As expected, as Doon expected, the data is easy to get honors.

With a quasi-triple-double of 31 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists per game, even though the Bulls only have a two-win and one-loss record, Doon still won the first Eastern Conference Player of the Week award in December.

It is worth mentioning that the player who won the Western Conference Weekly Championship in the same period was Tim Duncan.

Now Duncan is 15-3, and the Spurs, who are the first in the West, are visiting in the East, and it just so happens that the next game will be played at the Union Center.

Against the Spurs, Doon is definitely not afraid, just like Kobe Bryant is not afraid of the Spurs.

It doesn't matter if you are the first in the west or the second in the west, Lao Tzu is the elite!

As far as the Spurs are concerned, Doon must have the confidence to say so.

The problem is that the rest of the Bulls' players are probably going to suffer.

Spurs like to play team ball, play reasonable ball, and are a team that emphasizes defense.

The Bulls youth team has not yet practiced the basket, and it is more troublesome to play the Spurs, and the defensive end is easy to be confused by the Spurs' blocking and passing.

Fortunately, Doon played for the Lakers last season, and the Lakers coaching staff regarded the Spurs as the biggest imaginary opponent on the way to winning the championship last season.

Doon has been studying with the Lakers coaching staff for a long time and knows exactly how to beat the Spurs!

In order to be able to win, in order to ensure that he can make the playoffs this season, Doon sent Scott Skeyles a few text messages in advance.

Let Scott Skells step in and change the starting lineup for the next game.

Scott Skels was quick to respond to the text message and then gave a series of instructions to the coaching staff.

Immediately after that, the rest of the Bulls players also received text messages from the coaching staff, as well as a video of tactical analysis.

December 6, United Center, Chicago.

With the Spurs' starting five, Parker, Ginobili, Bowen, Duncan, and Rasu Nesterovic all on the court, the Bulls' five starters also appeared in turn.

It's just that, unlike in the past, it was not Rohr Deng but Antonio Davis who took the lead, and then Josh Smith did not play, but Andrés Nocioni.

If the Bulls want to beat the Spurs, the first point they need to solve must be Duncan.

Although Antonio Davis can't defend Duncan, as a veteran who started as a blue-collar insider, he still has a lot of defensive experience.

Even if he can't successfully defend Duncan, he can at least consume Duncan by one or two, which is at least better than Josh Smith being eaten alive by Duncan.

And Andres Nocioni's reasoning is also very simple, the Spurs focus on reasonable shots, and the main defense is three-point and basket.

The shooting rate under the basket is high, the three-point scoring efficiency is high, and choking these two points, coupled with enough small actions and even dirty movements, can prevent more than ninety percent of the game.

However, once you encounter Kobe Bryant, who can shoot from the middle distance, how to shoot and how to shoot, then you can only wait for your feet.

Once you don't succeed, you can basically only watch the opposite star show their might, and watch them be killed by the other party.

Doon could guess that in the next game, Bowen would definitely come to defend him.

So, who is going to defend Ben Gordon and Andrés Nocioni?

Ginobili can only defend against one, and as long as Doon has two shooters by his side, there will always be a gun that can fire.

Soon, Tyson Chandler and Ben Gordon also came to the court.

“MVP，MVP，MVP！”

When Doon came on the stage, it was the cheers of the fans in unison.

Doon is still only the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, and he wants to change the hat on his head to the regular season MVP.

Naturally, you have to show real skills and win the regular season MVP and finals MVP like Duncan!

It just so happened that Doon had been getting the Malone template for a while, and now Doon's mid-distance has improved a lot.

The Spurs are undoubtedly the best opponent to test Doane's mid-range results.

Getting back to business, Tyson Chandler helped the Bulls jump to the ball, and the game began.

Ben Gordon dribbled past half court, and before Doon could get the ball, Bowen stepped up.

Doon was going to pick up Parker or Ginobili, but now there's no rush.

Let's get Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni first, and it's also a good choice to find the feel.

So, Doon took the initiative to pull to the flank and commanded Antonio Davis to come to the outside to cover Ben Gordon.

Ben Gordon didn't have much pressure to play Parker alone, and Doon directed Antonio Davis to the outside, with the main goal of bringing Duncan out of the line as well.

In this way, Doon on the wing has a chance to cut to the basket and threaten the Spurs' interior defense with the ball.

In turn, Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni on the perimeter will create more offensive space.

Ginobili saw that Ben Gordon was about to take advantage of the cover, so he immediately stepped forward to help the defense, and Ben Gordon immediately passed the ball to Andres Nocioni at the top of the arc.

Andres Nocioni picked up the ball as soon as he received it, and at the same time, Doon immediately cut to the basket to draw Duncan's defensive attention.

