Chapter 376: Opening Battle, Face the Defending Champion!
After finishing the entire preseason, the Bulls took a break in Chicago before heading to Oklahoma City.
That's right, the first game of the new season for the Bulls is to play the opening game against the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder!
Normally, the Bulls are located in the third largest city in the United States, and in recent years, they have won six championships, and have become among the top three giants in the NBA, with a lot of traffic.
What's more, before the start of this season, Doon has announced his comeback and is about to return to the NBA!
Since the news came out, no team in the league has been able to match the Bulls' traffic.
Under normal circumstances, the participation of the Bulls in the "New Year's drama" like the opening game must be to attract traffic to the younger and more potential small teams with the leading stars.
Just like the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first game of the preseason, with Irving and Wiggins, who are full of talent to the naked eye.
The NBA official uses the Bulls to bring attention to a team like the Cavaliers, which can undoubtedly enhance the overall value of the NBA.
Now the NBA official has arranged for the Bulls to play the opening game with the Thunder, even if there is a proverb that something abnormal in the United States must have a demon, the vast majority of people can see that the NBA official has ulterior motives!
It can only be said that the significance of Doon's comeback to the NBA is too great.
Doon's achievements in the NBA in the previous decade have overwhelmed the new generation of American players and subverted the ideas of the older generation.
Now one of the values of Doon's return to the NBA is like Jordan's second comeback in '01, becoming a cushion for young players and singing for young stars.
This is undoubtedly a shame for Jordan at the beginning, and for Doon now!
If you don't have the ability to fight back, it's equivalent to putting your face in front of someone else and getting slapped.
Many veteran stars, obviously maintaining their form, can play a few more seasons, why did they retire early?
I just can't accept the decline of myself, and I can't accept the status quo of being bullied by young players.
Of course, some people are used to being beaten, some people learn to resist, and some people choose to grovel, kneel and beg for mercy, and then play with a different face.
Fortunately, Doon is still young, although his body has reached the age of normal decline, but he has a thick foundation, and Doon just relies on his body to play, which is not something that ordinary people can win if they want to.
And Doon's previous ten years of racing experience were not completely lost because he retired for a year.
Doon, who has returned to the NBA, can undoubtedly play with his brain and rely on the containment of his teammates.
It's like Nash won a second consecutive MVP, not before the age of thirty, when his body was at its peak.
On the contrary, when he was in his thirties, he had become one of the most competitive players in the league by accumulating enough game experience, coupled with a group of teammates who were just the right fit for him, and with a strategy that suited him.
Now Doon is just shooting inconsistently, and he still has a lot of capital to play in the NBA.
To put it simply, Doon doesn't have the league's dominance at the moment, the league's supergiants, but at least he has an All-Star level.
Considering that the Bulls themselves are an Eastern Conference Finals-caliber team, it is indeed not a simple matter for the average team to win against the Bulls with Doon.
Therefore, the NBA's official labor team moved out of the defending champion Thunder!
You must know that the stars of the Thunder are Durant and Wei Shao, and their talents are both T0 in the two positions of small forward and point guard.
Although the talent of the Bulls players is not bad, Doon's shooting ability and playing sense have not been fully recovered.
The Bulls have the most advantageous super forward group compared to other teams, and there are only three or two big cats and kittens left, because George and Xiaoka are still recovering from injuries.
Judging from the current situation, the Bulls clearly have All-Star level, and that is Doane and Curry.
Even if Durant and Wei Shao get rid of Doane and Curry respectively, the remaining Thunder's championship-winning team will always be better than the Bulls' group of rookies.
In the eyes of league officials and most media, if George and Xiaoka return from injury, Doane recovers seventy or eighty percent of his shooting ability, and the Thunder is completely fit against the Bulls, and the outcome may not be known.
But against the current remnant of the Bulls, as long as all the players play normally, they can easily win the game.
"No matter what kind of fight, no matter what kind of opponent I meet, I will give it my all.
However, the team I would most like to beat was Doon's Chicago Bulls.
