no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 260: As a background board, the Raptors are professionals (please subscribe to the [-]-word chapter! Please vote for the month!!)
On the afternoon of the battle between the Bulls and Raptors, Barkley, O'Neal and Kenny Smith headed to the United Center in an oversized Hummer to prepare for the evening's commentary work.

The commentary rights for the NBA regular season and playoffs are sold separately, and the playoffs are contracted by TNT almost every year.

"Do you think the Raptors have a good chance tonight?" O'Neal, sitting in the passenger seat, turned to his two partners in the back seat and asked.

"Fifty percent," Kenny Smith answered. "I wouldn't say they are the better team, but they are the team in better shape."

Smith's character as a TNT commentator has always been "The Reasonable Emperor", and most of his analysis will be based on realistic situations.

Theoretically speaking, it is difficult for the Raptors to continue the state of G4, but who guarantees that they will not?

And from being behind 0-2 to catching up 2-2, the morale of the Raptors must be very high.

However, their problem is that their away record is not as good as their home game, and their strength is not dominant. Overall, the two sides are evenly matched.

Barkley calmly made a "0" gesture.

"If the Raptors can really win Tianwangshan, it will be big news." O'Neal said with a smile.

He obviously supports the Bulls, but if the Raptors win, then G6 returns to Toronto, and the Raptors might actually eliminate the Bulls.

"Yes, there will be big news." Buckley said with a smile. He seemed to be too direct just now and ignored his own poisonous milk properties.

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United Center.

At this time, there is still half a day before the official start of the game, but the media and staff have already begun to get busy.

Yang Yi and Zhang Weiping arrived at the competition venue early. Due to the rise of Xu Yong in recent years, Zhang Weiping has never retreated from the front line, while Yang Yi has become the most famous commentator in the country with his glib style.

"Director Zhang, what do you think I dreamed about last night?" Taking a break from the busy schedule, Yang Yi asked Zhang Weiping with a smile.

"What dream?" Zhang Weiping has a gentle temper and has the potential to be a admirer.

"I dreamed that Xu Yong broke the single-game scoring record in the NBA playoffs!" Yang Yi's face lit up.

Zhang Weiping laughed loudly after hearing this. He didn't know whether he was laughing at Yang Yi's dream of a good hand, or at how happy it would be if it really came true.

"Then I went and looked it up, and guess what?"

"What's the matter?"

"It happened to be 30 years ago, and it was also on this site. Do you think this is a coincidence?"

"That's such a coincidence." After Zhang Weiping finished speaking, he suddenly couldn't help but look at Yang Yi. Why did he think this kid had a talent for storytelling?
While they were chatting, the Bulls players entered the venue. They would have a public training for about an hour in the afternoon, which was completely open to the media.

However, these are all basic training. After all, the content that will be exposed by the media will not involve the tactical level. It is mainly to let the outside world know the current status of the team.

The whole Bulls team still looks very relaxed, and there is no sense of pressure on their faces caused by being forced into Tianwang Mountain.

But Yang Yi had sharp eyes, and he noticed that Xu Yong's expression looked much more serious than the others.

This gave him a slightly different smell.

The dream was of course false, it was just him chatting with the old man.

But there is something special about tonight's game, that is, in his impression, the Bulls have rarely played against opponents in recent years. They have only played against the Heat twice, and Xu Yong's score was not low in those two times.

Then seeing Xu Yong in this state, he suddenly felt that he could really have a dream.

After the Bulls' field training was over, Yang Yi and Zhang Weiping went down to prepare for interviews.

Now that Xu Yong's status is very high, it is difficult for the general media to interview him, but there will be a quota on CCTV. Of course, the length of the interview is determined by Xu Yong himself.

Seeing Zhang Weiping and the others coming over, Xu Yong smiled on his always serious face and reached out to say hello.

No matter what the situation, Xu Yong will maintain the greatest enthusiasm for the domestic fans, because they are the fans who support him the most.

"I had a dream last night. I dreamed that you broke the NBA playoff scoring record tonight." Yang Yi said as soon as he came up. Even if it was a fake dream, it was now real.

