52 wins in the regular season isn't a big deal, but it's just a normal season, a mid-playoff team.

However, they lost only 14 games in the regular season.

This represents a team of historical proportions!

At least when fully healthy, this team has a lot of strength that most NBA teams can't beat.

And now, the team that has achieved such results is the Chicago Bulls, who have a giant background and a supergiant in the league.

That is undoubtedly a vivid portrayal of what is called a "favorite to win the championship".

"Doon, what are your prospects for the playoffs?"

"Doon, will the goal be to win the championship this year?"

"The Chicago Bulls are once again the best team in the NBA, will you get back to the throne that belongs to you, Doane?"

"Doon, do you have the confidence to build a second dynasty of your own? Are you already doing this? ”

"Doon, you've led a team that has the best record in the league! Do you think you will be the MVP of the regular season? ”

After the regular season, the major media outlets across the United United gathered at the Chicago United Center to ask Doon a variety of questions in post-game interviews.

Normally, the playoffs haven't started yet, and it seems a bit early to talk about the championship.

However, Doon feels the time is ripe for a title.

After the regular season, it can be clearly felt that some of the teams that competed for the championship last season have indeed declined.

In addition, because the schedule is too tight and busy, the vast majority of playoff teams have experienced major injuries.

The Bulls rely on scientific rotation adjustments, and they are precisely the team with the most complete preservation strength this season!

"Kobe Bryant waited for me for two years in the Finals, and this time I won't miss the contract again!"

"Every time you set the goal of moving forward to become a championship, it always makes your blood boil.

I knew it was a tough road, but luckily I found like-minded teammates.

Basketball doesn't lie, we set goals from the summer and work together.

Until now, we have proved that we are the best team and the strongest team in the regular season!

I'm sure it won't be long before we can be the best team in the playoffs and the whole season! ”

"Michael made the Chicago Bulls one of the greatest giants in the NBA, and I want to make the Chicago Bulls great again!"

After Doon made an early declaration of the championship, fans across the United States were in an uproar, and Chicago was instantly boiling.

Chicago fans have been waiting for Doon to say such a slogan for two years.

It was also because of their trust in Doon's abilities that they were willing to wait with Doon for a long period of rebuilding.

It's just that I didn't expect that Doon's ability to cultivate rookies is so strong, and Doon's ability to lead the team is so good.

In the past two years, the Bulls have continued to make achievements in the draft, and the rookies have done their best to show their talent and play more and more on the court.

Chicago fans also believe that the rebuilding period is coming to an end and the championship window is about to open.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that it was this season.

Obviously, at the beginning of the season, the Bulls have not shouted the slogan of attacking the championship.

Even, ending the regular season with the best record in the league, Chicago fans thought it was just the same as the previous two years.

Because Doon is too strong in leading the team, he accidentally passed the playoffs and reached the Eastern Conference Finals, only to expose the problem of insufficient manpower and lack of helpers around him.

Now, however, Doon himself has spoken up to tell everyone that everything is ready.

Doon leads a group of rookies and was ready to challenge for a championship as early as the summer.

It's just that the time was not ripe before, and Doon and the others could only prepare for all this in private.

And now that Doon can make this public, he is obviously fully prepared.

"Fake, this guy Doon has worked so hard to hide from us! I'll have to buy another Doon jersey and have a good time venting! ”

"I have witnessed Michael's greatness under my father's leadership. Now I will take my son with me to witness the greatness of Doon! ”

"We're going to be champions this year! If we can't win this year, it's because of the damn team management that didn't find enough helpers for Doon! ”

"War has begun, our king, lead us in a charge!"

"No one has beaten Doon in the finals so far, and I'm sure we'll be to the finals this year!"

"Give the rookies a little more time, they're all talented!

Tyrek is an All-Star, and Stephen is the King of Tricks and Three-Point King.

And Paul and Serge, who fly in the sky to play, and they will definitely be able to help Doon! ”

It's the evening of April 28, and the first round of the playoffs is finally about to start.

