.

Xu Yong broke through to the basket, Green was forced to help defend it, and the Warriors' defense rotation also began to work, Barnes was helping to defend under the basket, and Iguodala also turned to the Bulls outside after being passed.

Seeing this, Xu Yong threw the ball directly into the basket, and Adams took off there.

"Bang!"

Directly across Barnes to complete the two-handed empty buckle.

After seeing Adams finish the air pickup, Xu Yong looked at Green's iconic hand, as if to say: That's it?

The Warriors' five small represent modern basketball, which is really difficult to defend, but their five small can not stop the impact of the Bulls on the basket at all on the defensive end.

Cole couldn't sit still, and he got up and went to the sidelines.

The layman looks at the excitement, the insider looks at the doorway, don't look at the stalemate between the two teams now, but if the five small can't pull up the rhythm, then the Warriors will slowly fall into passivity, because the saying in basketball "The closer you get to the basket, the more sure you can score" is the truth.

Sure enough, in the next round, Adams shrank to the free throw line at Thibodeau's request, giving Green a certain three-point opportunity, and then Green's three-point shot hit the iron.

Green opened with trash talk at Xu Yong in order to engage Xu Yong's mentality, but he was beaten by Xu Yong for three rounds in a row, and was beaten by Xu Yong again, and his mentality fluctuated greatly.

You must know that the flying knee that Xu Yong gave him back then made his cheeks still have a faint pain.

As he stepped back into the defensive round, Kerr began shouting on the sidelines to remind the Warriors of their defense.

The Warriors are starting to play physically, and they're making more small moves to defend their defensive positions.

It is inevitable that the short man will want to defend the tall man with small actions, and Paul has taken so many defensive bursts that the small movements are also the most.

However, this still didn't work, because their current interior combination is too weak to protect the restricted area, Butler went inside to meet Green's defensive throw and didn't score, but Adams directly picked up the offensive rebound, and stuffed it to Xu Yong, who cut in, was a pull-up pole and scored with both hands.

The atmosphere of the United Center was instantly pushed to a climax.

The Warriors' five small are a bit vulnerable!

Green was set to be cleared again, but this time he didn't dare to shoot, waiting for Curry to run out and hand him the ball.

Curry attacked with the ball, Adams let Green go directly to the curry, and Curry chose a long-distance three-point shot.

It's not a long distance for him this season.

However, the momentum was not on the Warriors' side at this time, and his shot was denied by the basket.

Xu Yong saw the basket landing, flew to pick up the defensive rebound, and then advanced to Butler in the fast break.

The two hit Green in the front court, and Butler finally gave the ball to Xu Yong, who accelerated to get rid of Green's flying low-handed layup.

But at this moment, Green saw that he couldn't prevent it, and hugged him directly from behind.

The referee's whistle blew to signal Green's foul.

Xu Yong was annoyed when he landed, turned around and pushed Green away.

Seeing this, Green directly put his head on Xu Yong, and waited for Xu Yong to continue to get started.

Butler quickly went up at this time and grabbed Xu Yong, he was a good guy directly, Xu Yong reminded him to calm down, but his senior was more impulsive than him.

However, when he pulled Xu Yong away, he realized that Xu Yong was smiling at him, and he realized that Xu Yong's action just now was to express his dissatisfaction with Green's foul.

Sure enough, the referee escalated Green's foul to a first-degree malicious foul after watching the video replay.

Green looked very dissatisfied, and Kerr also went to the technical table to protest and communicate with the referee, but the referee did not change the decision in the end.

Although they received an order to take care of the Warriors before today's game, this also depends on the specific situation, and the other party is Xu Yong, the first person in the league.

The Bulls made two free throws and one throw, and after Xu Yong hit the free throw, the score between the two sides has come to 8-14, and it is the Bulls' possession.

Cole's five little didn't do what he wanted.

At this moment, there were substitutions on the sidelines, not for the Warriors, but for the Bulls, and Thibodeau replaced West with Artest.

It was Artest's first appearance of the season, and as soon as he came on the pitch was in the rotation.

At a glance, it is clear that it is not a normal rotation, but a strategic one.

The Warriors are getting more and more moving on the court this time, and Thibodeau chooses to protect his players in this way.

Cole was very excited when he saw it, and he directly motioned to Barnes to let Artest go to pinch Xu Yong.

Xu Yong gave the ball to Butler, and Butler met Artest, who missed the basket with a three-point shot.

Green finally got stuck with Adams this time and picked up the defensive rebound, but the next second an unexpected scene happened.