"Really?" Xu Yong looked suspicious, but then said with a smile, "Luckily it wasn't Director Zhang who did it."

Zhang Weiping was stunned for a moment, and then the three of them laughed.

In recent years, Zhang Weiping has always been slapped in the face by his commentary, and he has been called Chinese Barkley by some fans.

"Can my dream come true tonight?" Yang Yi asked with a smile. Because it was during an interview, this question seemed very skillful.

"Compared to that, I am more concerned about the team's victory." Xu Yong's answer was also very level.

"Then if you can't win the game with 50 points, will you get 60 points or more?" Yang Yi really knows the clichés.

"Yes." Xu Yong answered affirmatively, but then signaled the end of the interview.

When Xu Yong left, Zhang Weiping looked at Yang Yi with a hint of complaint in his eyes. Such clichés would make Xu Yong happy.

Yang Yi didn't care, because if Xu Yong really broke the scoring record, then his "Dream Come True" would definitely be on the hot search and become a hot meme.

He unconsciously looked at Xu Yong who had already entered the players' tunnel. He had such a premonition.

At this time, fans had already begun to enter the venue early, and there were still two full hours before the game started.

Half an hour before the start of the game, the venue was already packed and the fans were very enthusiastic.

The Raptors have a high winning rate at home, and the Bulls have a low winning rate at home. All of this is closely related to the fans.

Team members from both sides also entered the stadium one after another at this time. When Xu Yong appeared, the scene burst into deafening cheers.

This is not only due to Xu Yong's popularity, but also because everyone knows that in key battles like Tianwang Mountain, Xu Yong is the person who can best influence the situation.

After Xu Yong entered the court, he glanced at the Raptors. The Raptors were talking and laughing, and they seemed to be in a relaxed state. This was completely different from the last time they came to Chicago.

After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were announced one after another.

Raptors: Lowry, DeRozan, Carroll, Antetokounmpo, Valanciunas;

Bulls: Dellavedova, Butler, Xu Yong, Kyle Anderson, Adams.

The starting lineup on both sides is similar to the previous one. The only change is that on the Bulls' side, Thibodeau replaced West with Anderson in the starting lineup.

West was very passive when facing Antetokounmpo in this series, so this adjustment is expected.

Amid the cheers of the fans, Valanciunas returned the ball to half court, and the battle of Tianwang Mountain officially began.

The Raptors played wonderful cooperation right from the start. After DeRozan moved to contain the defense, Lowry knocked the ball to Antetokounmpo, who caught the ball and dunked to take the lead.

It can be clearly seen that with Antetokounmpo's outstanding performance in the past few games, his tactical status with the Raptors has been greatly improved.

The Bulls advanced to the frontcourt. After receiving the ball in a pindown tactic, Xu Yong made a fake shot and passed Carroll. He jumped up and pulled the lever in the air to avoid Valanciunas, who was assisting in defense, and scored.

Xu Yong also changed his play style of letting Butler warm up his hand in the past few games. Instead, he attacked from the beginning and attacked very resolutely.

Looking back, Antetokounmpo's cut after the pick-and-roll attracted the defensive attention, and DeRozan came out around the screen to receive Lowry's pass and hit.

The Raptors started in a hot state, and looking at this momentum, they really continued their G4 state.

This is not good news for the Bulls.

And Casey was very alert. After the Bulls advanced to the frontcourt again, he had already waved his hand to signal for a double attack on Xu Yong.

This is just like when facing Oriental Express, what you will consider is not whether it can hit, but whether it has already aimed at you.

The Raptors' morale is now high and their execution is also excellent. After Casey shouted over there, as soon as Xu Yong received the ball, Antetokounmpo rushed to Xu Yong's side.

However, before Antetokounmpo's attack was formed, Xu Yong had already turned around and broke through with a low center of gravity from Carroll's right side along the baseline and into the penalty area.

His reaction was so fast that Valanciunas had no time to help defend this time.

Xu Yong made a light gliding pass and put the ball firmly into the basket.

