After the All-Star weekend, the Bulls' next goal is to challenge for the first place in the East.

However, the Bulls haven't done much to make a difference, and the Heat have fallen from the first place in the East due to injuries.

Seeing this formation, the Bulls naturally will not miss the opportunity to reach the top of the East, relying on a wave of eight consecutive wins, successfully replacing the Heat to the top of the East, and completely consolidating the first place in the East.

Seeing that there are still a dozen games left in the regular season, the Bulls have also started to rotate and rest to prepare for the next playoffs in advance.

It's just that the plan can't keep up with the changes, and even if the injury factor is avoided as much as possible, there are still people injured among the main players of the Bulls, and there is more than one.

It can only be said that modern basketball has accelerated the pace of the game, and if the defensive scale is enhanced, it is easier for people to accumulate illness and increase the risk of injury.

Fortunately, there are a lot of people who can play in the Bulls this season, and they have been in normal rotation all the time, and even the main players are not consumed much.

So, although there are injuries on the Bulls, the injuries are not particularly serious.

Curry broke through the foot with the ball, because he has been equipped with a foot brace, the injury is not serious, and it is good to rest for a few days.

Ibaka fell to the ground and suffered a back injury after a layup, but it was just a sore back muscle, and it only needed normal medication and a period of recuperation to heal.

Green enjoyed the process of wrestling with people, and was elbowed when the opponent broke through, and was diagnosed with a first-degree concussion, and was banned for one game because of the concussion protection mechanism.

Overall, injuries in the second half of the regular season didn't have much impact on the Bulls.

Before the end of the regular season, the main players of the Bulls have recovered one after another and are ready for the next playoffs in full bloom.

With 59 wins and 23 losses, the Bulls almost had a regular season record of 60+ wins.

Of course, the Bulls have won 59 games in the league this season, which is already remarkable.

The final record of the regular season predicted by Doon was only 58 wins.

In the second half of the regular season, when most playoff teams broke out with injuries, the Bulls took advantage of the opportunity to play a better regular season record.

Fast forward to late April, and the NBA playoffs have finally begun.

This year's Bulls' first-round opponent is the Brooklyn Nets, and the Nets' star stars are the former Hawks singles Joe and Deron Williams who eats and sleeps to beat Paul.

In addition, the Nets also have Thaddeus Young and Brook Lopez in the main lineup.

It stands to reason that with such a lineup configuration, the Nets will not be worthy of eighth place in the East.

However, the fact is that neither Joe nor Delong alone has too strong ability to lead the team.

This year, the Nets configuration is not bad, but it has not been able to condense into a rope and actively rush up.

In the end, he was able to advance to the Eastern Conference playoffs, or because other players on the fringes of the Eastern Conference playoffs were injured and fell behind at the last minute.

Of course, even if it weren't for the Nets, other teams on the fringes of the Eastern Conference playoffs were lucky enough to finish eighth in the East, and the final result was already predestined.

For a championship team like the Bulls, who have rich playoff experience and are determined to win the championship and build a dynasty again, any team in the East is just a chicken and a dog, and it is not worth mentioning at all!

In other words, the outside media is also very clear about this, and the Bulls in the regular season are the Bulls weakened by the league.

When it comes to the playoffs, the league can't take a black whistle against the Bulls every game.

This means that the Bulls, who train with weights in the regular season, will be unstoppable in the playoffs.

And on the way to the Bulls playoffs this year, neither the Nets nor the Heat can hinder the Bulls.

Just because of the strength shown by the Bulls in the regular season, the media can make up their minds in advance, and the Bulls can easily make it out of the East and reach the Finals again!

"Unless the league rigs the game, the Chicago Bulls will advance to the Finals with a devastating force!"

"A bull with Doon cannot be defeated! Brothers, Bulls Championship! ”

"59 wins, first in the East! That's why Doon is the best player in the league! ”

"We have to admit that there is no team in the East that can match the intensity of the Bulls! If it weren't for some of the obstacles we can see, the Bulls would have been a 60-win team this season! ”

"If Doon leaves the NBA, there will be nothing to see in the playoffs! If Doon returns to the NBA, the playoffs will only be left with the Bulls winning! ”

"Observe a moment of silence for this year's Eastern Conference team, and the Chicago Bulls will surely make a comeback."

"The Bulls led by Doon have taken the suspense out of the game in the East, and perhaps this will also make the competition in the West more intense!"

"The Chicago Bulls are more championship-looking than the Oklahoma City Thunder, and it only took one season for Doon to play a regular season MVP-level performance after his return!"

Before the Bulls and the Nets started the first round of G1, the outside media had already commented and predicted this, and they regarded the Bulls as the top seed to win the championship this year.

In fact, as everyone guessed, the Bulls have not felt any pressure in the East since the first round of G1.

The scale of the playoffs is even better for the Bulls than in the regular season.

With a real home-court advantage, the Bulls came up with two consecutive main three-quarter check-ins and played the Nets 2-0.

