Chapter 147: Little Overlord of the East!
Doon is ready to win tonight's game.
In order to be able to limit Arenas from scoring, it is natural to conserve some stamina on the offensive end and leave it on the defensive end.
The Chinese fans at the scene were a little dissatisfied with this, but the Chicago fans in front of the TV were still very satisfied.
Under Doon's leadership, the difference between the two teams quickly widened.
In the first quarter, the Wizards fired three shots and two shots.
Arenas was hard to defend by Doon, and Deng also limited Antoine Jamison's shots, and only Larry Hughes was able to score on Ben Gordon in the mid-range single.
However, Tyson Chandler blocked the way to break through the basket, and Larry Hughes could only score from mid-range, and the scoring efficiency was not very high.
"The Wizards can't seem to beat the Bulls!"
"It's normal for the Wizards to not be able to beat the Pistons and Pacers, and it's understandable that they can't beat the Heat with O'Neal, but if they can't beat the Bulls, then this season will be difficult."
"It seems like that's the case, the bull is stronger than we thought!"
The 04-05 season has been played for more than a month, plus the preseason is two months.
During these two months, fans of other teams just realized that the Bulls were playing well offensively under Doon's leadership.
Unexpectedly, Doon can not only lead his teammates' offense, but also use his own offense to urge his teammates to make a qualitative leap on the defensive end.
In terms of individual defense, the Bulls Youth Army is becoming more and more mature and tough.
As long as you don't have a team like the Suns with a master of ball handling and playmaking like Nash, or a team like the Kings that dominates the Princeton system, the Bulls' defense will work.
The team can't do it, and the boss is responsible.
Arenas originally wanted to consume Doon first, and then find a more suitable time to make a move.
But as the margin widened, Arenas had to step up and take over the game on the offensive end.
So, Larry Hughes became Arenas' dribbling guard, and when he got to the frontcourt, Arenas immediately burst to the basket with the help of a pick-and-roll.
In order to avoid Arenas' throwing, Doon can only squeeze the cover, follow Arenas, and let go of the shot.
However, Arenas' breakthrough speed was too fast, and Josh Smith wanted to step forward to delay it, but he was directly passed by Arenas in one step.
Even, Arenas used Josh Smith to block Doon's pursuit.
When Doon chased down the basket, Arenas didn't choose to go to the basket himself, but instead activated Brandon Haywood after attracting Tyson Chandler's defense.
Arenas's style of play is still very rational, it is impossible for the outside line to score with his jump shot alone, and he will attack the basket alone, and he will consume a lot of physical strength because of the physical confrontation under the basket.
Therefore, it is necessary to activate the interior teammates.
However, the Bulls are not afraid of the Wizards.
Before Arenas could get back to the backcourt, Tyson Chandler had already made a long pass to Rohr Deng.
Without Doon being involved in the fast break, Luol Deng relied on his excellent physical fitness to play a transition attack with the interference of Antoine Jamison.
Antoine Jamison also wanted to replicate the Bulls' success, quickly running off the baseline to pick up the ball and make a long pass to his teammates in the frontcourt.
However, by the time he was ready to serve, the Bulls players had returned to the backcourt.
At this time, if he serves rashly, not only is it likely that the Bulls will complete the steal, but even if he passes the ball to the front court, it will put his teammates in a disadvantageous situation.
For this reason, Antoine Jamison can only summon Larry Hughes to come and answer him.
After the ball dribbled past halftime, Arenas continued to get the ball, and the Bulls directly pinched Arenas with Ben Gordon and Doon.
Arenas was forced to play the ball and then mismade a pass and was tackled by Doon.
In order to motivate Ben Gordon, Doon did not choose to go to the basket himself, but passed the ball to Ben Gordon, who was following behind, and finally the round was completed by Ben Gordon's dunk.
"Gilbert, we'll kill you!"
When Doon returned to the defense, he saw Arenas who stepped forward to pick up the ball, and continued to spew trash talk, affecting Arenas.
Arenas, who was never favored in the second round and became the boss of the Wizards in the playoffs, was naturally very determined and unmoved.
However, tonight's match against Doon and the Bulls did give him a lot of headaches.
The Bulls' intentions to wrap him around are already obvious, and if he doesn't give the ball to his teammates, then he will be very uncomfortable.
If you give the ball to your teammates, you will still lose the game, and it will make him ugly, and you will lose the data when you lose!
Arenas naturally didn't want this to happen, so he took the risk of gambling on his feelings.