The cheers at the scene erupted instantly.

As fans, they can't quite feel one goal, but with these two consecutive goals, they can already feel Xu Yong's extremely strong desire to attack tonight.

If the NBA is regarded as a jungle, Xu Yong, as the king of beasts, has already made people feel the coldness.

It wasn't just the fans who felt it, the rest of the Bulls team totally felt it too.

Butler began to direct his teammates' defensive positions on the defensive end, and the Bulls also began to show their defensive intensity.

DeRozan was prevented from catching the ball by Butler, Antetokounmpo was also entangled by Anderson, and Lowry finally chose to hit the basket after picking and rolling with Valanciunas.

Lowry has strong confrontation ability and is called "Little Steel Cannon" by the fans. However, Adams was able to counteract this ball immediately. "Little Steel Cannon" encountered "Immovable Thing" and was completely unable to hit him. He reluctantly ejected the final shot. It hit the right edge of the basket and the rebound was collected by Adams.

After Adams got the ball, he turned around and threw the ball to Xu Yong.

Others may need some time to react, but they had trained with Xu Yong before, but they knew that Xu Yong had been holding back his energy and had nowhere to express it.

Xu Yong quickly advanced after getting the ball, and a sudden burst of acceleration directly passed Carroll, and he was very fast.

Casey shouted anxiously from the sidelines, and Antetokounmpo showed his athletic ability at this time, turning around from the center to cover Xu Yong.

But Xu Yong didn't play with him like G1 this time. He just changed direction and wiped him away without slowing down.

Antetokounmpo struggled to catch up from behind, but he soon found that he could not catch up with Xu Yong without the ball.

"Oh!"

Xu Yong strode to the frontcourt, glided directly and smashed the ball into the basket with a one-handed dunk.

The United Center was in a state of complete boiling.

Now the fans not only felt the cold air, but also saw the sharp fangs exposed by Xu Yong.

However, the Raptors did not sit still and wait for death. They were also the leaders.

Although DeRozan's outside shot missed the basket due to Butler's efforts, Antetokounmpo rushed to grab the offensive rebound, attacked the basket and scored, and also caused Anderson's defensive foul, making the score 2 +1.

After walking to the free throw line, he adjusted his breathing and hit the extra free throw steadily, which also helped the Raptors take a 7-6 lead.

In fact, when he first entered the league, Antetokounmpo's free throw shooting level was online. In the past two seasons, his free throw shooting rate was above 75%.

Of course, the bigger problem with this ball is that the Bulls are now a little weak at the fourth position. West can't guard Antetokounmpo because of his slow speed. Although Anderson is faster, he can't handle the confrontation.

Xu Yong communicated with Anderson for a while.

When he reached the frontcourt, Xu Yong continued to catch the ball, but this time Antetokounmpo's help came earlier, basically letting Anderson come over.

Xu Yong saw the right moment and turned around, and threw the ball from the baseline to Anderson in the weak side corner.

Here comes the significance of Anderson training three-pointers in advance. His shooting speed is obviously faster than in history, and he can complete the shot and hit before the help defense is in place.

7 to 9, the Bulls once again took the lead.

And when the offense and defense switched, Antetokounmpo suddenly discovered that Xu Yong had switched to guard him again.

Antetokounmpo became more motivated after seeing it. He was pinned to death by Xu Yong in G1 and has been waiting for a chance to take revenge.

He took the initiative to screen Lowry and then quickly moved down.

Lowry's choice of the ball was very smart. He knew that Xu Yong was strong in stealing, so he made a fake move of hitting the ground, and then chose to lob the ball in.

However, the ball was not delivered to Antetokounmpo in the end because Lowry underestimated Xu Yong's reaction speed. The moment he hoisted the ball out, Xu Yong flew up from the ground with a "pop". Like a volleyball player, he immediately caught the ball!

Everyone else on the field was stunned to see this incredible bullet speed and reaction.

Lowry reacted and tried to get the ball back, but Xu Yong turned around and accelerated after landing, leaving him cleanly behind.