At the Chicago Union Center, 22,000 fans were wearing Bulls jerseys.

It's basically Doon's No. 31 jersey, with only one or two thousand people wearing the jerseys of other Bulls players.

If you look closely, you can even find Jordan and Pippen's.

But this is also normal, not all fans are rich.

In Chicago, there is no shortage of poor families whose parents have saved up for a long time to meet their children's wishes before they can bring their children to the United Center to watch a game.

Some fans have been strapped for money lately and really can't afford to buy new jerseys. And in order to avoid being out of place and being looked down upon by other fans who came to watch the game together, they could only wear antiques that had been passed down for several years and more than ten years into the United Center.

This has to be said that the older generation of stars often adhere to the principle of not getting out of the line of fire with minor injuries.

After all, some fans, in order to witness the stars play and get close to the stars, may only spend once in their lives to enter the stadium to watch the game.

The vast majority of stars are from a hard background, having had the same experience as a child, so they can empathize, so they are strict with themselves to meet the needs of their fans.

Of course, there are also those who forget their roots, and the stars are overloaded with management, or in order to brush up on data, only picking weak teams to play, which will be criticized.

Doon's strength is already full, he is still relatively young, his endurance attribute is full again, there is no hidden danger of injury, and there are more games in the third quarter, but there is no such problem.

However, when I came to the United Center today, there was also a problem, that is, when I warmed up for the frontcourt, I was stopped by the fans in the players' tunnel, especially some parents brought their young fans over, and Doon had to sign their jerseys.

However, because the announcement of the victory of the side at the end of the regular season two days ago stimulated local Chicago fans to spend wildly.

According to the Bulls' official statistics, in just two days, 130,000 new Doane's No. 31 jerseys were sold.

Fortunately, there were more than 20,000 fans at the scene, and there were only a few dozen fans near the players' tunnel.

Even if some fans brought more than one jersey and needed Doon's autograph, Doon was only a few minutes late.

After satisfying the wishes of the fans, Doon waved his somewhat sore arm, and then officially warmed up.

Perhaps also affected by this, Doon's shooting touch tonight was average.

Fortunately, the Bulls' opponent tonight is the Magic, the Magic who are out with an injury.

After All-Star Weekend, Magic management knew they couldn't keep Howard in the offseason.

So in order to squeeze Howard's last value, he instructed Van Gundy to Howard to ensure that the Magic had a good spot in the playoffs as much as possible.

However, because of the shortened season, the tight schedule, and the relatively large consumption of the inside line, Howard finally accumulated some minor illnesses and pains, and then fought with injuries under the deception of the team doctor.

Although the Magic team doctor is not as outrageous as the Pioneer Veterinarian, he is also a well-known quack doctor in the United States. Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill's careers, were ruined by the magic quacks.

This time it was Howard's turn, and of course, it is also possible that the management knew about Howard's injury, but acquiesced or manipulated it all in order to be able to make the playoffs and make money for the team.

Anyway, Howard has already decided to leave Orlando, so is it okay to stay as a baby?

Of course, for this series, the Magic are self-defeating.

Without Howard's magic, the defense would be nothing but for the Bulls.

Doon noticed that he didn't feel good, so he kept holding the ball and rushing inside, which was a sudden.

It is precisely because of this that after the first half, Doon had 23 points in his hands, and the game difference was also stretched to 18 points.

If this continues, this game will undoubtedly be a three-quarter clock-in situation.

In order to reduce their own physical exertion, but also to increase the playoff game experience for small cards, Butler and others.

As early as halftime, Doon suggested to Scott Skels that he adjust the rotation for the second half to allow first- and second-year rookies to get more playing time.

Scott Skeles carefully considered Doon's idea, and finally agreed with Doon's point of view and made a reasonable arrangement.

The Magic didn't take advantage of the Bulls' opportunity to use the third quarter as garbage time early and replace the three-lineup players to quickly close the difference.

And the young players of the Bulls are also trying to seize the opportunity to play in the playoffs as much as possible, and do their best on the court, in order to be reused by the team next season.