That is, in order to cooperate with the team to sell tickets, and also to increase the ratings of the league, the Bulls played a tacit game in G3 in advance, giving the Nets a little sweetness.

When it comes to G4, the league actually has the idea of helping the Nets.

But under the leadership of Doon, the Bulls were in a state of rage, and then easily beat the Nets players, winning another big win with a score of 121-95.

may also be this big victory, which directly knocked out the Nets' morale.

In the first round of G5, the cheers at the Chicago Union Center barely stopped.

The Bulls players, with the support of the home fans, did not have the idea of wasting their physical strength, and took out the fullest state from the beginning, and then cut through the mess with a clean and sharp knife, and the main team took away the Nets in a wave in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, although the Bulls replaced the bench players, they still won steadily, sending Green, Middleton and others with playoff experience to win the game, rather than using the team's first-year rookies.

"Everyone played great, including our opponents.

I love the team and I want to lead the team back to the finals.

Looking forward to meeting the Thunder in the Finals this year, they're our goal, a historic team with two MVPs.

Yes, I think Russell will be the MVP! His hard work and performance on the pitch deserves such an honor.

You know, even during KD's injury, Russell still led the Thunder to victory after victory.

Anyone who can really understand the game knows how strong Russell really is. ”

After G5 defeated the Nets and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, Doon was interviewed by the time and began to lay out the Finals in advance.

is also because the results of the regular season MVP are about to be announced, and Doon took the opportunity to give the Thunder Twins some eye medicine.

As the saying goes, the siege is the bottom, and the heart is the top. War is a continuation of politics.

Whether the league wants to make Durant the MVP for the second time, or really upset and award the regular season MVP to Wei Shao, it can make another person feel upset.

It is worth mentioning that Durant's contract is about to expire, Wei Shao's contract is not a few years away, and the Thunder owner and management are not good at spending a lot of money and paying luxury taxes to maintain a championship-contending roster.

Doon also considered that as soon as his contract was renewed in the summer, the Bulls' roster would inevitably be broken up in order to reduce taxes.

At that time, the overall strength of the team has declined, but the opponent for the championship has remained the same, or improved slightly, which is very bad.

At the moment, the most threatening threat to the Bulls next season is the Thunder, and it would undoubtedly be great if the Thunder could be allowed to have civil unrest.

After Doon lost the bait, he didn't think about it, and what fish he could catch next would depend on later.

Time passed quickly, and the Bulls soon welcomed their second-round opponent, the fifth-place Wizards in the East.

In the previous Eastern Conference first round, the Wizards relied on their talent to defeat the Raptors.

You know, the current Wizards have 10-time No. 1 pick John Wall, 12-time rookie Bradley Beal, and 13-time rookie Otto Porter.

The core squad is very young and very dynamic.

And the main rotation players, there are also many players from the first round.

For example, Paul Pearce, who is about to retire, Nene Hilario, who is in the late stages of his physical condition, Drew Gooden, a CBA teammate of Young Zhan, and Kevin Seraphim, a green card artifact and snake man.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals, it is indeed much more difficult to play against a team like the Wizards that requires talent and experience than playing the Nets in the first round.

Of course, no matter how strong the Wizards are, they can't be stronger than the Bulls.

It's just that the Wizards relied on their own efforts to explode a game early in G2.

Because all the players are online and all the players are working hard, the Bulls also have some carelessness and lost the game that should have been won steadily.

Fortunately, the Bulls realized the threat of the Wizards and regained their game in G3.

It's also because G2 has already lost before, so this time you don't need to play tacit ball away from home, you can just go all out to beat the Wizards down.

The problem is, the league is not willing to let this series end so quickly.

The Bulls are unique in the East, and the Bulls' momentum in the East is basically unstoppable.

Only a team like the Wizards, with young players as the core, can give the Bulls a cold shoulder in the playoffs.

The league wants some changes in the playoffs to grab the attention of the crowd.

At the same time, I also hope that the Bulls can return to their original role - helping other teams and other players to sing on stage.

It was also the referee who pulled off the court to help, and the Bulls and the Wizards played extra anxious in the Eastern Conference semifinals G4.

In the first half, the Bulls obviously built an 11-point lead, and at the beginning of the third quarter, they blew Curry two fouls in a row, blowing the Bulls' biggest off-ball threat first.

And in order to facilitate Wall and Beal to score under the basket, halfway through the third quarter, White Edge also accumulated his fourth foul.

Fortunately, the ghostly George suddenly stepped up and made two consecutive three-pointers in the last few minutes of the third quarter to help the Bulls stabilize the score.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Doon tried to travel at a staggered peak, but he was frequently pinched and the offensive opportunities were not good, so he didn't score many points.

Doon still relied on his game experience and game reading ability, making more balls for other teammates, passing several wonderful passes, and helping the Bulls pull the score away by connecting the team.

By just over three minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Bulls had built a 19-point lead under Doon's leadership.

