Chapter 139: The Devil's Seven Consecutive Guests, Fight James Again
The Bulls had a three-one, one-loss record in the first week of the regular season, and Doon was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
When the local media in Chicago learned the news, they reported it one after another and made a lot of publicity.
However, for Doon, the boss of the Bulls, it is still somewhat unbearable.
Doon knows best that the Bulls' winning pattern has been thoroughly studied by many teams.
If the Bulls can't find another way to win, the next record will definitely not be too ideal.
In particular, the next schedule is not very friendly to the Bulls.
On Nov. 10, the Bulls host the Suns, who are No. 1 in the West.
It's the same storm of youth, the same run-and-run, the Sun is undoubtedly much more mature than the Bull.
Nash, Quentin Richardson, singles Joe, Marion, and Smalls.
At present, if the Suns can be translated to the small-ball era in ten years, they should have a good chance of winning the championship.
Of course, the premise is to strengthen the defense and prepare a villain or two who do the dirty work.
Having said that, now that the bull led by Doon meets the sun led by Nash, there is a feeling that Ghost Li meets Kui.
The two teams look very similar, but in fact there is a big difference in strength.
The Bulls' defense of positional warfare is okay, but when it comes to the blocking and dismantling of Nash and Xiaosi, Nash and Marion, there is really no way to prevent it.
As a result, the Bulls' defensive counterattack is half useless, and they can only play with the Suns on the offense of speed.
The Bulls are very young and can run, the Suns are not old, and all the players can continue to turn back and run.
The constant running and bombing battles made the Chicago fans on the scene very cool to watch, and the players of the two teams also flew up to brush the scores, and the Bulls players were quite satisfied with this.
However, the score gap on the field is getting wider and wider.
Doon took the initiative to keep the pace of the game down, wanting to hit the ball and strengthen the defense.
But because the Suns had two offensive and defensive cores, Nash and Marion, Doon's plan quickly went bankrupt.
found that it seemed that he couldn't beat the Suns, and Doon also stopped the loss in time, oh no, it was to adjust the offensive strategy in time.
Constantly block and break the basket, or score under the basket with the help of transition offense, or feed the pie to a teammate.
It was thanks to Doon's own unremitting efforts that Doon was still glorious despite defeat, and played a gorgeous stat of 38 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists.
The final score of this game was only 119-111, and the Suns did not play very easily, until the last moment, the Suns remained on the court and ran hard.
In other words, after losing to the Suns, the Bulls ushered in the most difficult seven-game schedule of the regular season, and most of the teams were Western teams!
On Nov. 13, the Bulls visited Sacramento.
Because of Divac's departure, the King's strength has decreased slightly.
But it still retains the main lineup of Bibby, Doug Christie, Peja, Webb, and Brad Miller, and is still one of the championship teams in the Wild West.
Against a bluffing Eastern weak team like the Bulls, the Kings naturally played more easily.
And the Bulls Youth Army, because of their lack of game experience, was beaten by the Princeton system and had no power to fight back.
98-114, the Bulls were beaten by the Kings by 16 points on their first away road in the West.
Among them, there may also be the reason why Doane played for the Lakers last season and shaved his head for the Kings.
It's not good to play away games in a row, and it's not good to lose in a row.
The Bulls went from three wins in a row to three straight defeats, and now they are still visiting in the West, which is indeed a bit difficult to overcome.
However, Doon played a season with the Lakers and knew how to be the boss of a championship team and a big team.
Relying on the experience he learned from O'Neill, Doon generously took out more than 20,000 US dollars.
In order to prevent the occurrence of a situation where Dou Mien was promoted to Mi Feud, Doon did not directly send red envelopes to his teammates as O'Neal arranged when he played away in the playoffs.
Instead, he took the money and invited his teammates to a big meal, and let them enjoy a big health package of foot washing, massage, and cupping.
On Nov. 15, the Bulls finally raised their eyebrows and found some court on the Western Underdog Warriors.
The Warriors started this season with 1 win and 7 losses, sending a wave of warmth to many teams.
The Bulls were lucky enough to snap a three-game losing streak with the Warriors and boost their regular season wins to over 50 percent.
The time soon came to November 17, and the Bulls made persistent efforts to defeat the Nuggets by 4 points on the road, resuming the winning streak.
However, the Bulls players didn't have long to be happy when they lost again because of the visit to Salt Lake City, where the Bulls' small-ball play was limited by the climate and the Jazz's tough defense.
On November 21st, the bull and his party came to Phoenix City and once again faced the sun, which could not be beaten horizontally or vertically.
Not surprisingly, the Bulls lost their second straight game again, and their winning percentage slipped to 50%.
Fortunately, most of the Devil's seven-game game has been carried out, and the next two opponents are not very strong.
After the Suns, the Bulls began to fly east, and halfway through, the Bulls made a slight stop in Memphis according to the schedule.
On Nov. 24, the Bulls faced off against the Grizzlies, an underdog in the West.
Relying on Dwan's triple-double of 35 points, 11 rebounds and 16 assists, the Bulls defeated the Grizzlies by 7 points and ended a two-game losing streak.
Originally, Doon didn't pay much attention to this game, but after the game, Gasol took the initiative to exchange jerseys with Doon.
Perhaps because Doon played too well, Gasol also complained about the logo man trading Doon to the Lakers.
Once upon a time, Pau Gasol had the opportunity to play together on the same team as Doon.
For Pau Gasol, if the LOGO man hadn't traded Doon to the Lakers, then maybe he would have led the team to the Western Conference playoffs last season!
It's not like now, you can't win no matter how you fight in the west, the victory is not more than 50%, and you are even overturned by Doon with a group of rookies.
As for Gasol's complaints, Doon probably understood it.
Although I don't think there is a chance to play brother basketball, it is good to have a good relationship.
At least Gasol da has ideas, and the quality is not bad, and he will not pose any threat to Doon to win the FMVP, such a star is quite in line with Doon's appetite.
In other words, after playing the Grizzlies, the Bulls and their party returned to Chicago, and there was only one last away from playing.
And the next opponent is none other than the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are in the same Central Division as the Chicago Bulls.
"It's time to catch up with James!"
Doon still remembers that on the night of the opening game, James called him to congratulate him!
However, after Doon won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week, Anthony, Wade, and Bosh, who were also in the East, called Doon, but James seemed to have forgotten.
So, doesn't this give him a memory of the rise?
(End of chapter)