On May 3, at the Cleveland Quick Loan Center, the Eastern Conference semifinals G1 between the Bulls and the Cavaliers started as scheduled.

Originally, Doon thought that this game would be more difficult to play.

After all, this year's Cavaliers are a real 60-win team, plus the Cavaliers' home court, just by looking at the referee's face, you know what kind of difficulties need to be overcome.

However, because the Cavaliers have just finished playing G7, the physical strength of the main players has not yet recovered.

The Bulls did a good job defensively, causing the Cavaliers players to expose problems at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends early due to physical exhaustion in G1.

Because of this, the Bulls only needed three quarters of play to establish a 23-point advantage, which can be said to have taken the G1 victory in their hands early.

Because they are still in the rebuilding period, the Bulls have little pressure on their records.

So in the fourth quarter, Scott Skels was more bold to let Curry, Harden, and Ibaka play more, practice more, and accumulate more playoff game experience.

Who knows, Curry's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and he doesn't know how heavy his shots are, and he only played 3 minutes in the fourth quarter and made 3 three-pointers.

Will come up to the staggered peak, oh no, is to help the Cavaliers narrow the difference, and James who is fighting for that chance to win is discouraged.

However, James was not discouraged and returned to the bench in disgrace. On the contrary, he became more and more courageous, relying on the Bulls' outside three-point shots, constantly protecting the rebound and pushing the counterattack.

I have to say that James is worthy of being a man who has won the regular season MVP, and he knows that he can't do it.

Even though there was little hope of winning, he still did not give up this fourth quarter of the game.

Of course, the Bulls also gave a chance, and the first half of the fourth quarter was basically played by rookies and second-team players.

We all know that rookies lack game experience, especially on the defensive end, and are prone to make some mistakes.

Coupled with the fact that the body and technique are not fully mature, it is certain that they can't prevent a star like James who is at least in the top ten in the league.

Not to mention, this is the Cleveland Quick Loan Center, and it's only natural for the referee to give a superstar whistle.

It was also because the point difference was slowly narrowed, and Doon had to return to the court.

Although Doon can't solve the problem of the referees constantly blowing the whistle and the Cavaliers players constantly standing on the free throw line, the Bulls have taken a big enough lead that Doon can rely on his own strength to score.

110-101, with the support of Doon's 10 points in a single quarter, the Bulls still firmly bagged the G1 victory.

It is worth mentioning that James, who played 43 minutes in the fourth quarter tonight, scored 36 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks with 11 of 25 shots, 3 of 7 three-point shots, and 11 of 15 free throws.

Just looking at the data, James' performance tonight is no worse than Doon's, and it can even be called an offensive and defensive one, and he is the leader alone.

Of course, from James' performance on the court, it can also be seen that James did put a lot of physical effort into tonight.

But he worked so hard and still failed to win, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the morale of the Knights.

After this game, the outside media also continued to report and discuss the results of the game.

In the past two years, the Cavaliers have been one of the best teams in the league, and James has also proved his personal strength by winning the regular season MVP.

Under normal circumstances, if the Cavaliers reach the playoffs this year, they should be like the Bulls a few years ago, chopping melons and vegetables in the East.

It's just that in the first round, it was like the Bucks in the league's bottom ball market, and the teams that often played badly were inextricably killed, and it was difficult to distinguish between them.

finally advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, and was beaten by the Bulls, who have been rebuilt and focused on cultivating new talents.

The outside media has even tacitly acquiesced that the Bulls are losing at the whistle, and the Cavaliers are taking advantage of the penalty.

However, under the favorable conditions of playing at home, the Cavaliers still lost so badly, which has to make people have some doubts.

At first, the media and fans questioned the CBAs within the Cavaliers, but it didn't take long for the controversy to focus on James.

After all, 15 free throws in a single game is a bit abnormal, not to mention that James is not a pure breakthrough play, and he also shot more than a dozen three-point and mid-range shots together.

It's normal for James to have so many free throws in the regular season, but it's still the case in the playoffs, especially in the first round, and it makes some fans feel unfair to have this special exception and eliminate the Bucks in this way.

Some fans and media members even shared videos on the Internet about James' regular season penalty profits.

Some people said that James averaged 10 free throws per game in the regular season, and the number of free throws in the playoffs not only did not decrease, but rose to an average of 14 free throws per game.

Because the regular season MVP is about to be announced, James is the player with the best record and the most talked about among the three seeded players, so the attention and controversy on James have become greater for a while.

However, the mainstream media reacted quickly, and in just one day, the reports about James changed from questioning to making James a tragic hero who is beautiful and miserable.

The Cavaliers can't beat the Bulls because Doon is too strong, and Doon's teammates are too strong.