It's basically the same as the regular season, with the performances of Carl Jr., Butler and others, and the second-year Bradley and Jeremy Lin also performed well, not disappointing Doon and Scott Skels.

Originally, Doon was ready to play for a few minutes in the fourth quarter, but the rookies did a great job of completing the tasks assigned to them by Scott Skels.

89-101, the Bulls won the first round G1 easily by 12 points.

In the whole game, Doon only played 26 minutes, and scored 27 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.

It is also because the other main players do not have much playing time, so there is no second player in the team who scores 20+.

However, starting and coming off the bench, in addition to Doane, the Bulls also had five players score in double figures.

To some extent, the Bulls may not have qualified second-masters and third-masters, but they do have a group of four-masters and five-masters.

Fast forward to April 30, and the Bulls and Magic are once again at the United Center.

Similar to G1, as early as the first half, Doon led the team to defeat the main force of the Magic and established an early 21-point advantage.

In the third quarter, Doon only played 4 minutes, and in the fourth quarter, he threw towels directly on the sidelines to the rookies and acted as an atmosphere group.

It can only be said that the magic after the absence of Howard is indeed a pretty good whetstone.

The rookies of the Bulls have been given more opportunities to experience and grow, and the main players of the Bulls have gone through this round of the series and have not consumed much.

Compared to other teams that have played in the playoffs, the Bulls have played a little too easily in this series.

On May 5, G4 came to an end with the first round of the playoffs between the Bulls and the Magic.

The Bulls easily swept their opponents 4-0 and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals first.

However, the Bulls' opponent did not solve the opponent in the first round and advanced to the second round.

On the contrary, the Heat, who are second in the East, and the Pacers, who are third in the East, swept their opponents 4-1 and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

In this way, the series between the Heat and the Pacers will undoubtedly start first.

Fortunately, the Celtics still relied on their game experience to successfully advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

After all the members of the Eastern Conference semifinals advanced, the Eastern Conference semifinals will also start soon.

On May 13, the Heat triumvirate thought they would be able to beat up the young man of the Pacers.

Whoever wants Hibbert to sit under the basket, Leng has reduced Wade and James' offensive efficiency by seven or eight percentage points.

At the same time, Bosh was injured in the first game.

Although the Heat won G1 by experience, the situation turned out to be somewhat unfavorable for the Heat.

On May 14, the game between the Bulls and the Celtics finally began.

There are also injuries to the main players on the Celtics side, and Ray Allen was injured as early as the regular season, which is one of the reasons why the Celtics struggled in the first round of the playoffs.

As the saying goes, take advantage of your illness to kill you.

The Bulls' goal this season is to win the championship, no matter what the series, to keep winning.

So as a competitor, there is no mercy at all.

Taking advantage of the Celtics' weakness at the No. 2 position and poor shooting, the Bulls gave Evans more tactics while also limiting the Celtics' scoring with joint defense.

The Celtics tried to use defense and game experience to solve the Bulls, but Doon broke out early in G1, scoring 38 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists to lead the team to victory.

In G2, Ray Allen quickly returned with an injury, but the effect of being ordered to come off the bench at the moment of crisis was not good, shooting 1 of 5 three-pointers, but it did the Celtics a favor.

On the Bulls' side, Curry, who started the game, served as a good space point and helped the team shoot five three-pointers.

This may also make the Celtic players feel the feeling of Ray Allen playing on the opposite side.

93-106, the Bulls won the game again by a big score, advancing the series score to 2-0.

Next, the Bulls moved to Boston, and the Celtics finally relied on the home whistle to pull back a game.

However, league officials also know that the Celtics cannot be a hindrance to the Bulls this season.

And the Bulls reached the finals again, and Doon was crowned king again, and the topic must be full!

For the sake of this wave of traffic, the league officials did not have the idea of stopping the bulls.

In the end, the Bulls defeated the Celtics 4-1 after returning to Chicago and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals again.

(End of chapter)