Duncan can't defend himself, and the horn position is the limit of Duncan's defensive area.

Doon is again involved in Duncan's defensive attention, and at this time, Duncan can only follow Doon closely, and Bowen switches to the outside.

However, Bowen's initial defensive focus was also on Doon, and defending Andres Nocioni needed to turn and pounce on the perimeter.

It is for this reason that Andres Nocioni was not disturbed by anyone and made a three-point shot directly in the open position.

Although Andres Nocioni has not fully adapted to the NBA's three-point line, he has been practicing three-point shooting in the past few months due to the influence of Doon, and the three-point shooting rate is still eighty or ninety percent during the usual training period.

Now this shooting, just like training, has a lot of space, no one interferes, and the physical strength is also very abundant.

Brush –

Ball in! The Bulls led the Spurs by three points as soon as they came up.

The Spurs are good at playing positional battles, and the Bulls don't need to be in such a hurry to retreat.

However, Doon took the initiative to defend Parker and limit Parker's dribbling.

Parker immediately passed the ball to Ginobili, and Popovich did not put Ginobili on the bench tonight, probably anticipating that Doon would lead Parker.

It is said that after Ginobili got the ball, he immediately pushed to the frontcourt, with a posture of attacking quickly.

Seeing this, Doon immediately returned to the three-point line, but Ginobili immediately cooperated with Duncan to block and dismantle because Doon had not yet rushed back.

The Bulls have actually set up a joint defense to limit it, but Ginobili can pass the ball in the gap and get the ball to Duncan.

Duncan also came to the basket casually like an old man visiting the park.

Antonio Davis and Tyson Chandler came together to limit Duncan.

But Duncan didn't seem to know how to play, so he held the ball up at random, threw it to the basket, and the basketball stumbled into the basket.

The Spurs recovered two points, but the Bulls still led by one point.

Moreover, Tyson Chandler seems to have anticipated that Duncan would definitely score.

Instead of choosing to grab the rebound, he waited until Duncan finished shooting, and immediately got under the basket to catch the ball, slipped out of the baseline and passed the ball.

The Spurs weren't slow to come back and were already consciously preventing the Bulls from playing fast-breaking, with Bowen and Ginobili both following closely by Doon's side.

However, Parker can only chase one of Andrés Nocioni and Ben Gordon.

With Andres Nocioni receiving the ball and sprinting forward, Parker could only defend Andres Nocioni.

Switching offensive rounds, the strikers play small guards, isn't that a dozen accurate?

Ginobili knew the strength of veteran Andres Nocioni, so he also ran to the basket to help defend, but Ben Gordon on the outside was left alone.

Andres Nocioni is a team player who immediately passes the ball to Ben Gordon when he sees Ginobili helping to defend the basket.

Ben Gordon also lived up to Andres Nocioni's pass, jumping for a three-pointer before Bowen could make a save.

Even, when Bowen was about to take one more step forward, Ben Gordon had already finished shooting three points and fell to the ground.

Brush –

It's similar to Andres Nocioni's previous three-pointers, all of which are big open shots, all hollow into the net.

Just by relying on outside shots, the Bulls quickly opened up the difference.

In retrospect, the Spurs are still positional battles, as Doon continues to lead Parker, and the Spurs can only be blocked by Ginobili and Duncan.

Ginobili also knew that if he had been attacking all the time, he wouldn't have the stamina to play the whole game.

In order to save energy, Ginobili still chose to execute the Spurs' best tactic - passing the ball to Duncan.

Relying on Ginobili's crotch pass, Duncan got the ball, took advantage of his height and reach, held it high, and hit the ball into the basket against Antonio Davis.

The ball was hard-hitting, but Tyson Chandler was skilled at getting to the basket again.

"Run, why don't you run for me!"

The Bulls continued to launch fast attacks, and the Spurs' outside height and body confrontation could not match the Bulls' outside line, and they suffered a lot in the transition offense.

Ginobili was more extreme, and immediately started fouling, and limited the Bulls' offense through tactical fouls.

Ginobili usually only averages two fouls per game, so giving one foul for nothing is not a problem.

The Bulls served on the sideline to play a positional battle, and Doon received the ball and faced Bowen's single defense.

Doon was capable enough to break Bowen, who was already entering the late stages of his career, but still chose to block and play small guards and play simple balls.

The ball is in Doon's hands, and it's completely different from Ben Gordon's hands.

Doon's passing ability is too strong! And tonight, Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni both showed good open three-point ability.

Therefore, Doon played blocking and dismantling this time, and the Spurs did not choose to wrap Doon, after all, the bag is useless, but it will create an opportunity for the Bulls to open the outside for three points.