Green made a seemingly unintentional additional move as he picked off the basket, reaching out and hitting Adams' crotch directly at the .gif.

This time it came down too suddenly, Adams was defenseless, and the little brother was suddenly hit hard and curled up and crouched.

Artest reacted the fastest, and rushed towards Green, and he came up to do this.

But Green already knew that Artest was there, so after landing on the ground, he had already gone to the side to hide, but also went in the direction of Butler.

As Xu Yong said, his movements were clearly purposeful.

Don't ask why he didn't rush Xu Yong, he didn't want to be by Xu Yong again.

Fortunately, the referee reacted at this time, and one went to stop Artest and the other to separate Butler and Green.

The players of both sides were separated, and Adams also stood up with Xu Yong's support at this time.

"Are you okay?"

"No problem." Adams let out a long breath and shook his head.

He is really hard, not only physically hard, but also the little brother is also hard.

The game again went into a technical timeout.

Under the camera, Cole's expression at this time was a little speechless.

Although he felt that the previous referee's punishment of Green was a bit heavy, he didn't think that Green would fight against Adams' younger brother without respite for a round, especially when Thibodeau replaced Artest, just when the Warriors regained momentum, this guy's brain must have been, and he should have replaced Green in front.

At the other end of the court, Xu Yong gave Artest a fierce look.

Originally, if it was just an ordinary regular season, after Green chased the egg, he would go up and kill the other party himself.

But from his pregame chat with Butler, it was no ordinary regular season game, and it would be even more disgusting if Green won the game that way, and then the Warriors broke a 33-game winning streak.

And as a reborn, he knows just how hard Adams' eggs really are.

So, it's up to Artest, or Charity, World Peace.

At this time, the referee also gathered around in the midfield to discuss what penalty to give.

Because if this is a malicious foul again, then Green will be ejected directly, and now that the Warriors are already at a disadvantage, expelling Green again would violate the instructions they received, and it would be equivalent to declaring that the Warriors' winning streak would end here.

After discussion, they ended up giving Green a technical foul, because technical fouls and malicious fouls are not in the same system and do not stack.

After the referee gave the penalty, the scene immediately booed.

At this time, Kerr also replaced Green off the court to avoid the limelight.

Green is not the core of the Warriors, not even the second, but he is not only the core of the Warriors' five-small system, but also the key to the team's defensive system, so he was substituted, and the Warriors were significantly inferior on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

By the time the first quarter reached about 9 minutes, the two sides entered the rotation one after another, and the score on the court was already 18-31, and the Bulls had extended their lead to double digits.

Kerr saw that the momentum was not right, and replaced the calm Green on the court with a substitute.

said that it was a substitute, and the other positions of the Warriors were Barbosa, Livingston, Iguodala, and Speight, and the competitiveness on the court was still very strong, and there was a chance to narrow the difference in this segment.

In fact, it was true, Livingston came up and broke the scoring drought for the Warriors with a trademark low-post back-to-back jumper, and in turn, he helped defend Rose's breakthrough layup, and then the Warriors played a wave of fast breaks, scored by Barbossa's fast-break layup, and played a wave of 4-0 when he came up.

Green also chattered after the pass.

Xu Yong took the initiative to get up and walk to Thibodeau at this time, and then came on as a substitute with Artest.

Xu Yong's appearance was somewhat unexpected, but the effect was also obvious.

Not only did the Bulls' morale skyrocket, but as soon as he broke through with the ball, the Warriors' entire defensive focus could only shift to him.

Xu Yong saw the opportunity and stuffed the ball to the bottom line.

Over there, Artest knew he couldn't shoot, so he cut straight to the basket.

The Warriors basically ignored Artest on the court, so they didn't notice him at all.

Artest was unmarked, rushed to the basket and jumped, and completed a two-handed dunk directly before Green could return to defense.

Green's ball was fast enough to reach out, but because it was too far away, he couldn't catch up.

When he saw that he didn't have a defense, he turned around and was about to get the ball.

But at this moment, a scene that everyone didn't expect happened.

Artest was celebrating after the dunk, beating his chest with his left hand and lifting his steely right elbow with his right hand and .gif elbowing it directly at Green's right cheek, which he may not be able to see.

"Bang!"

Green didn't have time to dodge at all, he just felt like his brain had been hit by a car, and after falling to the ground, he reached out to help his head, but soon his brain consciousness gradually dissipated, and then fainted.

(End of chapter)