"Doon is a generational player, and the fact that he can be the boss of the Chicago Bulls speaks for itself."

"I used to be an opponent with Michael, and Michael was someone I looked up to.

I've played against Doon too, and when I first heard about Doon, I thought the Los Angeles Lakers were getting him to sell tickets.

At one point, I wondered if Doon would be able to adapt to the intensity of the NBA.

Well, he seems to be doing a good job, and I'm starting to follow him again to see when he's going to hit the rookie wall.

It's incredible, Doon's performance is completely beyond my judgment of him.

He has proven time and time again to the fans and to the rest of the NBA that he is the best rookie in the league and the most improved player in the league.

I thought he would stop at the All-Star level, but he quickly improved and he helped the Chicago Bulls become the best team in the league, and he became a well-deserved MVP!

Until now, he has become the most comprehensive and outstanding player in the league, he is the face of the league, he is an epoch-making superstar!

It's a great feeling to be teammates with Doon.

Playing with the Chicago Bulls, I feel like every day is full of energy. ”

Before the start of the Finals G3 between the Bulls and the Lakers, Garnett, who was about to return to the game stage tonight, was interviewed by media reporters before the game.

It's been a week since Garnett returned to the Chicago Bulls before the Finals began.

Although Garnett did not play in the previous two finals, he still follows the team in all aspects of training every day.

Garnett felt that his form had adjusted, so after playing G2 in the finals, he discussed with Doon and Scott Skels, hoping that G3 could get some playing time away from home.

In response, Garnett lowered the requirements, saying that he could accept the arrangement of playing as a substitute as long as the team needed him.

Garnett has all said this, whether it is Doon as a teammate or Scott Skeles as a head coach, it is difficult to refuse Garnett's kindness.

And Scott Skels also took into account that the Bulls lacked a center, and Milicic struggled to resist Gasol.

And the Bulls rely on Webb and other substitute power forwards to play cameo role as substitute center, and the real effect of protecting the frame and protecting rebounds is actually not good.

If Garnett can return to the team and help Milicic and others reduce the pressure of the game, then there is no need to wait for Garnett to fully recover the level of the 20+10 All-Star interior.

As long as the center can top ten or twenty minutes, it can enhance the overall defensive ability of the Bulls.

It is for this reason that the Bulls have agreed that Garnett will be on the roster for G3 of the Finals.

However, for the sake of conservatism, Garnett still started from the bench first and slowly found his feel in the game.

In other words, the Lakers got the news that Garnett's state had changed, and they had to be nervous.

The Bulls also took them 2-0 in the absence of second-leader Garnett.

If Garnett really recovers from his injury and provides some positive contributions to the Bulls in the next games, then the Bulls that the Lakers face next will undoubtedly become stronger and more terrifying.

'We've been pushed to the brink and we have to win tonight.'

Bryant spoke early in the locker room, hoping that the rest of his teammates could work together with him to win this home game.

And the Lakers players also know that Garnett is officially back, and the pressure on the Lakers to win the championship has become even greater.

If Garnett really adjusts to his form, the Lakers' hopes of winning the championship are even more slim.

Tonight is a life-and-death battle for the Lakers, and they have no way out.

Especially O'Neal Jr., who came to the Lakers this season to win the championship.

And his age is not young.

If such a strong Lakers can't beat the Bulls led by Doane, then even if he takes a salary cut to fight for the championship with other teams, it will be difficult to realize his dream of winning the championship.

Just like Jordan in his prime, no team can stop his team from winning the championship unless Jordan retires himself.

"Paul, let me come!"

O'Neill Jr. discussed with Gasol Jr. and was going to jump the ball with Milicic.

Gasol had no problem with this, but the final result was the same, Milicic relied on his physical talent to help the Bulls jump to the ball again.

The Bulls first attack, and Doon is ready to go to the low post.

But this time, the Lakers put on a joint defense and pinched Dwan as soon as he got the ball.

Doon could try to force his hand in the crowd, but both Cassel and Roel Deng were open on the outside.

Now that the opportunity has come out, Doon might as well let them try it first.

Because Rohr Deng's three-pointer was more accurate than Kassel's, Doon made a long pass to Rohr Deng at a 45-degree angle on the right side.

The latter took the ball and challenged a three-point shot, but shot an iron under the interference of Wharton Jr.