In order to reduce the consumption of key players and avoid injury accidents in the future, Bulls head coach Scott Skels removed Dune and other starters in advance.

The main players of the Wizards continued to stay on the court until the last 42 seconds of the game, when they called a timeout to rest.

No way, the Bulls played more patiently, that is, they pressed the time to play, relied on the bench players to play steadily, and used up time to win the game.

Of course, if the Wizards' offensive firepower is too fierce and they chase consecutive points in the last three minutes, Doon and others may not be able to hold back and return to the court.

It can only be said that ginger is still old and spicy! Scott Skels has been coaching in the NBA for so many years and has won so many championships for nothing.

Scott Skels had already guessed that several young players of the Wizards lacked playoff experience, and they did everything in the first three quarters in order to win, and they didn't have so much physical strength in the fourth quarter to ensure scoring efficiency, and they all relied on fighting spirit to persevere.

In the end, it was true, relying on tenacious fighting spirit and holding on for a few minutes, it didn't help the Wizards turn defeat into victory, but instead consumed a few more points of their physical strength.

And two days later, the G5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals will start again.

Even young players like Wall, Beal, and Otto Porter have not recovered so quickly in terms of physical strength.

After the start of G5, the Bulls have the home court advantage, and then wait for work, and it will be easier to play.

As soon as the starting lineup came up, they quickly won points and opened up the difference.

In the last three minutes of the first quarter, Scott Skels directly sent a pure bench lineup composed of five rookies to help the Bulls win the game with an on-the-spot set-up.

In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, I want to use a substitute lineup that is easy to make mistakes to give the Wizards some opportunities to chase points.

It's not exactly about giving away points, but it's about seducing the Wizards to stay on the court a little longer, let them hold on a little longer, and then exhaust their physical strength in the first half as much as possible.

Sure enough, the Wizards were unaware of Scott Skyles' plan to lure the enemy deeper.

Of course, in the playoffs, it is also the most common tactic to play the main team, and if the Wizards want to win, they can only stick to the main players and win that glimmer of life.

And it turned out to be a hit!

As early as midway through the second quarter, Wall showed some signs of physical exhaustion.

And Beal prefers to shoot, and it just so happens that the Bulls front group comes to defend guards, so they are better at defending guards who like to shoot.

Relying on the advantage of the overall defense, the Bulls have established a 22-point lead by the end of the first half.

In the third quarter, the Bulls did not rush to win the game in one fell swoop, but continued to play a war of attrition with the Wizards.

The Wizards thought that the Bulls were leading too many waves, so they desperately played the transition, grabbed the rebound, and tried to hit the basket again and again.

Then little by little, the physical strength is drained and the prey falls into the cobwebs laid out by the bull.

At the end of the third quarter, the margin narrowed to 13 points, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bulls expanded the margin to about 20 points again.

Seeing this, Scott Skeles promptly replaced Doon and others off the court.

However, the veteran Pierce still surprised everyone's expectations, scoring 7 points in a row at a critical moment, and soon played Doon on the court.

Sometimes, when the head coach shows his operation, he may be slapped in the face by the opponent, and Doon is not surprised by this.

Doon didn't want to waste time or say anything, so he got back on the field and immediately solved the problem.

On the defensive end, he personally dealt with Pierce and asked Pierce to be well-behaved, and he had to serve the old when he got older.

On the offensive end, Doon showed the momentum of the first day of the league in the past, and as soon as he got on the court, he burst into a shot and cut 5 points in a row.

Even though Beal struggled to get the ball and relied on free throws to score point by point, the Bulls' scoring efficiency during this period was not bad, and the score remained at a gap of more than a dozen points.

In the next few rounds, the Wizards fought hard to attack, and the Bulls just lowered the game time, as long as they didn't give the empty three-point chase opportunity, the two-point shot under the basket could be given.

Occasionally, the Bulls relied on defense to counterattack, switch offense, and erase the Wizards' previous round score.

With more than a minute left in the fourth quarter, Doon took the initiative and relied on holding the ball to win two consecutive rounds of singles, consolidating the Bulls' advantage to more than 10 points.

The Wizards couldn't find anyone else to step up and score in crunch time, and no one asked God to step up and create a wave of Maddie or Miller moments.

So, when the bull saw that it was good, he accepted it, Mingjin withdrew his troops, and once again replaced the main force and let the rookies fight.

In the end, there were no surprises in the outcome of the game, and the Bulls won the game and the series by 11 points until the end of the game.

The Bulls are once again in the Eastern Conference Finals!

Two days later, the Eastern Conference Finals roster was released!

The Heat did not disappoint the Bulls and successfully met the Bulls in the East!

"You know, the Miami Heat have been our biggest enemy in the East for the last few years!

I retired last year and then our team lost.

I'm back this year, and our goal is – yes, revenge! ”

Before the start of the East Showdown, Doon released cruel words in advance to attract the attention of the outside world.

And only if more people pay attention to the game, the Bulls can get more fair in the game...... (End of chapter)