James has done his best to score 36 points, and the statistics of rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks show that James is very comprehensive, not much worse than Doon.

In comparison, the performance of other Cavaliers players is a little unsatisfactory, and the stars who should be rising in the Cavaliers team have now lost their chains and have no way to help James share the pressure.

Of course, fans are still making their voices heard on the Internet.

Even some fans who aren't Doon are fighting over Doon's failure to win the regular season MVP last year.

Getting back to the point, the time soon came to May 5th, and it was still a quick loan center, and the G2 of the Bulls and Cavaliers started immediately.

Maybe it's because G1 James worked too hard and couldn't recover in just two days, and tonight James felt very poor, and he couldn't shoot anything.

We all know that shooting is the most effortless means of offense, and it is too difficult for players who do not shoot to break through and score under the basket alone.

The simplest reason is that it is very simple for an interior star to score 20 points in a game, but even O'Neal, if he wants him to play under the basket ball by ball, there is no guarantee that he will score 30 points in every game.

James is an outside player, and at the same time a big man of the Cavaliers, if he wants to score from the outside to the inside, even if he takes a few more steps, it will not be easier than the inside player to score on the inside.

Even if James has a whistle, under the defense of the Bulls putting on a joint defense and encircling the basket, James's offense is suddenly limited, and he can only use the pass to help his Cavaliers relieve the scoring pressure.

The problem is, Maurice Williams is a small man and a second-round pick with limited physical talent.

Even if he shoots well, in the face of high-intensity defense, he is named by the Bulls, and constantly uses offense to consume his physical strength, his hand will decline rapidly, until he is completely reduced to a blacksmith.

As for James's other helper, Antoine Jamison, Doon naturally came out of the way.

In the case that James couldn't throw, all the knights turned into blacksmiths, without exception.

The Bulls relied on pressing defense, as well as zone defense, to suppress the Cavaliers.

The Bulls played an easier game than G1, even though the free throws on both sides were 16-39 and the Cavaliers made 23 more free throws, the Bulls still won 98-84 and won by 14 points.

Before the start of this round of the series, perhaps no one expected that the fifth in the East would play the first in the East and start 2-0, just like Lao Tzu beating his son.

At this juncture, the league needs to announce the ownership of the regular season MVP.

This suddenly made the league officials sit on the wax......

Because Stern was the only one to talk about, he once again gave the regular season MVP to James, so that James became another second-time MVP after Doon.

The problem is that Doon has already won five championships, including a four-game winning streak.

In comparison, James is foiled as the stupid son of a capitalist.

They are all rookies in the same class, and Duane, who relies purely on ability, became famous early, but a regular season MVP honor that should have been won was snatched away by James.

James' performance is not bad, but there are better ones in the same period, just because there are kneeling people to support him, he takes advantage of it.

To be reasonable, Tianlong people and Ao Guanhai have to concave a diligent person who has repaid student loans for decades.

James is obviously not strong, but he shared the best rookie with Doon, and last year he grabbed Doane's regular season MVP.

This year, James won the regular season MVP again and became the second consecutive MVP, but if he is eliminated by Doon again, the controversy on James may be even more irrepressible.

When a cockroach is found in the house, it often means that the unnoticed corner is already full of cockroaches.

Just not noticing cockroaches is not the right solution to the problem.

However, at this stage, the league can only take some measures to help James cover up as much as possible, and to help James perform better in this series.

In fact, judging from James' regular season stats, as well as the Cavaliers' record, it is not surprising that he won the regular season MVP.

The key problem is that in order to encourage James last year, the regular season MVP was given to James in advance, which led to the promotion of seedlings.

This year is the regular season MVP again, which makes it seem that James is a little unworthy, and it is not enough to become a second consecutive MVP.

Of course, there is another option, which is to make an interim adjustment and award the regular season MVP to the less controversial of the three seeded players.

However, the regular season MVP votes are all traceable, and Stern made it clear that some media people voted for James, which was also revealed early.

As a result, the risk of temporary substitutions for the regular season MVP is very high.

In other words, James won the second consecutive MVP at most because James was ridiculed by the group, and the league changed course, so there would be no credibility at all.

In the end, the league can only choose to postpone the announcement of the regular season MVP and create a chance for James to win.

Fast forward to May 8, and the Bulls and Cavaliers G3 kicked off at the Chicago Union Center.

After a year, the Bulls have once again suffered special treatment only from a three-time championship dynasty.

And the players of the Cavaliers, with the hints and acquiescence of the league, also know that there is no way to win the game with the regular method, so they can only be anxious and engage in some crooked ways.

Ben Gordon and Josh Smith are from the past, and they know that they will have to change teams after the playoffs, so they naturally refuse to get injured in this series.

