Chapter 176: Isolated, Away Dilemma
"Brother, I'm Fack you!
I just left Chicago and you played such a feast for your eyes?
You tricked me into coming to Chicago to watch a TV show, and when I got to Miami, you tricked me into watching a show, right? ”
After playing G2, Doon gave a post-match interview, and as soon as he got his phone back, he was sprayed by Anthony.
It didn't take long for O'Neill and Wade to call Doon to say hello.
Even the next morning, Doon received a congratulatory text message from Kobe.
However, because Doon happened to be on a plane to Detroit with the team, he couldn't send a text message back to Kobe Bryant in time, and also congratulated him on winning the G2 game.
In this year's playoffs, the Bulls and Lakers can be said to be difficult brothers.
The Bulls played the Pistons, and the Lakers played the Spurs.
The biggest problem for both teams is that they are not very good on the inside.
On the Bulls' side, the interior players lack game experience and lack time to grow. However, Doon can still top an inside line at a critical moment.
The Lakers let Odom defend Duncan, which was somewhat cruel. Even though multiple Eddie Curry have strengthened their low-post offense, it's true that no one can defend Duncan.
However, Kobe Bryant did beat the Spurs and was able to win G2, which was a bit unexpected by Doon.
Of course, the Lakers and the Bulls are still in a similar situation.
In terms of overall strength, the Bulls and Lakers are slightly inferior to the Pistons and Spurs.
Next, whether the weak can defeat the strong, defeat the opponent, and advance to the regional finals depends on the mental attributes and ability of the team boss!
Doon may have lacked the spirit attribute of shortcomings, but now he is in good spirits on happy occasions.
"Unprecedented regular season MVP! Doon scored 46 points to lead the team to defeat the Detroit Pistons! ”
"Michael is coming to the United Center again? Sorry, I read it wrong, it turned out to be the new regular season MVP Doon! ”
"The new king should be established! Doon scored 23 points in a single quarter and 46 points in the game, defending the MVP honor of the regular season! ”
"No one can beat the Chicago Bulls because we have Doon!"
The victory of the Bulls G2, as well as Doon's supernatural performance, immediately detonated the enthusiasm of the Chicago media and fans.
The day after G2, the streets of Chicago were filled with fans wearing Doon's No. 31 jersey.
If it weren't for the Bulls and his entourage arriving in Detroit, Doon might not have been able to leave the house.
It can only be said that due to fate, Doon's performance is indeed too exaggerated.
In particular, everyone who watched the game knew that Doon's form in the first half was obviously not good.
But in the third quarter, Doon stood up strongly and took the ball directly to take over the game.
Regardless of whether it was the referee's help, relying on the superstar whistle to take advantage, it also affected the perception of the game.
In short, before Doon scored 23 points in a single playoff game, only five people in the league had played a more explosive single-quarter performance from Doon!
Now Doon has also done the most correct thing within the scope of the rules.
Besides, in the fourth quarter, no one on the Bulls' side could score, and it was Doon who stepped up and scored strongly by relying on his individual ability.
The scoring efficiency is indeed not high, but it is to compete with the Pistons for iron experience and fighting spirit.
In the end, it was Doon who persevered and helped the Bulls get the most points, which allowed the Bulls to win the crucial victory in G2.
Doon had a beginning and an end, and did not let the 23 points in a single game in the playoffs become a night of data slashing.
And the playoff performance of 23 points in a single quarter and 46 points in the whole game is enough to confirm Doon's ability and the legendary attributes of Doon!
Of course, Doon was not complacent, and as soon as he arrived in Detroit, Doon practiced in the hotel's arena to try to digest Olajuwon's template as soon as possible.
After all, Doon himself knows that G2's victory is not replicable.
Doon can't have a superstar whistle in every game, especially since the next two games are home to the Pistons.
At the same time, Doon also knows that the Pistons' home court penalty scale will definitely be unfavorable to the Bulls.
Playing at a higher defensive intensity, Doon will have to play at a higher level and be more consistent in scoring.
However, before Doon could completely transform Olajuwon's template into strength, the Bulls quickly suffered a loss.
On May 12, the Pistons took advantage of their home-court advantage to frequently play on the Bulls players.
The Bulls players who had been used to playing at home became uncomfortable again when they arrived at the Pistons' away game.
Doon wanted to wait for Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni to open the game.
Don't want his teammates to play iron for three rounds in a row, Doon can only shoot in the middle range early to test the Pistons' defensive strategy.
However, Doon only made a mid-range shot, and the Pistons immediately applied Jordan's rule to Doon, which is to prevent Doane from shooting easily.
To this end, Doon did get six free throws in the first quarter, but only hit five because of physical confrontation and physical exertion.
In the past, Doon didn't miss free throws in the first quarter, mostly in the second half.
Now the muscles in the first quarter are starting to tighten, which is naturally very detrimental to Doon's next mid-range shot.
On the Bulls' side, when Doon also starts to hit the iron continuously, then no one will be able to score.
Doon can only force a fast break, use a faster pace of the game, destroy the Pistons' defensive system, and affect the playing time of the Pistons Five Tigers.
In this way, Ben Gordon and Rohr Deng and others can also rely on staggered travel to score more points.
However, the defensive intensity of the Pistons' home court is indeed a bit tough, and the Bulls youth army will not be able to adapt to it in a short time.
And the Bulls are originally a team that is more offensive than defensive, the defensive end can't be as stable as the Pistons, and the offensive end can't open the situation, and in the end it can only let Doane take the ball and fight the beast.
At the end of the first half, 36-45, the Bulls didn't even score 40 points, and the Pistons were limited to 20 points in both quarters.
Although the Pistons' scoring is not high, they can easily defeat the Bulls by relying on stable output defense.
After the first half, Doon had already realized that no teammate could stand up tonight, and relying on him to expose his killer skills in advance and go to the low post to find Big Ben's troubles won't help.
Besides, he hasn't completely consumed the Olajuwon template! Whether the killer feature has an effect or not, that's two words.
In order to ensure the effect of the low-post singles big book, for the sake of long-term consideration, Doon still chose to use other regular season methods first.
Even if it's a game to train and accumulate playoff experience for other teammates.
In the end, there was really no good way, and the Pistons crushed the Bulls on both ends of the floor.
In the second half, Doon also performed very average because no one from his teammates could score and was caught by the Pistons' more reckless behavior.
At the end of the game, Doon scored only 30 points on 36 shots, the first time in this year's playoffs that he scored fewer points than he made his shots.
Basketball is a project where the team with more points wins, and the Bulls can't even score efficiently for Doon, and the others are naturally even more unreliable.
In order to be reliable, Doon can only practice hard, improve his strength as much as possible, and strive to basically master the ability of Olajuwon's template before the next game starts.
Of course, it's also important to enlighten your teammates, boost your morale, and use your teammates' strength to increase your hopes of winning.
Doon has a good hand, he can cut forty or fifty points or even fifty or sixty points in a game, but the remaining twenty or thirty points needed to win the game also need his teammates to make up for it.
Whether the Pistons can be defeated next, the key is to see whether Ben Gordon and others can work together and explode one or two games.
And for Doon, who is the boss of the team, personal strength is important, and leadership is also important.
(End of chapter)