Even if the rest of the Raptors reacted, they completely lost their desire to catch up in this situation.

Then, it’s one person’s fast break.

The fans cheered in advance, and Xu Yong cooperated very well. After rushing to the front court, he accelerated into the air and directly performed an iconic 360° turn and dunk.

The United Center was filled with cheers from the fans, and many stood up excitedly and pumped their fists.

Xu Yong has already scored 5 points in less than 8 minutes!

It seemed as if it had pounced on the raptor now, and directly tore off the opponent's flesh in one go, revealing blood-red wounds.

Cathy couldn't sit still.

Although the Raptors were only 4 points behind in terms of score, Xu Yong's momentum was something he had never seen in the entire series.

"Defense! Defense!"

The fans at the United Center were completely up, and their cheers echoed throughout the arena.

Over at the commentary box, Yang Yi's expression was extremely excited. He felt that he was really going to make a prediction from God today!
Antetokounmpo is a bit tough, he actually backed Xu Yong directly in the low post and wanted to hit him from behind.

Fortunately, Lowry didn't lose his mind. Although Xu Yong is a swingman, you can see from his low-post singles posture that it simply won't work. What's more, the Luoyang Prefect next door has proven it many times over the years.

He signaled Antetokounmpo to bring up the high pick-and-roll.

Xu Yong had a brief defensive exchange with Dellavedova at this time.

When the pick-and-roll occurred, Della directly chose to grab the ball and not give Lowry a three-point opportunity from the outside. Instead, he appropriately let him rush in. Xu Yong took the opportunity to go around and shrink.

Lowry directly lobbed the ball to Antetokounmpo, but the latter caught the ball and faced Xu Yong's defense again.

Antetokounmpo was very excited when he saw this, and directly used his strength to challenge Xu Yong, but he was surprised to find that he did not take advantage. The next second he felt a light touch in his hand, and the ball had been swatted away by Xu Yong.

After this set of operations, the fans saw the figures of Xu Yong and the man overlapping in a trance.

Jordan's career average of steals per game has been stable at 2+ all year round, and even at his peak, he mostly averaged close to 3. This is what happened in many rounds.

When the opponent is out of position, he wants to directly use his height and size to attack him, but nine times out of ten, he will cut him off like this.

Xu Yong and Jordan are very similar now, because they also have the strength to withstand the confrontation of tall players, and they can strike quickly.

It was too late for Antetokounmpo to react. Xu Yong rushed out sideways, and after stealing the ball, he focused on accelerating.

Lowry wanted to foul after seeing it, but Xu Yong shook his hand and gave the ball to Butler on the other side, and then used puppy steps to get past him.

The emotions of the fans at the scene were suddenly lifted up again.

At this moment, Xu Yong felt that tearing off a piece of meat was not satisfying enough, so he stabbed his claw into the raptor's flesh.

"Oh!"

Xu Yong received Butler's return pass and rushed to the frontcourt with another light one-handed gliding dunk.

In less than 5 minutes, his personal score has reached 10 points!
And with this wave of defensive counterattacks, the Raptors couldn't even form an effective defense against him.

Casey quickly called a timeout. He felt that if the game continued like this, the Raptors would soon be defeated.

After returning from the timeout, the Raptors re-adjusted their offensive focus, allowing Antetokounmpo, who was restricted by Xu Yong, to contain him, and allowing DeRozan to return to the center of the offense.

This adjustment was timely. DeRozan showed his excellent form in this year's playoffs, and his mid-range hits after the pick-and-roll quenched the Raptors' thirst.

9 to 13, the difference between the two sides is still 4 points.

"Come on! Bulls!"

The fans at the scene continued to chant in unison.

At this time, when Xu Yong was running, two people flanked him one after another.

But this obviously doesn't work, because after Xu Yong gave Butler the signal, Butler broke directly to the inside and then passed it to Dellavedova on the outside. The latter made a three-pointer at a 45° angle.

Dellavedova only does two things on the court, three-pointers and defense, and he can pressure Stephenson to play the starting point guard for the Bulls because he can do these two things well.