Milicic grabbed the rebound, but when he was about to go to the basket, he was touched by Pau Gasol and finally failed to score a second offense.

If it was at home before, it might have made up a whistle, but this is the Staples Center, the home court of the Lakers, and it's normal that the referee didn't blow it.

After Gasol Da protected the rebound under the basket, the Lakers began to attack.

Hinrich stumbled across half court on Kassel's tight guard, and Bryant was in position early at the top of the arc.

Obviously, because of the defeat of G1 and G2, the Zen master also made some adjustments for this.

I saw that after Kobe Bryant got the ball, Big Gasol also came out of the inside line to cover Kobe.

Seeing that Doon was blocked by Gasol, Rohr Deng immediately let go of Wharton Jr. to help defend him, and Milicic also stepped forward to delay and cooperate with Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant passed the ball to Pau Gasol, but Pau Gasol was still near the three-point line, and because he had not yet entered the restricted area, he did not choose to attack directly, but continued to dribble to the basket.

Doon chased Gasol to the basket, and Josh Smith also helped defend early, interfering with Gasol's dribbling and basket attack.

Gasol Jr. was pinched and immediately distributed the ball to O'Neal Jr., who did not choose to rush to the basket, but dribbled back and adjusted the shooting rhythm before making a shot.

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O'Neal Jr. used what he does best to help the Lakers score two points first.

At this time, Doon had already come to the basket, so he naturally immediately picked up the ball and slipped out of the baseline, ready to launch a fast attack with a long pass.

Rohr Deng knew that Doane would definitely do this, and he also ran to the front court early, but Kobe Bryant was also not far from Rohr Deng.

In addition, Cassel also has a good defense around him, so Doon can only choose to pass the ball to Josh Smith in front of him.

Josh Smith quickly passed the ball back to Doon, who had to dribble the ball forward on his own.

However, after halftime, Bryant returned to Doon and cast a death twist on Doon.

Doon didn't care about this, and directly elbowed the way, not wanting this "very conventional" action, and was blown an offensive foul by the referee, and the ball was immediately transferred.

After this incident, not only Dhorn, but the rest of the Bulls players also understood what the scale was tonight.

Doon and the others were not too excited, Doon just complained to the referee twice, and the referee didn't say much about it, just made an elbow gesture at Doon.

Seeing this, Doon could only give up, anyway, what was going on tonight, everyone knew in their hearts.

Besides, isn't Doon not playing a 5-on-8 game? Just ask if you won or not!

Sports will seek fairness, but they will not be absolutely fair.

Doon can both understand and adapt.

It is said that the Lakers attacked again, and Kobe Bryant played with Pau Gasol at the top of the arc.

Kobe Bryant usually doesn't play blocking and dismantling easily, on the one hand, the triangle offense pursues star singles.

The star position is a dynamic triangle, and the two points do not coincide.

Another point is that Kobe Bryant and his teammates play blocking and dismantling, which is easy to attract defense, and it becomes two people to pinch him alone.

Kobe Bryant is a top scorer, but not a top ball handler, and although he has good passing ability, he prefers scoring to being organized.

Then, taking the ball and being caught in the middle of the ball, the difficulty of attacking has become greater, which is undoubtedly contrary to his consistent style of play.

Kobe Bryant was willing to play like Gasol tonight because the Zen master convinced him that the Lakers needed to use him to attract the Bulls' defense and help other teammates get more and better scoring opportunities.

Of course, it is also because of Hinrich's hand injury, and the effectiveness of blocking and dismantling with Pau Gasol has decreased a lot.

Kobe Bryant, as the leader of the team, had to do this in order to activate Big Gasol and let Big Gasol add some offensive scenes.

After all, the Lakers are inferior to the Bulls, mainly because of their lack of scoring ability.

Having said that, it was Kobe who sacrificed his own possession of the ball and used his ability to attract the defense more to give the ball to Pau Gasol.

And Pau Gasol has a good pass to help his teammates score more efficiently.

The Lakers finally built up some advantage in the first quarter.

Speaking of which, it may also have something to do with Kobe's previous style of play.

Kobe Bryant is good at playing alone and is good at scoring, but the scoring efficiency has not been high.