The Spurs selected Bowen to squeeze the screen to prevent Doane from shooting a three-pointer, and Duncan helped defend one step inside the free-throw line, forcing Doane to shoot the most efficient long two points.

Doon was not polite, and as soon as he stepped into the three-point line, he made a pull-up jump shot.

Bowen was behind Doon, his block was a beat slower, and he didn't have a chance to step up. Duncan was still in front of the penalty area, and before he could save, Doon had already completed his shot.

When the Spurs players focused on the basket, they saw Doon hit the ball steadily.

Pick-and-roll, jump shots, scoring is so easy!

The Bulls' offense in the first three rounds was basically open shots.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Popovich immediately called a timeout after less than 2 minutes of play.

After the timeout, the Spurs were seen to remove Rasu Nesterovic and replace him with Roport Horry.

As the founder of the nomadic dynasty, Horry is not only good at shooting, but also very accomplished on the defensive end.

Popovich's purpose in putting Horry is very clear, when the Bulls play blocking and pick-and-roll, Duncan can continue to stay under the basket and squat in the pit, and then hand it over to Horry to solve the defensive problem.

Anyway, the Bulls don't have too much offensive ability inside, and it won't take much effort for Duncan to play the No. 5 position.

Doon saw the Spurs make a substitution, and basically everything was clear.

"Tyson, I'll pass you next. But I need to play Duncan the defensive end! ”

Doon also knew that Tyson Chandler couldn't guard Duncan, but he had to draw a pie to motivate him, so that he could help consume Duncan's physical strength and affect Duncan's performance in the second half.

Soon, Duncan took advantage of Ginobili's pass and scored under the basket.

And, because Tyson Chandler did strengthen his defense and put Duncan up against him, Duncan also got the opportunity to stand at the free throw line.

Duncan added a free throw to pull back a three-pointer in one round.

Seeing the score difference narrowing, Doon was not in a hurry, and continued to play in the front court in an orderly manner.

Loporter Horry defended a bit more than Duncan, but he wasn't trying to shoot from mid-range.

After the block, there was a delay from Robert Horry, and Doon just stopped to worship the Buddha and flew Robert Horry into the air.

Lobert Horry realized that something was wrong and immediately stopped for fear of being fouled by Doon.

Doon didn't have that idea, but immediately changed his direction to break through and rushed to the basket instead.

At this time, Duncan was the only one in the basket, and Duncan could only defend himself when he stopped and jumped in the penalty area.

At this point, Doon threw the ball into the air, and Tyson Chandler easily completed the empty dunk.

In the Spurs' offensive round, Ginobili continued to play with Duncan, but this time the pass was mishandled and passed to Antonio Davis's leg.

Ben Gordon stepped forward to pick up the ball and then launched a fast break.

Because Parker was chasing closely, Ben Gordon didn't choose to go strong, but passed the ball to Doane, who was close behind.

After receiving the ball, Doon jumped up and down the free throw line and dunked with his arm.

You can be healthy away from home, but you still need to put on a show at home.

“MVP，MVP，MVP！”

Doon's dunk performance also drew violent cheers from the fans at the scene.

The Spurs players on the court continued to play under the pressure of this game.

Perhaps it was a fear of a mistake in continuing to pass, or maybe it was time for him to score, but this time Ginobili chose to burst to the basket himself.

However, he was fouled by Antonio Davis and the layup was not completed.

In the next two free throws, Ginobili also hit only one free throw.

As the Bulls regained possession of the ball, it was still Doon who played with the ball.

Perhaps worried about Doon's old tricks, Robert Horry stood a little further back than before, that is, to prevent Doon's breakthrough, but gave up the long two-point area.

Seeing this, Doon did not continue to rush to the basket, but shot directly from the middle distance.

Brush –

If you let it go, I'll go in!

If it's accurate enough, the middle distance can kill the race!

However, the Spurs didn't seem to believe in evil, and in the next two rounds, they still forced Doon to shoot from mid-range.

However, Doon didn't feel much defensive pressure, at most, when he blocked and picked up the ball directly, he was disturbed by Bowen's small movements.

Dwan's body was already at the supergiant level, and this interference naturally didn't affect the overall situation.

Since there is a lot of room to shoot, and since there is no one to wrap up, Doon naturally throws him with the ball he should throw.

Brush Brush –

Doon made a series of mid-range shots, and in the blink of an eye, he had scored in double figures.

At this time, Popovich on the sidelines was also dumbfounded, frightened by Doon's incomparably accurate mid-range expression.

"Doon became a magician when he played at the Staples Center, how did he become Jordan when he arrived at the United Center?"

Popovich's pre-game defensive arrangement was to cut off Doon's connection with the rest of his teammates with the Bulls, who knew that Doon could really kill the game if he played alone!

(End of chapter)