Of course, more importantly, there are fundamental differences between the Bulls and the Bulls 30 years ago.

What Yang Yi didn't say before, or didn't dare to say, is that even if Jordan scored the highest score in a single game in the playoffs 30 years ago and gave birth to Bird's phrase "God put on the No. 23 jersey", in the end The Bulls lost the game because Bird's statement was followed by "But we beat him."

Because at that time, the Bulls basically pointed at Jordan alone, especially when they faced the league leaders like the Celtics.

But the Bulls are not like that now. Although there is no Rose, the other players on the Bulls field are much better than those on that team.

Especially with the existence of Butler, his current ability, especially his performance against the Magic in the first round, is already better than Pippen. It is not too much to change to a playoff-level team and become the boss.

9 to 16, the score difference suddenly reached 7 points.

The Raptors didn't attack in the frontcourt. Looking back, they really didn't dare to continue to attack Xu Yong without the ball.Xu Yong caught the ball and faced Carroll. The latter, like countless defenders who had faced Xu Yong before, began to feel weak in his hands and feet, and large beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

At this time, he no longer knew how to guard against Xu Yong.

Casey didn't blame him, because he knew that Xu Yong's desire to attack tonight was just like the Dongfeng Express sent out, which could not be intercepted.

So he could only shout for Antetokounmpo to come over and help defend.

Xu Yong quickly passed Carroll with a drag step, but Carroll did not give up and attacked him one after another with Antetokounmpo.

Xu Yong started to show off at this time. As he was walking, he made a one-handed pass to the weak side to attract the defensive attention of Antetokounmpo in front of him. Then he collected the ball while jumping to the mid-range on the right. Jump shot.

Carroll showed his defensive ability and jumped up to block Xu Yong from behind.

He came very close, but failed in the end because after Xu Yong sensed the threat, he pulled the ball to one side to complete the shot while dodging with a lever in the air.

The basketball hit the board and shot diagonally into the net. The United Center went completely crazy. A large number of fans stood up and shouted.

This is not a shooting, it is just drinking a cup of coffee in the air!

Carroll and Antetokounmpo looked at each other at this time, and both saw an emotion called helplessness and despair in each other's eyes.

If you can't prevent it, you can't prevent it at all!
"Holy Shit! Is this an action that humans can do?" Barkley excitedly pounded the table in the commentary box.

"Oh, it turns out to be Satan. He is indeed not human." Then he asked and answered himself.

In hindsight, he suddenly realized that he had predicted what would happen tonight.

There is really big news tonight!
After the first quarter, the score on the court was 27 to 37, and the Bulls had a double-digit lead in a single quarter.

The Raptors' form remains the same. DeRozan scored 10 points in a single quarter, but he couldn't hold off his opponent Xu Yong, who scored 25 points in a single quarter.

Moreover, the 25 points Xu Yong scored were obtained under heavy siege by the Raptors.

But when the second quarter started, the Raptors quickly caught up with the score.

Xu Yong's crazy scoring can only allow the Bulls to establish an advantage in the starting period, but in the transition period between substitutes, some problems in this series will still exist.

In order to deal with it, Thibodeau could only replace Butler on the court in advance to stabilize the situation.

At halftime, the Bulls led the Raptors 61 to 53.

Xu Yong exerted too much force in the first quarter and had some physical problems in the second quarter. However, he still scored 11 points in a single quarter and his half-time score reached 36 points.

At halftime, the two sides returned to the locker room to rest.

Yang Yi had already taken out his tablet and started writing a press release in advance.

He has determined at this time that this pair of Xu Yong is destined to be a unique night for Chinese fans.

After returning from the halftime break, Xu Yong seemed to be much more physically fit, but in the second half, Casey's side began to adopt an extreme defensive approach.

He used the off-ball double team strategy that he briefly used in the first quarter for the entire quarter.

Then based on this, he chose to shrink the defense and then gave the Bulls certain shooting opportunities from the outside.

This strategy is a gamble, because once the Bulls score, the Raptors will be directly defeated in this quarter.