The Lakers used Kobe Bryant as a bait, and the scoring efficiency of other teammates increased, plus the Lakers got the help of the referee, and the Bulls were limited by the referee, so the scoring advantage could naturally be established.

It is precisely because of this that after Kobe Bryant was used as a tactical starting point, rather than an endpoint, the Lakers were able to play with an advantage.

Lakers fans at the scene were also a little incredulous when they saw Kobe's data on the dome monitor.

At the end of the first quarter, Kobe Bryant only got 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, but the Lakers led the Bulls by 6 points.

However, even if the Bulls are limited by the referees, their overall strength is still very strong.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Doon played with Garnett and led the Bulls' second lineup.

It is said that Garnett also played two minutes in the first quarter, and the effect was very average, shooting 0 of 2 and only 1 rebound.

This is understandable, considering Garnett has just returned and needs to adapt.

In order to get Garnett to adapt to the game as soon as possible, and also to reduce Garnett's damage to the team, Doon chose to play with Garnett.

Garnett is very aware of Doon's scoring ability, so it won't be like before, the team is behind, and the bench is a little anxious when no one scores, and wants to play one or two of his own to help the Bulls comeback from defeat.

Playing with Doon, Garnett defends well, grabs rebounds and is done.

Of course, his physical condition has not fully recovered, and Garnett's defensive speed and physical confrontation are not as good as before.

O'Neal Jr. relied on his individual ability to play a few on the inside.

Even though Doon's scoring efficiency at the beginning of the second quarter was okay, it only narrowed the gap to four points.

And Kobe Bryant noticed that the Bulls were chasing points, and immediately returned to the court.

It's not just defense, it's not just blocking and picking as bait, this time Kobe Bryant finally returned to his original face as a scorer.

Relying on the mid-range of 3-of-4 shooting, Kobe suppressed the Bulls' momentum of chasing points, and it didn't take long for Pau Gasol to return to the court, and Kobe Bryant gave the opportunity to score to other teammates.

Doon also wants to help his teammates score, but sometimes the referee is very annoying.

The rest of the Bulls players made a slight three-pointer and were confronted by their bodies, whether it was catching or shooting, they were severely disturbed, but they didn't whistle.

And Doon was also caught by the Lakers, and when he shared the ball, he could only try to find teammates who were in the open position.

In order to break the game, Scott Skels replaced Ben Gordon and Zhu Fangyu, two pitchers.

Ben Gordon's ability goes without saying, and after Zhu Fangyu came to the Bulls, his adaptability was not bad.

Other abilities may still need to be practiced, but the open three-point is indeed practiced.

Coincidentally, now that the Bulls are behind and need to chase points, they will send more shooters to play.

It's just that Scott Skeles thought about adding space points and shooters to help Doon reduce the offensive pressure, but ignored the Lakers' outside offense.

Hinrich injured his support hand, but his shooter wasn't.

Coupled with the fact that Hinrich's own shooting was also quite accurate, this led to a situation in which the shooters on both sides of the second quarter flew each other.

The Bulls have no problem with their ability, but they still suffer a bit in terms of penalties.

Because the Lakers stepped up their defensive aggression, they made more turnovers, and the transition offense didn't get up.

With the end of the first half, the score came to 45-53, and the Bulls trailed the Lakers by eight points.

The difference is not big, but it is difficult to chase.

Doon scored 14 points in the third quarter, but he still couldn't help the team turn the game into a victory.

The game entered the fourth quarter, and Scott Skels saw that Garnett's condition was really poor, mainly because the offensive end dragged down the team, so he directly DNP Garnett.

And because Doon was almost full in the third quarter, he fielded a lineup of Kassel, Ben Gordon, Grant Hill, Joe Smith and Webber early in the fourth quarter.

The flaw of this lineup is that the offense is okay, but the defense is a little worse, especially on the inside.

Gasol Sr.'s offensive ability was mediocre, but he also seized the opportunity, scoring six straight points at the beginning of the fourth quarter to stop the Bulls.

Seeing that the difference had been stretched to 13 points, Doon had no rest and could only return to the court.

The Lakers also knew that the Bulls only Doane could score, so they kept giving Doane a confrontation and pinching Doane.

Doon struggled to score eight points in the fourth quarter, which was really untenable.

In the end, Doon scored 43 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in the game, ushering in the first loss of the finals of the season. (End of chapter)