"Darko, you're playing tonight, are you confident? Relax, I'll pass you the ball just like I did in the regular season. ”

In the pre-match warm-up session, Doon revealed to Milicic in advance about tonight's appearance and rotation arrangements.

Although Milicic is not interested in beating his former club, he is still very concerned about being able to get playing time in the playoffs, especially the opportunity to start.

After all, this is his contract year, and he has only averaged seventeen or eighteen minutes per game.

If Milicic wants to make more money, then the playoff stage must be something he needs to fight for.

"Boss, don't worry, I won't have stage fright."

"Very good, very energetic."

Doon's expectations for Milicic are not only because of his talent, but also for his own interests and the team's thinking about the next few seasons.

Next season, because of his new contract, the Bulls will have a lot of salary space, and the team will face the contract extension problem of Ben Gordon and others.

Anyone who knows the game knows that the basis for winning the championship is a reasonable and excellent player allocation, the essence of which is enough salary space.

Next season, the Bulls' salary structure will no longer be so reasonable, and it will even be a bit overwhelmed by Doon's big contract.

It's just that the rookie bonus is about to expire, and if you want to keep people, you must further eat big contracts.

Then the Bulls themselves have big contracts - Byron Davis and Tyson Chandler's two tens of millions of annual salary contracts, there will inevitably be options to replace and clean up.

Doon is well aware that if he wants to continue to win championships, meritorious basketball is unlikely without anyone taking a salary cut.

The replacement of the main players has injected more fresh blood into the team.

Even just after winning the championship, it is normal to lie dormant after two years, and wait for the rookie to be cultivated and reopen the next championship window.

Therefore, no matter how reluctant Tyson Chandler is cheap and easy to use, he has to prepare the next replacement in advance.

And with Milicic's talent, not to mention the perfect replacement of Tyson Chandler in the next two years, at least it can be done to replace Tyson Chandler.

However, if you want to ensure that you are still competitive for the championship next year, then it is necessary to develop Milicic in advance, especially to give him the ability to play in the playoffs and even play as a starter.

Maybe it's because of the contract year, or because he participated in the playoffs in the Pistons before, after the game officially started, Milicic didn't have stage fright.

Howard was a good jumper, but Milicic was stunned to snatch the ball from Howard's head with his height and reach.

In the most direct talent collision with a top-level player, Milicic proved that he also has a top-level talent!

It is said that the Bulls' first offense was initiated by Byron Davis and Milicic.

As the boss of the team, Doon is preparing to receive the ball in the low post.

After all, this season, Doon is still doing more back-up work, and it was only in the fourth quarter that he made a force.

In the playoffs, Doon can't get the ball in the fourth quarter, and he will definitely have to play more in the first three quarters to help the team build an advantage, but Doon might as well let his teammates find their hands first.

So, at first, Doon's role was to act as a decoy.

The core of the Magic defense is Howard, but Howard has to defend the restricted area, and it is impossible to defend Doane alone.

Then, after Doon ran low, the only one who came to defend could only be the big forward Turkoglou.

Tekoglu's defense isn't bad, but when it comes to defending Doon, it can only be considered unlucky.

Byron Davis burst to the free-throw line with the help of a screen, and Howard immediately came out from the basket to help defend, and even Tekoglu was distracted.

Doon didn't get the ball so early, but now that the opportunity has come out, he naturally can't miss it.

Doon took the opportunity to get rid of Turkoglu and slipped to the bottom of the basket.

Byron Davis passed the ball over, and as soon as Howard turned around, he saw Doon rush to the basket.

Someone else may have given up, but Howard wanted to give it a try.

Howard immediately returned to the basket and jumped to block.

Seeing this, Dwan was not afraid, but jumped up, pressed Howard with his left hand, and slammed the ball into a semicircle with his right hand, and then crossed Howard's shoulder to complete the dunk.

“MVP，MVP，MVP！”

Doon finished the dunk on Howard as soon as he came up! How could the Chicago fans at the scene not be excited, how could they not cheer loudly for Doon?