The main players of the Bulls are timid, and they naturally can't win by relying on Doane and rookies alone.

In order to avoid injuries to any players, the Bulls withdrew the main team early in the third quarter to admit defeat, and the fourth quarter was for rookies to practice.

The emperor paid off, and although the Bulls lost G3, it still made sense.

By G4, the Bulls had finally produced some results in their rookie development.

Curry exploded and turned into a perverted quasi-baby-faced killer in advance.

Curry, who plays next to Doon, is like Thompson, who plays next to Curry.

When people mention Thompson, they tend to mention his scoring explosion, mentioning G6 Soup.

In fact, Thompson often takes the salary and tactical position of the second leader, and plays the performance of the third or fourth leader, only because he plays poorly, and is blown into the sky because of one or two highlights from time to time.

The Warriors are a guard-centric pass-and-cut style of play, the guard is the beneficiary of the system, and the guard's offense is added by the system.

Many people say that Curry is Redick, and that's why.

However, Curry, as the big man and the first scoring point, is undoubtedly the most targeted by opponents.

Holding the ball, staring at the quadruple, naming tactics, and even being confiscated by the referee......

And when Curry is focused on defense by opponents, Thompson, as another guard on the court, is the biggest beneficiary of the system.

Curry enjoys the results of the pass-and-cut system, often after Thompson relies on the system to play to an effect, or the All-Star-level forward relies on his individual ability to attract the defense.

Now that Curry is playing in the Bulls, although he can't enjoy the results of the pass-and-cut system, playing next to Doane will not be subject to too much defensive pressure, but can get a lot of open shots.

Curry's touch and shooting talent are among the best in the entire NBA.

Finding the groove and throwing the ball into the basket one after another is as easy for Curry as eating and sleeping.

After adapting to the previous nine playoff games, Curry clearly understands how to play in the playoffs.

This time, it was also because Ben Gordon was wise to protect himself and didn't care about ball possession and playing time, which allowed Curry to seize the opportunity.

And when Curry broke out, the Cavaliers also had to send someone to restrain Curry, and Doon took advantage of this opportunity to attack strongly and score like crazy.

Just like the Warriors, when the Splash Brothers scored back-to-back three-pointers, no team in the league could effectively limit their frantic offense.

To put it bluntly, a team's defensive resources are limited.

In a match, the referee's help is also limited.

The Cavaliers were able to achieve the first record in the East for two consecutive seasons, not because the defense was really good, but because of the help of the referees.

The league has experimented in the past few years, and when the Bulls keep scoring, they have the strength to play 5 against 8.

Tonight, the Bulls showed that quality again.

Doon scored 38 points to lead the team to victory, and Curry, who came off the bench, scored 29 points with 8 three-pointers, 2 free cuts and 1 free throw, making a huge contribution to the Bulls' G4 victory.

After winning G4, the Bulls went to Cleveland again with a score of 3-1.

And the league saw that the Cavaliers were no longer able to do it, and the Bulls were about to advance again, so they could only hurriedly hold a regular season MVP award ceremony for James, who had just returned to Cleveland......

Perhaps it was the excitement brought by the second consecutive MVP that made James extremely excited in the G5 game, and his defense was extraordinarily active.

Curry, who is still performing well in G5, was defended by James during an air-cut layup, and then carelessly lost Jingzhou, and his waist discomfort was lifted down.

Now the penalty scale of the playoffs, as long as you don't blatantly elbow people and kick people with your feet like Malone, even if it is a dirty action of pushing the waist, it is just a normal foul.

It can only be said that Curry paid for his youth.

If you want to become a star, you must either have your body naturally full of endurance attributes, or you must master various techniques to protect yourself as soon as possible.

Doon and James are rookies in the same class, and they are both in the East, and they have played each other so many times over the years, and they are limited to the category of physical fierce confrontation, and there have been no injuries.

Of course, if Doon had tailored a set of full-body protective gear for Curry earlier, he might have been able to avoid Curry's injury this time.

But none of this matters, the important thing is that the Bulls, under the leadership of Doon, still defeated the Cavaliers led by James with difficulty.

It's just that in the fourth quarter of the game, the anxious James elbowed Harden who came off the bench in the process of breaking.

Although Harden didn't open the writing wheel, as the essence of human fear of pain, he also showed several memes miserably, and returned to the locker room with his chest covered in advance.

It has to be said that although the Bulls defeated the Cavaliers 4-1 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals again, they also lost two important rotation players.

It remains to be seen whether the main players Ben Gordon and Josh Smith will be able to continue to be of the same mind as Doon.

Otherwise, the Bulls may have a chance to become the first team in history to be in the midst of a rebuilding period. (End of chapter)