Then he made the right bet, and the Bulls made 7 of 1 shots from outside in this quarter.

The difference between the third quarter and the opening is that after the fierce confrontation in the half, the touch of ordinary players will inevitably decline.

For example, sometimes you see some players, especially key players on the defensive end, who may hit three-pointers one after another in the opening game, but may not make any in the next three quarters. This is the impact of confrontation and physical fitness.

And there is another point. There is always only one ball on the basketball court. The more Xu Yong attacks, it means that others attack less. Except for some top role players who can make shots without taking a shot for a long time, they can make a shot as soon as they do. , it is difficult for most players to find the target at once.

This is also the reason why the role players around James always fail to make a kill when they receive the pass at the last moment. It is not just a matter of ability.

In this quarter, Xu Yong only got 5 shots and scored 8 points under the crazy attack of the Raptors.

At the end of the three quarters, he scored 44 points, and the score on the court became 84 to 81. The Raptors relied on this strategy to overtake the score.

The fans at the scene could not sit still. G3 aside, luck seemed to have been on the Raptors' side since G4.

In other words, since Rose's injury, the Bulls have not had good luck this season.

Could it be that Xu Yong Satan's fame is so great that even God can't stand it?
What's even more terrible is that the Bulls are currently suffering from the substitutes' connection. If the score continues to be widened, it will not be so easy for the Bulls to catch up later.

But when the players from both sides came on the stage, bursts of cheers began to erupt.

Not for anything else, just because Xu Yong came on the scene at the beginning of the fourth quarter!
Xu Yong never took a break in the third quarter. This posture was to play the rhythm of the second half.

The on-site photographer also gave his lens to Xu Yong. Everyone knew that the only way to turn the situation around was to rely on Xu Yong.

Upon seeing this, Casey temporarily called down James Johnson who was about to play, replaced him with Antetokounmpo, and then whispered to him for a while.

At this time, the lineups of both sides, Raptors: Joseph, Terrence Ross, Carroll, Antetokounmpo, Biyombo;

Bulls: Stephenson, Holiday, Xu Yong, David West, Jokic.

It is worth mentioning that in the first half, Thibodeau used Varejao in the second quarter, but when the effect was not good, he switched to Jokic.

When the Raptors attacked, Rose's jump shot from the outside was interfered by Holiday and missed.

The rebound was protected by Jokic, but the Raptors' lineup was quick to move and quickly retreated back to half court.

At this time, Casey reached out to direct from the sidelines, and the Raptors continued to attack Xu Yong without the ball.

He tasted the sweetness in the third quarter and continued to use that defensive strategy in the fourth quarter.

However, in the first round after returning, their defensive strategy failed.

Xu Yong has strengthened his off-ball movement, while Carroll and Antetokounmpo's defensive presence rate has declined.

In such a fierce game, no one is much better physically than anyone else. Carroll and Antetokounmpo restricted Xu Yong for the entire third quarter, and their physical energy consumption was also very high.

Of course, there is another point besides this. The Bulls now have more people on the court who can handle the ball.

Stephenson and Jokic, they are both players who can release the ball very quickly.

In the first round, Xu Yong hit the mid-range shot after receiving a pass from Jokic at the first moment he ran out of neutral.

To sum it up, although Xu Yong ran a lot in the third quarter, he took fewer shots and made fewer strong plays. Coupled with his own physical reserves, his physical fitness was much more sufficient than the two people chasing him all over the court.

However, Joseph turned around and broke through the inside after the pick-and-roll and scored a response goal.

The ability of the Raptors' substitute duo is underestimated, and Jokic is far inferior to Adams on the defensive end.

But fortunately, he can really pass.

This time Xu Yong only got rid of it briefly, and Jokic had already stuffed the ball in front of him in advance.

There is a professional terminology for this in basketball, called "the ball leads the people."

Xu Yong caught the ball and accelerated, got inside and attacked hard, causing Biyombo to get a defensive foul and get a chance to get to the free throw line.

He adjusted his breathing and made two free throws.

In the first two rounds, he has scored 4 points.

This is a bit fast.

