However, the Bulls aren't the first team in the East to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

As early as two days ago, the next opponent of the Bulls, the Pistons, had swept the Cavaliers 4-0 in the first round.

Normally, the strength of the pistons is not big enough to sweep the Knights.

Not to mention, the no handcheck rule is actually in favor of the Cavaliers and not good for the Pistons.

However, who told the Pistons to have made up their minds, broke the boat, and embarked on the road of not winning the championship this year, then if they don't succeed?

The knights meet the Pistons, who have no way out and are united.

On the Cavaliers' side, there is another fatal flaw - that is, the team's boss James, is participating in the playoffs for the first time in his career.

However, the Pistons showed the defensive intensity that they were originally prepared to deal with Doon.

And because he knew that James couldn't shoot, he deliberately let James shoot, and paid more attention to James's passing and breakthrough.

Under such a target, James handed in an answer sheet averaging 26.6 points on 22.3 shots per game.

If it weren't for the fact that the average of 4.4 turnovers per game was more eye-catching, in fact, as the leader of the team that made the playoffs for the first time, the score data alone is still good.

However, there is no way, the environment of the playoffs is so cruel.

With no playoff winning experience, there is no way to lead your teammates to the next level, and even if you have the ability, you can only stop at the first round of the playoffs.

For many stars, how to make it past the first round of the playoffs? That's a big puzzle!

And for the boss of a team like Doon, who has already advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, the biggest problem at the moment is - how to break through the division semifinals?

Last year, the Bulls fell to the Pistons......

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

On May 7, inside and outside the United Center in Chicago, slogans and declarations of "revenge" were filled.

And the Pistons players are under such pressure to enter the United Center to play.

With Tyson Chandler helping the Bulls jump possession, the game officially began.

After the Bulls got the ball, Doon took the initiative to run to the low post and get ready to play with his back to attract the defense of the Pistons' interior players.

Seeing this, Rashid Wallace immediately followed Doon's side, after all, Big Ben was half a head shorter than Doon.

Now Doon has shown such projection that Big Ben is almost unable to defend.

The only ones on Doon with the Pistons in size are Prince and Roaring Tianzun, and the problem is that Doon's back-to-back singles not only have footwork, but also shooting and power.

Prince couldn't withstand Doon's back, so the Pistons could only send Roaring Tianzun to defend Doon.

And in this case, Tyson Chandler played a pick-and-roll with Byron Davis in the high post.

Josh Smith, who was being watched by Prince, cut into the basket from the bottom corner on the right.

Because Big Ben helped defend near the free throw line and didn't defend it directly, Byron Davis easily got rid of Billups' pursuit with the help of Tyson Chandler's cover.

And when Byron Davis bypassed Tyson Chandler, the latter also began to follow.

Big Ben has no choice but to delay Byron Davis and try to drive Byron Davis away in the direction of the Roaring Celestial.

In other words, if it weren't for Doon to attract defensive attention in the low post, Roaring Tianzun could have gone to make up for Tyson Chandler at this time.

It was precisely because Doon's attack was too threatening that he didn't dare to move at will at this point of Roaring Tianzun.

So, in order to prevent leakage under the basket, Prince, who followed Josh Smith to the basket, could only defend in front of Tyson Chandler first.

And Big Ben took the initiative to retreat in front of Josh Smith at the same time that Byron Davis had already come to the low post, restricting Byron Davis from passing the ball to Josh Smith.

It can only be said that Big Ben's defensive experience is quite good.

Because the basket was full of people, Byron Davis lacked space to break through and could not continue to burst into the restricted area, so he could only finish with a jump shot.

However, Byron Davis has a basket, and it's still a half-empty opportunity.

Big Ben saw Byron Davis jumping, so he flew forward again, but he couldn't regret it.

As Byron Davis consciously turned up the arc and hit the basket steadily from mid-range, the Bulls took the lead and scored two points.

Not to be outdone, the Pistons first tried to steal the baseline ball, and then saw that there was little chance of switching offense, so Billups controlled the ball.

In order to relieve Doon of defensive pressure and save more energy to devote to the offensive end, Luo Deng took the initiative to lead the defense of Billups.

Billups, with his excellent ball control, dribbled through the half court with the interference of Roel Deng.

Immediately afterward, I saw the Roaring Tianzun come out of the low position and fight with Billups in the high position.

Just as Billups broke through to the basket with the help of cover, he saw Doon suddenly appear in front of Billups.

Seeing this, Billups immediately protected the ball with his back, and after finding Hamilton's position, he chose to pass the ball out.

However, Hamilton did not immediately take action after receiving the ball, but passed the ball to Xia Shun's Roaring Tianzun.

Fortunately, Josh Smith has good athletic ability, and the dunk that Tianzun is bound to win is actually covered by Josh Smith from behind.

There was a suspicion of a foul in this action, but now it was on the home court of the Bulls, and the scale of the playoffs was different from the regular season, so the referee did not blow the whistle this time.

At this time, Doon just retracted to the basket and picked up the rebound.

The Pistons players were worried that the Bulls would use this to fight back, so they immediately returned to defense.

Whoever wanted Doon to attack a dragon quickly, ran a step before the three-point shot, and suddenly shot a cold arrow.

"Playing like this in the regular season, how dare you play like this in the playoffs?"

Billups saw that Doon hurriedly chased down the three-point shot, and felt that Doon's shot was a bit of a wave this time.

Brush –

Who would have thought, before he turned his head to check the situation, he heard a crisp splash from behind.

"Fake, just broke the single-game three-point record in the playoffs, he is confident!"

Larry Brown, who was on the sidelines, saw that Dhorne hit a three-pointer as soon as he opened the game, or chased a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line, and immediately sensed that the situation was not good.

In order to limit Doon's scoring and limit Doon's shooting, Larry Brown hurriedly shouted to the court: "Don't let Doon get the ball!" Don't let Doon take it lightly! ”

But then came the Pistons' offensive round, and Billups relied on the mid-range to help the Pistons recover two points.

After Billups hit the shot, Prince stayed in the front court and followed closely behind Doon.

Clearly, Prince was worried that Doon would take advantage of the opportunity to switch offense.

Because the Pistons retreated relatively quickly, and with Prince's interference around Doon, the Bulls could only play positional battles this round.

Fortunately, it doesn't matter, Doon is not in a hurry to score, and can continue to smoke in the bottom corner to see how his teammates play.

Anyway, after half a month, Doon has almost digested the Curry template.

And that's where Doon's confidence lies!

(End of chapter)