Just after halftime, he received the ball, just before the bag arrived, and shot a three-point shot from a long distance.
Doon didn't expect that Arenas was so bold, obviously he didn't hit a three-point shot in the first quarter, and the Wizards were nearly 10 points behind, but Arenas dared to play like this.
Doon turned his head to look and immediately shouted "it."
Arenas actually got the ball in the basket!
However, just as Arenas raised his hand in celebration and raised his eyebrows, Doon slipped past Arenas and rushed to the front.
Arenas also hurriedly turned to chase Doon, but Tyson Chandler's long pass had already arrived.
Arenas was more than half a head shorter than Doon, and he couldn't interfere with Doon's catch at all.
In the blink of an eye, Doon received the ball and shook it for a layup, which also caused a foul on Arenas.
"Gilbert, congratulations on your three points!"
Doon stepped up to the free-throw line and threw the ball into the basket in a weird way.
It was also a round to score three points, Arenas was high-risk and high-reward, and Doon played much simpler.
Doon didn't believe it, Arenas could shoot the ball one after the other with a long three-pointer.
After returning to the backcourt, Doon told Ben Gordon to pester Arenas, and Doon helped defend Arenas from the three-point line.
Against Ben Gordon's defense, Arenas asked for a pick-and-roll, then continued to shoot from beyond threes before Doon could make a save.
Sure enough, self-confidence is one thing, ability is another, and Arenas missed a three-point shot.
The long-range three-point cannot be a conventional weapon, because there is usually no way to maintain continuity and guarantee a shooting rate.
Arenas and Maddie exchanged three points, and that was also because in the All-Star Game, both sides were unguarded, and even then, they only scored two goals each, and no more could be scored.
In the regular season and playoffs, ultra-long threes can usually only be used to shoot shots!
This time, Arenas didn't continue his touch, which means he messed things up.
The Bulls only need to use Ben Gordon to limit Arenas from beyond the three-point line, and Doon blocks the three-point line, and Arenas is not easy to break through, so he can only shoot random three-point shots.
Arenas tried to play a basket breakaway, but the Bulls didn't just have Doane, they also had Tyson Chandler.
After trying it all over, Arenas could only try to get everything done with his best shots.
29-17, the Bulls also relied on the Wizards' offensive bias, and the interior did not have the ability to attack independently, so they suppressed the Wizards.
However, the Wizards have three guns on the outside.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Wizards relied on the lack of defensive resources of the Bulls, but they recovered some of the score slightly.
Fortunately, it didn't hurt for the Bulls, Andrés Nocioni, Dio and others played okay on the offensive end under the leadership of Doon.
By the time Roel Deng, Josh Smith, and Tyson Chandler returned to the court, the Bulls' defensive intensity and speed returned, and the Wizards' offense stalled again.
57-43, although the Wizards played well in the second quarter, the difference was still stretched by the Bulls.
By the end of the third quarter, although the Bulls failed to punch in the third quarter, they had already won the game.
Doon noticed the voices of the fans who came to support him and watched him play, and he gave it his all at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Originally, Arenas wanted to continue to struggle for another wave in the fourth quarter, but when he saw that Doon still had the strength to fly into the sky in the fourth quarter, he kept staging violent dunks, and the whole person was directly numb.
The fourth quarter is almost garbage time, how dare you fight so hard?
Fortunately, Doon still has to face.
With more than 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Doon had already brushed up on a double-double of 30 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists, and took the initiative to receive a foul and go off the court.
Arenas played three more minutes on the court and felt that there was no chance to recover the close to 20-point difference, so he reluctantly went down early to admit defeat.
107-93, against the Wizards, who are fourth in the East, the Bulls won quite easily!
Winning two top-four teams in the East in a row also proves that the Bulls do have what it takes to make the playoffs in the East.
Now the record is temporarily behind, also because the regular season has just started a month, and the schedule is really not very friendly to the Bulls.
At present, after a few games against the top eight teams in the East, the Bulls have faint signs of being a small bully in the East.
Except for the Pacers and Pistons, two teams with strong lineups, complete equipment, and a vaguely restrained tactical style, the Bulls can't beat it for the time being.
Take other pseudo-strong teams in the east, isn't that hand-to-hand?
As for the championship teams in the West, the Bulls can't touch them, and most teams with good records in the East can't win either.
As long as the Bulls can play a head-to-head advantage in the East, they can easily make the playoffs!
It can only be said that this is called the Eastern Dividend!
(End of chapter)