In terms of passing ability alone, Jokic is better than Butler now, and many more.

Because he is not only tall and has a high vision, but also has top-notch timing and strength in passing. This always feels very unreasonable when it appears on a rookie.

Then Casey discovered that his strategy wasn't working anymore.

By the time the main players from both sides came back, less than 5 minutes had passed. Xu Yong scored another 12 points like he was chopping melons and vegetables.

The Bulls directly regained the lead 93-88.

At this time, the large LED screen on site showed Xu Yong's statistics tonight: 56 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and there was a new record logo next to it.

Prior to this, Xu Yong's single-game scoring record in the playoffs was achieved against the Heat in 2013, with 52 points.

At the same time, 30 years ago, Jordan set a record when facing the Celtics on this court, that is, the highest score in a single playoff game was 63 points.

There are still 7 minutes left in the game, and Xu Yong is still 7 points away from that record.

Everyone knows that big news is indeed going to happen tonight, and Yang Yi's dream is really going to come true.

What I’m looking at now is how big this news is and how beautiful this dream is.

But Xu Yong's eyes were not on that at this time, because the Bulls were far from being able to win the game.

The lineup of the two sides in the decisive stage, Raptors: Lowry, DeRozan, Carroll, Antetokounmpo, Valanciunas;

Bulls: Dellavedova, Butler, Xu Yong, Kyle Anderson, Adams.

DeRozan hit a mid-range shot as soon as he came up, helping the Raptors cling to the score.

Moreover, after Xu Yong caught the ball, he was double-teamed again.

Thibodeau focused on defense, and it was impossible for him to keep Jokic on the court in the end. Without Jokic, the ball could not reach Xu Yong's hands immediately.

The situation was similar to the third quarter, but not exactly the same, because Xu Yong at least caught the ball.

Faced with a flanking attack, he directly chose to turn around and break through to the baseline.

Then it looked like he was leading a double attack.

When he reached the baseline, he made a sudden stop, turned around and aimed at the basket in the air, finishing the shot over the heads of Carroll and Antetokounmpo.

Carroll took a breath, and then Antetokounmpo also stumbled. At this time, the two people looking at each other had a question in their minds: Xu Yong, aren't you tired?

You can tell whether a person is tired by looking at the rhythm of his shots. Xu Yong's rhythm and speed seem to have remained unchanged compared to the beginning!
It's a pity that they debuted relatively late. I didn't know that when Xu Yong first came to the Bulls, he was also the one who was fucked by Thibodeau throughout the game.

DeRozan turned around and faked a shot and actually rushed inside to cause damage. After getting to the free throw line, he made two free throws.

95 to 92, the Raptors still have a tight score.

Casey was directing on the defensive end at this time. The Raptors no longer flanked Xu Yong. He also realized that Carroll and Antetokounmpo did not have the physical ability to continue to flank Xu Yong.

However, there is an adjustment on the defensive end. Antetokounmpo comes to guard Xu Yong.

Seeing this, Xu Yong fell to the low position, turned his back and reached for the ball.

Naturally, it is impossible for him not to lose his physical fitness, but it is just relatively more. Now if he wants to seek hit rate, he can only attack from the low position.

Antetokounmpo looked happy when he saw this. He had a huge advantage against him in the low post. He was really afraid that Xu Yongyong would play like this.

But he couldn't laugh anymore the next second, because after Xu Yong gave him a strong confrontation, he turned around and faked a backward move, followed by a next step to easily shake him off and score.

Facts have proved that his confrontation and athletic ability are indeed excellent, but there is a huge gap in experience.

Xu Yong's data was again shown on the big screen at the scene. His score had reached 60 points.

In this quarter alone, Xu Yong scored 16 points!
And this section is just over halfway.

Barkley held back his words, but he knew that after tonight, Jordan's name would only be ranked second on this list.

DeRozan ran without the ball and then caught the ball from the mid-range and scored!

He was on a par with Xu Yongbiao.

The spotlight was flashing at the scene. Who would have thought that three of the four NBA players who came out of Arizona State University would become superstars, and would even stage peak showdowns in the playoffs.