You know, I've been looking forward to fighting Doon again!
I'm very much looking forward to it, but of course it's mixed with some personal feelings.
All in all, it was a wonderful thing to beat Doon's team.
I'm going to prove who is the best player in the league! ”
Before the opening game, the confident Durant said to the media.
Obviously, the game hasn't started yet, and Durant has already begun to share the joy of beating the Bulls and beating Doon.
After all, happiness comes too suddenly!
Since defeating the Heat triumvirate led by Wade, James, and Bosh last year and leading the Thunder to win the first championship in team history, Durant has suddenly enjoyed the treatment of the son of America.
Under the encouragement of major media, Durant himself believed it!
That's right, I, Du Xiaoshuai, am the best player in the United States in the past decade, the league ruler who can replace Doane, and the king of the NBA for the next decade......
In the first two years, he always lost to Doon in the finals, and Durant would not have such an idea, but this year it was really smooth.
In particular, after winning the NBA championship, he led the Dream Eleven team and won the gold medal in the first Men's Basketball World Cup!
The body has reached its peak, the technology has been completed, Durant has officially entered the peak stage, and it happened to blossom and bear fruit, winning the NBA championship and the gold medal of the men's basketball World Cup, and the honors at home and abroad are directly full!
In this case, Durant has only one goal in his heart, which is to personally cut Dwan, the contemporary Jordan, off the horse and end Doon's legendary career that he envies!
Comparatively speaking, Wei Shao, who is also one of the two cores of the Thunder, has not eaten the "version dividend", so he is not as arrogant as Durant.
After winning the championship, Wei Shao, under the backdrop of Durant, became more down-to-earth.
Still practicing hard in the summer, still self-disciplined in the stadium and family.
Why can Wei Shao return to the factory to upgrade every time he is injured? Obviously, Wei Shao's rookie physical test data is similar to Curry.
The answer to this situation is very simple, just look at Wade, who is the same type as Wei Shao, it is inevitable to go to technology, but hard training is also essential.
People who are unwilling to stand still will always try to improve themselves by all means.
Wei Shao won his championship, but he has not yet won his regular season MVP and Finals MVP.
Therefore, for the next opening game, Wei Shao also has what he wants.
Nov. 1, Oklahoma City, Chesapeake Energy Arena.
"Let's have the Chicago Bulls No. 13 Doon play!"
"Doon, Doon, Doon!"
Obviously, the Thunder's home court has not only Thunder fans, but also Doon fans, or Bulls fans who come to help.
It is worth mentioning that the jersey that Doon wore when he appeared on the court was the new Bulls No. 13 jersey, not the old Bulls No. 31 jersey.
The reason for this is naturally because the No. 31 jersey was retired at the same time as the statue was erected last year.
In other words, Doane is the No. 13 pick of the first round of the 03 platinum generation, if it weren't for the Lakers' No. 13 jersey would have been retired long ago, maybe the jersey number that accompanied Doane throughout his career would have been No. 13, not No. 31.
Now that Doon is wearing the No. 13 jersey, he can be regarded as a career restart.
Try to use No. 13 Doon to prove your strength again and compete for the championship again!
No. 45 Jordan was blown up and forced to wear the No. 23 jersey, please God to get back to his former self.
If Doon can overcome all odds as the Bulls' No. 13 "rookie" and win another championship.
Then the controversy about the first person in the NBA will also come to an end!
However, if Doon wants to win the ultimate honor, he still needs to go through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties!
As the saying goes, it's hard to get started.
In the new season, if the Bulls want to win the championship, they must first ask the Thunder, the defending champion, whether they will agree!
If you don't say yes, hit them until they say yes!
"Guys, we're not here to be beaten!
I must tell you that our dynasty is not over yet! This is just the beginning of our story!
Show the defending champions how good we are!
I have to tell them that if it weren't for the injuries, they would still be our losers! ”
Before the game began, Doon cheered on the Bulls players on the sidelines while also cheering himself on...... (End of chapter)