However, in Doon's view, the fact that the ball was able to make at least six wins is due to Byron Davis.

After all, with Doon's ability, as long as the ball is passed, even if he doesn't force the dunk, he can use other techniques to complete the score.

Therefore, for the cheers of the fans at the scene, Doon didn't care too much.

Over the years, Doon has heard too much.

And tonight is a playoff game, so you can't be sloppy for a moment.

When Doon returned to the backcourt, the Magic players also rushed over and took their respective positions.

Perhaps Howard was unwilling to simply act as a blue-collar interior lineman, but preferred to cut some scoring data, and Howard actually asked for the ball with his back in the low post on the left side.

"I was bullied by you in Magic, can I still be bullied by you when I get to the bull?"

Milicic relied on his height and reach to cover Howard, Howard wanted to slip the baseline, but the breakthrough route was blocked by Milicic, so he had to turn and walk on the line.

However, Howard's dribbling skills were so poor that in a physical confrontation situation, he looked like he was going to be lost after two steps.

Seeing the opportunity, Doon stepped forward to grab, and Howard seemed to be frightened by Doon who came to attack, and lost the ball directly with his butter hand.

Doon chased after the ball, quickly held it steady, and then immediately went down.

At the same time, the speed of Milicic's fast attack, and Howard's return defense, were not slow.

The Magic players were all drawn to the left wing by Doon, who noticed Milicic's position and threw the ball straight away.

Milicic didn't let Doon down, jumping one step inside the free-throw line and then catching the ball on the right side of the basket.

Boom –

Milicic set the ball on fire, and then pressed the ball into the basket with both hands.

In this way, a perfect aerial relay is formed!

"Good job, keep up the good work."

Noticing that Milicic returned directly to the defense after dunking, Doon immediately encouraged the oncoming Milicic.

I have to say that Milicic did play well at the beginning, and he had a certain performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

also watched Milicic play quite maturely, and Doon did not continue to take care of Milicic too much on the field.

Next, Doon continued to play as a decoy in the low post, allowing Byron Davis and Roel Deng to hit a dozen from the outside.

With the game going on for more than four minutes, the Magic called a timeout first, and Milicic was substituted after this timeout.

That's right, Milicic is a pseudo-starter.

The Bulls have to practice tonight, but they also have to win.

Of course, as long as the front can accumulate enough advantages, Milicic, the starter, is not unable to get more playing time and possession in the second half.

It is said that after Tyson Chandler came on the court, Howard was still playing hard.

Milicic fights Howard on sheer talent, while Tyson Chandler is not only talented but also experienced.

At the same time, Doon also started to work in the low post.

Howard's agility can defend defenders, but Doon against Howard, he doesn't need to rely on speed and agility alone to dodge, but directly rely on strength and physical confrontation to solve Howard.

Maybe he was beaten faceless by Doon, after a confrontation after the layup two plus one, Howard immediately played his temper and yelled at the referee on the bottom line, saying that the referee blew so much that he couldn't prevent it.

Howard is Prince Adi, a popular fried chicken, and he is bound to enjoy some star whistles during the regular season.

Sometimes, Howard puts pressure on the referees, and it can also help the Magic get some penalty accommodations and help the Magic win.

But this time is different from the past, now it is the playoffs, and the referees naturally will not get used to Howard, so they directly blew a technical foul.

Howard was angry, and naturally continued to babble at the baseline referee.

At this time, the referee took the initiative to avoid it and did not immediately blow for Howard's second technical foul.

Perhaps it was also Howard who succeeded by eating T's and pressuring the referees, and then Doon hit a strong basket and missed some free throws that could have been obtained.

However, this did not affect the trend of the game, and the Bulls relied on hard power to take an 11-point lead early in the first quarter.

And Doon also relied on the low post to keep attacking the basket, and played an excellent performance of 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

If it goes on like this, it will not be difficult for Doon to punch in the third quarter tonight and score 30+10+5 data. (End of chapter)