Xu Yong caught the ball in the low post and was flanked this time, and distributed the ball to Dellavedova's three-point opportunity.

But this time Delavandova failed to grasp the shot and missed the basket.

However, Adams directly grabbed the offensive rebound and quickly gave the ball to Xu Yong, who was still in the low post.

Xu Yong caught the ball and made a jump step, then made a layup and caused a foul on Valanciunas's thug!

After seeing the ball go in, Xu Yong reached out and clenched his fist in front of him. This 2+1 can help them build a lead.

But it was at this time that the cheers began to erupt uncontrollably.

Because Xu Yong scored 62 points after scoring this goal. If he also scored extra penalties, he would tie Jordan's 63 points!
"Shh!"

Xu Yong did not disappoint, and he made a steady hit with extra penalties.

"Ah!"

The basketball god who was spending time in the Las Vegas casino sneezed violently.

The air conditioning temperature in this casino is a bit low.

DeRozan's shot finally missed under Butler's defense, and Adams was very tough to take advantage of Valanciunas and protect the defensive rebound.

With these two rebounds, Thibodeau's role in keeping him on the court was fully reflected.

100 to 94, with 4 minutes left before the end of the game, the Bulls have a 6-point lead.

Butler organized in the frontcourt and handed the ball to Xu Yong after others pulled away.

Xu Yong caught the ball at a high position, and the scene began to erupt with overwhelming cheers.

Because from now on, every point Xu Yong gets is setting a new record, and they are the witnesses of this record.

As for Xu Yong, now he just wants to open up the score as soon as possible and then go back and take a nice hot bath.

Although Chicago is not as cold as Toronto, he has been playing crazy output tonight and his body is very tired.

Antetokounmpo suddenly stepped forward to grab the ball. He was now starving of oxygen to the brain and just wanted to take the ball away from Xu Yong.

Xu Yong turned around to avoid, then accelerated towards the basket, faced Valanciunas' defense and shot with a high parabolic rebound.

The basketball hit the backboard and made a muffled sound, and then fell into the net bag and made a sweet sound of hitting the net.

That sound was like a match thrown into a haystack, instantly lighting up the United Center.

Almost all the fans stood up at this moment and started chanting Satan wildly.

Over at the commentary box, Barkley stood up directly, raised his hands in the direction of Xu Yong and made a gesture of worship.

65 points.

After Xu Yong scored this goal, a new NBA playoff single-game scoring record was born!
"A very interesting thing." On the other side, O'Neill touched his chin and spoke.

"Kobe's 81 points were also scored against the Raptors." As Kobe's old enemy and friend, he certainly remembers such details.

After hearing what O'Neal said, Barkley, who had just sat down, was stunned for a moment and then couldn't help laughing.

Although this is just a coincidence, the Raptors are really professional when it comes to serving as background boards!
Of course, he did not forget to add: "But tonight the Raptors are not defending Xu alone."

65 points and 81 points is not just a difference in points, nor is it just a difference between the playoffs and the regular season, because the Raptors' defensive intensity in the second half tonight is directly full of gold content.

On the court, the Raptors' scoring has stopped.

Because after Xu Yong hit the high throw, the score difference on the court had reached 8 points, and there was not enough time left for the Raptors. They began to fight for three-pointers, but unfortunately DeRozan was not stable. A three-point shooter, the Raptors don't have such a player either.

With one minute left in the game, the score on the field was 1 to 104, and the Raptors had no chance.

Casey called a timeout and was ready to withdraw the main force.

Thibodeau looked at Xu Yong at this time, as if asking him if he wanted to continue playing.

Because Xu Yong's current score is 69 points, one more point can raise this record to 1+.

Xu Yong shook his head.

The score has already been decided, so it doesn't make much sense for him to pursue that point, not to mention that he may be tortured repeatedly by someone who wants to, so there is no need.

A score of 69 sounds pretty good, and it’s a pretty good stance.

And leaving a little chance for others also leaves a little chance for yourself in the future.

(End of this chapter)